ROME:

ITS RULER AND ITS INSTITUTIONS.

D. & J. SADLIER & CO., 164 WILLIAM ST.

BOSTON:-128 FEDERAL STREET.

MONTREAL:-CORNER OF NOTRE-DAME AND ST. FRANCIS XAVIER STS.

1858.

то

THE HON. AND RIGHT REV. GEORGE TALBOT,

DOMESTIC PRELATE AND

PRIVATE CHAMBERLAIN OF HIS HOLINESS PIUS IX.

THIS VOLUME IS

Dedicated

BY THE AUTHOR,

AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER, AND OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS.