The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

" The last, or 23d article, is, perhaps, the most im-
portant one in the treaty, because it provides for an
entire and final separation of the combined interests of
the Ameers." Colonel Pottinger then alludes again to
Noor Mahomed's misconduct, and declares that " the
utmost he can now look for is, that his personal rights
shall be respected."—P. 121.
" Some of the Arneers may, and perhaps will, say,
that it is a breach of former engagements, bringing
troops into the country without their leave. For an
answer to this remark (if made) they may be told they
have only themselves to thank for rendering the arrange-
ment imperative." He then proceeds to recapitulate their
misconduct on various occasions, in a long paragraph in
page 121.—P. 121.
If the Ameers required delay for their final answer,
he instructs Lieutenant Eastwick to tell them " that there
is no time for procrastination." • • • • " And
that the terms laid down in the treaty are not only pre-
cise and simple, but final, so that there can be no admis-
sible cause for delay."—P. 121.
" Should they (the Ameers) do so (quote the former
treaties), their object will most probably be to contrast
their provisions with those now tendered, to which the
simple answer is, that their failure, and not ours, has led
to the change."—P. 122.
" I can only express my respectful hope that the terms
I have proffered to the Hyderabad chiefs will be consi-
dered by his Lordship to be such as will secure our grand
object of having a force in Sinde, and at the same time
proving the sincerity of our wish to avoid collision, and
our forbearance in asking, under past and present cir-
cumstances, merely for what is absolutely necessary to
secure our interests and supremacy."—P. 123.
" Whether the Arneers are unwilling or unable, from
the violence of their soldiery, to treat with me, it matters
little; and should the latter be the fact, it is not to be for-
gotten that those chiefs have placed themselves in this
predicament by calling out their army." Colonel Pot-
tinger then goes on to say that farther penalties should
be inflicted on them.—P. 136.

" Under these circumstances, a force must of course go
to Kurachee and take possession of that place ;" this, he
hopes, " will be effected peaceably, but it is needless to
tell you that all opposition must be put down."—P. 136.
" I conceive that our supremacy in Sinde is now finally
and fully established ; and I have sent word to the
Ameers, and tell them personally, as well as give them it
in writing, that the only chance of their bad conduct
being overlooked, is total and humble obedience to his
Lordship's orders.
" While I was writing the preceding sentence I have
received news which greatly pleases me. The fort at
Kurachee fired one or two •guus at the " Wellesley,"
when the reserve went there. The Admiral brought
his broadside to bear on it, and it is stated he
has levelled it with the dust. I have sent to the
Ameers to say, that if they shake their lip,' Sir John
Keane shall do so by Hyderabad, and I will insist on the
removal of every person in authority from Kurachee
who is now there, before I bring away the reserve.
This news is come by Nao Mull's people mounted on
express camels, but I hope there is no doubt of it. It
will teach these savages to pay duo respect to the
British flag in time to come."—P. 140.
" I sent you copies of different letters, showing that I
had ordered the reserve to go to Kurachee and put down
all opposition. I warned them (the Ameers) distinctly,
that if a gun, or even a matchlock, were fired, they
should lose their country." He then excepts Sobdar
from this threat, and expresses his belief in his fidelity
thus, " Exclusive of the undeniable claims which his
fidelity to us gave, I deemed it of high political import-
ance to keep him our friend, in order that we might set
him up as the sole head of the State, had the other
Ameers compelled us to depose them."—P. 151.
Speaking of the battering down the fort at Kurachee,
he again says, This intelligence gave me the highest
degree of gratification," &c.—P. 151.
" It would be idle to trouble his Lordship with the
nonsense they (the Ameers) talked, to all of which I
held but one tone, and that was the future total and un-
qualified submission of the Hyderabad rulers to the plea-
sure of the Governor-General, as the only chance that
remained of their forgiveness."—P. 152.
"On the 9th inte I wrote in reply . . . . my
entire approval of and concurrence in all that had been
done at Kurachee The Ameers have not
even ventured to send me a message about it, for
they know full well they have only our mercy and
liberality to trust to, and to a deputation that has been
with me this day, &c. . . . I have distinctly and un-
equivocally stated so, and warned them of the final and
inevitable consequences of one false step."—P. 152.
" Every man in Sinde has seen that we had the
country at our feet, that our armies were ready simul-
taneously to overwhelm all opposition, and (as I told
the Ameers) to come from all quarters like the
inundation of the Indus.' I hope, and think what
has been here effected and seen, will have a great
moral effeet on his Lordship's designs and measures to
the north-west ; that it will awe those who may be
inimical to us in India cannot be doubted. It has been,
and will be, my study to inculcate this impression ; and
the world will now acknowledge that if our power is
great, our good faith and forbearance are still more to
be wondered at.."
" I beg to distinctly record that I anticipate no such
event ; but, if we are ever again obliged to exert our
military strength in Sinde, it must be carried to subju-
gating this country. The hold we have already got on
many of the lower classes will strengthen daily. The
boatmen all refused to quit our service until they thought
war was at hand, and such was the confidence in us, that
we found all the villages on the route of the army peopled
and quiet, notwithstanding the base means tried to
frighten the inhabitants away."—P. 152.
In February, 1829, Colonel Pottinger procured the
signature of the Ameers to his own treaty of twenty-
three articles (afterwards modified by Lord Auckland
into the treaty of fourteen articles), having employed
six months of negotiations, and the influence of large
bodies of troops to attain that end. He then appears td
have considered the Ameers as perfectly submissive, and
gives (in p. 162) proofs of their attention to his requi-
sition, but still does not place perfect confidence in their
sincerity, for he says :—" After their long course of
deceit and treachery, I am loth to pledge my word for
their sincerity, but the facts I have enumerated in the
preceding paragraph speak for themselves, and certainly
do denote a very altered system. Whether that altera-
tion proceeds from dread of us, or from some better
feeling, it is perhaps not difficult to imagine."—P. 163.
In looking to our future position, Col. Pottinger
thinks it right to call the attention of his superiors to the
views he entertained, and writes thus :—" It seems te
me, that it would be better at once to take possession
of Sinde (or such parts of it as we may require) by
force, than to leave it nominally with the Ameers, and
yet deal with it as though it were our own. The one
line is explicit and dignified, and =mot be misunder-
stood; the other I conceive to be unbecoming our power,
and it must lead to constant heart-burnings and bicker-
ings, if not to a rupture of all friendly relations." He
then further states the principle of firmness on which he
would rely in dealing with them, and says:—" The good
effect of such a principle on a Government and people,
who may be said to be destitute of veracity and good
faith, as well as of foresight, needs not be enlarged
upon."—P. 165.

DEATH IN THE MILLUANK PENITENTIART.—Yes.
terday Mr. lliggs held an inquest at the General Peni
tentiary, 111illbank, on the body of William Gale, aged
25, a prisoner, and by trade a tailor. Mr. Grove, the
governor, said deceased had been convicted at the Dor-
chester Sessions on the 17th of October, 1143, of felony
—the stealing of some silver spoons—and sentenced to
seven years' transportation. lie was received into that
prison on the 12th ult., and died in the infirmary on the
19th inst. lie had been previously convicted for mis-
demeanour. Dr. Raby, the prison physician, said that
when deceased was admitted he was suffering from
asthma and bronchitis, and next morning he was placed
in the infirmary. On the 30th ult., appearing quite cured
of bronchitis, he was sent back from the infirmary to his
ward, and on the 17th inst. he was attacked with severe
cough and great difficulty of breathing, and was again
removed to the infirmary. On the morning of the 19th
inst. the difficulty of breathing had increased so much
as to threaten suffocation. The ordinary remedies were
used and produced relief, but at half-past twelve r.m.,
the same day, having an instant before spoken to a
fellow-prisoner, he suddenly ceased to breathe. A post
mortem examination showed that death resulted from
bronchitis and asthma. Verdict, " Natural death."
EXTRAORDINARY RESULT OF MEDICAL SKILL.--
On Wednesday morning, Mary Cribb, aged forty, ser-
vant to Mr. Stone, in St. James's churchyard, was dis-
covered by her fellow-servants suspended over the stair-
case by a rope. Her master being immediately called,
lost An time in rescuing her from her awful situation,
when she was found to be in a state of insensibility. Mr.
Prowse was sent for, and bled her, after which she was
taken to the infirmary, where the following means were
resorted to for restoring animation :—Bleeding from the
jugular and brachial veins. salts of amonia applied to the
nose, affusiun with cold water to the head and chest, and
a long-continued and powerful stream of electro-magne-
time. These means were applied from a quarter before
tine till one o'clock, without intermission, at which
latter hour she evinced some symptoms of recovery,
but it was not till a quarter to six o'clock that con-
sciousness was sufficiently restored to enable her to re-
cognise her sister. From that hour to the present time
she has gradually been getting better, and strong hopes
are entertained of her ultimate recovery, although as y( t
she has no recollection of any circumstance subsequent
to the preparing of the dinner on the forenoon of the
previous day. She appears to think that her illness was
occasioned by her having fallen down the stairs. Mr.
Stone had heard a noise similar to that made by the
woman, when rescued, for ten or fifteen minutes pre-
viously, from which it would appear that she had been
suspended during that time. A pecuniary loss is sup-
posed to have led her to commit the lath act.—Bristol
Mirror.

AMUSEMENTS IN BRIGHTON.—In no former season
have so many public amusements been announced in
Brighton as during the last three months, and, what is
rather unusual at this time of the year, the majority
have proved successful. Our Correspondent says, that
within the period named, in addition to the ordinary
amusements of the theatre, we have had Wilson's Scot-
tish Songs, Two visits from C. Kean, Les Enfans Cas-
telli, an unusual number of Concerts by Wright, Braham,
Sivori. &c., and the Entertainments of Love, the Poly-
phonist, who has been drawing crowded houses at the
Old Ship Rooms for upwards of fifty nights, and the ex-
citement still runs so strong that it is frequently im-
possible to obtain places to witness his performances un-
less they are secured some days before. In addition to
these, we have had a host of minor attractions, most
of which have answered the purpose of the projectors.
WORTHING.--3IACKEREL.—We were much pleased
on Saturday last to find that one of our mackerel boats, Pullen
master, caught between Worthing and Shoreham above 1,000
fish, which sold for 20s. per 100. We are sorry to hear rather
unfavourable accounts from Plymouth, whither most of our
boats are gone.—Brighton Guardian,

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NEW EXPLOSIVE POWER.
We have received some information on which we
can safely rely, respecting a discovery which is likely
to triumph over the difficulties that have hitherto
seemed insurmountable to those who have previously
pursued their experiments in the department of science
to which it pertains. The discovery relates to a com-
bination of chemical substances so subtle, and yet,
when brought into action, so immense in their expla-
awe results, as to bid defiance to resistance by oppos-
ing substances, however powerful ; while the period
of the explosion can be so nicely regulated as to enable
those who employ them to calculate with precision the
time when the explosion shall take place. The form
of this tremendous missile is globular ; the size of it
regulated to the purpose for which it is to be emp'oyed.
It may be propelled from a musket, A cannon, or a
bomb, and may be thrown with the same precision as
common balls or shells. At four yards distance a
ball prepared of the substances we have alluded to,
and after lying in a perfectly quiescent state for
several minutes, split asunder a large tree, in the
presence of our informant. So perfectly harmless is
this extraordinary agent, except under the conditions
which are essential to bringing its occult powers into
action, that the balls may be carried about in the
pocket, or conveyed from place to place, in any num-
bers, in boxes, or barrels, without the slightest dan-
ger ; it may even be cast down, with any force, upon
iron or stone, and no other effect can be produced
than if the ball itself were a solid mass of stone or
iron. The attention of the Board of Ordnanee
has, we understand, been called to this newly dis-
covered application of chemical properties to the
purposes of military operations. Several experiments,
each exceeding the former in the force opposed to the
explosive power, have been made in the presence of
the Master-General of the Board of Ordnance and
several of the most eminent officers of engineers, and
with the most decided success, both as to the destruc-
tive energies of the explosions, and the precision with
respect to time and place when and where the effects
were to be accomplished. As a final test of the na-
ture and extent of this newly-discovered power, we
understand that the Board of Ordnance has directed
a building to be constructed in the Woolwich marshes
of the strongest description ; its several parts to be
fastened together by bolts and bars so as to bid defi-
ance to any mode of bombardment now in use. The
inventor has, we are assured, requested that no short
should be spared to render this building impreg-
nable, and places the efficiency of his discovery on
this test. We have given this account as we have
received it, from a source on the integrity and means
of information of which we can rely. The name of
the scientific discoverer has been communieated to us.
Though for obvious reasons we are unable to de-
scribe the elementary parts of the composition, or the
process by which the result is produced, we are
assured that the facts we have stated respecting its.
tremendous powers are within the truth. If, in the
approaching trial of its efficiency, to which we have
alluded, it achieves the results predicted by its in-
ventor, we need scarcely say that no discovery in
chemistry since the invention of gunpowder will have
operated so entire a change in the mode of carrying
on military operations, or have caused so salutary a
dread of military bombardment, as this new power
will produce. We have said enough to whet • the
curiosity of men of science, and especially of military
men. Ve shall shortly be in a situation to state
whether failure has exploded the pretensions, or suc-
cess has rewarded the labours, of this new candidate
for fame and fortune.— 2 imes.

DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN
SKELETON.

A discovery was made on Blackheath en Saturday
last, indicating the commission of some " deed of
darkness," which will probably, from the long time
that must have since elapsed, remain for ever buried
in oblivion. At about thirty yards from the high
road leading to Shooter's-hill, a labourer employed
upon some improvements making upon the heath by
the resident gentlemen, came upon some bones ; he
made the circumstance known to some persons near,
and, proceeding cautiously in his search, discovered
an entire skeleton. It was of the usual stature, indi-
cating a young person ; but all doubt on this head
was speedily removed by finding the hair perfect, of a
light gold colour, and of great length, and beautifully
plaited. At the back of the heed was a deep distinct
fracture, of a circular form, though irregular ; the skull
being quite beaten in. These circumstances seem clearly
to indicate a murder, particularly as the remains
were at no greater depth than two feet under ground;
but the length of time since the deed was committed
must be considerable, as not the slightest remains
except the bones and hair could be discovered. Some
speculations might perhaps be indulged in as to the
date of the transaction, and the station in life of the
deceased, from considering the style of the hair, the
period of the introduction or disuse of hail-powder,
of which latter no trace could be found; also as to
the spot itself, which, at no very distant period, was
much more secluded than at present, and the ground
covered with furze ; but whatever may be conjectured,
it is quite unlikely that anything certain will ever be
known. At the same time it seems but right that
the discovery, as a mere matter of fact, should be
placed upon record; and it is probable that s•me fur-
ther examination will be made of the ground, to as-
certain whether any other remains are to be found.

OITERS.—A few weeks ago, when Sir Juckes
Clifton's keeper was taking his nightly rounds in Clifton-
grove, accompanied by a large dog of the mastiff and bull
breed (which, from its ferocity, is always muzzled when
at liberty), the keeper was surprised by his faithful com-
panion giving a low growl, and starting off as if scenting
something to which it was unaccustomed ; in a few.
minutes the crackling of dry sticks, and the loud rustling
of the leaves, told the keeper his dog was engaged in a
contest ; he hastened to the scene of action, and found;
his muzzled dog engaged with an otter ; the battle was
short, but severe ; in less than five minutes the otter lay •
dead at the keeper's feet. The same night the dog fell
in with another otter in the grove, not far from the spot
where, according to the old legend, the " Fair Maid of
Clifton " was dragged down the steep ; during the tiffht,
both otter and dog rolled down the declivity into the
Trent, from whence the keeper dragged them both out,
tke dog never having relinquished its hold ; the combat
was renewed w ith increased fierceness, but the
dog was again victorious ; a minute or two was sufficient
for this high-bred animal to kill the enemy of the finny
tribe. Perhaps there is no animal whose sense of hear-
ing is more quick, or which is more careful in avoiding
the presence of man, than the otter, whom instinct ap-
pears to have taught to regard as its determined enemy;
and therefore, whenever a human being approaches the
haunts of the otter, the amphibious creature retires to its
watery apartments, and remains generally concealed for
hours. On the 3d inst., Mr. Robert Clifton, whilst en-
gaged in duck-shooting, saw one of these solitary animals
emerge stealthily from the river, and on its reaching the
'
bank that young gentleman, with a surpassing quickness
and an unerring aim, poured the whole contents of his
piece into his body, and killed it on the spot. It proved
to be a fine specimen, weighing 251 b., and measuring
4 feet llr inches from the nose to the tip of the tail ; its
condition proved the ravages it had committed among the
tinny tribe. The otter was sent to Mr. Cutts, Carlton-
road, who is deservedly celebrated as an animal preserver,
to be stuffed, &c.-IVottinghcim Journal
FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE RITIR.—Last evening,
at seven o'clock, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted
Dog, High-street. Poplar, on the body of Thomas Wall, aged
16 years. It appeared by the evidence that deceased was as
apprentice on board the ship Wingrave, lying in the river off
Execution Dock, Wapping. On the evening of Wednesday,
the 20th of December last,- deceased was returning to his
vessel, and had to cross a ballast lighter to get to a boat which
he imagined was lying alongside, when owing to the darkness
of the nigh., lie missed his footing, and fell into the water. An
alarm was immediately raised, and one man succeeded ia get-
ting hold of him by one of his fingers, but the tide running
very strong at the time deceased slipped from his grasp, and
immediately sank. His body was not found until yesterday
morning, when it was picked up off the Orchard-house, Black-
wall. At the commencement of the inquiry the Coroner had
charged the jury on view of a person unknown, and the in-
quisition of an unknown person found drowned was partially
signed, when a respectable young woman, named Sarah Wall,
residing at No. 102, Old-street, St. Luke's, entered the
inquest-room, and, addressing the Coroner, said she believed
the deceased to be her brother, and, if so, he had the mark of
a small anchor imprinted upon his right arm. That func-
tionary immediately requested the constable to accompany her
to view the body, and although the face of the deceased was 90
disfigured that she was unable to identify it by that means, upon
being shown his arm she at once declared that deceased was
her brother. Verdict, " Accidental death."—Mr. Baker held
a second inquest at the same time and place on the body of a
man apparently about twenty-four years of age, who was found
floating off Millwall, in the river Thames, on Saturday
last. Deceased had the appearance of being a sailor ; but iu
consequence of the length of time he had been in the water
his body was very much decomposed. S. M. were imprinted
upon his right wrist. The jury retuned an open verdict of
" Found drowned."
SALMON FISHERIES IN THE NORTH.—In the
salmon fishery in the river Eden, near Carlisle, sisee the com-
mencement of the season, the takes of salmon have been very
scanty, not more than about a dozen fish having been taken,
and they only of inferior quality, which have been sold in the
market at Na. per pound. In the salmon fisheries is the Tweed
the unlawful practice of poaching has greatly decreased this
season, owing to the vigilance of the water keepers, who hays
taken a large number of unlawful nets and brought the of=
fenders to justice. As )et fish are else very scares iu them
fisheries. rho migration of salute's t• the northern 'oasts iw
remarkably precarious, fur last season they were unusually
plentiful, and were sold as low as 4d. per pound, whereas the
present season is likely to be one of great scarcity. and cants
quently that noble fish will be sold at high prices.
A Corrsopondent, who states that a great number
of workmen have been induced to come over to
Frame from England in the expectation of obtaining
.employment on the Rouen and Havre Railroad, requests
us to announce—in the hope of preventing a farther
influx—that " in consequence of some difficulty in pro-
curing land, &c., the works on the said line cannot be
prOceeded with to any great extent for some weeks to
come ; and further, that although there are many men
fully employed, yet hundreds are actually shit 141,10 from
want of work." He adds,
" Daring the last fortnight
Rev. Mr. Tucker, with means benevolently fur-
:l)6lnel by Aleeers. Maekenzie and Brassey, the con-
tractors of the railroad, supplied with food and other
upwards of 120 men, who have been
-
wmaenadnesro4suatio)uortttb streets
to count."—
anc.
beread,,Le
anyi prospectvn ofemployment

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