The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

hall on the 29th January last.

" The proceedings of a meeting of British subjects, citi-
zens of London, in Exeter-hall, on the 29th of January
last, which were transmitted to the undersigned have, in
compliance with a request contained therein, been laid be-
fore the President of the United States.

" It would have been most gratifying to the President if
the insurrection which is existing in the United States could
have been confined within such bounds as to prevent it
from disturbing the prosperity or otherwise engaging the
attention of friendly nations. Fully convinced that any
State which suffers itself to become dependent on the aid, or
even the sympathy of a foreign power, is equally unable and
unfit to live, the President has been especially careful to
refrain from making any appeal to friendly States, and
even from seeming to attempt to influence their opinions
upon the merits of the present conflict farther than has
appeared to be necessary to avert ill-considered and wrong-
ful intervention. At the same time the President has
neither questioned the right of other nations and com-
munities to form and express their opinions concerning the
results of the questions raised by the insurrection, and the
policy which the Government has adopted in suppressing it,
nor has he complained of the manner in which that right
has been exercised. On the contrary, he believes that the
ultimate and impartial judgment of mankind upon all such
questions is entitled to universal respect and acquiescence.
" Circumstances which neither this Government nor that
o f Great Britain created or could control, have rendered
it unavoidable that the causes, character, tendency, and
objects of the insurrection should be discussed in that
country. with scarcely less freedom and earnestness than
in our own. The results of that discussion, if it shall con-
tinue to be conducted in a just and impartial spirit, may be
taken as foreshadowing in some degree the ultimate judg-
ment of mankind. It is, therefore, with sincere satisfaction
that the President learns from the proceedings now under
consideration, that a large, respectable, and intelligent por-
tion of the British people have on unprompted invele igation
arrived at the conclusion that the existing rebellion violates
the pi inciples of political justice, and that they protest
against it as a wrong to the human race because it seeks
to displace a government which is based on the rights of
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with which to has found that in all cases those who are
most just in their sentiments towards the United States,
are also the most earnest in their desire for the preserva •
tion of international peace and friendship. This circum-
stance supplies to this Government a new mltive for adher-
ing to its determined policy of peace, justice, and friend-
ship towards all nations, and especially towards Great Bri-
tain,—l have the honour' to be, your very obedient servant,
(Signed) " WILMA'''. H. SEWARD."

THE LATE MR. WESTERN WOOD, XP.-0" of
the last notices of motion given by this lamented
gentleman at a court of the Fishmongers' Company was
that it shi-uid give the cost of a lifeboat to the National
Lifeboat Institution. The subject is to be considered at the
next meeting of the company, when no doubt the motion
Will be unanimously agreed to by the court.