National Republican., 1877-07-28
CARDINAL ALANTONELLTS DA UGHTER.
From the Loudon Tusa

ROME, July 9-ln the claim put forward by
the Countess Lambertini, to have confirmed
of Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli, and to enter
into the possession Of the whole or part of his
property, as may be decided, We have nothing
more than the well-known scandals-or two
Of them-regarding the late Cardinal Secre-
tary Of State put into positive form. These
scandals have been heard by all who, during
the Inst fifteen years or more, have entered
Roman society. They have been given by
Teste In his sketch Of the Cardinal, accompa-
MED by the exact initials Of the persons con-
cerned, and they have also been published
in other forms, with such gross exag-
gerations that their very improbable
ity has been taken s proof that
fact or fiction the statements made by the
Countess Lambertini, with consent of her hus-
band, are believed to contain, II would be pre-
mature to consider. The case Is before the
proper legal authorities to examine and decide,
and as the plaintiffs lawyers have laid her
case before them. in the usual form ofa printed
document. containing fifty three different ques-
tions TO be put to tho various witnesses they
| call by name, shall epitomize 1t without re-
mark. In like manner shall place before
you tho objections opposed by the defendants-
the Counts Gragorio Angelo and Luigi An
| tonelli, the Countess Rosalis Sanguigni, nee
Antonelli, and the Countess Innocentina
Borgnana, nee Bertazzoli, when they are pre-
sented. .-,.. %. l..r o., ..r0.. .
The plaintiff affirms that instead Of being
| the child, " reputed, of . certain Antonietta
Marconi, tho wife Of Angelo Marooni, she Is
the daughter Of Cardinal Antonelli by young
foreign unmarried lady Of position, and the
first interrogations are to establish who Anto-
Meta Marconi WAS and what her life had been;
that she was born at Rimini in 1914, and when
fifteen Year, of age married Angelo Marconi
| aged forty; that after . few months disagree
msnts arose between her and her husband,
whom she left and nevsr saw again; that
after travelling for some years In various parts
Of Europe, and having given birth 70 an ille-
dtimate son ut Tunis In 1s47, she came In 1850
to Rome, sought an audience of Cardinal Anto-
nelli on the subject of some money due to her
from the public funds, and an intimacy sprane
up between them through which she obtained
means 10 open an opticians shop in the Corso
Then follow interrogations 10 prove that after
1854, being then forty-fve years of age, she
could mot, for reasons to be proved, have given
birth to child, but In 1855 she, by asresment
with Cardinal Antonelli, simulated approach.
| ing maternity, BY means Of graduated horse,
hair cushions In order 10 conceal the socouch.
! mont Of young foreign lady, whose child wal
taken to her and brought up ~ her own.
The midwife, Anna Gervase, with Others Ia
oorroborate her testimony, 10 TO be called "a
prove that early In 1856 DR.. Rstfssle Zucchinl
asked her to. reoeiye into her house robii.
signeri,la straniera, that the birth of the child
OF which she was e,seisnte might be concealed
and steps taken to give 1t q Legitimate position
that at first abe declined, but on being told
that the father was Cardinal Antonelli she
fearing the evil consequences Of o refusal, &C
cepted the office and promised profound 80
crecy; that the doctor, In revealing to her thai
his Instructions came direct from the Cardinal
told her that part Of them was to endeavor Il
induce Antonietta Marconi to stimulate prog
nancy In order to provide for the child and
instructed her to see her on the subject.
must now, for the sake Of brevity, for tn,
details are many, condense the rennainder o
, these question: into the form Of q narrative
. the truth Of which, however, II must b,
understood, has to DO tested In the Judge
, Chambers.
The midwife went to Antonietta, but tn,
still handsome vrsgo burst into fury o
, jealousy and refused. The Cardidal had TO In
terfere himself, use threats, and finally pur
chase her consent by the payment Of the frs
installment OF q price which was constan
drain upon his purse and cause OF sickness I
| his heart to the day Of his death. Antoniett
/ having consented, she removed from her apart
} 'ment IN the Pslazzetto Poll, which was to