The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-06 00:00:00

THE SPANISH CROWN.

To-day will be a momentous occasion in Madrid.
Marshal Prim has issued a pressing summons to every
deputy inscribed on the Cortes roll to be in his place,
as he intends to introduce the question of the Throne.
He reminds them of the importance of the matter
to be then discussed, and of the " grave incidents
which may arise out of it." Most people will be
inclined to agree with him. When such an impor-
tant matter as the disposal of a crown is brought for-
ward without any clear idea as to who shall get the
prize, or as to what will be done if nobody secures it,
it is clear that there is indeed abundant scope for
"grave incidents" arising out of such a course of
procedure. Prim's later conduct has been most un-
satisfactory. He has allowed to be publicly dis-
cussed the merits and claims of divers candidates
without first ascertaining whether they would
be disposed to accept the crown, and thus
Spanish pride has been mortified by more
than one rebuff. And now that he invites
the Parliament to solemnly take the matter in hand,
he has no more likely claimant than a very respect-
able old general of 80, without a tooth in his head or
a child to succeed him. Such a man cannot reign
long, and when he is gone, the whole business must
be done over again.

ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
The Army and Nary Gazette says that Veterinary Sur -
geons W. H. Death, H. Dawson, J. Channon, and G.
Longman have been appointed to do duty with
the transport branch of the Control Department.—
Inspector-General of Hospitals J. Mouat, V.C., C. 8.,
who was lately transferred from half pay to full pay, pro-
ceeds out to India to assume charge of his duties in the
Bombay presidency. —The post of Deputy-Adjutan
Quartermaster General for Ireland will not be filled up,
neither will the post of Deputy Adjutant-General in
Canada.—Major-General Percy Hill, C. 8., late of the
2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, who was promoted a major-
general in January last, will succeed Major-General D.
Rainier in the command of a division of the Bengal army.
Captain and Brevet-Major W. W. Lynch, 2nd Queen's,
Brigade-Mjor at Chatham, will be the Military Secretary
to Major-General W. Munro, C. 8., the newly-appointed
commandent of the troops in the West Indies.—Captain
A. R. M. Wood, Coldstream Guards, will
be appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General W.
S. Newton, at Malta.-- The Broad Arrow says
Lieutenant-Colonel Gall, C. 8., half-pay, late of the 14th
Light Dragoons, an officer who has greatly distinguished
himself in India, will be appointed Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen.— On the arrival of the Ist Battalion 9th Foot, and
of the 2nd Batalion 11th Foot, from the Cape, they will be
stationed in Ireland. The 2nd Battalion 15th Foot, and
the 2nd. Battalion 16th Foot, now in Ireland,
will, on being relieved, proceed, the one to the
Channel Islands, and the other to the West of England.
The United Service Gazette says the half-yearly distribu-
tion of prizes at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-
wich, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, has
been fixed for the 18th inst. The prizes offered by the
Indian Government for the best essays on Military
Clothing have been awarded, the first to the Hon.
Colonel Massey, 95th Foot, in charge of the Poona depot,
and the second to Asssstant-Surgeon Corban, M.D., 21st
Hussars.

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