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(07 , .. ty t . 4 .4 ,(--4 • •\,___‘ - i1 , `, , .; -,, ....., y -- r., , - > t airs 8.„, -- -t" L L 10 /I:"` , ":4• I "'"'"ft. - , i' , /ft i po, , ;!•Zt ~ , R OTT •.•" V ; : '''. - - --- 1 -' - 4111 ::- ' /.'('' 13. ' .:' + -- ....,.. VY , . .. 0 4 f rtij i i i e e .) ( ./0, mAimerciaal _ anr-te-the London and Westminoter Bank, an nounced this morning, is attributable 3 o the dis covery of a large embezzlement at the ).ranch of the Commercial Bank in Henrietta-street , Covent. garden. The amount is £67,000, and although this would not have been sufficient to a ffect the solvency of the establishment, a resolution. was) almost immediately arrived at that it N vkould be better to prevent all anxiety and alarm by trans - -i ferring the business to the London and West minster, and thns assuring the depositors of their perfect safety. The balance-sheet presented on the 15th ult. showed a reserve fund of ,£75,000, and, as-the current business of the bank is believed to have been very sate, there is apparently no reason to doubt that the shareholders will receive back the whole of their paid-up capital. Under these circumstances, as the latest price of the shares with £2O paid was only £2l, the prospects of the proprietary will not be severely "affected. On the other hand, if no timely plan for averting a Ina had been adopted, a, j sudden sacrifice of securities might have been ne cessary, which, with money at 8 slier cent., could not fail to have involved heavy loss. The Commer cial was one of the earliest of the London joint. stock banks, having been established in 1839. Its subscribed capital was £1,500,000, of which only £300,000 was paid up. The liabilities to customers are about £910,000. The propriety of using - every means tQ prevent alarm on the present occasion was especially increased by the fact that about four years ago the establishment experienced some discredit from a series of malignant .and` unfounded rumours, from 'the effect of which 'Abed 'been slowly but steadily recovering. The fraud just detected is stated to have been committed by a ledger clerk named Darden, and is believed to have been carried on, witholit any accomplice in London, by: simply retaining a portion of the funds paid in by customers, who were • duly credited for 'such amounts, which were afterwards, however, written off to the credit of a fictitious account, said to haVe been opened in the name of a confederate in the country. Upon any absence of Durden from his post some of the discrepancies between the pass books of the customers and the ledgers of the bank would have been certainly discovered, and -hence., although it was a strict rule of the bank that; every clerk should periodically absent himself for holiday, he disregarded that rule and was never away for a single day—the branch apparently being far less under the supervision of the directors than the parent establishment in Lothbury. His mis • appropriations have been going on for many yeara.: A few days back, however, a paralytic seizure, ince, pacitated him from attending to his duties, although. he pertinaceously made an effort to do so, and the whole affair at once became known. Durden is . a married man, about 40 years of age, with seven children, and had been 16 years in the bank. Build ing speculations are understood to have consti tuted the channel through which the money has been squandered, but he seems anxious to facili tate restitution as far as possible, and it is hope& that some rather considerable amounts of property' may be recovered. It is remarkable that in July,, 1860, after the occurrence of the Pullinger frauds,, the directors instituted, as they imagined, a strict inquiry into the entire conduct of the establish ment, in order to see that every possible check was in operation throughout, and that this inquiry terminated in impressing them with a conviction that there was no conceivable mode in which a fraud by any of the officials could for any period escape detection. FJICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. TILE The Barrossa, steam corvette, 21, guns, 400- horse power, which left Woolwich for Sheerness on Friday, was taken to the Maplin Sands the next day for the purpose of testing her machinery and capabilities at the measured mile, The Bar rosa is a new and handsome vessel, latelylannehed at Woolwich and btillt feena plans designed by Sir Baldwin Walker, late Cogtreller of the' 'Navy. She ie a sielev ship to Her Majesty's ship Jason. Her length iienteen perpendiculars is 225 feet 6 inches, her beam 40 feet 4 inches, and her ton 1ter,1,650. Her engines are built by Messre. Watts and Son, el the Soho Works, Birthingham. The, trial, which lastul eeveral hours, was under the superintendence of Mr. Hall, master of her Ma jesty's ship Fisgard, Woolwich, and Mr. Partridge, Staff engineer at Woolwich Dockyard. The firm of Messrs. Watts and Son was represented by Mr. Langford. During the trial the vessel was tested in every manner, and found to work exceedingly well, 'lila with very little vibration, She attained an average speed of 12 . 19 knots per htiiir, giving a draught of water forward of 15ft., and aft 17 ; mean revolutions; 66 ; pressure of steam, 20 indicating ,§he , b B y oo ol, n o o f mi G n r a i l ffi h t o h r , s s e;p e o re vre ly r,: r o o op . ei ) m, p li el w le e d r the diameter Of which is and ; the pitob, r 24ft. i h s o horse-power, The trial was satisfactory in its results. The Barrosa will be paced in the steam reserve at Sheerness. The completion of the dry dock at Pembroke is being urged on night and day, relays of men re lieving each other every 12 hours ; when finished it will be capable of accommodating the largest ship in the British Navy. A gradual reduction of the establishment both of skilled artisans and labourers is to take place at Pembroke; The number of men now employed is about 1,300. The sum of £60,000 is to be expended on the new fortifications in the bays to the Sonth and at Scoveston up to the Ist of August next. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. E. Heatheote to the Ajax, vice Capt. Boyd, deceased; Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock to the Doris, vice Capt. Heathcote ; Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell, to the Aboukir, vice Capt. Curry; E. S. Richards, midshipman, to the Aboukir; P. Steil, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the Bristol; H. Houghton, acting chief engineer, to the Cossack ; S. G. Hall, third class assist. engineer, to the Indus, as super numerary for hospital treatment ; W. R. Henry, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Philomel; S. Frazer, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary ; J. Sumner, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary ; W. Jones and J. Miller (b), acting third class assist. engineers, to the Narcissus, as supernumeraries. (From the Morning Herald's City .Article.) The banking public and commercial community were taken by surprise to-day on the intimation that the business of the Commercial Bank of London would be at once transferred to the London and Westminster Bank. The notice was issued se. promptly, and the arrangements were so well com-- pleted, that immediately the transactions of the morn-• ing commenced the change was inaug?irated without any great disturbance, although much excitement prevailed to ascertain the reason for this sudden reso lution. It was not long before it transpired that the bank had been made the victim of an extensive fraud by one of the ledger-keepers at the Weth`-end branch in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, .‘nd that the directors, not desiring to place the o't posits and assets in jeopardy, had determined upon" at once effecting a general liquidation. The course they have followed has been commended by some, and objected to by others, though the circumstan ces, when they are reviewed, may admit of explanation. The fraud, which involves a sum of between £60,000 and £70,000, was not discovered until - Friday night.; - and c and although it is believed, with prudent action, the consequences might not have been fatal, still the directors, having already suffered from a run in 1857 whici2. sorely tried them, hesitated in again passing through that ordeal, so likely to follow the circula tion of exaggerated rumours. The principal direc tors of the London and Westminster Bank, includ ing Mr. Alderman Salomons, were therefore con sulted, and it was eventually agreed that the transfer of the business should be made, unaccompanied by specific terms or positive engagement of any kind. Whether this proceeding was thoroughly in accord ance with sound discretion has been questioned; but the difficulties and danger which might have been entailed by contrary action, it is also urged, would have been comparatively great. These pre liminaries were arranged on Saturday. The state of affairs being kept thoroughly secret, the intelli gence, when promulgated in the form desired, had the effect of preparing the customers for the event and facilitating the current of transactions. It is affirmed that the detection of the fraud was made through a singular casualty. The defaulter, in his position of ledger-keeper, had been many years in the employment of the bank, and steadily refused. to take a holiday. A few days ago he was seized with paralysis, and another clerk having been placed on his books, irregularities were traced, which led to close investigation, and deficiencies to the extent of £56,000, according to one account, and £66,000, according to another account, were found to exist. The full total of defalcation, it is alleged, has been ascertained, and is said to corre spond with the particulars kept by the delinquent himself of the malversation he committed. The money has been adventured in and expended on building speculations—a property of 40 or 50 houses in the neighbourhood of Westbourne-terrace, heavily mortgaged, being the remaining proceeds. He has also made advances to contractors and builders, operating with the object of recovering himself, but eventually becoming more than ever embarrassed. The delinquent and his friends place the value of the estate at £22,000, but it is doubted whether, if realised, any such sum will be obtained. A few other investments exist of which the bank take posses sion under the authority of the law. The fraud has been committed, it is feared, through. the laxity of an associate clerk, and by the assist ance (whether premeditated or not remains to be seen) of one or more customers, whom this party has made subservient to his purposes through pecu niary obligatiens. The event has come so unex pectedly upon the directors that they haVe not yet prepared any report for publication, but a board. meeting takes place to-morrow, and the first excitement having passed they will be a ble to give definitive information to the proprietors. _ at the Through this change it was a very busy day both Commercial Bank of London and the London and early nd 00. part and Westminster Bank, a large number oTfhtei rs the customers having transferred their accounts. _ of t o h f e t Commercial , f Westminster Bank £ 250,000, cash balance, &c., at Bank handed o o:e London,t: in the the oL the Bank of England and Exchequer Bills, but notwithstanding heavy sums, owing to the arrange ment, were taken out, an aggregate of upwards of £50,090 was paid in by customers, several express ing dissatisfaction that an attempt was not made to recover the loss and continue business. The Com mercial Bank of London was freely patronised by the members of the Stock Exchange, and their transactions must have represented a fair total. In relation to the liquidation, it was also whispered late in the day that advances had been made to an amount on Great Western of Canada and Grand Trunk of Canada shares, though the fact could not be confirmed. It is admitted that if the present had been a period when an easy money market existed, the directors would have tried to pull through, but with the rate of discount, 8 per cent., it is doubted whether the resources of the proved sufficiently e l ast i c to have bank w accomplished ol d ha th v e e object. The effect of the announcement upon the shares of the bank in the market was unfavourable. The last transactions were on Friday at 21 1 ,- or 21 on £2O paid. To-day there was a difficulty in obtain ing a price, and to have completed sales a much lower quotation must have been accepted. Until the result of the investigation shall have been attained, the actual position of the shareholders cannot be accurately defined. The capital of the bank is £1,500,000, and the amount paid up £300,000. The last dividend declared was at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and the guarantee fund then stood at £75,000. The shares of the London and Westminster Bank were operated in at rather better terms, but no importtuit advance, took `place. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FE b'RUARY 19, 1861. I P RUDENTIAL murr UAL ASSURANCE , - 11 - INVESTMENT, AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, 35, Ludgate-hill, E.C.; Veil 18,1861. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN„ That SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of ,tht SHAREHOLDERS of this ASSOCIATION Will be held at the Offices, 35, Ludgate-hill, in the City of tOn'doir, oh WEDNESDAY, the Oth day of March next at Obit o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, to amend and alter' elapse 24 of the Deed of Settlement, by the insertion bf the words " The British Prudential Assurance Company, or" after the word " to" in the 18th line of clause 24, and also, if need be, in other restrctr, also (Pursuant to the Resolutions come to by the Special denerallileetings of this Association, held. the 24th and 26th days of November last), to consider and determine upon re-constituting this Association under the name of "The British Prudential Assurance Company," and for that purpose to conss'l"r Resolution of the Court of Directors in rotiftmlitty with clause 24 of the Deed of Settlerrwat, AA if approved to take such steps and pass such Resolution or Resolutions for carry ing the same into effect, and otherwise in relation thereto respectively, as such Meeting may deem expedient or ad- ViS able. And Notice is further Hereby Given, that a Second ,Seelftl General Meeting of the Shareholders will be held At the stitie place and hour, on Thursday, the 7th day of March, 18'61, confirm or otherwise the Resolutions to be passed at bitch first mentioned Meeting. By order of the btrectors, HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. MEXICO. apology for having Tared to seize it while in the possession of the British Consil, and a reprimand to be administered to Garita. Until th3se tetras ate complied *ith he declines returning to the capital. With the last two there will be no difficulty in complying, but with the first it is to be feared that there will. There is at this m►ment a crisis in the Cabinet, brought on by the t acillatingconduct ofharcz. It most bably, end in the appointment of a fresh Cabinet, of which it is more than likely that Senor Lerdo y Tgada will be the head. The election for the PreFiclenc3i: comes on in April next. The vegiat 6atididais driega,\ Juarez, ahci LetdO. 711 E V.NI:TED STATES, Pi 46771 tAt ebrr4imdciii. NEW YORK., FEB. 5. Disunion has new reached its second stage—re construction. A convention Of delegates froth the secedieg States net yesterday at Milledgeville, with a VieW to form a federal slaveholding Union, with the present federal Constitution as its basis, altered or modified to suit the case. I have as yet no information a, to the doings of this body beyond the election or Mr. Cobb as the presiding officer. 1 understand that the programme is—The adoption of the present Constitution without a reserved right of secession ; the choice of a provisional Executive ; the creation of an army, over which Mr. Sefferson Davis is to be placed as commander-in-chief; and the adoption of the present revenue system of the United States until a better can be framed. Envoys are to be sent to Europe to secure the recognition of the new nation, and pr,#itions are to be made for - the admission into the coufederacy of the other slaveholding States. From to-day forward, there fore, the controversy assumes new proportions. In- stead of the great Federal Government mated against individual States, it is the remains of 'the old federation, strong indeed in wealth, power, and historic associations, but reeling under the shocks of rebellion against the confederacy of the Gulf States, elate with unexpected success, and hoping for the immediate accession of the whole slaveholding States. The States that have actually gone into the move ment show no signs of receding. South Carolina is still in arms against Fort Sumter, her business pros trated, and her people soldiers. She is straining every nerve to maintain herself by taxation. Her slaves are to be taxed I dol. 60e. a head, and even the profits of her savings banks are to pay to the Government 75c. on the 100 dols. Georgia is, with more prudence than her neighbour, gradually shaping her policy for independence. In order to avoid a collision, the collector at Charleston was directed temporarily to acknowledge the authority of the Federal Govern- went, and account to it. This is now to cease, and the collector is hereafter to account to the State Go- vernment. The Convention of this State has put keh a declaration of the grievances which induced the State to secede. The hostile policy of the North on the subject of slavery, of protection, and of spe cial privileges is represented as the main moving cause. The two evils of anti-slavery and protection are skilfully combined. The hostility to slavery is represented as subordinate to the hostility in commercial policy. Then the evils, dangers, and injustice of the Republican platform in regard to slavery are dwelt upon. Recollecting the political antecedents of Georgia, I thought that the address was adroitly composed for two communities, In the one, where hostility to protection and monopoly is well established in the popular mind, the anti- slavery grievances will appear subordinate to corn plaints against the supporters of a protective tariff, which, though just in principle, will hardly be deemed to be a sufficient cause for revolution. -Bu at home, where a tariff for protection' has been for gotten since it was laid upon the shelf in 1846, partly by the vote of Georgia, the only charges that seize upon the popular mind are those against the North and the Republicans as aggressors upon slavery. " For 20 years past," they say, " Tho Abolitionists and their allies in the Northern States have been engaged in constant efforts to subvert our institu • tions, and to excite insurrection and servile war among us. They have sent emissaries among us for the accomplishment of their purposes. Some of these efforts have received the sanction of a majority of the leading men of the Republican party in the national councils—the same men who are now proposed as our rulers. These efforts have in one instance led to the actual invasion of one of the slaveholding States, and those of the murderers and incendiaries who escaped public justice by flight found fraternal protection among our Northern confederates." This single sentence—which contains as rc any mis-statements, direct and implied, as could well be put in the same space—is intended for home con sumption, and has more effect than columns about a tariff and protection. The latter is entirely on foreign account. The same body, after consulta tion has adopted the following ordinance in re- ference to the African slave trade : " The people of Georgia, in Convention assembled, do hereby declare and ordain that all the laws passed by the Congress of the late United States of America, and in force in this State prior to the 19th day of January, 1861, in re - ference to the African slave trade, except the fifth section of the Act of 10th of May, 1800, be, and the same are here by declared to be, in full force in this State; and also so much of the Act of the 15th of May, 1820, as declares the offences therein specified to be piracy ; and in lieu of the penalty of death therein specified there shall be substituted imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of years not less than five nor exceeding 20, in the discretion of the court ; provided the same shall not be construed to extend to the importation of negro slaves from any one of the slave- holding States of the late United States of America, or from either of the independent republics of South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, or Mississippi ; provided further the slaves so introduced from the slaveholding States of North America shall not' have been imported from beyond seas into such State since the 20th day of December, 1860. "Be it further ordained and declared that the Governor of Georgia shall discharge all the duties required by said laws of the President of the United States,and the Attorney or Solicitor-General of the judicial district where the case arises shall discharge all the duties required of the district attorney, and the Sheriff of the county all the duties re quired by the Marshal. "Be it further ordained that the State of Georgia shall be substituted for the United States in every portion of said laws where the substitution is required by the present con dition of the said State." The laws thus continued in force provide that "citizens of the United States" shall not engage in the slave trade under pain of being convicted as pirates, with penalty of death. In view of the well-known sentiment prevailing in some parts of Georgia on this subject it will not be hypercritical in Englishmen to inquire whether the Convention of Georgia means to prohibit the slave trade as against citizens of Georgia after they cease to be citizens of the " late United States of America." In Alabama I judge that the leaders of secession have some fear of a reaction of sentiment. A pro- position was made to submit the action of the Con vention to the people. Mr. Yancey, who may be called the leader of the movement in that State, met the proposition thus :-- "But, it is said, why not call another Convention to ra. tify the permanent Government to bo adopted.? I answer because it is unnecessary. A permanent Government for a Southern Confederacy was looked for by the friends of se cession—was spoken of and entered into all the discussions in the latecanvass. It was a part of the plan of secession, and when the people decided for secession they decided for a Southern Confederacy. Therefore, on that point, we al ready know the views of the people, and no new expression of opinion is needed. Neither is such expression needed as to the character of the permanent Government. That cha racter the people have indicated and it is pxpressed in the report—it must be a Government as nearly similar as pos sible to the Federal Constitution. We need no discussion before the people, nor other expression of their views on that point. Besides these views, in themselves conclusive to any mind, no statesman would willingly throw such grave issues before the people after once receiving their decision, until the irritations and prejudices and passions of the previous contest had cooled. It is eminently wise, be fore throwing off upon the people the responsibilities which attach to us, to consider the condition of the public mind. Gentlemen here have told us of an excited and unhealthy state of pulic feeling in some sections of the State, and have asked time for reflection in order to its correction. Who is not aware that it was a great misfortune that the elm • tion for delegates to this body came off so soon after the heated Presidential contest ? Who is not aware that in one section of the State the angry passions and prejudices of that contest entered very largely and almost exclusively in that section into the election for delegates ? And is it wise —is it not eminently unwise—to throw till? whole question again before such a people, to blow off the ashes and reVi 4 te once again the glowing embers of that bitter strife ? There is another reason why I oppose the election of another Con vention. Such a proposition has a tendenc:, ), te' re-open the question of secession by bringing up the issue of a re;::att. etraction of the Federal Government. It allows such an issue to be rriaeic--::-it itrvitem it, in fact. And under. what circumstances ? From the signs 31 tltc tipes it would seem as if coercive measures were to be adopieC; about the time of such an election the people will be bearing the burdens of auch a contest. Commercial and agricultural interests be iiebts will be hard to pay. Provisions will be scarce. Perhalisentlt et the hands of th 6 oneliii 11' have come to the doors of MA'S; ftt*nfliem. *en's minds thus surrounded and affected by strong personal and siiirish otoiderations will not be in that calm and well balanced condition which Is faTourable to a correct and patriotic judgment of the question.' In Louisiana the State authorities have seized the Mint and public treasure and all the other public property. By this etiap de main they get about 350,000 dots. in cash, an article ulna ne,eded just now among both seceding and remaining Go- Vernments. Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Slidell took leave of the Senate yesterday. Thus much for the seceded States. The Northern Slave States are more and more agitated as the day for the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln approaches", The Governor of Maryland stands firm to his deter mination that a Convention shall not be called there; but the Legislature, which is of secession sym pathies, calls an illegal body to meet on the 12th and assume the powers of a convention. This move against the constituted State authorities is, you will observe, a direct violation of the principle of States' rights on which the revolution has thus far been conducted, and if persisted in must lead to civil conflict between the citizens of different parties in Maryland itself. Tennessee is, I believe, to have a convention. I apprehend that this State will secede, unless a compromise is soon made. If, however, it is wise enough to stay in the old confederacy, Memphis, its priucipal port on the Mississippi, must become, while the settlement of this question is pending, what New Orleans has been to the cotton trade, it being an excellent depot for the receipt of cotton to be forwarded northerly by the river and rail to the eastern ports. Ken tucky has resolved to have no convention of its own, and to go into no Southern convention, but to ask Congress to convene a national convention to consider the whole question at issue—a determina tion worthy the practical common sense of that State. Virginia is to have a convention, as I wrote you some time since; The voters were yesterday to elect delegates to this body, and also to decide whether they would have their doings submitted to them. The whole country looks anxiously for the results of these votings ; for if Virginia goes it is felt that Maryland will have great temptation to follow suite, in which case an immediate struggle for the possession of Washington is certain. This hasty sketch will, I trust, put you au courant with the events of the week in the Southern States. In the North people do little ; in fact, up to this time they have been able to do nothing but rest on their oars and let the boat drift. Meetings have been held in favour of Union in the various large towns, some favouring this project of settlement and others that, and many of the retired statesmen and politicians have re appeared and been sent to Washington as special messengers of peace. But all this is felt to be of little importance unless the Convention that is to meet at Washington this week can contrive some way to reconcile the Border States to go with the North rather than with the South. This Conven tion is now in session. It consists of members from the border States, on both sides of the line, and from most of the other Northern States. The Democratic politicians in this part of the country and the border State Union men have great hopes from its action. I must confess that I do not quite share their hopes, although I believe that there is a disposition among the border State leaders to take up with much less than there was when I was in Washington a fort- night since. While the Union is splitting asunder, Congress, in a spirit of insanity, is forcing through both Houses of Congress a protective tariff, the very pro posal of which gives a vital force to parts of the Georgia demonstration that would be otherwise harmless. There is great reason to fear that it will become a law, as the President, I am told, will not probably wish to veto a measure of this kind just as he is going out of office. The Federal Treasury is in a lamentable condition. Congress has authorised a loan of £25,000,000, but who is to take it ? In ordinary times Wall-street will absorb almost any loan that a needy Secretary of the Treasury may put-upon it. But in the present emergency it is no longer a sponge. 'Both the late loans were taken by moneyed institutions. These institutions have taken all they want, and it will not be easy, with a civil war threatening, to borrow elsewhere. It is not impossible that the necessities of the Govern ment may force a settlement which otherwise would be impossible. The estimates for the last six months of the present fiscal year, ending June 30, are as follows (made before the passing of the bill autho rising the new loan) : Dol. From Customs From public lands From miscellaneous sources Total 17,400,000 Add these to the balance of the Treasury notes authorised by Act of December, 1860 Make tho amount of means far the half year.... 22,400,000 The estimated demands on the Treasury, under existing laws during the half-year as above stated, including the redemption of 9,211,400 dols. of Treasury notes, is The amount required inadditionto the 5,000,000 dols. of Treasury notes and the current re venue to pay outstanding current and accruing dues before the close of the present fiscal year is, therefore 21,677,524 This amount may be reduced 7,689,624, if the balance of the loan authorised by the Act of • June 22, 1860 (being 13,978,000) be made available to the Treasury. Since the date of my last letter Kansas has been admitted into the Union as a State, with a constitu tion prohibiting slavery. Many Republicans are preparing to accept this as the real victory, and to yield compromise on the territorial question. You will perhaps remember that the admission of Kansas was the first step in Mr. Seward's plan of settle ment. During the last week, Kansas having been admitted, there has been a great change in the views of the Republican members of Congress. Mr. Seward, as representing the incoming Government, favours compromise. He regards the slavery issue as ended with the admission of Kansas. Slavery in New Mexico is not worth fighting about, and the duty of preserving the Union and con tinuing the Government is the chief duty now devolving on the Republican party. The border States must be kept back, and the cotton States regained, if possible. The Chicago platform must be surrendered, because the Govern ment must have office-holders in the South, and no man can take office there who stands upon that platform. The dead issue of slavery must be sur rendered for the live issue of Union. Can the Republican party be induced to abandon the Chi cago platform? Up to this time I have supposed not. Until now no count has been made strong enough to insure success to such views. I under stand that now the friends of union have great confidence in carrying by the necessary two-thirds majority either the border State propositions or Mr. Adam's plan. This will not be done without great resistance from the Free-soil part of the Re publican party, who maintain that disunion is ine vitable, and that the only remaining question is where shall the boundary be. They do not yet publicly avow these ideas, but I have the best reason to believe that they are entertained the with the Republican leaders of this wing of party all idea of coercion is abandoned, or, as o . ne of the party writes me, t , is passing away with other discarded lumber." Th us , whatever may be determined, there is some reason to hope for peace, unless the South precipitates war by attacking the 6 forts over which the national flag still floats. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.—In the absence hitherto of any official account of the final struggle between the Liberals and the Church faction in Mexico, and the future intentions of the dominant party, I trust that you will consider the atmexed document received from his Excellency the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of sufficient importance to'cutitle it to a place in your journal s and by its publicity in ?he k,un you will Materially assist all whose interests depend on the proerrity of that rcpublic.—l am, Sir, yours obettiattly - , JAMES L. HART, Mexican Consul. London, Feb. 18. (Translated copy.) Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Palacio Nacional, Jan. 15, 1861. Dear Sir,—The revolution is finished. After the defeat of Martinet and the taking of Guadalajara, the constitu tional army, under the command of his Excellency Don Jesus Gonzales Ortega, marched upon the capital of the republic, where the rebel band, making a supreme effort, concentrated the greatest possible force, and even succeeded in surprising the brigade, which, as part of the vanguard, was in Toluca, under the command of his Excellency Don Felipe Berrcozabol, who was wounded and made prisoner, jointly with Degollado and Farias. Inspirited by this triumph, their chief, Miramon, deter mined to advance with a force of 7,000 men and 40 pieceg of artillery, and give battle to the army expected from the in terior. On the 21st both armies came in sight of each other, and on the morning of the 22d that of the Reaction ary party was completely routed, leaving in the hands of our victorious army all their troops, train, and even money. Miramon and Marquez arrived alone at Mexico. The city contained about 2,000 men in garrison, which made any defence impossible. A Junta determined to surrender the place to Signor Degollado, and the Spanish Ambassador, tho French Minister, and General Ayestaran went out to confer about its capitulation. In the meanwhile it was thought that Miramon, with part of the garrison, would wait at Puebla the result of the conference, but the strong Constitutional force had obstructed all the outlets from Mexico, and the result of the conference being that they were unable to give the guarantees demanded by the Reac tionary chief, he and others of his most famous accomplices evacuated the city, taking with them some thousand men, who, being pursued and disbanded, left in the hands of their pursuers their small train of artillery, consisting of two light pieces. On the 25th, in the midst of the most complete jubilee, Senor Gonzalez Ortega entered the capital, and on the 27th the small garrison of Puebla pronounced in our favour. The revolution is completely terminated, and gloriously, without prejudicial influences, and, what is more, without disorder, without violence, and without the revenges com mon to all revolutions, and no crime has been committed to impair so splendid a triumph. The Supreme Government promptly called to the capital is arranging at present to act firmly, with strict justice, and to advance in the way of reform. From this day forward the law, and only the law, will be the grand principle by which the public liberty and independence and the future destinies of the Mexican nation will be upheld—that nation which has known to conquer, palm by palm, the rights re presented by the Constitution I I have now informed you of all that has passed, and from your patriotism it is expected that you will give the greatest publicity, endeavouring to rectify the public mind abroad, and convince every one that at last Mexico has achieved a real and durable peace. I beg to assure you of my appreciating, &c. In the absence of the Minister, JUAN DE DIOS ARIAS, Secretary. To the Mexican Consul, Don James L. Hart, &c., London. MEXICO, JAN. 17 The reply of Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister in London, to my communication of the 15th of October, was written at a most unfortunate moment for that gentleman. It bears date the 13th November, and only four days sub sequently the outrage upon the British Legation and the robbery of the bondholders' money, noticed in my letter of the 17th November, took place. This, in conjunction with the outrages committed on Messrs. Pitman and Davis at San Louis Fotosi, on Mr. Newell at Zacatecas, with the imprisonment and all but murder of George Silley, and the murder of Dr. Duval at Tambaya, are apt illustrations of the truth of Mr. Murphy's assertion, that " the Mexican Government will adhere to what is due to British subjects in Mexico, according to international law and existing treaties, whether there be near it or not a representative of her Britannic Majesty's Government." If the mere asser tion of Mr. Murphy, that he never on any occasion, whether official or private, held out the threat that he " would not answer for the lives or property of Englishmen if the British Legation were withdrawn," is to be accepted as a denial of a charge founded upon reliable information and supported by general reputation, all I ask of the British public is to test tho truth of one assertion by the actual falsehood of the other. It is to be regretted that Mr. Murphy has not con- descended to expose the " absurdity and monstrosity" of my other statements. The cases of Mr. Landon, of the poor mechanic at the theatre, and the unfortunate woman flogged to death for attempting to effect the escape of her husband, may, perhaps, induce him to throw off his reserve; until then I leave him to enjoy the triumph he has achieved. Since my last we have enjoyed the most profound tran quillity in the capital. Vicario, however, still holds out, with a force of about 2,000 men in the neighbourhood of Ygnalia, and Mejia has managed to scrape together 1,000 men, and is now reported to be in the neighbourhood of San Luis. With energy and activity these two chiefs might easily bo disposed of, and it is to be hoped the present Government will not allow these forces to exist as a nucleus for another revolution. President Juarez entered Mexico on the 11th, and in the outset initiated measures which, if promptly carried out, would have ensured the tranquillity of the republic for some time to come. The leaders of the Church faction were to be summarily tried and punished wherever they were taken, and, as parties were in full pur suit of Miramon and Marques, and Diaz had been actually captured, strong hopes were entertained that these throe, the most obnoxious of the party, would have been secured and prevented from doing any further mischief. However, it now appears that counter orders have been sent, and it is even asserted that an exile of five years will be the punish ment inflicted upon these men. _ _ The expulsion of Senor Pacheco, the Spanish Ambassa dor, the Pope's Nuncio, the Charge d'Affaires at Guatemala, and the Minister of Ecuador, has been officially announced, and the following is the notification sent to Senor Pacheco : —" His Excellency the Constitutional President ad interim cannot regard you but as one of the enemies of his Govern ment for the services you have rendered the usurpers who have occupied this city for the last three years. For this he orders that you depart from this and the republic without unnecessary delay. His Excellenc?the President respects Spain, as he does all other friendly nations, but your sojourn in the republic can no longer continue. The consideration which moves his Excellency to this resolution is therefore purely personal." There can be no doubt that the Liberal Government are perfectly warranted, and only exercise a sound discretion in getting rid of Senor Pacheco. He has ever proved himself the unflinching partizan of the Church faction, and was undoubtedly the means of keeping them in power much longer than they could have stood by their own unaided strength. In what light Spain will view this expulsion remains to be seen. She will be wise to pocket the affront. The decree nationalising the Church property has now been published throughout the republic, but the hasty manner in which it has been drawn up and the reck less manner in which it is likely to be administered does not hold out great hopes to the foreign creditor. A most melancholy occurrence has just taken place at Tosco, by which Mr. Bodmer, her Majesty's Vice-Consul at that place, has fallen a victim to the brutality of some troops under the order of Vicario. While endeavouring to save a prisoner whom these demons were torturing, he was shot through the lungs, and expired a few hours afterwards. He was much and deservedly respected, and leaves a widow with four or five children to deplore his loss. Mr. Mathew yesterday sent in his ultimatum with re spect to the seizure of the money restored to the English proprietors in the conducts, by Garza, at Tampico; he de mands the payment of the amount within. 65 days, an THE ARMY. The annexed Circular Memorandum, addressed to the army at home and abroad, has been issued by Sir J. Y. Scarlett, Adjutant-General. " Horse Guards, Feb. 15. " 1. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief has had under his consideration the necessity of re calling to full-pay service officers now on half-pay who are able to serve, and also wishing to give to officers on half-pay the opportunity of retiring from the service by.the sale of their commissions, he hereby announces, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, that they will be permitted to do so, to a limited extent, in the man ner and under the restrictions hereinafter specified. "2. This arrangement to include General Officers who may be in receipt of the half-pay only of the regimental rank in which they retired. "3. The individuals disposed to avail themselves of this arrangement shall make application to the General Com manding-in-Chief, through the Military Secretary, ac cording to the form annexed. "4. The sales to take place under the following restric tions-biz. -' • • " No persou to be allowed to sell who has passed the age of 60 years, or who cannot produce a certificate from the Army Medical Department at head quarters, or, if in a colony, the certificate of a medical board, or, if no medical board can be assembled, the certificate of the senior medical officer, showing that his retirement does not result from impaired constitution threatening earlier dissolution than a person of his age may expect in the common course of nature. "5. The price of the commissions to be paid to the officers selling out shall be the regulation price of the rank in which they retired, or such portion as their services may entitle them to, less the difference received by them be tween full and half-pay. "0. It is to be understood that no officer on the half-pay list, who may bold a garrison situation, will be permitted to retain it if he should sell under this arrangement, " 7. The time allowed forthe operation of this regulation shall be limited to six months fur officers at home, and to one year for officers residing in the colonies. " 8. Officers selling their commissions under this regu lation will be granted the brevet rank to which they might be entitled had they been restored to full-pay, to sell in the :usual manner, their names being retained as retired officers in the Army List accordingly. "9. As the funds at the disposal of the Secretary of State for War for this purpose are limited, the applications will be considered in the order in which they are received, and when the funds are expended no further sales will be allowed. " 10. Officers of artillery and Engineers on the half-pay , list who may be desirous of availing themselves of the bene fit of this regulation, so far as the provisions thereof can be made applicable to them, are at liberty to make application accordingly; but, as such officers are not, under ordinary circumstances, eligible to dispose of their commissions by sale, each application as received will be specially considered with reference to the previous services of the officer." The subjoined General Order has been promu gated " Horse Guards, Feb. 8 " The General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concur rence of the Secretary of State for 'War, has decided that whenever substantive field officers fill the appointments of Major of Brigade, or Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers, they shall be placed on the same footing as Assistant-Ad jutant-Generals with regard to counting service in these situations towards the six years required to entitle them to the unattached pay of General officers on the attainment of that rank, but upon the distinct understanding that this boon will not carry with it any increase of pay or allow ances. " By command of his Royal Highness the General Com. manding-in-Chief." The - ship Saladin, 856 tons, G. M. Maxted master, has arrived at Gravesend with invalid troops from India. The officers with the detachment are Capt. C. H. Malan, 75th Regiment, in command; Capt. H. L. Fitzgerald, Ist Battalian 13th Light Infantry; and Assist.-Surgeon J. Barker, Royal Artillery, in medical charge. The first and last mentioned officers have come to England on medical certificate. The invalids embarked at Calcutta as long since as the 29th of August, 1860, and com prise men from the following corps, viz.:—Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Bengal Artillery, Ben gal Engineers, 2d Dragoon Guards, 12th Lancers, Ist battalion sth Fusileers, 2d battalion ditto, Ist battalion 6th Foot, Bth, 13th, 19th, 3d Buffs, 90th Perthshire Light Infantry, 24th, 37th, 38th, d 4 s 3 d t. 43d, 48th, 53d, 54th, 60th, 75th, 92d, 99th, Helena Regiment; also from the Bengal an C a valry B and Infantry. In the ay of Bengal on the 19th l of September the ship spru n g a ea k , and on the 23d, it getting worse , the troopsr were required to with the exc ontinued tion of at 2 a m. and 4 a.m. to do till their ar rival at Port Louis on t h e 30th ot' October. Their cheerfulness and soldierly be haviour under these circumstances (being for the most part wor n out or disabled men) is hi g hl y extolled by those who witnessed this severe test. The ship was docked at the Mauritius, when the full extent of the danger was apparent ; indecd, had not the troops been on board she must have gone to the bottom. She sailed from Port Louis on the Ist of December, touching at St. Helena on the 29th. The loss from death during this pro tracted passage has been one sergeant Beng a l Artillery and one sergeant Bengal Engineers, three privates 6th Foot, one private 19th, two sergeants, one drummer, three privates 37th Regiment ; one private 48th, one private 95th, and two soldiers' wives. The Saladin has on board th e cr y s t a l throne of the Kings of Delhi. 'r. Od Od Od .133