Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-10
Inc Riot of the Students at Romc-rh.. A.
oress for the Pope Torn and Burnt.

oress Tor the Pope Torn and Burnt
correspondence Of the London Times
oh sne morning of the 9th, on the doors of
.ne oaplenza, or Roman University bs;ne
turo"h open Tor the admission of students. thew
were seen In groups about the quadrangle and
along the lofty corridors of the gloomy nalace
ABOUT hundred of these young men. cluster.
ing togetner, repaired to the btbltoteca, or Ii
orary OF the establishment, where the shove
named Tour promoters of the address lin behalf
OF the Court of Rome) had been sitting the pre
tlous days, soliciting and receiving the sigma
W saaes. IL so CHANGED that only one of the four,
Maldura, was at his place at that early hour
ne malcontents crowded around him to take
MIN TO task about the address, and to wrench
the paper from his hands. They upbraided him
In no measured terms, and by the too easy
transition from words to deeds proceeded to
Peisonai cnastisement The clamor of the
altercatlon brought round the other students by
hundreds, and the loyal youth was assaulted
with blows and kicks from those who could get
at MIN, while those afar off hurled books, rul-
ers, and lnkstands at his head. The terrified
attendants summoned 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 the ill-starred Maldura from
'ne students hands and locked him I'D in a
cioset, than the rioters turned upon himself
and demanded that the address should he de-
ilveTed over to them. The reverend gentleman
wrlggled and shifted about good deal. and
.iiea 70 siiP through their fingers by an asser-
tlon that the paper in question was not i'm his
possession, and that he would have it ready for
them on the morrow. 'No, no,-nO procrasti-
hation, cried the riotOus youths: '.to-morrow
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
mad not the add e 8, gave his oath to that ef
feet promising, also upon OATH that it should
be presently forthcoming. The .spresentIy."
however. gave no satisfaction, and, hoot and
threatening, they insisted on his sending for
the paper without delay
The report OF some of the youngsters that the
Sendarmes were at the door, raised to its high
ca' pitch the maddened fury of their compan-
ions, who assured the Rector that if onIy one
gendarme crossed the threshold of the place,
they would fling him down from the balcony
into the stOne-paved yard beneath The Rec
tor hard driven, proposed to send two of the
students for the long coveted address. The
TWO young men, preceded by beadle, (Ca-
milo Dognazzi,) actually went to the house of
one POggi, the man with whom the paper was
deposited, with note from the Rector. this
latter remaining in the meantime as a hostage
In the hands of his captors. During that in
terval, Mattel, the Cardinal and Dean of the
Cardinals, having business to transact with
the Rector, entered the palace, and seeing
nooouDldSc, spoke lew words
advising cOnciliation and order, but his feeble
voice was drowned by such squall Of shouts
ana misses that he was fain to beat precipi-
tate retreat The Rector continued in state
of siege all the while, for all the professors and
other officers of the establishment had deserted
tneir posts and left him alone at the mercy of
the mutlneerS, till the two young messengers
and the beadle came back with the address
ihen there arose cry that the paper should
De TORN 10 pieces, an order with which the
Rector, not without many ugly grimuces com
pied. taking good care, however, to pocket
the pieces The students again raised a storm
to have the pieces burnt, and the auto dn fp
was actually consummated, amid such an up-
roar as the venerable walls Of the Sapienza
hsd never before shaken with The noisy as
semblage was then suddenly hushed-the cries
OF Italy and Victor Emanuel" were set
up and the students soon afterwards dispersed
Cardinal A!feri, the head Of the University,
repaired to the spot in the afternoon to give
some orders. The gendarmes are OH duty
round the palace; arrests are to be made, as a
matter OF course, and no doubt the University
will be closed.