The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-05-06 (London, England)

SUMMARY.  8  A numerous meeting was held on Saturday for the purpose of expressing sympathy and condolence with the people of America and with Mrs. Lincoln on the late assassination of the President. Several members of Parliament were present, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. Foster, the member for Bradford, Mr. Baxter, member for Montrose, Mr. Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of Alderley, who lately returned from a tour in the Northern States, and others. The tone of the meeting was to the effect that while they expressed' the sorrow and detestation in which all England shared at the recent atrocious crime, they did not believe that the work of-consolidating the Union and emancipating the'.'slh,ves depended on any one man, while they 'elxpressed a hope that the clemency to the vanquished which President Lincoln had begun would not be departed, from by his successor. A numerous meeting, almost entirely composed of Americans, was convened on Monday, at St. James's Hall, Mr. Adams, the American Minister, in the chair, to express their sorrow and indignation at the atrocious events which lately took place at Washington. Mr. Adams eulogised the character of the late President, but added that the national will which had called Mr. Lincoln to the post would have no difficulty in finding other agents to carry out its determination. Mr. Andrew Johnson was now the nation's leader, who was animated with. Mr. Lincoln's views and principles; and, if he carried them out with more sterness than Mr. Lincoln would have done, the enemy, who had. tn ado the change between the two men, had himsdf to thank. Other speeches referred in kincEy- terms.,,to the sympathy expressed all over ~.L.aigland. The resolutions were unanimously.agreed to. The . official report of Major-General Sir Robert Walpole on the Volunteer Review at Brighten, which was under his management on Easter Monday, has just appeared. The general pints out one or two defects in the marching.ei the men, but, upon the whole, he awards them hig-h praise for their soldierly bearing-, and &Tolls upon the importance to the State of having such a force, which grows both in numbers and efficiency year by year, gathered from the flower of its citizens. The West London Industrial Exhibition was formally inaugu-rated, on Monday, by the Right Hon. W. Coi,vp, M.P. A large number of persons was present, and the hall was handcomely decorated with wreaths and banners, while a grand-musical performance was given by a volunt-dee!che:lr and orchestra. Prayer was ofrer,:-:d by the Archbishop of York, and after a speech from the chairman, who declared the Exhibition open, the platform was vacated, and the visitors preceeded to examine the many objects of interest. The suicide -3f -Admiral Fitzroy comes upon us with painful .surprise. In his post of hydrographer to the ,Admiraltv lie has studied, and carried to a considerable degree of accuracy, those prognostications of the weather 48 hours in advance of its arriving, which, transmitted by telegraph along our cos.sts, has prevented many a shipwreck, and rendered his name a household word throughout :the country. It was in the absorbing study of those calculations on which his predictions were founded that, it is feared, met his death. The over-taxed brain appears to have given way, and, after some days of mental prostration, ceason reeled from her throne, and the unfortunate gentleman icd by his own hand. The inquest on Admiral Fitzroy was concluded on Wednesday. From the medical evidence it .appeared that the admiral's sanity had for some tiue been in a critical state owing_ to severe over study, but that he expressed a horror of beiv,9,- even accidentally accessary to taking away. Ws Own life. A verdict of inscaity was returned. The steamers .:07dinburgh and Moravian bring intelligence from ,New York to the 22nd April. The late President's funeral had been. solemnised in Washington with every imposing cii cumstance. The .4-Qinains are to be conveyed to Springfield by way of the principal cities, in each of which public bonours are to be paid. Both Mr. Seward an7.4,11is son were improving. Booth, the assassin, vs still at large, but an accomplice had been arrested. The diplomati3 corps had been received by President Johnson. When Sir Frederick Bruce presented his credentials the President expressed himself favourable to the maintenance of friendly relations petween Anaerte.a and England. The New ,  York Herald thinks that the future foreign policy of the States will be less compromising than it has hitherto been. It was reported that Sherman and Johnstone were negotiating as to the surrender of the latter. _ .  The health of the cpuntry considerably improved last week. The rate of mortality in the thousand declined in the ten principal towns from 27, which it was in the previous week, to 25. Of these ten towns Bristol is the most healthy, having only 21 deaths in the thousand, and Glasgow is the worst, showing the high rate of 31. London is 2 below the average. The aggregate mortality- in all the ten was 2,687 deaths, to which London contributed 1,344, being very little above its ten years' average. The births were 4,162, of which 2,205 'were born in the metropolis. Another party riot broke out in Belfast on Sunday evening. The pretext, as usual, was of the most contemptible nature; the real motive was the spirit of hatred between the different religionists, which appears to be as rife as ever. Some members of one party were flowersin a meadow, in the neighbourhoodthe town, preparatory to a celebration gathering o f of May-day, when they were set upon by others, and a furious fight took place, which the police could with difficulty quell. The inquest on the body of Mr. Prescott, the banker, was held on Tuesday, at his residence, in Roehampton. From the evidence given by the witnesses there could be no doubt that for some days before the mind of the unfortunate gentleman was in an unsettled state, and that he was subject to strong and quite unfounded delusions, which led to fits of great depression. The verdict of the jury was in accordance with those facts.  The inquest on the young woman Coward, who was found drowned in the New River; was eoneluded on Tuesday. A man who was found with his clothes wet, in the neighbourhood of the body, was taken up on suspicion; but there was no other evidence against him, and there was evidence to show that the girl had had a quarrel with her sweatheart, and had threatened to drown herself. Under these circumstances the jury returned an open verdict.