The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-12

T0-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
A Great Catholic Demonstration.
English Royal Marriage.
A Protest Against Endowment.
The Birmingham Explosion.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Graphing for the Gable.
Attempted Bank Robbery
Etc, ETC.. ETC.. Etc. Rtc.
FROM EUROPE.
M War News,


LONDON, Dec. 10.-The war news is meagre
and unimportant.
The Explosion at Birmingham
was more serious than at first reported. An
other death occurred, and at least thirty of the
wounded cannot recover.
Obituary.
Thomas Brassey, the great railway contractor,
died last night. He was sixty-fve years old.
Queen Victoria
is visiting Lady Clarendon, at Watford.
The steamship Cuba,
from New York, arrived at Queenstown at mid
night.
The Spanish Deputati0n.
TURIN, Dec. 9.-The Spanish deputation was
received to-day by the Duchess of Aosta and
the Prince of Carignan.
The Catholics of En- siand-A Great Meeting in
LONDON, Dec. 1L-An immense Catholic meeting
has been held tonight In st. James Hall.
The platform was crowded with the Catholic
nobility and gentry Of Great Britain.
Tho Archbishop Of e,sn We,sminster Speaks for
Archbishop Manning said 1.-THE English Catholics,
Yet ECHO the voice Of millions Of CatSecs n Ireland
and America Their voice coming from America,
one OF the freest countries OF the world. must be
''The voice of the Catholics in England, Holland,
and Belgium on behalf OF the Pope is loud on being
told that he Is morally prisoner In the hands OF
sanguinary mob" Sir George Bowyer said that
statesmen must be taught that Ireland is not to be
mingled applause and shouts OF disapprobation.m
The Liberal League Protests Against Endow-
Ing the n1archioness Of Lorne from the Trea-
sury.
LONDON, Dec. 11.-A large meeting OF the Liberal
| League held tonight, has protested against giving
a dowry from the national treasury to the Princess
Louise. Bitter speeches were made contrasting
| the enormous pauperism OF the country-131,OO0
p"' land the fact that peop die % in EnSapd Ie
| every hour OF starvation, with the fact thai
| the Queen draws four hundred thousand pounds
nQtd
to other members OF the royal family, while vet her
Majesty does nothing which can be said to be In the
least return for this huge outlay 1t was said that
the Queen might initiate the example set her by the
poorest workman and provided for her own children
duty of all men who marry to maintain their own
families without asking parish national relief
entire people to decide. by the ballot whether they
will not supersede the present cumbersome and in
human system OF government by repu ublic
Among the speakers were Messrs. Howell, Mann,
| and Eccarius.
APeace Movement on American Questions.
An influential committee has been formed in Lon.
| don, OF which Mr.. Thomas Hughes has been named
as chairman and which includes many members OF
Parliament, for the purpose OF obtaining all possi-
BILE security for the maintenance OF peace with
| America.
has considered it to be nexpedient to take public
action until the Eastern question should be settled
An impression prevails that the extreme Canadian
views of the fishery question cannot be sustained.
The proposal to buy the Alabama claims is re-
garded in London as a big JOB, concocted probably
| by clique which has already purchased the claims
al a small figure, and intends to make them at least
hundred per cent greater. There are those here
who are confident the American Government would
like to have the claims enhanced in order 70 make
the grievance seem greater.
LONDON, Dec. 12-11'30 A. M.-Consols for money,
80; for account, 92H. American securities quiet.
| u. S. 6-20s OF 1862, SS%; OF 1865, So; OF 1867,
sO1s. Ten-forties, s7A. Stocks quiet. Erie Rail
road, 20; Illinois Central, Ill; Great Western, 2IH
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 12-ll 80 A M-Cotton dull mid
ding uplands, sK@s5sd.; middlng Orleans, sysd.
The sales to-day are estimated at 10000 bales. Peas
39s.
LONDON, Dec. 10 1870 A. M.-sugar to arrive is
easier,