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Show The Ko iu an Scandal t'ar.li-nitl t'ar.li-nitl AutouL'llls iN'rtiiirul Dit lighter. Roma, 5. The slut of Countnes Lambertina, which commenced in tha civil tribunal yesterday, is causing a good deal of comment, especially among the Italian aristocracy. The countess has been recognized for years as the natural daughter of the late Cardinal Autonelli. As such she has been received in Bociety, aud as such she was always treated by the cardinal. Finding no provision was made for her in the cardinal's will he has instituted thii suit in the civil tribunal, which bids fair to be a cause celetre, demanding a full share o! the enormous estate the cardinal be q u eat bed to others. AntoueH'is heirs oppose her claim, because ihey allegf that the count$ss is a sacreligioue 1 daughter, that the act of her muthor was sacrilege, her father at the time ol cohabitation being in tbe holy order; but the Italian courts make no dis linclion of this kind, and as the plaintiff plain-tiff sets fortu in her statement presented pre-sented by some of the ablest counsel iu the holy city, the defense baa only a small shadow of juotice, because the cardinal always recognized her as bis daughter am9iig her immediato rcla lives. In his will the cardinal constituted consti-tuted his brothers Fihppo, Gregorie, Luigl and Augelo, and his nephews Augustin and Prolo, Bona of Gregorie and Luigi, his universal legatieu and left bequests to his sister Auiue Tan-guigui Tan-guigui and Beveral neices of Auto-nelli's Auto-nelli's family, but he totally ignored the existence of the countess. |