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No. 21,412. THE NAVY. risoner in It be made PUBLICA.TIONS. pRUDENTIAL MUTUAL ASSURANCE, -I- INVESTMENT, AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, 35, Ludgate-hill, E.C., Feb. IS, 1861. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this ASSOCIATION will be held at the Offices, 35, Ludgate-hill, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of March next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, to amend and alter clause 24 of the Deed of Settlement, by the insertion of 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 respects • also (pursuant to the Resolutions come to by the Special deneral Meetings of this Association, held the 2ith 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 consider a Resolution of the Court of Directors in conformity with clause 24 of the Deed of Settlement, and 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 visable. And Notice is further Hereby Given, that a Second Special General Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the same place and hour, on Thursday, the 7th day of March, 1861, to confirm or otherwise the Resolutions to be passed at such first mentioned Meeting. By order of the Directors, HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. apology for having dared to seize Awhile in the possession of the British Consul, and a repriland to be administered to Garza. Until these terms are cmplied with he declines returning to the capital. With theast two there will be no difficulty in complying, but with tie first it is to be feared that there will. There is at this moment a crisis :n the Cabinet, brought on by the vacillating conduct of Jurez. It will, most pro bably, end in the appointment of afresh Cabinet, of which it is more than likely that Senor Drdo y Tgada will be the head. unDER or %na Swan, a barman, r, charged Kr. Jams lic-bou.se, R W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL. King William-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (exeept Saturday), at } :itY.ht. Private boxes, .£1 Is. ; Stalls ttad box stalls, is. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. --A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box oflice, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Feb. Just publi.-;tid in 2 vols., post Bvo., price 12s. 6d., cloth, CT I\TVERSAL RESTORATION: a Poem, in Ten Epochs, divided into Twenty six Books. By GEORGE CALVERT. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. Next week, an entirely New Edition, in crown Bvo., price 55., of ARGYLL ROOMS. -- GRAND MUSICAL ENTERT AINMENT, With the Celebrated BANr_c, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen iron's the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Corn et_a•piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-18. THE BENTLEY BALLADS. -A - Containing the Choice Ballads, Songs, and l'oems, contributed to "Bentley's Miscellany," by Father I'rout. Longfellow. Samuel Lover. Ingoldsby. Robert Southey. Thomas Moore. Dr. Maginn. The Irish Whiskey-Drinker. George Canning. Haynes Bayly. Edward Kenealy. Inman. Albert Smith. Miss Pickering. Mary llowitt. Hans Christian Andersen. "The Old Sailor." Lady Georgiana Fullerton. Dion Bourcicault. Dr. Cooke Taylor. Miss Mittord. Augustine Wade. Justice Taltourd. Dr. Mackay. Atc. (tc. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. The election for the Presids3nevomes on in April next. The present candidates arc Ortega Juarez, and Lcrdo. IRE UNITED 5 TATES. s-box with Lod seemed, isoner had. id the pre of the bar s the same he tapped iim to step he should kat he had. though he he would )ner said, I will tell (witness) customers, ur he saw the poker of making .s hands up ow on the nned him. er himself, and then I together. the blow !n the pri- a parlour serious a Did him for 113 til Tues !on. e taken. n. in £2OO, ,nd prices as 70s to 78a ;ady sale for [3s per (Ir.; 56a to 58s, r 20 stone. ate supply, inds. Bar- Flour was .. 56s to 62; ...41s to 44s ..26s to 30s filler. show; Bales Y in demand ..24s to 26g ..48s to 56s ..—s to —s flour, gSs 'day, which reme rates. nt, and the ..24s to 308 .. 428 to 448 .58s to 60s Feb. 18. I Mar. 15. Mar. 6. . Feb. ---• Feb. 23 Feb. 20• March 1. Feb. H. Feb. 27. Feb..lB. Feb. 18. Feb. 27. Feb. 25. Feb. 20. Feb. 21. Feb. 18. Feb. 20. Feb. 21. Feb. 20. Mar. 10. 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C'JNTRACTS FOR OATS, SOAP, AND TOBACCO Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 15th February, 1851. /1 1 11 E COMMISSIONERS f o r EXECUTING th e -a- OFFICE of LORD Aof the RINGDOM of GREAT HIGH BRITAIN and IRELAND, UNITED DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 28th inst., at half-pae,t One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat 'with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into h er M a j es t y ' s Vi c t ua lli ng Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.:-- OATS.... 5OO Quarters. SOAP lOO Tons. TOBACCO 5O Tons. When to be delivered—Half o f eac h i n t h ree weeks, and the remaj'ader in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by tlAe party tendering. Tenders may be made tor the whole or any portion of the articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the "Te nders a re opened, of contracting either for the whole, or ior such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or o f not contract i ng for any, and also an re imited power of selection. The Tobacco lo be exempted from the Customs duties, and Parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Samples of the Oats (not less than Two Quarts), and of .the Soap (not less than a Bar) must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade 'arks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn dock sample of each cask or Package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any nuor package that is found not to be of the same mark, mber, or quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the officers. The samrdes produced by persons whose tenders are not ac cepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the contracts have been decided. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form fo t r he purpose, and which m o aA be obtained on Im plication at the said Office, or to theofficer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs ;a 'articular attention is called to the recent modifieattion of the conditions of the Contracts, which may be Breen at the said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No 'render will be received aft e r half-pa.", one o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be ree t uired that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf., should attend at the Office on the day of contract, as the l'eault of the offer received from each person will be commuUicated to him and his pro- Posed sureties in writing. 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PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. SPECTACLES.-SIGHT AND HEARING.- DEAFNESS.—A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the ear as not to be in tte lee st perceptible ; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely re moved. It affords instant relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctl7 f at Church and at public assemblies. Every other kind of hearing instruments. Messrs. SOLO MONS have invented spectacle lenses of the greatest trans parent power. T'ne valuable advantage derived from their invention is, the., vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very aged perf,ons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation con ace with Close lenses ur u nine it .z 'nat./jai ytng pu.et, and they ub not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assist ance.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. TELESCOPES, Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 15 'lenses, constructed of German t;lass. Will show distinctly a person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, And :an object from 8 to 10 miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guard are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, 31 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' dis itance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Juniter's anoons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent.—Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. TNAGIC LANTERNS and DISSOLVING " 1 -. VIEWS lent out, and sent into the country, with the .option to purchase. Messrs. S. &B. SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Class, and being arrange d w i th Solomons ' beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, a clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Slides in great variety. They also beg to introduce their new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in- Istructive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price 1215, Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : A PLIED cuRns ICAL ESSAY' ON NERVOUS AND GENERA TIVE DISEASES. hie, Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, f•n a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE an d CURE of : T-1- MATURE DECLINE with Plain Directions for PRE- Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CtlltTia, 15, A'Abermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological' Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER H.—Causes of Spergiatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. 4 `Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. 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Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' dis eased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to. 22Ts The t: F 2L o ibo o n d , is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 94., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. P l : t o:s e t , - o ffi c e A . ....:, 41b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. 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Bvo., extra cloth, 2s. 6d., BUSINESS LIFE; or, Some of the Experiences of a London Tradesman, with Familiar Anecdotes and Illustrations, and Practical Information for Men in Business Houlston and Wright, 65, ratcrnoster-row, London. In One large Volume, crown Bvo., price 9s._, H EALTH, HUSBANDRY, & HANDICRAFT. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. "The work throughout is practical in its character, abounds with good and useful advice, and is the result of the inquiries of a thoughtful, intelligent, and close observer."—Observer. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they Po often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab_ contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street Just published, price is., post free for 14 stamps, with Photographic Illustrations, D ISEASES OF THE SKIN. By ROBERT J. JORDAN, M.D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, &c., &c. Author of " Skin Diseases and their Remedies," &c. Price 2s. 6d. ; by post, 2s. 10d. Containing the modern treatment (as adapted at the Hospi tal St. Louis, Paris), for the cure of those diseases so preva lent in a high state of civilisation, consequent on an impure state of the blood, causing cutaneous eruptions, scorbutic affections. and scrofula ; treatment for superficial and deep seated ulcers ; torpidity of the circulatory system, causing discolouration of the hands, redness, roughness of the skin, disfiguring the face, giving an unsightly appearance in lieu of a clear, fair, and healthy complexion. "This book is, as he has aimed to make it, 'thoroughly use ful and practical.' "—Medical Times and Gazette, August 14th, 1860. By the same Author, with numerous illustrations, price Is. 6d by post 4s. ; abridged edition, ls. ; in sealed envelope, ls. 6d., a new Medical Work, entitled LIFE WORTH LIVING FOR, proving bow health and happiness may be secured, and the vital powers restored to their normal condition, by simple curative means, assisting nature in adhering to her laws. Content. General and acquired debility, from early inexperience, pro ductive of diseases and disarrangement of the muscular system, resulting in nervous and physical irritability, the cause of total or partial prostration of man. hours of Consultation from 1 0 to R, and 5..t0 8 ; or. by ap pointment. Publishen by John Churchhill, New Burlington-street. The above works to be had from the Author only, 29, George street, Hanover-square, London, W. DR. KAHN on MARRIAGE .—A new and entirely re-written Edition (the 45t11) of this celebrated Treatise. with new Steel Plates, Woodcuts, &c., is now ready. The object of the work is not to maintain any particular hypothesis, but to enable every one to understand for himself the structure and functions of the organs concerned in the fulfilment of the physical obligations of the married state; to acquaint him with the consequences arising from excesses ; to prevent unnecessary misapprehension from unfounded fears, and to indicate, when those fears are well founded, the means of speedy relief. The work is not crowded with the technicalities of ordinary professional books, nor does it pre sent the crudeness which characterises the so-called "popular works" on the subject. Price One Shilling, free by post for 13 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 22 stamps, either from the publisher, J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane. or from the Author's address, 17, Harley street, Cavendish-square, London. 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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 annexed document received from his Excellency the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of sufficient importance to entitle it to a place in your journal, and by its publicity in The Still you will materially assist all whose inter is 4spend on the prosperity of that republic.-" am, Sir, yours obediently, JAMES L. HART, Mexican Consul. London, Feb. is. (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 Marquez 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 Ferias. Inspirited by this triumph, their chief, Miramon, deter mined to advance with a force of 7,000 men and 40 pieces 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 aot 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 cosigner, palm by palm, the rights re presented by the Constitution ! I have now informed you of all that has passed, and from your patriotism it is expected that you will give the greatest publicity, etuleavuuring to rectify the public mind abroad, aid 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 Anus, 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 duo to British subjects in Mexico, according to international law and existing treaties, whether there be near it or not a representitive 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 the 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 be 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 three, 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 Excellency 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 Tasco, 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 loaves 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 0 days, an From the Time.s' Corespondent. NEV YORK, FEB. 5. Disunion has now reached its second stage—re construction. A convention of delegates from the seceding States met yesterlay at Milledgeville, with a view to form a federa. slaveholding Union, with the present federal Contitution as its basis, altered or modified to suit tle case. I have as yet no information as to the doin;s of this body beyond the election of Mr. Cobb as the presiding officer. I understand that the progranme is—The adoption of the present Constitution 7 thout a reserved right of secession ; the choice of aorovisional Executive ; the creation of an army, over which Mr. Jefferson Davis is to be placed as coamander-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 provisions are to be made for the admission into the confederacy 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 1 dol. 60c. a head, and even the profits of her savings banks are to pay to the Government 75c. on the 100 dole. 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 ment, 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 forth a declaratirn of the grievances which induced the State to secee.e. 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 is subordinate to the hostility in commercial polity. Then the evils, dangers, and injustice of the Republican platform in regard to slavery are dwat upon. Recollecting the political antecedents of Georgia, I thought that the address was adroitly canposed for two communities, In the one, where hostility to protection and monopoly is well establithed in the popular mind, the anti slavery grievances will appear subordinate to com plaints againEt the supporters of a protective tariff, which, thougl just in principle, will hardly be deemed to be s sufficient cause for revolution. But 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 fte Republicans as aggressors upon slavery. " Fer 20 years past," they say, " The Aboliticsists 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 najority of the leading men of the Republican party in the notional councils—the same men who are now proposed as our rulers. These efforts have in ono instanee led to the actual invasion of one of the slavcholding States, and those of the murderers and incendiaries who escaped public justice ty flight found fraternal protection among our Northern confAerates." This singe sentence—which contains as many 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 )f Georgia, in Convention assembled, do hereby declare End ordain that all the laws passed by the Congress of the late United States of America, and in force in this State prier 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 re. tify the permanent Government to be 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 expressed 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 thkt it was a great misfortune that the elec • 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 yery largely and almost exclusively in that section into the election for delegates ? And is it wise —is it not eminently unwise—to throw this whole question again before such a people, to blow off the ashes and revive 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 tendency to re-open the question of secession by bringing up the issue of a recon struction of the Federal Government. It allows such an issue to be made—it invites it, in fact. And under what circumstances ? From the signs of the times it would seem as if coercive measures were to be adopted. If so, about the time of such an election the people will be bearing the burdens of such a contest. Commercial and agricultural interests will be suffering. Debts will be hard to pay. Provisions will be scarce. Perhaps death at the hands of the enemy will have come to the doors of many families. Men's minds thus surrounded and affected by strong personal and selfish considerations will not be in that calm and well balanced condition which is favourable 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 coup de main they get about 350,000 dols. in cash, an article much needed 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 principal 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 4 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 400,000 Total .. Add these to the balance of the Treasury notes authorised by Act of December, 1860 Make the amount of means for 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 44,077,524 The amount required in additiontO the 5,000,000 dols. of Treasury notes and the current re venue to pay outstanding currentand accruing dues before the close of the present fiscal year is, therefore This amount may be reduced 7,60,524, if the balance of the loan authorised by the Act of June 24 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 rema i n i ng question is where shall the boundary be. They do not yet publicly avow these ideas, but I have the best ha reason to believe that they are entertained-- th e with the Republican leade rs of this wing of t party all idea of coercion is.abandred, or, as with of the party writes me, "is passing away with other discarded lumber." Thus, whatever may be determined, there is some reason to hope for peace, unless the South precipitates war b y . attacking the forts over which the national flag still floats. The Barrossa, steam corvette, 21, guns, horse power, power, which left Woolwich for Sheerness the n on ex l: r d i a d y ay fo , for was the takenpurpose of testing and capabilities at the mea sured mile. The Bar rosa is a new and handsome ve ssel, lately launched to the Nlaplin her Sands machinery at - Woolwich and built from plans designed by Sir Baldwin Walker, late Controller of the Navy. She is a sister ship to Her Majesty's ship Jason. Her length between perpendiculars is 22b feet 6 inches, her beam 40 feet 6 inches, and her ton nage, 1,650. Her engines are built by Messrs. Watts and Son, of the Soho Works, Birmingham. The trial, which lasted several 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, and with very little vibration. She attained ,an average speed of 121.9 knots per hour, giving a draught of water forward of 15ft., and aft 17; mean revolutions, 66 ; pressure of steam, 20 ; indicating horse-power, 800 ; nominal horse-power, 400. She is propelled by one of Griffith's screw propellers, the diameter of which is 16ft., and the pitch 24ft. The trial was satisfactory in its results. The Barrosa will be placed in the steam re serve 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 South and at Scoveston up to th© Ist of August next. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. E. Heathcote 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 ; J. Frazer, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary ; J. Sumner, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary ; IV. Jones and J. Miller (b), acting third class assist. engineers, to the Narcissus, as supernumeraries. TBE 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 Commandbag-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 coratut; to Lae torm annexed. "4. The sales to take place under the following restric tions—viz. : ",No persol 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. "G. It is to be understood that no officer on the half-pay list, who may hold a garrison situation, will be permitted to retain it it he should sell under this arrangement, " 7. The time allowed for the operation of this regulation shall be limited to six months for 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 promul 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. Mated 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, lst battalion 6th Foot, Bth, 13 th, 19 th , 3d Buffs, 90th Perthshire Light Infantry, 24 th , 37th, 38th, 43 d , 48th, 53d, 54th, 60th, 75 th , 92d, 99th, a nd St. 1 Cavalry Helena Regiment ; also from the i and Infantry. In the Bay of Be.negalkargna the 19th and on the a of September the ship sprung 1 23d, it getting worse, the troops were required to man the pumps ev er y two hours, w ith the excep tion of at 2 a in. and 4 a.m. This they continued to do till the ir arrival at Port Louis on the 30 th of October. Their cheerfulness and soldierly be haviour under these circumstances (being for the most part worn out or disabled men) is highly extolled by those who witnessed this severe test. The ship was docked at the Mauritius, when the full extent of t h e da n ge r wa s apparent; indeed, 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 Bengal Artillery and one sergeant Bengal Eng ineer s , three privates 6th Foot, one private 19th, two sergeants, one drummer, th ree privates 37th Regiment ; one private 48th, one private 95th, and two soldiers' wives. The Saladin has on board the crystal throne of the Kings of Delhi. / MCA o t GREAT FRAUDS UPON TILE COOLAftert \ ff, ' 4 •\Z4 CIAL BANK. (From the Times City Article.) = The transfer of the business of the Commercial 11 s Bank to the London and Westminster Bank, an nounced this morning, is attributable to the dis covery of a large embezzlement at the branch of the Commercial Bank in Henrietta-street, Covent garden. The amount is £67,000, and although this would not have been sufficient to affect the golvency of the establishment, a resolution was almost, immediately arrived at that it would be better to prevent all anxiety and alarm by trans ferring the business to the London and West minster, and thus 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 safe, 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 run had been adopted, a sudden sacrifice of securities might have been could not fail to have involved heavy loss. The Comn2er 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 to 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 wholly unfounded rumours, from the effect of which it had been slowly but steadily recovering. The fraud just detected is stated to have been committed by a ledger clerk named Durden, and is believed to have been carried on, without 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 disc-spancies between the pass books of the customers and the iedgers 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 a 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 go in g on for many ears appropriations few days back, however, a paralytic seizure, inca pacitated him from attending to his duties, although he pertinaceously made an effort to do so, and the whole affair at once became known. Burden 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 hoped , 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 cone livable mode ins hich a fraud by any of the officials Could for anperiod scape detection. (From the Morning Herald's City .dtfie l6.) The banking public and commercial coOmuultY at were taken by surprise to-day on the intimatio: u th_ the business of the Commercial Bank of Lont io n. would be at once transferred to the London ana Westminster Bank. The notice was issued so promptly, and the arrangements were so well com pleted, that immediately the transactions of the morn ing commenced the change was inaugurated without any great disturbance, although much excitement prevailed to ascertain thereason 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-keep acers at the West - end branch in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, and that the directors, not desiring to ple the de posits and assets in jeopardy, had determined upou at once effeetiqg 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 although it is believed, with prudent action, the consequences might nut have been fatal, still the directors, having already suffered from a run in 1857 which 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 diseretion 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 ig 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 par has has made subservient to his purposes through pecu niary obligations. The event has come so unex pectedly upon the directors that they have not y e et prepared any report for publicat ion, butt a boad meeting takes place to - morrow , and he first excitement having passed they w ill be able .to give definitive information to the proprietors. Tnrou this change it was a very b us y day both at the Commercial Bank of London and the London and Westminster Bank, a large number 'Theof the eg r u e s et o o m rs ers f having transferred their accounts. the Commercial Ban k of London, in the early part of the morning, handed over to the London and W e stminster Bank £250,000, cash balance, &c., at the Bank of England and Exchequer Bills, but notwithstanding heavy sums, owing to the arrange ment, were taken out, an aggregate of upwards of £50,00 0 w as pa id 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 bad 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 resou r c es o f t h e bank would have proved sufficiently elastic to have accomplished the object. The effect of the announcement upon the shares of the bank in the market was unfavourable. The last transactions were on Friday at 211 ; 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 gua o rantee fund then stood at £ 75 , 000 . The shares f the London and Westminster Bank were operated in at a d va nce took rather better terms, but no important place. ~~~~-.