The Press.
London, England, 1857-02-21 00:00:00

THE WAR IN PERSIA.

THE Teheran Gazette of the Bth January published a
proclamation of the Shah announcing the capture of
Bushire, and stating his intention of taking the most
energetic measures to repel the invasion. Troops
under the command of Ferlate Khan and Mirza
Mehemed Khan have been directed upon Bushire,
while strong reinforcements have been despatched to
Herat and the Cabul frontier.

The intelligence from Bushire brought by the over-
land mail, via Bombay, reaches to the 30th of
December. tip to that date ❑othing of importance
bad occurred, but a force of 12,000 to 15,000 Per.
sians was said to be in the neighbourhood, and con-
templating an attack upon the British camp. The
health of the troops is generally good, but the men
appear to bo suffering considerable hardship et
present from the camp being two miles distant
from the shore, and all supplies having to he
brought that distance by the men, through loose
sandy soil.
A letter from Bushire of the 28th of December,
in the Moniteur de l'Armie, gives some details of in.
terest to us. It will be observed that our acts of occu-
pation point more to a permanent than temporary
stay

The part of the army remaining outside the town are
in wooden huts, exactly like those used in the Crimea.
The head quarters are on an eminence, to which the
name of lialaklava has been given ; and the inner hay has
been designated the Harbour of Sebastopol. Three days
after the place was taken two Protestant churches were
established ; they are in a new quarter of the town, called
Victoria City. A racecourse has also been established,
and the first day's running will take place on Jan. 1, the
horses of the country being admitted to contest for the
prizes. A few days after the installation of the troops, a
proposition was made to the general in-chief to establish a
railway across the town and the English lines, a distance
of about two miles. The proposition was accepted, and
the line is to be made without delay. A cemetery has
been marked out, anti surrounded by a dry wall. In
the centre has been erected a monument to General Stop-
ford, killed at the taking of the town. It is formed of a
pyramid of red marble, on the base of which have been
inscribed the general's name and titles, and the date of his
death. Near this monument are the tombs of Lieutenant-
Colonel Mallett, Captain Wood, anti Lieutenant Uttersen,
all killed on the same occasion, and those of three other
officers, who were carried off by illness since the occu-
pation.

Reinforcements were immediately to be de-
spatched to Bushire. These include the 14th
Light Dragoons, Ist Regiment of Jacob's Scinde
Irregular Horse, nth Troop Horse Artillery, Ist
Company 2nd Battalion Foot Artillery, her Majesty's
78th Highlanders, 20th Regiment Native Infantry,
and 23rd Regiment Native Light Infantry.
A rroject for tho employment of irregular horse
to be raised among the tribes of Turkish Arabia and
the Persian seaboard has been decided on. To what
extent it is contemplated to carry out this scheme is
not plt. definitively settled. Rumour says that fifteen
regiments will be raised, but as yet appointments for
not more than three have only taken place.
The organisation of the army was being rapidly
completed. Sir James Outran, who with his per•
sonal staff left Bombay for Bushire on the 10th of
January, will assume the command in chief. G.,neral
Stalker takes the first division, and Colonel Havelock
the second. Colonel Jacob. of the Scinde Horse,
commands the cavalry. A land transport corps has
been organised, and some mounted field batteries
will be despatched at once. "'The reieorcernents
now under orders amount only to 5,000 men; but.,"
remarks the Times Bombay correspondent, " it is re-
ported that 15,001 more will follow as fast as
they can be collected; but this is not quite so cer-
tain. The extraordinary order given to Sir James
Outran to levy troops in Persia itself is considered
true, and is generally supposed to indicate a deter-
mination to annex. The secrets of the Foreign
Department are, however, so closely kept, that
there is little current beyond surmises. Oar fact,
howevel, is admitted. The l'crsiaii expedition is not
a demonstration, but the most serious war in which
the Government has been engaged for the last six
years."

The question of an advance into Affghanistan was
much discussed at Bombay. Dost Mohammed had
arrive 1 at Juinrood, in the Peshawur valley, on the
Ist of January. Sir John Lawrence, who had been
some time waiting for the arrival of his visitor, On
hearing of his approach sent a considerable force four
miles into the lillyber Pass to meet and escort him.
On the 3rd of January the meeting took place :
An imposing force of two troops of horse artillery, two
field batteries, and a mountain train, four regiments of
cavalry, and six of infantry, three of them English, formed
a lane from Juintood to Sir John Lawrence's Durbar tent
As the Atlghan cavalcade came down the lane Colonel
Edwardes. Commissioner of Peshawur, and the military
officers advanced. At its head rode Saadut Khan, of
Lalpoora, the powerful and oftiimes troublesome chief
of the Momunds, now on his very best behaviour.