The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.

Yesterday evening the Worshipful Company of
Fishmongers gave a splendid banquet to General
Garibaldi, on the occasion of presenting him with
the honorary freedom of the company. As on all
former occasions when the General appeared in
public the streets were crowded all along the line
of his progress, and the company assembled within
the hall itself was more numerous and brilliant
than on any former occasion. Amongst the com-
pany who accepted invitations to meet the General
were :

The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the Duke sad Duchene of Argyll, the Furl
and Countess of Shaftesbury, Viee•Chaooellor Sir W. Page

Wood and Lady Wood, Sir Rowland and Lady Hill, Lady
Fastbope ; Sir S. M. Peto, Bart, M.P., and Lady Pato ; the
Dean of Ripon, Hine Cast, and Mrs. Goode ; Colonel and
lire. Chambers, Colonel Eleey ; Mr. Charles Seely, M.P.,
and Mrs. Seely ; Major Snell, Captain Forbes, R.N., Cap-
tain Robert and Mrs. Richardson, Alderman and Miss Law.
ream, Mr. C. C. Trevor and Mrs. Trevor; Mr., Mrs., and
Mies Wykeham Martin ; Mr. end Mrs. D. Loveless, Mr. and
Mn. Harvey Lewis, Mr. J. J. Tweed, Mr. Barnet,
Mr. S. Olding, the Chairman of the Union Society, Mr. and
Mrs. P. Northail Laurie, Mr. F. Leighton, R. A., Captain
Grant ; Mr. Fenton, deputy chairman of the Great Western
Railway Company ; Mr. R. G. Underdown,
At the dinner the chair was taken by the Prime
Warden, J. Weston, Esq., and on his right hand
sat General Garibaldi ; on the left sat the
Duchess of Sutherland ; and at the Prime Warden's
table were the Duchess of Argyll, the Duchess
Dowager of Sutherland, the Countess of Shaftesbury,
and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The dinner dfa Rum,
provided by Messrs. Ring and Burner, was of the
most magnificent description, and included the
rarest delicacies of the season. The band of the
Grenadier Guards played in the vestibule. Mr.
Harker officiated as toastmaster.

On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts
were given, and when proposing the health of the
Queen, the Prime Warden said :

This which is sometimes oiled a formal toast ia riot
such in Fishmonger'-hall, but is the expression of devoted
loyahy to her Majesty, and added that he was convinced
that the manta, will willingly submit to any deprivation
rhoossoory for the restoration and preservation of her Ma-
juity'khrialth—eo invaluable to this nation.

When propoeing the health of General Garibaldi,
the PRIME, ARDEN said:

It wee not desired to make the meetiog one of political
deroonstastion, or to indicate or draw forth any expression
of opinion upon the questions affecting Italy. It was wished
to be an occaaion of evincing unanimous appreciation of the
high qualities of General Garibaldi and admiration of his
character ea • hero, • patriot, and a roost distinguished
friend of liberty. (Load cheers.)

The Prime Warden, in continuation, mentioned
as =additional claim which General Garibaldi had
on the gratitude of Englishmen, that when he
(Garibaldi) was dictator in Naples, one of his first
acts was to give a piece of ground for the erection
of an English protestant church, the value of
which ground was at least 2,0001. (Loud cheers.)
General Garibaldi rose to respond to the toast,
and was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheer-
ing. He said :

I am here to give my thanka to the noble Fishmongers'
Company, and to all the noble ladies and members present,
for drinking my health. In the small act of mine at Naples
to which the Prime Warden has alluded I only gave a
small proof of my gratitude to the English nation. lam
proud and happy now to make a personal acquaintance with
the people of that nation ; and I pray you to
accompany me in drinking prosperity and sumer
to that nation, more particularly on amount of
the sympathy which its people have always showed
my country. (Loud cheers.) I propose the health of Eog-
land, the freest country in the world, and that which sets
an example of the value of freedom to all the world.
(Loud cheers.)

The Pima W.tauit.x then gave " The Honorary
Members," joining with the toast the name of the
Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Earl of SHATIIIIIIGRY, in returning thanks,
said that the Prime Warden had very properly
ordained that short speeches were to be the order
of the evening. His lordship then proceeded to
return thanks for the honorary members, and passed
a warm eulogium on the guest of the evening.
Few Englishmen, he said/ could speak of that man
without the deepest emotion—a man who seemed to
represent in his own person all the beat qualities of
human nature. In the language of Scripture, it'
might be said of Garibaldi that, " his heart was as
large as the sands of the sea." He (Lord Shaftes-
bury) was glad to have been permitted that oppor-
tunity of testifying his opinion as to the character
of Garibaldi. (Hear, hear.)
General GARIBALDI then gave "The Prime
Warden and Members of the Fishmongers' Coni-

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'tiny," which having been duly botoured, the
la lies retired to the tea room, sad the remitting'
toasts were disposed of.
Immediately afterwards the company adjoined
to the reception room, where Garibaldi having
taken his seat, the whole of the large company were
presented, as at the royal levees, and this core-
monial over the General returned to the grand ball,
when his freedom was formally presented and the
following resolution read :
dt a geeeral court of assistants, holds, at Fiehmmtgers'
Hall, on Thursday, the 14th of April. 1864 :—Resolved
usanimonsly, " That the honorary freedom of this company
be offered to Geaeral Garibaldi in testimony of the court's
appreciation of his exalted patriotism, his dintingnisbed
valour, sad his *misses services is the cause of civil sad
religions liberty. That • copy of this resolution be pee.
seated to the General, enclosed in a gold box of the value of
ass handnd guineas."
The Prime Warden,. in presenting the freedom in
a massive gold box, briefly recapitulated the history
of the company, which, lie said, had existed for up-
wards of WO years, and bad been established for a
purpose with which the General must sympathise,
namely, the protection of the oppressed.
The resolution having been placed in the box the
latter was presented to General Garibaldi, who
signed the burgess roll, and shortly afterwards left
the hall. The evening's entertainment terminated
with dancing.

DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI FROM EqGLA..ND.

A special meeting of the Working Men's Recep-
tion Committee warn held last night at the Whittington
Club, Mr. R. Grey, mama, is the chair, to consider the
final deciaioa of General Garibaldi m to leaving Euglead.
About 100 delegates were present, sad Messrs. Phenol,
Nieholay, Sheen. Morris, and Taylor atteededas a &pita-
tioa from the City committee. Mr. Taylor, one of the
members of the deputation, reported the reply of Garibaldi
to the deputation, as follows :
"Princes-gate, Kensington, April 21, 1864.—Dear
Friends,—Pray accept my heartfelt thanks for your eyes.
patty and affection. I shall be happy to see you again en •
better oocaeioo, when it will be possible for me to enjoy at
imams the hospitality of your noble country. For the
present I feel Witted to leave England. Again and again
my gratitude to you all.—G. GARIBALDI. To J. Richardson,
He stated that a strong resolution of indignation had been
adopted by the City committeson the receipt of that letter ;
considering that he had said in the letter " obliged " wee a
convincing proof that undue Immure bad bees
used on the General to hurry his departure.
The City Committee were prepared to co-operate with
the Working Men's Committee in any action they might
take upon the matter. After considerable discnasios, in the
course of which meth indignation was expressed at the
course taken b some person or persons in nosing the Gs-
ueral to leave the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted :—Proposed by Mr. Potter, seconded by Mr.
Graisinith, "That this committee has ascertained that
General Garibaldi is in very good health, and that the came
of his intended departure is not illness, but preemie
cised on him by members sod adherents of the government,
and especially by Mr. Gladstone." Proposed by Mr. Trim-
lett, and seconded by Mr. Petheridee, "That this calm
' mitten looks on the attempt of the governing classes
Ito expel an illustrious guest of the nation as a
scandal to this country, and a violation of all the
principles of freedom ; and it repudiates any such cid-
ble subservience to royal dictation at home or abroad."
by Mr. Vistas, seconded by Mr. Mildred, "That
this committee resolves on °Twining a series of publie
demonstrations to express the indignation of the workiag
men of London at this ir.stilt offered to their groat repre-
sentative." Proposed by Mr. Potter, and seconded by Mr.
Trimlett, " That the first public meeting be held on Prim-
new bill on Saturday afternoon next, at 5 o'clock." Pro-
posed by Mr. Cromer, and seconded by Mr. Odgers, " That
this committee put itself into communication with all
working men's societies in this metropolis and in the pro.
vines. " A deputation was then appoiuted to carry a copy
of the resolutions to Mr. Gladstone at the House of Com-
mons, and copies were also sent off to Mr. Seely, M.P., and
to General Garibaldi. The meeting then adjourned.

The Duke of Sutherland's yacht, which is to
convey back General Garibaldi and suite to Captors, arrived
at Plymouth end proceeded to the Greet Western Docks,
yesterday. The railway authorities at that port are
making preparations for the reception of the General.
The Lord Mayor received a telegram, yesterday,
from Palermo, sigued Albanese, from the University youths
in Palermo, tendering their grateful thanks for the *Win-
siartic reception given to General Garibaldi in the City of
London.

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GLRIBALDI ON umi BLAHS OF THE SZSPIUTTINZ.—
Yeaterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, Garibaldi
wag permitted to enjoy a quiet half-hour, on the banks of
the Serpentine, where be met Colonel Hugh Forbes, an old
comrade in arms, and Mr. Edward Myers, civil engineer, for
the purpose of inspecting their model of a steamboat
furnished with the newly invented propelling apparatus
patented by them. Not more than a dozen or twenty per-
sons, who had mostly been invited to witness the experi-
ment, were assembled around the Humane Society's Boat-
house while the General was there, end they simply recog-
nised his presence by a courteous salutation as he passed.
The invention—in which he seemed to take very great
intereet, handling all parts of the machinery, sod patting
many questions to its conductors—is simple, and promises
to be efficient. By this apparatus, cementing of a long tube
open to the water both fore and aft, which traverses the
bottom of the vessel almost from stem to stern, with an
engine amidships to suck the water into the tube at one
end and discharge it at the other, the boat is made to
pull and push herself swiftly along. The little model shown
to Garibaldi is of copper, seven feet in length, tonnage,
three cwt, with a miniature steam-engine, worked by the
flame of a spirit lamp. She made an exceedingly good rate
of speed alum the Serpentine, though under great died-
vantages, having a propelling apparatus made for a smaller
model, and only one-third the air. that it should have been
in proportion to this boat, while there was a hogs dead
weight in the inordinate size of the boiler, • weight, when
fall of water, exceeding sixty pounds. The inventors of
this method of propulsion believe that it will surpass every
other in speed and demolition. It seems to secure a groat
economy of power, and Garibaldi, for one, expressed his
high opinion of its merits. It is obvious that a steam nasal
of this kind must be safer from many accidents than a
paddle-wheel or screw steamer, which is often liable to be
fouled.