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present with Gumbheer Singh, this will make 
him presumptuous. He will appear to be coun¬ 
tenanced by you. 
E. This is altogether a different ground ; but 
you cannot say that our troops are precluded by 
treaty from remaining in the Cassay territory. 
The real state of the case is this:—The troops 
to which you allude are not British troops, but 
belong to Gumbheer Singh. During the war, 
the British Government paid him a subsidy for 
maintaining the troops in question, and lent him 
two British officers to discipline them. Since 
the conclusion of peace, Gumbheer Singh has 
been informed, that the subsidy is discontinu¬ 
ed, and that he must carry on the affairs of his 
Government at his own expense and risk.— B. 
That Gumbheer Singh may not presume on the 
support of the British Government, and conduct 
himself with insolence towards us, we wish that 
the officers in question may be recalled, lest ano¬ 
ther war should be occasioned by it. The King 
will endure a good deal from the English; but 
not from Gumbheer Singh, or any “ Black 
Kula.”* 
E. The British Government have no inten¬ 
tion whatever of occupying Munnipore them¬ 
selves, and they will certainly not give assist- 
* This term is most commonly applied to the Hindus. 
