We regret to notice the death on the 27th April
of Lord Hobart, the Governor of Madras. Lord Hobart had given proof of financial capacity at Constantinople, and was expected to be a considerable Governor, but his reign of three years was a quiet one, and he was unexpectedly unpopular. He did all his work very well, but he liked living on the Neilgherries, and had a notion, not unfounded, that the Mohammedan population of the Presidency had been neglected. He brought the Mohammedans forward, therefore, pressing their claims both to education and office, and was consequently slightly disliked, not only by Hindoos but by Englishmen, who throughout India have a curious though in- telligible prejudice in favour of the submissive polytheists and against the more independent monotheists. Lord Hobatt's death leaves a very important post unfilled.
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