PARTCULARS OF THE AMEER'S INSULT TO ENGLAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 291, 16 December 1878, Page 4

PARTCULARS OF THE AMEER'S INSULT TO ENGLAND.

(London Times) At half-past 9 on Saturday morning, tie 21st September, Major Cavagnari eet out Irom Jamrood on the decidedly pprilouß eirund of drawing firs. With him wer*> Colonel Jenkino, of the Gui-'ee, Cnptain Battye, and 24 sowars of ihe SHOie cotpa. After proceeding some four miles along the defile by an excellent road ihp lift e party came iu sight of Ali Mupjid, u small fort perched on a bill some 600 (eet above the bed of «he etnam which winds along the bottom of the pass In front of it un« ahcut five or i\x hundred yards off, |*r<tjpcts a flat ridge or spur, and on a similar rirfgn about the same distaoce irom the Grst Major Cavagnari took up his position, and sent a raesßage invit ing Faig Muhemad Khan to come out and meet him. Immediately fhe En liebmen were perceived from the fort the walls were manor d, and a uumber of the " Khasadars" crossed ihe intervening valley and lined the ridge in front. A considerable time passed in «his position without any act of overt hostility. One or two shots were heard, bin it is believed that they were only fcignals. At last Major Cavagcari's patience wns becoming exhausted, and h» was preparing an ultimatum, when, a couple of hours or thereabouts having tlapsed, Faiz Vuhamad Khan sent word (o a n y that he was coming out to meet the Enulißhmen at a Bpot hßlf-way between the two ridges, in a grove of treea by at waterraill on the bank of the atreum. A few minutes afterwards he W»e Been descending ihe hill, and Major Cavagnari, accompanied by Colonel Jenkins and a couple of bis moo, went down the bill to meet him at the indicated place, leaving Captain Batty e to cover their advance or retreat, as the c«ee might be, as well as possible from bis puaiiion on the ridge. With Faiz Muliamad Kl»an were the Naib of the Mif Akhor, who did not show hioisel/, a lot ot Kbyberi chiefs, and a couple ot hundred armed followers. Major Csyegnari and Faiz Muhamad Knan shook hands, end the conversation began by Mbjor Cavagnaii explaining the object of his coming, of which, however, be said, Faiz Muhamad Khan must be Well aware; he therefore trusted that he, Faiz Muhamad Khan, was prepared to aci in a friendly manner, and permit the Mission to pass snd arrange for its supplies, &c, unless be bad distinct otdere to the contrary. Faiz Muhamad K''HD, whose manner was perfectly civil, replied (hat be had every wish to be Iriendly, but that be had already hi-en reprimanded for letting Nawab Gholom Hussein pass, and, therefore, thought he had no explicit orders from ih.9 Ameer regarding the Mission, be could not let it pas?. He therefore su*?g*Bted its waiting a few day a (ill he couM get a reply from Cabol. This, M jor Cavapnari said, was out of the qurbiioo. The conversation continued in ibis serfiio for eoroe time, (Hi on M'jor Cavugnari insisting on the f«i u-Hy characer of ihe mission, Faiz Muh umad Khan said, with some »nnih, thai ii was not like friendship to buy over the Ameer's subjects io t'iflobfy his orders Bnd nllow strangers to enier the pass — alluding «o the K- yberis with the Englishmen, At tliis tbe surrounding crowd began to thuw signs of excitement, and Major Cavaguari, turning tbe subject by remarking that bo and tbe oom(rißrrfant were alike servants of tbtir Government), and tbat if tbt* Ameer were dissatisfied no doubt tbe English Government would give bim a proper answer, thought it time to end the interview. He then asked Fuia Muhamad Khan for the list time whether he was resolved to forbid the I'ftfsage of the Mission, warning bim ihttbe wea incurring a very grave responsibility, and that his word would bf taken es that of tbe Ameer. Foiz Mubtmsd Khan replied that be could only answer that bis orders would compel him Io use force if necessary to prevent tbe passage of tbe Mission. Tbe interview (hen endtd with many expressions of friendship ; the English offi ers rejoined their men, and returned to OBinp, parchfld with heat, after a morning rather, it must be confessed, ix itiog than pleasant. Their livee, at leani tboae of Major Cavagnari - and Colonel Jenkins, were in imminent peril the whole time, Tbe little band of

their men on Ihe ridgo above them could hardly have saved, though they might have avenged them. Major Cavago^ri sprake in the highest terms of the gentlemanly oon loot and bearing of Faia Muhamad Khiu, for which it is to bs feared he may, perhaps, suffer hereafter from hia savage and half insane master. The presence of Mir Akhor in ihe fort renders it impossible fir tho Ameer to deny his responsibility in the matter. A Britieh Mieeioo, of which auiplo notice had been given, was insolently turned bnck witl.in bight of its own border, nnd in the presence of tho tribes with whom preaiige is power. That thero was no bloodshed is solely due Io the determination of the Government to go to all lengths to securo a ealisfectory arrangement of the Afghan question without war, if possible, and to the admirable facfc and temper shown by Major C&vasnari. Sir Neville on me into the camp (he same evening (Saturday), and at daylight the next morning orJere.l it back to Peshawur. Before leaving he summonad the headmen of ihe friendly Khyber tribes and thanked them for tbeir assistance. One of them said, " What ere we Io do if the Ameer attacks ue?" Sir Neville replied, "I promise you this, not for myself only, but from the Government, which, as you know, always keeps its promisee, that as long as a soldier remains in the ranks, and a rupee in the Treaßury, you shall suffer no harm for the good Bervice you have done." Long before noon the last straggler of Ihe camp was in Peshawur, nnd this morning orders were received to dissolva the Mission. The mail day having been, fortunately changed from Friday to Monday has enabled rro to send you this brief sketch of the first act of the .drama. Preparations for war will, no doubt, be the next. Whether preparations alone will bring the Ameer to his senses remains to be seen. j — f — mu mi i 1 ' j-iiiiiiLaij.Bsg'naisxES's .

Who was the atraightest tuau mentioned in the Bible ? Joseph, because Pharaoh made a " ruler" out of him. A new cannon has been made at the Krupp works, in Germany, of enormous dimensions. , A ball of this caunon pierces the thickest '. armour plates of vessels at a distance of eight miles. , Some time ago the Ameer of Afghanistan said before his court, " I have seven crore3 of rupees by me, every rupee of which I will hurl at the British Government, and 1 will roll the border tribes against them like blasts of fire." Lewenboeck tells na of an insect seen with the microscope of which 27,000,000 would equal a mite. Insectß of various kinds may be Been in the cavities of a grain of sand. Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like fish; a single grain of 3and would cover 150 of these scales, and yet a single scale covers 5000 poreß. Through these narrow openings the sweat forces itself out like water threw a sieve. The mites make 500 steps a second. Each drop of stagnant water contains, a world of animated beiogs, swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leaf has a colovty of insects grazing on it, like oxen on a meadow. Scotland, it appears, is to supply the fashionable beauty of next yenr, who 19 to eclipse, not only Mrs Langtry, but even Mrs Cormrullis West and the : Countess of* Louadal©,. She is tall and statuesque, with a glorious abundance of the real golden hair of the poets— which, no doubt, all the other women will contemptuously pronounce to be red, but for all that it isn't. We wonder who will be the unhappy, being who wilt in this case occupy the humiliating position of "beauty's husband." An indifferent actor was playing in Othß|lo.at the Dundee Theatre. When he came to the passage, -'0 that men should put an enerny i(i their mouths to steal away their brains !" a' stentorian voice roared from the gallery, " AH right, old man, drink away; you're safe !" Hlnte to our Fre Brigades.— Mr W. 11. Preece, one of the officers appointed by the General Postal Telegraph Department to examine^ and report generally upon the Telegraph system in America, in a recent paper read by him before the Society of Telegraph Engineers, referriug to the working of Fire Brigades said, that the main station of the brigades was in electrical connection with all other stations' throughout the city (New York), and that when any alarm of fire was given at night time the members were aroused by having the bedclothes drawn off them, and at the same time the horses were disengaged in the stall and brought around to their position at the engine, all by the one electric, current. The engine would be out in less than 'thirty seconds from the first alarm. We don't doubt Mr Preece's word for one moment, but must express the wish that wo would like to see it done. In the meanwhile we refer the matter to Captain Lightfoot.

Mr Schmidt, an engineer of Zurich, Switzerland, was, at last accounts, at Basle, on hia way to Paris in a steam-waggon of his own design. He travelled by the common roads. The apparatus can be used, if desired, for extinguishing fires. At the wedding supper of Willis Pealo and I Alice Bnrdgea at Azalia, Indiana, recently, , soruobody — it is surmised a rejected suitor ~ ; put strychime in the food, and poisoned ten of the guests. Prince Henry of the Netherlands is described as one of the richest princes in the world. A silver mine in America brings him a princely income, and ho has many Dutch, Russian, and other bonds, with -99 propertiesin Holland— the maximum number, for the King alone can own 100— nnd some in other countries ! The Legislature of California authorises a tax of not excpeding three cents per hundred dollars valuation of all taxable property, to ! be levied as a bounty fund for the destruction of squirrels and gophers (moles). In the heyday and sunshine of life we treat with contempt the warnings of sober- ; minded nnd well-meaning people ; but when ; in after years we find we can no longer trifle with our lives aiidconstitutions.it be- : comes us to find out for a certainty what are j the best, the surest, nnd the safest medicines to take in all cases of sickness or theatening disease. The cures already effected, and the testimonials received by the proprietor, warrant the assertion that there no known medicine equal to " Got,t,ah's GreAt Indian Cimns." Hold by all chemists.