the territory remains unrestored to this hour, and the very despatch for its restoration, if rumour speaks true, unreplied to. Letter XIV. must therefore be read as written under the delusion of supposing that the directions of the Queen's Government were obeyed by the Indian authorities. It is well known that under the Double Government many a benevolent despatch from the Court of Directors remained waste paper in India. It is more than suspected that the practice had grown up latterly of writing such despatchesas our Transatlantic cousins would say, for Bunkum-without any intention of their being carried out, but solely to make a show before Parliament and through the press. There remains to be seen whether the Queen's Government will submit to either disgrace in future. *The Moturfa abolition despatch for instance? LETTER V. The Pledge of Respect to Treaties in its Bearings upon late Acts of Annexation SECTION I. Annexations by alleged right of escheat SECTION II. The Cessions from the Nizam SECTION III. The Annexation of Oude LETTER VI. The Pledge of Respect to the Rights of Native Princes, in its How the Right of Adoption was invaded, 1841-8. LETTER IX. How the Annexation Policy dealt with the Right of Adoption 117 |