19 FEBRUARY 1859, Page 2

- 19 • ,matters do not seem to mend. The Queen

has been to tell the Islanders very plainly that they will not be allowed to have their way about annexation. Mr. Gladstone has followed up this by presenting to the Assembly a revised constitution ; but it is like throwing pearls before the most un- appreciating, and the telegraphic despatches favour the idea that Mr. Gladstone's pearls will share the fate of all jewels thus tendered.