Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
From the Pari, Constitutional
/ LAWSUIT ABOUT A SURNAME.

A law suit about Surname Ridiculous
enough, and yet, not the less true, that he Roy
al Court Of Nismes was so occupied tnroue h
! four solemn sitiings, which were attended BY
numerous and respectable auditory. The
parties concernrd were Of the highest rank o
| society. There we saw prince Of the Church
the Cardinal de la Fare, with two Marque sses
his brothers, who had cited bz(ere the Cour
the ,wo Ma,qvisses, Cabot dFs1a Fare. one q
knight Of St Louis and formerly Chef desc a.
| dron, in thr Ligh Cavalry; hr other dccora ed
with honors at Wagram and Dire ,tlrn, and hsv.
ing also g,ired the rank Of Chef d ESQ dron al
the poin, If ihe sword. of what ta1n, did tn {
| Archbishop Of Sens AID Auxerre complain
what did this Preiate requir" He charged
them Of having usurped his name to MAXI 9
surname for themselves. He tharged hem
with having unduly ,sken the i'le of Marques
He called on them 10 renounce both the title
| ard. The surname, and for the future 10 style
themselves Cabot merely. VIVA said he de
PENDANTS? That they took he surname Of de
| L. Fare, in pursuance uf an acquisition mad ia
| i7l9 by their family Of an estate belonging to
them, which descended with all its honorary
and seigncursl rights; har in so doing, they
had followed az immemorial custom, thai
they had been M,rquesses quit as long as the
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the title and the surname for great number
Of years, without either being questioned; aud
that hey had used them in great number oil
public proceedings.
! Itwas 40, one of the least remarkable features
Of this case TO hear the anti ieudal and even
highly cons,i,uI ioual language used by tive coun.
sci for the Cardinal de la Fare. I" Our adverse.
RES" said NJ Bechard, pretend to hold ht
| name Of l.. Fore feudai surname! We
leave them 10 defend property against u'pA.
ton, the law against abuse, constitutional pTin
ciples agains, the de, repi, pre,en ions Ut the
old system. How many gentlemen peasiHts are
| there ,hsn whose nobility arises from the pos
session Of morsel Of ground or the rem. ms
Of ruined MANSION. How many noble eli
zens are here whose titles were probably los;
in the evolutionary disorders Public IRONY
does ample Justice to their fallen vanity. Let
US leave 20 the descendants, stripped as they
nave been of So many other ben FITS by our CIV
il troubles, let leave them hat wreck II their
past splendor, the ius,'e they owe o their name
This cause gave 6nr opp"r unity, no doubi
for sa,irical eloquenoe; le' rs See whether Mr.
Cremieux, who was Councillor he d. tndants
turned i, to their advantage. His hi ing sar.
casms more than once ex,itrd the laugHter o'
the auditory. "a Prince Of the Cnureh," ex-
claimed the orator, "a G'andee Of The State,
the Cardinal de la Fare, the Arc hbishop Of Sens
and Auxerre, Prima,e Of the Gauls and OF Ger
MANY, Duke aud Peer Of France, awakes al a,
once from a long slumber; he directs his no.
| ble looks 10 The ex,remities Of his kingdom
! from the interior Of palace Of our kings,w here
he dwells, he perceives at the bouom of the
! province a peaceful family, whose auGaci'y has
! led them TO assume the surname OF La Fare
| In the circle Of the immense horizon, he sees
a speck which annoys him: il Is the maker:
cottage which offrnds the proud vanity Of The
| Prince; it mus, fall, Yes; the SINE hand
which at the conclave puts into the sacred urn
| the inspired suffrage which gives Pope urb
ct orb, Ito the city and 10 the world,) this hand
writes and signs declaration, thai the Cardl-
nal is our chief, aud also our adversary Al
the SIGHT OF such painiiffn such a use, have
| not the right TO exclaim, Vanifns uan,fafum
Il ouania raniias, auity Of vaniIes, all is vani
IVY We have stniled,' continued the counsel!
"in thinking that the Primate Ut the Gsuls and
of Germany should be critical upon ftudali,y;
we were rcioiceG 10 hear the Cardinal de la
Fare render such brill;an, homage 10 our Cor
s,i,utional Charter. Bot why these complaints
in favor of ancien, families! % what has he
Prelate been despoied in our troubles who ap-
pears here to-day with so MANY II les. and
whose splendor is supported by accumulated
allowances rom the Sta,e, which exceed loo,>
600 francs, (4oooi stsrling,) when we ourselve,
receive a pension of 1900 francs (4si s'erling)
for wounds which compelled US % leave the
service of our country? Again. have not those
,ha, rep, zach US done the very same thing them
selyess Look at our sdversaries; they used 10 be
La Fa,e I.a,our, aud La Fare ornai, they now
are La Fare Atlas, ard La Fare Venrjean.-
L .,;.r ,lava v,.,r family had for IT'S Su IN 3mr
Briueuier; at latter period you took the SUR
name Of La Fare, deriving i, from an estate
where your ancestors dwell. YOU b. really des'
,endrd from the ancient La Fares, which is We
~ doubtful. On this estate was castle, whieh
was crowned by night towers, called tcharss or
fares, bee use, each being surmou"ted by d
/ light, they served as guides TO "av'sa'ors; you
hav. Them in your aIms, and your m"'o is
LIr nosiris hosiibus igris lignt FOR us, hire Tor
our ensmies.) l. WIS for this surname You
/ gave up that If Bringuicr.