in) INTERVIEW WITH THE POPE. 423

“Pression which an actor would seek to imitate. The coun- 1847:
onance expresses a total forgetfulness of self and every- Ar 45.
‘hing but the subject on which the mind of the orator is
ent, The sculptor has not only succeeded in making his
arble convey the idea of sincerity, but it almost makes
Jou think it Jeels sincere. The whole art of the work lies in
this impress of earnestness, and it proves that the artist
Sey Where the secret of oratory lies, and I can fancy that
Demosthenes himself might have been the instructor of the
“Upton on this point. The full-length statue of the Roman
dy in the same gallery is dignified, chaste, and graceful.
“Walked with Mrs. Jameson into the Sistine Chapel, to
*% Michael Angelo’s frescoes; the Last Judgment at one
ud, ang the whole of the ceiling from his pencil. It is a
plorablg misapplication of the time and talent of a man
genius to devote years to the painting of the ceiling of a
‘hap, at which one can only look by an effort that costs
00 much inconvenience to the neck to leave the mind at
356 to enjoy the pleasure of the painting. . . . Withall the
*Uthusiasm of my fair companion, I could not feel much
Statification at this celebrated work of art.
“At seven o’clock was presented to the Pope in his private
“bineg, where I found him in a white flannel friar’s dress,
“ting at 4 small writing-desk surrounded with papers.
Che approach to this little room was through several lofty
"d spacious apartments. The curtained doors and the long
lowing robes of the attendants reminded me, oddly enough,
my interview with Mehemet Ali at Cairo. Pius IX.
“Cived me with a hearty and unaffected expression of
Pleasure at meeting one who had been concerned in a great
1d goog work in England; commended my perseverance
"1d the means by which the principle of Free Trade had
en made to triumph ; and he remarked that England was
e only country where such triumphs were achieved by
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