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[reuter's special to press agency.] PROSPEOT3 PEACEFUL FOR ENGLAND. Singapore, 26th August. Mr. Disraeli has been created a peer under the title of Earl Beaconsfield. In the House of Commons the Liberals censured Lord Eliot's apathy concerning his despatch on the atrocities in Bulgaria. Bourke defended Eliot. The Liberals of England have declared the Government responsible fbr the conduct of the Turks. ,Mr. Disraeli denied that England was specially engaged to protect the Sultan. The Sultan of Turkey is much better. Earl Beaconsfield has been appointed Lord Privy Seal. The Foreign Office has issued a slave circular ordering the reception of all fugitives, to be guided by the rules of common humanity, but avoiding breaches of international treaties. The Government has offered £250 reward for the discovery of Bravo's murderer, and a free pardon to any accomplice turning Queen's evidence. Lord Northbrooke, speaking of England's policy towards the Porte, said that to suppose it would affect the policy of the East in India was purely imaginary. He approved of the decision of the Government not to attempt a remedy. On the 15th August Parliament was prorogued by conmission. The Queen's speech said that foreign relations were friendly, and the entente cordiale continues. Should a favorable occasion offer, England will be ready to act in concert with her allies, and offer negotiation, and while respecting present treaties and interests, her policy will be one of humanity, and hopes for a speedy conclusion of the extradition treaty, and the difficulty with America. London, 22nd August. The match between Tricket and Lumsden has fallen through, Lumsden withdrawing and forfeiting tho stakes. «
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Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1876, Page 2
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272CABLE MESSAGES. ENGLISH NEWS. Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1876, Page 2
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