The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-08
A KING FOR SPAIN.
TROUBLE BREWING AMONG THE
CONTINENTAL POWERS.
Honen.o,lern and tho Spanish Throne
stormy Scene in the Corps Leglslatif-
The newspapers for War.

Gay WIS StOluy. OeWaGhoh1 s1ocoo ehAs Az
was true Prm had offered the Spanish throne
to Hohenzellern, and that Hohenzollern had
accepted, but the Spanish people had nee
pronounced. France had yet to learn the de-
tails, witch were heretofore conducted secret
~. France would persist In neutrality, but
under no prete1t would she allow Prussian
Prince to occupy the Spanish throne. peGram-
mont hoped thst providence In Germany aaa
wisdom in Spain would avert extremlties.
The Paris Journals unanimously oppose
Prince Hohenzollern,s project. LIE Pays, Inn
perialist journal, cries for war, saying that
france has recent diplomatic defeats as well as
waterloo,to ayenge, and Frenchmen are ready
to take the same road to Jena and Berlin their
fathers took. The journals alude to the pres
.ence of q Prussian feet in the Mediterranean.
vt is reported that Prim and Topete are In
harmonious. Topete prefers Alfonso to Ho-
henzoIlern.
The assertion is made that the French Minis
ter at Berlin was recalled ats2 o'clock to-day.
Napoleon sent for the Spanish Minister, and
q haflong interview with him.
LlrER.-It Is asserted In well Informed CIR
eles that an alliance between France and Aus
tria has been concluded The authorities
here have been assured that full three-fourths
/ Of the members of the spanish Cortes are
favorable to the elevation Of Prince Hohenzol-
lern to the Spanish CROWN, There seems to be
mo doubt that the King of Prussia Is also
favorable to the project, and refuses any ex-
planation In reply to the;note from the French
Governments Is
Dispatches from Madrid announce that, at
a council of ministers yesterday, the course of
: General Primwas unanimously opposed, and
! the candidatire OF Prince Hohenzollern ac-
Z cepted. They authorized the Minister Of For
eign Affairs to present the name of the. new
: candidate to the Cortes which will probably.
be convened expressly for the purpose. The.
: council of minister's hope that the Prince will
receive more than one hundred and seventy:
votes, the minimum required BY the resolu-
tion ofthe Cortes ofthe third of June.
The Prince is expected TO arrive In Madrid
early In November The Spanish feet will be
Dispatcher for him.
The Ganleiss an ipdepe pendent organ, has the
fdanwing this morning: 9 General Prim in rex
ply to a dispatch from olozaga, Spanish Am
bassador In this city,, asserts that he acted
with the consent efthe Regent Serrano, unof.
Acially and outside OF diplomacy. Finding q
difficulty in obtaining q candidate for the Span
ish throne, he addressed the Prineeef Hohen-
zollern, who -anites many qualities, butwhose
personal Importance was though ghti .insuficlent
to give uInbrage to france AS such ON emo
: ton has been created, General Prim retracts,
and assures the French Government 'of the
sincerity OF his intention. .grs,
The Ganlois adds: .sThe question Hsettled
80 far al Spain, Is CONCERNED. Itremaius toibs
sesa what Prussia RiI DO after the scene in the
Fpnch Chamber yesterday and the .nnequipe-
caldeclaratien oftAe Duke de Gramnont. f. = (
The Eixritenent ON tho Continent.
s3in 'sss:: 5.1. Is LONDON, july
There IS much e3nitement on the Continent
In view of The esrsatened Europe nconpllea;.
tion, on the SUBJECT or Prince Leopold's candi-
dature for the Spanish throne. Dispatches
from Paris say that there Is a strong feeling In
France, even eutside of oficla, circles, against
the bestowal of the Spanish crown on any Ho-
henzollern. The frmquiliziDg assurances of
the French Emperor have excited q beneficial
eject In Paris, and on the Bourse rentes OPEN
ed at 70 francs s5Scentimes, or 15 eentines
higher than cleslng yesterday. British consols
opened decidedly lower to-day, In sympathy
with French rentes, witch have declined heaviii
ly#ithin the past few days. American secnrl-
ties, which Bere,of a little, were inAaencsd'
solely by the prise Of gold at New York. i
syi8 Is The-spsnish Cortes.
y l'.'fa; t.Sf! Madrid, JulyH.
The. cortes conYenes on the 2othlo July.