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I was recently in Hyderabad. I found that the unpopularity of the men in power had not, during my absence of about three months from the place, lessened a whit—but on the other hand it had considerably increased. Almost every man of intelligence that I came across, had something or other to say against the policy of the Government—condemned, in no measured terms, the influences at work, the manner in which this Rajah’s claims had been shelved and that Jagheerdhar sent to rack and ruin, this honest Hindu official had been brought into trouble and that Moslem immigrant had been pitchforked into a high position and so on, and soon, And I was naturally curious to know what the powers-that-be had to say in their own behalves. So, according to an appointment previously arranged for, I repaired on Sunday last at 11 a.m., to the residence of the Nawab Mushtak Husain Intesar Juug Bahadur—Revenue Secretary to the Nizam’s Government and chief of the party in the ascendant, or the Minister de facto as he is known among most people in Hyderabad—and presented my card. Ushered into a hall fur nished in perfect Moglaz style, a relative of the Nawab’s informed me that the ‘‘ Maulvie Shaib” had been suddenly summoned by the “* Nawab Sahib” ( i.e, the Minister) and he had sent a telephonic message a few minutes previously to the effect that he would be back “presently”? to see me. I took a seat and waited. About 10 minutes afterwards a carriage drove in—and almost immediately I found myself the presence of a man of medium height aud middle age, bearded rather luxuriantly, in the typical Hyderabadee costume; and he was no other than the Nawab Intesar Jung Bahadur. He advanced and shook hands with me, and taking u seat closeby, launched into apologies for