19 FEBRUARY 1870, Page 3

The Duke de Montpensier has turned up in Madrid, has

had a long interview with Marshal Prim, and has gone to some baths to watch events, and be out of the way of constituents who have just rejected him as candidate for the Cortes. Rumours are being circulated in Spain of approaching foreign pressure, which are clearly inventions designed to hurry on the final decision.