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London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 16) 1846.
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were carrying it out, and that they intended to erect an
hotel near the spot, he expressed his approbation of the
liberality and enterprise of the company.
While goingoverthe works 'Mr. Walker took occasion
to introduce to the Lord Warden Mr. Cooper, the resi-
dent engineer, and Mr. Bray, the contractor, both of
whom were complimented by his Grace.
While returning to the Harbour-house the Noble
Duke met'and immediately recognised Sir John Hamil-
ton, formerly
of the packet service, and who still in-
variably attends the members of the Royal Family on
their passages to the continent. The Noble Duke walked
and conversed with. Sir John for some minutes. •
The visit of inspection lasted until half-past three
o'clock, and after a short' interview with the Court of
Assistants at the Harbour-house, the Noble and Gallant
Duke left for the railway terminus under a salute from
the heights. Mr. Hardwick accompanied the Noble
Duke to the station. His Grace left Dover by the ex-
press train at four o'clock, travelling in his own carriage.
Colonel Mercer, R.A.; Colonel Forlong, K.H., 43d
Regiment, and Lieut.-Colonel Tylden, R.E., were among
the officers 'present when the Duke arrived at the Har-
bour-house this morning. His Grace dismissed the
guard immediately upbn hil arrival.
This evening the Court of Assistants will dine together
at the Ship Hotel.

THE NAVY.
The Lo don Gazette of bast night contains the pro-
motion of Commander Burridge to the rank of Captain,
with the explanation tliat the Gallant Officer's name
should have been included between that of Ralph Bar-
low and F. H. H. Glasse, promoted to the rank of
Captain.

The Gazette also announces that the Board of Admi-
ralty, who had officially signified their intention of pro-
moting Commander F. W. Austen to the rank of Cap-
tain, for his gallant services in command of the Alecto
steam sloop at the passage of the large convoy by the
batteries of San. Lorenzo, in the Parana, as soon as he
had served the period required at sea, signed a commis-
sion conferring on him the rank of Captain, on the 11th
of November, Captain Austen haling, up to that dats,
been in command of the Alecto, for one year. We con-
gratulate the Gallant Officer on the prompt reward fcr
those services, which, on a former occasion, we took the
opportunity of pointing out. It is by such ready ac-
knowledgment that officers like Captain Austen will be
encouraged to repeat these lessons to an enemy which
Captain Austen's gallant father, Vice-Admiral Sir F.
Austen, the Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies,
and other distinguished ornaments of the profession,
were in the habit of frequently inculcating during their
early career.

We are also gratified to perceive by the welcome
Gazette that another officer, whose claims to the favour
of the Admiralty on more than one occasion we have
ventured to bring before their Lordships, has received
his well-earned promotion. Commander Edward Halkett
Beauchamp Proctor, who had been 10 years a lieutenant
and mate, as we have before stated, commanded the
Dwarf steam-tender, when she conveyed the Queen and
Prince Albert to their visit to the Great Britain steam-
ship, and naturally expected his promotion on that occa-
sion. At the late affair at San Lorenzo, Commander
Proctor ran great risk with the little, slow, and ineffi-
cient steamer Harpy, that he commanded, and only
escaped with a severe wound in his side.
Lieutenant Lauchlan B. Mackinnon is likewise in the
Gazette promotion, for gallant services in the Parana.
He was second lieutenant of the Gorgon steam-sloop,
passed in 1836, and was promoted in 1842.
THE FLAG PROMOTION.--In the arrangement of the
flag promotion, as it appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday,
there was no error committed in the number of vice
admirals. The death of Rear-Admiral Walpole Browne
had not been officially reported to the Admiralty, and
thus they were obliged to count him as one of the num-
ber. Whenever the death of an officer takes place, the
friends of the deceased should immediately communi-
cate the fact to the Admiralty.
THE COAST OF AFRICA.—We announced a few days
since the appointment of a captain to supersede the
commander at present holding the appointment of go-
vernor at Ascension, Commander Morrell having been
most considerately appointed to the Hydra, steam-sloop,
there, and the vessel being ordered home to be paid off,
he will have an opportunity afforded him of removing
bis family to this country. The state of affairs at As-
cension has been too long left without a practical revi-
sion, although we have reason to believe the Admiralty
have been most desirous to put an.end to that, in former
times occasionally, but now continually, " topping the
officer" there by some captain or commander who might
happen to drop his anchor at Ascension. It has at length
become so intolerable that the Admiralty, with the view
of bringing about a proper adjustment of the difficulties
and grievances on the island and. on the coast, have
determined to send out a post captain to be governor
there. This appointment will have another very benefi-
cial effect. The absence of a competent tribunal to take
cognisance of and to adjudicate on gross breaches of dis-
cipline and infringement of the Articles of War, has pro-
duced a state of anarchs in some of our sloops, most
detrimental to the service. By the appointment of
Captain Hutton a court-martial can be easily formed,
and cases of the kind above referred to can be disposed
of without sending ships to England for that purpose.
AevßenCiOnDlgPLpEaDpleErN:T—S.: A—
Mfirstom aOlrWn Wdme
Admiralty
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ing
It is rumoured that Captain Berkeley will retire from
the Admiralty, from the determination of the board to
reduce the complement of the different ships' crews, he
having always contended for a full complement." We
have heard from good authority, that so far from Cap-
tain Berkeley offering any objection to the proposed re-
duction of complements, the new scale is in accordance
with the Gallant Captain's own suggestions. It is na-
tural enough,
however, to suppose, from past experience,
that Captain Berkeley, who has shown such decided
opposition to what were termed peace complements, will
never be a party to impairing the efficiency of our sea-
going ships; and the reductions, as represented, would
warrant a belief that they were such as he could not
recommend, or for a moment acquiesce in. From what
we hear of the matter, judicious classification, not re•
duction, is the object of the Admiralty. We may safely,
then, trust to Captain Berkeley, whose sacrifices on this
point entitle him to confidence. There can be no mis-
take as to his views about manning our ships; if there
were, hi last speech in the House of Commons, on
the subject which is now before us, would be quite
conpusive.—Morning paper of Saturday.

VISIT of the POPE to the ABBESS

paid
bO y F THE BASILIAN
The Univers publishes the following account of a visit
of Minsk, Macrina Mieczyslaska:—
the Pope to the Superioress of the Basilian nuns
On the 20th inst., the day of the Feast of the Polish
Saint John Cantz, his Holiness repaired in procession to
the Convent of the Trinity on the Mount, where, since
her arrival in the Eternal City, the Abbess of Minsk has
resided. After the adoration of the Holy Sacrament the
Pope removed to one of the halls, in which the nuns of
the Sacred Heart and the pupils committed to their care
were permitted to kiss his ring. The Pepe afterwards
ascended to the first floor, where the Mother Abbess
Ab 14 J o low ick y .
awaited
her him at the entrance of the corridor leading to
paused, and pointing to her with his right hand, said to
accompanied
Th bye rney RFeavt
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htehre,
the Superioress, Madame de Coriolis, "Is that the
venerable martyr you have had the happiness to harbour
in your convent ?' He had scarcely spoken these words
when the Mother Abbess cast herself at his feet, and
remained in that position until the Pope raised her,
saying, "Poor infirm woman, she has suffered so cruelly!"
Then steadily regarding her, he added, " What strength
audiencemind
TFha iet nhAesrbo,
Abbess
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kissingse
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them
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Holy.e
with her tears, and Pius them, and
with that mild-
ness and firmness which constitute the principal
features of his character, addressed her in thecae
words:—" We thank God for having given to us, in sin
age when the wonders of his grace are more necessary
than ever, so signal a proof of it in the sufferings you
have so nobly endured, with your sisters, for the faith of
Jesus Christ. In permitting you all to remain faithful
to his law, he has chosen humility and weakness to con -
found the power and pride of the enemies of his church,
tablolonwgnintgormheimto,,, hear
resp 0 from
nded the
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Let us glorify the Lord for that, and pray that he may
deign to accord us the same grace for the accomplish..
merit of our mission." " Blessed be Jesus Christ," re-
plied
mouth of his vicar words of life and hope. It is to or,r
great patron, St. John C. antz., th_at
.I am indebted for
the Abbess, "forwre
"and we resolved to pay this v* • isit under
tor of Poland.
God has given us
the auspices of a protector
should his example." The
model of
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silinuocylhyouaFraggtrrhaeccaret:s'ain the
.n sacerdotal virtue. It is
our anxious desire that 1
imitate Poland and throughout the
world the clergy s
wicky, who had witnessed her sufferings. The Holy
Father spoke to him most graciously and questioned Wan
Mother Abbess then presented
FtnomavtetohnhtetheraePnr,
respecting the weonsoudndtshaeoHsfnnetlhyeeo
latter then knelt, . .
~ after joining leer
in a prayer to the Virgin, gave her his benediction aad
,
retired, promising P y

THE LATE MR. OWEN'S BEQUEST.—It iS staf.md,
on the authority of one of the trustees, that the full
amount of Mr. Owen's bequest for the foundation of a
college near Manchester will be about 100,0001. 1
THE EARLY CLOSING MOYEMENT.—On Thux3day
evening a meeting of members of different trades in the
district of Camberwell, Walcvorth, and Kennington, was I
held at Horder's Assembly Rooms, Francis-street,
ington, for the purpose of explaining the objects and co-
operating in the efforts of the Metropolitan Early Closing
Association. Mr. Robinson was voted to the chair. A.
deputation from the central board attended, and ad .
Several,
dressed the mocking, urging eloquently the evils of t',e
late hour system, and the success that had attended. the
efforts that had been made in other districts, uneAer eh,-
cumstances the most discouraging.
F.,entlemen
.eeting, and
spoke most favourably of the feelings of t je em_,
inthe neighbourhood also addressed the is'
ployers,
employed, and purchasers in the as t 0 the mole-
ment. A committee was t en f district
formed t....._
views of the meeting, afterh v-- ..wry Out the
the chairman and tl" ....en thanks were voted to
then Pasted.
don. Th" .
meeting
..er , __,,, gentlemen composing the dept.-

AN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN

ROME.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
We announced last week, we believe exclusively so
far as the English periodical press is concerned, the
publication of an English newspaper in " The eternal
city." The first number of that newspaper is now be-
fore us. It is called " The Roman Advertiser, Journal
of Science, Literature, and the Fine Arts," and is pub
lished every Saturday evening, by L. Piale, Monaldini's
Library, 79, Piazza di Spagna, price 10 bajocchi (sd.
English). This No. 1, which is dated Rome, October
24. is a small 4to. paper, of eight pages, resembling the
Athenceum in form and size. It commences with an
editorial " Introduction," explaining the object and
purpose of its publication. From this article we take
the following extracts
" Our first care shall be to provide a source of enter-
tainment and instruction to that portion of the generous
public of Great Britain which may be resident, for a
shorter or longer period in this metropolis, whether in
the pursuit of amusement, health, or information."
The educated traveller, it is observed, is well informed
as to the ancient city and its remaining monuments,—
"But of modern Rome, the majority of travellers know
very little ; and the neglect of providing intelligence on
this head has been as great, as have been the pains to
collect every possible detail, to disinter every existent
relic of the Pagan city. Her actual social state, the
place she, fills in the group of modern metropolises, her
importance as one of the great centres of the intellect
and civilization of Europe, are thus comparatively un-
known.

" We therefore desire in these pages to supply to the
utmost of our power the deficiencies hitherto to be re-
gretted ; and abstaining from all political and theologi-
cal disquisitions, having regard to the honour of the
Catholic Church in illustrating her exalting influence
over art and literature, but without in the least degree
touching upon controversy, or attacking the opinions of
others, to present the stranger with a picture of the ac-
tual state of things amongst us, and to facilitate him in
searching out and judging for himself.
" In this object, we shall give a summary view of the
recent productions in the literature and science of Italy,
of Rome in particular, but, as far as limits allow, of the
sister countries into which this peninsula is divided, no
less ; notices of the most remarkable institutions of
charity or public instruction, both in reference to their
foundation and present conduct ; intelligence of all the
ceremonies of the church, and in particular of the Capelle
(the functions at which the supreme pontiff assists with
the college of cardinals) celebrated with all the pomp and
beauty of the Roman Catholic ritual, noticing the precise
time and place of their performance ; as also accounts of
the different academies for the advancement of art or
learning, institutions of religious orders, notices of the
dramatic and operatic performances of the theatre, con-
certs, exhibitions of painting or sculpture, and of the
most meritorious works of the several studios in Rome,
and, in fine, all that shall be deemed of importance for
the instruction of our intelligent visitors."
The next article in the papers is on a religious cere-
mony which would take place on Sunday last, Nov. 8,
when the Pope was to proceed from the Vatican to the
Lateran church, to take possession of the latter church
and palace. If we have space, we shall give some ac-
count of this ceremony probably in our next publication.
Under the title, "Institutions of the Fine Arts in Rome,"
this newspaper promises to notice these institutions from
time to time. We copy the following notice of
"Mg ACADEMY OF ST. LUKE.—Many courts and
patrons of genius, in different parts of Europe, have
founded and endowed academies and artistic reunions in
this city, for the benefit of the youth who gave promise
of excellence in the three sister arts, assigning to such a
competent pension, to enable them to devote themselves
entirely to painting, sculpture, or architecture. The
aim of these institutions is the perfection of the arts in
the several countries of their founders, through the
study of those consummate models that so enrich our
city, as well as the rest of Italy. To give an idea of
their nature and conduct, more in detail, we shall, from
time to time, notice the principal of these establish-
ments, commencing with those that are of Roman origin.
The Academy of St. Luke.—This famous institution
being regared as the first of its order, takes the title of
"Illustrious Pontifical Roman Academy of the Fine
Arts." Itis called after Sr. Luke, because, as all ancient
Italian bodies of artists were accustomed to place them-
selves under the patronage of some saint, this took fur
its protector the evangelist Luke, who has been regarded,
from an ancient tradition, as a painter. The origin of a
congregation of artists in Rome is most anc ent. There
exists records to prove that Sixtus IV, in the year 1471,
gave statutes to the university of the arts, which had
already long been accustomed to meet in a chamber
adjoining a small church dedicated to St. Luke, on the
Esquiline Hill. This university was subjected to
certain consuls, and placed under the protection of
the Roman senate ; but having originally admitted
arts of a less noble character than painting and sculp-
ture, it occurred to a painter of merit, named
Muziano, in the reign of Gregory XIII., to found a
new academy for the ascription, exclusively of the best
artists living. This was instituted by the authority of
the Pope, in 1577 ; but the death of Gregory, and
that of Muziano, prevented the immediate enjoyment of
its privileges, till these were finally secured, on the in-
stance of Frederic Zuccheri, by Sixtus V. in 1588.
Zuccheri, wbo received the title of prince of the aca-
demy, gave the code according to which it was to be
regulated, and fixed its locality at St. Martina's, on the
Forum, where it still stands. The solemn inaguration
took place in 1595.. The code given by Zuccheri having
been gradually departed from and modified, it was re-
served for the wisdom and high intelligence of Pius
VII. to determine the laws by which, in conformity with
its original purpose, it is now so admirably directed.
The illustrious Canova was at this time president. The
object of this academy is to promote the arts by
exciting the emulation of those who cultivate them
in awarding the honour of admission to its body ;
and providing for the maintenance of the public
monuments in Rome, and the states of the
church generally. It is placed under the protection
of the cardinal camerlengo of the holy church, at
present hie Eminence Tomreaso Riario-Sforza. Its
body is composed of a president (the Chevalier G. Sil-
vagni), a vice- president, a secretary of counsel, an econo-
mist, a perpetual secretary of the academy ; and the
academicians, styled "of merit and honour," of the first,
those of merit, are twelve for each class of painting,
sculpture, and architecture ; and beside these thirty-six,
as many as twenty are added who may be foreigners,
either Catholic or not • there are also twelve others of
merit in the school Of landscape and intaglio. The
academicians of honour are of an indefinite number ;
amongst these many are sovereigns and artists of all
countries. The academy possesses revenues bequeathed
by different members, and administered by an economist.
All its affairs are regulated by a council of twenty-four
members, conjointly with the president and secretary.
It holds also public schools of the fine arts, supported
by an annual stipend from Government of 5,000 scudi,
for the instruction of those who cannot otherwise obtain
masters. In these schools lectures are given on painting,
sculpture, theoretic and practical architecture, geometry,
anatomy, history, mythology, and ancient customs.
All these schools are open in the new edifice raised
by the Government, at Ripetta. The academy also
presides over the school called that of the Nudo. The
concourses are divided into semestral, annual, and tri-
ennial : of the last there are two—one, founded by
Clement 11., of painting, sculpture, and architecture, in
which the subjects must be sacred ; and the other by
Carlo Pio Balestra, a painter, who left all his fortune to
the academy to this end, and in this latter the subjects
must be profane. These two concourses are called the
Clementine and the Balestra. Every three years one of
these concourses takes place, and the works of students
are rewarded according to the judgment of the whole
academy. The adjudication is celebrated with much
pomp, in the great hall of the senatorial palace, in the
Capitol, in presence of the Sacred College of Cardinals
and the prelacy ; the Society of Academicians are ac-
customed to assist, celebrating the praises of the fine arts
in compositions of prose and verse. The academy pos-
sesses a small but most choice gallery of original pic-
tures, mostly by its own members, every one of whom is
obliged, on entering as an associate of merit, to present
his own portrait and one of his works, or, at least, a
sketch of one. The collection of portraits of academi-
cians having become too large for the locality, was in
the last century, principally sold to the Government of
Tuscany, and a large portion of it is now attached to
the Imperial Gallery at Florence. From the produce
of this sale, the associates restored the church of St.
Martina, annexed to the academy, and erected its pre-
sent façade.
The next article in the paper is a very interesting
one on the "Popular Festivities" of " October in Rome."
Of this article, which is from the pen of A. Marchetti,
we shall give the substance in an early number. To
this succeeds an article entitled " Vespers in the Papal
Chapel" for the vigil of All Saints, 31st October. This
describes the ceremonial, briefly referring to the un-
rivalled music of the papal choir (some details of the
character and history of which it promises on a future
occasion) and notices incidentally that in the Pauline
Chapel (which was erected by Pope Paul V. Borghcse,
in the year 1616), have been successively elected and
leave here received the first homage—" the Popes Leo
XII., Pius VIII., Gregory XVI., and finally our pre-
sent most beloved Sovereign Lord Pius IX., created in
the unusually short space of thirty-two hours." The
next articles consist of an exceedingly interesting ab-
stract of the proceedings of the Institute of Archaeolo-
gical Correspondence, from its bulletin of October.
These relate first to excavations now being made at
Terracina on the piazza before the cathedral, at the
summit of the ancient city, and on the site of the old
forum, surrounded by temples ; the modern steps leading
to the; façade of the cathedral, being built over those
, w}l..leh led to the ancient temple of Apollo Anxur.
:I' he writer (Professor Luigi Rossini) describes an an-
cient reservoir, in diverse arcades, still full of water, and
in all probability one of the ancient Thermm. The pro-
fessor thus concludes his letter :
“ Opposite to the vast edifice called the Palace of the
Pope, is being erected a church in the Basilica form, of
a magnificent aspect, ornamented with a portico or
pronaos of lonic columns, the interior divided into five
naves, terminating in a Latin cross, with its cupola.
The whole is of a most beautiful effect, and is the work
of the architect Antonio Sarti. Not far from this, on
the shore, are seen the remains of the enormous port of
Antoninus Pius, of a perimetre of more than three thou-

sand feet. Beyond the canal of navigation for entering
the new port, in the place where the statue of Sophocles,
which now adorns the Lateran Museum, was found,
are magnificent remains of other Thcrinae, with walls
of reticulated work, and others of the same nature
adjoining the Braschi Palace. This city, looked on
from the sea, is very picturesque, and the eye is struck
by the contrast between the red tints of those vast
mountains and the cold colours of the gothic and
modern edifices. The winter here is like spring ; the
palms, cedars, or,:knges and other southern trees are
abundant : but in the .summer the air is not healthy. I
have just written to of riond the following words:—' In
excavatipg the streets that slonducts to the Bracchi Pa-
lace, have been found the remains of a small temple
with twelve columns, with a pe,'estal in the midst for
the statue of Apollo, on which ihe inscription would
have been placed, Ansure Apolline Dicatum. "
The second article under this head relates to the
" Mamertine stones at Messina," extracteJ from the
" Continuation gf Oscan Researches, by T. MoOlmsen."
" The next announcement in the paper is that a hook
of addresses of all foreign residents during the season
may be consulted during the season, at Monaldini's
library. There are instructions for strangers as to pass-
ports ; the hours at which the mails arrive and depart,
including the Malta mail ; a list of the physicians in
Rome, 11 in number ; the bankers, 5 firms ; and the
English artists, resident in Rome, of which we give the
names only:—
Painters, Sculptors.
Miss Chauner Mr. Digby Wyatt
Mr. R. S. Macpherson Mr. J. Gibson
Mr. Dessoulavy Mr. Macdonald.
Mr. Thomas Cromek Mr. Theed
Mr. Tobin Mr. Gott.
Mr. Williams
There is also a list of the first-rate hotels, 11 in number;
and the remainder of the paper is occupied by about 20
advertisements. These are of a very miscellaneous
kind. A young German tutor wants a situation; Jos.
Lsmbertini respectfully informs the public that he has
the best milk, butter, cream, eggs, and ass's milk, for
sale on his premises, 67, Piazza di Spagna; a Roman lady
gives instruction in Italian conversation; a wine mer-
chant informs " the English nobility and gentry re-
sident at Rome, that he has established a sale of the
very best wines of the country, the good qualities of
which he can guarantee." Next comes a bootmaker's
card, followed by announcements of works of art for sale;
one is a folio volume, containing prints of the works of
art in the gallery of the Borghese Villa, by the first
engravers; published at 65 dolls., and offered for
50 dolls. Another is a copy of the engravings of
the Vatican Gallery, one of the first impressions,
the criginal price of ordinary impressions (in eight
vols. boards) being 119 dolls., and this edition is offered
for 80 dolls. Then the great picture by Fred. Barocci
(figures life size) is offered for sale, representing the
Virgin seated on clouds, with the infant Saviour in her
arms, surrounded by angels ; below are St. Francis, St.
Augustin, and St. Elizabeth, with the infant St. John.
Then comes an announcement of the publication of M.
Seraphic Dubois's work on chess, with an intimation
that the author, who resides in Rome, gives lessons in
the game. Advertisements of servants wanting places
succeed. An Italian advertisemet of a. publication re-
lating to the Villa Torlonia follows ; then a bookseller
and stationer's announcement. To this follow two adver-

tisernents of apartments to let ; and it seem the Italians
have a somewhat different notion of what constitutes an
apartment than we have. For instance :
"To let, at No. —, a large, clean, and comfort-
able apartment, looking to the east, consisting of two
sitting rooms, nine bedrooms, and a kitchen."
So that one apartment in Rome includes twelve English
apartments or rooms. Then we have an announcement
of a steamer's starting, with a primitive cut of a
steamer. " The Tiber will leave Civitavecchia for
Naples, on Thursday, 29th October." Next comes an
advertisement of an Italian grammar. To this suc-
ceeds a diary of the occupations, amusements, reli-
gious services and ceremonies of the week. On Sun-
day, October 25, it seems there were to be popular
festivities in the Villa Borghese at three P.M. ; those
fond of art might visit the studio of Overbeck, in the
Palazzo Cenci ; and there was to be high mass at St.
Peter's at nine, A.ss. ; vespers, at half-past three, P.M.
On Monday the museum of the capitol open from two
to five, P.M. ; and the gallery of the Villa Borghese,
from eleve❑ A.M. to half-past four P.M. On Tuesday,
vespers at St. Peter's, at four, P.M. Oa Wednes-
day, high mass and vespers at St. Peter's ; and the gal-
lery at the Palazzo Rospigliosi, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Thursday, the gallery and museum at the Vatican,
from two to five, p.m. On Friday the festival of the
blessed Alphonse Rodriguez, at the church of the Gesu.
On Saturday, vespers at St. Peter's, and papal vespers
at the Quirinal palace, both at half.past three, p.m. The
Rospigliosi gallery from nine am. to five p.m., and the
villa of Prince Torlonia (ticket requisite). The follow-
ing were to be open daily, except on Saturday :—The
Borghese, Doric, Corsini, Sciarra-Colonna, Barberini,
Farnese, Farnesine, and Colonna galleries, and the Orti
Farnesiani, from eight a.m. to four p.m. To the follow-
ing places tickets were requisite :—Etruscan Museum
and Studio of Mosaics, at the Vatican ; Cupola of St.
Peter's, and the Villas Albani and Ludovisi. Books
explaining the religious ceremonies of the Holy Week
are advertised ; also guide 'books to Rome, and to
Naples and Sicily ; and the last advertisement is as
follows :
" A RGENTINE THEATRE.—To-morrow, Sunday, will
be performed, for the first time, A rgia, an original drama,
by Giuseppe Checchetelli, with music by Pietro Corbi."
From the imprint, it appears that the directing editor
of this paper is " C. I. Hemans ;" and the proprietors,
" Prof. G. Brocchi, A. Morelli, and L. Piale." It is
altogether a very agreeable and interesting specimen of
a literary periodical ; destitute, certainly of leading ar-
ticles, deaths, and marriages, local and provincial news,
foreign and domestic intelligence, &c., but still furnish-
ing much light reading, coupled with interesting local
information, especially as to the habits, customs, and
religious ceremonies of the Eternal City, in this the
nineteenth century.