The Daily spy., 1848-12-18

the crowd, and moTtally stabbed him with knita
in the throat The assassin escaped in the crowd
and is still unknown. The President opened the
sitting, and there not being a sufficient number
present. the President declared the sitting closed
During the night the popular ringleaders
were on the alert, and every thing was organ.
lied for demonstration on the following dav.
On the morning OF the 10th, at halt past ten.
gathering began in the great square del Popolo.
From the terrace of the Pincian hill the suecta.
tor could count nearly 10000 Romans in threat.
ening groups, and mostly armed. Printed Pa
Pers were handed eagerly about, containing the
demands of the people.
The cry was raised to march to the Pope's
palace, and accordingly the procession moved
orderly enough to the Quirinal. Alter an inter-
view, the Pope positively declined adhesion to
their request, and stated that "he would not
brook dctation." The avenues Of the OuirinaI
palace were blocked mp by dense crowds, and
one OF the advanced sentnels having been seiz.
ed and dlsarmed by the mob, the Swiss BODY.
guard instantly flung back and barred the gates
otthe palace, presenting their muskets, in readi.
ness to fire at once on the immense mass OF null
titude which beleaguered the Quirinal.
The cry was s'to arms, to arms" and musketrv
began to bristle in the approaches from every d.
recdon; taggots were produced, and piled up
against one of the condemned gates of the build
ing, to which the mob was in the act Of setting
FIRE, when brisk discharge Of fre-locks scatter
ed the besiegers in that quarter. The drums
were now beating throughout the city, and the
disbanded groups OF regular troops and carsbi.
neers, reinforcing the hostile display of assaiants
and rendering it truly formidable Random shots
aimed at the windows.
From behind the equestrian statues OF Castor
and Pollux, group oil sharp shooters piled their
rifles, and about four o'clock Monsgnor Palma.
private secretary to His Holiness, was killed by
bullet penetrating bis forehead. A shot is also
sald to have entered the room where the Pope
| was
! OF the people and troops, twelve were wound.
/ ed aud none killed; two persons, however. have
/ most dangerous wounds Another deputation
| claimed entrsnce and audience Of the Pope which
the monarch ordered to be allowed They an.
! nounced their firm purpose to break into the Oui
rihal and put to death every inmate thereof. with
the sole and single exception OF His Holiness
! himself. Plus TX. no longer hesitated, but sent
| for Galletti, when new ministry was fcrmallv
! proclaimed to the people
On the morning OF the 18th ult at day
| break, the people pulled down the barricades.
but the gates of the Quirnal palace were strict
/ ly closed. AT eight o'clock the civic guards
resolved to disarm the Swiss and deuuta
ton repaired Immediately to the Pope, who even
tually yielded to the demand that they should
caPitulate. Al nine O'Clock, the civic guard
took possession of all the gates which the Swiss
guard had previously occupied, and the Pope is
now protected by them.
On the goth, tranquility had been comnleteIv
restored. The Pope had not quilted the ouiri.
nal, but had installed the new Ministry in ONCE
and appeared to have loyalty accepted the new
order OF things. and wss greatly pleased to fpd
that the peace OF his capital had been so speedily
| resorted.
NAPLES AND SICILY. The London Times
says: " W. are happy to state, on the authority
! of a well informed local corresnondant a, NJ!
that an almost immediate settlement Of the mend
ing dispute between the King OF Naples and his
Siciian subjects is expected to take place.