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London, England, 1862-01-28 00:00:00

I cannot conclude, however, without noticing one very
singular pasiage in Mr. Seward's despatch.
Mr. Seward asserts that " if the safety of this Union re-
quired the detention of the captured persons it would be
the right and duty of this Government to detain them.'
Ht proceeds to say that the waning proportions of the in-
surrection, and the comparative unimportance of the cap-
tured persons themselves, forbid him resorting to that de-
fence. Mr. Seward does not here assert any right founded on
international law, however inconvenient or irritating to neu-
tral nations ; he entirely loses sight of the vast difference
which exists between the exercise of an extreme right and the
•ommission of an unquestionable wrong. His frankness
compels me to be equally open, and to inform him that
Great Britain could not have submitted to the perpetration
of that wrong, however flourishing might have been the
insurrection in the South, and however important the per-
sons captured might have been.
Happily all danger of hostile collision on this subject has
been avoided. It is the earnest hope of her Majesty's Go-
vernment that similar dangers, if they should arise, may be
averted by peaceful negotiations conducted in the spirit
which befits the organs of two great nations.
I request you to read this despatch to Mr. Seward, and
give him a copy of it.—l am, &c.,
(Signed)
LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL.

RussELL.

Washington, Jan. 14, 1862.

(Received January 27, 1862.)

shiMp'ys Lord,
orders,
spo daketyos agmr.o,sienwaordbedoinentchee tsoub
jyueoctroflottd-
he
plan adopted by this Government of obstructing the en-
trance to some of the harbours in the Southern States, by
sinking vessels, laden wirh stones, in the channels.
Mr. Seward observes that it was altogether a mistake to
suppose that this plan had been devised with a view to
injure the harbours permanently: It was, ho said,
simply a temporary military measure adopted to
aid the blockade. The Government of the United States,
had, last spring, with a navy very little prepared ftr
so extensive an operation, undertaken to blockade upwards
of 3,000 miles of coast. The Secretary of the Navy had
reported that he could atop up the "large holes" by means
of his ships, but that he could not stop up the "smi 'Hones."
It had been found necessary, therefore, to close soli ine of the
numerous small inlets by sinking vessels in the channels.
It would be the duty of the Government of the United
States to remove all these obstructions as soon as the Uni.i
was restored. It was wellunderstood that this was an obli
gation incumbent on the Federal Government. At the end of
the war with Great Britain that Government had been called
upon to remove a vessel which had been sunk in the liar-
bour of Savannah, and had recognised the obligation. and
removed the vessel accordingly. Moreover, the United
States were now engaged in a civil war with the South.
He was not prepared to say that, as an operation in war, it
was unjustifiable to destroy permanently the harbours o
the enemy, but nothing of the kind had been done on the
present occasion. Vessels had been sunk by the rebels to
prevent the access to their ports of the cruisers of the United
States. The same measure had been adopted by the United
States in order to make the blockade complete. When the
war was ended, the removal of all these obstructions would
be a mere matter of expense—there would be no great diffi -
culty in removing them effectually. Besides, as had already
been done in the case of Port Royal, the United States
would open better harbour than those which they closed.

I asked Mr. Seward whether the principal entrance to
Charleston harbour had not been recently closed altogether,
by vessels sunk by order of this Government; and I ob-
served to him that the opening of a new port, 30 or 40
miles off, would hardly console the people of the large
town of Charleston for the destruction of their own har-
bour.

Mr. Seward said that the best proof he could give me
that the harbour of Charleston had not been rendered inac-
cessible was, that in spite of the sunken vessels and of the
blockading squadrons; a British steamer laden with con-
traband of war [had just succeededed in getting in.—l
have, &c.,

(Signed) LYONS.

LONDON GAZETTE.—(Tho Evening).

WAR OFFICE, JAN. 28.
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otsot gillvoe ordersßourabi
To be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of
the Second Class, or Knights Commanders ; viz.:—
Major-General Stuart Corbett, C. 8., Bengal Infantry.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
Third Class, or Companions ; viz.:—
Major-General Francis Wheler, Bengal Cuvalry.
Colonel John Mac Duff, 74th Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Neptune Sargent,3d Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus William Murray, Ist West
India Regiment___

- INDIA-OFFICE, JAN. 21.
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., G.C.8., to be her
Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint W. H.
Fodder, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Amoy.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Murray,
Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the
Island of Barbadoes ; and Howard Lloyd, Esq., to be a
Member of the Council of the Island of Domica.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. R. E.
Warner, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Snitterby, in
the county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the
Rev. Richard Morey•
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 28.
2d liggiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Frederick Trench Townsend to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Thos. Leyland, who retires.
Gth Dragoon Guards—Cornet George* Selwyn Marryat! to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Weatherley, promoted

in 6th Dragoons: -
6th Dragoons—Capt. George Lake Hedley, from 25th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Thos. E. Anderson, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Weatherley, from 6th
Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thos.
Edward Gordon, who retires ; Albert Froom, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted.
Royal Artillery—Surgeon George Pain, from 53d Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Bent, promoted on Staff; Staff-Assis •
tent-Surgeon Augustus Patrick Meyers Corbett, M.D.,
to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Wright, promoted on
Staff.

BANKRUPTS.
James Malpass, stockbroker, Throgmorton-street
William Hunt, greengrocer, Lisson-grove
George Hammond, builder, Walworth
Arthur Haxworth, Suffolk Coffeehouse, Holborn
Joseph West, carpenter, Aldersgate-street
Henry Paine, tailor, Strand
Joseph Bright, porter, Boston, Lincolnshire
Daniel Burfield, shoemaker, Northampton
Nathaniel Dear, carpenter, College-grove, Camden-town
Charles Bishop, plumber, Bitterne, Hants
John Wallis, miller, Pemberry, Kent
Robert C. Thorman, plumber, Bromley
William Reynolds, liquid carmine manufacturer, South
Hackney, Middlesex
Thomas Cornelius Hayter, coach builder, Shaftesbury,
Dorsetshire
Philip B. Rackstraw, fish salesman, Old Kent-road;
John Davies, butcher, Homerton
John Mogg, grocer, Lower-street, Islington
Henry Nash, grocer, Kent-street, Southwark
George Tinson, Hackney-road
Wm. Beard, tailor, Dover-road
WWriillgiah
intsocnebßboebtre,Aßßatryteanrseta,
-Spealrwko,osdn-prrelayce, Brompton
William Lawrence Coldwell, baker, Somers-town,
John Menne, merchant, Bucklersbury
John Thos. Glasscock, corn dealer, Mile-end
Thomas Garner, jun., baker, John-st, Blackfriars-road
Caleb Soul, perfumer, Queen's-street, Cheapside
Nicholas Mould, licensed victuallar, Princess- street%
Plaistow Marsh
Edwin Heaven, builder, Old Boswell-court, Strand
Thomas Wright, bricklayer, Sloane-square
James William Beecher, tailor, Brick-lane, Spitalfields
Catherine Harman and Wm. Hurlatone, surgical instru-
ment makers, Robert-street, Waterloo-road
Alfred Mundy, dairyman, Gosvell-street
Vincent Morris, riding master, Hammersmith Gate
Samuel Dennis, carpenter, Rayleigh, Essex
John Drew, stationer, Chancery-lane
James Chapman, blacksmith, rentwood, Essex
LtJarnes Wallis Pycroft, Queen's Prison
Charles Hennell Wilkinson, Pelham-villas, Brompton
plumber, 14, High-street, St. John's
jun.,Oliver,
ddlese
Chaundy and Henry Harris Chaundy,
,gbreakener, West Shefford, Berks
leaVtjjotoaolehdinn,deeft Boarstall, Buckingham
grocer, Old Fish-street, Doctors'
Joseph F. Hophmv, schoolmaster, Chigwell, Essex
James Adlard, working lithographer, Clapton
Geo. Williams, innkeeper, Pembroke
CojAimilliroonsArß,_rokiC
Win.
sproston, fishmonger, Eastehear

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS
Thomas Meggat, grocer, Auchinleck, Ayrshire
John Robertson, merchant, Perth
John M'Gregor, horse dealer, Bridgend of Perth

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Turs DAL
Amsterdam
Ditto ...... ....
Rotterdam .-11 18 11 181
Antwerp - 25 371 25 42
Brussels, --25 37} 25 421
Hamburgh — 13 7i 13 71
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —
141518} 1181
Vienna
Trieste .. 14 5 14 20
Petersburgh .. — 321 32f
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn .. 25 571
Milan; — 25 55
Genoa — 25 55
Naples
Palermo .. 119
Messina — 1191
Lisbon — 51
Oporto — .52
Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... yt
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons ..

48
48
25 21
25 60
25. 60

1192
120
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TRIS DAY'S SKIPPING.

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breeze and fine weather, but rathev
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Westerlyudy. ;f r
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Jan. 27.—Wind N.E—Arrived—Spartan,
FALMOUTIE,
steamer,
damage to machinery.