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last week ifc was discovered , through the illness of the party implicated , which prevented him attending his duties , that a ledget clerk in the Commercial Bank of London had , by systematically falsifying his accounts for a period of 12 or 13 years , embezzled nearly £ 70 , 000 . The Directors have consequently made over their business to the London and AA esfcminster Bank . FOBEIGN INTELLIO-ENCE . —On Monday , the King of Sardinia opened in person the new Parliament . —His Majesty commenced his
address by alluding to the fact that Italy is now " almost entirely free ancl united , " and by enjoining on the Chambers the care of protecting that unity in all their administrative measures . Public opinion , the King declared , is favourable to the national tendencies of Italy , ancl he referred especially to the fact that England had recognised the right of Italians to dispose of themselves , adding , thafc imperishable gratitude on the part of the latter should follow the support which they had received from the good offices of
England . The Emperor of the French , although assuring to Italians the benefits of non-intervention , had deemed ifc fitting to 2 'ecall his Envoy from Sardinia ; bufc although exciting their keen regret , this event , the King declared , had not affected their gratitude , nor weakened the ties of amity riveted by France and Italy at Magenta and Solferino . With regard to the future course of Italian policy , the King , while asking the assistance of the Chambers for the completion of the
armaments , added that in the consciousness of its strength the kingdom of Italy ivould be able to follow the counsels of prudence . His own voice , he declared , was once raised with boldness , " but it is as wise to wait at the right time as to act at the right time . " " Devoted to Italy , I have risked my crown for her sake , but no one has a right to risk the existence and the destinies of a nation . " The allusion to the fall of Gaeta made by the King
appears to have been very brief , merely the declaration that " the taking of a formidable fortress " had worthily crowned the exploits of the army and navy . In Rome a demonstration of public rejoicing took place on Thursday last , when the news of the fall of Gaeta became known . Shouts of " Alva Victor Emmanuel , " and " The Unity of Italy for ever , " were general . It is even affirmed that some priests were observed to join in the demonstration , and cheer with the rest . FinalIy , soine French pa trois requested tbe crowd to disperse , and the request was complied with . The Journal of Rome denies that an arrangement is to be made between Rome and Pied- j mont . At Naples the Council of Lieutenancy is to be temporarily I
maintained . It is stated that , despite the fall of Gaeta , the inexorable and immovable old General Fergolla , who has held his place so long in the citadel of Messina , still declines to surrender the garrison .- From Pesth we learn that the Prince Primate had accepted from the Obergespiinne the duty of laying before the Emperor their petition for the re-establishment of the laws of 18-18 , and the convocation of the Diet afc that town . The Court-Chancellor A ay , in replying to the Obergespiinne , had observed
that the diploma of October created a mutual obligation , of which the King of Hungary had faithfully redeemed his part ; and that -it now remained for the country to fulfil its portion by supporting the functionaries of the Government . The Chancellor Vay , anxious above all things for the integrity of the Austrian empire , seems rather to forget the nature of an agreement ivhich is necessary to constitute a mutual obligation . An article of a remarkable character appears in the Ost Deutsche
Post , indicating a change of sentiment in the very midst of the Austrian empire . The article frankly admits that the position of affairs in Austria is very gloomy ; that the finances are in a deplorable condition , and the constitution , yefc merely in embryo , involved in a series of contradictory measures and irresolute proposals . Tlie re-organisation of the various parts of the empire has been tried , says the writer , by many ways , all wrong—by force , by absolutism ,
by bayonets . Let Austria now try the only true way , that of civil liberty and the civil courage which springs from it . Liberty within will secure freedom from external attack . A sound internal constitution will render , the article declares , in conclusion , any attempt against Austrian territory wholly impossible . It is now authoritatively stated that the 3 rd of March , the anniversary of the Emperor Alexander ' s accession to the throne , is fixed upon for the proclamation " of tlie emancipation of the serf ' sBthis
. y glorious measure twenty million souls will afc the same moment be rescued from slavery , and become free men . According to Spanish newspapers , Spain and Morocco have agreed that tlie Moors shall immediately complete the payment of 200 , 000 , 000 of reals . The customs of Tangiers and Mogadore are to be hypothecated to the Spaniards as guarantees for the payment of tlie balance of the indemnity , and the evacuation of Tetuan will take lace at a fixed
p date . Iu the sitting of the Spanish Congress , on the 13 th inst ., a question was put to the Minister for Foreign Ali ' airs as to the rumoured dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador at Mexico . The answer was that no strictly official information had yet been received ; but that the necessary measures should be taken to ensure
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respect being paid to tho Spanish Sag in any event which might arise . The Spanish journals are much occupied with comment upon this affair , which is looked upon as indicating a possible collision between Spain and Mexico . The commission of the Germanic Federal Diet have adopted , with some slight modifications , the pro-| positions of Prussia in regard to thefortificationof fcheGennan coasts . Public opinion in Prussia seems , however , to incline to the belief thafc the Danish question will have a peaceful issueancl this belief
, is strengthened by the measure which the Prussian Government has taken in revolving the order for immediate recruiting . The Danish Council of State held a sitting yesterday , at which the convocation of the Diet of Holstein was fixed to take place on the 6 th of March . The nature of the communication to be made to the ! Diet has nofc transpired .
INDIA . —By the arrival of the Bombay mail we learn that the Governor-General is still in Central India , holding durbars with , native chiefs and rajahs . It is anticipated , and with reason , that much good will flow from this friendly interchange of sentiment between the English Viceroy ancl the native princes . Sir George Clark , the new governor of Bombay , was making himself deservedly popular . He was engaged in a tour through Guzerat , his object being to make himself thoroughly acquainted , with the condition of
the country which he has been called upon to govern . Sir George had given great satisfaction by promising to introduce a measure for the settlement of those land questions which had given rise to tlie obnoxious Inam Commissions . The accounts whicli have come to hand of the famine in the Pnnjaub are of the most distressing character . Owing to the fearful drought , it is estimated that four millions of persons are deprived of the means of subsistence , and are dependent upon charity alone for their dailbread . Both the
y Government ; and fche European population have taken active steps to alleviate this distress—the latter , of course , hy private charity , and the former by the vigorous prosecution of public works . These poor people have no small claim upon British sympathy . UNITED STATES . —AVe learn from ihe United States that in the "Peace Conference" at AVashington only a portion of the Free States were represented , and the meeting ivas not expected to have
any practical result . The basis of settlement recommended b y Virginia is the protection of slavery in the territory south of 36 cleg , 30 min ., during the period of its territorial government , and the right of transit for slaves through the non-slaveholding States and territories . While these endeavours to effect a compromise are being made at AVashington , we find Mr . Howell Cobb , the President of the Seceded States Convention , telling that Assembly thafc dissolution was now " a fixed , irrevocable fact—perfect , complete ,
and perpetual . " This Convention has met at- Itlontgomery , Alabama , for the purpose of organising the new Southern Government . The senators for Louisiana had both taken their farewell of the Senate . They declared the intention of their State to assume a just proportion of the national debt ; to pay anything which may be due from ifc on account of the forts and arsenals ivhich have been seized ; ancl to respect the free navigation of the Mississippi . They both declared that secession was the unalterable policy of the extreme South , ancl expressed a hope that it mi ght be effected amicably .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER . —Owing to an accident , "The Remembrancer" is unavoidably postponed until next week—our printers having broken the form , jusfc as we were going to press . As it will be in the hands of all our subscribers b y the 2 nd of the month , we have thought it better to delay it ' spresentation , than interfere with the regular publication of the present number . TEMI ' . AH . —If we do not publish accounts ofthe Mark Lodges it
is because we do not receive them . S . 8 . —The installing master , being a visitor , would take precedence ofthe other visitors for that evening . J . T . CAIU'EXMR . —The expense we do not look at ; but we have sent specimens of the MAG-ABUSE to every lodge half-a-dozen times . H . Hothain . —We include the meetings of the high degrees in our"Remembrancer , " so far as we know them , AVe cannot keep it correct without the assistance of the brethren .
EniiATUM . —In our last week ' s number , at page 131 , the second line of the Ode . by Bio . G . M . Passenger should read " Rend through the veil of passion ' s night , " instead of right , as erroneously printed . If . R . A . —The Principals of a new chapter may be installed in another chapter before the consecration of the one for which the charter has been obtained . A . R . H . —It is not uncommon to name a brother as chaplain of a private lodgo who is not in Holy Orders , but decidedly wrong .
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last week ifc was discovered , through the illness of the party implicated , which prevented him attending his duties , that a ledget clerk in the Commercial Bank of London had , by systematically falsifying his accounts for a period of 12 or 13 years , embezzled nearly £ 70 , 000 . The Directors have consequently made over their business to the London and AA esfcminster Bank . FOBEIGN INTELLIO-ENCE . —On Monday , the King of Sardinia opened in person the new Parliament . —His Majesty commenced his
address by alluding to the fact that Italy is now " almost entirely free ancl united , " and by enjoining on the Chambers the care of protecting that unity in all their administrative measures . Public opinion , the King declared , is favourable to the national tendencies of Italy , ancl he referred especially to the fact that England had recognised the right of Italians to dispose of themselves , adding , thafc imperishable gratitude on the part of the latter should follow the support which they had received from the good offices of
England . The Emperor of the French , although assuring to Italians the benefits of non-intervention , had deemed ifc fitting to 2 'ecall his Envoy from Sardinia ; bufc although exciting their keen regret , this event , the King declared , had not affected their gratitude , nor weakened the ties of amity riveted by France and Italy at Magenta and Solferino . With regard to the future course of Italian policy , the King , while asking the assistance of the Chambers for the completion of the
armaments , added that in the consciousness of its strength the kingdom of Italy ivould be able to follow the counsels of prudence . His own voice , he declared , was once raised with boldness , " but it is as wise to wait at the right time as to act at the right time . " " Devoted to Italy , I have risked my crown for her sake , but no one has a right to risk the existence and the destinies of a nation . " The allusion to the fall of Gaeta made by the King
appears to have been very brief , merely the declaration that " the taking of a formidable fortress " had worthily crowned the exploits of the army and navy . In Rome a demonstration of public rejoicing took place on Thursday last , when the news of the fall of Gaeta became known . Shouts of " Alva Victor Emmanuel , " and " The Unity of Italy for ever , " were general . It is even affirmed that some priests were observed to join in the demonstration , and cheer with the rest . FinalIy , soine French pa trois requested tbe crowd to disperse , and the request was complied with . The Journal of Rome denies that an arrangement is to be made between Rome and Pied- j mont . At Naples the Council of Lieutenancy is to be temporarily I
maintained . It is stated that , despite the fall of Gaeta , the inexorable and immovable old General Fergolla , who has held his place so long in the citadel of Messina , still declines to surrender the garrison .- From Pesth we learn that the Prince Primate had accepted from the Obergespiinne the duty of laying before the Emperor their petition for the re-establishment of the laws of 18-18 , and the convocation of the Diet afc that town . The Court-Chancellor A ay , in replying to the Obergespiinne , had observed
that the diploma of October created a mutual obligation , of which the King of Hungary had faithfully redeemed his part ; and that -it now remained for the country to fulfil its portion by supporting the functionaries of the Government . The Chancellor Vay , anxious above all things for the integrity of the Austrian empire , seems rather to forget the nature of an agreement ivhich is necessary to constitute a mutual obligation . An article of a remarkable character appears in the Ost Deutsche
Post , indicating a change of sentiment in the very midst of the Austrian empire . The article frankly admits that the position of affairs in Austria is very gloomy ; that the finances are in a deplorable condition , and the constitution , yefc merely in embryo , involved in a series of contradictory measures and irresolute proposals . Tlie re-organisation of the various parts of the empire has been tried , says the writer , by many ways , all wrong—by force , by absolutism ,
by bayonets . Let Austria now try the only true way , that of civil liberty and the civil courage which springs from it . Liberty within will secure freedom from external attack . A sound internal constitution will render , the article declares , in conclusion , any attempt against Austrian territory wholly impossible . It is now authoritatively stated that the 3 rd of March , the anniversary of the Emperor Alexander ' s accession to the throne , is fixed upon for the proclamation " of tlie emancipation of the serf ' sBthis
. y glorious measure twenty million souls will afc the same moment be rescued from slavery , and become free men . According to Spanish newspapers , Spain and Morocco have agreed that tlie Moors shall immediately complete the payment of 200 , 000 , 000 of reals . The customs of Tangiers and Mogadore are to be hypothecated to the Spaniards as guarantees for the payment of tlie balance of the indemnity , and the evacuation of Tetuan will take lace at a fixed
p date . Iu the sitting of the Spanish Congress , on the 13 th inst ., a question was put to the Minister for Foreign Ali ' airs as to the rumoured dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador at Mexico . The answer was that no strictly official information had yet been received ; but that the necessary measures should be taken to ensure
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respect being paid to tho Spanish Sag in any event which might arise . The Spanish journals are much occupied with comment upon this affair , which is looked upon as indicating a possible collision between Spain and Mexico . The commission of the Germanic Federal Diet have adopted , with some slight modifications , the pro-| positions of Prussia in regard to thefortificationof fcheGennan coasts . Public opinion in Prussia seems , however , to incline to the belief thafc the Danish question will have a peaceful issueancl this belief
, is strengthened by the measure which the Prussian Government has taken in revolving the order for immediate recruiting . The Danish Council of State held a sitting yesterday , at which the convocation of the Diet of Holstein was fixed to take place on the 6 th of March . The nature of the communication to be made to the ! Diet has nofc transpired .
INDIA . —By the arrival of the Bombay mail we learn that the Governor-General is still in Central India , holding durbars with , native chiefs and rajahs . It is anticipated , and with reason , that much good will flow from this friendly interchange of sentiment between the English Viceroy ancl the native princes . Sir George Clark , the new governor of Bombay , was making himself deservedly popular . He was engaged in a tour through Guzerat , his object being to make himself thoroughly acquainted , with the condition of
the country which he has been called upon to govern . Sir George had given great satisfaction by promising to introduce a measure for the settlement of those land questions which had given rise to tlie obnoxious Inam Commissions . The accounts whicli have come to hand of the famine in the Pnnjaub are of the most distressing character . Owing to the fearful drought , it is estimated that four millions of persons are deprived of the means of subsistence , and are dependent upon charity alone for their dailbread . Both the
y Government ; and fche European population have taken active steps to alleviate this distress—the latter , of course , hy private charity , and the former by the vigorous prosecution of public works . These poor people have no small claim upon British sympathy . UNITED STATES . —AVe learn from ihe United States that in the "Peace Conference" at AVashington only a portion of the Free States were represented , and the meeting ivas not expected to have
any practical result . The basis of settlement recommended b y Virginia is the protection of slavery in the territory south of 36 cleg , 30 min ., during the period of its territorial government , and the right of transit for slaves through the non-slaveholding States and territories . While these endeavours to effect a compromise are being made at AVashington , we find Mr . Howell Cobb , the President of the Seceded States Convention , telling that Assembly thafc dissolution was now " a fixed , irrevocable fact—perfect , complete ,
and perpetual . " This Convention has met at- Itlontgomery , Alabama , for the purpose of organising the new Southern Government . The senators for Louisiana had both taken their farewell of the Senate . They declared the intention of their State to assume a just proportion of the national debt ; to pay anything which may be due from ifc on account of the forts and arsenals ivhich have been seized ; ancl to respect the free navigation of the Mississippi . They both declared that secession was the unalterable policy of the extreme South , ancl expressed a hope that it mi ght be effected amicably .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER . —Owing to an accident , "The Remembrancer" is unavoidably postponed until next week—our printers having broken the form , jusfc as we were going to press . As it will be in the hands of all our subscribers b y the 2 nd of the month , we have thought it better to delay it ' spresentation , than interfere with the regular publication of the present number . TEMI ' . AH . —If we do not publish accounts ofthe Mark Lodges it
is because we do not receive them . S . 8 . —The installing master , being a visitor , would take precedence ofthe other visitors for that evening . J . T . CAIU'EXMR . —The expense we do not look at ; but we have sent specimens of the MAG-ABUSE to every lodge half-a-dozen times . H . Hothain . —We include the meetings of the high degrees in our"Remembrancer , " so far as we know them , AVe cannot keep it correct without the assistance of the brethren .
EniiATUM . —In our last week ' s number , at page 131 , the second line of the Ode . by Bio . G . M . Passenger should read " Rend through the veil of passion ' s night , " instead of right , as erroneously printed . If . R . A . —The Principals of a new chapter may be installed in another chapter before the consecration of the one for which the charter has been obtained . A . R . H . —It is not uncommon to name a brother as chaplain of a private lodgo who is not in Holy Orders , but decidedly wrong .