The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-17 00:00:00

TO THE GLANLOW GARINZLDI YUND COMMITTEE._

" • Caprera, Dec. 314, 100.
" ' Gentlemen,—The conflict between the two opposing
principles of good and evil--the first represented by Christ,
who came to bring liberty and equality to the peoples, and
the second represented by the tyrants and the false priests,
who conspire to keep them degraded and enslaved, is ren-
dered fiercer than ever at the present day, because the first
principle, which has been dominant for so muy centuries,
k assessed ; awl, in the reandrenlng of our people with an
energy hitherto unparalleled, justice compels us to declare
that, as regards Italy, England is the representative of
Good, and she deserves our deepest gratitude.
" • May Ood bless the people of England, who, while
they proudly and vigilantly guard the liberty of their own
country, are ever ready to grant unreserved hospitality to
the unfortunate, and who, strong in the commonness of
their own freedom, have dared to speak out boldly in the
hour of contest between the oppressor and oppressed--
spreading dismay to the heart of the tint, and giving com-
fort and support to the last.
" • Most generous among the many generous was Glasgow
--the first to send us the help and comfort of moral and
material aid in the hour of our greatest need.
" ' I beg of you, gentlemen, to transmit these few words
of gratitude to your fellow-citizens for the good they have
dope to our cause.—Yours with respect sad gratitude,
•" G. GARIBALDI.'
" Even these beautiful and grateful lines but poorly
express the feelings which Garibaldi evinced when parting
with me ; and grasping toy hands in a manner which no true
heart can mistake, he bade me thank my countrymen, and
to tell them 'that whatever fate awaited him in the enter-
prise before him, his last and most grateful recollection
would be the kindness and sympathy of the people of Scot-
' land?

"Two nights ago I parted with Louis Kossuth—with his
proud heart almost broken by the apostasy of one he had
loved and trusted ; but ho more than repaid me for all my
fatigue on this affair by his grateful expressions to those
who had sent me to Naples—when I told t M of the thanks
rendered to me by one of his brave old officers, and his mes-
sage to his honoured chief—that though deprived of one
leg, and his wound scarcely healed, he trusted in two months
to be again in the saddle, fighting for his native Hungary.
May God bless and protect the noble Kossuth in this his
hour of trial !

"On the tarn. evening I met iu the house of James Stans-
feld, Seq. M.P. (who, with our London agent, Mr. Ashurst,
and their relatives, have been the moat devoted friends of
Italy in the world), with another puremiuded patriot—
Joseph Mamini—worn out and exhausted with his immense
labours and anxieties. He is deeply grateful to the people
of Scotland, and hopeful for his country —of which he is
the real chief—because, had there been no Massini. there
might have been no Garibaldi, and certainly no Victor Em-
manuel, in the south of Italy. lam glad to see that the
world is at last giving him credit for the honest support
that he will give Victor Emmanuel—if he remains true to
Italian freedom and unity. Maraud is preparing for inune-
dials and effective support to Garibaldi and Kossuth in the
coming struggle. Towards this coming struggle I have done
all I could for those of our men determined to remain
in Italy. The namesof Forbes, Penni, Dowling, De Mohan,
Dunn, Davidson, Gearing, and many others--no natter for
present misunderstandings—will in a few months be again
familiar to us, and Scotland will be proud of her share in
esfouragiog these brave men in their perseverance.
For the non-commissioned °Seers and men, who may
be looked for in a very few days, I earnestly request early
and effective action. I know at this season many things
are in the way of our people; but the young nieu, if they
did go against our maims, fought bravely on any occasion
given them sad on my word, as one who expecte to be
trusted, their conduct has been such that I was prood at an
animation I heard when entering their barracks at
Salerno—' There comes our father sad any kind heart
can eaderstand what I felt whoa the gee young lads asked
me, though commissioned °Meets were present, to lay the
had of their comrade, Alexander Ross, in the grave.
" The moment I hear of the snivel of these men, I am
prepared to welcome them on my own amount, but 1 believe
they have a claim on our people, and it should be general.
Many kind hearts in Scotland have sympathised with me,
and no nun yet hes asked nie during many yean what I
have done with this money. It is a great compliment, and
all the greater that in many cases I dared not tell the world
where the money went, but not one penny of other people's
money went to an unworthy purpose-even if I was at
times imposed on personally ; and I can say with
xitisfaction that we have sent to Garibaldi by these private
means more men who have served him well than any other
community. Messrs. Donald Kempt, Donlon-street, or
James Smith, 421, Argyll.struct, will receive any sum sent
immediately to prepare for these young men being wel-
comed in Glasgow. One penny each from our workshops
will pay all preliminary expenses, and some ono in each
workshop or district should see to this. Confidently
awaiting this immediate action. I am, respectfully yours,
" 45, Hyde-park-street. " JOHNIVAIMIL
" P.S. I may mention here that I went over carefully
the accounts of our agent, Win. Asburst, Eeq. 6, Old
Jewry, London, and that Garibaldi was quite satiiillad with
the statement given him by me. Mr. Aghast deserves our
warmest thanks."

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEWALL, JAN. 15.•--
RUSSIAN hfroirrn.—The Bight lionourable the Lords of
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received,
from the Secretory of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of •
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersham,
enclosing a copy of a notification issued by the Russian
government, providing that articles of merchendise, other
than effects intended for personal use, imported into Russia
by persons not enjoying the rights of trader., will be sub-
jected to the usual import duty on such articles augmented
by one half, in default of which the articles may be re-ex-
ported. The same notification further makes known, that
I in the event of persons of the above clam importing goods
belonging to privileged merchant* and admissible at the
ordinary rates of duty only, it will be necessary that such
merchandise should be accompanied by the usual formal
pars. —Gazette.
THE COSTER/SO:411E1W or LoNDOTI.—The charac-
teristics of the ancient Billingsgate ladies aaawer exactly to
the costennongers and their wive. of the present day, who
are just as carless and improvident ; they are merry over
their last rope of onions, and laugh over • basketful of stale
henings. There is • colony of them singular people in the
Lower-road, Islington, where (in Ward'splaes) a student of
human nature may learn much that books will not teach
him. They have little religion and less politeness. In per.
son they are tolerably clean, but they are not at an peda
l cular as to decency, and are habitually foul-mouthed. Some
of the younger men are tall, strong, and fearless ; souse of
the girls are exceedingly good-looking, but quickly loss all
modesty of demeanour, aud become masculine both in word
and deed. The older men and women are frequently re-
duced to the most deplorable wretchedness; while the
children tumble in the filth that surrounds their dwellings,
and learn to curse and swear as soon as they are weaned. At
night the donkey, the children, the mothers and fathers—
tor not uncommonly there are several families in one
hovel— all huddle together in the same rooms.
They go to market verrzly in summer, and as soon as it
is light in winter, pure ,the cheapest stock, fish, fruit,
and vegetables, when there is • glut, or • better commodity,
when the price 1. reduced by its remaining on hand. They
sell their bargains in the poorer streets, at • small profit,
making their chief advantage by using short weights and
measures. They are content to lire very butlly, and are
seldom habitual drunkards, though often, in extieniely
bad weather, they resort to drinking in mere despair ;
and in absolute destitution have no refuge but the work-
house, where they remain till the guanliaus give them •
new start by advancing them • few shillings, frequently as
little u 2s. 6d., end scarcely ever more than 7s. 6d. or 10s.
On this they will trade for months. When such advances
are made by private hands, in the way of loans, they gene-
rally repay them. Nor are these apparently unhappy and
mischievous folks entirely useless to the community, for it
is chiefly through their agency that cheap fish, frUit, and
vegetables are brought to the doors of the working classes,
who, in their absence, would seldom be able to benefit by
the bounty of nature in abundant sesames. —City Press.
THE LATE DEFALCATIONS 01 Minna BOOFT,
POWELL, AND CO., TEA 1111ACHANTS.—The late forgery
cam in which this firm was easeerned, and far which Yr.
Powell was sentenced to wen years' penal servitude, wil
be fresh in the memory of our readers. Yesterday
(Wednesday) there was a meeting at the Liverpool Bank-
ruptcy Court, for the purpose et hawing the last examina-
tion of the firm's accounts. Mr. Powell, who is in confine-
ment in Kirkilale gaol, was not present, and the meeting
was therefore adjourned for • few days A formal sentence
of outlawry was passed upon Mr. Scott, who has been miss-
ing since the detikatiou of the Erin were tint brought to