The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, TIHURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1857,

noble men were many of them too. Then Mr.
DISRAELI' himself owns that France, as a nation,
prefers, at least for the present, an Imperial
regime ; hence the indifference to the dismissal of
the Assembly. Had the Assembly and the Presi•
dent appealed to the country on equal terms,
however, the indifference would have appeared
much less. It was awkward to vote against half
a million of soldiers when their master held the
ballot box in one hand and the keys of a prison in
the other.

But the last step is the greatest ; that
what France did England would do. Indeed !
—would. Louis NAPOLEON himself say so Could
the best usurper, could even a CROMWELL, get
a majority here by fair means ? Dictation—as
Manchester and London are witnesses—is just the
last thing an Englishman will stand. Had Louis
NAPOLEON tried his experiment here he would
have been assuredly blackballed from John
of Groat's House to Land's End.

No, an Englishman, as the rule, is a very
common-sense man when he comes to act, and to
act from his own judgment alone, no one compel-
ling him. JOHN BULL'S instinct is very strong
against all that is unfair, but give him fair play,
and he is the least revolutionary mortal upon
earth. Our belief is that the Ballot would make
too little difference,—that so strong is the practi-
cal preference of the many for " their betters" that
property and intelligence would, even under the
Charter itself would keep much about its present
political position. Mr. DISRAELI and his coadju-
tors would still be members for Bucks. The Sir
JoHNs and Sir lIARRys would otill represent :ho
counties, and commercial ability would be the
qualification for our large towns.

We can easily imagine the astonishment which
an intelligent French gentleman must have felt
at witnessing an Election scene in England. His
first impression would certainly be that "they
manage these things better in France." In his
own country there might be some degree of bustle
and excitement ; but there would be none of the
gross personalities or insulting allusions to an un-
popular candidate. The authorities would afford
ample protection to every person in any de-
gree concerned, whether is candidate, elector,
or spectator. But such protection could not be
required. "The Ballot," enabling every elector
to record his vote without being subjected to any
improper influence, would suffice. It would not
be the interest of any person to indulge in vitupe-
ration, or to insult others. It is not a French
theory that the Non-Electors, who are not them-
selves deemed worthy of the suffrage, should con-
trol their more fortunate fellow-citizens.

M. ALEXANDRE Dimas, jun., gives a graphic
description of a Metropolitan Election. He ought,
however, to have gone further, and to have wit-
nessed a contest in some provincial borough,
where an infuriated mob made themselves masters
of the position, and the authorities were utterly
incapable of protecting her MAJESTY'S subjects
from violence and outrage. In Southwark the
police were sufficiently strong to arrest any
person committing a breach of the peace
noise and badinage were the only means re-
sorted to. Bludgeons, brickbats, stones, &c., were
used in other places by some of those who did
not consider " their sweet voices" sufficiently
pOtent to give expression to their displeasure. In
Kidderminster, the Gentleman placed at the head
of the poll by a triumphant majority, was brutally
assailed, and severely injured. He might have been
murdered, with several of his friends, but for the
shelter affordel by a gentleman in the neighbour-
hood, who fearlessly admitted the fugitives, and
shut out their fierce assailants. It is positively
asserted that during the polling, the non-electors
were informed that the only chance of success for
their favourite depended on their exertions; in other
words, on their intimidating the voters from acting
in obedience to their own conscientious impressions.
We believe that proceedings, at least as unjusti-
fiable as those at Kidderminster, took place in other
districts, and that the local authorities candidly
confessed their inability to afford protection to
patties desirous of appearing at the hustings—
that scenes of " lynching" occurred that might
put to shame any of those recorded in the Slave
States of America, it not being deemed sufficient
to warn off the party without inflicting consi-
derable violence.

We certainly- cannot speak highly of the " Eng-
lish Institution," that leads to such results, or
admire the system. It is true that the country
goes on without revolution. But surely such
atrocities are not the " safety valves" that have
preserved the State machine. We should endea-
your to get rid of the reproach to which the
British name has been subjected, and with too
much reason. Nor should we allow despots and
the friends of despotism to point to such scan-
dalous scenes as adequate reasons for maintait-
ing restrictions inimical to freedom. Liberty
may be enjoyed without its degenerating
into licentiousness. Nor should a reckless mob
be permitted to set aside all the ordinary decen-
cies of life. Candidates and parties are afraid to
put the law into operation lest they might become
unpopular. But the magistrates should take care
to prevent anarchy, or even excess. The freedom
of election cannot require or justify insult or in-
jury to any of her MAJEsTv's subjects, or any
strangers who may be desirous of witnessing an
English Election.

The following is the 1857. House List of Governors and
Directors of the Bank of England for the year eumirg,
viz. :

FOR GOVERNOR:4,
-Sheffield Neave, E=st., Governor.
Rmamy Dobree, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
FOR DIRECTORS.
Thomas Baring, Esq. Kirkman Danl, Hodgson, Esq.
Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Lamle clot Holland, Esq.
*Travers Buxton, Esq. Jno. Gollibrand Hubbard, Esq.
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esn,
Robt. Wigram Crawford, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq.
William Cotton, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq.
Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq.
Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
John Oliver Hanson, Esq, Thomas Charles Smith, Esq.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Thos. Matthias Weguelin, Esq.
*N.B.—The gentleman against whose name an
asterisk is placed is a hew candidate for the Direction.
The elution for Governor and Deputy-Governor will
be held at the Ilat.k on Tuesday, the 14th April, and
for Directors on Wednesday, the 15th April, from ten
o'clock in 1-lie forenoon till four in the afternoon.

D 1;;. COBDEN FoR ROxBURGEISHIRE.—A meeting of
the Llberal electors of Hawick was called in the Town
Mall on Monday, at five o'clock, for the purpose of ex-
pressing their disappointment at the Manchester and
B.uddersfield constituencies rejecting the free-trade can•
didates, and for the purpose of inviting- Mr. Cobden to
come forward for Ruxburgbshire.—Edinburgh, Express.
FINSBURY ELECTION.—At a numerous meeting of
electors of the borough of Finsbury, it was moved that
the requisite steps be taken for prosecuting a petition
before the House of Commons against the return of Mr.
Cos.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SIIEGEONS.—The following gen-
tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the
meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 27th ult. :
Nlesirs. G. Wallis, Cambridge ; J. Tatham, Burton in
Lonsdale, Yorkshire ; J. G. Blackall, Exeter ; R. J.
Sprakeling, Canterbury ; T. Jones, Pencoyd, Hereford-
shire: R. Goodall, Seabridge, Newcastle, Staffordshire ;
Knaugs, Huddersfield; A. Whitefield, Devon ; J. J
Beer, Deal ; H. Rees, Carnarvon ; W. Croome, army.
The following gentlemen were admitted members on the
30th ult.:—Messrs. I. D. Ward, Clifton, near York ;
W. L. Baker, Newton Abbot, Devon ; J. Littlewood,
Hampole, Doncaster; A. Ardagb, Barrie, Canada West;
Falmouth;W K. Bellmore J. H. Barnes, Westminster
Ophthalmic Ilaspital; IL 1). Blucke, Brighton ; and J.
Lamplugh-hail, Cumberland•

LATEST NEWS.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We (Times) have received our private corres-
pondence from Bombay of the sth March ; Cal-
cutta, 23d Feb. ; and Hong Kong,llsth Feb.

CHINA.
HONG KONG, FED. 15.

The steamer Cadiz arrived here on the Ist inst.,
bringing English news to the 10th of December.
Via Calcutta, we have telegraphic news from Eng-
land to the 26th of December. The Cadiz leaves
to•day with the outward mails.
Since we wrote to you ou the 30th ult. occur-
rences have been unimportant.
Allum's trial commenced on the 2d instant, and,
after an investigation which lasted five days, he
obtained a verdict by a majority of the jury of
" Not guilty."
The evidence is given at full length in the local
papers. It was chiefly circumstantial, and although
it did not prove sufficient to lead to a conviction, a
strong feeling exists as to the guilt of the principal
parties tried. The case was ably conducted on the
part of the Crown by the Attorney-General, the
Hon. Mr. Anwey.

On the prisoners leaving the Court-house, they
were re-apprehended as suspicious characters under
a late Government notification, and Allum, we
believe, is to be detained in the meantime.
At Hong Kona all remains quiet. The addition
to the forces that° has lately taken place has allayed
any uneasiness that previously existed in case the
place should be attacked by the Chinese. The pri-
vate steamer Sir James Brooke arrived here on the
31st ult., taken up by the Government of Singa-
pore, and brought on from the Straits about 210
men of the 29th and 38th Regiments Madras Native
Infantry (Major Cazalet, Commander), and some
gun Lascars and Madras artillerymen.
Her Majesty's slurp Elk, 1.2 guns, and brig
Camilla, 16 guns, arrived here en the 10th inst.
The Company's steamer Auckland is also here.

The United States steamer San Jacinto and
sloop Levant are still in harbour.

The French mail steamer Catinat has gone on a
cruise. The Virginie went out, we believe, in cor-
sequence of advices being received of a disaster to
the French ship Anais, with Coolies on board. The
vessel left Swatow on the 29th ult., bound for Ha-
vanuah. The following day the Coolies rose, mur-
dered the captain, mate, and supercargo, and ran
the ship ashore near Breakers-point, where the re-
mainder of the crew landed. They were taken
charge of by the authorities, and would be, we hear,
forwarded to Swatow.
Admiral Seymour left this on the 6th inst., in
her Majesty's steamer Barracouta, and came down
for the mail last evening in the Niger.
There is little to report of occurrences that have
taken place up the river.
An attempt was made at the end of last month
to burn her Majesty's ship Comus, which was near
proving successful. Two junks were sent down
upon her. They were on fire, and alongside very
quickly. One cleared the vessel without doing
much injury ; the other was got clear with diffi-
culty, and at one time the danger appeared immi-
nent, the flames being over the fore part of the
ship. No serious damage was done.
Numerous junks still keep in the proximity of
our ships ; there ara no means at present of follow-
ing them. Two small river steamers have been
fitted up with guns, but these even will scarcely
prove of sufficient light draught of water to allow
The com p
them to follow the junks.
arative impunity with which the junks
have fired at the steamers on one or two occasions
apparer:Gly induced the Chinese to act with less
caution on the 10th inst., when her Majesty's
steamer Hornet, Captain Forsyth, and a small
'Aver steamer under charge of Lieutenant Dent,
were attacked by a fleet of about 200 junks. Cap-
tain Forsyth anchored the Hornet abeam of the

junks, and opened fire, which, we hear, was very
precise, and must have done a great deal of damage.
A Chinese rep )rt of the affair, previously re-
ceived, stated the junks suffered severely.
Night corning on the fleet could not be followed
up the creek. One large junk was cut out by the
Hornet's boats, two sunk, and two blew up.
.Pekin Gazettes to the 6th Jan. report several en-
gagements gained over the rebels, and the retaking
of some of the towns in the province of Hopeh.
The retirement of the rebels from some of their
posts to reinforce their body at Nankin, where dis-
order still continued, is stated as the origin of these
reported Imperial successes.
Yu-Yaou, a town about 30 miles from Ningpo,
is said to have been taken by the insurgents, the
head mandarin killed, and about 300 of the Impe-
rial. soldiers.
The Gazettes do not contain any allusion to the
troubles with foreigners at Canton.
The report is correct of an edict having been
issued to the high officers of the coast provinces not
to interfere with the quarrel at Canton.
Yeh is said to have orders to establish peace, but
nothing is said of opening Canton.
It is said that the Emperor has expressed the
highest confidence in Yeh's ability to deal
with foreigners, and although recommending
clemency, yet that failing, the barbarians
are to be driven into the sea. Yesterday ac-
counts were received from Canton to the effect that
under Yeh's direction the ploughshare had tra-
versed the site of the late factories, which the com-
missioner had sown with salt.
At Ningpo considerable excitement prevailed to-
wards the end of last month, and the missionaries
left the place ; but at the last date, Ist inst., all
was quiet. The cause of the apprehensions ap-
peared to be a permission from the Intendant to
the Canton men to make an attack on the lorchu.
men. The permission, however, was withdrawn,
and disturbance took place.
Shanghai advices are to the 7th inst.
Our relations with the Chinese authorities there
continued amicable.
Trade had not been renewed since the Chinese

holydays---26th of January. Previous to that date
a large business had been done in imports ; but the
settlements of produce had been small, owing to
short supplier, and the high prices asked.
_

The eurr one'y remained—inthe same unsatisfac.

tory state.

Longcloths.—Greys quoted 1.78 dollars to 2.05
dollars; whites, 1.35 dollars to 1.90 dollars. Sup-
plies heavy.
Silk—About 2,500 bales settled at an advance of
fully 10 dol. per picul. No. 3 Taatlee quoted
375 dol. to 380 dol. ; No. 4, 360 dol. ; Taysaam,
middling to fair, 290 dol. to 310 dol. ; inferior to
middling, 250 dol. to 280 dol. The total export
from China since Ist July, 1856, to date is 69,000
bale.

Tea-42 chops of new Ning Chow had been
settled, after considerable competition, at about
3 taels advance on last month's prices. There were

ou the market eight chops of ;main tea, of same
quality, held for 18 to 20 taels. About 25 chops
Ning Chow, yet to arrive, would finish the season's
crop. _ .

The export from China shows a decrease on that
of last year to the same time of 4, 000, 000 lb.
Exchange-6s. 7d. on England for Sycee silver,
at 110 dol. per 100 taels ; on India, 302 r.
Freights 1/. 103, to 2/. for tea, and 41. ss. for
silk.

Foo-Chow advices are to the 4th inst. Quietness
prevailed there. A further advance had taken
place in the price of teas. Stocks stated at 3,000 ;
a few chops more of Ning Chow were expected.
Commonest kinds of Congou quoted 11 to 12 663 ;
Ning Chow Congou, 25 to 30 taele. Four vessels
had left for Great Britain, and one was loading.
The authorities were endeavouring to induce the
bankers to take Mexican dollars.
Amoy dates are to the 4th inst. Business had
been resumed. The prices of cotton yarn were
higher, and 290 bales, mostly 16-24, sold at 24.50
del. to 26.10 dol. Grey shirtings, 1,350, pieces,
61 catties, sold at 2 dol. About 2,200 bales of
cotton sold at 8 dol. to 10.
The Samson was at Amoy. Nothing was seen
of the pirate fleet of which she was sent in search.
At Canton, we learn from Chinese, great distress
prevailed, and rice had gone up in price to 31 dol.
to 3i dol. per picul. The authorities had taken
possession of a large quantity of rice stored in the
Chinese packhouses belonging to foreigners, and
we understand other goods were sold and the pro-
ceeds paid into the Imperial treasury.
At Hong Kong little or nothing is doing in the
way of trade. Rice has advanced. to $2.90 per
picul, in consequence of the demand for Canton and
the neighbourhood.
Exchange on England, 4.71 to 4.8 i ; on India
216 to 217 rs. Tonnage is abundant. Many ships
have left seeking, and a large number have been
taken up for emigrants to Australia and California.
3,000 Chinese emigrants have gone to Australia
since the commencement of this year, and. the ves-
sels on the berth will take about 7,000 more.
Dr. Parker, the United States Minister, addressed
Yeh, asking him to allow Americans to remove
their property from Canton. Yeh replied that all
approaches to the city were commanded by the
British vessels, and recommended that Americans
should move to the other ports to trade.
The Hon. Mr. Mercer, Colonial Secretary, is a
pa sseager for England by the Cadiz, on leave of
ab seace. The acting appointment has been con-
fe crad on Dr. Bridges, with permission to continue
hi s private practice as a barrister.
Manilla advices Ara to the 4th just, Clean

Mexican dollars were quoted 23 per cent. premium.
Exchange on England for six month' sight bills,
4s. 2id.
Our latest dates are—from England, 26th De-
cember ; Calcutta, 24th January ; Bombay, 22d
January ; Singapore, 2d February ; Sydney, 11th
November; Melbourne, Ist December; Manflia,
4th February ; and Shanghae, 7th February.

inert, and its batt,ry will shortly receive an important
reinforcement.—China Mail, Feb 15.

THE PERSIAN WAR.
We take the following description of the brilliant
affair under General Outrun near Bushire from the
Bombay Telegraph of March 5 :
" The Victoria, whiCh arrived from the Gulf on
Monday afternoon, brought intelligence of a rather
smart engagement having been foupt between the
British and Persian troops at a place called Koosh-
ab on the Bth ult. Sir J. Outran', learning that a
large body of Persians, under the command of
Soujah-001-Moolk in person, was hovering around
Bushire, resolved at once to bring matters to an
issue. The troops, consisting of the 3d Cavalry, the
Poonah Horse, the 64th Foot, the 2d European
Light Infantry, the 78th Highlanders, the Sappers
and Miners, the 20th Native Infantry, the 4th
Rifiles, the 26th Native Infantry, the Be!oochees,
3d Troop Horse Artillery, 3d and sth Light Field
Batteries—numbering in all 419 sabres, 2,212
European Infantry, 2,022 Native Infantry, and 18
guns, marched from Bushire on the evening of the
3d Feb. They were without tents or extra clothing
of any sort ; each man carried his greatcoat, blan-
ket,ond two days' cooked provisions. After a march
of 46 miles in 41 hours, during which they were
exposed• to the worst of weather, cold nights and
deluging storms of rain, they reached the enemy's
intrenched position on the morning of the sth, but
found it abandoned. The enemy on hearing of our
approach had evacuated their intrenchments so
precipitately that their tents and camp equipage
and ordnance magazine were abandoned ; the for-
mer were being rapidly carried off by the village
plunderers operating for some hours before wa
arrived. Every exertion was made to intercept the
retreat of some bodies of the enemy's cavalry still
in sight, and some little skirmishing with a few
horsemen took place, but eventually they all made
off. After occupying fur two clays the position the
enemy had evacuated, and hearing that they had
succeeded in getting the guns which they carried
away into the difficult pass of Mhak„ the troops
commenced their return march on the night of the
7th, carrying away the large stores of flour, rice,
and grain which the E'ersian Government had col-

lecteafor their army, and destroying their magazine,
found to contain about 36,0001 b of powder, with
small-arm ammunition, and a vast quantity of shot
and shell, thereby crippling the future operations of
their army ; some of the guns are supposed to have
been cast into wells, and, as their wheels fell into
our hands, cannot again be used. At midnight an
attack was made upon the rearguard by the enemy's
horse, and parties threatened the line of march on
every side ; the troops were halted, and so formed
as to protect the baggage and resist the horsemen
in whatever direction they might attempt to chare.
Before this was quite completed four of the enemy's
guns of heavy metal were opened upon the force,
but the darkness of the night prevented any steps
being taken to capture them. At break of day the
Persian force, amounting to between 5,000 and
6,000 men, with five guns, was discovered on our
left rear, north-east of our line of march. The ca-

valry and artillery immediately moved rapidly to the
attack, supported by two lines of infantry, a third
protecting the baggage. The fire of artillery was
most excellent, and did great execution, the cavalry
also twice charged with great gallantry and success
—indeed, upon these two arms fell the whole brunt
of the action, as taus enemy moved away too rapidly
for the infantry to overtake them. By 10 o'clock
the defeat of the Persians was complete. Two guns
were captured, the gun ammunition, laden upon
mules, fell into our hands, and at least 700 men lay
dead upon the field. The wounded, the number
of whom must have been considerable, had been
carried away, the remainder fled in a disorgan-
ised state, generally throwing away their arms,
which strewed the field in vast numbers, and
nothing but the paucity of our cavalry prevented
their total destruction and the capture of the re-
maining guns. The troops bivouacked for the day
close to the battlefield, and at night accomplished a
march of 20 miles over a country rendered almost
impassable by the heavy rain which fell incessantly.
After a rest of six hours the• greater portion
of the infantry continued their march to
Bushire, which they reached before midnight
on the 9th of February, thus performing another
harassing march of 44 miles under incessant rain,
besides fighting and defeating the enemy in its pro-
gress, within a short period of 50 hours. The
cavalry and artillery, with infantry escort, reached
camp on the morning of the 10th ult. The result
is most satisfactory, and will, Gen. Outram thinks,
have a very beneficial effect on our future opera-
tions in Persia. We subjoin the despatches
" NOTIFICATION.
"POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.

" The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has the
highest satisfaction in publishing, for general informa-
tion, the following despatch, received from Lieut.-Gen.
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., commanding the Persian
Expeditionary Force, dated the 10th of February, an-
nouncing a decisive victory, obtained on the Bth of the
same month, by the British forces, over the Persian
army, at iihoosh•ab.
"The Right EL,n. the Governor in Council directs
that a Royal salute be fired from the garrison of Bombay
at noon this day in honour of this victory.
"By order of the Right Hon. the Governor in Council.
"H. L. ANDERSON, Sec. to Government.
"Bombay Castle, March 3."

"FROM LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR JAMES OUTRAN, K.C.8.,
COMMANDING EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, To HIS
EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR H. SOMER-
SET, K.C.8., AND K.H., COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BOX
BAY.

" Camp near Bushire, Feb. 10.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report for your Excel-
lency's information that the Persian Expeditionary Force
obtainrd a signal victory over the Persian army coni-
mauded by Shooja-001-Moolk in person on the Bth inst.
" 2. The enemy's loss in killed mud wounded must
have been very great. It is impossible to compute the
amount, but from the number of bodies which strewed
the ground of contest, extending several miles, I should
say that fully 700 must have fallen. Two brass 9-pounder
guns, with their carriages and horses, eight mules, laden
with ammunition, and several hundred stand of arms
were taken ; and the Persian Com•nander•in•Chief, with
the remainder cf his army, only escaped anlibilation,
owing to the nume.ical weakness of our cavairy.
" 3. The loss on our side is, I am happy to say, elm-
paratively small, attributable, I am inclined to believe,
to the rapid a•lvance of our artillery and cavalry, and
the well-directed fire of the former, which almost para-
lysed the Persians from the commencement. I have,
however, to regret the loss of Lieut. Frankland, 2d
European Regiment, who was acting as Brigade-Major
of Cavalry, and was killed in the first cavalry charge ;
Captain Forbes, also, who commanded and most gallantly
led the 3d Cavalry, and Lieut. Grcentree, 64th Foot,
were severely wounded. _ _

" 4. Returns of the killed and wounded, and also of
the ordnance scores taken, are annexed.
" 5. I my,elf had very little to do with the action,
being stunned by my horse failing with me at the com•
mencetnent of the contest, and recovering only in time
to resume my place at the head of the army shortly
before the close of this action.
" 6. To Major-General Stalker aad Colonel Lugard,
Chief of the Staff, is the credit due for successfully guid-
ing our troops to victory on this occasion.
" 7. Tile circumstanceo preceding this satisfactory ter.
mination of a brief but arduous campaign I now proceed
ti detail for your Excellency's information.
" 8. On the 27th ult. I landed at Bashire and assumed
the command of the army. The vast preparations of
the Persian Government for the recovery of Bushire then
came to my knowledge. Shooja-001-Moolk, who com-
mands the Persian troops, had assembled a force, said to
amount to 8,500, and subsequently found to bs 6,900,*
r.t the town of Burrzjoon, 46 miles distant from Bushire,
and intrenched his position. This army was well sup-
plied with food and ammunition, of which considerable
magazinea had been collected. It was intended that this
force should form the nuclus of a very large army to be
assembled for the recapture of Bushire.
" The First Brigade, Second Division, which arrived
on the 31st ultimo and Ist instant, was landed by the
2d, and on the evening of the 3d the troops, amounting.
to 4,653 men, and 18 guns,± marched frcon this camp,
without tents or extra clothing of any sort, each mats
carrying his great coat, blanket, and two days' cooked
provisions, the Commissariat being provided with three
days' in addition ; the protection of the camp and town
of Bushire being duly provided for by a detachment of
troops under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Shop-
hard, reinforced by a party of seamen from all the ships
in the harbour, which the senior naval officer was so good
as to place at my disposal.

" 10. After a march of 46 miles in 41 hours, during
which the troops were expos€l to the worst of weather,
cold nights, and deluging storms of rain, they reacbed
thu enemy's entrenched position on the aft rnoon of the
sth, and found it abandoned ; the enemy, on hearing
of our approach,, had evacuated his entrenchments
the previous night so precipitately that his tents and
cimp "lliPaq,E, and ordnance magazines were left be-
hind. The former were being rapidly canied off by
village plbtidet:Ts operating for some hours before we
arrived. ce,:,deavoured to in, ercept the retreat of some
of the
Bilkhanee's' Horse, who had held the camp dur-
ing, the night, and were still in eight, and a little skir-
mishing t',<A; place, but eventually they made oft.
"11. The enemy having succeeded in withdrawing
their guns to the trrAig Passes, where I did not deem it
prudent to fail ,w there, and being satisfied with the
moral effect of oar occupying their position for two days,
I decided upon moving the troops back to Bushire. The

* Guards, 900 ; two Karragoozloo Regiments, 1,501;
Shiraz Regiment, 203 ; four regiments of Sabriz, 800 ;
Arab Regiment, 900; Kbaihkai, 800--5,100; Sufengehees,
I,OJO ; Cavalry of Shiraz, 300 ; Eilkbanee, 503 800. To-
tal, 6,900; Guns (said to be), IF.
.td Cavalry. 243; Poocali Horse, 176-419 sabres; 64th
Foot, 780 ; 2d E rropeans, 693; 78th Highlanders, 739-
2,212 European infantry; Sappers,. 118; 20th Native In-
ft,ntry, 442 ' • 4th Rifles, 523 ; 26th Native. Infantry, 479 ;
Belooebees, 460-2,022 Native Infantry. Total, 4,653. 3d
T;oop Horss Artillery, 6 ; 3d Light Field Batterp, 6 ; sth
Light Field Battery, 6--Total, 18 guns. Camp-376 Eu-
ropeans ; 1,466 Native Infantry; company of European
Artillery ; and 11 guns,