The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-15 00:00:00

Mr. Child was not satisfied until he had spent 1,300 francs
on the floral decorations for this entertainment. During
my visit to Rome a remarkable circumstance occurred,
-which is somewhat suggestive as to the extraordinary
character of the locality. An artillery officer hired a
horse for a ride on the Campagna. For some purpose he dis-
mounted, when to his horror he found that the ground
under his horse's hind feet was suddenly giving way. The
horse fell backwards, and after a brief struggle dis-
appeared from his sight, and could be heard falling and
falling as if descending an unfathomable depth. The poor
animal had fallen into an old and covered well. The
frightened officer walked home and reported his loss ; his
story was scarcely credited, but on visiting the spot and
descending the well, the horse was found at a depth of 150
feet from the surface. According to Roman law the
hirer had to pay the value of the animal.
The Protestant visitors to Rome can attend public
worship at the English, American, or Presbyterian chapels,
which are situated close to each other and just outside the
Popolo gate. The English chapel will afford accommoda-
tion for 600 or 700 persons, and is constantly crowded. The
American chapel is rather smaller, and the Presbyterian
much less, but both are well filled. The service and
sermons in each are remarkably characteristic of the
nationalities they represent. The English is strictly
correct, the American eminently practical, and the Scotch
decidedly philosophical. All are supported by voluntary
contributions, and they certainly should be well supported,
judging by the apparent wealth of the congregations. The
wide streets in which the chapels are situated are crowded
at each service with the carriages of the visitors, and
amongst them are the best equipages which appear on the
Pincian Hill.
The Pope receives a large number of English and
American visitors, who are generally presented on Sunday.
After the presentation he addresses a few practical
observations to his audience, which are usually founded
on the Scripture lessons for the day. The short sermon to
which I listened has already appeared in your columns. It
was pleasant to think that the same subject was occupying
the attention of so large a portion of Christendom,
both Catholic and Protestant, at the same time. I am
bound to admit that the Pope's unassuming kindness of
manner and sound Christian teaching contrasted very
favourably with a lecture on " Protestant Missions in
Italy" which I attended shortly after hearing the sermon
at the Vatican. In this lecture the Pope was denounced
in the usual terms as the " man of sin," and the "son of
of perdition," language which, if used outside of a chapel,
would be very properly designated as profane swearing.
What should we think of a man who in England applied
such terms to the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Archbishop Manning, who is now in -Rome, is preaching
a series of controversial sermons in defence of the claims
and doctrines of his Church. These sermons are largely
attended, and, as might be expected, the congregation
consists in a great degree of the English and American
visitors. The archbishop, with unusual force, repeats the
oft-used argument that as truth is one, there can be but
one true Church. His sermons appear to me like a beautiful
chain of argument with one link missing. It would be as
just to contend that truth is perfection, and that as it is
manifest that there is no perfect Church, therefore there is
no true Church. It is useless to require absolute truth or
perfection where any human element is introduced, and
at present we cannot have Churches without human
elements.

One of the sights which no visitor to Rome should fail
to see is the drawing of the lottery tickets, which takes
place at the office of the Minister of Finance every
Saturday precisely at noon. In almost every street in
Rome there are offices where lottery tickets are sold, and
where any purchaser who can command twopence-half-
penny may take his chance of losing orincreasing his fortune.
The Government, of course, makes a handsome percentage
of profit on all subscriptions. The mode of conducting the
lottery is as follows :—ln a balcony in front of the Finance
Minister's office is placed a glass barrel. At a few minutes
before noon the proper officer places in this barrel a series
of numbers from 1 to 89, each number being put into a
small cardboard box about as large as a man's finger.
The number as it is put in is called out in a loud voice,
which is heard by the ciowdbelow. Precisely at 12o'clock
a cardinal appears upon the scene, the ninetieth number
is handed to him, and he solemnly places it in the glass
barrel. A flourish of trumpets is then sounded, during
which the barrel is turned rapidly round in one direc-
tion—the music changes, and the barrel goes round
in the opposite direction. The barrel is then
stopped; a boy standing behind it takes off
his hat, makes the sign of the cross, and
thrusting his hand into the barrel through a doorway at
the side, he draws out one of the round cases. This is
handed to the cardinal, who opens it, hands the paper it
contains to the official, who reads it aloud, and then
throws down the paper to the crowd. Five numbers are
drawn in this way, and the business is concluded. If you
wish to speculate in the lottery you may do so in several
ways, three of which are as follows :--You may name a
number, and, if it comes up in either of the live draw-
ings, you receive about fifteen times the sum which you
drawn, a sum equal to about 2.7,0 tina's the stake is laid,
if three numbers are named, and all are drawn, the
prize is about 3,000 times the stake. It will
be seen that under these arrangements the average profit
to the Government cannot be less than 50 per cent., and
the average loss to the speculators must be in like propor-
tion. The infallibility of the Papal Government is a great
misfortune ; it makes a difficulty in the way of acknow-
ledging errors and reforming them. But for this circum-
stance the objectionable mode of raising a revenue by
means of a lottery would doubtless have been abandoned
long since.

Everything in Rome is carried on under the sanction
and authority of the Government. The Carnival is taken
under its special protection, and all amusements are
allowed or prohibited at the pleasure of the authorities.
This year the Carnival was formally opened on the 30th
January. A body of mounted guards rode down the
Corso, dropping one of their number at each of the
streets that lead into it, for the purpose of stopping
all traffic. A grand procession then made its
appearance, consisting, of the governor of Rome and
various officials connected with the municipality, in
carriages, and members of the fire brigade following the
carriages on foot. The street was then cleared for the
races by a body of the mounted guard, who rode slowly
clown the Corso and galloped back. Seven horses, without
riders, were started for the races, with goads dangling
from their sides, which prick them as they run,
and coloured papers flying from their manes and
tails. The, horses being sufficiently frightened and
hurt, gallop as fast as circumstances permit ; but the
street being pitched with stones which are exceedingly hard and slippery, it is difficult for the horses to keep their feet. One horse, not being able to guide himself, dashed
into the crowd, and the result was a child severely injured,
with arm and ribs broken. Another horse fell about the
middle of the Corso, and rolled over. He lay stunned
for a minute, and then got up and galloped on,
much to the astonishment of the crowd, which had closed
in behind the foremost horses, and were not expecting a
second edition of danger. Horse-racing without riders
might do very well on turf, and with proper arrangements;
but in a street it is simply an absurdity. The horse which
is most frightened is likely to be the first, and the race is won,
not by the strongest sinews, but by the weakest nerves. At
the Carnival, universal liberty is allowed for pelting with
chalk sugar-plums. Walking on stilts has been forbidden,
for last year the aspiring gem who towered on stilts peered
into the upper windows and alarmed several elderly ladies
by the unexpected apparition. At Florence the Carnival
is conducted much more sensibly. There it consists in
parading the streets in carriages, and throwing nosegays
and real sweetmeats at your friends. Masks and costumes
are allowed, but I saw no roughness or vulgarity.

A committee, consisting of Governor Claflin,
General Francis A. Osborn, Gardner Brewer and Charles
0. Whittemore, has been organized for the purpose of put-
ting in marble and presenting to the State of Massachusetts,
to be deposited in the State-house, Martin Millmore's fine
briA of OLai les permanent memorial of his
great services to the nation during the three terms of his
Senatorship.

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1E69.

tion of the Jockey Club on the subject, and they seer,
by giving " ease" to " two-year-olds," to stop the
downward course on which it is supposed they have
entered. Admiral Rous, writing to the Times, gives
an entirely different view of the subject. He attributes
fall in quality to other causes altogether, and there-
fore regards the resolutions in question as mere
restrictions. lle first advocates greater care in the
selection of stock for breeding, thinking that a great
deal has been lost through inferior parentage. lle
then goes on to say : " The great misfortune to the
Turf is owing to that barbarous system of racing
from February to the end of November,
which ought to be forbidden by Act of Par-
liament." Discussing the motions to be made at the
Jockey Club, he finds all of them unsatisfactory.
Still he readily admits that something might be
altered with respect to the early working. "It has
been calculated that the early running of two-year-
olds, is the least expensive system of training ; it
either pays the bills by winning stakes, or it opens
the eyes of the owner to the demerits of the animal
which he hastens to get rid of. In a commercial
point of view it is the quick return that pr,ys—ilie
world is governed by s. d,, and mcing men
arc unfortunately not exempted from this human
frailty."

SICK BISHOPS.

In addition to the three bishops mentioned on a
former occasion, who, we said, were hopelessly dis-
abled—the Bishops of Exeter and Bath and Wells
from infirmity, and the Bishop of Winchester from
paralysis—we regret to have to place the Bishop of
Salisbury in the same list. It has been stated
within the last day or two that Dr. Hamilton is some-
what better, but later accounts say that there is little
chance of the bishop ever again resuming his
episcopal duties. The Bishop of Carlisle is also
among the disabled, and has had to follow his brother
of Salisbury's example by coming to London for
medical advice. Dr. I'Valdegrave is comparatively a
young man, being but 52 years old. The Bishop of
Rochester is still suffering from bronchitis ; the
Bishop of Chichester is considerably over 80.

WORK FOR CONVOCATION.

Convocation, which has hitherto successfully re-
sisted all attempts to bring about intercommunion
between Nonconformists and the English Church, is
to be called upon by the Archdeacon of Nottingham
to appoint a commission for considering the position
of the Abyssinian Church. The archbishops and
bishops have no objection to dining with the minis-
ters of all denominations at Fishmongers' Hall, but
when it conies to spiritual communion they appe,r to
prefer a semi-civilised Abuna of Abyssinia to Mr.
Binney. It does not appear that the Archdeacon.
has any intention of enforcing a reductio ad
absurdum. Another matter which Convocation is to
consider is the exchange of livings.