Acknowledges Stanley's letters of 9 and 15 [sic ? 17] November; important Duleep Singh should not visit India at present; his mother is making mischief and Jung Bahadur may be giving her encouragement; her intrigues chiefly directed at Kashmir – Lawrence has recently visited its Maharaja and repo...
Refers to his letter of 1 December; has reverted to original intention to appoint Edmonstone as Lt-Governor of N.W. Provinces; need for increase in salary of Under-Secretary in Foreign Dept where business has increased enormously; no obvious candidate to succeed Edmonstone as Foreign Secretary.
Lord Clyde's fall from horse while pursuing rebels; progress in pacifying Oudh now slower as troops are now at close quarters with most inveterate rebels; problem of finding employment for disbanded sepoys and returned mutineers; Canning is sceptical regarding Montgomery's plan to do this by buil...
Agrees with Dalhousie that Duleep Singh's allowance should be £25,000p.a.; opposes part of this being a landed estate in India; if 'the representative of the Royal Family of Lahore' is eventually 'converted into a well educated and Christian gentleman' he might become a good influence in India, b...
Refers to Stanley's letter of 2 December; thanks for advance warning of despatch on Canning's Oudh proclamation, and for Govt's considerate handling of matter.
Shares Stanley's high opinion of Durand and is seriously considering appointing him Foreign Secretary; comments favourably on Bartle Frere (Chief Commissioner, Sind); only preferred Montgomery to Frere for Punjab because natives know and respect Montgomery and he knows them; difficult to employ B...
Oudh campaign is over; expects trouble now only from dacoits and thugs until police have learnt how to suppress them; 'the people are appalled at the irresistible sweep that we have made through the country'; main difficulty is finding employment for ex-sepoys whose families will miss remittances...