The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, TUMSDLY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1864.

GARIBALDI AT SOUTHAMPTON.

(nom on mom, unarm)

BOUTHAYPTON. Moroi Evunra.

Seated in an open vehicle, we drive slowly and
in precession up the High-street, to the joyous
sound of the belle. Everywhere we see signs
of the welcome to be given to the general as
as is driven in state to the Town-hall, and
from the Town-hall to the pier-head. It is
not .merely in the prevalence of Garibaldi shirts
amonget the ladies and children at the windows ;
in the fact of his favourite scarlet figuring on some
portiou of the attire of a vast majority of the way-
farer. in the street; in the crowded condition of the
temporary platforms which hrve sprung up as
rapidly as wzs predicted by me yesterday ; in the
tn-coloured (green, white, and red) Italian ban-
ners, which wave by the side of our own union
jack ; in the rosette of the same hues which each
member of the corporation wears appended to his
gown, that the popular interest is alone manifested.
During our drive I have pointed out to me more
than one iusalid who has not left his house for
months until now, but whose feeble nerves and
delicate frame are braced by the importance of the
occasion, and by his strong desire to contribute his
indivilnal quota of respect to the hero of the day.
More than this, I am requested to particularly
notice a gentleman now crossing the road. "How's he
off for money l—that'a the first question Imam to ask
him, and I shall put a hundred pound note in my
pocket before paying my respects," was, I am as-
sured, the sensible and practical reply of this
capitalist to an inquiry as to how he should ad-
dress Garibaldi Tainting down by Andrews Park
we arrive in due course at the mayor's house, on
the door step of which is stationed a guard of
honour, composed of the macebearer and the two
other functionaries already mentioned. We join
the corporation, who are assembled in the dining
room, and speedily receive a message to the effect,
that " if any gentleman present desires to shake
hands with General Garibaldi, the mayor will be
very happy to introduce him if he will walk up-
stairs." It will be reat:ily understood that "any
gentleman " only applied to members of the cor-
poration, and the few others whose duties com-
pelled them to be present, and that the proceeston
to Irdian file, and the subsequent handshaking
which followed, was confined to an infinitely small
number of Garibaldi's ac'etirers. Standing near
the foot of his bed, and with the mayor by Lis side,
each person was introduced by name, and had a
cordial shake of the band, and in many
instances a special word of recognition. The
arrangements for this hand-shaking levee were
well orgauistal, and though the prooading savoured
somewhat of the attentions paid to " the most re-
markable men" in the United States of America,
still time it occupied was so abort, and the
general's gratification was so manifest, that it
would have been a pity indeed to baulk the
natural wishes of the corporation, by neglecting to
arrange this levee. We had exchanged salutations
with Ricciotti Garibaldi and Signor Basso on our
way up to the mayor's, and on leaving the general's
chamber 1 saw Signor Guerzoni in an ante-room,
and shotik hands with Menotti Garibaldi at the
door of another room a few paces further on. The
wound on bin hand, received with many others on
the body while fighting by his father's side, seems
all but healed, and it is difficult to look at his de-
termined countenance and his stalwart well-propor-
tiove.l thcatre without feeling that in battle he must
be as terrible a foe as be is an efficient ally. The
Mayor, General Garibaldi, Menotti, and Mr.
Seely, now seat themselves in the first carriage,
and the rest of us following their example, the
cavalcade is re-formed. Deviating slightly from
our previous route, we pus round Andrews Park,
so as to traverse the High-street from end to end.
The baud of the Ist Hants Engineers (patrioti-
cally supported I hear at the sole charge
of Captain Buchan) leads the way, and we
proceed to the Guildhall amid loud reports—which
were, we are told, not those of guns, but were
the rounds caused by a peculiar proceed, known
as Tiring the anvils,"— cheering, handkerchief-
waving, bouquet-throwing, and a degree; of gen-
eral excitement which, as I have already said,
reminded me of nothing so much as a sectional
view of the entry of the Princess of Wales.
First we drive by what my informant termed
the " parsonic part," namely, resideuces occu-
pied mainly or largely by clergymen. " Many
Tories about here," my friend went on to say.
flowerer, it mattered little, the enthusiasm was as
manifest as in what he called " the Radical part," a
little Lever down, and it really seemed as if men
of all parties were determined to merge, for one
day at all events,their several differences of opinion
in the delight they all felt at Garibaldi being their
guest. A tremendous round of cheering as we pus
the place of business of Mr. Andrews, from the
upper windows of which • long string of flags
(including one having the town arms emblazoned
thereon) is passed to the corresponding front of the
house opposite, and after some few delays where
the crowd is unusually dense, we pass hastily up
some ,fairs, and are in the Town-hall over the
Bar-gate. whither the mayor and corporation and
General Garibaldi have already preceded us. I
should mention that the gaily embroidered cap the
general wore yesterday is exchanged fur a plain
black felt one, that the absence of the crim-
son silk handkerchief given to Mr. Perkins
and the fact of the gabardine garment beim;
buttonedup, seems at first to deprive his appear-
ance of ...me of the artistic and picturesque bright-
mess so noteworthy when I first saw him on board
ship. Lut this is only while he is seated. When
he rises to speak, and,by the natural movements of
his right arm, brings his coat or cloak into a series
of infinitely graceful folds, I see that the bright
scarlet lining thereof is capable of an indefinite
number of combinations, and that though when
buttoned and the figure is in repose, it has the
military simplicity of • soldier's over-coat, it only
needs the slightest change of position to bring its
exceptitaiii: characteristics into play. During the
speech of the mayor, Garibaldi bowed constantly
and wit., deprecatory modesty, whenever his name
was msetioned or his achievements praised. The
sweet simplicity and child-like openness of his
count, liance was only matted for an instant at one
pottier' of the mayor's speech. After dwelling
upon the gallantry and self-sacrifice which had dia-
tingeisted thribaldi's career, Mr. Brinton went on
to ear that for his own part be "regarded Lim
as a king, as a king uncrowned," which state-
ment was received ,by the meeting with
the utmost enthusiasm, and by the general with
another of his gravely courteous iemilielfelepre-
cietory bows. It was only when the words "and
I hope that the tray will come when you will wear a
crown" followed, that I saw a startled expression
flit acro-e his face, as if he could not fully gauge
the iiiieeker'e meaning, and were fearful that his
motives hail been misunderstood. But this was
only maieentarilv, for the mayor made it apparent
at the next instant that his allusion was to a celes-
tial ittetead of a temporal crown, and con-
cluded an admirable speech by infonning Garibaldi
that the whole of the enthusiasm with which he
bad beep greeted on his lauding had been brought
together at a couple of hours' notice. Then came
the Town Clerk, who, mounting a chair, proceeded
to met the Addrees. In its compact rolled up form,
. gaily decorated with ribbons, it had looked in the
Town Clerk's hands like a field-marshal's baton,
adorned with the sacrificial fillet,but opened out and
read, it proved to be a sensible matter-of-
fact document, which very fairly expressed
the sentiments felt by most Englishmen
for Garibaldi. The general's reply was
.short but pertinent, and when, energetically
atriking Lie breast, with hands trembling with sup-
pressed excitement, be said he was now glad that
Le hal not sacrificed his life for his country, though
if be had be should only have considered he had
.doue his duty, there was more than one moistened
.eye in the room, and the "blessed are the pure of
heart," uttered half unconsciously by a gentleman
at my elbow, seemed no hyperbole, but a mere
natural expression, evoked by the transparent
punt) of the man before us. After this we had
short speeches front the recorder and another
gentleman, and the meeting adjourned to the pier-
head to witness the embarkation of the party on
board the Sapphire for Cowes. The crowds are now

I concentrating on the pier and the lower half of the
High-street, and the enthusiasm culminates as the
little steamer puffs out of the harbour, and is saluted
right royally by the guns on the platform battery.
On board were, besides the suite of Garibaldi and
Mr. Seely's immediate friends, Messrs. Oooksey and
Clarke, two of the borough magistrates, and one or
two more of the elite of Southampton, and a
dijedaer was provided, and before the Sapphire
arrived at Cowes, various deputations came
out in small boats, and presented addresses
of congratulation and sympathy. At C/owee itself,
where Garibaldi had been anxiously expected since
Friday, I learn that there was the genie enthusiasm,
the same plenitude of banners, the same cheering,
the same honest hearty welcome, as that accorded
to him at Southampton. Promising to attend a
publiz dinner to be given in his honour at Newport,
he seated himself in the first of the four carriages
provided by Mr. Seely, and amid the plaudits
of the assembled crowd drives off to Brooke
House. .He would arrive there about five this
afternoon, and is therefore probably at this moment
enjoying the rest and quiet he must sorely need
after the ovations he has received and the excite-
ment he has undergone.
In these prosaic days, when hero-worship is
la ighed at, and cold cynicism is a fashionable
affectation, it would be hazardous to admit the
extent of the fascination Garibaldi has exercised
over some of his welcomers. 1 have spoken
of his evident guilelessness and sincerity. These
phrases but inadequately express the impresaiou his
demeanour leaves. It is, that you stand before a
man whose god-'ike honesty of purpose knows no
evil, and when you note his rare personal beauty,
eve-y lineament of which is refined by intellect and
purified by conscience, when you hear of his tender
woman-like love for his boys, and the innocent jest-
iugs wherewith he illustrates an opinion, or play-
fully parries an argument, you turn in u emory to
another of Italy's heroes. Was there not woe a
man of the people, whose handsome form was a
1 proverb ; whose simple family affections were never
weakened by grandeur and success ; whose playful
lnimour made him as much loved by the humble,
as he was scoffed at by the great; and
whose mission it was to free his country from op-
pression 1 I will not pursue the parallel, for
Weuzi's is not, I am persuaded, the fate to which
Garibaldi is destined. Besides, a thought presses
for utterance. It has nothing to do with Italy, it
will seem to many people utterly irrelevant and
absurdly out of place, but I cannot better sum up
my feelings during the three o • four interviews I
have had with Garibaldi, than that his manner con-
stantly reminded me, in some inexplicable way,
of Walter Scott's dying words to Lockhart, "Be a
good man, my dear."

A meeting of the Reception and Testimonial
Fund Committee was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
Mr. MULES in the chair. The room in which the meeting
was held was densely crowded, and among those present
were Mr. Gore Langton, ILP., Colonel Sykes, N.Y., Dr.
Massie, Mr. Fusiliers Edward', Mr. M. F. Marsden, Dr.
Lester, Mr. Stewart, Mr. liicholay, Mr. Richardson, Hr.
Taylor, bc., &c.
Wore the ordinary business of the meeting commenced,
Mr. RICHARDSON, one of the honorary secretaries, took
oeauion to state that it appeared by a report in the Times
newspaper that a gentleman bearing the same name as
himself had been actin in a manner which was somewhat
antagonistic to the committee which had been formed in
London for the purpose of giving the general a public
reception. He wished it to be publicly stated that the
gentleman alluded to was Captain Richardson, of South.
amp.on, and not the humble individual who now ad-
dressed them. He was glad to state that when he waited
upon Garibaldi yesterday on the part of the committee he
wee received in the warmest manner, and that the general
had expressed his intention to come to London at the earliest
possible period to Umiak the generous hearts of the people
of Great Britain for the honour they had done him. The
general had desired him to state that be was not coming to
our shore' to create any differences of opinion whatever, bat
from the impulse he felt that it was a debt of gratitude he
owed to the people of England to come and thank them for
the cordial sympathy which they had displayed towards
him. (Cheers.)
The Bauman stated that he had received a comma.
cation from Lord l'alrnerston's private secretary, in reply to
an application to receive a deputation, the object of which
was to obtain the permission of the government that the
volunteer force should keep the line of route through
which the procession would psis. The application to his
lordship to evasive a deputation contained the following
resolution :—" At a meeting of the Garibaldi Reception and
Testimocial Fond Committee, held at the London Tavern
on the 29th ult., it wee moved by Mr. Passmore Edwards,
seconded by Mr. Rabat Hartwell, and unanimously
re-
solved, that it is desirable that the route along which the
procession receiving General Garibaldi will par should be
lined by volunteers, and that application be made to the
proper authorities to obtain the neceigary permission." To
this application the noble lord at the head of the govern-
Went returned, through his secretary, the following reply:
—" I am desired by Lord Palmentoe, in reply to your coin-
Wllll/01.1011 of the 30th eh., to say that be will be vary
happy to receive a deputation from the Garibaldi Reception
' Committee, but that he &hall not be able to accede to the
wish expressed in the resolution which you forward, be-
cause it is essential that the volunteers should not assume
a political character, nor become the instruments of political
demonstrations."

Letter, were read from Mr. S. Morley, declining, in
coosequeuce of numerous engagementa, the ofsoe of chair-
man of the committee, but expressing his readiness to be
one of the vice•chairmen ; from Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P.;
Mr. Goseben, M.P.; Mr. W. D. Ewan, M.P. • the Rev.
Newman Hall, Mr. J. Stewart Milk, Mr. Whailey, M.P. ;
Mr. S. Gibbing, Colonel Solway, Sir C. M`Gregor, Mr. IL
B. Sheridan, M.P. ; Mr. A. Brett, Mr. Robert White, and
various other gentlemen, sympathising with the nose, and
most of them eontaioing sulricriptimm in aid of the fund.
A deputation of Polish gentlemen wee then introduced,
who requested permission fora body of Polish sympathisers
about 103 in number, to join in the procession and take part
in the movement. The proposition was put to the meeting
and sordid, but as a matter of form the request was re.
fined to the general purposes committee.

The address which it is proposed to present to Garibaldi
was next submitted to the meeting, and unanimously
adopted.
Various names were then added to the executive body,
and it was determined that a public meeting should be
called at the London Tavern, next Friday, in order to pro-
cure a general expniesion of sympathy in the objects of the
committee.

In reply to a question from the bed of the room,
Mr. RICHAIDBON stated that as Garibaldi had
placed himself entirely In the hoods of the committer, with
reference to the day on which his public entry into Loodcl
should be made, and as it had been intimated that the
larger portion of the working population desired that it
should be on Monday instead of on Saturday, the committee
had determined upon inviting the general to visit the metro.
polo on Moody next Mitred of on Saturday, as it had been
before amused. (Cheers.)

Some main; b'usineis'having been transacted with re-
ference to the addition of names to the executive and the
choice of a chairman, it being proposed to oiler that position
to Mr. Crawford, ILP., or, in the event of his being unable
to accept it, to Mr. Goechen, M.P., the proceediogs termi-
nated with a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Beales for his
able conduct in the chair.

We ere requssied by Colonel Sykes, kLP., who was
obliged to leave early, to state that be had received a coin.
musdeatioo from the Sheffield committee, depreeatiog in the
t = allusions
l neer the adoption of any political in
:iter"Sress, or the raising of subscriptions for any but
beoevolent purposes iii commies with the movement.

RAILWAY ARRANGEMWTS FOR THE SHAKESPEARE
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a on after.

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IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, AMU. 4.
The how, met at 4 o'clock.
LISBURN ELECTION.

Mr. ADAIR brought up the report of the Lisburn
election committee, to the effect that the committee had
adjourned from the 22nd March to the sth April, in copse-
gamma of the illness of Mr. Stirling, one of the members of
that committee.

Mr. ElAzaza, the medical attendant of Mr. Stirling, wan
&lel W th►bar, and deposed that that hon. member was,
in ooneequenas of indisposition, ph3sically incapable of fur-
ther attendance on that committee.

Mr. ADAIR thee, as chairman of the committee, moved
that Mr. Stirling be excused from further attendance.
Mr. HUNT rose to object to the motion. No doubt Mr.
Stirling was incapable of attending on the 22nd March, but
that was no reason why be should be discharged from future
attendance. The real question was whether in eases-
queues of the adjournment which bad taken place the Lis-
burn committee was any longer in existence.
After come discussion, . .

Mr. WALPOLE observed that as the committee stood
adjourned till to-morrow, they had to consider what course
the committee should then take, as well as the imam the
house 'Moult take now. The question was one of great
difficulty, sad be concurred with the Home Secretary that
the matter had better be postponed till the law officers of the
mown were in attendance. The motion consequent upon
the report of the committee had better be deferred till to-
morrow (this day), and the house could then take the whole
subject into its consideration. He apprehended, however,
that the committee had better not meet to-morrow, or they
might get into difficulties, but they had better adjourn at
once and report to the house. (Hear.)
Sir G. GREY moved that the report brought up by the
chairman of the committee be printed and taken into con-
sideration to-morrow, which was agreed to.

which I subsequently made, and I think that this will be
an answer to the imputation whiob I beard in this house,
that that explanation had been dinged from me by the letter
published in the Tina by Signor Marsini. Well, now, I
wish to say a word in reference to what I said on that occa-
sion with regard to Signor Muzini. I said that I knew
him from a long and intimate pathos] relationship to be
incapable of this kind of low and odious criminality which
bad led to this charge, sod I now repeat that statement.
I will say this to the house :—I believe that, at sonic
calmer momenta of the future to which I look, perhaps
some of those who hear me now will cast their memory
bark upon this night, and say, "That man's testimony '
cannot have been worthless, because he has given pledgee"
—es I have—" of the sincerity of his convictions."
(Hear, hear.) Well, now, let me state not at any
great length, but with the greatest frankness, to the house,
the nature of my relationship with Martini, and with the
cause with which his name is associated and to which his
life his beep devoted. I have long been personally and
intimately associated with him. I have long had • very
deep general sympathy with that which has been the ob-
ject. of his life, the unity aod the indepeodenos of Italy.
(Hear, hear.) If lam asked whether I have always agreed
with the methods which have seemed to him wisest from
I time to time to achieve, or to progress towards that end,
I should have to give the answer which may be easily an-
ticipated, that I have sometimes agreed, and at
other times I may have thought that his prac-
tical Mews were lam wise than they were san-
guine. But that is not the question which has been
raised in this case. The speeches of the two French
Proconsurs point distinctly not only to his implication, but
let there be no mistake about the matter, they suggest my
implication, at least so far as some kind of knowledge is
concerned of plots against the life of the sovereign of
France. (Hear, bear.) Now, statements of that kind are to
be met in two ways, general sod specific. I will meet the
statements first generally, but completely and in the most
explicit way. In doing so, I would desire to use the plainest
language that the forma of this house would permit. I
say, then, that every insinuation of that nature is
untrue—(hear, hear)—and I put it to the house—
to those who may care to consider it—to look
into the evidence upon which those speeches
have been based, and to say whether they think that any
honest man could, upon that evidence, have ventured to
oome to the conclusion that such insinuations could be put
forth with any show or pretence of truth. Well, I now
come to specific matters. Without detaining the house too
long, I will deal with certain names, because it seems after
all that the question comes to this—that I must have
known certain persons who were implicated in those criminal
proceedings. Now the first name is Greco. I think I have
already stated to the house that I never beard his name—that
I never knew of his existence, or of the names or
existence of any of his supposed accomplices, until
I saw in the papers, as every other man must have seen,
the account of their arrest. (Hear, hear.) Can anything
be more explicit than that ? Well, then, I will go tack to
.1857—the Tibaldi case. I cannot undertake to say that I
have never seen the man called Tibaldi. lam unconscious
of ever having seen him. I have seen from time to time so
many Italian refugees that I cannot remember all their
names, but I will again say that I never saw Tibeddi in
1857 or at any other time, or any man, who ventured to
come to me to suggest the notion of plot. like this. There
are two other names meetiened in connexion with the affair
of 1857. The name of Ilemearenti is one of thus. I knew
him perfectly welL He was au Italian. and was engaged in
trade in Grenville-street. Hatton-garden, and dealt in maca-
roni and Italian pastes. He has received money from me, but
the only money he received was in the shape of very mode.
rate payments for the goods in which he dealt. (" Hear,
hear," and a laugh.) The other person mentioned was
Campanella, who I believe was coodenined on the occasion
of that trial in 1857. I kaew him well. He was a gentle.
man and a *choler. He was a student, almost a recluse;
and he was a man utterly incapable of soiling his fingers
in dirt of this kind. I know as • fact that, as regards this
gentleman, he had ever expressed his utter contempt of any
attempt. of this description. Two extracts of letters have
been published, of which the house will understand that
if they be genuine I am prepared to take the
whole responsibility that may attach to them. I do
not know that it is possible either for me, or for any one
connected with me, to say whether they are genuine or not,
but I say there is nothing in them which 1 have the slightest
desire to deny. As far as I can judge they may be geosine
extracts of letters which have come into the possession of
the French police. What does the first extract prove!
Nothing except the relationship of personal friendship which
I have acknowledged has existed, and long existed, between
me and Signor Martini. What does the wound extract
say It states that a remittance has been received and will
be applied according to instructions. The house must no-
derstand that this is said not to be a court of justice,
but it is at least a court of honour. We
speak hens upon our honour, and will the house believe ma,
then, when I say that I am utterly unable, and that those
connected with me by family ties are equally unable, to
imagine or to recollect to what this passage may allude.
But this I am able to say, that it did not refer, because it
could not refer (for that would imply knowledge) to any-
thing which would not bear the test of the closest exami-
nation ; and that so far as I an judge, upon my honour and
conscience, I believe it must have referred either to some
mere private transaction, or to the distribution of some
moderate and poor sum of money for a charitable purpose.
Well, I trust I have made an explanation which will not
be deemed unsatisfactory by the house. (Hear.) I have only
to add that if any doubts still remain in the minds of any
boo. members, I am not only ready, but I invite them to
give expression to those doubts, and to enable me at once
completely to satisfy them and to answer any questions that
they may have to put to me. Meanwhile I leave this
question, and throw myself upon the house, and I may add
upon my countrymen, with reference to a matter involving
that which is every man's dearest inheritance, ea un.
blemished character ands fair name. (Cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, my boo. friend reminded
the house that on a former occasion, when be tendered his re-
signation, I declined to accept it, sod asked him to continue
in office. Upon the present occasion, as my hon. friend
stated, he bas left me no option. I can only say that lam
convinced that the motives which led my boo. friend to
take that peremptory decision were highly honourable to
him. (Hear, hear.) I have no doubt that he thought,
having such an explanation to make as he has now made,
and which lam persuaded the house will think perfectly
sod mainly satisfactory—(hear, bear)—that the explana-
tion would come from him with a better grace and with
more effect while holding an independent position thin if
he made it from the bench on which we now sit. (Hear,
hear.) I can now only express the great regret which
I and my colleagues feel at bowleg lost the
official aanst•oce of a man whose great ability,
whose untiring industry, whose perfect truthfulness, and
whose unswerving integrity of mind endeared him to all
those who had the advantage of his friendship, and which
made him a most valuable member of the government to
which be belonged. (Hear, hear.) With regard to those
insinuations and aspersions La which he bas referral, I can
only say that, with him, I repudiate them with disdain.
(Hear, hear.) I am firmly convinced, and lam sure all
those who know my bon. friend must be equally convinced,
that any charge of implication in these bus moceediup—
which charge, I think, has been basely thrown out against
him—is altogether unsupported by proof, and is utterly
devoid of foundation. I will not go into details, but
I will say that I am convinced my hos. friend
attaches the same value to the welfare and personal safety
of that sovereign who reigns over the empire of Frsoce
which any man in this house sttachee—(hear, hear)—and
that he is as sensible as we are that that great sovereign has
on many great and important occasions proved himself to
be the true friend and faithful ally of this country—(cheers)
—and that we all feel that his personal security and dynas-
tic welfare are not only of the utmost value to the loyal and
attached people he governs, but are equally essential to the
general interests* of Europe. (Load cheers.)
The motion for the adjournment of the house was then
withdrawn, and the subject dropped.

embracing, among other topic*, the 'tete of the effective
list of the navy, the octillion of the gleam reserve, the
actual strength of the iron•plated navy of France, the policy
of employing upon a larger scale private yards in the con-
struction of ships of war, the comparative merits of the
royal and private dockyards, and the question whether
we were to rely upon armour-plated vessels alone,
or whether wooden ships were to form a part of our navy.
Upon these nutter explanations were given by Lord C.
PAGET, who stated the number of ships proposed to be built
in the course of the year (contingent upon what might be
doing by other nations), and that wooden ships could not
be entirely done away with.
The vote was ultimately agreed to.
The following votes were likewise agreed to, after dis-
mission :

662,2121. for steam machinery in the department of the
Comptroller of the Navy.
64,350/. for medicine and medical storm.
102,3201. for miscellanetts services.
697,7901. for half•pay and retirement to officers.
490,2011. for military pensions and allowances.
193.9641. for civil pension* and allowances.
314,2301. for army department (conveyance of troops).
The resolutions were ordered to be reported.
UNION RELIEF AID ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL
This bill passed through committmu
The house adjourned at a quarter past 10 o'clock.