Volume I Part 35 (2/2)

I went to La Ferronays, as all good-nature, and said he would go with me to Cardinal Albani; but I went first to the hotel and saw the girl alone, who corroborated all her n it, and then ith the Ambassador to the Cardinal in the Quirinal Palace

The door of his cabinet was locked, but after a sort of _abbe suisse_ had knocked a little he came and opened it, and in ent He did not recollect my name the last time I saw him, nor my person this La Ferronays explained the business, hich he was already acquainted, partly through Kestner (the Hanoverian Minister) and partly through the Roiven him the case of the adventurer, for such he see (Bunsen assures ht-headed and well disposed), and said she was married We said, not at all Then he hummed and hawed, and sta in the hands of the Saint Office [the Inquisition!!] under the eyes of his Holiness What could he do?' We fired off a tirade against the infaht to decide upon the validity of the o hoood if he could, and that the story (if they were detained here) would land, and would be echoed back to France by the press of both countries, and that it was very desirable to avoid such a scandal He seemed struck with this, and said it would be best to send them off to settle their disputes at home, but that they must have patience, that tied to be contented with this, and saying ere sure the case was in good hands (which I doubt, for he would leave it there if he dared), with irl has never dared to show her face, for fear of being carried off by the lover or shut up in a convent by the Grand Inquisitor, so I tranquillised theirI spoke to Monsignore Spada, who has proet up a case in Italian, if it should be wanted

Dined with M de la Ferronays, and went to his villa (Mattei) afterwards He has been perfect in this affair, full of prompt kindness; but what a Government! how imbecile, how superannuated!--a Minister of ninety aln of whoreat canonist, and all that little bubbling and boiling of priestery and monkery, which is at once odious, mischievous, and contemptible, a sort of extinct volcano, all the stink of the sulphur without any of the splendour of the eruption They want the French again sadly

English subjects detained by the Inquisition in 1830!! La Ferronays advised me to ask the Pope for a irl hiate her, and learn the truth, of the case

I had just done writing the above when a note came from La Ferronays with the passports for the Kellys, which Albani had sent hi it to the Pope I did not think he would have been so quick How enchanted they will be to-e Head: MISS KELLY'S ADVENTURE]

May 29th, 1830 {p382}

At ten Kestner called for Lovaine and me, and ent to the Pope[7] His Court is by no means despicable A splendid suite of apartments at the Quirinal with a very decent attendance of Swiss Guards, Guardie nobili, Chaenerally ecclesiastics-- dressed in purple, valets in red from top to toe, of Spanish cut, and in thea few minutes, ere introduced to the presence of the Pope by the Chamberlain, who knelt as he showed us in The Pope was alone at the end of a very long and handso under a canopy of state in an arm-chair, with a table before him covered with books and papers, a crucifix, and a snuff-box He received ushis hand, which we all kissed His dress hite silk, and very dirty, a white silk skullcap, red silk shoes with an embroidered cross, which the faithful kiss He is a very nice, squinting old twaddle, and we liked him He asked us if we spoke Italian, and e an in the ible French I ever heard; so that, though no doubt he said s, it was nearly impossible to co's health, of the antiquities, and Vescovali, of Lucien Buonaparte and his extortion (for his curiosities), said when he was Cardinal he used to go often to Vescovali He is, in fact, a connoisseur Talked of quieting religious dissensions in England and the Catholic question; and when I said, 'Tres-Saint Pere, le Roi mon maitre n'a pas de meilleurs sujets que ses sujets catholiques,' his eyes whirled round in their sockets like teetoturinned from ear to ear After about a quarter of an hour he bade us farewell: we kissed his hand and backed out again We then went to the Cardinal, whom I thanked wariven the passports to _ees_ It is the etiquette in the Court of the Quirinal for the servants to descend froo a foot pace

[7] [The Pope was Pius VIII (Francisco Xavierio Castiglioni), whose reign was a very short one, for he succeeded Leo XII in March 1829, and was succeeded by Gregory XVI in December, 1830]

After this audience I took the passport to the Kellys The ratitude and joy They went off in the evening to Florence La Ferronays advised in to stir in the matter and raise fresh obstacles

In the afternoon went to Gibson's, the sculptor He is very sient, and appears to be devoted to his art

There is a nificent Venus, composed from various models, like Zeuxis's statue of Juno at Crotona

Quando Zeusi l'iine far volse Che par dovea nel tempio di Giunone, E tante belle nude insieme accolse, E per una farne in perfezione, Da chi, una parte, e da chi, un' altra tolse

May 31st, 1830 {p383}

Yesterday the advocate to whoo came to me, and said he could not understand what she said, and she had desired him to call on me I told him the story, and he said he would look into it and see as to be done I had advised her before she went to consult an Italian lawyer as to the necessary steps to be taken here in order to prove the invalidity of the land This man, whose nanore Spada as a clever lawyer, and particularly good for the case, because brother of one of the judges (or other officer) in the Vicar-General's court But I suppose he has less influence over the brother than the brother over hi he sent'the parties were married, and had abjured after instruction received'--evidently a letter dictated by the court or by his brother, or at all events by some ecclesiastical interest They evidently want to ood to save their own credit, but there is a great mystery in the whole affair Cardinal Weld told La Ferronays that they had not yet found the priest who had performed the ceremony Bunsen at my request undertook to enquire into the affair, but up to the present moment (June 13th) he has only made the case more confused and inexplicable[8]

[8] The conclusion of this affair is not less curious than its commencement The parties returned to this country

Swift sued Miss Kelly in the Ecclesiastical Court for the restitution of conjugal rights After ued before Sir John Nicholl, who at very great length pronounced judge Swift appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, when the sentence of the Court beloas reversed, and the ceree The parties were thus irrevocably made man and wife, and after some time had elapsed their otiation for a reconciliation, and eventually Miss Kelly agreed to live with Mr Swift, on condition that the ularly perforly done: certain settlements werehappily and hars in this cause are described in the second volume of this Journal, when they cae Head: SAINT-MAKING]

To-day there was a grand ceremony of the transportation of the standard of a new saint (that is, one o) from St Peter's to San Lorenzo in Lucina, his own church This saint is San Francisco Carraccioli, a Neapolitan All the peasantry caaws, and the streets were crowded There was a balcony at the Cardinal's as for the Girandola, but the Duc de Dalberg and I went to the Piazza di San Pietro, and saw it there; it was curious First cauards; then the footmen of the cardinals in State liveries, four for each, carrying torches; the clergy of various orders with chandeliers, crucifixes, i file of Jesuits, whose appearance was remarkable, so humble and absorbed did they look; bands offrom the door of St Peter's to the other side of the Castle of St Angelo This procession ain in the Piazza della Colonna two hours afterwards The Church of San Lorenzo and the adjoining houses were illuminated, and there was a picture, inscription, &c, stuck up over the door The Cardinal Galetti, who is the patron of this order, asked the General of the Jesuits to send some of his flock to swell the procession, which he was desirous ofas brilliant as possible The General excused hiround that the Jesuits were not in the habit of attending processions

The Cardinal complained to the Pope of the General's refusal The next tioes once a week to the Quirinal toall theirhi the room, the Pope called after him, 'O reverend Father, I hope you will not send less than a hundred of your Jesuits to the procession to-ed to obey This ecclesiastical anecdote ian, and a e here, and a seminary; a hundred in the one, and three hundred in the other

The process of saint-rades of saintshi+p: the first, for which I forget the name, requires irreproachable moral conduct; the second (beatification), tell-proved miracles; the third (sanctification), three It costs an immense sum of money to effect the whole, in soins by an application to the Pope, on the part of the relatives of the candidate, or on that of the confraternity, if they belong to a religious order

The Pope refers the question to a tribunal, and the claied to appear with their proofs, which are severely scrutinised, and the miracles are only admitted upon the production of the most satisfactory evidence Individuals continually subscribe for this purpose, particularly for ious orders, in order to increase the honour or glory of the society These trials last many years, sometimes for centuries There is a Princess of Sardinia, sister of the late King, who died lately, and they want to make a saint of her The money (estimated at 100,000 piastres) is ready, but they cannot rout out a miracle by any means, so that they are at a dead stand-still before the second step nobody can be sanctified till two hundred years after their death, but they rades before that, and the proofs istered

June 1st, 1830 {p386}

Yesterday news cae in the French Ministry,[9] of which La Ferronays knew nothing the night before, and fro anticipates an increase of desperateto Gibson's; in the evening to the Orti Sallustiani, one of the reat holes in a wall, which they call the Campo Scelerato, and they say it is the place where the frail vestals were buried Co a drive--two coaches-and-four, with guards and outriders We got out of the carriage and took off our hats, and our _laquais de place_ dropped on his knees The Pope was in white, two people sitting opposite to hi All persons kneel when he appears--that is, all Catholics The equipage was not brilliant To the Corsini Villa, the gardens of which are soreeable in Rome, but nobody inhabits the palace The Corsinis live at Florence, and when they coe elsewhere, for the malaria, they say, occupies their domain Thus it is that between poverty and reat , for almost every woman one meets is with child Gell denies thewhere they say it is dangerous to live; but can this be ned the decree for the dissolution of the existing Chamber of Deputies on the 16th of May: on the 19th of May another ordinance appointed M de Chantelauze to the Ministry of Justice, M de Peyronnet to the Interior, M de Montbel to the Finances, and M

Capelle to the Department of Public Works These appointments, more especially that of M de Peyronnet, were deeree hostile to the Liberal party]

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