Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-21
Correspondence Of the London Timesl
Tke. Riet Of the students at RogelThe Ad.

On the morning of the 9Th on the doors of
tho Saphnza, or Roman University, being
thrown open for the admission Of students,
they were seen In groups about the quadran-
gle, and along the lofty corridors of~the
gloomy palace. About hundred of these
young men, clustering together, repaired to
the bibliofecd, or library of the establishment,
where tht, four promoters Of the address Tin
behalf Of Inc Court Of Rome) had been sitting
the signatures. II so chanced that only one
of the fout Maldura, was at his place at that
early hour The malcontents crowded around
him to take him to task about the address,
and to wrench the paper from his hands.
They upbrahed him in no measured terms,
and by the too easy transition from words to
deeds proceeded to personal chastisement.
The claInor Of the alteration brought round
the other students by hundreds, and the loyal
youth was assaulted with blows and kicks
from those who could get at him, while those
afar off hurled books, rulers, and inkstands
at his head. The terrified attendants sum-
moned the Rector to the spot, and his timely
presence and bland intercession alone rescued
/ the offender from his incensed assailants
The Rector, however, had no sooner torn by
main force tho ill-starrcd Madura from the
students hands and locked him up in closet,
than the rioters turned upon himself and de-
manded that the address should be delivered
over to them. The reverend gentleman
wriggled and shifted about good deal, and
tried to slip through their fingers by an as
sertion that the paper in question was not in
his possession, and that he would have it
ready for them on the morrow. mo, mol
no procrastination," cried the riotous youths;
tomorrow we know you will have the
gendarmes here, and you will then be the
stronger. To-day is our own The Rector,
| however, who actually had not the address,
gave his oath to that effect; promising, also
upon oath, that II should be presently forth
coming. The "presently," however, gave no
satisfaction, and, hooting and threatening,
they insisted on his sending for the paper
without delay.
The report of some of the youngsters that
the gendarmes were at the door, raised to its
| highest pitch the maddened fury of theil
companions, who assured the Rector that
if only one gendarme crossed the threshold
of the place, they would fling him down from
the balcony, into the stone-paved yard be.
meath. The Rector, hard driven, proposed tC
send two of the students for the long coveted
address. The two young men, proceeded by
beadle, Camille Dognazzi,) actually wen
to the house of one POggi, the man will
whom the paper was deposited, with not
from the Rector, this latter remaining in tn
meantime as q hostage in the hands of hi
captors. During that interval Mattel, tn
Cardinal and Dean of the Cardinals, having
business to transact with the Rector, entere
the palace, and seeing that tumultuous Assem-
blage, spoke few words advising concilia
ton and order, but his feeble voice wa
drowned by such squall ofshouts and hsse
that he was fain to beat a precipitate retreat
The Rector continued in state of siege a
the while, for all the professors and othe
officers of the establishment had deserte
their posts, and left him alone at the mere
of the mutineers, till the two young messen
gers and the beadle came back with the ad
dress. Then there arose a cry that the pape
should be torn to pieces, an order with whic
the Rector, not without many ugly grimaceS
complied, taking good care, however, t
pocket the pieces. The students again raise
a storm to have the pieces burnt, and the Gut
da fe was actually consummated, amid sue
an uproar as the venerable walls of the Sapi
enza had never before shaken with. Th
noisy assemblage was then suddenly hushed-
the cries of "Italyl" and "Victor Emman
uel!" were set up, and the students 500
afterward dispersed.
Cardinal Alfieri, the head of the UniveI
sity, repaired to the spot in the afternoon t
give some orders. The gendarmes are o
duty round the palace arrests are to be mad'
as a matter of course, and no doubt the I'm
, versity will be closed.