The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 1841.

RIOTS AT ROME.

A horrible tumult, with great loss of life, took place
at Rome, on the 20th ult. An execution is an unusual
thing in that city. Three criminals, of the name of Ritcozzi,
Were executed on that day, being a man and his sister
and their nephew. They had got into the house of a
rich watchmaker, of the Piazza Colonna, and had mur-
dered his wife and daughter, and then robbed the house.
The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following account
of the execution :
" An immense crowd was assembled at eight o'clock in
the morning, but there was no symptom of disturbance
during the execution of two of the criminals. When the
third, however, was brought upon the maffold, he uttered
the most horrible imprecations against the crowd, and,
pointing to it, said to the executioner, Oh, if I were
but amongst them, how I would punish them. I regret
life.only on that account.' As if his words had found an
echo in thecrowd, no soonerhad hisheadfallen, than hor-
rible cries were heard, and thousands, struck with terror,
but scarcely knowing why, sought safety.in flight. A
set of wretches immediately took advantage of the flight
and disorder, and fell upon the fugitives, tearing the
rings out of the ears of the women, and openly snatch-
ing the watches of the men. In vain did the police
attempt to interfere. The thieves and their victims were
involved in a general pele-mele with dragoons and in- .
fantry, and cries of savage ferocity were mingled with
those of distress, whilst the tolling of the church bells
drowned the voice of the commanders of the troops, who
were endeavouring to rally their men. The tumult was
so great, and at one time so alarming. that at the Castle
of St. Angelo the guns were loaded, and the gunners
stood with their matches lighted in their hands. The
panic spread to both banks of the Tiber, the Piazza de
Popolo, and the Capitol, where persons were running
about crying for aid. The crowd increased at every
instant, and several dragoons were so pressed by it
as to fall from their horses, and be compelled 'to
use their arms in their defence. At length, how-
ever, the crowd dispersed, and bodies were seen lying
in the streets as upon a field of battle. At one
o'clock in the afternoon the number of persons killed
was ascertained to be 12, and 200 wounded, 50 of them
severely. The wounded were immediately conveyed to
the hospitals. More than 300 personslacl been arrested
by the police and the troops." The Augsburg Gazette
has a letter from Rome of the 22d ult., which states the
number of persons killed to be nine, and adds that seve-
ral threw themselves from the balustrades of the bridge
into the Tiber, and were drowned. This letter adds,
that some persons ascribe the commencement of the tu-
mult to the throwing of stones at the heads of the exe-
cuted criminals, N% hich were stuck upon pikes ; others
say that the populace attempted to get possession of the
bodies, to drag them through the streets.
The Diarie of Rome says, " that it has been proved
that the panic was caused by premeditated design to
create a tumult, in the midst of which robbers might
reap a harvest." The same paper adds, "it will not re-
ply to reports that attribute the event to political or dis-
affected motives."

DUTCH. MAIL.
THE HAGUE. AUG. I.—The whole of the Royal
family, except Prince Henry, is again among us. The
King and the Queen, Prince Alexander, and Princess
Sophia returned from their excursion to Friesland and
Groningen on the 30th and 31st of July. The Prince
and Princess of Orange, whO have passed some time at
Ems, returned to the Hague yesterday. The Groningen
Journals give further particulars of their Majesties' visit
to that city. It is reported that the King will shortly
honour Delft with a visit.
The ?0111 der Vryheid states that on the 29th of July,
while the King was at Groningen, one of .his Majesty's
Aides-de-Camp was sent to the wife of J. H. Belt with
the joyful intelligence that his Majesty had been pleased
Ito remit the punishment to which her husband was sen-

tented.
It is now confidently said that his Excellency General
List is appointed Governor-General of our possessions
in India, and his Excellency General Nepveu as his suc-
cessor to the post of Director-General of the War De-
partment. It is affirmed that the Government is occu-
pied with projects of a constitution for the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, and with the best means of pro-
tecting commerce and manufactures in the Grand
Duchy. M. Van Schasff is appointed Charge d'Affaires
at Frankfort, in the room of Count Van Grunne.
The Princess of Orange on her return from Germany
was accompanied by her sister the Countess of Nieppey
who has apartments in the Palace of the Prince
Orange. It is said that her Majesty the Queen of W'

.emburg is expected shortly in this town.
NIMEG UEN, JULY 30.—The Prussian Custom-house
Officers are strict in enforcing the Tariff ; travellers
not sufficiently acquainted with this matter, not imagining
that they have any prohibited articles among their ef-
fects, make a declaration to that
.effect; and if the
slightest irregularity is discovered it is inevitably pu-
nished. Thus, a traveller had lately an old pack of cards
in his trunk, for which, being prohibited in Prussia, he was
fined 10 dollars. Yesterday a lady from Rotterdam being
asked if she had anything liable to duty, declared some
articles of silk, and said that the other articles in her
trunk were necessaries for her use in travelling, but the
Custom-house officers found twelve new muslin handker-
chiefs, seized them, and the lady with some difficulty got
them back on paying a fine of seven dollars.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMayEaDAM, Atm. 2
Money. Bids.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. - 101
Alpert Sendic,4% per cent ' 91%
Ditto, ditto, 3% percent. 74% 75
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 15514 15654
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ......
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.. ........... ..... 97 97%
Exchange on London, One m0nth.......
Twomonths 95
Hamburgh, One month 37 :6%
Two months l6 50
Dutch Papers, Aug. 3.
BELGIAN le UNDS—BaussILII, Auc. 3.
Actual Debt 254 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per
• 3 per Cent .....
70%
_ ----(140)
Loan of City, 1t32, 4 per Cent. ........
Society of Commerce, 4 g per Cent 93%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ..... 74
NationalSeciety. .....
Exchange on London (shoi t)
Brussels Papers, Aug, 3.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Awe 26
Mew Crate.
Four per .............».«....« 981,6
Three p,r Cents.
Bank shares
—4llgonci.e Zeituag, July 30

Thirty.wveh•

LIMERICK,--The oat • crop promises a very
fine and full produce this season. The rain, which may
have affected the wheat, has improved the oats.--Lime-
rick Chronicle.