The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-05

eldest son Of q duke (say of Alicante
would only be called Don Juan or Don
Alfonso d'Alicante during his fathers
lifetime. The younger sons remain
simply dons-the spanish equivalent of
esauires. As to the qualificatives OF titles,
they are lightly esteemed, inasmuch as
even beggar must be addressed as
your grace" (merced). The SUPER
scription on an envelope addressed to
duke would be "A peccellentissimo
Senior Duque de la Tore" So. at least,
the wife of Marshal Serrano writes to
her lord.
1t may not be generally know that
one great family, that of the princes of
Lara, are claimants to the crown of
Spain. They content themselves, how
ever, with filing protest at the access
sion of each new king or queen; after
which record of their wrongs they
return to cigarettes and leisure of a
more or less dignifed kind. Possibly,
since Byron sang, the name of Lara is
better known in Britain than CASTLE.
Italy has a power of mobiles, mostly
marquises when they are not princes.
Some domains, notably that of San
Donate, (now in the market), confer
titles. 1t was from his estate of San
Donate that Count Anatole Demidof1,
who married the Princess Matilda
Bonaparte, derived his style of prince,
Similarly the tenure Of Arundel Castle
confers an English earldom, but parlia-
ment has taken very good care that it
shall never be sold-at any rate until
the heirs of the old earlS are extinct,
and their name is legion.
The Roman nobility of to-day is
smtten with Anglomania. They hunt,
they dress as much as possible like
Englishman, 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 Monacans are noble, this distinc-
ton having been conferred on the in
habitants of the principally by the
Emperor Charles III. The republic OF
San Marino claims and exercises the
right to confer titles. These are to be
bought at reasonable prices, and with
no troublesome examinations into char
acter or antecedents, A year or two
ago San Marino created an apothecary
'Duc de Bruc," and named him envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary' TO the French republic. The
duke gave mp the medical profession,
announcing that he had been summon
ed to thigh diplomatic functions" but
was not above starting a kind of univer-
sal pill company, OF which his grace
constituted himself chairman.
A word as to the Belgian nobility.
1t must be divided into two classes:
First-Those who derive their titles
from emperors or from kings of Spain.
Second -Those ennobled by the king of
the Netherlands (between 1915 and
1880, or by Leopold |. and his son.
Tho duke of Orenberg, medatized
prince of the empire, the Prince dc
Ligne (who is knight of the Golden
Fleecc), the Prince of Caraman-C himay,
and others, belong to the first order of
European society. One D'Orenberg
serves in the French army, a De Ligne
in the Austrian. 1t is related of the
present head Of the Ligne (who is presi-
dent of the Belgian senate) that he once
took his hat off quite for his own con-
venience) in the presence of German
grand duke. Cover yourself, prince
atiably commanded the serenity Cover
myself replied the prince de Ligne;
81 shall cover myself when | please"