The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-14 00:00:00

CLAIMS OF WOMEN.

A very interesting lecture was delivered by Miss
Emily Faithful at the Hanover-square Rooms, a
few evenings ago, which attracted a very large
audience. Miss Faithful has long endeavoured to
enforce the claims of women, and through her exer-
tionsnumhersof females have obtained employment
in occupations front which they have hitherto been
excluded. The lecture was well delivered, and re-
peatedly called for tit the loudest applause from the
audience.

Miss FArrirm, began by observing that if the
real claims of women—stated without exaggeration
or rilicule—were most accurately understood, there
could be little difference of opinion respecting
them. When so large a proportion of the sex ie
compelled to work for a living, it ought to
be with a reasonable chance of success ; and
when the hardest and heaviest handiwork ig
demanded from women, they should, in fair-
ness, be trained to undertake similar del art"
raents of headwork also. Without any for-
mal division of topics, the discourse resolved
itself into a consideration of the question in its
practical, social, political, and moral aspect. After
urging the importance of women of all grades being
taught a business or pursuit of some kind, by which
they might render themselves independent, the
lecturer contributed a frequent objection by deny'
ing that their general employment would have the
effect of discouraging marriage, or of interfering
in any manner with their arrival at that state. On
the contrary, Miss Faithfull thought that their
settlement in life would be expedited thereby ; and
in support of this view, she cited the case of the
poor, who all work, and mostly marry early ; and
.
she added, that a woman who is able to supPor'
herself has the advantage of being able to Wait
until she finds the right object upon which to be,
stow herself, instead of being reduced to the de'
gradation of marrying for hunger. As to the Wine
duties having a prior claim, it was usually forgotten
by persons who urged this plea that a large pro,
portion of women have no home duties to 138... AP
form,, and these at least should be excePt7
from the objection. As for the publicity involved'
which is another cource of cavil, women court
publicity on all sides. They are everywhere proull;
neat in public places. They even do amateur Or
in the way of trade by keeping stalls at fancy fairs;
The objection to publicity, said Miss Faithful, seem
to apply to cases in which it can be made reavl;
useful. And while touching upon the point re
instances the case of the Queen, who performs Inn
"
public duties than any woman in the country, el/a
A,
in her domestic life is a pattern to her sex. lludt
ing to the squeamishness of persons who talk abYtir
woman not going out of " her sphere," Miss Felon
full told a capital story of an old lady who, uple
hearing of the heroic woman who, when her
band died, took his place and steered the ship r°lloo
Cape Horn in safety, exclaimed, " And more sbalie
to her"—the obvious inference being tbat
" sphere" of the sex should have been adhered
and the ship and crew allowed to go to the bottoew,
In the course of a wide range of argument the i
tbce
turer touched upon the delicate subject of ith
franchise, and it need scarcely be said went ber
Mr. Mill. And among other supporters of ,
views she instanced a great statesman of the ea
who had said that in a country which is goverll_ll
by a Queen, where there are peeresses in their 0;r,
right, and where women hold property, and el, oil
cise many functions of importance, it is out 0'
el,
reason to deny them the right of voting. The Oita
tion of property, however, was one upon whieb v
lady had a great deal to say, and she drew a diedby
picture of the power exercised in this respeeb
husbands over their wives. Emigration, as a Di%
of equalising the sexes, received her strong s:,1;
port, and she bestowed great praise upon Miss
for her exertions in the cause. Miss Nightinge
in
Miss Parkes, and other devoted labourers jo,
the cause of their sex were also eulogised, bilt.ost
dividual efforts would not redress their unithe
position unless by the aid of Parliament andoe
means of making their claims heard there.
te°
lecturer strongly deprecated the present sY- of
of educating women, and urged the neces3ilcat
training schools, which would render women -
s llp
and self-supporting, for they were both phYsi
5 as
and mentally capable of supporting theinselleoe
well as men if opportunities were given theta. 50
concluding part of the lecture was occupied 1/1 opt
eloquent appeal for the better education of icn 0
in order that they might take an independent Po
sef
lion, and not only raise the character of the °ll, the
but of the other. The vanity and frivolity (31" her
"girl-of-the-period"-ism generally received

strong condemnation. I
A large number of eminent persons interesteciajoi:
the movement Miss Faithful has at heart, incl,6,
v
Lady Franklin, Capt. B. Payne, and seeral V.'
were present at the lecture.

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THE BIRKENtLEAD LIBERALS AND Ckrreli
OSBORN, R.N.—We understand that the Liberal 1331.ter
Birkenhead are contemplating the advisability of eta
taining Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., their candtcle that
the recent election, at a public banquet. It is fel, t
to
the gallant captain fully merits some such cornPlf°l;l4'
consideration of the pluck and talent he displayed 411 f OP)
ing the Liberal battle. In order to be prepared f°r log
emergencies the Birkenhead Liberals are als°lt to
active steps for the formation of a thoroughly effleev‘
gistration association. tlOb
POACHING AFFRAYS.—On Thursday tWo °or°
men, the sons of a market gardener in Susselrla
charged before the magistrates of East Sussex, sit.F;il°`
Cuckfield, with night poaching on the lands of the: 1;041
Sheffield. The prisoners and another man, wh° 100-
were detected by the keepers, and a hand-to-h9'3: off
ensued. The poachers escaped, but the prisonerb
identified, and with the aid of the police were °Ollll.,
after taken into custody. They were committed f°" per,
A similar affray took place at Hayward's-heath' 411
Brighton, on Saturday night last, but the poach°,
fired on the keepers, fortunately without taking Iffe'
their escape.
CORNISHMINING.—A large and influential c°4 130'
meeting was held at Redruth on Thursday, Mr. 51' "eleeie
litho in the chair, to consider the importance of sc°o-f Yat
sure being promptly adopted for obtaining an 11-ethi f
liament to amend the existing stannary laws, the e"-beitrer
jects being to enable shareholders to sell forfeited: ieVr,
to provide pursers of mines with a simpler and
process for the enforcing of calls, and to give the ~,"°f,a ~-
miner priority over other creditors on the AS7 t
mine. Resolutions were carried to the effect t'e
law required amendment ; that a cominitte:
formed for the purpose of ascertaining the e,
tails which required amendment, to report t° g fter,
ral meeting as early as possible, with ibasiolli
to introduce a bill to Parliament in the ensuingfeg— f 3 4).
and that the vice-warden, registrar, and other i°
the stannaries of Devon and Cornwall be reciue
co-operate with the committee in the object l° P'6'
letter was road from the vice-warden, Mr. SEntfrtgi:ea
mising to promote the object of the c,orninitteofi, Lei
bring the subject before the Lord Warden and
the
Council. y"Offri
DISCOVERY OF STONE IMPLEMENTS NE°.,4 to i 13,18
—Recently, in removing a sand bank contigtl°l`;'oo";
Ouse, a few miles north of York, a deposit of e'-10fl
flint axes, knives, flakes, &c., was found at abont 1,1.000
deep in undisturbed sand, and beneath several toil,
layers of loamy clay. The Rev. J. L. Rowe, of p‘l
well-known Yorkshire geologist, has exatniaoa tteljg
and pronounces the sandbed to be one 013 r") lf`r,
ho 1.44 I°
shoe of the pre-historic Ouse, and analogous tef
gravels which have yielded human-made iliP°D.-00'°01-of
other parts of the country. Th 9 inipleinents, p
000 e
aro olished, and are in ll resects with II t1)1/1/
the surface soil, andg ase sucha differp entirely fre erA
hitherto found in gravel beds. On Thurscl,l,oooleo3
of archaeologists, among whom were Canon `-; ^toe, 'bp
of Durham, the Rev. J. Robertson of .APP%Letici '1)0
Mr. George Slater, of Mallon, visited the Pl3ce;froo
a thorough examination. From that survey' 313'noleftfiel
evidence collected the implements seem to 115siee;cl
beneath several feet of apparently undistn" the 0.40
sand, but were generally thought not to he °I. ,2141
age as the sandbeds. The thing is a puzzle for 5"
and archaeologists both.

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