, the govern or-general's political
agent; W. Edwards, under-secretary of the foreign department; R. Oust,
Esq., assistant-secretary to the foreign department; C. Hardinge, Esq.,
private secretary to the governor-general; Lieutenant-colonel Wood,
military secretary to the governor-general; Captain Cunningham; Captain
Hardinge, aide-de-camp to the governor-general; Captain Grant, ditto;
Lord Arthur Hay, ditto; Captain Mills, ditto; Captain Bagot, aide-decamp
to the commander-in-chief; Captain Edwardes, ditto; Captain Gilbert,
aide-de-camp to General Gilbert; Captain Tottenham, aide-de-camp to
General Smith; Lieutenant-colonel Smith, ditto; Captain Napier, ditto;
Captain Smith, ditto.

"The procession was arranged in the following order:--9th irregular
cavalry, 3rd light cavalry, her majesty's 16th Lancers; troop horse
artillery, Europeans; troop horse artillery, natives; her majesty's
9th Lancers, the secretary, with the maharajah and suite, the
governor-general's bodyguard.

"The escort was formed in open column of troops left in front, commanded
by Brigadier Cureton, C.B. We proceeded in this order to the encampment
of the maharajah, about one mile and a half from our pickets, and
nearly the same distance from the citadel gate of the city. At about
three-quarters of a mile from the maharajah's camp I was met by the
minister, Rajah Gholab Singh, and some of the chiefs. Intimation of our
approach was then sent on to the maharajah, that he might be ready upon
his elephant upon our arrival.

"On reaching the maharajah's camp, the troops of our escort drew up, and
the maharajah, with Bhaee Kam Singh on the same elephant, came forward
from his tent, accompanied by several chiefs. After the usual salutation
and complimentary questions and replies, I placed the maharajah's
elephant next to mine, and the troops having fallen in, as at first,
proceeded round the walls of the city to the gate of the citadel. On
arriving, Brigadier Cureton drew up the escort in line in front of
the gateway, and I took the maharajah, accompanied by the officers
enumerated in the former part of this letter, with Rajah Gholab Singh
and the other chiefs, into the interior of the citadel, and to the inner
door of his palace. I then observed to the maharajah and chiefs, that by
the order of the right hon. the governor-general, I had thus brought
the maharajah, conducted by the British army, to his palace, which his
highness had left for the purpose o