The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-17 00:00:00

navigation of the Indus, which they were
far from denying. We then demanded a passage
for our troops to Cabool, which they not only granted'
but preserved their good faith to us, at the time when
we were retreating on disasters and destruction
across the Khyber. Tho Amens accordingly
found a warm friend in Colonel OUTRAM, the
Company's agent, who still insists on their good-
natured disposition and pacific conduct. Lord F.L-
-LENBOROUOII thought otherwise, and Sir CHARLES
NAPIER was, very naturally, of his lordship's opinion,
So, he frighted theArneers, bullied them into resistance.
'insistence not set on foot oven in the last extremity
by them, but by their wild Belooch followers. They
were defeated in consequence, and Sir CHARLES
NAPIER, stringing them like any band of common
prisoners, parked them off to Bombay, and put all
their wealth and jewels iii that crucible which gave
him some sixty or eighty thousand pounds worth of
prize money.
This is now a by-gone story. But in the midst
of this resistance of the Aineers, there was one of
1 the family, Au Horn %D, who stuck unflinchingly by
I the Britons, and refused to fight against them. He
wa.s the nephew of old Roo:crest, the chief of the
Ameers, and claimed to succeed to the turban of
supirmacy in his family at KOOSTVNI'S death. This
Aineer, however, thought lit to resign the turban in
Au MoettAn's favour, and Sir Clucd.Es NAPIER,
• himself, declared that he felt bound to respect the
law of Scindiun succession, especially in a prince
who had given no cause of umbrage or offence to the

compnny.
11 hen the . meers therefore wero begged by Sir
Cu and sent to Indian captivity, ALI MouttAn,
of 6hinpuer, succeeded not only to ths territory of his
father, but to the lands and rights which full to him as
wearer of the turban ; that is, as chief of the Ameers.

It w•as much to the distaste of Sir eIIARLES NAPIER
that these, his paternal territories, were allowed to
the faultlem Amer.

.►li Mound's territory (writes Sir Charles Napier) was so
situated, on both sides of the Indus, that it commanded the
navig.ition, cut of tierce, Sukkar, and Shikarpoor from
Hyderabad, and was on the north all but in con-
tut with the robber tribes. On the south east it
approached sehwan, where the Itch mountains strike the
Indus, and it was everywhere dotted with forts, that of
Iklee ka-kote being ourprigingly prong from actuation. To
his court all the Talpour princes still ut large naturally
looked ; sn did the Atfghan chiefs of Kandahar and the
striae, of Kbelat. peke could rover a large amemblage of
armed men, and Ali had a right to keep Bcluuchces and
Patens in his pay.

It is easy to perceive from this that the first op-
portunity would be seized for stripping Au NIOURA
Of some portion of the territories which intervened
so inconveniently amidst British settlements. The
wily chief, however, afforded no such opportunity.
Sir ttunt.Es NAPIER sent a Resident to his court,
though with no right whatever. Ile dictated the
person whom he should employ as prime minister,
and when ALt Mortun objected to employing this
particular prime minister, Sir CHARLF.S instantly
shipped fifteen mortars on the Indus for the avowed
purpose of capturing his chief fort by bombardment.
lituttAti obeyed.
When the Scuttle forces were to move against the
Sikhs, ALI Moulin was assigned the towns
he was to take and the duty he was to perform. lie
accompli.hed all, unflinchingly and faithfully. When
Sir CH %IMES NAPIER undertook the expedition
against the Hill tribes, which he has described with
the minuteness, and lauded with far more than the
grandiloquence of C.EsAlt, At.t llocasn led his
contingent, and showed himself the zealous efficient
ally. Yet for all this Sir CIIARLES NAPIER treated him
like a dog, showed him on every occasion his
mistrust, and Sir CHARLES has himself recorded some
striking instances of his mode of conducting himself
to an ally. On one occasion Att Moutsn wished
to occupy a certain town, quite in his line of march.
Ile received orders not to enter that town. In what
language ? Sir CHARLES NAPIER signified to Att
Morns') that it he entered that town, he (Sir
CHARLES) would send a cannon-ball through his tent.
Such are the amenities of British command shown
to an allied prince. Such was the courtesy shown
by the Governor of Scinde to the last of the Ameers—
to him, whose loyalty to the British had never been
called in question.
Sir CHARLES and his suspicious temper and his
refined military vocabulary have disappeared from
the banks of the Indus. But this has not improved
the position or secured the independence of the native
princes.
It is now discovered that Au '.klounsu has laid
claim to and enjoyed a much larger territory than
can be allowed him. Now that the l'unyaub is
subdued. and the Belooehees awed, Au NiOURAD
must have his fangs pared. And the first
pretext is chosen to rob him of his jagheers,
and take from him his forts. Ile has remon-
strated, and we see that a strong military force
has been sent against him. Such are the tidings
brought by the last Indian mail. And we have no
doubt that tho next mail, after the lapse of a month,
will bring word that Au MOCRAD has been de-
/latched on the lone road with his brother Ameers,
Nussr.e.a and ICOOSTAN. A prison is his future lot.
whilst the treasures of his capital will swell a new
distribution of prize-money. His wives, for Sir
CHARLES NAPIER upbraids this eastern prince, an
ally, as a .• zenana-going rascal," will have bracelets
torn off, as was the case at Hyderabad, and them-
selves whistled down the wind the prey of fortune.
When will our Indian news and Indian records
offer other pictures than those of native wealth and
native right hourly sacrificed to the cupidity and the
insolence of those who wield the power and who mis-
represent the justice of Britain ?

RIFLE PaAcrtcE.—A contemporary says : Mon
standine behind loop-holed fortifications with rifles which
would kill at 1,000 yards distance, could not be very safely
attacked, and such a force would pat no small obstacle in
the way of an enemy wishing to land troops and cannon on
our coast. General Jackson's raw militia, with their rifles
and cotton bag ramparts, were more than a match for the
troops who had stormed limffejos and Ciudad Rodrigo, and
who had defeated Marmont and Soult. Whatever accusa-
tions have been brought against Englishmen, whether by
friends or by foes, no one has ever denied that we have
the raw material of soldiers in the richest abundance.
Physical strength and courage are not by any means
rue qualities in this country ; and it will be ob-
vious that the chief qualities wanted for the
particular service which this new invention will
ofrtlinto prominence, are not so much those
isciplined soldier as of a brave, active, and intelligent
sportsman—via., sound lungs, quick eyes, and strong limbs.
Moreover, sharpshooters act not in masses, but in small
bodies. Why, then, should we not drill, all over the coun-
try, small volunteer companies of riflemen 1 We have not
• doubt that any number of persons who might be required
would be found willing to learn the use of a gun and the
use of their limbs. The hereditary maxim of three
Frenchmen to one Englishman' may be considerably be-
yond the truth, but we are very sore that, if a sufficient
cause fur fighting and an efficient method of fighting can be
pointed oat to oar countrymen, they need not dread any
force that any other nation can bring against them. One
thing at least is elear—something must be done to give oar
army the drudge of this new invention, whatever May
be its value. To lag behind in availing ourselves of improve-
ments of this khul is suicidal folly."

THE BANBURY NIURDEIL BANBURY, FRIDAY
Mont.—Yesterday, the prisoner, Giovanni Braailli
Ougli-
elmo Kambergo, who stands accused of the horrible murder
of his unel, , Oi i Kalabergo, on the night of Saturday
lam, at Williamsoote-hill, about four miles from this town,
underwent a second examination at the Borough Gaol,
before Colonel North, the Rev. Mr. Wyat, the Bev. Mr.
Lloyd, and Mr. Norris. No evidence, however, of any ma-
terial nature was taken, owing to the absence of a qualified
interpreter, it being very properly deemed essential in a
charge of this serious nature that the person should be
seqsainted with the nature of the evidence brought against
him. He is said to be a Milanese, and the attendance of •
skilled linguist from one of the foreign embassies has been
requested The prisoner continues in much pain from the
injuries received in his rash attempt to escape, by jump-
ing from a window 2i feet high. lite fibula of the right
leg is broken, and the right arm is seriously injured.
The other arm sad bg are manacled. This day the
coroner's inquest was resumed at the Crown
Inn, Williatnacute, but owing to the very volu-
minous body of evidence neeesaary to complete the
circumstantial chain it was adjourned. One very
important link yet remains wanting, the discovery of the
I pistol with which the fetal desd was perpetrated. It is
known that the accused had recently purchased such an
instrument in the town, hut, notwithstanding the most un-
remitting exertions of the poliie, they have nut succeeded
in finding it. The bullets found in the cart aro of • very
peculiar description, being ant made of lead, but of some
kind of conglomerate in which there is • large amount of
solder. It was stated in the inquest room to-day, but not
proved, that the police bad found a portion of a similar
metal on the premises of the deceased. The size of the
bullets also corresponds with a mould which has been found
and proved to belong to the prisoner.
'fit v. IIirNHARIAN ItErtGEEtI. Mr. Totilmin
Smith informs us hr hat received remittances from Kos-
&nth, including 400'. for the refugees, which sum he is
about to pay over to Count Paul listerhazy, who has been
elected to the post of chairman to the llungarian com-
mittee-