There was no respect of persons in the use made of their swords by the police.

Three French officers of the 40th, who were in plain clothes amongst the crowd, were cut down and severely wounded.

An Irish gentleman, the brother of the member for Fermanagh, narrowly escaped a sabre-cut by dodging behind a pillar.

The son of Prince Piombino was pursued by a gendarme beneath the gateway of his own palace, and only got off with his hat slit right in two.

Persons were hunted down by the soldiery even out of the Corso.