The sun., 1893-05-29
TITLES IN CANADA.
They no Not seem 10 FIt, and Their Fcsssss-
ors Arc Not Always Happy.

| utStr1DCteS tltleS among HeT DTltlsh auu Co'o-
nal subjects. The names Of tho persons Sc
lcctcd for this honor urs usually published n
few days afterward. Very few hereditary IT,
ties are bestowed on colonists. Pitt projected
| a hereditary House OF Lords for Canada. but
| Fox opposed the scheme. and 1t was dropped.
A hereditary title without hereditary estates
could not well be maintained. and primoRen-
iture and entail do not exist In the colonies.
| Mr.. George Stephen. OF the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. was first knighted and then raised
| to the pceragc as Lord Mountstephen. but he
has no male heirs, and the title will die with
him. The widow OF Sir John Mac 'onald has
been created Baroness Macdonald. but IL is
| merely life title. Sir Charles Upper.
| Canadian agent in England. is Bar
onet. and tho title will devolve on his
eldest son. Winnipeg lawyer. II the young
| man cares to wear It, This is doubtful. Thors
is a baronet in Toronto who Ia q clerk in the
law courts. His father got tho baronetoy
years ngo for services as Chief Justice Of Up
per Canada but tho family is poor. and pow
erty and hereditary title are an ILL., matched
team. The late Sir George Cartier. French
Canadian politician. was q baropet. but he
| died without male issue. With these excep-
| tions. and another yet to be mentioned. tho
titles conferred on Canadians are life titles
only. belonging to the lonian order OF St
That ,., order was instituted in 1873 for tho
general. The members Of the .ordsr rank
There are three grades, in 1.-THE Grand Cross
kE NJ g. knights: the knigh5 Commander
simple. or {. NJ. g. Tic stats represent st
Tt s1rf The FSs sseR r L
and the {. NJ. q. 'ars the grades 10 which Cana.
Css. are Sa%ts ssS s i sns s;y.S Tr ay e
sion William tho Fourth found himself seated
LORD or. ii Mayor q Lonaan: This ssys the
that in IL EnrIand ia evSryIhns was OPEN TO N crit
ION my, Fight, he said. sits. the Duke Of
nets in his veins: on my left sits Sir Some
69dy somethng h Epised iro% the ysry dregs
raised not, from the dregs. nor from. the
body OF the people. but from the, froth
solons aHe refused the te Rfs' Uoa on on
18th s. You'd Hs fsdy hoss ss nSy bsss1
Nova Scotia once had breed Of baronets all
TO herself. and. owing to the presence OF tho
natural bent Of tho Inhabitants. VINO are de-
sscendet from Highland clansmen and old sol
diers. she taxes more kindly to the hummery
Of imperialism than any other part OF tho
Nominally, kniGhthood is conferred by the
1t ia conferred by the Colonial ONCE on the
WTo Is pro@psa roaI by his Prime Mnister Ths
od oss G the 2, r.
iors"sh li amy t personases rhe Wusen T Knows
nothing Of the Canadian knights created In
her name though ugh most Of them. when they
osF tho oss.
the Atlantis and are presented. They tel! q
and had arrived in London fresh from home.
Eyhsro he pad been been received BY q:
snso s %nd s gave bis y wife "' vaI@uaSIe @ Hints
approach, bow. back out and 30 forth. but the
rustic coupie resolved to adopt the Vatican
iril On their knees in an ecstasy Of loyalty and
would not bndse for Gold Stick ana his min
Ses are p. %
MIL knight o that he s not
say That when @ I; Riehard the SECOND went to
simple creatures and worshipping and Won
dering notore tho English King. and the dan
nnmisers mimisksd heir tax and gestures
Gwasous sG Gad he adds s wsat stcries about
Shaf to a to HnsSSs fS
English dsnde Of today and usually lpe%sra petarns
to Ms cav mill or his grocery in dispirlted
Francs tried to found . hereditary nristoc;;
for the erection OF duehies. marquisates. Wis |
ther, The seifnioral tenure. based on the
1854, Tho seiGnior holding his estate from |
the Crown was the territorial lord, and the
submitted to various exactions invested in |
ieudal times. Mhen the act OF abolition was
french Canada, owned by idS seisniors S who io
lorded It over 1900 censitnirSs. In 100 the
e + the kDR Of
and in 1881 Queen Victoria recognized the |
sh 2st a.on t1 % 1s. ss
%PnqSs ws!ss %iIi Ss ssf bsyon%$ sSs ltstl%:
Is n"t. @ f'i resdent af Of Canada. @ f seversi
French have knGh,ea
Si 5s 5ss' Me3sr Nsys
breechcs with n coat OF many colors. and to
sit within tho sanctuary at church. Sir Ed
Geen % cruel enough to publish letters which hi he
got from Sir George Cartier when Sir George
sS Mhe Sir Elwasd Sr " as
his own ttis y similar means isw ysars
desired title. circulated II petition setting
forth his various achievements. and had It
signed and sent to tho Governor General. but
~.
remi ind.d him OF Jack Fasiafs demand to be
made earl or duke for killing Percy after the
The Nova Scotia bnronetcies were bought |
and sold tor cash. Each haronet had 10 pay
",nne thousand merEiS Scottish money" to Sir |
William Alexander James the Firsts lieuten-
ant In the colony. and to supply six settlers.
The Scottish nohles Of the genuine sort at
tackled and ridiculed the new order to such an |
extent that in 1876 Charles the First issued Q
proclamation in these words: And thnirfore
we wairne all and sundrie the centric OF this
kingdome tnat they either procure the said
dignitie for thamesefs or not rerine at otheris
for doine the same. under pain OF being punist
as contvmptnaries Of his MaJestie's lnclina-
tioun and disturharis OF tho puhlink peace"
The new baronats were authorized by a Sec
ond proclamation to wear about their necks
an orange SILK ribbon bearing In n scutcheon
srGent I" tal!oirr n%rur, with mo arms OF scot,
to France IN 1852 Sir William then Earl OF
Stirling and Niscount Canada. received 81 o. 900
as compensat ion for his losses. but the baron
ets aud ''thaire heres male in all time rom-
ing" were lett to whistle FOR their thousand