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CAULFIELD sence of our noble traveller at the nuptials was particn- larly requested by the prince; who afterwards took every occasion to evince his unaltered esteem for Lord Charle- 397 mont.l His lordship next visited Lucca, Sienna, and other places of celebrity, in company with Lord Aylesbury, whom he met on his travels, and with whom he afterwards main- tained an intimate friendship through life. AtVerona he ex- perienced a marked attention from the Marchese Scipione Maffei, so honourably mentioned by Lady M. W. Mon- tague, and he cultivated intimacy with the literary society who used to assemble at Maffei's palace, and with almost every other erudite society in the principal towns of Italy. At Rome he continued two years, and was one of the earliest of the British subjects, who kept a house and establishment there for the reception of his friends: and here, preceptor Murphy, the Fidus Achates of his travels, acted as his major domo in the domestic arrangements of his establishment. The noble young traveller did not confine his attentions or expenditures to his own anuse- ments and pursuits, but was a kind benefactor to several young artists then pursuing their studies at Rome; and especially Mr. William Chambers, whose finances and connections were much limited. His lordship's kindnesses to him at that period were gratefully remembered through life by that eminent man. With the most distinguished of the Roman and Neapolitan nobles then at Rome, and all the English of worth and eminence there, Lord Charle- mont cultivated intimacy and friendship, and afterwards corresponded with many of them. Amongst the British whom he met there were the Lords Cavendish, and the Marquis of Rockingham, with whom he.contracted the most cordial and indissoluble friendships, and the same might be said of his friendship with the Due de Niver- nois, and the venerable Pontiff, Benedict XIV. From Rome his lordship returned to Turin, and spent his time between that city and Florence till the end of Jaly 175 when he proceeded to Spain and France, and amongst 4,