The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL,

We are in receipt of the detailed advises by the
Overland Mail. The dates are Calcutta, March 7;
Madras, March 14 ; and Bombay, March 17. There
is no China mail.

The news is not of an important character, and
the following is a summary of its leading
features :

PERSIA.

Otir news from Bushire is to the Ist of March.
The troops were in good health, and the fortifica-
tions rapidly progressing at that date. The Persians
were said to have assembled a second tinie in force
at the foot of the hills, but whether General Outram
would be diverted to attack them again was doubt-
ful. Provisions were plentiful, but dear, the camp
being all but entirely dependent upon the commis
sariat for supplies. The following troops had left
India since the last Overland Mail, or were under
orders to embark, viz. ;—The Sejnde Itorse, from
Kurrachee, 800 strong, undeir Brigadier-General
Jacok. and H.M. 14th Light Dragoons, 600 strong,
from Bombay. These two regiments would bring
up General Outram's cavalry force to nearly 2,000
sabres. The artillery had been Atrengthened by
the despatch of the 3rd cothpany of the 2nd bat-
talion; ,and the 7th and 25th Regiments Bombay
Native Infantry and the Ist Madras Fusiliers were
under orders to embark without delay. The 3rd
Bombay Europeans had been held back at the
point of embarkation.

"If the report from Paris is confirmed, that the news of
the armistice reached the British Commander-in-Chief on
the 9th March, the expedition, which was quietly but
rapidly preparipg at $ ushire, according to the adviees by
this mail, would not take place. The object of the expe-
dition was the capture of Mohammerah, on the laroon.
This fortress enabled the Persians to intarodiit Supplies
for the British camp from the Arabs. The possession of
it by us would not only prevent this but enable the
expeditionary force with greater ease to advance into the
interior of the country. General Out rain contemplated,
after capturing the place, leaving in it a sufficient force to
prevent its being retaken, and then hurrying back to
Bushire to act on the offensive or defensive, as circum-
stances might require, against the mass of the Persian
army that would have been by this time got together to
meet them. The opinion in camp was, that Mohemmerah
would not be taken without a heavy loss on the part of the
assailants. The defences were manned by 14,000 Persian
troops, with 14 guns, some of whom were strongly
entrenched. The town will be assailed from the river by
the steamers, but the entrenchment would have to be
assaulted by the troops on shore. The Persians were
collecting again at. Burozjoon, whence they were frightened
the day before the last battle, and it is conjectured that
the general would be unable to repeat a blow in that
quarter without a large accession of strength, but where
to look to for reinforcements seemed to be the great
difficulty.
"The mutiny of the 19th Native Infantry broke out by
the men holding a parade on their own account with their
arms. The Col.-commander remonstrated with the native
officers. The men, however, were still refactory, and he
called out a rce-iimeht of cavalry and two guns. The men
were then 'ordered to ground their arms and return to
their br:racks. They agreed if the Col. would send away
his cavalry. The Colonel appears to have dreaded the
responsibility of an armed conflict, and acceded to the
conditions, for which he has been rebuked.' _ _

The following statement is made in the Bombay
Times of March 19 ,--

" We have a perfectly startling disgrade to charge
home without remorse upon our government, and
have had its publication in store for some time, and
we do beg our brethren of the press in India to
assist us to brand with public infamy the course
which our resident at Bushire, Commander Felix
Sones, under instructions, it would seem, thought
himself justified to pursue in our interest. To help
the weight attached to the ultimatum presented at
Teheran, this gentleman continued to assure the
Governor of Bushire, up to the very moment that
our fleet appeared before it, that we did not intend
to go to war at all. Here is the despatch :—•
`• From Commander Felix Jones, I.N , Political
Agent with the Forces, and Resident in the
Persian Gulf, to H. L. Anderson, Est; , Secretary
to Government, Bombay.
Residency in the Persian Gulf,
tushire, Dec. 13 1856. _

2. On the 29th November a detachment of the
fleet ('eroze, steam frigate, towing two merchant
ships and corvette Faulkland) first hove in sight
off Bushire. and dispelled the prevailing idea that
the force would not quit the shores of India. This
illusion I had been able to maintain perfect to the
last moment, though the object I had contemplated
of an immediate descent on the coast failed, from
the fleet being scattered in various parts of the
gulf. It was not, indeed, until the 6th instant that
they were sufficiently collected to admit of direct
operations being commenced ; but in the meantime
the island of Karrack was occupied and formed
into a military depot, as reported in my despatch
to Major General Stalker, under date 4th inst.
" 3. The day subsequent to the arrival of the
first ships, the Governor of Bushire wrote to me
officially on the subject of the display before the
town ; but as I was then about proceeding to meet
the general some miles off at sea, an answer to his
enquiries was delayed. as shown in the accompany
ing letters. On the 3rd December the Governor
General's proclamations were sent to him officially,
with the sanction of the major general commanding
the force. To these there was no reply.
" We are at a loss to characterise in fitting terms
the audacity with which this man parades his
dragging our national character for honor and good
faith threugh the dirt. Is it that he .knew the
masters whom he served ? We cannot think the
government has left the matter unnoticed. As it
is, we have been made to play the part of pirates,
and not of soldiers."