The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1852.

wharf had bees °Destructed for iswassiewhe. It
was believed the Phlegethon's bask waair be pal le
rights, as well as the MahanuciVehail heish, wad
that she would speedi:y be es fit ler SWAM Spill as
the latter vessel wee. Everything went ma well at
Hameln, and the people seemed heartily thankful to
us for having rescued them from cipprades. Not
a word had been heard from Ava, aad it was sup- I
posed the King (if there be now a kiwi) was waiting
to hear how we fared during the rataa. A strong
forte was belhe:ed to await us at Proms: do not be
surprised to hear by next mail that our genera hrd
proceeded up the river and captured this city while
you could say Jack Robinson' quietly as matters
were, up to latest dates (10th June), kept. Talk of
war in Bunnell ! why, we have only to show our-
selves when the Burmese cut for their lives, as the
Chiueac did before Lord Cough's army.
Tranquillity fur the present reigns on and along
the whole north-west frontier—the enemy seeming
to desire a little breathing epace before they ngien
set un us. A translation of a letter from Sadut Khun,
the chief of the Momund chiefs, to the commissioner
at Peshawur, has been published by one of the news-
papers, in which he addresses our government as fol-
ws :
You have deprived us of those lands in the Dumb'
which we looked upon as our life,—the sinews by which we
were enabled to mat ; t lest you have wantonly taken from
as, neither can you plead aught in justification of your eon-
duct. You know that we have held these grants rent
free fros time immemorial, and that in gratitude fur the
privileges we enjoyed, we lived in perfect: omit, with oar
more potent neighbours, the torahr steers of this (*wary
You were the first to burden us with heavy talcs, and
when we found ourselves unable to pay these, you
attacked and expelled us from our very birthright! Wu
this consistent with the justice and liberality of time glori-
ous government of which you boost being ► member ? Was
it in keeping with the honour aad dignity of so great and
powerful a nation as you are ? You are agreat and mighty
people—we a hand of poor hill people. By placing your-
selves on a level with as, you lose much of that lustre whirls
adorns your name. As fur ourselves, since you are deter-
mined to force us to die of starvation, we hive adopted the
man manly method of dying with our swords in oar heads.
lewd Falkland is reported to be ailing, and he has
been recommended to remove from Dapoorie, which
Is now a perfect swamp. The ship Christian, of
Troon, Brown master, from the Clyde, with 600 tons
of coal, was totally wrecked near Kennery
bland on June 22; six of the crew perished ; the cap-
min, two mates, and eight sailors, being thrown ashore
at Alibaugh. A young llindoo, wishing to study for
the law, applied to all the attorneys in Beathay
take him as an articled clerk, so that he ought sine
the sissassary apprenticeship, to entitle him M prac-
tice before the supreme court as an attorney, bat
they one and all refused to receive him. Under these
circumstances, he applied to the court, through Mr.
Dickinson, to bo allowed to practice without an
apprenticeship after having undergone • satisfac-
tory examivation before their lordships, the judges.
This for various reasons was refused, and the young
man directed to apply for redress to the legislature,
or he was told he might go home and serve his time,
or he might even pass through Lincoln's-inn, and re-
turn to India and be entitled to practise as a barrister
before the court ; as in England he would find dozens
of attorneys willing to accept the fee and take him
as an apprentice I think the Bombay attorneys
have done lei.° right in refusing to take him
into the trade—their training must have cost them
much more than 4001., and were a native attorney
once to appear here a large portion of their light and
best paying baleen would go to him, as he would
not scruple to materially reduce his charges, while
all the laborious head work, which does not pay
nearly so well. would remain with him. In my
opinion there is not &native iu ladle sufficiently well
educated for the law; they arc cote enough for the
profession, but I do not think it would be at all
advantaged by natives becoming members of it.
P.B. Heavy rain fell at Hyderabad, Scinde, on the
night of the 23rd June—much thunder and light-
ning. All the canals filling fast, and fever on the
increase. The lady of Lieut. R. C. kl'Cres, 64th
Foot, was confined of • daughter, at Kurrachec, on
the 22nd June. Her Majesty's 87th Fusiliers go to
Seealkote, in the Penjaub, and there remain for s
year : they then move on to Peshawur. A report is
given out by the Delhi Gazette of 26th ult. that on
the 18th some severe skirmishing took place at
Tungee betwixt our troops and some 12,000 Mo.
mends and Swatteea. We are said to have bad 19
killed and 12 wounded. The Gazette does mot
vouch for the truth of the above, having
received it from a native correspondent at Pesha-
war. The 73rd Bengal Native Infantry are to
take the place of the 6th, removed from Agra
to Cawnpore. A gunner named Walker, lost troop 2nd
brigade Bengal artillery, has been sentenced to seven
years' transportation for wounding a sergeant with a
sword in the arm. Sir C. Campbell has been granted
leave from Peshawar to the hill station of Murree
till the end of December next. A writ of habeas
carpus has been granted by the Calcutta Supreme
Court for the •• of a number of native arti-
sans manned is Yet William, because they would
not proceed to Hannah. A testimonial has been
presented by the °Seers of the steamers of the
ges Company to Mr. R. Stopford, secretary, who
is returning home sick. The embankment of the
Bengal railway bee been completed from Hoorah to
Burdwen collieries, 120 miles. The entire work will,
it is expected, be completed by the end of 1833. Mr.
C. G. Strettell. of Calcutta, has had an attack of
paralysis Colonel kleckenzie has reached Pesha-
war and assumed command of the 7th cavalry. Mr.
W. H. Pantie, of the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's service, was drowned on the 23rd of June, at.