The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

The French Press on Garibaldi' s Visit to
England,

The Monde says that the English Cabinet sane.
tions the demonstrations through hatred to France.
Our contemporary expresses itself in these terms :

;Whilst our sophists labour, at the rehabilitation of
Satan, the enemy of God ; of Judas, the enemy of Jesus
Christ; and of Julian the Apostate, the enemy of the
Church, there is at a few leagues from France a nation
which does not content itself with writing and speaking,
but which acts—a nation which acclaims and receives as a
King, a hero, and a virtuous man, the declared enemy of
France and of the Catholic Church, and the friend of Eng
land and of Mazzini. It is not an ignorant populace who
press in crowds round him, who carry is triumph,
and who abandon every occupation to see end
hear him and touch his hand, but all classes,
alli ages, and all conditions of the nation, old men,
women, and children, all are in movement ; workmen,
tradesmen, and manufacturers, all rush to meet him. The
official world rival in enthusiasm with simple citinns ;
members of the House of Commons mix with leers; the
aristocracy show themselves as eager as the democracy;
Whigs and Tories manifest equal admiration ;!even the Mi-
nisters of Queen Victoria follow the cortege of the hero,
and go so tar as to endeavour to make her Majesty take part
in the demonstration, by advising her to confer the Order of
the Garter on the Duke of Sutherland, the host of Garibaldi.
The delirium is universal. But is it delirium? Lord Pal-
merston, who at first was not well pleased at the arrival of
the adventurer, soon changed his conduct by recognising
what he could not prevent, and has resolved to turn the visit
to his own advantage. If his wish has • been to obtain a
striking glorification of the Italian Revolution, he has
certainly succeeded ; if he has wished to show that England
is still the cordial enemy of France, the enemy of the
Papacy, and the instigator of revolutions, he has been suc-
cessful ; his triumph is complete, and he has, moreover,
the satisfaction of seeing that a great part of the French
press unites its plaudits to those of London, and triumphs
with it at the shameless insults offered to France. It is
from this time agreed that France has done nothing in
Italy, that England alone rendered possible that glorious
revolution ; that she alone can secure the complete accom-
plishment of it, and that to her alone the gratitude of Italy
will be due. We willingly leave that glory to England
and to the adventurer whose name is so justly posted up by
the side of those of Mazzini, of Stansfeld, and of Palmer-
ston; the manifestations in London relieve France from
a heavy responsibility, and in that point of view
we rejoice at them. One of the first consequences will be,
it is said, the return to power of Baron Ricasoli, a convert
to Protestantism and a man devoted to England. So much
the better, for all veils will then. rent asunder, the blindest
will be compelled to see clearly, and if the patriotic journals
which here acclaim the hero of Marsala persist in their en-
thusiasm, no one can be mistaken as to the sentiments with
which they are inspired.
The Gazette tie France affects to consider Gari-
baldi as a nulity popular for the moment and likely
to become an instrument in Lord Palmerston's hands
should the fitting occasion arise
:
The conduct of the English cowards Garibaldi (says the
writer) excites many very angry feelings and an indigna-
tion bordering on disgust. We contess, for our part, but
this is purely a personal opinion, that we entertain none
of these sentiments. Garibaldi is a noisy nullity, an' heroic
blockhead,' as was remarked by his friend Mazzini, who
knew him from experience. Circumstances and the political
game of Count Cavuur have made him a celebrity, a popular
type; he has served as a screen for the Piedmoutese plot-
ters, as he is now used to mask the political machiaetions of
the English. Garibaldi, as we have said, is a diplomatic
instrument, serving as a bugbear in the hands of those who
will take the trouble to use him. For this, it suffices to call
him a hero, a god, to wreathe crowns for him, to receive him
with acclamations to overwhelm him with polite attentions,
tojeall him ' one's friend.' He has a special weakness for
this kind of appellation: It was by calling him his
friend,' and allowing himself to he addressed in letters as
' dear Victor,' that Victor Emmanuel held him so long
in the service of his ambition. Some will perhaps think
that this is not paying too dearly for Garibaldi's services,
for Garibaldi may, at a given moment, become very useful,
when a pretext of agitation is wanting to cover a premedi-
tated usurpation; but there are persons who will not de-
scend to such a complaisance; and would find such a strata-
gem repugnant in spite of all the advantages connected
with it. England does not feel any of these scruples, and
at this moment she is striving to attach the "hero" to her-
self by the cheers of the people and the visits of the no-
bility: Lord Palmerston requires such an auxiliary for
the scheme he meditates ; it accords with the views of his
strategy to send Lord Clarendon to I'aris and to wel-
come Garioaldi. The general is an invaluable instru-
ment to the English, because it is possible to exaggerate
his influence without increasing his power. An able
man, like some members of the Radical party, would take
advantage of these acclamations to extend his power of ac-
tion; he would take his earnest and make his conditions;
Garibaldi does not see so far. _ . _

thu Union euters into the following disquisition
on the probable motive for Lord Clarendon's visit
to Paris

What is the object of this mission? Is it the Danish
Duchies! Is it Eastern affairs and the convents of the
Danubian principalities? Is it the Suez Canal. All those
hypotheses aro possible and probable. We should not, how-
ever, be astonished if the noble lord was charged with
negotiating some still more important interests. The Eng-
lish Cabinet may have the desire to obtain from Paris some
clear, explicit, and categorical declarations as to the
manner in which the eventualities of peace and war
are viewed. England has not at the present mo-
ment any wish to draw the sword; she strongly desires
that the conflict which has broken out in Germany should
not lead to a:general coeflagratioa, and her own embarrass-
ments cause her to with for an amicable solution. But who
knows if she does nut desire, before becoming, in a certain
manner, a guarantee for peace, to be wale to rely upon
something mere than tkat attitude of reserve, of isolation,
and meditation, to employ a word in fashion, which she re-
marks in the French Government ! The Earl of Clarendon
would no doubt not be sorry to take back before the 20th
some assurances a little more significant than all that Earl
Cowley has thus tar been able to obtain. The game—
a dangerous one—which the Ministry is allowing to be
played, not without a certain affectation, around Gari-
baldi by the population, the aristocracy, and the
revolutionary and anti-papal passions of England,
might in its turn indirectly serve Lord Clarendon as an
argument which cuts both ways, in favour of the thesis
which he has come to support. If the French Government
Was not absolutely pacific and conservative, England would
declare herself hardly able to restrain the outbursts of the
fatuous condottiere, and then war, if it broke out, would
inevitably assume the character of a demagogical conflagra-
tion. Even Victor Emmanuel, who feels that he himself is
outstripped and overpowered, begins to be afraid. England
is persuaded that in presence of this peril she will receive
pledges of a firm resolution not to run the risk of hostilities ;
these are what Lord Clarendon has probably come to pro-
cure, not concealing the fact that, if he returns without be-
ing able to obtain them, the British Cabinet will feel re-
leased from all responsibility as to what serious events the
future may bring forth "

h:L.".FRESENTATION OF DEVIZES.—Sir Thomas
Bateson, 17'11" the Conservative candidate, was elected
this day withal. opposition.
The Gordian kn.'t of the Eve Under-Secretaries
in the House of Common,' has been cut by the unsolicited
resignation
of Mr. Chicheste; Fortescue. Mr. Lowe has
also resigned the office of Vice-s'resident of the Council.
Lord Dutlerin and Lord Wodebouse Are spoken of for the
vacant Under-Secretaryship, and Mr. Fokleecue to succeed
Mr. Lowe.
EXECUTION IN IRELAND.—On Thursday morn-
ing, at 8 o'clock, the last sentence of the law was
carried into effect at Waterford on the person of Thomas
Walsh. The facts connected with the case were of a most
revolting nature.—They are thus briefly related :—Thomas
Walsh and Thomas Connolly both lived in a wild district
in the south of Waterford. The daughter of the former
married the grandson of the latter, and all went to live in
the same house. The old men never: agreed, and were
always quarrelling. One morning young
Connolly left
home, and the old men and Walsh's daughter were left
alone in the house. Walsh availed himself of this oppor-
tunity, knocked down Connolly with a hatchet, and the:lt
dragging his lifeless body into an outhouse, actually chopped
it up into small pieces. These he made so small that he was
able to take them in handfuls and bury them in a garden
which joined the house. But afterwards he thought this
place too near, so at night he again took up the mangled
remains, put them into a bag, and conveyed them to a bog
about three miles distant, where he buried them, making
three or four portions, and burying them in different places.
When young Connolly came home next day of course he
missed hie grandfather, and, his suspicion being aroused,
searched for, and after several days' search, found portions
of his mutilated remains. As yet there was no direct evi-
dence against old Walsh, but his daughter, who had been,
according to her own statement, an unwilling witness to all
that has been related, and who, believing herself to be in
danger, saw no means of getting out of it except by swear-
ing against her father. Her father was hanged on her
evidence, and it may be said on her evidence alone. There
is something so unnatural in this that most persons wish
the Crown could have dispensed with her evidence. A
considerable crowd had assembled long before the time ap-
pointed for the esecutiun. It was principally composed of
women, girls, and boys. Pew men were preaent. It was
very orderly, very quiet—indeed, most looked as if they
were deeply impressed with the scene. Precisely at eight
o'clock the condemned man was led to the scaffold. lie
looked pale and worn, trembled violently, and could
scarcely stand. He was attended by the Rev. Mr. Dunphy
of this city. The executioner did his business expedi-
tiously—he was evidently no young hand. His face was
blackened, so that it was impossible to tell what he was
like. Walsh was placed on the slap ; in a few moments the
bolt
awinwgians drawn,
tint the air.
and the
Ina
ahortstruggling,
time
be quivering body
ceased t
na struggle
gwgal
es
. —his soul was Wore his judge.