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

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 2d inst.
General Lersundi, the President of the Council,
assisted at the Te _thum, chanted at La Granja on
the preceding day on the occasion of the announce-
ment of her Majesty's pregnancy.
He subsequently convoked the Cabinet Council,
at which the question relative to the railway con-
cessions was decided.
M. Moyano, who differed in opinion with his
colleagues, tendered his resignation, which was ac-
cepted, and he was replaced by M. Collantes.
The excessive heat of the weather at Madrid had
paralysed commercial affairs.
The Three per Cents. were done at 44 3-16 cash ;
Deferred, 23g.

SPORTING NOTES.

WINNERS FOR WOLVERHAMPTON.

The counter attractions a,t Reading and elsewhere
will, doubtless, militate considerably against the success
of the Wolverhampton Meeting. Still, the supply of
sport, although not remarkably abundant, is likely to be
sufficient to relieve the proceedings from tediousness.
Before my communication meet the reader's eye, the
first day's racing will be decided. I shall, therefore,
without further prefatory remarks, proceed to discuss
the items " set up" for Tuesday and Wednesday.
That the fields will be, in the majority of instances,
numerically insignificant is unquestionable ; still, the
various encounters will not be utterly devoid of interest.
Seventeen horses have accepted for the Patshull Handl'
cap, but the starter will not, perhaps, muster even
moiety of that number. Both Gladiole and Whalebone
appear to be most leniently handicapped, and with a
start, I shall expect one of them to achieve the victory.
Wild Huntsman has incurred a penalty of 51bs. for
the Chillington Stakes, and his party may deem it sound
policy not to jeopardise the position which he at present
occupies in the Derby betting by the possibility of a de-
feat. Notwithstanding, however, his additional impost,
I shall, if he enter the lists, be induced to place some
confidence in his chance. Strutaway is the next entitled
to consideration.

I am doubtful as to the "fitness" of both Lady Evelyn
and Trifle. I am, therefore, reluctantly compelled to
seek my champions for the Cleveland Cup in two yes"'
moderate animals—Little Davie and Cleveland—Osbal-
deston and Lough Bawn are my selections for the Free
Handicap.
Tw• events only on Wednesday's list require considera-
tion—The Foal Stakes and the Holyoake Handicap•
Whalebone will, perhaps, carry off the former, and the
latter may be somewhat hotly contested by Black
Doctor and Massaroni.

My next " letter of advice" will be dispatched from
the scene of action—Wolverhampton.
A FRESH MAN.

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 merits
or demerits of those on whose behalf the sympathy, the •
gratitude, or the liberality of the public is solicited;
but the exception proves the rule, and the case of
Mrs. Chisholm stands out in such bold relief, and
presents so many singular and distinguishing cha-
racteristics, that we feel in giving it prominence we
are only accommodating our practice to what is
just and fitting. It will have been seen, froze
our advertising columns, that Mrs. Chisholm is about
to return to Australia, and that it is in contemplation to
hold a meeting at the London Tavern to-morrow for the
purpose of raising subscriptions for this excellent lady-
Her merits stand in no need of praise from us. The
benefits she has conferred on England and Austra-
lia are too realltoo recent, and too notorious, to
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, reassuring
the fears, and stimulating the enterprise of families too,
much disposed to linger about great towns, instead 01
pressing into the interior, the proper field of their exer-
tions. She has conducted herself whole armies of evil'
grants into the solitudes of that new continent, and
endured, in the course of these exertions, fatigues and
inconveniences which might have shaken a less '
steadfast will, and wearied out a less active beneve"
lence. In England, she has beon the means of teach'
ing the labouring classes the secret of their own
strength, and directing to the permanent amelioration f
their condition that immense latent power of combina:
tion which they have hitherto been too much disposed
to waste in strikes, which only destroy the capital 011:
which they must live, or in political agitation, v./hi:-
must recoil on the heads of its own authors. By afil&-
peal to the spirit of independence which prompts layn.--;
lies to send out an active member to pioneer their wa-,
in 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 rapidly
raising up another England there. Nothing relating to
the comfort and character of the emigrant has escaped
her vigilant eye and active hand. She has taught our
shipowners to regard the carriage of emigrants as some'
thing more than the ferrying over of a human call° ;
she has suggested, arranged, and organised. Provisions,
stores, berths, the requisite amount of air and spate'
have all been the subjects of her attention, and all with
benefit to the emigrant. But, though exhibiting in the
strength of her character and the firmness of her will n
small affinity to the sterner sex, Mrs. Chisholm
equal claims to the respect and gratitude of the Pe',
el
and high-minded ladies of England. Strange as it Map
sound, it was reserved for her to enforce on board e'.
grant-ships the most ordinary rules of decency and Pro,
priety. It was Mrs. Chisholm who broke down t""
demoralising and disgusting system by which all 00/
and all ages were huddled into the same cabin, en
compelled to sleep, dress, and undress in the presence
of each other. There never was a more vigilant or efs;
dent protector of female virtue, and thousands of hePPJe
wives and mothers in Australia owe it to her that ON •
are living in peace, honour, and competence, instead 0.,
and poverty. These services have beep
rend, vice
erinedfainyto, society without the command of money,
without aristocratic connexion, without any of the mans ,
by which great results are produced, except a street
will, a clear head, and a stout heart. These are valusle.
in themselves, but even more so as the foundation el:
system on which all future emigration must be eno,
ducted. MI honour, then, to Mrs. Chisholm, and fnli,t
cess to those who seek to give her some acknowledgtee-
of her services !—Times.

LAUNCH OF THE JASON.—The launch on Saturaiial
took place at Orchard-yard, the premises of Messrs: r
J. Mare and Co., builders of the Jason. Eminent Oa:
builders, they have added to their fame by the eonstrn.
tion of this beautiful vessel, the second of a contemplo'—
fleet of iron steam-ships intended to be launched by thesO•
Her length between perpendiculars, in other Wird!'
" from stem to stern," is 281 feet ; breadth for tonialtei
43 feet ; length of keel for ditto, 254 feet ; depth of 400.
31 feet 6 inches : tonnage, 2,530 ; and engines, 4vbi
horse power, manufactured on the screw principle) 0
Messrs. James Watt and Co., Soho, near Birminglutni
Lady Gambier, elegantly dressed, cracked the christattli,
bottle on "the figure head," and cried, " Go °—
rode'
Jason I" The Jason is intended for the Australian t
and seems from her fittings, build, and apparent caPii:li
et
for sailing, calculated to do honour to the General 5c,4110
Steam-ship Company. Little more than four ra°"; to
have elapsed since she was commenced, and accorcillter
the report of Mr. Thomas Waterman, jun., who l'u„,fiort
intended the arrangements, she will, within a veil'

time, be ready for sea.
THE AZTECS.—The public taste has latterly 10,11
b.
moving strongly in favour of ethnological exhibitrho-
but nothing in the shape of singular specimens °..,..,b10
inanity has hitherto appeared among us at all corer ;ar
to these prodigies of littleness. They are truly.." aA t
vel and a mystery "—unlike all else of human P°::.hle,
the very reverse of aught repulsive or disagre, Ligh-
Who and what are they—" Max," and "Lola,' no- if4'
ing twenty-one pounds ? Are they " the Asian. few
tery" (by the way, the resemblance of the wale 1-,E:tibli
ture to friend Punch's portraits of Disraeli is it hidden
extraordinary) ; or must we not put faith in the
things of Iximaya, despite the sceptic voice frora,ll time
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THE advantage,
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cwhereCEssmN p thousandsuTy A willcT. continue to
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as inspectors of the most striking wonder of the 9'„g, the
act for granting to her Majesty duties— ACT.—On
sSauct:ers.si°o4l;
property, and for altering certain provisions of luroonal
charging duties on legacies and shares ot„,.Pueradai,
estates, which received the Royal assent on "ILci „ ache"
was printed. There are 55 clauses in the act, and duties
dule of tables and rules for determining the ne:lder
eland
and the value of annuities. The duties are t!`"_
care and management of the Commissioners of tnewe into
Revenue, and the act is to be taken to have °,, 000:
operation on the 19th of May last. The term underi
sion " is to denote the successor to any prope_,e'ldrs,ate"
the operation of the act. The following duties
a$
sane
to her Majesty, and are to be considered nssue or
duties :—Where the successor shall be the lineSJ.L
lineal ancestor of the predecessor, a duty.at..',:coasor
of U. per cent. upon such value. Where the
shall be a brother or sister or a descendant of:f37.peersi
or sister of the predecessor, a duty at the rate
shall be t
cent. upon such value. Where the successoidescodo,
brother or
resistsistr f the father or mother, or a
of the pre,_
of a brother r of the father or mother
u_n autecv;
decessor, a duty at the rate of Si. per celittlaerl'or Ei" of
value. Where the successor shall be a bro.eseendao
of the grandfather or grandmother, or a
_0400a;
bece
of the brot
predecessor,he r or si s ter oaf
(tilluetygartantldlefarthateer
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dveaglureee;
ofa nedelwl
ahteLealtlaceonssuacncgeusl!o:lofrirt_g6T-I.lB.ttorangr..olo
blood to him, a duty at the rate of 101. P of
such such value. There is an interpretation
decessor than it described, or shall Dee;
tie t, roe
terms used in the act,