The insurgents in Perak would appear to have suffered a
defeat on the 15th, when Commander Sterling, and Captain "Whittle," of the 10th, with 250 men, 5 guns, and 2 rockets, attacked four stockades, and of course, having learned to use civilised weapons, instead of pelting stockades with English lives, carried them. It is thought that this success may end the insur- rection, but that is not certain, as it seems that Sir W. Jervois bad, before the outbreak, issued proclamations announcing the virtual annexation of Perak. The Residents are to administer the districts in the name of Sultan Abdoollah, to appoint all judges and magistrates, and to receive and expend all revenues, that is, in fact, to govern the country. We have remarked upon this situation elsewhere, but may notice here that the Colonial Office denies the existence of any orders for annexation, and intimates that it knew nothing of these proclamations. Ample force is now at hand at Perak, even excluding-the 3rd Buffs, who have not yet left Cal- cutta, to face anything but a religious war, and this, as we have before stated, it may be difficult to proclaim.
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