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THE PERSIAN WAR.

(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
INDIA BOARD, AUG. 10.
The following despatch has been received at the East
India House, from the Governor-General of India in
Council, to the Secret Committee of the East India
Company :
Fort-William, June 19, 1857. No. 34.
We have the honor to forward for your information,
printed copies of Notifications ,issued by the Right
Honourable the Governor-General in Council, under
date the 18th instant, Nos. 139 and 140, announcing
the ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Persia, and
recording his high sense of the important services ren-
dered by Lieutenant-General Sir James 0 otram, K.C.8.,
commanding the forces.
2. It affords us the highest gratification to recom-
mend to the most favourable consideration of the Hon-
ourable the Court of Directors and Her Majesty's
Government, the arduous and successful services of the
Military and Naval forces engaged in the operations
Corected against Persia.

We have, &c.
CANNING,
J. DORIN.
J. LOW.
J. P. GRANT.
B. PEACOCK.

NOTIFICATIONS.
Fort William, Foreign Department,
June 18, 1857.
No. 139.
Authentic intelligence having been received that the
ratifications of the treaty, which was signed at Paris by
the plenipotentiaries of England and Persii on the 4th
March last, were exchanged at Baghdad on the 2od 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
peace which has been concluded.
No. 140.
The Right Honourable the Governor-General in
Council has had the satisfaction of announcing, from
time to time, the signal successes which have been
achieved by the combined action of the Military and
Naval Forces, under the direction of Lieutenant-General
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., on the coasts and in the
interior of Persia.
The surrender of Bushire on the 10th of December,
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
Kboosbab on the Bth of February ; the bombardment
and capture of Mohamreh on the 26th of March ; and
the brilliant attack, by a few hundred men, against
Abevaz, 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 far 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
gratification of announcing that the Ratifications
of the Treaty, which was signed at Pais by the
Plenipotentiaries of England and Persia on the
4th of March last, were exchanged at Baghdad on
the 2d of May ; and the entire withdrawal of the British
forces from the soil and waters of Persia awaits only the
fulfilment of the conditions of Peace, which were accepted
by the Plenipotentiary of Persia on her behalf.
The peace which has been thus concluded accomplishes
the prinoipal o`•jects 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, mast be ascribed, in no small degree,
to the vigorous operations and the successful achieve-
ments of the Persian Expeditionary Force.
The brilliant reputation of Lieut.-General Sir James
Outram, K.C.8., has acquired adeitional lustre from
the promptitude, the vigorous energy and ability with
which he has exercised the command entrusted to him ;
and the Governor-General in Council desires to record
his high sense of the important duties 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 which he took so prominent and conspicu-

ous a part.
His Lor debip in Council cordially appreciates the zea-
lous and active exertions• of Brigadier-General Have-
lock, C. 8., and commends the order and dispatch with
which the troops were landed and formed at Mohatnreh
under his direction.
To Brigadier Hooper, who shared with his Brigade in
his attack on Bushire, and in the operations against
Borazgoon ; to Brigadier Wilson, K.H., who com-
manded the Brigade of Infantry at Borazoon and Moh-
amreh ; to Brigadiers Hamilton end Hale, who were
present with their brigades in the advance upon Mo-
hanireh ; and to Brigadier Stuart, who was at the head
of the Cavalry of the 2d Division on the same occasion :
to Lieutenant-Colonel Shepheard, who succeeded to the
command of .the let Infantry Brigade on the lamented
death of Brigadier Stnpford ; to Colonel Stisted, who led
the Ist Brigade, 2d Division, in the march on Borazgoon
and the victory of Khooshab ; to Lieutenant-Colonel
Tapp, who commanded the Cavalry Brigade on the same
occasion as well a 3 at Bushire ; and to Lieutenant-
Colonel Trevelyan, Commanding Artillery, who took a
part in every operation of the troops, except that
against Ahwas ; to all these, whose valuable ser-
vices have been gratefully acknowledged by the
late Major-General Stalker, C. 8., and Lieut.-General
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., the Governor-General in
Council begs to offer his warmest thanks and the assur-
ance of lols heartfelt approbation.
The late Major-General Stalker, and Lieut.-General
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., have expressed their obliga-
tions to the officers commanding regimeotsand 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 H.M's 64th Foot ;
to Major M'lntyre, who took command of Hall.'s
78th Highlanders during the expedition to Borazgoon ;
to Lieut.-Col. J. S. Ramsay, of the 2d Bombay Euro-
pean Light Infantry ; to Major Manson, of the Bombay
Rifles ; to Lieut.-Col. Shepheard, and Captain M'Leod,
of the 20th ; Major Travers, of the 23d ; and Colonel
Macan and
.Captain Bowditcb, of the 26th Bombay
Native Infantry ; to Captain L. Stephen Hough, of the
2d Belooch Battalion ; to Major Blake, Captain
Hatch, Captain Gibbard, and Captain Aitkin, com-
manding—the first, a Troop of Hor3e Artillery, and the
others, Light Field Batteries ; to Capt. Dickinson, of the
Sappers and Miners ; and to Capt. Forbes, of the 3d
Bombay Light Cavalry, whose gallantry on the field of
Kooshab was conspiouous.
The Governor-General in Council cordially unites
with the late Major7General and the Lieutenant-General
Commanding she Expeditionary Force in expressing his
marked acknowledgments of the ever-ready and efficient
assistance afforded by Cc,lonel Lugard, C. 8., H.M.'s
20th Foot, the Chief of the staff, and the several Offi-
cers composing the General Staff.* To Capt. Malcolm
Green, Military Secretary, Lieutenant Sykes, and Cap-
tain Hervey, A.D.C., Captain Arthur, Persian Inter-
preter, and Major Taylor, transferred from the Persian
Mis-ion in the capacity of Political Secretary, as well as
to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Dunkellin, detached from
the Staff of the Governor-General, who volunteered his
aid on the Personal Staff of Lieutenant-General Sir
James Outram, K.C.B. ; to Captain Hunter, who served
as A.D.C. to the late Major General Stalker on the
attack on Bushire ; and to Mr. Johnetone, of the Indian
Navy, to whose knowledge of the country and unwearied
zeal the late Major-General was much indebted, the
assistance Governor-General in Council begs to offer the exprer-
sion of his approbation.
The valuahli
afforded on every occasion of
diffic?la,y and danger, and especially in the brilliant ex-
pedition against Ahwaz, by Captain Kemball, Political
Agent in Turkish Arabia and Consul-General at Bagh-
dad, has been highly commeaded by Lient.-General Sir
James Outram, K.C.8., and merits the unqualified
approbation and hearty thanks of the Governor-General
in Council, no less than does the gallantry of Captain
Hunt, her Majesty's 78th Highlanders, and of the other
Military,' Officers who accompanied the expedition in
question.
The Indian Navy has taken a conspicuous part in

* Lieut.-Colonel Younghusband, Deputy Adjutant-fete•

neral.
Capt. Wray, Deputy Quarter-blaster-General.
Major Bop, Deputy Judge-Advocate General.
Major Barr, Paymaster.
Lieut.-Colonel Pope, Deputy Commissary-General, and
Capt. Dunsterville, Assistant do.
Capt. Rigby, Superintendant of Bazars.
Capt. Finnimore, Commissary of Ordnance.
Lieut. Ballard, C. 8., Superintendent, Intelligence De-
partment.
Major Hill, Commanding Engineer.
Major Curtis, Director, Land Transport Corps.
Capt. Collier, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.
Capt. Shewell, I Deputy-Assistant Quartermas-
Lieutenant Holland f ter-General;
Lieutenant Willoughby, Sub-Assistant CoMmissary-Ge•
neral
+ Captain Wray, Deputy Quartermaster-General.
Captain Green, Military Secretary.
Lieutenant Baigrie, Commissariat Department.

the operations which have been now brought to a ter-
n i cation, and the Gonernor-General in Council must
not omit to put on record 'the high sense which he
entertains of its most valuable and important services.

. _
To Rear-Admiral Sir A. Leeke, K.H , Royal Navy,
the Governor-General in Council begs again to offer bia
Sincere acknowledgments for the promptitude and energy
with which he gave his assistance in landing the troops
at Hallila Bay, and in attacking the fortifications of Bu-
shire. To Captain Griffith Jenkins, Captain of the fleet,
to Acting Commander Adams, of the Assaye, and Lieu-
tenant Clarkson, of the Eame vessel, to Captain Young,
Commanders Rennie and Macdonald, and Acting Com-
mander Foulerton, much praise is due for their gallantry
on the same occasion.

The Governor-General in Council, however, desires
specially to record his adatiratinn both of the skill and
energy displayed by Acting Commodore Young, I.N.
(upon whom the command .of the Gulf Squadron de
volved on the lamented death of Commodore Ethersey),
in the conduct of the difficult naval operations against
Kohanoreb, and of the signal success with which they
were crowned.
_ _

The Govornor-General in Council has further re-
marked, with, the highest gratification, the distill•
guished conduct of Commander J. Rennie, who, since
the departure of Captain Young, has most effiziently
commanded the naval forces in the Persian Gulf. In
the enterprising advance upon Ahwaz, the signal suc-
cess obtained was due, in a vs-v large measure, to
the lodgment and resolute gallantry of this able
officer.

The acknowledgments of the Government are
also due to Commander Selby, of the Semiramis ;
Commander Grieve, of the Clive ; Acting Com-
mander Manners of the Victoria ; and to Lieu-
tenants Commanding Tronsos, of the Falkland,
and Woreley, of the Ajdata, who contributed
largely to the success of the Jay ; and the special
thanks of the Government are claimed for Com-
mander Adams, for the efficient canner in which he se-
conded the attack on the Northern Forts at Mohamreh.
Acting-CornmodoreYoung has commended theconduct
of Vent. Chitty, commanding the Berenice ; of Comman-
der Nisbet, agent for transports ; and of Acting-Masters
Commanding M`Laurin, of the Napier; Hal'and, Comet;
Fletcher, of the Planet ; Neale, of the Assyria; Davies,
of the Ethersey flat ; and Mr. Dark, of the Hugh Lind-
sey, for the effective a;d which they respectively ren-
dered in the attack on Mohamreh ; and the Governor-
General in Council has great pleasure in acknowledging

their good services.
Finally, the Governor-General in Council wishes to
offer his hearty thanks to all the officers and non-com-
missioned officers, of whatever designation, and to all
the soldiers and sailors of the force, for the bravery, the
endurance, and good conduct which they have displayed
during for several operations in which they have been
engaged.
It will afford the highest gratification to the Gover-
nor-General in Council to recommend the arduous and
successful services of the military and naval forces on
the coasts, and in the interior of Persia, to the most
favourable consideration of the Honourable Court of
Directors and her Majesty's Government.
G. F. EDMONDSTONE,
Secretary to the Government of India.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

Chant Saw e C-
ADMIRA.LTY, Athri. to.
aln consideration of thee Creek and the successful operations against
mandarin junks up Escp
nel of the Canton River on the 25th and 27th ilay, and
also of the attack on the fort and junk fleet in Fatsham
Creek on the Ist of June, as recorded in the London Gazette
of the Ist inst., the following promotions have this day
taken place :

TO DI CAPTAIN&
Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth.
Commander John Corbett.
Commander William Rae Rolland.
Commander Edward Winterton Tumour.
TO BE COMMA-NUMB.
Lieutenant George Campbell Fowler.
Lieutenant Edward Frederia Dent.
Lieutenant William Lowley Staniforth.
Lieutenant Arthur Metivier Brock.
Lieutenant His Serene Highness Prince Victor of
Hohenlohe-Langenberg.
TO BE ACTING LIEUTENANTS.
(to be confirmed on passing at the Royal Naval College.)
The Honotirable Albert Denison Somerville Denison.
Mr. Thomas Keith Hudson.
Mr. William St. John Sumner Hamby.
Mr. Henry Craven St. John.

TRIAL. OF SPOLLON FOR THE MURDER
OF MR. LITTLE.

The Court resumediDtatraßittlaNza, EVE.
The
g at
ten o'clock.
The case for the Crown, which was understood to have
closed on Saturday evening, was. re-opened this morning
for the production of the following evidence :
Mr. Hughes, examined by Mr. Brewster---The poker,
scissors, penknife, and towel (marked with blood) exhi-
bited, were seen by me in Mr. Little's room on the clay it
was opened..
Mr. Hanbury re-examined-- Had not heard that the
platform door was found open on the morning after the
murder. Catherine Campbell was three months in the
custody of the police. There were serious suspicions
against other persons than Spollen. A person could close
the platform gate after going out by catching hold of the
panelling.
James Meares re-examined—Saw Spollen on the day ho
was arrested; saw his moleskin trousers and waistcoat
then. They were taken away by witness. Dr. Geoghegan
had them now.
At a quarter before eleven, Mr. Curran rose to speak for
the defence, and addressed the jury for four hours. The
case for the prosecution, he said, depended entirely upon
the evidence of the prisoner's children and he maintained
that they were unworthy of belief. He looked upon the
evidence of the boy--and the same applied to the evidence
of the little girl --as unworthy of belief, from the mere
fact that they had alleged an absence of conversation with
one another, end a total negation of a feeling of
curiosity, which was beyond belief, as it was
not natural. He (the learned counsel) impeached the
evidence for the prosecution as the result of the
basest of conspiracies between the wife of the prisoner and
those children—between the wife of his bosom and the
children, his offspring—and did not the very probability of
this unfit them for belief in a court of justice? [At the
allusion to his wife the prisoner evinced consi.lerable
emotion, lowered his heal on to his hands, and his, face
became suffused with a reddish glow, whilst large beads
of pe-spiration hung on his forehead. He, however,
speedily-recovered his composure.] Again, ho would ask,
had any connection been established between the prisoner
'arid the money that was found? Was there any human
or, save those of the two unfortunate children, that saw
him on the evening of the murder, going to 2r coming:
from the terminus ? Was he met by nut one--an 'of his-
fellow-workmen ? Not one. Had not every one about the
premises access to where the money was found ? Could
not any one who might have stolen a rag from the cottage
place the money where the police discovered it ? And if
this were so, what evidence was there against the prisoner ?
The finding of the lock had been looked upon by the At-
torney-General as of paramount importance in the case;
but it was not so. Manufactured in hundreds of thou-
sands, of the same pattern, a lock of this description was
incapable of being proved. The Attorney-General stated
that there Would be some reason given to them to believe
that it was Spollen's hammer which had been found. Had
he fulfilled that undertaking? He asked them what reason
there was to suspect that it was Spollen's hammer?
That it was ever seen in his possession ? It wa
a remarkable hammer, and had been greatly used.s
If Spollen had used it, it would have been known
to have been his. If they believed the boy, the
hammer did not belong to Spollen, for he could give no
evidence respecting it, -and yet he was perfectly in a posi-
tion to identify the two hammers found in the cottage.
Suppose for a -moment that Spollen had committed the
murder, and that the hammer which fitted the wounds was
the instrument of death, would he not have said to him-
self that he would not take his own razor with him ? He
would have taken a strange razor also. He was in the habit
of marking his hammers so as to recognise them. Another
matter on which the Crown relied, was the periodical stop-
page of the dam prior to, but not since, the prisoner's
arrest. But was it not clear that whoever hid the money
there would not go again when he found that the money
was discovered. Then, as to the finding of the second razor,
could it not be that the razor was thrown into the canal
to eke out a case ? Who gave the police information of
its whereabouts ? The adage said—" Those who bide can
find;" and did that hold good in the present case ? The evi-
dence was entirely circumstantial, and in that case they
ought to shrink from adding another instance to the many
already existing of the danger attending conviction upon
circumstantial evidence.
The evidence for the defence was not important.. The
engineer of the railway company, Mr. Corbery, was asked
several questions on the part of the defence. The chief clerk
of the police-office was also examined, relative to the in-
formation of Joseph and Lucy Spollen. Jas. Spollen (the
prisoner's eldest son) was not examined for the defence.
Mr. W. T. Kirwan, solicitor to the railway company,
gave the prisoner a character for quietness, sobriety, and
general good, conduct.
Mr. Sidney contended that he was entitled to reply on
the part of the prisoner, but the Court refused to accede,
at the same time giving him liberty to speak to the jury
on the subject of the new evidence, which he did in a few
words. -
Mr. Brewster then rose to reply on the part of the
Crown, and delivered a speech lasting from four till seven
o'clock, making out a strong case against the accused. Mr.
Brewster mainly upon the finding of the money under cir-
cumstances connecting it with Spollen.
The Lord Chief Justice summed up the evidence with
the greatest minuteness and impartiality, after which
The jury, at half-past four o'clock this afternoon, re.
,urned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner was, of course, immediately discharged.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Aug. 11.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.)
LTLE v. HERBERT.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages for the defendant for having seduced and de-
bauched his wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. E. James, Q.C., was for the plaintiff; and Serjeant
Parry ter the defendant.
From the opening of the learned counsel it appeared that
Lyle's wife, whose age was about 30, first became ac-
quainted with the defendant, a person of property, aged
50, at a-ball in Birmingham. In the year 1856, Lyle,
wishing to extend his business, that of an upholsterer, the
defendant entered into partnership with him, advanced
the money required, and afterwards took up his residence
at the plaintiff's house, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
Mrs. Lyle went to Birmingham in May, 1856, and on the
27th of that month it was stated she returned to London,
but did not go home until the following day, when the
plaintiff's suspicions became excited. He watched the
p•trties narrowly, and on the 18th of June he discovered
his wife and the defendant in bed together.
Mr. E. Foster said—l am a builder. I know the plain-
tiff. and he and his wife formerly lived in one of my houses,
an 1 they appeared to be on vary affectionate terms.
Cross examined— Never heard the wife of the plaintiff
complain of his being too intimate with a servant girl
named Elizabeth Thomas. He was in the house on the
18th of June when " the discovery" took place. The hue.
band saw the defendant and his wife in bed together, and
witness and he afterwards went and had something to
drink at a neighbouring public house. There were several
other persons with him. They might have had some supper
at the public house together. He and the plaintiff had a
cigar, and they also relight have had some " humble
porter." (A. laugh.) After the discovery had been made
all the parties went to have something to drink, and
then they returnel to the plaintiff's house, and F 0 ne of
them partook of pickled salmon. (A. laugh.) Could not
say whether the plaintiff had any of the pickled salmon.
(Renewed laughter.) One of the party was a lady, but
they took her home to her mother. He believed plaintiff had
been watching in the next house on the isieht the discovery
was made, but he was not aware that he had done so for
three or four nights before. Witness was aware that he
had hired a room in the next house in order to detect his
wife and the defendant, and he had advised him to do all
he could to find out such a disgraceful business. He had
heard that two holes were bored in the party wall, so that
the plaintiff might see what took place in his wife's bed-
room. (A. laugh.) He was also aware that., in addition to
the holes, there was a sort of indicator or instrument pro-
vided by
means of which persons in the room in the ad-
joining house could tell when the bed moved. (A. roar of
laughter.) The indicator consisted of a piece of string
attached to the bed which was passed through the hole of
the wall, and there was a weight at the end which moved
when any one was ou the bed. (Laughter.) The weight
moved when any person got into the bed, and very neces-
sary too. (A. roar of laughter.) Could not say whether
the plaintiff was in the adjoining house on the night when
the " discovery" was made to watch for the weight bobbing
up and down. (Renewed laughter.)
Maria Taylor deposed that she was in the service of the
plaintiff in 1856. On the 10th of June Mr. Lyle went into
the country, and Mrs. Lyle and Mr. Herbert were very
much together, and they were in the sitting-room together
all the evening. Mr. Herbert remained in the house until
the 18th of June. On the evening of that day she heard
a noise on the top of the house, and some one come down
from the roof, and said, " They wera in bed together."
A person named Taylor went up with her, and she saw
Mrs. Lyle and Mr. Herbert fall from the bad together, and
she was so frightened that she ran away. (A. laugh.)
Cross-examined.—She knew that Mr. Taylor and her
master wera going to watch on the 18th of June. She did
not tell her master anything of what occurred on the Good
Friday or the Easter Sunday. Taylor had a bull's-eye with
him, and when he got into the room he turned it right up-
on the bed. If it had not been for the bull's eye they
could not have se3n anything. (A. laugh.)
William Taylor was then called as a witness—He said
he remembered Mr. Lyle making some communications to
him upon the subject of the conduct of his wife on the
morning of her departure for Birmingham. Witness had
previously mentioned something to him upon the same
subject, and arrangements were made to detect the parties.
A room was first taken in Cumberland-street, at the back
of Charlotte-street, but this was not found to answer, and
another was afterwards taken next door by witness. He
then bored a hole in the party-wall, but this was of nc
use, and he fixed up an apparatus, with an index attache,
to it that would indicate when any person got into the de-
fendant's bed. He could tell by this apparatus whether
one, two, three, or four persons got into bed. (A laugh.)
He called the apparatus an " indicator." (Laughter )
On the night of the 18th of June he was watching, with
his ear to the hole, and the "indicator" acted. (A laugh.)
The lever fell according to the weight. (Laughter.) It first
informed him that one person got into bed, and then that
a second person had done so. (Renewed laughter.) He im-
mediately proceeded to the roof, and entered by the trap-
door, took the servant by the hand, opened the door of
the defendant's bedroom, tore down the curtains, and
turned his bull's-eye upon them. (A. roar of laughter.)
Mr. Herbert and Mrs. Lyle were in bed together. Mr-
Lyle was at this time making the best of his way to the
place, and Mrs. 'Lyle rushed upstairs to her own room.
On the following day witness saw A t
Air. Herbert in the
plaintiff's house, and he said he was prepared to pay for
guilt, and it was a pity that there was such a fuss made
about it.
Cross-examined.—The "indicator" wa
s an invention of
his own. He had not taken out a patent for it. The ap-
paratus consisted of a lever attached to a
l spring Mr., and when
aug h.) Lyle was
anyone was in bed it moved. 0-
watching the " indicator" while witness was looking through
the hole. (A. roar of laughter.) An hour and an half
elapsed before the instrument began to acßt, and during that
time they dank some gin and water, e suggested tnat