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

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26 1851.

excellent in thee.-y, hat which is found
to work adminibl‘ in pta,7tic,-; whilst ever) Leif-in 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 fur the
consideration of the political philosopher as otos
worthy of his most attentive study, coati-wing our-
selves with observing that, whilst the nations who
have failed to solve this question have all bad an es-
tablished church, rich in w,,r1,11y go ode, acting in
conjunction with a corrupt Executive, au insolvent
and privileged aristocracy, a large standing army
and a class monopoly of the learned professions, the
Sandwich Islanders have bad none of these things,
but have had instead, as is proved by the educational s'a-
tistics, a general and aqual diffusion of education among
all classes of the community. In the states in which the
expe,:iment 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 important question 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 Suazcz 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
bumane 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 his 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 province of the public
journalist, to prejudge any case precipitately, but the
public reports of yesterday furnish a painful instance
~f 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 MART ANNE TARGET, was brought up
yesterday, at Guildhall, on remand, having been
charged with stealing a piece of bread of the vain,
twin,,-nce sti ruing, the- property of 5 po►iceman, and
,n 5 uCeabion a series of ill-trastwout tin the port td
her employers transpired which nes succeeded in en-
quiring for them a most unenviable notoriety. The
piiiicemsn, far from being an indirect abettor of the,
-offerings of the poor girl, brought forward the
charge for the purpose of having her condition in
ves igat.ed, nut ut having the petty theft judicially
punished; for be felt convinced that the scraps of food
which be had occasionally found missing could
nave been purloined solely through the crav
logs 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 seal 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
shoulders with a cane—bad enough, but worse remains
behind. On one occasion he kicked her on the hip
for not taking the ashes clean enough from under the
fire-grate. On another he struck her on the side with
bis fist (we only wish BEN CAIINT had five minutes
" remonstrance " with the cowardly caitiff). Sunday
appeared a favourite day for those gentle operations.
Ole 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

nwollen, and the joint in the first fitiser of thelett
hand nearly worn of" Whatervr way have been th,.

(ire. aernet us as a servant—wherher she were given
•,r nut to I.ziness, lying, or any other iaperfevtion—
lothing can ju.ti'y 'nett hrurttl treatment on the pa,
1 ner employers. It, as way stated hyAivirs,..wFhtlethLsw,
eshr,t-
-h ,ti been trtcpently guilty ,fthwft, nothaveadopted
richer of two out of the three alters tr
-.Wed by that lady to have been offered 011 the. occa-

7.ion ut detection, nauwly, " to mend her bottle to her
mul her, or to give her in charge ?" Wny retain thief

in service on the condition of inflicting " s good
beating ?" This vile system of personal violence, as
well as that of inflicting famine on servants, pupil•, or
apprentices, must he put an end to, and whenever the

guilt can be brought home of the nt-glect of providing
proper fuod, or of unlawful and m4licious assault, to
the ding:r 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

ng 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.

THE ~it :N('[ REPrtitif

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The proposal of the Patrie for the immediate dis-
solution of the Assembly at.d tor the perpetration of
a quasi 18 Brumaire in favour of M. Louts NAPO-
LEON BONAPARTE, is ridiculed and denounced by all
the• j,urnals of every shad,- of politics. The
National sarcrietically a.ks what would the inhahi-
twits of the distant portions of 111.. departments be
about while ail the troops were concentrated at the
piece where the electio❑ might happen to be pro-
ceed.ng ? While the Union, giving the writer ►n
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 leas violent in its oppo
sitiott.

There iv, it wou'd ppPetr, Bonir hitch between ti e
Nhuistry lind M. Gent); kir kse find iu the Assenz•
blie e'ationale the fuilumug fierce attack upon the
Elpee

We ought not to be astonished that the policy of
the actual Gevtroccent shuuld have not only opponents
but ei,emtes, because it is without self-denial and diain-
teretoeduess. It only thinks of itsels, and ot its per-
sonal int,reat, which it places above that of aucial du it ty;
it abuses the prospects of the future by causing them
to depend upon a single man; in tine, in a coubtiy so
cruelly divided by a multiplicity of parties, it has eatrd
a new party, and has added another name to the list ot
Pretenders."

The candidateship of the Prince DE JOIN-VILLE fur
the Presidency of the Republic is causing serious
alarm in the Legitiwatist camp, and the journey of
Guam' to London, undertaken ostensibly for the
purpose of being present at the funeral service to be
celebrated by Cardinal WISEMAN, in memory of Louts
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 trom
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 frum the French navy to the Prince de Joie-
ville, soliciting him to accept the candidateship for the
Presidency of the Republic."
The Lyons trials still continue. There have been
serious disturbanees in the Department of the Ar-
deche.

Very little business was transacted on the Bourse.
The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 40c., and close d at
95f. 30c. for the end of the rnontb; the Thr,-e per
Cents closed at 57f. 5c.; Orleans Railroad Shares,
802. 50c.;• Rouen, 607 f. 50c.; Havre, 241 f. 250.; Great
Northern, 4659.; Avignon, 206 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 435 f.;
Basle, 151 f. 25e.; Bordeaux, 395 f. 75c.; Parie and
Strasburg, 3611.25 c.; Tours and Nantes, 271 f. 25c.
ESS tiNte tN FOKKLUIV KAIL A.l Tut.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Al7O. 25.

Boulogne and Amiens, 10% - Dutch Rhenish, VA
Northern of France, 114—Orteans and Bordeaux, 4%—
Paris and Strasbourg, 11,4—Etuuen and Havre, 9A—Sam.
bre and Meuse, 3%.

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BRITISH RAZZWAYS.

R&ilwayg.

Aberdeen..
Ambergate Nottingham,
Barton, & Z. Juncior
fieltast and County licrwi,
•trnauig., Woreerhainii..
and :Atoar Valley •
4lrkenh., Lan., & Cheat,
June., late 331. 6a. aft..
Do. Chest & Btrkenktd ,
501. & 24i. Consolidated
Do., do., 20/.
3ristol and Kaeter.-

Clienar and tiolyhead
inrect Loud. aid Portant.
Dubun and Betteat Jana-
Dublin and Ithigstowit

And Kum
?ituhlec, Perth,ami Aber-
de(ln JillteClVD
Do, hew ~

East Angbau (251 L. &
E. and L. & D.)
Do. (Dil. E. & H.)
&warn Counties
~',astern Union, class A.
late E. U. shares
Do. do. do. ..
Do. du., B & C slums

Lulea.%Lire -.--.

Do. Nen quarters
Edinburgh and Ghtsgoe
[;din., Perth, and Dundee
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgew and So uth- W est,
Do. do. G. D. & C. stock I
Great Northern ..
Do. halves, A. deferred
Do. halves, B, 6 per et.
Great Southern sad
Western, Ireland ..
Great Western
Do. New,
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Do. thirds ..

Lancaster and Preston ..
Laacabhire and Yorkshire
Do. quarter shares ..
Do. fifths .
Do. West Riding Union
Leeds Nortbern
Liverpool, Cresby, and
Southport
London and Blackwell
Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ..
London and N.-Western
Do. do. quarters ..
Do. fifths•
Do. 101. sh., 11.&B (0),
London and S.-Wasters .
Do. new 501.
Do. new 401. ..
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock ..
manchaster, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire ..
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Caton
Midland
Do. 501. shares ••
De. Birmiag & Derby
Midland Gt. West. (he.)
Newcastle and Carlisle • -
De. quarter shares ..

ewmarket • • ..
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and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen. .
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Raatrevor .. •.

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on. Now 201. shares-
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Railway
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Watertord and Limerick,
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WhiteiLaven and Furness
York, Newc.. & Berwick
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LINES

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do. guar. 6% per cent.
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Brazilian Imp (is. 51. p.)
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Coplapo ••• • • • • •
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LONDON, AUG. 26.—The Reidy Castle, of Hartlepool,
Liverpool to Monte Video, was abandoned when on fire
25th June, her coals having ignited; crew picked up on
the 30'h, Ist. 19 S., long. 35 W.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. St. Law-
rence, Bombay; Herbert, Saldanha Bay; Squanturxi,
New Orleans; Princeton, New York; Montezuma, ditto;
Staffordshire, Boston. A sloop sank yesterday near
Bootle, with all on board; a boat, supposed to belong to
her, came ou shore, marked " Skerrett, of Killough, Pat
balli,nr%.'"fhe bAles of four men and one
woman -have been washed up. The Jops, of Run.
corn, has gone down with all on board.
Arrd. Borderer, Arracin; Maid of Orleans, Cal-au;
Saxon, New Orleans; M. J. Ward, :iobile; Franchise,
Char lesion ; Sarawak, Prolaiielphia ; Queen or the
West, New York; Rob rt Krity, ditto; Enterprise,
ditto; Richard At.op, ditto; Attila% MogagacrOsoc,;
Zion's li. pet Quebec. Put back, Elvira, Cape of Good
tit,pe; Sceptre, iirlitux, Off p .rt, Awerics, Maid or
Aihrhs, Coriolsnua. and Slisi,ttn.
DEAL Au° 25.—Wind W N w , P.m. N. to W.S.W.
Psttick Henry, New Yolk; Bs, quo It-
lut.d. Air . ii, in thr lit% et• awl rtailed. m end
Niary. Sy otaey, Ne* South vt ales; Hereford,Drmersra.
SI& Chlthajot vv.ll.ngtor, New Bt uttow k; Aht•erton,
Port Poitto. Ned, Moore.; Sir rh. ma% Greshain, Cape
anti Nltsoriss; Archiwedes, Cape, &c ; Pearl. Euxiin
" E' 'z Ann, gut bre, with the reat f the otiose' d
treund. rat. pari. of the ou• ward b.tivd are putting
kick.
075' cs,uaht, p• lit, Mat,. itiu, ; Unicorn, Bailie;
E.I pre-• • g Con, f r 13,• II-
P0.k.1101 ,UTH AUG W 11.0 W. ur N. W.--Arrd.
Arn-Itai, Alma' z.:4; EL, Hercules, Halifax.
Ctiiima, Attu. 25.--Wind W.—Arrd. August,

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correspondents.)

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
»peculation. The sales comprised 7 500 American, 600
Pernam and Maranham at 411.1. to 5.1.; 600 Egyptian, at
sjd. to 9d.; 1.200 Surat at 2d. to 40.; and 80 Sea
Island at 10id. to ls. Bd. per lb. Thw market closed
with an upward tendency.—American under sid., and
all kinds of Brazil were id. per lb. dearer.—The market
for Railway Shares was flat and heavy.
The monthly report of the Dried Fruit trade, by
Messrs. Witherhy and Hanson, states of Currants, that
although the London importation has been so much
larger than that of last season, the clearances for borne
consumption, from 31st Dec. to 31st July have exceeded
those of last year by 2,000 tons, and those of 1849 during
the corresponding seven mouths 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 Loudon clearances for consumption,
from 19th ult. to 18th inst., have been 745 tons, against
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 he delivery at that port in 1850 at this perii,d.
The stock of currants at this port is now larger than it
has ever been ut tbis season, which fact, with the latest
advicea from all places of growth, promising a sound and
abundant crop. naturally creates a caution on the part
of bu) era, and consequent depression in the market
generally.
The Amsterdam Stock prices of the 24th instant do
not materially tuff r trout those previoulsy current.
Mexican Beds were 28)r
The of hilessrs. S. Rucher and Sons appear
to be larger than was at first t xpected, being nearer
600 0001., and some say even more. The greater
part coliaisis of acceptances, but the firm en-
j..) ed public cot.fidence to such an extent that
many persons lodge t surplus moneys with it,
,seeiving a stated return in interest, the same as if left
with a uai,ker or mac, unt broki r. In numerous cases
no recut ity whatever was tek,n, and we see here the
apeniericy of parties acting for thews, lv. s, merely to save
. small noir:motor. ur a sligh:, extra iutere.t.
Had these 41.1M-us's gone to a banker or broker their
weney would have bee. received, not only on his
nice, it de ired, but would have beet, lent on bills baring
.evEral ender.ohnauts, and thus we perteesly remember

hat, during the last p%uir, the grt at discount fit ms mei

,fory OWO3 upon them, even in tho cape w here a tam
p ,ritry eu.p.-neion ',mum& Mott unto igned regret was
exprebted yesterday at the announcement that Mr.
Hitcher, ben., aged seventy-six, hail aced tonne hit house
-Lipped, the blues bring tou .were fur him. As to the
probable result of the winding up of the firm, it
would be imposiobie at present to state it.

The depreciation in produce is so great that
the whole capital of the house, estimated at 100,000/.
a 4 short a time buck as January last, and tar more two
or three years since, is no doubt gone. Many articled
have falen 20 and 30 per cent. since. The result will
greatly depend upon the produce of the estate of o.her
houses indebted to Messrs. Rucher. A firm of less
magnitude has 20,0001. of Messrs. Castelll'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 fur 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, frotn the explanations of the
chairman, it seems likely to be confirmed.
The English Funds have been very depressed again,
and the idsa which always obtains when a little com-
mercial difficulty arises, that there is general unsound-
HESS, keeps down values. Consols have been 96} to 961
fur Transfer, and 96f f for Account. Exchequer-bilis
have been quoted 465. to 495., and India Bonds 545. to
57e. premium. The New Three-and•a•Quatter per
Cents. have realized 98f to 98k, and the Three per
Cents. 96f to 971. East India Stuck is firm at 262.
Foreign Securities are partially affiicted by the decline
in the English Funds. Spanish Five per Cents. have
been done at 21, and the Three per Cents. at 37f.
Mexican Bonds have been down to 28f Peruvian
Old Stock is at 91k. Equador Bonds are 3f. Sardi-
nian Scrip continues heavy at discount. Belgian
Four-ai,d.a. Half par Cents. are 94f, and Dutch Four per
Cents. 93i
Railway Shares are still receding, the average decline
being another f per cent. Paucity of business is the
principal cause.

QUARTER TO THREE.
01.14•ou 964
,••
Ditto Account, Sept. 11 96i
BRITISH FUNDS TEL'S DAY AT ONE O't.;LOC.K.
Krim) t /facial List..?
8 der Cent. Reduced Annuities... ....• 971 9634 97%
per Cent. Consols Amis. 96 4‘,5f,%
New VA per gent. Ana,.
ti
,up, aanuitieik. lx D. Jan, ith. 7 7-16
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 7 ,i-16
ndia toot. 262
Do. Bonds, 10001 54 57 p
Ditto under 1.000/
iouth Sea stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Coire.: 'or ACCOUOL ....... -06 V E ~hsouto gitd
1,0001.
......... 1,0001... 41 46 p
• ;,.• 49 46 p.. -
Small
eRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT UNE O'CLOCK
Equador Bonds .. ••• 3
twat, (wows, lt+4b. ix Jan Coupons -
Ditto Account .
Peruvian tionds,s per Cent...
Russian bonds. 1822, 5 per Cant.-
Ditto 4 per Cent. lO2
Sarrdiaian Bond, 5 per Cent. .
Scrip
3panisu gouda, 5 per Cent,lB4u ... 21
Ditto Passive Bonds
npanisn bond,. 3 oer Cent -
Ditto Account
riivlticinks the• shove pAysid• tia lvuuvn
Belgian per Cent .... 94%
Witch VA, per Cent., 12 build
Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates 93'4,

THAIS DA Y.)
LLOYIf./NtStili4l)ll‘4(l.—(
Lormax, Ana. 26.—Wind at noon S., moderate
bre. zo, aud cloudy.
PLYMOUTH. AUG. 25.—Wind N.W.—Sld. ilydaspes,
Acklatoe, S.,uth Australis.
QUEENtTOWN, HUG. 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Coila,
Baroadoes; Gmtinella, Havannab.
WHITEHAYEN, AUG. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrd.
Wel-
qi-bee; Sylla, ditto.
HARRINGTON, AUG. 25.—The Prosperity smack, of
and from Newry, is on shore to the northward, has sus-
tained some damage, but is expected off if the weather
moderates.
PRA.*ERBURGH, AUG. 25.—. The Echo, Gardenstown
to Stettin, is leaky, and will probably discharge part of
cargo.