From India it is reported that the Ameer of Afghanistan has refused to listen to the envoys from the Afridi tribes, and that they are about to submit to the English rule.
They will be forced to give up the rifles and plunder they have taken, and hostages will be demanded of them as a guarantee of further good behavior.
The allowance made by the English Government to the Afridis will be stopped. The Khyber Pass, which was held by them, will be reopened, and matters will proceed much the same as if no rising had occurred.
A state durbar will shortly be held, at which the chiefs of the Afridis will do homage, and submit to the English rule.
A durbar is, as you no doubt remember, a levee or reception.
It is rumored that the results of this campaign are very unsatisfactory to the English people. The hill-fighting, however, turned out to be so much more severe than the English expected, and the tribesmen proved such formidable foes, that they were glad to make peace on whatever terms they could.
To punish the natives as they had intended would have taken such a large sum of money, and employed such a number of troops, that the Government finally decided that the wisest thing was to put a speedy end to the difficulty.
The Soudan campaign has also been brought to a close.