New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-01

ors. who accompanied Her Majesty On ler recent
visit to Barsij. hss resigned
THE BOURBONs.
ASH NAV row be regarded As certain that Qneen
Isabella and ler children viii be excluded from the
throne Of spain we have in her expulsion another
example of that IetTibutiVe justice which has fol
lowed the race to which Size belongs for the last 81
years. The question Of who is 10 be her successor
being set unsettled il would be premature 10 say at
present that she Will be the last reigning Bourbon
sovereigu but Ia the mean time we give brief
sketch of that celebrated royal house. 'he history OF
which the events taking place IN Spain invest just
now with peculiar interest.
ORIGIN OF IHE BOCEBONS.
The Honse of PouIhcn which has gwen 80 many
sovorcgns 10 France. SPAN ana lt"E, Is Oh fehci
origin, derNluc IL name from the OLD !ol'lS 81 boni
bon mobile faulty which centuries ago held very
large landed possessions in the former province Z"
Buiirlmnnais situated i'm the center Of France
ThTos d the marriage OF a mcMber OF the Capei
family win. a Bourbon helTess the noble house De,
.aIno allied 20 ROYALTY IN the thirteenth century ana
shout the middle OF abe sixteenth We Ind tie hst 3l
the race Oh q throne, IA the person 81 Antoine &c
Bourbon King oI NayarIe. AI,Ue w ,T ,d
a(te.wusd became King OF France underline iitIe OF
Henry ~ With th.s celebrated Prince begins the
history Of .,.,...
And what history. Exrendng from liNl when
Henry " asco uded the French throne To $50. whGn
~
Revolution of July, II embraces period iieu WIN
events al The deepest Interest ana 81 tue higesi POS
sblc Importance 10 the human lHiniy' FROM lue
accession 0i Henry ~ mp 70 the lnhe Oh We hlN
French Revolution. thcye was 40 bred6 IN the royal
succession OF the Bourbon line ~ France. ."Uis
NlT Iouis NV. Ky. and LOuis y W.. were an b0iI-
Lo.s INT taking the first and the las, OF these i've
kings Is regards their qualities ~ fu.is, nothing
coud present sharper contrast th1 The chii;ielot
The great, and The good as ms po--
pie delighted TO style him, and mat 81
Tie unfortunate sol. "i -. loH,1, WIS ~
the H0llse might have been, by The ume ildt me
volcanic outburst of the revolutionary SNIt hhs1
shock France and tnuhled a. di>h0uored throne mo
ihc dust the race had become WoduilJ degenerate.
lie rnillotine I'D not, however hni.h q ln ih e.
from the stormy hays Of the Revolution AMI through
ilo,e OF the Consaat and the Empire, The tw"
bio;ncIs Vi tilo puipituEde Lols ''0 DO cAiie O"t
when Napoleon fcl. The elder al thtn was lNdr'd col"
the French throne BIZ The Allies under the lllc 9i
I>Cais ANlIi: "a sou Of Leuls N l.. VINO Hlea VINE
Vefa child ia l1a. bad been tie Seventeenth oi That
taue 10 ~ AEili. had n0 children. and
o. his death. which took place ~
1874 lie was succeeded ty bis brother
Charles y Bst experience had utterly failed 10
te..eh wisdom 20 this obstinate and tyraunica ruler
WHO sought t0fesiore thc ab>Olutisu oi The Iench
nonucIy. tie cons cUencc Of WHICH was tiidt rev
pulmonary outbreak occurred ia Paris in JAY. 80
compelling the King I" tce non rance ana hn"I}
60 sbdicatt Tie latter be did ID 1aNcr Of lls grand
son Henry ptkef Bordeaux, but the act came TOO
late to save his house Louis Philippe had already
bcen cAos,l kihe OF the French, and The Bonrb9ss
were. 10 iil biinaJ! appearance. forever 'A'lh'tA
from the l'rBch throne. The only surviving &c,
scendant Of Charles and representatives Of the alleged
claims OF tbs DourDVus 10 the FfsAch throne ~ mat
same grandson. Low known az The CONN de CAah-
bOrd Who il - years 81 age. lie y, Of course an eN
Sic, but is regarded IS the lawful King Of France
by tie sleglsiIlsis whose hopes OF restoration ,'e
feeds by occasionally holding lcHecS ~ kingly style
IllE BOUEBoNs N SPAIN.
The establishment Of the Spanish Bourbon
dynasty originated with Louis NV. Of rance VINO
"a the year 100 succeeded III placing bis grandson
ihlp Duke OF Anou on the throne oi nr;lih as
PhGpI. The descendants OF Philip rnled without
interruption until ia 1905 Napoleon compelled King
Charles ~. 70 resign and nominated successor 10
HIM III the person OF Joseph BOnapaite, the LIN,
rrors brother: Charles died at Rome ~ lSil, aid
alter the overthrow OF Napoleon the eldest son oil
Charles assembled the spanish throne as feII-
maud VII, Dying in 1850 Ferdinand LETT INC
crown 10 his daughter Isabella, IN whose favor
ne bad ser aside by Royal decree the sale law orod
dug female 70 sit upon the throne The CLAIMS OF
Isabella were contested 10y FerdDands brother Don
Carlos having failed establish bis professions even
tnaiy resigned them, and died III $50. HIS son the
Sount dc NonteInOin. IN 1860 fenOunced All claim 10
,le throne Of Spain. The bourbon princes OF SPAN
nave invariably exhibited all the worst chaiacteris-
bcs OF their race-foremOst among which are a
yassiol for absolute power and pioDeness TO sen
every interest, the prosperity Of which constitutes
sne strength and glory Of a nation, has d"ihdled
THE BOURBoNs ~ ITAIY.
Inc late Bourbon dynasties OF the Kingdom OF Ma
pes and the duehics Of Parma aud Piacenza were
.iheen Dy IbiIip V. OF Spain IA the early part Oi
!ae eighteenth century, They overthrow for
shs time by the first Napoleon. but after his down
metw sicilies, which they coninuedio govern I'LL
,ae revolution Of 1860 drove Francis IL 20 Gaeia as
Ieiuge This prince still lives, exile aud u piur-
ueiei and il does not seem probable that he will
S,u recover his lost possessions. The bOurbOns OF
rama and PaccnZa lost those iluchiCs in 1850 which
we're annexed 90 Sardinia, and now form part Of
'ne Kingdom OF Italy.
NE YOUNGER BRANCH or TIIE BOURBON FAMILY
nat branch of the Royal Family of France, known
tbe House Of Orleans. is "A younger branch of the
nncafbon faaily, and founded BY Philip, Duke Of
SmFahs, the younger brother III Louis XIV. From
MI descended that Duke of Orleans " hO played 20
ss.narkable part in the first French Revolution as
Lneh Egate. and met 80 traglcai late perishlDg
yashe gilotine in 1888 Louis Philippe. chosen klng
we French in the Revolution Of July, 1870, was the
IaG hgnlite; and the Count Of Paris, grandson OF
Ssas fhilppe ~ tile present representative Ci the
/ ,seans branch Of the Bourbon family IL VIII he
fnMseie that this prince and his younger brother,
spnke OF Charities. were with our army for some
4 Ssanfihg the late war. The Count Of Eu, another
1 ~ us fLiippe's graDdsons, IL the husband OF the
= ~ uspshtei VI the Emperor of Brazil The bciress
As iiione Of Brazil; and the Duke Of Nontpen,
| n Ihr youngest BON Of LOus Philippe. il married
"Ans 'sais'lIs infante of Spain, ana sister 0i