THE LAST OF THE STUARTS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3031, 14 March 1881, Page 4

THE LAST OF THE STUARTS.

Charle3 Edward Stuart, Count cl'Albanio, the legitimist, king of England, if wo are to believe tho romantic genealogy of some faithful Jacobites, has just died. The deceased Count wa3 one of two handsome oM brothers, o£ distinguished, manners, who were well known in London and in Scotland. Tho elder brother died childless in 1872 ; the younger, whose sudden death lias just been reported, leaves male and female issue. The Count d'Albanio, according to story, wa3 the grandson of Charles Edward, the " Young Chevalier," the bravest, the most engaging, the most unfortunate even of the Stuarts. His father, James Stuirt, Count d'Albanie, is believed by many persons to have been the legitimate son of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by the Princess Louise Clementina Sobieaki, of Stolberg. It is asserted that he was born at Sienna in 1773, and, as the English authorities had offered a reward of £40,000 for tho " Pretender's " head, his infant son was secretly committed to the care of Admiral John Carter Allan, Admiral of the White. It was not until some years haa passed thit the Count, known as the "lolair Dearg " amongst the Highland clans, was informed of the true secret of his birth, and that he was none other than the legitimate son and heir of the vanquished hero of Culloden. The late Count, who suffered a considerable reverse of fortune on the death of his wife, bore his loss manfully, accepted his fate, and lived in comparative retirement in South Belgravia for nearly 20 years. The likeness both of himself and his brother to the Boyal House of Stuart was very marked ; moreover, their varied and great accomplishments, their personal bearing, their grace and oharra of manner, their innate dignity, and the right royal manner in which they patiently accepted poverty and sorrow surely marked them off from the common herd. In Scotladd they were always received with that consideration which was thought duo to their position, and many of the Scotch nobility have consistently and properly befriended them. The late Count was a writer of no mean power, both in prose and verse, and a nobleman of exquisite taste.