The Friend of India and Statesman Friday October 18th 1878

The Viceroy in Council professed to feel the necessity of some such means of informing the public of the true course of events and of the Governmental attitude towards them and the motives of its action. [...] " The British Government " is therein declared to have "reserved to itself the right in the event of misrule of assuming the unsnamatt of the country in the State of oak." And it is also explained that " by the Treaty of 1837 "—referring to article 1 —. power was reserved to the British Government to insist Rpm a reduction in the number of troops maintained by the King of Oudh in case of ob [...] solo objection of the Court of Directors was spinet the burden of sixteen lakhe of rupees per annum imposed upon the King of Oudh for the new Contingent and they desired that the King should be " exonerated front these obligations." Their only" positive " and " strict" order was " to ditioentinee the organisatiou of the Auxiliary Force." Tito "operation" of this part of the Treaty therefore L [...] But 801110 of the surviving admirers of Lord Dalhousie and his policy may kill preen us about the alleged "pledges given in Parliament upon the non-ratification of the treaty of I837.” Here again Lerull Dalhousie eudenvoured to torn the position by enlline to hie aid a desultory conversation in the House of Lords on the fith of August 1‘08 —u near before Lord Agri:Three Iritrr to The ling of tholl [...] The range of the thermometer from the 25th April to the 1411 11ey was from 44 (at 8 sal.) to 580 (at 2 rut.); except on the wet days the air has been crisp and bracing the nu genially warm and when the 15th May brought in the winter no had the grandest day of all.