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Sir Robert Napier telegraphs that he hopes to embark the

last of his force from Zoulla on the 1st of June, and has requested that the despatch of mails may cease. He is coming home, instead of returning direct to Bombay, and will receive, of course, a wel- come which will worry him more than Theodore was able to do. The troops engaged are speculating whether they will receive any " batta," as they had no prizes, and a medal. The medal depends on the War Office, but we may, we believe, rely on the India House not to cheat its soldiers ; and if the Indians get batta, so must the troops despatched from this side.

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