ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 7, 19 July 1845, Page 4

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

Rapid communication with England becomes, under the existing circumstances of this Colon}, of greater importance than ever, and the projected' transit from the Pacific by the Isthmus of Panama, we should hope by this time is in actua] opeiation. The following letter from Mr. Wheelwright, who has obtained the sanction of the various J epublics on the westernw estern coast of South America, has been circulated among those most inteiebted in the undertaking.

London, May Ist, IS4'l. SIR,~I beg lo inform \o<i that I have made airangements for the establishment of amonthh S'oani commiinicatioii between Manama, Gua\a'iiul, and Luna, and (hat measures will be taken Jo co opeiaie with the West India Ro)al Mail Meameis, and those in the Pacific Ocean now plying between Peru and Chili. 1 have thought it expedient to make this eai 1) announcement in order that it raaj be transmined, to Australasia, New Zealand, and the Islands forming the Eastern Archipelago, that residents in those distant places may be piepared to lake immediate advantage of the intercourse which at present exists between them and the West Coast of Ameiica, and thus find their was to hurope by this expeditious and convenient i onto. The opening of the proposed line will, doubtless, attiact the attention of many who may have occasion to visit China It u ill be found to be a mosi agreeable vo\aj:e, and should the communication across the Isthmus of Suez be ever intenupled by potitical causes, or sanatory regulations, advantage might always be taken of this route. The steamer to be placed between Panama and Lima, will have accommodations for One Hundred passengers, and t\i o hundred and fifty tons of freight. An office will be established upon the Isthmus, for the purpose of facilitating the transpoit of Merchandise and Treasure, It is intended that this communication shall go into operation eailyin 1545. For moie detailed information, I must refer to the statements which will shortly be published, of llie expense of transpoit over the isthmus, rates of l<ej£ht, and passage money in the Pacific, I 1 am Sir, Your obedient servant, W. WHEELWRIGHT.

Tun Statit of Gotthp The Journal de s Debars announces thaf the colossal statue of Uowho, whir-h was cast in bronze at the Rova) I'oundry ol Munich, according to the m.uiel oi .Schwanthaler, has been completed, and exhibits! 'o numerous visitors This tKitue is iniaided to oinament one of thcsqnaus of I ; iank((,rf-on-the-Main,his native place, (io-j fthK is repress nted clad in a mantle, but h,u vimj his hands free, He weais the simple costu'ue of flu* present period. Ilis ricjhr, aim i s ! resfmgon the trunk of an o.ik tiro, "and in hi*, ]i'h he holds a laurel crown. His eyes are turned towards Hraven. The subjects of the bas-reliefs on the pedestal are borrowed from! the woi kb of Got'tiie. !