The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-08 00:00:00

"Cardinal Antonellt having in these last days passed from
Rmupg the living, I substitute the Cardinals Simeoni, Mertel,
and Monaco.—" Pio P. P. IX.

"From the Vatican, Nov. 6, 1875.

"In the name of God, I declare and dispose that when
the Blessed Gtcl shall bring my mortal life to an end, the
rums and values, whatever they may be, derived from the
Obolo of St Peter administered by the Signor Cardinal
Antonelli. shall be and shall go to the advantage—that is
to say, into the possession of, the Holy See.—" Pio P. P IX.
"Rome, Nov. 22, 1575.

"To bite two Cardinals surrogated to the defunct Cardinal
Antonelli, I leave a box set with brilliants to Cardinal
.Mertel, and a crucifix to Cardinal Simeoni—the crucifix
upon a cross of metal. The crucifix and the two statuettes
of the most Holy Mary and of St. John are in ivory. It
stands in the salon of the private library.-110 P. P. IX.
"To Cardinal Monaco a picture hanging in the little upper
room—the Madonna delta Seggiola in enamel.
"From the Vatican, Dec. 26, 1876.

"I declare and dispose that when the Blessed God shall
bring my mortal life to an end, the corspicuous sums and
values and credits especially and above all derived from the
Obolo of St. Peter and from the oblations of the faithful of
all nations, sums, values, and credits existing whether in
Rome or in whatsoever other part of the world, of which the
Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Palaces has the administra.
lion, shall be for, and shall go to, the advantage—that is to
say, into the full possession, of the Holy tie, and to the free
disposal of the Supreme Pontiff pro tenzpore. —Pio P. P. IX.
"From the Vatican, Feb. 8, 1877.

"In the name of God. I appoint and institute the Car-
dinals R. Monaco, G. Simeoni, Mertel, my universal heirs,
to whom I leave all my estates, personal property, rights
and shares, with the exception of what I have disposed of ir
may hereafter dispose of by other acts or especial title.
"Pio P. P. IX.
"From the Vatican, Aug. 23, 1877.
"I have already declared and disposed, as I now also
dispose, that when the Blessed God shall bring my mortal
career to an end the coffspicuons sums of money and the
values and the credits, , of which the Cardinal Prefect
of the Sacred Palaces has the administration shall be for
and shall fall into the possession of the Holy See and to
the free disposal of the Supremo Pontiff pro tempers. I
now add that I make the same declaration and disposi-
tions with regard to the sacred vestments and other objects
and precious things in point of art or material of which
I might not have specially disposed.— PM P. P. IX.
"If, by whomsover or by whatsoever title, the dispositions
made by me that the slims or money, the values, the credits,
&c., administered by the Cardinal Prefect of the. Holy See,
as also the sacred vestments, the objects and precious
things, whether in point of art or material, of which [might
not have specially or particularly disposed shall he for and
shall remain in the possession of the Holy See, shall be held
as not valid, or, for whatever other motive, should not have
full effect and execution, in this case or cases I leave the
above-mentioned sums and everything else above described
to the Cardinals Raffaele Monaco, Vicario, Simeon' Giovanni
Secretary of State, and Teodolfo Mertel.—Pius P. P. Ix.

"From the Vatican y Sept. 4, 1877.

"In the patrimony of my family i
—that s to say, that
patrimony derived from the heritage of my father—there is a
portion which belongs to me, and I intend that this portion
be divided in three—two parts to fall in favour of Girolamo
Mastni, and the other in favour of Cristina Mastai.—PiuB
P.P. lx.
"From the Vatican, Oct. 2, 1877.
"To his Royal Highness the Comte de Chambord, the
Madonna called Del Destino (mosaic.)

To her Highness the Duchess Dowager of Modena
Madonna (mosaic).—PlUS P. P. IX.
"To the Queen Isabella of Spain, Crucifix of Lucca
" Pius P.P. IX.
"From the Vatican, Oct. 2, 1877.
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"In token of paternal benevolence, I leave to His Majesty
the King of Naples a group in silver representing the Holy

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"To his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of
Tuscan), a Madonna after Raphael with a silver frame.

"To his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Parma, a large
miniature, Binite parvulos.'
"To his highness Don Alfonso di Bourbon, formerly
Pontifical Zonave, the Resurrection in mother-of-pearL
Pins P. P. IX.
"From the Vatican, Oct. 13, 1877.
"To her Highness the Princess of Thurn and Taxis the
trunk of the Cross in silver ornamented with diamonds,
with two small angels having in their hands symbols of
the Passion, and containing a relic of the Holy Wood
Pius P. P. IX."