Miscellaneous.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 474, 20 May 1857, Page 8

Miscellaneous.

\ The ibliSwing is a'iiM' 6P theT^clat^atio.n ) of War withPersfaMbllshed^tGalcutia^irth^ I lst^oy:^ y;-[! /■■■_;';' '''[_ ;J^ U"' /'■'•■ y I . ;/FOBT..wi^tlAMil,r.OEpaiG^ pEPABT.aiENT,'-;'" ! ;, ; '.,;;. ' ?j;f\ >t ''MY\;& ; ss: :.;^i)^::: ;;;•;; ■/;., The, ; Eig,ht .JJon't- thes.jGoyernor-^ener^ij.'.p/1 Ipdia in Qouncij paying, under direc^ms t stsßp] Her. Majesty's Governments, dix'ecte,d r^eassemr I blage of alarge Britishifqree.a^ for ser,- ; ■vice ■?!»;,the Persian Gulf, deems ,it iproper.^tb ' »make ;i known the reasons have .rendered %is.measute,necessary. . /r ;,, „„(;<'-/',..., ■ ,:^jjr.p r . the /month of January, 1853,^9rtam ; ticks of ragreement werei concluded^ betv^een i .OLieutenant-.Golpnel, Sheil> Jtler: Majesty)s Env.py ; Extraordinarj': and Minister Plenipotentiary #t I •^he..Court of ,the; Shah of Persia,; and,his/^gh-j ness the ,Su.dr Azim.pr, Prime iilmi^teivQ^, the } ,iP:ersian:GpyerniUfint.;.'; i- ' ;.;■.. ■^■■< : , u .-> -n\l •",;> i ;.By those articles the Persian.Gpvernment.^p'- i gaged not, ;to .send troops to .Herat on yany I account^ unless foreign troopsrrrthats is, j from the direction of Cabul, or Can^ajiair^r' other foreign cpuntry-r-should inyade n Her,at. ,• In the event of.troops being sent, the,. Persian i Goyernmen£ engaged that the, said.tropps shpujd I not, enter, the city of .Herat, and that,, on,t}ie ire- ■ t.urn of'the foreign troops tovyards th;eip own j territory, the Persian troops should be.iimmedia- ■ tply, withdrawn, from tlie . neighbpurhppd .of1 Herat to Pesian spil. . . ..-..,...'., ...' i 'The Persian GpWernment also [engaged tp abstain from allinterference whatsoever in,, the !| internal affairs, of Herat, Wihether "in taking;' possession, o.r occupying, or assuming the soyer-; eignty, or governing, except so.faras ijater- i •ference existed bet^yee^ the, two parties dur^g [ the life time of the late Yar Mahomed.','. • ,-..',,..r ' And, lastly j, the P^i-sian (jrovernment engaged to relinquishl all; preten,sipn,;i;o'and demand*.for' the coinage,; or the apadingofithe .KhiOpjbbeh, pr any other acknpwledgmentiof allegiance, or subjection on the part of the people of Herat ito the Government of ■.. Persia. „. .', „, ..,. •',,'. '■■ Jt.was,,at ; the same %yn% stipulated ;tlfat, long as ther'e1 should be; na interferenqe,,pf ;any / sort of the British G,p-' vernment in the affairs of Herat, : the, engage-! .ments contracted by; the, Persian Gfoyer'nment, as; Aforesaid, should remain in fuU forpe . and, efjeej;. ■On the^otihtr. hand, it was agreed, ;in the, name tof;the British Governmentx that; "if any'for-1 ,eign,power, such as the, AfTghans-or otherSj" should wjsh tp.interfere with,, ov t^lfe.possession of Herat, the British Go\;ertnni;enj;, pn the requisition of'thc Persian' Masters,, ;wonld .not. object, to, Restrain such for^grjr power by firjend^ ,ad vice, t'so. that, ilerat mpight rpmaiuin it? o>vn ; state, of indepeindeiXce.''. •- :.\ „,-; ;■■- '■.-■,■'] ■ , " -While the British Government hasfaitli^y; : and cpn.stantly adhered tp the obligations, which' .it -aficepted : ■nndev; .the; agreement; ■ 1851), the Government of-.P^r.^i^. h^s rnaijifested, ft .deliberate* and;,,pprsfey.eriug difjregajd,,oi'

: re.cifltpfia,! I ,tj»w, i it.l)^i;ciri^ t . T bh'j}'"iil A ,and, i^.-np\p Jen^e^p'ur* i 1 inq,l to silKvart oy force the independence of ! ijiernt), , ; )v,l}^cKj^vm, tJifi fd.ecla.red pbjecj;.'jif,the ; u^reeinerit lu.q.uetitiort „,_, ! !;} .*,,', ;.•,"■, ) " "'So far huciv'as ? (ioveranityir, ..by.^u'ai-^cld in[ fch« T^e^aii Olfii : cial i( uij.n9viiicett,ij^' |4 .irife^^ j p^h^jSy £fs£ky, jto, ,^eiWt,; ; ,^]qging;;sjhaifc, the ji f&in.e^JJ^ft'; Ifaii^nTjed j ,^an, $he,',rul^v! of | i^han'i^n.^a^.b^en;jnsti^t^^|y ;^i^ 'neigfc | -fy'pur/s;';'|o j .p^aaess Vhiin^j£..ot. .Jva^d^har- j''that, • |}iiy^ng'.;. witfi' tj}£ii? aVsj^iVinpej.^llcpele^e^' 'in iljat j! .eiafenirisj^ V^e, {^e^tatecl an^ad^nc^up^ii H4rgt^ ;■ ap,d t}u^ }ii\'arnje4 ri dtmio^?tmtip'n o.ih.j;n^ ? tityi of i'Xjfcrat, '■ yequijrep ipr||Wve' p^eryaiion : ; of trah'qmn^inlOior^on,,.., , • V; " ■ ," .cv i (.Th,^ ru^er.ot^^Ttgljiani^ten \ jv)i?,, iusu^ci|^4 by"' 1 i]'s '*. neigl) ppuFs f ' \, to' odcu'py CJivntiVi^aiv qy ,'^K.i^',, j(\e' w^'- .by tb.em jn ' pos.segsMig' Mr^-se^f ; pf, tha.t city, or- ih^t he ifi? cei^'^p.'.',' Mvf cc' or /( fWjj uv'a^gment_ ' %.eni' jtp aclVahce .upon,,^eijut', ;>y.as,, :ifV,b,y ; those ytfeigfjp bo,^rs'^" the _ l|n|i|i. . ■^'"",'i^di.^ateH/ SvKoJly,' 'untru|r; ffio '"suo^ (in^tiga'tipn. tanc^, t 'i encoiiragein enfc, 'cjirjpct'.Vqr; ipdirect'^''h'td Veen1 glven" by tne British . jGovei'riinent.';,'. pofV'aa fay .as the; J^i'ijbiii^ , <3:pyre ) rnmen ; t in|brmedj-liS tKeVe b ( een/;\|yhen '.the' jyas>'.piade, I"ai^y fict on', tjlle part „of the 'Ameej* t)Qst MahiMnM '3^.Hftn,' vipeing; W r a^sigh^.to' a'd^an.£e. upon .^terat. 'i^ever.tiieies^V/ i,ne.,' Persian 'Qov^rnnjeWt' !\\a^ exec.uled jife^iutenii^ tijoop^'invajlld ji||e,^erntpry,:of 'ti^ra^, althojug|JL j>he, co.h Smg'ency, alpne ( co f uld j ustify su^h ."an-.'acji hasfhot'cbrne to" pass; bo ( tney have*laid, s^ige 'toyine.H^y, and' have interfered in ; its internal a.^aii'^, -, iftJAifi , the Goyernirient'. of JTehlertin has nQtxjnjjy assumed ithe "rignt to nominate the ruler, pi, tlerat; but, m addressing the present chief pf.|;h'e cijy,, has declared. Herat 'tp'.be'iPet-. 'Wart-^Oll.;.',','•',,;'!',';'-"'.'f,'.,', „' jV.'r'."^" , '''.!."' 'c T-he. siege'ojf Herat has -now be'etf carried ou pY. t he, Jrer3ian. ri army tor many, nionths. Jieiom Its iC'o.mmencemenli .^pd during itsj progress^ i)ie "unfriendly; sentim.ents bi' vi "Persia toward^ tiie British GrPvernment have been scarcely veiled: -!, *.it\><\y,i\;w ■■.'£■, . ■;"<• 7,' M! I'll' ;•> ti-,-;^; .-. ':,*./ and, recently, the; movements $, t.rpops m diiffren.t parts pf. ; Persia' have ijpidipated a dsfejqihii^atioi^fto persist in an ag^res§idn,which(is as ; unprovp,ked;,as it is> contrary' 'to' gppd faith. „ ' r j" The wndu'i|; of, 'the jfersian'iGpyerlnmentTh'as, . I beeri;._prdnQun'ced: by her Maje^y's'tiov'ernm'erit to y con3Yit,ute an act pi ; open npspility ,agamst ,Gi;eat 3ritajin!''."./^^Reparatlon^ has'been.',jsought : l?ut .without;, l.uccess. j The withdrawal of th.c 'Persian ''t^6op9f; r ¥r6m tHe neighbourJlopd Jof !H^rat to Persian _ soil, has been demanded^ as j^ preliminary to'the aajustment'of diiferences'^o c whic'h.': tracts,■of;.^ersia*"alp'ne/havb ijgiyeri ns^; Tbiit the.; de.mandhap! Veen ,eya^ed ? and according, to the 'most; recept 'accounts, a Pei*s,ian army still ■|inye;sts.Hei;ai. '".'.'], ' ,[./-^. j'.'. : ... . .' [/' V Friendly, remonstrance naying failed, and a reaspx»able requisition, having been rejected or put' aside,4ti becomes inpuiobent on the British (Joveijnnienf't'o take, measures by which the 'iPersian,(jpYernme^'.shall 7 "ibyconv that s'pilemii^engagementsi, contracted' with Great BriI tain may not be yiokted with impunity, ah^ by I 'which' effectual ';guarantee^ against continuous breach pf faith shall .be secui'edl ' s ' To this end a-force has hepnjdirected to assemble ati'i^ombay, an,d will embark as soon'astlie necessajy' ; r arrangejnenW: shall have/been completed.. , The -further operations' of , the force, after it shall.have.reached^ the, Persian Gulf ? will bey^uided , -by such instructions!, as the' pv'dgress of events and the policy of the British'GfoVe^'i?ment'niaydemand." ■ " .' ••■"'•■■ ;"u r ' J V J^y; oi-der, of the /Right: Hon. the GoverhprGeneral of India in Council. : !• / -.'. .;/■-«•■■(! 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