The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-03 00:00:00

MORTGAGE DEBENTURES BILL.

This bill. as amended, was considered and agreed to.
ISLE OF MAN DISAFFORESTATION (COMPEN-
SATION) BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
LANCASTER COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.

This bill was read a third timo and passed.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY(VINERIAN FOUNDATION)
BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
SEWAGE UTILISATION BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
The house adjourned at 25 minutos to 9 o'clock.

The Assassination of President Lincoln.

LEEDS.

The inhabitants of Leeds met on Monday even-
ing, under the presidency of the mayor (Mr. Luccock),
to express their horror and regret at the assassina-
tion of the President of the United States, and their
sympathy with the people of that country in sus-
taining so great a loss at so critical a period of their
history. The leading members of- the corporation,
and most of the clergy, bankers, and merchants,
were present, as well as several hundreds of the
tradesmen and operatives. A letter was read from Mr.
Baines, M.P., explaining the circumstances which
prevented his being at the meeting. With reference
to the late lamented President, and the object of
the meeting, he said, " His name and memory will
be venerated throughout the world, and the best
wish that we can cherish for our American brethren
is that they may still be governed by his spirit, and
may carry his work to its glorious consummation."
The MAYOR expressly declared that this was a
meeting of men who had been divided in opinion
upon the subject and policy of the war that had
raged in America, and though they still entertained
their own particular opinions upon that subject, they
were met unitedly to express their horror and in-
dignation at the murder that had been committed
in the theatre at Washington. He had heard that
the wretch who did the deed thought of making
his home in England. England the home of the
assassin ! Such a monster they could not bear
among them ; they should at once spurn him ; they
would trample him to dust. (Cheers.)
Mr. W. B. DENISON (banker), after some re-
marks tending to show that 'the recent assassination
in Washington was more beyond the range of pro-
bability than one or two of the very rare cases
which had been heard of in modern times, proceeded
to eulogise the public conduct and demeanour of
Mr. Lincoln. 'Through a turbulent and blood-
stained sea of strife for the last four years the late
President had steered his ship with such calmness of
demeanour, such firmness, and such steadfastness of
purpose, as could not fail to win the admiration of
all those who were on his side. That such a man,
who had held the rudder of the ship through the
dangers of the open sea, just at the moment when
apparently he was approaching the haven, and when
his firm and cool hand was wanted to guide the ship
through perhaps greater difficulties—that such a
man should have been struck down at such a time,
not by the hand of an open enemy, but by the in-
famous hand of a dastardly assassin, filled his (Mr.
Denison's) mind with such deep regret and intense
horror that he had hardly power to give utterance
to his ideas. (Cheers.) He had no doubt that the
people of the South had no connection with the com-
mission of such a crime, for it was hardly possible
to believe that the country which had produced the
heroes which have filled the armies of the Southern
States could have any sympathy with the work of a
dastardly assassin—(cheers)—and he had the full
expectation that the people of the Southern States
would rise with such unanimity and earnestness in
reprobation of the atrocious crime as would go far
to effect that reconciliation -which the people of this
country looked for and longed to take place. (Ap-
lame.) He moved the following resolution :—" That
the inhabitants of Leeds, in public meeting assem-
bled, would emphatically express the feelings of
horror and intense regret with which they have
heard of the atrocious acts by which the United
States of America have been suddenly deprived of
their President, and the life of his Chief Secretary
has been endangered ; and that they recall with
melancholy interest the friendly feeling invariably
displayed by the late President Lincoln towards
this country."
The Rev. Dr. ATLAY, vicar of Leeds, seconded
the resolution, saying that he was not present in
any sense as the mouthpiece of any party, but as a
townsman of Leeds among his fellow-townsmen—a
Christian man among Christian men—to express
the horror and detestation they felt at an act of
most barbarous and dastardly murder. (Hear, hear.)
It was a very great privilege that they should have
the opportunity of testifying to the world their deep
feeling of horror at the crime which had been com-
mitted On the other side of the Atlantic, and that
by their presence they should convey what was,
alas ! but cold comfort, but such comfort as only
they were able to express—their entire sympathy
with their brethren at the great calamity which had
overtaken them—(hear, hear)--and he should be
surprised indeed if there was a man or woman in
England, who was capable of forming a rational
judgment, who would not express their sympathy
with the resolution. (Applause.)
Mr. GLOVER JOY supported the resolution, and
made a deep impression on the meeting by relating
various incidents of an interview he had with Presi-
dent Lincoln at' a time when Lee and Longstreet
were so near Washington, that he (Mr. Joy) felt it
very doubtful whether it would be safe to venture
there from New York. He quoted various remarks
which were made on that occasion by the illustrious
man now departed, and said they certainly left a
very pleasing impression, and a strong conviction
that Abraham Lincoln, with all the weight of his

great duties pressing upon him, had looked to a
higher source of help than many men gave him credit
for. (Cheers.)
The resolution was carried unanimously, and also
the following :—" That while deeply lamenting the
removal of President Lincoln from his exalted posi-
tion at a time when his combined wisdom and bene-
volence seemed peculiarly needful to secure the
peaceful and harnaoniousreconstruction of the Ame-
rican nation, this meeting earnestly hopes the sur-
viving statesmen of that great Republic may succeed
in speedily and happily surmounting every obstacle
to such a reconstruction, in accordance with the
immutable principles of justice and freedom."
The other speakers were Mr. Jowitt, Mr. F. Baines,
Rev. 11. W. Williams (Wesleyan), Alderman Car-
ter, Rev. Eustace Conder (Independent), Rev. J.
Blomfield (St, George's church), Mr. Tatham, Dr.
Heaton, &c.
It was alga resolved that copies of the resolutions
be forwarded to the United States Government and
to Mrs. Lincoln, the latter to be accompanied by an
expression of the deep sympathy entertained by the
people of Leeds for herself and her family in their
heavy bereavement and affliction.