The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-29 00:00:00

GARIBALDI AND 711 E MAYOR OF
BRISTOL.

Yesterday the Right Worshipful the Mayor of
Bristol, John Hare, Esq., received a communication
at the hands of his secretary, Vecchi, from General
Garibaldi. It will be remembered that recently two
public meetings were held at Bristol, the first at the
Guildhall, the other at the great public room, Broad-
mead, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with
the distinguished hero of Caprera. The mayor pre-
sided over both meetings, and was directed in his
capacity as chairman to forward copies of the reso-
lutions arrived at to the Right Hon. Earl Russell
and the general. This he did, and accompanied
that to Garibaldi with some kind remarks, expres-
sive of the sympathetic feeling of the English peo-
ple, and their desire to hold a free and united Italy.
The subjoined is the answer which his worship
received :

Spezzia, Oct. 23.
Honourable Sir,—The general thanks you for the cordial
letter in which you announce to him the two meetings held
in your city of Bristol in honour of him, through which is
shown the sym?athy of the noble people whom you, as chief
magistrate, represent, with the cause which interests us all.
From the time of the civil wars, our forefathers have striven
to acquire the name of citizens of a free country by the
sword, by letters, and by martyrdom. *We have endea-
voured to unite the scattered members of dislocated Italy ;
we mean to have Venice, but now we want Rome, in order
to establish the Government in the capital, and to dismiss
from the Eternal City imposture and usurpation. We do
not ask for unreasonable things ; let the priest keep to his
church, that religion may be honoured; let the foreigner
return to his home, that we may be left free to our destiny.
We shall always be grateful to your great people, who
first understood the justice of our cause, and defended it
through the press, in Parliament, and in public meetings ;
and many of your noble sons with their blood, under the
walls of Capua. In the name of my general, permit me, sir,
to offer our most cordial thanks to you, to Sir Edward
Strachey, Sir Henry Hoare, the Very Rev, the Dean of
Bristol, to Mr. Darby Griffith, Professor Herapath, and
all those citizens of Bristol who sympathised with our beau-
tiful and unfortunate Italy. I am happy to inform you
that we yesterday safely removed our illustrious invalid
from Varignano to Spezzia. He reclined on a bed, made
by Mr. John Alderman, of London, which was forwarded
here through the Post-office, like an affectionate lette,,
from a noble English heart. The general is at this moment
reposing comfortably upon it. During the voyage I
thanked the donor mentally, and the General assured me he
did the same. I have more good news to tell you. This
morning the General moved his wounded foot, whilst it was
being dressed, without pain. I hope, therefore, that Dr.
Partridge was right when he said that the ball was not in
the toot, and that there was no serious injury to the bone.
If the ball had still been there, and the ankle fractured, he
could not. I think, have moved the foot without pain. On
the 29th instant there is to be a consultation of Italian and
foreign surgical celebrities on the state of the patient, whom
eveq way lovoo, and deStrAq to zoo roatkorAd to health.—l
have the honour, to be, sir, yours respectfully,
C. AUGUSTO VECCHI.