Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

ST. PETERsBURGH, MARCH 3. The &C
counts from Persia, which have been Ions
expected, and which arrived at length or
the 9th and 29th Feb. have unhappil,
not realized for the present the hopes O
peace, which the negotiations opened with
Abbas Mira, his formal promises, anc
the written declarations of the Shah him
self, authorized us to conceive. Alread,
all the articles of the Treaty, which wa;
to put an end to the war between the two
States, had been solemnly approved and
signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the
Emperor, by Abbas Mira, and other
Pleni potentiaries of the Persian Sovereign
already all discussion was at an end on
the important point of the pecuniary in.
demnity claimed by Russia. The amount
of this just compensation, for so many
losses and expenses, was finally fixed. As
soon as it should have been delivered to
the Plenipotentaries Of his Imperial Males.
ty, the Russian troops, according to the
stipulations mutually agreed upon, were
to evacuate the province Of Adherbinian
and retire to the left bank of the Araxes,
The money, intended to pay the indemni.
ty to Russia, was on the road to Tebris,
when Gen. Paskewitsch learned, all al
once, that the intentions of the Shah had
changed-that a special Plenipotentiary
Miraz About Hassan Khan, was on the
point of proceeding to the place of confer.
ence, to declare that, unless the Russian
army withdrew in the first place to the
left bank of Araxes, and evacuated the
province of Adherbidjan without the least
delay, Feli-Ali Shau, would not pay any
indemnity, and would not ratify the peace,
the conditions of which he had accepted.
This was at once showing the extent Of
his bad faith, and requiring the abandon
ment of the only guarantees for the execu-
ton of his engagement. The declaration
which Mira About Hassan Khan was to
make admitted but of one answer. AS
soon as on his arrival at the camp of Gen.
Paskewitsch, he had performed the orders
of his master, and communicated the new
decision of the Shah, the Communicating
Chief announced to him, that the confer
ences were broken off, and that military
operations would be recommended. They
have been renewed in part, and will be
carried on with the greatest vigour.
Abbas Mira seemed thunderstruck at
the resolutions ofhis father. This change
of system, which he deplores. seems to
have been produced in Persia by internal
and external causes, which have acted
with equal force, by the ambition of one
of his brothers, who aspires to the throne,
and by the promises of support and diver
sion given by another Asiatic power.
However, we may be allowed to hope,
that the Shah will still be made sensible Of
his real interest. Mira About Hassan
Khan considered, with as much alarm as
the Hereditary Prince, the necessary con-
sequences of the renewal of hostilities.
He had set out again with all speed fol-
Teheran, in order to induce his Sovereign
no longer to delay the conclusion of the
peace, and the payment of the indemnity
agreed upon. Lastly, accounts from TIE.
heran itself dated the Goth January, an.
nounce, that sums equal to the whole
amount of the indemnity, had been sent
by the Shah's orders to Kezbin, and that
the fear of the progress Of our troops
would soon triumph over the obstacles
which had interviewed to prevent the sign.
ing of treaty, the conditions of which
were dictated by moderation and jus.
tice.