"I was fortunately able to furnish Mgr. Bernetti with proofs to the contrary; and he will himself tell you the effect produced on his mind by my words. If the emperor's family, owing so much to Pope Pius XII. and to your eminence, had conceived the detestable design of disturbing Europe, and if it had the means of so doing, the gratitude that we all feel toward the Holy See would evidently arrest us on such a course. My mother, brothers, sisters, and uncle owe too much respectful gratitude to the sovereign pontiff and to your eminence to draw down new disasters on this city, where, while proscribed by the whole of Europe, we have been received and sheltered with a paternal goodness rendered yet more touching by past injustice. We are not conspiring against any one, and still less against God's representative on earth. We enjoy in Rome all the rights of citizens; and when my mother learned in what a Christian manner the Pope and your eminence were avenging the captivity of Fontainebleau and the exile of Rheims, she could only bless you in the name of her _grand et malheureux mort_, shedding sweet tears for the first time since the disasters of 1814. "To conspire against our august and sole benefactor would be an infamy that has no name. The family of Bonaparte will never merit such a reproach. I convinced Mgr. Bernetti of it, and he will himself be our surety with your eminence. Deign then to listen to his words, and to grant us the continuance of your favor, together with the protection of the Holy Father.--In this hope, I am, eminence, your very respectful and most devoted servant and friend, "L. DE SAINT-LEU." "_Rome, 30th Sept_. 1821." ------ {27} From Once A Week. AN ENGLISH MAIDEN'S LOVE. I read this incident when a mere girl in a very stupid old novel founded upon it, which I never could succeed in meeting with again. The preface stated that in some church in England there yet remained the monument of the knight with his noble one-armed wife beside him. I should be glad if any of your readers could tell me where this monument is to be seen, and the real names (which I have forgotten) of the knight and lady. 'Twas in the grand heroic days, When Coeur de Lion reigned and fought; An English knight ta'en in those frays To Sultan Saladin was brought. The sultan sat upon his throne, His courtiers stood around; And emir, prince, and padisha Bent lowly to the ground. They served him upon bended knee-- "To hear is to obey;"-- For the fierce and cruel Moslem race An iron hand must sway. The monarch gazed on each stem face; "Ye Moslem chiefs are brave; But I know a braver man than ye, Bring forth the Christian slave!" The slave was brought, and at a sign The scimitar waved high, But the English captive gazed unmoved, With calm unshrinking eye.