Cagliostro

by W. R. H. Trowbridge

“They thought to rescue him,” says Figuier, “and perhaps even to give him an ovation similar to that which he had received in Paris after his acquittal by the Parliament. But they arrived too late. Cagliostro, they were told, had just died.”

According to another version, they demanded to be shown his grave, and having opened it, filled the skull with wine, which they drank to the honour of the Revolution!

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The fate of the inoffensive and colourless Countess Cagliostro was quite as mysterious, though less cruel, perhaps, than her husband’s. The Inquisition sentenced her, too, to imprisonment for life. She was confined in the convent of St. Appolonia, a penitentiary for women in Rome, where it was rumoured she had died in 1794.

INDEX

• Agliata, Marquis, [35], [36]
• Agrippa, Cornelius, [80]
• Alba, Duke of, [13], [16]
• Albertus Magnus, [80]
• d'Alembert, [193]
• Alméras, Henri d', [5], [146], [170], [201] note, [233], [306]
• Althotas, [32], [33], [236-240]
• Aquino, Chevalier d', [184], [240], [241]
• Aubert & Co., J. F., [22]
• Aylett, [68-72], [272]
• Bachaumont, [262]
• Bacon, Roger, [79]
• Badioli, [64], [66], [67]
• Bailly, [97]
• Balsamo, Giuseppe, [7], [10-47], [68], [266], [270], [271], [300]
• ----, Joseph. See Giuseppe Balsamo
• ----, Lorenza, [13], [19], [34-47]
• ----, Maria, [22]
• ----, Pietro, [21], [22]
• Barthélemy, [256], [259]
• Beaumarchais, [263]
• Beauvais, Vincent de, [78]
• Bécherand, Abbé, [85]
• Benamore, Dr. Moses, [41], [68], [70], [71]
• Benedict XIV, [300]
• Bergeret de Frouville, [256]
• Besenval, Baron de, [190], [271]
• Beugnot, Count, [202], [203], [210], [211]
• Blanc, Louis, [98], [208]
• Blavatsky, Madame, [76], [306], [307]
• Blevary, Madame, [49], [50], [52], [53]
• Blondel, [235]
• Bode, [141], [142]
• Böhmer, [220], [221], [232], [233], [244]
• ----, Madame, [150], [151], [152]
• Boileau, Pierre, [111]
• Borri, [169], [295]
• Boulainvilliers, Marquise de, [215]
• Braconieri, Antonio, [11], [12], [13], [15], [16], [17], [22]
• ----, Felice. See Maria Balsamo
• ----, Giuseppe, [22]
• ----, Matteo, [22]
• Breteuil, Baron de, [225], [226], [254] note, [255], [256], [257], [259]
• Bretteville, Baron de, [33]
• Brienne, Comtesse de, [197]
• Brissot, [256] note, [260] note, [264], [265], [274]
• Broad, [60], [62], [65], [72]
• Brugnière, Inspector, [228], [229], [230], [235]
• Cagliostro, Count--
• prejudice against, [2];
• Carlyle's portrait of, [3-5];
• the Balsamo legend, [11-18];
• troubles in London, [49-73];
• becomes a Freemason, [111];
• in Leipsic, [117];
• character of Egyptian Masonry, [119-125];
• reception in Courland, [126];
• magic séances in Courland, [129-140];
• Countess von der Recke's opinion of, [141], [142];
• in St. Petersburg, [143-147];
• visits Warsaw, [148-154];
• joins the Illuminés, [156];
• arrival in Strasburg, [157];
• his benevolence, [163];
• cures Prince de Soubise, [164-166];
• nature of his cures, [167-169];
• visited by Lavater, [170];
• Mme. d'Oberkirch's opinion of, [175];
• admiration of Cardinal de Rohan, [176-179];
• Sacchi's libel, [183];
• visits Naples, [184];
• at Bordeaux, [187];
• success in Lyons, [189];
• arrives in Paris, [190];
• infatuation of Parisians, [192-194];
• mystery of his origin and wealth, [195-197];
• appearance, [201-203];
• character of his séances, [209], [210];
• success of Egyptian Masonry, [211-213];
• implicated in the Diamond Necklace Affair, [224];
• arrest, [228];
• in the Bastille, [230];
• accused by Countess de Lamotte, [233];
• his story of his life, [236-242];
• refutes Countess de Lamotte, [244-246];
• acquittal, [248];
• receives a public ovation, [249];
• banished, [250];
• returns to London, [251];
• Letter to the French people, [254];
• hostility of French Court, [257];
• denounced by Morande, [266];
• defends himself, [267-269];
• attempts to kidnap him, [272], [273];
• ridiculed by Freemasons, [277];
• leaves England, [279];
• friendship of de Loutherbourg, [280-282];
• seeks asylum in Switzerland, [283];
• at Rovoredo, [285];
• expelled from Trent, [287];
• arrival in Rome, [288];
• his poverty, [290];
• arrested by Papal police, [293];
• before the Inquisition, [299];
• his sentence, [300];
• attempt to escape, [303];
• at San Leo, [304], [305];
• mysterious end, [306]
• Cagliostro, Countess, [13], [14], [19], [49], [50], [54], [56], [57], [58], [59], [111], [112], [115], [120], [151], [177], [181], [185], [204], [205], [224], [230], [231], [232], [233], [241], [280], [282], [285], [288], [297], [307]
• ----, Giuseppe, [13], [15], [22]
• Campan, Madame, [222]
• Campardon, Émile, [12]
• Capitummino, Giovanni, [22]
• Carbonnières, Raymond de, [189]
• Carlyle, [3], [4], [5], [6], [24], [201], [203], [224], [305] note
• Cartegirone, Benfratelli of, [23], [25], [30]
• Casanova, [37], [38], [39]
• Castropignani, Duke of, [266]
• Catherine, Empress, [143], [147], [148]
• Chaix d'Est-Ange, [225], [226]
• Charles XII, [90]
• Chateaugiron, Marquis de, [113] note
• Chesnon, [228], [230], [251]
• Choiseul, Duc de, [100], [193]
• Clement V, [108], [113] note
• ----, XII, [109], [300]
• ----, XIV, [241]
• Condorcet, [99]
• Convulsionnaires, The, [85], [86]
• Courier de l'Europe, [10], [11], [17], [18], [20], [39], [40], [46], [47], [53], [54], [63], [71], [111], [113], [184] note, [196] note, [234], [264], [272], [273], [274], [277], [279], [282]
• ----, Editor of. See Theveneau de Morande
• Courland, Duchess of, [127], [140]
• ----, Duke of, [127]
• Créquy, Marquis de, [202], [210]
• Crisp, [68], [69], [70], [72]
• Dee, Dr., [80], [81]
• Diamond Necklace Affair, [119], [142], [214-252]
• Diderot, [193]
• Dombrowski, General, [307]
• Du Barry, Madame, [262], [263]
• Duplessis de la Radotte, [42]
• Eddy, Mrs., [76], [166], [281]
• Egyptian Masonry, [115], [117-126], [131], [132], [139], [142], [143], [144], [149], [156], [160], [185], [188], [189], [197] note, [207], [211], [212], [213], [276], [277], [292], [298], [299], [301]
• d'Epreminil, [232]
• Erasmus, [80]
• Esperance Lodge, [67], [111], [113], [114]
• Feliciani, Lorenza. See Lorenza Balsamo
• ----, Seraphina. See Countess Cagliostro
• Feuille Villageoise, [301]
• Figuier, [85], [123], [166], [194], [210], [212]
• Fontenelle, [93]
• Frederick the Great, [97], [104], [108]
• Freemasons, The, [105], [107], [108], [109], [116], [117], [121], [185], [296]
• Fry, Miss, [53-68], [71], [72]
• Funck-Brentano, [201] note, [248] note
• Ganganelli. See Clement XIV
• Gassner, [86], [103], [166]
• Gazette de Florence, [12]
• Gazette de Leyde, [11]
• Gebir, [78], [79]
• Genlis, Madame de, [172], [206]
• Georgel, Abbé, [178], [181], [202], [208]
• Gergy, Madame de, [199], [200]
• Gillray, [278]
• Gleichen, Baron de, [123], [159], [163], [164], [180], [198], [199], [205]
• Goertz, Baron von, [145]
• Goethe, [43], [45], [46], [305] note
• Goncourt, [225]
• Gordon, Lord George, [256], [257], [258], [276]
• Gotha, Duke of, [110]
• Gracei, [266]
• Graham, Dr., [86]
• Grand Cophta, The. See Count Cagliostro
• Grimm, Baron, [190], [197], [200]
• Hales, Sir Edward, [41]
• Hardivilliers, [111], [112]
• du Hausset, Madame, [198]
• Hermes Trismegistus, [76]
• Hervier, Père, [186], [187], [188]
• Houdon, [194]
• Howarth, [65], [66]
• Howen, Herr von, [129]
• Hundt, Baron von, [113]
• Illuminés, The, [104], [105], [106], [110], [141], [155], [156], [160], [197] note, [289], [301]
• Inquisition, The, [20], [107], [289], [293], [294], [295]
• Inquisition-biographer, The, [19], [20], [23], [24], [25], [32], [33], [41], [44], [46], [47], [114], [115], [117], [118], [184], [203], [234], [254], [284], [289], [292], [293], [294], [298], [299]
• James, [71], [72]
• Jansenists, The, [84], [85]
• Jesuits, The, [85], [103], [107], [109], [196], [294]
• Joseph II, [104], [286], [287]
• Kant, [94]
• Kepler, [80]
• Knigge, Baron von, [105], [106], [109], [156], [287]
• Knights Templars, The Order of, [108], [113] note
• Kölmer, [236] note
• Laborde, [153], [154], [163], [202]
• Lamotte, Count de, [216], [224], [256] note, [272]
• ----, Countess de, [8], [9], [36], [47], [151], [204], [205], [214], [215], [218-228], [233], [234], [235], [242], [244-248], [254], [256] note
• Laroca, [44]
• Lasalle, Marquis de, [163], [183]
• Lascaris, [161]
• de Launay, [232], [251]
• Lavater, [86], [140], [170], [171], [203]
• Lavoisier, [88], [97]
• Leguay, Mlle., [219], [224], [235]
• Leibnitz, [96]
• Lenôtre, [252]
• Letter to the English People, [267], [272]
• Letter to the French People, [254], [255]
• Lévis, Duc de, [220]
• Lodge of Antiquity, The, [277]
• Lodge of Vrais Amis, [289], [290], [293]
• Louis XIV, [96]
• ---- XV, [198], [199], [262], [263]
• ---- XVI, [195], [215], [217], [223], [224], [226], [258], [259]
• Loutherbourg, Mrs. de, [280], [281], [282]
• ----, Philip James, [280], [281], [282]
• Luchet, Marquis de, [120], [123], [144], [145], [146], [158], [194], [206]
• Luxembourg, Prince de, [191]
• Mansfield, Lord, [64], [65], [68]
• Manuel, [172]
• Marano, [30], [31], [33], [44], [45], [46], [158] note
• Maria Theresa, Empress, [162], [172], [217]
• Marie Antoinette, Queen, [8], [10], [15], [195], [216], [228], [233], [249], [250], [252], [254], [270]
• Marigny, Marquise de, [173]
• Martello, Matteo, [22]
• ----, Vincenza, [22]
• Martin, Henri, [98]
• Martini, [78]
• Mash, [277]
• Maurigi, Marquis, [26]
• Medem, Count von, [126], [127], [129], [130], [131], [134], [135], [136], [137], [140]
• ----, Marshal von, [126], [127], [129], [130], [134], [135], [136], [137], [147]
• Meiners, [159], [195], [203]
• Mesmer, [75], [76], [88], [102], [166], [186], [189], [195]
• Michelet, [203]
• Millinens, Baron de, [174]
• Mirabeau, [55], [124], [198], [227], [249]
• Moczinski, Count, [148], [150], [151], [152]
• Molay, Jacques, [108], [113] note
• Moniteur, The, [290] note, [295], [297] note, [298], [302], [303], [306]
• Montbruel, Chevalier de, [211]
• Montesquieu, [193]
• Mother Lodge of the Helvetic States, [283]
• Motus, [163], [202], [203]
• Mouncey, Dr., [147]
• Napoleon, [305]
• Neubourg, Marie de, [198]
• Newton, Sir Isaac, [88]
• Nicastro, Ottavio, [35]
• Nordberg, M. de, [198]
• Normandez, M. de, [146]
• Oberkirch, Baroness d', [4], [162], [163], [170], [172], [173], [174], [175], [176], [178], [181] note, [202], [247]
• Oisemont, Chevalier d', [205]
• Oliva, Baroness d'. See Mlle. Leguay
• O'Reilly, [67], [68], [69], [72], [273], [275]
• Orsini, Cardinal, [13], [16], [33], [241]
• Orvilliers, Marquise d', [196]
• Paracelsus, [79], [81], [169]
• Pâris, Deacon, [84], [85]
• Pasqualis, Martinez, [100], [186]
• Pellegrini, Marchesa. See Lorenza Balsamo
• ----, Marchese. See Giuseppe Balsamo
• Pergolezzi, [40], [51], [272], [273] note
• Philalètes, The, [212], [213]
• Philip the Fair, King, [108], [113] note
• Pinto, Grand Master, [236] note, [239], [240], [242]
• Pius VI, [299]
• Planta, Baron de, [181] note
• Poland, King of. See Stanislas Augustus
• Polish Legion, The, [307]
• Polverit, Maître, [204], [232]
• Pompadour, Madame de, [198], [199], [215]
• Poninskí, Prince, [148], [149], [151]
• Potemkin, Prince, [147]
• Priddle, [64], [70], [275]
• Prie, Marquis de, [42]
• Puységur, Marquis de, [76]
• Quère, [159]
• Ramon, [191]
• Recke, Count von der, [127]
• ----, Countess Elisa von der, [4], [127-147], [202]
• Réteaux de Vilette, [224]
• Reynolds, [60], [61], [62], [70], [72]
• Ricciarelli, Count, [111]
• Rivarol, [225]
• Roberson, [176], [177]
• Rogerson, Dr., [147]
• Rohan, Cardinal de, [8], [163], [164], [165], [171-179], [181], [182], [184], [189], [196], [199], [205], [215-227], [233], [244], [247], [248], [249], [250], [254] note, [299]
• Rosencreutz, Christian, [81]
• Rosicrucians, The, [81], [82], [94], [95], [109], [201]
• Rousseau, [97]
• Sacchi, [47], [182], [183], [275], [276]
• Sagesse Triomphante Lodge, The, [189]
• Saint Angelo, Castle of, [32], [293], [296], [303]
• Saint-Germain, Count de, [87], [198], [199], [200], [287]
• Saint James of Compostella, [37], [39]
• Saint-Martin, Louis Claude de, [99], [101], [102], [109], [186]
• Saint-Médard, Cemetery of, [84], [85]
• Saint-Remy, Jeanne de. See Countess de Lamotte
• Sancotar, [197]
• San Leo, Prison of, [304], [305], [306], [307]
• San Rocco, Seminary of, [23]
• Santa Cruce, Prince of, [146]
• Sarazin, [156], [163], [197], [283], [284]
• Saunders, [61], [62], [63], [64], [68]
• Savalette, de Langes, [212]
• Saverne, Palace of, [173], [174], [175], [181], [221]
• Saxe, Marshal, [118]
• Saxe-Weimar, Prince Bernard of, [300], [303]
• Schröpfer, [86], [87], [109], [117] note
• Scieffort, [117]
• Scott, [52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [60], [61], [62], [72]
• ---- "Lady." See Miss Fry
• Serres de Latour, [264], [265]
• Shannon, [64]
• Soubise, Prince de, [164], [165], [170]
• Stanislas Augustus, [151], [153], [154]
• Strict Observance, Order of, [113], [114], [115]
• Surrey, Lord, [80]
• Swedberg. See Swedenborg
• Swedenborg, Emmanuel, [89], [90], [91], [92], [93], [94], [124] and note
• Swinton, [264], [265], [274], [275], [276]
• Theveneau de Morande, [261-282]
• Thilorier, [235], [267], [273]
• Thiroux de Crosne, [232]
• Tiscio, Don. See Giuseppe Balsamo
• Trent, Prince-Bishop of, [286], [287]
• Ulrica, Queen, [90], [93]
• Vaillant, [85]
• Van Helmont, [79]
• Vauvenargues, [96]
• Vergennes, Comte de, [188], [264], [265]
• Villafranca, Prince of, [13]
• Villeneuve, Arnauld de, [167]
• de Vismes, [279] note
• Vitellini, [50], [51], [52], [57], [66]
• Voisenon, Abbé de, [193]
• Voltaire, [96], [193], [262]
• Walpole, Horace, [198], [281]
• Weishaupt, Adam, [103], [104], [105], [106], [109], [110], [141], [287]
• York, Cardinal, [33], [241]

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Prior to the present volume no complete biography of Cagliostro has been published in English.