The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

GARIBALDI AhD HIS GLASGOW

SYMPATHISERS.

Mr. William Govan, chairman of a public meet-
ing held in Glasgow in November last, has received the
following communication from General Garibaldi :
Dear Sir,—l wish to express my gratitude to you
and your fellow-citizens for the admirable reso-
lutions which you so unanimously passed at the
great assembly recently held in your ancient city to
express sympathy with the cause of Italian nationality,
grievously wounded by the arbitrary invasion of Rome at
the command of Buonaparte, while the people of Paris
made collections in aid of the wounded Italian vo-
lunteers. Most willingly would I advocate peace
in every part of the earth, and no one can
more strongly deprecate any appeal to physical
forte in nations which, like your own, have ample means
of obtaining all legitimate reforms by moral force alone.
But would peace be possible in Scotland if Edinburgh were
in the hands of strangers?—in Great Britain, if London's
citizens were aroused from their slumbers some morning to
discover au Imperial fleet in the Thames and an Imperial
army in their streets, even though they might be assured
that the flag was hoisted "in the name of peace, order,
conciliation, and true liberty?" The answer which you
would instantly make to the last loan of your free land
will be, I trust, ere long the response made by the entire
Italian people. From Glasgow I have received on all occa-
sions both material and moral support, and I entreat of
you to continue your sympathy and your aid towards my
unhappy country, and for which you may rely upon its
eternal gratitude.—Yours truly, and for life,
Caprera, Nov. 7. G. GARIBALDI.

The chairman of the Orange Association of Glasgow has
received the following :

Dear Sir,—l have perused with pleasure the re-
port of the meeting of your society recently held in
Glasgow, which you have kindly forwarded to me. I have
read with the greatest interest that splendid portion of
the history of your country to which the Orange Associa-
tion owes its birth—l allude to the glorious revolution of
1688, when your great leader William of Orange chased
from the land a papist king who was faithless to his trust
SS guardian of your faith and liberty, and established
the present protestant dynasty on the throne of Great
Britain. Well may I hope for sympathy from the people
for whose liberties Bruce fought and Wallace died, and
from whose happy land the wisdom of a Knox expelled at
once superstition and her offspring atheism. At the present
moment, Rome, the capital of my country, is as you know
placed under the authority of the Pope, by the intervention
of a foreign power. You will be told that his rule is mild,
that the people are contented, and that it has ever been
so. Now, if this be true, how is it that they who claim
to be the representatives of Christ upon earth—of Him
who said, " Aly kingdom is not of this world"—have since
the commencement of the temporal power requested
French intervention sixteen times, German intervention
fifteen times, Austrian intervention seven times, and
Spanish intervention three times ? From these facts you
will see that the Popes have never hesitated to call in
foreign aid to defend their tottering thrones from the well-
merited indignation of the Roman people, and it is to
enable me to rescue the ancient capital of the world from
the incubus of ignorance and superstition which at present
oppresses it, and so to unite the heart to the body of Italy,
that I solicit both your moral and material support, and
beg of you to rely on the gratitude of an oppressed people.
—Yours truly, for life, G. GARIBALDI.
Caprera, Nov. 7.

The needle-gun now definitely adopted by the
Russian War-office is of the Prussian pattern, but the
needle being somewhat shorter and thicker the rapidity
of the firing is said to be slightly increased. If Russian
accounts are trustworthy, an ordinary soldier will easily
accomplish eight discharges in ► minute, while a skilled
hand is stated to have no difficulty in reaching up to 14.
There are not many new rifles being made, the old ones
admitting of adaptation.

The German Charioari has just published a
caricature which proves that Germans have not much con.
fidence in the results of the conference for the pin pose of
settling the Roman question. A fisherman, standing by
the river-side, holds at the end of his line a fly called
Congress ; all tLe small fry leap out of the water to catch
the bait, but all the big Bah swim away, looking with
sovereign contempt on their lesser brethren for allowing
themselves to be caught.

Yesterday evening, Mr. Otway, M.P., addressed
a crowded meeting of his constituents in the Lecture Hall,
Chatham. The chair wu filled by Mr. Vincent Hills,
Mayor of Chatham. A Tote of confidence having been ac-
corded to Mr.Otway, and a vote of thanks given to the
mayor for presiding, the proceedings terminated.

SHOCKING MITRDEit OF A WOMAN AT BIRKEN-
ttrAn.—A murder of a most frightful nature took place at
Birkenhead, about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, the
victim of the outrage being a widow named Ellen Gaily,
who had for some time past been cohabiting with • dock
labourer named James Sherry, while the murderer is also •
labourer, named Peter Curtis. It appears that Curtis and
Sherry bad been drinking together on Saturday, quarrelled
over their cups, and had • tight in the street, bat were
separated and sent home by the police. Both men lived
in the same street, St. Anne, Curtis residing with his
mother and Sherry occupying • room at No. d 2, with Mrs.
Gaily. Curtis went to his mother's, but did not remain
there long. After coming out ho went straight to where
Sherry lodged, gained admittance, and the quarrel was
resumed. A few blows had only been exchanged when on
Mrs. Gaily endeavouring to separate the men, Curtis drew
a knife, and after inflicting • severe wound on Sherryjsent
the weapon through the woman's neck, dividing the main
artery, and causing instant death. The murderer then
ran away home, where be was soon afterwards taken into
custody. On being searched at the station a large pocket
knife, covered with blood, was found upon him. The
prisoner, who is a powerful looking fellow, was yesterday
charged before the Birkenhead stipendiary magistrate
with murdering Ellen Gaily. He was remanded for seven
days. An inquest was opened yesterday on the body of
the murdered woman. The inquiry was adjourned till
Thursday next, at 12 o'clock.
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE Hrr.ZTING FIELD.—Ye•-
terday forenoon the Brighton harriers met at the fourth
milestone from Brighton on the London road. The hunt-
ing took the field in the direction of Pangdean, and
during a halt near that village, Mr. H. P. Tamplin, of
Brighton, who was taking part in the sport, got off his
horse and was conversing with one of the whips and other
bystander,. Whilst criticiailig2thorse standing near, Mr.