The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-28 00:00:00

THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Upon his lordship taking his seat Mr. HENRY
LOWMAN TAYLOR rose and requested to be allowed
to address the court.

The LORD MAYOR said he anticipated upon what
subject the hon. member wished to speak, but there
were some formal proceedings to be gone through,
after which he himself would make a few remarks.
The minutes of the last court were passed as cor-
rect, and some docquets were passed under the City
seal.

The LORD MAYOR then rose and said he was
sure he could anticipate the feelings of the court as
to the melancholy news which had reached them
mind, and that was the
utmost opinion
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detestation
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from America, and he felt that they could not but
feel with him a disgust at so foul an act as the as-
sassination of President Lincoln of the United
States. He was quite sure there would be but one
every
at
such an abominable act.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HENRY LOWMAN TAYLOR and Mr. R. N.
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PHILLIPS rose at the same moment for the purpose
of addressing his lordship and the court, neither
seeming inclined to give way to the other.
The LORD MAYOR seemed inclined to favour Mr.
Phillips, as he said he had waited upon him early in
the morning upon. the 0.14e4t,,,,
The members of the court, however, called upon
Mr. Taylor, and the Lord Mayor said the best mode
would be 'to decide by a show of hands, which was
done, and the result being in favour of Mr. Taylor,
Mr. Philips resumed his seat.
Mr. TAYLOR proceeded to address the court, and
said he could have most sincerely wished that the
decision the court had just arrived at in giving him
the preference to offer a few remarks upon so sor-
rowful a subject had been one of a different cha-
racter. Nothing had ever affected the mind of
every citizen, and the public in general, more than
the sad and deplorable news that had been commu-
nicated to this country from America ; and the
citizens of London, one and all, he was sure, deeply
sympathised with the American people in the deep
calamity which had befallen them. (Hear, hear.)
It was only right this court, the reflex of the City
of London, should take the earliest opportunity of
evincing their sympathy at such a deplorable and
sad event, and he was sure every member of the
court was desirous of evincing his deep concern at
an event which had taken them all so much by sur-
prise. For years, perhaps, nothing had come upon
them with greater suddenness, and caused so much
excitement as the death by the hands of an assassin,
of a man who, he believed, was always actuated
by the best motives to do all in his power for the
interests of his beloved country. It was a subject
which could be dwelt upon at great length ; but it
would beenough forhim to give expressionto whathe
was sure, were the feelings of every member of the
court, in the resolution he would propose, and he
closed his remarks with the hope that it would in
sufficient terms convey the sympathy of the greatest
municipal body in the country. Mr. Taylor then
read the following resolution :—" That this court
desires, before proceeding to the business of the
day, to express its profound sympathy with the
people of the United States of America at the loss
sustained not only by them, but by this country, in
the melancholy death of President Lincoln by the
hands of an assassin ; and, remembering that the
last acts of his life have been to breathe peace and
conciliation amidst the deplorable strife of civil
war, this court cannot but feel deep sorrow at his
untimely end."

Mr. Alderman Sheriff BESLEY seconded the mo-
tion, and in doing so said it was quite unnecessary
that he should use any language to deprecate assas-
sination. It was always most repugnant to the
feelings of an Englishman, and he need not there-
fore express his detestation of such an atrocity. In
the present position of this country with the United
States he was sure such an expression of sympathy
would do much good, and he hoped the American
people would receive it in the spirit it was tendered.
He thought they could not have begun better than
by tendering their heartfelt sympathy to that coun-
try for the deprivation which they had sustained,
and he was sure no one would feel other than utter
dotorstc‘tion at ouch an abominable atrocity.

Mr. R. N. PHILIPPS said it needed but few words
from him to support the motion. It had be en
dwelt upon by Mr. Taylor and seconded by the
worthy alderman. What had passed at the com-
mencement was a conveyance of the feelings of
every member that that court should be the first to
offer its sympathy, and that there should be no delay
in the matter. He believed that that court would
not be alone in its expression of regret, as from
what he gathered the same feelings were entertained
and would at different meetings be expressed by
every body all over the country, as he was sure
every one was desirous of expressing their abhor-
rence and detestation of such a barbarous act, and
to show to those who inhabit North America, who
were the descendants of those who originally left
this country to cultivate the soil of America, the
sympathy which they felt.
Mr. H. JONES, whilst concurring in all that had
been said by other members, thought the resolution
ought to be altered and made to express the detes-
tation felt by the court at the horrible deed.
Acting upon that suggestion, Mr. H. L. Taylor
and one or two other members, forming a com-
mittee, retired into the aldermen's chamber and the
resolution was revised.

The following is the form in which it was put :
" That the corporation desires, before proceeding to
the business of the day, to express its profound
sympathy with the United States of America in the
loss sustained by the deed of assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, the President of the United States, and
record its detestation of the atrocious crime which
has been committed." This, together with a motion
also by Mr. Taylor, "That a copy of the above re-
solution be sent to the American Minister in Lon-
don, with a request that he will transmit the same
to the Secretary of State at Washington and to Mrs
Lincoln," was unanimously agreed to.

SCIENTIFIC jorriNGs.--There is an affection of
the nails, called onyxis, which has hitherto' proved
extremely obstinate. The extremity of the finger swells
leaving a sorefrom which a sanius pus
theeon
tninailuaslifyall off leaving
ls, and this state of things, not unaccom-
panied with pain, will last for months ; nay, there have
been cases of 18 months' duration, and only cured by am-
putation. Dr. do Moerlose seems to have found a specific
for this local affection, which generally attacks children of
a scrofulous habit. He covers the whole sore with a layer
of nitrate of lead, which he renews every 24 hours, and this
treatment will in two or three weeks effect a complete cure.
In a paper addressed to the Academy of Medicine, Dr.
Domerc quotes several new cases of croup and diphtheria
which have been successfully treated by the excision of
the tonsils. After the operation, which causes a great
effusion of blood, gargles of 10 grammes of iodide of potas-
sium, and 10 gins, of nitrate of potash in a litre of water,
alternating with gargles of a decoction of marsh mallows,
are prescribed. Dr. Domerc also quotes a case affording a
strong presumption that croup is contagious. When milk
turns, this effect is caused by the development of an acid
in the liquid. This chemical change may be effectually
prevented by adding to the milk one gramme of bicarbo-
nate of soda per litre. This addition is by no means inju-
rious to health ; on the contrary, bi-carbonate of soda aids
digestion. One of the great dairies of Paris employs no
other method but this for preserving the milk it keeps
I on sale.

JUVENILE ROBINSON CP.USOES.—The Bombay
Marine Court investigated a rather curious case last
week. Two respectably connected boys entered them-
selves as apprentices on board the ship John Allen, of
London, for Bombay, with the avowed intention of leaving
the ship and leading a sort of Robinson Crusoe life on some
uninhabited island in the Pacific. They were missed when
the vessel was off Quilon, and though the captain returned
and cruised about for some days, also went ashore and
offered rewards to the native fishermen for information
about them, his efforts were quite unsuccessful. The boys
had been kindly treated on board the ship, acid no blame
can be attributed to the captain or crew.—Xosslisay Gazette,
March 28.