The opportunity that the martyrs found here in the Colosseum, from whose blood grew up this great tree of Papacy, was not of the kind waited for by these moderate progressists.

Nevertheless, they may be good schoolmasters for Italy, and are not to be disdained in these piping times of peace.
More anon, of old and new, from Tuscany.
LETTER XV.
ITALY .-- FRUITS AND FLOWERS ON THE ROUTE FROM FLORENCE TO ROME .-- THE PLAIN OF UMBRIA .-- ASSISI .-- THE SAINTS .-- TUITION IN SCHOOLS .-- PIUS IX .-- THE ETRURIAN TOMB .-- PERUGIA AND ITS STORES OF EARLY ART .-- PORTRAITS OF RAPHAEL .-- FLORENCE .-- THE GRAND DUKE AND HIS POLICY .-- THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS AND ITS INFLUENCE .-- THE AMERICAN SCULPTORS .-- GREENOUGH AND HIS NEW WORKS .-- POWERS .-- HIS STATUE OF CALHOUN .-- REVIEW OF HIS ENDEAVORS .-- THE FESTIVALS OF ST.

JOHN AT FLORENCE .-- BOLOGNA .-- FEMALE PROFESSORS IN ITS UNIVERSITY .-- MATILDA TAMBRONI AND OTHERS .-- MILAN AND HER FEMALE MATHEMATICIAN .-- THE STATE OF WOMAN IN ITALY .-- RAVENNA AND BYRON .-- VENICE .-- THE ADDA .-- MILAN AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MANZONI .-- EXCITEMENTS .-- NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Milan, August 9, 1847.
Since leaving Rome, I have not been able to steal a moment from the rich and varied objects before me to write about them.

I will, therefore, take a brief retrospect of the ground.
I passed from Florence to Rome by the Perugia route, and saw for the first time the Italian vineyards.

The grapes hung in little clusters.
When I return, they will be full of light and life, but the fields will not be so enchantingly fresh, nor so enamelled with flowers.
The profusion of red poppies, which dance on every wall and glitter throughout the grass, is a great ornament to the landscape.