74 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



" There appear only to be very slight changes in 

 the wording of this project which can give rise to any 

 objections. If this is so, all that remains to do is to 

 settle the means and the form of the communication. 



"It is impossible to select this evening a deputa- 

 tion of the Chamber to send to head-quarters, but we 

 could arrange that the senator of Eome, Sturbinetti 

 (president of the municipality), should form part of 

 that which we would despatch to-morrow. 



" The basis of the arrangement being agreed upon, 

 we would proceed at once to the election of the 

 plenipotentiaries, who would proceed to the camp to 

 settle all details, such as the choice of cantonments, 

 which would be the first result of the convention, and 

 to invite the general in command and his staff to come 

 and reside at Eome with a guard of honour. 



(Signed) " J. MAZZINI, A. SAFFI, C. ARMELLINI." 



"We did not think it wise to fix in advance the 

 number of men who should form the guard of the 

 General ; we merely agreed that, by the clause which 

 established liberty of communications between the 

 city and its outer cantonments, the General would be 

 at liberty to let all the forces of his army, one after 

 another, pass through the city. 



I then had three copies of the convention drawn up, 

 which were at once signed by the Triumvirs, with the 

 assent of the Eoman Assembly and the municipality. 

 The General, to whom I read the proposed con- 



