Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [‎97v] (94/100)

enquire into the cases of all. On account of this happy news all the people
had collected." Then the Saheh said :—" The gentleman is the General Saheb
who has come from Ahmedabad to review the regiment. Fourthly, Rukhma
Baee's brother has presented a petition. He says that his sister should be made
over to him. The Saheb became very angry with him. Fifthly, I shall come
to-morrow bringing with me Cawasji. You should-therefore send Salam.
No. 6.
TRANSLATION.
B hawn P unekar said to the Saheb as follows:—Nana Saheb Dewan is
• The word also means mai- moving about with a view to kill* me. He is
t^eatlng • moving about taking men with him, with a view to
kill (me). He (Nana Saheb) was standing with fifteen or twenty men near the
Sawak's Dharamsala at 12 o'clock yesterday. One man came and enquired of
a Patewela where Bhawn Punekar was. The Patewala told him that he was
not there. Then the man went away. The Patewala went to the Saheb while
Bhawn Punekar was sitting by him, and said that Nana Saheb's men were
searching for Bhawn Punekar. At that time Bhawn Punekar was sitting by
the Saheb. Then Bhawn also said to the Saheb that Nana Saheb's mea were
moving about with a view to kill him.
No. 7.
TRANSLATION.
T he Saheb enquired of Bhawn Punekar what had been done about the
Siledars. Bhawn Punekar replied that all the Siledars having assembled toge
ther went to Dadabhai yesterday, but that he did not give any proper answer.
The wish of these three persons, viz., the Sarkar {i.e., the Gaekwar), Dadabhai,
and Nana Saheb is not to make any arrangement whatever about them.
Bhawn Punekar informed the Saheb that Dadabhai had a dispute with Nana
Saheb, saying that it would be necessary to make arrangements about these
people about whom arrangements were to be made, and that it would be neces
sary to make arrangements about these people also whom the Saheb might
name. But Nana Saheb is not at all inclined to make any arrangement. ^In
this way the Saheb was informed; and the Saheb told Bhawn Punekar to take
to him a general statement, showing what Siledars there were in the service, and
from what time they had been employed, adding that it was customary with
them (Europeans) to grant pensions, and that therefore he (Bhawn Punekar)
should take a detailed statement, showing from what time they had entered the
service, and for how many years they had served.
Enclosure No. 37.
Dated Fort William, 12th January 1875 (Confidential).
From—C. U. Aitchison, Esq., C.S.I., Secy, to the Govt, of India, Foreign Dept.,
To—G. C. Paul, Esq., Officiating Advocate-General, Calcutta.
H erewith you will receive copies of the evidence taken with respect to
the attempt to poison Colonel Phayre, with the report of Mr. Souter, and an
opinion given by the Advocate-General of Bombay.
You will observe that the Advocate-General of Bombay expresses an
opinion that were the parties merely private individuals he would have no hesi-
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