Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

LECTURE BY MADAME LOLA MONTEZ,

Madame Lola Montez, sometimes yclept Countess of
Lansfeldt, delivered her third lecture in Liverpool last
evening, at the Concert-hair, LOrd Nelson-street.
The body of the hall was pretty well filled, but
there was a good deal of spare room in the gallery,
and the lady had, on this occasion, the extensive platform
i
entirely to herself. The audience included, as far as we
could see, about a dozen females, and amongst the other
sex there appeared to be a considerable number of the
genus " swell." There was none of the rushing that
attended the previous lectures, in consequence, probably,
of a large number of the curious having become satisfied
bv:a sight of the " Countess." Some section of the English
public is always ready to run mad when anything vio-
lently extreme in its way is offered to their notice—
Bull enjoys being gulled, even though it be at the
expense of his credit as a man of brains—his fancy
is tickled, and his curiosity excited, by announcements of
the most startling and monstrous character. We need
not be surprised, therefore, that among a certain portion
of the public, the appearance, as a lecturer, of a lady
whose deeds are famous in Europe, Asia, and America
and whose career has excited more astonishment than
admiration—should have produced a certain degree of
excitation. After the first two lectures by Lola, those
who had " expected more," set abroad a rumour that she
was not the " real" Lola, but-a substitute or an impos-
ture ; there is not, however, we are assured, a word of
truth in this, but that the lady we have heard lecture, is
th 3 original Lola. The lady has been represented by
some of the much abused newspaper editors as a beauty,
whilst others has represented her as a termageut fearful
to encounter. At the risk of being called upon to
exercise our pugilistic abilities - which, thank goodness,
are not to be despised—we venture to say, that both
these informants may have been right; we have not seen
sufficient in either respect to enable us to decide the
point. At eight o'clock the lecturer made her appear-
ance, and was greeted with some applause. She was
dressed with much good taste; her black velvet dress,
which was only ornamented by a small white collar,
neither being distended to the shape of a hogshead nor
a /a draggle-tail. Her hair was arranged in the best
fashion, and her face—which we afterwards found could

look rather fierce —when she bowed to the audience wore
a most winning smile —a smile calculated to fascinate any
enthusiastic person. Madame Montez then commenced
to read her lecture from a M.S. book ; and the various
points which elicited applause, were, without exception,
" made" by the exercise of her charming and finished
manners. The lecture itself, which was on " Strong-
minded Women," consisted of a mere chronological
string of celebratad females, ancient and modern, whom
the lecturer triumphantly compared with what she called
—it almost sounded like slang—" the harder sex," " the
coarser sex," " abandoned rends," " Bengal tigers,"

the bearded gender," &c. Having established the fact
)f the existence of female heroism, as proved by the
111-M7IIIIC nncl nthpr.-4_ she went on to show how women

had excelled in statesmanship, qualities of commana,
intellect, and fame; mentioning, as illustrations, Cleopatra
of Egypt, the Countess of Belmont, Madame de Gen
Lady Mary Montague, Joan of Arc, and many others ;
but, she observed, there was hardly a heroic woman in
history who had not been scandalised, whilst the great
" men" of history were allowed to pass unscathed. The

greatest writer of Prance now wa
She then directed her lively

ague to Sir -Edward

Bulwer Lytton, who, she alleged, had ill-treated and
attacked his wife's good fame, because he was jealous of
her intellectual abilities, which were as good as his own.
It had been alleged against Cleopatra that she yielded to
pleasure ; but she (Lola) demanded to have great women
judged by the same rule as great men. If the
lords of creation were justified in
of nloasurn and .dissination. were not women

a career

then referred to woman's connections, as in America, but
did not recommend the adoption in this country of the
system of getting up such gatherings, although she con-
tended for the ability of women to understand politics as
well as men. She then " characterised" men who ill-use
their wives, and proceeded to speak on the questions of
" home," " wife," &c. ; but as this would pro-

bably not be useful to many of our female readers
who are wives and have homes, we do not
reproduce the observations. But, observed the lecturer,
there were some women of beauty and intellect who were
unfitted for the quiet walks of domestic life, and who,
from a necessity of their nature, were forced into a sphere
of life not usually alloted to women. She generally
censured the male sex for the readiness with winch they
scandalise and traduce such women. The lecture lasted
an hour, and did not pass off with any particular
brilliancy, the only light part of it being some very
slender jokes at the expense of the "lords of creation."
At the conclusion, the lecturer was loudly applauded;
and when she had left the platform, the applause was.
continued until she reappeared ; then came what seemed
really better than the lecture, the graceful curtesies and
bewitching smiles of the lecturer, whose pleasing; manners

mint for some writers having described her as an
extraordinary beauty. We would find "Lancashire
witches" by the score in Bold-street, any day, who are
handsomer than Lola Montez ; but we could not, perhaps,
find one so celebrated ; and certainly there would be great
difficulty in finding any so reasonably, so tastefully, and
so sensibly dressed.

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Notice has been given, that £16,946 has been appro-
priated to the redemption of Peruvian Four-and-a-half
per Cent. Arica and Tacna Railway Bowls The sum
of £50,178 10s has also been applied in the case of the
external debt of that country.

LAUNCH.—On Tuesday Messrs. W. Simmons and Co
launched a very handsome iron screw-steamer_from their
buildinz-yard at Whiteinch, near Glas

)W, of 350 tons

She is the property of a 'house in the Mediterranean
trade, and has engines of 60 horse-power, by Messrs.
Inglis, and has accommodation for fifty passengers.

When entering the. water, the- vessel was named the

Murillo by Miss Denniston

The Daily News is the first of the old priced standard
London morning papers which has given way to the
new law of a cheap press This influential journal has
announced a reduction of 40 per cent. on its subscription
prices, and no doubt the high position it has attained, and
the ability and conscientiousness with which it has treated
all public subjects, will have a powerful influence in
determining thezonduct of its rivals in making a fiscal
change.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-0a Wednesday last, a boat,
with a crew of five men, was capsiSed opposite Malin
Well, as they were putting out to sea to take up their
nets. Three of the unfortunate men perished, and the
remaining two succeeded in gaining the shore, having
received assi3tance from a gallant fellow who obrerved
the catastrophe. The boat was dashed to pieces on the
rocks from the violence of the waves. Those drowned
were young men, two of them brothers; the third has
left a wife and five children. The bodies have not yet
been recovered.—Derry, Sentinel. _ _ _ _

A MELANCHOLY MEETING.—On Monday morning last,
when the prisoners sentenced to penal servitude (and
who were in confinement in the House of Correction here)
were about to be removed, an extraordinary ease of re-
cognition occurred. The omnibus being at the gaol door,
the prisoners were brought down, and on getting into
the 'bus, one of the woman saw, in the person of her
fellow-priSoner, her mother, neither of whom had seen
each otnet...for some time, or were aware that the other
was in prison. The shock to the woman's feelings
appeared to be intense—she fainted, and it required
Same short time to bring her into a state to be taken
to the station; thence by rail to Milbank prison.—
Pkesto** Pilot.
EX.TRAORDINAILT AND MIEPTJ.I. INVENTION.—There is.
nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth-
fulness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of
glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of
cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot.
be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an
extraordidary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshcad; of
Derby Pottery, near Derby .It is a, cement that may be
said to heal, in a perfect manner, all cracks and breaks in
the articles spoken of ; and not onl,?T in these, but in, mar-
ble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article, need not
be dwelt on. We have seen sane of its effects at Mr.
Hall's, our neighbours, and the glass that has been
cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other.
The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without
it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and
all interested can judge for themselves, by looking in at
his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23,
South John-street. Sold in bottles, Is. each, or sent free
on receipt of xtesien postage stamps.
PERSONATING A POLICEMAN.—A man has been going
from the effects
about Hollinwood representing himself as a detective
officer from Manchester, sent to inq inton i,:te
bc iurtc al
lomoN-vf
ascertaivnedub.lic-Tiitvo
men
to.
stances connected, with the death of . James Robinson, 01.
Oldham, who died on Fridsty morning
a stab in his neck, received on Thursday
Oven has not yet been
Ilollinwood on Saturday night, and, taking man
cam,
to
death
himself as a detee.
assist him, he went to all the
Investigations ouses at Rollin-
wood, Hollins, and Sott,tirtooptrehese
at
theh of James Robinson,
tive engaged in iniettinNi,roysti
Ile concluded his
about twenty minutes to one Britannia, Hollins,
after vainly atteli to o'clock on Sunday morning,
h.g get the landlady to. serve. him
with some ale, eis between 25 and CO, years of age,
five feet two or three inches high, d ark complexion, and
dark hair. He gave the
__ two men a note. for 3s each, and
told them to go to Newton Heath on Sunday
w morning,
and to call at a certain house,be when they would p, id,
On Sunday morning they wont,. but they did not .1. '
paid, nor couj4 they ascertain who or where the no- note
paid,
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