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ee — oo i o aie vivdlive te lalle ‘on the: Wortel Now, upon the Houee taking up that Despatch, an Address Lome man, Foe aie0 ee > other eluvéae of the Ball-were | | was prepared to Her Majesty which went on to state pretty ' Matate for the timber on il. Phe otfer eave

i de;auon. ; Sala Be fs . — /) mere matter of detail and require d fo cons! sf well the several clauses which he had read, and concluded by | W rt. these remarks, he moved that the House go anto coil

nye . .| mittee on the Bill. “ As your Majesty's Secretary of State has been pleased | to say that your Majesty's Government would not be | indisposed to take into consideration any plan forextwguishing | by purchase, the rights of proprietors, we beg humbly to) suggest, that if your Majesty's Government will give a) guarantee for any sufficient loan required, as alluded to by | When the reporter entered, the House was in Committee on | should be put to the nunb the Seeretary of State, the Leyislature of the Colony Will, | the Telegraph Bull. ide in its next Session, make the necessary provision for the | His Horvorthe PR FSIDENT was speaking to ia rey ene by ony a a pein Heteds satis Ligeti nore Ae payment of its interest 5 and in offering this suggestion, we Hon. Mr. DINGW KL wished that the naan . ‘ a mene nnnnne 20 Bap Oe ‘ke whole Oseapeay. sre convinced that no loss would be sustained by your telegraphic geprmanention rghit erg ee teed ceebisl posed, S Majesty's Government.” Le arti hongia aaametineh che country had to come to There was no need, then, that be should explain the sub- } Charlottetow n to avall themselves of the telegraph. ject, for the question was fully before the House, that Her!) ~ lig Honor the PRESIDENT could inform the hon. gentle: Majesty's Government by a Despatch had offered to guarantee | man that, when the telegraph was 1a operavion an mee the loan in question upon the security which the Bill before not pay the expenses of gion onl i sasisanagticel +5 4 ee he the House provided, or on similar terms ; therefore, he | ae seamen We te Te that oe would thought the House were now obliged in a great measure 10) er aL Sees Souris or Georgetown. The smount carry out their Address of last session. Since that time, | ore ied he ‘he Bill, as a grant, (£300) was a mere bagatelle. there had been no change in the House " ene y His own opinion would lead him to erie £100 rect ' i if i j i ; Majesty’s |r if the cable connecting Capes Traverse anc Vurchase Bill to all parts of the Island, he thought there was probable the telegraph would touch at

. . ai ‘ — en brought to bear) cautious than parties more deeply interested. . th the | the approaching season. Influences bad been ! could be no doubt but the present Bill would meet wi PP ne et had induced a change of the connecting|. His Honor the

‘organ. Phe Gas Company Bill was committed.

asking tor the passage of the Bill which alteration of the present system of voting. was desired by ee a 7 most interested, he would support I. is | ation

, 5 COUNC measure had received the unanimous appro LEGISLAI LV C 0 U N Cl le } Directors of the Company. ; : Monpay, April 6. | fijs Honor the PRESIDENT considered, that some limi er of votes to be given by one in

‘The change sough (To be continued.)

alleged for the Bill, before voting for it.

resolution of the Directors passed.

power of control should be mm proportion to the money invested ilon. Mr. WALKER said, t might be that a small share

means largely in the Company.

p rmey GENE , had presented the petition : : : fon, ATTORNEY GENERAL tae aa for ith Bbject thetaction taken by himself and his colleagues to introduce Re-

titan ‘ jion the maxinum number of votes to be , , gohan pot . should be nine, no matter how | amongst them, and for which the land specalation under the

| Hon Mr. WALKER would like to see more reasons

Hon. Mr. FORGAN considered it was but just that the

holder might be among the largest of the consumers, and thus have a greater interest than the capitalist who had invested his

flon. COL. SWABEY approved of the principle, that pro- ‘Tor-| perty should have its legitimate and natural influence. The

PRESIDENT would give one additional

“m and, Mr. Lord has always unflinchingly supported. But although

the coustituen¢y—which he has served so faithfully—would not have the privilege of rejecting Mr. Lord but for the

|| sponsible Government into this Island—we are tolerably certain

the shareholders, and they being the parties dot & placing Mr. Pope above Mr, hed en the-aallk they Ile believed that the m of the| Were not influenced by any regard for political principles ; but

by a great deal of fanatical preaching about the Bible—an in- ‘| calculable amount of calumny and misrepresentation, and by a keen relish of those five puncheons of rum distributed

-| Purchase Bill may have helped to pay. The result of the recent election is the first instance upon

record in this Colony showing the power of the people to annal

itis Honor the PRESIDENT would like to know how the} an appointment made by the Government. The Tory party,

who encouraged and supported Mr. Pope throughout the elec- tion—want to deprive the people of this power. Should they succeed, not only the Commissioner of Public Lands, but every other high salaried officer might hold his situation in defiance of the popular will. The people of the Third District, whilst using the power to the prejudice of those who conferred it on fj them, have virtually declared themselyes unworthy of this

ast Port during | the others; but those having little at stake are generally less | reat constitutional privilege, We believe they were the first

and only District in the Island to petition for the repeal of

views of the House. Many of the inhabitants of the) '" ee North. in Cape Breton, in place of the East | vote for every fifty shares, instead of every twenty-five shares.|the Free Education Act. Could we expect anything better

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Island bad already beeome frecholders, and it was seen | Point in this Island, as originally contemplated ; but he sul! Hon. Mr. CRASWELL would not give too much power to} than a disposition to let Slavery go hand in hand with Ignor-

that the tenantry throughout the Island were expressing a wish that the present Bill should be passed. Numbers of petitions had been seat to the House on the subject, and | point. , others had been sent requesting that the proprietors would} Hon. Mr. DINGWELL had heard nothing to shew the im

hoped that the Atlantic line would pass directly through our} any man, He would second the amendment, Island, by a subimarine cable from Newfoundland to the East| Progress was then reported.

Taorspar, April 9.

ance? There are, however, some portions of the District to which these observations will not apply, and particularly the South West and Monaghan Settlement. The people in those

sell their lands to the Government; and he by no means | policy of extending the line to Kast Pomt. The expense; . pron, Attorney General, from the Special Committee on their soctions discharged their duty in the apirit of men hd

; ; ; 2 , f great moment, as the line only re- li sold A d ti wondered at it, for the proprietors would not sell their land | would not be a matter of g ’ petition, reported a Bull repealing the o ct, and enacting a , . a oe | new one incorporating the members of the Bible Christian| be free; and although their votes availed not to put Mr.

peop ‘quired some repairs. to the le at the same rate as to the Government, and_ oe Fee ie PRESIDENT had no objection to support the

indeed it was not expected that they would sell it so cheaply | 5,

Church.

to the people. They would rather take one-fourth less f0F | communication, by voting for a larger sum instead of the}. public Lands.

their land from the Government than proceed on the present | amount proposed. cr | system ; though it was a long time before they could be con-| Hon. Mr. DINGW ELL was of opinion that the President of Assembly :—By the Hon. Col, Treasurer—the Revenue and vinced of it, yet he thought they would fiad out that it would | had over-estimated the expense. , te for their advantage. It Was now about ten years since | His Honor the PR ESIDEN { mane ask his honor to consider | Hon. Gol. Secretary —the Loan Bill and the Bill patenting he had introduced a Bill into the Legislature to purchase up | the expense of a cable to Cape North. Lessemer’s invention in the manufacture of iron; which were

. . | Hon. Mr. BAGNALL explained, that his honor, Mr. Ding- ee pees

ys rs S 2 2 ; respectively read a first time. the lands of the proprietors : 2 also true oats the —_ | well, merely contemplated putting in operation the line from Pt? y 7 member for King’s County Mr. Cooper had found it ee | Charlottetown and Kast Point. It was quite natural for his} ~

some time ago to introduce a Bill to enable Her Majesty’s! ponor to use his best exertions in favor of that part of the @ f - 4

Government to purckase up the Township lands in the Island. country. He himself would be glad to see a telegraphic com- @ J t. xan cr,

In the year 1847, the House of Assembly, cn a motion of! munication with New Glasgow. _ . ; i ae ae

his (Hon. Col. Secretary's) went into a committee of the Hon. Mr. DINGWELL explained, that the line to East CHARLOTTETOWNe@®. E. 1, JUNE 8, 1857. whole on the state of the Colony, and came to two resolutions | Point was already constructed.

; ; : ‘mo vwea ae! tion. Mr. WALKER said, that the revenue of that line on the subject, which were carried unanimously, and were a8). 1) os ay the salary of the operator. ELECTION FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF PRINCE

follows :— | His Honor the PRESIDENT stated, that the Government COUNTY. ‘* 1. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this committee, that only intended to defray the expenses of the offices recently for the present and future welfare of this Island, a purchase of | established at Capes Traverse and Tormentine during the | the Township Lands be effected, from all Proprietors who are | winter, when passengers and the mails were crossing the desirous of selling their Lands, at any price not exceeding | Strains. ‘There was no doubt that the telegraph might be the Five Shillings Sterling per acre ; and that the same be resold | means of saving many lives, by transmitting, from our shore to in Lote of not more than three hundred acres, where the Land the other, intelligence of the departure of a company, and thus en- 18 in @ wilderness state, and to persons in actual occupation, in| abjing assistance to be sent to them, if danger was apprehended, | expect it. However, they fought a hard fight,—the victory is lots according as they have lease or minute ; and to squatters) Lion, Mr. DINGWELL hoped he would not be understood | i) cing and it would be worse than useless for the friends of in occupation previous hereto, such quantity of Land as they as objecting to the amount, but he Was anxious to extend the : . is ‘ are paying Land Tax for, not exceeding one hundred acres— | yperations of the Company. Mr. Lord to repine over their defeat. Irritating though it the prices to be sufficient to cover costs and charges. The Bel! for the incorporation of the Free Church in Caar- may be, that defeat is full of deep instruction to the Liberal 2. Resolved, that a Bill be brought into the House of | lotetown was committed, and agreed to without amendwent | 5. The friends of the late member were far too confident Assembly, authorizing the Lieutenant Governor and Couneil | Hon. Attorney Geuera!, by command, faid on the table a ? : «+ to appoint Commissioners to correspond with the proprietors, | copy of a despatch from the Colonial Office, accdinpanied by a ‘of s.ccess—too slow in their movements, and placed too much eee ascertain if oa or any, will a and the terms ; | copy of a report of the Commissioners of the Customs, on the | reliance on the promises of old friends and supporters ; while and with competent men of business in Great Britain in reference | [sland Revenue Act of 1856. , 40 s i , 3 to a loan ; and if a quantity of land, to be hereafier specified in| Mr. ‘T. H. Haviland brought up from the House of Assembly the Opposition party were tabouring incessantly, day ond committee, can be obtained at or within a price to be also so | q Bi] for betier securing the Liberty of the Subject. |night, and using every means, fair and foul, to accomplish : mao ; see loan, on terms to be likewise so specified, can Hon. Attorney General presented a petition of the Char-| their purposd, e ected—then the agents in Britain, or the Commissioners, lottetown Gas Company, for altering the present proportion . n i to apply to the Colonial Minister. for his sanction, and on this | oe the cesar al ‘shares and aa. { Mr. Lord has now paid the penalty for his vote last Session being obtained, to conclude the bargain both for loan and| His Honor tae PRESIUENT showed the necessity which | on the Bible question, for there is not the shadow of a doubt

“ad > ' : . > = " » ] » 5 le re . 5 : é pe a: jexisted for a change, as he had recently been present st a larce | that Mp. Pone’s return is to be ascribed almost exclusively to

. : sa ? “ The Bill he had alluded to scarcely carried out the resolution | meeting of shareholders who were generelly euxious(> reduce) |... : hi : jast read. He bimeelf hed becn the cheirmen of the committee, |the ‘price of gas} but one indiyidual, representing in his own | the fanaticism and: bigotry: which have bom iazaneed ageinat

and in introducing the Bil! they thought it the most advisable | Perso” and by proxies, a large ainouat of shares, was enabled to’ Mr, Lord, particularly about Tryon River, where he expected

course to have the power of purchasing the lands in the Island | S¥amp the measure. ‘an overwhelming majority, because he did not support the

Goveroment, w an Llis Honor the PRESIDENT, referring tothe recent visit of | F od + ea Bill laid co Senabtl we tok akc ne ay: ang = the Counce: to the Normal! School, reod # mute to the effect, prayer of the Bible Petition. A large majority of the ~?

passed by the Ilouse; and though they had been enabled to that the members of the House were allextremely gratified at Catholies, including the Tenants on the Conroy and Mann Es-

purchase a large quantity of land, yet not to the extent that the the efliciency of the said school, and the manner in wiuch it tates, combined with the Liberal Protestants, whose political

a" : %e was conducted. . Pea aathoiial - “abe, Nedbaotiite + met A te nett Mr. T. H. Haviland brought up from the House of Assembly | principles are firmly established—manfully supported Mr. , re ? ’

sterling, would be, he was satisfied, a sum sufficient to/ 2" Actin accordance with the petition of the Cuarlottetown | Lord. To these Protestants and Catholics we must now look P iG Y« ‘ ohh We i first ume, ‘ oi bas . . Conied oo eutunadiieieaal ym a Mhe Ball aid a - See poatow cbtiinos wave ef absence for the re- for the maintenance of our civil and political liberties. It east to reduce itto a very smal) quantity. ‘The Bill did not « grotees3 bie ‘ : eay that they were caated to ‘oie all eal money at once ; | mainder of the week. | is only by a strong and close alliance on their part that the but it was to enable the Government to carry out the principles —o = | Tories—in league with the bigots and fanaties—may be pre- of the Land Purchase Bill to a greater extent than it now Porspay, April 7. | vented from overthrowing the free institutions of the country,

provided for. If £20,000 or £30,000 were required for the; ‘The Act for better securing the Liberty of the Subject was. saa ; eee . . purchase of land, the Bil provided fur that, or if the whole haste’ Vine. | and reviving the despotic sway of the old regime. We give amount should be required, it also provided for it. ‘There was,| fyon. AYTORNEY GENERAL exploined the festures of | below the state of the poll at the close of the election, in however, one remarkable allusion made in the despatch in| the Bill, which was similar to one in New Brunswick, It would | the several polling divisions :—

reference to the loan in question, which was, that Her Majesty’s | he found beneficial in King’s aud Prince Counties, a8 it ob-

Tuts election terminated on Monday last in the return of James C. Pope, Esq., of Summerside. We need scarcely ex- press our surprise or regret at this result, for we believe that eyen a majority of Mr. Pope’s supporters and friends did not

LORD. POPE.

Government had agreed to give the loan to be applied to the | yigied the necessity of bringing prisoners to Caarjottetown by Lot 19 125 155 purchase of lend on the principles of the Land Purchase Bill, | jgscas corpus, instead of which expensive and inconvenient a ga 54 145 which they said was a just and equitable measure, Of course | process, the legality of the incarceration could be tested by ow ig 79 a] the proprietors who were offering their lands for sale to the | afidavits to be transmitted to the Judge. “OF 134 87 Government, knew what the Government were authorized to| Phe Bill in amendment of the Gas Company Act of In- ee 23. 145 128 give under the Land Purchase Bill, namely, five shillings | oopyoration was read a second time. ,

sterling per ocre; therefore, the offer had been made by the! fyon, ATTORNEY GENERAL stated, that the Bill was 507 606

proprietors with their eyes open, and in the knowledge that (he | in accordance with the prayer of the petition, and had for its Crown Law Officers of Eng!and had hed the Bull before them | object the increase of the number of votes to be given by the and had approved of it. ‘I'he proprietors would therefore not | jarger shareholders. now have the opportunity of interrupting the measure brought | {he Charlottetown Free Church Incorporation Bill was read before the Home Government ; for they had hitherto, by petition | g third time and passed, or otherwise, opposed every measure that was brought forward) tion. Mr, Bagnall obtained leave of absence till Friday, on to benefit the tenaniry. The Free Education Bill and the One- | yybjic bediness, Ninth Bill had been opposed by them, and also several other | ad, measures that had been found necessary to be brought forward ; mi “et bush. in quest of timber—rattling about a shipyard and more recently they had resisted the Rent Roil Tax and - neers Ape 2 iar nit i ¥ ¥ ba eae Y det ig ry t : ‘fenants Compensation Bill; but he was happy to say that; The Bill for better securing the Liberty of the Subjeet was or assuming airs of importance behind the counter of a country perhaps the resistance shown to those Bijls, was the means of committed, and progress was reported, shop, than bothering his brains about state questions in which obtaing the present loan. The spirited manner in which the| On motion of the Hon. Attorney General, the Bill relating he has never taken an interest, and labouring to sustain a House took up the Despatches in reference to those Bills, | to Ferries was read a second time. a oat showed Her Majesty’s Goverment that they were in earnestto| Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL explained, that one of the third or fourth rate position in debate. We are sure that Mr. a eae ie between landlords and tenants. He had | objects of the Bill was to define ine limits of 5 arene. Al pre-| Pope is a very important and influential person in his own int the Laud Purchase Bill some years ago, because he |sent there were no definite boundaries to any of the various. Bw? 2 gaw it was no use to attempt to do anything -. the benefit of | Ferries in the Island. It was proposed to authorise the Go-, neighbourhood of Summerside,—and m doubt deservedly so, this Colony, unless something was done to benefit the teriantry ; | vernmebt and Council to prescribe the limits within which the —but let him beware how he comports himself on the floor of and though, when he came forward first with the measure, he | exclusive rights to ferry shall exist. Parties running in op- the Assembly, for there is no place where a man, having a had been opposed by the hon member for King's County (Mr. | position to the licensed ferryman would be liable to be fined. Cooper) on account of his refusal to join in the escheat question, | Great inconvenience was experienced by the licensee of the : y ’ yet he saw it was no use to try it any longer. The present Bill| ferry between Charlottetown and Minchin’s Point. A com- and so unceremoniously redueed to his natural proportions. went on to say how the loun was to be effected, subject to the | bination of individuals was formed for the purpose of ferrying The new member is said to be a gentleman of talent,—we approval of Her Majesty’s Government. It was necessary that gratuitously, and it was openly asserted that they would run ) 4. only the word of some of his most intimate friends on the Island Government # ppoint an agent to transact the business, | the licensee off the ferry. To obvinte a recurrence of such) e We h h . Swk, who would also be subject to the approval of the Home | conduct, it was his intention, in Committee, te move an amend- this behalf. e hope the news is not without a proper Government ; but if Her Majesty’s Government appointed an | ment preventing parties carrying passengers in opposition to foundation, for we like to see men of talent in the Assembly, agent, they would be responsible for him, That agent of | the rights of the ferryman. scarcely caring under what party banner they enlist them- course would negociate for the loan of money, and if at any The Bill was then committed; and the Hon. Attorney ae r vi ack the inlitncbicy Was ee time be might have more money than he required, it was to be |General moved an amendment to the second clause, prolibiting SOLES, FOE Our ONS paets ee eT ee it of t - ey invested in exchequer bills, so that there might be no loss of | systematic ferrying by unlicensed individuals; and, another, M. P. P. has been as dim in our eyes, as if it had been hidden interest. The Bill contained several other provisions, among | extending the penalties of the Biil relating to landing on, Or under a bushel, We have heard him make two speeches in which one providing for a sinking fund of £5 on.every £100 taking from, Minchin’s Point Wharf, of goods, to the landing borrowed, im order to hquidate the whole in twenty years. | or taking off passengers. The lands would be sold under the Land Purchase Bill at| His Honor the PRESIDENT thought it was absolutely in our time,—but unless Mr. Pope will condescend to favor us something like cust and charges, so as aot io impose too great | necessary to pass the amendinents, without which the Bil with something more brilliant on the floor of the Assembly, a burden upon the tenantry, byt su as to cover costand charges. | would be nugatory. ‘The effect of them would be fo prevent The sinking fund was to be invested in exchequer bills, so that | parties driving the licensee off the ferry. ‘The original Perry : the amount might be paid when required. ‘Mhose were the | Bill had the same object; but the system pursued last summer remarkable talent. And what have the constituency gained principles of the Bill; and in order to obtain the loan tie | was well knowa—parties endeavored to run the licensee off the py putting him in the seat so long and so consistently held by revenue of the Colony was to be guaranteed, should the results | ferry—they were prosecuted, and very heavy costs were in- M ade” gp tee li f the G not be sufficient. to pay for it, but he had no doubts that it | curred by the Government, the Court having decided that the | “4% 40F 6 cannot change tae poucy 0 e Government would pay for itself, ‘The Worrell Estate perhaps did not pay |Government had not power to make sufficient regulations. —he can make only one less on the side of the majority, #0 Wellas might have been expected; but Lot 11 which was

tis Honor seconded the amendmenis, which were agreed to. |

purchased last summer was paying better, as there were over! Hun. Attorney General presented a petition from members of | le ;

9,000 acres of land to pay the balance of about £500. In| the Bible Christian Church, praying the repeal of the old Act OM A truer, more honest and self-sacrificing representative

reference to the Worrell Estate, there was a balance of about jof Incorporation, and the substitution of a Bill siuwlar to that than Mr. Lord he never can be; and as respects his political

£5,000 against it, to meet which there were about 45,000 acres of the Wesleyan body. The present Act provided but for the | 9 a4 . . ir ; i = ; : eat 7 (ect 2 Ww as a ling- _—

of land wasold, The Lon. member on his left (Hon. Mr. Lord) | incorporation of one body for the whole Island, its members | he will only, be stumbling-block—should ‘he join

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Majority 99

We cannot congratulate Mr. Pope on the position to which he has attained, nor the constituency who placed him there. He will find that it is pleasanter employment to be roughing

superabundance of starch in his composition, is so speedily

_the course of the late contest,—we have certainly heard worse

we shall have to remain in doubt as to his possession of any

». Mr, Dingwell in extending the benefits of telegraphic! — 114) Col, Swabey, by command, laid on the table a return of

The following Bills were severally brought up from the House themselves.

Lord where he had the best right to be, their example will be highly serviceable to others, and forever honourable to

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Appropriation Bills. Hon. Mr. Longworth-—the License Bull.| “Tue Obstructives are so infatuated with their euccess at the

recent election—a thing which is quite new to them—that they now assume to be in the secrets of the Government, and are every where declaring that the Assembly is about to be dis- solved. We cannot see that a dissolution is more likely now than it was at the close of the last Session, for during a great part of that Session the Governnient was sustained by a ma- jority of five, while Mr. McGill—a member of the majority— was absent. The return of Mr. Pope is not such a tremendous event as to terrify the gentlemen at the head of affairs, or to paralyze their supporters in the Assembly. We are not so alarmed at the loss of one vote in the House as to desire that the people of the Third District of Prince County should have an opportunity of reversing their erroneous decision, although many of them would no doubt like to have another jolly time of it over five more puncheons of rum; and much as we may disapprove of Mr. Pope’s politics, we don’t wish that he and his friends should be made to bleed so extensively after the operations so recently performed upon them.

Unwetcome Visrrors. — Yesterday (Sunday), st a few minutes to eleven o’clock, a.m., there was a smart shower of hail, which lasted for about the space of ten minutes. © The hail-stones,were not very large, but fell thiek and fast. Little damage was, however, done, except to fruit trees in blossom, which, in a short time, were divested of much of their beauti-

ful appearance.

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Harper’s Macazint.—he May No. of this excellent eerial is now before us, and like its predecessors, abounds with enter- taining and instructive reading. There are some excellent tales and sketches in this No. worth nearly the whole year’s subscription of the Magazine. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it as the best and cheapest of periodicals of its kind in America. Mr. J. Creelman, Bookseller, Dorchester- street, will receive orders for and supply the Magazine.

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NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL,

Toe Packet Oriander brought over the English Mail on Thursday evening last. Our London and Liverpovl papers are to the 22d and 23d ult., from which we make the follow- ing extracts :—

THE WAR IN PERSIA.

Porsvir or THe Fiyinc Perstans—Arrivab or THE News or Prace.—Mouammoran, April 6.—My last gave you an account of the capture of this place on the 26th ult., and the poeteees flight of the large Persian army. Without aggage-cattle to carry the camp equipages we could not, of course, follow them up, so without loss of time Sir James ordered a small expedition to be got ready to track the enemy on the banks of the Karoon River. This expedition consisted of three small river steamers—viz., the Comet, Planet and Assyria, (the first of which only is armed), one gunboat and three cutters, under the command of Acti Commodore Rennie, of the Indian Navy, and 300 men toon then Majesty’s 64th and 78th, under the command of Capt. Hunt, of the latter corps. Several of Sir James's staff also accompanied them, and Capt. Kemball, political agent at Bagdad. The expedition left at noon on the 29th, and on the 31st discovered a second trace of the Persian army, from which it — that they had five guns with them, and another wheeled conveyance, found out afterwards to be the Shazadah’s carriage. Here it seems that one of the gun-carriages had been disabled, and the gun accordi gly put into a boat, which was afterwards captured. On nearing a on the morning of the Ist, the Persian army was discovered occupying a strong position on the right bank of the river. Here the military party landed, on the left bank, and proceeded to Akwaz, the gunboats opening fire upon the enemy. Almost at the first sight of our preparations the large host, consisting of about 8,000 men, took to flight, and retreated hurriedly in the direction of Dizful, while hordes of Arabs were observed hanging on their rear ready to plunder or harass them. The expedition remained two days at Akwaz, communicating with the Arab tribes, and securing or destroying large heaps of grain which had been stored there by the Persians. A num- ber of mules and sheep were also captured and brought down by the steamers, and 150 new stands of muskets in cases.

they reached on the 4th inst. The moral effect of this little affair will be great in these parts, for the Persians had boasted that no force we could bring against Mohammorah could take it in less than a year. It was the intention of Sir James to have moved upa sufficient part of our force to occupy Shuster, and to put the troops into summer quarters in that repu

healthy locality, and to have taken the remainder himself to disperse the Serkeseckshi Bashi’s army hefore Bushire. The men, indeed, have a great longing to meet this gentleman, whose name they have curtailed into ‘‘ Cheeky Bashi ;”’ but, lo! all our schemes are for the present held in abeyance by the news, which arrived yesterday, that peace was signed in Paris on the 4th ult. What will be done next no one appears to know. If Feruk Khan has given in to all our just demands, so much the better; but if not, and we have patched up an

but the majority are still strong enough to afford the loss of inglorious peace when our position enabled us to do something

better, let the blame fail where it isdue. The people here are refilling the town, and the Arabs from all quarters are sending in their submission. ‘* Never leave us; never let the Persians return,’’ is their constant cry. The bazaars are open, and provisions coming in abundance. Though no authority

had said he would give the balance ow Lot I}, for the timber co erquently could not be got together. ‘The petition was re- the minority as we have no doubt he will—in the way of| has been placed over the town, hardly a complaint has been that wa oathe land: and he ventured tos y that that hon, fe.red to a Special Committee to report by Bill or ‘otherwise. ' those liberal and progressive principles of Government which

brought in.

This done, the little band returned to Mohammorah, which »

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