New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-20
TROUBLE AT ROME.


ROME, April q, 1851
There is furry among our gOssipers about our
Chapel. say ours, though do not know single
resident American family that attends it, ALL az far
as know going nowhere, or to the English church,
except five or six resident families, and some single
persons, who have weekly New-Church service in
private houses. Nevertheless, the American
Chapel" is our licensed place of worship, and is
fully attended during the season by travelling Prot
estants, both English and American; and "Chsp-
lain 10 the American Legation" is printed on the
preachers card; the Christian Union is its patron
and the American Minister, its most reputed gener-
GUS protector who, this second season, has offered
his te-chamber for its service is its frequent at
tendant. You might think it well in clover, ami
ak, "Welli what's the matter Is 1t the sing
ers, or the preacher, or the preachers wife, or
some donation party or Christian rout ~ Itseems
something not just like the latter. bill OF
thousand dollars (they say has come In for rent;
and what row it makes You would think our
Government had no surplus revenue, and its En-
basfadors no pay Engshand all are in the rumpus,
for their less hgh service seeks our flags shade FORTS
afternoon vine and fg-tree. But such infiamed
tongues and sharp swords of bitterness that turn
every way at the rent to pay no Sweet Penecost
dreamed Of. Sowe need double commentator 10
your prayers. Pray that travelling Americans and
Low Church English and such others as attend our
chapel and all others inclined, may pay cheerful
w. or beg the Christian Union To help them pay,
their Channels rent fully recognizing that our free
Government requires religious tests whatever ofts
officers and that an EmbassadOr as well as any
other, may ask what he likes for his rooms and do
not forget to intercaate an admonition to count
costs before beginning to build, and particularly III
Rome to sign the contract before taking possession.
II is rllmorcd that the present pastor will return
another season; at least the Chapels right-hand
man. who does the singing and writes the receipts
and heads his discOurses with Il told the preacher
how" tells us he will, himself personally be eter-
nally-I cannot write the other Word-if another
comes: and So, Judging from this Pauline earnes ST.
ness 10 lose their own souls for the sake of the SAL
walton of others, ON the part OF the most Jealous
Chapelsts we cannot but pOrtend that American
Divine service will be permanently celebrated here
by the same pastor for five years TO come; and 50
if any Christians at home satiated with peace and
goodwill and are DESTROYS Of being eaten up with
zeal let them just come to Rome, and if they need
aid let the Christian Union" come to their relief
But turning from the religious to the ridiculous
the next funniest thing we know is the rejection of
the purchasers offer Of Pages Venus to the Boston
Athtndum because hnt is unclOtleQ. III TRUTH she
is the nakedest woman ever painted except some of
Titians. Page has represented her at the first mo
ment of her birth, full woman just risen from the
sea, standing on dolphin; and in strict adherence
to truth the young woman could have had no dra-
perry there having been no milhners or mantuama-
kers, linen diapers read -made clOthers down in
her coral groves. So she is simply clad in her beauty
in a twilight air, al emerald sea- all alone a
little surprised at life little tckled that her foot
is caught in her hair; nobody to be shocked at her
innocence but the dolphin, who is used to it, and
the Bostonans, who are not. And so curious lot
is made in our Journal Of Art which centuries hence
will cause the world to smile. The most virtuous
Queen Of Naples has caused some Of Ttian's pic.
lures to be hidden from public view on account of
their truthfulness to nature; the chaste Popes
and Cardinals Of Rome have caused zinc and tin
draperies to be clnched OStO Michael Angeles and
Canovas female figures in ST. Peters,; many of the
figures in the Last judgment have been draped by
former Popes. There is not nude female figure 10
be seen in the Vatican, except the little FeRus
accroupie in small side cabinet The Venus of the
Capitol is also in d private room. aud shown to
strangers for u fee, TO avoid, says the guardian.
scandal on public morals. This new Nenu. gone to
America is perhaps the only Ire woman painted
since the dSys of Titan, aud il seems ssd she should
be rejected 5y men because she was Corn rskad.
and into world that starts AZ undressed purity.
Turn il 10 the wall for few hundred years till pos
terty learn to look on truth and innocence and not
be ashamed :" HOni soft qul NAL y pense.