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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 259, 19 April 1878, Page 13

Kixg Humbert proclaimed an amnesty on his accession to the throne. In Rome alone upwards of 450 poor wretches were let out, to roam about the city already overflowing with myriads of strangers who had come from the provinces to see the royal funeral ceremonies. There was neither food nor lodging for the released prisoners ; so they looked out for themselves, and were soon of course back again in prison,