The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

VISIT TO GARIBALDL

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PLORKNCE, Sierr. 27

Having yesterday afternoon escorted two ladies
in a visit it was arranged they should pay to
General Garibaldi, it is with pleasure that I can
report favourably of the state of his health. His
" wound of 1862," the general told us, had, to-
wards the close of the campaign, broken out again,
and given him some inconvenience ; but otherwise
he was in all respects well. In the face he looked
not only quite as young, but stouter and stronger
than when he was in London. His reception of the
ladies was charming—sweetly setting aside their
apologies for the intrusion, and simply substituting
assurances that he accepted their visit as a great
compliment ; in short, he put us completely at
ease in two minutes, and the conversation flowed
naturally and urnetrainedly as if it had been the
renewal of acquaintance of old friends. He referred
to his visit to London with great satisfaction, and
expressed a wish to repeat it ; and on our telling
him that we were en route to Venice, and hoped to
see it free, he had never, he said, been there. He
had received photographs of the late President
Lincoln and Generals Grant and Sherman, which
he showed us with pleasure, speaking of the two
latter as great soldiers. I referred to the justice
of his provisions in the American contest, and in
the course of a short conversation on it he ex-
pressed great regret that English " society " had
associated itself with the wrong side, and an
opinion that much mischief had ensued from its
mistake. He seemed to be aware that different
and better views of the struggle had prevailed in
the north of England, and amongst the operatives
generally, and the mention of that part of
England lead him to indulge in a pleasant
recollection of Newcastle-on-Tyne. His refer-
ence to his friends in England was full of
kindliness. Our visit, I need nut add, delighted
the ladies, and left me with still more favourably
impressions of the simplicity, truthfulness, and
vigour of Garibaldi's character.
Ho is residing in a modest apartment uu deuxieme
near the Porta Romans, attended by his younger
son and a secretary, and a few volunteers hanging
about the door of the house. The volunteers were
disbanded yesterday, the various regiments having
been previously reduced to little more than akele-
, tons.

VENICII, Simr. 25.
To say that we live in expectation is not enough,
since our normal condition for some time past has
been that of expecting the Austrians to go and the
Italians to come. We have now a special expecta-
tion, which is, that we shall presently hear a
salute of twenty-one guns in honour of the signing
of peace. Venice quivers with impatience, and is
ready at any moment to give such a shout as her
old marble palaces have not heard for well nigh
twenty years—not since the people struggled in
vein against Austria, when half Europe was
struggling and shouting. Venetians have been much
tantalized during this month of September, the
happy day to which everyone looks forward seems
no nearer than it did a week ago. Armed police-
men go their rounds as usual, or rather more
sternly than usual, for they are supported by de.
taehmenta of Austrian soldiers. The black and
yellow standard at St. Mark's is carefully guarded by
his Imperial Majesty's white-coated infantry, and
the field-pieces which command the Piazzetta are
watched over by his brown-coated gunners. Any
attempt to hoist the tricolor on a small scale, or to
publish King Victor Emmanuel's name in out of the
way, placards, is strictly forbidden. I spoke of such
attempts in my last letter, and mentioned the exercise
which they afforded to Austrian policemen. There
was danger of a conflict between the people and the
authorities, insomuch that General Aleruann, the -
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military governor of Venice, issued a proclama-
tion warning the people to keep quiet, for that his THE " PARISIANS IN LONDON."—A Paris cor-
respondent
erefswtendtelLt ofti a coaneterdpohrary wrintesi-m—" The great event
soldiers were instructed to use their weapons,
needful, with the utmost vigour. But no conflict Parisiens a Lendres,"perforaimed at :he rortetwirkr the
The excitement
.ocf was tremendous, and the price of stalls
came. General Alemann had coupled with hisran Boresaiwueereof put upfi
warning an assurance of the ultimate cession of to auction, , nail attair..'neadidtheevt.enstB°frr.di
Venice to VictorEuunanuel, and the National Guard the ticket office was open at half-past 73, and precisely at
Int:rent:2: rose and
discussing their
Glrocim;nneau family
had been placed on duty for one night at the city
guard-houses. Here was something which soothed to London. parloure
second scenegreprese li'itaws the nitifogn ad
t let
Northern line, she third the rush to secure a place in the
public feeling more than the otlicial announcement carriage, the fourthrtheef patlidengt throughll a tunnel
that Victor Emmanuel would be King. Citizens railway
Zs consequent
comesi the steamboat and the landeviagveinentle
trusted with power, however slight, allowed tok England.
occupy guard-houses, albeit they were unarmed, at night, and anii:lnichi"' pursuing
the a atiahrelicretPasariethfieeipt, walk
et
and in plain clothes ! Surely the change could not and, scandalised by certain details of London customsrow soil
habits,m thencee runceell tilCremorne. Gretna Green, Syden-
be far off when such wonders were seen. I hear itye
fourteenth
fuotrtrlctithedeseitrzyt otfbevarimomust
whispered that Venetian thieves and blackguards tableaux, of which Railway
generally were more troubled in mind on the one marvellous.
l It opens by a procession of 500 persons be-
night when citizens did duty than for many a night Netnfototheevfmrymneanteieoneautledtyer tanhedsuenienszlurceretitigye :es.
before of Austrian surveillance. It was a new thing tomes possessed by the Porte St. Martin Theatre. Thesewt.
are one gigantic quadrille,
to have men to deal with who would be harder upon which they find rateeerinvio
a common thief than upon a political pamphleteer. ballet, they dancing of slow,
and
terminate by
o 7
The change is not far off ; and although the cur- klabille. The Grosmoineßu family look on in a state of
Englishtter amnazteemnllltnyt,;asantlepy had beteennotughLteo
where
in
tain has not yet risen, we feel certain that at last
it is about to rise. So we thought a week ago, and e a box. The theatre itself is reprelted On therwstage:
Theeedeenitllit
perhaps we may be thinking the same a week nlaestsitttanblmea7oarum:hree fsiry scenes, and have
a butterflies,entnreso f
tttltiee fmarnilty
tea
not hence. But a week ago the Italian generals were as where in London the with
of
rious forest, or the infernal grotto are to be found, would, it
oeitneatelitiheeselft;t TmheeteSytn-
not at the Hotel de la Ville (a hostelry of that
name), and the palms of Venetian hands were unex- ham ballpear twet me, puzzle
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ercised in clapping. The generals, with their aides- half of the house remembered that there was but just timean
rtoe catch
atuhtehloarnitty'bia a
de-camp, have come to arrange many necessary InaTrdifoagi7clitehgalzsevvanisllleicilu;ndbut on
re-
matters of detail. They have had interviews with ;mined to see the twenty-eighth tableaue,raand that the
the French and Austrian commissioners, and they curtain did not fall till 2in the morning."
.11:133i1r;t11.thINeEchTalEntnEeRAPH
which were
three
will very shortly take charge of the arsenal, as
also of the forts round Venice. Need I add that, anchors during the recent gales, wheareve bevenerewpYredthaniptcl
talittedteneimitp. communication between England and France,
plebiscite or no plebiscite, his Majesty of Austria
will yield up substantial crown belongings only to company'sg oftbale!Beitiwi:'d is
r7ingestoafblinthoteilce these
his Majesty of Italy. Italy takes upon herself the cables were repaired in the course of one week, showing
Dow ph cables can be repaired, in suitable
public debt of Venetia, and pays for the fixtures weather, easily
ther, 4nel:l
a:that which has prevailed during the last
of the outgoing tenantry, and has a right to secure nine or ten days.
NFROIIeSAN FRANCISCO TO CHINA A.ND JAPAN.
possession of what she has paid for. Plebiscite
Ist
titlmionu thatfmtmbe
ten
steer
toe
or no plebiscite, the generals at the Hutt l —will owpen- thketeiceion mention
de la File are received with wild en- China, to be followed by the Montana and Rising Star,
nzewe
London
andt h 3 way floor Newk. York to San Francisco._
thusiaam whenever they appear. Vainly do Im-
perial policemen suppress every symptom of a THE CA/3E OF SWINDLING BY AN Ex-OFFICER.
spontaneous popular vote, and make believe, in
Yesterday, at the Windier Guildhall, before the Mayor
MrimilyeAngiritJ,tnttineslarl a bench
fof magistrates,
their master's interest, that so many dumb driven
cattle are about to be handed over to another Moody, and until recently an YeLigan tinwhoer kleiwersty's.l.srei
more brought up on remand for final
master after the approved Metternich fashion. examination, was once
leilalree of
wee c mrowltzmutstrerethewper:eviorues
These Italian generals are honoured guests, and examinations,
mlxiothn :tct
the very police which tears down tricolors would sent some of the persons whom, in various towns alongpthe
course of the Th.ames, all the. way down from Caversham
have to clear their way should they claim alga- to Kew, the prisoner had victimised. Mr. J. B. Loe, of
Lance. How, then, can clapping of ha& and 7, Gray's-inn Major-General
ts Be.
_771 's family
solici on behalf of the pri-
waving of handkerchiefs, rushing to the corners of
narrow streets, and swarming on the bridges .over case.
WrIP asked thete
be' net —e
d
caner,
a'Plie msgistrates, after retiring summarilyad o
consul t,with seceded
canal„, be prevented when the general, pass] I to the application. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the
i net 7 hmicthteld. re.f etre
speak of them vaguely and collectively, as the Mrs. nil' iir rwowwds joined,l
foril the anmelpltell•
people speak. Whoever is seen in Italian uniform bench. The mayor sentenced the prisonere
to three
at the windows of the hotel, of glides past in the me seeLFalendar months' ImPrisc""" with hard labour in Read.
hotel gondola,- is one of the Inaerals in popular INTROPOirtale Feu HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE-
esteem, though he wear only' a tientenant's shoal- SQUAB.% CITL—The sigrenate number of patients relieved
during the ending Sept. 29 was—Medical, 826 mur-
der strap. It is the uniform which is cheered, and gwai, 666 ; total, 4492 ;of which 670 wet, „, eases.