At a meeting of the council of the city of Worcester, holden this 2d day of May, 1865, it was Resolved, That this council has heard with great sorrow and indignation of the assassination of the President of the United States, and of the atrocious attempt on the lives of other persons connected with the government of that country, and feels the deepest sense of horror at such detestable crimes. The council also wishes to assure the family of the late President, and the American people, of its heartfelt sympathy with them under their irreparable loss. RICH. WOOF, Town Clerk. Address of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, to the government and people of the United States of America, and to Mrs. Lincoln. The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Walsall, in council assembled, unanimously desire to express to the government and people of the United States of America their abhorrence of the foul and cowardly crime which has lately deprived the States of the life of their President, and embittered the happiness which all must feel at the prospect of approaching peace. The council desire also to express their deep sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln and her family under the terrible bereavement, and their earnest wishes for tranquillity and prosperity to their brethren of the States. Given under the common seal of the borough the 3d day of May, 1865. [SEAL.] THOS. HAZLEDINE, Mayor. SAM'L WILKINSON, JR, Town Clerk. TOWN HALL, WELLS, May 1, 1865. Third quarterly meeting of the council. Moved by Dr. Purnell, seconded by Mr. Welsh, and Resolved, That the council has heard with horror and indignation of the atrocious outrages which have unhappily deprived the United States of America of their President, and threaten a similar calamity in the death of his Secretary of State, and they take the earliest opportunity, in the name of the municipality which they represent, of recording their detestation of these outrages, and of expressing their regret at the loss which the American people have sustained, and of sympathy in the calamities which have thus befallen them. Extracted from the minute book of the proceedings of the council of Wells: W. J. S. FOSTER, Town Clerk. Resolution of the council of the borough of Warwick. We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Warwick, in council assembled, desire to give expression to the feelings of horror, indignation, and regret with which we have heard of the assassination of President LINCOLN, and beg to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and the United States government and people an expression of our sincere and deep sympathy and heartfelt condolence at the melancholy event. Given under our common seal the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. [SEAL.] THOMAS B. DALE, Mayor. CITY OF WATERFORD, IRELAND, Resolved unanimously, That this council take the present opportunity of expressing its unfeigned sorrow and intense indignation at the foul and atrocious assassination of his Excellency Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, and the attempted murder of the Hon. William H. Seward, the Secretary of State; and that we most respectfully desire to convey to the American people and government, as well as to the bereaved widow and family of President LINCOLN, our warmest sympathy and heartfelt condolence on the sad and melancholy event, and for the irreparable loss they have sustained by such a vile, treacherous, and cowardly assassination. That copies of the foregoing resolution be transmitted to the Hon. Mr. Adams, the American minister at London, the Secretary of the United States government, and the widow and family of the late Mr. LINCOLN. [L. S.] JOHN LAWLER, Mayor. JOHN O'BRIEN, Town Clerk. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WATERFORD, IRELAND, Monday, May 8, 1865. SIR: By direction of the right worshipful the mayor of Waterford, I have ⚫ the honor to transmit to your Excellency a copy of a resolution unanimously adopted at a meeting of the citizens, in reference to the late melancholy event which unhappily deprived your government of its head. Permit me, sir, to offer you the assurance of my sincere sympathy and The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, CITY OF WATERFORD, IRELAND. At a meeting of the citizens of Waterford, held at the Town Hall, on Thursday, the 4th instant, to express the sympathy and condolence with the people of America, shared in by all classes of the city of Waterford, the right worshipful John Lawler, mayor, in the chair— ! Resolved, una voce, That we, the citizens of Waterford, feel called upon to unite in the very general expression of indignation and horror at the cowardly and most atrocious assassination of Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, and also the similar brutal attack on the life of Mr. Secretary Seward; and we request that our chief magistrate, John Lawler, esq., will forthwith transmit to Mr. President Johnson the expression of these our sentiments, as well as of our deep and sincere sympathy with the people of America for their sufferings under so dreadful a national calamity as this heinous act has given rise to. Resolved, una voce, That although at the risk of intrusion on her intense grief, we cannot allow ourselves to separate without offering to Mrs. Lincoln. our deep sympathy and sorrow for the very sad and sudden bereavement which she has endured in the loss of her husband, whom we have recognized to have been so good a man while holding the reins of the American government. To attempt on our part to afford consolation would, we feel, be an impossibility; but we most humbly and prayerfully commend her to the care and protection of Him who alone can dispense full and adequate comfort and consolation under the severest circumstances of affliction, whether of a national or a domestic character. By order of the mayor : GEORGE J. BRISCOE, Secretary. TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, TOWN HALL, Waterford, Ireland, Monday, the 8th of May, 1865. 2 4 ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Resolutions passed at a public meeting convened by the mayor of Warrington, ! That we, the inhabitants of Warrington, view the atrocious assassination of his Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, and the attack on the life of the honorable William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, with feelings of indignation and sincere sorrow. We feel assured that throughout the civilized world there can be but the one sentiment of horror at so revolting a crime; and, in common with the rest of our fellow-countrymen, we desire to express our deep sympathy with the people of the United States under this great national calamity. That this meeting wishes to express its heartfelt condolence with the widow and family of the late President, and trusts that they may be sustained by a merciful Providence under their sad and mournful bereavement. That our best thanks be given to the mayor for convening this meeting, and that he be requested to send copies of both resolutions to Mr. Adams, the American minister in London. [L. S.] PETER SMITH, Mayor. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Wakefield, in the county of York, held at the Court-house in Wakefield, on the first day of May, 1865, the worshipful the mayor in the chair, it was unanimously resolved 1. That the inhabitants of Wakefield, in public meeting assembled, express their strongest hatred and grief at the horrible murder of the President of the United States of America, and also at the foul attempt to kill Mr. Seward and his sons; and they hereby express their earnest sympathy with the American people and government in the loss they have thus sustained. On the motion of Mr. Robert Bownas Mackie, seconded by Mr. Ralph Linfield, supported by the Rev. James Bewglass, LL.D. 2. That this meeting records its deep sorrow and heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln and her family in their fearful affliction, caused by the cruel murder of Mr. LINCOLN. On motion of the Rev. Goodwyn Barmby, seconded by Mr. William Kitching. 3. That copies of these resolutions be forwarded by the mayor to the honorable C. F. Adams, the ambassador of the United States to Great Britain, with a request to forward the same to the President of the United States, Mrs. Lincoln, and the honorable Mr. Seward. On the motion of Mr. William Ralph Milner, seconded by Samuel Holdsworth, M. D., supported by Mr. William Thomas Lamb. Resolutions passed at a meeting held by the inhabitants of the borough of Wolverhampton. TOWN HALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, May 5, 1865. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, held at the Town Hall on Friday, the 5th day of . May, 1865, John Ford, esq., mayor, in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously passed: That this meeting desires to express its detestation and abhorrence of the horrid crime of assassination by which the valuable life of the President of the United States has been sacrificed, and, on behalf of the inhabitants of Wolverhampton, to offer to the government and people of that country, and to the family of the late Chief Magistrate, its heartfelt sympathy in the great calamity that has befallen them. That this meeting also desires to record the deep regret of the inhabitants of this borough at the attempted assassination of Mr. Secretary Seward, and their earnest wishes for his complete recovery. That the mayor be respectfully requested to forward copies of the foregoing resolutions to the honorable E. M. Stanton, the Secretary of War at Washington, and also to the honorable C. F. Adams, the United States minister in London. JOHN FORD, Mayor. WOODSTOCK, April 20, 1865. May it please your Excellency: In accordance with a resolution adopted at a public meeting held yesterday in this town for the purpose of expressing horror at the committal of a deed which makes every civilized mind shudder, and sympathy for the bereaved family and the people in the neighboring republic in the lamentable and untimely death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by the hand of a cruel and relentless assassin, I beg, respectfully, to transmit a copy of the proceedings of said meeting, with the respectful request that your excellency may be pleased to transmit the resolutions to the proper authorities of the United States of America. Yours, &c., T. McWHENNIE, Mayor. Moved by the Rev. Wm. J. McMullen, seconded by the Rev. U. S. Griffin, and Resolved, That we, the citizens of Woodstock, having heard of the assassination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, do hereby record our sincere grief and inexpressible horror at the unnatural tragedy by which our neighbors of the American republic have been deprived of a President who has proved himself so well qualified to fill in such a national crisis the distin |
