A grand fight is raging between General Prim and the
Times. The Times said it had authority to state that the Duke of Genoa would not accept the throne of Spain ; the authority, it appears, colligating of assurances from the Duchess of Genoa, from her
morganatic husband, the Marquis Rapallo, and from the lad him- self. To this l'rim retorts that Victor Emannel is the guardian of the Duke, that he has his pledge, and that he will assent to the election, while Prim's organs further insinuate that the Times has been bought by Orleanist gold. There has seemed to be some curious connection between the House of Savoy and Prim ever since be visited Italy two or three years ago to ask assistance, and he may have made some arrangement by which he feels bound. The story at the time was that he asked for 8,000 Italian volun- teers, and though the request was refused, the Cabinet of Madrid heard news from Florence which put it in a state of high irrita- tion. Victor Emanuel will hardly coerce the Duke of Genoa, particularly as his people do uot like the project, and the next news from Spain may possibly be the nomination of the Prinee of the Asturias. It must not be forgotten that S. Ayala, when Minister of the Colonies, said in the Cort,es that a plebiscitum would make him King.
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