ILLNESS OP HIS MAJESTY THE KINO OP DELHI AND

ARRANGEMENTS IN THE EVENT OF HIS DEMISE, 1853.

1. From Sir Theuophillus Metcalfe, Bart Agent, Lieutenant-Governor, North-Western Provinces, Pehlee, to William Muir, Esquire, Secretary to Government, North-Western Provinces, Agra,—No. 80, dated Dehlee, 18th July 1833.

I HAVE the honor to report, for the information of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, that the King of Delhi has for some days past been suffering from a severe attack of dysentery, caused by his own imprudence in the matter of diet.

He was seriously indisposed yesterday. To-day the reports are still unfavorable, and his age, increasing debility, and dis- regard of the prescriptions of his medical advisers render his recovery very doubtful.