Star.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

the attack of the north fort recornmenced or. the'
morning of the 26th cf December, at a few minutes
after six. Our fire was returned by the enemy from
the north and south forts, Bunda, five-gun, and
north-gate batteries, and kept up throughout the day.
By ten the north fort having been rendered unte-
nable, was abandoned, and by noon it was occupied
by a detachment of marines, Bombay artillery, and
sepoys, landed under the command of Lieutenant
W.Moriarty, and by three the guns were spiked, their
carriages destroyed, and three mines sprung, which
completely destroyed it.
In consequence of the state of the weather, the
operations against the south fort did not commence
till the 29th. The Benares and Antelope cruizers,
and Thames bomb-vessel, were warped close to the
south fort, the depth of water not admitting of the
Topaze being also warped near enough, her fire was
directed in keeping the town batteries in check. By
half-past ten in the morning of the 30th, the south
fort was taken possession ot, and demolished in the
same manner as the north one. On the following
day the enemy opened a cannonade partially; but
our object having been fully accomplished, our squa-
dron shifted beyond the reach of the fire.
Meer Futteh Ullan, who had been dispatched by
the Imaum from Senna, arrived on the 26th, with
full powers to adjust matters, and opportunely to
witness the effects of the powerful arguments with
which we were expressing our demands. On the Ist
of January he sent a deputation of merchants to beg
for another truce, which having been granted, he
himself embarked on the following morning, and was
received on hoard the Ern:tad. Having afforded
the fullest pledge of his sincerity, Captain Bruce
accompanied him on shore with the view of nego-
ciating a treaty.
On the 6th of January the submission of Hajee
Futteh, the offending Dolah, was received in the most
formal and public manner. A large proportion of the
Officers of the Topaze, the Commanders of our
cruizers, the Council, principal Officers and Mer-
chants of Mocha, being present, Hajee Futteh was
unconditionally delivered over to us, to be dealt with
as we thought proper. Here. again the generosity
and moderation of the British character were viewed
with astonishment by the natives. The culprit,
trembling for his life, was informed, that having ob-
tained full reparation for the insults he had offered
us, we pardoned the offence, and buried it in oblivion,
as a proof of which tokens of reconciliation were in-
terchanged, and Hajee Futteh was deeply affected,
and for some time in vain attempted to speak his
gratitude; he promised, by his future conduct, to
manifest the sense he entertained of our forbearance
and kindness.

A treaty was concluded on the 15th of January.
It provide4for the Residency guard being maintained
for the future ; for the Resident's being at full liberty
to ride on horseback at his pleasure; to have free in-
gress and egress to all the gates of Mocha, and of
that of Shaik Shadeley in particular, from which
Europeans have for years been excluded, and to en-
' joy the same liberty and freedom as at our other Re-
sidencies; ground to be allowed for a cemetery; and
those protected by the British flag to be free from
insults. The anchorage duty of G. C. 400 on British
ships abolished, and the import and export duty fixed
at 21 per cent. There is an article also providing
for the security of the British and Asiatic traders.—
These are advantages sufficiently obvious and im-
portant, and cannot fail of being equally beneficial
to the subjects of both Governments in promoting
the trade of the Arabian Gulf. In a political point
of view, in elevating the national character from that
low state of degradation in which it has been held
by Turkish pride and arrogance, ever since the Bri-
tish factory has been established at Mocha, exceed-
ing a century and a half, to its proper ascendancy,
the result of these energetic measures cannot be too
highly estimated.
Our conduct in so long tolerating the indignities
we had received appeared inexplicable to the natives.'
Having, however, had grounds to suspect that, though
slow, our demand for redress was in progress, prepara-
tions had been made in substituting serviceable for
useless batteries. We have to offer our countrymen
our sincere congratulation on the contents of this extra
Courier, which forcibly speak to the wisdom and vi-
gour of the Government which now presides over us,
and to the energies and dauntless spirit of our gallant
defenders by sea and land, in vindicating and uphold-
ing the dignity, the power, and the moderation of our
character.