Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-02-20
foreign Nous.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

ON the fall of Bushiro the Pcrsians made sub
mission to the British, but the London jour
nails have received no confirmation Of the re-
port, and mostly doubt it,
Parliament will reassemble Fob. g.
PERstA.-Furthcr Geographic accounts are
received Bushire surrendered on the sth of
December. after an hours fire from the fleet.
Fort Bushire was captured on the day previ-
Gus. after a smart action.
Brigadier General Stafford, Col Maelet, and
I.iouts Attcrson and Warren we're killed, be-
sides 20 rank and file
Karat was occupied on the 4th of Decom-
Der
Large reinforcements are to be sent up the
Gulf
Sir J. Bowring had applied to the Indian
government for troops
The French journals publish the following,
dated Marseillcs Cairo has arrived, with
news from Constantinoplc of the 9Th. Con-
stantnopc journals confirm the statement
that the English have taken the Island of
Karat and Fort Bushire. The Persian gar
rison had received orders to retire into the in
terror
The inhabitants of the city Of Bushire re-
manned there after the entree of the English.
The latter were preparing to extend their OPP
crations into the interior Considerable re-
Inducements had arrived in the province of
Shiraz.
Mira Khan, respecting whom the dispute
originated, has renowned English protection.
Several Princes Of Candahar had refused to
support England, and have gone to Tchoran
20 offer their submission TO the Shah.
The Shah had concentrated his troops in
the eastern provinces.
Russia had taken possession Of the islands
in the Caspian Sea without Persia consent.
The lmnum of Muscat was seeking TO an
mex the Province of Aloghanistan TO his ter
ritorics
CHtNA.-Thc news already telegraphed
from China is repeated by private adyices,
which say the Chinese set fire to the foreign
factories at 10 O'Clock, night Of Dec 70, and
the fire was raging when the mail left, the
buildings being almost destroyed.
1t is. however. right to say that the news
is received with some suspicion in London.
Tho telegraph further says that Commo-
dore Armstrong attacked and dismautled the
Barricre forts in consequence Of the Chinese
wantony firing upon a man-ol-war's boat un-
der American coors.
The prices of tea had advanced, and the
supplies were short everywhere.
Tho burning of the factories at Canton is
. considered doubtful
BosroN, Feb lG.
The royal mail steamship Europa, Captain
Leitch, arrived at this port last evening about
eight o'clock.
Details Of the Chinese war are received.
which confirm previous telegraphic accounts.
The extra Of the China M1d Of December
10 saws:
The factories have been burned down by
the Chinese. and the only particulars we have
ascertaincd are that at ! o'clock on Sunday
night the flames burst out in every direction.
Vigorous efforts were made by the seamen and
marines to stop their progress but all at
tempts were fruitless, and the fire ragged
throughout the night up TO the time of the
steamers leaving. At first some hopes were
entertained that the flames might be extin-
guishcd but the fresh fires burst out. Dant
n Co premises were the first to go, and the
whole of Poonshon Hong, Imperial French,
and indeed all the hongs were destroyed. The
only houses untouched when the steamer left
were the British consulate, Augustine Heard
d Co.'S IL Jardine Matheson n Co. s, Tur
ncrs d Co.'S, and one or two others in the
new English Hong, with Russell q Co.'S in
the Swedish hong, and Wetmorc Il Co. 5
Imperial hong, and whether they would escape
was doubtful. The three banks, Oriental,
era and Mercantile, were on fire, with no
hopes of saving them.
Admiral Seymour had Withdrawn his men
into the Garden, the only refuge left for for
eigners. What steps the Admiral means TO
take are unknown but there is little doubt
that the city of Canton will be no longer
spared, and the discharge of rockets and shells
is already commenced.
BY the following extract from the Hong
Kong correspondence of the London Times,
. hot tl,o A
merican difficulties with the Chinese have
been adjusted
son the 5th Of November Captain Foote,
of the United States ship Portsmouth, was
on his way from Whampoa to Canton. in the
ships pinnace, for the purpos6 of withdraw
ing the American marines stationed in the
foreign factories, when in passing the Barrier
fort the boat was fired at by the Chinese and
obliged to put back TO Whampoo, notwith-
standing that the American flag was flying at
the time, and was also waved from the boat
so there might be no mistake.
The American men-of-war, Portsmouth and
Lovant, Immediately moved up the river and
bombarded the forts which the Chinese de-
Tended bravoy replying with a well directed
fire, killing two men and wounding others,
and doing some damage to the vessels. Com
modoro Armstrong then wrote to the Niceroy,
demanding an apology within twenty-tour
hours. The reply being unsatisfactory, the
Americans proceeded at once to take the fort
which they have since destroyed. In this
service several lives were lost. Since this
took place Yeh has written to the American
authorities to say that their flag shall be re-
speoted, and that it was entirely a mistake
that led to the misunderstanding, There are
yet one OF two small points at ISSUE but we
understand that tho Americans will accept
this apology, and withdraw from Canton
The plenipotentiaries and naval commanders
in chief of Great Britain and America have
held a conference at Canton, but there have
been no results of Importance
Tho China Mail of the 18th says the Amer
leans have also met with fatal accident. In
completing the destruction of the barrier forts
one of the mines exploded through the care
lessness of seaman, killed him and two OF
his shipmates, and wounded six others. The
Portsmouth and Levant have returned to
Whampoa. A dispatch says the French have
destroyed some forts.