The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-13
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NOON DESPATCHESs
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~ - LONDON. December 1l-Night.-
.aooordance with the request OF the Arch
bishoP OF Canterbury. prayers for the
re60TsTy OF the heir apparent -o.c il,
troduced in the service in all the Augli.
can Churches yesterday. In the Roman
Catholic Churches, Jewish Synagogues
aud Dissenting Ohapels,. special prayers
we're offered. Tho feeling Of grief foy
the present, and uneasiness for the fu.
ture, ia profound and widespread. Bu-
siness. is almost wholly suspended
throughout the country; telegraph lines
are blocked with the multitude of mes
spges sent to and fro concerning the
Prince. aud the greatest anxiety is mani
/, tested to obtain the latest news. The
morning and evening papers issue extra
editions every hour.
M A special states that the result of full
Cabinet Council of Spain, at Madrid. on
Cuban affairs, has been the sending OF ali
attaohee to Washington. with dispatches
to the Spanish Minister. These de-
the attitude of the United States toward
Spain in Cuba, and are said to refer to
the course of the American Government
as likely to affect the Alabama claims in
the Geneva conference, by furnishing
precedents in favor of the British Go.
vernment in the cases of the Hornet and
Florida. Several interviews have been
held between the Spanish Foreign Mi
mister and the British Minister at Ma
drid. Dispatches on the subject also
passed between the Cabinets of Madrid,
Florence aud Bsrlin-the Spanish Go
vernment evidently being engaged in
securing the neutrality Of the United
States.
A London despatch from Bombay
states that the cholera is raging with
great fatality among the natives of Luok-
now and vicinity.
BERNE, December 11-Night. The
Federal Assembly has passed the bill
legalizing civil marriages.
FRANKFORT, December 1.-THE pleni-
potentlaries of Frauce and of Germany
signed additional peace conditions to-
day.
LONDON, December 1916 a. M.-The
Prince of Wales, according to an official
despatch just received from Sandring-
ham, passed a very restless night. There
are no signs Of Improvement in his con-
dition. mud his deuth is imminent ut any
time during to.dny, from suffocating at.
sacks. His strength is not so good, and
what sleep he has is foil ,wed by re tes,-
ness and inquietude The chest symp-
toms are bad. The Princess Alexandra
is greatly exhausted. Princess Royal
Victoria, wife of the Crown Prince of
Germany, is hourly expected at San
dringham. The groom of the Prince is
infinm nation Of the lungs. The excite
ment in London and in the provinces is
greater than during the Crimean war.
SANDRINaHAM, December l2-Noon.-
The Prince has been restless all the
morning. but hls condition is unaltered.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
MADRID, December 1.-THE elections
in Spain. wherein the Republicans were
80 successful, were for municipal coun-
cil-not for tho Cortes
SANDRINaHAM, December 1875 p. NJ.
The Prince of Wales has been somewhat
less re- stless this afternoon. His general
condition is unchanged.
10 P. M.-The Prince of Wales passed
an unquiet evening, but prostration
does not increase
LONDON. December l2.-The telegraph
strike continues. The people are begin
ming to complain.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert
has been despatched to bring the
Princess Victoria, wife of the German
Prince Imperial, to En-. land.
Unofficial advices are not hopeless.
The patients voice rem ins strong.