Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-09

The suhjoined very clear and interest
ing account of the difficulties which have
arisen between England and Abys snia,
which have finally led to war, are condcu-
sed from the London Duly Ne'cs.
In the year 1856 Theoqorus, an adven-
turer, apparently Of considerable ability,
boundiess ambition, ..uuscrupulousness,
and uncontrolled passion, was enabled
in the anarchy which prevailed, to set
aside the impe ial line altogether, and to
establish himself firmly on the throne as
Negus or Emperor. He was about tLir-
ty-tive, and his popularity was great, es-
pecially with the army. lie was most
successful for time in overpowering all
opposition from his rivals, and was pref
ty generally recognized as the sovereign
of the country. Mr.. Plowden was at
that time British consul ut Massowah.
He became involved i'll the rebcllious
which threatened the throne of Theo-
dorus, and i'll 1860 WAS unfortunately
killed by party Of rebels. The Empe-
ror took cruel vengeance for this act by
slaughteripg half the tribe that had per-
p trated it, but he pro,essed to do SO
wholly out Of motives of personal friend
ship. lie regarded the British consulate
at Massowah with suspicion and dislike,
and when, i'll July, 1862, the English for
eigh office sent out successor to Mr..
Plowden, Captain Cameron, who had
discharged some EsiEor diplomatic office
in Turkey, and had served under Sir w.
+. Williams at the scige of Kars, the
Emperor, Notwithstanding the presents
which the new consul conveyed to the
Abyssinian capital, ordered his visitor
back to Massowah. Negotiations, how
ever, were soon recommended by Captain
Cameron, who seems to have been OF a
sufficiently meddlesome disposition, and
WHO was constantly interfering to
settle disputes of various kinds between
Theadorus and his rivals of foreign enc
mics. Mr. Cameron finally made propo-
sails for a renewal of treaty formerly
entered into with the predecc; sors of
Theadorus, and which were entertained
with unexpected good humor by the En-
peror, who being at this time hard press
ed by the attacks Of the Egyptians on
his Northern frontier, was anxious to
send an embassy to England, in the hope
no doubt, of obtaining English help
against his enemies lie wrote an auto
graph letter TO the Queen, proposing to
send ENJOYS to London, and entrusted
this important document, the immediate
cause Of all the subsequent difficulties, to
the consul. 1t had been dispatched by
him, as has been alleged, by an unsafe
and unaccustomed route, and was de-
layed i'll its passage, in consequence, by
some of the rebel bands which infested
the portion ct ARyssinia through which
it was to be carried. 1t did not reach
England for more than six months, that
is, till February, 1863 When it did
come, it was unft rtunately thought OF
slight Importance by the officials at the
foreign office; it was thrust lrto Q drawer
and left without answer or consideration
until the news Of the anger and cruelties
of Thoodorus compelled the government
to turn its attention to the matter in
June 1864. The delay in reply to this
letter was the first cause of offence which
Theodogus insisted on. He began to
pick quarrels henceforth, it would seem,
with Capt. Cameron, whose interference
in negotiations with the Egyptian inva-
ders he had at first solicited. The con-
sui, in undertaking this Interference, had
eTi%ently plunged into unnecessary dan
gers The Egyptian government remon-
strated against his action in tbe dispute
az all, and he found hiR,eelf compelled
to assume an inaction which Theoderus,
no doubt, wrongly interpreted to mean