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b order Of His E1ceency.


FRANCISCO iNFANrE DE LACERpE.

ANTONIO Lovts D'ALRxr.
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Destructive CoNFLAGRArIoH.-Al letter from
Trebizondc, of March ION, contains tho follow
ng information


Reshd, the capital Of the rich province of CHI
Ian, Persia has been the scene OF calamltous
coDhagration, which has consumed lis bazaaEs,
and several vast khans filled with merchandise.
The property destroyed is valued at two and a
quarter millions of dollars. The consequences 10
the commerce between Persia and Europe cannot
taiI 10 be injurious


The province OF Ghlan consists Of long mar.
row plain, confined between d range of noun
tains, penctrablc by only few passes, and the
Caspian sea lrs soil is of great fertility, produ-
eng large crops Of wheat, rice, end other varie-
ties of graa; gu, the staple production is silk.
All the P9sian silks, OF d superior quality, sold
in Eurog, come from Reshd. Tine city Is built
in the midst OF forest, and contains about two
thousand houses. 1t is situated two leagues from
the Caspian Sea, on which it has harbor, unsafe
s stormy weather. Its principal commerce con.
sists OF silk and cotton stutfs, and in drugs. a
treaty OF peace between the Russians and Per-
.ians was s!gncd there IN l732.


