, 1877-07-22
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
The Woman Who Claims to Be
AntoneIli's Daug hter.
The Gar at the F'ront---Peter the
Greats Wife.
Cossacks and Cossack Horses---The
Marquis Of Iorne.

| 1Ol1Atho E&AA ONaoE1NA AAVA2%1 AAA>
Marquis Of Lorne.
l. "ANToNELL1,s DAUGHTER.'
l. Corresoonde',ce lStsn FORK Rorfd
LONDON, July 9-Roman adyiccs announct
the institution Of proceedings to contest the vii
Of the late Cardinal Antonelli in behalf Of .
woman alleging herself to be his daughter. The
scandal Is by no means 4 new one. ! am not
aware that it was bruited beyond very limited
circle, If at all, during the life Of the Pope:
right-hand man, but shortly after his death it
was heard Of. The first announcement WIS
made in the Liberia, which journal declared that
the succession to the Cardinals estate would
inevitably give rise to legal proceedings which
would profoundly excite public interest and
curiosity. a lady, whom the Liberia discreetly
| called ''Sjguora -" was said to have laid
claim to portion Of the heritage, pretending
that 'sshe was bound to the late Cardinal BY
ties of relationship Of kind sacred
and delicate above aI Others" This claim
the brothers of the deceased prelate, who
were his heirs, rejected absolutely, aud refusing
any compromise they prepared to defend the
suit us the only way Of vindicating his memory.
| What details were here lacking were shortly
afterwards supplied by the Despatch Of this city,
not perhaps the best authority in tho universe,
especially on subject of this kind. Shortly
after the entrance Of the Italian troops into
Rome, according to the Despatch, it was noticed
| that certain Countess Marehonim took apart
| ments in the Palace Bernini, on the Corso, her
! dress, retinue, carriages, and a1l her appoint
! mcnts indicating her opulence. In public she
| was always accompanied BY young aud lovely
| girl, understood to be her daughter. Not long
after her arrival at Rome, the Countess sickencd
| and died. but not before she had summoned to
her bedside one Siguor Chauvct, and disclosed
to him the mystery which hung over the birth of
the young girl. Precisely how the Countess
came to pitch upon this particular person lis the
| confident OF secret SO momcntols we are not
Informed. Anyhow be was = ''bad egg" in
every sense OF the word. While serving il the
army, he was found guilty OF malyersation of
the funds OF the regiment to which he be-
longcd, an offense followed BY t1lrce-years'
term of imprisonment. On his release ne had
established small and scurrilous sheet, which
made 1t its business to discover and disclose
and probably to conceal for consideration
family secrets Of 4 scandalous nature. To him
the Countess Marchcninf was said to have dis
closed the fact, substantiated dit-on, by doeu-
mistress of Cardinal Antonelli, and that
the girl living with her was the PRIESTS |
daughter. Chauvet, after the woman's
death, having been appointed BY her guardian |
visited the Cardinal and succeeded in extortlnss
from him considerable sum Of hush-moncy, |
csllcd portion for the girl and deposited in |
Chauvet's hands as trustee. Further to COM
tained the girls CONSENT and claimed his nom |
ised wite aud her dover. Chauyet, as might be |
expected, cung to the money: Tiercupon the |
lover cloped with the girl, returned as her hus-
band, aud threatened civil and criminal proceed
ings against her guardian. The upshot OF the
squabble, as the reader will not be SURPRISED to
learn, was another appeal to Cardinal Autone]li,
who paid the dover over again to secure the
secret. Silence was secured TIL the time OF his
death. when the demand for a m, tion of tn. &C.
tate was made under tie cirrumstances already
related. ~~'
nouncc that the case has conc m for hearing
before the Civil Court The alleged dauw6ter
assumes the style Of the Countess Lauretta'
Lambcrtini, and her case is in the hands OF two
Rome-Sicnor GalIini and Sirrnor Ta;ani the
orator and dcputy. The woman sues for The
estate valued p0pularly at $SOOO,0 600. rs the
ilegitimate child Of the Caxdinal, and. in de-
fault Of legitimate offspring, his heir Accord
ing to the lyels' telegram, she is the child Of
foreign lady OF rank, whose name is unknown,
possSe addtoDa s a a?e The
C. G3rHina Ro sl,. aa1S the The cor made
daughter OF married lady who was not living
with her husband. The no;nt raised m thc
trial Yesterday was whether the uIaintiff might
examine at once and before in the natural order
OF things their evidence would be called for.
three Of her yitnesses-the Archnricst Vcn.
litti, the eldest Of the late Cardinal's servants
and. the midwife who assisted, she alleges, at !
her birth. This application Is based On. the |
great age Of the witnesses and the risk of their /
diving at any moment. The VATICAN is said to |
be intensely excited over the atfair. hro,;rht tn
The herring Of the Pope on1y q little while since.
md Antonclli's successor, Sizneoni, having vain
" tried to induce the brothers to COMPROMISE.
fhn ,ri1f ho proxI,,.orl ti,.. |