DEATH OF A BLAOK DUKE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 940, 11 May 1883, Page 2

DEATH OF A BLAOK DUKE.

1 A black duke, who was formerly one _ of the members; of the’ Cotirt' bf SoiPloaque/Emperorbf Haytij has just died in Paris. M. Toussaint-Lagorille, as i his wealthy- iffegflo rhks called f hitnSelf ’ since the fall-of that short-lived empire, came originally to the French capital as i he fibaricikl agent of the black Caesar: [t is said- that he procured rA conririer-

i ibjetlpan,-prpraising to? pay, tfes. most ncredit?le (> perceptage r — according i o one account even going so far as boo, per cent, also bought up,ah T enormous quantity_qT old military uni- 1 forms of; aJLI European; naMoqalilies, i econd-hand generals’ bats;; and- oser:-.i ndprnments for .the decoration of-the-h SmperoHSoUiouque’s soldlfert; r gpneralsi/ t v und officers of State/ .He didn6t fot-' get to procure a-considerabljj quantity pf French brandy for soulouque was so delighted with 'the' success of his agent .that be to him : that he had elevated hiffb tojhe dignity of a Duke> and, that he yras henceforward tp conduct his_ negotiations. -on. the Bourse, and ,iqh.|he Ihops/underthethle'ot thfb'“ EhiC’de la. * f } 'driMgd 5 dtyW a ■ ievr. .jassiunptipn^...,destroyed, j * pf increasing his credit. The Emperor Sbulouque was angry at the deereasejpf isupplies, f and/ 1 fahcying hw agent was growing careless,^3s-^-: graded him intb a Marqafe,'•ftfefcr witb a Count J f next to a Baron, ,gftecwards" tpC a there Chevalier, and ultimately de-1 prived him even of that remnant oT aristocratic 'distinctibbi ’Meanwhile - it. Toussaint-Lagorille had also., lost MtK in fiis ItnpMEil master?bbdtiegbtf to carry 'on- his business ’on ; his bwn gccpunt. Wben; the f?a? de-j ? ffironed, and fled to Paris, he sum-moned-the ..ex-Dukeftb -appear -before—bint,Mmt liagorille refused t6CPbe^JflW 1 Summons. He had managed to builui. ■■ up for himself- ia property/ of some 60,000 f., upon’the interest of which he ' lived' -with comfort. and ; great selfedl^ ' J placency to. extreme old age. ~ ...