The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-16 00:00:00

ROME.

Mr. EDITOR,—The following account of two in-
terviews with Prince Charles Edward may be inte-
resting to many of your readers, as illustrative of the
Viraverley novels. It is ex:racted from a letter of a
lady named Miller, written while she was travelling
in Italy. A. B.
" Rome, 7th January, 1775.
" We passed part of yesterday evening at the
Duchess of Bracciano's. As we were there before
much company arrived, she was so obliging as to
enter into a particular conversation with me. We
were seated on a sofa, when one of the gentlemen
in waiting announced "II Re." As there were
many rooms to pass before this personage could ap-
pear, she seized that opportunity to desire me on no
account to speak to him, as it was the Pope's de-
sire that no person (particularly English) should
hold any conversation with him. I assured her that
my principles were diametrically opposite to those
of the Stuart family, and that if he spoke to me I
could not refrain from answering him, considering
hira merely in the light of a gentleman. She still
insisted on my not answering if he spoke to me;
but with this I refused to comply, and I think I was
right. I knew before that no gentlemen of the Bri-
tish empire make themselves known to him, but, on
the contrary, avoid him, I except such as declare
themselves disaffected to the present Royal Family.
I had also heard that he politely avoided embarrass-
ing them by throwing himself in their way; but it
struck me that it would be very ridiculous in me, as
a woman, to avoid speaking to him; and, added to
this, I had a great curiosity to see him, and hear him
speak.

" But to return. He entered and, bowing very
politely to the company, he advanced to the indi-
vidual sofa on which 1 was placed with the Duchess,
and seated himself by me, having previously made
me a particular bow, which I returned with a low
curtsey. lie endeavoured to enter into conversa-

tion with me, which lie effected by addressing him-
self equally to the Duchess, another lady, and myself.
At last he addressed me in particular, and asked me
how many days since my arrival in Rome ? how
long I should stay ? and several such questions.
This conversation passed in French. "What dis-
tressed me was how to style him. I had but a mo-
ment for reflection. It struck me that Monsieur
Prince' (though the common appellation to every
stranger whose rank as a Prince is the most dubious)
would not come well from me, as it might admit of
a double sense in an uncandid mind. Highness'
was equally improper; so I hit upon what I thought
a middle course, and called him Mon Seigneur. • I
wished to shorten the conversation, for all on a sud-
den he said, Speak English Madam.' Before
I could reply, the Duchess of Monte Libretti
came up, and pulled me by the sleeve. I went
with her to a card-table at which she was going to
play. I declined playing, not being perfect in
the games; besides you know I hate cards. At my
departure I took leave of the Duchess of Bracciano

(as is the custom), and the Chevalier, who played
at her table, officiously rose and wished me good
night. He is naturally above the middle size, but
stoops excessively. He appears bloated and red in
the face, his countenance heavy and sleepy, which is
atti Ranted to his having given into excess of drinking;
but when a young man he must have been esteemed
handsome. His complexion is of the fair tint, his
eyes blue, his hair light brown, and his face a long
oval. He is by no means thin, and has a noble pre-
sence, with a graceful manlier. His dress was scarlet,
laced with broad gold lace. He wears the blue
riband outside his coat, from which depends a cameo
(antique) as large as my hand, and wears the same
garter and motto as those of the ntble Order of St.
George,.in England. Upon the whole he has a me-
lancholy mortified appearance. Two gentlemen
constantly attend him. They are of Irish extraction,
and Roman Catholics.

" This evening we were at the Princess Pales-
tine's converzatione, where he was also. He ad-
dressed me as politely as on the evening before.
The Princess desired me to sit by her, and she
played
with him. He asked me if 1 understood the
game of Tarrochi, which they were about to play.
I answered in the negative, upon which, taking the
pack in his hands, he desired to know if I had ever
seen such odd cards.. I replied that they were very
odd indeed. He then, displaying them, said,
Here is every thing in the world to be found in
these cards, the sun, the moon, the stars; and here,
said he (showing me a card), is the Pope ; and here
(showing another) is the devil. And he added,
there is but one of the trio wanting, and you know
who that should be.' I was so amazed and so
astonished, though he spoke this last in a laughing
good-humoured way, that I did not know which
way to look, and as to reply I made none. What
passed afterwards was relative to English manners
and amusements, such as whether whist was in
fashion in London, the assemblies numerous, and
the like."