The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-15 00:00:00

THE NIZAM AND HIS DEBT.

The Nizam has not yet paid the remainder of his
debt to our government, though his treasury (pri.
vate) is said to contain some millions sterling. To
make us believe ho was short of cash he had sent his
jewels to be sold. He valued them at 250,0001., bat
the highest bid made for them did not reach ono-
fourth of this sum, and they were, as a matter of
course, returned to him. lie is endeavouring to
make his ministers advance 100,0001., or procure it
on loan.

The Calcutta Englishman of Dec. 6 says :
We have maw an Important oommanisalion from Hy-
drabad as to the peeper nude in liquidating the debt due
W the Indies geweenment. It is es fellow
Welting Is pia at lag intend% and labor/dog under
the disadveships ere teed /jeastieelty eeresselly to refer to
written pare% I Meg teentatenady leave a hiatus in the in-
formation I geetillinnieelie to gen. I believe my last letter
inhemed yea Set the isisider's daminal meager° to re-
deem the debt to the estepay bed failed, and that
the Nieua led
plereeW yeembed to siggly the dodo% not in
sped% bat is _ Met his vate treasury. I
believe I eho Odd yes Sid the istruetionspri of the govern-
mat le the MINIM sow Melyeat M admit of no Tykes-
den as la the due of jiignsat Th• oodereaset expired
on the Ist feelsoll, sod the owe a MOW km ran thus.
The led et Needs hi ea the 7th Mehemet. Of course
geoid he der Is • Ilidosmodess newest till the
14th, the Nines premised te previa* the seam for
payment On the 14th Ida Wollner was seined in
other essnpations. The treasury we not owlet till a
late hew 1 the poverty ass invested, bat delivery
was peelpened Ihe 16th. Theitimerty consisted
' of jewels, wail, empording to his estimate, 14
lam of rupees. That day, the 18th, the 17th, were oc-
cupied in procuring froin all the leeidog debeekers a
valuation of the jewels. On the 18th, the Weider reported
to his Highnees that the valuation was els bee and forty-
three themes!' rupees, but that the Beheolutre declined
purchasing the., even at that price, or advancing
money upon the mortgage of them in the usual re-
lative prepeeden of this- value. His Highness desired
the WAN, lei employ Ude Bahadoor to prevail
upon the Meeker@ to eseemesedate his government;
this was idle, but bee highness's mandate could
not be dropt upon the theuebeid, and the &hookers were
directed to wait upon Lelk Ilehedoor, at his country-house,
which they did es the 11th ef the month. The event could
be no other than moseedeselve. Hie highness, I presume-
-1 have no feet ingeniseeden with that day—was immovable,
and fiuraj.ool-Ideellt welled upon the resident, at Bahrain,
on the 20th Idebiewim4 Wm 14. Whatever the communi-
cation of thiseninehniseet weight have been Sit is supposed
he went to seinalsele be sere timeLlithe resident could do
no otherwise than await a little longer the tendencies of
the Nistre's versatile disposition. 'I ho movements were
progressive towards a payment, and he could not be justi-
fied in breaking down the house whilst the libroffs are as
it were counting out the money. On the 21st the minister
returned early to the city; the Nitarn did not give him an
audience till the 23rd, when, according to common, but
not authentic report, he told his minister ho meant to
give him no other assistance, and that ho might
manage the beet way he could with what he had got. This
sort of lordly language is very mach misplaced; it is not
Bursj-001-licioUt that will suffer from the failure to pay,
but his bigness who will lose his territories. On the 21st,

tharej-001-hloolk went sin to Bo!arum, but nothing is
yet known of the proceedings there ; the &hookers hung
bark, and if that be, as I understand, the point of reliance,
the hope is utterly vain.
Another letter, dated Hyderabad, Dec. 4, in the
Madras Spectator, says:
Yesterday there was a tragical occurrence at the minis-
ter's palace. A body of Sikhs took up their poet in the
outer area demanding their arrears. Towards the evening,
they attempted to press into • second compartment, and
were opposed by the Arabs stationed there. One of the
Sikhs snapped his blunderbuss at the guard. It did no
injury ; but the Arehs do not submit to this treatment, and
• volley from them was the reply. It killed five men on the
spot and wounded another mortally. The Sikhs owe their
fate to their imprudent rashness, but would to Ood that the
cease of all this slaughter could be removed, and take away
one great source of the sacrifice of human lives.
describing a mutiny, I may as well mention
one that occurred at Rajah Ram Bun's, some:ten or twelve
days ago. The mutineers dialigreed amongst themselves,
and three lives were lost. The remedy for such a situation
is impracticable only to the Nizam's government.

PIRACY AND SLAUGHTER IN TIIE INDIAN
AIteIIII'ELAOO.

We have repeatedly drawn the attention of the
authorities and our readers to the proceedings of the hordes
of pirates which infest the Indian Archipelago, and are
known under the various names of Litmus, Illations, Meg-
indandos, and Balignini. Hitherto the outrages of these
rovers have hero confined either to the Dutch poesusions,
the coast of Borneo, or the small groups of islands with
which the Eastern seas arc studded, and only occasionally
have they attempted to attack • European vessel unless
she was a wreck, or the watch asleep at their
posts. It is now our melancholy duty to record
the death of two gentlemen and a portion of their native
crews by a most outrageous attack made on their vessel by
some Lanun and Suloo pirates in Malluda Bay. The
schooner Dolphin, belonging to Singapore, left the latter
port in August last, on a trading voyage to the north-east
coast of Borneo, Mr. Robert Burns, of tilasgow, proceeding
as supercargo, and Mr. Robertson, of Leith, as master.
The vessel was a small one, of 46 tons, and although sup-
plied with arms, these latter were placed in the hold—a
step highly imprudent when it is considered that she was
trading oat the most ineesure part of the Burnean coast, and
in the very teeth of the formidable Lanun and Suloo
pirates—the terror of the Archipelago. From Mr.
Burn's journal—which happily has been preserved—
containing entries in his own handwriting up to
the 6th of September, it appears they had traded to
some extent at Malluda, when a misunderstanding arose
between the supercargo and the master, about a keg of
paint, which the former was about to barter. bargain with
the natives. In his journal Mr. Burns complains of ill-
wage on the part of the master, who knocked him down,
tied his hands so secure and tight as to stop the circulation
of hlood and lacerate the skin, and that when so tied other
indignities were offered him. The natives appear to have
observed these broils on hoard, and, coupled with tho tie
cunistaime of the arms being all below, probably took ad-
vantage of the opportunity. The following particulars were
obtained from a gentleman who formed one of the expe-
dition to recover the vessel, and who made diligent in-
quiries on the spot as to the tragedy :
"The H. C. Steamier Pluto, on her way from Labuan
to the N.E. coast of Borneo, touched at Malluda Bay, at
which place intelliAence was received of the capture by
pirate. of the schooner Dolphiu, and the murder of Mr.
Burns (supercargo) and Robertson (captain), as also a
portion of the crew. This outrage is reported to have
taken place on or about the 7th or Sth of September
last. From enquiries made it appeared that, in the even-
ing, whilst the vessel twos underweigh, two boats manned
by ten men went alongside and intimated their desire
to trade, which Captain Robertson declined to do until
daylight next morning. About seven o'clock on the fol-
lowing day two men, one • Lanun and the other a Su-
loo man, went on board, apparently to trade with Mr.
Burns, having with them some mats, pearls, and cam-
phor. Whilst Mr. Burns was in a stooping posture, his
attention was taken up examining some pearls ill his hand.
A Borneo mat, rolled up, was handed from the boat, which
Burns glanced at, and in which was concealed a Salmi
Kris. The pretended trader adroitly drew out the hidden
weapon, and at • single cut severed Burn's head from
his body. Captain Robertson was pacing up and down
the quarter deck, and at this juncture his back was
towards Burns. The Suloo man, observing Burns de-
spatched, made a cut at Robertson's neck, who turning
at tke instant, received • kris-wound across the
chin, and ran forward to the jibboom-end, whence
ho begged hard for his life. From one of the
boats, under tho schooner's bow., several spears were
thrown at Roberteen, who fell into the water and was
finished by a spear thrust through his body. Three of the
crew (Malays) were also butchered. Not the least resist-
ance was offered, and the arms were all below in the hold.
The rest of the crew took to the water or escaped up the
rigging ; their lives were spared and they were bound with
ropes. A native woman on board was cut nearly in two
and thrown into the sea. On obtaining this information thu
Pluto proceeded to Lobule Bay, to which place the Dolphin
was reported to have been taken by the pirates. Owing to
the shallowness of the water the boats were got ready, consist-
ing of the two paddle-box boats, each fitted with • ti-pounder,
and the find cutter, under the command of Mr. Bodge of
the Pluto, and accompepled by Mr. St. John, officiating
commissioner. In consequence of the intricacy of the
Benguin river some difficulty was experienced in hitting
upon the right channel. After passing some distance the''
Dolphin's boat was observed pulling towards the flotilla,
and at 6 p.m. Mr. Hodge boarded the schooner Dolphin
at anchor in the Benguin river. The same evening Mr.
St. John proceeded up the river to see the chief, from
I whom it WAS ascertained that on the schooner's arrival he
demanded of the pirates what vessel it was ; they said
she was • Spanish trader, and as Suloos, and at war with
Spain, they had a right to take her. The crew were inter-
rogated, but from fear, answered, they did not know what
flag the vessel sailed under; but one of the chief's people
seeing the crew said "you are Mr. Burns' crew, I have seen
the schooner at Bruni. The crew then told the chief what
had happened, upon which the chief himself cut down one
of the pirates, others were wounded and some captured, but
were subsequently released by a largo party of Suloos and
'AMMO, who threatened to return and destroy the chief of
Benguin. The flotilla towed the Dolphin to Labuk bay,
and on Nov. 2nd, it rejoined the Pluto. The steamer
next day towed the Dolphin as far as the Northern en-
trance of /denude bay, placed on board four European sea-
men, victualled the native crow, and despatched the schooner
to Singapore."

MR. ROEBUCK, M.P. FOR SHEFFIELD, ADDRESSED
MS CONSTITUENTS in the Council Hall of that town, on
Tuesday afternoon. The ,arrangemcnts for the meeting
were not made until the arrival of tho hon. member in
Sheffield, on Monday evening, to attend the soiree of the
Mechanics' Institution, but, notwithstanding the short
notice given, the hall was crowded in every part. Ms. I.
lronside was in the chair.

The IRTICEIESPI.OSION IY STATTORDSHIRE.
TOLL-RNO, WEDNESDAY Brestmo.—The adjourned in-
quiry into the cause of this unfortunate occurrence was
continued hero to-day before George flinchliffe, Esq., the
coroner for the district.—Thee first witness examined was
Mr. Benj. Ilacket, of West Bromwich, engineer, who de-
posed that he had been at Messrs. Davies and Bloomer's
works and examined the boiler which exploded. The plates
were three-eighths of an inch thick, which ho considered
sufficient for the purpose. The plates did not present any
appearance of having been red hot. Was of opinion that
the boiler did not explode in consequence of want of water,
although it might have done from an excessive pressure
of steam, which would be increased by the stoppage of the
engine; before doing this it was the duty of the engineer to
have lowered the steam andslacked the fires. Au experienoed
engineer would know when to stop or lower the steam of a
high-pressure engine. The boiler which exploded would
have borne a pressure of from 40 to 60 lbs. to the !quire
inch. The safety-valves were of the usual size—four inches
in diameter. In this case the stoppage of the engine ap-
pearedthe most likely thing to havecaused the explosion,
tl witness was unable to speak positively on the rah:
jut. A boiler employed at such works as these ought to
be in such a state that it would be safe to stop It as much as
half an hour without opening the fire-doors. The gaiety-
valves of a high-pressure engine ought of themselves to
afford the boiler relief at the time there was a great pres-
sure of steam.—Mr. John Hi • of West Bromwich,
boiler-maker, swore that lehad examined the boiler, and
was unable to speak positively as to the cause of the sepia-
lift. He had examined the plates; also a piece of
hemp which was used in packing the boiler at the
main hole; this hemp, if the boiler had been red-hot, must
have been burnt. Witness was of opinion that the boiler
had exploded in consequence of its having too much pres-
sure upon it. If the engine had been required to be stopped
for any length of time, the engineer ought to have put the
damper down, and opened the tire doors. Was of opinion
that this boiler would have been safe at 401 be. to the
square inch ; if there were no more pressure at the time of
the explosion, it must have arisen from some other cause.
The jury have examined the boiler for an hour and a half,
in company with the witnesses, but the evidence adduced
being still far from satisfactory, and a great deal of excite-
ment existing,in the neighbourhood in consequence of there
having been an explosion at the same works only five years
since, the inquest was again adjourned until Friday next,
in order that additional evidence as to the capability of the
boiler, and the mode of its management, may be obtained.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH 01, LIVERPOOL.—The me-
dical officer of health has reported that the rapid variations
of temperature, and the moist and foggy state of the
atmosphere, has had an unfavourable effect upon the health
of the town, the deaths registered during the fortnight end-
ing the last Saturday of 18.51 having been 484, while the
average of the corresponding period of the preceding years
was only 118: 341 deaths took place in the parish, and 143
in the extra earochial wards. From diseases of the lungs
there were 105 deaths ; and from syntotie diseases 142. Of
these 66 were from scarlatina, 29 from typhus, 9 measles,
S small pox (one after vaccination), 9 croup, 14 bowel
=tte, and five erysipelas. A female, aged 28, had
ot delirium tremens, and a male, aged 25, from ex-
cessive drinking. Of those who had died 284 were children,
and 200 adults. Of the litter ono was 90, and the other 95
years of age. The mean temperature of the last week was
40 1-10 degrees, and of the previous week 43 4-10 degrees.
But the temperature was unusually variable, the highest
being 501 degrees on the 21st, and the lowest 31 3-10 do-
grees on last Saturday. The rain-fall each week amounted
to only 10-100ths of an inch but the deposit of moisture
during the fog of Tuesda/ in last week was so great, that
about 3-100ths of an inch equivalent to a moderate shower
of rain) collected in the rain imago.

SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.

(NT TLICTHIC TELEGRAPH.)
PION OUR OWN COILRF.SPONDZNT.

SOUTHAMPTON, MIDDAY.

The Tay has just arrived, with the South Ameri-
can mails. Her dates are :—Monto Video, Dec. 5;
ltio, la.
Mr. Southern, the British minister at Brazil, had
arrived at Rio, and Mr. Hudson, whom he relieved,
has come home in the Tay.
Urquiza was creasing tho l'arana with a largo
force to attack Items. It is evidently believed that
Roses would be obliged to Hy.
Business was very dull in the Brazils. Several
vessels, English and American, had left Rio in bal-
last.