The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02 00:00:00

AN ITALIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE.

The civil marriage law has been so recently intro-
sluced Into Rome that, on the occasion of on important
a wedding as that between Donna Anna Maria Tor-
lonia and Don C ;olio lictrghese, I cannot do better than
commence my letter by unotine a portion of the prores
ertal— (wiitee a correspondent of The Tines, under
date Rome, Oct. 24):--

" In the year 1972 and the 23rd of October, in the Palace of
the Conserrated, on the Campedoglio, and in a room open
to the public, before me, Pietro Venturi. advocate,
Cavallere of the Crown of Italy, and Pro• Syndic of Rome,
have appeared Dan Giulio, of the Princes Borghese, aged ,
25 years, bachelor, born and domiciled in Rome, ton of his
Excellency the Prince Don Marc Antonio and of her Excel-
lency the Princes. Donna Teresa de It. R,hefoneauld, resi-
dent In Rome, Ac. ; and Donna Anna Marla, Princess
Torionia, aged 17, spinster, barn and domiciled In Rome,
danghter of his Excellency the Prince Don Alessandro and of
he L.ellency the Princeres Donna, feres colommDoria
also res,dent in 'tome which persons having lleclarec be-
fore me that it is their intention to proceed to the celebration
of their marriage, of which the pro67a who!, dated the nth
of October ,d the current year, No. t,..n0, has been published
in this Commune during the days from the 11th to the lath of
the said month, as shown by the certificate, and to which no
opposition has been notified, I pronounce, in the name of
the law, that DOH GlOllO, of the Princess Borghese, and
D 0... Lana 31 aria, Princess Torlonta, are united in matri-
mony. '
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Such are the wonls of the regid, ltion the e,.ii
marriage performed y esterday be:a cilia thelded.
alas, no may almost say the only—daughter and
heiress of Prince Torionia and the third WM of Prince
llorghese by his second wife, i/onna Teresa de la
Thwhefoucauld. It will be remembered that Prince
llorghese's tint wife was Lady G wendoline Talbot,
date4hter f the late Earl of Shrewsbury and sister of
Lady Mary Talbot. who married Prince I) a-a Pamphili.
The register further states that Don Giulio Borghese un-
dcrtakes, with the consent of him father and ef Prince Tor-
lonia, to RBPIIIII, the surname and arms of the house of
Turlonia, without in any way adding or uniting Wit any

other name whatatoever; tlkai-chiiring-the-lifetima-cif the
Prince Don Allessandro Torlonia h 0 hall assume the
title of Duke of Ceri,and after the death of the Prince
that of Prince Torlonia. The bride takes her husband
an immediate marriage portion of 3,371,000 francs., and
the succession to one of the moat oftoasal heritages in
Europe, nine-tenths of which Li Its landed property of
rapidly rising values
Dad this manitge been made awe years or so ago it
would hne• been celebrated stith great festivities, in
! which all Rome would cordially have joined, for,
! political opinions hpart, both these princely hhuses are
well beloved by the people fur the munificence of their
charities and the public spirit ?alley have always shown.
Devoted adherent,. however, to the Pope, evtrything
bag been done in the most private inr.lmer.
Por the civil marriage yesiterdssy the party drove up
to the Cdpitol in three 'shain closed carriages. with,
011.3 might almost lay, leas than the teedai allow of
State. Al the Palace of the CotiServatori such pre-
paratfersa had been made ha, while upholding the
dignity of the 3intiodpality, were due to the rank
and position of the Borghese and Torlouifs fmtsilies.
The seir'ershts of the Municipality wee': in lull livery.
The Pro-Syndic attended, in Iserson to perform the
Bernice, and, togetiwt With other members of the
Council prefeet, wore full evening costume.
dreta in IntiCh the bridegroom and the getstkioeu who
acseittlianied him alm appeared, A carpet was laid
!down ou the entrance alf through which the bridal
party had to pass, end before the Syndic's table two
gilt arindbairs Were placed for the bride and 'wide,
groom, ttsnil on his right hand for the rrinces Itorghese
atd orlonia and three en his left for the witnesaes,
r`rince Barberini. Cols Paolo 13orghese, Duke of Sul-
moon, and the Marquis Guild, of Florence.
Tito, bride, who is a little under the eieisge height,
ta a brunette with an abordar.Se of rich black hair,
She has no claims be that remarkable beauty and to e-
liness combifrod for which her mother was so ranch
distinguishes', but has a most interesting face, replete
with ivaeity and expression. responded to the
questiona with ts csear, bright round "Si,"
Which could be tcard in every corner of the room.
throwing rp ber head Elightly at the same time.
The marriage contract, by. which the o'normous
wealth of Prince Torlonia willidesfiend to the childrei.
of the Duke and Bncheah of Ceri, was signed at the
Torlonia yeatekftiY evening, in the presence of
therelatiSea of 'oti families and a number of distin-
guiehed ti,....testa, the witnesses on behalf cf Don Giulio
ketsg l'rince Aldobrandini and letie oalviati, and
for Donna Anna Maria Print° kiolonna and Prince
Oreini.

Th.. religions Ceremony was celebrated this morning
at seven o'c-loch, by Padre Bunch, the garish priest
of B.S. Apostolic. in the private:l)6oe) of the Torlonia
Palace. Among thorw whe, took part in the ceremony
were the Prince alid Princess of Salmons. Poke to.
Du .hess of lora, Marquis and Mareht:.-oess Gerini, of
Florence, Duke and Duchess 12.,rondChigi, Duke and
Duchess Salxiati, Prince and Princess Ahlobrandini,
Prince and Prticeas Orsini, Prince and Princess di
Margins, i'rince and Princess di Roccagorya, Mar.tuis
and Marchioness Sacchetti, Caret 'Marescotti, Prince
Colonna, Prince and Prineess Lancelotti, Prince and
Princess Barberini, tnd the Duke and Duchess Cesarini.
The Princess Donna Teresa was present both at the
sipmixr of the contract and at the ceremony of her
daughter's marriage in the chapel this morning. A
tew days ego she expressed the hope that she might be
well enough to attend, and greatly to the happiness of
her family and friends was able to do so.
Moon after eight o'elock the newly-married cool
left the Torlonia palace for the railway ststinn, whence
they started by the nine a.m, train for the Torre San
Mauro, near Rimini. Prince liorghese and Prince
Torlonia accompanied them to the station, and Ps the
train left Prince Torionia fairly gave way and burst
into, kerda.
Many mtatificent seLi of charity have been per.
formed on tbs r'...easion, among others, 50,000 f., the
united Offetlng of the Princes Borghese and Torfonia,
hart teen seat to the Cardinal Vicar for distribution
among the poor of the Roman parishes.
.'!..mong the mane valuable wedding presents ii a
beautiful ebony casket sent to the bride by his Holi-
ness Pius IX. It is richly inlaid With silver and has a
small statuette of silver on the lid. It contained a
beautiful prettree of the Virgin painted on ruck crystal,
a fan of great value, richly carved, anl a missal ex-
quisitely bound, together with which also was a ser-
vice of linen damask for six persons. Cardinal An-
tonelli's present Was in the form of a richly-wrought
cross of gold.