The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-15 00:00:00

Employment of Women.

When the advisability of providing new fields of industry
for the employment of women was so ably advocated by
disinterested philanthropists in the year 1860, Miss Mary
Anne Thomson was induced, from the evident sympathy
created in the public mind in the cause of the extension of
woman's labour, to open an extensive printing establishment
in the city of Edinburgh, under the title of " The Caledonian
Press," where young women were to be trained as composi-
tors. The institution has been in existence nearly four years,
and during that period many young women have been made
proficient in the trade. For two years and a half a monthly
magazine, under the title of "The Rose, The Shamrock,
and The Thistle," entirely printed by Miss Thomson's
female employes, has regularly issued from the press, and
has consequently reached its 30th number. Supplying the
requisite plant and machinery, and the carrying on of the
above magazine has necessarily involved a great expendi-
ture, the whole of which has fallen upon Miss Thomson;;
and having now exhausted her private means, she Is reluc-
tantly compelled to earnestly appeal to the benevolent for
immediate assistance, otherwise she will be necessitated to
abandon her undertaking, and her incessant toil and labour
for the last four years will have gone for nought.
Under these circumstances a few kind friends of Miss
Thomson's have determined to come forward to her aid,
persuaded that after her large outlay, and the sacrifice of
the whole of her capital, that it only requires additional
means to render the institution a permanent one. They
therefore most emphatically appeal to the philanthropic for
help. Since the formation of the institution Miss Thomson
has received the following donations from her kind patrons
which she gratefully acknowledges.
Subscriptions will be most thankfully received by Miss
M. A. Thomson, The Caledonian Press, 31, Hanover-
street, Edinburgh, and will be acknowledged from time to
time in the public prints.

riasT LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.

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Duchess of Wellington a 0 0
Duchess of Inverness 5 0 0
Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale lO 0 0
Dowager Countess of Carnarvon .. 10 0 0
Countess of Portsmouth . ...
Countess of Wemyss and March
Countess of Scarborough
Countess of Hopetoun . 4 0 0
Lady Willoughby D'Eresby
Dowager Lady Blantyre 5 0 0
Lady Rolle
Lady Belhaven and Stenton
Lady Caroline Bathurst
Lady Filmer 3 0 0
Lady Eleanor Balfour
Lady John Scott
Lady Macdonald Lockhart
Duke of Rutland
Archbishop of York
Earl of AbergavennY 5 0 0
Earl Ducie
Earl of Airlie ..... 2 2 0
Earl Grey
Viscount Hill
Lord Wharncliffe
Lord Bernors 5 0 0
Lord Dvnevor
Lord Kinnaird
Lord Colville of Culross
Bishop of St David's
Bishop of Ripon
Bishop of Lichfield
Sir Thomas Munro, Bart
Sir T. Buchan Hepburn, Bart
Sir George Ramsay, Bart-
Sir John Richardson, Bart 2 0 0
Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart
Sir Kenneth S. Mackenzie, Bart
Sir A. Edmonstone, Bart
Sir P. Arthur Halkett. Bart
Sir James Fergusson, Bart, M.P.
Sir E. Hunter Blair, Bart
Right Hon. Sir J. T. Coleridge
Sir William Alexander Maxwell, Bart 2 0 0
Sir A. Bannerman, Bart 2 0 0
Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P 3 0 0
W. P. Adam, Esq., M.P.
Col. Vassal'
J-olln, Hoyes, Esq.