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heard the reproach of intemperance cast upon him. [Hear, hear.] He had seen him daily, and knew him well, and he knew that to charge him with habitual intemperance was one of the vilest slanders that could be brought against him. [Cheers] Johnson came from the ranks of the people. He had now been in public life some thirty years; commencing as an alderman, then mayor, afterwards a member of the lower House, from which he was in time advanced to the Senate, eventually made Vice-President, and now, by the providence of God, President of the United States. [Applause.] He was a little particular in making these facts known, because after what had been represented against him, it was not to be wondered at if a want of confidence should manifest itself in regard to the stability, and particularly the foreign policy, of a government with such a man presiding over it. [Cries of “No, no." No, no."] He was glad to hear that, for he believed in his heart there need not be the slightest mistrust of that noble mana man, in whose honor let it be added, who had made his way from the ranks of the people upward to his present eminence by his own untiring perseverance and manly conduct. [Applause.] As had been remarked by the chairman, when, in 1861, the United States seemed to be fast crumbling away; when senator after senator and member after member boldly gave in his resignation, or left his seat without making any sign that they intended joining in the rebellion-while Slidell and Mason were plotting underground-where was Andrew Johnson? He was contending loudly against the adversaries of the Union; he was protesting loudly against secession; he was upholding the flag of his country like a brave and patriotic man, as he was, and as he remained, doubtless, to this day. [Cheers.] There was no faltering in his case; he went straight on; it mattered not who lagged behind, he was ever stoutly defending the front. He had suffered, as they had heard. He came from a State in which, more than anywhere else, it was dangerous to be a known Unionist-where hundreds and hundreds of men were shot down in cold blood, hanged upon trees, and hunted to the mountains for no other reason than that they had a leaning towards the North. He lost all his property. His wife was imprisoned, and became an invalid through the sufferings she endured while in prison. Was that the man to fail them in these times? [Cheers.]

Mr. C. M. LAMPSON briefly seconded the resolution, which, as was the case also with all the subsequent ones, was unanimously adopted.

HENRY BOUGH, Esq., of New York, moved the next resolution. With manifest emotion he expressed his detestation of the crime that inflicted such a blow on America. From Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Russia, and Englandthe cradle of the American race-[applause]—had already gone forth addresses and letters of condolence with the American nation generally, and the widow in particular. Within these very walls, only on Saturday night, a thrill of unfeigned sympathy and grief was excited by the noble utterances of those who took part in the proceedings of the occasion. He concluded an impassioned

harangue by powerfully appealing in the language of Shakspeare to the sympathy of the Christian worlds

"Canst thou minister to a mind diseased ?" &c.

and declared his belief that, by the aid of that Divine Providence which tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, they could, "with some sweet oblivious antidote, wipe out the written troubles of the mind" of the widow and family, bereaved by this shocking event.

Mr. J. S. MORGAN seconded the resolution.

Dr. BLACK, in moving the third resolution, remarked upon the faults found with the late President by those whose sympathies favored the South. LINCOLN was wrong in everything when he was living. What was said now he was dead? He had no villifiers now, and before long it would be difficult to find a man to dare acknowledge ever having said a wrong word against such a noble character. Andrew Johnson was now the man at whom attacks would be directed; it would not be many years, he (Dr. Black) apprehended, before his villifiers would also hang down their heads. Johnson had a very difficult task before him, and not the least difficult part of it was the question of slaverywhere to place the slaves, how to provide for them, and what privileges to accord them. But it was not by far so difficult to deal with as the enemies of the North tried to make out. People in this country pointed to Jamaica, and said, Look what difficulties we had there." But Jamaica and America were two different places, and presented very different aspects in reference to the slave trade. In Jamaica, where fresh supplies were continually arriving from Africa, the negroes kept up the superstitions and bad habits of their race; their masters lived in England and knew nothing about them, had no sympathy with them; in fact, they never associated with anybody but their drivers, until at last slavery and labor became synonymous. Afterwards, when the slaves were made free, freedom and laziness became synonymous. In the United States the slaves had some degree of intelligence; since 1808 there had been no admixture with fresh importations from Africa; and let him say here, it was America who first abolished the African slave trade, Great Britain following the example. Leaving this question, he glanced at the financial condition of the United States, and replying to the alarm felt in certain quarters in this country that America would repudiate its liabilities, said that, when this country came out of the Napoleonic war its debt was nearly twice as much as that which America has now entailed upon itself; the commerce of England was very little more than that of America even now while she was at war; the people of England were half the number of the American population; the leading men of America were English in origin, religion, language, morality, and habits of business; surely, then, if England was in a position to pay its way, America would be. If anybody supposed, indeed, that the Americans had any other

than honest and honorable intention, they did them an injustice. Moreover, it was their interest, as well as their duty, to pay their just debts, and it was pure nonsense to talk any other way. [Hear.] In conclusion, he expressed his hope that the event which had called them together, and which had excited such universal sorrow, would be the starting point from which to establish amicable relations between this country and America-amicable relations in their truest and widest sense-from which both should march, treading down all past prejudices, to an honorable and lasting peace and unity, and from which to inaugurate the natural alliance, the most powerful combination the world ever knew-not for tyranny, but for the prosperity and happiness of mankind throughout the world. [Cheers.]

Mr. H. T. PARKER seconded the resolution. He made a very able speech, hopefully picturing the future of America.

Mr. R. STURGIS, in moving the next resolution, remarked that an address of sympathy had that day emanated from the Bank of England and passed through city circles preparatory to being placed in the hands of Mr. Adams. He also stated that had that gentleman been well enough in health, Mr. Peabody, whose noble heart and liberal hand has spread blessings over both lands, [cheers,] would have occupied his place. He then proceeded to show that it was the interest as much of England as of America to cling closely to each other. The two countries had not only a common lineage and common language, but a common heart: and whatever differences of sentiment existed as to the issue of the present conflict, the heart was found in the right place when such a crime as this occurred. There was not one single throb on the American side but what had a corresponding movement on the English side. [Applause.]

Mr. E. M. FISHER seconded the resolution.

Mr. CYRUS FIELD proposed a vote of thanks to his excellency the chairman, In doing so, he remarked that just before he left America for this country he had an interview with Mr. LINCOLN, and he was convinced, from what then transpired, as well as by what he knew of his character and policy, that he heartily desired peace in America, and America to be at peace with all the world [Applause.]

The CHAIRMAN said it was a great comfort and pleasure to him to meet so many of his fellow-countrymen, and to perceive, as he did, such unanimity of sentiment on the melancholy subject which had brought them together.

The meeting then dispersed.

LONDON, Saturday, April 29, 1865.

SIR: We, the undersigned, Mauritian colored gentlemen, resident in London, assembled in committee, have resolved to send this address to the representative of the United States in England, as the tribute of our warm

admiration for the patriotic deeds of the Chief American Magistrate, whose assassination has horrified the civilized world.

We, colored men, natives of Mauritius, have placed an implicit faith in all those liberal views of the late Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S government, acting as barriers against the lawless attempts of a slave-holding community to destroy the glorious, free, and united republic of George Washington.

Be assured, sir, that by expressing our abhorrence of the murder of Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, we echo the opinion of our colored brethren in Mauritius.

The fiend-like assassin who cruelly butchered your late illustrious President at the time when the Union armies were successful everywhere and the slave empire was crumbling to the dust, has not only deprived the United States of one of its noblest citizens, of one of its most virtuous patriots, but also the suffering and enslaved colored race living in abjectness in your country of their kind and stanch protector.

We beg, sir, that you will convey to the authorities of your great and free republic the expression of our sentiments of admiration for the chivalrous conduct of your late lamented and deeply regretted President in the hour of triumph, and of our feelings of horror and disgust on hearing of his assassination. We subscribe ourselves, yours, obediently,

POLYXENES VAUDAGNE, President.

TH. LIONEL JENKINS, Vice-President.
J. D. MURRAY.

DÜBOIS.

E. VAUDAGNE.
ARTHUR BÉNERS

His Excellency Mr. ADAMS,

American Ambassador of the United States.

LONDON, April 27, 1865.

SIR: We, the undersigned, speaking the feelings of a large number of Germans resident in England, express our sincere grief at the destruction of the life of the President of the United States, whose very forbearance and leniency in the hour of national triumph has not been able to stay the hands of assassins. Whilst deeply deploring that the joy we have felt at the recent victories of the American republic should thus be marred by the untimely and violent death of its Chief Magistrate, we firmly trust that the people of the United States, who have carried on during four years a gigantic war in the cause of freedom and civilization, will only feel nerved to further exertions in rooting out the hateful institutions from which the slaveholders' rebellion, with all its attendant crimes, has sprung.

We beg you, sir, to convey these sympathetic sentiments of ours to the authorities of your free and great republic, and we subscribe ourselves yours obediently,

KARL BLIND.

A. HEINTZMANN.

P. H. BERNDES.

FERDINAND FREILIGRATH.

ERNST ZUCH.

E. G. RAVENSTEIN.

NICOLAUS TRUBNER.

GOTTFRIED KINKEL.

His Excellency Mr. ADAMS,

United States Ambassador in London.

SIR: We, the undersigned, merchants and others of the Greek race resident in London, have heard with the profoundest regret of the cruel assassination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the President of your great republic.

When we ourselves were struggling for our freedom against our oppressors, no nation was more generous in its sympathy for our cause than the great free republic of the west: gratitude, therefore, as well as every feeling of humanity, calls upon us to express to your excellency, and through you to the people which you so worthily represent, the intense feelings of horror and abhorrence with which we have heard of the unprovoked and unprecedented crime and of our sincere and heartfelt wishes and prayers for the future well-being and prosperity of your great and glorious people.

A. A. RALLI,

9 Grace Church street.

M. E. MAVROCORDATO.

DEM. F. RANA.

ALEXANDER BALLI.

AND ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN OTHER NAMES.

His Excellency Mr. ADAMS,

Ambassador of the United States.

Resolutions passed at a meeting held by the Welsh residents in London.

SYMPATHY WITH AMERICA.

At a meeting of Welsh residents in London, held at the Young Men's Christian Association institution, Aldersgate street, on Monday, the 8th of May, the Rev. Owen Thomas, Jewin Crescent, in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: