The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-14 00:00:00

some of my friends, who ordered their carriages at
half-past ten a.m.,
with the idea of getting down to
the Piazza di San Pietro comfortably at least half

an hour before tho blessing, never got there at all,
although the blessing took place a quarter after 12

nstead of punctually at noon. No one would have
imagined that Rome contained so many carriages

and horses as turned out on the occasion; and, as to

foot passengers, those who abandoned the Via deli'
O: so for the Coronari and other side streets, in hope

of a quieter progress, found them quite as crowded
as the main thoroughfares. The equipages of the
cardinals, Roman princes, and foreign ambassadors
were most gorgeous, and, amongst the latter the
place was assignal by the Marshal Duke
The liveries of the Amb
)ya_ Highness the
feoltrieSrmiloalgdsetasn
ahte ,the hdois
phoasdaitohfeh
cri honour. placing his
talgie2l.most decided Italian tricolour,
on the part of the crowded spectators. As has
diwu°lfiraitnebt,9e'rioendfg„Paoanfrdt green, excited a great deal of atten-
tionbecome the fashion now on every public appear-
ance of the Supreme Pontiff, a very decided
political demonstration was made so soon as his
Holiness presented himself at the balcony above
the portico of St. Peter's. Cheers, waving of white
handkerchiefs, and vivas for the Pope King obliged
Pio Nono to wait some time before he imparted his
comprehensive blessing, urbi et orbi, and
threw
down his signed and sealed indulgences to the
scrambling and struggling crowd below.
Sunday evening being as magnificent weather as
the preceding part of the day, the illumination of
the cupola of St. Peter's attracted many thousands
of spectators. A strong detachment of Anglo-Saxon
sight-seers got into the meadows beyond the Castle
of St. Angelo, passing the Tiber by the ferry-boat
from the port of Ripetta, and had an admirable
view of the illumination and its subsequent change
from white to red lights. But their revocare gra-
dum was disastrous, for when they retraced their
steps to the banks of the Tiber in expectation of
regaining
left it, by the ferry-boat, no boat was to be had,
the central part of the city as they had
it being contrary to the police regulations for that
mode of aquatic transit to be continued after dark.
In vain our disconsolate countrymen; shouted "
and a
boat, a boat unto the ferry !" and they were ulti-
mately obliged to trudge round by the Porta An-
gelica, promenade
ing yesterday
continuing
fthyreesemiles
before reaching their hotels or lodgings.
h e same
splendidperformweather
rday
the girandola, or discharge of fireworks from the
Pincian Hill, was performed very successfully in
the presence of the King of Naples, the Counts of
Trapani, Caserta, and Girgenti, and Donna Maria
Isabella, Infanta of Portugal, who were received by
the Senator of Rome, Marquis Antici Mattei, in the
royal boxes erected for the purpose. An immense
but perfectly orderly crowd filled the Piazza del
Popolo, and enjoyed the pyrotechnic display, which
was designed by the Government architect, Count
Vespienani, and represented the temples of Peace
and Abundance.
We are now in the hurry-scurry of departures.
Everybody seems seized with a fever of locomotion,
and post-horses, steamers, and diligences are en-
gaged for some time to come. Only those travel-
lers destined for Naples can get off without let or
hindrance, thanks to the accommodating capacities
of railway trains. Excursions by day to Frescati
or Tivoli, and moonlight promenades to the Colos-
seum, appease the impatience of such travellers as
are obliged to stay in Rome for a few days longer.
A telegraphic despatch received from Viterbo
this morning announces that yesterday afternoon
three Papal gendarmes, patrolling in the neigh-
bourhood of Mugnano, were attacked by nine indi-
viduals, who had come across from the Italian
frontier. In the combat which ensued one of the
gendarmes was killed, and the other two wounded.
Of the assailants one was left on the ground, whilst
the others recrossed the Tiber, which there divides
the Patrimony of St. Peter from the dcminions of
Victor Emmanuel.

The Royal Procession through the City.

Sir G. Grey has laid before the House of Com-
mons the report of the Court of Aldermen on the
police arrangements for the city of London on the
7th of March. The report mentions that the Cor-
poration were informed that her Majesty had most
graciously intimated that any attention which the
City could show to the Princess Alexandra would
be most grateful to her Majesty's feelings, and it
proceeds to detail the arrangements made for a
" ceremonial which should be worthy of the great
city to which the illustrious stranger was to be pub-
licly welcomed." The aldermen attribute the delay
in the passage of the Royal procession and the ob-
struction opposite the Mansion-house to six several
causes. One is the enthusiasm and eagerness of
the people ; but, as this must have been anticipated,
it is no excuse for inadequate preparations. Another
point, upon which great stress is laid, is the pressure
to see the procession within the City, because there
alone would it include the civic authorities ; but
this also was expected, and the report states that
the corporation had represented that " the effect of
this arrangement would be to throw a very undue
proportion of the multitude upon the narrow
streets of the city." A third point is the death
of Mr. Commissioner Harvey ; and this was doubt-
less a serious disadvantage, and such a loss would
be more difficult to supply in proportion to the small-
ness of the force and its staff. The substitution of
mounted artillery for the household troops can
hardly be deemed a very substantial idea. Neither
can very much be made of the passage of vans filled
with metropolitan police while carriages were pro,-
ceeding to Guildhall and to the seats in St. Paula
Churchyard, because the acting Commissioo
oPoliceut
City
ynuof declaresL oo n
complaint is
from saysth
ethat,
route
en 0
f fact,the allpr 0
cvehicles
t:a:leer time 1 earrb:d.
know what the
really that the city police did
to do. The last rea-
as caused by the want of a com-
articularly with the ob-
and the police. The brigade
forems o ent ratOshpseiOglhintlaudnr
house,Guildhall-yard 12 clock, and
betweenmwoerree g
the I t C positively that
plete understs!i
Volunteer Brigs .
satorsueinctbioinedopi:oB6
lii ttue w
though the commanding officer was warned by the
City Commissioner of Police that unless they were
quickly at their post in front
of the barrier at the
Mansion-house their ground would inevitably be
occupied by the crowd,
from Guildhall for yet when they moved off
the Mansion-house they took the
eccentric routeof N
esvgate-street, Farringdon-
street, Ludgate 11'11 - i , and Cheapside, and conse-
quently arrivedat th •
their post too late. Capt. Hodg-
son, the acting Commissioner of
" On proceeding to the front of the Mansion-house
I found that this volunteer corps was not at its sta-
tion, and that the ten troopers who were to have
aided the police in keeping an open line for the pro-
cession to pass were not in the position assigned to
them in front of the Mansion-house. 1 applied to
di 3fieocixali edilt ce: de: . for
its
adrr.divano. t
one of the officers of the Horse Artillery to collect
some of his na?n for the purpose of clearing the
why, but the crowd had become so dense, from the
near approach of the Royal carriages, that that
object could then be but
partially effected; and
thus arose the confusion and inconvenience which
have ithe
have been the subject of so much complaint; I
have
i I
arrangements had been implicitly carrie soon,
venience or
have passed without theslightest innsefrom
an a
ppen-
disturbance of its order." It appej%r, on duty in con-
no hetitation in stating that the proocrlei would
dix that the whole number o
was but 497,
bar,
nfleP-t°h e
from London-bridge to Tdenai
Pfront of the Mansion..
and only 44 were poste
military was declined by
nection with the procession i
house. The aid of thethe
3d, 1 city of London,
accepted by the Lord
Capt. Hodgson
"brit so late as the morning of the
Mayor
t e
Mayor on the 4th, _.
osedings the number
day before the prO had not been
arranged. _ ___,---=_—___

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