The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-15 00:00:00

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THE LEG COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Lcgs was convened on. Tue iday
evening, in the Green Roam, for the purpose of tak-
ing into consideration certain articles, but par ticu-
lady one which appeared in the 3iorning Chro ;side
of Monday, reflecting on the legs of actresses. Ma-
dame Vestris in the. Chair.

The Chairwoman addressed the meeting in . the
following terms :—Ladiss Mixtrcsaes, and M es rs—
We Are this day assembled to vindicate our rig kt to
such use of our own property as we think fit, , and
to mark by some signal measure our disapprob. Won
of a very improper freedom taken with our leg 0.—
(Hear.)—l may here remark by the way, that It is
singularly incensistent in the critic to make so free
with our property, while he denies U.l, the owner. 6, the
same liberty.—(blear, hear, and applause.)— :This
gentleman, though I can't say much in face CI of
his gentleness, has however let out the secret c if his
vehement attack, when he says " there never • was a
time when good legs among actresses were s( ) rife,
and among actors so rare." - Envy, you see, ,is at
the bottom of all this; and while men borrce w our
petticoats as it were, by wearing large trows( nrs to
hide their bad legs, they cannot patiently ' en-
dure our display of good ones by the t 'scans
which were once thought proper to th
(blear, hear, hear)—What he means by " Miss
Bartoloezi wants calf," it is difficult to tinders rand;
unless he would insinuate that she wants,a hu eband
—that, it is true, would be one way of sup; plying
the defect. (A laugh.) It is fatal to a good ,critic
to wander from his subject, and having taken Legs
for his theme, it was most improper and it jud acious
of him to speak of " the admitted beauty rof the
young lady's (Miss B.'s) proportions al rovre the
knee." In all trades, and criticism I toke to be
one, though none of the best, the man wh o gets
above his business is sure to be ruined. •1 le i,t so—
and, as Sterne says, " Shame and sorrot v go with
him." Although it may be thought that I justice
is done to me, I should blush for my vanitv:, if it re-
conciled me to any aspersion on the qualia es Of the
members of any other of our corps. No, we must
make common cause, for no limb can suffer without
affecting the whole body. We can be on DO footing
with this man, except ono which I shall urestently
mention—and must now and at once:a-pike .ur :stanch
against him, or if we allow our legs to bo s(!t at
t nought,ll,i tt hasvt
• been said and
sung e shall soon be told that
o our a
about ther:.sare
not
all that
I propose then to submit to the Committee of Legs,
for their approbation, is, that Mrs. Faucit, or any
other full-sized lady, that does not stand upon i'rVes,
be deputed to wait on this gentleman, and give I tim
a good kicking. (Hear, hear ! and loud applouse.)
I imovv no better mode of making him intinuatitly
acsjuainted with the subject of his criticism, or more
likely to inspire him with a feeling respect for our
understandings. Such Legs as are inclined to lead
ulatir support to this proposition will step forword.
Here twelve Ladies rose at the same time, and br
an agreeable chorus rendered it utterly impossible to
consprehend a single sentence. Order was cuilled,
but called in vain. The Chair-woman findi»g it I
price • impracticable to obtain a hearing by level
spa icing, began to sing a portion of Jemmy Jampe's
song in The Farmer—
" Short kg Ladies, long leg Ladies,
Thick leg Ladies, thin leg Ladies,
All leg Ladies,
be quiet"—which created a momentary suspense,
during which the question was put and unanimously
agreed to by a simultaneous stamping of feet—
tongu es, as less concerned, would not have been
half so satisfactory.

The Committee of Legs then stood up, and walk-
ed off.•—Morning Chronicle.

The influx of Irish labourers continues greater
than evor. Yesterday morning not less than 600 Irish
shearers iaassed through this city to the eastward on their
way to the harvest. This morning about 530 passengers
were laruled at the Broomielaw from one of the Belfast
steamers. When they left I3elfast, almost the whole of
therm had i'arge sticks, weapons which it was found neces-
sary to deprive them of on the passage, as they at one time
began to discover a strong desire of using them in a fight
which soma of the more unruly threatned to commence.
On arriving at the Broontielaw they demanded their shil-
lelahe, were restored to them ; but it turned out
that a numhor had not received the identical clubs with
which they lert Belfast, and they would take ix) others. A
great turmoil was the consequence, and a considerable
time elapsed before their disputes were settled.-- Glasgow
Chronicle.