Letters from persons in India and elsewhere. Principal correspondents: Lord Dalhousie; Lord Falkland, Sir Henry Pottinger. Personal name index. [Formerly H.856]
Honours for services during campaign; distribution of awards should avoid unnecessarily exacerbating 'strong jealousy' between Bengal and Bombay armies; comments on merits of a number of individuals in Gough's list.
Punjab quiet; plundering parties in Gwalior apparently put down; Fraser is continuing with dispersion and disarming of Rohillas in Hyderabad, but Dalhousie has vetoed their transportation to Peshawar; troops in Punjab healthy except for 29th at Wazirabad; Napier arrived here (Simla) on 16 June – ...
Application by solicitor named Newmarch for writ of Habeas Corpus for Maharani of Punjab refused by Calcutta Supreme Court; in case matter is raised in Parliament, Dalhousie describes Maharani's emoluments, property, and conditions under which she is held; jewels in her possession claimed by Sikh...
Battle of Chilianwala (13 January) an incomplete victory over Sher Singh; gives highly critical account of Gough's conduct of battle, which involved heavy losses; some of cavalry disgraced itself, their flight only being halted in the Field Hospital by the Chaplain Mr Whiting who, 'pistol in hand...
Law Commission staff; Turton case; refers to Hobhouse's letter of 23 January; Bethune; is grateful for Hobhouse's explanation that letters from Secret Committee were in fact from the India Board [i.e. Hobhouse] a fact which Dalhousie had not realised; describes (with adverse comments on Whish) fi...