The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-25 00:00:00

condition of hnsine” in the cotton districts is therefore
satisfactory, and full employment, is ensured to labour.

BOURBON CONE TO HIS SENSES.

PRINCE JOHN OF BOURBON, a lineal descendant of
that ancient stack. which has so long asserted its
Divine right to rule over a large portion of its
fellow beings with a rod of iron—of a family
whose very name has become almost proverbial
for everything that is hateful and intolerable in a
Sovereign—of whose blindfold wickedness, and
its ruinous consequences, we have recently had
so many wretched exhibitions—has stepped for-
ward to tell Europe that a DANIEL has at. last
arisen in his royal house that he, JUAN DE
BOURBON, is the man—that to him all the wisdom
which was denied to his ancestors, has been at
lust vouchsafed in amplest plenitude. Like all
who are conscious of possessing great power to.
illumine the minds of men, Prince JOHN is not
only desirous of setting his light upon a hill that all
may see it and admire, but he is prepared to devote
himself wholly and unreservedly_ to the practical
application and realisation of the grand truths
and principles which he alone of all his line has
been able to discover, or believe in. This.noble
offer the Prince makes in a long and ably writ-
ten,address to the Spaniards on the subject of the
succession to the Spanish crown, published in

.• yesterday's limes.
This Bourbon Pretender to the throne of Spain
has become a convert to universal suffrage.
" The.question of my rights," he says, "is insepa-
rable from the sanction of the people." To the
Spanish people, therefore, he appeals. TO the
want of a'free and loyal recognition of represen-
tative institutions, he attributes -all the evils
which have afflicted that too frequently distracted
country. In possible means
that the Will of the people be known and mani-
fested, he finds the secret by which all truly con-
stitutional inouarchs conduct their governments
without mutinies or risings or the shedding of
blood. This is the only bond, he conceives,
• by which monarch and people can be bound
together in close union. Recognising the ad-
vantages of an "entirely liberal system," he
desires for his , country a sacred respect, of
individual liberty,—the broadest liberty of the
press, as the strongest corrective of every kind of
abuse,—true equality before the law, and equal
t prii,:ileges to all parties,—entire freedom in ace-
d .Lions, as.the only method of ,rendering the iepre-
sentative system a reality,=and inthe economical
branch" the total abolition of grievous duties and
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monopolies. The power of a Monarch, says this
• politicaL convert, ought to be based upon the
rs affection and respect of his subjects. And if all
d this liberalty is not enough, this Bourbon is not
le
h the Prince who would put limits.to the wishes of
is the people, which, according to his new faith, is
alone the " national sovereignty." And all this
.ci -from a genuine Bourbon Prince! We know no
parallel to it, except that of the Devil quoting
Scripture.". _

Prince JOHN' is quite prepared to hear expres-
sions •
of surprise from those who know best what
Bourbon principles are ; and with " noble frank-
ness" he sets to work to demolish all doubts, and

remove all prejudices. He fairly turns round
upon, and denounces the traditions of, his family.
He tells us that he respects the memory Of his
father, but not his principles. He even informs
us how he came to be so much wiser than his
obstinate and wrongheaded ancestors. Expe-
rience, the reading of history, and the practical

example of that which he has observed every
moment in this .4 classical country of liberty,"
have produced the conviction iu his mind that it is
madness to oppose ".the progressive spirit of the

age," and that the "Divine Right" has nosigni-
tieation without " the assent and love of the
people." As an emigrant from his infancy he
acknowledges to haVe benefitted by • frequent
`opportunities of coming into close contact with
the Sad" consequences of "absolutism and deceit."
Be even argues this point and directs the atten-
tion of all to the hiStorical prods. In the year
1848 did we not witness the expulsion of monarchs
who adhered 'to " antiquated ideas," and who
turned a deaf ear to the " just aspirations of their
subjects ?" Did we not see them • afterwards
return to their thrones amid torrents of blood.
Have we not beheld the downfall, one by one, of
thrones in Italy, whose occupants would not
evade their own ruin when so many opportunities
were afforded them to do • so, when so many
-Useful and disinterested counsels were given them
—especially to the the last out-goer, he of Naples ?
On the: other hand have we not seen a kingdom
—a small Otte yesterday, but great to-day—
governed by a tnaly constitutional king. Prince
JOHN or BOURBON proudly boasts of his friend
EVICTOR EMMANUEL, and takes credit for knowing
shins and his " attribotes,"—having been his com-
panion in arms and having served under his orders
in the -"distinguished brigade of Savoy." • Finally
this renegade from " family traditions," " abso-
utisrri," and " antiquated ideas," ,sees in this
great and hospitable " country a Queen
whom —he eulogises as a constitutional mon-
arch, advised 'by responsible ministers; whO
are called to that position by the national will ; "
and whose strongest support is in that " liberal
sTiteul" Which is so much dreaded by "the ad-
herents of aritiqUated ideas." It is natural, he
conclUdes. that one like himself, who has received
so itiany lessons in the school of misfortune—who
has been a: close observer of many grave wants—
who has been able to compare the results of the
two conflicting systems for the dominion of the
world, should have formed a firm conviction, and
he . should now aspire to realise in Spain, the
..omitry of his, birth, those principles which con-
stitute the prosperity and grandeur of other
more fort `mate nations.
• Such is the. pleasant and specious manner in
• :which .this B6l.TntoN woos Spain and solicits
attention to his aspirations to govern hs". Will
she listen to his soft and winning " addresses ?"
On :the faith of :a BOURBON'S liberal promise s will
the Spanish people again plunge their country
into civil war? or, content with a fair measure of
_prosperity, will they " rather bear the ills they
have, than fly to others that they know not of ?"
A BOURBON not on a throne is evidently a very
different creature from one firmly seated thereon,
2.nd' surrounded by I.plenty of bayonets. But
?,-ithout uncharitably supposing Prince JOHN-
13pp-RBoN though he be—to *be otherwise
than fully convinced of the truths he
-enunciates so forcibly, it is manifest that 1411074.
Jils own showing he has no better claim to the
throne of Spain than any other man whom the
people may choose to reign over them. To he
consistent, he must admit that he occupies no
higher ground than any other adventurer. He
cannot elaith to be the first discoverer of consti-
filtional liberty;' and he must feel that he adds
little to his claiM on our confidence as its honest,
advocate and loyal champion in Spain, from the
mere fact .of his being Prince JOHN OF BOURBON.

"THE I.ATF ACCIDENT IN THE TUNNEL AT LIME-
.STZEET. -On Sunday the funeral of the late John
Pev;kes, the guard who died in consequence of the
iniuries -received on the Knowsley review day in the
'tunnel, at, Lime-Street, took place under peculiar dr-
l'innistanees. The deceased was forty-six years of age,
And was sixteen years connected with the company, and
'was, much respected by 'all who knew him. This was
inanifest from the fact that upwards of one hundred
'guards and head porters from several parts of the country,
who knew and esteemed the deceased, attended the
funeral, and the company not 'only provided them with
-ll:sages, but also supplied them liberally with refresh-
"ents. There was a procession of the men from the
-residence of the deceased, at Greenside to the cemetery,
Syaithdown-lane, and when the body arrived at the
church the procession opened at each aide, and stood
uncovered until the service and burial ended. Such a
_nark •
of of respect has scarcely ever been paid to an official
the company, and it proves their liberality and esti-
mation for deceased, who has left eight children to
mourn his loss. No doubt, as the company has behaved
so handsomely already, they will not stop here.