The delight of the Romans in the carnival is so notorious, that persons long resident in Rome possessed the strongest conviction beforehand, that no human power could ever keep the natives from the Corso upon Thursday.

The day, unlike its predecessors, was brilliantly bright.

The Corso was decked out as gaily as hangings and awnings could make it.

The sellers of bouquets and "confetti" were at their posts.

A number of carriages were sent down filled with adherents of the Government, dressed in carnival attire, to act as decoy-ducks.