The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

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 tititis"!nE7KLVltillletkal9DhOag:- 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.

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Eastern Counties Railway Company :—"To compensa-
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thereto, 7,92,2/. 10s 4d." Pretty well for six months.
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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-
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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
rr7 ''''?"rl44l6Beik The German Legion is to be disbanded. .sa
se es
they connect this force with the general s
foreign enlistment, will receive 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 ; in a few 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 snedmmeanan?
of these are individuals possessed of consid. _
The fortune of each shareholder is available for the cre-
ditors of the bank until every debt is discharged.— I
"am, itC, " WAt WALESA Manning Directol:27.

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