he found a telegraph from Lord Canning informing him that Delhi had fallen into the hands of the mutineers, upon which he sent for Salar Jung and communicated with him. Salar Jung replied, "This was known in the city three days ago."
Here, then, was an unambiguous proof of the loyalty of the Nizam's Government, for, had there been any disposition to upset the British rule in favour of the Mahomedan Power, there could not have been a fitting opportunity for doing so than when all the English officers were collected in the Nizam's Palace, surrounded by his armed retainers and certainly in their power.
Later on, when the spirit of disaffection was at its height and had reached the city of Hyderabad, the wisdom and determination of Salar Jung were eminently shown by his ordering all the Arabs who were the principal land priorities in the Hyderabad territory to repair to at once to the city, and by placing large bodies of the British and fearless men at each of the principal points, and by having any one who attempted to unite the people to rise against the English.
These energetic savings saved South India, for had the people of Hyderabad risen against us, the Mahomedan population of Madras would, it was well known at the President's, had followed their example; and it is but just that this distinguished man that the people of England should be informed how entirely the stability of British rule in South India was being to the wise and energetic measures of Sir Salar Jung.
Having held the chief military command in His Highness the Nizam's dominions for some years, and having been consequently brought into constant communication with the Resident during that momentous period, I feel a pleasure in giving pleasure to the facts above stated, being as assured as Sir Salar Jung will receive from the British public that warm and friendly welcome which he eminently deserves from our countrymen.
WILLIAM HILL, Major-General, K.C.S.I., late Commanding, Hyderabad, Contingent.
princes of India, there was not one page more dark, more disgraced, more humbling than that which tells of our relations with the Nizam. Our statement is founded solely on official documents, on treaties, and on letters of the highest officials in India, the great majority of which have appeared in bluebooks.
The Beras, the richest provinces of the Nizam, came into the possession of the British, by virtue of a treaty in the year 1853, as a security for the payment of the force known as the Hyderabad Power. This treaty was supplemented by another in 1860, which altered some of the relations in which the contracting parties stood to each other. The contention of the Nizam is, that this treaty of 1850 was unjustly forced upon him in deference of right and of the sides with us in our struggle against the British. The treaty of 1850, which had up to that time governed the relations between the two countries; and the dot had remained unchallenged by the two countries; and the demands that the treaties of 1855 and 1860 should therefore be cancelled, and that he should revert to the treaty of 1860.
A few words will explain the relations between the two powers prior to the treaty of 1800. The Government of the Nizam had, from its earliest days, had the view that it is, in 1747—been friendly to the British power or in India. It had been the struggle with the British, and with, and with two exceptions, the French, the friendly dot, and the dot had remained unchallenged. At the end of the century saw us bound together by common interests against common enemies. Tippoo at Seringapatam and the Mahrattas on the Deccan threatened both powers alike, and the treaty, offensive and defensive, of 1798 tested the limits of the闭合. Two years later the treaty of 1800 was signed, for by the British Government the treaty of 1800 was guaranteed absolutely the integrity of the Nizam to the stationers, while the Nizam on his powed cedant to England in perpetuity a large portion of his territories—one-third, indeed, of the whole— the revenue to be derived therefrom to be devoted to the maintenance of a subsidiary force, which was fixed at 8000 infantry to 1000 cavalry, with the requisite complement of guns. An article was specifying ascertained expressly that no further demand should ever be made by the British on behalf of the whole force. This subsidiary force was by the terms of the treaty to be stationed in time of peace in the Nizam's dominion, and was to be at his dispost to put down instruction and restrain the feudal Rajals. The English pledged themselves to abstain from all interference of any kind in the internal affairs of the Nizam's dominion. In case the two powers should take the field together against a common enemy, the Nizam agreed to put 6000 infantry against 1000 cavalry, and to use every effort to bring the whole force of his kingdom into the field.
THE WORLD, 31st May 1876. SIR SALAR JUNG'S MISSION.
It is no secret that the visit of Sir Salar Jung to England is connected with the question of the Beras. Why that visit is necessary is not a pleasant story to tell; for in all the history of our dealings with the native