The information of the appointment was premature: MAHOMED HASSAN KHAN, an officer of rank, had indeed been dispatched from _Shiraz_, but he was entrusted with a more private commission to the Envoy. On the 19th his immediate approach to _Bushire_ was announced. As, independently of the confidence which by this mission the Government appeared to repose in him, he possessed high personal rank, (as one of the Chiefs of the _Karaguzlou_ tribe, one of the most numerous, warlike, and respectable of all under the jurisdiction of Persia,) the first Minister at _Shiraz_ wrote to the Envoy to desire that He would send the person next in rank to himself to receive him. The Envoy accordingly ordered me to proceed on the occasion. I went, accompanied by Mr. BRUCE and Dr. JUKES, and escorted by Cornet WILLOCK with ten troopers, and five _Chattars_. The _Chattars_ are those running footmen who, in fantastical dresses, generally surround the horse of a great man; but the name is applied not only to these attendants of shew, but to those messengers also who perform their journies on foot, and perform them with a dispatch almost incredible. When we had proceeded about a mile we met the stranger. He was thinly attended, having travelled in haste. When we approached, our little squadron drew up in a line as he passed; and we advanced, and made our respective compliments. We then all turned back together, and brought him into the presence of the Envoy, who received him sitting on one corner of the sopha, but rose just as he approached it. We were all dressed with more or less ornament in honour of our guest; and during his visit we kept on our hats. The _Nasakchee Bashee_ had already fallen into his train, when we first met him; and during the short stay which he now made, the Vice-governor of _Bushire_, AGA MAHOMED JAFFER, came to pay his respects also. He advanced immediately to the _Khan_, seized his hand, which he kissed, whilst the _Khan_ applied his beard and mouth to the other’s face, and kissed his cheek. The manners of our guest himself were pleasant and modest, and spoke the simplicity of a man bred in camps. When the Envoy had inquired after his health, the health of the Prince, of the minister, and successively of other great men, the stranger, after the interchange of a few compliments, departed to take up his abode with the Vice-governor. As he entered _Bushire_, the guns at the gate were fired, but one of them could not bear the shock, and flew out of the carriage. For fear therefore of the gates and tower, they did not venture to discharge the sixty-eight pounder, which was mounted in the town; an apprehension not purely imaginary.