8:  ’Tolla.’ 1 vol. 12mo.

 9:  ‘The Victories of the Church,’ by the Priest Margotti. 1857.

10:  ‘Proemio della Statistica,’ pubblicata nel 1857, dall’
    Eminentissimo Cardinale Milesi.

11:  H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.

12:  Leo XII. (out of his excessive regard for the interests of
    morality) occasionally departed from this rule.  The same motive
    caused him to be very fond of what the profane call “gossip.”  He
    had a habit, too, of ascertaining by ocular demonstration, whether
    any incidents of more than ordinary interest in domestic life were
    passing in the palaces of his noble, or the houses of his citizen
    subjects.  His medium for the attainment of this end was a powerful
    telescope, placed at one of his upper windows!  The principal
    minister to his gossiping propensities was one Captain C——­, a
    man of great learning, but doubtful morality, selected, of course,
    for the office of scandalous chronicler, from his experiences in
    what, in lay countries, the carnally-minded term “life.”  When,
    between his telescopic observations, and the reports of the
    Captain, the Sovereign Pontiff had accumulated the requisite
    amount of evidence against any offending party, the mode of
    procedure was sudden, swift, and sure, fully bearing out the
    Author’s assertion that in Rome the will of an individual is a
    substitute for the law of the State.  There was no nonsense about
    Habeas Corpus, or jury, or recorded judgment.  The supposed
    delinquent was simply seized (usually in the dead of the night, to
    avoid scandal), and hurried off to durance vile, to undergo, as it
    was phrased prigione ed altre pene a nostro arbitrio.  One day
    C——­ brought the Pope particulars of what was at once pronounced
    by his Holiness a most flagrant case.  The wife of the highly
    respected and able Avocato B——­ (a stout lady of fifty), who
    was at the same time legal adviser to the French Embassy, was in
    the habit of driving out daily in the carriage, and by the side of
    the old bachelor Duke C——­, Exempt of the Noble Guard.  The Papal
    decision on the case was instant.  The act was of such frequent
    occurrence, so audaciously, so unblushingly public, that public
    morality demanded the strongest measures.  That very night a
    descent was made upon the dwelling of the unconscious Avocato. 
    The sanctity of the connubial chamber was invaded.  The sleeping
    beauty of fifty was ordered to rise, and was dragged off to—­the
    Convent of Repentant Females!  B——­ knew, and none better, what
    manner of thing law was in Rome, so instead of wasting time in
    reasoning with the Pope as to the legality of the case—­urging the
    argument that, even supposing