Nature of Interview.

The following is an extract from an other private letter: “I am told that the meeting between the Prime Minister and Mr. Nelson never for a moment looked like recon

ciliation. Nelson opened in a moderate, friendly way; but Forbes was hostile, bitter, spiteful and uncompromising, and the interview soon became heated, with nothing achieved.

“Nelson now says he will return in February, guarantees or not, “Meanwhile, I hear the people of Sa vaii are moving across to Apia to meet ‘Taisi’ (Nelson), as expected, in Decem ber; and if he does not arrive, they will want to know why. They are a wild crowd —I hope nothing deadly happens.”