The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

GARIBALDI AND THE VOLUNTEER
MOVEMRNT.

At a dinner at Beaufort-house, Walham-green,
on Friday evening, in connexion with a drill competition
amongst the South Middlesex Rifles, Colonel SlNlonno, in
replying to the toast of the " Winners of Great Britain,"
said it had been his good fortune to have the opportunity
of paying a visit to that great character who had recently
visited this country. (Load cheers.) He, of course, kepi
they were aware by that cheer that he alluded to General
Garibaldi. (Renewed cheers.) The object for which he
(Colonel M'Murdo) sought that interview wio, in the first
place, to glean his opinion of the English volunteer move-
ment, and to ascertain, from his practical experience, how
• volunteer force was likely to act on the field, and in
the face of an enemy, as, although he knew the pluck and
the spirit which animated the British volunteers, he had
sever seen them in this position. With regard to the first
pond, he (Colonel M'Murdo) was much struck with what
the gallant veteran said. Garibaldi axclsimed, when asked '
his opinion of the English volunteer movement, "Oh. what '
a glorious, what • happy country this is, which can tied its '
citizens to stand out boldly as they do as volunteers for the
defence of the nation ; and what • noble constitution mast
you poems, when the government have the courage to sew-
tioo and the people to claim and to poems such • great sad
gloriosa inatitatios as your English volunteers. (Chews.) I
would to God that the same sentiments and the
same feeling would animate the government and
of my own beloved cotuitry." (litimewed cheirieLsj
people
M'Murdo) then explained to the
some of the points of the constitution of the volun-
teer form of this country, and informed him that
although he (the gallant colonel) had frequently seen and
knew the valour of our regular troops in the field before an
enemy, still that be had sever seen volusteers is such a
position, and desired to ask him how he bad found them is
such a potation with regard to discipline. (Hear, hear.) He
replied that be found any difficulty cia that score. If
the men found they had a bad or disorderly character
amongst them, one who disobeyed orders, or who was
prime to pilfering, or any misdeeds, they dealt with him,
sad he was at once ealled. (Hear, hear.) He (Colonel
lilt ord.) then asked him what he did when he found
himself is the presence of the royal army of Naples with his
volunteers, no doubt disciplined troops—did be wait for
their attack. or himself take the offensive! Gambrel Gari-
baldi replied that he always took the offensive. He
always found suoiess attended him in making the attack
himself, and not waiting for it. (Hear, hear.) When he
landed on the coast of Sicily with his thousand men the
were nearly all raw recruits and badly armed, sod though
they were crying out for drill, be found he had no time for
that, bat pmilied as, and the first encounter they had was
with Bavarian and Swiss regiments. all the orders he
nave to his volunteers were not to fire at long distances,
but to wait, whatever the consequelose might be, till
they were pretty close to the enemy, so as to make good
their aim. On cousins in front of these Bavarian and Swiss
regiments his orders were rigidly obeyed, until he gave the
word to fire, and when he heard the irregular "tick, tick,
tick," all down his ranks, be was so fully coneireed tint
with inch a bring they could sot mastitis their ground,
that be at once gave the order for the advance and the use
of the bayoost. His Geribaldians rushed upon the enemy
with load " vivas," and scattered the disciplined soldiers of
Naples in all directions. (Loud applause.) U ewe could
be done with those raw recruits without drin, sad with the
bad arms the volunteers which Garibaldi had under his
command had, M (Colonel M'Murdo) begged to say, without
may flattery, that with their excellent arms, their efficiency
in drill, and with their spirit and courap, in the havdsof the
volunteers of Greg Britain, this country was perfectly ads
hem may attempted isvasion, let it come from whatever
quarter it would. (Load and continued cheering, amidst
which the pliant colonel resumed his seat.)

3INTLEBZIE'S FUNTAAL PROCISSION. The
fueeral procession to coats; the body of MayerbUr to the
Northers Railway terminus took piece in Paris oc Friday
agreeably to onangemeet. The cortege left the Roe Moo-
taigas at sae o'clock. The keens, whisk was richly deco-
rated, we. draws by six bones. The °owls of the pill were
hold by M. Auber, Director of the Conservatoire ; Marshal
Magus ; Bushel Faillant, Minister of the Emperor's
household ; and the Count de Oohs the Prairies Ambas-
sador. The chief mourner wasL Jules Bur, nephew of
the decreed. Deputations from the Institute, the Cur
servataire, the Opera, the Open-Oomique, the Committee of
Dramatic Authors and °octoroon, and of the Association
ofBosh! sad Drunatee Artiste, followed in the meter.
Military boomers were metered by four compuim of the
National Guard. The prommion was cloned by 14 111011111*
Mg coaches. Along the distant" from the Champs.
Fannie to the esilway three military bends performed
been' mamba At the terrainus, which we. very bud-
poesely fitted up for the occesion„
by IL de Saiet Gorges, pessidest of the Society of Dramatis
Authors ; M. Beale, member of the luoitate ; M. Penis,
director of the Opera ; Baru Taylor ; M. Blass ; M.
Thiophila Cattier, and others. A spacial trete eannyed
the body to Berlin.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(111011 OUR OW

PARIS, BUNDLT EVINIIIO.

The fete of the Imperial Prince's charity has
turned out a very pretty thing, and it was some-
Ithing quite novel. The programme was not very
istrielly observed. There were not so many Poli-
chinelle theatres as had been announced, and I
looked all over the Tuileries gardens in vain fora I
single one of the 150 intinerant marchands dc coco
and 150 cake sellers who were to distribute drinks
and delicacies (gratis) to the juvenile visitors. But
there were some very good military bands, some
attractive tight rope dancing, and some animated
Gala d'enfane, in which many grown-up people joined.
The fete was decidely a popular one, and I
am unable to reconcile the difficulty which I
myself and everybody that I know found in getting
tickets with the bourgeois character of the majority
of the company. I suppose that the great court
ladies who took tickets gave them away in great
numbers, for the generality of the toilets, both of
the grown people and children, were certainly not
those of people likely to pay sfr. 20c. for admit-
tame. The vast arena of the Tuileries gardens
was thronged with people, all of whom were sup-
posed to have paid the above admission fee. Of
course there was no inconvenient crowd, because
the place ie so large that even on the Napoleonffte
day, when people go in for nothing, there is room
for all comers. The Imperial Prince, although I
did not happen to see him, no doubt did
the honours of the fete to his young friends. I
notised a crowd round the front door of the
Tuileries waiting to see him go in and out. It was
part.of the scheme of the fete that refreshments
for everybody were to be included in the price of the
name. ticket. As to the way in which this pro-
ject was carried out, I can only describe what I
saw. Having some young people under my charge,
I had more than a personal interest in this ques-
tion; and after looking in vain, as above stated, for
the itinerant vendors, I at length found a perma-
nent buffet, which stood in their stead. This buffet
was a vast expanse of tables covered with i
white damask, extending all the way from
the Palace of the Tuileries to the top of the Rue
Rivdli near the Place de la Concorde. But what
painfully struck the eye of my young friends was
that at the hour when we approached them they
were utterly bare of anything eatable. A servant
in the imperial livery told us pathetically that all
the cakes had been " carried at the first assault,"
but teat there was plenty of wins left. There
were, in point of fact, casks of very wholesome vie
ordimaire. which seemed never to fail, and
everybody who asked got as much of it as they
liked without demur or delay. The produce of
the fife to the charity must be considerable.
The terraces surrounding the gardens were
densely crowded by the public, curious to see
the children and bear the music. This day will
doubtless answer one of the main purposes of the
promoters of the festival—that of popularising the
Imperial Prince with the rising generation.
It is extraordinary that the rumour of the pre-
sence in Paris of Lords Clarendon and Granville
still continuer, without any positive announcement
of such an interesting fact being made in any of the
semi-official papers. I have heard it stated posi-
tively that both these noble lords were seen at the
Lorigchanips races to-day.
Count de Goa; the Prussian Ambassador, has
11 left Paris to meet his sovereign at Coblenta on
Monday next, when his Majesty will attend the
inauguration of a new bridge.

.At the Assize Court of the Charente on May 3,
a priest named Areal, formerly cur 4 of St. Laurent
des Combea, canton of Montmoreau (Charente),
was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour
for life for a rape upon a child under 15. The trial
was oonducted with closed doors.

The Court of Caseation bas quashed the judgment
of the Court of Aix in the Armand case, ea being
in conflict with the verdict of the jury. This
important decision wee oome to against the opinion
of the Advocate-General Charnies, who argued that

although the Aix judgment might be open to cen-
sure, yet that upon the face of it it was a legal one.
Maurice Roux's demand for damages will now be
tried before a civil court.

ElLEtwot-Hourruir.—llte members of the Lon-
don branch of the German Natiooal•Versin held their
monthly mestiog in Flashary.square on Saturday bat. The
chair was taken by Dr. G. Kinkel. Ths followin Mag.
ties was voted -" Is oassideration of the fact that a toe-
fames composed of wives of GRIMM and fainsiga
powers are sioembiod Loodon to decide the future destiny
of the Duchies of Sieswig-Holatole, the German National.
Vereio is Losdoe invites all German residents in Englatid
to a public meeting at Slides holed, Fiasbary.equare, es
Wednesday, May 11th. at 8.30 p.m., is ardor to dames the
pressed state of the Skowkg-liolatais questies and to vote
reeelatioas to repress their opiaiou puHicly."
ROYAL OSTROPCSDIC HOSPITAL, OXFORD-EITRIZT.
—The Right Hon. the Karl of Hardwick. has kiadly con-
gested to presides* the Seltb anniversary festival of this
excellent charity, estabbabied for the treataisut of club-foot,
wird and other deformities, at the Freemasons' Hall, on
Thursday, 19th last. No lens tkaa 31,000 meow have re-
ceived its valuable beeidits, aid 1,900 are sow wider treat-
ment, while 120 woe asses waiting for admissica, but
cannot be received for west of funds. It is hoped that
public aid will be forthcoming, in order to allow of the ex-
tension of its essfulaas, and to redoes the heavy mortgage
dole whist' is so servendy fest.

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LONDON Summit. Haws, fliritirize-Traaoce,
Norma-Rm.—The Bishop of Bath and Wells has
commented to preside at, the annual festival is aid of the
kale of this very excelleat institution, which is to
Wee pins at St. Jamul's-hall oa Thursday nut, 12th in t.
Tim tars MAJOR BNABAZON. ' Argun," of
the Post, mays of this well-known turf celebrity, who died
eaTuesday, at Ids seat, Brahman Park, la the county of
Mayo :—" Occupying so prominent a polities in She mils
world fee wiwanis of thirty yews, Major &abeam%
decease moat not pm away widsost some Wing mica
The major, who was of a good Irish family. served fee
many years in the 15th Bums, and on ho retirement
became owe of the heaviest gentlemen betters on the Derby
and other great rwes, Weeding, with wonderful aramess.
enormous sum against favourites, sod sticking to the Said
with all the tease:ill of the old school. By his operations
t
he realised an am fortune, and urchased the estate is
Mayo, where he ied. la hie • no man was more
uptight than the ma• , and alna his kern sense of
boriour at times him irrita when he discovered
he had Dot hem treated tabby by others, the awry feeling
was soon abated, and he always readily listened to any I
equitable rsopciatioa for a miasmal. Foe knock.
lag oat favourites he had at one time a deadly
repaint:so, and when he watt in to finish them they
rawly recovered. The murder in China of hie sou, lipids
Brahman, we of the most promising artillery alien of
the day, was an awful blow to his Imlay, and from the
moment he heard th. sews be was as altered man. For a
moment he was crumbed to the ground ; but as was as he
could tilled hi energiestoptber, although he was 10
year. of op, In the dasuiva hope that the report el his
soles murder might be maw, all started far Obis, sad
Wired a reward of 10.0001. for him. 11s is now well knom,
be veturaed home without wow" sad from that dam he
was evidently a stricken man. To add to his misfortunes,
le crowing Osfordatreet, woe after arriving in
he ma Mocked down by aa emailina sad so injeMaidiat
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