New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-13

tore Yesterday that the poor stopid King was al
ready here aud had taken cheap chambers At the
Hotel d'Ancmagnc az indeed It Is said he has nj
ways turn for economy when he cannot live at the
expense Of his suffering people. Day before yes
toriay. every carriage that the people saw with
stupid looking man in it they did not know, they
looked TO see III, was not the Royal runaway. But
it was their wish was father to that thought and it
has not as yet taken body ss fact. In ike manner
they report this week the death OF Prince Meter
Mich but believe it is not sure he Is dead yet
only dying. With him passes one great embodi-
ment Of IN 10 Europe AS for Louis Philippe, be
seems reserved 20 give the world daily more sig
ma proofs Of his base apostacy 70 the cause that
placed him on the throne and that heartess selfish
ness Of which his face alone bears witness TO any
one that has mind to read it, How the French
nation could look upon that face, while yet flushed
with the hopes of the Three Days and put him on
the throne as representative ofthose hopes cannot
conceive There is a story current 10 Italy that he
is really the child cf first barber, siterward
police officer and was substituted at nurse for the
true heir Of Orleans and the vulgarity form in his
body Of limbs, power Of endurance. greed OF gam
and hard cunning intel ect unlike all traits OF
the weak but more "genteel' Bourbon race
might well lend plsusibility 70 such q fable
Bat to return 70 Rome, where l hear the Ave
Maria Just ringing by the way, nobody Pauses
nobody thinks, nobody Prays
ave Maria It's the hour ofPrsyeE
Ave Maria it's the hour Of love- &C.
is bat fgment Of the poets fancy.
To return TO Rome what Rome the iortieth
day of rain, and damp, aud abominable reeking
odors, such as blessed cities swept by the sea
breeze-bitter sometimes, yet indeed friend
never know. II has been dark all day though the
lamp has only been lit half an hour. The music Of
the day has been, first the atrocious eras which
last in the corso till noon, though certainly less
in virulence on rainy days. Then came the wicked
or IN grinder, who, apart from the horror OF the
noise, grinds exactly the. same obsolete abomina-
tons as at home or in England" The CoPenba-
gen Waltz Home sweet home, and all that
The cruel chance that both an English my lady and
n Councillor from one OF the Provinces live opposite
keeps him constantly before my window, hoping
ARCHAEOLOGICAL that Marszas got something
very different to punish the noise he made With
in the three petdogs Of my andlady beref Of their
walk, unable to employ their miserable legs and
eyes-exercise themselves by continual barking,
which is answered by all the dogs in the neighbor-
hood. An urchin returning from the lsundress de-
lighted with the symphony, lays down his white
bundle in the gutter seats himself on the curbstone
aud attempts an imitation OF the music of cats as
tribute 10 the concert The door-bell rings, Che
" Who is il ?" cries the handmade with unwearia
bic senseessness, as il any one would answer
Rogue or Enemy, instead Of the traditonary Aaic0,
Friends May il be, perchance a letter. news OF
home, or some of the many friends Who have neg
lected so long to write or some ray hope to break
the clouds Of the difficult Future. Far from it
Enter a man poisoning me at once with the smell
Of the worst possible cigars not to be driven out,
insisting shall look upon frightful, illcut cameos'
and worsedesigned mosacs, made by some friend
of his, who works in a chamber and will sell 50
cheap. Man of i'll odors aud meanest smile! am
no Countess to be fooled by you. For dogs they
were not even-dog- cheap.
A faint and misty CLEAN Of sun greeted the day
Oh which there is the feast to the Bambino, the
most venerated doll OF Rome. This is the famous
image Of the infant Jesus, reputed to be made OF
wood from a tree of Palestine, and which, being
taken away from its present sbode-the Church OF
Ava Cwli--returned by itself making the bells ring
as it sought adnttsnce al the door. IL is this
which is carried in extreme cases to the bedside OF
the sick IL has received more splendid gifts than
any other idol. An orphan BY my side, now strug
Cling with difficulties, showed me on its breast
splendid jewel which adoting grandmother thought
more likely to benefit her soul given to the BAN
bno. than If turned into money to give her grand
"a f,,f
Old lady left her vineyard not 10 these children, but
TO her coniessor well endowed Monsgnor' who
occasionally asks this youth, his godson to dinner
Children go placed, not quite such devotees to
Catholicism as the new proselytes of America -
They are not so much patted on the head, and
things do not show to them under quite the same
silver veil
The Church of Ava Coli is on or near the site
of the temple of Cspitoline Jove which certainly
saw nothing more idolstrous than these ceremo-
MES For about week the Bambino is exhibited
in en- illuminated chapel in the arms Of splendid
ly dressed Madonna doll. Behind, parency
represents the shepherds, by moonlight at the
time the birth was announced, and above, God
the Father. with many angels heiling the event
A pretty part Of this exhibition, which was not
so fortunate as to hit upon though went twice on
purpose is the children making little speeches in
honor Of the occasion. Many readers will remem'
Der some account of this in Andersen's lmpro'
visatore.'
The last time | went was the grand feast IN
honor of the Bambino The church was entirely
foil, mostly with contsdini and the poorer people
absorbed in their devotions one man near me
never raised his head or stirred from his knees to
see nything he seemed in an anguish OF prayer
whether from repentance or anxiety. wished
could have hoped the ugly little doll could do him
any good. The noble stair which descends from the
great door Of this church to the foot OF the Capitol
"a stair made from fragments Of the old imperial
tme-was flooded with people; the street below
was rapid river also whose waves were men -
The ceremonies began with splendid music from
the organ, pesling sweety long and repeated IN
vacations As If answering TO this call, the world
came in. many digntaries, the Conservatori l
think. conservatives are the same everywhere
official or no. and did homage to the image then
men in white and gold with the candles they are