July 28, 1847.—­Report from Gonda states, that Goureeshunker, the collector of Gungwal and Pyagpoor, had, by order of Beharee Lal, attacked the village of Ruhooa, and seized and carried off sixty-four cultivators, and confined them in his camp.  No order whatever was passed by the Durbar.

September 7, 1847.—­From Nawabgunge in Gonda reports, that Beharee Lal’s soldiers were then engaged in sacking that town, and carrying off the property.  Order by the Durbar.  Let the minister see that the property be restored and wrongs redressed.  Nothing whatever was done.

September 18, 1847.—­Report from Bahraetch states, that Cheyn Sing, the tallookdar of Bahmanee Paer, had fled into the British territory, but returned to his fort; that Beharee Lal heard of his return and sent two thousand men to seize him; that the tallookdar had only sixty men, but held out for three hours, killed ten of the King’s soldiers, and then evacuated the fort and fled; that Beharee Lal’s soldiers had collected two thousand bullocks from the estate, and brought them all off to his camp.  Order by the Durbar, that the minister give stringent orders in this case.  Nothing whatever was done.

October 2, 1847.—­Report from Seerora states, that Mahommed Hussan (the present Nazim), one of Rughbur Sing’s collectors, with one thousand horse and foot and one gun, had come to the hamlet of Sondun Lal, and the village of Seerora, attacked and plundered these places, and seized and taken off one hundred men and women, and two hundred bullocks, killed two hundred Rajpoots in a fight, and then gone back to his camp at Bahoreegunge.  Order by the Durbar, that the minister seize and send the oppressors to Lucknow, and restore the property to its proper owners.  The minister did nothing of the kind; and soon after made this oppressor the governor of these districts.

September 20, 1847.—­Report from Radowlee states, that armed men belonging to Kurum Hoseyn, escorting one thousand selected bullocks, sent by Rughbar Sing, had come to Radowlee, on their way to his fort of Shahgunge.  Order by the Durbar:  Let the minister see to this affair.  Nothing was done.

On the 28th September 1847 an order was addressed by the Durbar to Rughbur Sing, that his agent, Kurum Hoseyn, appeared to have attacked the house of Seodeen, though he had paid all that was due by him to the State, according to his engagements, and plundered it of property to the value of eighteen thousand rupees, and seized and confined all his relations—­that he must cause all the property to be restored, and obtain acquittances from the sufferers.  Rughbur Sing took no notice whatever of this order.