SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
The Cortes have resolved that th* Monarch chosen must have a majority of the wliolc number of deputies. This J eludes the Montpensier resolution.
Tli e'Tortuguese Ministry, it is expected is in the interest of Bpain. '
Prim repudiates the responsibility 0r desire to profit by the selection. 'Ihe Portuguese Chambers protested agiiinst tui Iberian Union Quiet is restored at Lisbon. An army increase is demanded. The Spanish Cortes his pas-ed a civil Marriage Bill; a measure was also introduced for the gradual abolition of slavery. The Cuban Bishops refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Spanish fj 0 . vernment. The party of brigands while cariyjn. off £6000,' a ransom for Englishmen, captured near Gibraltar, were attacked| and three killed. Part of the money ffi recovered.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 187, 15 August 1870, Page 2
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