ENGLAND.
(Received August) 11,6 p.m.) LONDON, August 9. The Australian racehorse Paris bag been nominated for the Cambridgeshire. (Received August 11, 8.20 p.m.) August) 10. It has bees officially announced that ■trlngent orders have been issued by the Chinese Government to prevent farther outrages, and 1500 soldiers despatched to proteot the missionaries In Kncheng and paoleh the murderers, Reports from Washington state that Bear-Admiral C. C. Carpenter, of the American warship Baltimore, flagship on the Asiatic station, has ordered the gunboat Petrel, with 1000 marines picked torn the United States warabips stationed n Chinese waters, and Gatling gnns, to proceed to Ping Tang to protect the missionaries and European residents in Shanghai.' A message received from the British people declarea Lord Salisbury's demands to be utterly inadequate, and the delay dangerous. The Lady Cowley slander case has been settled privately. Lord Salisbury has received reports that owing to Turkish raids in Malori and Moosh la Armenia, the sowing of crops has been prevented and 5000 people are on the verge of starvation. A number of villages have been destroyed and 800 people ate *ald to be living in eaves, many of whom are naked and whose only food is leaves and green plants. Lady Frances Canniog has been com* mitted for trial on a charge of forging her - father's name to bills of exchange. She has admitted the offence. The owners of the Maori King have settled the; claim for damages to frozen most, resulting from an accident) to her refrigerating machinery In Sydney in December, by paying 50 per cent of the ■mount. * Mr Mitchell deolares thatGo'.dsboroughi Mort and Co.'s scheme secures'for* all time the company's financial stability, and says the Victorian Ministry has promised to do all in their power to facilitate the passing of an Act to enable the change to be made. (Received August 12,12.30 a.m.) August 11. The directors of the Manchester Cana Company are conferring with the Agent* General of Victoria relative to a direct line of- steamers from Australia to Manchester. In commercial circles it is believed that the negotiations will bear fruit. The Mission Societies have combined and will wait as a deputation on the Premier, demanding prompt action to be taken to prevent a repetition of the massacres in China. Sir Leonard Lyell (Liberal) has bees re-elected for Orkney by a majority of 781.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10071, 12 August 1895, Page 3
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393ENGLAND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10071, 12 August 1895, Page 3
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