The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-14

llncal DESCENT In an unbrokcn male
line from Ianfaldo Bonnpars. who In
i2i5 was town councillor OF Sarzuna.
ana ,L who Inquired there as a member OF
the local nobility. The noble descent
ot Francis Bonapartc. VINO estIblished
! himself near 400 years later In Cor
were always accorded the rights and
prerogatires OF mobiles. There IS in
tSa an original judicial decree OF
| INC supreme Court. or Supreme Coun-
CT OF Corsica, bearing the date IL
September. 1871, In which the Bona
partc family Is referred to as having
been MOBILES, OF Corsica for near three
centuries. Mat Is IL say. over since
francis Bonaparte settled in Corsica
Bonaparte bore the name Of Caesar N
Bonaphrte. and his wife was bona
Appoionia Malaspina OF the illustri-
Gus Gus, and IN historic and ono time for
pinas Of tho tenth, eleventh. twelfth.
thirteenth and fourteenth Centuries
are al descended from Adalbert IL. the
Malaspina Margrave OF TUSCANY, and
from tho latter's wife. Bertha. a great.
granddaughter of Chariemagne.
In the great cemetery at FLORENCE
number OF fourteenth and fifteenth
day. bearing tho name OF Bonaparte
II may also be added, as Indicative
of the social position OF the Bona
became fret Emperor OF the French
had. as boy OF nine and ten. been
me tayorite playmate In Florence OF
Hhrehauke CHARLES OF Austria. one 81
, lhe sons 81 the sovereign Grand Duke
Leopold II. OF Tuscany. who after
wards succeeded his brother, Joseph
-. as Emperor of Germany, aga OF
, strange fate that brought these two
playmates subsequently together in
battle: the ono as commander of the
austrian FORCES. the other as French
May, 1909.
=. The new Bishop Of sodor and Man.
tba, DYES nv r MS apPointment 10 the fact
translated to the more no. Incrati nas s 9efn
opric OF Ripon. will be. ny reason of
MS office, the. only lord OF Parliament,
VINO. although having a seat in the
part in It's debates. is nevertheless de-
barred from voting. The Episcopal
see Sc, Of Man, comprises the Isle OF Man.
me hrst bishop Of which was Saint
Patrick, In AZ. after converting the
Manxmen to Christianity. As for Sod
or IT Is the name of II small village
pal See was established in the ninth
century, by Pope Gregory W In 1896
Masnus, King of Norway. having con
qmered the Scotch Hebrlbcs.' and the
bishop under whose Jurisdiction they
continued until we'll on towards the
end OF the fourteenth century. when
England secured possession OF the
Isle of Man. Since then, the bishop
OF the island, although he has neither
enjoyed nor exercised any Jurisdiction
In Sodor. has retained the ancient title,
being still styled Bishop of Sodor and
Man: designation SO little under
stood abroad, that DR.. Drury, on one
occasion. found himself described in the
visitors book of an hotel at BordeauX,
as the "Eveque de Syphon" Sodor hav /.
Ing suggested something in the nature
OF sparkling water.
The Bishop OF Sodor and Man like
the Archbiskops of Canterbury and OF
York, and like the Bishops Of London.
Dirham and Winchester. takes his
place in.the House of Lords Immediate
~ on appointment. instead OF wailinr
his turn for seat. there being more
Sees than seats for the spiritual lords
OF Parliament in the upper chamber
The Bishop OF Sodor and Man does not,
however, take his seat on the bench
or bishops and archbishops but on
stool at the extremity thereof He has
nevertheless some compensation for
TINS treatment, having a legislative
position I,o OF his own IN the Manx
Keys His salary Is a small one. com
pared with those of his Episcopal col
leagues amounting to but $4,000
year. as compared with the $4,000
which is their average stipend. But
then living Is cheap in the Isle of Man.
where the Governor, Lord Raglan, only
gets $4,000 year salary.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company