f tendering submission to the British
government, and for placing himself, his capital, and his country at the
mercy of the governor-general, and requesting pardon for the insult that
had been offered; and that the governor-general had thus restored him
to his palace as a mark of the favour which he desired to show to the
descendant of the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh.

"A salute of twenty-one guns was then fired by the horse artillery.
We then took leave of the maharajah at the gate of his palace, and
returning to the outside of the city, we, continuing our progress round
Lahore, thus returned to our camp. As our camp is situated opposite the
south-east end of the city face, and the citadel is immediately within
the city walls, at the north-west angle, we made the entire circuit
of Lahore. I considered this preferable to going through the city,
the streets of which are very narrow, and would have much impeded the
progress of our large escort. We did not see one gun on any part of the
walls, all their embrasures were empty."

On the 22nd of February the governor-general occupied the citadel and
the palace, and issued a general order, proclaiming the termination of
the Sikh war. The army which had been engaged, and all regiments ordered
up to its support, received a year's _batta_ (pay). Fej Singh, who was
twice wounded at Sobraon, was at the head of a very considerable force
in the neighbourhood of Umritsir; but, notwithstanding the devotion
of his troops, he did not dare to offer resistance; his cannons were
surrendered, the soldiery uttering loud cries of rage, and the officers,
in tears, uttering suppressed groans of remorse and shame. The disbanded
troops disturbed and plundered various districts in the country.

On the 25th of February, the men of the 16th Lancers and of the 31st
foot (Young Buffs) were ordered to Bombay to embark for England,
permission being given to such of the men as thought proper to volunteer
into regiments still serving in India. The bulk of the British army
remained in the Punjaub for some months, various circumstances affording
grounds for suspicion as to the good faith of the ranee and her durbar.
The treaty of Lahore was however completed, and was sufficiently
stringent. It has already been shown upon what terms negotiations were
opened: when the stipulations were reduced to regular form, they
assumed a more binding character, the following items having been
introduced:--The hill count