The sun., 1885-08-16
JEWISH pTxRdoEs NOT A NEW THING.
The Remarkable Caroe- OF soae Ea.obiea
dew.
From the 81. Jdmtsv Gazette.


The recent creations OF Jewish peerages In
this country. In Hungary. In Italy. do not con.
stitute new departure In European history.
conflict were marked by, similar creations.
jewish annals preserve the. names Of several
not on!y Into the front rank OF state employ
eut seS darns sS sFS Tss ~ parn
cool-headed. sharp p-witteh. educated Hebrews.
In the majority q cases such employment was
no. no h9horarv @ tripnto 70 genius. but dictated by
Mos. q The lilies o, nobility acquired by
ierred upon them on Account OF tner ev't Wealth.
or have been purchased together with certain
H$ed HUNDRED sol
sstins Ing the ' well l-Enown Vienna banHsr % Jcssph %
stein was the Austrian Rothschild OF his dny.
but was not conspicuous for ability outside his
yf ton
Government: and. Notwithstanding that the
Jews weo s az aliens v In the
to the eReichsfreiherrstnnd.
Contemporary with Joseph .Arnstein there
OF minor jewish mobiles. Jew who by tho pur-
chase OF feudal estates acquired the titles at
Known IN the as Mosss Eesr
Lpmann. son OF Kalonymos. and described on
6s.ss 6s dsn.3s g ,n s"ss ss yds q
Baron de viRnncour was Hanoverian who had
tlon Of Jews. In l774 he pprchased for 1900
ono Of the largest and most ancient aevreea-
tions Of flefs in tho country with a yassalage
so Ths him
he succeeded In maintaining u large portion OF
his property without saSriiicing bis religion:
disappeared, and to-day its landed possessions
are confined to three small mounds in Pore
Two interesting creations OF Jewish mobiles
In Austria date from the seventeenth century
sn s sa esss ns RRc
after, an adventurous career. ended his days in
London as b Baron s,N., dAeular: A Marsano Or
In i722 he settled In london; but proceeded
Jewish community there. farmed the tobacco
and snuff revenues. became a favorits with the
sad msae hfi him
after which he retired from public life. re;
turned to London. and died a DISTINGUISHED
1859. His title was Inherited by his son
Ephraim, who early in tho, present century
Kept t a s small % farm on the New River. near neal tho tho
north end OF Coebrooke row.
Gs Ssahy has 81
ranks OF Court Jew and Court Treasurer to a
Basseyi schmieles became BassoM yon Trep-
enburg and had an elaborate coat Of arms In
H neniy GH' He now S lies lies IN IN the Wild and nd weird
jewish cemetery Of Prague; Hebrew noble Of
@ mS%se ThG s
synagogues, is n combination Of contrasts suf-
fcient to take away the breath Of the ordinary
such III SURPRISES. The Jewish bsrcnies Of later
JeTh
Primes Rsgnant. and even n jewish King:
Duts o
and Prince Of the Cycades. The state papers
OF every country abound with references to
him. and scores OF documents arc ext6nt hint
| ing Mt diplomatic intrigues against him or So
Letting bis coulttenancs and and . alliance. @ y Eu-
ceps' amics nostor Iiiec,e." and ho himself
9rsiacea his letters wb the eHDs
gratia Dux Aeeei PenEi. Dominus Andri."' Sc
| One Of the most powerful personaYes of his
time. he nevsr forgot that he was a Jew, and and
! for the banoflt Of his corsligonists he rebuilt
| the entire town of Tiberias. and spent q large
fortune in nn attempt to make 1t the seat OF a
1t was doubtless in some measure owing to
his influence thnt fellow Hebrew. one Enan-
Prince I.esnant Of Moidavia OF him we Know
nothing more than that he was 80 appointed
our knowlsdse Of the fact being confined M to
| spondtnce of Dr. Bartholomew PeZzen. Aus,
| trian Ambassador at Constantnople at the
| King to whom we have referred. and that little
| owes many OF its facts to legend. Saul Vnhl. q
son Of the Chief Rabbi OF l'adua emigratod tc
Poland. and acquired 30 important rank IN
tori he presided by right at tho Council OF No
| bes appointed TO elect a successor to the
throne The Council could not agree: and, q!
under their Constitution they were bound t.
elect a King at their first meeting they re
CURED by appointing their President King o
Poland for one day. Thus jew is said I!
IL we are to believe Judeo-P Polish legend. no
| for the first time On his mothers side Barol
| Fl. Do Worms. Parlinmentary Secretary to thu
Board Of Trade. claims descent from tn
ephemeral King Saul OF Poland.