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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 220, 5 January 1877, Page 3

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■ ( \V,< i PillH CX.. Wiaf." i,i 11., tin:,;ai ~':• . ■IT' • J.>« <ll - H ni'V alnanly si-ai U'h'n 1 i.li ■ Irji wll uL.> \v < Uliu Vatican. It it ha!r [..-isf. Ilv-. liui|.Hiiuil-(liH>i- -jii-lilimil . iMii'iirt, and. li: III a ('lea.!', distinct; vm, c to Ills '. ,/,. ,•//, 111/' in', iii a violet nilnrnl v»\><\ ami. who hi.i l.M.lltl'H lll'M"!ll. I ill : c ni ,,r Miiantii,: ■ ~;m.i'. '■• /in" /*autinai i'-i;. <'i.u-< d"a.:, ■ i (.■ -,.-, uil :.-\-,-n i.\-!i .-k. At !. •• k L'npo t'r>an'-: t,i ii.i i-'i i. \\ :i ■i- ■ li ■ and a! ;■> a aw. '.fa <. i". i ; a. 1 , this - ;-ii , n;ii!-.Si':s r.TI ■ - saiiranitMif; fin forta-ar-p ; nfdi .::.n.- u>n n 11 ; Hit: *ucran:i i;t frmn (.hi- har.ds nt h:.-> - <>: th:a priout) must lie up and stunan;' !>y ilv,. m murmur. Kvtiry must fx-: Clio! ladohratiou ot the two Ma•*.::< linmesSwims (attards, Palatini- tittank &.\ *|„. tviVctm-v. when-! alruady smoking 1 ' d-s * tiu'i/ua of soup, in - line /«/,'■■< or HtVen.'ii.. ' ! ' ■■ ipiaUlius tlin .-soup with a B<jla i.'. .if t>r\ i,,.,, K;i c.i f,„u- ,„• Hv K ruoist- ■ pncl l.'K«'i!i. ■ ml innv it is almost, ruin-' I o'clock, f»« puasos into lii.-, iMMinrtss-roorn. B Ifa is seated at his i:.a.l>|.- him are f.lu; B sruuilix aftit sho uii.iy, • ~{ i;!,,. ffoly Virgin. B Cardinal Aivtonclli, rxhaa ■.,;,.,| Atu \. ,;U:if.tf-rnil. ■W hia knvj iltutJSS, hut -n, v, ln>s,. yywa that B' briylituaas ,: V . {U , 6 |.,,, ■.»iafc3 himsu.lt' opptmitu l-.n Miivira-tfi-n. H^ ■ Clio umirfc'ilfosa ,„' th.a VatiiMii, a .souHliutcv (V blaok (itght-litl;ia U ' r,.!.,... with ■«t, wttilv sraail F«(t Imttou.), ainl- a nat silk 'flio Cardinal iUans ( i with hw gfiivo utieytious 01-' statu polh/y, t: ;. to him the desipatch.M that liavo artho pveviruw Bvwiitng, a;:.I tak.'s liU Tlw functionary wiu. i.? n t >st hito the .PtopK 8 buainesji-i'oom b a Signot 4iiacoiiu* Spagna.. Prefect »t' ■fc_i\i|>Gßt(jli«i PiutacQ'. wliose f«aet:t>» aruoo« th& maaageioeat of the

A portion U absorbed l>y the numerous atten.l.vuks, aervieors, guar>t«. gendarmes, who !i. in the Vatican, by pension* and the ext ■•inns of nnneios at foreign ••••::.;.». The rest ;. aprtaiised, ami it h saM '!.:.' th-- •'•;. villi .-iiuti tonit: ivhi'ti tii« Vati«:"i« vi.ti j-• s-.e-ssi a revenue to the sum which the Italian t hivenimeut plaee* at its disposal —three million fram:.- hut which the Pope has hitherto refused to accept. Then eomes the hour of the arrival of the post. Pius IX. ojxm-t »ni».! letter*, then hazily make t htm-etf ae.ptaint'-1 with the eontents of the n>'w-.pay>»-rsi. The hour for n-eeptioti sound.i. the s-nemn time when the Pope gi-.mt.-i audience. The hall of the f'unntess Mathilda it tilled with ladies. mostly foreign, in the strict attire re>[tiired at: the Vatican a htaek silk .Ires., the he?..! i:->ve;-.;il with a Mark veil, and no jewellery. t h'nf.l imenmn-it he itt stri. t evening costumes, with a vvhue i-ris.it, A noise is heard •>[' the tramp "i armed r.i.n. 'i'he >w iss t ittards line the hall : then eater* a to-i.e; arrav of prelates ami. other ■* of th-- I'hureh -bit of all the E*i pe. These audiences are often mark-.l by Couehin;,' incident-*. The audience i-i over. It is now twelve- o'clock. The Pope, walks in his tt accompanied 1»V the or *ii t cardinal; an.l other familiar* of the paia.-e. ft is during thus pr«Auenade that the Pope hear* alt that takes place in the i ity. V.chtnuc "f th" least importance is concealed Crtnti huu. He is matte aware of all the doins-i and -.,j_vm-,M i.f the inhihttauts: fwo h.Hii's are thu-. pa-sed. He ts then reconducted t" his private apartments, ami the cardit>....ts and others take their leave. i'tuner i-i ,*tv,il. }><> you w tsh t»> know v. hat it i-nn-i.t.-i •>:': There ts .-•.<■{.{.> m any ;ia.l 1 will take upon myself to inform you. The repast, which is invarialdy tii,-s,-i:ii.. no.[,t„n fi.t.a --.lay-i, consists of '■•rir.. -....-iK-thiri,' hwh-.t. a si.te dish, an.l -■'•m.- \r--etal.les. t >nLnariiy the Pope Conte.l." . lit:,.self w;. h 5..: i:.. --H-,-- Vrvtahll», and o..'i:i ■ :'n::,-:. v. i~I- -. r -1. [-.- -hiri- th,: r,--'■'i.u.-..i. -. t'-r: . :\. -i i! ■-. ..! .ti--. ari.t u tth til-- ij,e»-rir.e 4.1 -i ui v.'■...... ht'.- t. Wellre-.j. 1.1-te. I. l";u V ei- ..ve". tt i -'. t'Tfl'- (■ T tile siesta. Tii;s Li ;, i »I'.-.u:. ~u leiitr. T»w.u-tta t'.nr " -I.M-k th-- r.e..- ei.,.< t,, the hhrary, aec»in;«nieii !,y hn f.arti.-nbr trieti-is. t'i--~e. siti. -• the .t-ath »t l»uke Ma.-s-.im.>. who wa . never aIM-.-iiC r'r..;u the C.jie, the jti..,t j Mi1!...;-Cailt l! th,.- :ir: h.e. .1, \"t-.o»nti. m>t| h-ii r'a-.i-.ii-. !'..f hi>- wit an.l repartee than f.»r j his ! .'aril' .I ilhi-trate.il.; ..f the auetent rm>n:tie tl rl h . way c> !.h.- h'.rary th- i'ope ' h!-.--.-.ei the n;i.t.[n'!a:ns •.! r..-ariei. t'l'.ar.l.'ts. ' .-[•.• i--- \ ;'.;u.l -eapn la;-.es v. ht. h , wry «tav aT | <■ nt i-Yi'iu f:..n;e t.. the five parts i>: the : „h.he. Th ..s..' aee.enr.anvui- the i'.-pe t» the ! hi.rary .1 > th-:r ntn!...i. t- > .Itvert ami interest | l.he.r ru.st. r, w'ui. \. ■, alwavs ><i an . asv, r..-- i eu:nni...!..i.':m ■; r.eui;..-r. The I'.-pe enj-.ys an | .-;.;. raiu. •■■.-.;.e- ;ai|y if it i. neatly turacil in j v.- 1--..-', ai'.l h ■ i-; n..t th- list t.> a.hl the spur } <■( liM wif. f..-< sattneal hit-i bitttehol at i the hea.l . i. these »ppres,...r.r, the fie.hnen- I te-,e. an.l ..ther Larhariatts. When he has ili.'.riit,-se,t [,. ; i „tr..'n.bnt ; the Pope retnrna I a.;. Mil t" v. .;k. He ee.-i.tpie i himself now v - i*.' •*>■■!' ;.. n-i .-.t'tairA, with th- secretaries of f-'--'- * •e n v : --. % ;-,. t -,, u ~; fJr.vN. The .lay at last ■ -I-.i •..•■! r.n „,i en I. It is n.nv eiijht o'clock ; the h.iut- fur ttp-p'-;- ha-; .-..-.n-. H:s sapper is Ike ;.hat i i an an..iv.nte . a Yi'.dj hnttillen, a ''' "t'l. : ' ' '" ■'■ ''l f.""a'."»'., water, atul a little i'i-'u\ Tli" l'..pe. h.e.vever, .h>es not yet g.» »"■ '"'■'■ ih- is . ',...■!:..-, I with a prebt: in his l-riv,.-.:.. l,h;;';-y. Uhe a ili-c.>«r-.e to i£el.ver -an 0.-.-rtpatron to whieh he «lev.»tc 4 him.-'i'lt \<ry wiitiii-ly, for the Pope is an exeelleri!: mator h.' eatnes the th>-pel of the (1.-i.y to l.e rea.l to hint, ami picks ottt tha passage v, iiieh i-i to he the stthject of hi.s t -xt. ami. triune.liately improvises an allocu-th-.fi. the i;rottmlwHrk of the ilisconrsesi to he ileltvei-ed. If he ha-i nothing particular on ham I. the prelate who is with him seeks a hook in the library and l»«gins to re.-ut. The Holy father soon itiseovera that sleep h i gathering on him. The prelate stops rcail- I n\%, ami kneel*. '" ilr>ty Father, your benc'liution." The Pope lifts his hand, prorionnees the heneitiction. '£] It i« now ten o-'el.iek. A iptarter i>f an hour later, with the exeeptl'on of those prvtatea who have vie-its to perform, all are asleep in the Vatieari. fn the eorTtilora no one is to he seen hut the Swiss tktani. hah:td»l in his me li.xval n eoHtttmu. ami a I'emtngtoti ritle on shoiiMer. thi tattle the wiml whistles through the tnuuense portieost of the square of St. Peter, ami the colt! tught-wiml tluttera the gi-een plumes in the hat of the Bcrsaglieri sentry watching from afar the entrance to the Vatican. a^