the god of war; they now worship the god of peace:  but there are millions of Lamas in Tartary who would change their crosiers for the sword at the call of a kindred genius, and are now impatient to do so, and prophesying his advent, just at the time that the rebels threaten the capital of China and the extinction of the Tartar dynasty.  That dynasty will throw itself upon Tartary, and a new one will be raised by the successful leader.

Your Lordship’s faithful and obedient servant,
(Signed) W. H. SLEEMAN.

To the Most Noble
The Marquis of Dalhousie, K.T.,
Governor-General.

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Lucknow, 24th June, 1853.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 20th instant perplexes me a good deal.  I have no place in my own office to offer you, and I never recommended any one for employment to the King.  You cannot, according to rules laid down for our guidance, act as an advocate in any case before the Resident or his assistants.  All landholders in Oude, except the few whose estates are included in what is called the Hozoor Tuhseel, transact their business through the Amils, Chuckladars, and Nazims of districts, and have nothing to do directly with the Durbar at Lucknow.  Having nothing to do with their affairs, I cannot have anything to say with the employment by them of wakeels, or advocates.  They, the landholders, generally employ native wakeels, who are willing to bear a good deal of ill-treatment on the part of Durbar officials for the sake of very small salaries.  Your situation as a wakeel on their part would be ill remunerated and exceedingly humiliating.

If the son of Ghalib Jung has offered to introduce you to the minister, and to assist in getting employment for you at Lucknow, he must, I think, do so in the hope of being able to make use of you in some intrigue; for those only who can aid in such intrigues are fostered and paid at Lucknow.  Honest men can get nothing, and find no employment about the Court.  If you secure employment about the Court, I cannot hold any communication with you.  I should compromise myself by doing so.  In your situation, I would rather be a section writer in Calcutta, or at Agra, than hold any employment in the Oude Durbar that you can get by honest means.  One of the tasks imposed on you would be, I conclude, to praise bad persons and things, and abuse good, in the newspapers.  This, of course, you would not do, and you would be punished accordingly.  I strongly advise you to have nothing to do with Oude at present.

Yours very truly,
(Signed) W. H. SLEEMAN.

To G. Norton, Esq.,
Azimgurh.

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Lucknow, 11th August, 1853. 
My Dear Sir,

Your brother, the late Lieut.-Colonel Ouseley, was a valued friend of mine.  Before his appointment as Governor-General’s Agent of the south-eastern frontier districts, he had for many years held the civil charge of different districts in the Sangor and Nerbudda territories.  I had for many years the civil charge of districts bordering on those under his charge, and abundant opportunity of seeing how much he had made himself beloved, and the character of his Government respected, by the manner in which he conducted the duties confided to him.