BRITISH WARSHIPS SENT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 84, 6 October 1910, Page 7

BRITISH WARSHIPS SENT.

PROMPT ACTION BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE. COMMUNICATION STILL INTERRUPTED. LONDON, sth October. The moment the Foreign Office heard that the wires around Lisbon had been cut, the cruiser Newcastle, at Gibraltar, was ordered to proceed at full speed to Lisbon. H.M.S. Minerva will likewise go to the Tagus to watch British interests. The wires are srtill interrupted. The Newcastle and Minerva are secondclass cruisers, of 4300 and 5600 tons respectively. The Newcastle carries two 6-inch and ten 4-inch guns, besides smaller weapons, while the Minerva is armed with eleven 6-inch guns, and nine 12pounders. PORTUGUESE STOCKS. FALL ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. (Received October 6, 9.15 a.m,) LONDON, sth October. Portuguese bonds on the Stock Exchange aT© quoted nominally at 65 — a fall of 3. Mines, especially those of Mozambique and Beira, are weaker. REPORTS FROM LISBON. PALACE SAID TO BE HOLDING OUT. KINC TAKING REFUGE. (Received October 6, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, sth October. Reuter's Paris correspondent, telegraphing at noon, states that he had learnt from a s\ire source that Lisbon was bombarded,, and that King Manuel was holding out at the palace at nightfall againat the rebels. The News Agency stateE that the Brazilian Legation had been informed that King Manuel had taken refuge on board the Brazilian battleship Sao