The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-25 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF CARDINAL

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A letter from Rome, in the Corriere Mercantile
of Genoa, says :—" The mother of Cardinal Antonelli is
just dead at the age of 90. She was born at Sonnino, and,
as is well known, was a relative of the brigands who in
the beginning of this century, and down to the year 1820,
infested the province. She never reconciled herself to
life in Rome, and was always talking of Sonnino. She
detested the splendid carriage which her son kept for her,
and her delight was, whenever she could get an oppor-
tunity, to take a ride in a market cart from the country.
She leaves no fortune beyond the 200 crowns which con-
stituted her original marriage portion."

Among the recent arrivals at Rome are Sir Tho-
mas Buchan Hepburn, Bert., Lady Hepburn and family,
Sir John Harington, Bart., Lady Harington and family,
the Hon. H. Walpole, Sir F. and Lady Goldsmid and
family, Mrs. Dennistoun of Dennistotin, Mr. and the Hon.
Mrs. Ross, of Bladensburg ; Sir H. and Lady Fielding and
family, lion. Mr. and Mrs. E. Petra, Hon. E. and Mrs.
Stoptord, Major-General Sir Henry and Lady Bawlinson.
The Duchess of St. Albans, Lord Falkland, and Lady Diana
Beanclark were expected immediately.
On the 16th Mr. Consul Severn had an inter-
view with Cardinal Antonelli at Rome, for the purpose of
requesting his eminence, as Prefect of the Sacred Palaces,
to grant permission for photographs to be taken of such of
the frescoes in the Vatican by Raphael, especially those in
the Loggia, as may be advantageously reproduced by that
mode of representation. It is well known that the stanze
and others of Raphael's important frescoes are too faded to
admit of photographic reproduction. The cardinal acceded
to the consul's request the more readily as he was informed
that the photographs were destined to complete a collec-
tion which the late Prince Consort had been forming for
some time before his death. . .

The Emperor Napoleon and his guests were out
shooting on Saturday in that part of the forest of Com-
piegne comprised between the Moulin and Croix St. Osten
roads. More than 1,400 head of game were brought down.

The Leipsic Gaze Hie announces that the Duke
and Dachau of Coburg ioteud to pea the winter at Nice.

A Greek journal observes that, by a singular
coincidence, the deputation charged to offer the crown of
Greece to Prince Otho arrived in Munich on the 13th Oct.,
1832, and that it was on the 13th Oct., 1862, that King Otho
left Athens to return no more.
According to the latest advices received, Prince
Adalbert of Prussia reached Baku, on the Caspian Sea, on
the 22nd Sept., and remained there two days. During his
stay he visited the neighbouring town of Sukhaneh, many
of whose inhabitants are Guebira, or firs-worshippers.
The republic of Geneva is about to revise its
local constitution. The Kiwi* question to be deckled
will be with reference to the abolition of capital punish.
meat. A member of the church of Geneva, M. Bost, the
author of several remarkable works, lately wrote so M.
Victor Hugo, making him for his influence in the debate.
That writer, who is an ardent advocate of the abolition of
capital punishment, has now replied in a letter which occu-
pies several columns of the French papers.
MM. Wherlia and Hofer, of Mulhausen, who
closed their mill in August last, have undertaken to main-
tain all their hands on full pay until July next The ope-
ratives attend every day at the mill at the usual hours.
The lees are employed at field works about the groins,
and the wawa occupy themselves with knitting and needle-
work. There is a school established for the children, where
they art taught to read and write.
M. Calzado, director of the Italian Theatre, Paris,
has obtained the probangation of his privilege for Are years.