Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-21
Pom Brn'le,'s Nl.esllsnJ

MRS. TRoLLOPE'S VISIT TO ITALY.
mas raoLLoPE's INTERVIEW WIN tn. Pore
Amongst the many muveilous Objects ofinteres,
visited and noted by Mrs rrollope in her excursion
through Italy. not the least interesting was hi'
Holiness the Pope, TO whom she vac Indicated AZ o
di,,ingai.hed ba, blue. The following is her mem
Of the occurrence.
awe have had the honor Of being presented 10 his
holiness - The HanoveTian minister very kindly
negotiated the business for us. and in company with
about 20 other persons, all English repaired to
tho Vatican. The room in which were received
was a small apartment near the library, and nothing
could be less msgnihcent than this little reception
room, though ia the middle of the richest palace in
ths world. His holiness wore q white dress, which
b.lieve is that Of the monastio order to which he
belonged, and also the small white cap with which
oil portraits, Rafael and Lawrence inclusive, have
made Us famiisr. His coun;enanee is amiabe and
expressive Of much gentencss and his stature rather
bs'ow the common aka. We found him standing
in front OF small table, which was placed before
n canopy; under which imagine he would have sat,
had nat his poencss TO the ladies he expected pre-
vented il The party therefore naturally formed
themselves toto q semcirce round him, and his hrst
words on seeing how extensive that circle was, were
La stance troppo piccolo"-He lookec OF US all
with much good humour and kindness; but as he
did not walk round the circle, and as the persons
forming the circle not Instructed to pass before
him, he rather harangued than eonversed with US.
But considering the awkwardness OF this arrange
ment he managed il exceedingly we'll. he inqur-
cd our names from the uanoverian minister ia the
order in which we Stood and very politely ex
pressed regret that he could not address us IN our
owp language. The appearance OF the circle was
sing ular enough, from the ladies being all dressed
in black, and wearing black wells (which IS DE III
cuEun,) while the gentlemen were as goily haeied
as possible; all being in full dress, chiefly military
and one in tho full Highland costume. This last
especially attracted the attention OF his holiness, so
much 30, that the graceful young chieitain was
compelled, in some sort, to mako q step forward,
that hs holiness might have an opportunity OF see
Ing more distinctly the jewelled powderhosn, which
appeared particularly TO have arrested his atenion,
but which no mistook for a null, which he said he
had formerly seen Seotchmen carry, Offering The
contcnls TO all his ftonds-a vesy natural nil.
take, snuff being, very properly, more familiar
idea 10 his holiness than eunpo~der.
He then asked the minister il there were not
literary lady in the company. which being answer
ed In the Affirmative ani the individual indicated
his holiness inquired what species of compositions
had been produced, and then remarked that there
were many books written in English, but that he
had not read thom-He then, a pTepcs VI the
gtest advantage of general acquaintance with
modern languages, spoke to US Of Tho extinordina.
~ requirements in that line of the Cardinal Mez>
z,finte, and relating an arecdote RESPECTING; him,
IN which this remarkable faculty had cna6 cd his
holiness to detect renegade Christian, who at
tempted 10 pass himself as Turk desirous of pro-
Tossing the Catholic tnith---the "Roman Catholic
faith," added his holiness significantly, correcting
himself. lie told this story with good deal OF
spirit and altogether got through the audience, |
Embarrassing one, with great deal Of good hu !
mored ease. We remained thus standing before |
linn for about twenty minutes, or half an hour, ard
then he bowed us off"