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but after a conflict of three hours, signally defeated them
on the Plain of Meeanee ; and that, after the said battle,
the said Ameers surrendered themselves, and also the

city and fort of Hyderabad Saith, that on the 10th
day of October, 1852, he was informed that in Thu
Quarterly Review for September, 1852, published by
John Murray, of Albemarle-street, London, there was
an article injuriously reflecting on the official, profes-
sional, and private character of this deponent : Saith,
that his attention was then for the first time drawn to

the said article, and that this deponent being resident in
the country, he was not able to procure a copy of the
same until the 18th day of October, 1852 : Saith, that
on said 18th day of October, 1852, he for the first
time read the said article in the said Quarterly
Review, a copy of which said Quarterly Review is
hereunto annexed, and marked with the letter
(A): Saith, that said article contains wicked and
malignant libels, on the official, and professional, and
private character of deponent, and was published, as this
deponent believes, from corrupt motives, for the purpose
of injuring deponent in his official, and professional,
and private character, in the estimation of the public,
and also to bring him into public scandal, infamy, and
disgrace, both as an officer and a Christian : Saith, that
the said article in the said Quarterly Review for Septem-
.

ber, 1852, is headed in the words and figures follol-ving
that is to say, " Art. IV. :-1. Dry Leaves from
Young Egypt, by an Ex-Political. Third Edition, 185?.
2. Speech of Viscount Jocellyn in the House of Com-
mons, on the. Case of the Ameers of Upper Scinde, June
23, 1852. An Authentic Report published by request,
with Appendix. 3. Parliamentary Papers relating to
Scinde, 1836, 1843." Saith, that in a certain part of
the said article, there was, and is contained amongst
other • things, the false scandalous, abusive, malicious,
defamatory, and libellous matter following, of and con-
cerning this deponent, that is to say:—" But let us pass
on to the time when the return of our armies from Afghan-
istan had silenced every voice that was raised against
us in Scinde, and for ever stopped the disposition or de-
sire to cabal for our injury. • Outram had some time
antecedently proposed to commute the tribute of three
lakhs settled by the treaty of Hyderabad as to be paid
by these Ameers for, the permanent tranfser to us of
Kurachee, Shukarpoor, and Sukkur, and he thought the
evidence he possessed of the intrigues in which they had
engaged was sufficient to warrant the dictation of these
terms, which, if accompanied by a relinquishment of all
present and future pecuniary claims, would not, he con-
ceived, be unacceptable to them. But Lord Ellen-
borough, the new Governor-General, who arrived in
February, 1842, and who, in June, had proceeded up the
country, and taken upon himself the entire direction of
these affairs, deemed the terms too moderate, and direct-
ed a cession of territory east of the Indus, for reward for
the Chief of Bhawulpoor, to be further exacted from the
Ameers. Subzulcot had rather recently been wrested by
them from this chief ; its restoration, therefore, was not
an unreasonable demand to make, in retribution for
their faltering somewhat in allegiance. This, we pre-
sume, was all that Lord Ellenborough contemplated or
intended to require from the Ameers by his instructions
to Outram, above referred to ; but, by a hasty order
subsequently issued on November 3d, 1842, he directed
the cession to be demanded of all the territory extending
from Bhawl Khan's frontier to Roree, which doubled the
mulct to be exacted for these intrigues, and raised the
annual sacrifice to nearly eight and a half of rupees out
of a revenue in the whole not reaching thirty lakhs.
The Governor-General was evidently uninformed in
respect to the geographical limits of the Bhawulpoor
claim ; but Sir Charles Napier, who had succeeded
Colonel Outram at this time, uniting the military com-
mand with full pohtical powers, though the probable mis-
conception was explained to him, made no reference to
ask what the Governor-General really wished by these
second orders, till after he had brought matters to the
crisis of the battle of Meeanee and capture of Hydera-
bad :" Saith, that the charge of misconduct herein made
against him, namely, that although the probable miscon-
ception on the part of the Governor-General, in respect
to the geographical limits of the Bhawulpoor claim, was
explained to him, this deponent, yet that deponent made
no reference to ask what the Governor-General really
wished by the second order, till after he had brought
matters to the crisis of the battle of Meeanee and capture
of Hyderabad, is entirely false : Saith, that deponent was
informed, on or about the 27th day of January, 1843, by
the said Major Outram, that there was probably some
misconception on the part of the said Lord Ellenborough
as to the value of the Bawulpoor claim, and that he, this
thistb z
your
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aboutna vgu e
naßdeponent, immediately, namely, on the 28th of the same
month of January, wrote in duplicate to Lord Ellen-
borough, who was then, to the best of this deponent's in-
formation and belief, within about eight days' post of him,
thatgea wthsulunaat
lotoaunt,sattyhhe
e:
"It is right to inform your Lordship that I have been
d yuut ao
Nawab of Bhawulpoor, 16,0001. a year. The value of
Subzulcot
deporon Lordship
d, sin
Boongbarraph
saidy u had
given
country between the latter and Roree is, the latter
included, about 44,0001. a year, and forms the great
difficulty in settling with the Ameers of Hyderabad.
They say it wholly ruins them, . and all dependent on
them :" Saith, that on the 30th day of January, 1843,
he, deponent, again wrote to the said Lord Ellenborough,
in the following language :—" With regard to the rich
l
district between Boongbarra and the town of Roree, the
loss of which presses very heavily on the Ameers of
Kyrpoor, and, in fact, has thrown them into consterna-
tion, perhaps your Lordship would either allow them to
retain it, or permit me to consider the subject in detail,
and lay before you some project less painful to the feel-
ings of the Ameers :" Saith, he received no reply to
either of the said letters until after he had been forced to
fight the said bat,le of Meeanee, though this deponent
might have received an answer several days previous to
the battle of Meeanee, but the Ameers had cut off the
communication of this deponcit's a-any for some time :
Saith, that during the whole of the operations in Scinde
he never suppressed any information from the said Lord
Ellenborough, but kept him fully and immediately in-
formed of every important fact, and during the whole of
the operations he acted in strict obedience to the orders
which were issued to him by the said Lori Ellenborough :
Saith, that in another part of the said article there was
and is contained, amongst other things, the false, scan-
dalous, malicious, defamatory, and libellous matter fol-
lowing, of and concerning this deponent, that is to say :
" But this is a minor point in the ca:-eei and proceedings
of this officer. General England's division of the Kanda-
har army had already descended the passes into Scinde,
so as to be out of all danger. When Sir Charles Napier
first arrived to take upon himself the joint functions
vested in him by the Governor-General, he had never
before served in India, and knew none of its lan-
guages, and very little of the customs or habits of
the people ; but he appears to have gone into Scinde
predetermined to embroil matters and produce a crisis."
Saith, that the charge of misconduct herein made
against him, namely, that deponent had gone into Scinde
predetermined to embroil matters and produce a crisis,
is false Saith, that in said article there was, and is con-
tained among other things, the false, scandalous, mali-
cious, defamatory, and libellous matter following, of and
concerning • deponent, that is to say :—" On passing
through Hyderabad on his way to Sukkur, the head
quarters of the arLiy of Scinde, he made four peremptory
demands from the Ameers there without troubling him-
self much to enquire whether the strict letter of the trea-
ties they had signed warranted his enforcement of them :"
Saith, that the
said charge made against him, namely,
that he had made four peremptory demands, is false :
Saith, that he was not guilty of misconduct therein im-
puted to him, • namely, that he had made demands from
the Ameers there without troubling himself much to en-
quire
whether the strict letter of the treaties they had
signed had warranted his enforcements of them : Saith,
that a complaint having been made to deponent by Lieu-
tenant Mylne and Lieutenant Gordon; the two political
agents of the British Government of Kurrachee and
Hyderabad respectively, that the Ameers had violated
two important articles of the existing treaty between the
British Government and themsellB42 ves, he,
itde aep send d,
s, did,
,
on the 25th day of 1
wr a
letter to the Ameers of Hyderabad, of which the follow-
ing is a copy :

"Hyderabad, September, 25th, 1842.
" General Napier has been informed—first, that your
Highnesses have prohibited the inhabitants of Kurrachee
to settle in the Bazaar—second, that you have ordered
everything landed at the Bunder to be in the first in-
stance taken to the custom-house and taxed—third, that
your Highnesses levy tolls on the coals belonging to the
subjects of Scinde—fourth, that your Highnesses ground
your infraction of the articles, words, and spirit of the
treaty, upon article sof that treaty. Upon the above
four points, General Napier does in the most explicit
manner state that—first, that the Governor-General of
India will not suffer the slightest infraction of the treaty
—second, that article 5 of the treaty does not and can-
not guarantee to the Ameers the power to break any
other article of the treaty, still less the spirit of the
treaty throughout. No complaints made by the sub-
jects of the Ameers against their princes have been lis-
tened to by the British Government. The complaint is
made by the British themselves, that the Ameers have
broken the treaty regarding tolls—that they have insi-
diously endeavoured to cut off the supply of provisions
from the said cantonments, and to interfere with the re-
gulations made within those cantonments; and General
Napier therefore informs the Ameers tent teemust
utenant
at
once punish the acting political ag,
Mylne, with an order to the Kardar of Shukarpoor, di-
recting him to abstain from every direct or indirect toll on
boats, whether they the said boats belong to Scinde or
otherwise ; and a second order to the authorities of
Kurrachee commanding them to refrain from any the
slightest hindrance to the convenience and supplies of
the inhabitants within the British n
canthe tonments
Bazaar mas-
at that
station. Instructions shall be give to
ter that he may render any vent
assistance
in in his
order to powe
re r to
the revenue officer of their Highnesses, p
smuggling from the cantonments into the town of Kurra-
chee • and every person detected in such an offence shall
be delivered over to the Ameers. If the Ameers decline
to give these two orders, General Napier will report the
same to the Governor-General, whose displeasure it is
hoped their Highnesses will nan ot be willing
break the friendto incur by
infringement of the treaty, d thereby
ship existing between their Highnesses and the British
Government."
Saith, that in another part of said article, there was
and is contained amongst other things, the false, scan-
dalous, defamatory, and libellous matter following, that
is to say :
" There had been a feud raging for some time amongst
the Kyrpoor Ameers, Meer Roostum naturally wished
to secure the succession to his eldest son, Meer, or Ma-
hornet Hoassem. This, however, was opposed by Ali
Morad, who, as next living brother, claimed a superior
right to the chieftainship by the custom of the family, as
evidenced by the course of succession at Hyderabad.
This feud had shortly before reached the point of a regu-
lar battle at Nonnuhur, where the faction of Ali Morad
obtained the victory, and a hollow treaty was then con-
cluded, the conditions of which, settling the territorial
rights of the respective chiefs, were for greater oolemnity

written on the fly-leaf of a Koran. The rival princes,
however, still retained their positions in arms, and it was
represented at Sukkur that in fact the purpose of both
was hostility against us : Sir Charles Napier thereupon
moved rapidly with a body of troops towards Khyrpoor,
a measure not at all calculated to allay the alarm he
knew to be felt there. When Meer Roostum, solicited
a meeting for purposes of mutual explanation, it was for
some unaccountable reason peremptorily refused ; nor
would Sir Charles, either by letter or by message through
an assistant, state the nature of his intentions, or do
anything to relieve the chief from his anxiety. Ali Morad,
his treacherous brother, did his best all the while to
work on his fears, and make the old man believe
that even his person would not be safe if he trusted
himself at an interview with the General. Nevertheless
he sought it earnestly, and only after being refused the
means of stating his readiness to submit in all things to
the wishes of the British Government, did he yield to
his brother's insidious suggestion to trust him with
the whole negotiation."
Saith; as to the charge herein made against him,
namely, that when Meer Roostum solicited a meeting
for the purpose of mutual explanation, it was for some
unnaccountable reason peremptorily refused, that on or
about the 9th of November, 1843, deponent received a
request from said Meer Roostum, that he said Meer
Roostum should have a meeting with deponent : Saith,
that he immediately acceeded to such request, and ac-
cordingly fixed a day for that purpose. And also that
said meeting should take place at Roree : Saith, that as
he deponent was ready to step into his boat to attend
said meeting or conference, he received a message from
said Meer Roostum, that he, said Meer Roostum, could
not attend. That this deponent felt much indignation
at being thus treated, and accordingly when he deponent
received another request from said Meer Roostum to
meet him said Meer Roostum four miles from his depo-
nent's head quarters, he deponent refused a second
time to expose himself to similar treatment : Saith, that
the charge made against him, viz., that this deponent
would not, either by letter or by message through an
assistant, state the nature of his deponent's intentions,
or do anything to relieve this chief from his anxiety, is
entirely false : Saith, that he deponent did during the
month of December, 1842, receive a secret message from
Meer Roostum to the effect that, being 85 years old he
was oppressed by the younger members of his family,
and desired a refuge in the British camp ; and that, in
consequence of said message, he deponent did in the
month of December, 1842, write and send a letter to
said Meer Roostum, of which the following is a copy :
" Highness,—My own belief is, that personally you
have ever been the friend of the English, but you are
helpless among your ill judging family. I send this by
your brother ; listen to his advice, trust to his care ; you
are too old for war, and if battle begin how can I protect
you. If you go with your brother, you may either re-
main with him, or I will send an escort to bring you to
my camp, where you will be safe. Follow my advice ;
it is that of a friend. Why should I be your enemy ?
If I was, why should I take the trouble to serve
you ? I think you will believe me, but do as you please."
Saith, that said letter is published in a book entitled,
" Correspondence relative to Scinde, supplementary to
the papers presented to Parliament in 1843 . presented
to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty,
1844 ;" and printed by order of the House of Commons :
Saith, that to the best of his knowledge and belief said
supplementary book is in continuation of the papers re-
ferred to in one of the headings to said article in said
" Quarterly Review" for September, 1852, in the words
and figures following (that it to say), " three parliamen-
tary papers relating to Scinde, 1836-1843: ' Saith,
that notwithstanding aforesaid letter said Meer Roostum
did not come to the camp of him this deponent :
Saith, that during the month of December, 1843, he this
deponent again requested said Meer Roostum to grant
him deponent an interview, but said Meer Roostum re-
turned no answer to said request : Saith, that in the
month of January, 1843, he this deponent again re-
quested said Meer Roostum, through said Major Outram,
to grant him this deponent an interview, but said Meer
Roostum did not grant such interview : Saith, that in
another part of said article there was and is contained
amongst other things the false, scandalous, malicious,
defamatory, and libellous matter following, that is to
say, " Captain Brown, an old assistant of Mr. Ross
Bell, who was still surrounded by the Delhi native
officers, with whom Ali Morad was in good understand-
ing, was at this time the confidential adviser of Sir
Charles Napier. Through this channel Ali Morad con-
trived soon to obtain influence. Having procured the
commission to negotiate on behalf of Meer Roostum,
and for the Khyrpoor family in general, he represented
the old chief to the General as intriguing to deprive
himself of his rights, and fomented the belief that he
only was faithful, and that his rivals were armed and
prepared for resistance. He thus obtained from the
General an assurance that Meer Roostum would not be
Permitted to invest his son with the turban to the pre-
judice of the brother's claim, and receiving an exhorta-
tion to be faithful was led to hope by the very terms in
which this was conveyed that an anticipated investure
was within his reach by causing a forfeiture for infi-
delity. Using Sir Charles Napier as the tool and instru-
ment of this base intrigue, he induced him still to refuse
Meer Roostum an interview, and took a writing to that
effect from the General, which contained, besides the
refusal to see the old man, a recommendation to him to
abide in all things by his brother's advice. He
then made his victim understand this exhortation
as an injunction to abdicate in his own favour.
Unwillingly, Meer Roostum consented, and the terms of
abdication were settled in a family conclave on a Koran,
Meer Mohamed Hoossein, the son, alone continuing
absent, and refusing to be a party to the arrangement.
The false brother, not content with having succeeded
thus far, still urged to Meer Roostum the danger of com-
ing near the General, who desired, he said, to make him
prisoner, and thus induced his aged brother to fly to the
desert for security. This flight Sir Charles Napier con-
strued as an act of confirmed hostility, warranting the
forfeiture of all the chief's estates and property. With
the full concurrence of Ali Morad, nay, even at his in-
stigation, the scheme of forfeiture was carried out with
a sweeping hand, the persons of all the Khyrpoor
Ameers were seized for the British Government, with
exception of those of Ali Morad, to whom was assigned
his patrimonial estates, a separate appanage for the
turban. In the settlement of these assignments the re-
cord inscribed on the Koran at the time of Meer Roos-
tum's abdication, viz., on 29th of December, 1842, was
received as conclusive evidence of both titles, and Ali
Morad was placed in possession of all the villages and
pergunas there inscribed as belonging to him either by
right of inheritance or as attached to the turban. It was
represented, even before Sir Charles Napier left Scind,
that this record had been falsified, but no endeavour
mas made to ascertain the truth of that allegation. While
the General remained, Ali Morad, it appears, had
changed the word, delv,' meaning village, into per-
guna, meaning district, besides making other additions.
Fearing that the alterations would be detected, he sub-
sequently caused the whole fly-leaf of the Koran to be ab-
stracted, and a new leaf, fairly written, to be inserted in
its place. Finding or recollecting that a copy of the
original had been taken for deposit amongst the official
records of the province, he was compelled, by bribery
and intrigue, to procure that that also should be changed,
so as to be made to correspond." Saith, that the charges
herein made against him, viz., that he, this deponent,
refused Meer Roostum an interview, and gave Ali Morad
a writing to that effect from him, deponent, which con-
tained a refusal to see the old man, is utterly false.
Saith, that the charges herein imputed to him, viz., that
he, deponent, construed the flight of Meer Roostum as
an act of confirmed hostility, warranting the forfeiture of
all the chief's estates and property, is entirely false.
Saith, that the charges made against him, viz., that with
the full concurrence of Ali Morad, nay, even at his inst-
gation, the scheme of forfeiture was carried out with a
sweeping hand ; and that the possessions of the Khyr-
poor Ameers were seized for the British Government,
with exception of those of Ali Morad, to whom was as-
signed, besides his patrimonial estates, a separate appan-
age for the turban, are entirely false. Saith, that no
forfeiture of said Meer Roostum's estates and property
was consequent upon the flight of said Meer Roostum.
Saith, that no forfeiture of the property of said Meer
Roostum was carried out by deponent further than the
resumption by the British Government, on account of the
Khan of Bhowulpore, of the districts of Subzulcot
an
Booughbarra, and the other portions of the country w h h
deponent was directed by said Lord Ellenborough to
take possession of previous to the flight of Meer
Roos-
tum. Denies, that, with the foregoing exceptioneers were
s, h
possessions of all or any of the Khyrpoor Am
seized for the British Government, or that any separate
appanage for the turban was assigned to Ali Morad by
deponent or by the British Government, but by the law
of the country. Saith, that the charge imputed to him,
viz., that although it was represented, even before depo-
nent left Scinde, that the record inscribed in the Koran
at the time of Meer Roostum's abdication had been falsi-
fied, but that no endeavour was made to ascertain the
truth of that allegation whilst deponent remained, is en-
tirely false. Saith, that during the period in which de-
ponent was Governor of Scinde, he deponent discovered
that said record had been falsified, and immediately took
steps for inquiring into the matter ; that defendant, im-
mediately before he left Scinde, secured the acquirement
of the original leaf which had been extracted from the
Koran, and so placed the proof, upon which the subse-
quent inquiry was founded, in the hands of the successor
of deponent in the administration of the province of
Scinde. Saith, that in another part of said article there
was and is contained, amongst other things, the false,
scandalous, malicious, defamatory, and libellous matter
following, of and concerning deponent, that is to say—
" The whole villainy of Ali Morad, and his consurrnate
treachery to his brother, are now matters of undoubted
history, yet it was at the instigation of this chief,
land.
carry out his views, that Sir C. Napier adopted
elrso.v.r_
lent proceedings against Meer Roostum and than Po'
Khyrpoor Ameers. To the Governor-Generrea 1 a
resented
the authorities and public of this country,.
ally.fol-
lowed,
the forced abdication, and the confiscoatialoifneasitilheiscsh
as a just punishment inflicted a
In charity to Sir Charles, we must Esulgo thatgrase
ntinghe
,hwewas.
the dupe of Ali Monad's artifices.
eve r, that the mischief sprang from
andl'is itnhaeb
villain,to dis
criminate between the honest man
be-
tween the fidelity of a well-meaning, open-hearted friend
unprincipled intriguer, seeking for
and the designs of an
power even at the
.pr -e of the ruin of every mem-
ber of his own family, the result has been most da-
maging to the British reputation, not only in India, but
wherever the report of these transactions has spread."
Saith that the charge herein made against him, viz.,
that it was at the instigation of the Chief Ali Monad,
and to carry out his views that this deponent adopted
his violent proceedings against Meer Roostum and the
other Khyrpoor Ameers is entirely false : Saith that
deponent crossed the Indus by orders of the said Lord
Ellenborough, and took possession of a portion of the
territory of the Khyrpoor Ameers, part of which had
been some years previously forcibly taken by them from
one of the allies of England, viz, the Khan of Bhawul-

pore, and this portion deponent by the orders of the
said Lord Ellenborough restored to the Khan : Saith
that these proceedings adopted by him, deponent, to-
wards Meer Roostum• and the other. Khypoor Ameers
were adopted not at the instigation of Ali Morad, but by
the order of the said Lord Ellenborough Saith that in
another part of the said article, there was and is con-
tained amongst other things the false, scandalous, mali-
cious, defamatory, and libellous matter following, of and
concerning the deponent, that is to say—" So much for
the punishment of the Khypoor Ameers having effected
this seizure and confiscation with a promptitude and
vigour that in a better cause would have won our admi-
ration, Sir Charles hurried down to call the Ameers of
Hyderabad to a similar reckoning. Colonel Outran],
was still there as British negotiator, but the harshness
of the demands made since Sir Charles had arrived in
Scinde, induced these Ameers to doubt our real inten-
tions, and even to distrust this negotiator. The arrival
at Hyderabad of the aggrieved Roostum confirmed all
the Ameers in the belief that even submission would give
them no security against a general so, disposed, hence
the resolution to gather adherents, hence the cabals and
consu tations which produced the outbreak that drove
away Colonel Outram, and brought on the battle of
Meeanee. It is not our purpose to describe this battle
at length, nor to follow closely the after-proceedings.
The plunder of the palaces of Hyderabad, even to the
women's wardrobes and jewels, the imprisonment of
every member of the family, and every faithful adherent
of the Ameers, their shipment to Bombay, and ulti-
mately to Calcutta, where many died, are not all these
matters of notoriety that have been talked and written
about till the public is nauseated with the discussion.
No one believes at this day that the Ameers of Scinde,
by their conduct before, or during, or after the Affghan
outbreak, deserved more than friendly advice and warn-
ing. We doubt if the Governor-General originally in-
tended more, yet what have they through Sir Charles
Napier's ungovernable determination, at whatever cost
of confounding the innocent with the guilty to achieve a
conquest." Saith, that the misconduct imputed to
him, viz., that he allowed the palaces of Hyderabad to
be plundered, and the women to be plun-
dered of their wardrobes and jewels, is entirely
false Saith, that no plundering took place in either
the city or fort of Hyderabad, that the strictest discip-
line was maintained, that the city after surrender was
regularly taken possession of, and that this deponent
applied to the Ameers to go with her Majesty's and the
native forces, in order that the women of the Ameers
and their property might be protected ; but this depo-
nent saith, that the said Ameers refused to accompany
the forces, but sent one of their confidential officers to
protect the persons and property of the women, and
whose directions were implicitly obeyed by the forces :
Saith, that the women, by his deponent's orders, were
permitted during four successive days to carry of all
their personal property from Hyderabad, and with such
delicacy were the orders of this deponent obeyed, that
to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief the
said women of the Ameers and their attendants took
advantage of such permission and carried off, as the de-
ponent afterwards ascertained by comparing the value of
the prize property captured, with the amount stated in
an inventory found in the public records of the said
Ameers, and purporting to have been taken by order of
the Ameers about two months before the battle of
Meeanee, about three millions sterling in gold bars
and jewelery of the public treasure : Saith, that an exact
account was taken by the prize agents of the public
treasure, amounting to a sum o money between
500,0001. and 600,0001., and which was sent to Govern-
ment with an exact account of everything : Saith, that
the whole of said treasure became the property of her
Majesty, and as such was sent to Bombay : Saith, that
although the said Ameers had surrendered themselves as
prisoners of war, there was not any of the family nor
any adherent of the Ameers imprisoned by the orders of
him, this deponent, although guarded as prisoners of
war in the usual way, and only one Ameer was impri-
soned by the orders of Lord Ellenborough, and who was
the notorious and infamous Shadad, and his confinement
was in consequence of the proceedings of a military
commission composed of officers of high rank, which
tried a servant of Shadad's, who was sentenced to death
and hanged : Saith, on his trial it appeared that Shadad
had given orders to massacre every Englishman,
woman, and child that could be caught : Saith, that
the following is a copy of the General Division order
issued by this deponent on taking possession of the city
and fort of Hyderabad :
" Division Orders by Major-General Sir C. J.
Napier, K.C.8., Hyderabad, Feb. 21, 1843.
"At eleven o'clock the 12th Regiment and two six-
pounders of Hutt's battery are to march and take pos-
session of the city of Hyderabad, and to unfold the stan-
dard of the Queen on the Great Tower. 2. Lieutenant-
Colonel Pattle is to command this force in person. 3.
The greatest care is to be taken not to give
offence to the peaceable inhabitants, nor is any
one to enter that part where the families of
the Ameers reside. 4. The prize agents are to accom-
pany this force, and take possession of all public trea-
sure till the decision of the Governor-General be re-
ceived. 5. The necessary guards are to be placed by
Lieut.-Colonel Pattle, who is appointed commandant of
the town until further orders. 6. Major Lloyd is to
take charge of the ordnance found in the fortress. 7.
The line to be formed at such hour as Lieut.-Colonel
Pattle may send word from the city that he is ready to
hoist the British colours, on which a royal salute is to
be fired :" Saith, that the misconduct herein imputed to
him, viz. :—" That through his, deponent's, ungovern-
able determination, at whatever cost, of confounding the
innocent with the guilty, to achieve a conquest," is en-
tirely false : Saith that every step taken by him during
the operations in Scinde, was in pursuance of, or essen-
tial to, the execution of the orders which he, deponent,
received from the said Lord Ellenborough, and that the"
said Lord Ellenborough expressed to him, deponent, his
entire approval and satisfaction with every step taken by
deponent througho'it all the operations of Scinde :
Saith, that one of the headings to said article in the said
Quarterly Review for September, 1852, is in the words
and figures following (that is to say)—" 3. Parliamen-
tary Papers relating to Scinde, 1836, 1843 :" Saith, that
in a book entitled " Correspondence Relative to Scinde,
1838, 1843, presented to both Houses of Parliament by
command of her Majesty, 1843," and which he, de-
ponent, believes to be a part of the Parliamentary papers
referred to in one of the headings to said article in said
Quarterly Review for September, 1852, there is contained
an extract of a letter from the said Lord Ellenborough
to the home authorities, in the words and figures follow-
ing (that is to say) :
" Palace of Agra, 13th March (No. 17), 1843.
" Although it was my anxious desire that a final and
satisfactory settlement should be made with the Ameers
of Scinde, without a recurrence to arms, I cannot but
feel that the victory of the 17th of February has placed
us in a position which will be ultimately more advan-
tageous than what I had endeavoured to secure by pa-
cific treaty. In occupation of Kurrachee and the island
of Bukkur, and of both the adjacent towns of Sukkur
and Roree, with armed steamers upon the Indus, and the
means, during seven or eight months of the year, of ra-
pidly reinforcing the troops of those stations, from Bom-
bay and Ferozepore respectively, we should have held a
position which would have practically protected the
navigation, and have given to us military possession of
the Lower Indus ; still it was impossible to depend upon
the continued observance of treaties by the Ameers, not-
withstanding their release, under the new treaty pro-
posed to them, from pecuniary payments, the never-
failing source of bitterness of feeling and of dispute.
Delusion as to the circumstances under which we retired
from Affghanistan, and ignorance of our real strength,
which they never experienced, would have induced a
brave and barbarous people of plunderers, to avail them-
selves of the first occasion on which we might be in-
volved in difficulties, to endeavour to throw off engage-
ments which they entered into with reluctance,
ancwe,arawndhietho
compel our retirement from the Indus.
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might
have produced a serious diversion of our force when we
most needed it. Fortunately the treachery of the
Ameers, and the overweening confidence and the reck-
less violence of the Belooches, have brought on a crisis
at the period at which we could with least embarrass-
ment encounter it, and the result has been the most de-
cisive victory gained on the best-fought field. Sir
Charles Napier had my instructions more than three
months before the battle of Meeanee. He was during all
that period at the head of a preponderating force, but
acting with extreme forbearance, in the true spirit of a
generous soldier, he earnestly endeavoured to effect the
objects of the Government without using the military
means at his disposal. The firmness of the language hle
.
adopted, and the energy of his measures, were bel utaiie
culated to control a barbarous Durbar and, baps, it
Ameers been entirely masters over their
seems to be doubtful even now whether into
have effected his purpose, and earrie4s,lhet t
events which
execution without actual hostilitiess.
Napier the peculiar
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have occurred give to Sir Charleenisive
success in war
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of
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obtained in the prosecutionn
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years, and during
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in any way
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