The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-18 00:00:00

RDEREYS. 7HE GARIBALDI MEETING (THIS DAY).

PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION.

This morning the first visible preparations for one of
the most dreadful sights—the execution of a female—were
commenced in the City.

At all the thoroughfares leading to the Old Bailey work-
men have commenced erecting strong barriers to prevent all
traffic during the time the horrid exhibition is being carried
out. As usual a number of applications have been made
to many of those persons having premises or windows
which command a view of the scaffold, and in not a few
instances rather large sums have been offered for the privi-
lege of witnessing the " siE ht" therefrom.

The police authorities expect a large crowd of persons to
be present, and accordingly the greatest precaution will be
taken to prevent any thing like confusion taking place.
Constables will be posted at each of the barriers on Sunday
night to intercept the passage of anything that may be
converted into a " good strong stand," so that
the speculation in that direction will be a de-
cided failure. The number of police in attendance will
be greatly augmented as the time for fixing the scaffold ap-
proaches on Monday morning, as on many occasions the
drawing of the fital machine from the court-yard of New-
gate has been impeded, owing to the pressure of the great
number of persons who arrive in front of the Old Bailey
before daybreak on occasions such as the present.
The " condemned" sermon Rill be preached to-morrow
in the chapel of the prison, but will be limited to attendants,
the officials of the gaol, the inmates, and the wretshed
culprit. lip to the present moment, although she has been
daily visite] by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the Ordinary of New-
gate, she persists in the assertion of her innocence of the
crime of which she has been found guilty. She does not
shun conversation with those who have been appointed to
watch her night and day; but, on the contrary, she fre-
quently enters into rather animated conversations. She
has passed much of her time in writing to a number of per-
sons, thanking them for the exertions they have made in
her behalf.

The time fixed for the execution is 8 o'cloek on Monday
morning.

7HE COLLISION A 7 WINCHBURGH.

EDINBIJRGH, THURSDAY NIGHT.

Two days have elapsed without adding to the mortality of
the fearful collision at Winchburgh, which has stood since
the morning after the event at 17. But several of the in-
jured in the Royal Infirmary here, one or two cases at Lin-
lithgow, and a few of the sufferers taken home are still in a
very precarious state, and afford but little prospect of even-
tual recovery. In numerous cases the wounded passengers
have been mutilated and disfigured for life. In addition to
those suffering from bodily pain, several have sustained
great injury from nervous shock, and others from exposure
to the cold and rain of Monday night. The full catalogue
of casualties has yet to be made up, but in addition to the
17 dead there have been between 50 and 60 ascertained to be
seriously injured, and probably an equal number slightly
hurt, comparatively few of the passengers of either train
having escaped unharmed. The proportion of the dead and
injured to the total number of passengers in this collision is
probably as unprecedented as the character of the colli-
sion itself. The proportion, also, of the scalded to those
suffering from other causes is unusually great, arising from
the circumstance of the two engines meeting in such furious
conflict, and the foremost carriages of both trains being
crushed with them in the conglomerated mass. The fatality
of the scalded cases is a feature common, probably, to all
accidents in which these occur. The last of the 12 bodies
taken to the police office has to-night been identified. It is
that of an Irish labourer, named Michael M'Quade, who
left the work of quarrying in which he had been engaged at
Bannockburn about a month ago to go to Roxburghshire for
the harvest, being anxious, as he said, to make £2 clear.
He was returning home on the night of the collision, but,
not being expeoted, his identification was only obtained by
publishing a description in the Edinburgh papers. From
inquiries made•to-night at the infirmary, it appears that six
of the patient have been able to go home, four have died
and 14 remain. Of the latter, Mr. Elder, commercial tra•
yeller, Edinburgh; Alex. Logan, shoemaker, Edinburgh;
Alexander Allison, shoemaker, Linlithgow ; Isaac Marr,
fruiterer, Falkirk; John Harvey, Scots Greys, and Mr. J.
M'Donald, commercial traveller, are consiaered in a dan-
gerous state. The others, including Archibald Neill, en-
gine-driver, and Wm. Honeyman, guard, are doing well,
The great w eight of the disaster would appear to have fallen
upon Edinburgh, and on the towns near the middle and
east end of the line, Glasgow and the western towns having
totally escaped. The funerals of the deceased have in many
cases attracted a deep and melancholy interest. Two of the
fatal cases in the Infirmary were a young man and young
woman belonging to Edinburgh, who were engaged to be
married. They were in the train together, and both suf-
fered so frightfully from scalds and bruises as only to sur-
vive a few hours; they were to-day buried in one grave.
Of the wounded taken to Linlithgow there are several in a
very doubttul state. The most serious case is that of Robt.
Shaw, clerk to Mr. Hedderwick, who was killed, and who
lies at the Star and Garter Hotel in a most precarious con •
dition. One or two private patients also continue in great
danger. The railway company have, it is stated, employed
Dr. Dunsmure to visit all the sufferers, and to report upon
their injuries.
Since 1 uesday the Sheriffs and Procurators-Fiscal of the
two counties (Edinburgh and Linlithgow) have been busily
engaged in taking depositions and precognitions of the rail-
way servants and others able to give evidence as to the
cause of the catastrophe. Neill and Honeyman, the sur-
viving engineman and guard, were yesterday examined in
the Infirmary. To-day Capt. Taylor, Government inspec-
tor, arrived and visited the scene of the occurrence. He
also examined a number of witnesses, and was admitted to
see the pointsman Newton in Linlithgow prison. It is
stated that Newton, though only for a short time stationed
at Crayton-bridge, had acted in the capacity of pointsman
for about a year altogether, though his usual employment
was that of surfaceman. His wages were 18s. a week. To-
day a second apprehension was made—namely, Wm. David-
son, driver of the pilot engine. It is understood, however,
that the judicial inquiry will not be limited to the question
of the negligence or blunders of subordinates, but will em-
brace the whole arrangements for providing for the safety
of the line.

The following appeared in a portion of our impression of
yesterday evening :
I he long-anticipated meeting for the purpose of express.
ing sympathy with Garibaldi was held to-day at the Lon-
don Tavern.
Long before the hour appointed for the meeting the doors
of the London Tavern were entirely blocked up by crowds
of persons anxious to obtain admission.
By degrees the public were admitted to the Long Room,
and the first appearance of anything like interruption was
the rush that was made by the audience upon a number of
reserved seats, which they instantly appropriated to their
own comfort.
The following are the resolutions which were sub-
mitted to the meeting :
"1. That this meeting desires to express its deep and
heartfelt sympathy for General Garibaldi in his pre-
sent sufferings ; its admiration of the strength, integrity,
and noble patriotism of his character, and its earnest hope
that he may be restored to perfect health, and live to see
the aspiration of his life realised in a free, united, and con-
stitutional Italy."
" 2. That this meeting declares its conviction that the
French occupation of Rome is a violation of the rights of
the Roman people and a direct infraction of the principle
of non-intervention sanctioned by all the great Powers, and
that its continuance endangers the real interests of France
herself and the general peace of Europe."
" 3. That copies of the foregoing resolutions signed by
the chairman on behalf of this meeting be forwarded to
General Garibaldi and the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and that Earl Russell be earnestly and respectfully
requested to use all means within his power to obtain the
withdrawal of the French troops from Rome."
Precisely at two o'clock the chair was taken by Western
Wood, Esq., M.P., amidst the most enthusiastic cheering.
The hon. gentleman was supported on the platform by
Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr.
Sergeant Parry, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, Mr. Elt,
Mr. Starts&ld, M.P., Mr. R. Charles, Mr. T. Malleson,
Mr. F. Lawrence, Mr. Joseph Morris, Mr. G. Dod,
Mr. E. C. Whitehurst, Mr. W. T. Malleson, Mr. Field,
Mr. Deputy Reed, and about 28 common councilmen of the
City of London.
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to open the proceedings, said
it was of the greatest importance in order that any gentle-
man who addressed them might be heard that silence
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in the present apartment was held in consequence
of the refusal of the Lord Mayor to grant them
the use of the Guildhall. (Hisses.) When. Ile was
first applied to, he did not hesitate for a moment to consent
to preside at a meeting, held for the purpose of expressing
sympathy and admiration for the great General Garibaldi.
(Loud cheers.) They had, however, succeeded over all
the obstacles that had been put in their way, and he re-
joiced to see such a numerous meeting as that before him,
which would give the greatest joy to Garibaldi. (Cheers.)
With respect to the occupation of Rome by French troops,
were the citizens of London to be debarred from expressing
their opinion on such a proceeding? (Loud cheers, and
cries of " No, no.") Her Majesty's Government bad diplo-
matically expressed their disapproval of such a policy, and
under such circumstances were they to be debarred for fol-
lowing such a privilege, especially as the French occupa-
tion had been denounced by the whole of England. (A cry,
" The whole world," and cheers.) Coming to the primary
object of their meeting, he knew there were none present
who did not sympathise with General Garibaldi, a man
who had won two kingdoms for his royal master. (Cheers.)
He was not there for the purpose of approving of the late
affair at Aspromonte or of condemning it, but he could not
see why a soldier whose hand added two such jewels as
Naples and Sicily to the crown of Italy, should be con-
demned because lie had mistaken his time in completing
the imperial diadem. After a few other observations, the
hon, chairman called upon Mr. S. Morley to move the first
resolution.
Mr. S. MORLET said he responded to the invitation with
great pleasure, because they had not been allowed to meet
in the Guildhall. (Hisses.) He would not attribute any
motive to the Lord Mayor—(hear)—especially as he did
not know the cause of the withdrawal of his consent to give
them the use of the Guildhall. He had yet to learn by what
authority the use of that hall, which the citizens had until
now considered their own, had been refused, and he had
also to learn that the respectful requisition of 1,000 citizens
should be made subservient to the will of one man, even
though he be a Lord Mayor. (Cheers.) They met there
that day not to raise a no-Popery cry. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) They, as Englishmen, would not demean them-
selves by using such a hero for such a purpose, if they felt
there was a real necessity for such a cry. (Cheers.) No I
'They met to sympathise with a real hero, one whose purity
of motive, whose unselfishness, and whose integrity, was
the admiration of the world. (Hear, hear.) They met
that day to give expression to their admiration for Gari-
baldi, whom all through his life had been endeavouring to
make man what man should be—(hear, hear)—free and in-
dependent. (Cheers.) Could there be a nobler cause to
fight for than liberty; and what had been the aim and
object of Garibaldi's life. Why, to give liberty
to the people. (Immense cheers.) Garibaldi was now in
need of their greatest sympathy, and he felt certain that the
majority of Englishmen would to their utmost endeavour
to alleviate the sufferings of one who had done so much for
the elevation of his fellowmen, (Cheers.) He had the
greatest pleasure in moving the first resolution,
Mr. CONNELL, of Common Council, seconded the resolu-
tion, and, in doing so, said he felt certain that the impres-
sion the present meeting would produce would far exceed
any that would have resulted had it taken place in Guild-

Mr. P. A. TAYLOR, in supporting the resolution, said he
could not find a more appropriate moment than the present
to tell the meeting the message Garibaldi had sent to Eng-
land. (Immense cheers.) When parting with the great
man, Garibaldi, taking him by the hand, said—" I am very,
very grateful, tell them so when you get back to England."
file hon. gentleman then proceeded to give a vivid descrip-
tion of his visit to the hero at Spezzia, and said the present
meeting would prove a great solace to Garibaldi, carrying
comfort to him under all his suffering.
A person named Field endeavoured to address the meet-
ing, but he was refused a hearing.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meeting,
when every hand appeared to be held up in favour of it.
On putting the contrary, one solitary individual held up
his hand amidst the rudest laughter.
Mr. Sergeant PARRY, in moving the second resolution,
said he did not think there was any need on the part of the
conveners to apologize for calling the present meeting.
(Cheers.) Neither did he for one believe that the result of
it would be fatal to any real interest in this country or else-
where. It had been said by some parties who opposed tare
present meeting, that if it was held it would embarrass the
friendly intimacy that at present existed between 'England
and France, They also said we sympathize with
Garibaldi, but a change has taken place in
the situation of affairs of Garibaldi, and therefore there was
no need of any expression of public opinion on the subject.
Oh, oh.) If the meeting did embarrass the French Govern-
ment, the people of London did not owe any allegiance to
it—(cheers)—and ho, for one, did not think that it was a
crime for the citizens of London to express their opinions
on the topics of the day. Were we to be debarred
from giving free expression to our opinions because
it would embarrass a Government, the policy of which no
human being could understand. He did not think the
present meeting would embarass the French Government
as to their continued occupation of Rome ; on the con-
trary, it would greatly assist them further if there was any
real intention at present of withdrawing the French
troops from that part of Italy. (Loud cheers.) The
Lord Mayor said in his hearing, that his excellent friend
the Emperor of the French (loud laughter)
get out of Rome, (Laughter.) The observation mg
was enxious
ht
i t
cause a. laugh, but it was a fact—the Lord Mayor had, in
his hearing, pledged himself to the effect that the French
Rome.
(Laughter.) wished to withdraw his army from
(Laughter.) Now, if that was so, he thought they w. ouhl.d
all agree that the present meeting would assist htime
effort,s
endeavours, and would also strengthen him for h
if his inclination lay in that direction.
rnment
lie contended, then,
that we did not embarrass the
(Cheers). Then, did we
ecihgtnhe English.
Secretary ?
Government, if Earl Russellewm'absarFr;re:enrsmblage that day
' (Loud cheers.) It was said that the
would be a No-Popery meeting,
those who were
butfasrhosme asked every one
present was it so ? That cry
came from
(Loud cheers.)
averse to freedom of thought
In common with the country aeannnd the world, he sympathised
trampled on by tyranny.
with every nation that had
been
Poland—(cheers)—but he
(Hear.) He sympathisedd
sooner or later, the liberties of
firmly believed that one day,
ed. Then, did the people of
Poland would be resuscitated.
with Venetia, occupied as it was
England not sympathise
by the Austrians ? (Cheers.) But the most shameful
occupant of all was the occupation of Rome by the troops
of the Emperor of. the French. (Hisses and groans) It
was a clear violationuoldf tahneyrthiginho.tshoef
morethe people
of
unfortunate Romethan
themselves. But, c?
the position of the inhabitants. anything be
that unhappy country.
Either publicly or privately ,
they were debarred
from
giving expression to their thoughts, because the spy
system was carried on to an extent unknown to those who
did not live in a country governed by a bigotted priesthood.
(Cheers.) The oppression of the Italians by the French
must be removed some day or other, that the Emperor
well knew, and those who were taking
part in the present
meeting would justly be entitled to say that they had c 4 n-
tributed to bring about that desirable consummation. Did
they believe that the troops of France did not feel the de-
gradation that was thrown upon them of acting
as inferior police in Rome. (Hear, hear.) He
felt certain they did so, and further he was satis-
fied that amongst the French army not even the
Mexican expedition—which was looked upon as the very
worst expedition that was ever engaged in—was viewed
with greater detestation than the present occupation cf
Roine. (Cheers.) It was said that little value would
attach to the opinions enunciated at the present meeting,
but he did not believe it. (Loud cheers.) On
the contrary, he thought that France, of late years,
had always shown itself extremely sensitive to the expres-
sion of publio opinion in Europe. (Hear, and cheers.) He
was happy to see that during their proceedings there had
been no confusion or intenuption ; but, on the contrary,
they had that day dela@ all that could be expected of them,

He felt certain that the French occupation, of Rome and
the Austrian occupation of Venetia would soon be looked
upon as matters of history, and as one of the things
of the past, and as every soldier felt that he had dono
something to gain a great battle, so we might all feel that
we had also done something by provoking that great public
opinion which would be an expression of feeling, and which
would teach great nations that they had no right, because
of their power, to interfere with the rights and liberties of
others. (Immense applause.)
Mr. M. &ALBERS, Q,C., seconded the resolution, re-
marking, during the course of his observations, that from a
personal knowledge of Garibaldi, a more unselfish and
purer patriot never existed, and that in all the great efforts
of his life his sole object had been the endeavour to give
liberty to thousands of his oppressed and injured fellow-
creatures.

The resolution was carried amidst loud cheering.
Mr. MALLESON moved the third resolution, which was
seconded by Mr. Lawrance, and carried unanimously.
Mr. RICHARDSON moved a cordial vote of thanks to
Western Wood, Esq., for presiding over them that day. He
felt highly delighted at the result of the day's proceedings,
and in his opinion if they had not held the meeting after
what had taken place their liberties as Englishmen would
have been infringed.

The resolution having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously.

The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting
terminated.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ZTENING.

FOREIGN OFFICE, OCTOBER 14.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed-
ward Mortimer Archibald, Esq., to be her Majesty's Judge,
and William Dudley Ryder, Esq., to be her Majesty's'
Arbitrator, in the Mixed Court established at New York
under the Treaty of the 7th of April, 1862, between Great
Britain and the United States for the suppression of tha
African Slave Trade.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 17.
32d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Viscount Mel-
ville, K.C.8., from the 100th Foot, to be Colonel, vice
Major-General t3ir John E. W. Inglis, K.C.8., de -
ceased.
100th Foot Major-General Sir Edward Macarthur,
K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Viscount
Meville, K.C.8., transferred to the Coloaelcy of the 32d
Foot.

INDIA OFFICE, OCT. 16.
Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under-
mentioned promotions and alterations of rank amongst the
Officers of her Majesty's Indian Military forces :