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ENGLAND AND RUSSIAN A FRONTIER AGREED TO. in the House of Lords on Monday evening, Earl Granville, replying to the Marquis of Salisbury, stated that no difficulty being now anticipated in settling the point of honour involved in the Pul.i. Khiati affair, the Government had thought it right that Lord Kimberley and himself should meet M. de Staal and II. Lessar and go over the question of the delimitation of the Afghan frontier. They had arrived at an agreement whioh was perfectly satis- factory alike to the Government, to Lord Dufferin, and to the Council of India, and that agreement had been transmitted to the Russian Government by the Russian representatives. In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone made a similar statement, and added that the Ameer had been sufficiently consulted to give awuranoe that he will act in harmony with us. THE FIGHT NEAR PENJDEH. General Komaroff s detailed report of the operations •f the Murgab Division from the time he assumed eommand until the battle with the Afghans has Sist been officially published in St. Petersburg, eneral Komaroff states that on the 17th March he sent a oategorieal demand to the Afghan Commander to withdraw within 24 hours all his troops on the left of the Kushk and the right of the Murgab. Captain Yate informed the General that that would be equivalent to the abandonment of positions to which the Afghans had a right, according to the agreement between the Cabinets. As the Afghans did not retire General Komaroff states that at 4 o'clock on the following morning he marched to the attack. The Russian force engaged consisted of one battalion of the jline, four guns, three sotnias of CoeBaoks, one sotnia of Turco- man Militia, and four companies of RiBes. The Russians captured two Afghan flags, which were taken to St. Petersburg by Colonel Zakrejvski. Only 14 Afghans, including seven wounded, were made prisoners. The Russians did not pursue the Afghans in their flight. General Komaroff estimates the Afghan loss at over 500 killed including foulofficers. Saib Salar, the Afghan commander, is staled te have been wounded. Immediately after the battle the Sariks .of Penjdeh offered their complete submission. & RUSSIA EXULTANT. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says The exultant tone of the Muscovite Press over the victory of Russian firmness continues. Prince Aiestchersky, who suggests that Russia should now also claim an indemnity from England for her ex- penditure in war preparations, observes that the glorious success of the Czar's steadfast policy is felt m the very atmosphere, and gladdens the heart of every true Russian. DEFENCE OF HERAT. The Simla correspondent of the Daily Afews says that the first thing the Ameer did when he returned t" Cabul was to issue orders to his officials at Herat that British officers should be allowed to in- spect the fortifications there. It is expected that Engineer officers with the commission will go to Herat shortly. The Ameer received detailed plans fur tiit defences of Herat some weeks ago from the Lm'iian Government. liie Daily Chronicle correspondent at Allahabad • t.v-: There appears, from information that has .« ■ hre, to have been a considerable change in tti 1:(1 of the Ameer, who ha3 now consented to iiiitish force to enter and occupy Herat, and to rtify the town. His Highness is evidently de- mdeed, of placing Herat in a perfect condition « and v.ith that view is sending into the V>. munitions of war and troops, severllol regi- njfiiis being specially equipped for that service. r, uciiins? the alleged intention of the Ameer to tJ, H frcntier places of Afghanistan, says the V • -■ iiv-i-pondent of the Times, it is reported at the Russian Government has made a rnj o the British Cabinet that no Englishmen sL mploved on these military engineering works. As rlifications are not likely to be undeitaken by engineers, it is being asked who will c, i these worko if Englishmen do not; and, tiirui. whether there is not the germ of some futui- in this pretension of Russia to exclude not ■ ■ ghsh officers but private British subjects fro; .yinent in the Ameer's service. A t como3 from Simla that the Ameer has boun .inself to insi-it on the boundary beinq draw t'.ree points, the names of which the Go- ver .MTUI IVfuses to disclose, but of which Penjdeh is nut one. It is also stated that the Ameer has ex- pressed a he-ire that the Frontier Commission phall not uniy examine the frontier between the Heri Rood and t: ,c } u "ab, but also extend ite labours to the OXUS dht ) Ir. Cunchu Stephen arrived in London on Tuesday evening, having travelled continuously since April 23, worm ho laft 1r Peter Lunisden to briBg h"ioe deep-itches.

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