The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-17 00:00:00

TO R. P. HARDING, ESQ.

Sir,—ln reply '• our i ttt,r, I beg to inform you that
your statement that the payment of the dividend is de-
layed by the proceedings in bankruptcy which I and the
other niexnhvri of the committee of depositors are sup
_porting,:ia not true.
The committee of depositors saw from the commence-
ment that the interest of the creditors would be best con
suited by upholding the bankruptcy, because they could
thereby obtain a speedy and equal dietribution of the
available assets amongst the creditors at a cost, infinitely
less than the enormous expea-te of the Court of Chancery,
to say nothing of its delaye. If you consent to the funds
being handed over to the official assignee, a dividend will
be wade under the bankruptcy within three weeks. If
that be not d mne the blame will rest with you alone, and

your opposi ion to the creditors hitherto more than justi•
fies me in the remarks coctained in my letter to The Sun.
You and your advisers are well aware that, under the
winding.up judgment, creditors would obtain preferences
and must be paid first, whereas under the bankruptcy all
must share equally. There are several judgments already
entitled to such preferences, and yet you have the cool-
ness to as=ert that you are consulting the interests of the
poorest depositors (who cannot afford to go to law) in op-
posing the bankruptcy. If you were sincere in your desire
to benefit the creditors, and if you looked to their interests
alone, you would consent to the proposal made by Mr.
Rolt, the counsel for the official assignee, that the funds
now in hand should be distributed amongst the creditors
at once by a third person, leaving the question as to your
own remuneration to be determined hereafter. If you had
, strictly confined yourself to the legitimate means of
protecting your own personal interest I should have less
to complain of; bat when I find that you and your ad-
visers have urged the directors to appeal against the
confirmation of the bankruptcy by the commissioners,
and have actually applied to the Vice-Chancellor's clerk
for leave to enible them to do so at the expense of the
estate, although you were informed by the solicitor of
the bank that they did not wish to do so, you cannot be
surprised that I should express my unmitigated indigna-
tion that you utterly disregard the interests of the cre-
ditors, and are guilty of the hypocrisy of pretending to
benefit them whilst you are doing all in your power to
create and prolong litigation, and then, having yourself
been the cause et locking up the money of the creditors,
you seek to make them believe that the delay is caused
by the proceedings in bankruptcy. You know that is un-
true. You say in your letter that you are ready to divide
the money in the beak amongst the depositors. Allow me
to ask if you have yet obtained the authority of the Vice
Chancellor to part with a shilling of that money, and
whether there is any portion of it under your own con.
trol ? You know that the Bank of England has refaced
to allow the money to be drawn out except upon the
authority and signature of the Vice-Chaucellor himself,
the amount having been lodged in his name and your
Own and yet you have dared to mock the creditors, by
holding out to them that you are ready to divide the
money.

The assignees are also ready to divide the money im-
mediately, unless you prevent thorn.
There may be some excuse for your zeal in the great
stake for which you are playing, as I find that accord-
ing to the act of P.•rliameut your remuneration upon
600,0001. would be no less than 21,0001., besides the
expenses of your clerks and others, wnich cannot be esti-

mated at less than 5,0001. more ; but you will by and
bye be able also to remember that you are playing with
the stake of starving fatuities, ruined tradesmen, and
defrauded creditors, and for what ? For per oentages
and costs ; and public opinion, and not myself, will hurl
upon you and your advisers the bolts of its well-merited
indignation.—l am, &c., JAMES WYLD.
Charing cross East, Nov. 14.

SATURDAY CONCERTS AT THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.

On Saturday the first •of the series of winter concerts
to be given on Saturdays took place, and was attended
with great success, in the newly constructed coicert-
room adjoining the central transept. The room is a
commodious one, capable of accommodating nearly 3,000
persons. The awning over the room is not yet quite
completed ; it is intended to cover it with a material
known as toile metallique, which will have a very excel-
lent effect in keeping is the sound. The acoustic pro-
perties of the room appear to be very good. Madame
Rudersdoff has, we believe, been engaged for a series of
six of the concerts. She was the only vocalist yester-
day, and she sang the fine scena of Weber, " Wie nahte
mir den," in very excellent style; the old favourite
Scotch song, "Jahn Anderson, my Jo," and the air
from "Roberto," "Robert, toi que j aitne." The great
feature of the instrumental part of the concert was a
solo on the clarinet by M. Papti, consisting of a
fantasia on Schubert's waltz, "Le Desir." The
performance was brilliant and effective in the extreme,
and such as to show that M. Pape, is a musician
of a very high degree of merit. We have seldom
beard a solo on this fine instrument played to greater
perfection. M. Gravenstein performed in a highly
creditable manner a violin solo. "Ma Celine," from
Hauman, and Mr. George Russell Mendelssohn's con-
certo in G minor. The band of the Crystal Palace, con-
sisting of 50 performers, played the overtures to the
" Siege of Corinth" and "Figaro," and a scherzo from
Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream." The
band played well together, and appears to be in excel-
lent training, under Mr. Manna. In addition to the
concerts on Saturday, it is intended, under the direc-

tion of Mr. Manne, the conductor of the band, to give
on Fridays performances of classical and romantic ir-
strnmental music. On these days the performance will
be entirely instrumental, and will consist of the sym-
phonies, overtures, and other works of the great masters,
and new compositions by the best composers of the day
in every country of Europe. The first of the Friday
concerts will take place next Friday, and will include a
symphony of H..ydn, overtures by Mozart and Balioz,
and instrumental solos by Messrs. Watson on the violin •
M. Pape on the clarionet, and M. Svendsen on the flut-.
Halfcrown Day.—Admissions on payment, 475; by
season tickets, 2,726 ; total visitors, 3,201.