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Order by the Durbar, that Rughbur Sing be directed to restrain his soldiers and restore the ornaments.
Nothing whatever was done! _September_ 6, 1847--Report from the same place states, that Luchman Naraen, malgoozar of Bhurduree in Gonda, had paid all the rents due, according to his engagements; that Beharee Lal had, nevertheless, sent a force of three hundred men, who attacked his house, plundered it of all that it contained, and took off five thousand seven hundred and thirty-one maunds of stored grain.
Order by the Durbar, that the minister punish and restrain the oppressors, and cause all the property to be restored.
Nothing whatever was done in the matter! _October_ 2, 1847 .-- Report from Gonda states, that Jafir Allee and Hemraj Sing, Rughbur Sing's agents, had, with a body of sixteen hundred troops, attacked the town of Khurgapoor in Gonda, plundered it, and attacked and plundered five villages in the vicinity, and seized Sudasook and thirty other merchants and shopkeepers of Khurgapoor, Chungul Sing, the farmer of that place, Kaleechurn, a writer, and Benee, the agent of the Gonda Rajah, and no less than one hundred landholders and cultivators.
Order by the Durbar: Let the minister seize all the offenders, and release and satisfy all the sufferers.
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