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London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

The resolution was then put and carried unanimously,

Mr. STANSFELD, M.P., proposed the next resolution,
which was—" That this meeting desires also to express the
entire confidence which it feels in the determination and the
power of the Government and people of the United States to
carry out• to the full the policy of which Abraham Lincoln's
presidential career was the embodiment, and to establish
free institutions throughout the whole of the American re-
public." The hon. member said—Sir, we are assembled
here to-night, not so much by speech, for who is there who
does not feel his heart too full for that utterance to-night,
but by our common presence and our common acts to express
the horror and indignation with which we have heard Of
deeds so foul that history cannot produce their parallel, to
express our sympathy, our deep and heartfelt sympathy,
with the wife who has become a widow, and with the
nation which staggers, while moaning, beneath the loss of
its elect. But we are here, it seems to me, for a further
purpose even than this. I at least can take no part in these
proceedings without also at this the time of its direst trial,
at its most momentous crisis, expresiing my sympathy with
a cause which began by being honourable, which grew to
be righteous, and which above all by the acts, by the life,
and by the death of their martyred President, has become
sacred in our eyes. The cause of the North was in its
conception an honourable cause. One who ranks high
amongst us in influence and position, and upon this very
question, as well as upon many others, deserves our respect,
Lord Russell (cheers), once said that the North was fighting
for empire, and the South for independence. (Hear, cheers,
and hisses.) He had himself on frequent occasions supplied
the omissions which render inaccurate and incomplete the
definition of this mighty struggle. The South was fighting
for independence, but for independence with the sole and
avowed and deliberate purpose of promoting and perpetu-
ating the institutions of human slavery. (Cheers.) The
North was fighting for empire ? No. The North was
fighting for a common country, which it would share, but
which it would not allow to be torn asunder. I am not
here to say that I for one could have justified the long
persistence at so great a cost of life and suffering in that
war had there been no other question than secession con-
cerned in it (hear), but the crime of the South was from
the very first a justification of the great cause of which the
North was, it may be at first, in some part an unconscious
and, if you will, in some part, even an unwilling instrument.
Well, then, this cause, which began by being honourable,
grew, as I have said, to be a righteous cause. Step by step
the North grew to the height of this great, this holy argu-
ment. Every fear—every hope, I fear I must say—every
hope of those who wished ill to the republic was disappointed.
Each delay, each difficulty, each defeat, served to render
more stern the resolve, higher and more pure the policy of
the North, till from their original stand-point. of the Union,
extinction of slavery, up through the emancipation procla-
mation, to the final decree abolishing slavery through the
States, the North rose to the full sense of that duty which
perfected their right, and then, and not till then victory was
permitted finally to crown their achievements. Now, who
was it who from the first watched over and controlled over
for good these various and progressive phases of this
mighty struggle ? Who was the man, who taking his
stand first within the Constitution and the law upon the
ground of the non-extension of slavery to the territories of
the United States, who then came as an act of war to feel
that he might issue his emancipation proclamation ? Who
next defeated the machinations of that party who loved
the Union in such wise that, for union they would have
sacrificed that sacred object which alone justified their
war ? Who was it who contributed, perhaps more than
any other man, to the passing of the first abolition decree?
Who was it who, when victory seemed to dawn upon the
arms of the North before Richmond, was already there,
thinking and busying himself about the works of recon-
struction and of peace ? Who was it whose face, we have
been told, ever since those days had seemed radiant and
illuminated With blessed thoughts of mercy and of peace ?

Mr. BAXTEN M.P. for Montrose, in supporting the reso-
lution, joined in the expression of his deep regret at the
untimely death of President Lincoln by an act than which
history had recorded none more atrocious. But whilst
deeply regretting this terrible calamity, he could not for a
moment imagine that the glorious cause of emancipation in
America, the triumph of free constitutional government, and
the suppression of the revolt of the slaveholder, depended on
the life of one single man. (Cheers.) The contest between
a great democracy and a slave-owning aristocracy would,
he was convinced, be brought to a satisfactory conclusion,
and he was much mistaken if the result would not give an
impetus on this side of the Atlantic to the cause and pro-
gress of reform.
The Hon. LYELL STANLEY, a son of Lord Stanley of Al-
derley, who had recently visited America, said—l am
proud to have this opportunity to add my testimony to those
which you have heard in honour of this great and good man,
President Lincoln, who has been taken from us so suddenly
and so deplorably. I think, in the speeches which we have
heard to-night, it has very properly been insisted upon as
one of the leading traits of President Lincoln's character,
that he was full of gentleness, and forbearance, and tolera-
tion, even to those Southern insurgents who, as has been
said, with truth, I believe, proposed to take his life as he
passed through Baltimore on the way to the capital for his
first inauguration. One of his most striking characteristics
was that, while holding firmly and tenaciously to that great
principle which he was elected to support—l mean the
restriction of slavery in the territories—and while he was
willing, as occasion offered, to bring on to the side of freedom
the exercise of the war power which he used in preserving
the Union, he was able, side by side with that determina-
tion, to resist evils, able to be forbearing and tolerant to the
Southern people. I had the pleasure about this time last year
to see Mr. Lincoln at Washington. Mr. Seward took me to
see him. I recollect it was just after that horrible massacre
at Fort Pillow. He commenced talking of it to Mr. Seward
and was reluctant to believe it. There had been other
massacres before, and he was talking of doing then what I
believe was afterwards done—sending a senator out to the
West, to investigate the facts. He was loth to believe that
his countrymen, even misguided and blinded by slavery,
could commit such horrible acts as that. It was this charac-
teristic forbearance and generosity to his foes which pre-
eminently characterised President Lincoln, and which I
specially admired in him, connected as it was with firmness
of principle. _ _ _

Mr. H. FAWCETT and Mr. 611A.W LEFEVILE7 M.P. for
Reading, also supported the resolution, which, like the
preceding one, was carried without a dissentient voice.
Mr. CAntD, M.P., proposed the following resolution :
" That copies of the foregoing resolutions be placed in the
hands of the Hon. C. F.Adams, the American Minister, for
transmission to his Excellency the President of the United
States, Mrs. Lincoln, and the Hon. W. H. Seward."
Mr. Grenfell, M.P. for Stoke, seconded, and Mr. Crum
Ewing, M.P., the Rev. Mr. Newman Hall, and Mr. Mason
Jones supported the resolution, which was also unani-
mously adopted, and the proceedings were brought to a
close with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman.

Awful Suicide of Admiral Robert Fitzroy.

A sensation, which it is almost impossible to de-
scribe, has been caused throughout the whole of the
Norwood district, and, when this notice becomes
public, will be shared with equal pain by the whole
of the scientific world. Admiral Robert Fitzroy,
the great prognosticator of the weather, has de-
stroyed his life by cutting his throat with a razor.
The sad event took place at Lyndhurst House,
Norwood, Surrey, yesterday morning.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT ON A POLICE INSPECTOR—GETTING UP A SCENE
AT A WORKHOUSE Doou.—Charles West, Eliza West, and
Jane Hampton, the first two named husband and wife, and
residing in Hand-court, Holborn, and the last-named resid-
ing near Fitzroy-market, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly
manner, and assaulting Inspector Silvcrton of the C
Division.

Thapnetor Silverton Reid about twelve the previous, night
he heard a disturbance at the door of St. James's Work-
house, and on going up found the defendants and a woman
not in custody, and who was well known to the police as
a beggar. The male defendant was knocking at the door
and demanding that the woman should be admitted. He
said he paid poor-rates, and that if the woman was not
admitted he would have the door down. The woman, in
whose behalf he was interfering, was drunk, as also were
all the defendants. He requested the defendants to leave
and got them from the porch into the street. The male
defendant then began making a sensation speech about the
rights and wrongs of the poor-law system, and that he kept
such persons as him (the inspector). He told him that he
thought he had enough to do to keep himself, and he
then came and made a rush at him, and his wife then
scratched his face, clawing at him like a cat, and tearing
the skirt off his coat and a part of his cape. He secured
the male defendant and his wife, and then the other de-
fendant attacked him right and left, and also tore his clothes
After some time, there being a scene of great excitement
and confusion, the defendants wore secured and taken into
custody.

In answer to the defendant, the inspector said he did not
see a child in the arms of the woman he was interfering on
behalf of.

James Caird, of 46, Poland-street, corroborated the in-
spector.

In answer to the male defendant, the witness said he
heard him (the male defendant) talking a great deal
about the law of the land. The inspector told him to go
home and not make a noise.
A person from the workhouse saidthat two women, both
of them drunk, came to the door, one of them having a
child. They said they had been refused admission at the
casual ward, and as that was tho case, they being drunk,
he refused to admit them. The defendants came and made
a great disturbance.

In answer to the male defendant, the witness said that
he certainly did say to him, " Go home to your mother."
The male defendant said his wife and her friend were
not drunk.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was afraid he (the male defendant)
was drunk, and that he could not see that his friends were
drunk too.

The male defendant then entered into a long rigmarole
as to how he had spent the day, the treatment he had re-
ceived, and how he had been insulted by everybody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that not much harm appeared to have
been done, the fact being that all the defendants were
drunk. The men would have to pay a fine of 10s., and
the women ss. each.

The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough and
Miss Eliza Butler have arrived at their residence in Great
Stanhope-street from Smithland Hall, Leicestershire.
ORDINARY OF NEWGATE.—On Saturday the alder-
men of London constituting the Gaol Committee, at a meet-
ing at Guildhall, presided over by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, elected the Rev. F. E. Lloyd Jones, M.A., curate of
Greenwich, to the office of Ordinary of the Prison of New-
gate. There were fivo other candidate& Mr. Jones was
elected by 18 to 1. The salary of Mr. Davis, who last
held the appointment, was £4OO a year.
BEVERLEY AND MARKET WEIGHTON RAILWAY.—
This line will be opened to-day, having been duly approved
by the Government inspector, Capt. Tyler. The line leaves
the Hull and Bridlington section of the North Eastern
about half a mile north of the Beverley station. There are
two stations. Some of the earthworks are rather heavy.
The contractor for the line was Mr. T. Jackson, jun., of
Nottingham.
REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—Mr. W. Bucha-
nan, M.P. for Glasgow, in compliance with the request of
the Lord Provost and magistrates of that city, will not, it
is understood, vacate his seat in Parliament (which ho re-
signed on the much-regretted failure of the firm in which
he is a partner), but will pair off for the remainder of the
session.

SPORTING MATCH..—On dit, that Mr. Banting, of
corpulent notoriety, has made a match with a young
gentleman, of Walford, 71 years of age, to run 100 yards,
and give 10 yards start, for £l,OOO a side. As such an
event will create vast interest, not only amongst the medi-
cal profession but the public generally, it has been sug-
gested that the match should come off on Epsom race
course just before the Derby, or in the presence of royalty
at Ascot, on the Cup day.—Sporting Gazette.
EADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.— Important to
the Sick.—Though the mind be downcast and the body
enfeebled by continued indisposition, the sufferer should at
this season make a last effort to regain health by taking
purifying pills, which, by cleansing the blood,
Holloway's
will search out the hidden cause of mischief and expel the
seeds of most diseases. No invalid is too much reduced to
undergo this very gentle treatment with safety and advan-
tage. Neither youth nor old age need fear any injury to
the system from a regulated course of these pills. They
are infallible in stomach complaints, bilious affections,
sickness, want of appetite, dis Ordered bowels, constipation,
and the annoyances which spring from derangement of the
digestive and assimilatory organs.

The races at Epsom, last week, brought out some good
fields. The first event decided was the Trial Stakes, which
was contested by Twilight and Birchbroom, the latter of
whom, though with much the worst of the weights, opened
the favourite at 6 to 4, but the odds gradually veered round
on the old mare,who justified the movement by winning in
a canter, Lord Westmoreland's horse being in trouble after
rounding Tattenham Corner, at which many an even
" pony" was dropped by those who jumped to conclusions
too hastily, from a notion that Edwards was hard upon
Twilight. The announcement of 14 starters for the Inker-
man Plate looked more like business, and afforded plenty of
employment in the Ring, where short prices—averaging 4
and 5 to I—were at first taken about Poodle and Romola,
but both were superseded at last by Hesper and The Gem;
and after the latter (who, with Romola, Joss Stick, Bay
Leaf, and Little Jess, caused most of the false starts, which
occasioned a qklay of half an hour at the outset) had run
the course through, the old horse was backed for more
money than anything, in spite of his "steadier" of lOst.
101 b. Brilliantly though he wound up the season last year
(in the course of which he started no fewer than twenty-
three times) by winning a half-mile handicap at Shrews-
bury, carrying 9st 101 b (giving 3st all but 21b to Lady
Bohun, 3st llb to Balornock, 141 b to Attraction, 131 b
to Welland, &c.) Hesper, though a roarer, surpassed all
his previous triumphs, as well as those of Miss Julia,
Nutbush, and other half-mile celebrities, on this Occasion,
by winning with the welter weight of lOst 101 b, after a
slashing finish with Mr. Saxon's filly, to whom he gave
4st 21b ! The field for the City and Suburban was the
smallest for several years past. The betting underwent
several fluctuations after mustering on the Downs, when
5 to 1 was offered on the field, and 13 to 2 " bar one," The
Grinder having the decided call of Accident, next to whom
separated by a "widish gulf," stood Paris, at 100 to 8. The
latter soon evinced symptoms of further improvement,
however, and coming all of a sudden after Hesper's race,
he soon became as hot a favourite as at Northampton, giv-
ing the go-bye to both the Lewes horse, who was very
" fishy" at last, and The Grinder, notwithstanding the cir-
cumstance of Grimshaw, who was engaged to Mr. Smith
for Swordsman, being given up to Lord Hastings, and Mr.
S. contenting himself with Carroll for the quondam
Northampton " crack." The Grinder was not only affected
by the advance of Paris, but by the support awarded to his
stable companion Master Richard, who, though the top
weight, had plenty of friends amongst the cognoscenti,
who will back a race horse in moderate company.
The same remark will apply to Argonaut, though
there were three better favourites than Sir Joseph
Hawley's horse in Columbia, Connection, and Friday ;
whilst Menace (who has been purchased by Mr. Ten Broeck
since she ran third in the Spencer Plate), went "clean out"
after the Parisian demonstration ; and Agatha, although
strongly fancied by the Littleton stable, likewise declined
on the previous day's quotation. Columbia, about whom
there was such a furore for the Cambridgeshire last year,
has been trained at Findon for her present engagement,
and though the trial ended unsatisfactorily, owing to
Aurelian breaking his leg therein, she again had a host of
supporters. An old handicap favourite, whose name has
seldom been heard in connection with any event this sea-
son, to the unaccountable astonishment of the bookmakers
made his reappearance somewhat unexpectedly, as his name
was omitted altogether from the cards. We allude to
Muezzin, now the property of Mr. W. Robinson, who ran
so forward right into the distance (havingraced with Con-
traband to Tattenham Corner), as to lead to the impression
that the "good thing" he has so often been backed to bring
off would be landed by his new owner, as some sort of re-
compense for the loss of Kangaroo ! But the Muezzin had
tolled his own knell, and though the horse 'managed to
"catch the judge's eye," the fourth place he obtained was
barren both of honour and emolument ; the "place betters"
in particular getting a rare turn on the race by a couple Of
outsiders like Argonaut and Swordsman both securing
" berths." The latter had nothing to do with the victory it-
self, which was gallantly fought out by Argonaut and The
Grinder, though the former was more than a length first oppo-
site the Stand, the young one overhauled him so rapidly
when called upon, that, coupled with fears of the old horse
refusing to struggle home the utmost excitement prevailed
until the hoisting of Argonaut's number proclaimed another
Epsom triumph for Sir Joseph's popular "cherry" jacket
and Wells, when loud cheering burst forth on all sides.
Sir Joseph Hawley, we believe, backed Argonaut for £lOO
only at 25 to 1; but all the bookmakers laid against the
winner. The field for the Metropolitan greatly exceeded
expectation, and the announcement of nineteen starters,
(within one of the short race) is a most gratifying sign of
the times. Blackdown, who ran untried, carried a deal of
good money notwithstanding, and left off decidedly second
favourite; and Breeze, who had done a "good thing" at
home with Wingrave, trod closely upon the heels of Planet
at last; whilst Renfrew, against whom an unfavourable
prejudice existed, declined to 100 to 6, and was superseded
by both Dollar and Welcome. Nuneaton, who had been
"whispered" and backed as a "good thing," made way at
last for his stable companion, Sandal, upon whom a lot of
good money was quietly invested at the nice price of 25
to I—the same as was laid against Argonaut the day
before! Tho stable started Onesander to secure a pace for
the favourite, and the latter "coming to the rescue" after
his stable companion was done with, it was a true-run race
throughout, the effects of which were apparent on Verger
as soon as anything, as ho ran a long way in trouble, and
had nothing to do with the finish, which, left to Planet
and Sandal, produced almost as fine a contest as that
between Argonaut and The Grinder the day be-
fore, resulting in the victory of Planet by a
length. Dollar ran a great horse up to the
Stand, where the weight told, and giving way at that point
Blackdown and Verger had the honour of contesting the
only remaining situation to which the emolument of
"place money" attached, which the Lewes horse secured
by a head. Planet, who is the joint property of Mr. Craven
and Lord Uxbridge, has hitherto been a most unfortunate
horse, though invariably running sufficiently forward in
great races to distinguish himself in good company—second
in the Clearwell and Prendergast, when two years old ;
fifth, for the Cesarewitch, and fourth in the Liverpool
Autumn Cup at throe ; and second in the Northampton-
shire stakes at four ; and though he pulled off a good stake
for his party and the public his joint owners do not land
above £5,000 a piece.

The Two Thousand Guineas, run at Newmarket to-
morrow, will be the most interesting race of the meeting,
as giving a clue to the probable winner of the Derby.
There has been more mystery attaching to this event than
has ever been known before. What with the knocking
about of Liddington, the scratching of Broomielaw after
having won his trial, and the uncertain starting of Chatta-
nooga and Gladiateur, the sporting writers are in as great a
fog as the horse watchers who saw the reported trial of
Breadalbane and Broomielaw. The field will in all likeli-
hood comprise most of the following
Ariel
T. Ashmall.
Archimedes
F. Martin.
Bedminster
Wells.
Breadalbane
Custance.
Chattanooga
Gladiateur
Jlnca, The . .
ack o' Lantern
Joker
Kangaroo
Kcenig
Liddington
Pantaloon
Rifle
Tennyson
ZTilt A. Edwards.
ambesi
Kangaroo, who was bought in a selling race, and was
purchased by the Marquis of Hastings after his success
over Kceing in the Biennial, is now as good a favourite as
anything in the race. With the exception of Bedminister,
Ariel, Breadalbane, Liddington, Gladiateur, and Chatta-
nooga, he must hold all the rest safe. Bedminster, after '
the success of Argonaut, has come with a rush in the
market, as little as 5 and 6to 1 being taken. He will be
steered by Wells, one of the most accomplished jockeys of
the day. Chattanooga is an uncertain starter, but if Mr.
Naylor should determine to bring him out at the last
minute, I should hold his chance second to none. Bread-
albano is one of the dark division, but I think his action
will be more suited to the Epsom course ; however, his
owner thinks highly of him, and he might run into a place.
Liddington looks and goes well, and those who are taking
liberties with him may have cause to regret it after the
numbers go up. Ariel will carry the hopes of the Wizard's
stable, and no trainer can bring a horse fitter to the post
than John Scott. He has been backed for heaps of
money, both for the Two Thousand and Derby.
Archimedes is now all but knocked out in the market,
but I expect to see a reaction set in in his favour. He has
been highly tried with Cambuscan. Gladiateur is an un,
certain starter. Those who back him for the Derby will
have the best of it before the day of the race. I shall
select the following to furnish the winner—viz., ARCHI-
MEDES, LIDDINGTON, ARIEL, and CHATTANOOGA. The
judge, I anticipate, will place

ARCHIMEDES... 1
LIDDINGTON 2
ARIEL a
The Duchess of Newcastle should win the Newmarket
Two-yr-old Plate, and Skeffington the Prince of Wales
Stakes.

The field for the One Thousand will be made up from
the following:—
Araucaria J. Osborne.
Biondina Challoner.
Contract
Gardevisure Thomas.
Houri
La Fortune H. Urimshaw.
Light Heart
Maid Marian
Mainsail
Miss Hobble
Nukuheva
Peeress W. Boyce.
Prosperity
Regalia
Reginella T. French.
Siberia J. Fordham.
Sister to Strafford
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A FRESH MAN.