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Mr Serjeant Atkinson and others ; so it is to be 

 hoped that on his return to India services so 

 valuable as Hafiz can render will be made 

 available to Government in a post suitable to 

 his merit and qualifications. 



The case of Prince Azeem Jah, Nawab of the 

 Carnatic, exhibits another instance of the most 

 monstrous injustice, but of late years what 

 native prince has been otherwise than so 

 treated ? 



The deposal of the King of Oudh and an- 

 nexation of his comitry has been the last and 

 crowning act of these numerous State robberies, 

 for I can apply no milder term to the acts of 

 spoliation committed by Lord Dalhousie. 



But I am wandering from the wrongs of 

 Meer Ali Moorad, who certainly deserved bet- 

 ter treatment than he has had from those whom 

 he had so faithfully served in perilous emergen- 

 cies. Such would, however, seem to be our 

 ordinary course of policy with the Princes of 

 India, and to it, combined with other causes, 

 may, possibly, be attributed the late insurrec- 

 tion in India. Here is what Sir Charles Napier 

 prophetically said on the subject : — " The final 



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