Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-08-18

hil6 JolePn feICn was maLter
Of a tavern, he married the daughter
Of a tinker, by whom he had three
children. This marriage, according
to the republican regulations, had
only been celebrated by the munich
pality of Ajacio. Fetch, therefore,
upon again entering the bofom Of
the church, left this municipal wife
and children to Unfit for themfeIvss,
conGdering himfelf fill, according to
the canonical laws bachelor. But
madame Fetch, hearing in 1901 Of
her ci-devant hufband's promotion,
to the archbiihopric of Lyons, wrote
to him for fome iuccours, being
with her children reduced to great
mifery. Madame Lstitia Bonapartc
anfwerrd her letter, inclo6ng draft
OF 600 livres, 2sl. herling, inform
ing her, that the fame fun would be
paid her every fix months, as long
as ihe continued with her children
to refide at CorGca but that ii
would ceafe the infant he left that
iaand. Either thinking herlelf net
efficiently paid for her diicretion,
or enticed by fome enemy of the
Bonaparte family, lhe arrived fecret-
ly at Lyons in October laft year,
where Che remained unknown until
the arrival of the Pope.-Oa the
hrit day his holinefs gave there his
public benedi6tion, ihs found means
70 pierce the crowd and TO approach
his Perfon, when cardinal Fetch was
by his fide. Proh,ing bya moments
Gience, fhe called out loudly, throw
ing herielf at his feet: +" Holy faith
CT ! | am the lawful wife Of cardinal
Fetch, and thefe are our children /;
he cannot, he dare not deny this
trush.-Had he behaved literally TO
me, fhould not have dihurbed him
in his preient grandeur duplicate
you, Holy father, not to reHore me
my huiband, but to enforce him TO
provide for his wife and children &C.
ccrding to bis prefsnr circumstances
Malta -fAGoe nsSffa, (antLDFtH0 fc-
DIRE Z She is mad-ihe is mad Holy
Father iaid the cardinal : and The
good pontiff ordered her to be taken
care Of, TO prevent her from doing
herisf or her children any mitchell
She was indeed taken care Of, becaule
nobody ever 6nce heard what has be-
come either of her or her children;
and as they have not returned to Cor
flea, probably fcme fnug retreat has
been allotted them in France.
The purple was never difgraced by
a greater libertine than cardinal
Fetch his amours are numerous,
and had often involved him in difa-
greeable fcrapes. He had in 1893
an unpleafant adventure at Lyons,
which has fince made his ttay in
that city but lhort. Having thrown
his handkerchief at the wife Of a
Manufacturer Of the name of Girot,
fhe accepted it; and gave him IN ap-
pointment At her houie, at time in
the evening, when her hubbard ufu-
ally went TO the play.-HiS eminence
arrived in difguife, and was received
with open arms.-But he was hard
ly feated BY her dde before the door
of clolet was burh open, and his
fhoulders fmarted from the lalhes in
fiiaed by an offended huband. IN
vain die he mentions his name and
rank they rather incrvaled than de-
created the fury Of Girot, who pre-
tended it was utterly impofiible for
cardinal and archbilhop to be thus o.
vertaken with the wife Of one Of his
aock at Taft madam Grot propofed
a pecuoiary accommodation, which az
ter fome opPoition was acceeded to;
and his eminence Egned a bond for
10000 liyres, 4cool. herling, upon
condition that nothing fhould tranf-
pire Of this intrigue "a high price e
nough for found drubbing.-On
the day when The bond was due, Gi
rot and his wife were arrefted by the
police commilioner Dubois Ia broth
or Of the prefea of police at Paris)
accu(ed OF being concerned with
coincrs, a capital crime at preient in
this country In a fcarch made in
their hcafe, bad monsy TO the a
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