DUKE OF ALBANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 835, 2 August 1881, Page 2

DUKE OF ALBANY.

Her Majesty has been pleased to raise Prince Leopold to the Peerage under the title of the Duke of Albany. The Peerage title of, Albany has always. been' RJbyal. In that respect it resembles Cambridge, for though one of the nipe holders of tj» ] | latter was an Earl of Arrari,'he intur dared heir presumptive. to., the '.ScottM Crown. t In;conferring, the Dukedom of Albany upon her'youngest son'ths pays a graceful compliment to-Her " Scottish subjects, Albanyjs only the'raodirnised fornv of " Aibainri, Jl .lh(j''bld name for the .Highlands, of Scotland... Some hold that it is closely allied; to 1 the term Albiones, which was applied generally to the inhabitants of the.British Islands by the .earliest geographers.., ( - Probably because a, large portion- of.the Celtic population were ultimately unshed away into a corner of the north-west of Scotland, the name which from time immemorial they had. given to the whole country' came to be limited in its application to the., particular, locality into which they, were driven. TChefirat Dukedom of Albany was 'conferred oh the'brothe'r.of King Robert 111, of Sootland, who was at the time Regent, by an .Act of a Scottish Council' which met at.Sconejn 1098, Since thep the titje has pever been'borne save by a Prince.who Blond-very near the Throne.; After beipg forfeited in. tjie person of the sop of its,first, holder, it was beßtowed on the second son of JKipg James 11. of Scotland, It became extinct in the next geperatiou ; but was subsequently revived by being.granted to Henry Lprd Datnley, to Charles I, to James 11. who during {heir infapcy werp both known nsiPukeaipf AVbapy, apd tp Prince ■ Frederick, • .the seeop.d sop af George 111.. the last holder of the title. The "Young Pretender" palled hinnel| the Comte D'Albanie,- and he the title or--Duchess of Albany on his daughter., :: -,- ; V fisaaHEaßßHssKi. The busy.bee is mostly used; for fables proverbs but it; takes" r p,ii enthusiagfjo hornet to adorn amoral:"and point a tail, ;-V' '■;■>•■•:/' '■'..'/ "Didn't 81(6returrjyour.love?! 1 -.asked e, sympathising friend pf a djscbns,qiaje s'vvain. I 'Yes, she did: she said she didn't; want it! That'sTyhat'skiihyme'.'' "Tpep are Yfiwy halfd-in. feet wfweotly awful," sajd ap exquisite |he ptbpp n^orning; i; I've had fp wefloopp bill to eight pounds a montl).'! ■;"' 9 Thp Marquis of Wostnyjnstor an estate, with an income of more '■ jjian a' million a year-, ten thousand ppunds going to each of hi? daughters, and the remain, der fa iiia son, now the Dnlto ot AVest. minster, One of the sisters married in Cannes, in the south of Franoe an acoomplished.physician who wished to settle in London; but with the English contempt for Frenchmen in general and the husband of his sister in particular,-the Duke gave his sister another ten thousand pounds to keep her husband out ofEjng. land. (

•4 befctpr gauge o{ the general iniprqmetit in thV condition of tjie'p'eojli i* Eiigtaudtabidri'ot I be'fdr'nian'e'd than'tho state of the jewellery trade o'f BiYIngham; because, tho articles 'maW factored being'' purely luxuries, this" tmdjrpfjttp,JeM-'timpfc Jflj the last to recover them.. During the .past few months there has been a marked, increase jri'the"?c|iyjty of/ltlie jewellery tra.de, ai)4 as ling repptts tj|at silver /pr'aceleis' are at tl)e'present tirfle,being turned ouj of Birmingham at th,§ rate of IO,OOQ a,: 'week.- '■:,.'": '.. ■>

We clip, the following from a recent number of the North Otago Times :- Somewhere about a week ago, in a district well-known as the land of " Kerry men and merino motion," the following tran?het|fln tqojr plajig. One evening a farmer"; w)io owjisafarm of some7o6 |iay}r)g pri jt a, several h«ndrp4 |md several jWrjdred pounds worth of horseflesh, etp, e'to, went down to a public-house. Here ha enjoyed himself until he had "a wee drap in his e'e. '"■' A eon of-the worthy host then got him in tow and he became " gloriously "drunk.' This gentleman then persuaded the unfortunate farmer to sell him,his farm and everything on it for |lO per afro, apd, at two p'plppk. ji) the tiidrnipg, so as npt to allow his guest tb'gef 'sober fiefot'eHneUransftctloii'M complete'djwent' and, 'roused' one 1 of'his servants qnt of bed, to witness the'signing' of the-bargain, jt' qa/ benientipiieil that this SQO acres comprise some of the best' lad ip the district, neighbouring land having been ; sold for over 118 an acre, •. ;•

A Fact Worth Knowing,-In these times of retrenchment and enforced economy, both publio and private, it ie consolatory to know that the " wind it generally tempered to the l shorn lamb," and that tlirfl are few misfortunes' wjthqii't compensating'' adyarll- - "With mingy 'in-ießVSbittlanclf'ii purchasing power is', will go as far as thirty shillings in the era, prosperity. .As a prqof of tn'is, tie readers this paragraph need only M »vißil large sale of surplus stock atVonna Smith!}. Tt An House, Wellington, .i.- A very full ana elaborate qatalogue of the many Urge reduo. tiqnß made in the prices of general drapery and clothingis-enolos'ed' with Satuday's (July 2nd) issue, and merits, a careful perusal on', the. part oPall /stationholders, hotelkeep'ers, heads" of families, and. county.-residents generally. —Special opportunities, like the one at'present under consideration; occur but seldom ;.and iyjji therefore rfim'portanoe: thatthe fullest W-

vantage' should be takefrbf it' at the earliest period, To Aro Houßehai. always stood woll with the pubhVas. to; the undoubted veracity, of its advertised iprioeß, and no doubt many country residents have a lively recolleotioniqf {he satisfactory bargains they secured in thepjast, -'Ejijilj if not superior advan'tages'iire : 'SoV'being'offcired. ''O'wirig V to thounprecedentijf low ; ratfls ; at which/tin} gosdj are marked m'discounts can be al> lowed during the sale;' M ah additional at; traolion, r ;tSei sale-will include a special presentat'iori.toeae'h'tluTchaslr of £3 worth and of - a-beautiful chr'omolithographic oardb|a^i;Bi^ : 18 in'obes'. No tp should Baying a verj,;early visit to the surpliis stock etjlp. at James Smith's' Te 'Aro House, Weiington.—.[Adyt.] '.