The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

Mark Lemon's new drama, entitled Hearts are
Trumps, and which is so ably supported by Mrs.
Stirling, is c(3rtainly the best thing that either author
or artist has done since the production of Gwynnoth
Vaughan. It is intensely interesting, full of power-
ful situationF, and one of the best built plays that has
been produc ed for years. Thus runs the story :—Mr.
Ruby (Mr. W. Farren), a professional blackleg, has
an only daughter, Mary (Mrs. Stirling), whom he
brings up in the country, as Miss Gray, and keeps her
in entire ignorance of his real name and condition.
Warm-hearted, honourable, and virtuous, Mary Gray
believes her father to be all that the most affec-
tionate of girls ever imagined the most indulgent of
parents. IJas frequent absences from home are re-
gretted, but -their cause is never suspected until on one
eventful day., having dispatched her lover, Charles
Wilmot (Mr. W. Forester) to London with a letter
to her fat her, to ask his consent to her union, her
privacy is intruded by Captain Wagstaffe (Mr. Leigh
Murray), the associate of Ruby in his gambling
transactions., who having seen Mary, has fallen in love
with her Of it be not a profanation to apply the
term love to the sentiments of such a wretch), and
having ascertained that she is the daughter of Ruby,
and been refused her hand :by her father, denounces
to the daueiter that father and his odious occupation,
and leaves her in a state bordering on madness. She
determines at once to set out for London to see her
father. In the meantime Wilmot has delivered his
letter to the address of Gray, but the " neat crow-
quill hand " being recognised by his associates, as
one the sight of which always makes old Ruby
nervous, they determine to keep back the letter until
the following morning. Ruby and Wagstaffe are
busily engaged in plucking a pigeon, who is the
identical Charles -Wilmot, the bearer of the letter, when
the letter itself, which has dropped from the pocket of
one of the gamblers, is picked up by a servant,
and handed to Ruby. He peruses it—recognises his
daughter's lover in his victim, and purposely loses all
back to him. Wagstaffe accuses him of playing false,
they attack each other, and Ruby is on the point of
strangling Wagstaffe when Mary enters and dis-
covers her father engaged in his horrible occupation.
This: scene is one of the most powerfully conceived
and one of the most powerfully acted scenes in the
whole range of the drama—the father starts back and
sinking into a,chair hides his face in his hands, and then
in the agony of humiliation grovels at his daughter's
feet and implores her forgiveness for the degradation
he has inflicted on her. She is suffering the most
acute agony at the discovery of her father's degrada-
tion, and shocked at his abject humiliation,
rushes to him, and raising him from the ground,
exclaiming, " Not there, father ! not there l" presses
the old man to her heart. At first she refuses to permit
Wilmot to become her husband, but at length she
consents, and Ruby quitting the life of a gambler,
becomes again a happy father; while Wagstaffe,
although full of remorse for his conduct
to Mary, declares that the rattle of the
dice-box, like that of the rattle-snake, fascinates
while it kills, and continues his gambling career.
There is the part of a country servant to the Grays,
which was admirably acted by that quaintest of
seen either
tns,
rMr. F
Compton. someltiasrreno tr mimesr. Stirlinginsce we have
he
to such advantage as in this admirable drama, and
Mr. Leigh Murray has as yet done nothing that can
be compared with his Captain Wagstaffe—the make-
up was perfect, and the acting full of truth and of
power. All the artistes were called for at the con-
clusion, and there can be no doubt but that Hearts
Gtao coreTm.ruemps at the Strand every night for many weeks

PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The 68th report, published on
Monday, enumerates 512 petitions for the adoption of
universal suffrage, signed by 53,815 persons; 246 peti-
tions in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill, signed by
39,364 persons ; 222 petitions in favour of the Mar-
riages Bill (recently withdrawn for the session), signed
by 41,155 persons; 113 petitions for the repeal of the
attorneys' certificate duty, signed by 1,469 persons; five
petitions for the abolition of ministers money (Ireland),
signed by 1,063 persons; four petitions fora repeal of the
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" agricultural relief," signed by 85,992 persons; 32
petitions in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, signed by
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Bill, signed by 28,469 persons; 59 petitions for the
suppression of the slave trade, signed by 9,226 persons,
53 petitions for an amendment of the Small Debts Act,
signed by 5,709 persons; and seven petitions in favour of
the Smoke Prohibition Bill, signed by 2,036 persons.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
crTY, Q 1.7 AP PER TO TLi i i.',...
Il i ~, Cotta , ::1,,,1:, ,it 141,,,,,T0,,1 yost a.,-), ~. ~,,, ~
but firm. The sah s were estimated at 6,000 oule,, of
which 5,000 were American, and sold at 4d. to 51d., 250
Pernams at 51d. to 50., 150 Bahia at 5/d. to 50., 100
Egyptian at sid., 250 Surats at 3bd . to 4d., and 80 Sea
Islands; 2,000 of the above were taken by speculators,
and about 1,000 for export.—ln Railway Shares only a
limited business was done, and prices were generally
lower.
The large public sales of Colonial Wool, which have
been progressing in London for the last fortnight, have
been brought to a close. Upwards of 47,000 bales have
been offered, and all but a few hundred bales have been
disposed of, the average advance, compared with May,
being about Id. per lb.
The Corn Market is dull to-day, the harvest pros-
pects being most excellent. Upon this subject, the
Bankers' Magazine for August states that " the
returns of the Gazette indicate a considerable rise in the
value of Wheat since the end of June. Some reaction,
however, has taken place in anticipation of the
supplies that may come to hand from the Baltic. For
the first half of the month the weather was hot, bright,
and almost totally free from moisture. The prolonged
absence of rain, indeed, began to render the country
subject to many of the inconveniences of drought. The
wheat plant was everywhere benefited by a state of
things so congenial to its peculiar constitution, and we
hear from several different quarters of the crops
of this grain having made the most rapid and satisfac-
tory progress since the first week of June. Nearly all
the fields of wheat look remarkably well. The corn bears
a healthy colour, and the straw is stout and regular.
But even the recent abundance and intensity of solar
heat, bas not been able to remedy the radical
defects which a bad seed-time and an unpropitious
spring have entailed upon a good deal of the wheat cul-
tivation of the country. At present there is every pro-
bability of the yield of wheat being of unusually good
quality, but we doubt whether the crop will exceed the
average abundance. The inferior kinds of corn, rye,
oats, and barley, although thriving, are less likely to
turn out well than the wheat."
The accounts from Belgium, Austria (except where
the war rages most furiously), Moldavia, and other parts
are exceedingly favourable in respect to the growing
crops. The ears of wheat in Moldavia weigh as much as
90 grains.
In the Amsterdam Stock Market on Monday there
was not much doing, and prices were scarcely so firm at
Vienna on the 27th ult. The Metallics were 93i.
The English Stock Market is very dull again to-day,
and further sales of Money Stock, said to be for the
Court of Chancery, &c., have depressed the
quotations a little. There is no speculation going
on, and when the present temporary influences are over,
a rise is considered probable. Consols have realised
92k to I.' and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 931
to i ; Bank Stock is 1981 to 1991. Exchequer bills
have been 48s. to 50s. premium.
In Foreign Bonds, the transactions have been very
restricted. Mexican have been quoted 26i to 27 ; Por-
tuguese Old Five per Cents., 80; Brazilian New, 831,
and Spanish Three per Cents., 344 i. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. have been 52 to /.
Railway Shares are quiet.
BRITISH FUNDS Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92% %
8 per Cent. Consols Anns
New 3% per Cent. Anne 833/4
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 —
.Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 11-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16
India Stock 253%
Do. Bonds, 1000/
Ditto under 1.0001
South Sea Stock 102%
Ditto Old Annuities 90%
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 11-Ad. 2d.
March. June.
1,0001.
5001
Small — 51 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent....
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849....
Ditto Bonds
Grenada, 1 per Cent. ...... ......
Do. Deferred
Mexican 80nd5,1846, 5 per Cent., Csmpons
Ditto Ex Coupons
Exchange
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARER AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. nit Samil.
A.berdeen -
Ditto, Preference 414 4l ... to
Caledonian
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
Eastern Union, Claus A. (late
E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 . 7%
East Lincolnshire
Great Northern
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 40
Ditto, ditto
Great Western 100
Ditto, Half Shares
Do. New 171
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 20% to -.-
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 96
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Fifths
London & Blackwell ... ..... . 12%
London & North Western.....loo ......132
London and S. Western....... 50 .....
Ditto, Thirds... 164 135.4 d 47/s dis. to
Midland...... ...100 ... 65% 65 % to 65
Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 30 "40 17 ...... to
Midland, Canso). Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......128
North British .. .. ......... .. 25
Ditto Half 5hare5........... 12% 5%%... to
Do. Quarters 6%...... 3
Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 84.-- 4
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 1714... 12% mint to
Royston and BLitchin ..... .. 4%...... 5 ex.int to
South Eastern
32 33% .. ... 21
Ditto, No. 1.
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preference
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
East Indian
Luxembourg
Ditto
Namur and Liege........ 2O ...
Sambre and Meuse

Barrossa Range....... 2Bs. is pm. par... to
Brazilian Imperial ...,. ..... to
Ditto St. John Del Rey l5 . 914 to

COURSE OF
Amsterdam ...... •• •• 12 2%
Ditto, at sight 12 1
Rotterdam .... • • .... 12 2%
Antwerp .......... .... 25 70
gamburgh . M.B. 13 12M
Aitona .
Paris, 3 days'siiht 25 40

Ditto, 3 months .. 25 60
&families • . 25 62l
Bourdeaux.... ..... • 25 62%
Frankfort on Mains.... 12l %
Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 36%
Berlin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • --
Vienna, effec. fib...".
Trieste, ditto....
Madrid •• • • .•• • • • •• • • SO
Cadiz •• •• •• •• • • •• •• •• 504
Bilbao.. •• •• .• •• •• •• ••

Barcelona ...........:
BevIlle..•••••••• •• ••••