The Sun. — 1865-04-28 (London, England)

MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.  A very large meeting was held in the St. George's Hall to-day, to express " sorrow and indignation" at the atrocious assassination of President Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Mr. Seward. The room was crowded in every part, many ladies being present. Before the proceedings commenced Mr. Best performed, with solemn effect, the " Dead March in Saul" upon the great organ. Upon the platform were the leading merchants and brokers of the town, men of Northern and Southern views being freely mingled. The Mayor, on taking his seat, was loudly cheered. He said if there was one time more than another when men should cast aside all their antipathies and differences of opinion, surely it was when they were called upon to vindicate their common humanity from the. crimes and outrages which were perpetrated in its name. War had its horrors ; its victims were not counted by one or two, but by thousands and tens of thousands ; yet from time to time the dread arbitrament of war was appealed to, and men bent, though reluctantly, to its stern decrees. But when the dastardly assassin sneaked behind the chair of his victim, and without giving him one chance of resistance hurried him prematurely into the presence of his God, when the cold-blooded villain bent over the sick man's bed and planged a glittering steel into his enfeebled frame, then we felt that a dreadful crime had been committed, a crime such as that which called down the curse of the Almighty on the first murderer the world ever knew, and that human nature needed again to be purged from the stain that had been anew cast upon it. (Cheers.) In the eye of God the prince upon his throne and the peasant in his cottage were equal, but in the eye of man there must necessarily be a difference, and all present knew the reasons why the statesman must be publicly mourned, while the peasant perchance was wept over by those of his own household alone. In conclusion, the mayor said that he hoped his fellow-townsmen would be satisfied that he, no less than any amongst them— whatever might be their individual views of the American question—felt the deepest sympathy with their brethren on the other side of the Atlantic who were now sorrowing for the loss of their political chief, cut ruthlessly down in the heyday of prosperity, and in the zenith of his power ; and an utter detestation of one of the foulest crimes that could be found in the long pages of the blood stained records of our race. (Cheers.) Mr. C. E. RAWLINS, jun.; moved the following resolution :—" That the inhabitants of Liverpool, in public meeting assembled, do hereby express their deep sorrow and indignation at the atrocious assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and of Mr. Frederick Seward, Assistant-Secretary of State ; and at the dastardly attempt, about the same hour, on the life of Mr. Seward, Secretary of State. They desire that the Government and the people of the United States should understand that no difference of opinion on the merits of the conflict of the last four years avails to prevent the unanimous condemnation of so great a crime against our common humanity." -Mr. Rawlins paid a hearty tribute of admiration to the character of the late President, particularly commenting upon his singleness of purpose, and the firmness, combined with the gentleness, which distinguished the bearing and policy of Mr. Lincoln. They had not met that day as " Northerners" or as Southerners," but as men, to express their " deep damnation of his taking off." He could not believe that any but the most inconsiderate members a  men in the Southern States could possibly approve of the crime. It was impossible that the brave armies of Virginia could have hired the assassin.  (Loud cheers.) The act must have been inspired only by those who, maddened by the turn of the war, had mistaken a morbid notoriety for patriotism. (Hear, hear.) But, though a great blunder as well as a crime had been committed, even at this moment he (Mr. Rawlins) would say—" Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do," and he hoped the same feeling would animate the American Government and people. Mr. S. R. GRAVES seconded the resolution, remarking that it was repugnant to the South that such a crime as this should attach itself, even by suspicion, to a cause which had been the subject of such brave and gallant devotion.  The resolution was supported by a Parsee gentleman (a local merchant), and by Mr.