The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS,

The town council held their usual monthly meeting on
Wednesday last, in the Town-hall. The MAYOR presided.

THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF HER MAJESTY.
The MAYOR said the council would excuse him if he de-
parted from the ordinary course, to read an official commu-
nication which he had received from Lord Stanley, with
reference to the recent attempt on the life of her Majesty.
His Worship then read the letter as. follows :
" Home-office, May 30, Half-past Seven p.m.
" DEAR SIR,—I avail myself of the opportunity of a go-
vernment messenger despatched to Ireland, the post being
gone out, to relieve any anxiety which may be caused in Li-
verpool by reports which may arrive, by informing you that,
although an attempt has been this day made upon her Ma-
jesty's life, it has been providentially unsuccessful, and the
assassin is in custody. I write in very great haste, awaiting
the examination, which will immediately take place, and
have only time to say that the attempt was made by a young
man, whose name is as yet unknown, by firing a pistol at her
Majesty on her return, with Prince Albert, in an open car-
riage, to Buckingham Palace., at about six o'clock this even-
ing. The young man was immediately secured ; and lam
happy to say that her Majesty not only received no injury,
but has not suffered in any way from agitation consequent
on such an attempt. lam sure I need not say that 1 feel
confident there will be in Liverpool, as throughout the king-
dom, but one feeling of abhorrence at the attempt, and of
gratitude to Almighty God for her Majesty's safety.
" I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully,
" STANLEY.

" The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool."
" P.S.—Sir James Graham requests me to express to you
his hope that you will excuse his not having written to you
officially, as he is much engaged ; and we are all engaged in
writing to different parties to whom it is thought proper
Ito
give the earliest information. it S.
The MAYOR added that the proper course would be to pre-
sent an address to her Majesty, congratulating her on her
escape, and to appoint a committee for the purpose of pre-
paring the same. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it must be great satisfaction
and relief to the council to have the present early opportunity
of expressing their heartfelt gratitude at the safety of her
Majesty, who had now, for the second time, been fired at
within the short space of- two years. Though he trusted the
act would turn out to have been perpetrated by a lunatic,
it was not without a feeling of regret that the English peo-
ple were subject to such a reproach. He proposed that a
select committee be appointed to prepare a congratulatory
address to her Majesty, and that it be transmitted through
the hands of the mayor, under the corporation seal, to the
secretary of state.

Mr. HENRY HOLMES seconded the proposition.
Mr. HODGSON presumed that the council generally would
second such a proposition, that they would all express a strong
feeling of loyalty to her majesty, and, he trusted, gratitude to
Almighty God, " through whom kings reign and princes
decree justice," for His providential interference, with a
sincere hope that they would continue to receive that protec-
tion which had been vouchsafed on the present occasion.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. TURNER moved that similar addresses be prepared
and transmitted to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent.
Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded the motion, which was una-
nimously agreed to.
Messrs. Hodgson, Houghton, Barclay, Gladstone, and G.
H. Lawrence were then appointed a committee to prepare the
addresses during the sitting of the council. At a subsequent
period the committee presented the subjoined addresses,
which were adopted :
" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borougi.
of Liverpool, in Council assembled, hasten to offer to your
Majesty and his Royal Highness your Illustrious consort a
renewed expression of our loyalty and attachment.
" The wicked and traitorous attack which has been made
upon the sacred person of your majesty has created in our
minds mingled feelings of astonishment and indignation, and
while we present to your majesty our sincere congratulations
on your providential escape, we offer up our heartfelt thanks
to Almighty God for having vouchsafed His protection to
your majesty on this occasion.
" The recent danger to which your majesty has been ex-
posed will endear your majesty still more to your faithful
subjects ; and we pray that your majesty will accept this ex-
pression of our attachment, and our earnest hope that the
lives of your majesty and your royal consort, and of your fa-
mily may long be spared to your affectionate people."
"TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the bo-
rough of Liverpool, in council assembled, desire to offer to
your royal highness our sincere congratulations on the provi-
dential preservation of your royal daughter, our beloved So-
vereign, from the late most atrocious attempt upon her ma-
jesty's sacred life.
"We sympathise in your feelings on this occasion, we
offer up our thanksgiving to Almighty God for the signal mercy
vouchsafed to us, and express our earnest hope that the life of
your royal highness may long be spared to watch the progress
of the happy reign of your royal daughter, and that every
domestic and social blessing may attend your royal high-

ness."
The mayor was requested to affix the corporation to both
addresses, and to transmit them without delay to the secre-
tary of state.