196 A VISIT TO THE EMPEROR OF HAITI. 



The senators, the representatives, the judges, the superior 

 officers of the customs, &c, are all barons. For the wo- 

 men, besides the feminine of the titles accorded to the 

 men, there exists the special title of Marchioness. The 

 first ordinance decrees the creation of four princes and 

 fifty-seven dukes. The princes, named at the same time 

 Marshals of the Empire, were the Generals Pierrot, La- 

 zarre, Souffraud and Bobo. They receive, with the title of 

 Most Serene Highness, that of Lord. To the ducal quality 

 is attached the title of His Grace, and the name of some 

 locality. From this after circumstance arise the denomi- 

 nations which have led astray the European and American 

 journals. Thus Gen. GefTrard is Duke of the Table, Gen. 

 Luiding, is Duke of Marmalade, Gen. Segrattier, Duke of 

 Frose-IWbon, Gen. Alberti, Duke of Lemonade, &c. But 

 the Table, Marmalade, Frose-Bonbon, Lemonade, <fec, are 

 all places marked in the ancient geography of the country. 

 King Christopher already made use of them for the same 

 purpose as Soulouque, and wittily said, • The French, when 

 they laugh at my Marmalade and Lemonade, forget that 

 they have amongst themselves des Pois and des Bouillon? 

 These two illustrious names are certainly lost in the dark- 

 ness of times ; but have we not seen in our own day M. 

 Salvandy desirous of being called Count de Chante-Merle ? 

 The princes and dukes are all grand crosses of the order 

 of St. Faustin, and all have the grand cordon of the Le- 

 gion of Honor. Another ordinance produced at once 

 ninety-one counts. They are all styled Excellency, and 

 their titles, like those of the dukes, are taken from different 

 localities. Thus we have, amongst others, the Count de la 



