The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

LATEST N E WS.

IMPORTANT FROM PERSIA
AND CHINA.

TRIESTE, SUNDAY, MARCH 29.

The stonier America arrived here to-day at 2
p.m. from Alexandria, which port she left on the
24th.

The Indit, mail was to leave Alexandria on that
day with alvices from Hong Kong to Feb. 15 ;
Calcutta, Feb. 23 ; Madras, March 1 ; Bombay,
March 5 ; aid Busbire, Feb. 15.
PERSIA.

On the 8;h of February a force under General
Outram obtEined a signal victory at Khoosha,b over
the Persians who were commanded by Soojah-col-
Moolk.

On the 3dof February an expeditionary force of
419 cavalry, 4,300 infantry, and 18 guns left 13u-
shire.

In 41 hours they reached the Persian intrench-
ments at Boarazjoon, a distance of 46 miles, whence
the enemy rdreated to the mountains, abandoning
their stores and ammunition, all of which were
destroyed.

Two days ►fter the troops commenced their re-

turn march.

Au ineffeclual night attack was made by the

enemy.

At daybreak on the Bth the Persian army,
about 6,000 strong, with five guns, was attacked
by the British cavalry and artillery, and totally
routed. The enemy lost 7(10 killed, 100 prisoners,
and two guns.

Our total loss consists of 10 killed and 62

wouuded.

Lieutenant Franckland was killed; Capt. Forbes,
Captain Mockler, and Lieutenant Greentree, were
wounded.

The expedition returned to Bushire on the ICth
of February.

CHINA.

In China, with the exception of an attack on the
junks in the Canton River, no further active ope-
rations had taken place.

Admiral Seymour was at Hong Kong, waiting
for reinforcements.

The trial of Allum and his fellow-prisoners had
resulted in a verdict of Not Guilty.
A telegraphic message received at Bombay from
the authorities of Calcutta states that the Emperor
of China had sent orders to Yeh to conclude peace

on any terms.
At Hong Kong exchange was 4s. Bd.
At Shanghai imports were rather lower.
The total silk settlements amounted to 70,500
bale; of which 67,600 had left.
Prices had advanced 10 dollars.
Exchange 6s. 7d. at Foo-chow. A further ad-
vance had taken place in tea.
The import market was dull,
INDIA.

Disturbances have taken place in Pegu. They
are unimportant, but they led to a skirmish with
the troops.
The Madras Exhibition was opened by Lord
Harris on the Bth of February.
Meetings had been held at Calcutta to petition
Parliament against the regulations of the new Penal
Code, subjecting Europeans to the jurisdiction of
the Company's Courts.
The Bombay import market was steady. Cotton
and oil seeds were very firm.
The money market remained unchanged.
Government securities had slightly improved.
Freights were unaltered.
Exchange, 2s.
The Calcutta export market was without change.
The import market was very steady.
Freights were looking down.
Exchange, 2s. 21d. •
At Madras money was scarce. Imports were
in good demand. In exports transactions were
limited, owing to shoat supplies.
Freights were firm.
Exchange, 2s. 24d. to 2s. 21d.
CEYLON.
The exports of coffee from the Ist of October
amounted to 230,000 cwt.
The pearl fishery was to commence on the sth of
March. It was expected to be profitable.
THE MAURITIUS.
From excessive wet the sugar crop of 20,000 tons
is below the estimate.
AUSTRALIA.
There is not any intelligence of the Oneida) which
was expected at Suez from Melbourne.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, MARCH 28.
The Chsmber of Representatives has rejected, by
r a majority of 241 to 73, the law relative to the tax
on houses.

s of Prussia, Austria, and
in the negotiations at Paris
relative PtoeintlhiPt°aele part
Postalentiaarie question.

SPAIN.
MADRID, MARCH 27.
The result of the elections known up to this time
is completely favourable to the Moderados. MM.
Martinez de la Rosa, Goyonech Serrano, the Duke
sen., and the Count deßelascoain,
Madrid. The Government
n:erenlc Madrid.'
f°
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hiilgrid."inr the electoral districts of the
province
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The accounts from the province are of the same
character.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The ROyal Mail steamship Persia arrived off the
port yesterday evening but owing to thick weather
did not venture up until this morning. The mails
were, however, sent up by a steamtug last night.
She has brought advices from New York to the 18th
inst. asd $306,335. The Ericsson has also arrived
with advices to the 141 h.
The Hermann had arrived out.
The United States' Senate had adopted a series
of resolutions containing the amendments it pro-
poses in the Treaty of London.
The treaty, with these amendments, had been sent
to the State Department, and will be immediately
submitted to the British Government as the basis
of furth.r negotiations.
The Senate adjourned on the 14th.
Lord Napier presented his credentials to the
President on.the 16th. The President in reply to
his-L)rdship, said
tour Sovereign, I am convinced, could not
hay.-e selected a more acceptable representative than
yourself to renew those relations of iuterijational
.
friendship which I trust may never hereafter be
lute/1 u pted. The earnest and gracious desire ex-
Presied by her Majesty to preserve and advance
upok all occasions the interest and happiness of
England and America, and the hearty good wishes
which her Majesty cherishes for the prosperity of
the 1.1.- ited States, are cordially reciprocated on my
part and will elicit an enthusiastic response from
the hearts of the American people. No indepen-
dent Powers have ever been bound together by ma-
terial interests of such magnitude as those which
unite Great Britain and the United States. Indeed
the prosperity of the one is necessarily involved in
that of the other ; but mutual interests, however
vast, without mutual regard, are not always suffi-
eiest to preserve friendship between nations. How
happy, then, am I to receive the assurances that
yosr Sovereign, her Ministers, and every order of
her subjects, are animated by sentiments of bene-
volence towards the Government and people of the
United States. During my Administration it shall
be my agreeable duty, as well as my earnest desire,
to increase the friendship and mutual goodwill now
so happily subsisting between tho two countries,
and to render these sentiments strong and enduring.
With such sincere and heartfelt dispositions on both