e British troops, if the conditions above
adverted to are fulfilled, and no further hostile opposition is offered
by the Khalsa army, will use their endeavours for the re-establishment
of the government of the descendant of Maharajah Runjeet Singh, and for
the protection of its subjects. The inhabitants of the cities in the
Punjaub will, in that case, be perfectly safe in person and property
from any molestation by the British troops, and they are hereby called
upon to dismiss apprehension, and to follow their respective callings
with all confidence."

On the morning of the 20th the British army were under the walls
of Lahore, where not a cannon appeared in the embrasures. The
governor-general thought it politic to send Dhuleep Singh, the young
king, with some ceremonial to his palace, he accordingly issued the
following general order, which made a favourable impression on the
inhabitants of Lahore, as well as on the chiefs of the Sikh nation:--

"The right honourable the governor-general requests that the
commander-in-chief will cause the following arrangements to be made for
escorting his highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh to his palace, in
the citadel of Lahore, this afternoon. The escort will consist of two
regiments of European cavalry, two regiments of native cavalry--the
body-guard to be one--one regiment of irregular horse, two troops of
horse artillery, one European and one native. The secretary to the
government of India, F. Currie, Esq., will take charge of his highness
and his suite, and will be accompanied by the political agent, Major
Lawrence; the governor-general's private secretary, Charles Hardinge,
Esq.; the aides-de-camp of the governor-general; two aides-de-camp of
the commander-in-chief, one aide-de-camp from each general officer
of division, in uniform. The escort will be formed at the nearest
convenient spot to the governor-general's camp at two o'clock, and
proceed to his highness's camp, and thence to his palace. On alighting
from his elephant a salute of twenty-one guns will be fired by the horse
artillery.

"His highness the maharajah of the Sikh nation, selected by the chiefs
as their sovereign, having on the 18th instant intimated his intention
to proceed to the governor-general's camp at Lulleeanee, attended by
his highness's wuzeer, the Rajah Gholab Singh, and other chiefs, was
received in durbar on the afternoon of that day by the governor-general,
the commander-in-chief and the sta