Garibaldi has left Caprera for Malta, and it is announced
in a dead-official way that he is on his way to England. The working men propose to give him a grand reception, and talk of organizing a triumphant entry into the capital. We trust if anything of the kind is attempted that the demonstration will be in good hands, or we shall have London for twenty-four hours in a. state of siege. Why should the reception be left entirely to the working classes ? Garibaldi, though leader of a revolution, and called a Red, is a patriot who recognizes. opinion as a safer guide than ideas, and acknowledges that if the nation desires a king republican theo- ries must give way. The middle class would honour itself in honouring a man who, with some foibles, of which vanity is the principal, has shown that it is possible to overset an old tyranny without setting up a reign of terror. By the way, if he does enter London, Government must look well to public order, for if the Irish do interfere the working men will show them no mercy. The last riot left a savage feeling of irritation.
