The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

LIFE IN ROME.

We cull the following interesting particulars with
respect to Rome, its manners, and its people, from
an occasional correspondent of our cotemporary
(The Times) :
" The last three Sundays here have had each its own
attractions, the two former in the shape of the beatifica-
tion of two saints, and the latter (after the ascent of
a balloon, which attracted an immense crowd of all
classes of Romans) a sermon preached by Cardinal
Wiseman in the church of St. Andrea delle Frati, near
the Propaganda. Among other topics, his Eminence con-
gratulated the. Roman Catholics on the schisms among the
various dissenting bodies in England, and especially on the
difference of opinion in the Church of England on the sub-
ject of baptismal regeneration, which he considered be-
tokened the speedy dissolution of that establishment,
adding, that more converts had been made to the Roman
Catholic Church in England during the last ten years
than in 300 previously. He then enlarged on its
immutability, and the delight be experienced on re-
turning to Rome after an absence of ten years, during
which time the whole world had been shaken by
revolutions, but without any effect or alteration being
produced here ; forgetting the presence of a French
garrison, without which Pio Nono would probably
have remained the guest of the King of Naples, and
to whose bayonets the Roman Catholic religion`owes
its present existence, even in its own capital. He con-
cluded by drawing a parallel between the incredulity of
the Greek sceptics in the rites of the Jewish, and that
of the Protestants in the ceremonies of the Roman Catho-
lic religion, and said, that however strangers might de-
spise and misunderstand them, the poorest Roman Ca-
tholic fully comprehended their meaning and beauty.
" It is said here that the question of receiving an
English Ambassador has been lately discussed by the
authorities, and that the Cardinal is anxious to have it
settled in the affirmative.

" The unfortunate aeronaut who ascended from the
Piazza de Termini was found, two hours after, frozen to
death in his balloon, which had descended in the neigh-
bourhood of Mount Soracte, about 25 miles distant from
this city; he was an old man, and a native of Bologna.
" Rome is as much infested with beggars as ever, not-
withstanding the improvement Cardinal Wiseman pro-
fesses to have found. The only one I can see is the
establishment of an English company for lighting Rome
with gas, and which promises to be in operation on
Christmas-day. The Protectionist party here are much
afraid that the price of oil will be lowered, and, in con-
sequence, have not encouraged the undertaking."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. S.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Sleepmer, from Christiania ;
Nlyrtha, Memel ; Heuriette, Soderham ; Elise, Altona ;
Brave, Cronstadt ; Effort, do. ; Bee, Caen ; Mercurins,
Schien ; Fear Not, Zante ; Kate, Archangel ; Oscar, Fre -
derickstadt ; Nonsuch, Smyrna. ; Sampo, Gamla Carleby ;
Salomon Heine, Bjorneboro• ; Alice, St. Michael's ; Sir
John Ogilby, Cronstadt ; 'Paragon, do. ; Mutual, do. ;
Waterwitch, do. ; Acorn, do. ; Calypso, Sundswall ; Anna,
Odense; Jonge ntje, Worcum ; Letitia Lawson, Ham-
burgh ; Tre Sostre, Horsens ; Gutteridge, Antwerp ; Ca-
roline, Riga ; Emel, Aarhuus ; Gogslandsminde, Dram ;
Favourite, Seville; Karen Martha, Sundswsll ; Jarlen,
Gefle ; 13da, do. ; Emerald, Messina • Merton, Dantzic ;
Eleanor, Memel ; Gazelle, Newfoundland ; Wm. Bayley,
Ceylon ; Cleopatra, Demerara ; Acorn, Cronstadt ' • Elvina,
Havannah ; Villa de Napoli, Naples ; Emma and Theresa,
Stockholm ; Victor, Caen ; Fulmar, Riga ; Avon, Cal-
cutta ; Ann, Bombay.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Peninsula,
for Cadiz ; Surge, Hong Kong ; Euphrosine, Havre ; Salt-
roda, Gothenburg ; Lady Franklin, Constantinople ; Ca-
nadenone, Dunkirk ; Clotilde, Rouen ; Skulda, Stavenger ;
Albert Louise, Fecamp ; Hedrika Barvina, Leer Ageno-
ria, Abbeville ; Alpha, St. Vincent and Trinidad ; Helles-
pont, Algoa Bay ; Spheroid, St. Vincent ; Guyon, Mel-
bourne ; Cleopatra, Demerara ; Minerva, Rouen ; Light of
the Harem, St. Helena.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Parrock
for St. Kitt's ; Minerva, Rouen ; Ann, Sydney ; Barrack-
pore, Port Philip ' • Agenoria, Abbeville ; Hendrick Hud-
son, New York ; Liverpool, Leghorn ; Sarah, Antwerp ;
Lieut. Bellot, Bathurst, R.G. ; Apollini, Jamaica ; Maroon,
Bombay.