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      Authentic Bloome1usm. It Is Come Upon Us...

      been formed into a committee , in order to give it the necessary attention and publicity . That the subject may be fully understood , an address will be delivered at the Royal Soho Theatre , Dean-street , on Monday , October 6 , relating to the same . Resolutions will be proposed ; and the mothers and daughters of England are earnestly invited to attend , and by their presence forward the welfare of the present and future generations , by adopting an improved method instead of the present injurious and artificial mode of dress . The ladies of the committee will attend , attired in the Bloomer costume . ' The doors of the theatre were open more than an hour before the time appointed for the commencement of the proceedings . The building -was soon densely fi led . At

      the appointed time the Bloomers appeared on the stage , twenty in number . They appeared to be timid persons , tinused to the dress , and not very happy in their new situation , for new it evidently -was . Four of them were mere children of from seven to fourteen years of age , one was about seventeen , two were from twenty-five to nfty ( it would puzzle anybody to tell what might be the nearest point to either ) , and the lady who was to deliver the address was twenty-five or twenty-six , a blooming young American , full of enthusiasm . In her address she mainly dwelt upon the influence of fashion and the rights of women . Fashion was a tyrant , and that tyrant the women of America had determined to brin <* before the bar of public opinion on three

      separate ° chan <* es : 1 . That nature had been violated and endangered by its rules . 2 . That in consequence of its requirements a vast amount of money had been expended , which might have been devoted to higher and holier purposes . And 3 . That by encumbering women it incapacitated them from rendering services to society worthy of their high destiny . These doubtless were strong charges , and for them she hoped the tyrant fashion would receive either banishment or transportation for life—hanging she could not recommend , as it was contrary to her American creed . She went somewhat fully into the question of " stays , " and their deteriorating effect upon the human frame . She implored the women of England to follow the example of the

      women of America , and no longer countenance such an atrocious system . She confessed that in many parts of the country the Bloomer costume had been received with much disfavour , but so had paletots when they were first suggested for ladies' wear . "When that useful article of female attire was first introduced , it was said that wives were about to wear their husbands' coats . A lady of her acquaintance in America , who was looking over a book of fashions from England , exclaimed , " Oh , what a delightful invention . Whenever I am in a hurry to go out , all I shall have to do is to pop on William's coat . " ( Laughter . ) The lecturer concluded by thanking her aiadience for the treatment she had received . Three che * rs were given for Mrs . Amelia Bloomer , and a young lady was called upon to sing the National Anthem . The following note appeared in the Daily News . Of coursewe do not know anything of its authenticity . TO THE EDITOIt OP THE DAILY NEWS . Sur , —May I be allowed , in your columns , to ask why the British public is so horrified at the idea of women dressitig in trousers , seeing that they have for many years tolerated a number of men ( from the north of the Tweed ) in wearing petticoats—and shockingly short petticoats too ? Amelia Bloomer . A young woman , named Mary Benson , was brought before Mr . D'Eyncourt , at Worship-street , on Tuesday , ( Charged with having caused a mob to assemble before the Jiriti . sh School , Cowper-street , City-road . Mrs . Dexter ' s lecture was announced for that evening and Mary Benjson had come down en Bloomer to advocate the cause of trousers . Not being able to gain admission , she harangued the crowd outside . The police interfered . JJut Mary Benson was not to be daunted . Great confuulon ensued and the road was blocked up . The result Wdt , / hat Mary Benson was taken to the station-house . In the court she defended herself by saying that she was a native <* f Gloucester , and she was so convinced that the costume sought to oe established would be of much Utility and / convenience to her fellow countrywomen , that she had come to town ou purpose to give it her advocacy . » She understood it waa Monduy Mr . Dexter ' a lecture was announced for , regretted her present position , and promised not to give cause for a recurrence .

      Jvir . JVKyncourt , taking into consideration that she Jb « . <| l hcvn locked up all night , took her personal recogni-KiMiceB not to offend again , and ordered her to be diacharux'd .

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      Personal News And Gossip. Flu* Queen I« ...

      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . flu * Queen i « coming home again ! home , a name not unwelcome even to royal ears . She left Balmoral with her family on Tuesday , and pnsued by the most romantic road to Stonehaven . Arrived there , the royal party took the rail to Edinburgh , whore , after two railway " accidents , " a blazing axle-tree and a broken-winded engine , which caused n stoppage of an hour , with a last truin behind 4 > xj > t'cted every moment , the ; Quoen arrived about ci tf ht on Tuesduy night . Great welcome all along the line and at Edinburgh , and so to llolyrood Castle . The next morning betimes , her Majesty left for Croxteth Park , near Liverpool , the neat of the Earl of Sefton , taking Lancaster by the way , where nhe alighted , received addresses from the county ami borough , and enjoying a magnificent view ' from "John o'Groat ' s Chair , on the Keep of the CaHtlc . . She left Lancaster and arrived at < 3 roxt . etli Hall about half-past five . Here who remained the night , and started for Liverpool on the following morning , Liverpool i « ouid not to kayo gone t « bed on

      Wednesday night . No sovereign has visited these unhappy people for above a hundred and fifty years . But Victoria , reverenced as the symbol of British authority , and respected as a woman , was now coming to see them ; and what could they do but deck out their magnificent town with all the splendour of flags and festoons and triumphal arches , and rich draperies , and go themselves , an excited crowd , to make glad the way with shouts of welcome ? The Queen arrived from Croxteth-park about eleven o'clock . The rain fell thick and fast ; but on the line of the procession spectators were thickly planted . Banners and decorations were on all sides ,

      and across the principal route stretched a line of the flags of all nations . When the Queen reached the entrance to the landing route " a bod y guard of young gentlemen volunteers , dressed in black , with white rosettes , fell into rank after the procession , " the artillery fired a salute , the soldiers presented arms , and the Queen retired into ** a splendid tent . " Here she received the address of the Liverpool Dock Committee and of the Chamber of Commerce ; and passing thence through a covered avenue , lined with red and white bunting , and over a platform covered with crimson , she proceeded to go on board the Fairy ; the band , as the royal yacht left her moorings for a trip on the river , playing irreverently " Oft ' she goes . "

      The river was covered with craft of all kinds . The Fairy steamed down one shore , crossed , went up the other , andrecrossing , reached the landing-stage again about twelve o ' clock . The Queen then made her progress through the town , attendingatthe Town-hall to receive the address of the Corporation , to lunch , and knight the mayor , now Sir John Bent . From the Town-hall , she proceeded to St . George ' s-hall , and thence to the railway station . All the morning the rain poured down very fast , the streets were muddy and dirty ; but nothing could damp the enthusiasm of the crowd . The train started off at four o ' clock , and reached Worsley , the seat of the Earl of Ellesmere , about five o'clock the same evening , whence she will proceed to Manchester . Lord Clarendon reached Dublin on Tuesday .

      Addresses of welcome were presented to Lord John Russell last week , during his stay in the neighbourhood of Rhyl and St . Asaph . Lord Carew , Lieutenant of Wexford county , has obtained the ribbon of St Patrick , which the death of Lord Clare had placed at her Majesty ' s disposal . Lord Carew spoke and voted against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill .

      Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke And ...

      Henry St . John Viscount Bolingbroke and Baron of St . John , of Lydiard Tregooze , Wiltshire , died on Wednesday week , at North College , Elgin , the residence of his daughter , the Honourable Mrs . Shaw . Lord Bolingbroke was the fifth viscount of that name . He was born on the 6 th of March , 1786 , and was consequently sixtyfive years of age . He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father in 1821 , and is himself succeeded by his son Henry St . John , now Viscount Bolingbroke , who is in his 31 st year . His remains will be interred in the family burying-ground at Lydiard .

      The Earl of Liverpool died suddenly in the sixtyeighth year of his age , at Buxted-park , Sussex , on the 3 rd instant . Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson , Earl of Liverpool , Baron Hawkesbury , and a baronet , was born 29 th of May 1784 . He was half-brother to the Lord Liverpool , who , with Castlereagh and Sidmouth , ruled England so long . In 1841 , when Sir Robert Peel came into power , Lord Liverpool was made Lord High Steward of the Household . The family titles now become extinct . Lord Stafford , a venerable member of the Roman Catholic peerage , died on the 4 th instant , at Hampton Court , in the eighty-first year of bis age . His name was George William Stafford Jerningham , and he was born in the April of 1771 . He married , first , in 1799 , Frances

      Henrietta , youngest daughter and co-heir of Edward Sulyarde , Esq ., and by this lady , who died in 1832 , he had issue twelve children , the eldest of whom , a daughter , ia Lady Lovat . His second child , and eldest son , the Honourable Henry Valentine , succeeds to the title and estates . His lordship married , secondly , in 183 G , Elizabeth , daughter of the late Richard Cuton Esq ., of Maryland , and by whom he does not leave any issue . This lady is sister to the Duchess of Leeds and the Marchioness WelleBley . The late Lord Stafford aucceeded his father , as the Baronet , in 1800 , and obtained the peerage in 1825 , by the reversal of the attainder of Sir William Howard , Viscount and Baron Stafford . lie assumed the name of Stafford , in addition to that of Jerningham , in 182 G , by siim manual .

      Admiral Tancock , died on the 29 ultimo , in the eightysecond year of hia age . He was one of the retired Rcar-Adrniral of 184 ( 5 , and a Lieutenant of 1799 . The deceused saw some rough ttcrvicc . He was midnhipinun of the CrcHccnt , ut the capture of the French frigate Reunion , in 1793 , and of the Orion , in Bridport's action , in 1795 ; ulao in the action oft' Cape St . Vincent , in 1797 ; as Acting-Lieutenant of the mime ship , ho commanded her launch in Nelson ' s ntlnck on the Cadiz flotillu , in the same year , and at the Nile , in 1798 . lie also commanded the boats of the Iris , at the capture of a Privateer

      of 10 guns , on the coast of Norway , in 1800 . lie was Lieutenant of the Ceeaur , in AlgesiraB Buy , and in the Htruits of Gibrultur , in 1801 . 1807 , he commanded the St . Christopher , ut the capture of St . Croix . Lieutenant-Colonel William Fruiter , an old Waterloo officer , expired on the 4 th iiiHtunt , ut his residence in London , lie entered the army in 1813 , and became a Lieutenant-Colonel in 18 , 'il . The deceased oflicer served in the cuinpaigns of 1811-16 , and took part in the cngageincntH of Quatre Llrus and Waterloo . JJ , C wuu twice woumleU during tUe Waterlog QRmpaigu .

      M . de Savigny , member of the Academy of Sei ^ " * and known for his works on zoology , has iust ££ ; , T 8 > Versailles , at an advanced age . * ' 3 St expired at The famous Don Manuel Godoy , Prince of Pear * , a- j on Saturday last at Paris , aged eighty-seven . ' ed

      John Of Tuam Preached At The Roman Catho...

      John of Tuam preached at the Roman Catholic Ch « , Clerkenwell , on Sunday last . Mr . Sheriff Swift » S lady were present . a Qls The JVfost Reverend Dr . M'Hale leaves London th ; . day ( Thursday ) for Hilton Grange , in company with v Eminence Cardinal Wiseman . —Tost . 7 th hla Mrs . Dexter has been lecturing in Glasgow T ? rn ~ the tone of the North British Daily Mail , we imaSl she was rather equivocally received by our kilted brethren Mr . John C . King , delegate from the branch of the Australian Anti-Convict League in Victoria , has arrived in town . The subscriptions in Victoria alone to resist the countinuance of convict transportation to Australia amount to upwards of 6000 guineas . Mr . William Rickford Collett , formerly M . P . for Lin colnshire , has been declared a bankrupt . Since he left Parliament , Mr . Collett has been engaged in several speculations , some of them in Ireland , which have turned out unsuccessful . — Globe .

      The Emperor Arrived On The 2nd At Vienna...

      The Emperor arrived on the 2 nd at Vienna . The Ban of Croatia also was there . . Count Reventlow , the Danish Minister to the Court of St . James ' s died suddenly , at Glasgow , on Monday of spasmodic affection of the heart . General Haynau , who is living in retirement at Gratz has had the freedom of that city conferred upon him . ' The Asemblee Nationals says , respecting the submarine telegraph : — " At present the wire is laid ; an inauguration fete is spoken of in honour of the opening of the electric communication between Paris and London at which an electric spark communicated at London by Prince Albert is to discharge the cannons of the Iuralides ; and another , imparted by Prince Napoleon at Paris , is ' to let off the cannons of the Tower of London . Thought at present knows not what space is , for it has taken lightning for its messenger . It is the Jiat lux applied to man . "

      Miss Laura Addison Was To Make Her First...

      Miss Laura Addison was to make her first appearance in the States , at the Broadway Theatre , New York , on the 29 th ultimo . Mrs . Warner continues earning laurels . She appeared on the 26 th ultimo , at Burton ' s Theatre , as Hermione , in the Winter ' s Tale . Catherine Hayes gave her second concert in New York on the 25 th ultimo , and her third was to take place on the 27 th ultimo . Miss Hayes had been visited twice or thrice by the President of the United States and his family , Archbishop Hughes , and all the fa & hion of the city .

      The " Sisterhood," Formerly Settled At S...

      The " Sisterhood , " formerly settled at St . Barnabas , Knightsbridge , under Mr . Bennett , and latterly resident in Margaret-street , Cavendish-square , were publicly received in a body into the Roman Catholic Church at Islington , on Sunday evening last . Mr . Walmsley , says the Livarpool Courier , has submitted to our inspection a chaste medal , commemorative of her Majesty ' s visit to-morrow [ Wednesday ] . The medal has been struck by an eminent manufacturer of Birmingham , and is designed principally for the use of sc ? iouls . The sale of the KLnowsley aviary and Zoological collection commenced on Monday . There were gentlemen from Paris , Amsterdam , and Antwerp present on behalf of the gardens at those places .

      The Exposition. To Day The Great Exposit...

      THE EXPOSITION . To day the Great Exposition closes , and the mighty show is over . The numbers who have visited the building this week are so vast that the figures have a fabulous look upon the paper . On Monday 107 , 815 persons entered the building . The sum taken was £ 5175 15 s . Two cabs were employed to bear it away , and when weighed at the Bank it was found to be 15 hundred weight . The Duke entered during the day , and a tremendous rush was made to see him , while a great shout rang through the vaulted roof . He walked up the eastern half , through the press , went out at the south entrance , mounted his horse , and rode away amid enthusiastic cheers .

      On Tuesday there were 109 , 915 visitors and the sum taken was £ 5231 10 s . ; on Wednesday , 109 , 700 visitor * , and the " take " of the day was £ 5283 , showing that fewer season ticket holders entered than on the previous day . On Thursday the numbers fell to 90 , 813 , and the sum received was £ 4344 7 s . ( id . And thus , during the first four days of the luwt week of the Exposition , no h'ss than 418 , 303 persons entered the building , and the enormous Bum of £ 20 , 034 7 s . Gd . waa taken at the doors . A Bloomer appeared on Thursday , and created a » l " immense sensation . " Owing to app lications U > r admission , and other causes connected with the clou of the Exposition , the correspondence of the Jix V £ ! . \ ) tivo Committee cost them on Thursday alone , *^ for i > ostage stumps .

      " Mad Madge ." At Guildhaix. Matilda Bar...

      " MAD MADGE . " AT GUILDHAIX . Matilda Barton , who has for many years obtained the sympathy of the magistrates of this part of the ony , and who from her eccentric and dissipated habitw nu » ¦(• cured to herself the appellation of " Mad Mnd «« , applied on Wednesday , lo Alderman Lawrence * " » the following extraordinary request : — Madge : I have come now to ask you a great iavo « ' » If you will grunt it to me . Aldcrinau Lawrence ; What is it . Matilda ?

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101851/page/6/