Litchfield enquirer., 1845-01-16

tainine ashas and bonn, wlIh lhsGFI,.li1nS ana
names Of different individuals upon them. From
this We went 70 The Circus 81 Ronplu1, the most
perfect remains o. circus exciting, Clcse ~ ~
is the tomb of CECILIA Metalln. massive, towctike
structure having been IN modern times tnrretled
and fortified, i has quite the appaREapce Of fOr-
ircss. We then crossed 70 the gFCtt0 Oftl,e nymph
Egina, 90 long and often sung By poets and hNl@
rians II il pretty aud romantic in lie silualion
The grotto itself Is covered and lined with ivy and
water plants: the wafer pours in the interior Of
the grot, from marble spouts, over broken statue
reclining underneath. We walked, along the val
ley Of the Ovidian Almo, rausing to look at the
ancient temple Of the Ridicolo, built Of brick and
mortar, but exhibiting some beautiful friezes and
capitols TO its pilaser columns. At the church If
ST. Sebastian, is fine statue, representing the saint
after his Taartyrdom. Underneath the church, u
the entrance to the extensive and well known cat
acombs Of Rome-interesting like Others for hay.
ing saved the early Christians for hiding places,
during the days Of their persecution where the
faithful worshpped while living, and where they
and the martyrs are supposed to have rested when
dead. The totnbs bearing inscriptions in Greek,
signifying /" Pro Christie are supposed 10 be the
resting places Of those who suffered death for
Christ's, sake. Here was found the body Of 81
Cecilia, with an inscription certifying the same,
We paused on our return to see the huge pyrami-
dial monument of Caius Sextius, and thence drove
to the Church Of St. Paul. built over the tomb 0f
the Apostle. Having suffered much by FIRE, il is
now being rebuilt at great cost, and with great
splendor and magni6cenee.
Some of our days have been spent in visiting the
numerous palaces. all Of which contain coIlec-
tons, large or small, Of pictures. and all with
great liberaty open to visitors. Some Of the cols
lecticns are large, and have in them many e6ne
paintings; others sina ler, but the feware very
choice. The Barberrini palace has mot manyS
but among them il the celebrated Cenci by Guide;
.nfv Il. srprh
nation Of the mortal and spiritual in expression,
have never seen in q picture. Raphaels Forna-
RIM equally celebrated !; but which + DO not. al
mire. As painting, there is perhaps no fault /;
but It looks asst represents RaphaePs mistress,
as if of the earth earthy 50 much, doubtless, for
sympathy while looking upon her pure, sweet
face: as with one who has sufiered in virtues
cause. There is also here sweet portrait by Tie
tian. The Farsnese palace was built from The Co
liseum. 1t contains some fine frescoes. butnopain-
tings The palace Spada has good collection by
celebrated painters but the treasure Of the pal
ace is the statue Of of Pompey. g at WHOSE base
the great Cesar fell" We found ourselves At les,
ure, after visiting one other paiace-so concluded
to HE US to ST. Peters, and contemplate itS won-
ders Ger again. As we drew near the Bridge
which passes Ger old Tiber's sluggish stream, We
noticed carriages one after another, driving rapidly
towards the church. On entering and inquiring
we were told that it was the anniversary sof THE
conservation of the Chariot ST. Peters The ser.
vices had been performed in the, morning with
great ceremony but not being aware Of II, we had
missed it. Vespers were now about ~ be per.
formed in the Capcllo del Coro, the Chapel where
morning mass is performed BY the, Cardinals, The
Vesper service is all music; and at Rome, the mr.
sic in pany Of the Churches far exceeds that Of
the opera. Opposite the door BY which you enter
te Chapel, is the altar richly decorated with all
that is beautiful and precious. Above IL splen'
did mosaic Of the Conception, forming hack
ground to the altar AT each lend of the Chapel
isan organ, which we should cali a large rcne
each has an orchestra composed of about twenty
vocal performers, with some Instrumental The
arched vault above 10 dividedinto small cofnpart-
ments, containing inebas reliefs, all richly gilt
And now if you could hear the angelic strains
which Glled this magnificent little temple, Zone
of the maay in st, PetersD YOU might well fancs
yourself IN the spheres above. The singers were
ali, or near All, priests. Among Them were. two
Soprano voices that took part alfernafely and one
in particular, could scarce believe was not the
voice of female. 1t was rich, full and melo.
dious, that methinls I-never heard it equalled.%-
And in some of fhe solos there was 90 muchlPa-
Nos, that my heart truly ached with delight and
sadness Occasionally, a fne tenor sung o. duet
with one Of these; then the whole choir joined in
the chorus, and those on the opposite side took up
the swelling strains the organs pealing notes res
yerberated from side TO side, and it was asoTe than
harmony twas ccsfdcy--at least, such was the
cause and effect. The only drawback was that
no seats were proviiedfor any but the priests and
we were obliged to remain standing through the
whole, and from fatigue, we found q seat in the
carriage quite relief. a939isf saa&saq lbs }EtiT