The students kept away from the classes, and after a short time the Sapienza college had to be closed, in order, if possible, to weed out the liberal faction amongst the pupils.

Numbers of the students were arrested or exiled.

As instances of Papal notions of justice and law, I may mention two instances connected with the government inquiry, which came to my knowledge.

One student was sent for to the police-office and asked if he was one of those who presented the address; on his replying in the negative, he was asked further, whether, if he had been on the spot, he would have joined in the presentation.

To this question, he replied, that the police had no right to question him as to a matter of hypothesis, but only as to facts.