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their sentiments. I shall have much pleasure in forwarding the resolutions which you have presented to me to her Majesty's minister at Washington, for the purpose of being laid before the new President, and I cannot doubt that they will be very acceptable to the officer and people to whom they are addressed.

Whereas, while the house considers itself bound, in general, to abstain from the expression of any opinion on subjects relating to foreign nations, yet, viewing the lamentable occurrence by which the Chief Magistrate of a friendly power has been struck down by the hand of an assassin, as constituting an exceptionable state of circumstances, calling as well for an expression of sympathy towards the bereaved family and nation of the victim as of abhorrence of the crime

Resolved, nemine contradicente. That this house has with deep regret heard of the act of atrocity by which the late President of the United States was suddenly deprived of life, and the house hereby tenders to the family of the deceased President and to the people of the United States this expression of sincere sympathy at the calamitous event.

That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to his excellency the governor, with a request that he will forward the same to the British minister at Washington, to be communicated, as he may think proper, to the authorities of the United States.

Extracted from the minutes of the house of the 27th of April, 1865.
G. C ANDERSON, Speaker.

Resolved unanimously, That the legislative council deeply laments the death of Mr. LINCOLN, late President of the United States, and sympathizes profoundly with his family and with a kindred and friendly nation, deprived of its Chief Magistrate in so melancholy a manner by a detestable and monstrous crime, of which the board of council cannot adequately express its condemnation and horror.

By order of the board:

COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 1, 1865.

W. H. DOYLE, President.

Lieutenant Governor Hamley to C. M. Allen, Esq., U. S. Consul.

MOUNT LANGTON, April 26, 1865.

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge your communication of yesterday, conveying to me the shocking intelligence of the death, by assassination, of the

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President of the United States of America. Believe that I am deeply sensible of the magnitude of the loss which the people of the United States have sustained, and that I have read with interest the tribute to the late President's high qualities which this melancholy occasion has drawn from you.

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

W. G. HAMLEY, Lieutenant Governor.

GOVERNMENT SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

British Guiana, May 22, 1865.

SIR: The governor directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your official communication of this day's date, announcing the death of his Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of the United States of America, and I am to convey to you the expression of his very deep regret on the occasion. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient, humble servant, WALTER HOWARD WARE,

P. W. FIGGELMESY, Esq.,

United States Consul, Demerara.

Acting Government Secretary.

Lord Monck to Sir F. Bruce.

QUEBEC, April 17, 1865.

SIR: The intelligence of the perpetration of the atrocious outrage by which the United States has been deprived of their Chief Magistrate has filled all classes of the community in this province with awe and horror.

Immediately that I received a confirmation of the sad news, I gave directions, in conjunction with the lieutenant general commanding her Majesty's troops in this province, that at all civil and military stations the flags should be hoisted half-mast high.

I shall feel much obliged if you will take a fitting opportunity of communicating to the Secretary of State of the United States, on the part of the government and people of this province, their deep feeling of abhorrence of the crime which has been committed, and their profound sympathy with the government and citizens of the United States at the loss which they have sustained. I have, &c.,

Honorable SIR F. BRUCE, G. C. B., &c.

MONCK.

BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

Calcutta, June 3, 1865.

SIR: As chairman of a general meeting of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce held this day, I have the honor to place in your hands a copy of a resolution unanimously adopted by the meeting, and to request you will have the goodness to transmit the same to the Secretary of State of the government of the United States.

The resolution records the horror with which the commercial community of this city view the assassination of the late President of the United States, their sympathy in the calamity which the American nation has suffered by the lamented death of their eminent Chief Magistrate, and their earnest hope that the long-continued war may be happily terminated by an early restoration of peace, lasting and prosperous.

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

NATHANIEL P. JACOBS, Esq.,

JOHN BULLEN.

Consul General for the United States of America.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce.

Resolved, That this meeting desires to place on record the horror with which they, in common with all ranks and classes of her Majesty's subjects, view the assassination of the late Mr. LINCOLN, President of the United States of America; the deep sympathy which they feel for the people of that country under the great national calamity which this event has brought upon them; and their earnest hope that the war from which they have suffered so severely may soon be brought to a close, and be followed by peace, lasting and prosper

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A true copy:

JOHN BULLEN.

Meeting of the American community.

The American merchants and ship-masters of Calcutta assembled to the number of thirty or forty, at the counting-house of Messrs. Atkinson, Tilton & Co., on Wednesday afternoon, June 7, to do honor to the memory of their deceased President, LINCOLN. The meeting was opened by the appointment of the American consul general for India, Nathaniel P. Jacobs, esq., to preside, and of the reverend Mr. Dall as secretary.

A committee was then appointed to draught resolutions embodying the sense of the meeting. It consisted of Messrs. Eldridge, Whitney, Dall, Hamlin,

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and Knowles. The following were, after a brief conference in the committeeroom, presented, and received unanimous approval:

Resolved, That we, Americans of Calcutta, India, desire to add our testimony of of respect and of sorrow to that which has been, and is now being, expressed in various parts of the world for ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the justly honored and beloved President of the United States of America, murdered while on duty-martyred in the hour of triumph of his arduous and successful labors for us and for humanity. We mourn, in his death, the unreturning departure of a true patriot, ruler, and friend.

Resolved, That with our grief is mingled a grateful and deep satisfaction at the general outburst of sympathy in this our national bereavement, and at the expression of fellow-feeling which seems to come to our native land from every region in which Christianity has found a home or a mission.

Resolved, That we recognize the hand of the Ruler of all nations in the loss which we have sustained; and while, to us, the blow comes with double force at this particular time, when his wisdom and abilities were peculiarly needed, we bow to the divine will, and doubt not that God's protecting hand will be extended to our suffering country, and that good will come out of what now seems to us an irreparable loss

Resolved, That, in these expressions of sorrow, we specially desire to remember the widow and family of our late President, and to convey to them, as to our fellow-countrymen, our earnest sympathy at the calamity which has befallen them.

Resolved, That as a token of our present relation to the deceased, and out of respect to his memory, we will wear crape on the left arm for the next thirty days; and that the masters of American ships in port be requested to set their colors at half-mast for one week from this date.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be handed to the consul general of the United States of America for British India, with the request that he will have them transmitted to the proper authorities at home.

F. F. Wills, esq., moved that the resolutions, as now read, be accepted and adopted as an expression of American feeling in Calcutta; and, on the seconding of Mr. H. B. Goodwin, they were carried unanimously, and the meeting was dissolved.

Special general meeting of the justices of the peace for the town of Calcutta, held on Tuesday, the 13th June, 1865.

Present, the chairman and vice-chairman, Hon. W. S. Seton-Karr, Colonel
Nicolls, R. E., and fifty-five others.

The honorable W. S. Seton-Karr proposed the following resolution:
That the justices for the town of Calcutta, in meeting, view with the utmost

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abhorrence the diabolical act which has deprived the United States of America of their President.

The resolution being seconded by Baboo Ramanath Tagore, was carried -unanimously.

Mr. J. H. Ferguson then moved the following resolution:

That the justices desire to express their deep sympathy for the widow and the children of the late President, and for the American people, under the loss they have sustained.

The resolution was seconded by Dr. Brougham, and carried unanimously
Mr. Remfry then moved-

That these resolutions be communicated to the consul general for the United States in this city, with a request that he will transmit the same to the widow of the late President and to the American government.

The resolution being seconded by Mr. J. B. Roberts, was carried unanimously.

True copy:

V. H. SCHALCH,
Chairman to the Justices of the Peace.

Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea.

Resolved, That we, the vestry of the parish of Chelsea, representing about seventy thousand inhabitants, having heard with the deepest horror and indignation of the death of the President of the United States of America by the hand of a dastardly assassin, desire to express to the American minister, and through him to the American people, our heartfelt sympathy with them in this their time of national sorrow.

We further desire to record our deep sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln under the sudden and overwhelming bereavement which she has sustained, and we earnestly hope that this sad and appalling event may be overruled by Providence to the welfare of America, and that the future of that great country may be one of peace and prosperity.

Resolutions at a meeting of the inhabitants of Camden town.

1. That this meeting desires to give utterance to the feelings of grief and horror with which it has heard of the assassination of the late President LINCOLN and the murderous attack upon Mr. Seward, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, the United States government and people, an expression of its found sympathy and heartfelt condolence.

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