Now a priestly government supported by French bayonets can never give Rome either order or prosperity.

For the sake of quiet itself, they wish for change.

With respect to the poor, it is very difficult to judge what their feelings or wishes may be.

From what I have seen, I doubt, whether in any part of Italy, with the exception of the provinces subject to Austrian oppression, the revolution is, strictly speaking, a popular one.

I suspect that the populace of Rome have no strong desire for Italian unity or, still less for annexation to Sardinia, but I am still more convinced that they have no affection or regard whatever for the existing government; not even the sort of attachment, valueless though it be, which the lazzaroni of Naples have for their Bourbon princes.