The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-22

September, 1869, the Council OF Ministers, under
the Presidency of the Regent, agreed to propose
to the Cortes the name of the Duke of Genoa,
the family of the latter declaring that the prince
would only ACCEPT the proffered crown IL the
Cortes elected him by two thirds vote.
His prospects steadily increased, and
by the end of October, ITO deputies had openly |
pronounced in his favor BY the middle of No |
vember his partsaus in the Cortes had increased |
to 16l, but he failed TO awaken the sympathy |
and favor of the people, whose opposition to
his candidature beca me more aud more deter
mined. Finally the Emperor Napoleon, who
had earnestly opposed the election of the Duke
of Nontpensier brought his influence to bear
upon tho Italian Government, and the result
was formal notification from King Victor
Emanuel, on the 3lst of December last, that
the Duke of Genoa would not ccept the crown
under any circumstances.
After the failure of the candidature of the
Duke OF Genoa number of minor candidates
sprung up, among them the Regent Serrano
himself, and Fspartero, who, but for his extreme
age, would probably have rallied a formidable
party around him 1t was also proposed in
some quarters to marry the young Prince of the
Asturias to the daughter of the Duke and
Duchess of Montpensier, and seat them on the
throne together, but this proposition was effec-
tually disposed of by the enthusiasm with whish
the Cortes, on the 9th of June last, received
Sepor Rivero's declaration that the restoration
of the Bourbons could never be permitted by
the ma jority. On the Sth of June a proposition
requiring candidate to receive vote equal to
one-half of the whole number of deputies before
he could be declared elected passed the Cortes
by vote of 138 to 124, and the fate of fMontpen-
sier was sealed at last.
Finally, on the 11th of June last, Prim an
hiatt 20 oil affn tIon
eminent to secure an available candidate had
failed, but he expressed himself as confident
that within the next three months one would
be found. General Prim had, apparently, good
cause to believe that he spoke the truth, for on
the Sd of July he announced to the Council of
Ministers the candidature of Prince Leopold of
ohenzollern-Sigmarngeu a member of the
younger branch of the royal family of Prussia.
On the following day the Couu-
Gil appoved the choice of Prm
and ordered the Cortes to be convoked
on the 20th 10 vote on The proposition. But as
soon az the project of Prm was made public,
France was thrown into CONSERVATION. The
Emperor Napoleon protested against the scheme
as check aud menace to France, and on the
18th the father of Prince Leopold telegraphed
to Madrid the withdrawal of his son, since the
peace of Europe was threatened by his candi-
|
Napoleon rushed headlong into a war with
Prussia, ostensbly because King William would
not give a guarantee that the candidature of
| Prince Leopold should never be revived.
| Then, while all Europe was convulsed with
the disastrous struggle which ensued, the efforts
of Prim to secure for Spain king were relaxed
for q time. 1t soon became evident, however,
that the candidature of Prince Leopold could
not be revived even after the empire had fallen
and Napoleon became a captive. The establish
! ment of the so-called French Republic on the
ruins of the Empire aroused the enthusiasm and
sympathy of the Spanish Republicans, and
| inspired them with fresh hopes
of ultimate success. To forestall the reac-
tion which impended, Prim again bestirred
himself and on the 22d of October, it was Off
cially announced that Prince Amadeus, Duke of
Aosta, the second son of the King of Italy, had
been rendered and had accepted the throne.
! The scheme was pushed forward with all posi-
BILE rapidity, and within ten days the formal
approval of the candidature of the Duke of
Aosta by England, Prussia, Austria, Russia and
Italy was officially acknowledged by tho Spa
nish Government. A last effort in behalf of
the Duke of Montpensier was resolved
upon, and the advocates of Serrano
and Espartero made q final appeal in their be-
half. A vote was at last reached in the Cortes
| NONtmUtr 10, anu alI6r sOue cnanSe5 from the
negative to the affirmative, the result stood 191
for the Duke Of Aosta to 120 against him mot a
very large or flattering majority, but round
dozen in excess of the majority of the whole
number of deputies required The choice of the
Cortes thus far appears to meet with general
approval, or at least has encountered no open
demonstrations, except the protest of the Re-
publican deputies, and a committee of fifteen are
on their way to Florence to lay the proffered
| Crown at the feet of the King elect
The New King of spain.
Prince Amadeus Ferdinand Maria, Duke of
Aosta, upon whom the majority of the Constitu-
ent Cortes has fixed as successor to the cast-off
Isabella ii, is the second son of Victor Emanuel,
King of Italy, and was born on the Both of May,
1S45, and is therefore little over twenty five
years of age. At the time of his birth his father
was simply heir-apparent to the throne of the
petty kingdom of Sardinia and united Italy,
with Rome as its capital was a mere yearning
of the people. Prince Amadeus entered the
army, nominally at least, early in lfe and,
after passing through the inferior grades as
rapidly as became his illustrlous birth,
was made colonel of the Lombard
Grenadiers, q then lieutenant-general of
cavalry, and eventually vice
admiral in the Italian navy. In the campaign
against Austria in 1885, which terminated in the
annexation of Venetia to the Italian kingdom,
Prince Amadeus accompanied his father and his
elder brother, the Crown Prince Humbert; and,
as commander of brigade, participated in the
opening battle of the war-that of Custozza,
which was fouOht on the 24th 0f lime and ra-