The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-02
nirlmnnb p'spatrh,
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER . 1866.
The Bourbon Dynasty In Naples.

The DIV nasty of Spanish Bourbons, W hich is
~ now being expelled 80 ANONYMOUSLY from
~ was abeordiy styled by diplomacy the
- sdom of the Two Sieilies, has afflicted the
Gnnthern parts of Itsiy and the island of
SICILY for more than hundred years ~ was
in l535 that the child OF Phihp, nfst french
Kins OF Spain, (Lsnie XIV grAndson,l and
OF E,ixsbe EArusse, HE q ueen, iook by force
OF arms the Kingdom OF Naples from the
Hapseurg Emperor OF Germany, and, in like
manner appropriated that insuiar Kingdom
OF Sicily. which the treaty Oh o'.ecnt aad be-
slowed on the House OF Savoy. But the reign
Of the first Bourbon sovereign. at Naples ami
Palermo guided by the enlightened counsel of
his Minister, the Fiorentins Tanucci, was be-
vious dominion of the House OF Hapssurx-
And IL 10 not until 1919 that this century OF
miserable tyranny begins, which 1860, by
just and though long delayed retrioauoh'
brings to an end. -.
In thai year, 1889, Carlo OF the Two Sieilies,
by the decease OF hIs royal brother - Madrid,
became King Oarios OF Spain, ana neihg .nas
Obliged to vacase the ltaiian throhe, ns lei. -
10 HI, Younger son. TINS was Ferdinand,
then A child of seven, but who afterwards
grew 10 be tho coarse, iGsensibte biacSsnara 10
Whoea service tue Briush navy and ITS hero,
Nelson. we're unwor hiiy devoted THIS hrss
k,ng Fsrdinaud, with has consort, the Aus
triaa Caroline, "unsexed and fiiied with
dirsst cruelty" a. she vi -, was twice cast out
of Naples. and protected In Sicily by her own
fieet aud troops. He was twice enabled, by
ths forces OF his allies, 10 recover HE peninsu-
lar dominions., Horribly was that restoration
OF the Bourbon monarchy abused, both in 1899
and In its latter lease OF pow es peciallg When
connrmsi by the Austrian armed In ter ven ton
of lsal The murder by 3 court.martial OF Ad-
mira hraccIolo, in the guilt OF which, Mel
son, seduced by the Queens minion, Emma
Hamil tou, WA said TO havea secondary part,
cAnuot easaiy b. forgotten.
The sAeage Ferdinand l. was followed in
ISIS oy HE son, the by pocrit> and prof gate
FIelcA l.; aud he, in 1880, by the late Ferdl-
naud H. whom we remember bat too We'll
and VITO succeeded last year by the pres
cut France, lasL hinK OF the Two Stcillet. So
that four bad sovereigns, IN direct descent,
with an ON pous Attenuation OF names OF Fer
dinaud aud FRANCIS, have inflicted on the fair
lIaiian provinces they owned, a dreadful
course OF maltrcat ment and unmitiRated mis-
cry. In Ferdinand H., of hateful memory, We
rauny--tnaf wiitui, perverse exhibition OF the
eapA - Of doing wrong, in defiance OF ali
dr.tai1 of &c atty or Humanity, which has
"a - nAzrd by Mr.. Giadsto - =" he ne
gFIoE OF God upon earth" Such tyrant Is
amply toe mormi imp srsonauon OF the spirit
OF Afil-hs reiEns Dtsoofs grdI.a.
o. TIE young Prince, who has just shown
hi. pH<p oacA 20 Garibsidi, il would be un-
fair ~ pronounce 30 harsh judgment He is
not a ~ Val Satan; ne has &c. yei had time to
ed u.sS,A L =. been merely 10 make him = fool.
Thes - ignorance and brutIshness OF Fer
dina ri L., lis srent-grnndfather, were as
cri16i To Ihe crafty design OF the regents or
:ors Of his infancy, " no mad hoped 10 take
airaaaF Of the Kings future incapacity ~
govern. Aud il 10 a. lesst a very plausible
conJsetG - mat Francis III is inde ost d Tor his
dsiec i've m-nta development To the solicit
tuds OF his step- mother now q ueen DoWaser,
"a second Austrian Caroline whose restless
lA0tkuss TO procure the crown for her oWl
sou, soc Count of Trapanl, were already no.
torioue in her husbands lifstime.-Da,iy NspS