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THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INSURANCE CO NEPA NY (Limited.) Incorporated und ,, r the Companies Act, 1862, which specially limits the liability of each Shareholder to the aq.ount of his Shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 50,000 Share's of £2O each. With power to increase to £2,0 0,0,0 First Issue, 25,000 Shares. Deposit, on Application, £1 per Share, and £1 on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Archibald Boyd, Director of the Union Bank of London Francis C. Braun, of Blessig, Braun, and Co Liverpool Thomas Chilton, of Holderness and Chilton, Pre sident of the Chamber of Commerce Francis Anderson Clint, of Clint and Co., Chair man of the Shipowners' Association . Chas. B. Colchester, of Colchester and Woolner London. William James Fernie, of Fernie Brothers and Co Liverpool Arthur Bower Forwood, of Leech, Harrison, and Forwood Liverpool Peter George Hepworth, of Heyworth, Pearce, and Balman Liverpool. Thomas Harrison, of Thomas Harrison and Co Liverpool. Thomas Kendall, of Kendall Brothers Liverpool Edward Lawrence, of E. Lawrence and Co . Liverpool George Lyail, of I,yall, Still, and Co London. Andrew Malcomson, of J. and D. 31 alcomson and Co Robert Maxwell, of A. F. and R. Maxwell Liverpool. George M. Papayanni, of Panayanni Brothers Liverpool. John Park, of Williams, Park, and Co Liverpool. Chas. K. Prioleau, of Fraser, Trenholm, and Co Liverpool John Ravenscrof t, of W. and J. Ravenscrolt and Co.. Chairman of the North and South Wales Bank James Searight. of James Searight and Co London. Samuel Stitt. of Sift.. Brothers and C Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, of Hollinshead, Tet ley, and Co. Thomas Stenhonse, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, &c, Henry Trelfall Wilson, of H. T. Wilson and Chambers SOLICITORS. Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, E.C. • Liverpool—Messrs, Thomas Tin ey and Sons. Messrs. G. and T. Irvine. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, London. The Union Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF TAE COMPANY. 6, Cook-street, Liverpool 39, Lothbury, London, E.C. Notwithstanding that several new Marine Insurance Com panies have been established within the last few years, it is generally recognised that the means of effecting marine in surances are not sufficient to meet the increasing expansion of trade, insurers being now driven to effect their insurances in remote towns in the provinces, in Ireland and Scotland, and on the Continents of Europe and America. The actual pric, of shares in the existing Marine Insur ance Companies demonstrate clearly that the business is highly remunerative. Of th new Companies one only has been established in Liverpool, and it has already secured a very large and lucra tive business. More than half the exports and imports of the kingdom pass through the port of Liverpool. and there is no doubt, therefore, that another Company having its Chief Offices in London and Liverpool will meet with ample support. Linder these circumstances the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company has been established. The business of the Company will be c , nfined to the issu ing of policies on freight and goods only, and it is expressly provi&d, as a fundamental element in the constitution of this Company, that no insurance shall be effected on the ships themselves. The principle of limited liability, as applicable to insurance companies, came into operation during the month of Novem ber last. The Directors, observing that in banking and other important commercial enterprises limited liability has met Iv a, universal favour, have adopted it as an unalterable principle in the present undertaking. The Directors, therefore, express the greatest confidence in the success of this C , mpany. Such provision has been made by the Directors for the pre liminary exp.-uses as will secure the Company against pay ing any promotion money. A copy of the articles of association lies at the offices of the Company for inspection. The prospectus and forms of applications for shares may be obtained of the brokers of the ompany. Application for shares to be addressed to the Directors ; but no application will be considered unless a payment has been made to the bankers of the Company of £1 per share, on the nu ',her of shares applied for. This sum will be returned if no allot ment is made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Directors of the British and Foreign Marine Insur ance Comr any (limited). Gentlemen,—Haying paid to your bankers the sum of , being a deposit of LI per share on shares in the above Company. I hereby request that you will allot Me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Company in respect of such shares, or in respect of any le-s number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of As sociation, when required ; and I request that my name may , be placed on the Register of Members for the shares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Business Date THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INSU it NCE C )MPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no further APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this undertaki.ig will be received after Three o'clock on MO \ DAY next, the 19th inst. By Order of the Board. 39, Lothbury, London, E.C., and 6, Cook-street, Liverpool, 13th January, 1883. T HE BRITISH anti AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANKING CORPORATION (Limited). Established under the Companies Act, 1882, with Limited Liability. Capital, £1,000,000 sterling, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. First Issue 10,000 Shares. It is not intended to call un more than £l5 per hare. With power to the Shareholders to increase the Capital. Deposit, Xi per Share on application, and £1 per Share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Archibald Boyd, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of London London. William James Fernie, Esq., of the firm of Fertile Brothers and I . o. James Gilchrist, Esq., of the firm of hilehrist, Watt, and Co., of Sydney, Director of the Union Bank of London London. Rob. rt Gillespie, jun., Esq., or the firm of Gil lespies, Moffatt. and Co. London. Henry George Gordon, Esq , Chairman of the Oriental Bank orporation... London. Harold Littledale, Esq., of the firm of T. and H. Littledale and Co .... Liverpool. William M. Neill, Esq., of the firm of Neill Brothers and Co. Manchester. Thomas Rees, Esq., of the firm of IL and T. Woodward and Co William Rennie, Esq., of the firm of Cavan, Lubbock. Stitt Esq and Co London. Samuel Sti., of the firm of Stitt Brothers and Co Liverpool. BANKERS. London—The Union Bank of London. Liverp, of—The Bank of England. Manchester—The Bank of England. India and China—The Oriental Bank Corporation. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Cotterill and Sons. Liverpool—Messrs. Fletcher and Hull. BROKERS. London--Sheppards, Pelly and Allcard, 98, Threadneedle street ; J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street. Threadneedle- Liver street and Addison. TxmronAßT OrmacEs. 6, Newman's-court, Cornhill, London. Middleton Buildings, Bumf ord-street, Liverpool. The British and American Exchange Banking Corporation Limited; is formed for the purpose chiefly of dealing in Ex changes, a business which, excepting with British posses- Mons, has hitherto been mainly in the hands of private firmn; and it is well known that with many countries such banking l aciiilOlea have not been afforded to merchants and others as the vastly extended commerce of the present day demands. This is particularly the case in the trade between England and America, and it is tiroposed that this Corporation shall commence its operations by the establishment of an agency in New York. The profitable nature of exchange bn'iness is well known, especially that with the American States, and although the profit is at present greater than can be calculated upon in ordinary years, there is generally a much larger margin than is usually found remunerative by bankers. Thepurchase and sale on commission of securities in New York and London, the dealings in which amount annually to many millions sterling, and the remittances of interest and dividends, will afford other sources of profit. The become now general of atthing sof lading to bills of exchange as ver co y llateral securit y rendersbillex change operations more than usually safe, whilst the ship ment of gold involves scarcely any risk whatever. The shipments of produce and specie from New York alone for the past year have amounted to nearly forty millions sterling, and the average of several years has not been Much less. There is thus a very extended field for the ope rations of the Corporation, and the facilities which it will afford, both in this country and America, must tend to pro mote, and still further to extend, the commercial and mone ta transactions between the two countries. The same remarks are applicable to other places in which the establishment of agencies is contemplated. A large business is also anti c ip a t e d b e t w i x t A me rica and the ports in India and China, which will be carried out in co operation with the Oriental Bank Corporation. The success of Joint-stock Banks dealing in Exchange ie evidenced by the present quotations of the shares of the un dermentioned companies ; and it is somewhat remarkable that the joint-stock principle has not yet been adopted in the American trade, though presenting a wider field for its profit able operation than any other part of the world. Paid-up Present Prices. Bank of Australasia New South Wales CharteredA ust r a n ULnonidlonotof Australia 25 .... 49 „ 51 Oriental Agra and 'united swiss 25 .... 54 „ 55 Mercantile Bank of Ind ee 5° •• • • 91 ” 96 China ............ ia,London, and Ottoman Colonial 26 The Corporation will have offi . 41 „ 43 Liverpool. oes both in London and The Corporation Is formed under " The Co p 1862," whereby the liability of the shareholdersm- antes' Act, limited to the amount o f their re spective shares is strictly No promotion money will be given for originating the 11- dertaking, and the pi:ellminary expenses will be strictly 00'11:k -ilned to such as are ind lspensable. Applications for shares may be addressed in the annexed form to the Directors, or to the Brokers of the Corporation, and copies of the prospectus may be obtained upon applied. Itou to them, or to the Solicitors, or at the London and Liver- Pool Offices of the Corporation. FORM or APPLICATION FOR SRARE9. No. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Direct ors o f th e British and American Exchange Banking Corporation (Limited). sum of Z Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the shares la the being a depo.it of £1 per share on above Corporation, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the ,°l'Poration in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less rnber you may allot me, and to execute the articles o f asso .4llloll when required ; and I request that my name m a y be Placed On the register of members for the shares so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANKING CORPORATION (Limited). eNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no further APPLI u ext, 1 :ONS f SHA RES will be received after SATURDAY I the 17t h inst By Order of the Board. ROBERT SLATER, JUN., Secretary pro tem. 6, Mman's-court, Cornhill, London. E.C., and Middleton -buildings, Liverpool, 14th January, 1863. J ust Published, Sixty-fourth Edition, by post two stamps, AGuwE to the Cure of Nervousness, Depression i „,, of Spirits, loss of Nervous Energy, Lassitude, and --agestion. With illustrated cases in proof of the author's Tam ecessful treatment. By DR. SMITH, 8, Burton-orescent, pok.civare, WWI; W.C. , illt THE CONTINENTAL BANK CORPO RATION (Limited). To be Established under "The Companies'Act, 1862," where by the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. Capital £1,000,000, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each. First issue, 5,000 Shares. Deposit £1 per Share, with a furtherpayment of £2 per Share on allotment. It is not contemplated to call up more than £25 per Share, and no Call shall exceed £5 per Share. DIRECTORS. Paul Bra, Esq., 41, Threadneedle-street, London. William W. Cargill, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank Corporation. James Cumming, Esq., Messrs. Cumming, Beaver, and Co., London and Singapore. Thomas 11. Gladstone, Esq., Messrs. John Gladstone and Co., White Lion-court, Cornhid. Salomon H. Godefroi, Esq., Messrs. De Mattos and Godefroi, Copthall-court William J. Maxwell, Esq., Director of the National Pro vincial B .nk of ngland. The H mourable hoden Noel, Chandos-street, Cavendish square. Robert A. Routh, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the English and Australian Copper Company. Vincent B. Tritton, Esq., Messrs. Kelson, Tritton, and Co., Old Broad-street. Richard B. Wade, Esq., Director of the National Provincial Bank of England. BAVRERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 51, Lombard street, B.C. The National Provincial Bank of England at its various Branches. SmacaTous.--Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, icholas - lane, E.C. BROKERS.—Messrs. Hi - hens, ElRrrison, and Co., 21, Thread needle-street, E.C. SECRETARY.—George umming, Esq. Temporary Offices,-90, Cannon-street, E.C. The application of the joint-stock principle to Banking and Exchanges, under the control and general management of boards of di ectors in London, has proved so eminently suc cessful in the Britsh colonies and dependencies, more parti cularly in the East and West Indies, that it is deemed expe dient to intro uce that system into the Continent of Europe, with which our commerci d intercourse 19 now so great as to demand additionat facilities and safety in support of our mu tual monetary transactions. Banking on the.l 4 ;neAsh system, end with English Capit a l, has already been applied with success to foreign countries in the instances of the . ittoman :lank as regards Turkey, and the Bank of &iypt in Egypt, both conducted under Royal Charters of Incorporation. Other companies have more re cently been established, with similar objects, under the Limited Liability Act. The Directors pr. pose to take powers to apply for a special Charter for this Bank. In the limits of , prospectus it is impossible to enter into full details, but official statistics are available to show the increase in the totals of our imports and exports of merchan di•e with the principal countries of Central Europe, between the years 185 i and 1861, which may b. briefly given thus:— With France, from 17 to 35 millions ; with Germany, from it to 19 millions ; with Holland, trom 13 to 18 millions ; with. Italy, from 5 to 9 millions; and with Spain, from 5 to 8 mil lions sterling. Arrangements are matured to secure the services of gentle men of large experience to conduct the Foreign Department of the business. The Bank, in addition to ordinary banking operations, will conduct all the business of Exchange Agents. It will Import and Export Goal and Silver. Purchase approved Bills of Exchange, Coupons, Notes, &c. Undertake Foreign Financial Agencies. Grant Drafts on its various Agenc.es, and issue Circular Notes. Buy and Sell Foreign Stoc% a and Shares on Commission. Applications for Shares must be made in the annexed form, accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share. If no slot ment be made to the applicant, the deposit will be returned without deduction ; and if a less number be allotted than is applied for the surplus will be placed towards the payment on allotment. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares maT be obtained a the Temporary Offices, 90, Cannon-street, L.C., and from the Brokers of the Company. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Amount of dividend of 15s. per share £45,000 0 0 Balance, being undivided profit carried for ward to next half -year £70,222 0 10 Profit unappropriated on 30th June, 186?... £2,982 17 9 Amount of net profit of the half-year end ing 31st December, 1862, after deducting all expenses, and interest paid and due (£49,091 14s. 5d.), allowed to customers on their current and deposit accounts .. ..... 67,239 3 1 £70,222 0 10 The Governor then declared a Dividend for the past Half year of 15s. per Share, clear of income tax. It was resolved unanimously— That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circu lated among the Proprietors. That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Gover nor, the Deputy Governor, and the Directors, for their able, judicious, and satisfactory conduct of the affairs of the Bank during the past ha' .f--year. That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to Mr.W.W. Scrimgeour, the General Manager ; Mr. Barton, the Manager ; Mr. lug - pen. the Manager of the Regent-street Branch; Mr. t. Barbe, the Manager of the Charing-cross Branch; Mr. Beattie, the Manager of the Temple-bar Branch ; and to Mr. Newmarch, the Secretary, for the zealous and efficient manner in which they have discharged their several duties. (Signed) P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Governor. That the thanks of the meeting be given to P. Nortt all Laurie, Esq., the Governor, for his conduct in the chair this day. (Signed) JAMES FARQUHAR, Deputy Governor. Extracted from the Minutes. HENRY NEWMARCH, Secretary. N.B.—The .B in ThsetaDnitv. Dividend will be payable on and after Tuesday , the 20th N°. 22,011. TWENTY-NINTH REPORT of the UNION BANK of LONDON. At a HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Proprietors, held at the Court-room of the Banking-house, 2, Princes street, Mansion House, on Wednesday, the 14th of January, 1863, P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the Chair, The following Report was read by the Secretary : The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net pro fits for the six months ending 31st December last, atter pay ment of a 1 charges (including the sum of £19,091 14s. sd. for interest paid and due to customers on their Current and Deposit Accounts), and making ample provision for all bad and doubtful debts, amount to £67,239 3s. id., which, with the sum of £2,982 17s. 9d., brought forward from the 30th June last, make together .£70,',.22 Os. 10d. The Directors now declare a dividend of 15s. per share, clear of Income-tax, fir the six months ending 31st December last. After payment as above, amounting to £15,000, there will remain a balance of £25,222 Os. 10d. for appropriation at the end of the financial year in July next. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, For the Half-year ending 31st December, 1862. GENERAL BALANCE. _ DR. _ LIABILITIES. Paid-UP capital of the bank _-- £720,000 0 0 Due by the bank on current accounts, deposit receipts (including interest accrued), and • ther obligations Reserved r und, invested in Con.ols, as per Contra Rebate on bills not due Balance at credit of profit and loss £13,731,283 6 4 CR. ASSETS. Cash in the bank X 5 1,370 6 11 Cash in Rank of England 514,713 5 0 Cash lent at call 1 06 ),600 0 0 £2,101,083 11 11 Investments in Government Stock, Exche quer Bills, Debentures, (to. £53,727 6s. Bd. Consols (taken at 9 t) Reserved Fund Bank premises, consisting of freehold build ings in Princes-street, Mansion-house street, Argyll-place, and Fleet-street ; and lease and fixtures of No. 4, Pall-mall East 108,775 4 5 Loans, bills discounted, &c. £13,731,283 6 4 A LBERP MEDICAL and FAMILY ENDOW ME ST LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 7, IT tterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. Established 1838. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 3 st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per Cent. per Annum, is in course of PAYMENT to the Shareholders. FRANK EASUM, Secretary. 10th Jan., 1863. NO NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more valuable than OLDRID /E'S BALM OF COLUM BIA, established upwards of thirty years. Is the bent and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring he hair, whiskers, or m-ustaches, and preventing th m turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and its., by C. and A. mrottinoE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. OS T E 0 E ID O N: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, -prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a iietime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and A RTICULATIOS. Purest materials only, at hall the usual oat. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUK P.-STREET, LIVERPOOL. practi :T T 7 a N tise AT ßT lO at N i :L EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Consultations free. T(Royal Sea ' EETFL-11 c anted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial fitted in a few hours by te rn ly e e a namelled to nature, are made and ESKELL'S INVENTION imperishable base of the colour of his Sets of Teeth, exqu attribut:. the gum, to which it ad atented soft elastic and heres with wonderful tenacit ur °f 4etection by the closest life 's invention unsightly fastenings, and deriig ia P en sing with springs or Mr. ek e ei r l e-adapted to observer. The peculiar is, the readiness with which these teeth any change of the mouth (even by the w:aurje act independently of all disturbing causes wlViChamarade:ts as we ll as for mastication and articulation! a : c h e z of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed U. time, ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his inventronr. post free for seven Stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con' sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Grosvenor street, ming ham. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best Medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of -asthma, and incipient con sumption. it frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurab.,e, admirably allays the tickling which pro vokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes utter taking it. Prepared only, and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, l n bottles, 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2 s. 9 d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam . The name and ad dress is engraved on the stamp. e- . • ~ Pit,ICE..... ..4 d. STAMPED Naval and Military Intalligenc©. IHE NAVY. The required alterations having been effected in I the inner stern-post for the iron frigate 1 building at Chatham Dockyard, the operation of lowering it into the deck and fixing it in position was accomplished yesterday, under the superinten dence of Mr. Lang, master shipwright, and his assistants. It was necessary to exercise the utmost care in handling and lowering the formidable =les, owing to its unwieldy shape and great weight. The after-piece of the keel, the weight of which is 14 tons 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 41b.r was successfully fixed the previous day, when a number of mechanics imme diately commenced preparing it for receiving the outer and inner stern-posts. The inner stern-post weighs 12 tons 4 cwt., and the outer post 13 tons 12 cwt., both pieces having been forged for the Admiralty at the private foundry at Glasgow, their manufacture occupying several months, owing to the difficulties connected with the operation. The value of the stem-post is estimated at £6,000. The shipwrights yester day commenced the second course of 10-inch teak planking on the broadsides of the Achilles, on which the 41-inch armour-plates will be fixed, thus giving a thickness of just 24 inches of timber and iron. The plan of ventilation which is now being car ried out on board the iron -cased frigate Royal Oak at Chatham, under the direction of Capt. Fanshawe, the Superintendent of the dockyard, who i s t h e in ventor of the system, differs in several respects from the method hitherto adopted for securing proper ventilation for our large line-of-battle and other ships. As applied to the Royal Oak and other armour-plated vessels of the same class, it promises to be exceedingly effective. In securing a proper ventilation of the main deck comparatively little difficulty will be experienced; it is therefore in the lower deck that the method recommended by Capt. Fanshawe will be more particularly adopted. The masts of the Royal Oak being of iron, and all hollow, advantage is taken of this to make them air-shafts for carrying off the vitiated air from each deck. An aperture is cccordingly made in each mast, which, being opened and closed at pleasure, permits the foul air of all the decks to be carried upwards. The different berths, stores, and com partment on the decks, instead of being closed up, as in ordinary vessels, are supplied with gratings by which the foul air may escape. The essential point in Capt. Fanshawe's system is that there shall be a constant current of air circulating in every portion of the vessel, approximating as closely as possible to the upward and downward currents of a mine. In order to lessen as much as possible the almost total darkness of the lower deck, the main deck be ing at the same time rendered very dark from the narrowness of the ports, the coverings of the coal bunkers, on the weather deck, will be of thick glass, which will admit of a strong ray of light into the decks beneath, where it will be distributed by the aid of moveable reflectors. With the exception of about five armour plates remaining to be fixed at the stem and about 20 at the stern portion of the vessel, the plating of the Royal Oak is com plete, and the efforts of the mechanics em ployed on board are now principally di rected to the completion of the interior fitments. The framing of the turret, or pilot-house, to be erected on the upper deck, and the mainmast, is now being fixed. The frame consists of stout 12-inch teak planking, over which will be laid the ordinary 4i-inch armour plates. Its dimensions will be about 9ft. 6in. by M. 6in. In the case of the Royal Oak, the spare steering wheel will be placed before the mizenmast. The hull is to be sheathed, instead of copper, with Muntz's patent metal, which has recently been applied with satis factory results to several other ships fitted at Chatham. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham directing the repairs to the Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Johnstone, Com mander-in-Chief at the Nore, to be deferred until the Cossack, 20, and the other ships which are pre paring for foreign service, are further advanced. A notification has been received at Chatham from the Admiralty, directing the line-of-battle screw steamer Mars, 80, 400 horse power, Captain S. N. Strange, which is daily expected from the Medi terranean, to be paid off at the Nore. The Mars has been in commission three years and a half, and on being paid off will be placed in the third division of the Chatham steam reserve. A letter received at Plymouth from an officer on board the iron screw steamship Black Prince says that the Admiral left the Tagus before Christmas.. day, to avoid the irregularity usually committed by the seamen there on that anniversary. The ships arrived at Madeira on the 29th of December, and left on the 3d of January. During their stay visi tors came off in flocks to the Black Prince, and were disposed to show great hospitality if the ship had remained longer. While returning, five days were devoted to experimental sailing, steaming, B:c., which, according to the writer, " proved more and more that these iron ships were great successes." The paddlewheel yacht Black Eagle, Master Thomas J. Whillier, at Plymouth, was expected to sail yesterday for Woolwich. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Richard Sampson, chief en gineer to the Sampson, for the Prince Consort; John Ashley, chief engineer to the Asia, for the Arrogant ; John Barr, supernumerary to the Asia, is promoted to the rank of first class assistant en gineer; George Christie, second master, to the Cara doc ; and Hugh B. Edwards, clerk to the Ha s ti ngs. be following a ppointments hav e b een made in the Royal Naval Reserve be Lieut..- John Henderson Smith; to be Sub - Lieut.—William Wil liams. THE ARMY. The order for the annual distribution of medals and gratuities to those non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of the Royal Ma rines Light Infantry to whom they have been awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty for long service and meritorious conduct has been received at head-quarters. The non-commissioned officers and men selected for decoration with the good service medal are :—Sergeant J. Senior, who also regeivol: a gratuity of I.:15 ; Sergeant E. Mord t .w*,4 • awarded a gratuity of £10 ; an d C or p ora ls. - LAetpj Private J. Charge, and P r i va t e W. Southinolle o of whom will also be presented with a grattiffy of £5. The whole of the non-commissioned officers condyuectarmse,ddalurainnaggra and men to whom the good gra tuity have been awarded have been in the corps of of 21 Royal Marines upwards the whole of which period they have born an irreproach able abcharacter. We record the d eat h of Col. G. D. Will son,iar C. 8., who died on Sunday last, at Romford, in his 83d year. Colonel Wilson entered the army at an e ar l y age and was present with his regiment, the 4th (King's Own) on the expedi tion to the Helder in 1799, and afterwards at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807. He subsequently went to the Peninsula and served under Sir John Moore at the battle of Corunna, where he was wounded. After taking part in various actions, he was present at the storming of Badsjoz, where he was again wounded. He was aide-de-camp to Major-General Pringle at the battle of Sala manca, and present at the capture of Madrid and the Retiro, the siege of Burgos, the battles of Nivelle, Nice, St. Pierre, Orthes, and St. Palais. He commanded the 4th Regiment at Waterloo, where he was again wounded. In re cognition of his services he had received the gold medal tor Badajos, and the silver war medal with six clasps for the other engagements in whi c h he took part in the Peninsular campaign. 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P az , • 111 ' DROUZ, • . j II /~~~~ On Monday, Jan. 19, in 2 vols., with Portrait, 215., MEMOIRS OF CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN. that its credit never stood higher;. that the funded debt is rapidly diminishing; that its principal and interest have been promptly paid in coin ; that its public funds are adequate for every proper demand on them ; that the surplus revenue of the canals have increased from 900,000 dole. in 1858 to 4,000,000 dole. in 1861, and that taxa tion may be largely reduced to the present year, and this when scarcely less than a quarter of a million of our people are voluntarily engaged in the military service of the country. Of such a State, and with such a record, we may well be *ad. Would that I could speak thus encourag ingly of national affairs, but we may not anticipate immediate peace. Millions of people, aroused by imaginary wrongs to fierce passion, cannot at once return to reason ; their resentment must have time to cool, and the delusion under which they act to be dissipated, but the day must surely come when the people of the South will again own the same sove reignty, honour the same laws, and fight under the same flag. At present we must use the sword ; it cannot be sheathed until those in rebellion shall lay down their arms and the Constitution and the laws have uniform sway." At the conclusion of Governor Morgan's address, which was warmly applauded, Governor Seymour thanked Governor Morgan for the kind expression of his good wishes, and congratulated him on the able close of his administration. He then said : By HENRY WOODHEAD. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. NEW NOVEL BY DR. BREWER. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BEATRICE SFORZ A. By DR. BREWER. 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The New York Journal of Commerce says:— " The Police Board have been thrown into a state of consternation by orders from Governor Seymour, directing all the members to appear at Albany to day for trial upon grave charges of official miscon duct. The order and its formal charges, copies of which are also published, were served upon Com missioners Acton and Bergen on New Year's-day, and must have considerably marred the felicity of that festive occasion. Commissioner Bowen re ceived his little surprise to the same effect yester day, and may be supposed to bear it with more equanimity thau his colleagues, as he has the com mission of a Brigadier-General to fall back on, should the charges be sustained and the whole Board removed, as confidently expected. The Com missioners held a meeting yesterday, at which this new tern in their affairs was anxiously discussed — with what result is unknown. Ali kinds of rumours are abroad concerning the policy and plans of the Board. Some persons, who profess to know, say that they will pay no attention to the Governor's order and let their case go by default, taking it for granted that their removal is a certainty. Others say that they will throw the whole thing into the courts, and trust to the ingenuity of able lawyers to keep their places a little longer. But it is not worth while to speculate on the probability of any of these reports in view of the speedy decision which the Commissioners will be obliged to make upon the issue before them. The following is a copy of the Governor's citation : "I have solemnly sworn to support the Constitu tion of the United States, with all its grants, re strictions, and guarantees; and I shall support it. I have also sworn to support the Constitution of the State of New York, with all its powers and rights, and I shall uphold it. I have sworn to support the duties of the office of Governor of the State, and with your aid they shall be faithfully performed. These Constitutions and laws are meant for the guidance of our official conduct, and for your pro tection and welfare. The first law recorded for my observance is that declaring that it shall be the duty of the Governor to maintain and defend the Sovereignty of the State.' The most strict injunc tion of the Constitution is that the Governor shall take care that the laws ' are faithfully executed,' and so help me God they shall be. I will not dwell on the present occasion on our national affairs. Our position, as a State, has been happily all u d e d t o by my predecessor. My views on the subject will be laid before the L( gislature. While knowing that my position gives me little control over national affairs, I yet venture to trust that before the end of my term of service the country will be again great, glorious, and united, as it once yeas." The New York Chamber of Commerce adopted on the 2d the following resolutions respecting the Alamama : "Whereas on the 21st day of October last a state ment emanating from Captain Hagar, of the ship Brilliant, recently burnt at sea by the captain and crew of the steamer Alabama, was produced to thi s Chamber, and a series of r esolutionfa were unanim ously adopted, the object of which was to warn the merchants of Great Britain, in a friendly spirit, of the evil consequences likely to ensue from a repeti tion of such piratical acts from the fitting out in the ports of Great Britain of other vessels like the Alabama, destined to plunder and destroy our com merce on the high seas, and whereas this Chamber are led to believe that other vessels have sailed or are about to sail from Great Britain for the express purpose of destroying American ships in distant parts of the world, and in an answer of Earl Rus sell to the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, is found the following passage, to wit : `` Sir,—l am directed by Rill Russell to reply to your letter of the sth inst. respecting the destruc tion by the Confederate steamer Alab , ma of British property embarked in American vessels and burnt by that steamer. Earl Russell desires me to state to you that British property on board a vessel belong ing to one of the belligerents must be subject to the risks and contingencies of war, so far as the capture of the vessel is concerned. The owner of any Bri tish property, not being contraband of war, on board a Federal vessel captured and destroyed by a Confederate vessel of war, may claim in a Confede rate prize court compensation for such destruction of property ;' and " Whereas, action on the part of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Si far as at present known, has been limited to a reference to the proceedings of this Chamber to their counsel, and on the part of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to her Majesty's Government, as set forth in the communication from Mr. Tronsa and Mr. Ten. nant, secretary of these hon. bodies. "'Whereas, since the month of October last it has come to the knowledge of this Chamber that the Laurette, T. B. Walls, and other ships, have been captured by the Alabama, and that in the first named a considerable portion of the cargo was on British acco'int, and certified to be such, and under the hand and f eal of the British Consul ; and, " Whereas, there is no evidence before this Chamber to show that in the absence of a recognized Government of which to demand redress, the British Government has issued orders to the naval com mander of Her Britannic Majesty's ships of war to run down and destroy the Alabama, as an offender against the property and honour of Great Britain as well as an offender against the rights and interests of humanity ; and "Whereas, it is alleged that the Alabama is con tinually supplied from Great Britain with coal and ammunition, by means of which she is enabled to continue her piratical course against American com merce, the consequence being to raise the premium of insurances on American vessels and their cargoes, and to depress the rate of freights in American ships, and to transfer our carrying trade to vessels of other nations, this Chamber is led to the follow ing conclusions : "1. That through the active instrumentality of the subjects of Great Britain, the so-called Confede rate States are furnished with ships, men, arms, and ammunition, with which to war on the COM meree of tie United States. ,' 'Executive Chamber, Albany , Jan. 1. ‘" Sir,—Annexed are copies of charg es of official misconduct preferred against you, and 1 do hereby appoint Saturday next, the 3d of of Ja A nu lb a a r n c i , nst., at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the ExecuttvGaeinCva,eshvranetmrho_ye-r city SEIMOUR.'" Cham ber, at the Capitol, in this H c o i ß t time and place of hearing the same. --I respectfully, &c., Governor Seymour was inaugurated at Albany on the 2d. He was addressed as follows by Morgan : " Governor Seymour,—The oath you have just taken fulfils the requirements of the constitution and laws, and again formally invests you with the high office of Governor of the State of New York. As such I now greet-you, and tender to your administration all the support which a pri vate citizen can give. Confiding in your ability and hav e p e a a t l r l i e o d t i s y m o ;1 t t h o e p the e o p a l e i s o c f h t a h r g i s you r e,nativeofduti duties s s S e e t a o t n e d , only in importance to those of the chief magistracy of the Unit , d States. A change of administration here has never taken place at a period so crowded with v ital in alevents as now. Fortunately , the duties are not new to you, and though of the g ravest character, and of the most perplexing nature, y et in their conscientious especially i s o h u o s ul d d ischarge you will have the approbation of all good men. Herein will be you r reward. fouurndit ln closing ing to o n aadssmuimneistmraotrieontheaf nfouorrdyineaarrsy' usage t e a the midst of a civil war, in which I have responsibilities, necessary speaking in detail, mili tary affairs; but have felt a satisfaction in as u in reference to has not sanctioned this, the chiefs of the sever a l as s,t however, the part New departments have been directed to make full rep or ts for use. To these I refer for specific information York has borne in the war. As, you will to be scrupulously careful in relation whatever con cerns the honour or the interest of the State, I know it will be gratifying for you to be assured " 2. That without such foreign aid the States in revolt against the Government of the United States would be powerless to effect any injury to American commerce on the high seas. "3. That this war on American commerce, care ried on by ships built and manned in Great Britain, if not rebuked by the British press generally, is not discouraged by the public sentiment of a once friendly nation, claiming to be guided by high and honourable principles, and is not effectually and thoroughly arrested by the strong will and stronger arm of the British Government. " 4. That as a result of the foregoing facts and conclusions, the merchants of the United States are subjected in a certain degree to the evils which would attend a state of war with Great Britain, and are compelled to witness the carrying trade of their country transferred from their own vessels to British bottoms under all the sanctions and advantages of peace and neutrality to the latter, while the source of this great peril, threatening to drive American commerce from the ocean, is of British origin ; now therefore— " Resolved, that a committee of ten be appointed to take into consideration the foregoing, and to re port at a special meeting, to be called for the pur pose, what !lotion it becomes this chamber to adopt on the premises." On the occasion of his recent raid north of the Rappahannock Gen. Stuart played some queer pranks with the telegraph. Among other things be sent a telegram to Quartermaster-Gen. Melgs at Washington, requesting him to furnish the Confe derate army with better mules, as those provided of late had been of very poor quality. Out in Ken tucky Morgan played a somewhat similar trick. Reaching Mumfordville on Friday of last week, his operator, a man named Aud, who lately left the Louisville office, immediately attached his instru ment and sent a despat ch stated thatM to Gen. Boyle, as if from Gen. Granger. This organ was in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1863. r the vicinity of Bowling Green, intending making an attack, and asking fcr aid. Gen. Boyle made answer that he could not give him any. Gen. Granger (Morgan) then asked if there were no troops in Louisville which could be sent to his aid. Gen. Boyle sent word that there were no troops i❑ Louisville at all. Gen. Granger asked Boyle what disposition had been made of the troops. Gen. Boyle told him the force and position of his troops, spoke of their efficiency, &c , and gave all the in formation in regard to them that Morgan wanted. Moi gan then sent in his own name a polite message to Boyle, calling him " a bright youth and smart boy," ending with charaettristic vulgarity. The operator then sent a love•letter to his sweetheart in Lexington and a note to the operator at Louisville to forward, and closed the office he had established. The War Department had received the following despatch : " Headquarters, Cincinnati, Jan. 2. "Major-Gen. Granger reports that he has received a de spatch from Major Foley, commanding an expedition sent by him to Elk Park, Campbell county, Tennessee, consist ing of 250 men of the 6th and 10th Kentucky Cavalry, stating that on Sunday morning last he surprised a camp of rebels 350 strong at that place, killing 30, wounding 17, and capturing 51, without the loss of a man. All their camp equipage was burnt, and SO horses and a large amount of arms captured. "H. G. WRIGHT, Major-General Commanding. " Major-Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief." "Headquarters, Cincinnati, Jim. 2. Major-General Halleck, G eneral- in- C hief,—l have just learned from Major-Gen. Granger that Major Stearns, of the 14th Kentucky cavalry, with 150 men, who were ordered by him on a scout to ascertain the whereabouts of a large band of guerillas in the eastern part of Powell county,Ken tucky, on the 2Gth ult., after travelling all night over ob scure and dangerous bridle paths came upon their camps. They were preparing to move. Major Stearns dashed upon them, capturing their leader, a noted guerilla, and 11 men. The rest, though outnumbering Major Stevens' force, were utterly routed and escaped into the dense woods, brush, and mountain gorges. 25 horses and a large amount of clothing blankets, guns, pistols, &c., that were being transported to Humphrey Marshall's camp, were also captured. "H. G. - WRIGHT, Major-General Commanding." From Cairo we have the following intelligence : " Cairo, Jan. 2. " A steamer from below reports that the gunboats accom panying Gen. Sherman's expedition have gone up Yazoo river. At Drumingol's Bluff, 20 miles above the mouth, a rebel battery was discharged. A severe cannonade followed, during which the gunboat Benton was struck 16 times, the shots penetrating. Gen. Sherman's force will debark up the Yazoo and march to near Vicksburg. A train with sup plies would leave Memphis yesterday for Holly Springs. When Island No. 10 was evacuated lately 69 cannon were spiked and 10,000 rounds of ammunition thrown into the river. Jefferson Davis addressed the Mississippi Legisla ture at Jackson on the 28th ult." From Louisville, Kentucky, we have the follow ng " LOUISVILLE, JAN. 1. "The guerilla Morgan crossed the Cumberland river and cut off Nashville at Gainsborough and appeared in front of Mumfordsville on the 27th December. Col. Hobson, of the 18th Kentucky, drove part of his force, killing nine and capturing 16. Morgan then crossed Green river, above Mumfordsville, and moved in the direction of Elizabeth town, turning the bridge at Beaver Creek and Nolin. He also destroyed the trestlework at Muldraugh's-hill, and moved for Rolling Fork. Col. Harlan, c .mmanding the 10th Kentucky, overtook him at Rolling Fork, and attacked him, killing and wounding a number and capturing a cap tain and some privates. The rebel Colonel Dull died of his wounds, as also did one of our lieutenants of arti.lery. Col. Harlan crossed, pursued, and attacked Morgan at Rol ling Fork and the Salt River Bridge. This is the first in stance, I believe, of infantry routing and attacking cavalry. Morgan fled before Harlan to Bardstown, and from there attempted to escape between Lebanon and Camp Belleville. Col. Hoskins, of the 12th Kentucky, commanding there, attacking him this morning, kill.ng a number and captur ing 90 of his men, and capturing his caissons and ammu nition waggons. Morgan is flying precipitately. General Reynolds marched from Glasgow yesterday for Greens burg, and may intercept bim. Col. Hulsey, of the 6th Ken tucky Cavalry, was killed. Our casualties are not yet re ported, Morgan has paid dearly for what he has done. " January 2. " Colonel Hoskins, of the 12th Kentucky Regiment, commanding the Federal Forces at Lebanon, Kentucky, at tacked the guerilla Morgan south of the Columbia road yes terday, killing and wounding several, and capturing 60 of his force, together with their caissons, ammunition wag• gone, and provisions. Colonel Halliday, of the 6th Ken tucky Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle, commanding 9th Kentucky Cavalry, with the 6th Kentucky Infantry, are in pursuit of Morgan. The infantry are under Colonel Hoskins. Morgan is retreating very rapidly in the direc tion of Columbia. Major Foley, commanding 175 of the 18th Kentucky Cavalry, surprised 350 rebels in camp at Elk Fork, Campbell county, killing and wounding 17, cap turing 51, burning all their camp equipage, capturing 80 horses and a large amount of arms. The report that 15,000 rebels crossed the Cumberland last Monday and were moving towards Louisville is discredited at headquarters." The siege of Vicksburg has been re-commenced. The Richmond papers of the 31st contain the fol lowing : " Vicksburg, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1862. " On Saturday the enemy made four desperate attempts to fore,. our lines on the Chickasaw Bluffs, with heavy loss. The 17th Louisiana greatly distinguished itself, repulsing, unaided, the assault of three full regiments of Yankees. On Sunday morning the enemy again advanced on our lines, and were repulsed with heavy loss. All the troops behaved gallantly, but special mention is made of the 28th and 17th Louisiaaa Regiments, the former regiment maintaining the ground all day against superior forces. Our loss on Sunday was one killed and two wounded ; Bth Tennessee, four killed and six wounded, Captain C A. Gently among the killed ; 17th Tennessee, two killed and two wounded ; 81st Ten nessee, one killed, none wounded. One of General Lee's couriers had his leg shot off. Vioofford's Artillery lost one sergeant killed. No particulars of the casualties in other regiments. On Monday afternoon 8,000 of the enemy advanced upon our regiments on the right wing of the Chickasaw Bayou to storm the works, but were mowed down in largo numbers, and upwards of 400 prisoners taken, with five stands of colours.—The enemy were driven back to their boats, and afterwards sent in a flag of truce for permission to bury their dead, under which some of the prisoners escaped. Fighting still continues with no important results. The fighting of our troops was splendid. The 28th Louisiana again immortalised itself for the gal lant manner in which it acted during the battle. The Yankee prisoners say that Morgan is their general com manding. Severe fighting is going on now. The enemy have destroyed the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Rail road as far as Delhi, a distance of 33 miles. They are also said to have burnt the town of Delhi, which is reported to be totally destroyed. Our casualties n yesterday's fight were small. This morning firing is heard in the same direc tion, and it is supposed the enemy are again advancing to storm our works. The soldiers are eager to meet the enemy, and are determined to conquer or die. "Knoxville, Dee. 29, 1862. " The Commissioner's Court is trying for treason Butler, a member of the Legislature, and A. D. Smith. Great feel ing is manifested. " Mobile, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1862. " President Davis and staff arrived here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. " The Richmond Dispeck states that there are 1,450 Union prisoners in the Libby ,Prison." Another vessel of the Banks expedition had been lost near Chesapeake Bay. At Norfolk, on the 31st ult., owing to the miscon struction of an order issued for a different purpose, about 200 persons were arrested while returning from places of amusement. Considerable excitement was created in Norfolk by a negro celebration. The contrabands collected together, met their marshals, formed a procession consisting of at least 4,000 negroes of all kinds and colours, headed by a band of music (drums and fifes), and paraded through the principal streets of the city. They carried several Union flags, and cheered loudly for the downfall of African slavery. It was understood that they were celebrating the birthday of the emancipation pro clamation. Advices from Falmouth of the 2 d inst., s t a te that Stuart had succeeded in retiring across the Rappa hannock near Warrenton. General Burnside had returned from Washington. Several contrabands had come into camp, and were received in accord- ance with the prolamation. Captain Wynne, of the British army, had been arrested at Baltimore on his arrival from Richmond, on the charge of actin g as an emis sary of the Con federates ; his companion, another B r i t i s h officer, • • wa s not interfered vt proof ith, no sof guilt being found upon him. The steamship Constitution left San Francisco on the Ist inst. with 1 ,067,000 dols. in specie for Eng land, and 398,000 for New York. The increase in the shipment for England and the decrease in that for New York were in consequence of the Alabama's proceedings. Halifax advices of the 2d state that Admiral Milne's squadron had not returned to Nassau. The ships Herald, Leopard, and Kate had run the blockade into Charleston. General Butler's Farewell to New Orleans. Before leaving New Orleans General Butler issued the following address to the inhabitants of that city:— Citizens of New Orleans,—it may not be inappropriate, as it is not inopportune in occasion, that there should be addressed to 3 ou a few words at parting, by one whose name is to be hereafter indissolubly connected with your city. I shall speak in no bitterness, because I am not conscious of a single personal animosity. Commanding the army of the Gulf, I found you captured, but not surrendered ; con quered, but not orderly; relieved from the presence of an army, but incapable of taking care of yourselves. So far from it, you had called upon a foreign legion to protect you from yourselves. I restored order, punished crime, opened commerce, brought provisions to your starving people, re formed your currency, and gave you quiet protection, such as you had not enjoyed for many years. While doing this, my soldiers were subjected to obloquy, reproach, and insult. And bw, speaking to you, who know the truth, I here declare LI-At whoever has quietly remained about his busi ness, affording neither aid nor comfort to the enemies of the United States, has never been interfered with by the soldiers of the United States. The men who had assumed to govern you and to defend your city in arms having fled, some of your women flouted at the presence of those who came to protect them. By a simple order (No. 28), I called upon every soldier of this army to treat the women of New Orleans as gentlemen should deal with the sex, with such effect that I now call upon the just-minded ladies of New Orleans to say whether they have ever enjoyed so complete protection and calm quiet for themselves and their families as since the advent of the United States troops. The enemies of my country, unrepentant and implacable, I have treated with merited severity. I hold that rebellion is treason, and that treason persisted in is death, and any punishment short of that due to a traitor gives so much clear gain to him from the clemency of the government. Upon this thesis have I administered the authority of the United States, because of which I am not unconscious of complaint. I do not feel that I have erred in too much harshness, for that harshness has ever been exhibited to disloyal enemies to my country and not the loyal friends. To be sure, I might have regaled you with the amenities of British civilisation, and yet been within the supposed rules of civilised warfare. You might have been smoked to death in caverns, as were the covenanters of Scotland by the command of a general of the royal house of England, or roasted like the inhabitants of Algiers during the French campaign; your wives and daughters might have been given over to the ravisher, as were the un . ortunate dames of Spain in the Peninsular war ; or you might have been scalped and tomahawked as our mothers were at Wyoming by the savage allies of Great Britain in our own revolution; your property could have been turned over to indiscriminate loot, like the palace of the Emperor of China; works of art which adorned your buildings might have been sent away like the paintings of the Vatican; your sons might have been blown from the mouths of cannon like the sepoys at Delhi ; and yet all this would have been within the rules of civilised warfare as practised by the most polished and the most hypercritical nations of Europe. For such acts the records of the doings of some of the inhabitants •f your city towards the friends of the Union, before my coming, were a sufficient provoca tive and justification. .But I have not so conducted. On the contrary, the worst punishment inflicted, except for criminal acts punishable by every law, has been banishment with labour to a barren island, where I encamped my own soldiers before marching here It is true I have levied upon the wealthy rebel, and paid out nearly 600,000 dole to feed 40,000 of the eterving poor of all nations assembled here, made so by this war. I saw that this rebellion was a war of the aristocrats against the middling men ; of the rich against the puor; a war of the landowner against the labourer ; that it was a struggle for the retention of power in the hands of the few against the many ; and I found no conclusion to it save in the subjugati n of the few, and the disenthralment of the many. I therefore felt no hesitation in taking the substance of the wealthy, who had caused the war, to feed the innocent poor, who had suffered by the war. And I shall now leave you, with the proud consciousness that I carry with me the blessings of the humble and loyal, under the roof of the cottage and in the cabin of the slave, and so am quite con tent to incur the sneers of the salon, or the curses of the rich. I found you trembling at the terrors of servile insurrec tion. All danger of this I have prevented by so treating the slave that he had no cause to rebel. I found the dungeon, the chain, and the lash your only means of enforcing obe dience in your servants. I leave them peaceful, laborious, controlled by the laws of kindness and justice. I have de monstrated that the pestilence can be kept from your bor ders. I have added a million of dollars to your wealth in the form of new land from the batture of the Mississippi. I have cleansed and improved your streets, canals, and public squares, and opened new avenues to unoccupied land. I have given you freedom of elections greater than you have ever enjoyed before. I have caused justice to be adminis tered so impartially that your own advocates have unani mously complimented the judges of ray appointment. You have seen, therefore, the benefit of the laws and justice of the government against which you have rebelled. Why, then, will you not all return to your allegiance to that go vernment—not with lip-service, but with the heart? I conjure you, if you desire ever to see renewed prosperity, giving business to your streets and wharfs—if you hope to see your city become again the mart of the Western world, fed by its rivers for more than three thousand miles, drain ing the commerce of a country greater than the mind of man hath ever conceived—return to your allegiance. If you desire to leave to your children the inheritance you received of your fathers—•a stable constitutional govern ment ; if you desire that they should in the future be a portion of the greatest empire the sun ever shone upon— return to your allegiance. There is but one thing that stands in the way. There is but one thing that at this hour stands between you and the Government—and that is slavery. The institution, cursed of God, which has take n its last refuge here, in His providence will be rooted out, as the tares from the wheat, although the wheat be torn up with it. I have given much thought to this subject. I came among you, by teachings, by habit of mind, by poli tical position, by social affinity, inclined to sustain your domestic laws, if by possibility they might be with safety to the Union. Months of experience and c. bservation have forced the conviction that the existence of slavery is incompatible with the safety either of yourselves or of the Union. As the system has gradually grown to its present huge dimensions, it were best if it could b gra ally removed ; but it is better, far better, that it sh he taken out at once than that it should longer vitiate ocial, political, and family relations of your country, lam speaking with no philan thropic views as regards the slave, but simply of the effect of slavery on the master. See for yourselves. Look around you and say whether this saddening, deaden ing influence has not all but destroyed the very framework of your tv)ciety. lam speaking the farewell words of one who has shown his devotion to his country at the peril "of his life and fortune—who in these words can have neither hope nor interest save the good of those whom he addresses ; and let me here repeat, with all the solemnity of an appeal to Heaven to bear me witness, that such are the views forced upon me by experience. Come, then, to the unconditional support of the Govern melat. Take into your own hands your own institutions, remodel them according to the laws of nations and of God, and thus attain that great prosperity assured to you by geographical position, only a portion of which was hereto fore yours. (Signed) BENJAMIN F. BIITyER. Now Orleans, Dec. 24, 1862. NEB YORE — At the inauguration of Mr. Seymour OF THE STATE o t r ir As Governor of re marks In : ere addressed to him rem „ a r kno w it will be gratifyi ng State i hn nevergStood higher; that its funded debt i rapidly diminishing , that i New York, the following by his predecessor in offic e hat for you to be assured that th'—e cre dit of this diminishing; min that its debt is rapidly its principal and interest have been promptly paid in i d demand d ; that the public f unds are adequate for ever y proper on t hem; that the s ur p lus revenues of the can a l s h ave in creased from 900,000 dole. in 1858 , to 4,000,000 dole. in 1562; and that taxation may be largely reduced the pre sent year, and this when scarcely less than a quarter of a million of our people are voluntarily engaged in the mili• tary service of the country. Of such a State, and with such a record, we may well be proud." NEW ELECTRIC CABLE FOR THE ITALIAN Go- VERNMENT.—The English screw steam-ship Haw thorn, chartered by Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., for the purpose of laying foi the Italian Government an electric cable from Cagliari to Trapani, arrived in this port on Sun • day last from the latter place. She had successfully sub merged the cable within 13 miles of the coast of Sicily, and her object in coming here was to supply the deficiency from the spare cable in deposit at Malta. She left early on the morning of the sth, to lay the remainder of the cable, and we are hourly expecting to receive a telegram announcing the successful completion of the line. The cable is similar in construction to the deep sea portion of the Malta and Alexandria one, which has answered so admirably, being only a little slighter. 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