Tempo:
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returned to Lahore in 1827; he was received with i827._ marked honour, and he was confirmed in nearly all his possessions.^
Towards the end of 1826, Ranjit Singh was attack- Ranjit ed with sickness, and he sought the aid of European ^'^^sh fails ^ skill. Dr. Murray, a surgeon in the British-Indian army, g^g^^ed was sent to attend him, and Jie remained at Lahore for ^y an some time, although the Maharaja was more disposed English to trust to time and abstinence, or to the empirical surgeon, remedies of his own physicians, than to the prescribers ^^^^• of unknown drugs and the practisers of new ways. Ranjit Singh, nevertheless, liked to have his foreign medical adviser near him, as one from whom information could be gained, and whom it might be advanta- Anecdotes. geous to please. He seemed anxious about the proposed visit of Lord Amherst, the Governor-General, to the northern provinces; he asked about the qualities of the Burmese troops,- and the amount of money demanded by the English victors at the end of the war with that people; he was inquisitive about the mutiny of a regiment of Sepoys at Barrackpore, and he wished to know whether native troops had been employed ^^d in quelling it.^ On the arrival of Lord Amherst at Amherst. Simla, in 1827, a further degree of intimacy became Governorinevitable, a mission of welcome and inquiry was sent General, to wait upon his lordship, and the compliment was 1827. 1 Resident at Delhi to Capt. Murray, 13th Jan. 1826, and Capt. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 144. The old chief had, as early as 1811, desired to be regarded as separately connected with the English, so fearful had he become of his 'turban-brother' (Government to Sir D. Ochterlony, 4th Oct. 1811.) The Cis-Sutlej Muhammadan Chief of Mamdot, formerly of Kasur, fled and returned about the same time as Fateh Singh, for similar reasons, and after making similar endeavours to be recognized as an English dependant. (Government to Resident at Delhi, 28th April 1827, with correspondence to which it relates, and cf. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 145.) - [The Burmese War broke out on 24th Feb. 1824 as the result of disturbed relations going back as far as 1818. It lasted till 24th Feb. 1826, when, by the Treaty of Yandabu, the Burmese Government ceded the provinces of Tenasserim, Aracan, and Assam, and paid an indemnity of one million
sterling.
Ed.]
Capt. Wade to the Resident at Delhi, 24th Sept. and 30th Nov. 1826, and 1st Jan. 1827. Cff. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 145. [The mutiny at Barrackpore was the result of the disinclination of the troops to go on service in Burma. There were three native regiments at this station 26th, 47th, and 62nd and all of them became disaffected. On 1st Nov. 1824, the 47th broke into open mutiny. English troops were sent to the station, and the 47th were dispersed by artillery and the regiment was struck off the army list. The other two regiments escaped without "•
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punishment.
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CHAP. VII
165
returned to Lahore in 1827; he was received with i827._ marked honour, and he was confirmed in nearly all his possessions.^
Towards the end of 1826, Ranjit Singh was attack- Ranjit ed with sickness, and he sought the aid of European ^'^^sh fails ^ skill. Dr. Murray, a surgeon in the British-Indian army, g^g^^ed was sent to attend him, and Jie remained at Lahore for ^y an some time, although the Maharaja was more disposed English to trust to time and abstinence, or to the empirical surgeon, remedies of his own physicians, than to the prescribers ^^^^• of unknown drugs and the practisers of new ways. Ranjit Singh, nevertheless, liked to have his foreign medical adviser near him, as one from whom information could be gained, and whom it might be advanta- Anecdotes. geous to please. He seemed anxious about the proposed visit of Lord Amherst, the Governor-General, to the northern provinces; he asked about the qualities of the Burmese troops,- and the amount of money demanded by the English victors at the end of the war with that people; he was inquisitive about the mutiny of a regiment of Sepoys at Barrackpore, and he wished to know whether native troops had been employed ^^d in quelling it.^ On the arrival of Lord Amherst at Amherst. Simla, in 1827, a further degree of intimacy became Governorinevitable, a mission of welcome and inquiry was sent General, to wait upon his lordship, and the compliment was 1827. 1 Resident at Delhi to Capt. Murray, 13th Jan. 1826, and Capt. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 144. The old chief had, as early as 1811, desired to be regarded as separately connected with the English, so fearful had he become of his 'turban-brother' (Government to Sir D. Ochterlony, 4th Oct. 1811.) The Cis-Sutlej Muhammadan Chief of Mamdot, formerly of Kasur, fled and returned about the same time as Fateh Singh, for similar reasons, and after making similar endeavours to be recognized as an English dependant. (Government to Resident at Delhi, 28th April 1827, with correspondence to which it relates, and cf. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 145.) - [The Burmese War broke out on 24th Feb. 1824 as the result of disturbed relations going back as far as 1818. It lasted till 24th Feb. 1826, when, by the Treaty of Yandabu, the Burmese Government ceded the provinces of Tenasserim, Aracan, and Assam, and paid an indemnity of one million
sterling.
Ed.]
Capt. Wade to the Resident at Delhi, 24th Sept. and 30th Nov. 1826, and 1st Jan. 1827. Cff. Murray, Ranjit Singh, p. 145. [The mutiny at Barrackpore was the result of the disinclination of the troops to go on service in Burma. There were three native regiments at this station 26th, 47th, and 62nd and all of them became disaffected. On 1st Nov. 1824, the 47th broke into open mutiny. English troops were sent to the station, and the 47th were dispersed by artillery and the regiment was struck off the army list. The other two regiments escaped without "•
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punishment.
^Ed.]
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