The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

I picturesque human tableau
nis ! those solemn el

those gorgeous pro-
ntings ! those lively cafe con-

news !—we are leaving Rome
Some natural tears we dropped, but wiped
he world was all before us."

tabulations over Galig
for ev

From Rome to Naples is but 152 miles, yet by Vettu-
-10, so slowly winding your way, it is_ equal_ to two

three thousand miles by 'railway.- In about three hourg
we arrived at the height of Albano, 14 miles from Rome;
near this is the tomb of Ascanins or Clodius, with large
shrubs and young trees growing out of its ruined walls,
and the mausoleum the sepulchre of the Curiatii. The
view from the terrace and height of Albano is. surpassingly
beautiful ; on the top of the hill is the castle Gondolfo.
We had just time allowed us to walk down to the vast
lake. This lake used to be occasionally, in heavy rains
or in the dissolving of the mountain snows, overflowed,
doing much injury to the surrounding cultivated grounds ;
but the ancient Romans constructed an emissario or sub-
terranean arched passage, one mile and a half k
Through this emissario se 1--

.
arge a mass of water flows oc-
casionally as to reduce the height in the lake, which is
or six miles in circumference, seventeen feet. An-
`--.ee of Roman skill and power.
arrived at Velletri.

om Albano w

Near Albano is

It is built inthree platforms or

stories, majestic in its decaying grandeur. Velletri has
several fountains, and a bronze statue to Pope Urban
VIII., by Bernini. The palace of Lancellotti is now an
inn. Here we saw the remains of
.a grand display at the

pupe Vialt urimtu2,oo. -------, - •
fiowers and shrubs still ardorned the streets, churches,
and principal houses, and the road for a considerable dis-
tance was strewed with fragrant shrubs and leaves. From

Velietri.Tv;;;ed through a • pleasant country Torre de
tr Ponti. Here commences the much-talked ot, and
foolishly-dreaded Pontine. marshes.. Wearied with my
first day's 17 hours' ride, and occasional walks during
change of horses, I ate the welcome supper, enjoyed the
humble bell for only the allowed six or seven hours. rind
•ut nye a.ut. ens,a3kAlliic rtutuitio, but hali-mireliett and

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VARIETIES

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DAY IN NEI

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despair

theory or fact was proved 1
Irojectors of 1844 still cling

to their
stoutly

.
maintained," says Lord Ashburton, "in the house o
Commons, by the leaders of both parties, and their mime•
roils partizans, that look about as you may for the cans(
..._

lifficulties, the last charter of the bank, with it

was an act of abso

dom ; e

.d if it be Hinted that it has failed upon the
very first experiment, the answer is ready which, during
nearly half a century, that I have now watched then
luestions, has invariably been given by every successive
linister, that the stupid Bank Directors—thOse scape•
)ats so conveniently at hand—have spoiled the wisdon
,gislature. But the promoters of this measure
have disentitled themseves to even this excuse, for the!
maintained that such was its perfect machinery that i
defied all mismanagement or neglect. Former difficultie
had had their source in the incapacity of Bank directors
but such were to be no longer possible. It is, however
fair to add that this error was not confined to statesmen
but was common.to some highly respectable authorities ii

Of the L(

the City, where, indeed, the scheme is said to have origi
nated. Now, my object in appearing before the public i
to endeavour to maintain, with as few words as the case
will permit, the opinion. I gave when the Charter Act wa
before the House of Lords, that the expectations enter
tamed of this infallible panacea were unfounded—that i
would only work in fair weather, when restrictions of al
sorts are inoperative and immaterial—that it could not fai
to break down under the first difficulty—and that it is ii
fact a serious aggravation, if not indeed the actual cans,
of the distresses we now experience." This is indee(

strong testimony, but it is a title testimony, the truth c

which t

many- of our countrymen bitterly—experience

erntral

iNtOrrllany.

aking began at Stamford on Thursday

The Bank of England advanced, on Thursday, a consi

derable sum on Coils°ls and Bills, at five per cent.
Haymaking has commenced in the neighbourhood of
Bath.
On Tuesday, four cottages were destroyed by fire in
the village of Throckmorton, near Evesham.
The foundation stone of a new market in Doncaster,
was laid last week with great ceremony.

The Rev. H. *Walrus-ley, Roman Catholic priest, of
Park-row, Leeds, has died of typhus fever.
The journeymen bakers have held meetings in Chester
Nottingham, &c., for bettering their condition
The Sh-'

spere Society has very properly presented a
copy of its publications to Mrs. Cowden Clarke, for hex
ample Concordance to the immortal bard's works.
A correspondent of The Times proposes that the flour
of the horse chesnut should be used for the stiffening of
calico, &c., instead of flour obtained from wheat.
Dr. Pusey, Mr. Keble, and two other leading tracts-

rians, have annolinced a " commentary on the hay scrip-
tures for the unlearned."
The Driver, war steamer, which arrived at Vortsmouth
on Friday week, from New Zealand, is the first steamer
which has ever sailed round the world.

A boy, five years of age, died a few days ago in Scot-
land, from lock-jaw, arising from a wound inflicted onone
of his feet by a thorn.

NETIC DISCOVERY

.—lt is said that a

the south of England has discovered the principle of
magnetic force which explains he deviation and dip of
the needle. .