Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-13 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MALTA, AUG. 7.
z .`-'n reading the account of the atrocities com-
,lllttted in India in • the newspapers, the whole of
4" 0 /Tien of No. 3 Company of 13th battalion of
a '35'41 Artillery, stationed at St. Elmo, addressed
Inost loyal letter to Captain Inglefield, who
ta°,,lllMond Bathe. In the letter, got up spon
C'.euslY the moment of their learning the
iVilgnities that English *omen were.. subjected to .
noenriclica' ex signed signed at otice•by the whole of the
f —ter expressing their horror and deteitation
I°3-_ we crimes, they earnestly solicit that the 4 may
accisent out
t° fight against the dastardly rebels,
,no assist in restoring our authority. To have the
fullyn riour of aiding in such a cause, they will cheer-
, submit to any privations, (340.
e Abeona steamer arrived for the 48th ; they
~,,nlYaked on the 6th, and left for Gibraltar on the
the •
le,c\j" ttle 2nd, H.M.S. Arrow, Captain Henderson,
t'for the fleet at Malaga. She is afterwards to
I,l3reeeed to England to be paid off. H.M.S. Wan-
sere er arrived on the 3rd. She is kept ready for
RoEt,' to start, if necessary, with any despatch the
' ernment may wish to telegraph from Cagliari to
Viand
0,, 'Llle fleet are all delighted with their summer
it`.llTe. EveryWhere'they have been received with
tilill'ness, and have had the satisfaction of visiting
the northern c:oast. of Italy and south of Spain, itieoroffit ers paying visits to Spezzia, Genoa, Turin,
ILlTepee, 'horn and Barcelona.
s '
' • ~sprey is expecteu.aoout-the 10th. After
refitting 's
-she °L.e will proceed to _Constantinople, where
s,\ tos he
stationed.'
,on - C
the *h eec,,ta'ar arrived from Naples and Sicily
turn Gib
She will virtual immediately, and re-_
her ofs° --'es about the 9th. On the 4th many of
succeeded 'lei's left Catania, tind after a six hoars' ride
`little reaching the top of Mount Etna with
narye:tl,er"°n• 'lt was cold, but nothing extraordi-
her' e Mountain had little snow, except patches
c and there.T' •
day vg.
I man-of-war steamer arrived the same
fro-- shmael Paella, going on a special mission
of Tunis to Vienna. The Pacha
mil-ed at Mio
altander the usual salutes, visiting
hie f'Dttifications and objects worth seeing, while
steamer was coaling..
env re election of a new member for the council of
°rninent terminated in favour of Baron Galen,
villa 7
90 votes to Dr. Sciartini's 58.2. The
vetton creates but little interest in the place.

Th
Express says :—++ We understand that it
Iltheee,rearirlryPswich
Part of the week, whilst walking on the beach
Mew 111-General Windham received a coa-
orders , 'cationfront the Commander-in-Ohief' giving him
p.roeeel to the East. He bale his friends whotletay.',;,el linn farewell, and started off without a moment's
tiy , ,
of e o ARTILLERY TEMPERANCE SOC'ETY.—A meeting
ly Interesting nature has been held in the Town-hall,
the,°°lvviell• A temperance society was recently formed by
41,1111L1°0m7nissio ied officers and gunners of the Royal
vviv'eerY, and these, to the number of 150, with their
guea5,..444 families, sat down to an excellent repast. The
vitk's eprnprised a number of Crimean will riots, decorated
'a Medals d now unler orders for India. A
rizbli • a. are ri
"JvA _ C meeting, which was presided over by the Rev. W..
,vorth, vicar of Plemstead, was subsequently held, when
~,`4_9!9sses were delivered by the Rev. Pains Wilson, of the
"Juicliers' Friend society, and ether gentlemen.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

THE PERSIAN WAR.

The following despatch has been received at the East
India House from the Governor-G3neral of India in
Council, to the Secret Committee of the East India
Company :

Fort William, June 19, 1857.

We ha►e the honour to forward for your information
printed copies of notifications issued by the RiEeat Hon.
the Governor-General in C nincil, under date the 18th
inst., Nos. 139 and 140, announcing the ratification of the
treaty of peace with Persia, anl recording his high sense
of the important services rendered by Lieut.-General Sir
James Out ram, K.C.8., commanding the forces.
It affords us the highest gratification to recommend to
the most favourable consideration of the Hon. the Court
of Directors and her Majesty's Government the arduous
and successful services of the military anti naval forces
engaged in the operations directed. against Praia.—We
have, &c.,

CANNING.

J. Dony.

J. Low.
NOTI Fe &T lON B.

J. P..G RANT.
B. PEACOCK.

Fort William, Foreign Department, June le, 1857.
No. 139. Authentic intelligence having been received
that tile ratifications of thti treaty, which was signed at
Paris by the plenipotentiaries of England and Persia on
the 4th March last, :were exchanged at Bagdad on the
2nd of May, the Right Honourable_the Governor-General
in Council is pleased to direct that a royal salute shall be
fired from the ramparts of Fort William, as well as at
every principal station of the army, in honour of the pea( e
which has been concluded.

No. 140. The Wight Honourable the Governor• General
'a Council has had the satisfaction of announcing from
time to time the signal successes which have been achieved
by the combinel action of the military and naval forces
wader the direction of Lieut -General Sir James Outrana
K.C.8., on the coasts and in the interior of Persia.
The surrender of. l3ushire on the 10th of Dnember.
after a brief and ineffectual opposition; the operations
against the Persian entrenched camp at Borazgoon ; and
the complete victory obtained over the Persian army at.
Khooshab on the sth -of February ; the bombardment and
capture of Mohan:web on the 26th of March; and the
biilliant attack, by a few hundred men, against Ahwaz,
on the Ist of April, followed by the precipitate flight of
the whole Persian army serving in that quarter, have
signally instanced the vigour, the enterprising spirit, and
the intrepidity with which the operations against Persia,
both by sea and land, have been directed, and have earned
for those who had a share in their execution, the cordial
approbation and the thanks of the government of India.
The Governor-General in Council has now the gratifi.
cation of announcing that the ratifications of the treaty,
Which was signed at Paris by the plenipotentiaries of
England and Persia on the 4th of March last, were
exchanged at Bagdad on the 2od of May; and the entire
withdrawal of the British forces from the soil and the
waters of Persia awaits only the fulfilment of the condi.
tions of peace, which were accepted by the plenipotentiary
of Persia on her behalf._

The peace which has IlVen thus concluded accomplishes
the principal objects of the war, without needless humi-
liation to Persia, and places the relations of the British
Government, with that country, both political and com-
mercial, on an improved footing. Though the negotiations
by which this result has been obtained were conducted in
Europe, their rapid and unchecked progress and their
early completion must be ascribed. in no small degree, to
the vigorous operations and the successful achievements
of the Persian expeditionary force.
The brilliant reputation of Lieutenant-General Sir
Jame® Outram, K.C.8., has acquired additional lustre
from the promptitude, the vigorous energy and ability
with which he has exercised the command entrusted to
him; and the Governor-General iin Council desires to
record his high sense of the important services rendered
by this distinguished officer.
The Governor-General in Council deeply laments that
Major-General Stalker, C. 8., should not have lived to
witness the successful completion of the war, in the com-
mencement of winch lie Luuk nu pruuainent and conspicuous

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a part.
His Lordship in Council cordially appreciates the zea-
lous and active exertions of Brigadier-Goneral H welock,
C• 13., and commends the orler and despatch with whleh
the troops were landed and formed at Mohamreh wader
.his direction.

To Brigadier. Honner, who shared with his brigade in
the attack ou Bashire and in the operations against
Borazgoon; to Brigadier Wilson, K.H., who commanded
the Ist brigade of Infantry at Borazgoon and Mohamreh ;
to Brigadiers Hamilton and Hale, who were present with
their brigades in the advance upon Moharnreh ; and to
Brigadier Stuart, who was at the head of Cite cavalry of
the 2ad Division on the same occasion; to Lieut.-Colonel
Shepheard, who succeeded to the command of the. Ist
Infantry Brigade on the lamentel death of Brigadier
Stopford ; to Colonel Stisted, who led the Ist Brigade,
2nd Division, in the march on Borazgoon and the victory
of Khooshab ; to Lieutenant-Colonel Tapp, who com-
manded the Cavalry Brigade on the same occasion as
well as at Bushire ; and to Lieutenant-Colonel Trevelyan,
commanding artillery, who took a part in every operation
of the troops, except that against Ahwaz—to all these,
whose valuable services have been gratefully aArffiwledged
by the late Major-General Stalker, C. 8., and Lieutenant-
General Sir James Outram, K.C.8., the Governor-
General in Council begs to offer his warmest thanks and
.the assurance of his heartfelt approbation. _
The late Major-General Stalker, and Lieutenant-
General Sir James Outram, K.C.B , have expressed
their obligations to the officers commanding regiments
and batteries of artillery on the several occasions which
called for their exertions, and the Governor-General in
Council has great satisfaction in publicly tendering his
best thanks to Major Stirling, of,her Majesty's 64th Foot ;
to Major Mclntyre, who took command of her Majesty's
78th Highlanders during the expedition to Borazgoon ; to
Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Ramsay, of the 2nd Bombay
European Light Infantry ; to Major Manson, of the 4th
Bombay Rifles ; to Lieutenant Colonel' S'epheard, and
Captain Macleod, of the 23th ; MajJr Travers, of the
23rd ; and Colonel Macan and Captain Bowdich, of the
26th Bombay Native Infantry ; to Captain L. Stephen
Hough, of the 2nd Belooch B attalion ; to Major Blake,
Captain Hatch, Captain Gibbard, and Captain Aitkin,
'commanding—the first, a troop of Horse Artillery, and
the others, Light Field Batteries ; to Captain Dickinson,
of the Sappers and Miners ; and to Captain Forbes, of the
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry,whose gallantry on the field
of Khooshab was conspicuous.
The Governor-General in Council cordially 'mites with

the late Major-GN3eral and the Lieutenant-Gmeral com-
manding the expeditionary force in expressing his marked
acknowledgements of the evo.—ready and efficient assist -
anco afforded by Colonel Lug ard, C.B , MM.'s 29th Foot,
the chief of the staff, and the several other officers com_
posing the general staff. To. Captain Malcolm Green,
Military Secretary; Lieutenant Sykes, and. Captain
Hervey, A.D.3.; Captain Arthur, Persian Interpreter ;
and Major Taylor, transferred from the Persian Mission
in the capacity of political secretary, as well as to Lieu-

tenant-Colonel Lord Dunkellin, detached from the staff •
of the Governor General, who volunteered his aid on the
personal staff of Lieute ant-General Sir James Outram,
KGB.; to Captain Hunter, who served as A.D.C. to the
late Major-General Stalker on the attack on Bashire ;
and to Mr. Johnstone, of the Indian navy, to whose
knowledge of the country an 4 unwearied zeal the late
major-general was much indebted, the Governor-Ge-
neral in Council begs to offer the expression of his ap-
probation.
The valuable assistance afforded on every occasion of
difficulty, and especially in the brilliant expedition,
against. Ahwaz, by Captain Kemball, political agent in
Turkish Arabia and consul-general at Bagdad, has been
highly commended by Lieut.-General Sir James Outram'
K.C.B , and merits the unqualified approbation and the
hearty thanks of the Governor-General in Council, no
le:s than does the gallantry of Capt. Hunt, her Majesty's'
78th Highlanders, and of the other military officers who
a.ccompanied the expedition in question,.•
The Indian navy has .taken a '.conspichous part in the
operations which have now been brought to a termination+•
and the Go vernor-Ganeral in Council must not omit t

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