The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-18
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From the Calcutta Eugiishmsn Nov
The Bombay Times Is Of opinion that the Pcrsen
expedition viii be pronounced ny the peopie on Eng
land gigantic and stupeDdous blunder, nof unlikely
to endapger the existence Of the ministry. n It Is
blundsr. IT is 40 because gigantic, but because
not large enough. II it should fail from Insufficient
force, 10 will do gr,At mischief, and make the Per
sians confident in co Ytnuing their aggressionA To
cadeavor ny rational means prOp0rt0ned to the OBJ
JEST TO prevent this vaesal OF Russia from threAf7n-
irg our frontiers, does mt appear to be bundeTng
policy. might indeed be good for India Ma ,tse
Hashons should bs firmly esiubitsbsd at Ht7Ts,
| or eren dt CdubuI. IL would promote tho
cause OF hoeIai aud hrhest government more
than cDy number OF votes Ct ethcr H0nse of Pit-
| Ian ent With the RussaBE' alwaJs ready g. Ia se
advantage OF any 0isaiectiol, the company would
have to make things pleasant to the people in
yJaI never yet attempted. But looking at India
merely az the Directors do, m Arab Dhris-, thing
] given them TO be eater II woult be miserable policy
| TO stand stil and see path loVelled to oar very
gaess rather than make an effort 10 force upon our
Western he ghbors the observance Of foiemn trea-
ties. We doubt much whether tie expedition will
! afford goocpoint OF attack against the ministry,
unless indeed il should fail frOm 1st being strong
enough or rOs being 80 restricted by Instructors from
| home D. to he useesa. The feelings wiSh winch the
people Of Eng and regarded the pea of Paris have
| not yet subsded, and they Will not be unwilling to
see that one object of the lDte tc1ay neglected
by tie lied forces is LIKELY TO he accomplished by
, their own arms
The Bombay Vines says that Ibis is an European.
not Indian war, ana IN sense il IL so hut
fear that the expense like that of Sir john Hob
bouses Afghan war will fall upon poo- India 1t
would be kind, however OF England, to DO as much
for US as she did for Austia a,d for Turkey, and
allow home rulers to berroy what Is required
the Stock Exchange, with q Parliamentary guavsn-
tee.
Movements or the AngIo~Indinn Array.
n om The mbsy ok rs.r iosr}) Gz tie D.. III
IL consequence OF Instructions received from Bon
boy by electric telegraph late yesterday evening, q
sudden order was issued for the immediate march
OF the First company First battalion Of European
artillery and the re details, which arrived the
other day from Ahmednuggur, and they according
y left PooDa at very early hour this morning tor
Oo,wa route to the Presidency, ~ join the force
proceeding to the Persian Gulf. The company, with
light field battery (sx twelve p0unders) attached,
cOnaists Of one hundred and sixty'six men and
drivers, and two hundred and aiiy horses, and Ii
commanded by Captain Hatch
The squadron of the P0ona irregular horse, under
the command Of Major Tapp. viii leave Seroor on
the lstp inst Positive orders to this effect have
been forwarded to Major Tapp by express
The 4th rifles under command o. Colonel Hon.
ner are ordered to leave PooDa for the Presidency
on Saturday morning. lhcy will proceed from Cam
poOce 10 the Presidency by railway
Two companies Of the sappers and miners will
leave P,ona either on saturday o. Monday next and
Captain Blakes (tbe 3rd) troop OF horse artillery
start omoiIow morning Tbs former 8ill he taken
from Campooee to Bombay by rail, whilst the latter
will proceed To Oolwa from whence they will he con-
veyed the haibor in boats The OF thsis
that the railway authorities are not PREPARED to con-
vey the guns al d ammunition wagons by the trans
O'Clock last night upon the receipt OF instructions
by electric telegraph.
1he troops upoer orders TO ion the expedition
have for some days past been thoroughly equipped
and ready to start at at moments notice. The
men IN the highest spirits end al aie rejOiced
Mt the prospects OF The approaching cold weather
campiiqa.
| repurs has Just reached us that the force TO be
| seut against Persia iron tie Bombay Presidency
alone rs 70 he increased from five TO fifteen thousand
| men.
II e r-,rorcd that tho ,rdora Tor tbea nta
| Of troops have been ned under natru ;tions re-
| csiysdh by the Bombay government from Lord G an
ming by electric telegraph, and Thai the government
of iadA, has received toe final Instrucsons OF the
home authorities for the despatch ol the expedition,
| by the last overland r'ail. II would also appear
that the dospat n contaioipg the declaration OF
against Pecsia was s.nt through our Ambassador AZ
Constanin"ple. IL Is strange that duplicates OF
these dispatches were not ssnt TO the Bombay gov
ernment, even as rerc act of courtesy.
tiom No BpnlHa tines Ost y 1888
AWAIT er CHARTS poR THE EXPEDITION.
Wcneniiobed some time back that n want OF
charts for the Persian Gulf expedition bod been ex
p.isDcsd, and suggested that there time enough
Tor li'hogppns 10 lie provided, into which the
Iectons and improvements oar experiences during
the past thirty years permitted Of, nigh. be enter
cd -shcrt sailing directions being written on the
border. The suggestion has not been acted on;
suf sient supplies OF the old chaOs having been oh
isn,d ron Calcutta and Madras. The opportunity
OF 30 large q squadron sailing together would he
luable for botie log observation. Were every
eel to throw "a bottle overheard at noon and mid
night, very considerable portion ought To he pick
ed M, and by this means We shall not only have
indication Of the true currents In tho northern p0r
ton oi the Arabian Sea, but probably obtain iDfOr
nation Of impor9n'e as 10 the manner in which
currents bfarcb on and diverge from each other.
The htst under the expected nanOfwn arrange
meDt will at no time probably be Suffered 10 spread
Oyer an area OF more than twenty miles in diameter
which In the open ocefn may 10 regarded "a pretty
nearly point. Abundance Of bottles IRON such
space would give ioea both Of the breadth,
siren 9Th and direction OF different currents and In
feet OF transports ,herc ought always to be abun-
lance OF leisure for work OF tlis sort on hand.
The Fhi,esophy or the AngIo-rsys,an War.
From the LnuuOp w. Des iel
Russian patience and Russian gola have certainly
accomplished rauch IN Persia Ia lsJG as Ina
Turkey IN 1879, and "a in Hungary In lsio. How
the surrender of Ilerat wrs last obtained have
no means Of accurately knowing for oil the details
seme from Persian souTota Any one who has been
IN that luokless country, however, well kno~s that
persian tales are as rfo IN real ie in Iran a. In
those romsnces called Persian which we have ell
read In boyho,d. There is no country earth
which draws more on - fancy for its facts than
certain iowery and not thousand miles from the
mountains OF shorsssan. IL rssy be true, indeed,
that Herat surrendered from want OF provisions a.
told by the Pergians; but II is not at ali m
likely, from The fact that sxce~es of any kind
were committed, and that there we're three days'
rejoicing at 1ehcran, that other contributed
TO the result.
he this "a il may Great Britain has followed
pretty much the dscisive course pursued by Lord
Auckland in 1887 and ls3s-a man mill and
gentle in his nature thai he would never hGye re
sorted TO extreme measures unless such messures
were necessary for the honor ana interests OF HE
country. The expedition seat by lord Auckland.
believe, consisted Of Eve ships and two thousand
two hundred men; and IL the force bo some
what larger nov, u y not more than the neces-
si'y Of the case demands. Extreme Measures,
says DE Retz, who bad as much shrev1ness and
ssgachy a. any politician of his day--and he
lived IN the stormy period OF the FTOnde--
should be rarely resoIed 10; bu, they sse the orly
safe measures when they are necessary. We we're
no. quite inactive when MahOmmed shah heseged
Hsrat with army Of sixty thousand men in 1891
or 1888; bat lad We then exhibited more vigor ard
i3terfered more actively we might have less TO per
ioi than we sball have TO effect in the or
1861 The inttisues and proceedings OF such nisn
ss Zzisnof Perofsky, Nicovitch .sDd Slmooitch,
Cf whom had trOops ard All of whom had