The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-21 00:00:00

PEn€IA,

Extract of ti letter from. an Officer 'attached
.go
the Etubassyso,.! Persia : ' -• _ ,
1
- -" TEtittAti, MAY. 22, 1810..
In my hit j-meolooel that We kad cOrnmen
our.iiturnry towards the" catiiial by easy stagy. ~
we arrived at" Sheraz on the 30th --December, aria
on the•road the highest honours were paid. to the
Representatii.e of; our gracious Sovereign.
provinces i•atne out to meet and :welcot*
us, dismcunting from their hotSes, as a Mail' -r if
t
respet t, on our near approach.
We,pid two visits to the Prince of Sheraz,and
bad Karel !line to view the tombs of the poets Sd-
dbcand Haliz,,x‘ filch are in good I,reservalion4
The minify 6eatsin the envirniis of Slierati are tiflt
fine" houS•z•s with :ixtensite pleasure grounds, brit
strall gardens, with summer-liOusest,'SPoie of w hick,
and especia ly those of th • :Elitlpearis, are veqt
pretty. Mr. Morier took sketches of the 'ivhok
which yon will therefore pr9bably
from the-seat 'of Government in India nearly put A
stop'to our hitherto suCcess:uienterpriAe. Sir Hai-.
ford taking all ri sponsibility otv hittisell, did-- not
comply- with the wishes of "the Goverpment fur his
return, to India, but on the I:2th January re-com-
menced 'his journey.
" -On account of the report of General: illalcoltn
coming up the Gulph,. the, Persians, suip;cious
our designs, wished to detain , us' at Tspahan to
theevent ;•tor.several days we were agitated
tvveen hope and fear ; Sir H. surmonufed this difh,
.culty as well as ate -former, and on thelth,
again moved, and arrived a Tehren on the 4th
the distance wit computed to 'be almini two hu Cdr
and fitty- ; this for Ea,terti
you have no-host Ch-li•es or 'mail, coaches at coat
mapd, is extremely fast: The former .enibass es
took five, months to go over the sate ground, w htc
we performed in Jess thadtwo. We should -ha,
arrived a day sooner ;;and, it was so arranged, 'lout tit
c-inpliment to the English that Gin-Gardanne, with the wh, de of his train, who bait
been detained for that purpose,, Weir-to have gm+
out of One gate of- the city in disgr ,ce, while ..te
entered in triumph at the other : hitt tiaveiling• in it
most boistetous and dark night, • ur -party, by some
accident, separated and lost the 'ro.!d,
" On the. 17th, contrary to the Persian customs,'
;as their, moliOrram, or mo,irning had-coMm.-tiCt-ci;
we paid our tirstyisit to his M jes'y ;, 6ir rd
bearing the King's letter on a gold-plate,. and Mr.
Morier the pletients,' to the outside of our houst7,
where -I was ready with the, troop to salute.; Sir H.
then mounted. On arri% at the palace, Sir H.
again bore•the letter, and' Mr. Morier the piesents.
The Persian infantryk drilled by the Vrench, , ere
drawn up to receive us; they appeared 'to be veryrim's
perfect in their exercise. the King, on account of.
- the mourning-, did not receive us in the ; üblic halt
of audience ; we partM close by it ; it Was not
grand as the old palaeel before mentioned,- buth.
Shah Abbas. In the.prlvate court 'great Many P. r-
siau Khans or noblemen w ere rat ged along the wall
we made several obeisances before we entered te
apartments, and took of our slippers at some dk-
lance from the door : this was probably hecatise

they feared we might behave like the French', u
never took off their boots in any hotiqei of the P, r-
sians, which offended them try much. The-Kin:t
on our entry, welcomed us ; when Sir H. (iqi,;,.g
delivered the letter, and Mr. Morter the present,,
id-the-prime minister for the Kit,g) • made rt,
speech, which JatLir Ali li.hart, out gnat
in the whole of the tratisai tion, isiterpr.ri,d-; Str
H. then seated himselt in a chair atqmit biters
yardslio tt the King ; Mr. M rier on his right
hand standing, and Jaffer Ali Khan on ins.lett ;
the rest of the Gentlemen stood against a wal, ii

the rear of the ambassador. • His Majesty was veil
affable,. and l: oiled his brother the. King of Eng d
as ib: good health. He, asked rt the old 'or tl;('
young was seignink, Sir "1. answered the old. The
King then addressed the .pri,ne minister, "Murza
Shetfea, and afterwards mad,. several Inquiries..re
specritt..Engjand and Sir H's. h-ahh. After an
audience of a quarter of an hour, we took Teur.
leaves. The King was in a ,'ark, corner of the robot,
so,that,we could not obsere distinctly his person or
dress. The picitlres painted for him are very flat-
tering.- The particular beaut y of his person is• a long
beard which sl.vrepi the ground., . Six of his suns
were present, tanding on ft;s right hand... The gran-
deur of the court was much infetint 1,1, .what we:
expected. The presents given by the King of Eng,.
land were very valuable ;, the .diamond:
es:.(hated at,
twenty-five , thousand pounds, was.. of hoer. water'
than any the Persien monarch possessed. He had
it immediately set, and wore it
.as a ring the next.
day. The .city of. Tehran is the dirtiest pig-stye
we have seen in -Persia, ,there is-'scarcely a street
where you can ride two a-breast, and very dirty.

1 iiave been informcd, that in 4 late intervlew,

the Persian monarch expre,sed,:liiipsell in terms of.
great, indignation against- the insatiable ambition of
the Fre:wit Emperor, and .the atrocities he had re'-
cently committed.
" Since our arrival the fodndry for ominonovhich

the Fre ch ebtablished here, has been put under

the direction of an .English otlicer. .No foreigners
are allowed to cast ordnance, or to s anutactuie war-
like stores without the appriabat:ou of Sir Har-

ford.
" Sir H. I think, will remain in- .Persia much
longer than he ha.; any idta of himself: While the
.Per.iians have such power:ul enemies as the French,
.and Russians, their abil•ty,to wiihstand them, and`
remain in petce with us, notwithstanding their great
inclination to. do so, niust necessarily be very pre-
c trious ; and while_ affairs remain in this manner,.
tie Government will have great difficulty in finding
a person so Capable of fulfilling the situation as Sir
H. holds as himself.. Incited lie has `
so perfect a

with. ball, instead of, -blankßartrldge) looked at my.
troop, and -wa..much pleased with their performancl:
he it-vends to re% iew diem Once„tuore Llore 1
leaves the capital..' I do not know what they wi
do against the Russians-thi4syear ; 'if they pu -
sue the method of• warfare which Sir. H. has
,r -
contmended, they cannot be beaten. Give the Peii-
si.ins regular pay, and a I,ader in ,whom they hats
confidence, they would make as f.Lie soltliesa, ati'y
in tne world ; they are naturally. brave tnen,.anit
only rrquire-gdod treatment, and a hitlle_dis..;iplin6
tq make them ekcellentitroops.. The King.marches
1920 days."

• • - -BIRTHS. • '
Lately; at Edinburgh, the Lady of Sir Charles Monk; of
lids p Castle, cora Daughter.
In Upper GrOsteao of
fstreeti, Lady Hannah Elliott -
'Son.
On Wednesday Jast, at•Darley Dale, the Lady of Ricila
Hutt, Esq of a Snii. . ,
On'tlte 16,C:inst. the Lady of (oho Mortis Esq. of 13,1i.c'
stree•, ot a Son.