The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-11 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, OCT. B.—From various causes, es-
pecially the prorogation of the Legislative Assembly,
a convention has been concluded between our Go-
vernment and Belgium, that the treaty of the 20th
of September shall not be made public prior to the
debates which will take place upon it by the Cham-
bers of both kingdoms, nor shall the negotiations
which preceded the same be yet published.
It is reported that the French Government intends
to make over French Guiana to th© Netherlands, in
return for which the Dutch Government is to cede
to France the little island of St. Eu3tace, which lies
near Guadaloupe and Martinique.—Dutch Papers.

LECTURE ON ~ BLOOMERISM."
On Wednesday evening another lecture was de-
livered on this question of reform in ladies' dresses,
at Miss Kelly's Theatre, Dears-street, Sobo. The
audience was not, as on other evenings, overwhelm-
ing, but, on the contrary, was rather scant in num-
ber, and as usual an excess of men was to be ob-
served. It was a very different scene from the
one in Finsbury, some nights ago, where the crowd
regularly stormed and carried the doors, show-
ing that a rise of prices, one shilling instead
of threepence, lowers very much the desire of the Bri-
tish public to listen to the oratory of their American
sisterhood on this " rising " question. At the back
of the stage, in the centre, was placed a table, bearing
besides the conventional water jug, and glasses to re-
fresh the lecturer, a bust, which appeared to be that
of her Majesty, having on her head what we presume
was a laurel wreath, but, as far as appearances
went, looked more like an old handkerchief
tied round her august brow. On each side
of the table were a row of chairs, destined far
the reception of the converts of the cause, who
were to sit and be stared at by an admiring audience.
Half-past eight o'clock came, the lights were turned
on, and the ladies entered, dressed in every variety of
Bloomer costume, of all ages, and with faces of most
portentous gravity, as if they were sacrificing them-
selves for the good of their country, but still, like
heroines, were determined to go through with it.
Some wore hats, some wore none; some showed but
a small portion of the " pettiletes, pettiloons, pan-
taloons, or lower garments," all of which names
we have the authority of the lecturer herself for
assigning to them ; and others showed a fair
modicum of the same ; some wore the upper garment
made as an ordinary dress, others had a sort of jacket
over all ; in fact, they had lent themselves out to ac-
commodate all tastes. We were most struck with the
matron of the party, who seemed to suffer most from
bashfulness, and was attired in sombre black. Her hat
was of brigandish dimensions, and from it depended a
few inches of black lace, which almost concealed her face
from the inquisitive gaze of the spectators. The fair lec-
turer seemed struck with her appearance, for she drew
pointedly the attention of the audience to her by re-
marking that she had come forward in the cause
although of matronly years; and that although they
might not admire her head gear, it was thought much
of in the reign of Queen Caroline—so much for
fashion. The lecturer herself was by far the best got
up of the whole. Her things fitted her, and she wore
them as if accustomed to them, which cannot be said
of her fair disciples, who really deserve some praise
for the courage they displayed in sitting to :be
stared at. The lady who informed the audience
that she was an American and a mother, and had
come forward to advocate a change in the fashion of
costume on principle, said that although she appeared
before them on this subject, she had, previously to
coming to England, had no intention of thus appear-
ing publicly before them. She had come over for a
very different mission—as a delegate to the Peace
Congress. She was, however, too late for it; but
another lady who had come over for the same
reason had not been received as a delegate. She
did not know whether in America this would be
called acting discourteously or not, but she knew
very well that if any one had come from England
on a similar mission they would have been perfectly
well received. She was also connected with the Ame-
rican press. Mrs. Bloomer had immortalised herself
ibttitit
1,_1,.e .rlo(
r Irs.
by bringing out what was generally supposed to be
E,tr?isav costume ; but instead of this it was an old one.
with it, and it w
revo-
lutions of the
20 dolls. for Wearingn
a gentleman's dress.
of interference had
never have been been
been
Bloomer's) us e d 1 y tnhaemPeerwiiaasns and lonians ;
now associated
would be handed down as one of the
A. lady in rho States has been fined
zhat she supposed was something
Inwhich was spoken of there as
br,:. this matter of dress an amount
pencteexaercised by men that could
of an old woman Why, she had hernd
going to
the porter would not admit Greenwich
Hospital and
man's hat on her head. It her, because she had a
that she had visited the Lady
asslian vain
she told him
dress ; he would not let her in till' she s s
in that head-
and put on an old bonnet instead.
Sttie"hk offt hat, from America as an emissary in this c al
riot
-cline and get up a revolution—(llear)—LuieT to try
London, had been requested to come forward and
ein ill
vacate the wearing of the costume. She
menti "-
several people of note in America who had odnveod
a
cated the change, and then proceeded to describe
the dress. It had bean said that the dress was
not delicate. It was very much the same as that
worn by the Swiss. The lower garments they wore
were very much the same as those she assumed. Per-
haps they were not always gathered in at the ankles.
But the grace and freedom of motion of the Swiss
girls had always been admired.—(llear, hear.) The
Polish dress was much the same. If they were not
to dress in this way, why were the Catholic clergy
allowed to go about in long robes, so that they could
sadly be distinguished from women.—(Cheers and
ghter.) The clergy ought to take the lead in
everyth
-lug that The " pantilette" had
always been was good.
form or other, among among the female sex in some
gether delicate toS"le might think it was not algo-
as they were tirseti.alln of these things in public, but
form, it wightvpZ.ng\ of them for the purpose of re-
also
.so fur a woman, what was moral fur a man was
any uuwortility in _ .41.1'1 conversely. If there was
valal,a100115) Well ought not to wear

them. If it was only a matter of taste, and no
immorality could be attached to it, she thought.
that men ought to leave women to exercise their
own judgment, and not to interfere. Was it
thought any immorality to appear with bare arms
and a low-necked dress? She did not know what
would be thought in a London ball-room, as she
never was in one; but in America, in her owe
country, it would be thought very improper if a girl
appeared otherwise. Was it thought indecent for a.
girl to dance the polka with a man whom she hardly
knerw ? He might throw his arms round her waist,
and she might return the embrace. She really did
not think there was much fastidiousness in the worl d
when such things as these were allowed. After ad-
vocating the change on the ground that it w: is
a more convenient dress for the lower classes, she
said she hoped her using the term " women" so
constantly was not at all offensive to them. In
fact, in America they were all women—there were
no ladies ; there were no lords, and consequently
there was no need of ladies ; they were quite conten t
to be called women. The dress would have one re-
commendation to the elderly, for, according to the
accounts given in the papers of their last meeting, it
made them look very much younger. All who were
described as young misses of 14 were mothers ; and
she herself, who was called 25 or 26, would be
delighted to see such a return of juvenility. The
men ought to be glad, for they would have to
pay much less for their wives' dresses, as there
would not be the soiling and draggling that now
took place, and although drapers said that owing to
its taking a much less quantity of material there
would be a diminution of their trade, she thought the
increased number of dresses would pay them. They
talked of the barbarity of the Chinese compressing
the feet of their daughters, but was it not a much
greater violation of principle to compress the waist
when full play was required for all the organs of re-
spiration ? Some lady had suggested that with the
new dress the feet would be as much pinched in
as the waist was before, in order to make them
pretty and small, but she hoped that they would
show that they (the ladies) possessed better sense.
She then expatiated on her living models as ex-
amples of the different styles of the dress that might
be worn, and drew particular attention to the ma-
tronly lady, as we have noticed above ; and made a
slight digression from her subject to apologize for the
treatment received by the great George Thompson
in his anti-slave rambles in her country. She then
returned to her theme, and repeated she had taken up
the advocacy of the dress on points of principle. If
she had not possessed some of the Yankee spirit, or
had not been convinced of the correctness in her case
of the old motto, "Be sure you are right, and then
go ahead," she would not have appeared before them.
She hoped, however, in future, to see more of the wo-
men of Great Britain, for as yet she had seen more of
the men at her two lectures; at the same time she did
not say she was not happy to see the men. After
strongly urging the dress for the adoption of the
English ladies, and giving a history of the public
education in America, she concluded, and withdrew
with her troop of disciples, the matron solemnly
bringing up the rear, and calling down much laughter
from the audience, who, however, behaved throughout
the lecture most decorously.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victorla,cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of October, 1851.
ISSUE DEPARTILENT.
X.
Notes i55ued........ 28,415,790

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities .. . • 2,964,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,362,415
Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375

428,415,790

£28,415,7,J0
M. 2,IARsHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 9th day of October, 1851.
BANKING DEPARTNIIN T.

Proprietors 'capital.. 14,553,000
seat .• •• •• .. • • 3,606,811
Public deposits (in-
clading Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-bank I, and Di-
vidend acconms).. 9,655,588
Other deposits .. •• •• 8,556,950
Seven day and other
1,249,786

437,622,145

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) • • 13,464,216
Other securities •• •. 14,624,018
Notes ...... •••• • • .. 8,958,225
Gold and silver coin.. 675,686

X 37,624,145
'. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 9th day of October,

THE ARMY.

COMMANDER OF THE FORCES IN NEW ZEALAND..--
Licat.-Colonel R. H. Wynyard, C. 13., 58th Regiment,
commanding the Forces in New Zealand, was, on the
26th April last, sworn in as Lient.-Governor of the
Province of New Ulster. Captain Cockcroft, of the same
Regiment, has been appointed his Excelleney'a Private
Secretary.

THE iNLONELCIES OF THE 15TH AND 99TH REGIS
MENTS.—It is now definitely settled that Lieut.-General
Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., will
succeed to the Colonelcy of the 15th Regiment; and the
command of the 99th, vacant by the removal cf the
Gallant Baronet, will be given to Lieut.-General Sir
John Hanbury, K.C.H.
ROYAL ENGINEERS.—The expected Brevet in the en-
suing month prevents the Insp,ctor-General of Fortifi-
cations from submitting to the Master-Geuerul the name
of an officer to succeed the late Colonel Iravasour in
Canada.—British Army Despatch.
The following circular has just been issued fur the
guidance of officers.—
- -

" War-office, Sept. 16.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Secretary-at-War to
annex, for your information and guidance, a statement of
the daily rates of allowance to general and other staff
officers, and to field and staff officers of infantry regi-
ments, in lieu of forage for the horses required to be kept
by them for the public service, for the half-year from the
Ist of April, 1851, to the 30th of September, 1851,
agreeably to which the charge for forage will be allowed.
" I am to add that, if a charge at a different rate has
been already made, the same should be corrected accord-
ing to the said statement.—l have, &e.,
" L. SIMITAN.

" Officer commanding the Regiment of —."
Statement of the Daily Rates of Allowance in lieu of
Forage for the period from the Ist of April, 1851, to
the 30th of September, 1851.
ip BEAT BRITAIN.
Counties—Berke, Is. 9d.; Chester, ls. I Id.; Devon,
Is. 7d.; Dorset, Is. 5d.; Essex, Es. 103.; Gloucester,
Is. 7d.; Hants, Is. Bd.; Kent, Is. 9d.; Lancaster, Is. 9d.;
Leicester, is. 91; Middlesex, Is. 9d.; Monmouth,
Is. Bd.; Norfolk, Is. Od.; Northampton, Is. 9d.; North-
umberl3nd, Is. 7d.; Nottingham, la. 9d.; Scmerset,
Is. Bd.; Suffolk, Is. Bd.; Sussex, ls. 9d.; Warwick,
Is. 9d.; Wilts, Is. 7d.; Worcester, is. 101; York,
Is. Bd.; Wales, is. 7d.; North Britain, Is. 9d. The
counties in which there aro no contracts, Is. Bd.; Jersey,
Is. 10I.; Guernsey, 2s.