The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-21 00:00:00

IVA.R MEETING AT WASHINGTON-
SPEECH OF 7HE PRESIDENT.

QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY MORNING.—The Inman
steamer Edinburgh, being an extra vessel on the
line, arrived off the harbour this morning with
New York and other papers of the 7th inst., the
latest yet at hand, the Asia having called only at
Halifax and Boston.
An immense Union meeting was held at New
York on the 7th, at which
President LINCOLN delivered the following
speech :—Fellow Citizens—l believe there is no
precedent for my appearing before you on this
occasion—(applause)—but it is true that there is
no precedent for you being here yourselves—(ap-
plause and laughter)—and I offer in justification ;
of myself and of you that, upon examination, I I
have found nothing in the constitution against it.
(Renewed applause.) I, however, have an
impression that there are younger gentle-
men who will entertain you better—(" No,
no; none can do better than yourself, ga on")
—and better address your understanding than I
will or could, and therefore I propose to detain you
but a moment longer. (Cries of'' Go on ! Tar and
feather the rebels I") lam very little inclined on
any occasion to say anything unless I hope to pro-
duce some good by it. (A Voice—" You do that.
Go on.") The only thing I think of just now not
likely to be better said by some one else is a matter
in which we have heard some other persons blamed
for what I did myself. (A Voice—" What is it ?")
There has been a very widespread attempt to have
a quarrel between General M'Clellan and the Se-
cretary of War. Now, I occupy a position that
enables me to believe at least these two gentle-
men are not nearly so deep in the quarrel as some
presuming to be their friends. (Cries of " Good.")
General M'Clellan's attitude is such that in the
very selfishness of his nature he cannot hut
wish to be successful--and 1 hope he will, and the
Secretary of War is precisely in the same situation.
If the military commander in the field cannot be
successful, not only the Secretary of War, but my-
self, for the time being the master of them both,
cannot be but failures. (Laughter and applause.)
I know General M'Clellan wishes to be successful,
and I know that he does not wish it any more
than the Secretary of War from him, and both of
them together no more than I wish it—(applause,
and cries of " good"). Sometimes we have a dis-
pute about how many General M'Clellan has had,
and those who would disparage him say he has had
a very large number, and those who would dis-
parage the Secretary of War insist that General
M'Clellan has had a very small number. The basis
for this is, there is always a wider difference,
and, on this occasion, perhaps a wide ong.
between the grand total on M'Clellan's rolls and
the men actually fit for duty ; and those who
would disparage him talk of the grand total on

paper, and those who would disparage the Secre

tart' of War talk of those at present fit for duty,

General M'Clellan has sometimes asked for things
that the Secretary of War did not give him. Gen.

M'Clellan is not to blame for asking for what he

wanted and needed, and the Secretary of War is not

to blame for not giving when he had none to give,

(Applause, laughter, and cries of " Goo 3, good.'
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And I say here, so far as I know, the Secretary of
War has withheld no one thing at any time in my
power to give him. (Wild applause, and a voice—

" Give him enough now !") I have no accusation

against him. I believe he is a brave and able man

—(applause)—and I stand here, as justice requires

me to do, to take upon myself what has been

charged on the Secretary of War as withholding

from him. I have talked longer than I expected

to do—(cries of ‘'No, no ;" " go on ")—and now I
avail myself of the privilege of saying no more.

WITHERNSEA NEW LIFEBOA7 .

A large and Brie new lifeboat, mounted on her
transporting carriage, was forwarded yesterday by
the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to Withern-
sea, near Hull, a dangerous point on the Yorkshire
coast. The boat is 34 feet long, 7 feet wide, and
rows six oars single-banked, or 12 oars double-
banked. Her self-righting qualities were fully
and satisfactorily tested on Saturday last, in the
Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse. The water she
shipped was self-ejected in 20 seconds. The boat was
built by the Messrs. Forrest, of Liatehouse. The
transporting carriage of the boat, which was built
by Mr. J. Robinson, of Kentish Town, was also
tried on the occasion, and was found to answer
admirably. By an ingenious contrivance the boat,
with her crew on board, is launched off the
carriage. With their oars in hand they are thus
enabled to obtain headway before the breakers
have time to beat the boat broadside on the beach.
The hauling up of the boat on her carriage is ac
complished with equal facility. A commodious and
substantial house has been built, from a design
furnished by C. H. Cooke, Esq., honorary archi-
tect to the society, for the reception of the lifeboat,
her stores, and carriages. The cost 0300) of the
lifeboat and carriage was presented to the insti-
tion by Miss Lechmere, a benevolent lady resident
in Worcestershire. Richard Champneys, jun., Esq.,
the chairman of the branch, has rendered the in-
stitution valuable assistance in establishing this
lifeboat station. A grand demonstration is to take
place at Withernsea on Monday, the 25th inst., to
inaugurate this important and benevolent gift to
the town.

The National Lifeboat Institution has now 122
lifeboats in connection with it. Of these nine are
stationed on the Yorkshire coast—namely, at Mid-
dlesborough, Redcar, Ssltburn, Whitby, Sear
borough, Filey, Bridlington, Hornsea, and Withern
sea. The following also is a list of the lives saved
during the past two years and a half from various
wrecked vessels belonging to our north and east
ports, viz. ;—Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft, 11;
smack Adventure, of Harwich, 10; pilot cutter
Whim, of Lowestoft, 7 ; brig Lively, of Clay,
Norfolk, 5 ; barque Robert -Watson, of Sunder-
land, 5; brig Zephyr, of Whitby, 6; coble Hon-
our, of Cullercoats, 3; schooner Eliza, of North
Shields, 7; sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge, 5;
brig Ann, of Blyth, 8; a fishing-boat of Will!"
burn, 4 ; brig Areth'isa, of Blytb, 8 ; brig.
Flying Fish, of Whitby, 5 ; schooner Fly, of
Whitby—saved vessel and crew, 4; schooner Rose,
of Lynn, 3; brig Proclroma, of Stockton, 11 ; brig
Vonte.nt, of Sun-
Eliza, of Middleborough, brig
derland, 5; schooner Prospect, of Berwick, ; brig
Scotia, of Sunderland, 6; brig Gloucester, of South
Shields, 7; brig Roman Empress, of Shields, 10;
brig Mayflower, of Newcastle, 8; barque Druid, of
Sunderland, 9;
W
schooner Princess Alice, of
aa
Ipswich, 5; brig
Sisters,B of
barque hitbNyi,g 9 ; brig
Providence, of
Providence, of Shields,
Shields, 11; barque Perseverance, of Scarborough,
John Bull, of Yarmouth, 5 ; brig Ja
ne,
of ; smack
of North Shields, 8 ; brig Lovely Nelly, of
Senham, 6; brig Pallas, of Shields, 3; sloop
Three Brothers, of Goole; 5; and schooner Friends,
of Lynn, 4. Altogether upwards of 700 lives have
been rescued during the same period from a watery
grave by lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution. As each life boat requires about .£4O a year
to keep it in repair and ready for instantaneous
service, it is evident that a large sum is required by
the institution to enable it to maintain in a state of
efficiency our numerous lifeboat establishments, and
that the good and sacred work in which it is so
actively engaged can only be perpetuated by the
continued support of the public at large.

THE ISLEWORTH MURDER.—No clue has yet
been obtained to the place of concealment of the man Cope-
land, who is charged with the murder of Anne Barnham,
at Isleworth, on the evening of Thursday, the 7th inst.
Robinson and Thomas, two experienced detectives, assisted
by Inspector Rigarlsford, of the Brentford division, have
been to Petersfield and other places where it is known Cope-
land was in the habit of visiting, but no satisfactory infor-
mation can be obtained. It is conjectured by some that
having been seen by so few people after the committal of
the murder, and his person being so well known in the
Thames, which is close by,
he may have thrown himself into the
neighbourhood,
NEW ACT ON BURIAL BOARDS.—Acoording to an
act passed on the day of the prorogation, the Improvement
Commissioners acting as burial boards are empowered to
mortgage improvement rates and burial rates for the fur
pont of the burial RC*