Lord Derby on Thursday presented a petition from Mirza Ali
Kader, the last surviving heir of the Emperor of Delhi. This man was condemned with the rest of his family to deporta- tion, and is now imprisoned in Rangoon, but says he never had any trial, and took no part in the mutinies. As to the trial, we never heard that Napoleon had any before he was sent to St. Helena, nor is it usual to try captive kings or pretenders to great thrones. The statement that All Kader took no part in the mutinies is clearly not trite, though of course he may have acted under his father's orders ; but true or false, he is no more entitled to the " allowance " for which he pleads than Prince Jerome Napoleon is to his dotation. He held it as a consequence of his father's or uncle's rank, which rank was forfeited by his failure in rebellion. The India House might, in consideration of his great historic descent, give him a small pension ; but it should be paid to him in the Mauritius, where he may live safely among his countrymen, and should be accompanied by an intimation that if he ever set foot in India he would be imprisoned for life under the State Prisoners' Act. If that man has a head on his shoulders, he is as dangerous as an invading army.
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