ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7144, 23 April 1885, Page 2

ENGLAND.

\ London, April 20. . ' Dr Herbert Vaughan, Eoman Oathol^f ' Bishop of Salford, is a passenger by tha I Orient steamer Austral for Sydney. t It ia rumored that Germany is preparing s a fresh surprise in connection with its f colonial annexation policy. C A number of torpedoes have been proE cured in Germany. The Admiralty have engaged the Orient 3 Company's steamer Lusitania as a cruiser. r [by eieoteio telegraph— -copyright.]

[beuteb's telegrams.] (Received April 22, 10.30 p.m.) London, April 22. Statements were made last night in the Houses of Lords and Commons by Lord Granvillo and Mr Gladstone, respectively, to the effect that the Government were in receipt of a reply from General Sir Peter Lumsden to the communication which had been addressed to him asking for a full account of the recent hostilities near Penj-deh, but that his account differed very seriously from that supplied to tha Russian Government by General Komaroff. In the House of Commons last night Mr Gladstone asked for a vote of credit for £11,000,000, of which £4,500,000 was intended for the operations in the Soudan. In proposing the vote the Premier announced that the general situation of foreign affairs rendered it incumbent on Great Britain to prepare all her forces. The Government were not prepared to abandon the operations at present being conducted in Egypt, but reserved full liberty of action for th^r future. The Indian troops now in Egypt, - Mr Gladstone added, would prove sufficient to hold Souakiin, the British, forces being reserved for any emergency that might arise. (Eeceived April 23, 1.30 a.m.) The mails by the P. and O. steamship Shannon, from Melbourne, Maroh 12, were delivered to-day via Brindisi. The Redistribution of Seats Bill has been passed through committee in the House of Commons. From further particulars which transpired regarding 1 Sir Peter Lumsden'a reply to the British Government it appears that he places considerable emphasis on the patient bearing of the Afghan troops, and says that the conflict was entirely due to the aggressive action of the Russian coro^ ruander.