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with the want of proper respect evinced by 

 the authorities at that Presidency on his way 

 to England. Sanguine as His Highness then 

 was of the early ftdfilmcnt of his hopes, he 

 became too even more sanguine on the Con- 

 servative party coming into power, as the Earl 

 of Ellenborough, G.C.B., to whom he was 

 personally known, and who had ever been 

 favourable' to his cause, was again at the head 

 of the India Board. Had His Lordship con- 

 tinued in that high office, he would, I doubt 

 not, have restored the territory of which the 

 Meer had been deprived, as his sentiments 

 on the subject were unmistakably expressed 

 in the House of Lords shortly after the Mar- 

 quis of Dalhousie had committed that particu- 

 lar act of spoliation. Unfortunately, though, 

 for His Highness, Lord Ellenborough was 

 induced to resign his post, after a very brief 

 tenure; and then Meer Ali Moorad's case 

 seems to have been shelved by the Home 

 Authorities, as the Secretary of State for India 

 appeared totally ignorant of its merits when 

 I had the honour of an audience in December 

 following. Month after month passed over 

 without the arrival of the expected order, and 



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