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

SPORTING NOTES.

WINNERS FOR WOLVERHAMPTON.
The counter attractions at Reading and elsewhere
will, doubtless, militate considerably against the suceess
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 Handi-
cap, but the starter will not, perhaps, muster even a
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 victorf.
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 press"
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. gtrutaway 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 very
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 considers•
tion—The Foal Stakes and the Eiolyoake 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 merit°
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 Ow
racteristics, that we feel in giving it prominence we
are only accommodating our practice to what 0
just and fitting. It will have been seen, from
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 Austrne
lia are too realltoo recent, and too notorious, t°
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 toe,
much disposed to linger about great towns, instead of
pressing into the interior, the proper field of their exec'
tions. She has conducted herself whole armies of env
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 benev°'
lence. In England, she has beon the means of teach'
ing the labouring classes the secret of their ow°
strength, and directing to the permanent amelioration o',
their condition that immense latent power of combine'
tion which they have hitherto been too much disposed
to waste in strikes, which only destroy the capital on
which they must live, or in political agitation, which
must recoil on the heads of its own authors. By an air
peal to the spirit of independence which prompts fslov
lies to send out an active member to pioneer their Wel
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 00
shipowners to regard the carriage of emigrants as some-
thing more than the ferrying over of a human cal° '
she has suggested, arranged, and organised. Provisions,
stores, berths, the requisite amount of air and sPeFfi:
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 no
small affinity to the sterner sex, Mrs. Chisholm has
andequal claimsgh.niin tode
(ti hleadrespectladies
of En
andgla gratitude England. Strange
tran
goef
as the i t
mappur
sound, it was reserved for her to enforce on board erns'
grant-ships the most ordinary rules of decency and pro'
priety. It was Mrs. Chisholm who broke down the
demoralising and disgusting system by which all saes
and all ag*s were huddled into the same cabin, and
compelled to sleep, dress, and undress in the presence
of each other. There never was a more vigilant or eat.'
cient protector of female virtue, and thousands of happy
wives and mothers in Australia owe it to her that that,
are living in peace, honour, and competence, instead °1
vice, infamy, and poverty. These services have been
rendered to society without the command of moneYs
without aristocratic connexion, without any of the means
by which great results are produced, except a strong
will, a clear head, and a stout heart. These are valuable
in themselves, but even more so as the foundation of *
system on which all future emigration must be nery
ducted. MI honour, then, to Mrs. Chisholm, and sue'
cess to those who seek to give her some acknowledgmee
of her services I—Times.

LAUNCH OF THE JASON.—The launch on Saturday
took place at Orchard-yard, the premises of Messrs. C.
J. Mare and Co., builders of the Jason. Eminent ship'
builders, they have added to their fame by the construe;
tion of this beautiful vessel, the second of a contemplated
fleet of iron steam-ships intended to be launched by than'
Her length between perpendiculars, in other words,
" from stem to stern," is 281 feet ; breadth for tonnage',
43 feet ; length of keel for ditto, 254 feet ; depth of hold,
31 feet 6 inches : tonnage, 2,530 ; and engines, 400.
horse power, manufactured on the screw principle, 131
Messrs. James Watt and Co., Soho, near Birmingham'
Lady Gambier, elegantly dressed, cracked the christening
bottle on "the figure head," and cried, Go forth'
Jason !" The Jason is intended for the Australian trade'
and seems from her fittings, build, and apparent capacity
for sailing, calculated to do honour to the General Sere",
Steam-ship Company. Little more than four montbo
have elapsed since she was commenced, and according t°
the report of Mr. Thomas Waterman, jun., who suPer
intended the arrangements, she will, within a very short
time, be ready for sea.
THE AZTECS.—The public taste has latterly beer
moving strongly in favour of ethnological exhibitiou,',
but nothing in the shape of singular specimens of b
manity has hitherto appeared among us at all comparable
re,
to these prodigies of littleness. They are truly " a 113:ot
vel and a mystery "—unlike all else of human kilict4e.
the very reverse of aught repulsive or disagreee'Ai.
Who and what are they—". Max," and "Lola, o'4'o.
ing twenty-one pounds ? Are they "the Asian niZo,
tery" (by the way, the resemblance of the male in !,1,,
ture to friend Punch's portraits of Disraeli is irresisti'.l,
extraordinary) ; or must we not put faith in the hidn;
things of lximaya„ despite the sceptic voice from -17.9ine
shire of him who rode the conquered cayman ? Till ti
reveals more, we take Velasquez against Waterton, ape
credit the romance of reality. The gentle pigmiesiallo-
now removed from Hanover-square to the Royal
paler
nette Theatre, where they can be exhibited to gr— ojc,
advantage, and where thousands will continue to fie
as inspectors of the most striking wonder of the age. the
THE NEW SUCCESSION DUTY ACT.—On Saturday to
act for granting to her Majesty duties on succession
property, and for altering certain provisions of the s_ts
charging duties on legacies and shares pere.c-ismy,,
estates, which received the Royal assent on Tbure che-
was printed. There are 55 clauses in the act, and a -of;
dnti
dule of tables and rules for determining the nevi under the
and the value of annuities. The duties are und_n,_.,a
care and management of the Commissioners of the le Tito
Revenue, and the .act is to be taken to have cor_ueol es.
operation on the 19th of May last. The term Sunder
sion " is to denote the successor to any propertYgrastea
the operation of the act. The following duties are
stator
to her Majesty, and are to be considered _ or
duties :—Where the successor shall be the lineal issue
rate
lineal ancestor of the predecessor, a duty at the
shall
bper a cbernott.buponbrother
r sister such
ovalue.
descendant NVhere the r
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stoheeb predecessor,
value.
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dece s s or, a duty at the rate of 51. per cent. °P
brother sister.
value. Where the successor shall be a brofe
_dant ot
of the grandfather or grandmother, or a d
raenruother
the brother or sister of the grandfather or up: r con.t•
of the predecessor, a duty at the rate of ut
shall be 111
upon such value ; and where the successor
to the PIT'
anyde
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sostohre r degreetbao i
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