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 Lansdowne, who gave proof of the nobility of his head and heart by rendering to the Maharaja an instalment of justice no sooner he came to know that His Highness had been grossly misrepresented to  His Excellency, and found out by personal contact with the Maharaja and a careful  local enquiry in his dominions that he was neither such a bad man nor such an  oppressive ruler as he had been pictured  to be. The Viceroy's visit to the Happy Valley, in October— November 1891, was thus fruitful of one very beneficial result : it dispelled the false notions that had been  formed of the Maharaja and led to his  partial restoration to the throne of his  ancestors. But the restoration has been as yet but partial, the Maharaja being still in all important and many unimportant matters subject to the Resident's will, and it is due to Lord Lansdowne, who  was misled into sanctioning his downfall, to render him ampler and more complete  reparation before His Excellency leaves  the country. The object of this little