The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

LIV ERPOOL.

MANCHESTER.

Such a state of excitemeat as was produced in
Manchester by the news of President Lincoln's esausination
this morning (writes our correspondent) was never withered
here before. On the Exchange and everywhere the general
expression we one of reprobation and horror that such •
crime should have been committed. This is the feeling
amonpt Southerners (to use a popular term) as well as
Northerners ; nevertheless, men sympathising with the
Southern cause have been beard to applaud the deed even
amoopt aciw who mix in commercial circles, and who pees
for educated and respectable members of society. The news
put • stop to all business, and the as, bus teased away in
mere talk and excitement.

BIRMINGHAM.

The news of the araasaination of Mr. Lincoln
(writes our Birmingham correspondent) produced a pro-
found seneation here, and as much of sympathy, westerns-
lion, and dismay as an be conceived ; in fact, as to an of
these feelings, second only to one other calamity which might
have afflicted this nation and the world. It was &little after 12
o'clock when the first telegram was received announcing this
sad occurrence ; this, like ell other bad news, spread rapidly,
and in less than half.an•honr the Exchange, when the Uhl-
man were posted, was thronged with persons in whose
faces were depicted an expression of the deepest anxiety.
Vary many were reluctant to believe the news, and in a
state of feverish and eager desire clung to the hope that
the telegram was some stock•jobbing trick or fraud for MA
sinister purpose, and in these times when so much is done
ler the sake of mean a seesetion, or for souse more na-
-1 worthy end, it is no woods: that even the public
should at length bare been taught to be cautions,
and be slow to swallow the highly-spiced dishes set
before it. Nearly three hours passed away without
the receipt of any confirmation of the find telegram,
sod hope was reviving, when the full details of the great
tragic occurrences just perpetrated at Washington came to
hand. Then wan there no fees in which grief was not
depicted ; no aentiment,uttered hut that of abhorrence at
these foal crimes: of the truth of that, the American
people may rest aspired, so far as this town is concerned,
for although there boa always been a strong feeling of
sympathy here for the Southerners, and never more so
than in the laid hours of the gigantic efforts of Lee
and his hand, there is nothing but detestation at the huge
murder with which this fratricidal war basing been crowned.
The mayor was in London when this afflicting news was
received, but be was immediately telegraphed to by Mr
Alderman Hawkes with the view to some immediate ex.
Fusion in reference to this untoward event by the autho-
rities of this town. Mr. Henry Van Wart, en American by
birth, but resident here for nearly sixty years, and closely
connected with the family of Washington Irving, heard the
sad news whilst sitting on the bench as a magistrate ; he,
too, a strong Northern partizan, came to the Exchange full
of grief, reluctant to believe in the terrible story that
Abraham Lincoln bad been slain in such a crisis of his
country's history.

A meeting of the Union and Emancipation
Society is called for to-day at 3 o'clock, at A•derton's
Hotel, to eaprem sympathy with the government and the
people of the United Mama in her present crisis. TO.
morrow evening • public meeting is to be had in the Free
Trade Hall, Manchester, for the woe purpose.

THE LATE Ms.. COBDLN. —The parish of St. PAD-
ems have takes steps for raising • public memorial to the •
memory of the late Richard Cobden. The mot selected, '
providing the sanction of the representative vestry can rtes
obtained, is at the entrance to Camden Town, where the
Hampstead-rced and Morpheme-crescent on the woe, and
Eversholtetreet and the Cro gradate road ow the east, con-
verge, and where the toll-gate formerly stood. The road-
way at them points is upwards of 200 feet in width. A few
eveniep since, as already announced, • preliminary meeting
' was held, and an adjoureed owe on Itaiday events& wham
1 a resolution was adopted to present a memorial to the ves-
try, asking them to pant the site in gumtree. At its meeting
held yesterday. when Mr. Rom moved that the prayer of
the memorial be complied with, sad that such emboli of
the centre of the midway at the ottraaos to Camden Tows,
lying between Marnington-alsomit and ths Crowndale-
road, ea may be required be granted as a site for the ine-
tion of a states or other testimonial to the memory of the
late Richard Cobden, M.P., and that the use of the methy-
-1 hall be granted for holding • public meeting on the subject
of such memorial, the resolution was carried thanimonsly,
end the churchwardens and most of the membsse peseta
placed their names on the committee to carry oat the me-
morial, and arrange fora public meeting of the parishimme.
tool's metinotialwaiist lakectiot Icsift4tets""esntleseTTitrY.Wsui°
the Mayor in the their. Mr. Smith. one of the borough
members, was part, but Mr. Watkis was neaveedy
absent. The meeting warmly adopted a Lion to
open a public subseriptiou, but the form the memorial
was left to be settled at • future time.
CMS' 07 LONDON' COLLEGE, LEADILTHALL-11TRIBT.
—This amain. hiked of the usual lsctum sores of the
gaistlansa of the elosation clams of the oolMgs will give
Rodin, from Popular Anthem." Mr. Gawp Warmer
ton, use of the molt snomeddl students at the
dame of this tiellege, ter just bees awarded • priM of
tri=aler, the Rigal ter his sissy en "The
Embardea, as exemplifying the Wisdom mid
I amedeence of Clod." Mr. Weariagton is a member of the
•wwii of tie Wisp.

The news produced at Liverpool (writes our
correspondent ;here) a thrill of surprise and horror
which pervaded all dames and all politicians alike.
When the preliminary despatch which announced the fact
that the President had been shot and that Mr. Seward I
was dying from the wooed' inflicted by an 'mania was
received, Mr. Younghusband, the secretary of the Ex-
change newsroom, mounted his desk, and read the news
aloud. The tidings produced the most profound and pain-
ful mosatire, sad brought tears to the eyes of many pre-
sent, while *then tamed pale and faint. Then followed
expressions of disgust and indignation, masa of Southern
views being equally prompt with the Northerners to
impress their boner at the murder, with ow
saes exception. A gentleman, whose name did I
net transpire, raised • faint " hurrah :" bet he
was inisodiataly onliarad by ass of the bystanders
(himself a liowthsrair), who indigsmatly excasizard, "Yon
inmate fiend, yon have the heart of an sinassin yourself r
and threw his oat of the room. The Exchange dap sad
newsroom were, the sews speed, filled by excited asowels,
I who wins ssgsrly dianning tho woven. ,he the hoe

despatch war very curt, end as nearly two hours elapsed THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UHF
before it was cosflrmed, some incredulity crept over the STATES.
minds of the throng, hat this was speedily dispelled by • -
fuller despatch resolved about one o'clock by the moot of
the New York press in Liverpool, and later when the °Mad
report from Mr. Secretary Stanton and a despatch account>
ing the death of Mr. Fred/doh Seward were received. which
increued the general gloom and consteroation. Business
was at first almost paralysed, sad United States stocks at
own fell about 5 per cent., while the Confederate Loan nude
• coalmines leap to 19, bat pudaally foil down to about
1 its former level. The cotton market, after the first stupor
of Navin was over, became • little more animated, sad
prime even advanced, the general opinion being that the
political confusion which would occur in the United States
would render the prospect of any immediate supplies still
more problematicaL The news formed the sole topic
of conversation dories the day, and the denied
for editions of the local papers ocatsining the intelligence
was very great, even to a late hour. The °Moe
et the American consul Wei besieged by an eager crowd, but
he had no special despatch. He, however, took down the
American flag, which had been dying in honour of the
Federal victories, and subsequectly re-hoisted it half-meet.
A number of gentlemen called at the Town-hell to ask the
mayor to hoist the flag half-nist at the Tows-hall, sod ales
to call • town's meistiog, so as to send out by Thursday's
shame • nenbation ezfaxesive of the horror set indtpa-
lion of the people of Liverpool at the fearful crimes com-
mitted at Washington. The mayor being absent at the
Ma, Mr. Fauna*, his deputy, at once ordered the
dig to be hoisted half-mask and the gentlemen (Messrs.
Patterson, Trimble, and Bewlinalarennged totelegraph their
anuses to the mayor. who was too peters home is the
eveniag, se that the meshes could be held early this day,
and the resolutions speed to telegraphed, if requisite, to
Queenstown. As Southerners vied with Northerners in
expressing their regret and indignation at the crimes of
Booth and his felloweassasth. deploring them as injurious
to the Southern caw, and repudiating the ruffling as se-
ocasionista, the president of the Southern Club repaired to
the club-room, and convened a meeting of all the members
of the committee who happened to be Present. for the
purpose of astortainieg whether it was desirable to take any
official action upon the event. The members of the com-
mittee were unanimous in their expressions of abhorrence
and reprobation of the foal deed, but did not consider that
any further official notice of it could be taken by the club.
The numerous American ships in the Liverpool docks, as
well as m►ny others belonging to various netiona, hoisted
their daps half-mast on receipt of the sure. Some of the
American captains draped their flags with black cloth and
craps in addition. Arrangements are being made to hold •
meeting of the American shipping masters at present to
Liverpool, to decide what action chat be taken by them in
view of the melancholy outwear..
We learn by electric telegraph that • memorial praying
the mayor of Liverpool to convene a meeting in St. George's
Hall, to enable the public to express their indignation
with regard to the assassination of President Lincoln,
wee signed by 600 gentlemen on 'Change within an
hour. It was presented lest night. The mayor will preside
at • entelingas requested, at two o'clock to-day. The meeting
will be adjeureed, and resumed at seven in the evening.

learn by experience, but not as men of sense, care-
ful to avoid mistakes. It is desirable that the
error should not be repeated. Mr. JOHNSON',
character will be discussed during the
next few days just as Mr. Lim:oven was not long
sinoe. Two months ago, few people in this coun-
try had even heard of Mr. JomvsoN ; now nothing
is more common than to hear the most conclusive
judgments prononnoed on his character. An
evening contemporary spoke of him yesterday
as a " drunken mechanic." This is the kind of
language that we have to guard against. Of course,
if the phrase correctly represents the facts, it is
not because Mr. JOHNSON can dispose of fleets
and armies that we are to hold our tongues.
We therefore wish to state the result of inquiries
which we have thought it our duty to make. Of
the incident so regrettable, so untoward, which
occurred at the recent installation, we know
just as much and just as little as our contempora-
ries. Bat we are assured by those who cannot but
know the facts, and we entirely believe, that that
incident cannot, without injustice and injury,
be taken to represent Mr. JOHNSON'S character.
Those who know him well, describe him as a man
of real capacity and of temperate habits. Mr.
JOHNSON was elected by the great Southern
State of Tennessee to represent it as a
Senator in Congress before the war. Since
the war, he was chosen by Mr. LINCOLN to be the
military governor of Tennessee. These are testi-
monies such as are not given to habitual drunkards,
or to men whom Nature has marked out for me-
chanical pnrsuits. Let us wait a while, and see
how Mr. Johnson behaves before we pass judg-
ment on him. ft is our interest as well as our
duty.

(From Ripley and Dam's " Cyclopedia.")
Johnson, Andrew, a United States' senator from
Tonneau, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 29,
1808. When he was four years of age he lost his father,
who died from the effect of exertions to am a friend front
drowning. At the age of tea he was apprenticed to a tailor
in his native city, with whom he served seven years. Hie
mother was usable to afford him any educational *dem-
tag's, and he never attended school a day in his life. While
learning his trade, however, he resolved to make au effort
to educate himself. His misty to be able to read was par
ticularly excited by an Widest which is worthy of mentioe.
A amalsaan of Raleigh was is the habit of going into the
taiWe shop and reading while the apprentice and jouniey-
moo were at work. He was an exeelleet reader, and ids
hermits book was a volume of speeches, priecipally al
British statesmen. Johnson became interested, and his dab
ambition war to equal him as a reader and become female
with those speeches. He teak up the alphabet without ma I -
bistrostor, bat by applying to the journeymen with when
be worked he obtained a little anistance. Having acquired
a knowledge of the letters, he applied for a loan of the book
which be bad so often board read. The owner made hint a
present of it, and gave him some Metre:too on the ass et
letters in the formation of words. Thus his flint exercises
in spelling were in that book. By perseverance ite soon
learned to read, sad the boars which he devoted to his edu-
cation were at night after be was through his daily labeor
apse the shorten& He now applied himself to beets
from two to three hours every night, after ening hem 14
to 12 bows at his trade. Having completed his agessoties- •
ship In the autumn of 1824, he went to Lures Cowl-
home, South Carolina, wine be worked as a Oceania=
for nearly two years. While tier' he wee engaged to be
married, but the marriage wee brake. off by the violent
opposition of the girl's mother and Mends, the ground elf
objection being Mr. Jetremes youth and the
gongs[,
pecuniary means. le May, WA be Maned to
whore he premed jeurney-tierk, mod recnainedta
September. He thew nal est to musk his fortune in the
West, carrying with him his mether. wise we dependent
upon bun for rapport. He stepped at Ounulle,Tme
nesse, and commented work as a journeyman. He is.
mined there about 12 menthe, married. and soon after-
wards wept still further westward, out failing to hod a
suitable place to settle heretureed to Greenville and com-
mented bedew. Irp to this time his education wee limited
to reading, as he had nun had an opportunity of •
learning to write or cipher, but under the instructions
of his wife he learned these and other branches. The
only time, however, be maid devote to them was le
the dead of the night. The first office which he ever
held was that of &Mamas of the village, to which be
was elected in 1828. He ms reelected to the rime posh.
tion in 1829, and again in 1830. Is that year he was obsess
mayor, which position he hold for three years. Is 1835 he
was elected to the legislature. In the session of that year
he took decided ground against a scheme of internal in-
prevenient', which he untended would not only prove a
failure, bat entail upon the state a burdensome debt. The
mums was popular, however, and at the no rt election
(1837) he wee defeated. He became a candidate again ia
183399. By this time many of the evils he had predicted were
fully demonstrated, and he was sleeted by a large majority.
In 1840 he nerved as preeideatiel elector for the state at
large on the Democratic Mika& He manned a large por-
tion of the state, meeting nem the stump several of the
leading whig tenors. In 1841 he was elected to the state
Senate. In 1843 he was elected to COUPON, where, by sus-
amiss elsotioas, he served until 1853. Daring this period ef .
webs he was conspicuous and active in advocating the bill
fee refunding the floe imposed epos General Jackson et New
Orleans in 1815, the aunexatioa of Texas, the tariff of 1846.
the war measures of Mr. Polk's administration, mot a home-
stead bill. la 1863 he wee elected goveroor at Tennessee
after an exciting canvass. He wee re-elected to 1866 after
another active contest. At the expiration of his snood
period as governor, in 1887, he was elected United States
senator for a fall term Nadia March 4, 1883.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READER,' As-
SOClATloB.—Yeeterday afternoon the annivenary meeting
of this society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms. The
Right Rev. the Bishop of Winchseter mewled the chair,
and in the course of a bsied opening address pointed out the
admatages which moat arise from a. workiog of the
society. He expressed no doebts as to the workiog of the
emaciation, which be believed would result in the
possible good. He referred to the propose which greatest
elation had made from the first year ci its existence, when
the annual receipts were 3,4881., while at the end of 1864
they were 12,5891. He hoped the association would go aa
prospering. The secretary read the report, which stated
that the Moores of the pest year bad been 12,6891., in-
cluding 1,51ia. from the Bishop of Lostion's fund, being ia
ILICOMB ci receipts of former yams by 1,396:. The another of
psab dogleg the same period hod airspeed from 142 to
188. Hr. Thomas Chambers, QC. (Common-Serlmot),
moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by
she Rev. Mr. Minimum, sod carried with acclsmatiou.
Several other teatimes having addressed the meeting in
alWart of rsesiatioaa is favour of the association, the pro-
ceedings termiaated.
Hotta Taininco ma Ist BLIND. —Th e annual
awietiag of the Mesh sod eapportors of this imeitotioa
was held yesterday 'harems at the 11.11120Tet•M9lar•
Room ; Lord Charles Resell woe inthe chair, and was sup-
Ported 4* • lame amber of clergymen sad goatlesoon. The
merstery (Hr. Moore) reed the report. which detailed M.
previous operettas. of the moiety, which bad been attesdad
with the greatest maws ; but a atill greater amount af
moors awaited the operation al the society, meioses%
epos the isaremsd support ham its Misch wad the 'mend
=Daring the year thews had bees a aseeklemble ad-
SI new Whid readers, aad their affects had treaded
to iambs& geed prisigiss with the EMI gaddaihigy
The of the moiety had shows the le-
amity for men harems sad resikra. The lisaaolal state-
most shared that time wag oily a balsam is hand after
the yeses werideg ell 331.
A Moserza Swot lizsrs.—The silver mine
I mar Virginia city, sear the RIMS Nevada, is the lariat
vet diseeeerwi. The vela is ISO het thick aid fear mike