The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS. In compliance with the general desire, FOUR FAREWELL NIGHTS will be given To-Morrow (Wednesday), Thursday, Friday. and saturday, being the Last Nights of the Season, combining all the talent of her Majesty's Theatre. TO-M 011110" (WEDNESDAY), August the 27th, DON PASQUALE. goriaa, Madame Sontag ; Ernesto, Signor Calzolari ; Doctor Ma latesta, Signor Ferranti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. To be preceded by the first act of Donizetti's celebrated Opera LUCREZIA BORGIA,. Lucrezia, Madame Barbieri Nini; Maffei Orsini. Matam e Ida Bertrand; Gennaro, Sig. Gardonl. After which, a Divertissement, comprising a Grand Pas, by Madll.e. Carolin , Rosati. To conclude with a Grand Divertissement —LA. MONOLA.— Madlle. Carito and M. Silvain. THURSDAY, August 28, Last appearance of Signor Lablache—Rossini's celebrated Opera. IF BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Sontag ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Calzolari; Figaro, Signor Ferranti ; Beanie, Signor Casanova ; and Bartothe Lablahe. In Lesson Scene, c Madame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele trated Variations. Alter which, an Act of a favourite Opera, in which Madame Bar bieri Nini will appear. Ia the course of the evening, the admired Ballet Divertissement, LA VIVA_NDIERE ; Vivandiere, Cerito. To conclude with a Grand Divertissement from IL PRODIGO, introducing the celebrated Pas de Poignards, by Madlie. Carolina Rosati. On FRIDAY, Aug. 29, Belllni's celebrated Opera L.A. SON!..IANIBITLA. - - Asnhia, Madame Sontagi---Elvlno, Si g nor Calz'alarif Coant Ro dolph, Signor F. Labla.che. To be followed by t he First Act of' L'ILE DES AMOURS, - .. is which bfadlle. Amalia Ferraris will appear: Altar which, the last Act of ANNA BOLE A. Anna Bolena, Mzdlle. Barbieri Nini. To conclude with the Last Act of ONDINE ; comprising the Fete d e l e Madonna, and the celebrated Pas de L'umbre. Ondlne, Maille. Cerito ; matte°, M. Silvain. On SATURDAY, Aug. 30th, the let Act of Bellini's Opera, NOR A. Norma, Madlle. Solle Cruvelli; Adalgisa, Madam e Gialianl Polllone, Signor Pardini , Flavio, Signor Mercuriall ; Orovoso, iignor Casanova. After which, Grand Pas, by l'sfadlle. Amalia Ferraris. To be followed by the second act of L FIGi IA Di L REGGIMENTO. Male, Marine. Soncag; Tonio, Signor Gardoni ; Caaorale, Signor Balancbi ; and -ergewite Snip zio, Signor F. Lablache. A Lund Divenissement from IL PRODIGO, comprising the celebrated Pas de Poignards, by Madlle. Carolina Rosati. After which, selections from Weber's Op ra, DER FREISCIIUTZ. Agatha, Madlle. FiCrentilil. To be followed by an Act of a Favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Barbieri Mint win appear. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement LA VITANDIEP.E. La Vivandiere, MadUe. Cerito, including the celebrated Pas de Fascination from Alma, by Madlle. Cerito. Applications for 13, , xes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock- Prices— Is. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. Geller] Stalls, ss. Boxes—Two Pair, 218 ; One Pair and Pit Tier, 11. lls. 6d.; Grand Tier, 21. 2s. ; Box Sets, 55., 65., and 7s. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's Second Appearance in England of KATE and ELLEN BATEMAN. Mr. BARNUM respectfully announces to the nobility, gentry, and the public in general, that he has taken the above Theatre for the purpose of introducing to their notice those celebrated juvenile dra matic artistes, KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (Only Eight and Six years of age.) These chifdren have excited in their own country the Most un bounded enthusiasm, and Mr Barnum feels confident that the ex traordinary development of intellect which characterizes all their personation will secure the approbation of a community where true genius has ever been acknowledged and appreciated. THIS EVENING, and every Evening during the Week, The performances will commence at Half-past Seven, with THE CAPTAIN'S NOT A-MISS. Characters by Messrs. Granby, John Weoster, Artaud, Miss Villars, and Miss C. Tellett. To be followed by the IC Fift H R h Act of Shakspero's Tragedy of RAD . 111., In which ELLEN BATEMAN will appear as "KING RICHARD III." KATE BATEMAN as " RICHMOND." In addition to which will be pr;duced, for the second time in Lon den, an entre) , new Petite Comedy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, " Le Marriage Entantin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled THE YOUNG COUPLE, Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman; Henrietta de Vigny, Bata Bateman ; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss Villars. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement from LA VIVAN DIERE. Principal characters by Messrs. Beckett, M. Ellar, Matthews, M. Milano, and Madlle. Therese Cushnie. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. M itchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal. Libraries and Music Sellers ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre,. wh,ch is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Night of the Sabseriptien. ANNA BOLENA. Madame BARRIERS NEN I Madlle. CERITO. THIS EVENING, August 26, will be presented (tor the fl,mt time these live years, and for tilts night only) Dordzetti's Opera, ANNA 130 LENA Anna Solana, Madame Barbieri Mini ; Jane Seymour, MadaTne Giuliani ; Smeaton, Ma Ile. Ida Bertrand ; Percy, Signor Caizolari ; it Harvey, Signor Mercuriall ; Rochfort, Signor Casanova ; Henry the Eighth, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a selection from the admired Ballet, ONDINE. Comprising the Fete de la Madonna, Grande Tarentelle, and the elebrated Pas de l'Ombre. Ondi,e, Madlle. Cerito ; Matte*, NI. llvain. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Bc cx dice of the Theatre. To commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The tide of success tilling the Theatre nightly to an overflow. Incomparable AMERICAN an f FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE. Under the Management of Me.srs. Risley and M'Collum. Matchless Attractions—Change of Programme. The patrons of this establishment are respectfully informed that this popular company, consisting of Madlle. Caroline, Mr.M.Callora, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset, Madame Brower, anti Young Baptiste, can only perform in England for a short period. _ . 1 , 0 r's open at Halt-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices:— Dress Boxes, 3a ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery, is. ; Upper do., 6 d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lo•vieft AALI Ite.uttget. , J , utrompun, Tin, EVE...ZINO, WAS be perfurmea THE MERRY Wks OF wiNDsou.. I.r• John Faistafi, Mr. ilacke . .t. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSLIAWI BAG , . SHAW: and BRAD.HAW ! With HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. riIEA itUY AL, ADLLYLLI, riider the direction of Madame Celestk rHIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Connor O'Kennedy'., Mr. Parselle ; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnldge, Mr G. Honey ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miami, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which will be revived in all its splendour, the celebrated Terpeichorian br:riesque spectacle of TAMING A TARTAR Cha. Teeters by Messrs Worrell, P. Bedford, G. Honey, Mitchenson, C. J. Smith, Cullenford, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, Miss Ellen Ch 4— lin, and Maw Hayman. I.OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Cnder the Management v Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Play, called THE DUKE'S WAGER. Ch arac t e rs by Messrs C. Fisher, Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Everett; Mrs. wi ng uniey, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Vivash, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. `• Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mre. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken f rain a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALIIAMRRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Vivasii, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Aariol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, er..c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Atassingh2un ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Feur o'clock. COURT BEAUTIES. To be followed by KLNIG CHARMING. To eznelmde with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. ROYAL LYCEUM TUEATRE• Under the Management of Madame Veit% Sole Lessee, Mr. ChaJies lidathews. Ting EVENING, Will be performed _ . ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Ferran. THIS EVENING, VIII be performed HEARTS ARE TRUMPS. After which A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE. With the FAST COACH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tlntlar tt.c Patronage of her Majesty end his Royal Hlghniss Prince Albert. V•ronrietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Notwithstanding the great success of the pre=ent Entertainments. Mr. Batty has engaged Mr. Henri Francon' and his highly-trained Steeds, wlio will shortly appear. THIS EVENING, win be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; or t h e wad Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, in conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit ness the magnificent Spectacle. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introdacing an en tirely new Company of English, French, Italian, and. American brtistea. To conclude with a laughable Farce. .sox-ottice open from iiiieven till Four. AL ge manazer. Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lem*, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Drama, entitled THE POOR RELATION. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by MeQsrs. J. Reeve, R'gers, and Miss Marshall. Aper which a new Burlesque, e GODIVA, THE LADY OF OVENTit Y. Characters by Messrs, J. J. Rogers, Norton, Berner, Maskell, Attwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. Horsman, E. keener, Morcelli, and Maskell. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled MY WIFE'S FUTURE HUSBAND. tie prices of admissio n are arnteged as follow •. stalls, 1 1 .8; boxes ;Orli circle) , 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; —Orchestra Pit, Is. t•vors to he opened at Halt -pant Sia, and the p,rt ormancQs to %eminence at Seven precisely. , let ,, r , d price will he taken to the boxes only at Nine o'clock —first circle, 25.; second circ,e, Is. 1 , -ivate loxes One Outnea and a Halt each. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK OF MONS. JULLLE,N. sUItHEY ZOOLOGICAL iMitIIENS. Every Evening, except Saturday. Danson's Colossal PICTURE of the TEMPLE of JANUS in the Eternal City— Splendid Menagerie —Performing Elephants--Prome. nade Concert, by' the elite of Mons. Jullien's unrivalled hand —a cr•each evening by Herr Koenig— English Glees and Madrigals, by t,l . nose em i nen t Vocalists, Miss Mo , ssent, Messrs.M a nvers, Young, And. Leflier—Pianoforte, Mr. Jolley—Conduc or, Mons. Jullien, ' 4)l "ing with a brilliant display of Fireworks, by S outhby. 1)00 peen from Nine in the Morning. Feeding the Animals at ball-p, at Mine Concert at a Quarter to Seven. Fireworks, at Half- THIS D. ADMISS I ON—ONE SHILLING. Birthday. VY, August 26 , a Grand Gala, in honour of Prin Alberts ATE', al LONDON nttIDGF Tlll4 Der —li orning 0 rain. after 1 I Evening 27 rain after 1 TO-Yloaaova—Nlorning 49 min- after 1 Evening 15 =la after 2 DA ILY WEATHE R TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock y e sterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. CHELTENHAM —Wind W._ c l oudy. WorCESTICR—Wind N.E.—fine. BatGifroN—Wind W., calm—cloudless. HssiraGe_Wind W., gentle breeze— c loudless, 800TH: MPTON-- Wind 4., strong breeze—cloudleBL Fotaia;rroNa— Wind W., ge ntle breeze— partiallyloF TIINBIUDGE--Wind N.W. , g entle breen—pu.tiil; cloudy. ASP B IRSTOK E— Wind S. W. , g entle breeze— p a rtially RE iF:NWlClT—Calm—plrtially cloudy. Oxroan—Wind S.—fine. GtouczarEr...—Wind W.—very fine. CHELMSFORD—Wind S.W.—fine. I.zrofiTON—Wind N. E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CoLcuitsraa—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S. W. —cloudy. RUGBY—Wind ~ gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM—Wind W.—very fine. STAFFoan—Wind S.E.— fine. PErralsoi-li—W in d W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. f Atomown— Viind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. NORWICH—Wind W.—fine. THE SUN, Irswicx—Wind N.W.—fine. DERBY —Wind W.—fine. N orrrscaam—W ind N.N.E.—very fine. Lnicoui—Wind E.—fine. HOLYHRAD--Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Cazgrae.--Wind S.W.— cloudy. SHEFFIELD--Wind W.—cloudy. LrvaarooL—Wind N.W.—fine. BlexcassyEa — Wind W.—cloudy. HULL—Wind W.N.W.—fine. LazDs—Wind N.—fine. YORK—Wind W.—fine. LANCASTER—NV ind S. W., gentle breeze—heavy rain. SCARBOROUGH —Wind W.—fine. array—Wind N., strong breeze— cloudless. DARLINGTON—Wind N.N.W., strong breeze—fine. SHAT— Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. NEWCASTLI—Wind W.—fine. Baarrock—Wind N.W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. BERWICX—Wind E cloudy. GLASGOW—Wind S.W.—very fine. EDLNBURGH—Wind W.— fine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : POOLR —Wind S.W., calm—overcast. Lzicarrox—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. THE WEATHER.—SIIN AUGUST 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 68—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3012. WIleD W.—strong breeze and cloudy, with occasional showers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authen ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejf-cted communications cannot be returned. 6 - Vod= Ant LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1851 LONDON, excellent in theory, but which is found to work admirably in practice; whilst every nation on the continent of Europe has been during the same period of time engaged in endeavouring to solve this same problem of constitutional government without success ? The proper consideration of this question would require a volume, and we throw it out for the consideration of the political philosopher as ose worthy of his most attentive study, contenting our selves with observing that, whilst the nations who have failed to solve this question have all had an es tablished church, rich in worldly go ods, acting in conjunction with a corrupt Executive, an insolvent and privileged aristocracy, a large standing army and a class monopoly of the learned professions, the Sandwich Islanders have had none of these things, but have had instead, as is proved by the educational sta tistics, a general and equal diffusion of education among all classes of the community. In the states in which the experiment of self-government has failed, the churches far outnumber the schools; in the Sandwich Islands, on the contrary, there are more schools than churches. These facts form important elements in the consideration of the very difficult but undoubtedly most importantquestion which we have proposed. We had hoped that the universal execration, to say nothing of the legal penalties, which was consequent on the exposure of the revolting circumstances con nected with the notorious SLOANE case, would have operated as a wholesome check on the tyrannical pro pensities of those unfeeling persons who appear to consider their domestic servants as less deserving of humane treatment than slaves or even beasts of burden. Even in the slave states of America the negro is well fed and cared for. Although he may be regarded as a creature of an inferior species, yet his master is prompted by motives of selfish consideration, at all events, to see that hie physical requirements are not unattended to—that he has wherewithal to eat and where to lay his head in comparative comfort. The horse is tolerably certain of good treatment at his owner's hands, for the sake of getting the required amount of service out of his limbs; but we find in this free country individuals, actuated by some spirit of villanous perversity, sacrificing the principles of both humanity and self-interest, and rendering themselves permanent objects of universal detestation in the very wantonness of an evil nature. We wish not, nor is it the proviuce of the public j ournalist, to prejudge any caae precipitately, but the public reports of yesterday furnish a painful instance of the ill-treatment of a servant, which it is impossi ble to peruse without sentiments of profound indig nation. It appears that a girl of seventeen years of age, named MARY ANNE TARGET, was brought up yesterday, at Guildhall, on remand, having been charged with stealing a piece of bread of the value of twopence sterling, the property of a policeman, and on this occasion a series of ill-treatment on the part of her employers transpired which has succeeded in ac quiring for them a most unenviable notoriety. The policeman, far from being an indirect abettor of the sufferings of the poor girl, brought forward the charge for the purpose of having her condition in vestigated, not of having the petty theft judicially punished; for he felt convinced that the scraps of food which he had occasionally found missing could have been purloined solely through the crav ings of the first necessity the want of food. It accordingly came to light from the sworn testimony of the girl TARGET that an inge nious system of semi-starvation was put into practice upon her, the animus of which may be judged of from one portion of her evidence. After stating the insuf ficiency of her general supply of food, she proceeded to say, "Oa Wednesday last when I took up some baked meet for dinner, my master pointed to it and said, Do you see that ?' I said, Yes, sir;' and he then said, That is all you will have,' meaning that the sight of it was sufficient for me. I had no dinner at all that day." Not content with thus ingeniously incapacitating her from the due discharge of her la bours; savage corporal punishment was called into re quisition by the amiable couple of Great Carter-lane The mistress discharged the minor office of frequently boxing her ears. The master, who chivalrously lett it to his helpmate to meet the charge at the Guild hall, is stated to have indulged in a more energetic species of castigation. He beat the girl on the back and Inoulders with a cane—bad enough, but worse remains oehind. On one occasion he kicked her on the hip for not taking the ashes clean enough from under the fire-grate. On another be struck her on the side with his fist (we only wish Bax COUNT had five minutes " remonstrance " with the cowardly caitiff). Sunday appeared a favourite day for those gentle operations. Of the reality of the ill-treatment there can be no doubt from the evidence of the matron of the Gilt spur-street Compter, who deposed that on examining the person of the servant girl she discovered bruises on her right side apparently produced by blows from a stick ; a bruise on her left hip, others on her back and shoulders, and one on her left temple. The latter was, according to her statement, the effect of her mistress's handiwork, the mark on the hip the result of a kick from the gentleman of the establishment, who had probably been inspired with a desire to try his prowess in exercising the " Savate" upon her. From the appearance of her hands she had worked exceedingly hard. The knuckles were swollen, and "the joint in the first finger of the left hand nearly worn off" Whatever may have been the girl's demerits as a servant—whether she were given or not to laziness, lying, or any other imperfection— nothing can justify such brutal treatment on the part of her employers. If, as was stated by Mrs. FELLS, she had been frequently guilty of theft, why not have adopted either of two out of the three alternatives which were stated by that lady to have been offered on the occa sion of detection, namely, " to send her home to her mother, or to give her in charge ?" Why retain a thief in service on the condition of inflicting " a good beating ?" This vile system of personal violence, as well as that of inflicting famine on servants, pupils, or apprentices, must he put an end to, and whenever the guilt can be brought home of the neglect of providing proper food, or of unlawful and malicious assault, to the danger of the servant's health or life, we sincerely trust that the penalty provided by the recent Act passed to meet cases of the SLOANE nature may be strictly carried out. The treadmill and oakum-pick ing are the fittest occupations for persons of such brutish propensities, now that such retaliatory punish ment as the cart's-tail and the pillory are gone out of fashion. If misconduct exists on the part of the employed, it affords no justification to the employer " to take the law into his own hands," as the saying is, and to wreak a savage vengeance. But if the cruelties inflicted arise out of sheer love of inflicting pain, without a shadow of palliating cir cumstances for their perpetration, it renders the despotic task-master utterly unfit to continue a member of society in a civilized country. 115 ? fiV 4 ed.‘i „ ze t , , t • It is now just seventy-three years since Captain COOKE discovered the Sandwich Islands, at that time inhabited by a race of ferocious savages, who, if not absolutely cannibals, were at all events in the almost constant habit of perpetrating human sacrifices, and whose government was that which universally pre vails among all uncivilised nations, namely, absolute authority on the part of the chiefs, and unresisting submission on the part of the people. Hawaii, the chief island of the group, was the scene of the mur der of Captain COOKE by the savage denizens of the island, and a quarrel for the possession of a few goats, which the discoverers of the island had left behind them, gave rise to a fierce and long-continued war between two neighbouring tribes, in the course of which the goats were all de stroyed, a fortunate circumstance for the belligerents, as it prevented their own extermina tion, an event of by no means improbable occurrence had the war continued for a short time longer. Such was the state of affairs in the Island of Hawaii in 1778. What is the present state of that island and its in habitants ? Let the following extracts from the New York journals just received per the Niagara answer the question : " Our Honolulu papers are to the 31st of May. " The two Houses of Parliament were formally opened by the King in person on the 6th of May, at the large stone church in Honolulu. Referring to the relations of the Sandwich Islands Government with France, the King said that the diplomatic relations had not been fully restored. He (the King) bad referred certain claims fur indemnity to the Pre,sident of the French Re public, and he hoped that the French President would issue such instructions as would put an end to an attitude of hostility on the part of France, which the King )110 not sought and had not retaliated. 'My trienoly re• lations with Great Britain' are uninterrupted, and wi;h the United States, ' continue of the moll friendly kind.' With all other states my relations are friendly.' After reference to certain treaties and other matters, the King recommends increased attention to agriculture, the markets of California. Oregon, Van couver's affording a profitable outlet for more than the island produce. Sanitary regulations are re commended in view of the revival of the cholera in ports trading with the Sandwich Islands; and the revenue is declared to be, though small, more than sufficient for , the wants of the Government, and it leaves a surplus ' for purposes of internal improvement. " The speech was delivered i❑ the Hawaiian language, and wterwards read in English fur the benefit 01 the foreig❑ Ministers present." A reader ignorant of the circumstances might be well excused it, on reading the above, he were to in dulge in the usual lamentations of platform orators over extinct races of interesting savages, for he might not un naturally be led to the conclusion that the aborigines had been extirpated, and that the island had been re peopled by Englishmen who had, as usual, organised for themselves a system of self-government in strict conformity with that which they had enjoyed in their own country. What would be the surprise of such a person when he learned that this constitutional KING, who formally opens the two Houses of Parliament by a speech from the throne, after the most approved fashion of the best constitutional Governments, that the Members of these two Houses of Parliament, and the constituencies who elect these Members are all descendants, the grandchildren, the children of the savages of 1778 ?—nay, it may well be that, in some instances, they may he the very savages of 1778 themselves. The island is healthy, the race is long lived, and any inhabitant of Hawaii who is now eighty years of age must have witnessed the progress of his nation from the lowest depths of barbarism to the highest pitch of civilization, from cannibalism to constitutional government; the auto biography of such a man would be invaluable to every student of political philosophy. The same American journal gives us the following educational and re venue statistics of the kingdom of the Sandwich Islands " There aro in the Sandwich Islands 441 Protestant schools, with 12,949 scholars, and 102 Roman Catholic, with 2,359 scholars: total number of schools, 543; of scholars, 15,308. The amount paid for teachers' wages in 185 0 was dolls. 20,630 58. The average yearly cost of each school was dolls. 47 68; the average wages of each teach( r, dolls. 37 99. The income of the island, tor the year ending Marsh 31, 1851, was 330,546 dolls; the ex pendi,urP, 250 707 dolls. The revenue in 1843 amounted to 44000 dolls. How comes it that the state of the Sandwich Is lands presents such a gratifying contrast to that of almost every other aboriginal race which has come in contact with European civilization ? In considering this sr thject the first point that strikes us, and, as it would appear, the great distinctive point between the case of the irihabittints of the Sandwich and that of every other aboriginal race with which Europeans or their descendants have come in contact, is, that whereas in the case of other nations the white man has attempted to colonize, in the case of the Sandwich Islands he has made no such attempt, he has been content to trade and to instruct, offering his trade and his in struction, not forcing them—thus, whilst to the aboriginal races of other lands he has been known only as the overbearing task-master, the despoiler of heir' land, and, in too many instances, the destroyer of the ir kin and race, to the Sandwich I-landers he has been known as the guide, philosopher, and friend ; they trusted him, and, in this instance at least., he has never abused his trust, and he has . had his reward, for to England, to Prance, to Awe rica, their respective shares ol the commerce of the kingdom of the Sandwich Islands is far more valuable than could have been at the present moment the ab solute possession of these islands as a colony to either of them- The present state of the Sandwich Islands, as compared with that of colonized countries, should cartairdy induce us carefully to review cur whole system of colonial planting, with a view to deter mining whether it is wise or expedient to follow the systel n any further. We have said it would be wise to review our system of colonial planting, and we have made use of the word planting advisedly. In colonies already planted the policy as regards the aborigines cannot be altered without risk ing the lives of our fellow -countrymen located in tiuose distant lands, and therefore, however prudent it might have been in the first instance to have abstained from planting, yet the course once en tered. upon must be carried out, and it is too late now to enter upon the consideration of the question. Another most important question that suggests itself to Vac, student of political philosophy, in comparing the mlative state of the Sandwich Islands in 1778 and l theam 851:weith that of the civilized natives of Europe a t period, is the following:—How comes it that the Siuldwich Islanders have within the course of 73 years d solved the p ro bl em o f cons tit ut i ona l govern ment,organized a constitution of King, Lo rei3, arld Commons, . mons, ,w . ,_hjo . ll is not only ex- TESTIMOINIAL TO MR. RONEY. A very elegant testimonial, ciiniosting of a centre ornament and two fruit ba:kete, in silver, was presented )esterday morning to Mr. Roney, the late highly-re •i wired secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, by the junior officers and clerks of th e esta blishment. The centre ornament bears the following inscription ?resent 'd to C. P. Roney, Eq., by the junior rfficers, and other servants of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, upon his retirement from the Secre taryship, in acknowledgment of his uniform kindness and conaidei aiion evinced towards them during the pe riod of his connexion with the servants-1851." The testimonial was presented, with a suitable ad dress, by Mr. Hall, the assistant-secretary, and a depu tation or 14 of the subscribers to it, Mr. Roney having come to town from Dublin to attend the Eastern Counties meeting. Mr. Roney acknowledged the com pliment in a neat speech, and expressed the deep gratifi cation be felt that in leaving them those servants of the company with whom he had been connected, as thtir senior in office, should have spontaneously come forward to respond to that courtesy and consideration which he had always endeavoured to carry out towards bis junior officers, 60. as to render at all times the performance of their duties as agreeable as possible. An industrial exhibition is, to be bell in the Go vernment Domain, Sydney, in October. It is to include products from Australia, the neighbouring countries, and the islands of the Pacific. MASTER AND WORIMEN.—The workmen in the empli.yment et Mr. Cubitt, the eminent builder, having some time since requested to be allowed to leave off work at four o'clock on Saturday afternoons. he has granted the request without making anv reduction in their wages, an arrange ment found to he of great advantage to the workmen, up wards of 1,500 in number. CONVICT PRISON AT PORTLAND.—Captain Knight, superintendent of military prisons in Canada, is now ap— pointed. superintendent of the convict prison at Portland , in succession to Captain Whitty, promoted to be a member of th e board of government pnsons in London.. TUE'SDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1851. !TI-1E; FUENCH REPETIAI4I(I. We have received the Psris journals of yesterday. The proposal of the Patrie for the immediate dis solution of tke Assembly aid for the perpetration of a quasi 18 Brumaire in favour of M. Louis NAPO LEON BONAPARTE, is ridiculed and denounced by all the journals of every shade of politics. The National sarcastically asks what would the inhabi tants of the distant portions of the departments be about while all the troops were concentrated at the place where the election might happen to be pro ceeding ? While the Union, giving the writer in the Patrie credit for good intentions, tells him that his scheme is simply impossible. The Opinion Publique loudly denounces it, and the Or leanist Ordre is not one whit less violent in its oppo sition. There is, it would appear, some hitch between the Ministry and M. GDIZOT, for we find in the Anew blie Aationale the following fierce attack upon the Elysee : "We ought not to be astonished that the policy of the actual Gevernment should have not only opponents but enemies, because it is without self-denial and disin• terestedueas. IL only thinks of itself, and of its per sonal interest, which it plsees above that of social safety; is abuses the prospects of the future by causing them to depend upon a siLgle man; in time, in a countiy so cruelly divided by a multiplicity of parties, it has created a new party, and has added another name to the list of Pretenders." _ _ _ The candidateship of the Prince D JOINVILLB for the Presidency of the Republic is causing serious alarm in the Legitimatist camp, and the journey of M. GUIZOT to London, undertaken ostensibly for the purpose of being present at the funeral service to be celebrated by Cardinal WISEMAN, in memory of Louis PHILIPPE (M. GUIZOT, it will be remembered, is a Protestant) is really undertaken for the purpose of endeavouring to extort from the Prince DE JOINVILLE a renunciation of his candidature. That this candi dature is beginning to create alarm is evident from the following announcement in the Bulletin de Paris:— " Orleanist emissaries are at this moment visiting the sea-ports, getting signed, or endeavouring to get signed, an address from the French navy to the Prince de Joie- Tulle, soliciting him to accept the candidateship for the Presidency of the Republic." The Lyons trials still continue. There have been serious disturbsoges in the Dapartment of the Ar deche. Wry little business was transacted on the Bourse. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 40c., and closed at 95f. SW. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 5c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 802'. 50c.; Rouen, 607 f. 50c.; Havre, 2411. 25c.; Great Northern, 465 f.; Avignon, 206 f. 25c.; Vierz )n, 435 f ; Basle, 151 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 3951. 75c.; Pavia and Strasburg, 361t.25c.;.Tuurs and Nantes, 271 f. 25c. BUSINESS otnsi tN eUghatiN &AIL vv Ayr. Zit LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 10% - Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 4 Northern of France, 14 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% — Paris and Strasbourg, 11; 4 —Rouen and Havre, 9A—Sam bre and Meuse, 3%3. THL SHARE MA RKETs. B3ZITISPI FLAILIVA.IrIi. Railways, Nominal Price,. Busbnes done to-day. Aberdeen.. .. .. .. Ambergate z Nottingham, all IN 37% 9% to 9% 4% 4% BostOn, & E. Jumelon Belast and County Down Worrerhainp., and Stoar Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Cheat June., late 331. 6s. 861.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated De., d0.,201. .• Bristol and Exeter.. • • Caledonian Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portstn..l Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Esiniskilleni Dundee, Perth, and Aber.' dean Junction .. • . icy— -13 —ll dis. 17i 100 80 -Si IN - 10% 15% - 16% •. •• 92 —2O dm. Do New East Anglia* (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do, (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, -8 1%-s% —5% late E. 11. shares 4 .-4% Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B C shares i.ast Lancashire 3 -3% 13 - 13% Do. New quarters •• tldinburgh .Vol Glaago. Perth,o.no Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, De. do. G. D. k C•steek 44reat Northern •• • • 27 -29 Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ot. Great southern and Western, Ireland Great Weatern 1 1 0 100 K 6 6 - 16% I - 12% -.12% 39 40 7434 —79 z.d 133( 13% z.ci 80 —B2 l),‘ 9 p. Do. Nww, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. .. -. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. firths .. . .. all II 13 47% 100 47 - 47% Do. West Riding Union Leeds-Northern Liverpool, Creaby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. scrip London, Brighton, and 9% 9 dis. d. 9% 10% •i%=•z% South Coast London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters .. 91% —92% 117% —117% 2% p• —2 %). - 2 p. 79% 80%x d 10% —9% i u 1 —7% diA.z.d Do. fifths Do. 101. eh., M.& IS (c) I .endon and S.-IVestera Do. new 501. „ Do. new 401. •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. „ Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Uaion Midland • • 100 42% 1% - 33% -34 K 11% &a. 40 —40 k, 21 3US as. 19 —3l Do. 501. shares .. .. Do. Birmios & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket Newport, Abergavenny, 4 2 0 100 100 47% 'im : "i% and llereforel Newry and Enniskillen ti awry, W arrenpoint, & aK 5 dim. dis. iteitrevor • • .. -.. Norfolk • • • • . no. Nem 201. shares. Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire .. Nerth-w astern North 8c Sth.-West. June. liford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Acuttish Central 16 - IS 14 13 3 dia., 5% —15% 9%d15. • • p ii% 19 144 15 15% —l6 6% 74 7 4%, 11% —5% db.] icottiall Midland Do. new .. Screws. & litrni., Clas3 A. Do. Class 8.. .. •khrewa. & Hereford., Old' Do., do., New .. , threwsbury and Chester, (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do Oswestry . _ •• .• Do. New.. .. •• ihropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, Hilly paid up at per cent .. Routh Devon .. „. Mouth- Kasten) south w ales.. filenth Yorksh. and River] •• .• •. thett.,itoth., and O.ole, South Divisioe Stockton and Hartlepool lw4nsea Losighor, Ate. Taff Vale .. •• Taw Vale Extension •. ThavueB Haven Desk and Railway Vale ci Neath . Waterford and Kilkenny War,ertord and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London . Whitta•en and Farness York, Newc., & Aerwict Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES LEAS: 14 —l6 7 8 10 12 % % as pi, —3% d. 13 -14 2 1 % - 20% 21% - 26 .. -.- • • dis. 16 4-3 9% - 19 !• .. Is& - 170 • • —• • dbl. li 15 dla. . .. 4. 8 9 all all 9S .: •••• •• 416.1 AT .. - .. 16% - 17 8% 8 dia. 8% —x36 di. 16% 16% PINTO) z: 9 % % 4 % X 10% 10 (b% % 21% 2 % % % 5 % % 13) i % 1 6 U % % 5% 12% [77% s.d 78% 77% 78 x.d 47% 47% 46% [47% 2% 6 % % 11N 116% 17 2t% 143( 795 M 79x.d 24 23% 34 4N 49 7% % 5% % 7% I 4 ' % Ib% 6 203 4 54 20 27)4. 1 6 %3G % 5 % % I 6 %% 'ASS. Railways. Leasing Pid N om i na l Pi Business a.r o es Companies.• dens to-day. Harks anti Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford June.,eallsduly paid, sr with a guarantee •• Do .. all 29 —go Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. • • all 24 —29 Birm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 9 —lO p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 9 p x.i. Buckliaghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% ClvdesdaleJunc Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 38 -- 3334 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western SO 13i —113 ti p Hull Lad Selby Yk. &N. M. all 1102 104 Do. 14 Shares Do .. all 51 —32 Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 93 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland • . all 101 103 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . all 11% 11% Do., Pref. . Do .. all 2334 —24 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • Norfolk •• all 14 —l5 De., 6 per cent De .. • • all —•• Middlebbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.ts Dar all • • —.• N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 55 —57 Do. New .. t>o.. 43 4 6 p Preston and 3L.& N. N.W. all 48 •••• 45 Wyre • • •• j, &La.& Y. Do. 34 SharesA Do .. •• 1034 8% —934 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Biuitern all 21% 22 3( Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6% ti 834 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. •• 2 p. Sher., Roth. and Goole, S per ct. Lane. & York 1811 6 South Stafforda. Mr. M'Cleaa 934 834 9n 41s. Wear Val. 6 par Cent. gua. • . Stock.& Dar. all 25 —96 x.d 51 Do. do. .. Do .. • • all • . Do. do. .. Do .. all Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western. all 15114141311. Railways. Paid. Nominal Priam Business &MS to-dsy. Aberdeen. Ns. 2, 7 pr. ct. 234 - • Caledonian 101. • • 10 - % Cheater and Holyhead .. all 15 - 153( Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all - % db. East Anglian (31. 10s.) n per cent. .. • • all 1% -IA % Eastern Counties Exten., b per cent. No. 1 • • all Par - 31 p Pm Do. No. 4 .. •• all % dls - par 4 el Par Do. 8: ew 6p. cent. Stock 10 - 10% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 9% - 10% Do. 101. Doben. Shares . all •• - East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares . all E. & W. York. June. bths all - &din. Per. & Dun. 54 p.ct. all % Ws. - par Glasgow & A.-W. Cont.,' 100 Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 18% - 18% 133{ % Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 5 % - 1 % P. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .6 .• .. die. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 - Leeds and Thirsk, 6 par cent., No. I •• 11 .. p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 - p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. Be. pref., 5 p et. Stock, 1851, from 501. chars. E 100 Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 .. - London &S.-W., uew • • 5 -y % p.x.d Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares 10 - Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quar. stn., No. 1 an 11 —l9 Do. new, 101. .. •• all u - 11% 1 0 % Do., 61. ~ a%— % Midland Con. 6p. c. ..took 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Biraung., 6 per cent... 100 127 - 129 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 .. Norfolk Extension all 15 -16 guar. 5% per cent. all - - Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 .. -• • North British .. 5 - 5 OLE Wor. &A 01.151,6p.c 6 %- 1 p Shrewsbury and New Guaranteed an 10 - 10 % 10 % Shrews. and Ches, (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% South I)evou .. all 13 -14 South-Eastern, 4% p. ct 10 • • -•• Wat eriord&Kilkenny, 61 1 • • -'• WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) all • • Do. 2cl Class de. (par) 101 York, Newc., and Berw., - 16% Gt. N .01 E. Pur. all 16 York and North Midland H. and S. rureh. .. 10 - dla• Great Western (Wilts, Sons., and Wrath. 81k.) 91% 90% 91. rosenzare. Boulogne and Amiens all 10 % _-10% 1954 (Or leansl and Vie) •• all 17 k CentraFrancerzon 17% oFrance Demerara .. .„ all D u tch Rhenish • . .4% -4% its. East Indian • . 16 944 -2% p. 14% Do. do. do. •• 30 - Great Indian Peninsula .• all I D. Ditto ditto .. 8% a % —4% p. Louvain a la Sam) , re 7% Luxembourg • . „, 3 1 - 13( Ditto .. •. „ to 3 % 2 % %iedrid and Valentla 2 • - uaria Antonia .. • . 1716 s 84 8 -10 Ditto, New „ 7148 - 4 Namur and Liege .. an _ 6 northern of France .. 16 14% - 14% 14% Orleans mai Bordeaux _ 9 4% --4% dit- Paris and Orleans . all 84 -36 earls and Rouen .. all 23% - 2434 x.d 24% It.d Paris and Strasbourg 17 sit -sy,,als. 114 -touen and Havre . all 9% -9% 9% % Umbra and Meuse .. all 8% - SA Tours aro Nantes ~ 16 9% -9% die. Tournay , Jurbise, Lan don, and Hasson .. all; West Flanders t% 2 234 Asturian .• •• ••..•• • • Australian Barossa Range Blaeuarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos ,scrip •• British iron.. • • .. • • .... Brazilian Imp (is. 5/. p.) D. Coates and Caiabal Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper • • .... .• • Coplapo .• .... • • • Memoan & R. American Real Del Monte, UMreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures zkaatia,go de Cuba Tin Croft • • • • •• •• • • United Mexican ••• • • • JOINT aact, .Nt:IL11181 15 4 1 13 0, 1% - 2 3% -3% 13 5 24% attstraituaa •-• • British Nortb America. 18% 19% Id 33 —as4 6% —7% 13% 14 87 —4% Ni % 10 3 —3% 7 6% 8 , 28 2 RN -2% STOCIC SANS all 35 50 46 25 10% 12 20 25 —26 U le 18% 17% itmlnat:eil 20 27% —29 Colonial ..... •• Commercial of London. London Joint Stock ... London and Wesi National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... 18% - 20% 42 - 44 Do. New .. •• • • Union of Aluitralls .. • • Do. New Union of Loudon rTninT• .l umario Canada .............. Gen. Steam Navigation Yenln.& Oriental Steam. 15% - 16% 35 -3'; 3 -3% 13% - 14% IcEx.: N.. to-day. ..11.NE01713. 48 -49 26% - 28 68 —69 ll 9 xd 78 —BO le errors of the Official Lists, and i correspondents.) Ditto ditto Royal M ail Steam .. • • .. We cannot be answeri 4111 not be influenced by Lble for intoresl MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export, and 500 Surat and 1,000 American on speculation, The sales comprised 7,500 American, 600 Pernam and Maranham at 4P. to 5d.; 600 Egyptian, at SP. to 9d.; 1.200 Surat at 20. to 4d.; and 80 Sea Island at 10d. to Is. Bd. per lb. The market closed with an upward tendency.—American under 5d., and all kinds of Brazil were 0. per lb. dearer.—The market for Railway Shares was Hat and heavy. The monthly report of the Dried Fruit trade, by Messrs. Witherhy and Hanson, states ot Currants, that although the London importation has been so much larger than that of last season, the clearances for home consumption, from 31st. Dee. to 31st July have exceeded those of last year by 2,000 tons, and those of 1849 during the corresponding seven months by 200 tons. Extensive shipments of low Fruit have been made to the Con tinent since 31st July, are still going on, and are likely to continue. The London clearances for consumption, from 19th ult. to 18th inst., have been 745 tons, ageing 840 tons in 185 U, and 625 tons in 1849, during the like period. Those at Liverpool have of late been on a par with the delivery at that port in 1850 at this period. The stock of currants at this port is now larger than it has ever baen at this reason, which fact, with the latest advice* from all places of growth, promising a sound and abundant crop, naturally creates a caution on the part of buyers, and consequent depression in the market generally. The Amsterdam Stock prices of the 24th instant do not materially differ from those previoulay current. Mexican Bonds were 28i I. The liabilities of Messrs. S. Rucher and Sons appear to be larger than was at first expected, being nearer 800,0004, and some say even more. The greater part consists of acceptances, but the firm en joyed public confidence to such an extent that many persons lodged surplus moneys with it, receiving a stated return in interest, the same as if left with a banker or discount broker. In numerous cases no security whatever was taken, and we see here the in expediency of parties acting for themselves, merely to save a small commission or reanae a slight extra intere.t. Had these individuals gone to a banker or broker their money would have been received, not only on his gua rantee, it desired, bug would have been lent on bills having several endorsements, and thus we pertec,ly remember that, during the last panic, the great discount firma met every claim upon them, even in the case where a tem purary suspension occurred. Most unfeigned regret was expressed yesterday at the announcement that Mr. Rucher, sen., aged seventy-six, had dted since his house stopped, the blow being too severe for bim. As to the probable result of the winding up of the firm, it would be impossible at present to state it. The depreciation in produce is so great that the whole capital of the house, estimated at 100,0004 LIR short a time beck as January last, and far more two or three years since, is no doubt gone. Many article d have fallen 20 and 30 per cent. since. The result wil l greatly depend upon the produce of the estate of othe r houses indebted to Messrs. Rucher. A firm of less magnitude has 20,0001. of Messrs. Castelli's paper, and it is known to be embarrassed in consequence. Still its positive failure cannot be announced. Business in Mincing-lane is quite at a stand still for the present, and there is but one course, viz., to abstain from forced sales. The Great Northern Railway meeting is in progress, and there is considerable opposition to the East Anglian agreement, although, from the explanations of the chairman, it seems likely to be confirmed. The English Funds have been very depressed again, and the idea which always obtains when a little com mercial difficulty arises, that there is general unsound ness, keeps down values. Consols have been 961 to 961 for Transtrr, and 961 1 for Account. Exchequer-bile have been quoted 463. to 495., and India Bonds 545. to 575. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realized 981 to 981, and the Three per Cents. 961 to 97k. East India Stock is firm at 262. Foreign Secariiies are partially affected by the decline in the English Funds. Spanish Five per Cents. have been done at 21, and the Three per Cents. at 371. Mexican Bonds have been down to 28i Peruviau Old Stock is at 91i. Equador Bonds are 3i. Sardi nian Scrip continues heavy at discount. Belgian Four-aud-a-Half prr Cents. are 94k, and Dutch Four per Cents. 93i. Railway Shares are still receding, the average decline being another it per cent. Paucity of business is the principal cause. ONE CLOsiN,- RIERS OF BRITI3II FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES adlIA btocx .3 t• Gent. Redueea inns. 8 per Cent. Con6ols Annuitiea... .yew 3 1 A per Cent. Amnia- ..... ;,ot.g ,Anne. to ~ xptr.c Jan.lBBo ..... 7 7-16 7) Ditto, 30 years, 0ct..10, 1859 7 3-16 7 3-16 India Stock 262 262 India bonds, 1,0004- ...... .. ..... Ditto under 1,0001.-..... .. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 0 nia.ib 'w Account k:.xchequer Bills. 11,0. ),0001. 5001. 46 p 46 p SmalL . ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Kquador Bonds M Yiueu. per Ct ,ex Jan. Coups — Ditto, Account 23 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent- 46 p CLOMIO ?BICE-. 3% . . Russian Bonds - Ditto. 4 1 ,6 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip 34 dis 13,nsatal , per Cent. 184 .... 21 qitto. Passive... 5% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian. 4;y per Cent. .... .. Dutch 2 per Cent. 12 Guild — Ditto 4 per •.n L. ilertiticate, 28 3 / 4 ...... 102 la % die 21 5 % 37% 94 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Ana. 26.—Wind at noon S., moderate br«,ze, sod cloudy. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 25.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Hydaspes, Advlaule, South Australia. QUEENeTOWN, Aua. 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Coils, Baroadoes; Cuntinella, Havannah. WIIITEHATEN, Auu. 25 . —Wind N.W.—Arrd. Wel lington, Quobee; Sylla, ditto, LienaiNaToN, AUG. 25.—The Prosperity smack, of and from Nowry, is on shore to the northward, has sus tained some damage, but is expected off if the weather moderates. FRAERRURGI, AUG. 25.—The Echo, Gardenstown to Stettin, is leaky, and will probably discharge part of cargo. LONDON, AUG. 26.—The Kiddy Castle, of Hartlepool, Liverpool to Monte Video, was abandoned when on fire 25th June, her coals having ignited; crew picked up on ;he 30(h, bit. 19 S., long. 35 W. LIVERPOOL, AUG, 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. St. Law renue, Bombay; Herbert, Saldanha Bay; Squantusn, New Orleans; Princeton, Naw York ; Montezuma, ditto; Staffordshire, Boston. A sloop sank yesterday near Bootle, with all on board; a boat, supposed to belong to her, came on shore, marked " Skerrett, of Killough, Pat 11.11enri." The bodies of four men and one woman have been washed up. The Jops, of Run corn. has gone down with all on board. Arrd. Borderer, Arracan; Maid of Orleans, Cal:ao; Saxon, New Orleans; M. J. Ward, :Mobile; Franchise, Charleston ; Sarawak, Philadelphia ; Queen of the West, New York; Rob. rt Kelly, ditto; Enterprise, ditto; Richard Alsop, dWo; Albus, Mogagacadarice; Zion's 11 pe, Quebec. Put back, Elvira, Cape of Good Hope; Sceptre, dalifax. Off p , rt, America, Maid of Athens, Coriolanus, and Shannon. DEAL. Ana 25.—Wind W.N W. P.M. N. to W.S.W. —Arrd. Patrick Henry, New York ; Milan, Barque Is land. Arrd. from the River and sailed, and Mary, S)dney, New South Wales; Hereford, Demerara. Sld. Chisftain, llington, New Brunswick; Aboerron, Port Philip, Nell, Madras; Sir Thomas Gresham, Cape and Madras; Archimedes, Cape, &c. ; Pearl, Euxins , and E!'zs Ann, Quebec. wish the rest of the outward bound. 7 P.M. part of the outward bound are putting back. OFF DOVER ---Casseopeia, Mauritius; Unicorn, Bahia; Empress, Si.. Jkigo de Cuba, fir Brumen. PORTSMOUTH A Ufl 2t).—Wiral W. to N.W.--Arrd. Amelia Ma!auz,s; M.S., Hereuies, Halifax. COWES A uo. 25.—Wind W.—Arrd. August, Eber hArd, Aquisdilla, and saii(d for Brewer); W ean° , H a . Taauull; Waitungi.on, ateamer, New York. 7 3 1 A RTcFT —(TPTS P A.Y,I ±4Ze4o4, , vi 31 108 to WOW ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 12s; old Clover, 31 105 to 41 106 ; new ditto, 3/ 55 to 41 Os; and Straw, is to 1/ 10 5 per load. full average supply, and a dull trade. ComnERLAND.—OId Meadow. Hay, 3! 8s to 41 35 i new ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 12s; old Clo ve r, 31 lOs to 4 176 ; fieW ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 Os; and Straw, I/ 2s to 1/ 115 per load Supply tolerably god, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41 Os; new ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 12s; Old Clover, 31 105 to 41 105; new aitto, 31 5s to 4/ Os; and Straw. 1/ Is to 11 105 per load. Trude duil, at barfly last week's prices. C03.0N111.3.. SUGAR,—The markt , t lor British Plantation cond. , • imps depressed. Sales about 430 hhds at 6d to 15 de- • cline on all except fire erocery descriptions. ot 3,4 00 bats Mauritius offered, 280 sold at 6d, and in some lo c i stances is reduction.. kiktigal, 1,100 b ags mo stly tou9 buyers at pi-, viouh rates; 80 hhds and 80 barrels bt' Croix mostly sold at extreme prices, 39s to 44s 63 for good to vet.) 6n. grocery descriptions; also 165 136 ,f,C, g , white Paraiba at 39, 6d t o 41 s . P t i va . e l y a car go of Su' chests white Bahia has been sold at 21s. The quantiti landed last week at she East and West India 1:) , .. 01 " 2,048 hhds 219 tres 1.194 barrel.; th ere were ta ken for bottle consumption 1,478 tabds 198 trcs 628 barrels. Tr, stock in the same places is 18,791 hhd s 2,467 tics 6,7 " barrels. COFFEE The market is quiet. Good ord Ceylon is 39s per cwt. RUM.—The market is heavy. The quantity land ed 4 last week at the East and West India Docks wed 17 a puns 11 hhds ; there were taken for borne consucoP,tl°,,e. 118 puns 8 hhds , and exported 148 puns 30 Mids. 1m stock in the same places is 13 084 puns 1 217 hbcls. SALTPEIME.-1,039 bags Ben g al were partially did' posed of at full prices, viz. 25s 6d to 26s for 13i, an d f . b. for 5 per cent. refraction. The remainder were 10 drawn above these rates. SPICES.-240 bags Pimento were taken in at 6d; 891 d bags black Pepper realised 3d. to 3jd. for clean Sumatra, being rather dearer; and 63 bags white dlt t 6fd. to 61d. per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 6d to 38s 9d on the spot; Town, 39s 6d. COTTON.—The market is firm, and there is s business doing. TEA.—There is very little bu s i ness i n thi s article, b pi prices are not lower. •, BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE.) , EXTENSIVE FAILURE—IN RE M A Y. MUTCALIII , AS' n , C f o . These batikrupts were d e scrib e d es of G r eat „ d mouth, soap manufacturers, and to-day was 51)0 04 fur consideration of their certificates. rhell The failure was to a very large amount, and had been an immense sacrifice of property on the of the elder Mr. Metcalfe (C. J.), through joining '— son and Mr. May. era Mr. Sewell (or the firm of S e w e ll a nd F o x) OPP (I . - ,,i , for the bankrupts, and propo se d t o enter i nt o the or time of Mr. Metcalf, sen ., ' in the first instance, tal' l , o believed that Mr. Allen, w h o a pp eare d f o r hi en , c , Gurney, the bankers, and the assignees had no °Lila non to offer to the certificate of the first Lass granted. Pfi' Mr. AI. N said he had not a word to off e r in oPP O 9 don in that respect, but the ass i gnees th oug ht that „( was a difference in the cases of the other bankrupt.' 41 His HONOUR said he mu.t hear the case as rege'" all the partners before be could decide. The case having been argued, itr His HoNuoa said that he h a d not the slightest bPso r , don in awarding a c er tifi ca t e o f t h e fir s t OW to 7 30 Metcalfe, ten., who w as great ly t o b e pi t i e d, eV' here had been no hing urged, nor did any thing appear i O OO , ens ,, why the other bankrupts should not receive the til l ts i Certificates of the first class we:, accordingly ggratedn t ed MIDDLESEX SESSIONs. (THIS DAY.) ht The August adjourned seastons were commenced I morning at the Court House, Clerkenwell-green. vne a The grand jury havii:g been sworn in, the L e* ' - a is JUDGE addressed them in the usual charge. ne t. - sixty prisoners named in the Calendar. l a th John Leary, soul 24, was convicted of picking P° e- „ L rf and the J udge baying f 'mid recorded of him usa"f o r convictions, extending over yr ars, said it was 11 10 the prisoner to be seat out of thiscountry, and sentetl him to be transported fur seven years. a to The prisoner moat earn es tly entrea t e d the jou A g - ibst extend the term of transportation to ten years, M - 04 would ensure his being a, nt o ut o f th e coun t r y in ear i) ,.." o . and that was all he de s i r ed, i ns t ea d o f t h e chance me.ining iu the hulks ur a prison in this country 6 1,03° ° his old cerapaniona. re' The Learned JUDGE ultimately complied with "'" pa s quest, and the sentence of ten years' transportati on recorded against him. The other oases disposed of this day were of ss ‘r character. DI rivms. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. At Barcelona General Plum, the anti-Ministerial candidate, had been returns-d. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 20 —The Three per Cents. were done at 361 for time; the Four per Cents. et 1.5 i; the Five per Cents. at 171; the Debt without In terest at 61 and Coupons at Bf. GERMAN Y. The Post Gazette of Frankfort says that in conse quence of the Germanic Diet having resolved to maintain the German fleet to the end of the year, the Prussian Government has abandoned the intention of purchasing it on its own account; but nevertheless it intends to organize a small fleet for the Baltic. The Germanic Diet, in one of its last sittings, re solved (saes the Prussian Gazette) that all the members of the Confederation shall be bound to two fifths of the contingents ready within eight days after receiving a ❑otice that their contingents are required. The Berlin journals sta.e that the Federal Mditary Commission has resolved that the federal gar rison of Franktert sball contkue to be composed of Austrian and Bavarian troops, with a detachment of the troops of another State and a battalion of Frank fort troops. The whale force of the g4rrison are to be placed under the orders of a general of the Con federation. A. letter from Berlin, of the 21st says :—" The Emperor of AUSTRIA will leave Vienna at the end of the month to receive the King of PRUSSIA on the Austria❑ frontier, and accompany him to Ischl. It is thought that the affairs of Germany will there receive a definitive solution, particularly as far at concerns the entrance of Austria entire into the Germanic Confederation. Prince DE SCHWARTZEN BBRG is desirous that the question should be decided be fore the Germanic Diet adopts any other resolu tion. The King of PEUSAA has just conferred the order of the Red Eagle, second class, on Count LEON DE LA BORDE." A lettor from Vienna of the 19th says :—" The legitimist circle at Frohsdorf was augmented yester day by the arrival of the Duke DE LAROCHE, the the Marqui3 BOURBON DEL MONTE, and Count DE BLACAS." The Suabian Iliercury states that the affairs of Hungary have serioasly occupied the attention of the Council of Ministers at Vienna, which has decided that the communal organization should be made pub lic in the course of the month. It is to resemble that of the other countries of the crown, but each commune may choose the Megya n tongue or one of the Sla vonia' ones. The Austrian Slavonians intend hold ing a congress at A r n m to propose the adoption of a com mon language, which plan the Government does not oppose. Several Russian savans intend being present. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE QUEEN'S CUP TO YACHTS OF ALL NATIONS. COURSE ROUND THE MS OF WIGHT. COWES, Ana• 25.—We have been disappointed in our expectations of a " 12 knot breeze " to try the America's powers in half a gale of wind such as we had on Sunday, indeed the breeze was not strong enough to tempt this crack yacht to risk her laurels, and though at her post she allowed the other yachts to start without her. The small yachts had the best of it in beating down the Solent to the Needles ; when passing Cowes Castle the Wildfire was nearly a m il e a-bead of the Bacchante, the Volanto being half a mile astern of her, the Alarm being the next vessel and close on her quarter. After they had passe-d about an hour the America's spirit moved her as the breessw freshened, and she stood down atter the contending fleet. The four first nearly kept their position until off Ventnor, when there was about a quarter of a mile distance between them, the Bac chante having the lead, the Wildfire second, Vulante third, the Alarm fourth. Soon after the Wildfire lost her bowsprit, and the Alarm cutter, 193, Joseph Weld, E.g., passed the whole of them, and rounded the starting vessel 21 minutes before the Bacchante. The America arrived 20 minutes afterwards, having beaten the first of the fleet 40 minutes in the sail round the 'Night. The most marvellous stories are told of her by the seamen of the different yachts. Jack is very superstitious, and thinks that Old Nick patronises all her movements. The wind never took any vessel through the water at the rate she goes. The sudden appearance of a steam-ship in 1800 would not have had a more wonderful effect on our tars of that time than this mysterious stranger on those of this day. THE SALAION7— The season does not impr ov e as it draws to a close. Old fishers declare that the fishing in the Tay has been the most unproductive they have ever known. The prices are now—salmon, 14d.; griale, la. ; and trout, 7d. per lb. According to agreement the net fishing in the river Doon closed upon Tuesday, the 12th inst. The season has been the most unsuccessful in the memory of the oldest fishers. —Edinburgh Witness. - - Gvrr ACCIDP,NT.—On Friday afternoon last, Mr. Rose, son of Sir George Rose , one of the. Masters in Chan cery, was accidentally shot at by his friend, Wm. Brougham, E>q., another of the Masters in Chancery. The particulars sre, that Mr. Rose was on a visit to Lord and Lady Brougham, and his Lordship's brother, W. Brougham, Esq., at Broug'iarn.hall, in Westmoreland, and on that day Mr. Rose, and Mr. W. Brougham and others were out shooting rabbits in Whimfell-park, between two and three miles dis and nearly five miles from Pen tent from Brougham - hall , rith. A rabbit started from its burrow, when Mr. Brougham immediately fired his piece, not at the same time seeing his friend, who unfortunately was standing in such a direction, that a quantity of shot (it is thought about fifty pell e t s ) were lodged in the higher parts of his thighs and the lower part of the abdomen. A conveyance was sent for, in which Mr. Rose was taken to Brougham-hall. Presently three medical men from Pernith were in attendance, who extracted a great number of the shot. Although Mr. Rose appeared to suffer great pain, and lost a quantity of blood, yet it is supposed that the injury which he has sustained is not of such a na ture as to caries the most alarming anxiety as to the result of the accident. Mr. Rose still remains at Brougham-hall, and up to this afternoon (Sunday) is doing well, The intelligence received yesterday by houses con nected with Op o rto is to the 19th inst., and contains an un satizfactory description of the prospects of the vintage. For upwards of a fortnight the heat had been and still was in tense, with vi o l en t, d r y, sc or chi ng w i n d s . About Wad' the growing crop of grapes in the wine country bad been de stroyer ; and should the weather continue the whole country would be parehed up. The thermometer had risen to 90 deg. in the shade, and as the grapes were not in a state to require or bear this excessive heat, in place of being gradually ma tured, they were dried and withered. Sir James Matheson, Rte., M.P., and Lady Matheson, lately returned from the Continent, and are no at Stornoway Castle, Lewes, for the season, dispensing that elegant hospitality with which their names have ever been associated. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT GRO W ICH.— (THIS DAY. ith A fire of a very alarming character, and attended W h o considerable destruction of property, broke put T. (Tuesday) morning in the premises belonging to r,, r. 011 P. Marks, a plumber and gl as s m e r c h a nt, carri' l3 t be business at No. 13, East-street, East Greenwich. 00 flames were first discover e d a b ou t a quar t e r befor e h o'clock, at which time they had o bt a i ne d suc h a 6 r 131 . t :t o he of the lower part of th e b u ildi ng t h a t it was With"ne greatest difficulty the inmates were e nabl e d t o 0 01 Li The residents of the house had barely reached the 011. , -- O s when huge bodies of fi re an d vo l umes o f sparksL"" forth from the several windows, causiag great I '7a amongst the numerous p ar ti es res idi ng nea r, a n sO l female, named Mary Thom a s, i n h er e xcite o3e o , threw two of her children out of a wi nci :Od Fortunately, a man caught tho children , 10 they received no injury, but Mrs. Thonis 9 . jumping from the same window, although so d slated by the same ma n ; .12bounded from his shoulder. r striking a wall broke coll a r-bo ne . With ..„ 611 L o eh sible expedition, th e r g i nes f rom th e Royal tOr fo rd• the parish, and h Majesty's dockyard at DeP s i o. attended, as welhis the Brigade eugine from Sollt h iocl bridge•road, and that b e l onging t o the West of xlg oo .l Insurance-office. The firemen and police worke n B 0 1. vigorously, but before they cou ld ge t the 43 ,„ r ai' guagfd the whole of Mr. Marks's stock in tradeT t he ture, and wearing apparel were d e s t royed, ear building gutted. The house No. 14 has likewhle tained great damage, and the roof is partially desOSs• Nos. 10. 11, and 12, belonging to Mr. Smith, of t h " s o it falgur-road, are also et.nsiderably damaged, 1,13 ",,f the No. 15, belonging to Mr. Clayton. Toe - 40 00 ll' fire is unknown. Mr. Mark s , f ortuna t e ly, was ' in the County Fire Office. Cbtr0.... 1- VliattiO#. DERBY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Tralesmen's Plate. 1 Abbess of Jerveaux ". Lehi& FOREIGNERS AT PARIB.—It appears from th e , c4f-"1 returns which h ave j ust b een pu b lished by the P°" C- g Pt . the number of foreigners who have visited Pavia cli ir;„ ir," ' last six wee k s has greatly exceeded that for the cor re igr'' ing period for several }ears. In July the number W of s hum 2,516 were English, and 828 Americans. eet ' MILITARY GUARD AT BALMORAL —A deto e ',l consisting of one captain, two subalterns, two sergea o ; s rcll 50 rank and file of the 42c1 Royal Highlanders, were t „ ° a nd from Aberdeen to Balloter yesterday, to act as lb honour during her Majesty's residence at Balmoral. 00 A W sott HALs AHEAD —On her last voyage to od SI. ampton, the Madrid steamer, between Cape Espicbel 6 00 16 Vincent, when running over ten knots, struck a WI sabL er attempting to cross her bows; the shock was conse,jstwh' being di-tinctly felt all over the ship, causing Inu A c 'he 6 1r, About 50 feet of him appeared above the water, en",i s dri'" was evidently much injured by the sharpness of the '" iron stem. ELOPEMENT.—On Saturday last the go — ,,a r ive about Gillhead, Windermere, were put upon the qu& p the appearonce of a carriage and four, which too*, w q stand in the road not far from th e b ac k entrance°%.,apn Hall, until the occupant of the carriage, a gallant ; 10 4 ?" - who resides at the foot of the lake, and is of s° l3 % ds„ e ',l sporting celebrity, was joined by a young lady, Nvi i °„;a a tnit' s cretly left her sister at Gillhead. At the word of "; -- r tb the post-boys made all speed for Kendal, en route l e bor a facile temple of Hymen situate on the other side oils 1,13 ders. The secret soon leaked out, and another car r r ialo t/ a Y four was shortly on the traces of the loving pair, 0 V"„" o er them at Kendal, where they were comfortably a S' i r . of one of the princip a l inns. However, di ssu asion bell e visP", use, and force out of the question, the clamoured CollPeis we believe, after considerable parley, left to take 1 .-u to Gretna as they pleased.— Westmoreland Gazelle. b oa A very beautiful stained glass window 11139 gott c erected in Trinity Chstrch, Chesterfield, by 3 ff' of Stephenson, in memory of his father. It is a triPle_,,torij early English, or the style adopted in the thirteenth c'f;oosl Each window is enclosed by a rich border, and ground is massive ruby, on which is displayed uY oc i , al 3 scroll-work of the character so peculiar to this pert Gate' which prevails in the A'Becket glass in Canterbury _ o ‘l o . l dral. In the midst of these geometrical forms are P:', B oiP; ally developed, so as to create panels of various cclrativ forms, all of which are filled with mosaics arid 1: 0 ° P o o to . ; of the initials of the memorialised. The chief pon,io • ho* ever, filled with Scripture subjects. The inscriP o ' ris t ; the foot of the cent re w i n d ow i s as follows:--'` ?" 11 a , a d George Stephenson, C E., di e d August 12, 1 848, ;ad v .s it years." The eff ec t pro d uce d by this painted wiod o wg io k,' the decorations of the church, executed by Mr. Chesterfield, from the designs and directions of AIA rington, of London, is very beautiful. 00 14 LAITECH OF THE FIRST SCREW STEAME R frOr: t l UNDEE.— There was laurelled on Thursday aft fliTh e go the shipbuilding yard of Mr. Brown, the first screw 0 4 1 ever built at ibis port. She is named the Correo !, '",',, te odt property of William Clark. Eq. The Correo 1 " pet° for trading along the west coast of South America. 291 tons new measurement. fo r'i ive ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIRe.—We have receeist._e toot Colonel Rawlinson an important communication ar ri discovery made by him in an iredeription bull—of an account of the campaign betwke a ___ eels _ t . n u : i o e n n a n e b qi 5 $ P b - 60 d step to h ave o v , Eitzk-klah. It is a most satisfactory the identity of the King who b alt the gr . ; . have d sto • hsi a tangible starting-place for historic Koyunjik with the Sennacherib Sc.riaplturre es . ear (Colonel Rawlinson asserts) make rapid progress In the Assyrian chronology.-4thenizum. ~Jp sir. ••••••• •••••.m........,..... By the r o ' St whiet; , ter c i fty, we I 1 3th insi "4lght. t ~1~~