CHAPTER VII. 



Meer Ali Moorad — Britisli Breaches of Taith — Maharanees of 

 Nagpore — Siudiah — Jhansi — Carnatic Stipendiaries J — Prince 

 Azeeni Jah — King of Oudh — Sir Charles Napier's Prophetic 

 Warnings — Causes of the Insurrection — Mr Layard — Feeling of 

 the People — Finance — Wasteful Expenditure — Salaries of Pon- 

 dicherry Officials — Sir Charles Trevelyan — Mr Bright's Speech 

 on Indian Reform — Improved PoUcy — Native Qualifications — 

 Bathborne's Report — Demeanour towards Natives — Our Govern- 

 ment of Siudh — Beneficial Results — Departure from Khyrpoor 

 — Adieu to Sindh. 



I WAS induced to go to Sindh in the expect- 

 ation of remaining there only a few months, 

 as Meer Ali Moorad, conscious of his own in- 

 tegrity of pm-pose to continue, as he had ever 

 been, the true and loyal ally of the British 

 Government, implicitly believed that the Board 

 of Control would, with equal good faith, carry 

 out the assurances that had been given to him 

 in London. This belief too was confirmed by 

 the com'tesies of the Grovernor of Bombay, 

 which on his return were strongly in contrast 



