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Show Mnnutncttirliii; I'vihicU Noblemen. A treatise entitlod, "Is There French Nobility?" written by tho Vi-comte Vi-comte A. do Royer, is a burning topic in the highest social circles of Paris, France, at present. The Vicomto declares de-clares that out of -15,000 "noble" families fami-lies only about four hundred arc abla to substantiate a claim to aneietis liueago. The writer also asserts tlml on an average, about forty nobilities are actually manufactured in tho Republic Re-public annually. As an instance ol this tho caso of a M. Dulao is quoted, who asked permission to i-liang h'! name to Dn Lao do P. oujon. Two years later ho paraded as a count. Tho Pope also, says the Vicomto, grants an average of sixty titles oi comto ov prince annually. It is shown that about Hl'ly per cent, ol foreign blood is introduced in tho Hun of tho real noblosso by iutcrmiiv-riagos iutcrmiiv-riagos with ,T owish aud Anuu'iona heiresses. Long lists of suoli nun'-riagos nun'-riagos are given and tho troaliso concludes con-cludes with the statement, thai t11' present French nobility s a delusion. Now York Journal. |