The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

DERBY.

9 to 1 agst Hobble Noble I 20 to 1 agst Kingstown
15 to 1 agst Claverhouse I2oto 1 agst Lapidist (t)
NEWMARKET.— WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON TUESDAY
EVENING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
10 to 1 agst Newminater 17 to 1 agst Breba
11 to 1 agst Curl 20 to 1 agst Mountain Deer
13 to 1 agst Candlewick •25 to 1 agst Eliza Middleton

DERBY.
9to 1 agst Hobble Noble 20 to 1 agst Elcot
12 to 1 agst Claverhouse 120 to 1 agst Kingston
HOLYWELL HUNT RACES—TIIESDAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Revival Handicap.

Forest Deer ...
Lady Agnes ...
Shilmalier West

The Mostyn Stakes.
Mr. R. Martin's Wilmont, 4 yrs, Est 51b
Mr. Cotgreave na Warwick, 4 yrs, Est I Ilb
Mr. Barton's Calculator, 3 yrs, Est 131 b

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THE BLOOMER MOVEMENT.

Last night the hall of the Literary Institution,
John-street, Fitzroy-square, was crowded by an au-
dience eager to hear a lecture on the Bloomer dress
reform, advertised to be delivered by Mrs. H.
Knight, assisted by her daughter, Miss Charlotte
Knight.
Precisely at half-past eight the two lady lecturers
appeared upon the rostrum, dressed in full Bloomer
costume.

Mrs. KNIGHT, who is an eloquent and distinct
speaker, commenced her address by demonstrating the
false position occupied by women at the present time,
and then passed on to prove that the reform which she
advocated in female dress would be conducive to the
real well-being of the wives, mothers, and daughters
of England. She denounced the " light and fash-
ionable slipper," the horrible compression of the
lungs produced by stays, and the long draggling
dress which in wet weather keeps its wearer
damp and chilly—as fruitful sources of consump-
tion. The anomalous position now occupied by
woman was in accordance with the will of her master,

—man ; but would it not be better, she asked, to lei
women have their own way a little sometimes, espe-
cially in matters of dress, which concerned exclu-
sively her own health and comfort?—(Hear, hear.)
But the question was one which concerned all, even
the Legislature, as there could be no healthy and
ncble-minded children unless there were first noble-
minded and healthy mothers. With respect to the
advantages of the new costume over the old, she
claimed for it the superiority in convenience, form,
colour, easiness of adjustment, and picturesqueness of
effect.—(Hear, hear.) Having thus far addressed the
wives and mothers, Miss Knight would, while she
rested apace, address the daughters, the juveniles, then
present.

Miss CHARLOTTE KNIGHT, a young lady, appa-
rently about twelve years of age, then came forward,
and addressed the juveniles in a series of rhymes, the
burthen of which was to tease their papas and mamas
to buy them the Bloomer costume, in which they
would be able to run, jump, and dance like men. On
concluding the young lady was rapturously encored,
but declined to repeat her address.
Mrs. KNIGHT then resumed, dwelling upon the
advantages to be derived from the adoption of the
new costune, among which would be the saving of
the time now consumed in " single stitch, double
stitch, and all the other stitches," which might instead
be devoted to the improvement of the female mind.
Ladies wore stays to give themselves a good figure,
but it was not a good figure; it was a cramped and
contracted figure, exactly representing the cramped
and contracted feet of the Chinese ladies, who looked
like towers based on pebbles, although their cramped
feet were, in truth, no more ridiculous than the wasp
waists of Englishwomen.—(Hear.) Shedid not deny
that the new dress might seem awkward, and even a
little ridiculous at first, but that would wear off in
time. A Bloomer was a rare bird now, but they
were spreading their nets, and hoped to catch a few
more—(Laughter)—and from coming to hear lec-
tures on the dress, ladies would soon pass to wearing
the dress itself; and, after doing so with courage and
determination, they would find out its advantages, and
become Bloomers indeed.—(Cheers.)
Mrs. Knight and her daughter retired from the
rostrum amid cheers from the audience, which then
quietly dispersed.

PARIS, SUNDAT.—Three "Bloomerists" made their
appearance on the Boulevards yesterday, and attracted
so much inconvenient attention that they were
obliged to take refuge from the crowd in a brougham.
BLOOMERISM IN EDINBURGH.—On Thursday
evening a young woman was perceived walking along
Nicholson-street, dressed in the most fantastic style
ofthe Bloomer costume. Her appearance soon at•
tracted a large crowd of boys, whose remarks were
characterised by more freeness than politeness. The
young woman bore the insulting remarks very pa-
tiently, until she arrived at the South Bridge, where
the crowd had increased to several hundreds. She
was at last reluctantly compelled to take refuge in a
haberdasher's shop from the crowd, which had grown
so dense as to make her further progress a difficult
matter.—Saturday Evening Post.
HUNTING A BLOOMER.—Yesterday evening two
females, in the Bloomer costume, accompanied by two
gentlemen, promenaded in the vicinity of the Kent-
road, distributing bills, announcing a lecture on the
reformation of ladies' dress in the Borough -road.
The novelty in this case was, that the trousers were
loose over the instep, instead of being fastened round
the ankle. A crowd soon collected round them, and
the male escort had some difficulty in getting them
along. As they approached the Elephant and Castle
the mob became exceedingly rude, and the party pru-
dently hailed a passing cab, in which the Bloomers,
after considerable pushing to get through the mob,
were deposited and driven off, amidst an indescribable
medley of sounds, whistling, cheering, and shouts of
laughter.
A FOREIGN BLOOMER.—Yesterday forenoon a con-
siderable degree of interest was manifested in War-
wick -street, Pimlico, and the neighbourhood, owing
to the appearance of a foreign lady, of something like
European notoriety, attired in full " Bloomer" cos-
tume. A great crowd having been attracted, the fair
Bloomer in question was followed by several hundred
of the juvenile population, who testified their admira-
tion by loud and frequent applaudings of the
young lady's temerity in braving the storm of a
London mob, as yet not wholly wedded to the recent
invasion of the garbs of their ancestors. Whether a
new light has broke in upon the mind of a specimen
of a most singular race of the creation, is a question,
not perhaps to be answered by the essay of Miss
Luggy, one of the Boejeman ladies, who for the last
four years, have been making the tour of Europe,
but certainly she, in the costume of a Bloomer, yester-
day, not only looked intelligent, but absolutely digni-
fied, as she strutted through Warwick-street, preceded
by a policeman, who gallantly heralded her approach,
by clearing a passage for the distinguished disciple of
the Transatlantic heroine. The fair Bloomer, whose
name, it is said, is Miss Luggy, seemed exceedingly
pleased, not only with herself, but with the reception
she was meeting, until at length one young urchin
taking it into his head to handle the short curly
down, yclept hair, of the diminutive lady, the scene
changed to one of a less pleasant nature, and it be-
came necessary for the gentleman of the force to lay
hands upon the intruder, and walk him off to the
police station. The promenade of Miss Luggy was
of course brought to a close ; and several expressions
of sympathy from the matronly portion of the
audience, the young foreigner was, under the protec-
tion of a policeman, escorted to her home by several
of her most energetic admirers. However unsuited