The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO MRS. CHISHOLM.

We make it almost an invariable rule not to open
these columns for the purpose of forwarding any private
scheme of benevolence, or calling attention to the menit.
or demerits of those on whose behalf the sympathy, tb°
gratitude, or the liberality of the public is soliciteui
but the exception proves the rule, and the case
Mrs. Chisholm stands out in such bold relief, at°
presents so many singular and distinguishing eaa•
racteristics, that we feel in giving it prominence W.°
are only accommodating our practice to what 11
just and fitting. It will have been seen, fr°ll
our advertising columns, that Mrs. Chisholm is about
to return to Australia, and that it is in contemplation°
hold a meeting at the London Tavern to-morrow for the
purpose of raising subscriptions for this excellent lant;
Her merits stand in no need of praise from us. 'I"-
benefits she has conferred on England and Austra'
lia are too real,§too recent, and too notorious, tc:.
require detailed exposition here. She commenced her
career in Australia by offering herself as a media'
tor between the emigrant and employer—resisting;
on the one hand, the attempts to impose on the
ignorance and simplicity of the stranger ; and, on the
other, checking the exorbitant expectations, reassul
the fears, and stimulating the enterprise of families to f
much disposed to linger about great towns, instead
pressing into the interior, the proper field of their exec"
tions. She has conducted herself whole armies of ealici
grants into the solitudes of that new continent, and
endured, in the course of these exertions, fatigues a%
inconveniences which might have shaken a le'
steadfast will, and wearied out a less active benevf:
lence. In England, she has beon the means of teach'
ing the labouring classes the secret of their nW f
strength, and directing to the permanent amelioration
their condition that immense latent power of combine;
tion which they have hitherto been too much dispose('
to waste in strikes, which only destroy the capital
which they must live, or in political agitation, Whip
must recoil on the heads of its own authors BY an a.
peal to the spirit of independence which prompts r' rn
lies to send out an active member to pioneer their Wayin a new world, and to that natural affection, so strong
among the poor, which urges the severed family to
reunite, she has done much to bridge over the
vast ocean which separates England from Astralia,
and to precipitate those events which are rapidif
raising up another England there. Nothing relating to
the comfort and character of the emigrant has escape('
her vigilant eye and active hand. She has taught Of
shipowners to regard the carriage of emigrants as some"
thing more than the ferrying over of a human narg();
she has suggested, arranged, and organised. Provisions)
stores, berths, the requisite amount of air and sPaB.6),
have all been the subjects of her attention, and all voZ.
benefit to the emigrant. But, though exhibiting in
strength of her character and the firmness of her will 11°
small affinity to the sterner sex, Mrs. Chisholra
equal claims to the respect and gratitude of the Pll.-4
and high-minded ladies of England. Strange as it may
sound, it was reserved for her to enforce on board eV
grant-ships the most ordinary rules of decency and Prf;
priety. It was Mrs. Chisholm who broke down tP.'
demoralising and disgusting system by which all sal
and 'all ages were huddled into the same cabin,
compelled to sleep, dress, and undress in the presence,
of each other. There never was a more vigilant or e,
cient protector of female virtue, and thousands of WIPP?,
wives and mothers in Australia owe it to her that ref
f
are living in peace, honour, and competence, instead ,
vice, infamy, and poverty. These services have been
rendered to society without the command of wont
without aristocratic connexion, without any of the mesas
by which great results are produced, except a strop.:
will, a clear head, and a stout heart. These are valual°
in themselves, but even more so as the foundation of:
system on which all future emigration must be e°°,
ducted. All honour, then, to Mrs. Chisholm, and ell„t
cess to those who seek to give her some acknowledgrae"
of her services I—Times.

LAUNCH OF THE JASON.—The launch on Saturdiff
took place at Orchard-yard, the premises of Messrs. r
J. Mare and Co., builders of the Jason. Eminent 01341'
builders, they have added to their fame by the consttli
tion of this beautiful vessel, the second of a contemplated
fleet of iron steam-ships intended to be launched by theL.
Her length between perpendiculars, in other vio_,A.l'.4
from stem to stern," is 281 feet ; breadth for tone
43 feet ; length of keel for ditto, 254 feet ; depth of h°V,
31 feet 6 inches : tonnage, 2,530 ; and engines, by
horse power, manufactured on the screw principle,
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Messrs. James Watt and Co., Soho, near Birmingha.g
Lady Gambier, elegantly dressed, cracked the christen ~ii,
bottle on "the figure head," and cried, "Go &Li's,
Jason !" The Jason is intended for the Australian t7,ti
and seems from her fittings, build, and apparent cal*Tho
for sailing, calculated to do honour to the General Selo
Steam-ship Company. Little more than four Inen to
have elapsechince she was commenced, and accordineer
the report of Mr. Thomas Waterman, jun., who lot
intended the arrangements, she will, within a very
time, be ready for sea. been
THE AZTECS.—The public taste has latterly
moving strongly in favour of ethnological exhibitlebo.
but nothing in the shape of singular specimens ef,,,ble
rnanity has hitherto appeared among us at all coniPei"ror
to these prodigies of littleness. They- are truly " yet
vol and a mystery "—unlike all else of human kir" 610.
the very reverse of aught repulsive or disagreel;db•
Who and what are they—" Max," and Lola, W2e4o-
- twenty-one pounds ? Are they "the Asiall.„ fey
tery" (by the way, the resemblance of the male 1.-tiblf
ture to friend Punch's portraits of Disraeli is irresisideo
extraordinary) ; or must we not put faith in the h4.°o4‘•
things of Iximaya,, despite the sceptic voice frorn,,,„ and
shire of him who rode the conquered cayman ?
reveals more, we take Velasquez against Watertoaphoo
credit the romance of reality. The gentle pignl,jeififorie'
now removed from Hanover-square to the Royal Ater
nette Theatre, where they can be exhibited to grefloolt
advantage, and where thousands will continue to
as inspectors of the most striking wonder of the age the
THE NEW SUCCESSION DUTY ACT.—On Saturdi,Y_
act for granting to her Majesty duties on successor
arts
property, and for altering certain provisions of tibirsoel
charging duties on legacies and shares of Pe dor
estates, which received the Royal assent on Thurssobe,
was printed. There are 55 clauses in the act, and ciutiee
dule of tables and rules for determining the new the the
and the value of annuities. The duties are under
care and management of the Commissioners of tn% into
Revenue, and the act is to be taken to have er:t aces'
operation on the 19th of May last. The term
tiupdedr
sion " is to denote the successor to any proper
the operation of the act. The following duties arey.sor
to her Majesty, and are to be considered e 2;esoe or
duties :—Where the successor shall be the lin a'
t the rater
lineal ancestor of the predecessor, a duty
...uccessor
of 1/. per cent. upon such value. Where tn„.!brothe
shall be a brother or sister or a descendant or ai. per
or sister of the predecessor, a duty at the rate °Lii be
cent. upon such value. Where the successora descend,
brother or sister of the father or mother, or ~tbe
dof e
eae
sbsreort,hae rdourty
a sistertthoef the
rate
offather
5. poerrmeoetnhte.r
uo
sissoterfeb
value. Where the successor shall be a brother Asnt o
othf
etbhree
tlrea,rn
rfastihsetrer
of
gthraengdrmaontdhfealeorroeadgra:.nndenirc-atert...
of the predecessor, a duty at the rate
rf
_r, I be
pre'
any such value ; and where the successor
to
to the
any other degree of collateral consangu. e _
decessor than it described, or shall b
_!"'ceut. tie;
sbtliocohd tvoalhuiem. , aTdhuertye ai ts tahne
interpretationat
terms used in the act. eofgperchiuse of VP