The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.

So far u they have gone, the operations of the
expedition to the Persian Gulf appear to have bass
crowned with success. The island of Karrak has
been occupied without resistance; Buahire has been
taken after some sharp fighting of only a few hours'
continuance ; a small Persian camp on the main-land,
opposite to the island of Kishm, has been dispersed.
The Persian soldiers appear to have displayed more
seal and eagerness to prolong the contest than their
leaders showed either inclination or ability to turn to
account. The Arabs appear tobedivided. One party of
Arabs fought bravely and obstinately; but ams tithe
tribes made overtures to the English. It weal
seem, however, that hostilities in this quarter are
not likely to be protracted ; at least, if we may be-
lieve the confident statements which reach us frees
various quarters of the desire of the Government at
Tehran to resume negotiations.

The aspect of affairs in China is more equivosal.
YEN gives no signs of yielding, and he appears to
be supported by the gentry of Canton and its Mim►
diate vicinity. and by the mercantile eammaity.
Admiral firruora does not seem to ban mil
much progress. Another fort has, Mamas boa
taken by the English; but in return the Mime ban
met fire to the Factories, which wpm to have Isla
all but entirely destroyed. The rasidants hat
Es:stood that the Admiral asketook to meld
the Factories ; but on the teth of November
an ominous manifesto was Weed by Mr. Com-
illa PARKLS, to the Abet that the naval

Coramander-in-Ciet would "do 11l in his
power for the /.wet palmitin of the Factories,"
but that at the ammo time it was advieside Ire indi-
vidual' to look Air their own goal. wig that
they "Lure at their summand ibilliths hugely
availed et by other semilien et the annumnity, ter
neessing their progeny, it they think it exposed to
risk, r ginss of indoelind security." Whatever
wee Ammo la this frith led light thrown upon it
teen the %big bedlam on the 14th and 13th of
Daman The fees maw Admiral BLYMOVII has
pond iliderate to the plandoe of his country-
men hew the nee with which hie attacks upon the
limb MI 01161111 had Wpm& the citizens. The de-
stemeden of the Iraitudes wee as child's play; teethe
hone' (the Engliansterles at but) are constridel
"treader, in sewn* blocks, es* set easy to be de-
stroyed by mere skulking inesmilerin Nor is this
ill. The Hoeg Kong jean& imamate that the
ricer swarms with " phutue wind when the Ad.
"lira will have to opine& Aa Iltgleh Misr ea
anneals have ben ant Why the Mahn& of . .

village, and the village dmiejed. And at this pre-
Mee mimed diesniente nmeiheting itself in overt
este. has been excited mans the Chinese residents
its Beni Bong by the mere Met enforcement of a
sanitary act. Sir Amor Bowsaw, it b stated
in As Indian pawn bee applied to the
Government at Caimans he a reinkeesesest of

hoops. In short, the attack upon Canton is rapidly
expanding into a general war with China—a war
which threatens to be complicated by the increased
activity of the " rebels " in the two Kwangs. The
withdrawal of the Chinese troops ordinarily distri-
buted through the country, with a view to lICSINMIM
trate them in Canton, has been followed by bearsisms
of the " Hak-ka men," and it is alarmed that fifty
towns and villages have been desbeyal, and 50,000
people deprived of their homes in the coarse of three
weeks. A " rebel " squadron is also said to be
emeleored in Whampos Reach.
There is one consideration which these events
free upon the mind with paramount claims to
attention. It is the inexpediency, the danger
of tolerating the assumption of the pone
to declare war, or to undertake spematiere
tantamount to a declaration of war, by say

authority inferior to the Crown itself. We are it
this moment actually at war both with Perris and
China, and yet there haa not appeared up to thetims
at which we write any pablio declaration of war
against either in the name of the Crown. In the
ems of Persia this irregularity, it is tree, is compa-
ratively venial. No one can doubt for a moment
that Lard CANNING has been authorieed—ln-
etraeted—by the Home Government to act as he
has dome. The Ikea of the Crown in this
era is only to be regretted as impart-
ing as equivocal appearance to out hostile
operations, which may produce an unpkanant effect
on the minds of foreign govenumnts. In this cam