The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-12 00:00:00

REIF THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, baying been Re-modelled, Decorated, and Embellished in a truly magnificent and costly style, is now open. Notwithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the arrangements, the Pi ices of Admission will be as usual, and similar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz.:— Private Boxes, 10s, 6d., 215., £1 lls. 6d., £2 25., £3 35., and £4 4s. Stalls, Os. Dress circle, 4s. First Circle, 3s. Boxes, 2s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. A MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PANTO MIME EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's Comic Drama, entitled NEXT OF KIN. Principal Characters by Messrs. S. Calhaem, H. Ainclair, Neville, Warde, Rourke, Fredericks; Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, and Miss Portman. After which will be produced the Great Drury-lane Annual in the form of an entirely Novel, Original, Bur lesque, Grotesque, Poetical, Pictorial, Pastoral, Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES; or, HARLEQUIN and COCK ROBIN! " Little Bird with bosom red, Welcome to my Humble Shed, Daily near my table steal, While I pick my scanty meal, Well rewarded if I spy, Pleasure in thy glancing eye."—Old Poem. The novel Effects and Extensive Scenery by Messrs. GRIEVE and TELBIN, assisted by Messrs. DAYES, JONES, C. FENTON, E. LLOYDS, GRIEVE, Jun., TELBIN, Jun., and D ANSON and SONS. The Ma chinery by Mr. TUCKER. The Costumes by Mr. MAY and Mrs. CLARKE, The Masks, Designs, and Personal Appointments by the celebrated DYK-WYN-KYN ; com pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLINDON, CHALTON, and numerous Assistants. The Tricks, Pro perties, Changes, and Transformations of the Harlequinade by Mr. BLAM IRE and Assistants. The Gas Appointments by Mr. HINCKLEY. The Scenes of the Harlequinade by H. BOLENO, J. CORMACK, and D. JOHNSON. The Groupes, Tableaux, Action, and Grand Ballet, designed and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. BARNARD. The Opening invented and written by E. L. B-ANC HARD, Author of "The House that Jack Built," "Peter Wilkins," " Robin Hood," &c. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF GOODY TWO-SHOES. EARLY MORNING. Little Goody Two Shoes—Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. "This dear little Girl, whose real name was Margery Meanwell, once lived," &c.—Old Story. "His kind Wife gave little Margery a nice pair of new Shoes; and she was so pleased with them, and so fond of showing them to every one she met, saying, ' Two Shoes— Two Shoes,' that she gained the name of ' Little Goody Two Shoes.' "—Old o'tory. The Raven, the Pigeon, the Cat, and the White Rabbit (her pets), Masters Quork, Coo, Mew, and Bunny. Pet Robin—Master Redbreast. Little Boy Blue (her Shepherd Swain) Miss HELEN HO WARD. Johnny Stout (the Good Boy) Mr. J. ROBINS. Thommy Green (the Bad Boy) Mr. G. WESTON. Day Scholars—Masters Wag, Lag, Fag, Brag, Dag, Nag, Gag, Mag, Tag, &c., and Misses Nimble, Simple, Sample, Rumple, Whimper, Simper, Niminy, Piminy, &c., &c. Sir Timothy Gripe (Lord of the Manor), Mr. TOM MATTHEWS. Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW. Villagers—Messrs. B umkin ,Whackstraw, Oatcake, Chew bacon, Thatcher, &c. &c. "The room in which she taught her scholars was very large, so that she could have her children stand in front of her while she instructed them.—Old Story. Of the proposal made by Sir Timothy to Goody Two Shoes, and what became of it. HUNTING LODGE ON THE BORDERS OF THE FOREST, The Fairy Good Nature (assuming the form of Goody Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON. Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Bang. Footman, Mr. Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons. Housekeeper, Mrs. Chickabiddy. How Little Boy Blue meets with a particular friend, and how the Squire dooms the small Birds found on his Estate to general destruction, and what ensues thereupon. THE BRAMBLE BRAKE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST.—SUNSET. " When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her ten sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor little Companions to meet together under an old oak tree, and there she taught them."—Old Story. The Demon Envy, Mr. GLIN PON, Hatred and Malice (his attendants), Messrs. Scowl and ' Growl. The Bad Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what followed therefrom. HAUNT OF THE WOOD NYMPHS IN THE ' ENCHANTED DELL. May, Miss WENT WORTH. Bluebell, Cowslip, Violet, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom, Speedwell, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose, Colvolvulus, Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts ease, Fox Glove, &c, (her attendant Wild Flowers), by a host of Coryphees. Pas de Forget-me-not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. Pas de Double Heartsease, the Misses GUNNISS. Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. WOODY AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP MEAD. " All hail to thee, thou first of May, Sacred to merry sport and play, To wine and jest and dance and song, And mirth that lasts the whole day long." CELEBRATION OF MAY-DAY AND FESTIVAL OF THE MAY QUEEN. OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTT AGE, MILL BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELimv. " Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend. The Sparrow, Mr. Take. an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy. The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. - The Beetle, Mrs. Gamp. The Linnet, Master Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit-to-Whoa. The Lark, Mr. Highflyer. The Rook, Mr. Blackeoat. The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment. The deed done. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin, and his marvellous restoration by Good Nature, who pro ceeds on her radiated Path of Prisms over the World. Harlequins, Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE. Columbines, Madame BOLENO (her first appearance here these two years) and the Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN JOHNSON. Clowns, Mr. HARRY BOLENO (his first appearance here these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI. Scene I.—GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE) EXHIBITION OF FUN I The Meeting of all Nations—Gold Washing and Gold Finding —Armstrong's Breech-loader—the Exhibition Bells and Belles of the Exhibition—Clown rings one of the Belles --a Belle Savage—the Majolica Fountain—Clown's new Vapourizer—Cent. per Scent—Striking Two—the Exhibi tion Club—a Medicated Vapour Bath--a Piping Bullfinch .—(Raree Airs)—the Australian Obelisk makes a decided Move—a Toad in the Hole—a Long Nap (2,000 years)—a Bed in the Coal Hole—Froggy would a-Wooing go—a sud den influx of Strange Visitors and close of the Exhibition. Invented and Produced by Boleno (Registered). Pantomimists—HAßßY BOLENO, Madame BOLENO. CORMACK, and TANNER. Trip Storm false—Madame BOLENO and Mr. CORMACK. Landlady, Mrs. Graball ; Page, Master Bellbutton ; Housemaid, not yet engaged ; Visitors, Cabmen, Sweeps, Shoe-Black Brigade, &c., by Artists too numerous to mention. Scene 2.—EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF INTER NATIONAL LODGING-HOUSE. Lodgings I Lodgings I Lodgings I—House Full—A Fair Sample of a Cabby's Fair—A Foreigner all Abroad—Harry Boleno's return to his Old Quarters—Somebody's Luggage —Nobody's Luggage (Oh, Dickens)—My Lodgings are on the cold ground—A Damp Bed with Sheets of Water (which are always damp)—Bottling Spirits—A Policeman on Duty —Coming down with the Dust—Clown and Pantaloon re solve to change their quarters—The new Bedroom Door— the Exhibition Early-rising Bedstead—Clown makes an Impression—Oh, rest thee, my Babe—A Novel Extin guisher—Put out the Light ! Put out the Light—A Squally Night—Clown gets rid of a Lodger—Both Child and Nurse are fast asleep—Clown gives them a drop too much—anew method of getting off to sleep—forty winks—Harlequin Box and Cox (up)—'Tis when to sleep the World retires—the Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and the Night Shade—Look on this Picture and on this—List, oh, list—l'm always with you—l'll warm yer--Oh, slum ber my darling, and sleep while you may—Visions light as air—the Nurse—the Child—the Great Sensation Scene and Denoument. Scene 3 .—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL, AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE! A Neat Trip—a Trip less Flat—Flat Fish, Flying Fish, and Ground Bait—taking in the Natives Childish Games, Boyhood's happy days—Arrival of Fun—Sudden appear ance of an old friend—Clown goes a ttsuiu s -- Gots o bite which prove to be a nibble for him, Garotting with a Ven geance -the strong Arm of the Law—Clown in a Fix— Lucky Escape—Clown gets a Ticket of Leave—the indus trious Cobbler that Lived in a Stall—Clown finds a pair of Boots and gets Awl for his pains —a Rally and a Jump— Clown has a taste for Music and Gives a Concert, in which he will play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and 12 Common Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest— Clown gets Drummed in and quickly gets Drummed Out Again—A Supply of Natives--a fair Division—the head of the force and everybody taken in and done for. s cene 4—THE ISLINGTON AGRICULTRAL HALL, AND GREAT DOG-SHOW, CAT-SHOW, AND FLOWER -SHOW. Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of the Forest—going to see the Green Bushes—Heartsease and Tulips —coming in Pears (pairs)--a clearing Pair—Fruits of Industry -Music, the Food of Love—ll le calculate not—Mu s i c h a th Charms—not so always—Where's t Port Police P—O r u r ing of the Great National Dog Show—Port Whine and Bark an Impudent Puppy—Carrots a nd a Turn-up—Clown gets Pugnatious—a Dog-MA —Dog cheap and dear Hound— Clown keeps the Dog Watch, which he enters—the Way to Barking—Clown and Pantaloon gone to andthe v D e x o Dogs-- on o — n Sweet Sounds—Calculation, Multiplication, _ own —Clown's Cat Show—Cats-up and Cats nine—Dogs' Meat—Cats' ' and a Cat for the Garotters—Descend ye nine — D Meat—a Jolly Dog—a Pair of Tabbies —the Kill -Kenny Cats—the Seat of War—How it will all end—a Prize Fight for a prize Cup—Catalessis—Catacresis—a Catastrophe which leads to a Cataract of the Feline Race, and thus ends the Catalogue. Scene S—(Comic)—EXTERIOR of MARINE STORES, PUBLIC-HOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME. Invented by Mr. J. Cormack. C. LAURI, D. JOHNSON, ST. MAINE, and the isses GUNNISS. Nautical Hornpipe, M by M. ST. MAINE and the Misses GUNNISS. Set a thief to catch a thief—and he will go the " whole Hog or None"—A Sailor, half Seas over, mistakes all he Sees—Old Aunt Sally proves herself, rayther— Shell Hands wanted—and secured by Hook or by Crook—An cient and Modern Warriors—Hearts of Oak—Our Ironsides (not Cromwell's) Al good metal—the great Drainage Question—Pretty Poll of Wapping—she was such a nice young Gal! with Old Ballad, 'tithe Lass that loved a Sailor"—" Home, home, Sweet Home"— The Sailors' Home—time to go home, but b you to Last Scene.—(Denson and Sons.) ENGLAND'S GLORY AND RICHES BROUGHT BY HER OCEAN WAVES ! Box-office open from Ten till Six daily. Doors open at Ralf-past Six commence at Seven. Actimlianager, PLro F, D I WAIIIIDIGNI N° 22,008. THE BRITISH and AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANKING CORPORATION (Limited). Established under the Companies Act, 1862, 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 up more than .C? 5 per Share. With power to the Shareholders to increase the Capital. Deposit, £t 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 Fernie Brothers and Co. James Gilchrist, Esq., of the firm of Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., of Sydney, Director of the Union Bank of London Robert Gillespie, jun., Esq., of the firm of Gil lespies, Moffatt, and Co. London. Henry Gebrge Gordon, Esq , Chairman of the Oriental Bank orporation London. Harold Littledale, Esq., of the firm of T. and H. Littledale and Co William M. Neill, Esq., of the firm of Neill Brothers and Co. Thomas Rees, Esq., of the firm of R. and T Woodward and Co Rennie, Esq., of the firm of Cavan, Lubbock, and Co London. Samuel Stitt, Esq., of the firm of Stitt Brothers and C 0... Liverpool. BANKERS. London—The Union Bank of London. Liverpcol—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 Mill. BROKERS. London—Sheppards, Pelly, and Alloard, 98, Threadneedle street ; J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate•.street. Liverpool—Horsfall and Addison. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 6, Newman's-court, Cornhill, London. Middleton Buildings, Rumford-street, Liverpool. - - - The British and American Exchancte Banking Corporation (Limited) is formed for the purpose chiefly of dealing in Ex changes, a business which, excepting with British posses sions. has hitherto been mainly in the hands of private firms; and it is well known that with many countries such banking facilities 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 vro posed that this Corporation shall commence its operations by the establishment of an agency in Nt w York. The profitable nature of exchange bu - 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 general:y a much l arger marg i n th an is usually found remunerative by bankers. The purchase 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 practice now become very general of attaching bills of lading to bills of exchange as collateral security, renders ex 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 tary 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 anticipated betwixt Amer ica 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 is 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 4O 69 to 71 New South Wales 2O .... 49 „ 51 Union of Australia London Chartered of Australia Oriental Agra and United Service Mercantile Bank of India,London, and China 25 .... 41 „ 53 Ottoman Colonial 25 .... 41 „ 43 The Corporation will have offices both in London and Liverpool. The Corporation is formed under " The Companies' Act, 1862," whereby the liability of the shareholders is strictly limited to the amount of their respective shares. No promotion money will be given for originating the un dertaking, and the preliminary expenses will be strictly con fined to such as are indispensable. 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 applica tion to them, or to the Solicitors, or at the London and Liver pool Offices of the Corporation. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAREd. No. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the British and American Exchange Banking Corporation (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of being a depo.it of £1 per share on shares in the above Corporation, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Corporation in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the articles of asso ciation when reouired • and I reouest tha snaresae may be piaceu ou Luc register memners tor the so alioLicu. Name in full Residence . Profession or business Date CANTERBURY HALL.— THE THIRD EDITION of the celebrated Panto mimic Entertainment THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, including Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and rantaloon, sustained solely by Mr. E. Marshall, re-written by W. F. Vandervell, Esq., new characters and new dresses. UNSWORTH, in his renowned Speech upon all the topics of the day ; and the followim, , Comic favourites : -Eue,ene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Georgina Smithson. GRAND SELECTIONS from POPULAR OPERAS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jong,hmans. 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 41 per Share, with it:fiirtherpayment 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 Broe, Esq., 41, Threadneedle-street, London. William W. Cargill, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank Corporation. - James a. Cumming, Esq., Messrs. Cumming, Beaver, and Co., London and Singapore. Thomas H. Gladstone, Esq., Messrs. John Gladstone and Co., White Lion-court, Conahill. Salomon H. Godefroi, Esq., Messrs. De Mattos and Godefroi, Copthall-court William J. Maxwell, Esq., Director of the National Pro vincial Bank of t ngland. The Honourable Roden Noel, Chandos-street, Cavendish- square. Robert A. Routh, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the English and Australian Copper Company. Vincent B. Tritton, Esq., Messrs. Belson, Tritton, and Co., Old Broad-street. Richard B. Wade, Esq., Director of the National Provincial Bank of England. BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 51, Lombard street, E.C. The National Provincial Bank of England at its various Branches. s OLICITORS.—BIessrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, E.C. BuoKEßS.—Messrs. Hichens, Harrison, and Co., 21, Thread- • needle-street, E.C. SECRETARY. —George Cumming, 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 directors in London, has proved so eminently suc cess ful in the British colonies and dependencies, more parti cularly in the East and West Indies, that it is deemed expe dient to intreuce that system into the Continent of Europe, with which our commercial intercourse is now so great as to demand additional facilities and safety in support of our mu tual monetary transactions. Banking on the English system, and with English capital, has already been applied with success to foreign countries in the instances of the Ottoman Bank as regards Turkey, and the Bank of Egypt 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 propose to take powers to apply for a special Charter for this Bank. In the limits of a 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 dise with the principal countries of Central Europe, between the years 185 s and 1861, which may be briefly given thus: — With France, from 17 to 35 millions; with Germany, troml6 to 19 millions ; with Holland, from 13 to 18 millions ; w ith Italy, from 5 to 9 millions ; and with Spain, from 5 to 8 mil lions sterling. It may be useful to recall the fact, as stated by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, -that the export traae netween England and France alone, which, before the recent Inter national Treaty, averaged, in the two years preceding the Treats, only £9,402,000 per annum, has, in the first year of the Treaty, surpassed £21,000,000"—an increase which alone has made up for the temporary loss of the American market. In a Bank like the present bullion operations form a neces sary and most important feature, more particularly with France, the yearly average of our de Alings with which, in gold and silver, is about 30 millions sterling ; the business originating in these vast transactions has, hitherto, been en joyed by a few firms of known wealth. The Continental Bank Corporation has for its object to facilitate the commercial and financial business between the United Kingdom and the European Continent, and to carry out, on an extensive scale, operations in hullion and ex change ; and it is confidently anticipated that, by extending to importers and exporters accommodation on an enlightened and liberal scale, a large proportion of such business will be secured to the present undertaking. The Head Office of the Bank will be in London, and the first branch will be established in Paris, not only on account t nait, i o s . saEf England, r ogm e l a a n t Ld f n na a dn n od c n i af the furnishes ecnei greater n sh t r e e s , secondin portionretrn ou t i oh y fe t t oh the bulk o London.iodf Imported a the magnitude of our dealings with that city, but because demandst the r b o r af silver e hes for the bast. lv ourp o Paris v rt a e s d t 11 be established in other chief cities of the Continent a Progress of the B t such times and in such order as the Arrangements ank may justify. men et . Large ex are matured to secure the services of gentle of the business. experience to nem conduct the Foreign Department The Bank, in additi conduct all the,busineo s ns to ordinary banking operations, will Import and Expo r t G: t Exchange Agents. It will id Purctfase approved Bill s or hti Silver. Undertake Foreign Finaneta?lhange, Coupons, Notes, &c. Grant Drafts on its various gencies ' Notes. Agencies, and i ssue Ci rcu l ar Buy and Sell Foreign Stoat s and Shares on Commis sion. Ap pl ic ations for Shares must be made in the form, accompanied b y a de p osit of £1 per share. fi no annexed allot ment be made to the a pp licant, the depo-it win be rn w ithout deduction ; and if a less number be allot ted thatieids applied for the surplus will be placed towards the Payment on allotment. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the Temporary Offices, and from the Broke rs of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Continental Bank Corporation (Limited). G en tlemen, —Having paid the sum of as a deposit of £1 per share on Shares in the Continental Bank Corpo ration (Limited), I request you will allot me that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to ac ce p t the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me ; and I agree to become a member of the Company, subject to the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Name in full Profession or Business Address Dated the day of 1863. The above Form, when filled up, to be left with the bankers 0 12 payment Prtile depoit, _ YZer/17 . _ .:-. ‘"42:1111.(411' 04\ 7 : :::: t t 1: :/l:Nok . \I I':' ,:`''" .J --'t' 11 : 11 ''' :---- j: : 0IT. ~.- -1\ \ ‘1114:1-; 4l rill :. 03 'T '- i 1C (111'1\: ' . " ifl • :4 _ 1 4. ' ' 1 1 1::" A .; )/( r, ' 1 .1 / 4 1. "..m50r :(1 1 : 11,------ , ~ -2# ...---... / , + , \,\N......:, s 1 t j * " , -;-d , . , 14 i, ov• • •. 1 A • -- - . - 2.-- Ft.. 90 4 ' ' 4,- All,ll 1t.101114 'elq, , li i p 1 4 - -Vtec• * E'' -' ----- ~4 I THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS','IIANCE COMPANY (Limited.) Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, which specially limits the liabr , ty of each Shareholder to the amount of his Shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. With power to increase to £2,0.0,000. 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 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 Liverpool. 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 Heyworth, 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 Lyall, of Lyall, Still, and Co London. Andrew Malcomson, of J. and D.. M alcomson and Co Liverpool. Robert Maxwell, of A. F. and R. Maxwell Liverpool. George M. Papayanni, of Papayanni Brothers Liverpool. John Park, of Williams, Park, and Co Liverpool. Chas. K. Prioleau, of Fraser, Trenholm, and Co Liverpool. John Ravenscroft, of W. and J. Ravenscroft and Co., Chairman of the North and South Wales _ . _ Bank_ Liverpool. SECOND EDITION, REVISED, In 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, THE LIFE OF EDWARD IRVING, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London. Illustrated by his JOURNAL and CORRESPONDENCE. By Mrs. OLIPIIANT. "A book on a most interesting theme."—Times. llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. MR. BALDWIN'S ,4 AFRICAN HUNTING," with Fifty Beautiful Illustrations, is NOW READY, price 215.; or in morocco, gilt edges, 425. Richard Bentley, New -Burlington-street. Ready in a few days, Crown Bvo. cloth, price 65., POEMS, DESCRIPTIVE and LYRICAL. Illustrations of the Beauties of Tropical Scenery, and Sketches of Objects of Interest ; with Notes, Historical and, Explanatory. By the Author of "The Nuptials of Bar celona." London : Robert Hardwicke, 192. Piccadilly. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXV., will be Published on WEDNESD tilr NEXT. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1863, James Searight, of James Searight and Co London. Samuel Stitt, of Stiti, Brothers and Co Liverpool. Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, of Hollinshead, Tet ley, and Co._ Liverpool. Thomas Stenhouse, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, &c, Benry Trelf all Wilson, of H. T. Wilson and Chambers SOLICITORS. Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. IInoiCERS. London—Messrs. - L - aurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, E.C. Liverpool—Messrs, Thomas Tin'fy and Sons. Messrs. G. and T. Irvine. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, London. The Union Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE 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. Wnder these circumstances the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company has been established. The business of the Company will be confined to the issu ing of policies on freight and goods only, and it is expressly provided, 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 with universal favour, have adopted it as an unalterable principle in the present undertakin t „... The Directors, therefore, express he greatest confidence in the success of this Company. Such provision has been made by the Directors for the pre liminary expenses 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 company. 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 fi per share, on the number 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.) 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Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq. . T. Hood, Esq. E. L. Blanch ird, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridgeman, Esq. W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. H. J. Byron, Esq. &c., &c., &o. Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. THE WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY NIGHT. The Cunard mail steamer Scotia, from New York on the 31st December, has arrived. The expedition of Gen. Banks is at last ascertained to be for New Orleans, at which city it arrived on the 14th December. Gen. Banks supersedes Gen. Butler in the command. The latest advices are to the 20th, and say : "The rebels think they see in Gen. Banks a less rigorous commander, and are seen in the streets in crowds. One of them on the 18th challenged Gen. Butler. The latter put the challenge in his pocket, and sent word to the angry rebel, if he desired an onset with hire, to come on in th e s t reet, or wher ever else it m i g ht suit him. G en. C orcoran, w i th his Irish Legion, was in the river, and would reach the city in a day or two. Dr. M'Cormack, the medi cal director under Gen. Butler, is relieved,and comes in hourly co nsu lt a ti on north with his chief. Business was dull as usual. A large number of speculators from New York had ar rived, and they may give an impulse to t ra d e . G en . Banks was very busy , and with Gen. Butler. It is due to the nation to know that the best feeling subsisted between the two Generals and their respective staffs. Col. Elliott, of the Ist Louisiana Regiment, and son of the Hon. H. H. Elliott, of New York, had resigned. It was not known what course Gen. Banks would pursue in regard to resignations. Gen. Banks and Gen. Butler were serenaded on the night of the 19th by the band of the 31st Massachusetts Regiment. The Delta of the 20th officially announces that General Butler would on the 22d (Monday) receive his friends at the City Hall." On the 16th Generals Banks and Butler met at the army headquarters,Carondel-street, for the pur pose of a formal introduction. The Delta of the 17th, in its account of the meeting, says:.— " General Butler addressed General Banks and welcomed him to the Department of the Gulf. He assured him that he would find here troops who were ready to yield a cheerful obedi ence to every order. General Banks responded that the only pleasure he had in taking the com mand of the Department of the Gulf was in obey ing an order of the Government of the United States. The meeting of the two chiefs was most cordial, and the InterchatTie of sentiment was that which marks the coming together of old friends. Gen. Butler now introduced each member of his staff, and this ceremony over, General Banks intro duced the members of his staff. Soon after these formalities General Banks and staff withdrew. Gen. Butler then addressed his staff, and requested that each member should take pains to enlighten and assist their successors, of whom he spoke in high terms. He praised, in the warmest manner, Gen. Banks, and assured the gentlemen present that his was a character of,which the American people might well be proud. Nothing could be more generous than the manner and terms in which Gen. Butler spoke of his successor." Gen. Banks has issued the following proclama tion : _ _ _ " Head-quarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. • " In obedience to orders from the President, I have assumed command of the Department of the Gulf, to which is added, by his special order, the State of Texas. " The duty with which I am charged requires me to assist i❑ the restoration of the Government of the United States. It is my desire to secure to the people of every class all the privileges of possession and enjoyment which are consistent with public safety, or which it is possible for a beneficent and just Government to confer. "In the execution of the high trast with which I am charged, I rely upon the co-operation and coun sel of all the loyal and well-disposed people, and upon the manifest interest of those dependent upon the pursuits of peace, as well as upon the support of naval and land forces. " My instructions require me to treat as enemies those who are enemies, but I shall gladly regard as friends those who are friends. No restrictions will be placed upon the freedom of individuals which are not imperatively demanded by considerations of public safety ; but, while their claims will be liberally considered, it is due also to them to state that all the rights of the Government will be unflinchingly maintained. "Respectful consideration and prompt reps ration will be accorded to all persons who are wronged in body or estate by those under my command. " The Government does not profit by the pro longation of civil contest or the private or public sufferings which attend it. Its fruits are not equally distributed. In the disloyal States desolation has empire on the sea and on the land. In the North the war is an abiding sorrow, but not yet a calamity. Its cities and towns are increasing in population, wealth, and power. The refugees from the South alone compensate in great part for the terrible deci mations of battle. " The people of this department who are dis posed to stake their fortunes and their lives upon resistance to the Government may wisely reflect upon the immutable conditions which surround them. The Valley of the Mississippi is the chosen seat of population, product, and power on this con tinent. In a few years 25,000,000 people, unsur passed in material resources and capacity for war, will swarm upon its fertile rivers. Those who assume to set conditions upon their exodus to the Gulf count upon a power not given to man. The country washed by the waters of the Ohio, the Missouri, and the Mississippi can never be perma nently severed. If one generation basely barters away its rights, immortal honours will rest upon another that reclaims them. Let it never be said, either, that the East and the West may be separated. Thirty days' dis tance from the markets of Europe may satisfy the wants of Louisiana and Arkansas, but it will not answer the demands of Illinois and Ohio. The val ley of the Missisbippi will have its deltas upon the Atlantic. The physical force of the West will de bouch upon its shores with a power as resistless as the torrents of its giant riyers. This country MP not be permanently divided. Ceaseless wars may drain its blood and treasure; domestic tyrants or foreign foes may grasp the sceptre of its power, but its destiny will remain unchanged. It will still be united. God has ordained it. What avails, then, the destruction of the best Government ever devised by man—the self-adjusting, self-correcting Constitution of the United States ?" " People of the South-West, why not accept the conditions imposed by the imperious necessities of geographical configuration and commercial supre macy, and re-tstablish your ancient prosperity and renown ? Why not become the founders of States which, as the entrepots and depots of your own cen tral and upper valleys, may stand, in the affluence of their resources, without superior, and, in the pri vileges of the people, without a peer among the nations of the earth ? " N. P. BANKS, Major-General Commanding." General Butler has issued the following farewell to his command:— " Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Dec.l6. " General orders, No. 106. " Soldiers of the Army of the Gulf,—Relieved from further duties in this department by direction of the President, under date of Nov. 9, 1862, I take leave of you by this final order, it being impossible to visit your scattered outposts, covering hundreds of miles of the frontier of a larger territory than some of the kingdoms of Europe. "I greet you, my brave comrades, and say farewell. " This word—endeared as you are by a commu , pity of privations, hardships, dangers, victories, successes, military and civil—is the only sorrowful thought I have. " You have deserved well of your country. With out a murmur you sustained an encampment on a sand bar so desolate that banishment to it, with every care and comfort possible, has been the most dreaded punishment inflicted upon your bitterest and most insulting enemies. "You had so little transportation that but a hand ful could advance to compel submission by the queen city of the rebellion, while others waded breast deep in the marshes which surround St. Philip, and forced the surrender of a fort deemed impregnable to land attack by the most skilful en gineers of your country and her enemy. " At your occupation, order, law, quiet and peace sprang to this city, filled with the bravos of all na - tions, where, for a score of years, during the pro foundest peace, human life was scarcely safe at noonday. _ _ . " By your discipline you illustrated the best traits of the American soldier, and enchained the admira tion of those that came to scoff. " Landing with a military chest containing but 75 dole., from the hoards of a rebel Government you have given to your country's treasury nearly half a million of dollars, and so supplied yourselves with the needs of your service that your expedition has cost your Government less by four-fifths than any other. " You have fed the starving poor, the wives and children of your enemies, so converting enemies into frfends that they have sent their representatives to your Congress by a vote greater than your entire numbers from districts in which, when you en tered, you were tauntingly told there was no one to raise your flag. _ _ " By your practical philanthropy you have won the confidence of the ' oppressed race' and the slave. Hailing you as deliverers, they are ready to aid you as willing servants, faithful labourers, or, using the tactics taught them by your enemies, to fight with you in the field. _ _ " By steady attention to the laws of health you have stayed the pestilence. and, humble instruments in the hand of God, you have demonstrated the ne cessity that His creatures should obey His laws, and reaping His blessing in this most unhealthy climate you have preserved your ranks fuller than those of any other battalions of the same length of service. " You have met double numbers of the enemy and defeated him in the open field, but I need not fur ther enlarge upon this topic. You were sent here to do that. "I commend you to your new commander. You are worthy of his love. " Farewell, my comrades—again farewell ! "BENJ. F. BUTLER, Major-General Commanding." Among the general orders issued by Gen. Banks is one suspending all sales of property on account of the United States. The general has assumed control of all the telegraph lines. The New York World publishes the following private letter, received by a gentleman in that city: " New Orleans, Dec. 19, 1862. " Our streets and shops and houses are almost en tirely deserted. Every one has got away that could, by fair or foul means, and the military have had possession of everything. They have not, I regret to say, been scrupulous in regard to right. D ;ceilings have been sacked, stores have been broken open, plantations seized, negroes accoutred as soldiers, women driven into the streets, men shut up in pri sons, property confiscated and sold, pockets rifled, and grave offences sanctioned as military necessi ties—all in the name of liberty and 'anion ; while the grand genius of all this work and his satellites and confederates stood by, smiling on the ruin crum bling around us. You have, of course, read Reverdy Johnson's card. You get but little of the real facts from that, but his report to the President (somehow unaccountably not published yet) w ill reveal a record of things here that would stagger the stoutest ima gination and appal the senses of belief. Just think for a moment of the fact of the brother of the late commanding. general, to use his own words, ' ruining 19 plantations,' and taking off the crops, with ne groes enlisted as soldiers, but set to work as labourers under a guard of United States soldiers, to keep them straight; and this brother, protected by and under the wings of the head of the department, buy ing all the tobacco, whisky, cotton, &0., in the coun try at half its real value, under the threat that, if not given to him at his estimate, it would be seized by the United States (P), confiscated, and sold ! Think of these people going into the stores of quiet, inoffensive citizens (mostly women), and turning them into the street, anywhere, and taking in some old, worn-out Boston or New York street-walking strumpet, and holding orgies over the viands they find in the larders and cellars, in the name of con fiscation,' the United States,' and right !' Think of men who do not scruple to take anything that pleases their oyes, let it be a paper of pins or a dia mond necklace, a kitchen stove or a bank vault ! Think of them, and you have in little what the re port of Reverdy Johnson, backed up and confirmed by Commanders Farragut and Porter, will reveal, if it states half of the atrocities of the reign of But ler in New Orleans during the months that he has been in authority here. He and his brother will leave here (if they can get away with it) immensely rich in spoils of other persons' property. All appear ances indicate that Gen. Banks and the Government are fully aware of the state of things that have ex isted here, and it is said that: the General invites aggrieved parties to come before him and state their wrongs. Be this as it may, however, there never was a community so much delighted as th c is o l n o s o _ 12 de e pa mileseh o below e t h l o e w 2 9 Vicksburg. cskasybs when Banks arrived and deposed the ye 1) f this department." An expedition has been sent _ ; ha t b i y ) t r h t ev Hu dson icks_ ned or the capture of from New Orleans, desig up the Mississippi Memphis that a heavy is Farragut confirmed Federal force has as cended t e Ississippi from Ne w ortion of which has Orleans, the naval P under the haVicksburg. reached report A a rn a e g ta o c hedh has fa ll en into the Federal hands, and that the fleet s Vicks burg Whig of the 18th." T co h m is ni r a e n pr o te f d a dvan ceAd mira l A W ashington despatch of the same date adds— " The news from Admiral Farragut'a fleet, fol.. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. nouncing the capture of Port Hudson and the ad vance of the force to within. a few miles of Vicks burg, is hailed with joy as a partial result of the grand plan for opening the Mississippi river. It is arranged to have Admiral Porter's fleet co-operate with Admiral Farragut's in the attack on Vicks burg, and no doubt at all is felt of a successful issue. It things go en as is expected the river will be open by January 1, a pleasant effect to the Emancipation Proclamation. " Port Hudson, which is announced in our de spatches from Cairo to have been captured by the expedition up the Mississippi, is a place of but little note, about 25 miles above Baton Rouge. It is the terminus of a short line of railroad, and has about 300 inhabitants. It was partially fortified by the rebels after the siege of Vicksburg was abandoned and they had retaken Baton Rouge." The Illemplas Argus:of the 23d gives an account of the Confederate dash into Holly Springs : " Various rumours of a Confederate cavalry dash into Holly Springs, on Saturday, have been afloat in the city during the past 48 hours. We have nothing officially of the affair, but from different gentlemen just from the South we obtain the sub joined statement :—On Saturday morning, at two o'clock, General Van Dorn, in command of a consi derable force of Jackson's cavalry, made a dash upon Holly Springs, capturing the entire Union force at that place, which, according to the statement of a gentleman who witnessed the raid, amounted to fully 3,000. [Exaggerated.] It was known to the Confederates that Holly Springs was the depot for most of General Grant's commissary stores, and by making a bold dash upon the place and destroy. ing them it would inconvenience General Grant's army no little. So Van Dorn undertook the task) and from several sources we learn was entirely suc cessful. He came into the place at an hour when the Union troops least suspected it, and opened fire upon them in the square, killing, according to our informant's statement, over 200. The suddenness with which the Confederates sprang upon them while asleep created much confusion and consterna tion, and it was some time before they could re turn the fire. Our informant states that Van Dorn lost only three men killed and several wounded. The Union force soon surrendered and were paroled, many of whom have arrived in this city. Among the pri soners taken was ex- Governor Wood, of Illinois, who had been speculating in cotton in the rear of Grant's army. After the prisoners were paroled, the Con federates set to work destroying the United States' property. 220 odd waggons were burnt, and all the mules sent off to Dixie.' The large warehouse in which the commissary stores were kept was fired and burnt to the ground, together with its contents, valued at half a million of dollars. A large amount of cotton which had accumulated there, probably 4,000 bales, was also burnt. The greatest excite ment existed in the town during the fight, and it is reported that the citizens fired from their windows upon the Union forces, killing many of them. Mr. Charles Fox was the Provost-Marshal of Holly Springs. He was paroled. After Van Dorn had accomplished the object of his visit to the place, he put out towards Grand Junction, Tennessee. Gene ral Van Dorn has been made Chief of Cavalry of the Confederate forces in the United States service, previous to the war. He will, no doubt, make more of a reputation as a commander of cavalry squad than as a corps commander. Van Dorn, it is thought, will join Forrest." The Memphis Bulletin of the 21st says— " We have information that a large rebel force, estimated at 8,000 strong, was encamped eight miles from Jackson, Tennessee, on Wednesday evening. It was supposed to be Forrest's cavalry, supported by considerable infantry. The people of Jackson were greatly alarmed and were pressing all the cotton to be found, in order to make breastwork of it. The artillery in the place has been planted in the best possible position, and the Union commander is making all his arrangements for a vigor ous defence. The rebel force is supposed to be a part of Bragg's army. On Friday morning, about 7 o'clock, the regular passenger train from Columbus for Jackson, started out. When between Humboldt and Carroll station, about 10 o'clock, it was attacked by a large force, who poured a destructive fire upon the locomotive, perfectly riddling the caboose. The engineer put on a full head of steam and laid down on the floor of the locomotive, and thus preserved his own life and saved the train. The rebels then tore up the track and telegraph south of Humboldt, so as to cut off Gen. Grant's supplies, and then re- tired. At last accounts the railroad train had come back up to the place of attack, but it is impossible to get back towards Columbus. Fortunately, though there was a large number of passengers on the train fired upon, there was nobody hurt. This is a bold movement of the enemy and may cause great incon venience, but it will not be permitted to last long. It is announced that the army of Gen. Rosecrans is engaged. The following is the only despatch that has appeared : " Louisville, Tuesday, Dec. 30,10.5 p.m. " General Rosecrans captured several cannon on his approach to Murfreesboro, and reports from be low indicate an engagement progressing at that place." A fight with the guerilla leader Morgan is re ported, in which the Federals claim a victory. The following despatches have been received : " Louisville, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 10.5 p.m. " Colonel Harlan attacked Morgan at Rolling Fork yesterday morning. The engagement lasted an hour and a half. Harlan killed and wounded a number of rebels, losing two killed and three wounded. Among the latter was Lieut. Pollis, of Southwick's battery, since dead. The rebels retreated towards Bairdstown, having lost several killed and wounded, and a captain and six privates captured. Morgan spent last night at Bairdstown, and moved eastward on the Springfield Turnpike. This morn ing scouts report that Basil Duke was seriously wounded at Rolling Fork. A messenger reported to Harlan that our forces had an engagement at New Haven this morning, and repulsed the rebels there. Sheppardsville and Rolling Fork bridges are safe. The trestlework on Muldraugh's-hill is so seriously damaged that it will require a month for its restoration. Two small bridges, which can be easily restored, were burnt by the rebels near Lebanon Junction. The above comprises all the damage done by the rebels to bridges on the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad, and its tributaries. Lieut. John Speed, of General Gilbert's staff, was taken prisoner by the rebels, near the trestle work , and robbed of his clothing, watch, and purse. " Cairo, Tuesday , Dec. 3 0 . " New Madi id is to be reoccupied. The 38th lowa Columbus." went there to-day. All is q uiet at s General Curtis reports a s follow f r om A r k an . sas Louis, Dec. 29, 1862. <<H e ad qua rters, "The army of the f r ontier Blunt and under Gens. Herron moved ov er the Boston ountains on Satur day, and advanced, without halting, to Van Buren. d, Th e y drove the enemy across the Arkansas River, killed and wounded a few, and took three steamboats, some camp equ i pments, and 100 pri soners. The march of 45 miles, with arms and service, over the mountains and through the deep mud of the valley was a most gallant and arduous affair. " S. R. CURTIS, Major-General. " Major. General H. W. Halleck, General in -Chief, Wash in gton." A despatch from Fayetteville of the 29th gives a fuller account of the affair : " One of the most difficult and daring raids of the war has just been made by a part of the Army of the Frontier. Saturday, General Herron started with a portion of his cavalry and infantry for the other side of the Boston Mountains. General Blunt left Cane-hill at the same timelby another route. The columns, about 6,000 strong, went. light marching order, with six days' cooked rations, General and marched $2 miles without stopping. l y v~ C- Herron took two batteries without caissons. Th e artillery and baggage waggons were drawn across the mountains by 12 horse teams. At daylight yesterday the commands joined at Lee's Creek, three miles south of the mountains, where the cavalry and artillery, numbering 2,000, started for Van Buren, leaving the infantry to follow as fast as possible. Rebel regiments of cavalry were encoun tered at Dripping Springs. After a sharp skirmish they were nut to flight, leaving seven killed and many wounded on the field. Our - foes was none killed, and but few wounded. Our forces immedi ately followed the flying rebels to Van Buren, where a splendid charge was made, led by Generals Blunt and Herron in pm son, resulting in a complete vic tory over the enemy. The rebel cavalry rushed aboard some steamboats, and escaped to the other side of the river, Two steamers and over 100 pri soners (among them several officers and Hindman's express messenger) were captured. A third boat was run ashore, which, with those that took the rebels across the river, will be destroyed. A large quantity of corn, camp equipage, transportation, mules and horses was also seized. The full extent of the capt ures i s not yet known. When the mes senger left, th e i n f antry and artillery were about 8 miles in the rear, hastening forward as fast as the nearly impassable roads would allow. The people of that section were taken entirely by surprise, and terribly frightened. Hindman is on the other side of the river with his whole force, unable and un willing to engage us. The pathway to the Arkan sas River has now been opened, and if the gunboats will open the lower end of it the winter's work of the Army of the Frontier is clearly marked out." The following official document sets forth the reasons for the dismissal of Commander Preble from the navy : "Navy Department, Dec. 12, 1862. " Sir,—The Board convened for the purpose of considering the case of Mr. George H. Preble, reported that in its opinion Commander Preble did not perform his whole duty, and did not do his utmost to prevent the Oreto from entering the har bour of Mobile, has requested permission to give briefly some of the reasons which have guided it to this decision. ,‘ 1. The failure to arrest the Oreto turns, in Com mander Preble's three reports submitted to the Boat d, upon his ignorance of her character, and his supposition that she was an English man-of-war. The practice of the sea supplies a mode of ascer taining the character of a suspicious vessel, similar to the challenge of a sentinel on post. if the chal lenging or signal gun had been fired in the usual manner at the usual time, according to common practice in such cases, the real character of the Oreto would have been so far made apparent that Commander Preble would have been aware of the necessity of stopping her. "2. 0 wing to this neglect, the advantages of time and position were lost; and both these advantage were still further thrown away, first by hailing, which is not customary or proper in such circum stances ; and, secondly, by waiting to fire more than one shot across the Oreto's bow. "3. The Board does not, by the three reports submitted to it, arrive at the conclusion that the Oreto's conduct was such to justify her being mis taken for a British man•of-war. " 4. The:Board is of opinion that when Comman der Preble arrived at the conclusion that the Oreto was a British man-of-war, he had no just motive, ira this conclusion, for not proceeding to resin with force an attempted violation of the blockade. " 5. The proceeding in those cases in blockading service is the same with all nations. A signal gun, fired by the stationary or cruising vessel, conveys to the strange sail a determination to communicate, a challenge to stop, and a desire to be informed of character. It is generally answered by a gun, and the strange sail places himself in a situation to be easily approached. " If, after this signal gun has been fired by the blockading vessel to warn the strange sail, the for mer should fire a shotted gun, then the latter, if a man-of-war of a foreign nation, would return the fire. "6. Finally, Commander Preble admits that if ho had known the true character of the Oreto he could have boarded her, or, in other words, that she was in his power ; and his failure to perform his whole duty consists, in the judgment of the board, in his not having employed in season the ordinary means of ascertaining her character, and in losing the ad vantages of time and position still further by stop ping to hail and afterwards to fire a second and third shot across her bow. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " A. IL FOOTE, Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer. " The Hon. Gideon 'Welles, Secretary of the Navy." The Message of the Governor of Missouri has been published. After congratulating the Legis lature and the State upon the fact that at last a loyal General Assembly is convened, the Governor reviews the condition of the State since the outbreak of the rebellion, and says the number of volunteers from Missouri, after the casualties of war and mus tering out irregularly enlisted troops, is 27,500, which, with 10,500 State militia, gives a total force of 38,000 in service for the war. The enrolled militia, numbering 52,000, gives the State the grand total of 90,000, the latter force furnishing a large body of men, armed and equipped for any emer gency. The Governor treats of finance and the condition of railroads at length, and earnestly re commends the Legislature to adopt measures to restore the State credit and reduce the State debt, consistent with good faith towards holders of the State bonds ; complete the railroads yet unfinished, and secure the interests of private stockholders. ' On the subject of emancipation, the Governor says he has long been convinced that the material in terests of Missouri would be advanced by substi- tuting free for slave labour, and recommends a plan by which the children of slaves born after the pas sage of the Act shall be free, but remain under the control of their owners until they arrive at a cer tain age; the owners to be compensated for the diminished value of slave mothers after being thus rendered incapable of bearing slave children. Dur ing the discussion of the emancipation question the Governor says the Legislature cannot constitution ally adopt a scheme by which the owners of slaves, can be divided into classes, and the slaves of ono class be emancipated without comp e nsation while whil e compensation be provided for the ot he r h By way of Havannah we ave dates from V ene , zuela to November 22. Th e insurgents of Mara caibo, having been defeated Government in several tr e eps, and the blockaded, small enga ge ments with the desireforefficiehaveport of aenali a ntly reconciliation, which the G ov ernm ent was disp ose d to grant. It has been Maracaibo being decre ed that 75 per cent. shall be paid on the bills tm fle a y s r ernm eir manifested ai of the Venezuelan banks that were endorsed and 40 per cent. on those thatißmaprionrtgs B were not. Fifty per cent. of the after Feb . . 1, 1863, are to go to Messrs. Pierre Soule is still at Havannah. By the terms of his release he is not to go to New Orleans until the war is over, unless allowed by the Government. CRYSTAL PALACE..—HALFCRONPN DAY .--.SatP.r. day, Jan. 10.—Admissions on payment, 950; ditto bl, - sea son tickets, 2,404; total, 3,354. A PRIZE FIGHTER'S OPINION OF THE AMERICAN WAR.—Of al] the criticisms of the war, we like best that of a prize-fighter, who was a fellow-traveller with Mr. Russell on a railway journey, and of whom, as be was very respectably dressed and looked affable, Mr. .Russell. thought proper, by way of opening the conversation, to inquire " what he thought of the Federals in Missouri." The prize-fighter replied in language too forcible, but gun, expressing not inaptly the sentiments wit h which many b o . wildered Englishmen have survey ed the parties in, t hi s gigantic contest—" Well, d—d if I know what to think of them. They're ab— rum lot, and . ,t,hey're going on i n a are'asdOy Ointment m p e o n u t ac a e nd u p P o i n i 1 s t . d—d rum way ; that's what I think. [AIivERTISED . rENT. I— stami anyofulceration,p art . This abscess, ointment and 0 8 t weak ens etr all c ast s every other means had failed, an th experienced from them were utterly unendurablr: -- he S Bu o ff on erin agrthe application of the ointment coolness, - and i ‘ al\ s ‘ gi:meanddeyswtlaehpgs.eogsnt:esl 2 :t a f i l't t n lC : C r g:l curing d comfort are obtained in the affected part, the patient 'Pd himself . more at ease, and daily becomes more hopetal, in as g , with departing. pains, a visible growth of granulation. comes forth. It is well, while adopting this treatment, to regulate the secretions of the body by moderate doses of nolloway's Pills, which act in unison with his Ointment ad facility recovery, - - 1 .~