The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-11

London, November 10.-(Special.) l.)-The pathetic circle of kings in exile has re- ceived the Portuguese recruits and doubtless the young ex-Kink Manuel will l gradually accommodate himself the life of an English country gentleman, and will find more real enjoyment than he did when he was trying to balance himself on the tottering Portuguese throne
 The young King may or may not have | finally lost the throne of Portugal, but he is still High Suzerian of the IIither and Further Afric Seas, also Lord of Guient-and, if rumor be correct of safe ly lodged guneas as well-and Master of Navigation and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India, while his Gar ter is sufficiently elastic to be worn for life
 The days when an emperor and em- press of France, a queen of Spain and a king of Hanover were in exile at the same. time are now over. The rulers in exile of today are Oriental despots. the Shah of Persia, pensioner of Russia, and Abdul Hamid, not really in exile, but hidden behind the walls of the Villa Allatini in Salonica. These. with the widow of that cosmopolitan scamp ex- King Milan and the aged ex-Empress Eugenie. complete the list And yet the lives of the majority of royal and prince ly eXiles seem cast in pleasant places Endowed as most of them are with great wealth as long as they keep up to the rather elastic moral standard permitted to princes they enjoy the honors and pleasures of royalty without the respon- abilities.
 Even when an opportunity occurs of returning to their former position they generally refuse. A notable instance IS the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, who coming to this country owing to royal dis pleasures, has now settled down to the life of a great English nobleman, not even despising the office of mayor, and though the gates of Russia are open again to him he sensibly prefers his adopted home.
 In older times Twickenham was refuge for dispossessed royalties, and it was here that Louis Philippe and the Prince de Joinville came after the revo- lution of 1S4S had driven them from France Orleans house. Louis Philippes Twickenham home, is now ''to let" By the park gates there is public house known as the Crown.
 Many years ago former landlord Of his hostelry saluted the ex-Kink of the French as he was walking through the streets of Twickenham. What were you when lived here?" asked Louis Philippe. Please your Royal Highness," replied the man, q kept the Crown.
 "Did you?" Said the ex-King.
 Well. you were lucky; you did what I was unable to do."
 The Duke of Wellington, who as a Portuguese Duke. Marquis, and Count, stood beside King Manuel the other day at the Busaco celebrations almost on the eve of the cataclysm in Portugal, Is, 1t Is interesting to recall, himself lineally de- scended from king--namely Edward of England That famous monarch's daughter, Elizabeth Plantagenet. married Humphrey de Bohun, lord high constable of England, and from their younger daughter, Margaret, wife of the first Earl of Devon, descended in direct line Dud- ley Colley, a member of the first restora- tion Parliament, whose grandson, Rich ard Colley, first Lord Mornington, changed his name from Colley to Wesley, or Wellesley. His grandson, Arthur, be- came the first Duke of Wellington, and his grandson, again. is the present Duke, 18th in lineal descent from Rink Ed ward I.
 What is really interesting about these little known details of the Wellington pedigree is that Wellington's great naval contemporary and fellow-he Heratio Nelson, was likewise lineal descendant of the Lady Elizabeth Plan tagenet; but through her elder daugh- ter, Eleanor, who married the first Earl of Ormonde. The pedigree comes down through Mary Boleyn (sister of Queen Anne). wife of Sir William Cary, and through the Warehouses to Anne Wode- house, who married Robert Sucking,