The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

General Garibaldi at the Reform Club,

(THIS DAY.)
This morning the General breakfasted at the
Reform Club, where a large party of members as
sembled. The entertainment passed offsatisfactorily,
and later in the afternoon the gallant General left
town for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, in order to
partake of luncheon with the E irl and Countess
Russell, and a distinguished circle of the aristocracy.
The General this evening dines with the Fish-
mongers' Company, at their magnificent
London BI hall, near

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The following protest was yesterday
signed by
between 40 and 50 rnembasof the Reform Club:—

ENTERTAINMENT TO GENERAL GARIBALDI.
The undersigned beg resPEctfully to protest against the
entertainment to bo given to General Garibaldi at the
Reform Club, for the following, reasons :-
1. Than the public reception of General Garibaldi as a
guest at any political club must, in the nature of the ease,
be a political demonstration of approval of his principles as
a public man, and as a citizen of his own state and country.
2. That the objects of the Reform Club, us originally
e mstituted, were political only in reference to the constitu-
tion of this kingdom; and that the application of these
principles to foreign countries opens a wide field for Me-
rohce of opinion, and that, by consequence,
General Garibaldi in reference to Italy and other countries
is entirely beyond the province, of the Reform Club, as such,
to approve or condemn. rho conduct of
3. That waiving all technical questions of the rules by
which the Administrative Committee aro bound. the under-
signed are of opinion that the committee, kn. wing that the
contemplated tcsimonial would give offence to a large
minority of
,the club, would have F Down more consideration
and right feeling in refusing to lend the Dame of the club
to such a dernon.tration as is intended.
4. That, in a society comprising amongst its members
many Catholics,
Garibaldi is an offence to their feelings 02 religious• honour
and fidelity, any pubic testimonial rendered to General

THE CITY ARRANGEMENTS YESTERDAY.
The arrangements of the committee appointed to
carryinto effect the vote cf the Common Council
for the presentation of the freedom of the city to
General Garibaldi appear to have been characterised
with their usual incompleteness. The committee
were very peremptory in their orders to the police
about excluding all persons without tickets, yet in
the face of this they actually
ornittod to send the
necessary vouchers to the wh
le of the General's
suite, and the result was Oat Menotti Gtiti•
baldi, the General's eldest B°3t was unfor-
tunately refused admission to the hall in
consequence of not possessing
the required bit of
pasteboard I When the Gaier received the gold
he,
box containing the freedom, il
looked around for
his son Alenotti, to whom he intended to have
delivered it, but instead or being in his place
by his futhez's side, ho was hopelessly trying to
persuade the policL-constable outside the building
to allow him admis6ion, surrounded by a not very
orderly mob. The representatives of the daily press
who were not favoured with a ticket of admission
to the ceremony have now, at BA events, the grati
fication of knowing that they
were not the only
.
persons who experienced the sable treatment at the
hands of the committee.

THE CONFZRENCE.—SOzne of the members of the
Conference met at the Official Residence•of the First Lord
of the Treasury, in Downing street. yesterday ; but, owing
to the absence of M. de Beust, tho Host Lacetivg was ad.
journed until D'icuda•y nut.