The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . 774 LIVES OF THE POPES. 258. GREGORY XVL —a. d. HE conclave after the death of Pius commenced inthe middle of December, with the observance of allusual forms. At one time it seemed hkely to closeby the election of Cardinal Giustiniani; when thecourt of Spain interposed and prevented it. Allu-sion has been made to the existence of this privi-lege, vested more by usage, than by any formalact of recognition, at least in three great CathoUcpowers. Should two-thirds of the votes centre inany person, he is at once pope, beyon
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . 774 LIVES OF THE POPES. 258. GREGORY XVL —a. d. HE conclave after the death of Pius commenced inthe middle of December, with the observance of allusual forms. At one time it seemed hkely to closeby the election of Cardinal Giustiniani; when thecourt of Spain interposed and prevented it. Allu-sion has been made to the existence of this privi-lege, vested more by usage, than by any formalact of recognition, at least in three great CathoUcpowers. Should two-thirds of the votes centre inany person, he is at once pope, beyond the reach of any prohibitory decla-ration. It is, therefore, when the votes seem to be converging towardssome one obnoxious, no matter why, to one of those sovereigns, that hisambassador to conclave, himself a cardinal, by a circular, admonishes hiscolleagues of this feeling in the court which he represents. This sufficesto make them turn in another direction. Thus in the previous conclave. Cardinal Severoli was nearly elected, whenCardinal Albani, on behalf of Austria, to which SeveroK had been formerlynuncio, inh
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