Hopes discontent among Company's European troops is dying away; refers to Stanley's letter of 26 October – has asked Lawrence to explain publication of his despatch on Edwardes's paper [on education].
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...