The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

11-1.--.VOWNSEND'S INTERVIEW WITH THE

out of our power to do so. I think this will notlpliefits‘eolyt•oluei
. but it is papa's wish an:l mine for tlif present. V
me know if you come on Tuesday
thaw? e had heavy'.. fall
I,ll2blie". ~-Rey. Geo. Townsend. Canon of Durham, has justto-day, and should it it Iw‘illiliaoltehe verya invitig
of snow
-44.;laghed 'Ais - " Journal of a Tour in Italy in 1850,' on Sunday. The clock striking eleven tells me it is time:for
Itu,..—NC.which he saw Papists of all
.degrees,.and he has re- me. to he .where my parents have been some time since, tip-
)ou good night, hoping that this will find
d h. Iv sickened and discouraged. He found stairs, so will wish •
illhttlit.b4-7--f tiiiiißom'isli Church groaning over the prohi- yon in a•vecy good humour.
" Yours very- sincerely,
Iley„„)?ti. of the Bible •; and_ lamenting . that, if they asked "MARY ANN POPE.
ill i7:".1011. to pe,rnse it, they we, re
iiiismediately ,put down "I don't think you will be much disappointed."
Is tf',t Atst of, po.iitical offenders .. general testimony 1 •painful to tell them what took place in
It was his duty
lab. 'atlie boasts-W. pure Church is a mass of hideous ido- the mean time. On the Monday a party was. given at
Ira7"l—that it is to be resisted in every way, .for in every
7,}ii6 le .tlangeropf- Enfield in celebration of the lady's sister's birthday, and
Its ,a
.prepsvdiamets many passages worthy of extract. a young Seotchtnan named I,3le.tvas there, who has now
th- eQief 4 'WI. however,is in the accountgiven of .-
i the happiness to be the defendant's
.husband. A has
k place in her affections that evening, and on the 01.00
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it-;iaelfclltro;44:lll4- 'fftetaiirViesv. .tlth Pope. Dr„Townsendwas , lowing day when the plaintiff was tLere she went down
e.Titli his lady : he bore with him a
Illeillorta7 ' 644 i! ••414 views with' regard to the inlay i
stairs to one of the servants just before Mr. Strange was
Ailieh c,ootaining. his _
goiter home, and said, " What to do she didn't In w, 5..1 e
Ibilia__.the Pope might •tennd upon earth if lie were. so I .thought she was very wicked for keeping company with
4%. "; ; and ie did not,ptoceed to the interview without I two sweethearts at the same time." 'he. went to Lon-
Pri, fervent, sha eopaprithensive prayer. The day was the plaintiff there, and
MI, ay. the 2Gth e( April,W—the hour half-pact five in I don„ however, the next Allay,
~ tternoa . ion Thurs4y came the fo .owi,ts:Filleastetc,r :
"Teen, Jan. 26, 1850.
Iphrtri,°i:tall.-'er. could pave received us with more simplicity ‘, My dear sit.,—You doubtless
*expected t,t rtepllysto,r7,-,5., jerri
0 ereien with k:ore dignified courtesy—no this., but since I.saw you circums,ances MIN et ra.i p t
,q4iti6,;•,,,lertalrn-Titrlit ng°lo're plainness. There were no lords in
",as ;,,,, no tedious ceremony, no troins of state. The pontiff oblige me to termin,lter all A
have placed me in a most plarittektei.l.)ootsnintifunhicoawit .01rndss
,3:.0.t.t, and
%lit you.
s,i,z. .„,—°ne- The room in which received us was about the on, and tell :.-ott the cause is the return
"Ile- flu a well-proportioned modern -London drawing-room. I will be candid with
d a sincere attachment to, and
e, ferf'.,,r was brick, as is the custom; n Poly. It was uncar- of one whom I for ever !
„"14Itier-'4„,_ cent a small carpet on the dais on which the Pope was asrplpvlea:nlitYedasysoe event has caused ma
urt
itnhartt?ynoatioitctmallerlsindt,leer:ent could ever have
;ere „-,-_-'• It was unfurnished, except that two Sillallottornans unkappiness, but with my
I know I
,54110 ced near an elevated seat, at which, close to a table, many, many hours ot reproach%.l4
,''','te nr",.i; those in a merchant's counting,house, the Pope present feelings I feel bound to reb.ltuLit I.:'-u.i.1,..801:111,
am acting rightly in coming to this t. T,;;;.7it for I never
„.".,ov '„slootl. The dais was raised not more tau a few inches could have been happy. Don't think i el i of me, for 1 feel
1.,- k; e;.•'e 444 of the floor A canopy, not every splendid one, my situation most acutely,.and will give 1 o'n o Inrther explana-
r-4 °l‘,-.e,r, the Pop , head. Ile was dressed in the long white A tAetezeen you and
lion if von wish it, as nothing has been sat, eet %-„",,, DominicaneB
rob, reaching from the throat to the papa. ..1 hope you will not refuse accepting. a.
H-Dthro„" -"u he warethe Dominican cap upon his head, We ' tie. ss I have re-
e
I have made
for you, as a small aknowledgtnent of the kint ~.,,wi_
Ile scialied hith es to a temporal prince, with the courtesies ceived from you; and believe me to he iiilily.r
,1,•,`Ti,41;,F....,,
Ale i.gesZki have paid to our own Queen, bowing three times.
No ti to be about sixty years of age, of a fresh cot: _
'.little
Ail':44lna't4iai most itenfxolent ex. •'n of Countenance. He She enclosed in the purse a£s note to pay for so iker
p!pessitod, v'th intent curiosity i disbursements he bad from time to time made x
;5:4,4d 4.llTtree'llaritrie7lehrinutri:t ""
extherfiest thine perhaps, that O ' account. Ho wrote in answer to this a letter, which itfi
illem 4104 enter leA,Oit lwpaagniede byr his wife had ever veil.
, lice Vatican upon such an errand as that which 1 the last he (the learned counsel) would read, as it rebut. 71.1,.
what was alleged by some of the pleas, that the plainti.. '
with to ja, Me from England. On approaching close to Innt
rum Ito4r ,is hand to 'kiss in the manner which is. customary had ever in any way freed her from her engagement as far
on Oh Of Ogn Princes t and he then motioned, with an inch- as could help the matter :
~'„%le (eta Is head, to Mrs. Townsend and myself to be seated "93, Hatton-garden, Feb. 7, 1830.
Sett' he coitinah near the dais. . " My dear Mary Ann,—Your letter of the 26th ult. was in-
in •Nase..i ,veraation began on the part of the Pope in Italian, deed painful surprise to me. To be thus cast off without
Negtaly; to Mrs. Townsend, as to whether she had ever been warning, and with no previous intimation on your part, is
rto st ot-notne before 9 Whether she admired the country ? I what I sbould have least expected, and which I still less know
1-4-d41.11 sherbets in Rome bad interested her most ? And so on. ! how to account for. You promise in your letter to send m e
my
Irltg.een ~,,,Iptestions she replied in the same language. 1 further explanation, but a fortnight has elapsed without m
"Pre!tr Ullernreter in French throughout France, and Snitn}e• I hay.ing received an. I can hardly rersuade myself tht t you
ti, talian through Italy ; and she interpreted my scr i • what your letter asserts, viz , that you naan to
tous y mean

POPE AT THE VATICAN