New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15
FOREIGN TITLES.
From The COrnhiH.

noint. Britons caring for these things should be-
are of supposing that every foreign prince IS a
Uiuhness. The vast number of them are entitled 10
no other recognition of their ran than Prince ,
or Mon Prince" and this need not he repeated
more than once in the conversation one says al
yisedly the vast number, for Russian princes alone
can be counted by thousands, not to say tens OF
thousands. There are said to be 6OO OF the mousse
of GalitZin alone.
princes are the members of those Comltal Houses
the chiefs of which. by decision OF the German
Diet of 1920, have right to the title OF Most IL
lustrious Count" Erlauchtl. They are all counts
father SON. grandson, great-grandsOn, they and all
their male descendants al infntum
The serene and lllustrlOuS COMPOSE mighty hOst
occnpvinn l27 closely printed pages OF the
Almanach de Gotha. Next To them In universally
recognized rank those princes or the Holy
Roman Empire tall the sovereign ana medlaIlled
princes of Germany are princes OF the empire the
emperors of Germany having been also emperors OF
the Romans whose titles were honorary from the
borough and Leeds and Earl COwper are princes OF
the empire IL may be added that the Earl OF Den
biph and Lord Arundel of WardOur are counts OF
the empire. Lord Denbigh claims % come OF the
same stock as the Emperor of Austria; bu the bcst
title of his family to fame is that 1t produced the
author of " Tom jones'
titles are the Duke OF Hamilton " 30 IS DIXIE Of
Chatelherault in France; the Duke OF Wellington
who is Prince of Waterloo III the Netherlands, ana
Duke of Victoria and Grandee of the hrst class N
Spain; Earl Nelson, who ~ Duke OF br0nte III
Italy the Earl OF Clancarty. Marquis OF Hensden
Austrian baron: Mr.. Albert Grant, an ltaIIan
baron and Sir Edward Thornton, Count OIL Sas
slhas IN Portugal This last ttle may De cai IL
semi-heredit ary. having been granted 10 clr E9-
wards father for three lives and no more Dir Ed
wards Il the second Iite .
The title or MARQUIS carries more prestige WIN 10
nowadays in France than thai Of the duke ana tor
this reason: The Empire made no marqulses, ergo
a marquis unless the son of an lmperialist dn1el
must derive ms tIte from the Old dynasty ana IL
i uuuuestOuably more honorable 10 have been en-
nOblrd 10y the P0mpadOur than ny Napoleon. Inc
first emperor created thirty dukes and princes
all more or less OF talent; but none OF uhe sons
or grandsons appear 10 have done anything. Nor 10
this because they were frOwned upon Oy the mon
.rchv ON the contrary everything was done by
tLe Bourbons 10 oonciliate the marshals: Sout was
President of the Council 10 LOUIS Ihilppe ana
ultimately glOred in the magnificent tltle % Mar
sha-General OF the Armies OF rance. IFS son, me
Marquis OF Damata. was haIhcu secretary VI
| LEGATION at Vienna, whence arose an Unforeseen
diicultY. The court Oi Austria objected 10 receive
"A man whose title was taken from an AUSTRIAN pIV
vince though the mater Vas ultimately arranged
BIZ the courtesy of nations sovereign Is anO"tu III
on. Instance lnd one ONLY to confer "a title taken
from a locality in a brother soycrciEns domlnlons
A soldier who has victory may be ennobled
by the name of the battlefield. Thus Austria would
cheerfully accord their full hOnOrs TO Prince OF
Wagran Duke OF Magenta The same RUE
holds good III the case Of naval victories. SPAN
would have no right to object to |iscount Ira
! falgar or Holland 10 an Earl OF CamperIGwn
! Auropos of Holland. il Is not generally known
that the old Earls of HOlland-the EngISI earls OF
the house of RiclI-and the late Lords Holland
house oi Fox derived their title nom district OF
! Lincolnshire called Holland. holland was prop
ably "a common name enough at one tme' signify
| iLg Hollow Land or Valley. though some say 10
meant wooded L. nd lie hrst Lhsiisn INC Getl' eV
! from place ou' OF England was mat D. ls'ouht
Barticur. conferred, together with the LaIlooul OF
Oxford. on Admiral Russell, tue VICTOR OF la
| Ho,qIr II was near Cape Barteur that the battle
was w0n but the French fleet was followed up
/ into the Bay of La HOguc and terribly handled
| there But there IS another Aug0-iorelgn ute
| which has no such martial origin, yet against
/ winch no protest WAS ever raised.
4 youthful Duc Enghlen, whom DIS relatives
frequently tipped. laid by his porNet-iaone} III ne
| had amassed nifty louis. when he took the purse 10
hi. fatncr and proudly eXhlhlted Us contents, tA-
/ prctIng to be praised for ms ecouomical 4doIs.
( i.ha Prince of Condo omptIed tie purse and hung
/ the money ont of the window. " Let thai DE Il
lesson 10 YOU sir hc chen said turning To ms son
" 10 think and act more Ike a gentleman. 100
many II the peeIs OF England descend IRON mer-
chants OF lawyers to make It likely that one OF
! Them should ever exhibit such 4 kiess contempt
! for the stamped efigy of the monarch
| : There IS a finer story of a spanish grandee,
I where The sentiment of nObesse oDllge ana inc
highest commercial spirit On ITS true esschcel are
Lappily blended Somebody forged the Duke OF
Ossuna's name. aDpendng It to q blll Tor lU,t w
ducats On the bill being presented the duke saw
that the signature cOuDtcrtelted, Dut paid the
money at once. The name OF Ossuna was not 10 be
dishonored by rascal. lt would be unchaTlJdDie
to ask whether a second forged OH ol the SAINT
amount would nave OeeH eQu"4S HOn0iOu' -'V'
TaIking of the Spanish aristocracy it may be OBJ
served that tine titled part OF IL Is oy no iea5 so
large a. is supposed. The heads of noble families
number about 900. ana they alone, as rule Dear
titles Even the eldest son OF duke say on All
cante would only be called Don Juan or Don
Alfonso d'Alcante during bis fathers Lifetime.
The younger sons remain SIMPLY DonsItae spanish
equivalent OF Esquirss As 10 5he qulncaol's 60 VI
titles they are lightly esteemed, lnasmuch as even
"A brggar must be addressed ~ fOur Trace
Nlercedl The superscrption on an envelope ad-
dressed TO a duke would be, recceIlentIsslnn9
senior Duque de In Tore" SO, at least the VIE ol
Marshal Serrano writes TO her lord.
1t may not be generally known that one great
family. that of the Princes OF Lara, are elalthts
to the crown of Spain. They content themselye s,
however. with filing protest al the accession OF
each king or queen; after which record OF
their wrongs they return 10 ,cgaTebIes anu Ielsure
of a more or less dignIhed kind. Possibly, since
Byron sang. the name of Lara ID better known In
| Britain than Castillo -
when they are not princes. Some domains, notably
that of san Donate nov in the market. confer
titles. 1t was from his estate OF San Donate tHlt
Count AnatoIe Demidoh, who married the
| Princess Mathde BOnapaIte, derived his style OF
| prince Similarly the tenure OF Arundel Castle
coniers an English earldq' oH' larnae gdI5 has
taken very good that IL shall never be s0id-at
any rate tl the heirs OF the old earIs are EXTINCT
| and their name ~ legion. go 80,
! The Roman nobility OF TO-DAY is smtten Win
! Anglouauin They hunt, they dress much rs
| pussibIe ike Eng lIshmen, and they talk English
even among themselves. often. too, with the purest
accent This facility for prOnouncing our language
/ correctly Is shared with them by the Maltese
All MOnacHns noble, tins distinction having
| been conferred on the lnhaDitahts OF the Prinoi
4
San Marine claims and exercises the ght 10 confer
titles These TO be bought at reasonable prices
and with no iron blesome examinations into char
| acter or antecedents. 4 year or two ago san
| Ma.ino created an apothecary Duo de Brue," aud
| named him Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
| PIeninotentiaryh To the French Republic. The
duke gave mp the medical profession; announcing
! that lie had been summoned 10 hgh dlpionauS
Universal Pill Company. of y hich his Grace con
stiJuted himself chairman. go
word as ID the Belgian nobility. IL must be
div,ded into two classes l. Thos who derive their
titles from emperors or from kings OF Spain; 2
those ennobled by the King of the Netherlands The
| tween 1918 and 1880, or by Leopold /. and his
son. The Duke of Orenberg mediatsed prince
of the empire the Prince de Ligne whip is knight
of the Golden Fleece the Prince de Caraman
! Chimay. and Others belong 60 the first order OF
European society. one DOrenberg serves in thu