The Commission of great officials ordered to inquire into the
affairs of Guzerat has reported against the present Guico- war. He is accused of wild extravagance, misgovernment, and oppression, and the Viceroy has warned him, according to a telegram in the Times of Monday, that if great improvement is not manifested before the close of 1875, he will be deposed, "in the interest of his people, and for the peace and security of the
empire." There is, by all accounts, but little chance of substantial improvement. Were the Guicowar merely the indolent debauchee he is described, a good Dewan might reform the State ; but he was years in prison, his head seems turned by his elevation to the throne, and he has a fancy that he ought to be regarded as the first of Sovereigns. He demands precedence even- of the Viceroy, and is little likely to submit his will to that of any Minister. Should it be neces- sary to carry out the threat now published, it will be necessary to find a successor, a task of some difficulty if, as we believe to be the case, Mulharrao is the last of his dynasty.
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