The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-13 00:00:00

C.IRDINAL YORK.

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>fi►s the Co `tresperidence Yespeaing the munificent Assistance
rendered by Hisyresent 11441t3nr, to Cardinal Sentt it, the
LIST survivor of the unfortunate Race of the STUARTS,
1315 lately been noticed in the- Public Prints, our Readers
%nay receive some gratification ht seeing the-Memorials of a
Transadion SO honourable to Royal Beitisitity on one side,
and dignified Gratitude on the other.

CARDINAL DOTLGIA TO SIR /OHM COXI fiTrPti-
LEY, DART.

( Irani/aim.)
MOST WORTHY SIR,
The friendship you honoured me with at Rome,
encourages me to lay before you a case worthy of
your most mature reflclion, which is, that among
the other Cardinals who have taken refuge in Pa.
dua, here is also the Cardinal Duke ; and it is
greatly Aiding to me to see so great a personage,
the last descendant of his Royal' House, reduced to
such distressed circumstances, having been barbar-
ously stripped by the French of all his property ;
and if they deprived him not of life also, it was
through the mercy of the Almighty, who proteCted
him in his flight, both by sea and land ; the mi-
series of which, nevertheless, greatly insured his
health, at the advanced age of 75, and produced a
very grievous sore in uric of his legs.
, Those who arc well informed of this most worthy
Cardinal's domestic affairs, have assured me, that
since his flight, having left behind him his rich and
magnificent moveables, which were ell sacked and
plundered, both at Rome and Frascati, he has been
supported by the silver plate he had taken with
him, and which he began to dispose of at Me%sina
and I understand that, in order to supply his wants
a few months in Venice, he has sold ail that re.

PaOia, Sett. 1799.

unained. , • •
Of :the jewels he 'possessed, very few remain, as
the Most valuable had been sacrificed 'in the well
known contributions-to the French, our destruCtive
plunderers; and with respea to this income, after
having suffered- the loss of forty.eight thousand
Roman crowns annually, by the French Revolution',
the remainder was lost also by, the: fall of Rome,
namely, the yearly sum of ten thousand
,crowns,
assigned him by the Apostolical Chamber, and also
his particular .'funds in the Roman Bank. The
only income he has left is .that of his benefiCes in
Spain, which amount, to fourteen thousand crowns ;
but which, its it is only payable at present in paper,.
is greatly reduced by the disadvantage of exchange;
and even that has remained unpaid for more than a
year, owing, perhaps to the interrupted communi.
cation with that kingdom.
But here it is necessary that I. should add, that
the Cardinal •is heavily biirthened with the annual
sum of four.thousand crowns, for the dowry of the
Countless of Albany, his sister.in.law ;. three thou.
sand to The mother of his deceased niece*; and fif-
teen hundred for:divers annuities of hit father, and
his brother;. nor has he credit to supply the means
of acquitting these obligations.. .
This picture, nevertheless, which I. present to
your friendship, may well excite the compassion of
every one who will , reflect on the high birth,, the
elevated dignity, and the advanced age of
.the Per..
nonage, whose situation I now sketch, in the plain
language of truth, without resorting to the, aid of
eloquence. I will only entreat you to communicate
it to the distinguished persona who have influence
in your Government, persuaded as I am, that the
English magnanimity will not suffer an Illustrious
Personage of the same Nation to perish in misery !
But here I pause—not wishing' to offend your 'na.
tional delicacy, which delights to ad from its-own
generous disposition, father than from the impulse
and urgency of otherg.
We have here not only the:Cardinal Duke, but
other Cardinals, viz. the two Doriaa,2 Caprara, and
Livizzani; and perhaps very soon they will be all
here, as it is probable the• Conclave will be held in
this place, as it has pleased god to deliver from all
his labours the so 'eminently unfortunate Pius the
Sixth,' who chcrished.tor you , the most tender of.
fettion,. and who was pleased, when he was in the
Carthusian convent at Florence, to invest me with
the charge of the Pro.prefeCture of the Congregation
of Prepaganda Pide. My paper fails. me, Ln I
'shall never fail being
• Your .t.tue:.Friend and Servant,
SUPWRN, CARDINAL RORGIA.
* The Countess Albcrstorf..

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