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'O4 .- .... -..,„ 1 •41,.......L,: THE ENGLISH LAKES.—The HOLLINS ' i i i I - ~ks 4 ,!. i , and LOVVTHER HOTEL, GRA SMERE.—This beautiful and - ....,.. „.: - O .! .. , 1 • ' 11, , 4P°P , ' .‘:"), .. • ..' ~ . favourite resort of Tourists and Visitors to the Lake District is now ( - 4- ••••4" •V , •: , Ur • ,s , 4, :;, '.!,', - 1 It A ;(46* *4 "‘ i 4 -- WgiegCA.-81.,4,„ . 6 4 , -,..... :-;,,. i. , . 4- ..• - ;,,, . • open for the accommodation of the public. k -`' ft , - ' - k , A -4. - g e kit A l l ~v . a 'w.' 11 . ‘ , /i • '-' „.,...,- ' ' .e-, 4 , 4 3 4., - The above house and Establishment will be found worthy of ' 4 ao. • - pa.-,,,, f) ,'., , „ ...- -. 1 -. • ~,,. • - . t-4 ,/ /. k . i'v 4 .i•-,,-. , rotiee, being conducted on economical principles, and in the centre ~ ,,, ) m,.. ,/ A - ' ..." „ 4 •,. ~ . , e Q - .. , of the Lake District; the views from which cannot be equalled. '__ _.,, _ _.„.._, ~ N , .... k.„, .., ' lr , ! , ..L .... *1 . 4' Air..,i; ~,,- '- , \ -. : 4 _.,...,,,, 4. „...y., ~., , The Mountains behind the house may be ascended through the -.,-->'''' i Cb r ` .. V L l. - ' )/Eli ,Jorh'iir ~ '' la :. ' 7.0.;: :511: , 1 7,_`1,:,:i 'I4 7C -- n : ,T,!':\ ,' . 1 . 1 -,- _ • , ''' e a lt, C'' r 'n (R \ . ,t . 1. -, 4,V07 - ~,,,,AA! t., t l e, , ~.__ ~.. .--- \,,' Sib . , - `l . . .4 . 444 4 ,1 v, ~,- .., , W'•,,, " , 1 , „,,, , • ~,t ,..i. ....,::•,, Pi - •-•- , ..nzine• 'Jr - Proprietor, in about twenty minutes . _ v \ ..........• I dn. ~ ; I EWS PAPE It iantatlons belonging to the _ aoont twenty from whence may also be seen Nine different Lakes and 1 arns, cs also most of the notable Mounta ns in the locality, with Morecombe Bay in the distance, which most of the guide books have omitted to locution. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1856. N 0 .- 20,029.) [P R ICE 4D.. STAMPED SD. AWIDOW LADY, possessing a thorough knowle.ige of Domestic Management, is most desirous of an engagement as Companion to a Lady, or to superintend the Family of a Widower or Elderly Gentleman.—Adkiress C. Gi., 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-bill, Blackheath, Kent. PUBLICATIONS. OVER DARIEN. DECENCY IN DRESS. MONT BLANC will CLOSE TO-MORROW NIGHT, Aug. 30th.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. A RGYLL ROOMS.—LAITRENTS CASINn, -k - s. (3-eat Windmill-street, I.lsymult t.—The ab'vo elegan Booms ItE-OFENI for the winter lesson o 31.)NDAY, Sept Ist. The Proprietor begs to inform the pub' c that th s f pace of resort has been redecora 4 ed under the sole direction of Mr. Bull, of Great Queen-street, L ncoln's-inn-fle'ds. The doors open at ball past eight, commence at nine. Admission One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen Only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, and half-put 7, by Dr. G. Simms, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One ...billing. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JULLIEN'S CONCERTS in the Colossal Concert Hall, THIS EVENING (Friday, August 29).—MADRIGAL NIGHT.—Last night but one of the Zonaves:—Continuat on of the Magnificent Decorations (by Mr. Palmer) for the Guards' Dinner for a few days —Grand Selec tion, II Trovatore, received nightly with rapturous applause—Solos 0 .3' Hughes, Lavigne, and Koenig—National Song, by Mr. Tedder — Magnificent Views of Constantinople and the Alps, by Danson— Sauthby's brilliant Pyrotechnic Display and Emblematical Tableau. Admission, Is. Concert at 7. Fireworks quarter before 10.—Madame Alboni for two nights, Tuesday, Sept. 2, and Thursday, Sept. 4. A trandtMilltary.Fete in a few days. CA.NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDT, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists are Permanently engaged for the performance of Selections frovn all th; Popular Operas, Ma higals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling. Barker. Hassell Grover. and P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con 'Zen, Austin, and Bennett, and Mr. T. Mackney. Planoforte,,Mr. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, Jun. ; director; Mr. J . Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Rappers, &c., WAR twelve o'clock. GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPANY. The shareholders are hereby informed that the Ballot upon the r esolution, "That this Company be dissolved," will be open TO ORRO W- (Tuesday, the 26th of August instant), and following until further notice, from 12 to 4 o'clock, at the Offices of the Company, 27, Cannon-street. By order. 2 411 August, J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. b Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN `C ) UE-PIPTIIS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, A ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other ohi-established offices, and Insurers " 4- e fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in Addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of remiurns. Policy stamps paid by the Office. p rospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, L ondon, or of any o " the Agents of the Society. LIIARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION' to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On rI d "NESDAY, September 10, an Excursion Train will leave Pad dington at 8 a.m., for Plymouth (offering facilities for visiting Tor- Brixham, Dartmouth, and the vuth coast of Devon), calling at H eston.s %p .-- er-mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter, a red iton, .Eggesford. South Holton, Instow, Barnstaple, Bideford, 77_tarcross, Dawilsh, Teignmouth, Torquay, Totnes, and Kingsbridge- TN, and Will return on Saturday, September 20th, front Plymouth at •40 a.m., - Bideford at 6 a m., and from intermediate stations as per ' a nd-bills. Fares there and back :—Weston-super-Mara and Bridge ' at er, 20f. and 13s. ; Taunton and Tiverton-road, 225. and Its. ; i z eter, 245. and 16'. ; Credlton, Eggesford, South Molton, Instow, T,.' lr nstaple, and Bideford, 30s. and 201 ; 'tarcross, Dawlish, and 2is. and 17s. ; TorquayTotnes, 275. and 18s. r al gsbridge-road and Plymouth, 30s. and 20s. Children under 12 f - Price. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the Ex cursion Train. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSION to SOUTH of IRELAND and SOUTH WALES. than SATURDAY, the 30th August, an Excursion Train will 1• ave ataddin.ton Station at 6.39 a m. for MILFORD HAVEN (calling th f? 6 unnermentioned Stations on the South Wales Railway), and T A when passengers can proceel, via steamer, to Waterford, Limerick, and Kilkenny. The Irish passengers can have the option of returning by the 7.5 3.11 • train from Milford Haven on any of the days the steamboats 0 4111 're from Ireland, within si‘ teen days, the boat leaving Waterford t lllonday, the 15th September, being the last by which they can re crrn. The South Wales Excursion Train will return on the 9th 'fteinber, at o 7 a.m., from Milford Haven and intermediate stations, FARES THERE AND RACK. TO SOUTH WALES. Paddington to First Class. Co rued Carriages. Ifiltord Haven ...... Johnston . •• Haverfordwest.... Narbeth-road (for Tenby) 325. • • ...... 228. Carmarthen L1ane11y........ • • ....... Swansea ••.. • • 28s. .. • • .... 19s. Neath .• • • .... 278. 18s. Port Talbot ••. • . 255. .•..• . • . 178. Bridgend Cardiff •.. . lrewport ... Chepstow •• • 208. .... • ... 148. TO IRELAND. Paddington to Waterford • • ......... 438.6 d. Limerick •. ...... ....... 528. 6d Kiikenny ..... 478. 6d. 348. return from Waterford, Limerick, and Kilkenny on the 4th,Bth, 11 th, and 15th September. For farther particulars see time-bills. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TOURISTS' TICKETS, ISSUED UNTIL THE 15TH OCTOBER. NORTH WALES. Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, enabling the holder to 1 ,,,t0y at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either 1 1 3 ° 2 pg or returning, -ire issued at the following fares by the through . "1 ". The First-class Tickets are available by any train, and the .mOnd by such trains as have second-class carriages attached. Class.- 2d Mass. L ondoi to Holyhead and back. . £3 ist 10 0 .... £2 10 0 _ r O e x te lo r r b d oroughl to ditto and back.... 210 0 .... 115 0 prnaingham to ditto and back. . 20 0 110 0 Yolverhampton to ditto and back.... 1 15 0 1 7 0 To m L &ICES OF WESTSIOIIEL A.ND AND CIIIIIIERLAND ,_,Kicksts, available for TUREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are 2 tied at the following Fares by the through Trains. The First mass Tickets are available by any train, awl the Second by such 11Iti ns as have second-class carriages attached Ist Class. 2d Class. London to Windermere and back...• £3 10 0 .... Z 2 10 0 ° Pet b o Ito ditto and back 215 0 .... 20 0 erxford row.,h 111,, vi."'"lngham to ditto and back ..•• 2 5 0 .... 115 0 noire' hampton TEE FAVOURITE Lsvcisnraa WATERING PLACES, 4 trrts,m, BLACKPOOL, FLEET WOOD, OR SOUT fIPOET. Tle kete, available for THREE WEEKS, are issued by the ordinary Z: Arid the of the C ompan y. The First-Class ar e av a il a bl e by any t ra i n, t he Second by such as have second-class carria,es attached. Ist Class. 2d Class. From London 43 0 0 ..•• 42 5 0 H • Oxford ,• Peterborough 1 Birmingham •• 1 15 0 .... 1 8 0 ~ Wolverhampton I ** ****** 11'rem Fleetwo,d Royal Mail Steamer sails every evening (Sunday for Belfast, and Wkly Excursion Tickets ae issued at e Stearn Packet Office for B e el e tast, Armagh, the Giant's r Causeway, 411(1 back. iIMICURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE. opD i kes. available for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY., are issued by the It : a tarY trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by ,u 3, train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class car li.,_ages attached, to Harrowgate, Scarborough, Whitby, Flley, or *Von R . AZ_ 4II ROWGATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 435. ; -,..rond Class, 325. 6d. I_<kßßO ROUGH and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; '"'4,j2rid Class, 355. wHITRY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Se ' so ld Claw, 355. w ...YILEY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Second aft, 355. k!_ittIDLINGTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 515.; end Class, 355. 4 , 4 hese Tickets are not transferable, nor will they be available for Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking • nice of the Station on the day of returning. Passengers to all the Zwove places, u7 remaining one except Harrowgate, are at liberty to break night at York, either going or returning.the journey IRISH TOURIST TICKETS, 44 'fklable for ONE MONTH, will be issued at the following prices : Ist Class. 2d Class. Froth London .... •• • • .... • £6 10 0 .... 6 0 •. Oxford...—. ••.. • • .......... 515 0 ...• 415 0 Birmingham, Leamington, and Coventry... . And from the other principal stations at proportionate fares. "these tickets (whied In no case are transferable) will he available to One Month from the date of issue. They will enable the Holders Proceed to Chester, thence to Bangor, Holyhead, and Dublin, v l r rn Dublin to Cork, situate on the picturesque River Lee, and ten miles of the celebrated Harbour, Dockyard, and Naval i l lation of Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and ene e by the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-famed LAKES OF KILLARNEY. The Tourist can remain as long as convenient to himself at Chester, b_ a nEur (for the Inspection of the Britannia Tubular Bridge), Holy- Dublin, Cork, and Killarney ; the only condition being, that his - ,Zurlt to the Station at which he took his ticket must be not later "" 4 n One Month from the date ofhis departure therefrom. npupplemental Tickets for CONNEMARA, GLENGARIFFE, the i'ANT'S CAUSEWAY, and other places of interest, are issued at ed n ueed Fares to Visitors holding " Irish Tourist Tickets." 'orleral Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1856. 4 N EW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE patent OF MEDICINE. (Mice ' , eel of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Phat.nacie "harmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. I 'ETE'sE MAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket F old in tin cases, divided into s e per a te doses, as administered by b al Peau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRFREA, and all the distressing, j n ° ,l lB enuences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too . - t 'Tg residence in hoZ, climates. lt has restored bodily and sexual re ligth and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and Z u , Meyer may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR t AGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. RIESEM AR No. 11., eff ectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely f orms all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated 41 ris ( - fleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladde" Non-retention of 4Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which uhaiv ; and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for , to the r of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIE' , EMAR No. 111., I s the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp. ten, It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all C utaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions an d i mpurities from the vital stream, as altoge th e r to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel' it with the insensible perspiration t hrough the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a ?,_tver-failing remedy for that class of dt.orders which unfortunately t English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable destruc :lon of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price 11s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves Ils., and in 5/. eases, whereby there is a saving of 1/. 12s. To be had whelcsale and retail in London, of Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, ox -I_ord-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; R. H. I ng h am , d r u gg ist, 46, Narket-street, Manchester; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Dearsgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord- s t ree t, Li verpoo l ; P owe ll, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin:, Wizinall,, tOkbelier, RllltrOtt,l3llllll4lol,j Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., 215., ARTHUR BRANDON. A Novel. " Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth."— Ten son. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, success , rs to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. rir" EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY and INOO-EUROPE:AN TELEGRAPH. —An important article under this title appears In the t eptember Number of "BENTLEY'S MI;;CELLA NY." London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MESSRS. BLACK WOOD'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. PROFESSOR AYTOUN. BOTHWELL : A Poem. One Vol. crown octavo, price 125., cloth. 2. COL. HAMLEY. ADY LEE'S WIDOWHOOD. HJ A New Edition, in 1 vol. crown Bvo., with Ilinstrat'ons, price 6s. cloth. PROFESSOR WILSON. ESSAYS, CRITICAL and IMAGINATIVE, Contributed to " Blackwood's Magazine." Vol. 1., price 6s. cloth. REV. J. EAGLES. fHESKE T C H E R 1 Originally published In Blackwood's Magazine. Crown Bvo, price 10s. 6d. cloth. A. KEITH JOHNSTON. rrHE PHYSICAL ATLAS OF NATURAL -IL PHENOMENA. Thirty-five large and Seven small Plates, printed in Colours; with one hundred and forty-five pages of Letter press Description, and an Index of 16,000 References. A New Edi tion, imperial Milo, half-bound lam :roceo, price 12!. 125. MISS AGNES STRICKLAND. .HE LIVES of the QUEENS of SCOTLAND A and ENGLI , II PRINCES3E3 connected with the ROYAL SUCCESSION. Vol VI. (In the Press.) 45, George-street, Edinburgh, ani 37, Paternoster-row, London. THE NOCTES AMBROSIAN./E. This day is published, complete, in four vols., crown Svo, price 245. cloth, THE NOCTES AMBROSIANIE, forming the First Volume of Professor Wilson's Works, Edited by Pro fessor FEnRIER. " And now a word or tire in conclusion about these Ambrosian Eights. It is too much to say thst they are the finest dialogues that ever have been written, except those of Plato, and with these they do not come into comnarison. Plato gives us the feast of reason; North the flow of soul . . . The result is a series of dialogues, in exuberance of life delightful, in dramatic truth perfect, full of the most salient descriptions, the most searching criticism, withering satire, manly path , s, and bro sde , t humour."—Times. "The' Noc'es' are a valnahle contribution to our literature. They are the effusions of a powerful mind—wide and various in their subject, embracing the current topics of their time, and throwing no small light on its hi-tory. They give the impression, in a de gree rarely equalled, of being written out of the author's fulness, &ming splntaneonsly and without effort; and bringing the reader into int-rcourse, not with a literateur but with a man, while yet they are constructed with an admirable dramatic skill in the embo diment and discrimination of the pers 'ns who take part in them. They beam wish wit and humour, with vigorous manly sense, with poetry and eloquence, with criticism at once broad and delicato."— Saturday Review. " With the excep ion of Job, Plato, and Shakespere, who are be yond all comparison, we hesitate not to pronounce the Noctes of Christopher North the finest dialogues, as far as we know, in any language or literature."—Eclectic Review. William Blackwood and t ons, Edinburgh and London; to be had of all booksellers. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER, 1856. No. CCCCXCI. Price 2s. 641. CONTENTS. The Scot Abroad—The Man of Diplomacy. She' dies on t e Way to St'ckholm. The Athelhigs ; or, The Three (Tuts.—Part IV. Sea Side Studics.—Part 11. A Chapter on Penln.ular Dogs. Oldtower: a Brookside DialNue. The Poetry of Christian Art. Macaulay.' William Blacksro•d and Sons, Edinburgh and London BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Price Half-a-crown. CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER. No. CCXXXVIL A Month in the Crimea, after the Pall of Sevastopol. By a Cavalry Officer. Madame Vestris. The Joint-stock Banker. A Ta'e of the Day. By Dudley Costello. Chaps. XVII., XVIII., and XIX. Charles Reade's " It is never to late to mend." The Spendthrift. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Aytoun's Bothwell. The Euphrates Valley Railway and Indo-European Telegraph. Right at last. A Quartet of Quar , erly Reviewers : Sir Walter Scott—Southey-- Earl Stanhope—John Wilson Croker. By Monkshood. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, price Nine Shlllinrs, Part V., OLD TESTAMENT SERIES of SCRIPTURE PRINTS. from the Frescoes of Ranhaet in the Vatican. Edited by JAME. ft. HOPE SCOTT, L.U.L. Fall of Jericho Samuel nott , ting David Joshua commanding the Sun and Moon to Stand still Day d Slaying Goliath Division of the Lani by Lot Jud3rnent of Solomon. Parts I. to IV., at theiltne price, may be had, each containing Six Royal Plates. London : Honiston and Ston.man, Paternoster-row ; W. Gregg, 183, Regent-street; and J. W. P.,r4er, Oxford. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 5 5., by post, free, s s. Gd. ON TRUE FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the `teat Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICIEFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi :el contributions to German medical literature. This is the first 'me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any Alter equally flagrant evil which it may be in his plwer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' end 'Medical Friends,' aro mercilessly exposed; and if this book loull find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the corn 'taint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ass importance, though it is that which the quacks most pr;ze— much money ......This volmno is.well qualified to put an end to the. 'metrical systcm of treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat rent npon a more rational anal ply dological basis. It is, th e refo re , ikey.to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Lialtiere, 219, Regent-street. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . _ kjr NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on MONDAY, the Ist of Septnnbcr, the WILTA and SOMER ;ET BR kNCII of the Great Western Railway will be opened to Yeovil for the conveyance of Pas sengers, Parcels, Carriages, and Horses. For parriculars of trains see the Company's Time Dill, to be ob tained at the Paddington station and at the booking offices, Paddington, Aug. 28,1856. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTII SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, London, August, 1851. 185 6, at twelve 17On SALE, by order of the Honourable Com missioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on TUESDAY, Sept. 2, o'clo:k at noon precisely, the following GOODS for the benefit of the Crown, viz : —Brandy, Rum, Geneva, and Wine, Turpentine, Timber, and Cotton Wool. The above goods may be viewed by sample at the Queen's Ware holm, Custom-house, Thanes-street; at the London and West India Docks ; and at the Tobacco Ground, Roth , rhithe ; on Monday, the Ist of September, 1856, from Ten o'clock in the morning until Three o'clock in the afternoon, and en the day of sale from Ten o'clock in the morning until Twelve o'clock at noon. Take Notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered unt'l after two char days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver-General after Two &Clock in the afternoon. Catalogues may be hal at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street, price threepence each. NO% WOOD GREEN', MIDDLESEX. TO. BE SOLD, by Auction, pursuant to Orders of the Di& Court of Chancery, in seven Lots, by Messrs. WINSTANLEY, the persons appoint <d by the Court for the purpose, at the Auction Mart, Bartholotnew-lane, in the City of London, on TITEsDAY, the 21st day of October, 1856, - - A very eligible FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, tithe free, and (as to the greater par,) Land•taa redeemed, delightfully situate at Norwood Green, between Brent'erd and Southall, in the County of Middle ex, ten miles from London, and only a short dis tance from the Ilanwell and Southall stations on the Great Western Reway—ine!ndine a Villa Residence, wit's Coach-house and Stabling, Kitchen Garden, and Meadow Land, containing altogether about 18 acres Also, sundry Messuages and Cottages, capital Farm Buildings, &c., and several enclosures of Arable and Meadow Land, desirable Building sites, &c., trio whole comprising about 116 acres, and having a considers le frontage to the high road. _ May IoP viewed by cards, which, with particulars and conditions of sale, may be obtained or Messrs. 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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, --The war being now happily concluded, I think this a favourable opportunity again to bring forward the sub ject of the Darien Ship Canal, and to state the grounds upon which I feel justified in calling upon the Govern ments and capitalists of England, France, and the United States to-cause a detailed survey to be made of the narrow isthmus between Caledonia Bay and the Gulf of San Mi guel. It will be therefore necessary to give a brief account of the late deplorably mismanaged Darien expedition, which I accompanied, although permitted by those who had actually undertaken it at my instigation to have neither position nor authority in its conduct. From this it will be seen that, instead of a single well-arranged expe dition, there were three unconnected explorations in dif ferent directions, none of them brought to a conclusion, and two of them conducted without the use of compasses. Towards the close of 1353 it was arranged between the Governments of Great Britain, France, and the United States, that a man of war, and a staff of engineers from each nation,, should be despatched to the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus of Darien, to assist the engineers of the At lantic and Pacific Junction Company of LondOn in making a survey of the tract of country between Caledonian Bay and the Gulf of San Miguel. I. GISBORNE'S EXPLORATION. Accordingly her Majesty's ship Espiegle, 12 gun-brig, Commander flancook, sailed from Jamaica on Jan. 17th, 1851, conveying Mr. Gisborne, the company's engineer, who commanded the expedition ; Lieut. St. John, R.E., and myself, and anchored in Caledonia Bay on the 21st of Jtuusicy. The French war steamer Chimere (avis), Captain Jaureiguiberry, and her Majesty's surveying ship, Scor pion, 6, Commander Parsons, arrived lb. following day. Messrs. Forde, Bennett, Devenish, Armstrong, and Bond, engineers of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company, had previously sailed from St. Thomas to Aspinwall, Navy Bay, whence they proceeded to Panama, the Gulf of San Miguel, and the Savana. On that liver, at its junction with the Lara, Mr. Bennett established a station, whence he surveyed the country as tsar as the Chuquanapua. An rounding Isla-del Oro, or Golden Island, which forms the north-west entrance to Caledonia, Bay, I, at least, was not surprised to see the United States sloop of war Cyane, 26, Captain mans, lying at anchoein the channel of Sas sardi ; for a long delay had occurred at Taniaica, which I had predicted, would result in the American engineer pro ceeding on his own account, without taking cognisance of the fact that the English and French engineers Were on their way tcyjoin him. Such wo found to ba the case, Cap tain Hollins informing us that Lieutenant Strain, of the United States' navy, had landed three days before our ar rival, without leaving any menage for Mr. Gisborne, or say ing what course he intended to pursue. To this separate action must be attributed the dreadful sufferings of L.ert tenant Strain's party, who wandered alono , rivers' banks for 67 days, viz., from Jan. 19 to March 26 (subsisting for the most time on the acid nuts of the trupa palm), and were at last tracked out and rescued from their perilous position by the boats of H.M.S. Virago, which wore de spatched from the Savana in search of them. Immediately after our arrival, amnia of Sassardi, Pat terson of Carti, a young man named Robinson, who - styled himself Secretary of State to Caloga, the old chief at Rio Diablo, in San Bias Bay, and some other Indians from Carreto, &c., came on board, and, after a short "pow wow," gave their consent to our landing and surveying the country. On the 24th of January we landed on the west side of the Point of San Fulgencio, where Captain Hollins had al ready caused a well to be dug. The party consisted of Mr. Gisborne, Lieutenant St. John, Lieutenant Preston, and twelve sailors of the Espiegle ; Captain Jaureiguiberry, Lieutenant de Vaissean Oron, and twelve of the crew of the Chimera; Dr. Edwards, assistant-surgeon of the Es piegle; Col. Codazzi, engineer of the New Granada Go vernment, and myself. A short path through the bush be hind the point brought us to the sand-beach of Caledonia Bay ; after walking along which for a mile we arrived at the mouth of the Aglaseniqua, over which the surf breaks ; a'hd half a mile further to the south-east, at the mouth of the Aglatumati, or Caledonia River, where there are five abandoned huts and a few canoes. In both these rivers there is always excellent water. From this point the en gineer, instead of taking, as I had always advised, a com pass course through the bush, notching the trees with a machete as ho went, first to the westward, into the pass through the Cordillera, 'and then south, guided the party up the river to itsjunction with a large tributary from- the east, where we found two abandoned huts in a cacao plan tation, at which we stopped that night. The next day, January 25, continuing to follow up the river, wading in its bed to avoid the dense tangled forest on its bank, we passed a small stream joining it from the west, very shallow at its m ou th, b u t d ee p er aove it; and just above this, the large village of Agla, consisting of about twenty huts, evhich wore abandoned. About two miles higher up, we came to two huts and several canoes. In those huts everything was carefully packed up, as if for removal, and the still warm ember.] of the fires showed that the occu pants had fled in haste upon learning that we were coming up the river. In one of the huts I saw three fowling pieces, a double-barrelled gun, and a rifle, but could find no arrows ; and I recognised a camphor-wood trunk, that I had made a present of to Juan Seva, of Caledonia River, in 1852. It was impossible to tell whether this abandonment of their settlements by the Indians was merely owing to their shyness of white men, or was an evidence of hostility. Higher up the river had many rapids, and• was obstructed with boulders of rock, with vary deep water between then. Havt)g ascended it until it became evident that we wore too far to the east ward, and on too high ground, we built a rancho or shed of troolie palm leaves, and encamped on the east bank, about ten miles S.S.E., from Caledonia Bay, as I estimated. On the 26th, Col. Codazzi and Mr. Gisborne, leaving the main body at the camp, conducted a party of five, whom Mr. Gisborne most reluctantly allowed me to accompany, across the Cordillera, there about 900 feet high, to a river at its Pacific foot, called the Chueti, which is a tributary of the Chuquanaqua, eastward of the S cubti. This river, Col. Codazzi, though he had a Spanish map from the archives of Bogota, mistook for a branch of the Caledonia, forgetting the fact that we had crossed the Cordillera. That night we encamped on the Chueti, and the following morning returned across the mountain to the camp. The same night Mr. Gisborne and Capt. Jaureigui berry returned to the ships with some sailors for the pur pose of seeking an Indian guide. Having failed to en• g tg,e a guide, Mr. Gisborne sent us upwards of a hun dred Granadian soldiers and convicts who had lately arrived from Carthagena. He directed us to move lower down the river, and returned on the 14 of February, when we moved still lower down to the above-men tioned branch on the west bank. Here we encamped a night in a plantation of cacao trees (Theobroma cacao), opposite the Tillage of Agla. On the 3,1 of February we followed up the stream to the foot of the hill, which forms the dividing ridge between the Aglaseniqua (which runs parallel to and about a mile west of the lower course of the Caledonia), and the Sucubti, a branch of the Chuqua naqua. This hill, called by the Indians Agla, is, conse quently, the watershed between the Atlantic and Paeific, and between it and the immediately adjacent ridge, which runs north-west from it in a direction parallel to the shore of the channel of the Sassardi, is the valley which I have always directed attention to, as afforling the greatest facilities for a ship canal communication. This valley is most distinctly marked in Commander Par sons' Survey of Caledonia Harbour and Port Eseocos Mr. Gisborne, with the French and Granadian party, guided by Colonel Codazzi, went considerably in advance, the sailors from the Espieglo, whom I was direeed to ac• company, following the notches they made on the trees. These, which I had some ditlisalty in making mat in so dense a forest, led us up the hill by a sudden and steep ascent, to its summit, which was very narrow, and along the summit for about a mile, in the course of which we passed three considerable depressions. From the high est point we had a glimpse, through the trees, of Caledonia Bay, and we passed the Indian trail, which leads down the Pacific side of the hill to the Sucubti. and which. Colonel- Coilazzi ought to have struck into. However, the notches made by Mr. Gisborne's party, instead of following that direction, led us, to my great surprise, down the same (north) side that we had ascended to a small liver at its foot, a here we overtook Colonel Codazzi. This river I immediately recognised as the Aglaseniqua. Oa informing Colonel Codazzi of this, and that we wore still on the At lantic side of the Cordillera, ho became enraged, said it was the Forti (which with another stream forms the Sucubti), and added that I knew nothing of the country. Although I showed him that the course of the river was to the north, as he could see by his own compass, he still proceeded down its bed (which was very rocky, and in many places so deep that we were obliged to cut our way through the bush on the banks), under the impression that he was guiding us down the Sucubiti to the Pacific ! It was not until we arrived within two miles of the Atlan tic, and until the sailors had reported that they heard the surf of the sea,'that ho discovered his mistake—if mistake it was—for it appeared to me that there was more of de sign thien stupidity in this very experienced bushranger leading us back to the point we started from ; the mouth of the Aglaseniqua being only half a mile distant from the mouth of the Caledonia. It being late in the evening when Col. Codazzi, after summing up all the compass bearings of the river we had waded down, and the dis tances which he had measured, came to the conclusion that we were only two miles from the Atlantic, and the whoje party having been marching, heavily laden, since daylight, we encamped, an d the following morn ing, February the 4th, having waded down the Agla seniqua, mostly up to our waists in water, to the sea, we returned to the ships, to the disappointment of all. In the whole course of this beautiful river, front its source to its mouth, we could find no trace of an Indian : it is totally uninhabited. At its month are the cocoa-ant trees, planted by the Spaniards, who occupied the fort of Carolina from 1785 to 1790. On my arrival on board I demanded of Mr. Gisborne and Commander Hancock permission to guide the party, which being refused, I requested a party of three seamen, with whom I volunteered to cross over to the Pacific and return. Commander Hancock, in reply, most decidedly refused to let me take a man ashore, stating that " his instructions were to protect a survey, and no t t o sen d ou t exploring parties." In conclusion, he desired me to go alone. I was, consequently, about to start the following morning, when I was prevailed upon by the officers of the Espiegle to decline the service; they represented to me that my going alone was quit 3 unnecessary, as there were then 800 men in harbour doing nothing, and that it could only result in the sacrifice of my life, as the Indians had spies out along the lino; a fact proved by the murder, a month previously, of Prevost's four men. On the 7th of February, Mr. Gisborne, Lieutenant St. J o h n, seijeant Bell, and a Venezuelan servant of Colonel Codazzi started for the Sucubti and Savana, with a guide and Robinson the Indian, who, for the sum of six hundred dollars, went as sezurity for their lives. This Robinson, who acted for the chief of San Blas, has just returned from the United States, where he had lived for some years His father, who died in 1853, is mentioned in page 71 of my book. This party, which I was not allowed to accompany, arrived at Mr. Bennett's station on the Swana on the morning of the 11th February, having been detained a whole day at Sucubti village, waiting for a guide to con duct them thence to the path cut, six weeks before, by Commander Prevost, from the Savana to the Chuquana lua at a point opposite the mouth of Morti, the text 1 river' westward of the Sucubti. Thus they crossed the isthmus in three days' walk. In uggaing thQ gtatiilliaii t 9 %101,1btio Chiaparty 04491 T, ed the Indian trail, which passes over the highest ground, and traversed the only portion of the country which pre senti any engineering difficulties, in a few hours. From these circumstances, and from their very cursory and fugitive inspection of a country, which is one un broken forest of heavy timber and tall brushwood, where the explorer can scarcely see ten yards ahead of him, it was Manifestly impossible for the engineers to make any search for the valley which transversely divides the, Cor dillera ; consequently, they were unable to collect any data upon which to form an opinion as to the practica bility of the canal. This is the view taken' by Baron Humboldt, who, in a letter to F. M. Kelly, Esq., of New York, dated Berlin, Jan. 2T, 1816, and published in Kelly's pamphlet on the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, edited by Ch. Manby, Sec. Inst q C.F., says, "It was on account of his not having made so thorough an examination of the mountainous country between the Gulf of San Miguel and Caledonia Bay that Mr. Lionel Gisborne's plan of 1852 could not be 'parried eat. The ignorance he was in as to the localities, and the absence of measurements of altitude, led to the unfortunate_ issue of the, courageous expedition of Lieutenant Isaac Straie." Any person who has travelled much in hilly oraotries, especially such as are covered with brushwood, will under stand the difficulty of striking into' a narrow valley. Haying been lately engagel in a medical capacity with the Turkish and Tunisian troops, chiefly in Armenia, Lazis tan, and Circassia, I hatseveral instances of thisdifficulty. Any ono who has been 4t Sukhum-kale- will recollect the remarkably deep valley behind the hill on which the Rus sian fort stands, separating it from the mountain farther. inland. Tho existence of this valley would never be sus pasted by any one who did not actually look down into it from the fort; and I have twice, when on the plain below, passed it by unseen, thouzla closely searching for it. However, under the difficult circumstances in which they were placed, it was impossible for the engineers to make any attempt at a survey. On their arrival at Sucubti they found themselves in a most dangerous dilemma with the Indians, in consequence of a false report that the Chimera had carried off Dennis and two other Indian prisoners. Upon learning this I instantly proceeded to Dennis (who was, I believe, himself the author of the report), and obliged him at once to despAtch u special messenger to con• tradict it. After Mr. Gisborne's departure nothing whatever was done, except that Commander Parsons continued his survey of the harbours, which he pronounced to be admirably adapted for' the terminus of a great ship canal ; and although. after her Majesty's ship Devastation reinforced the expedition there were upwards of 500 men in Caledonia Bay, not a man would be allowed on shore, notwithstand ing the enthusiasm of the crows to accompany m 713 "to the other side of the land.° 'They naturally wondered what they wore sent to Darien for. Nothing having been heard of Mr. Gisborne since the 9th of February, when he wrote from the Sucubti, stating that ha was in danger, and feeling very tired of the forced inaction to which I was reduced, I engaged a passage, on the 22d, in the Grenadian schooner Bolivar, to Carreto, with the intention of inducing some of the Indians there, wan whom I was acquainted, to accompany me in search of the 'sliming parties of - Strain and Gisborne. Upolo in forming Commander Hancock of my intention, he gave strict - orders, in my hearing, that I was not to be allowed to go on board the schooner on any account. Finding that I was a prisoner on board the Espiegle, I made my escape from her in an Indian canoe, at daylight on the 23d, and repaired on board the Scorpion. Shortly afterwards Com mander Parsons received an order, of which I have a copy, from Commander Hancock, desiring him to send me back to the likpiegle immediately; to this he replied that as I was a civilian, he would not undertake the responsibility of sending me by force of arms. After some delay Com mander Hancock signalised "he may remain on board." I then, as the only representative in Caledoni a B a y o f the Atl antic and Paella Junction Company, addressed a circular to Commander Hancock, Captain Jaureigui berry, • and Captain Hollins, requesting them to consult together and take measures for sending a party from each of their vessels in search of Strain and Gisborne, and offering every assistance in my power. Soon after I had forwarded these letters, with the full approval of Commander -Parsons, to whom I had submitted them for perusal, an officer, with a bo el,'s crew, came on Marc' with orders to him from Commander Han cock to send late back by force of arms if I refused to go vo luntarily. As I decidedly refused to return of my own will, I was thus brought back a prisoner, previously entering a protest against this illegal arrest in the log of the Scorpion. On my return to the E3piegle, Commander Hancock assailed me with the most violent, and threatening language, and decided, as he was going to sail the next morning for Car thagena, to leave me until his return on an islet, near Golden Island, with Mr. Grant, the second master and two coloured servants of Gisborne who did not know how to pull an oar. However, the next morning, as I objected to being left on the islet, he sent me back to the Scorpion, first cautioning me, under penalty of martial law, not to land on the coast, nor to hold any communication with the Indians. Dr. M`Dermott, R.N., late of the Espiegle, is now in London, and can cerriborate all the above statements ; as also can Mr. Grant, Mr. Doyle, and other gentlemen who were offiaers of the Espiegle and Scorpion at that time, and aro now iu England. Under those circumstances I decided upon going round to the Gulf of San Miguel and the Tuyra, by way of Pana ma, and starting from the Pacific side in search of Strain and Gisborme. I, theref ire, by the personal solicitation of Commander Parsons, obtained a passage in the Cyane, and sailed in her on the2sth, arriving at Aspinwall, Navy Bay, on the 2Sth. There, finding that I had incurred itn " 1.711 A I II," cm acceunt ef the then indus.- triously-reported lossof Strains party, and being cautioned by some friends not to proceed to Panama, I only remained until the 3d March, when, having learned of Mr. Gisborne's safe arrival on the Savana, I sailed in the North Star for New York. Such was the manner in which the attempt to investigate the grand question of inter-acoanic navigation was carried out, and such the way in which I was rewarded for my five yearr.' laborious, perilous, and ruinously-expensive efforts in the promotion of the grandest project of the age. I will only say, in my own vindication, that, whilst in stead of an impartial exploration of the country, valuable time was lost in the attempts made by some to find a route in a line different from that laid down by me, aml thus to appropriate to themselves the results of my labours; and whilst my statements were set down, without examination, as exaggerated, I r, by actual force, prevented from availing myself of any opportunity of demonstrating their accuracy. 2. STRAIN'S EXPLORATION. As to the American expedition, it appears from the ac• count given in " Harper's Magazine, " of New York, for March, April, and May, 1;455, that Lieut. ltrain landed from the Cyane on the 19th of January, 1851, with 27 men, six of whom were " volunteers" from the Panama railroad and other companies, whose interests were anta gonistic to the projected canal. Two of those " volun teers," with three of the party from the Cyane, contrived to separate from Strain on the third day, and found their way Bach to the Cyane. From thence they proceeded to Aspinwall and New York, where they published prema ture and unfounded reports of the loss of Strain's party, and exaggerated statements of the impracticability of the canal. - After this separation Strain's party consequently consisted of 22 men. On the third day, after having been two clays seeking a passage from the Caledonia, they re: turned to its west branch, ascended the hill (Agla) and, crossing it, arrived on the fourth day on the Sucubti. On the fifth day they found three Indian huts on the Sucubti just abandoned and on fire. The sixth day they arrived at the village of Sacubti, where they found the remains of seven canoes, which had just been destroyed, for they heard th ',ands of the axe as they were approaching. The same day they reached the chnquanaqua, and met five armed Indians, who came up and shook hands with Strain. " Two of them, one of whom spoke Spanish and the other English, he recognised as having be en on board the Cyane shortly after her arrival in Caledonia harbour. The leader informed Strain that he was on the Chuquauaqua instead of the Savana, but offered to guide him to the latter. In answer to a question respecting the distance, he replied that he could reach it in three days." On the eighth day the guide told Strain "that he had taken an interest in him when they mo on board the Cyane, and did not wish him to follow the Chuquanaqua, which was a very lung route to the Pacific. He still declared that they would reach the Savana in a day and a half, and the harbour in Darien in two days and a half; but Strain could not induce him to give the name of the river on the banks of which they then wore." Had he taken a copy of my map with him ho would have learned that he was then on the Artuaanti or La Paz river, within Ores miles of the head of the Lara, and 12 miles off Mr. Bennett's station, at the junction of that river with the Savana. Ile would also have found that the Indians were guiding him faithfully and in the most direct line. Tuat same day, not being able to keep up with the pace of the Indians, he lost sight of them ; and " after waiting some time to see if they would return," he com mitted the disastrous error of returning to the Chuquana qua, influenced by an unfounded suspicion of the treachery of the Indians. Here again, had be ever seen my map, he would have comprehended at a glance, from the exceed. ingly tortuous and sinuous course of the Chuquanaqua, how gloomy was the prospect of reaching the Tuyra and Pacific by following down its banks. From the 28th of January to the 13th of February the party followed the cour, e of the Chuquan aqua . On the latter day Strain, with three of the strongest, left them in order to push on in advance, and endeavour to reach Ya visa, the Gro.nadian capital of Darien,situated a little above the confluence of the Chuquanaqua and Tuyra. From thence he expected to be able to send them provisions and assistance. On the 9th of March Strain and his comrades reached Yavisa, where they were caref ully attended to by the Jefa Politico and the Alcalde. He then proceeded to the Tuyra and Savana, and reached Bennett's station on the 13th. On the 18th Mr. Bennett and Strain, with the boats of the Virago passed Yavisa, on their way up the Chuquanaqua, and on the 26th of M a rch Strain's men were found on the banks of that river in a deplorable condition from famine. Altogether five of the party died from starva tion and hardship. The remainder of this gallant, but mis guided band, reached New York in the Cyane. Mr. Headley, the writer in " Harper's Magazine," as serts that Strain was misled by Gisborne's / n ap and mine. Now in Gisborne's map there is a red line drawn in a S.W. direction from Caledonia Bay to the Gulf of San Miguel ; and in both imam there is a S.W. line marked line of pro posed canal drawn from Caledonia Bay to the junction of the Lara with the Savana—the point which Mr. Bennett afterwards selected for his station. If he had followed the course laid down in those maps, he would have reached the Savana and the Gulf of San Miguel in four or five days of much less painful travelling than he encountered along the Chuquanaqua. The fact is he never saw any of those maps. If he had ever looked at a map of Darien, or read anything about it, he would not have brought down the great number of jack asses and mules, with which he encumberedithe decks of the Cyane, under the impression that there was a road, and that he could ride across the Isthmus ! Mr. Headley also states that I ." utterly ignored the Sucubti." On the contrary, not only is that river mos t legibly marked on my map, but a great amount of information regarding it is given in various passages in mybook. I th ere f ore , i n lettars to the Xew York, courier and Inquirer, refuted kis assertions, and called upon him to retract them. On the whole, considering that Lieut. Strain deliberately chose to g act independently of the English and French engineers, wile has been led t 9 expect his co-operation, and to disc pease with the assistance they could have given him, that he started upon an expedition into a wilderness, without furnishing himself with any of the necessary preliminary information ; and, moreover, that he was commissioned by his Government to perform a difficult and dangerous ser vice, strictly within the limits of his professional duty and en American soil, and that in accepting such commission, he was in no way influenced by any statements of mine, I cannot admit the justice of the censures that have been heaped on inn for the sufferings of his party. I own lam surprised to fiad that Lieut. Strain, whose party were discovered thirty miles to the east of the canal route, and who admits he never had any idea of his whereabouts has published a map of the route, with a section of the Isthmus ! 3. PREVOST'S EXPLORITION. The exploration from the Pacific side had no connection whatever either with the , expedition under Mr. Gisborne or that under Lieut. Strain, and requires separate notice. Commander Prevost, of her Majesty's steamer Virago, sailed from Panama on Dec. 16, 1853, and arrived in the Savana river on the following day. On the 18th he pro ceeded up the river with a party of 15, including Messrs. Kennish and Nelson, "volunteers," interested in the rival route via the Atrato, and passing the Lara month, the site of Fuerte del Principe, and the mouth of La Villa, ho built a rancho a little above the latter. From thence he advanced in a N.N.E. direction, cutting apath as he went After 11 days' journey, in which he had proceeded 22 miles over a level country, crossed by a single ridge from' to 60 feet in height, he arrived at the bank of the Chuquanaqua, opposite the mouth of Morti. Here, the provisions being much reduced, he sent four men back to the ship, left four at the rancho (No. 10), and proceeded across the "river , on his course, with the remaining seven. In the first day's march, on the Atlantic side of the Chu,- quo.naqua, he reached a hill 80, and another 120 feet high. From a tree on the summit of the' latter, his native guide,, Maria, reported a distant view of the. Atlantic to the N. SV., and mountains to the N. and N.E. Instead of al tering his course to the N.W., he proceeded in the N.N.E. direction, ascended the Cordillera. to an elevation of 800 feet, and then descended it to a river running into the At lantic, most probably the Aglaseniqua. His provisions being then nearly exhausted, he returned to the Chuqua anaqua, though being within a few miles of the Atlantic, and reaching rancho No: 10 on' the third day from the data of his leaving •the four men there, was horrified to find the bodies of-three of them laid across the path. They were shot, stabbed, and had their throats cut. According to the opinion of Dr. Ross, they had been forty-eight hours dead. This dreadful event naturally exciting alarm for their own safety, they returned in haste to the Savana, traversing the country from the Chuquanaqua to that river in 18 hours: Commander Prevost then returned on board and sailed for Callao on the 7th of January, 1854. The Vit.:go returned from Peru, subsequently under Comman der Marshal, who fortunately despatched a boat's crew to the rescue of Strain's party. During the whole of his journey Prevost met neither Indian nor habitation ; but, before he detached the four unfortunate men he saw the traces of Indians, and heard a chopping in the bush, and some shots fired. It is deeply to be rcgretted that he had not sent his native guide, who was an Indian, long domesticated with Granadians, to ask the consent of the Indians to his entering their territory, and to announce to them the nation he belonged to. Upon my examining the Indians in Caledonia Bay and Sassardi upon the subject of the murders, they stated that the In dians thought the men were Spaniards, seeing they had arms in their possession, and that if they had known they were Englishmen they would not have harmed them. They said that the fourth man was also killed, and that if his body was not to be seen it must have been carried off by a tiger. The Indians of Sucubti arrested the murderers afterwards, and offered to send them to Panama for trial. . . It has beon said that I represented the Indians as friendly. I have said that they are friendly to the English, " but do not allow them to land on the coast." I have always stated that it would b 3 absolutely necessary to get their consent before landing any porty on their territory, and it never was anticipated by Mr. Gisborne or the company that any officer would have landed from the Pacific side. It will be seen by the dates that Commander Provost started on his exploration 35 days, and sailed off again 14 days, before the arrival of the Espieglo ; whereas no vessel was expected on the Pacific until after the arrival of the expedition on the Atlantic aide. 4. SESULTS. Notwithstanding the expedition thus failed, from want of concert between the lea& ets and their inaction and in capacity, to make a survey from sea to sea, and has thereby left the practicability of the canal still "an open question," it is consolatory to know that the practical results of the several unconnected explorations, so far as any reliable and accurately ascertained data have been obtained, are satisfactory. They are 1. That the harbours of Port Escoces, Caledonia Bay, and the Channel of Sassardi, extending continuously along the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus of Darien for eleven nau- . tical miles, present, from their depth of water, freedom from shoals, and great security, safe anchorage in all weathers,' and that eaeh is admirably adapted for the ter minus of a great ship canal, as proved by the " Survey-of Caledonia Harbour and Port Escoces," by Commander Parsons, of her Majesty's ship Scorpion, published by the Hydrographic office in 1854. Captain Hollins, of the Cyane, has al a spoken highly of their capabilities. The existence of those noble harbours, which had never been entered by British, French, or American mon of war before the arrival of the late expedition, was almost unknown to navigators until I directed attention to their merits. 2:That the Gulf of San Miguel, on the Pacific side, is only excelled on the West Coast of North and South Ame rica, by the port of San Francisco, as will appear on re fm.S.nYhtt titit i s"! n E7 K LVlt il ll et kal 9 D h O a g: - a named the magnificent estuary formed by the confluence of the Savana and Tuyra, previous to their opening into the Gulf of San Miguel, by the mouths of Bees Chica and Boca Grande, is perfectly land locked, has great depth of water, and perfectly safe entrances, as verified by Captain Kennish and Mr. Nelson, C.E., who accompanied Com mander Prevost, and took soundings. 4. That the S wana river is navigable for several miles above its mouth, which is free from bars, and has nine fathoms of water at low tide, as results from the observa tions of Messrs. Bennett, Devenish, Armstrong, and Bond, who found my soundings to be correct. 5. That, from the Savana to the Chuquanaqua, the ground is low, with the exception of a single ridge of from 50 feet to GO feet elevation, as stated in the " Official Re port of Commander Prevost of H.M.S. Virago," read be fore the Royal Geographical Society of London, April 24, 1854. 6. That, according to the same report, beyond the Chuquanaqua there is one hill 80, and another 120 feet high, and that from the Enemmit of the latter the Atlantic was seen, bearing N. W. ; so, that in a N.W. direction be tween that hill and the Atlantic there is no elevation of importance, but on the contrary a depression occurs in the line of the Cordillera. AN. W. line, drawn from that hill to the Atlantic, would terminate in the channel of Sassardi, a little west of Sassardi village. This corresponds precisely with the statement I have made in page 73 of the "Isthmus of Darien"—viz., that "A little west of Sassardi, there is a deep valley in the Cordillera of the coast." 7. That, according to the medical reports of Dr. M`Dermott, of the Eepiegle, and Dr. Brownlow, of the Cyane, Caledonia Bay is healthier than any station in Central America, no sickness having occurred in any of the shins or amongst any of the parties on shore. 8. That no hostility need be apprehended from the In dians if their consent to land on the Isthmus be obtained, as proved by Lieutenant Strain traversing in perfect safety the whole country of the Chucunas, the most populous and hostile tribe of Darien Indians. I am confident that the result of a survey would prove that, as I stated six years ago, there is a valley in the Cor dillera, between the headwaters of the Aglaseniqua and Sucubti, through which it will be quite feasible to cut a canal, and I am firmly convinced that a careful survey of the four or five miles which separate those rivers is all that is necessary to establish the practicability of the canal, and decide a question so important to the commerce of the world. I remain, air, your moat obedient servant, EDWARD CULLEN. 11, Royal Exchange, Aug. 22. * " Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal," p. 66. COMPENSATIONS TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.—Thq fol lowing item occurs in the half-yearly accounts of the Eastern Counties Railway Company :—"To compensa tions for injuries to passengers, and costs incident thereto, 7,92,2/. 10s 4d." Pretty well for six months. BRITISH ARCHAOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. BRIDG WATER, Aug. 28.—The congress returned last evening from their excursion at a much earlier hour than the pre vious day. They were thus enabled to dine at the Royal Clarence and then to meet in the Town-hall, where a paper was read by Mr. V. Irving on the Cissbury group of camps, in Sussex. This morning the association started for Clevedon, to which a branch line of the Bris tol and Exeter Railway has been opened. The objects of interest inspected were Walton Castle and Church, and other churches of more or less architectural beauty. The Cadbury Camp and Cleveland Court were also ex aminee. With this day the Bridgewater meetings will be brought to a close. To-morrow the association pro ceed to Bath, where there will be a reception at the, Royal Literary Institution and an inspection of the many attractions of the neighbourhood. The closing meeting will be held at Bath on Saturday. 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In canisters, 51bs., lls. ; 121bs , 225. ; super-refined, 11b., Gs. ; 21 bs., lls. ; 51bs., 225. ; 101bs., 335. the 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-office ardor. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Picca dilly ; also at 60;G r acechurch-strect ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapsido ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Char. lag-cross; 51, Upper; Baker-street; 63 and 157, Oafcrdp tFeet!l. Why will our -countrymen persist in making " Guys" of themselves whenever they turn their wandering steps out of the limits of their own country ? There is a decency in the dress of Englishmen in England which we are in the habit of holding up in favourable contrast with the sartorial efforts of foreign artists. The English woman of the middle classes leaves, no doubt, much to be desired as far as dress is concerned in comparison with her French sisters. Her gowns are ill-made, and worse put on. She has most imperfect theories upon the important matter of wearing her shawl. She will persist in adopting some tawdry dab of velvet in summer, and winter beholds her flaunting about in satin. She delights in bad contrasts of colours, and the more of these She can bring into imperfect combination the better satisfied with herself she appears to be. English men, however, have a right to say of themselves that in their own country they are the most de cently attired men in Europe. We do not swathe our legs in checked trowsers of such brilliant hue that the very horses would shy at us as they prance past. We do not bedevil our waists with puckers and gathers, nor impart a pear-like tone to our ex ternal man. We do not, usually wear flaunting waistcoats, nor do we lace ourselves up like an Aus trian dandy. We do not stalk about the streets in dramatic cloaks, like lost heirs about to reveal themselves to their disconsolate parents. Travel, in short, where you will about the streets of Lon don, and, with the exception of a sparse sprinkling of younc , attorneys' clerks, who are the favourite clients of our Jewish tailors, or of rising ecclesias tics, who from High Church motives take to long greatcoats and waistcoats of many buttons, there is really very little to offend the eye. Why, then, as — sobikaS.our countrymen have put a few miles of salt water between themselves and thu country which for so many years has seen them decently clothed, do they wander into so many extrava gances of costume f It is not very strange that foreigners should take up unfavourable ideas of the taste and habits of Englishmen, when they see our representatives surpassing their own enormities, or sauntering about the pavement of their capitals in costumes which they would never dare to wear in Regent street or Pall-mall. We read in a letter, published the other day, from our Parisian correspondent, that at the present moment Englishmen abound in the capital of France, " recognisable, as usual, by their eccentricities of costume and manner, which many of them seem to think it not only justifiable but proper to adopt as soon as they step off English ground, even though the capital they repair to be quite as civilised as the one they quit, and as little accustomed to pheno menal shooting-coats, distorted wide-awakes, and low-crowned nautical ' straws' with oilskin covers." If our wandering countrymen have no respect for themselves, at least let them not bring ridicule on the nation to which they belong by so total a dis regard of the decencies of life. It matters, of course, very little that some individual Jones, Brown, or Robinson should make a monkey of himself. That is his own concern, and doubtless he best knows his own position in creation. The case, however, is different when all, or nearly all, the repreSentatives of our country who honour the continent of Europe with their presence commence their travels by throwing off that regard, for the proprieties of life which they would strictly observe at home.—Times. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. (From the Times' City Article.) A return has just been issued by the Board of Trade of the declared values of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1855, specifying the amount to each country and colony. From this document the following list has been compiled, showing the order in which the various communities of the world rank as. our customers. The total is 95,688,0851., against 97,298,9001. in 1854 and 98,933,7811. in 1853. Owing to the revulsion from over-speculation in the Australian and Canadian trades, the proportion taken by our own possessions, amounting in the two preceeding years to about a third of the whole, presents a falling off of 7,000,0001., although India, which, from the prosperity consequent on the demand for substitutes for Russian produce and the out lay for railways, exhibited in 1854 an increase of 1,800,0001., figures again for an increase of 900,0001. With regard to foreign countries, the effects of the has continued to prevail in the New York money market have main been shown in a diminution of our exports to the United States. In 1854 there was a decrease of 2,248,0581., and a fur -lor falling off of 4,092,2831. is now observable. The amount to Germany has been swollen by the overland trade to Russia, the augmentation being 1,222,776/. France exhibits the extraordinary increase of 2,837,3681. —equal to 90 per cent.—a result due partly to the pur chase of war mated Ils in this country, and par ly to modifications in her tariff. To Turkey, as might have been expected, our exports have more than doubled. Russia is of course entirely out of the list, but the con signments to Balaklava and other ports in our own pos session amounted- to nearly half a million. Among the countries which show an improvement are Sweden atkpl- Norway, Brazil, and New Granada, the difference,in Each of these cases being large. The trade with Syria and Palestine in consequence of the war has experi enced a great development. The exports direct to the Danubian Principalities, which declined from 170,5101. in 1853 to 16,4021; in 1854, stand in the present return at 45,3371. Betgium, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and China, are all_ on the favourable side. Spain shows a falling off. The River Plate trade expe rienced a heavy reaction, Buenos A) res and Uruguay both presenting a great decline. Portugal and Denmark have been stationary : 1. British possessions : East Indies ... ... 210,9 ?7,694 Australia ... .. 6,278,966 British America ... 2,885,331 West Indies' .. ... 1,979,956 Gibraltar ... ... 829,354 South Africa ... ... 791,31:3 Malta ... ... ... 625,823 Ports of occupation in the Crimea 493,398 Channel Islands ... 468,078 Hong Kong ... ... 389,265 Sierra Leone, &c. ... 306,094 Mauritius ... ... 303,173 lonian Islands ... 211,886 Other possessions ... 62,541 -- £26,552,875 2. United States, including California ••• 17 ; 31 ; $ 086 3. Germany : Hanseatic Towns ... 8,350,228 Prussia ••• ••• 1,100,021 Hanover ••• ••• 337,354 -- 9,787,600 4. France ... ... 6,012,658 5. Turkey ... ... ... 5,639,898 6. Holland ••• ••• ..• ••• 4,558,210 7. Brazil ... ... ~. .., ... 3,312,728 8. Italy : Naples and Sicily ... 921,220 §atdinia ' ... ... 853,216 Lombardy, 1.: - ,c. ... 717,713 Tuscany ... ... 620,397 Papal territories ... 147,0 , 3 • -- 3,260,169 9. Belgium ... ... ... ... ... 1,707,693 10. Portugal, including £124,922 to the Azores and Madeira ... ... ... 1,475,713 11. Egypt ... ... ... ... ... 1,454,371 12. Chili ••• ••• ••• ... ... 1,330,385 13. Peru 1,285,166 14. Spain, including £110,015 to the Canary Islands ... .., ... ... ... 1,268,815 15. Cuba 1 059 606 16. Sweden and Norway ... ... ... 1,032,784 17. Syria and Palestine ... ... ... 946,604 18. China ... ... ... ... 888,679 19. Western Coast of Africa ... ... 839,831 20. Denmark ... ... ... ••• ••• 759,658 21. Buenos Ayres ... ..• ... ..• 742,412 22. New Granada ... ••• ..• ~, 588,935 23. Mexico ... ... „. ~,, ... 585,898 24. St. Thomas •r• ••• ••• ••• 562,78) 25. Java •.. ••• ••• ID" ••• 529,815 26. Philippine Islands ••• ••• ... 393,037 27. Venezuela ... ... ". ... ... 378,491 28. Uruguay ... ..• ". ." ... 294,938 29. Greece ... ... ••• .., ... 222,460 30. Hayti ... ... ... ... ... 160,128 31. Morocco ... ••• . ... ... 138,697 32. Wallachia. and Moldavia . 45,837 ... ... 33. French Senegambia ... ... ... 11,270 34. Other countries ... „, ... ~. 512,322 £95,688,085 STATE OF TRADE. 11ANCIIESTER, AUG. 29. , The continued wet weather acts depressingly on the market, and :hero is but a limited business in cloth, especially for fabrics suitable for India and China, which are consequently rather easier to buy. Printers and some other kinds are steadier in price, and a demand springs up from day to day sufficient to keep stocks moderate. In yarns there is some demand for Germany, the Medi terranean, and Russia, as well as from manufacturers, and prices are supported, but the trade is far from brisk. NOTTINGHAM, THURSDAY. The lace trade is quiet, plain goods being most in de mand, with a scarcity in supply. For cotton quiltings there still continues a good inquiry. In other descrip tions of goods there is not much doing. The unsettled state of the weather has some influence, and there is little doubt that with a good harvest we should have a very brisk trade. In hosiery there is a good average business doing for the season, with satisfactory pio spects. Workmen are well employed at good wages. X . 4z140 Pad silks Arm. 4,40012c‘-,, HE GERM AN L rr 7 ''''?"rl44l6Be ik The German Legion is to be disbanded. .sa se es they connect this force with the general s foreign enlistme n t, w ill rece i ve ananun ea. with a satisfaction which more mature - reflection 411 11 • S perhaps much modify. We, in common with the whole of our contemporaries throughout the kingdom, were forward to denounce the foreign enlistment scheme at its very outset. The lamentable blunders and rebuffs of which it has been such a fertile source, have not muck tended to mitigate the aversion which we then expressed against the plan. The fines and imprisonments of our consuls in Prussia and America ; the undignified turn out of Mr. Crampton ; - budgets of elaborated in solence which Mr. Marcy cremated into our reluctant stomachs; even the mutiny of the Canadian and Ame rican vagrants at Plymouth, must all be regarded as the natural though bitter fruits of the unoatriotsc step adopted by the Ministry. But there is a wide diffeience between a British-German Legion such as the present, or such as that which fought for us so gallantly through the Peninsular war, and a wholesale plan for confiding the honour of England into the hands of reckless and characterless foreigners of all countries. The German Legion of this day has been rather a pet with the Go vernment. To perfect its formation at the commence ment neither pains nor expense was spared. Germany for a time was over-run with our well-paid crimps, who, in spite of penalties, carried on a brisk contraband trade in soldiers, who :could tell to a tbaler the valae of a deserter from tiro Prcvian Infantry or Hanoverian Dragoons—who laid themselves out to catch a Nassau rifleman or a Dutch cuirassier, but who turned a deaf ear to the clamorous advances of the riff raff "line " of Belgium. A bounty more than - four times greater than that given to English recruits was eagerly paid, and eagerly taken too. In vain were the conti nental detectives on :the alert to check the plan. In vain did petty states, whose standing armies consisted of 30 troopers, and to whom, there fore, the defection of five or six was a matter fraught with danger to their "principalities," fulminate dire threats against the agents and their abettors. All their efforts were fruitless. The high bounty and the warm chivalrous feeling in favour of the war which the Western powers were waging for the freedom of the East, proved inducements too strong for the Germans, and the ranks of the legion were rapidly filled with the best men of the confederate contingents. In the choice of superior officers, for Once, the " authorities" did not err. They perchance felt that their plan was too un popular in itse - f, and„too easily injured, to be rashly abaudoned to the care of men whose only merit lay in the merits of their relatives. General Stutterheim, an officer of rank and experience, was chosen to the command. Colonel Woldridge, one of the best pupils z f Sir De Lacy Evans, was nominated his second, and both were assisted by a staff of Englishmen whose long ser vices in India and the Cape marked them out as officers fit for trust and promotion. Under such men the Ger man Legion progressed het and well ; i n a f ew months after its commencement 4,000 picked and highly-trained soldiers were started to the East. Nevertheless the scheme continued far from popular, and Gem Stutterheim, who remained behind with the main body at Shorncliffe, had t) meet a formidable foe viz , the prejudice and aversion of a high-spirited people, who at many periods has scarcely tolerate I their own regiments, and to whom the vary name of a foreign legion has always been peculiarly odious. Unfortunately the catchpenny " headings" of the provincial journals added fuel to the flame. Le, a drunken German soldier ! and the country papers instantly dilated on " the licentiousness of hire hng mercenaries," their fights and squabbles were "mur derous assar-Ls," and a chance theft became a "daring felony." The very conduct of the Italian troops and Polish Jews—the insubordination of the American scum at Plymouth—even the recent murder by the wretched Italian at Dover—were all totted up as against foreign troops, and therefore considered to tell with equal strength against the unfortunate German Legion; If this feeling was ettong with civilians it was naturally ten times more so among our own troops. Unfortunately at Aldershot the national and professional jealousy showed itscli in an un-Eriglisla manner, and a large number of Irish and Scotch men were not ashamed to overpower and cruelly maltrea't; a mere handful of the Germans. The conduct of the latter cn the military in quiry which ensued did more to propitiate the public than months of good conduct might have done. They unanimously declined to give evidence against those who had injured them, even though there was much reason to believe the attack was the result of a well-organised plan. Since that time the men have been at Colchester, and have there, be yond all doubt, gained the affection and respect of the inhabitants. Their drill has been incessant, and, as the review on Tuesday showed, they are now equal to the best regiments in our service. Those who visit this camp and behold a splendid body of men contented, and already half naturalised, will return with the impression that perhaps the money on the German Legion has not been entirely thrown away. They must therefore be surprised, and may even be sorry, to learn that the troops which have cost so large a sum, to perfect whom the exertions of our best officers have been inces sant for near y two years, and who now form a corps d'annee equal to any in Eur,pe, are to be disbauded and scattered to the winds. If the regiments were not worth raising why are they here at all l If, as we be lieve, they are fine and serviceable troops, why disband them when their maintenance as regiments in our dis tant colonies might in time repay what we have spent to levy them l Is it wise in or r Governmez t to parade their reckless expenditure before the eyes of an over taxed people ? Let them not, however, by au untimely parsimony, now add ieju,tice to their folly,. if they must abandon and break up the legion, let them give the men fair terms ; and recollect that the poor privates, by the very act of espousing our cause, condemned them selves to perpetual exile from their native land., Our reputation for economy in time of war has long since gone. Let not our name for good faith and fair dealing ge after it.—Morning Herald. BRADFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The miscellaneous concert of Tuesday evening was not nearly so welt attended as the sacred performance of that morning, and there was a similar shortcoming on Wed nesday morning, notwithstanding the cariosity excited by the announcement of Costa's •' Eli," performed for the first time in Yorkshire. This unfavourable effect was partly caused by the bad weather, but pertly also by the scale of prices of admission, which is complained of as being injudiciously high, and beyond the means of tradespeople and inhabit - tuts of the town, who otherwise would have crntributed to the support of the festival. The performance of Tuesday evening, though contain ing little to excite the /ilasjszoncert-goers of the metro• polls was excellent, and well calculated for the gratifica tion of a tasteful and intelligent provincial audience. The first part of the concert began with Mozart's Symphony in G Minor, admirably played and heartily applauded. Miss Sherrington sang, as usual, a French song, Halevy's "Bocages dpais," which she executed briLiantly. We have repeatedly had occasion to notice this clever young lady's love of display and predilection (or the French school. Alboni's " Una voce poco fit," iacltneyed u it is, zeezived fresh charms from her in- imitable vocalisation ; and Clara Novelle put f irth all her powers in Weber's famous song from " Oberon," "Ocear, thou mighty monster." A most brilliant per. formance of the overture to the "Gazza Ladra" closed the first part. The second was occupied by a new can tata entitled "Robin Hood," composed by Mr. J. L. flatten. It consists of some passages in the life of the outlaw of Sherwood thrown hsto a 'dramatic form, the personages being Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John, and the Bishop. The music, exceedingly well sung by Sims Reeves, Miss Milner, Mr. Winn, and Mr. Weiss, is very animated, with that rgreeable old English flavour which is found in some of Mr. Hatton's admir able ballads. It was completely successful. The third part—for there were three, and the concert was conse quently too long--included Cimarosa's famous trio in the " Matrimonio Segreto," sung in perfection by Madame Clara Novello, Madame Weiss, and Madame Viardot ; the finale to the "Scnnambula," sung with reniarhable brilliancy by Madame Viardot ; the Tyrolienne from "Body," "In questo semplice," which Alboni has made her own by her incomparable execution ; the fine old, madrigal, " Down in a flowery vale ;" and Cherubini's splendid overture to "Anacreon," which terminated tl concert. Costa's " Eli" was performed almost as magnificent', as on the occasion of its first production at Birmingham this time 12 months. The principal solo parts were sus tained by Madame Clara Novello, Madame Viardot, Mr. Sims Reeves, Herr Formes, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Mon tem Smith. Reeves, as usual, roused the enthusiasm of the audience by the wonderful energy of the Philistine war-song, which was vehemently encored. The beauti ful unaccompanied quartet, sung by Madame Novello, Madame Viardot, Mr. Reeves, and Herr Formes, was also re•demanded and repeated. The whole performance was most effective, and at its conclusion the composer • was greeted with reiterated bursts of applause. - There was no concert on Wednesday evening. Yes terday morning the oratorio was "The Messiab," and the expected appearance of Piccolomini in the evening was exciting great curiosity. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE COMMERCIAL BANK. This bank discontinued its cash payments on Wednes day, an event not at all unlooked for after the recent disclosure of its unfortunate transactions with the Sad. leirs. Since the closing of the bank, Mr. Walker, the managing director, has issued the following circular : "NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS. " Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 27. Sir, It appears by the books of the Newcastle Cont mercial Bank that the company are indebted to you as a customer. I regret to be obliged to claim your in dulgence on behalf of the shareholders and myself, and to ask you to stay the pressure of your demand for a short time, to enable the directors to collect the money due to the company. You are doubtless aware that upwards of 50,0001., belonging to the company, have been fradulently misapplied by a por tion of the late London board of directors. The assets of the company are, however, sufficient to meet all de mands against ua, and in a short time the amount des to you will be paid, with 5 per cent. interest from this date to the day of payment. The amount owing by the company to the public is under 24,0001. Oar share holders are upwards of a hundred in number, aW sn e d m m ean an? of these are i n di v id ua l s p osses s e d of consid . _ The fortune of each shareholder is available for the cre ditors of the bank until every debt is dischar g e d. — I " a m, itC, " WAt WALESA Manning Directol:27. • ' 1 ~ ~. X._ ' , • 'r':; , :~•