The distance from the palace to the cantonments, round by the old stone bridge, was about four miles and half.

The iron bridge, which shortens the distance by a mile and half, had not then been thrown over the Goomtee river, which flows between them.

The Resident then had drawn up, for the consent of the new king, a Persian paper, declaring that he was prepared to sign any new treaty for the better government of the country that the British Government might think proper to propose to him.
It was now one o'clock in the morning of the 8th of July, and Captain Shakespear, attended by the Meer Moonshee, Iltufat Hoseyn, and the Durbar Wakeel, proceeded to the house of the new sovereign, Nuseer-od Dowlah, who then resided where the present King now resides, a distance of about a mile from the Residency.

The visit was altogether unexpected; and, as the new sovereign had been for some time ill, some delay took place in arranging for the reception of the mission.
After explaining the object of his visit.

Captain Shakespear presented the paper, which the King perused with great attention, and then signed without hesitation.