These are, I think, the only men, save the minister, the eunuchs, and the singers who have had the honour of conversing with his Majesty since I came here in January last.
W.H.S.
______________________________ Lucknow, 23rd September, 1849.
My Dear Elliot, I conclude that no further Tables will be required from me on Oude statistics for the present.

Should they be so, pray let me know, and they shall be sent.

I thought at first that it would be thought bad taste in me to refer to the domestic troubles of the King, but it is necessary to show the state to which his Majesty is reduced in his palace.

The facts mentioned are known and talked of all over Lucknow and Oude generally, and tend more than greater things to bring his conduct and character into contempt.
The time was certainly never so favourable to propose an arrangement that shall secure a lasting and substantial reform, and render Oude what it ought to be--a garden.

The King is in constant dread of poison, and would do anything to get relieved from that dread, and all further importunity on the state of the country.