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

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. El ENING, JANUARY 23, 1844.

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NATIONAL MUSIC OF IRELAND.

CROSBY HALL.

- The second lecture of :NI r. F. IL Iforncastle, on the
Ml;sic Ireland, was last night delivered to
t. ii7:1:1-rt,t;s and d-cidedl ~eiciitific audience a: Crosby
11411, Bishopsgate-street. The didactic portion of the
lecture was profoundly learned, but the clear intelli-
gence of the lecturer, the simplicity of his eloquence,
and the force, impressiveness, and dignity of his
manner, induced his hearers to believe that they
all came away possessed with the knowledge with
which his discourse was enriched. The illus-
trations were not only apposite, but conclusive in
their proof of the theory which he propounded, The
Bardic Caoine (or Funeral Chaunt of the Bards)—the
thrilling " Fairy Chaunt," which the author of the
" Zauberfloete" ought to have learned before he set
about a composition in which the magic of music was to
be expressed—and even that sweet air of Lover's, " The
Four-leaved Shamrock"—were received with a rapture
which was not more creditable to the Professor and his
fair assistants, than to the company that could so
deeply appreciate their merits.

SIR H. POTTINGEB.
TO THE LDITOR OF THE SUN.

the leadieg article of the Moniing Chronicle
of the Bth inst., the following letter is given, and alleged
to be from Sir Henry Pottinger to a friend in Bombay :
" Your letter brought our happy and merry days in
Shade vividly to my mind, and I lamented on reading it,
if Fossible more deeply than I had done; over the fallen
estate' of my old friends the Ameers, of whose case I
have all along said, and ever shall say, under all circum-
stances, and in all societies and places where I may hear
it alluded to, is the most unprincipled and disgraceful
that has ever stamped the annals of our empire in India.
Nu explanation or reasoning can, in my opinion, remove
the foul stain it has left on our gcod faith and honour ;
and as I know more than any other man living of pre-
vious events and measures connected with that devited
country. I feel that I have a full right to exercise my
judgment, and express my sentiments on the subject. I
vvai in hopes that some influential voice would have been
raised in England against the tyranny and spoliation
that had taken place, but the intelligence by the last
mail—that of July—holds forth no such prospect, and
all that I can now hope is, that the author of all this
cruelty and misery may meet with his deserts hereafter. •
I shall only add, that I shall esteem it a favour if you
will let my opinions be known wherever you hear the
affair mentioned, and that you cannot use too strong
language in expressing my disgust and sorrow on the
occasion."

As Sir Henry Pottinger desires to have his opinions
respecting Sinde known, I have extracted a large body
of them from the Blue Book of correspondence relative
to Sinde, laid befere Parliament last session.
The extracts are in the order given in the Book, and
every page is referred to. There can, therefore, be no
difficulty in ascertaining their correctness, or that of the
very few explanatory remarks that accompany them.
I wish to draw attention-Ist, to the character and
conduct of Sir Henry's " old friends the Ameers," as
described by himself ; and, 2d, to the tone adopted, and
measures proposed or effected by Sir Henry Pottinger, as
detailed by himself.
The extracts (if you can insert them all) extend over
a period of seven months, from 13th of August, 1838,
till the 11th March, 1839. The whole of the extracts
are from Sir Henry Pottinger's own letters or dispatches.
I shall not make any further remarks upon his letter
published in the Morning Chronicle, and the extracts I
have given from his own letters in the Blue Book (how-
ever strong the temptation to do so may be), beyond
expressing my hope that those who, without reference
to party feelings or interests, desire to know the merits
of the question, will rather investigate the public docu-
ments than accept implicitly the authority, and (as the
Chronicle calls it) the " conclusive judgment" of Sir
Henry Pottinger. I am, Sir, yours, &c.
Jan. 18, 1844. H.

" Not one hour passes without my obtaining addi-
tional proofs of his inimical feelings."—P. 43.
On occasion of Noc.r's dissatisfaction at Col. Pottin-
ger's professing that British friendship was offered equally
to all the Ameers, he (Col. P.) says, " What he (Moor)
meant by our friendship being equal, was my refusal to
lareak our treaties with them at his request. . . . I sent
him back an answer, that friendship was a thing that
could not be served out in bits ; that I had met with
none whatsoever from him since I came to Hyderabad ;
that the most trifling request was cavilled at and pro-
crastinated ; and that he must not suppose I was to be
blinded by his sending me dinners and fruit, and talking
of his devotion to our cause."

" In addition to these unequivocal proofs of Noor
Mahomed's unabated enmity and treachery, my moonshee
was told by a person who was present within these few
days, when Noor Mahomed Khan said to his cousin,
Meer Meer Mahomed, that it was useless to trouble
themselves any longer by studying our wishes, and that
in his, Nocr Mahomed's, opinion, the best course was at
once to send me away, and declarge their allegiance to
Persia." _

-11 leer Mahomcd, however, refused to join him.—P. 49.
Terms had been proposed by Col. Pottinger for the
• purpose of confirming Noor Mahorsed's supremacy, but,
(adds he) " he has proved himself so totally unworthy
of the confidence and support we have bestowed on him,
that I respectfully recommend that I may be authorised,
when a fitting opportunity shall occur, to amend the
agreements, by omitting the words in question."—P. 50.
e They (the Moosishees) told him as I had directed
them, that if he fancied his having agreed to receive a
British Resident had led to our armies coming into
Sinde, he was entirely mistaken—that under all circum-
stances we should have required a road through this
province, so that there was nothing contrary to friend-
ship in doing so."
An unexpected message from Noor, of his great
anxiety to meet our wishes in every way, surprised
Colonel Pottinger, but (says he). " the cause of this
sudden change I had no difficulty in divining the next
morning, when I heard that the Ameers had received
intelligence, to which they gave full credence, the pre-
ceding afternoon from several quarters, that Mahomed
Shah (of Persia) had gone back from Herat."—P. 51.
"Noor Mahomed abused the King of Persia and the
chiefs of Candahar and Caubul as faithless rulers, who
had met with their proper reward, and evinced that
utter absence of all shame or veracity which has formed
so striking a feature of his recent demeanour."—P. 51.
He praises Nusseer Khan thus—" Of Nusseer Khan
I should say that he is well disposed towards us, but
that his religious bigotry and the influence which Noor
Mahomed has established over him led him away. There is
a warmth and sincerity in Nusseer Khan towards us that
none of the other Ameers ever evince," and he then
describes his manner.

Ile also speaks favourably of Meer Meer Mahomed Khan
and Sobdar Khan, saying, " they are both always kind
and polite in their intercourse with me, aad I think they
are well inclined to be friends with us."

" The Chief of Meerpore, Sheer Mahomed, is a low,
violent, and ignorant Beloochee. He is said to view our
intercourse with Sinde with great dislike, so I believe
there is not the least doubt but he has been of late en-
deavouring to prevail.on all the other Ameers to come to
an open rupture with us ; should he attempt to interfere
in any arrangements which his Lordship may direct to
be made, either here or at Khyrpore, I would strongly
advise his being instantly called to account, and if any of
the other Ameers support him they must stand the con-
sequences.' —P. 52.
After recapitulating Noor's misconduct in various in-
stances, which " form altogether in my humble judgment
a concatenation of circumstances that., laying all the
secret intelligence aside, and supposing that no one steps
forward to make further disclosures, places Noor Ma-
homed at the mercy of the Governor-General."
" I think it also more than probable that some of the
Ameers of this place will object to our troops remaining
at Shikarpore, and to our forming any new treaty with
Meer Roostum Khan (of Khyrpore), in a manner that
may oblige us to use force to put them down."—l'. 53.
He then speaks of Roostum (the chief Ameer of Khyr-
pore), -to Sir A. Burnes, in reply to his proposing "to
take that principality under our protection :—" I cannot
help viewing it as saddling ourselves with a serious and
troublesome responsibility. in favour of a family who were
at the very instant betraying their want of confidence in
us by the minuteness and tautology of the terms which
they required, who were assuming a tone of equality and
dignity totally opposed to their relative station with the
British Government, and who had not (and have not as
far as I can discover), made any single sacrifice, or
evinced any single sentiment that gave them a shadow of
claim to the vast boon of our protection.

" My own decided opinion is, and it also strikes me
that it accords with the intention of his Lordship the
Governor-General of India, that any new treaty which
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equivocal renunciation of their adherence to, and all
connexion, save friendly intercourse, with the Ameers
of Hyderabad ; that they should further bind themselves
to hold no correspondence with the said Ameers or any
other foreign State, on political topics, without our
knowledge ; that they should pledge their fidelity and
allegiance to us ; and finally that they should agree to
submit such disputes as they may have at present or
hereafter with foreign States to our arbitration."—P. 57.
"Experience has taught me to place little or no value
on the outward demonstrations of the friendly feelings
of the Sindees. I do net intend by these remarks to
impugn Meer Roostuni Khan's individual sincerity, but
I most certainly do doubt that of Meer Moobaruck, as
I am obliged to dissent in foto from the opinion you have
expressed in the 6th paragraph of your letter to Mr.
M'Naughten, above quoted, namely, that Roostum's
letter to Noor was ' a very explicit document.'" Colonel
Pottinger then states his own opinion of the letter thus
_" As to the nature of the letter from Meer Roostum
to Noor l‘lahomed Khan, it seems to me to be a speci-
men of the most abject servility, and there is no expres-
sion in it that conveys, in my estimation, the least cor-
diality towards us. =F. 58.

" I stated in my letter of the 9th inst. (October), that,
I was sure Noor Mahonied would join our enemies to-
morrow, did he see they were stronger than we, and
every day's events have confirmed that opinion."—P. 59.
Alluding to a letter and messenger from Roostum to
himself, Colonel Pottinger says—" You may imagine
that I was greatly surprised at this important communi-
cation. I conceive that it was chiefly his (Roostum
Khan's) duty, had he been sincere, to have apprised his
agent of the change in his views and ideas which had
subsequently taken place ; and to forbid him to lend his
weight to the unfriendly and disgraceful course which
the Hyderabad Durber has adopted." —P. 62.
"I have had the honour to receive your letter of the
28th ult. Nothing that it contains has tended in the
c leasteri
ty in t
degreehe
Chieft to alter
frni opinion.hyrp or e it,h.e64a.bsence of sin-
" Since I have been here, Meer Roostum has allowed
a most insolent and threatening letter, addressed to him
by that low Beloochee
Shere Mahomed of Meerpore,
to be sent here for the purpose of being used in intimi-
dating and insulting me. He (Roostum Khan) has
written, as well as his relations, the most slavish and
obsequious assurances that the Persian language can ex-
press, of their readiness to be guided by Noor Mahomed
Khan's orders with regard to us ; and he (Roostum
Khan) has deputed a person to support and comfort this
Government (Hyderabad) in its heartless and shameless
conduct towards the British Resident,"
&c.—P. 64.
" To conclude, I can only repeat my intention to re-
vise our treaty with Meer Roostum Khan, when I shall
obtain satisfactory and unequivocal proofs of his having
acted up to his professions, but not till then."—P. 65.

"In closing this letter, I may respectfully observe,
that two courses strike me as being now open to his
Lordship—the one, to order me to return to Cutch, and
to declare all friendly relations with Noor Mahorned
Khan to have ceased; the other, to direct certain de-
mands, such as his Lordship shall see fit, to be made on
the Hyderabad Government, with an intimation that if
they are not complied with, we shall enforce them. . . .
Perhaps the best demand that could be made, with re-
ference to our future, supremacy in this country, would
be for a cession, say Kurachee, or tribute, to cover, in
part, the expense of a body of troops." He then states
the great difficulties that would attend any plan, and
ends thus :—" One point, I hope, however, will be in-
sisted upon from all parties, namely, the free and un-
limited use of the Indus for merchants, and the total
abolition of every description of toll between Roopur and
the sea."—P. 65. _

"I said that had the Ameer met us half way, we
should have been obliged to him, and felt sure of his
friendship ; that had the road (through Sinde) not been
given, we should have taken it."—P. 73.
"To believe that there is any sincerity in his (Noor's)
professions would be absurd. • . . . His fears will now,
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were he a single
ruler at the head of this contry, I should unhesitatingly
recommend our setting Mai aside."
He then states the difficulties of remodelling this Go-
vernment without crushing the innocent as well as
the guilty,—that he can offer no better suggestion than
" to keep a body of our troops always in this pro-
-
" I particularly pointed to the warnings I had about
pvienncsee,.,"—ndrio.b7l4ig.e the Ameers to pay a part of the ex-
treachery. I distinctly stated that had anything of the
sort been attempted, the race and name of Talpoor
would have been extinguished ; that no man would have
dared to say he belonged to it, and that it would here-
after have been spoken of as a tribe, only known for
their infamous attacks on ambassadors at their Court.
I declared over and over again, that I was ready to quit
Hyeerabad, if Noor Mabomed Khan desired it, that
very day ; that we would take a road through Sinde,
were it not given, and do as we considered necessary for
the great interests we had at stake."—P. 81.
" I think it incumbent on me to remark that I can-
not reconcile to Meer Roostum Khan's professions of
devotion and friendship towards us, his having asked you
to fix Ghotkee as the point at which the Bengal armies
were to cross the Indus."
The reason is that Colonel Pottinger doubted the
possibility of effecting the crossing of the troops there.
—P. 87.
" I feel his Lordship must be fatigued with the perusal
of the bare-faced falsehoods, and unblushing assertions
of firm and devoted frindship,' in which Noor Mahomed
Khan persists, with a degree of pertinacity such as is
quite wonderful."—P. 87.
" To all these observations the moonshees replied at
great length, by pointing out the innumerable and con-
current proofs of his (Noor's) unfriendliness and actual
treachery."—P. 88.
" On this subject (the strength of the subsidiary
force) I have bestowed a good deal of reflection since the
receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, and I am of
opinion that we should demand from the Ameers of
Sinde, the cession of all the country, lying on the right
bank of the Indus, south of an imaginary line, to be
drawn due west from that river, at a point ten miles
(more or less) north of Tatta, until it meets the frontiers
of Beloochistan, at the base of the mountains. This would

i give us a compact territory, the complete command of
the river, and possession of the only sea-port. At a very
rough estimate, I calculate that the cession I have in-
dicated, would yield at first, a revenue of from four to
five lacs of rupees, but it is one that would rapidly im-
prove under our rule, and, in a few years, I see no reason
to doubt that Tatta would spring into much of its former
opulence, and become a vast emporium of trade and
wealth." He then states the advantages of this plan to
the Government and to the country itself and proceeds
thus—" *My plan therefore would be, to have a regiment
of Native Infantry and a company of Artillery at Kura-
chee, and all the rest of the troops at Tatta, where there
is an admirable site on the Muskalla hills (west of the
city) for a cantonment. I shall also propose that a
strong detachment of Bengal troops (equal perhaps to
the Kurachee one) should be kept at Sukkur on the
Indus, to which I suppose the Khyrpore Chiefs will
gladly give their assent. With these troops and British
agents residing at Hyderabad and Khyrpore, I look en
it that our perfect supremacy throughout Siude, will be
as fully established as though we had entirely subjugated
it—a measure which, for the reasons recorded in some
of my former dispatches, I could by no means recommend
to his Lordship."—P. 89.
" I wrote them"' (letters to the Governor •General)
" under the impression which I still entertain, that it
is the intention of the Governor-General that the force
which I expect shortly, under the personal command of
the Commander-in-Chief, shall compel the Ameers into
acquiescence with whatever terms are to be prescribed to
them, and after that is done, the troops enumerated in
my first letter, above alluded to, will, I conceive, be
ample to uphold our supremacy nnder all possible con-
FI w.9aos.astonished after these proofs of his
con-
tingencies.
h";
(Noor's) continued treachery and want of reliance in,
or friendship for me, he ventured to ask my advice or
opinion on any subject v. hatever."—P. 95.
In alluding to a letter from Noor, to one of hi& offi-
cers at Shikarpore, supposed to relate to secret corres-
pondence of a hostile kind, Colonel Pottinger says :
" I think it very possible, if not probable, that the ori-
ginal ureeza to Mahomed Shah of Persia, may be
amongst the expected letters, and at all events these will
doubtless be communications of a most secret nature
from the Candahar chiefs. I need not therefore point
out to you the great importance of getting hold of them."
—P. 96.

" On the 4th inst. I obtained positive information that
the surmise which I made in my letter of the 28th ult.
to Major-General Wilshire and Lieut. Eastwick, of
Noor Mahomed Khan having secretly ordered no one to
serve us, was strictly correct."—P. 99.

Alluding to No-or having granted authority for the
hire of camels, &c., and then privately prohibiting it,
Colonel Pottinger says—" I considered this to be a case
of gross perfidy, such as was susceptible neither of expla-
nation nor palliation ;" and he sends to tell Noor so, and
to add, that "if the camels were not speedily forthcoming,
I should suggest to his Excellency Sir John Keane to
send a detachment and take possession of Kurachee."—
P. 99.

" I am sorry to report that the demeanour of Meer
Shere Mahomed, of Meerpore, has been of late equally
insulting and unfriendly." He then states cases of wrong
done by Shere Mahomed and his officers, and says that
" there can be no doubt, however, that our credit and
character throughout Sinde will suffer by such indigni-
ties being winked at even for a time."—P. 101.

" My intelligence from Hyderabad, up to the 13th inst.,
leads me to believe that the Ameers there, excepting
Sobdar, are now really exerting themselves to obtain
carriage for the army, as the only means that offers of
getting rid of it. At the same time they are adopting
all sorts of precautions, which evince a total distrust of
our design, and have already assembled a considerable
body of their rabble of troops at the capital. They have
also written to all the chiefs, whether Beloochees or not,
to be in readiness with their quotas, in case of neces-
sity."—P. 101.
Speaking of Noor's abject state of alarm, Colonel
Pottinger says—" But even when labouring under his
worst apprehensions, it will be observed that no such
idea has apparently ever crossed his mind, as that our
ultimate plan was to station even a company of Sepoys
in Linde, and the moment that intention is announced,
I think it will be the signal for a cordial coalition to
oppose our arrangements. Although Sobdar has
stood neutral in all the angry negotiations, and
has announced his determination to do so ; that de-
claration has invariably been accompanied by the proviso
that he is not to be disturbed in his present possessions.
Neither he nor any other of the Ameers has expressed
a heartfelt sentiment that bespeaks his or their admis-
sion of the justice and necessity of the cause in which we
have embarked ; and it is to me obvious that their sole
object is to save themselves by doing as little as possible
to further our views. Nor do I believe that any one of
them, or the whole collectively, would willingly give
10,000 rupees at this instant, to see the Governor- '
General's measures perfected to the fullest extent of his
Lordship's desires."—P. 101.
" Even had I authority to offer them our guarantee of
their territories individually, without paying one farthing
for it, but stipulating that we were at our own expense
to keep a force in this province, I think they would re-
ject our proposal ; and, therefore, to expect that they
will, without coercion, consent to make the smallest pecu-
niary sacrifice, or to agree to our having a single regi-
ment in their country, seems to me to be hopeless. They
have acted all along, and are now doing so, as though we
had put their friendship and forbearance to the last test, by
requiring a passage for our troops through their country ;
and their recent anxiety to get me to fix the sum they are
to pay the Shah, does not, I am satisfied, spring from
the sense they entertain of our friendly interposition,
but from a dread that his Majesty will, before he ad-
vances from Shikarpore, compel them too terms less rea-
sonable than we should prescribe. I am quite convinced
that were they sure the King would quit Scinde without
enforcing any demand, they would run all future risks,
rather than come down with one rupee, and that it is the
present pressure alone which weighs with them."—
P. 102.

In speaking of the Ameers (including Sobdar), ad-
mitting the subsidiary force, as paying part of the ex-
pense, he says—" But I think my late dispatch will have
demonstrated to his Lordship that that is not the case,
and that if we ask for anything beyond what we have
done already, we must lay our acceunts to have to exact
it. In saving this, I by no means intend it to be understood
that I believe the Ameers are inclined togo to war with us.
On the contrary, my belief is, that they are well aware of
our power and perseverance, and it is the dread of both
that has made them succumb even to the degree they
have done ; but we should make no demand of them,
especially at this period, that we are not resolved to en-
force ; and my former letter, particularly that of the
26th ultimo, to the Bombay Government, will have ex-
plained that I always have considered the force now
here, under Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, to be
available for the settlement of Sinde."

Ile then states that the proposed subsidiary force alone
could not do that duty, &c.—P. 102.
" I am still more decidedly of opinion that the disclo-
sure of the Governor-General's plan regarding Sinde will
be highly ill-advised and premature, for of course the news
will be forthwith conveyed to Hyderabad ; and if it does
not cause the Ameers themselves to break with us at once,
it will at least enable them to make preparations for the
best resistance in their power."—P. 103.
" • . . He (Shere Mahemed) had already committed
direct acts of hostility and insult towards the British Go-
vernment."—p. 104.

" Sinco this letter was written, I had a further commu-
nication with Sir John Keane, and in consideration of
the decidedly hostile disposition of the Ameers," &c., he
advises the dispatch of troops from Bombay to Kurachee.
Ile then proceeds thus—" I have no doubt the Ameers
will consider these arrangements tantamount to a decla-
ration of war on our part ; but they have, I conceive, KR
me no alternative."—P. 104. _ _

" It is my present intention to await the receipt of fur-
ther instructions from the Governor-General of India,
and should they not reach me before I am required to
act, to do so on the principle laid down in my dispatch
of the 23d ultimo, with the view, under all circumstances,
of establishing our supremacy in Sinde. The Ameers
will have the option of avoiding war by acceding to our
demands; and if they refuse, I conceive we must settle
this province to our entire satisfaction, before we can
move into Affghanistan." He then further proposes that
the Company's rupees should be made " a legal tender
throughout Sindo, and likewise that the Ameers shall
provide and make over to us 5,000 camels," &c. —P. 105.
" So far as it is possible to form an opinion on the in-
formation I now possess, my idea is, that we must settle
Sinde to our entire satisfaction, even should the Ameers
force us to subjugate it, before we look beyond it."—
P. 115.

" My dispatches, &c., subsequent to the 23d of No-
vember,
will have shown the Governor-General that the
Ameers of Hyderabad are already resolved on not al-
lowing us to keep a force on any terms in this province,
and I have not the smallest doubt but the reserve force
will be opposed in its debarkation at Kurachee, even
should the news from Herat not cause the Ameers to
break with us before it arrives."—P. 115.
" Certain as I am of this resolution, I shall adhere to
my opinion (in which the Commander-in- Chief con-
curs), that it is my wisest course to refrain from making
any disclosure of his Lordship's instructions now before
me, in the hope that previous to this force advancing to
Hyderabad, I may receive others suited to present cir-
cumstances, which appears to me to dictate the neces-
sity of carrying our objects here at all ventures."—
Pp. 115, 116.
" You will tell the Ameers that Shale forms a natural
and integral portion of Ilindostan, that the supremacy of
that empire has devolved on us, and that we cannot, and
w ill not, allow any other Power to intermeddle ; that
it thence follows, that they have now no option left to
them of binding their interests irrevocably with ours,
and, that if they neglect the opportunity, they may
deeply repent it, when it is too late."—Pp. 119, 120.
" Their jealous and suspicious feelings will probably
induce their Highnesses to ask, supposing they agree to
our present terms, what security they have for our not
going further hereafter. The reply to this query, or
anything of the same tenor, is so obvious, that 1 need
hardly direct your attention to it. It is the strong in-
stance of our good faith, and wish to preserve our ami-
cable relations, as exemplified in the treaty you convey
to them. They cannot doubt our power to do as we
like, and some of them, at least, must feel, that their acts
deserve severe retributary measures, instead of which we
tender them our renewed friendship and protection on such
moderate terms, and accompanied by so many advan-
tages, that their refusal of the former will show to the
world their resolution not to meet us half way, and
oblige us to take by force what we ask as friends and
protectors."—P. 120.
Some of the articles of the treaty stipulated for depots
and facilities for landing public stores at Kitrachee, to
which articles he anticipates objections being made by
the Ameers, and says, " You will explain to them that
it is a necessary result of our determination to keep a
force in Snide, that we should have the benefit of a com-
munication by that post whenever it suits us; that we
know' perfectly well that they have no means of defend-
ing that place against us," &c.—F. 120.

" 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 Pottingcr 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 Ameers 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.-4'. 121.

If the Ameers required delay for their final answer,
he instructs Lieutenant East wick 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 previsions 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 Ameers 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 'gnus 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 due 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 inst. 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 effect 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, 1839, 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 to
have considered the Aineers 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 to
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 cani.ot 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 MILLDAM& PENITENTIARY.—Yes-
terday Mr. lliggs held an inquest at the General Peni-
tentiary, Milbank, 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, 1843, of felony
—the stealing of some silver spoons—and sentenced to
seven years' transportation. He was received into that
prison on the 12th ult., and died in the infirmary on the
19th inst. He 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.ie.,
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
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 ao 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, allusion with cold water to the head and chest, and
a long-continued and powerful stream of electro-magne-
tism. These means were applied from a quarter before
nine 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 yet
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 rash act.—Brietul
Mirror.

AMUSEMENTS IN BRIGHTON.—III 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 unusualnumber of Concerts by Wright, Brabam,
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.—MACKEREL.---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.