The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-12 00:00:00

THE GREAT ASSEMBLY OF ITALIAN

LIBERALS AT GENOA.

Letters from Genoa contain a full report of
the first sitting of the General Assembly of the
Provvedimento. These accounts dwell upon the
unbounded admiration of the Genoese for Gari-
baldi. Flags hung from every window, and cries of
" Viva Garibaldi" resounded through the streets.
The appearance of his calm and dignified counte-
nance in the carriage which conveyed him to the
place of meeting excited the people to the greatest
pitch of enthusiasm. The platform in the hall
was crowded with Garibaldian heroes—members
of the celebrated " thousand," the comrades of
Garibaldi at Massa* Cslatafimi, Palermo,
Naples, and Capua. The General appears to have
been much moved on seeing himself surrounded
by his old followers. The verification of the
powers of each delegate having taken place,
Garibaldi rose and spoke as follows :

Citizens, I feel truly happy, and each of you in this as-
sembly will assuredly experience the same satisfaction. I
feel happy because I and myself in the midst of the repre-
sentatives of a free people, the representatives of a people
who have had the good fortune to merit the ap-
plause of the world for their noble conduct, and
of entire humanity, whose principles they have cou-
rageously embraced. Yes, I am happy to find
myself in the presence of the representatives of the Italian
people, of the representatives of the whole Italian family,
because if present circumstances have not permitted all
to meet here as the representatives of free provinces, we
shall nevertheless have the happiness of seeing in the midst
of us representatives of the provinces still enslaved—brothers
whom, without say doubt, and I need not dwell upon the
winds, we have all sworn to deliver. (Applause. Cries
of " Viva Garibaldi " Vivant Rene and Venice !") To-
day the principal object for which the central committee
of Provvedimento hu convoked the present gathering is
to consult as to organising and uniting all the free Italian
societies —a holy end, an end which ought to
lead us to the acoomplishment of the destinies of
our country. I am at this moment surrounded
by men who know history better than I do ; but however
little may be known of it, we know that the cause of the
misfortunes of Italy is internal dimension. Therefore the
idea of bringing all minds into harmony—of re•uniting all
the members of the great Italian family, is certainly
• holy idea ; and you will permit me to ap-
plaud the noble conception of the central oom-
mitts* of Provvedimento. The idea, then, of forming

one society from all the liberal Italian societies will Fo:
bably obtain the approval of all the representatives of
these societies. In the contrary case free discussion will
permit every one to express his opinion. For my part, lam
strongly in favour of uniting all these societies, in order to
farm—to express it in a word—the Roman farces--(the whole
assembly rote at these wards, and bunt into a shad of
applatral—insces before which all tyrannies will esetaley
falL Raving given you my thoughts upon what relates
to our country, I leave the decision with you ; but I will
add, as to myself, that I shall be happy if this union of all
liberal assemblies extends, not only throughout the Penin-
sula, but beyond it ; that is to say, that the Italians will
hold out the hand to all the enslaved throughout the weld.
(Loud applause.) Consequently, I submit this also to year
deliberation. (Applause.)
_ . .

At the conclusion of this speech Garibaldi, in
compliance with the universal wish, accepted the
office of president.
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The Lombardo of Milan Mater that General
Garibaldi will, immediately after the meeting at
Genoa, visit all the towns of Italy to institute
national rifle matches where they are still wanting.

THE ITALIAN CHAMBER.

In the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, M. Gal-
lenge, on Monday, demanded explanations on the
position of M. Poggi in the ministry, declaring
that he intended to oppose the ministry because he
disapproved of two offices being placed in the hands of
M. Rattassi. M. Rattazzi said that M. Poggi, known
for his special studies, was charged to draw up laws
and codes, and has for that reason been attached
to the Ministry of Justice. The plurality of offices
will soon cease. M. Bixio observed that this
mode of demanding explanations appeared to him
disloyal. He protested against the party-spirit
which made war on individuals when the country
wanted solemn deeds. (Applause.) The incident
then closed.