New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-18
VOL. zE2. no. a6a.

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radiant creature sat quite UNCONSCIOUS OF all this
of course as the lady sitting by her side not very
amiably Whispered to me. It is but just to say,
however, that at some of the more magnificent
Balls and Soirees there was very far collection
of beauty. At the annual Ball given by the Gov
ernor at his Palace, there were many beautiful
women At that time alone. during the whole
year, unless in Court, do the nobility wear the
family jewels On this night they are all exhib-
tied on the necks, heads and arms Of the matrons
and their daughters 1t makes perfect blaze of
diamonds. The nobility Of Genoa is among the
richest of Italy, for the wealth the crusades opened
to them in the East is still gathered here. Such
profuson of ornament never beheld. There,
for the first time, saw the belle of the city-thc
Marchoness of Balbi. l was glad to see what
the Italians regarded as beauty, and she also had
the light complexion and rosy checks of the Sax
on race. She 1Dns beautful-uery, but of that
kind of beauty DO not particularly admire; it
was, what | would term, of the doll kind. But
oh, such spirits, and such a dazzling quantity of
diamands; one almost needed to shield his eyes
TO look on her The value Of them was variously
estimated, but the lowest which z very ca!culat
ing Italian gave me hundred thousand dol
lars But even her diamonds could not outshine
the sparkling Joy of her countenance. | never
saw being float so through saIoon as If her
BODY was feather and her soul the zephyr that
fioated it. It made me sigh to look on her. Such
abounding gayety-such thrilling mirth Il knew
it could not last; this world was not made for It.
The next time she was in deep mourning, with
her head bowed down like bulrush. The bloom
had gone from her check and the light from her
eve. She vanished from the gay world like a
stricken bird. Her brother, the Marquis Of Pala-
vacn-one of the nobest young men ever met
liberal in his feelings and handsome in his per-
son-thc pride and hope of his famly-s suddenly
died / saw him last at the Marquis di Negro's
AS bade him good evening was struck with
the expression Of his countenance it had look
so intensely anxious that 1t fixed my attention.
This was Friday evening-Saboath morning
mutual friend called on me and told me he was
dead But have run into more serious mood
than I anticipated At the Casino, which is
simply collection of noblemen who give three
Balls during the winter in Palace devoted to
that purpose, | have often met the entire beauty
of the upper classes of the city; and although
there were many pretty women, yet the average
Of beauty was very low. For, with fourteen
rooms thrown open, and all SO crowded that one
could hardly move one would expect some beauty
in any country. In Naples and Rome have not
had the same opportunities, as / have been in
them during Lent when Balls, and large Soirees
and gayctlcs are unknown. But still have not
been without facilities and If national beauty
is worth being proud Of, VIC can boast over Italy
that is, in our women; wish | could say as
much of the men. 1t is not so easy 10 decide on
the pcasantry; they differ so much in different
portions. Sometimes you may travel all day and
see nothing but the ugliest faces, and you wonder
how nature could have gone so awry IN every
instance and then again in another province you
see at every step the beautiful eye and lash, and
flexible brow, and laughing face of your true lta-
ian beauty. In form the Italians excel U.s. Larger,
fuller, they naturally acquire a finer gait and
bearing 1t is astonishing that our ladies should
persist in that ridiculous notion that small waist
IS. and per necessita must be beautiful. Why
an Italian LADY would cry for vexation if she pos
sessed such waist as some OF our ladies acquire,
only by the longest painfullest process have
soupht the reason Of this difference, and can sec
no other than that the Italians have their glorious
statuary continually before them, and hence en-
deayor to assmlate themselves to them; where
oil hose
French stuffed figures in the windows OF mlln
er's shops Why if an artist should presume to
make statue with the shape that seems to be
regarded with as the perfection of harmonious
proportion, he would be laughed out Of the city.
1t is standing objection against the taste OF our
ladies the world over, that they Will practically
| assert that ii French Mlncr understands how
they should be made better than Nature herself.
In another letter l shall speak Of the manners OF
the Italian ladies, which is the real cause OF the
preference given them by all travellers. ii.
UNITARIAN CONVENTIONAL General Conven-
ton of Unitarian Clcrgymen recently held at
Providence r. l. The following resolutions, at-
ter an interesting debate, were unanimously adopt
cd BY the Convention:
l. Rssolred, That there is an imperous call upon
denomination for clear aud statement Of ouE dis
nmct,e doctrines aud urgent application OF then 20 pac-
| teal life.
:. Resored That as the spirit Of reverence is so little
chrishd in our aud, should have pEomi-
men, place IN public worship and personal culture
s. Resored. Th. there need of more united action IN
our chu ches, especially among our men,
l. R.solred That " nile We the loss of our be-
loved b1v,hreu Grtenwood Ware and Others, and synpa
hse wit the grief Of families, reader thanks TO
Almighty God lor the power OF he lives and the worth oi