Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-26


about it, but he shrugs his shoulders and doesn't know
nobody about the hotel knows for your physician is the
physician Of the hotel and has his private contract with
the landlord You generously disposed and pay him
perhaps Napoleon visit and he receives ii and drops
1t into his pocket without much looking at it but
if you should offer him one-h Of that sum- which would
be double what his countrymen pay him, you will then
see the polite and friendly doctor in his true colors
Merchants and shopkeepers have their prices; to
Italian one paul, to stranger from three to five pauls
With nearly all other classes Of business people there is
no price is always Whatever you please Signore"
But offer reasonable sum, and it will be not what you
please but what they please am sorry say there
specimens of the kind home but be it said to
their credit they seldom cheat than half which is
perhaps about far they go at present When
shall have imported few fashions and from
Europe they may reach two-thirds.
Tradespeope and others hold back their accounts until
the very moment Of your departure In vain have you
called upon them to send in their bills At the last mo-
ment they come, with charges exorbitant and
thought of and unheard that you wonder at the extent
to which human rapacty be cultivated Expostuae
reason, storm as you WILL it is use the bill must be
paid You may knock off little, but that little has been
expressly put on for the purpose of being knocked off If
you refuse to pay, you arrested and in the
hands Of the law you might well hand your purse
cheeruy together with any letters of credit that you
may have about YOU A curious instance of fraud
CURED in Naples some years ago, and, it is char
acterstic of Italian justice viii relate it to you as
heard it:
traveller about to leave the city, when person
called upon him with bill for considerable of Dor
rowed money The traveller denied any knowledge Of the
matter and declared that he had borrowed sh
ling in his life, and he resolutely refused to pay it. His
passport was stopped of course and he summoned
to the tribunal His first step to consult Neapoi-
tan lawyer 6 Are you quite sure" said the lawyer
g that you did not borrow the money!" eyes; never
borrowed any such sum-" "But did you not borrow a
part of it % No, not carlin Of it, ssDo you know
the mann "Never saw him before in all my life"
"What will you give if get you clear?" One-half
of the sum he demands, for must be off," Well, then,
must go to the tribunal together You confess
that you borrowed the money allow to confess it
for you and you must not object any Of the proceed
ngs, but leave the whole responsibility to me- as have
conscience that will bear it without difficulty The
stranger astonished at all this but his law
yers advice he consented not to interfere They
the tribunal The plaintiff appeared with three wit
nesses, who that they present and saw the
money placed in the defendants hands The seemed
quite clear side at least but there two sides
to every thing to Neapotan question at law. Our
lawyer rising, declared that although it perfectly
true his client had borrowed the msney it equally
true that he had paid every carn Of it, with interest
would appear from the testimony of sr Witnesses who
were present at the repayment and in court
ready to be They sworn, accordingly the
gained, and the discounted plaintiff left the
court in high dudgeon with the lawyer for his nge-
nuty and witnesses who had ruined his scheme by false
swearing
In the north of Italy there is less rapacty and more
bo,a ~
so poor, and enjoy Of the comforts of life have
found in Tuscany many good traits in the Italian charac
ter The Forentnes are amiable and goodnatured kind
to strangers especially to the sick and they always
ready to obge for reasonable consideration They
cheerful lively and unsophistcated remarkable for
immortality, and not remarkably moral good, perhaps,
that way most Of the nations of Europe Their chief
merit consists In not being very bad In the higher cir
Giles of society there is corruption than among the
middle classes in court circles generally yet intro
ductons to the court circles of France and Italy
sought with avdy by certain of fashionable people
when abroad.
The villas in the vicinity of Rome justly celebrated
for their magni6cence 1t is usual procure tickets of
admission from the ministers consular residents but
believe this not absolutely necessary silver franc
will open doors and gates better than any ticket ever
saw in any part of Italy The tickets useful the
owner Of the villa palace in showing him how much of
the small change he has right expect from his domes
tics. never give five bocci to servant without seri
GUS doubt to whether his noble master will
baicc Of it. No traveller has right complain Of these
little exacons; people don't go into theatres see
reeshows for nothing why should they be admitted into
palaces of the Italian nobility for nothng Only the way
Of orturing the small change of pocket rather
yexatious You shown round the first floor; the
todian finishes here and with irresistible bow and
appealing smile informs you that his duties are tcrmi-
nated that there is another custodian to the gallery
This ten baiocci You go through the gallery Of
sculpture antiquities and receive bow from another
custodian with from FIVE to ten baocc more The gallery
Of paintings has perhaps still another who dscourses
learnedy art that you believe him to be either the
owner of the palace relation, till he winds up by
bowling ten baocci out Of you, when you to the
conclusion that he is only business partner The gar
dener who shows you the garden additional
he, he is in way connected with the gentleman up
in the galleries the custodian down below; and the
custodian of the theatre other extra show also
exclusively independent character who depends upon
your Of justice for FIVE baiocc and il you
wish to choice collection Of flowers the head gar
dener must be called, because small gate Of which he
carries the key has to be opened and the head gardener
is always great way off, and has great deal of difficulty
in getting there Baocci again. The porter the large
gate you 60 out swings it open with such sweep
and bows at you much if he thought you GER
tanly be nobleman, particular friend of his master
the prince that your hand nyolunary grasps at the
last Of the small change and places it his disposal 1t