The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-28 00:00:00

THE .INCOJLE TAX.

A meeting convened by the committee of the
Income Tax Association was acid last evening at
the London Tavern, " to consider the best means of
obtaining an adjustment of this tax, so far as re-
gards the charges on trades, professions, and sala-
ries." Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., was called to
the chair ; and there were prekent on the platform
Messrs. X. G. Hubbard, M.P.. W. Murray, M.P.,
R. N. Fowler, &c. The body )f the hall was well
filled.

The CHAIRMAN having stated that he left the

partle,6 at Turin summoned him to their aid, each
of them as anxious to enlist him in their ranks as
the unnatural brothers of Thebes were to hallow
their bad cause by the presence of their blind old
parent tlp. their standard in their accursed fratri-
cidal war. It was—there is now no longer a shade
of doubt about the fact—it was Baron Ricasoli who
first thought of sending Senator Plezza to the far•
famed island rock, soliciting the hermit to sail for
the mainland. Ricasoli, a man of transcendant
sanguine faith, unshaken in his trust in the lona-
less instincts of the Italian people, and disgusted
with the languid and fickle support of the Right, or
Conservative majority, which affected to support
him, hoped to find more uncompromising followers
among Garibaldian volunteers and Mazzinian com-
mittees. His new plans, however, had no time to
ripen. Courtly intrigue had long since dug the
pit for him. He fell, and bequeathed his doubtful,
and, as he called it, " equivocal" position to his suc-
cessor. Ratazzi came to terms with Garibaldi, used
him as a check on the vagaries of the Mazzinian
parties,detached him from them, and parted with him
on terms which had all the semblance of friendliness.
Garibaldi, as a matter of course, asked nothing for
himself,- but insisted on the fulfilment of a promise
which had long been given him, that his compa-
nions in arms should be admitted on equal terms into
the regular army. These conditions, it appears, have
been fully granted, and the volunteer officers, up to
the rank of captain, are to be incorporated in the
various corps of the King's divisions, their rights of
seniority being computed from the day of their ad-
mission. The dualism between the Northern and the
Southern armies must come to an end, and there
is to be no longer anything as a volunteer force,
at least for the present. As his own share in the
bargain, Garibaldi is to proceed to the various
cities of the Peninsula, and organise the rifle clubs
—Societa del Tiro—which were already everywhere
springing into existence. The "two-edged tool"
goes forth to soothe as well as to rouse, he is to be
the moderator of a movement which no one but him-
self could have power to control. Orders are given
everywhere to the Government authorities to re-
ceive Garibaldi with all the honours due to him as
the representative of Prince Humbert—i.e. Royal
honours.

Of course, such a movement could not fail to give
rise to a variety of apprehensions. I am, as you
know, an enthusiastic admirer of Garibaldi's
character. He is one of Nature's most undoubted
own noblemen—the most majestic, commanding,
benevelent being with whom I ever came into con-
tact. All his instincts are pure and holy, and when
allowed to follow the dictates of his own heart, no
word or deed of his can be wrong. Much that is
said and written as fallen from him must not be
laid to his charge. There are too many persons
about him interested not only in putting their own
thonghts and expressions into his mouth, but also
in actually distorting and garbling what he says,
and who palm upon him what he never dreamt of
saying. When he addressed his countrymen, ad-
vising them to come with their subscriptions for
the succour of the Viennese sufferers from inunda-
tion, rendering good for evil to their enemies, you
may be sure that there his generous and truly
Christian mind spoke out. When he professed him-
self a Catholic, adding in the same breath that the
priests were Christ's enemies, there, if his words
ware truly reported, allowance must be made for
blunt, soldierlike, all-sweeping generalisation. He
is for Italy and Victor Emmanuel, and ready to
countenance any Government which will have
Rome and Venice at the top of their real aspi-
rations, and of their strenuous endeavours. He has
faith in himself and the people, knows no guile,
and suspects none, has wrought miracles, and thinks
no achievement impossible.
Such, I believe, is the man who, on the 21st of
this month left Turin for Milan. Two hours before
his arrival the space before the station where he was
to arrive at half-past 10 in the evening was thronged
with an expectant multitude. As the whistle .of
the engine was heard, the crowd broke into the
station and took possession of their idol, not to part
with him till late is the night. They conveyed him
by a roundabout way, so as to make him go throukh
the Garibaldi Corso. They accompanied him with
strains of the Garibaldi Hymn ; he was preceded
by a Garibaldi band ; they pressed so close upon
his carriage as to break it, when another had to be
called for. The shouts, the flags, the torches, the
illumination, the frenzy of the people were such
as even noisy Milan had never before witnessed.
Nor was it merely the lower classes that raved and
stormed. The whole population of the city, with
immense swarms of the peasantry round, were
blended in one mass for the occasion. From the
station to the Hotel de la Vile the triumphal march
lasted three hours. It was 1 o'clock, after mid-
night, when the hero was safely housed, and from
the balcony he harangued the people. The sight
of that venerable countenance roused a shout which
lasted several minutes, and was only hushed by a
wave of the hand, signifying the General's wish to
address the multitude. " Hail !" he said,—
" To you, people of the Five Days, among whom I num-
ber so many companions in arms I Those days taught
other people how to rid themselves of a foreign rabble. I
congratulate you. lam happy to celebrate with you this
great anniversary (the 22d, the day of Radetay's expulsion)
which Italy will send down to all generations. 1 am happy
to see in you a people capable not only of five, but of five
times five such days. (Great clamour. To Rome I" To
Venice I') Rome and Venice I Yes, Venice and Rome I
If any one fancies we have forgotten them he greatly orrs.
Rome and Venice! and the people of Milan will not bo the
last to help us to conquer them. (New clamour. ' The first.')
You have given an earnest of what you can do ; you will be
in the vanguard to clean Italy of the foreign filth that yet
remains, and it is thus that Rome and Venice shall be free.
(Great clamour.) Yet one word. My voice fails me, and
it is raining. (Cries—' Put on your hat') I recommend
rifle practice. (' Yes I') One of my missions today is to
extend rifle shooting, and I am sure the Milanese people
will help me to achieve what yet remains to be done. I
therefore recommend rifle practice, although I know you
are skilful enough with the bayonet. I wish you joy.
adied."

A shout of " Viva Garibaldi !" long continued,
was the reply. The crowd then broke up, but with
early morning, at 7, the street before the hotel was
again beset. At 10 Garibaldi attended a religious
ceremony in commemoration of the men who fell for
their country on the Five Days of 1848. Towards
2 o'clock more than 30,000 persons were assembled
in the Giardini Pubblici to witness the distribution
of medals to the Volunteers. The shouting of the
multitude never ceased till late at night, when one
of the General's friends informed the people that
Garibaldi had gone to his rest.
On the following day, the 23d, Garibaldi inaugu-
rated the National Rifle Society. The rules or sta-
tutes of the society were put forward for discussion,
when Cavalleri moved the abolition of an article
excluding from the list of members youths below 16
years of age. Garibaldi rose to request that the dis-
cussion should be made as short as possible. " The
Austrians," he said, " are near at hand. A whim
might seize them to march into Lombardy ; we must
Allow ourselves no delay in the development of our
military institutions." Bixio supported the motion
of Cavallcri ; youth is a fault en the right side, and
mends apace. Mere boys of 12 had done good ser.
vice in Sicily. The Cavallcri motion was adopted
unanimously.
Such is the summary of the Milan proceedings.
Garibaldi is expected this evening at Parma, where
an equally warm reception awaits him, and where
the same ceremonies will be performed. His visit to
other Italian cities will have no other serious re-
sults. The recurrence of the day of Garibaldi's pat-
ron. saint (St. Joseph), which is also Mazzini's day,
ga'e rise to some popular demonstrations.here and

th when Long live Garibaldi, our King !"
"Garibaldi,
K
the If. ivg of the Poor ; the other is only
the
the rich." `F Long live Mazzini" were
e raer ,iibnag l
d o i
the cries of a few fanatics, whom even their brethren
oft he 10 west cl asses in d ign ant ly disavowed. Northern
and Central Italy, down to the 'Tonto and Garig•
linao, is safe and sound ; but, the news we have from
Naples and Sicily becomes daily more alarming. I
give you no particulars, as yen have a correspondent
in the South of Italy, hut private letters I see in
the hands of many of my friends describe that part
of the country as on the eve of revolutionary out-
breaks. Now Garibaldi has written, on the 18th,
promising to go to Naples. What effect his presence
there may have it is not for me to foretell. There
is great and universal anxiety here about the revi-
val of brigandage. Fears are entertained that Naples
may be lost to Italy. Most of the Italians begin to
admit the truth GI what I long believed, that the
drift of Napoleon 111., in keeping the Pope, and
with him Francis IL, Chiavone, and all the brigands
of Europe at Rome, was to create such a chaos and
anarchy in Naples as to justify in the eyes of
Europe his long meditated intervention—to justify
it in the name of order and humanity. Should the
French ever occupy Naples, a party calling for
Prince Napoleon will soon be found. Already his
name is handed about by men who, despairing of a
Bourbon restoration, hope to re-construct Neapoli-
tan independence under the auspices of a French
Prince. The situation becomes daily more intri-
cate and fraught with, danger, and many Neapoli-
tans think the recall of Della Marmora desirable.
Under such circumstances, who can say what re-
sults may attend the arrival of Garibaldi among
those volcanic heads ? No doubt the enthusiasm
he awakens will carry everything before him the
first day ; but Naples and Sicily are, above all
things, in want of some one to govern them ; and it
is to be seen yet whether Garibaldi is fit to govern
himself.
Meanwhile, I believe I can assure you that Gari-
baldi
is by no means satisfied with Rattazzi's Cabi-
net, and will not long be amenable to their rule. ,
He applied for Mazzini's recall on the evening of
the 17th, and was flatly refused. Some of the
Mazzinian papers have even gone so far as to speak
disrespectfully of Garibaldi; but they are dis-
avowed by the best men of their party, and by
Mazzini himself. With the exception of these,
the Mazzinian and Garibaldian parties are on
good terms, and the general may be considered .
as being at the head of both. The thread which
still binds him to Rattazzi's' Government is of
the flimsiest, though Senator Plezza is still by his
side. It has been remarked that Victor Emmanuel's
name was never heard among so many deafening,
popular shouts. Garibaldi himself, so loyal to the
King, forgot, as it seems, to propose the King's
health at the Milan banquet. The King, it is said,
is not above a certain amount of personal jealousy,
and people aver that he was hurt at Naples in 1860,
and experienced feelings akin to those of Saul when
David's " thousands" were thrown into his teeth, as
if in disparagement of the King's own " hundreds."
Altogether the aspect of affairs is disquieting,
and many people look forward to Garibaldi's jour-
ney to Naples with ill• concealed misgiving.
The Marquis Torrearsa declined, it is said, to
accept the proffered portfolio of Foreign Affairs.
Great efforts, however, are made to reconstitute the
Ministry. I hear that considerable agitation is •
showing itself at Bologna and in Romagna. The
disposition of men's minds reminds competent judges
of the people's attitude previous to the calamitous
times of 1849.