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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 52, 1 March 1878, Page 4

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Neve Weiner Taghlalt writes t— " The unveraeity of General Ignatieff on one occasion so enraged Sir Henry Elliot that ho declared in a note to his Government that he could not possibly come toan understanding with a man who constantly evaded the truth. Thisdeclartion became knowu to a member of the Russian Embassy and through him to General Igoatieff, who seeming to be furious, cried, 'I will kill him!' and went off directly to the English Embassy. The officials of the Rus* aian Embassy were in the greatest anxiety, and were about to iufortn Mime, Ignatiefl of the expected catastrophe when the English Consul General entered. The firat eecrelary asked him at once, 'Do you bring any news?' The Consui-General replied, « Nothing important. I ouly stepped in in pissing and came directly from my embassy, where I met General Iynalieff with Sir Unary Elliot.' ' Did you find him excited ? ' * Excited 1' exclaimed the Consul - General ; 'on the contrary, the general aeetned to be in exceptionally good humor ; ho produced some of his choicest jokes, and even the grave Sir Henry could not help lauyhiug loudly/ The Russians looked at one another confuse). After a while General Isjnatieff returned, rang for bis secretary, and said to him": 1 The aff.iir has been arranged (o my complete satisfaction. I threatened iho Englishman with a challenge ; he declared the whole thing to ba it roisundtrsfanJin-r, and be has made a formal apology,' '