The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

litt'l Xbition

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.)

There were only one or two members present this even•
in?, and consequently there was no business of impor-
tance transacted.

STOCKTON RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
I❑ cons, quence of an accident to the telegraphic wires,
we are unable to report the results of this day's races.

Weights fur the Garbutt
quarters of a mile.

ureery Handicap. Three-
(Run to morrow.)

et b

Rome,-ly
Capuchin
Red White and Blue 8 0
Glede Hawk
Sneeze 7 10
tingle o' Buchan 7 g
Norton 7 7

st lb
Evelyn
Siareus
Perea Nena 7 0
Sulpitia
Naughty Boy 6 12
Mongrel
Cora Linne 6 8

MAIL PACKETS TO THE CAPE OF GOOD
ROPE AND INDIA.

Her Majesty's Government having entered into a con-
tract for the conveyance of mails by a line of screw
steamers, to be despatched monthly to the Cape of Good
Hope, an-1 thence to Mauritius, Point de Galle, Madras,
and Calcutta, mails will be made up at this office on the
evening of the sth September, and on the evening of
the sth of each succeeding month, and will be forwarded
to Dartmouth, for transmission by those vessels.
When, however, the sth of the month falls on Sun-
day, the despatch of the mails will be deferred until the
following evening.
All letters, &c., for the Cape of Good Hope, Natal,
St. Helena, and Ascension, will be forwarded by the
new line of packets, when not addressed to be other-
wise sent ; but letters, &c., for Mauritius, Ceylon, and
India will continue to be forwarded as a rule via Suez,
and will be sent by the Cape packets only when specially
so addressed.
The Cape packets will call at St. Helena and Ascen-
sion on the homeward voyage only, but separate mails
for those places will be made up by the outward packet,,
to be delivered in all cases where the packets mar
accidently touch there, and in all other instances to be
left at the Cape.
The following table shows the rates of postage charge-
able upon letters, newspapers, and books forwarded by
these packets.
In those cases where an (C) is prefixed, the postage
must be paid in advance.

For a Packet
Fer a Letter of Books For each
not exceeding not exceeing Newspaper.
half-an-ounce. half--a-pound.
Cape of Good Hope *1 U ... *0 6 ...
To Cape Town only.
Helena ... *0 6 ... *0 1
,ion
... *0 6 ... *0 1
... *0 8 *0 1
...
*0 8 ... *8 1
*() 8 ... *0 1

Places.

St. Helena 0 6
Ascension
Natal
Mauritius 0 6
Ceylon
India 0 6

*0 1

By Command of the Postmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post•office, 26th Aug., 1856.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK AT NETVCASTLE.

NE WCA STLE-ON-TY NE, WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
The Newcastle-on-Tyne Commercial Bank has closed,
being unable to struggle with the embarrassments caused
by the Sadleir frauds. The Northern Express of this
morning gives a sort of authorised statement of the rea-
sons for closing the bank. It says :
"The Newcastle Commercial Bank yesterday closed
its doors, and discontinued its payments. With unex-
ampled coolness, judgment, and financial skill, the
managing director, Mr. William Walker, has, single-
handed, conducted the operatior' of the bank from the
suicide of Mr. John Sadleir, in February last, down to
the present moment. Every engagement has been hi-
therto met ; and although the entire paid-up capital of
the bank had been fraudulently abstracted in London,
Mr. Walker has for several months met the claims of
the depositors. The excitement created in the public
mind in the neighbourhood since the annual meeting of
the shareholders on the Sth instant, by Mr. Julius
Partridge, rendered Mr. Walker's position no longer
tenable, and the letters, circulars, and protests of Mr.
Partridge in the newspapers had created a panic
among the few remaining customers of the bank, which
it was not possible to resist.
" The claims upon the bank are inconsiderable in
amount. As the assets flow in the debts will be easily
and promptly discharged. The figures we have been
informed are as follows :
' Liabilities £25,000
Assets (including 51,0001. Tipperary orders) 80,000
There are many substantial and respectable shareholders
in the bank, and the utmost reliance may be placed on
the good management of Mr. Walker, and the new board
of local directors chosen on the Eth inst.
" As regards the capital of the shareholders, the world
now knows very well how it has been misapplied. Three
sources of recovery appear to be open to them—the
Tipperary Joint-stock Bank ; Messrs. Wilkinson, Gur-
ney, and Stevens ; and Mr. Alderman Kennedy. On
which of these most reliance can be placed, the law, we
presume, must decida."