d forward
from the seat of his government, but on passing up the Sutlej was fired
upon; he landed at Ooch, and proceeded to Bhawulpore, where he arrived
on the 20th of February. He there made a political visit to the rajah,
and proceeded on to Feroze-pore, which he reached on the 22nd of
February; but the governor-general was then in the neighbourhood of
Lahore. Before Sir Charles could arrive, all that has been related
transpired. By the same date, Lord Elphinstone had arrived as far as
Delhi, _en route_ to the governor-general's camp.

Matters did not long remain quiet in the Punjaub. The ranee was an
unprincipled woman; her paramour, Lall Singh, was an unprincipled man;
and this pair began to plot further commotions before those which had so
nearly overwhelmed them were entirely composed. Lall Singh hated Gholab;
the installation of the latter as maharajah of Cashmere excited his
jealousy, especially as Gholab, having been wuzeer, continued to tender
his advice to the ranee. It was in fact determined at Lahore,
that Gholab should never enter upon his independent sovereignty.
Mohee-ood-Een had been governor of the district under the Lahore
supremacy. A son of this person, entitled the Sheik Enam-ood-Een, was
made Sail Singh's instrument for carrying out his scheme. Acting as the
new wuzeer of the ranee, who was regent during the minority of her son,
Dhuleep Singh, Lall Singh directed the sheik to summon a meeting of
the chieftains of the mountain country subjected by treaty to the new
Maharajah Gholab Singh, and to organise among them an armed resistance
to his power. Gholab was more of a diplomatist than a soldier; he
marched against the bold mountaineers, was defeated, and obliged to call
for the aid of the English. Brigadier-general Wheeler, an experienced,
gallant, and spirited officer, was ordered to march upon Cashmere
and occupy the capital. The sheik, panic-struck, came in and made
submission, revealing the treachery of the ranee's paramour and adviser.
Lieutenant-colonel Lawrence got possession of such documents as proved
the treacherous complicity of the Lahore government; a formal demand was
therefore made upon that government for the expulsion of Lall Singh from
the Lahore territory, and for a renewed promise that the treaty of the
9th of March between Gholab Singh and the British should be respected.
The Lahore government was once again all submission, and Lall Singh
was seized and carried across the Sutl