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 ing it. The Maharaja's quahties of head and heart, his family history, the incidents of his own hfe, his conduct in his adversity, and his career subsequent to his restoration, all cry out loudly in his favour. They all demand that the wrong that has been done to him may be repaired, and he may be once more put in possession of the rights and privileges to which he was born and which he enjoyed on his succecsion.

It is needless to dilate on those rights and privileges at this place. The treaty of Amritsar, which guaranteed in 1846 to Maharaja Golab Singh and his heirs male the independent possession for ever of all the dominions secured to him by that treaty, does not require a mention, nor is it necessary to quote again the words of Her Majesty's Proclamation of 1858, which announced to the Princes of India that all treaties and engagements made with them by the East India Company would be scrupulously observed.* The


 * See page 21 ante.