The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

RECEPTION Of GARIBALDI IX LONDON. Monday afternoon lust witnessed one of the most im- pressive spectacles ever presented to the inhabitants of London: and that spectacle was entirely furnished by themselves. They tilled three miles of streets and block- el up every window on the lino, manned everyjamp-post. n»t oil every bridge and cornice which they could reach, and waited f >r three or four long hours with the most "Mil humoured patience, t > welcome one plain man, Thev expected no brilliant display, and they certainly were not disappointed, for the trumpery flags of the four or five th< usind friendly societies, and the hack vehicles containing scores of committee men and their wives made a very sorry, not to say ludicrous attempt at pomp. Hut. altera long interval during which their patience was sorely tried by misgivings that Garibaldi had gone b*v unnoticed- the hero of the day appeared. Giave, ir >nzt.vh manly, and modest he looked, as he was slowly driven along amid the m >st enthusiastic demonstration in use crowd, to which his two sons replied by constant v. tvinir of their caps. Probably, no living man hasever received -men i-pontaneou* and s incere homage in Eng- giiii,l ai itie Londoners have shown this single hearted Italim. whose status in iiU own country is, as tUeTimcs oUerves but that of a pardoned rebel. Without an at- tiny his reception, this ero:nous multitude have shown, and that most em- It is more admired by the I'riiish u\ti"ti t1: .v. th >se qualities "f tru'h and honesty which 10 tinii.i n'Jy distinguished the patriot Garibaldi. From the r /cr: It was juvt three oVl-sck when the do >rs of the stati »n tvere thrown open. There, awaiting th -arrival of tho (I-ne'.u. was a carriage 'vlonghu' t » th;- Duke or Su'h- e\u*.d, drawn by four hi»r>o-s and dnvm by twop td 1; -i. Ca: e \1'" taken t, the p-Iiee It lite pi •<> the General, as so»u as t.. • )-h': >riii, s U- Iini::ii ed.'d. llo.vexvr, the people who, un-oh* ..»• unwilling to bear the heat l:.v d '!o- hid, !ia t-red i:it »the yard, rapidly I up, and Ga- = ,i pi-el ."I -ug a lane of s p- ,:t iV-rst» th- aarri.i^e. When he t •'k h;s seao elisors burst forth tumultnonsly. Standing in the carriage, he bowed gracefully to the crowd around him. In an instant, however, one enthu- eintic admirer had seized his hand and given it a heavy ,hake, The example was quickly followed, and it was seme time before the General c mid free himself fruui thivse who thus pressed round him. At length the way was clear, and the carriage moved 0-'to the giteway in the Wandsworth Jioad, closely fol- lowed l,v -it see )iitl carriage, in which were Garibaldi's a and two of his suite. Just outside the gateway the Cfii-nVs carriage was drawn iii), ;tii,i there began the marching pist of the procession. First came the eord- w hirers, with their flags and banners and music; then the farriers and then a number of trades' and fri endly i leietifS. The sight was exceedingly picturesque. oil. p'^i'e to the station the houses had an extraordinary aqii-ct; every window in them, and indeed their roots, were occupied by spectators. Dnvn in the forecourts the people were massed a^.dn, and along the pathway to the very line of the procession, w hich was with diffi- culty kept by the police. Fiag.s floated everywhere. r-iowiy the processi-'U marched past the General, the handsf»r the most part playing Garibaldi's hymn, while ringing bells followed each other in quick sucees- after the other the did'erent trade societies cam- opposite the carriage in which Garibaldi sat. Very giv. too, the procession itself looked, with its many banners of tlie. of them huge squares of emblazoned silk, big enough for the mainsail of a good- »:z,d barque. With considerable taste, too, the wands of oiliee of several of the trades were ornamented--some wi?!i classic laurel wreaths, others with tricolours, and others again with festoons of evergreens. The General evidently much pleased with the spectacle; he wa3 bowing and smiling his acknowledgments. Tin- marching 'past occupied quite three-quarters of an h->ar, notwithstanding that each part of the procession m-Hed comparatively ftpidly along. As soon as the f>.»t men hid passed, the carriages which were in th,. "ar.! i,,]I into the rank and moved on. It was ar- j ran:d that iuiuvdia'ely in front of the Generals car- ri;r_"thore should march the lldian band, which was Preceding tnem tw.i a eotupaisy of tic Notn tg Hi 1 Volunteer Fire Bri- gi'ie, in which the Duke of S\\tlj,lllJ(1 t;:ke.s geat inte- ari t I II i II, c, t I trie h-ured thg-. aid hnded b; another band Th* pr I ,ij brinks of people masked t".o b --n thought that breathing would b *.I liieult. For a s hort <li-.Lan.-c the street^ are narrow* a'i'l the houses p tor, but r!i--re was n >ne too poor to s of W'icoiiu-. Wiicre bunting was not to be hv paper :ru>M.uwd il »gs were extemporised; here and ti:. -• a sc u !"t table ciolh was hung from the window a'hi: y d was valuable. Then there were 'Welcomes t>uibaMi ii:til;C(| v veyy where. At every point tro*n wh; ii a vi -w .;f the ]»ro-\ »n could be obtained the per.-d Ladies It, (I taken the windows of the h,, an 1, h- th.i g;i.v with bright colours. There thv.-t.i "1 wav-d th.r handkerchiefs and sndted w, took III, the cry and gave i, V and wi^'ht; but when the narrow stieets w i t pa- d ai;d Ki nniogton Lane was readied, the >p-lle yivw more cxiraordm«»ry—the crowd thieke-i-il: sneii and women were packed as close as by. TJMciiin.'vv on "idler si lu -i> you passed along; from the ijarr.'W live of the proc 'ssn»u t > the walls of the houses the e wa- literally a pavement of human heads and f,.<as, Fpon the very porticojj of the hou-edoors peo- ple tinkered. lJright-eyeil girls smilerl down upon tlie General as he came along, the sun glistening oil their hair and lighting up their faces with charming radiuice. lint the progress of the procession grew *\v.er the want of a well organised body to keep the iin-- was felt. If by chance any gap was caused intho order of the corttgc, the people crowded in and the ad- vance of the chief personage in the day's proceedings \va< checked. The st- ppages were constant, but though thev could not fail to be wearisome to the Goneral, they tit.rdcd fresh opportunities for manifestations of the enthusiasm of the people. Anything more wonderful theu the crowd was never seen. Never did it seem to ri,v ka, but wherever the roadway widened out or there was an open space, a sea of heads extended as far as there wa standing room. At intervals down the middle of the street thtfre were banners.which,as their bearers yielded now this way now that, the pressure of t he crowd, surged like spars in the surf. The house fronts and the house tops seemed almost alive with the gesticulation and the waving of flags and handkerchiefs by those who peopled the win- dows, the ledges, "Tliid the leads, while over all and above all there rang out the enthusiastic cheers of the strong tounged public, drowning the strains of Gari- baldi's hymn," which the bands played until their throats must have been sore. A look of serene gladness possessed the countenance of the General as he received the sturdy acclaims which welcoiiie(I liiiii. Strange as must have been the scenes through which he has passed, he can scarcely have pictured in his most, vivid dreams the spectacle upon which he gazed to-day. If there had been nothing but. the people, the hundreds of thousands of people among whom he passed, that would have been impressive enough; but these people were not merely passive spectators of a scene got up for their amusement — they seemed determined to identify themselves with the in lividual whom they sought to honour, and no re- ward ever on successful general or statesman w 'ul l equal thai conveyed in the outburst of enthusiasm which marked tlieir joy. It would be merely to repeat the. siiliv of the to speak of each point along the route; everywhere the people were mas»;d everywhere the houses were decorated; every- where Hags hung across the street or from the windows; e.er"vwheiv there was cheering of the most enthusiastic but At Charing Cr-s> it seemed a if the power of massing p 'Oole t >g-;tUT oo'iid go no further; everywhere over greit iirea of thaf. p lint there s'oo 1 a dense ms-s of in a mid wo»u"ti. au I the iiioinr.ii nt of Nelson .seemed t l is • our. III a 11';J\t:lli,t of hu nan 1)\"i!J", for men \¡J.I I, \-i ehmg on v >w pari; of the p"d i<a!. The s*arua • i, 'n;! f:ie i'ir-t was inva 1" and round abou" iU had e!am red t ) g -t a h> >k at the Gen-ral as be paoscd, iui U two, jla i ved mounted behind the bronze monarch, around whose neck they fastened the Italian colours. The light was now growing \ery dim, but there was enough of it yet to see the profound satisfac- tion which was imprinted on Garibaldi's face as he received the vociferous cheers which greeted him as he passed along. Still, the crowd beset him along Cock- spur-street and Pall Mall there were no signs of diminu- tion; the club-windows were filled with spectators, but they could s|je little. Darkness had fallen upon the city, and when the General's carriage at last entered the hospitable portals of Staflord House those who stood not a dozen yards from him could scarcely distinguish his features—it was then half past seven o'clock. Thus was brought to a close an event which has had no parallel in the history of London. Not even at the entrv of the Princess AlexmJra were there such masses of people gathered tegeiher, and not even then was there so much enthusi- asm displayed. Garibaldi, on Wednesday, visited Earl Russell, and was closeted with him for some time. He then proceeded to Woolwich, where he spent a considerable time in an in- speetiou of the icsourees of that great arsenal. In the evening a large and brilliant party, consisting of public men of all shades of English politics, met Iiiiii at t (tiLiLler given by his hust. the Duke of Sutherland.