The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

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rioun th Sirdar. Ahmed Khan ,was sent from
22000 men to stop them, and massacre
than and thht small escort. Sultan Murad-Nlirza,
inforrnei time, hastened to Support them with
the few troops he could hastily, bring together.
" Such has beep the iniquitous conduct of the
Men of Ifei'at.' After having entreated the Persian
Government to send them help to oppose the inva-
sion of Dost Mahommed, who wished to capture
their town,, they allowed themselves to be bribed
.by'hirti, and tried to massacre their guests. What
was the.Governinent to do ? Was it to submit to
su_h a degTdation,aspot to punish; such excesses
Moreover, it Shad before it an aggressor ready to
re ze -tiPoilli,,rat;'and who, from-that point, would
have been a continued source of anxiety, and, per-
haps the win of the province of TChorassan.
" Vuder every.circumstance it was the duty of
thelPerslian GoVernment to have a care that no fb-
.reign power 'should seize the said town, of which it
is the sol, protector. Can it be supposed that it is
not "ti; st-Mohamnied Khan who wishes to-seize•
fferat; aid n-t Ica-Khan who calls him and who.
revolts ? ;The letters: of Dost ,Mohimmed Khan,
and of his son Goulab-Haider Khan, have fallen
into 'the hands of the Persian Government, and
they prove that it is Dost-Mohammed Khan• who
caused Herat: to revolt with the aid of English pro-
mises ;..that English,trooPs are marching. in the di-
, re 'ton`" oft Nisliapour, and will reach Cabul ; that
Money and ammunition have been sent towards
Shikarpoor and have arrived at Pichong.
" However, the Court
.of Teheran, to maintain
the' friendship and alliance of England, was de- 1
sided, ever; after the capture of Hero, to organisa
,here an Afghan Government according to conven-
tions. Still more; it_was dieincliered to give Mr.
Murray such satisfaction as was compatible with
tha dignity of the Persian Government. But that
did not sutlic_. ; to ihose two demands others have
been added. Lord Clarendon and Lord Redcliffe
had put those twOconditions, and.conferences were
held with the Persian Charge d'Affaires at the
Sublime Porte. In consequence of the new exac- •
tions, Feruk-Khan was sent with full powers, and
his inissiontwAs notified to the English ambassador.
" Nevertheless, before the arrival of Feruk-
Khan war was declared. On arriving at Constan-
tinople Feruk-Khan wished to communicate with
Lord Redc'iffe ;- he received as reply, that there
were no more questions to be settled, that there
was no need of conferring. After great difficulty
negotiations were ultimately commenced ; but in
addition to the two points above-mentioned, the
English ambassador put forward claims which were
inadmissible, and had nothing whatever to do with
the pending questions. Feruk-Khan, who bad no
authori iy t-i treat on the basis, asked for 40 days'
delay to allow him to communicate with, his Go•
vernment ; this arrangement, to which Lord Red-
cliffs consent, d, was concluded on the
.2Gth of
November, and yet on the 6th of December the
English fleet attacked Bender-i-Mahiguiri (the
fisheries), which was bombarded and taken.
" After reading thesefacts everyman will be able
to judge for himself whether it is the Persians or
the English that have infringed existing trgaties."

AEOTION INTELLIGENCE

GREEN WIC H. -!-OFFICIAL DECLARATION

OF THE POLL.
Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the returning
officet announced from the hustings the official
state of the poll. The numbers were—Codrington,
2,193 ; Sleigh, 1,579, giving the former a majority
0f1,331. The total number of votes recorded ou
this occ:sion is accordingly 4,492, :while the, num-
ber'of the c,nistituency exceeds 8,000. 1
Geller:3l Codiington and Mr. Sleigh briefly ad-
dressed the crowd in front of the hustings, the latter
aeelaring his intention to petition against! General
Codringt,,n's return,_ Mr. Townsend, the chair-
man of Mr. Sleigh's committee, also made a speech,
in Which he affirn:od that the borough w4s under
Governmenliinfltien.ce; and would never be properly
represented without vote by ballot.

SOUTHAMPTON. - I
SOUZIAMPTON, Wednesday.—List night all the
lower windows of the Star, Mr. Weguelin's hotel,
were smashed, and a largelac we of constables was in
requisition there to prevent further violene. This
morning a large concourse of persons assembled at
the Town-hall, and Mr. We.Auelin was declared
fully ele:ted. 2,682 voters polled, of whom 1,720
polled for one or other of the two Libei4l candi-
dates, aed 962 for the Tory. Mr. WeOelin was
the only candidate preSent at the dechration.sof the
p,)11, and he was received with much cheering. Sir
Edward Bit ler has protested against the election of
of Mr. Wegu.din, on the ground that sine of tho
polling booths were closed before the hour.fixed by
law. At the declaration of the poll a man was
pointed out; who offered to vote for one candidate
for, a bribe, and,; on such an inducement being re-
fused him, he Voted for another candidate. This
exposure caused great uproar, and the fellow was
hooted out of the hall. Tbis afternoon the magis-
trates met to investigate charges against sOme pro-
fessional pugilists, for breaking the peace yesterday,.
afternoon. One of the prize-fighter appeared to
answer the charge, and the case against im was
dismissed. Another.failed to make his appearance,
and his bail will be forfeited. A man was. also ap-
prehended ye terday in one of the polling booths,
personating an absent voter. The punishment fir
this offence is two years' imprisonment.