MAHARAJAH DHULEEP SINGH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1613, 19 July 1887, Page 4

MAHARAJAH DHULEEP SINGH.

Within the last fortnight (says the London correspondent of the " Argus") a 1 mysterious visitor has appeared m St j Posers'- urg u;:d Moscow. lt Patrick Gassy " turns out to be iho Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. The descendant of Bmrj ,-et Singh of tho Putvjiub has, as you know, a grievance with the British Government. Some years ago we bought him an estate m Norfolk at a cost of £80,000, and gave him ££5,000 a year to maintain it. This was to keep him out of India. He, Maharajah, tcm through his money " like a prince." Ho was repeatedly assisted to re-establish himself, and when the British Government buitonod up its pocke'B l-o threateued to return to India to "make it Lot foi us." Uo set out, but at Aden he was turned back Reaching Paria he bos;ai to receive the. extremists of tbo Irish party who reside m that cHy, and flawing it impossible to realise his hopes hy their help, he started for Russia. His fri. v.l •♦ Patrick Caeov the Irish tevo lutiou'icy," had been sent m advance to aeccruiu wiiat so.t of reception awaited tho ilindoo* and his return to Patia "tlw MU ittj»h 8J- out. He took with h'»o he p BBp it of Ctsey, and travelled a. d«r th<\t uaino At Baslm the passport was stolen, wih the Maharajah's j 'weliery tond efforts. 'Patrick " appeared first at St Potersbu g aud aftirwarda at Moscow. Iv bbih p. bo a 1 he Bpent freely j the Btory goes that t j keep tip the mystery be often changed p'.aeea with Wlavakt, who is ausp oted of being the real li Patrick " pare However ihis may be, the Maharajah was receivdd by many great personages including M, Katkiff. It ia said that he seeks permission to enter Afghanistan by the central Asian route, m order, of course, "to make it warm for Eogland. " The risks to the Maharajah are great, since he is not known m Afghanistan, and admitting that he may reach the Pudj tub he would be at once put under arrest. The younger Sikhs are satiEfled with Ifogliah rule, and the older men who Knew Runjeet Siugb, look upon the Maharejih as a renegade, religious and otherwise. As a matter of fact, Dhuleep Siugh is a harmless madman.