Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-15
From tbs D,nrio di Roma Of Fed' IL.
DEATH OF POPE LEO XII.


From tbs Dinrio di Roma Of Fe6 IL.
DEATH OF POPE LEO XII.
In the evening Of the 5lh his Holiness COM
menced to suffer violent pains OF stranguary.
During the eight the physicians were called in.
In spite OF all remedies, his Inalady increased
during the 9th and 7lh. On the 9th he felt
some what better, and hopes were conceived.
In the evening, however, the patient grew
worse, and next morning The danger becoming
more Urgent the Holy Father himself demand :
ed the Via,cum. which was Immediately ad-
ministered 10 him by Monsignar Barbelani, &
some time afterwards Monsignor Sol'u, Nhe
Archbishop of Ephesus, his Holness's Almon-
rr, gave him the extreme JUNCTION. In the me an
while Cardinal Berne,ti, the Secretary Of State
communicated the melancholy lldings to Car.
dipal della Sommaghia, the Dean OF the Sacred
College, to Cardinal Zuals, the Vicar, and to
,he diplomatic corps, when the former went
in his grand costume 10 the Vatican, to ascer.
tain the state OF the Pope personally. Cardinal
Cas,iglisna, The Grand Peniten,iary, visited the
chamber Of the august patient, and the theatre
was ordered to be closed. Towards the close
Of the day (the 8ib) the Holy Father, who had
never lost his rec election, fell into profound
letharey from which he did not recover TIL al
uine in the morning Of tine 10th, 10 fall into the
sleep Of the just.
Leo XII. HANNIBAL della Gengs) was born
az the Castle Of Genga, in the territory oil SPo-
le;,o, on the ID of August, 1850 He descend,
ed from family of great distinction he had
received the title OF Archbishop Of Tyre from
his Holiness Plus VII who, in the Con'istory
of the Sd OF March, 1916, named him Cardinal
Priest, by the i,lc Of ST. Mary Frastevera. He
~, al hnr nj
Seniea giia was Arch Priest Of The 3asiiican
Church at Iiberiana, and Vice General 10 Pope
Plus VII He was named his successor, exall-
ed September %, 1928. crowned on the 5th OF
October following, and took posse sson on the
! 18th of June. His Ponti6cae, heretofore,
lasted FIVE years, foul months, aud thirteen
days.
AS soon as The Senate of Rome was informs
ed of the Pops's death by The Cardinal Cham
berlain, the bell Of the capitol, aud afterwards
by order Of the Cardinal Vicar all the bells Of
the churches announced 20 he people Of Rome
their loss.
The same evening the Dean Of the Cardi-
nails assembled The heads Of the orders residing
a, Rome, ,oge her with the Cardinal CHAMBER
lain, who, during the time the Holy See is va
CAM, forms. by right, part of all these congre-
cations. Their Eminences Cardinal Fescb, u
the order of priests, Cardinal Gaccia Pate, Of
the order Of deacons, and the Secretary Of the
Sacred College, proceeded 10 the Dean Of Car
dinais.
This morning, Feb. II, the Roman Senate
ass. mbed The militia Of The capitol, as well
as the chiefs Of he police, and ordered the colo
mel Of that militia to open The new prisons and
those of the capitol, where only individuals
convicted Of slight offences were confined.
A Vienna date Of Feb. Is, says, The me-
lancholy news Of the death OF his Holiness,
Pope Leo the l2,h, was received here today
AS the Pa?al dignity is only elective, there will
not be any court mourning. II is supposed
that either Cardinal Jusliniapi, who is support
ed by Austria, or Cardinal Macchi, who is
supported by France will be the new Pope
The election was expected to take place on the
23d Feb.
From The Courier Francais of Jfonday.
THE VACANT PopEDoM 7-PARrs, Feb. a.
We yesterday mentioned the names'of two Car
dnas, who, Immediately after the dealt, Of
Leo XII. appeared 10 reckon on some chances
of obtaining The Papal throne. To them pri-
vate letter from Rome joins third, who GER
tainly will not obtain the support Of France,
but who might, perhaps, reckon on some sup
Princes Of The Church, the possessor Of a great
fortune, Cardinal Fesch,s unitcs in his favour
the two principal conditions Of being elected
Pope. The same letter adds, that in case of
necessity the influence Of the Society Of Jesus
will no, be opposed to him.
The very Reverend Doctor Forts, SUPERIOR
generally Of the Society Of Jesus, expired at
a, Rome, in February last.
Cardinal Fesch, the :itular Archbishop Of Lyons,
obtained the Cardinals Hat in lS03-and is, thus, the
third member Of the sacred college according to
niority
The York, Upper Ca.ads,) Gazette, Of week
before last, contains six columns Of Sherlff's