Washington telegraph., 1849-01-17
URRECTI0N At
ROME.

murder OF Count Rossl, the papal prime
minister, which took place on the 10th
ult,, aud which was followed by sue.
oessful insufreetioL that broke ont ON the
following day.
On the morning OF the 10th, at half.
past ten, gathering began in the great
square del Popolo, and symptoms OF Il
menacing character to any eye cogui2ant
Of Roman peeuliariiies were perceplible
irf the leading streets. The civic guards
and troops OF the line in fmgmenlary
sections eamminpiai with the people, and
the eafabineers, whose uniform had hlh.
erto been invariably arrayed against the
populaee, were now for the first time seen
TO iraturnize with the mob. From the ter
race OF the Pineiannil, the spectator could
count nearly twenty thousand Romans
in threatening groups aud mostly armed.
Printed papers We're handed eagerly
about, all having the same purporl, aud
containing the following" Fundamen.
tai points,. ffomulgaiion and full
adoption Of Italian nationality, .. Con.
vocation Of constituent assembly and
realization Of the Federal act g. Reuli.
cation OF the vote Cor the war OF indepen.
denee gwen in the Chambcrol Deputies.
4. Adoption IN ils integrity OF the pro.
gramme Mamiani, 9th June, o. Minis
tiers who have public conddcnce-Ala.
miami, Sterbini, Cambello, Sallceii, Fas.
conf Lunali, Sereni, Gallett."
Their oslensible object was 70 proceed
with the above five points to the Chamher
Of Deputies IN a Constitutional manner.
But the chiefs finding themselves in such
numbers. and many ofihe deputies being
found mixed up with the crowd the efy
was raised 10 march TO the Popc's palaeei
aud accordingly the procession moved on
orderly enough through the Corso, another
column advancing through the Babulno,
and reaching the Quirlnal 10y the avenue
opened by Sextus Quintus At o'clock
the members presented themselves as the
moulhpiece Of the multitude, aud trans.
mit,ed the five points 70 the monarch. In
about ten minutes, the president Of the
ministerial council, Cardinal Seg1lia,
came forth from the private apartment
aud informed the depulaiion that his
Holiness would reflect on the subject,
aud take It into his best consideration
This answer was proclaimed 10 the pco.
pie but agcneral murmur OF di'satsiac.
ton gave evidence OF its insulIiciency TO
NEE, the crisis, and the crowd insisted ou
the depulation getting personal au.
dience with the Pope. This was obtained,
aud in about quarter Of an hour, Gal.
letti, ex.police minister appeared on the
balcony to acquaint the people that the
Pope had positively declined adhesion TO
their request, aud had stated that "hc
would not brook dictalion."
AT Two o'clock the position of the Pom.
till began to grow critical. All the ave.
nues Otthe Quirlnal palace Were blocked
up by dense crowds, and as no prepara.
tions had been made for this unanticipat.
ed influx of vislters, there was hut the
usual small detachment Of Swiss guards
on duty. These men were known to be
resoluie, and had there been but few
more oflhem, the monarch might have cut
his way through the mob aud gained Su.
biaco in the Apprentices, whittier it had
often been question OF retiring from the
rabhle Of Rome, on previous outbreaks
As 1t was, one OF the advanced scntinels
having been seized and disarmed by the
mob, the Swiss body.guard instantly
flung back aud barred the gates OF the
Palace, presenting their muskets, in rea.
diness to fire at once OH the immense
mass Of multitude which bcleagured the
Quirinal.
AT this stage Of the proceedings il was
evident that the die was cast. From the
back streets mon emerged bearing aloft
long ladders, wherewilh to scale the Pom.
tiiical abode carts and wagons were
dragged mp and ranged within muskct
shot OF the windows TO protect the assai.
ants in their determined attack upon the
Palace the cry was "to arms and mus
kerry began TO brstlc in the approaches
from every direction iaggots were pro.
duced and piled up against one of the
condemned gates olthe building, TO which
the mob was in the act OF setting fire,
when brisk discharge of firelocks scat.
tered The besiepers in that quarter The
multitude began now TO perceive that
there would be determined resistance
to their further operations, but were con
tident that the Quirinal, IL not taken by
storm, must yield to progressive inroads.
The drums were now heating Throughout
the city, and the disbanded groups of
regular troops and carabineers reinforced
the hostile display of assaianls, and rem
derng it truly formidable. Random
shots were aimed at the windows, aud
duly responded to- the outposts, one af.
ter another, being taken by the people,
the garrison within being too scanty to
man the outworks. The balfrey Of St.
CarIina, which commands the structure,
was occupied. From behind the eoues.
trian statues of Castor and Pollux agroup
oil sharp-shootsrs piled their rifles and