DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.15172#0183
148
RUNJEET SING'S REPLY.
" those which I entertain, both with respect to our
" existing relations, and to the happiness and pro-
" sperity of his Majesty and his subjects.
" The foundations of friendship were first esta-
" Wished between the two states through the instru-
" mentality of Sir C. T. Metcalfe^ a gentleman en-
" dowed with every excellence of character; and
" after that period, in consequence of the long resi-
" dence of Sir C. T. Metcalfe in Hindoostan, the
" edifice of mutual amity and good understanding
" was strengthened and completed by his attention
" and exertions.
" When the Right Honourable the Earl of Am-
" herst came on a visit to Hindoostan and the Simla
" Hills, the ceremonials and practices of reciprocal
" friendship were so well observed, that the fame of
" it was diffused throughout the whole country.
" Captain Wade, since his appointment at Lo-
" diana, has ever been solicitous to omit nothing
" which was calculated to augment and strengthen
" the feeling of unanimity between the two powers.
" The Right Honourable Lord William Bentinck,
" the present Governor-general, having arrived some
" time since at Simla, I took the opportunity of
" deputing respectable and confidential officers, in
" company with Captain Wade, on a complimentary
" mission to his Lordship, with a letter inquiring after
" his health. These officers, after having had the ho-
" nour of an interview, were dismissed by his Lord-
" ship with marks of great distinction and honour.
" On their return, they related to me the particu-
" lars of the gracious reception they had met with,
RUNJEET SING'S REPLY.
" those which I entertain, both with respect to our
" existing relations, and to the happiness and pro-
" sperity of his Majesty and his subjects.
" The foundations of friendship were first esta-
" Wished between the two states through the instru-
" mentality of Sir C. T. Metcalfe^ a gentleman en-
" dowed with every excellence of character; and
" after that period, in consequence of the long resi-
" dence of Sir C. T. Metcalfe in Hindoostan, the
" edifice of mutual amity and good understanding
" was strengthened and completed by his attention
" and exertions.
" When the Right Honourable the Earl of Am-
" herst came on a visit to Hindoostan and the Simla
" Hills, the ceremonials and practices of reciprocal
" friendship were so well observed, that the fame of
" it was diffused throughout the whole country.
" Captain Wade, since his appointment at Lo-
" diana, has ever been solicitous to omit nothing
" which was calculated to augment and strengthen
" the feeling of unanimity between the two powers.
" The Right Honourable Lord William Bentinck,
" the present Governor-general, having arrived some
" time since at Simla, I took the opportunity of
" deputing respectable and confidential officers, in
" company with Captain Wade, on a complimentary
" mission to his Lordship, with a letter inquiring after
" his health. These officers, after having had the ho-
" nour of an interview, were dismissed by his Lord-
" ship with marks of great distinction and honour.
" On their return, they related to me the particu-
" lars of the gracious reception they had met with,