The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-08 00:00:00

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but if you believe that at the present mo-
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not the wisest course to ask for that which, in the name
ofjustice, cannot be denied, and which is in the way
of securing you aid and assistance, and which you
have every chance and every certainty, if united, of
obtaining.—(Cheers.) I have trespassed much longer
on your attention than I ought to have done.—(" No,
no.") I did not come here to make a speech on any
other subject except that of proposing the health of
one of her Majesty's Ministers, who I thought would
have been in the chair ; and I have only spoken to you
in that confidential and conversational manner in
which it is my duty always to be ready as your mem-
ber to speak to you. Finding you here, and finding
myself here at this critical moment of your fortunes,
I am only doing my duty in taking this opportunity,
as I will take every opportunity, of endeavouring to
impress on your minds what I think is essential to
your benefit and advantage.—(Cheers.) That is the
reason why 1 have taken the liberty of making the
observations which otherwise I would not have done.
I know very well the position of this district; I know
that you are men of great skill and capital, and I know
that the agriculture of South Bucks is such as you need
not be ashamed of ; and therefore I know that when
you feel the pinch you come forward with advantages
w 'sir claimants who are not. under such circum-
• _ e. But it is for thevery reason
th my sympathy is still stronger in your favour. I
know that when there are great changes such as we
see have occurred, painful as it is, I know that the
weak men are the victims, and, as in the case of the
handloom weavers, that no legislation in the world
can prevent inevitable doom. It is because I know
I am addressing men who, meeting the difficulties
they have had to encounter, with every advantage
which men can possess, know still how difficult it is
to bear the burden, that I wish to impres on them,
men of substance as well as men of sense, that the
time is come that they should unite to exercise their
influence in obtaining from the Parliament of this
country a practical end. That practical end, I re-
peat, is to ask the Legislature of this country to con-
sider taxation with regard to its peculiar weight and
burden on the agricultural interest, not to demand
any measure as a specific remedy, but to leave that
to statesmen and politicians ; to prefer your claims,
to proclaim your sufferings, and to ask that to which
every class, weak or powerful, is entitled—namely, a
satisfactory and speedy remedy from the Legislature
of the country. Now if you do that, I think we
shall meet in this room again with very
different feelings from what we do at pre-
sent ; and though you may consider that but
a limited remedy, and the course which I indicate too
narrow, allow me to say that it is a practical course ;
and in these days of rapid events you must look to
that which is practical. You will find that the ad-
vantage of taking a practical course is this, that you
will gain that which now exists only in theory. Take
the case of a fixed duty on 'agricultural produce • I
give no opinion upon it, but I take it as a remedy
which is prevalent, not to say popular, among a very
powerful and influential class. Three years ago, if
you had asked for a fixed duty, those who had just
gained the immense benefit which they did by the re-
peal of the corn-laws at your cost, would say, of
course, No, we have gained only what was just—
we won't give you a fixed duty." But the discussion
of the last three years, which has attracted public
opinion to the question of taxation, and which has
proved to the Legislature of the country that
there is that undue weight of taxation and those
undue restrictions weighing on the cultivation of
the soil, those discussions have opened the hearts of
many people and influenced the minds of many people
who were opposed to a fixed duty, and who say, after
all it is more convenient to give a fixed duty to the
cultivator of the soil than to pay off the demands
which he makes upon us. The Hon. Gentleman,
after a few other observations, concluded by proposing
" The health of the Chairman," and resumed his seat
amid loud cheers.

Several other toasts followed, and the company
separated.

LECTURE ON BLOO 11ERISM.

On Monday evening Miss Kelly's theatre, in Dean-
street, Soho, was crowded by an eager auditory,
assembled in consequence of an announcement, ema-
nating from " The London Bloomer Committee," that
a lecture on the new costume would be delivered by
a lady appropriately attired. A crowd was assembled
in the street long before the doors were opened, and
when admission was obtained the theatre was imme-
diately filled—so rapidly, indeed, that a gentleman
from the stage announced that the lecture would not
be delayed until the time named in the bills, as the
edifice could contain no more. In a few minutes
after this notification, about twenty ladies, attired in
the Bloomer costume, appeared upon the stage, and
took their seats in a semicircle. Every variety of the
new attire was now to be seen, from the strictly
legitimate Bloomer skirt, " two inches below the
knee," to the less daring and less attractive drapery
which came down almost to"the ankles. Nor were
varieties of colour wanting. Young ladies attired in
white with pink sashes contrasted strangely with
elderly ladies clad in brown and black, some prefer-
ring the hair unadorned, others wearing a few orna-
ments, and two wearing a hugh broad-brimmed black
bat. The audience—the great majority of which
was composed of gentlemen—received the Bloomer
cortege with cheers and laughter, the latter demon-
stration so far predominating as to cause some of the
ladies to waver in their approach, and one or two retired
behind the slips to regain their presence of mind,
somewhat shaken by their first reception. Order
having been restored a lady attired in a dark brown
costume came forward and addressed the audience.
The lecturer's name was not announced, it being
merely stated that she was a citizen of the United
States. She stated that in consequence of the great
interest with which the Bloomer question was re-
ceived by the public, a certain number of ladies had
been formed into a committee, in order to give it the
necessary attention and publicity, and invited the
mothers and daughters of England to give their at-
tention to the new costume as contrasted with the
present injurious form of attire. The introductory
part of the lecture adverted (amidst the laughter ( f
the audience) to the first institution of clothing by
our primeval parents. The lecturer, however, fore-
bore to inquire whether the leaves formed a tunic or
a simple petticoat. Sho then proceeded to trace the
custom of nations from time immemorial of marking
the different grades of human rank by varying ap-
parel, and urges that the present inconvenient dress
of ladies was not only unfit for their situation as the
helpmates of man, but opposed to the laws of nature
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as regarded their physical conformation. This subject
led to a consideration of the moral and social conduct
of American ladies, and thence by some strange
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transition to the slave trade and the claims of the
" citizenesses" of the United States to a
having been concluded, the lecturer took into repre-
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several outbreaks of laughter and discordant noises
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more freely and audibly interpreted than was intended.
Her evident sincerity, however,made some impression,
and upon the whole the address was favourably
received. The lady, however, did not seem to think
that sufficient courtesy had been extended to her,
after she had claimed " the courtesy due to a stranger,"
and after her lecture mentioned her misgivings in
plain terms, attributing the outbreaks partly to the
disappointment of many present at a recent Bloomer
manifestation. The Bloomer ladies joined in the
National Anthem at the close of the proceedings, and
the lecture was announced for repetition.

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liSecotchpoet saiding on scores of those estates which have here
saw men work
the Encumbered Estates Court, and I neve
for 10/. per acre,
better. When a man has his potato plot
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and was expected to work
IRISHMEN ABROAD.---I have seen Irishmen
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hearted and dogged. To w .
get up in the •
when he was asked why he did not -
.. he had nae motive." In Ireland, Irishmen have no motive.
But, Sir, they have long worked in Europe as reapers, as
navvies, as bricklayers' clerks, as anything where they get
money-wages. The Irishman works in America. He is,
money for his labour
they say, a new creature there; for he exists under totally
new circumstances ; and more, he saves ! The Irishmal
work!
—as
relatives, to help them in their misery, or to help them out
hitherlAr
less than 400,000/. to assist their friends in their sufferirgs,
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