Arizona republican., 1899-09-13


ses at least half a dozen titles in ad-
dition TIC the one by which he is
known There are some mobiles. in
deed, who possess NO less than twenty
| one different and distinct peerages.
There are, however. 3nly a few Off
| cial occasions on which it is de rig
usur to describe peer by all the titles
| he possesses, namely, at a public or
official funeral, at his installation as
a knight cf the Order OF the Garter Or
( of the Order Of St. Patrick, in an off
ciaI proclamation when he happens to
he acting as governor OF a colony. and
in the latter's patent elevating him to
a pserage Of a higher rank. It is like
wise etiquette to enumerate all the
titles of peer on the name plate Of
/ his coffin and in any monumental in
scTipti5n.
Ii is great mistake to imagine that
/ a Peer is always known by his highest
/ title. Thus there is well known earl
in the house of lords. and who figures
! as such in society, who is in reality
marquis, while On the continent one
! constantly finds dukes contenting
themselves with their minor titles of
prince, among the most conspicuous
instances having been the late Prince
Bismarck, who RETAINED from using
duke of Bielftz, who prefers to be
known as Prince Sulkowski; the duke
of Gi5ttschee, who prefers to be known
as Prince Auersperg; the duke of
Nieswiez, who shows prediction for
the title of Prince Radziwill. and many
others.
Wonderful. indeed. ara the ways of
the British government in making
their official appointments. Thus, Mr.
J. z. BlGunt. who has just been ap-
pointed English consul general at BoS-
'tcn, Mass, has spent his entire con-
sular career in the Levant, where, in
deed he was born. and speaks all the
Levs-ltine languages and dialects with
as much facility as he does English.
He has until quite recently be5n consul
general at Salcnica, and it is doubtful
whether there is any public servant OF
Queen Victoria who processes more
profound acquaintance with all the in
tricate affairs Of the IaYant than this
veteran consular oficial. His wife is
LeYantine lady, very clever wO-
man who does net, E-wever, speak
English at all. All the services which
both husband and wife have rendered
TO Great Britain until Row have been
essentially Of a diplomatic character,
AID enc is tempted TO ask therefore,
what possible object the British gov
eminent can have in transferring the
BlCunts Uo Boston, where the consular
du1tes are purely commercial, and
where there will be- no scope whatso-
ever for the peculiar talents and the
unrivaled experience of Consul General
Ricunt
II must be remembered. however. /
that the government which has just
nude this extraordinary appointment
is the same one that has recently nom
mated General Sir Herbert Chermside
t. an Important command in Ireland J
under the impression that twenty con- !
secEtive years spent in the orient as
consul general in Armenia. military |
attache at Constantinople, and British
delegate in Crete, were calculated TO
fit him for military service in the En-
erald Isle, and which instead of util-
ling the unrivaled knowledge Of the |
interior of Africa and of Asia, possess
ed by the celebrated explorer, Sir |
Richard Burton, transferred him from |
Damascus, first t9 a p9st in South |
America, and afterwards to Trieste, Oh |
the Adriatic. where he died. Volumes !
mere could be written about the extra
ordinary caprices Of the British gov
eminent in the making of its consular |
appointments
Adelaide Ristori, the actress, has be- |
come SO much ST a mere faint memory !
CT ether days that ii seems quite sur |
ptising TO find her still living, hale and |
hearty, and celebrating at the age of /
nearly eighty this fiftieth birthday of |
her only son, the Marquis CapIaaica |
del Grillo, the favorite gentleman-in-
in fn Of
Her last public appearance wat at Tur-
in last year. when she recitcd in her |
style d canto CT Dante's In
ferno. In this country she Travelled |
with an English company. which was
only moderately successful. although |
she was the recipient Of &c end of hes
pisality, which has left her very warm
ly disposed toward Americans. She
prefers to be known as
tDOna Adelaide instead of Marquise
del Grillo, and is a universal favorite-
Indeed, it is cut CT consideration for
her that the queen attached her sen
to the Ii5yal household. ard has made
such friend and confidant of him.
$50
The Spanish Infanta EuIalie has just
been the cause of a pretty bad scare to
the French authorities at Boulogne
Sur Mer where the queen of Naples,
and number of other royal person
ages are accustomed to spend the
month of August f3r the sake of the
sea bathing A few days before the
arrival of the infanta an immense
amount of baggage arrived for her
from England. including an eXtraordi-
nary looking packing case bearing
some resemblance TO a coffin. The
freight in question was consigned to
enc of the hoteI proprietors OF the
town as the property CT princess Eu-
l2lie of Orleans he- husband. Don
being, as the only son of the
late French duke of Montpeasier. a