4 NOVEMBER 1871, Page 2

The intelligence which drops in from Persia from to -day

fully confirms our view of the calamity. Colonel Pelly at Bushire telegraphs that he has 2,4500 starving wretches to feed daily, and that the very appearance of the children in the streets is unreceg- nimble from hunger ; while another telegram from Ispahan sets down the number of the dying at 23,000, perhaps a fifth of the population. Nevertheless, the subscription in Loudon has only reached 2741, the smallness of the sam being evidently due to an impression that the suffering is entirely beyond relief in the usual way. That impression is sound, and we repeat our hope that the Duke of Argyll, who can save the Persians if he will, is steadily considering his responsibility in the matter. Would not the Shah repay Iutlie, ?