The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

GARLBALDI ASC SOUTHAMPTON.

(From the Morning Herald.)
COWES, Monday.

The enthusiasm of to-day has certainly made
up for any lack there might have been yesterday.
To-day there was an approach to an ovation, and
if we interpret the ward as loosely as now seems
usual, the ovation may be granted. The work of
the day commenced early. By a little after day-
light the Highatreet was tolerably gay with
bunting, and the people lingered about the pave-
ment in the hope of seeing Garibaldi, who, after
all, passed through the crowd unnoticed, when he
went, between half-past nine and ten o'clock, to
pay a passing visit to Captain and Mrs. Richard-
son, across the Itchen. As he took the advice of
his best friends, who would fain save him from
the fate of Kossuth, he doffed his cloak and Tur-
kish cap, and appeared in a plain surtout, which
effectually shielded him from the gaze of the tin-
penetrating multitude. Soon after breakfast ho
received a deputation with an address from com-
mercial travellers visiting Southampton, and
another from the working men of London, who
presented an address, and to whom he replied,
saying that he was delighted to receive a depu-
tation from the working men of England, but
that he could not definitively say when he would
be in London, as his movements were uncertain ;
but it would probably be on Saturday next. The
ex-mayor of BristoL presented an address from
that city, when the general said :—" The object of
my visit to this country is to thank the English
people for their kindness and sympathy to me, but,
above all, for the interest manifested by this great
nation for the welfare of Italy. lam unable at
present to make any precise arrangements. lam
going first to the Isle of Wight, and in a few days
I shall proceed to London ; but I intend giving
myself the pleasure of visiting Bristol, whose recep-
tion of the Neapolitan exiles I well remember."
Then, turning to a gentleman near, he added, in
Italian—" Tell Mr. Hoile that I cannot express
myself well in English, but were I able to do so I
could not, nor could any Italian, express his grati-
tude to the people who have done PO much for our
country."
Long before noon, the hour appointed for the
presentation of the Southampton address in the
Town Hall, the space in front of East Park House
was thronged by a crowd anxious to catch a glimpse
of the general. The Italian flag still floated from
the roof of the house, and everybody was bent
upon being very enthusiastic. At a quarter to
twelve the carriage with four greys was drawn up
to the door, followed by a string of vehicles, of
which I counted fourteen, and of which there were
at least as many more, all provided for the suite, the
aldermen and the town council, at the expense of
Mr. Brinton, the Mayor, who has shown himself
most generous. At ten minutes to twelve the general
started, amid the cheers of those assembled, and,
preceded by the band of the First Hants Engineers,
in uniform, went to the Town Hall, over the ancient
Bargate. Here it took some time for the proces-
sion, wending its slow length along, to get itself
unloaded; and by the time these composing it had
got into the Town Hall the throng down the streets
had gathered round the doors, and vociferously de-
manded admission to the hall, from which police-
men endeavoured to keep out the mere roughs. The
poor mace bearers, who had cut a very splendid figure
at the door of the May Or's house, were detained far
behind the chiefs of the corporation, and when the
Mayor had taken his seat in the council chamber,
with Garibaldi on his right and Mr. Seely, M.P.,
and the Recorder, on his left, the noise was so
great that the Mayor, at first heard with difficulty,
was towards the close of his speech hardly audible.
He welcomed Garibaldi to England and introduced
him, with perhaps several touches of exaggeration,
but with unfeigned heartiness, to the British
public. The Town Clerk was then called upon to
read the address, and as Mr. Deacon, one of the
most amiable and obliging of cffi3ials, is not blessed
with a very strong voice, he was interrupted several
times in the first sentence by cries of ' Open the
doors"—the said doors not having been closed
against any respectable looking people. And then
there was a tumult in the Town Hall, one or two
gentlemen calling for silence, one or two shouting
for the doors to be opened, one or two crying cut
that the room was not large enough. So the town
clerk, desiring that the general should find audible
at least one complete sentence in the address, and
wishing no doubt that the wording (which has al-
ready appeared) should be heard by the ocnstituents
of the corporation, parlawa unwisely paused, and
the Mayor in vain trying to enforce silence, the
address was ultimately read in little more than dumb
show, and when the end had come the general rose.
In a minute you could have heard a pin drop, and
as he began people in the back of the hall could
hardly believe that those clear ringing tones—the
tones of a perfect, natural, though diffident orator,
were from the famous " Hermit of Caprera." Gari-
baldi said—" It is not the first time that I have
received proof of the sympathy of the English
nation—proof not in words only, but in deeds.
(Hear.) I have seen this sympathy in many cir-
cumstances of my life, but particularly in that in-
stance where without the help of the English nation
it would have been impossible to complete the deeds
we achieved in Southern Italy. The English people
provided for us men, arms, and money, and they
also helped the wants of the families of those who
sacrificed their lives for their country's cause. This,
then, was a proof in deeds, more than in words, of
their sympathy for us—such a proof as demands
the eternal gratitude of the Italian people. (Loud
cheers.) In anawer to your noble and generous
words, Mr. Mayor, I am now glad that I did not
sacrifice my life for the cause of liberty to our na•
Lion, but it I had I should have considered that I
had only done a part of my duty, and of the duty of
every man. (Loud cheers.) I finish by giving you
my thanks for your generous sympathy and kind
welcome to me." Garibaldi then bowed and resumed
his seat.

The general having concluded amid rounds of
cheers which echoed through the quaint old hall,
the Recorder (Mr. Montague Bere) rose and pro-
posed that the thanks of the borough be given to
the Mayor for his conduct and generosity during
the first visit to Southampton of the Italian general,
and this motion having beeu seconded by Mr.
Councilman Tucker, was unanimously carried, and
the proceedings in the Town Hall were brought to
a dose. After a short delay the general, .in the
carriage with the Mayor, and followed by the cor-
poration as before, came slowly through the streets
to the pier, with the band rousing the echoes of the
banks of the Test, which here joins the Itchen.
It was not easy to get near the steamer which Mr.
Seely had provided for the conveyance of his guest
to the Isle of Wight, She ley, blooming in new
turquoise paint, at the end of the Royal pier, near
the bottom of High-street, and on the pier for which
there was the usual twopenny charge of admiesioe,
there were assembled several hundred people, and
when the general came down in the carriage with
the Mayor and Mr. Seely it was a wonder that
there was not an accident, so reckless were the
people in pushing to get near the hero of the day.
Owing to the crowd which prevented the gangway
from being seen the carriage was driven past the li
privet place, but the error was in a moment recti-
fied, and the general descended to the deck, stepping
on which he ceased to be the guest of the town, and
accordingly here he tack Dave of the Mayor and
Mr. Alderman Perkins. When Mr. Seely had got
his party on board the gangway wae hauled ashore,
and the general, walking to the quarter deck re-
turned the salutes of those who, from pier, steamers,
and small boats, as well as from the shore, tendered
to Garibaldi a farewell which they were, One and all,
would be the preface to
pluming themselves
short absence. A salute was fired from the platfurm
battery as the Sapphire moved from the pier, and,
turning round, glided down the Water. Nearly
opposite the entrance to the docks lies the Boscawen,
two-decker training ship, and here occurred a most
interesting incident. ;ust as the steamer turned
Garibaldi lit a cheroot, and was proceeding to speak
some of his friends when his attention was drawn

the fact that the training ship was almost lite-
ally alive with blue j?.ckete, 'he Sapphire
wed by, waved their hats ansi caps to the general,
but wore by strength of discipline restrained from