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Ti1e Court Of Rome.
for iu Rome the priesthood and the government are one , and the chief nobility of Rome are either descended from the families of the Popes , or have been created by them . The following sketch of their origin is taken from the archives of the Apostolic Camera , a source of information closed to the generality of travellers .
NAMES AND TITLES OF THE ROMAN PRINCES , BY WHOM CREATED . COLONNA : Created by Martin V . Prince Carbagiano Charra . BORGHESI : Created by Paulus V . Prince de Montefortino . DORIA PAMFHILI : Created by Innocent X . Prince de Valmontonc . BONCOMPAGNI -. Created by Gregory XIII . Duke de Sora . BAREEIUNI : Created by Urban VIII . Prince de Palestrini . ALBANI : Created by Clement XI , Prince de Soriano .
CESARINI SFOEZA : Duke de Civita Laurini . GHIZF : Created by Alexander VIII . Prince de Farnese . CONTI : Created by Innocent XIII . Prince de Poli . GROVINE : Created by Benedict XIII , Prince de Ursini . LANELLETTO : Created by Benedict XIII . Prince de Castelo Genetti . CORSINI : Created by Clement XII . Duke de Lesinanno and Cupilani . ODESCALCHI ; Prince de Bracciano , created by Innocent XI . OTTOEONI ' - Duke de Fiarmo , created by Alexander VIII .
An aristocracy , whose principal members are thus descended from the families of the Popes , are attached to the existing order of things , and to the sovereignty of the church ; if there are discontented spirits —and where are such not to be found ?—they are not of the order of the patricians ; the two sons of Lucien Bonaparte , who so madly and foolishl y compromised themselves and family by becoming members of an idle conspiracy , can scarcely be reckoned among the class we have
named . Much false sympathy has been excited in their favour ; but when it is considered that an officer of the government was killed b y them while in the execution of his duty , and armed with the sovereign authority , the imprisonment of the eldest , the only one secured by the authorities , for a short period in the castle of St . Angelo , was no very cruel punishment . Among the nobles of Rome who maintain something of the state and hospitality of the olden time , may be named the Princes Borghesi and Pamphili Doria , who both married English women , the daughters of the Earl of Shrewsbury .
In opposition to the amiable frankness which characterises the reception afforded by the above named nobles to the English traveller , may be mentioned the extraordinary conduct of the Prince Piombino , who , in revenge for some supposed slight , in not having been invited to a ball , has obstinately closed his gallery and villa' against artists and strangers- The first might be pardoned ; but the latter—as it contains the Capo Dopra of Guido , his Aurora—is a severe privation . So strictly is
his order in this respect regarded by his domestics , that an English Catholic nobleman was refused admission , although the request % vas seconded by an elder from a cardinal . On another occasion , to show his hatred of our countrymen , he purchased a house that had long been tenanted by an Irish gentleman , and on becoming the possessor , immediately ordered him to quit . Remonstrance , and an offer to pay an increased rent , were equally vain . Proceedings to eject the tenant were commenced , when , as a last resource , the aged exile applied to the Pope for his interference , who having a knowledge of his unfortunate history ,
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Ti1e Court Of Rome.
for iu Rome the priesthood and the government are one , and the chief nobility of Rome are either descended from the families of the Popes , or have been created by them . The following sketch of their origin is taken from the archives of the Apostolic Camera , a source of information closed to the generality of travellers .
NAMES AND TITLES OF THE ROMAN PRINCES , BY WHOM CREATED . COLONNA : Created by Martin V . Prince Carbagiano Charra . BORGHESI : Created by Paulus V . Prince de Montefortino . DORIA PAMFHILI : Created by Innocent X . Prince de Valmontonc . BONCOMPAGNI -. Created by Gregory XIII . Duke de Sora . BAREEIUNI : Created by Urban VIII . Prince de Palestrini . ALBANI : Created by Clement XI , Prince de Soriano .
CESARINI SFOEZA : Duke de Civita Laurini . GHIZF : Created by Alexander VIII . Prince de Farnese . CONTI : Created by Innocent XIII . Prince de Poli . GROVINE : Created by Benedict XIII , Prince de Ursini . LANELLETTO : Created by Benedict XIII . Prince de Castelo Genetti . CORSINI : Created by Clement XII . Duke de Lesinanno and Cupilani . ODESCALCHI ; Prince de Bracciano , created by Innocent XI . OTTOEONI ' - Duke de Fiarmo , created by Alexander VIII .
An aristocracy , whose principal members are thus descended from the families of the Popes , are attached to the existing order of things , and to the sovereignty of the church ; if there are discontented spirits —and where are such not to be found ?—they are not of the order of the patricians ; the two sons of Lucien Bonaparte , who so madly and foolishl y compromised themselves and family by becoming members of an idle conspiracy , can scarcely be reckoned among the class we have
named . Much false sympathy has been excited in their favour ; but when it is considered that an officer of the government was killed b y them while in the execution of his duty , and armed with the sovereign authority , the imprisonment of the eldest , the only one secured by the authorities , for a short period in the castle of St . Angelo , was no very cruel punishment . Among the nobles of Rome who maintain something of the state and hospitality of the olden time , may be named the Princes Borghesi and Pamphili Doria , who both married English women , the daughters of the Earl of Shrewsbury .
In opposition to the amiable frankness which characterises the reception afforded by the above named nobles to the English traveller , may be mentioned the extraordinary conduct of the Prince Piombino , who , in revenge for some supposed slight , in not having been invited to a ball , has obstinately closed his gallery and villa' against artists and strangers- The first might be pardoned ; but the latter—as it contains the Capo Dopra of Guido , his Aurora—is a severe privation . So strictly is
his order in this respect regarded by his domestics , that an English Catholic nobleman was refused admission , although the request % vas seconded by an elder from a cardinal . On another occasion , to show his hatred of our countrymen , he purchased a house that had long been tenanted by an Irish gentleman , and on becoming the possessor , immediately ordered him to quit . Remonstrance , and an offer to pay an increased rent , were equally vain . Proceedings to eject the tenant were commenced , when , as a last resource , the aged exile applied to the Pope for his interference , who having a knowledge of his unfortunate history ,