American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-13

ture, Sc, and is surrounded with gar.iens, wa
ter falls, pail ks, towers, mimic theatres, and all
the appurtonanccs of Royal splendor.
The Church and the Forum" The G. o. |
quent lecturer gave most graphic pictur Of |
st. Peters Church, in Rome-thc immc date
scene OF action Of the Pope and the mos won
| dertu building in the world. The { Astlc oil
st. Angelo, as you approach the Chur ch. isthc
scene Of wonderful novelties on CO fra;n Casii
walls ,-when immense crowds gath ssberc. an,I
bayonets arc displayed in front, 4 ~ cavalry il,
the rear, to keep down the tumul lnuuo,.,a.
Bile rockets set Off, which, r,s,l ,hc royr M
cannon, light up St. Peters, n,,s reflect ,,r, nm
the Tiber in great brightnc ~. The c,t.rv "a
the Church is large area ,v4th hiph waits
upon which there are two hp,,drod siofu"s. in
the centre OF the open 81 ace shoro is Dyyatnid
three feet higher than the Nasbinut,n monu.
ncnt OF this city, bes' DIES obelsks, cascades. &c.
The building OF - petcy's Church is in the
form nIi Oh cross: fsom the ground to the top
o' 'no cross - IL az Hundred and fi&yeght feet:
inc lh'efhaa W Draster Of the dome is one hun
dfeo ana io' ~ teet. The whole is supported
oy io1r 'l'aF ave square pillars, tvs hundred and
io'.y lee' r. circumference, and one hundred
ana Se'e 6.y-eght feet high. The length of the
nave Is Sr4 feet. From the great door to the
tfiou' g. tho space IS Sufficiently large to admit
lVe ouch buildings Of the depth of the new Me-
tn' dist Church in Charles ST. and the Baltimore
AGhedre |, and leave a space each side OF fifteen
( fset; TIE distance between the roofs of these
ichurclres, TINS situated, and the vault Of tho
nave, would be 100 feet Tho length Of the
Charles st. Church. being 80 feet and its height
aboat 40, it would require FIVE such churches
piled on each other, to reach from the floor to
the vault Of the nave. The pillars which sup
port the dome, 4 in number, are equal III height
Al.
n line aroand the sonare at the intersection OF
IL Charles and Market streets, touching at the
corner Of Charles, an idea may be gained of
r the space or circumference of each of these
n four columns, which is about 240 feet. From
T. the top of these columns-they being as high
i as the Washington Monumcut--thcre is space
n enough, in the dome, to place the Baltimore
t. Cathedral, with the new German Catholic
le Church upon it, and on the top OF its spirc
the Washington Monument, without the sta
c. tue. Besides the placing of fourteen churches
Of and monument in the nave the transept and
as the dome, there would be left an open space
lie or side asles--of twenty feet The interior Of
u the church is surprisingly grand and beautiful.
T. The floor is of marble Numerous statues,
some of them twenty-four feet high; figures
al and valuable paintings; the resting place OF
n st. Peter; the chapel or pulpit; IA bronze figure
il of St. Peter-to which the devotces kueel and
ht kiss its feet; are among tho inner ornaments
Sc The dome-the wonder of the worlds in
nc laid with precious stones, &c, S66S, 900 having
OF been spent in mere adornments. Up to the
z, year 1894, $50, 500 900 had been expended up
* on the church. But to realize to the fullest
ht extent, the overwhelming display of pomp and
D. pageantry is to be present Oh Easter Sunday;
st to listen to the peas of its deep-toned organs
n the chants and chorusses; the head of the
- church, the Pope, who is to othciate, approach
u es and enters, amid a multitude of beings de-
n voutly kneeling. Three centuries and half
IF aro through the labors of various Popes, this
e, giant building was erected; and upon tho spot
le where was buried one OF the greatest despots
~ known to the world. The power Of Leo X
u felt the potential influence Of the Reformation
v and the Christian revolution thon commenced,
1t has successfully continued.
le He passed in review the Forum; the Tenn
Il. pies of the Gods; the Rostrum, where Cicero
in and others Numbered forth their oloquencc.-
2e The Forum-tlle theatre Of Romes illustrious
t. men-how changed ITS aspect now; It's multi
o; tudes gone; its walls blackened with age, and
e. its pillars lettering. THO ,..yus stranger ira
Of weller alone pauses to look upon it in its ruin
in Ell grandeur. The sight of abandoned tenn
PIES the Tarpean rock, the niumphal arch Of
Ii Titus, the various arenas tor sports, IN ruins
It's its moss-covered Colseums, all present scenes
c. that fill the mind of the behoder with awe and
Y. wonder. The mutations of time, working
y, mighty changes in her palaces and people, the
&C. productions of the genius Of Tully, Virgil,
RS, and others, must prove the resurrection of
lg Rome.
"a This lecture, to which we have feobly al
ny luded will be followed by a series of others
&c for the benefit of the church. The next will
as be delivered by DR.. Kemp, on the "Woadcrs
he of the Human Frame" illustrated by dia-
n grams.