The Express. — London, England, 1864-04-04 00:00:00

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AT LONDON BILD9i, Tim o;i77.iii;;;;;4 Oh. 17a. TO.IIOYoW Morning. Oh. Attirsoos. lb. bra. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 4. GAIIIIW.DI is in England. At the port where his coming was looked for, all the town was astir in eager expectation to hail the man whom, of all others, posterity will name the hero of a most unheroic age. Southampton is famous for its his toric welcomes and partings, and it is due to its energetic and enterprising citizens to acknowledge that none know better how to do the honours of their country. All England was present in spirit yesterday at the West pier ; in spirit, all England went out to meet the Ripon, bearing the martyr and confessor of European freedom to our happy shores ; all England stood on tiptoe to catch sight of that battle-worn and weatherbesten face and figure ; in spirit, all England thronged the streets and g►thered on the housetops to salute the actual living presence of ideal valour and virtue. It is difficult for chroniclers of the passing moment to seize the full significance of an event so simple in itself as the visit to this country of an Italian leader of volunteers. But there can be no doubt that our posterity will recognise its importance as contemporary opinion throughout the continent of Europe recognises it now. The chief of the defenders of Roman freedom, the leader of the " thousand" of Marsala, the conqueror and dictator of a king dom, who in the early morning silently unmoored his little boat, and withdrew—poor in all but the priceless purity of his honour, and the immortal inspiration of his example—unto the silence and obscurity of a peasant's home—such a man as this is something more than the repre sentative of his own country's cause ; he represents the everlasting aspiration of mankind to a better world here below than kings and priests have tolerated yet. We live in a squeamish age, an age of little deeds and little men ; and when a man of so great a nature comes among us he scares the effeminate cynicism and the mincing solemnity of politicians who call impotence moderation, and sum up all worldly wisdom in a barren sneer. For rulers and "reviewers" of this order there is something inexpressibly repugnant in a public character which is neither stimu lated by selfish interest nor satisfied by con ventional rewards. A man who will not work in the groove of ordinary professional and political ambition, who has other aims than titles or riches, and other motives than favour and patronage, is (whatever lip-homage hypocrisy may pay) re garded by these rulers and reviewers as an im polite, an indiscreet disturber of the good order and digestion of society. To flatter the simple interests of the mob, they may condescend to notice, and even try to tame the popular hero ; but among themselves they peck him to pieces as a " revolutionist." That is the terrible substantive ! And if you add to it "democratic," you fill up the measure of disgust of all cul tivated, sensible, and superior noodledom. Now for the profession of "revolutionist," as it has sometimes been understood and prac tised among our neighbours—for revolution as an end instead of a means, a system of national regeneration, instead of a people's act of despair, we own as little sympathy, as a French or Austrian statesman can feel for freedom. But if to desire to rescue the people of Rome from a blighting tyranny and an insulting foreign conquest, to complete the independence of the Italian race and country, to enable an emancipated Europe to draw • long deep breath of peace and happiness—if this be the policy of a revolutionist, why then'we re joice to believe and to know that the manhood and the heart of the English people are at least as " revolutionist " as GARIBALDI himself. GARI BALDI, as we have said, and we repeat it, comes to England in no political capacity and for no political purpose. lie comes to snatch an instant's quiet and repose in an English home, and to clasp the hands of English friends. But he comes, too, as the leader of the forlorn hope of European liberty, to salute, it may be for the last time, the first born of freedom—the great free people of England —face to face. There are seasons when tho walking gentlemen and light comedians of an embassy are inadequate representatives of a nation, if not of a government ; it is cer tainly not due to any genius or patriotism of diplomatists accredited from Turin that England has the cause of Italy at heart. There are but two names which to the English people at large represent the present and the future of Italy, CAvora and GARIBALDI. Nor would it appear altogether to the credit or ad vantage of the Government at Turin that no official representative of VICTOR. EMMANUEL went out to welcome a subject to whom even a King might be grateful, if we did not re member that GARIBALDI is one of those who de serve but do not command royal gratitude, who give but do not take royal favours, and who serve their country and their cause best because they stand alone. PARLIAMENT re-assembles to-day after the recess, to enter upon what generally proves the most im portant period of the Session. It is understood that measures have been taken which will make its debates very animated for the next few weeks, if it should last so long. The Tory Opposition, it is said, is mustering its utmost strength for a owl blued and well-organized attack on the Govern ment. if we are to credit prevalantreporta, the French EMBEROS% name is once more to be em ployed for party purposes in the British Parliament. Our Government has presumed to shape for itself a foreign policy different from that of France. It has declined various proposals of the EMPEROR. It would not recognise the Slave Confederacy when he was ready to so. More recently it has de clined to take part In a Congress for reconstruct ing the map of Europe upon principles which the exalted Author of its proposal was not prepared to communicate. Last and worst of all, it failed only the other day to anticipate and gratify the EM PEROR'S wishes in a very delicate matter. It would not swallow whole and entire the story of the GRECO plot. There was only one way of entertaining this difficult affair with any chance of giving satisfaction at the Tuileries. To be willing to be convinced by evidence of the Gazco-Tasercco conspiracy was little better than to be • sceptic. Only the spirit of implicit faith is wanted, and he who hesitates is lost. The Tory Opposition how ever is only too happy to believe all that the French police can suggest, and all that its august Master can desire ; so the coming de bates are to be variegated with " particulars" collected during weeks of painful labour from the postmen and potboys in the back streets about Thurloe-square. if this is the Tory game, it does not matter how soon it is played. If the orators of the Opposition have anymore speeches in store from the mint which turned out those of the week before Easter, Mi nisters must heartily desire that they may be spoken. Let the country see the Dundrearies once MOTE lecture Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. GLAD STONE on the honour of England, and worry "the Brewer" who, in a brief official career, has done more honest and efficient work for his country than the whole pack of lisping baronets whom Mr. DISRAELI holds in leash, will do In their lives Lastly— and though we are sorry to see good acting ex changed for bad nature—let us, if it be necessary, see Mr. Digs-situ for the second time in earnest, revealing in the paroxysms of party greed, the ferocity and bitterness of a character which men bad been willing to think of as generous by nature and as having learned magnanimity in the school of the world. By all means let us be enabled to contemplate on as many sides as possible the men who are eager to represent the statesmanship, admi nister the policy, and guard the interests of this great Empire. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1864. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (molt oui owo COMENPONDINT.) PIRA SUNDAY EVENTIIO. The following article in the Pays seems to me a complete backing out of the position which the government journals have lately assumed as to the panacea of universal suffrage in the Duchies for the cure of the Dano-German difficulty : We believe we know that in the projected conference Denmark will insist at the very opening of the delibera tions, upon the maintenance in principle of the stipulations of 1851 and 1832, and will ask that the diacuseien may turn solely upon the interpretation of the treaty of London. It is difficult to admit that England will not think it her duty to plane herself on the same ground as Denmark, and to support the rights which existing diplomatic conventions give to Christian IX. in Sleawig and Holstein, subject to the inquiry in what manner these con. ventions should be understood in practice and carried into execution for the future, so as to give satisfaction to the just complaints of Germany. In point of fact we have good reasons to believe that this will be the course taken by the British government at the opening of the conference, if, indeed, it do meet. In that case the part of France is clearly traced beforehand. Faithful now as ever to her engagements, she will ask in the first place, like Denmark and England, that each of the powers which concurred in the conclusion of the treaty of London may do honour to its sig nature, and accept that signature as the point of departure for the deliberations of the conference. If this opinion should prevail, and if an accord between all partial interested and represented should be established upon this footing, there will be no occasion for suggesting any other system in the conference. But if, on the contrary, the stipulations of 1831 and 1852 should be abandoned by the majority of the powers present—if, in short, the conference should refuse to make them the basis of its deliberations. France would then find herself relieved from them. And in that case, but in t►at case only, she would propose the vote of the populations, and would require that the in habitants of Sleawig and Holstein should be called upon to manifest their views. This is something quite different from the grand French " idea " which the Constitutionnel venti lated the other day, and which the Paris journals have been bragging about ever since. I suppose it has been found that the notion of superseding trea ties by a sudden appeal to universal suffrage, although effective in sensation articles, will not do for practical diplomacy. I think the suggestion may now be dismissed as a mere flash in the pan. There is much discussion now in legal circles about the exact meaning of the word maladroite merit, upon the true construction of which, it is thought, the fate of M. Armand'n appeal to the Court of Cessation will mainly turn. The dic tionary says the word means "clumsily, or awk wardly." Ga/ignani translated it "inadvertently ;" and I, after some reflection, adopted that translation as being—having regard to the context—the best English word to render the meaning of the court. Bat now a legal writer of some learning and more wit, M. Norbert Billiart, the editor of the Mond , Judiciare, writes that the legal signification of the word is not par esatadrewe, but arec matadresse, not " by" mistake, but " with" a mistake. His example of the distinction is that if a drum major flourishing his staff were accident ally to hit a man in the eye, that would be an acci dent for which he would be only civilly responsi ble ; but that if a man meaning to strike, a man in the back misses his aim and hits him on the back of the ceck, he commits an assault avec tnaladresse ; i. e., not in the way he intended, but still wilfully and culpably. This, as he contends, is what the word tnaladroitentent conveys, and that therefore the very word used by the court in the hope of ousting the jurisdiction of the Court of Cessation does in reality contain a ground for quashing the judg ment, because it implies a wilful act, and is there fore in conflict with the verdict of the jury. The Court of Cessation decided yesterday, after solemn argument and long deliberation, that a. husband has no right to deal from the post-office a letter addressed by his wife to a third person. That there should have been even a momentary judicial hesitation upon such a subject is an argu ment in favour of the doubts which I have often expressed about the absolute wisdom of the Code Napoleon. Tie France says there is • party in the govern ment striving to force M. Renan to resign his pro fessorship in the College of France, but that M. Duruy, the Minister of Public Instruction, is op posed to their proceedings. A report of a schism between M. Emile (Miriar and some of his political friends has been men tioned in the Indipcndance and other journals. There was probably exaggeration in the original story ; but, at all events, the difference, if any there were, is now made up. SIGNOR MARLIN! AND MR. SPANSPELD, M.P. Signor Mazzini writes to the Tunes : "Not fat my sake, bat for Mr. Stanafekre mks and in indignation at hie name being drag ged in again by the French Arccat-Gioral in his speech of March 31, quoted in your columns, I feel bound to trespass with a how lines on your sPace, and to once more dechwe Mar never was any money handed oetr or sent by me to Mr. btantfeld for the purpose of helping Greco, ribald:, Donald or any other its an attempt against the Emperor's life; never had he the slightest contact with Greco, ribakli, Donati, or any other known to i.e. implicating Aim possibly. directly, or indi rectly, to my knoteledge, is any political schemes of theirs. " new fact is alleged in the speech concerning the Greco affair. " Concerning Lonati, I remember that an Italian of that name was arrested on suspicion in Paris towards the end of 183 d ; that he was harassed as usual by questions about me; that he persistently denied my baying soy share in any scheme of his own ; that he was, dorieg the inetWry, found dead in his prison, which mysterious fact die Arooat- Goiral astoundingly declares a sad guarantee for the sin cerity of his revelations. No trial took place, no revelations were ever produced, not a shadow of 'eidetic* against him or others ever appeared. The thing wee merely known through vague reports scattered in correspondences. "Concerning Tibaldi, the existence of a Tibaldi Fend I have already in a former letter distinctly denied. The alleged documents are unknown to me. The quotations in the speech, at all events, mean nothing ; they would not, if genuine, in the slightest way implicate Mr. Stansfeld in a supposed knowledge of that hypothetical plot or fund. The first simply shows that I have friends whom calumny does not estrange. If the second—' I Aave received the money, and James will, of course, carry out your instructionre— could ever be construed into a proof of an aseassination scheme, or of a knowledge of it, I should not know what to pity mast, human wickedness or human credulity. " Mr. filtendeld has been to me a friend of eighteen years' standing. He has been deeply and earnestly synicathirring with all my, Utopian once, now almost fulfilled, aspire time towards Italian unity and independence. He has been, in honesty and morality, helping, before his official capacity traced out for him a new line of duties, the fulfil meat of those aspiretione. He has oft's, at my request, contributed his own share of money to sub scriptions for poor Italian exllee He ham some times paid, at my request, money of mine for similar purposes, when I have been away from England. He has tried to find employment for men in need whom I was recommending to him ss to other English friends. All that is Iro3wn, avowed, honourable. I have been using, accordingly, in the past his name and address. Italians knew them, and were coming to him, in my ab sence, for relief or advice. What of all ibis? Where is the slightest link between the affirmations of the Avoost-Ge. Ural and the aim denounced? Where the slightest indi cation bearing on Mr. Btansfeld's C011114)ZiOD with or know ledge of any unlawful designs? " That / am carelessly and uoconecieutionsly made a target for the practising of the moral daoacr men is no wonder to me. I belong, and am rather proud of it, to a class of men who must be persecuted by any despotic, conservative, or French Imperialist party, in England or elsewhere, until swum crowns their efforts and wins applause. But if men of Mr. Stansfeld's out, avocations, and tendencies are, on the faith of garbled foreign police reports and alai:Aran melodramatic speeches of despotic Avoads•Gineraux, to meet with the same treatment in the country which they usefully serve, then there is an end of British lucid sense and fair-play habits. A French statesman once said— ' Give me any ten words in any man's handwriting ; I shall manage to have him bone.' You had better write those words on the threshold of year house. only stating that they include the man's friends u well.—l am, sir, yours i " faithfully, 2. " "Joura ilsuna." April Cu Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Arm 2. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning, attended by Lady Augusts Stanley. Prime Leopold took s carriage drive. Arm & The Bishop of Worcester and Sir Charles and Lay Mary Wood arrived at the Castle yesterday. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood had the honour of dining with the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the Royal Family. Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Major• General Seymour, went to London yesterday sod honoured the performance at Covent garden Theatre with her presence. The Queen, the Kin of the Belgians, Princess Haloes, Princess Louisa, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private ehapeL The Bishop of Woroes• tar preached the sermon. A Cabinet Council waa held on Saturday at the official residenoe of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. The ministers present were Vis count Palmerston,the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Earl De Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somer set, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alder ley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Saturday from Stratton Park, Hants The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday evening far Glidden, on a visit to the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland. Derpatches were reoaived on Saturday at the Colonial °Moe from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches were met to the Goveroors of the North American Provinces, Gibraltar, Malta, Geyloe, Hong-Kong, and labour. THE NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY. VISIT TO OXFORD.—(THIS DAY.) (not[ oua owe 0011/21PONDLIT.) (13T =craw relioaarn.) OXFORD, MONDAY. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the new Secretary for the Colooies, arrived here this morning and paid n visit to some of his leading cooefitueote. His promotion has given general satisfaction, and there is no doubt he will be re-elected without opposition. PRINCE ALTRED.--On Friday evening his Royal Rieman Privies Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, paid a visit to Lord Belhaven awl Stanton, and Lady Belhaven, at Wishaw Howe, Lanarkshire. This being quite' private visit, no demonstastion was wade either at the railway station or in passing through 'trishaw, excepting perhaps ► faint cheer or two raised by some enthusiaatic individuals. Subsequently, a select party met the prince ►t dinner, in cluding Sir Archibald Alison, Bart, and Lady Alison, Pro fessor Ramsay, of Glaagow University, and others. THE MINISTRY. —The public will learn with sin cere regret that the Duke of Newcastle has resigned his office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, on socount of the state of his health. This opportunity will be taken to bring the Colonial Secretaryship more immediately into conoezion with the House of Common, and Mr. Cardwell will therefore accept the vacant office. Lord Clarendon succeeds him as Chancellor of the Duchy of Ltnaster. The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendolin St. Maur, together with Lord Edward St. Maur and Lady Lariat Thynne, intend to prolong their sojourn in Paris till the 13th inst. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is sur rounded by • select party at Clivsden, near Maidenhead, Berks. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone arrived there on Saturday evening. Lord Albert Loreto° Gower has joined the family circle from visiting the Earl of Carlisle at Dublin Castle. The marriage of Viscount Powerscoort with Lady Julia Coke, daughter of the Earl and Connteu of Leicester, will take place on the 14th instant, at St. Geinge'a, Han over-equate. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., and Lady Mary Wood have left Be!grave-square, on a visit to her limiest y , at Windsor °Lytle. The marriage of Captain Earle with Miss Villiers is fixed b take pl►ce on the 14th instant, at St. Peal's, linightahridge. The Bishop of Oxford has gone to Paris, and proceeds thence, after a few days, to Brussels and Antwerp to take some confirmations for the Bishop of London. Sir Edwin Landaeer (says the Reader) has com pleted the model for one of the lions destined for the base of ths Nelson column. It is rid to be a miracle of art in its way, the result of infinite study, and worthy of all the time the great artist has expeeded on its execution. It is at present in the studio of Baran Marochetti, previous to being oast in bronze. The office of Vice-Principal of the Salisbury DlOOlllllOl Theological College has been conferral by the bishop of the diocese on the Rey. T. H. Kiagdoo, mate of Devizes, Wilts. The annual cricket matches between the old and meant &labium will take place on Thursday sad Friday, the 7th sad Bth inst. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE POPE. A Paris letter in the NouveUiste de Rosen of April 2 says that General Berlin de Vaux, who had just arrived from Rome, had brought very unsatisfac tory news of the Pope's health. (asurn'a nizoitics.) DENMARK AND THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. HADIBITRG, APRIL 4. Private letters received here from Copenhagen assert that the resolution of Denmark remains unshaken not to enter into negotiations on the Sleswig-Holstein question unless they are con ducted on the basis of the treaties of 1851 and 1852. The F/yreposten, a Copenhagen paper, asserts that Denmark will be represented in the Conference by M. de Quads, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Councillor Krieger. THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUFFEL. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 3, 12.55 rm. The bombardment of Duppel was continued to day. Sonderburg is burning in several places. The cannonade of the enemy is kept up by the same batteries as yesterday. Our outposts on the right of the Duppel posi tion were attacked several times during the night. (CIERXEC ACCOVICP.) GILANENSTEIN, Aram 3. The cannonade against the Dllppel works com menced yesterday, at 2 p.m., and lasted without intermission until 7 p.m. During the night the firing was continued at intervals. A conflagration has broken out in the enemy's lines. It is thought probable that their barracks are on fire. Our loss is inconsiderable. NEW PONTIFICAL LOAN. MARSEILLES, Aran. 3. Advicee from Rome to March 30 announce that a Pontifical rescript had been published, autho rising a loan of 40,000,000 lire to defray the ex penses of the public administration. On Monday, the 4th April, the Pope was to be present at a religious ceremony in the church of Maria Minerva. NEW ♦LAND. (By telegraph from Baez.) MELBOURNE, Fn. 24. The war in New Zealand is still proceeding. The natives have concentrated at Pihopiko, where they are surrounded by General Cameron's forces. The general is said to intend compelling their surrender by starvation. THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Aria 4. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Parana has arrived here with the above mails, 138 pas sengers, 7,8631. in specie, 6 packages of diamonds, value not stated, and 1,643 packages of cargo. The Parana spoke the English barques Cheviot Chase and Nile, off Cape St. Vincent on the 25th March. The American corvette St. Louis was at Lisbon. At Rio Janeiro the discussion in the Senate on the subject of the dismissal of the judges of the Supreme Tribunal continued. The Senator and ex-Minister of Justice Senhor Contancao de Seirimba, in his speech in the Senate, accused Mr. Reeves, the English poet-office agent, of having opened and copied a letter written by him to Bahia. To this assertion Mr. Reeves has given a denial through the columns of the Journal do Coannercio. The Marquis of Abrantes, late Minister of Finance, had been attacked both in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies for having sacrificed the interests of the country in the manner in which he contr►cted the late internal and external loans. Senhor Stir Silveira da Motta proposed in the Senate that foreigners should not be allowed to hold slaves in Brazil. The Senate rejected the proposal. A moderate business had been done in stock at 99 to par, and a small business in exchange, at 27} to 27g. The civil wsr was continued in Buenos Ayres. The government were in hopes of making a com promise with its opposers, being scarcely strong enough to put down the rebellion by force. Busi ness was moderate, although affected by the war. The farmers had suffered severely from drought, but torrents of rain having fallen, they were now returning from the neighbouring provinces with their cattle. The elections were over. General Mitre was supported by the people. At Monte Video the new President pro tem. was elected on the 2nd. Flores reported to be within two miles of the town, but he was said to be retreating about ten leagues in search of fodder for horses, &c. The Uruguay steamer from Liverpool arrived out on the 26th ult. In the Island of St. Jago, Cape de Verdes, a frightful famine existed, the unfortunate inhabitants dying daily in numbers in the streets of starvation. Great exertions were being made in Rio and Lisbon on behalf of the sufferers, but the aid was insufficient to preserve the lives of the population, and without further assistance it is said that thousands of the islanders must perish. The cause of the famine is the failure of rains in the sowing season. At Bahia the sugar market was more animated. The coffee sales were unimportant. Tobacco holders demanded 4 dollars per arroba. Exchange was firm. The quotations for sugar at Pernambuoo had ad vanced 100 reis per arroba. The sales of drysalted hides were small. Exchange firm. The amount passed per Parana Is 115,0001. sterling. The Peruvian government are about to assimi late their weights and measures to those of Frame. Cotton-growing has been introduced with suc cor into the Wands in the Bay of Panama. The Falmouth papers state that a Cape of Good Hope line of ships is about to be established to ma from Falmouth. Both Plymouth and Bristol us putting in clairoa against F►lmouth for the packet station that is stated to be about to be removed from Southampton. A new paper, called the Mercantile Chronicle, published in English and Spanish, has been started in Panama During last year the amount of gold deposited at the mints of Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York was 21.149,495 dollars, and the amount of silver to 1,674,605 dollars. 47,845.000 pennies were coined last year. The coinage of all the United States mints since the esta blishment of the iedeptiodesce of the United States amounts to 869,635,497 dollars. THE STRENOTH OF THE RVO.IIAN ARMY.—" Tbe animal report addressed to the Emperor of Russia," says the Pram, furoiabes significant details respecting the actual state of the Russian army. It appears that In 1863 the Russian army in active service comprised 364.422 men of infantry, and. 93,453 men for the 'pedal arms. In 1864 the infantry has been increased to 694,511 men, and the special arms to 114,159. To these numbers mast be added 127,000 men charged with preserving order in the provinces, sod 200,000 more appertaining to the reserve. The Resides army, therefore, tonne a graad total of 1,135,670 men. What an enormous burden for the budget of a country. Sorely there can be so more eloquent con demnation of war than such figures." GENERAL GARIBALDI AT SOUTHAMPTON. (THIS DAY.) PROCESSION THROUGH THE STREETS. —PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS, AND GARIBALDI'S REPLY. (wr =craw ittakows.) (nom ova owl, cooarepoicoserr.) )N,MonrDAT Mownro, 11 A.m. The church bells have been ringing the whole of the morning. Soma of flags are hoisted on the house-tops and public buildings. The High•street is crowded. Garibaldi has just passed up in a carriage and four greys with the mayor. _ The general has been for a ride round some of our beautiful suburbs. Special editions of the local papers have been published, giving an account of the arrival and reception of the general. The following programme has been issued : "ARRIVAL OF GENIALL GARIRALDI, "MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1864. " PROGRAMME. " The mayor and corporation will leave the Audit house in carriages at half-past 10 o'clock in the forenoon for the mayor's residence, to meet General Garibaldi. The mayor, corporation, and General Garibaldi will leave the mayor's residence, accom panied by the band of the Ist Hants Engineers, by way of Brunswick-place to the Town-hall, where the corporation address will be presented to Gene ral Garibaldi at 12 o'clock. "At noon, after the address has been presented, the mayor, corporation, and General Garibaldi will leave the Town-hall for the Royal Pier, where the general will embark under a salute from the platform battery for the residence of C. Seeley, Esq., M.P., in the Isle of Wight. "Cass K Dnocorr, Town Clerk." On o'CLocK. P.Y. The corporation, clad in their robes of office, arrived at the residence of the chief magistrate soon after 11, and were introduced to Garibaldi. The mayor's house looked as if some monarch was there dispensing hospitality, and holding a levee. The rooms were crowded, the windows were all thrown open, and a vast crowd stood outside. At a quarter to 12 a magnificent procession passed from the mayor's residence to the Town hall, along the parks, and down the Upper High street. About one hundred carriages, tire., formed the procession. The roads were lined with the populace. A splendid band preceded the monster procession, playing martial and triumphal music. Garibaldi was in the first carriage with the chief magistrate, surrounded by the municipal gold and silver mace bearers. The great Italian sat in calm and modest dignity, receiving thankfully the affectionate homage of the multitude. The windows and house tope were crowded with people ; men were waving hats, and ladies handkerchiefs, and the multitude cheering. Such a sight has never been witnessed here before. The address of the borough was read to Garibaldi a quarter of an hour ago in the Town hall. The mayor spoke at length, reiterating his welcome of yesterday, and assuring the general that the sentiments of Southampton were but an echo of the sentiments of England. General GARIBALDI replied, holding his band on his heart, speaking warmly and with simple natu ral eloquence—" It is not the first time I have had occasion to be grateful to the great English people ; had it not been for their sympathy and succour, expressed not merely in words but in deeds, in supplies, in money, and in constant encourage ment, it would have been impossible for the army of Southern Italy to accomplish its mission. In thanking you. Mr. Mayor, I thank the people of England." The General spoke amid the profound silence of a denaely-packed hall ; and when he sat down, the waving of bats and handker chiefs, the deafening cheers, and other manifestations of enthusiasm were all of the most unanimous and unmistakeable character. His manner is most impressive, and the suppressed emotion under which he laboured was proved by the trembling of his hands. After leaving the Town-hall a magnificent pro cession was again formed, proceeding down the High-street to the pier. Flags were waviag from almost every house, and were strung across the street ; the quay and pier were crowded. The procession was a triumphant one; the band of music was drowned by the cheers of the populace. Garibaldi's reception on the pier was magnificent, and his embarkation was celebrated by tumultuous cheering and by salvos of artillery. The steamer that took the General to the island was quite surrounded. The weather is most beautiful—in fact perfectly summer weather. Everything has gone off well No Roman emperor ever received a more cordial or a more splendid ovation. MR. PITT IN TWO CHARACTERS. The followiog passage is from a "Life of General Sir W. Napier," just issued under the editorship of Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P. It occurs in • letter written by the cle ansed general, who at the time when the incident hap. pined was • young subaltern in the army, and on a visit to Mr. Pitt's residence at Putney :—" Mr. Pitt liked practical fen, and end to riot in Wwith Lady Hester, Charles, and James Stanhope, and myself ; and one instance is worth noticing. We were resolved to blacken his face with burnt cork, which be most strenuously resisted ; but at the beginning of the fray • servant announced that Lords Castlereagh and Liverpool desired to see him on business. " Let them wait in the other room," was the answer ; and the great minister instantly turned to the battle, catching up a cushion and belabouring us with it in glaciate fun. We were, however, too many and strong for him, and after at least a ten minutes' fight, got him down and were actually daubing his facia, when with a look of pretended confiders* in his prowess he said, 'Stop, this will do; I could easily beat you all, but we mast not keep those grandees waiting any loeger.' His defeat was, however, palpable, and we were obliged to get • towel and basin of water to wash him clean before be could receive the grandees. Being thus put in order, the basin was bid behind the sofa, and the two lords were ushered in. Then a new phase of Mr. Pitt's m►nner appeared, to my great surprise and admiration. Lord Liverpool's look and manner are wall known—melancholy, bending, nervous. Lord Castlereagh I bad known from my childhood, bad often been engaged with him in athletic sport.. pitching the stone or bar, and looked upon him u what indeed he waa--a model of quiet grace and strength combined. What was my surprise to see both him arid Lord Liverpool bend ing like spaniels on approaching the man one had just been maltreating with such imeossaftil insolence of fun ! But instantly Mr. Fitt'. change of manner and look entirely fixed my attention. His tall, ungainly, bony figure seemed to grow to the ceiling, Ws head was thrown back, Ms eyes fixed immovably in one position, as if reading the heavens, and totally regardless of the bending figures near him. For some time they spoke ; be made now and then sun* abort observation, and finally, with an abrupt stiff inclination of tke body, but without outing his eyes down, dismissed them. Then, turning to us with a langb, caught up his cushions and renewed our light" CHARGE OP ASSAULT AGAINST EARL DULILLY. WITLEY, SATCRDAY. A special sessions was held at the Hundred-L0u,, , , Witley, to-day, to hear a sharp assault preferred agait.t the Right Hon. the Earl of Dudley by Maria Ano The magistrates before whom the ono vie heard wa re r. E. Winniugton, Bart., M.P., Rev. W. J. Rev. 0. F. Turner, Rev. H. J. Hastings, E. Vernon, and Dr. Nub. The information upon which the summons had been istaed charged the earl with " beating and assaulting" Maria Ass White at Witley.court, on the 12th March last. Earl Dudley's explanation of the circumstances was as follows :—Lest July a man named Southey came to Lim io London, and represented to him that his brother (ch. llou Dudley Ward) had lost money to him at billiards, tr...d he called upon him, in the name of all that was clue to his family and position, to pay the debt. He told him that in the cue of a tradesman who had trusted with gues t s on the faith of s name, or in the case of money tor. rowed—principal, not interest—lse should consider the claim ; but as to gambling debt*, he would not eater. fain them for a moment, for if he did so be 5h , 411 soon be reduced from an independent to a dependent man. If he were to fall into the hands of such a rogue as that (pointing to Southey, who was in court), the claims made on him might soon be Inch that no fortue could meet. He was obliged to threaten to have him forcibly turned out by his servants before he would !ear s , Next day, when on the platform at Worcester Railway station, Southey came up to him and addressed Lou, on which be threatened to give him in custody of the police if lie interfered with his pri m ,. Six months passed, when one day he received a letter from a Mn, Southey, enclosing a ard from Lady Shaftesbury an au introduction. He went to her in the library, believing that she had some charitable object in hand, and leaniar agailist the table said, "To what cause, Mrs. Souther, se, I indebted for the pleasure of this visit "' !) n which s h e whispered something about unsatisfied claims on Lai Dudley's) family which affected his honour. She repre sented herself as the wife of Southey, and be told her he had already given Southey an answer, and mentioned what bad taken place on that occasion. She, however, would not leave until he (the earl) told her that he , bould leave the room. His lordship then came to the meeting of the 12th of March, at which the alleged assault took place. When told who was waiting to see hen he at um told his servant he would not see her, and di. rotted them to see that the fly did not leave the door until she was in it. He servant returned, and said she was ob. stinate, that she would not go. and wanted to see the housekeeper, on which be (Earl Dudley) went to the library, where she was, and said, " Mn. Souther, I'll not permit this inernsion. Yon must go." She asked him to hear her, but he told her he had heard the case and given his determination, by which he meant to abide. He took her by the left arm—not the right, u she had mid—with out violence, but determinedly, to show her out of the room. She said, "You'll touch me, will sou?" and in gently attached herself to his whiskers. She afterwards attacked his head. He held her arms, and removed her from the room to the ball, where he called his servant Weeks, on whose appearance the women's manner imme diately changed. From a virago she became intently calm, and bowing said, "1 wish you a very good morning, my lord." She afterwards attempted to get back into the halt and his lordship took her by the shoulders and walked her oat along the colonnade. He admitted that he had inten. tiosnlly turned her out of the house, but denied that he had used any or more force than was necessary. Weeks, his lordship's servant, was next examined, and corroborated Earl Dudley's statement. There were no signs of illness or fainting on the part of Mn. White when she asked to see the housekeeper. The bench, after retiring a few minutes, said they had weanimously decided on dismissing the case. The inquiry lasted about five hours. EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE UPON A LIVER. POOL SURGEON. On Saturday evening, in Pembroke-place, au assault, under somewhat peculiar circumt trinee, was coin. witted by two persons u po n Mr. W. P. Rowe, residing at No. 76. It appears that s ho rtly after 8 o'clock in the evening a boy came op to the policooonstable on duty in Loodon.roed and told him that two men had entered the house of I Jr. Rows and were violently moulting him in his own parlour. The officer, accompanied by Inspector Macauley, proceeded at 000 s to the house, when on entering they heard some one crying out " Murder." At this time Dr. Rowe's mother and sister, who reside with him, came down stairs, having beard the screams from the parlour. Thinking that Dr. Rowe wee performing en operation, and that the cries proceeded from a patient, they considered it undesirable at the time to interfere, end urged the police inspector, though against his ioclisation, not to enter the par lour whence the sounds pro ceeded. As the shouts of "murder" continued, the inspector thought something wrong must be going on, and knocked at the parlour-door, which was opened by some one inside. On entering the apartment two persons, James Scott and James P. Pryor, were found with Dr. Rowe. the latter lying in • date of exhaustion on the door, bleeding pro family Iran the mouth, and evidently in great agony from injuries he had sustrined. Scott and Bayne, being at the tins. charged with stealing Dr. Rowe's watch, were taken into custody and lodged in the main brklewell. Subsequently a statement was made by Dr. Rowe, taken down in writing, giving the circumstances under which the isjinies be was suffering from had been received. From in formation subsequently obtained, we understand that in No vember last the prisoner Brice married • young lady named Beatty, daughter of Mr. Beatty, tallow.chandler, of Vaux hall-rood. It appears that Dr. Rowe had previously paid his addressee to the lady, sad it was in reference to some letters and a locket be had received from her that the prisoners made their unexpected visit, They made a formal demand for the betides, which was not complied with, Dr. Rowe contending that as they bad been addressed to him before the lady married, he wee not bound to part with them. The result was en altercation, which led to an attack being made upon Dr. Rows, who for some time defended himself as well ise he mold against his iimaileuts. It is geld that one of the n wee armed with a heavy loaded whip ; that Dr. Ro we wu seised by the throat, and en attempt made to strangle him, and that having boon thrown down, after long sad violent struggling, one of the parties knelt on his breast, and that be was also kicked when on the floor. After entering the parlour they locked the door. The object of the prisoners appeared to be to obtain the laters, which they probably supposed he had then in his poseession. During the whole of Saturday night Dr. Rowe suffered much from co4estion of the lungs, which appeared to be so gorged with blood as to produce partial suffocation. One of his legs is fractured severely, and the ankle much injured. The medical gentlemen were in attendance upon him throughout the night, and it is esti• factory to find that their efforts had a beneficial effect. Yesterday afternoon he partially raffled, and continued so up to the time of our . inquiries in the evening. Though no immediate danger is now apprehended, his recovery must campy many weeks. After the apprehension of the prisoners they were. on en application to a magistrate, admitted to bail ; but when it became known to the police authorities that Dr. Rowe was in such • precarious state, it was decided to re-arrest them. Bryce is • wine broker, living at Richmond-vale, Derby. road, Bootle, and one of the firm of Thomas and Bryce. The other prisoner. Scott, described himself as a gentleman farmer from Ireland, and a friend of Bryce. They will be brought before the magistrates to-day for examination, on the &arg• of wash and attempted robbery, but merely with the object of getting • remand until Dr. Rowe is suffi ciently recovered to appear to give evidenee—Lirerioa Mercury. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A REFOILIIATORY. On Saturday night three youths informed the po lice that a lady had been nearly murdered at the Calder-vale Reformatory at Milted. They stated that two men bad climbed over the wall, attacked one of the reformatory boys, and then attempted to murder Mrs. Johnson, the wife of the schoolmaster, and Miss Johnson, a inter of the same gentleman. Superintendent Martin immediately drove op to the reformatory, and found that • tragic event bad taken place. It seems that about 9 o'clock Joseph Broadhead, • lad of 17, who acted as " kitchen boy" at the Reformatory, proceeded to a room in which Mrs. Johnson, and her sister-in-law, Miss Louisa Johnson, were sitting. Having locked the door he rushed at Mrs. Johnson sod made an attempt to stab her with a large carving -knife, bat, perceiving his intention, she drew beck and thus evaded the blow. She fainted away and remembers no more. ?digs Johnson end's- Toured to escape by the door, but was prevented front doing so by the youth, who savagely attacked her with the knife, severely wounding Miss Johosoo. Ooe stab mutt have mooed immediate death had not the point of the weapon been diverted by striking against one of the ribs. As it was, she received a wound several inches long and of a very dangerous character ; another fearful gash being indicted in the back. AA/iStADCA wee ob tained, and the unfortunate lady WY carried away in an unoonsciou state. A magistrate was sent for, to take her depositions, bat up to midnight conscionmen had not been restored. Mr. Marsden. the medical attend. ant, is of *Mon that several weeks must elapse before she will be in • fit state to undergo an examination. The story about two men having committed the crime seems to have been a fsbrication, concocted by Broadhead. who afterwards made a full confusion. There does not appear to have been any previous ill feeling ; on the con trary, the culprit admits that Mrs. Johnson had treated him like • mother. He assigns an extraordinery reason for the commission of the att. He states that the idea of perpetrating murder entered his mid on Wednesday, and that he could not rut natall the deed was done. Had he accomplished his object, he smuts he should have taken as much money as he could Sod, and then have aheooodixl. It seems be was sent to the Reformatory for rubbing an uncle, who resides at Barnsley. and had about two years to serve. He is now in custody, mid it is said he expresses the deepest loamy for what he has done. Tas Mirrßoroirrur Poucr.—Sir George Grey has appointed Mr. Edmund George Mar to he chief clerk in the Conimindooer of Police-office, rice Mr. Charles Yardlay. who retiree on a anpersanuation allowance after a service of thirty-four years. ow Um we Oa 11121 fri Frt