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      Newspaper Stamps. Repollt Op The Select ...

      and penny publications which would then spring up to pirate the public intelligence collected at so much cost and exertion . It has been proposed that some short privilege of copyright should therefore be conferred . " Your committee consider it their duty to direct attention to the objections and abuses incident to the present system of newspaper stamps , arising from the difficulty of defining , and determining the meaning of the term ' news ; ' to the inequalities which exist in the application of the Newspaper Stamp Act , and the

      anomalies and evasions that it occasions in postal arrangements ; to the unfair competition to which stamped newspapers are exposed with unstamped publications ; to the limitation imposed by the stamp upon the circulation of the best newspapers ; and to the impediments which it throws in the way of the diffusion of useful knowledge regarding current and recent events among the poorer classes , which species of . knowledge , relating to subjects which most obviously interest them , call out the intelligence by awakening the curiosity of those

      Cl & SSGS " How far it may be expedient that this tax should be maintained as a source of revenue , either in its present or in any modified form , your committee do not feel themselves called upon to state ; other considerations not within their province would enter into that question . But , apart from fiscal considerations , they do not consider that news is of itself a desirable subject of taxation . " July 18 , 1851 . "

      770 ®|)£ %Tattt T* [Saturday,

      770 ®|) £ % tattt t * [ Saturday ,

      Progress Of Bloomerism. Decidedly " Bloo...

      PROGRESS OF BLOOMERISM . Decidedly " Bloomerism" is progressing in the United States . The long-clothes emancipation of woman proceeds at a good pace . Ladies dressed in the new costume " show" in the principal thoroughfares of some of the principal towns . The journals open their columns to its advocates , and the lecturefaalta echo with , their eloquence . In the Home Journal of New York we find ! the following ' * descriptive report upon the new fashion , from a lady of distinguished name and superior mind , " writes the editor . The " report , " very elaborate , is as follows : —

      " The prettiest style of the new costume is a combination of the Turkish trousers and skirt , with the French spencer and chemisette . The Oriental jacket is entirely too theatrical to be in good taste ; but the spencer , which is perfectly congruous , is an excellent substitute . For summer wear , the trousers are made of Irish linen ( not quite so voluminous as the Oriental ) drawn round the ankles , and held up by the waistband only . The same kind of a band holds the skirt to its place . This garment is made of salmon-coloured lawn or cashmere , with a black worsted edging ; it is moderately full , comes down a . little below the knees , and has a sla » h in front , which js closed by a row of small pearl buttons , concealed by the welting-piece . The spencer is made sans basquine ,

      having a small point behind and before ; the latter , however separating en V , from the lower button , in the manner of a vest . The sleeves are in coat style , and the whole spencer fits snugly to the figure . Jt has a narrow turned-down collar , and closes in front with a single row of buttons , extending from the waist to the neck . Though the spencer may be closed entirely to the neck , it is preferable to wear it habitually with the upper half unbuttoned , to exhibit the chemisette , which ought to be richly embroidered , and terminate at the neck with a ruffed collar , encircled with a neat little silk cravat . The most suitable colour for the spencer is a light buff , as near the hue of brimstone as possible , and the

      material is cassimere or chasmerc vesting , or silk velvet . The buttons , of course , are gilt , having a plain flat surface , and numbering frvrn . twelve to fifteen in the raw . A gipsy strawhat , lined with pink , and trimmed simply with a black ribbon , together with leather bootees , complete the attire . The hair is dressed in the style now known as " the Jenny Land . " A sa < iue of dark silk , or velvet , worn with this dress adds greatly to its beauty . By wearing the saquc open in front , the spencer underneath assumofl the appearance of a splendid vest . In cold weather the skirt and trousers must necessaril y be of darker goods ; but the buff spencer has the advantage ! of being appropriate to all seasons . "

      A lady-lecturer , Mrs . Nichols , has the following energetic passages , as reported in the A ' e ?« York Tribune : ¦ — " Why ban every second woman some female weakness or spinal disease ? The curse , causeless does not come . They earn their disease , honetttly , legitimately , what the y don ' t inherit . The weight of quilts and skirts aH worn l > y woman , dependent on the lumbar region of the spine would wear out the strongest man , and give him spinal disease . Then the fetter that we carry always around the ankles wearies and wearies for ever . _ N <> one in conscious of the extent of the evil , till they have thrown it off . And when we hold up the . se long skirtH out of mud and rain , we run constant risk of indelicate exposure . In our present dress , the form iH hidden as effectuall y

      as if we were bagged f «> r the Uosporus . Kven a pretty foot is not allowed a peep of day , and ankles arc onl y made to be encased in liltli nweptup fiom the hide-walks . * * * * »» We claim freedom to wear long or short clothes , as we deem them best united to our taste or comfort . Tin ; long robe Beems suitable for the aged , the dignified , the feeble , and hick at hcukoiih when motion is not required . . For the drawing room , where a reposeful converse in the only exercise wished for , these roben will doubtlrns be retained . For a do-nothing aristocracy , as in Kngland and other countries , nnd for those among us who wish to be distinguished an the drones of societ y , and who have aesthetic objections against being confounded with , the woiking bees , the long robes are especially suitable . Peop le who are called men tell us that we » uu . st not wmr . a dresa consistent ; with , health ,

      the dress of innocent childhood , the dress devised by wise working women of true modesty and stainless purity , because our outcast sisters wear it . These poor fallen ones wear clothing . Is that a reason for its disuse ? They have trailled the costliest silks through our streets , but no word of warning came to us then . We might follow them in an evil fashion , and it was very proper . But our nice moralists have suddenly grown sensitive . " She concludes with a sentence which commands the assent of all : —¦ " The fashion of our clothes should be in harmony with the laws of health , consistent with ennobling and sustaining industry , and as graceful and beautiful as the taste and genius of the wearer can devise . "

      Personal News And Gossip. The Queen Left...

      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . The Queen left London on Saturday week , after an early visit to the Exposition , for Osborne ; and the Royal Family have remained there all the week . Most of the London notabilities of the world of fashion have taken flight , and Ministers are to be found anywhere but in Downing-street . No special subject of gossip has turned up this week . The ex-Duchess of Orleans and her son , the Comte de Paris , visited the Dockyard at Plymouth on the 9 th : the English aristocracy present doing the honours . His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin was on Monday sworn in one of the Lord Justices , at a meeting of the privy council held for the purpose .

      Lord Dungannon has been reproved by the Orange-men of the " Lisbum district , " for having written a pamphlet expressing approval of crosses in churches . Crosses in churches are declared to be many things , but especially incompatible with Orangism . There was a garrison field day on the 12 th in the Phoenix-park , Dublin , the evolutions being under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge . Lord Gough was present on the occasion . A school of design is about to be formed at Limerick , under the patronage and support of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , Mr . Monsell , M . P ., and Mr . Wyndham Goold , M . P .

      Count Guicciardini Is In Edinburgh. The ...

      Count Guicciardini is in Edinburgh . The Corriere Mercantile says that the grand criminal court of Naples has condemned Gaetano Reale , for the crime of printing the Martyrs of Cosenza , to seven year' banishment , the prohibition to exercise the trade of a printer for one year , and to the costs of his trial . The grand court of Aquila has sentenced Joseph Ferriol and F . Porchiazzi to seven months' imprisonment , a fine of six ducats and the costs of trial , for having sold a book printed abroad called Satan and the Jesuits . Madame Anna Zerr is reported , at Vienna , to have takt n part in a concert in London for the relief of Hungarian refugees ; consequently , upon suspicion , she is deprived of her former title of singer to the Imperial Court of Austria .

      I he wife of Major Dembmski , who accompanied him to America after the failure of the Hungarian insurrection , in which he took an active part , was arrested a week ago , on her return to Pesth . She had a forged French passport . A letter from Milan , dated August 4 , states that Pestalozzi was about to resign the functions of Podesta . He was to be succeeded by Count Ambroise Nava . The Liberals intended to observe the anniversary of the unfortunate capitulation of 1848 , on the 5 th , by wearing mourning .

      The Ex-Queen Of The French, Accompanied ...

      The ex-Queen of the French , accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours the Prince de JoinVille , and several members of her suite , arrived at Inverness on Tuesday week by the . Edinburgh Castle steamer from Oban . The vessel was gaily decorated , in honour of the ex-regal party . As they walked through the streets to the Caledonian Hotel , people thronged about them , and great wonder is made of the fact that they were repectiully greeted . On the succeeding days they visited the beautiful scenery of Kilinorack falls , Cawdor Castle , and Oban . It is said that they contemplate taking a lease of Dochfour-housc , a beautiful mansion situated on the conlines of l ^ och Nenn _

      Pierre Bonaparte met with a severe accident on Monday last . One of bin servants who lives at Autcuil , was taken seriously ill , and it became necessary to administer a dose of laudanum . M . Bonaparte , thinking that the druggist would , on account of his station , make no hesitation in giving it to him without a medical prescription , jumped on to a horse , without saddle , and with only a snafllc bridle , and rode rapidly off . On his return with the medicine , the horse , just an he was turning into the court-yard , lost his footing , and threw the rider heavily to the ground , in his fall he broke the two bones of the

      right leg , and received a severe contusion on the ri ght side of the head . He did not , however , lose his consciousness , and was able to direct some workmen , who hastened to his assistance , how to convey him into the house . One of the persons hastened off to the Klysee with the melancholy intelligence , and the President of the Republic immediately went on horseback , to visit his cousin . Medical assistance having been procured , the leg was set , and as M . P . ISonaparte i . i of good constitution , it is believed that the recovery will not be difficult .

      The funeral of Marshal Sebnstiani took place at midday , on Tuesday , with due pomp and solemnity , ut the Invalided . The interior of thin magnificent edifice wan dressed with black . The high altar , too , was arrayed in mourning , and an infinite number of candles were placed on it . From one of these a spark reached part of the drapery , which in its turn communicated the fire to tho old / lugs , the proud tro phies of . Napoleon ' s wars , which ure tfuupuuded ftlon ^ the imvo in tattered un <\ glorious

      array . The fire wa 3 speedily extinguished ; but the smoke completely filled the building , and put the spectators of the funeral to flight . No great positive damage was done ; but at least one-fourth of the battle stained bullet-torn , dearly loved trophies , won by the daring sons of France in many a hard-fought field , are burnt— utterlv destroyed are the cherished tatters which told of the mighty valour of the old race , and inspired la jeune France with emulation . " Les drapeaux sont bruleg " jg the cry through Paris , and every one says it with as much grief as if he were telling of some great loss which he personally had just sustained . The fire being extinguished , the funeral was proceeded with . Outside the building the coffin was opened , and the bod y discovered lying in state ; before it , the troops present defiled for the last time . The coffin was then conveyed into the church , and the religious ceremony having been performed , the mortal remains of Marshal Sebastiani were confided to their last home amidst the firing of cannon

      The Bells At Clapham. At Clapham There I...

      THE BELLS AT CLAPHAM . At Clapham there is a Roman Catholic Society called the Redemptorist Fathers . They bought a house and established themselves there in 1848 . As a matter of course a " bell" was put up and duly rung ; this was borne patiently ; but in the course of last year a regular belfry of six bells was added , and the neighbours , espe cially those who lived next door could stand it no longer . Accordingly an action was brought by Mr . Soltaw ] against Father de Held , and the bells indicted for a nuisance . The triil came off on Wednesday . The bells , it seem 3 , were always ringing . One witness said that the bells caused " such confusion and noise in the house , they did not know what they were about . " The largest bell made a " dreadful sound . "

      A young gentleman said , " They caused the house to shake , and when they were sitting at table after dinner the noise prevented them from hearing one another speak , and it was impossible to read or do anything that required thought or mental exertion . " Mr . Field , solicitor , said the effect was " most distressing , " and th e " noise quite astounding . " Mr . Thomas Hunter , a hairdresser , declared that the sound " rushed into his shop , and prevented him from hearing what anybody said . " A surgeon thought it advisable to send his daughter away , as the row damaged her health . The defence set up was that the ringing was necessary for religious purposes . Chief Justice Jervis laid it down that if the ringing of bells really injured anybody , they were a nuisance . Verdict for Mr . fcsoltaw , damages forty shillings .

      Crimes And Offences. An Old Man At Ipswi...

      CRIMES AND OFFENCES . An old man at Ipswich , lodging with his sister , killed himself on Tuesday , after having murderously assaulted a young woman named Martha Moyse , who was living with him as his wife . He was very deliberate about the matter . First he drank brandy ; then he sent his sister for Martha ; afterwards he requested his sister to go out , and immediately attacked the girl , who ran out into the street bleeding . A crowd collected by the cries of " murder" stood round the door , but none dared to enter . A butcher , named Trentor , went to the door , and the old man shut him out . Suddenly he cut his throat , and running into the street fell down and died soon after . A young woman named Harrison , daughter of a farmer in Norfolk , on a visit at the house of Mr Syers , Highstreet , Shoreditch , woke up on Tuesday night , and found a man in her bed with his arm round her neck . She

      immediately rose , shrieking murder , and saw two other men in the room one in dark trousers , and another in his shirt . They were soldiers staying in the house . The scoundrel in the bed got up and ran into a closet ; the one in the trousers was found in the room by Mr . and Mrs . Syers , who rushed in on hearing the sen ams . Syers ran for the police . When * he returned , Mrs . Syers was plucking Brown from the closet . The three fell upon Syers and hia wife , seizing him by the throat , rolling on the bed in mortal strife , and threatening to kill him . Meanwhile , Miss Harrison had rushed out , and

      hidden herself under the bed of a lodger named Colling into whose room the struggling combatants had foug ht their way . Here , fortunately , the police intervened , and arrested the soldiers . Ill-ought before Mr . D'Jtync ourt , at Worship street , they expressed contrition , and begged hard for mercy . Mr . D'Kyncourt at first proposed to commit them lor trial ; but both Mr . Syers and Miss Harrison pleaded that they would not like to go throug li a second public examination and Mr . D'Eyn court inflicted the highest penalties in bin power , amounting to four months' imprisonment for Brown , and two months for the others respectively .

      On the 7 th of August three drunken soldiers—Fdvvanf Dunn , corporal of the tiixty-fourth Regiment ; Mioh * ^ Rourkc and John Dougherty , privates of the . Eig hteenth —went to the Ktrood station , near Rochester , about eight o ' clock , and demanded tickets for ( iravesend . 'i " ° station master refused them . They returned m » r ° intoxicated than before , and tickets were again refused . Thereupon they became very violent , Dann p lm : nl & himself" in a position to prevent the people from getting their tickets , lie then called out , " Unsheatb . bayonet 8 ; if we can ' t go by tickets , we will go at the point <> f t '" Itour

      bayonet , " at the same time drawing Ins bayonet . » followed his example , and with bin bayonet make sever " lunges at Ireland , one of the company ' s constables , who armed himself with a loaded pitUol , whioli lie . presentee " at the soldiers , telling them to keep back and K « V « "I their arms . Instead of which they became still lll ( 'r . ' violent , and Rourke again approached Ireland with »' drawn bayonet , which in each instance he fortun "" y parried . Tomlin , the head porter at the station , "'" " ^ up with a constable ' s staff and knocked one <> ' 'iK'i ' down ; and after further resistance they were overpowered , handcuU ' od , mid taken to tho station-houao a Rochester . The ciwo wfto heard on Tuesday , before tho M ^ yo *

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 16, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16081851/page/6/