ndini, son of a Princess Giustiniani, was also Orderly
Officer to Durando.

Count Pianciani commanded the 3d regiment of Roman Volunteers.

Don Ludovico Lante (a younger brother of Filippo) was Captain in
the 1st regiment of Roman Volunteers.

Adriano Borgia quitted the Pope's _Guardia Nobile_ for a Colonelcy
of Dragoons, in the service of the Roman Republic: he was an
excellent officer.

Marquis Steffanoni commanded a company of young
students.--_Transl_.

5: The ordinary British tourist must not look for his portrait in the
witty Author's picture. It is clear that here and elsewhere the
pilgrims are all assumed to be true sons of _the_
Church.--_Transl_.

6: An expression in use among collegians in France, to describe those
students who are unable to pass their examinations; tantamount to
our English _plucked_.

7: A man who has worn _cioccie_.

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 si