The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

PORTUGAL,

The Original Company's steam-packet Jupiter,
Captain Medias, arrived at Southampton last night,
and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. Brady,
R.N. Admiralty agent. Her dates are: Gibraltar,
Dec. 18; Cadis, 19th; Lisbon, 21st; Oporto, 22nd ;
Vigo, 23rd.
Amongst the psesengers was a grandson of Henry
Cla, the celebrated American.
Fom Lisbon we learn that the Saldanha party
have been using every means in their power, by in-
trigue and otherwise, to oust the Thomar ministry,
but without success. The Queen supported the pre-
sent cabinet with energy and firmness, and created
nine new peers, amongst whom is the Viscount de
Monoorvo. Thomar and his colleagues have, in con-
sequence, been able to over-ride a dangerous crisis in
safety.
The pablio finances wore some signs of improve-
ment
We extract the following from the letter of our
correspondent:
It appears that from the let of January the army
will be regularly paid, and if there be no money in
hand, the government has formed a company which
will discount the officers' pay at 10 per cent.
The Junta do Credit° Publico have notified that
they will be ready to pay, after the lit of February, to
the holders of bonds of the foreign debt, the dividends
on the two first quarters of the year 1848, and the
two last of 1849 of the 3 per cent. issued of the
capital formed by 25 per cent. of the dividends of
1847; they are consequently to leave their lists to be
examined.
mentioned in my last that a rising had taken
an expedition, it is said, will
peace oat- .
be prepared to be sent thithetr irate= ,
The steam-packet which last arrived brought
ligence of having seen a large vessel abandoned off
the Finisterre ; in consequence a Portuguese steamer
was despatched in search of her.
The removal of the present French minister, M.
Barrot, is expected. The exportation of port wine to
the end of November was 40,400 pipes.
Exchange on London, 54. Discount on bank
notes, 16.

AN ADVENTURE BY MAJOR EDWARDES, C.B.

We (Shrewebury Journal) have been favoured with
a copy of the following private and interesting letter, re-
ceived from the hero of the east:
The heat is already terrible in tents, under these hills,
yet lam glad of the trip, as I know nothing of the tribes
who hold the hills from Tank to Dere Gh.rte Khan. Now
I am filling my head and note books with the Nukahnh of
their passes. I shall remember the Tulehti Saimaa as long
as I het, for, underneath its snowy peaks, I more n rrowly
escaped death then ever I can remember before—even
during the last two yea's. Among . the Cabal merchant
tribes, who fraqaent the Danum, is a large ona called
the Namara ; and among them is a Zagee rascal, named
Shakzad Kh .n, who at one time or another has tussled
with Dolt !ashamed, the Newab of Dees, and all the
Sikh authorities in these parts. I sent for him to answer
some complaints. Ke did not come (I was then ia
Bannoo); I sent again—same result; but talked of sending
his brother when quite convenient. He was encamped then
close to Kulachee, and I told the Kban to send him tat force,
it he would not come of his own accord. Hearing this, he
bolted to the hills ; but. when all was quiet came back again.
The Harder wrote in vain to him to pay his t, innee. lie
would not ; when therefore I came myself to Kulachee, I
made inquiries as to Shand Khans whereabouts ; and
finding he was encamped close under Soliman's throne, about
9 kose off, I determined to make a rapid dour on him, anti try

and seize him.
One night, therefore, I quietly got together 200 Doorsnee
S3WIMIS, 60 Sikh Regulars, and about 30 or 40 others of
differentsorts, forded the Loonnee, which was much swellen,
and n, arty did for us all, and made tor the encampment ;
teliing 200 infantry soldiers and 12 Z nambooruks to follow
in the rear as a reserve, in case of any serious business.
We reached the camp at daylight, and I drew up my men
in a nullati, to give the horses breath, before doing at it.
Judge of my surprise to find that of 60 regular Sikhs, only
20 were forthc ,ming ; and about 40 of the 200 Douranees.
The re afterwards their way in tbe dark, it was said ; but I
learnt the eawards turned back in the middle ut
the Loonnee, so that I had 60 men out ot 300. For all
the world I could not go back without trying at all event.,
and, taking no notice of the defection, punned on. Tne
Dooranees at first, when some hundreds ot yards off, could
not be kept back, but yelled " Illah " and shook their
juzails and shunishers in the air, as if they were coming
to eat up the Nass urs without salt ; but as we neared tee
camp they bccamt quite manageable, and fell into line,
The Nomura turned out like roused wasps with kaki's.
swords, sticks, stones, and all sorts of combustibles. I
coolly called on them all to surrender. A barefaced
prop-sition, which was received with a handsome volley ;
seeing nothing left I drew my sword, and calling en my
" heroes" to follow, rode into the ruck. Of 60 men, on my
honour I do not slander them, when I say 10 may have
charged along with me, including a son of Sirdar Synd
klahommed Khan, Barrukzae, and a young cousin of the
Kolachee Uallah; so you may lancy we had to give and
take pretty thick. One rutfiao that I got involved with
actually proposed to blow me up like Gbuzue Gate,
crammed the muzzle ot his juzail into my stomach, and
tired! Nothing on earth until have saved me but what
happened. The priming flashed in the pan. I cut him
over the head, and we parted even. How we ever gut
through alive is a mystery : but emerging safely with two
men at the opposite side of the camp, I looked round for
the rest of my friends. They were circling and caracolling
round the edges at prudent distances, and were, I believe,
sincerely glad to see me come out, u an excuse to get
away. But my eye tell on the Namur herd of camels, tied
in a circle, and the soul of • cattle-litter took posaesa.on of
me. I thought if we carried off a good bey of camels it
would turn defeat into vict 'Ty ; so m ,de rush No. 2 at the
herd, which probahiy saved me by springing up between me
and their mowers, and leaping about in the meet ridiculous
manner, hall fettered and halt louse. Assisted by a thief
whom I had pardoned and taken into service • few weeks
before. and who quite entered into the business prefestion-
ally, I succeeded in driving off 75 of these camels: cud
though the Nissen followed up like madmen, and one
fel:ow nearly felled me with a stone as big as my Bead (we
were on horseback, and they on foot), sod, putting the
oonths before us, we pricked them on in the true Arab style,
nor drew bridle till we had made a koss.
Haling to count heads, I was much disgusted to find the
young Khan of Kolachee miainet. "Who saw him i" A
Sowen had seen him knocked off his horse with a stick—
and never helped him. What was to be done ? Go back
my men would not, had I asked them ; and, ill brought up
the reserve of infantry, the first drat would ba the signal tar
Kalvo Kahn's murder by the Nassurs. The only thing was
to make reprisal ; so I sent word to the reserve to get pet-
session, if possible, of a Mulluck or two out of another
Nassur camp in the rear, which being pitched close to a large
village was not likely to resist. Tney executed their orJera,
and brought off tue Hillock who divides the Namur trib
with Shozad, and also upwards of 200 more camels. Unfor-
tunately this Mulluck proved to be on bad terms with Shand,
and the tatter would not swap KalvoKalin for him, but walked
off into the Tukti Soliman, where he knew I could not follow.
Indeed I have been unable to walk ever since, having got
a severe contusion from a stone on my right knee, which
has given me great pain. (I forgot to say that only four
of our party, besides myself, were wounded ) At last I
pave Kalvo Khan's fa.her the 75 camels I had carried off,
and told him to make his own bargain. A 'Lauer was
found, and the young Khan recovered. No sooner did he
arrive than he sod, " HIM you not got some more camels
besides the 75 you gave my father ?" " Yes," I said,
'• upwards of 200 of Sir Must Khan's." " All right ! they
are not Sir Must Khan's, hut Shazad's own; he having
sent them for swety to graze with Sher Must's herd; he
thinks you d.in't know it, and will let them go, of course,
now lam returned." Sir Must corieberated this Pate-
iten.t.„dia:laya
and out
aaaof confiscatedd24;saiat.o6.7u ers
A tolerable good set-off to Mr. Shazad's Crimes. He has
since lied to Khorassan.
As long as I am in this district, I shall go on the same
principle, and never let any fellow rest that does not
knuckle duen to the authorities. They must either pay
trinuee, and come to tilt' Adawlut when summoned, ur
clear out of the Barnum. But I certainly will not rely on
cola steel at the head of a 1) )(prance and Sikh Sowans an)
more. Once to try is very well, but the result discourag
I expect another wig from for this business, and oink
I see the .entences already "derogatory to the judicial dignity
ot an assistant resident, and suited only to the character of a
Northumbrian cattle lifter !"

TIM SANDWICH ISLAND PRINCE-4.—We annourne 1 i
in our American intelligence the arrival here, by the Ca-
nada, of the lion. G P. Judd, minister to tie Highness the ,
King of the Sandwich Islands, accompanied by Alexander
Lihihio, heir presumptive to the Hawaiian throne, and his
brother, Lot Kamehambeha. The object of Mr. Judd's ,
visit to the United States and Europe at this period has '
reverence to the late outrage of the French at the Sandwich
' islands. The king is uncle to the princes, and the object of
the latter in visiting Europe is purely one of observation.'
The two young gentlemen, who, from their eateriir
and manners, are fully entitled to the name, are low-
there, about 17 and 16 years of age. They speak Eng-
lish thoroughly, wi.h phasing correctness, giving every ,
evidence of good manners and education. The youngest is
named Alexander Lihihio, who has been destined by. his
uncle, the king of the islands, to succeed him on his throne
shoull he himself die childless. This, however, is but a re-
mote probability, as he is married, and is only 34 years of
age. Two children whom he Yu already had bare died.
The largest of the islands over which the king reigns is
h) hes. The chiel city is Honolulu, which contains about
10,000 inhabitants, and is becoming a place of great com-
mercial importance, being a sort of hall-way house between
Valparaiso, or Lima, and San Francisco, from which latter
plus It is distant by sea about 2,400 miles. The two princes
have been teoeived at New York with becoming dignity and
attention, and they wit no doubt meet in this country with
similar respect.—Liverpcol Standard.