The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

THE SIEGE OP HERAT.

The fall of Herat was again reported yesterday
on the arrival of the Marseilles packet from Con.
stantinople. The public have had some experience
of the value of reports from this quarter, and will
probably require some better warrant for the
news.

Some statements from Teheran, very favourable
to the Persian besiegers, wore copied by us yes-
terday from the Presse d'Orient. They are not
very consistent with the following, which is taken
from the Journal de Constantinople of the 21st
➢ecember :

The latest news which we have received from
Persia, and which comes to us from a reliable
source, contains some facts of the highest import-

ance.

Prince Murad Mina, the general commander-
in-chief of the Persian expedition against Herat,
had written to Teheran that he finds it utterly
impossible to make himself master of the city with
25,000 men. The father of the reigning Shah,
Mohamed Shah, was not able to succeed in doing
so when he attacked Herat with a force of 80,000
men.
The arrival at Herat of the Emir Serdar, the son
of Dost Mohamed Khan, with a reinforcement of
numerous columns of Affghan troops, belonging to
the warlike tribes of the Tadiks, of Kisilbaoh, and
others, had resulted in the re-establishment at
Herat of tyl eo
fl itnhees
sohf a
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as
west, and was awaiting succour from
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Emirn. Serdar, upon his arrival at Herat, an-
nouncedTeTherhe a
to the inhabitants that he had been sent
by his father, Dost Mohamed, as a precursor of his
formidable aanha
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march
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against concen-
trated
the Persians.

WHAT NEXT ?—Some of the banners sett to the Mis-
souri invaders, worked by the ladies and blessed by the
priests, bore upon them "For God and Slavery!"
ANOTHER GREAT CITY FlRE.—Yesterday morning,
about half past ten o'clock, a fire, attended with a great
destruction of property, broke out in the extensive
range of premises belonging to Mr. C. S. Spencer,
steam-mill and saw-mill proprietor, carry;m, ca bus i
ness in Northumberland-ally, Fenchureb.street, City.
The building was nearly 80 feet long, and of considerable
width. It was filled
up with costly steam machinery
and engines. By three o'clock in the morning the fire
was entirely extinguished, but not until the engine-
house, the boiler-houses, and other rooms were destroyed.
Fortunately, the sufferers were insured.
lILL.—A
PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY'S SCHOOLS, RED n
was
held of the directors of this admirable institution
u trrree.
iohasd
offices held yesterday at the in Crown-
in the chair.
e
needle-street ; William Gladstone,
Esq.,
cnarte of
r
tThehe
Admissionser stfnfriends, 4 ; on con-
y
ditional pardon, 17 ; under 17th
Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 :—On payment
b and 18th Viet., c. 86,
efficiency following
ef statementthe
charity. exhibits interesting statistics
the quarter
_Emigrated, 11
16 ; free list, 2 ; total, 39.
transferred to the Liverpool school
by
friends, 2 ; placed
Pclehooalrfgreigsate 2 ; placed on
trial with friends, 11 ;
under 17th and 18th Vic., cap.
SHOW,—Yesterday
erurdlliesY
Number in the aehool, 241.
in service, 1 ; total,
TB6ll,essecplito.osl.was certifi3e7dwit
itshnieowpebrieegdin.
gates of the Baker-street
of the Smithfield
Club,
t all further d • f • I
HE
a MISBIOLIO
afternoon, TSm
Bazaar were closed against
aspect at at
laTtHtrhlrEeLeD9,CclLoucsktheCinATeToLsnfornaStritOyWw.
ning
to assume somewhat
the galleries are nearly all occupied, not-
stands in
rY
implements, and the various stalls are in readiness
ments of agrioultuhreet.
iteTelaseueshl oews
withstanding a large increase of space, with machinery
and imp
for the reception of the cattle, some of which
have already arrived, and to whish there will be a
large accession in the course of to-day. The great bulk,
however, of the animals entered will not arrive until
to-morrow (Saturday), more especially those from the
Birmingham cattle show, which does not close till this
evening-. Amongst the competitors will, it is stated, be
found Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Richmond, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Bed-
ford, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Spencer, Earl Dncie,
Lord Portman, Lord Berners, Sir John Shelley, M.P.,
and nearly all the well-known agriculturists throughout
the kingdom. The judges will make their awards of
the prizes OH Monday, and' in the evening the private
view will take place. It is believed that Prince Albert
and the Prince of Wales will this year honour the show
with their presence.