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LIFE OF GOBDEN.

1847. remained for a long talk about the affairs of the country:
& 4. The law for the division of the landed property o o
death of proprietors is nearly the same here ag in France!
being shared equally by the children, An entail can P°
settled upon the eldest son only with the consent of the
sing, and it is not willingly granted. The nobles or P*
tricians of Genoa are all Marquises, they having derived the
title from Charles the Fifth of Spain. The present reproser®
tives of these old families have generally much degenerst®
from their energetic and public-spirited ancestors.
“Qenoa, Jan. 18th.~—In the evening I visited the
governor (Marchese Paulucci) at his reception. A gt
party filled his rooms, some dancing ; a large majority ¢
the men, officers in the army. The governor thanked ™°
for the tone in which I had spoken at the public dinne?
given to me on Saturday; said that he had natarsl y
felt a little anxious to know how the proceedings has
been conducted, and complimented me upon my tact, il
In speaking about the power of Russia to make an irruptio®
into Europe, I expressed an opinion that she had not
the money to march 40,000 soldiers out of ber territory ; be
agreed with me, and mentioned an anecdote in confirmatio™
He said that when he was military governor of a district
the Caucasus, he was applied to for a plan of operations for
the invasion of Persia; that, when he handed in to he
Minister his estimate of the number of troops to be seb 1B

¥ ¢ Although digposed to be grateful for their public banquets of whiok
I have had upwards of a dozen in Italy, besides private parties without
aumber, yot I can see other motives besides compliments to me in she
meetings. In the first piace the old spirit of rivalry has been 8b work
amongst the different towns. But secondly, the Italian Liberals have seised
Ipon My presence s& an exouge for holding a meeting on a public questo”
bo make speeches and offer toasts, offen for the first time. They onside
this a step gained, and so itis. And I have been sometimes surprised that
the government have allowed it, In Austrian Ttaly such demonstratio™
are quite unprecedented.” Oabden to Gaorgs Oombe, June. 1847.