Some attention has been given to a statement-that since the
murder of Sir Louis Cavaguari, " Sciudiah has been visiting' Hollow," the suggestion being that the Marhatta chiefs may . take the opportunity to throw off British control.. The Marhatta chiefs, like the Mussulmaue of Ilydrabad, will probably wait to see how the matter turns out ; but there may be difficulty in another quarter. The Sepoys have always greatly disliked the invasion of Afghanistan. They dread the climate, whieli in winter is to them all but unendurable ; they are appalled by the scenery', so different Trout that of the peninsula ; and they are worried by the difficulty of obtaining food from people of whose caste they are not sure. Moreover, while the Hindoos are insulted by the Afghans; the Muesnlmans are ex- posed to great religious pressure. Native officers executed in 1858 declared that the mutiny as originally arranged during the Afghan war of 1840, and most experienced officers doubt whether, if Afghanistan were permanently annexed, recruiting would not stop. One of the strongest feelings of all Indians, whether Hindoos or Hindooised Musulmano, is that they have no buei- ness beyond the Indus,—that south of that river only is their "home." We may hear yet of a demand that Government should previously contract to give "butts," the allowance after a victorious campaign, a demand equally difficult to concede or refuse.
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