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young man, the molt fo perhaps among the 
higher clergy of Rome. It is alfo recol- 
‘Teéted with what a lively fenfe of refpect 
and tendernefs he was regarded by all fo- 
reigners who crowded to Rome during the 
grand ceremony of the jubilee of 1750. 
He was one ‘of the chief objects of their 
attention, and no one could leave Rome 
without the fatisfaction of feeing him. It 
was very common to hear the people, 
crowded in the ftreets, cry aloud, as loon 
as the Prince appeared in’ his carriage, 
Ecco il figlio del re Giacomo! (There is 
the fon of King James !) : 
A regard for hiftorical truth oblives us 
to notice in this place, that the Cardinal 
Duke of York, as well as his elder brother, 
Prince Charles Edward, the late Preten- 
der, difcovered from their youth a tacitur- 
nity and atrabilarious temper, which has 
diftinguifhed them in every part of their 
life. It was generally reported, that Prince 
Charles had contra¢ted fuch a difpofition 
from the recolleétion of the manyfold dan- 
gers to whiclrhe had been expoled, in his 
défcent on Scotland, after the battle of 
Culloden ; but a fimiler turn of mind in 
the Cardinal was le{s eafily accounted for. 
The former indulged at times in the plea- 
fures of fociety and. innocent diffipation ; 
the latter has conftantly withdrawn hini- 
felf from the world. Whilft the Cheva- 
lier de St. George (the afflumed James 
JII.) was alive, the young princes were 
always by him, under the fame roof. 
After his death, each of them lived in fe- 
parate houfes. : 
Some -years after, the Cardinal Duke 
was appointed Bifhop of Frafcati, the an- 
cient Tufculum, fo much renowned for the 
pleafantnefs of its ftuation, and for having 
been the country-feat of Cicero, ‘The re- 
venues of the bifhopric were confiderable, 
and the Cardinal employed them ima 
manner worthy of the apottclic ptety of 
the primitive church.  Preferving little 
for himfelf, he employed them im daily 
charities, in the education of orphans, in 
the marriages of poor girls, in repairing 
buildings and gardens belonging to the 
epifcopal feat, in the purchale of books 
for the ufe of his clergy, and, above all, 
for the maintenance of his diocefan femi- 
- mary, reckoned the beft of its kind in the 
Roman States, and inferior perhaps to 
none in all Italy, 
In the courfe of a few more years, the 
Cardinal obtained the important’ dignity 
of Chancellor of the Church. ‘Though we 
are net immediately informed of the qua- 
lity of this very high office, we can {ately 
Account of the Cardinal Duke of York. 
the peculiar advantage of being a handfome 
affure ourfelves, that it approximates in 
nature and elevation to the fame denomi- 
nation in the fecular governments, and 
reckoned aimoft in ail the monarchies 
of Europe as one of the feven higheft 
offices ‘of the crown. We can alfo af- 
firm, that confiderable appointments and 
prerogatives are annexed to this office, 
among which we may reckon the right of 
inhabiting the large and fuperb palace 
della Cancellaria, one of the greatef 
buildings in Rome. 
By the death of Prince Charles, in the. 
year 1737, the Cardinal was-aétually the 
laft offspring of fo many unfortunate kings. 
He had already attained his 63d year, and 
had fpent his life in the moft peaceful and 
retired way, partly in Rome, partly in his 
epifcopal feat of Frafcati. Little did he think 
that fo extraordinary an event as that of 
1793 would difpoffefs him of his wealth and 
dignity, oblige him to fly, and expofe him- 
felf to viciffitudes little inferior to thofe his 
brother experienced after the battle of 
Culloden, or to thofe of his great uncle 
after the battle of Worcelter! He 
withdrew to Naples in borrowed habili- 
ments, in the midft of diftreis and danger, 
and was there fupported by the gratitude 
of the ladies of a convent, of which he 
had been the protector in Rome. 
twelvemonth had pafled, when he was com= 
pelled to leave Naples; to fly to Palermo, 
and again expofe himitelf to new humilia-: 
tions and new diftrefies. 
From fome German papers, we knew 
that he and Cardinal Brafchi, nephew to 
his late Holinefs, embarked at Palermo 
for Triefte. And, from a perfon of great 
refpeétability, we were informed, that they 
had. removed fronm Triefte to Padua, 
where fourteen cardinals were aflembled, 
under the proteStion of the Emperor, for 
the purpole of holding there a conclave, for 
the election of a new pope, in the appre-- 
henfion his late holinefs might fink under 
his fatigues and misforiunes, before the 
eftablifhment of order in Rome. ' 
The Cardinal Duke is now 76 years 
old. He has not loft the elegant figure 
and the prepoflefling look for which he was _ 
always diftinguifhed in his youth. He hag ~ 
likewife preferved his taciturnity and dif- 
like for fociety. Although he is huniane, 
polite and affable towards people of every 
deicription, and extremely exact in the 
performance of every formality and eti- 
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quette in civil ceremonies and vifits ; hee 
has never been feen in any friendly fecie- 
ty, nor has his hovfe ever been opened to 
what the Italians are fond of, large com- 
verfaxioui. Truth obliges us likewile 
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