The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

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system. If you and such as you will, by your efforts, keep
the militia up to its complement, the rapist army will take
are of itself. It may coat more to draw the recruit for the army
through the militia, but the recruit so obtained is in most
mess one who would not have been procured at all unless he
had first entered the militia, and there acquired a taste he
military service. Employ in the obtaining of remain for the
militia but half the real you would display in getting rotas
at an election, and you will certainly succeed. A hundred m
(waiting elegising could not do what each of you ma do
within the sphere of his personal inflames
When I tell you that you have this power, I spook from
r,,,y own experience. When the militia, as now oosAltated,
wab tint established in 151.53, I took much interest in the
aaccaas of the measure, and I earnestly requested several
farmers .1 was acquainted with to do their utmost to obtain
rwruita. &me zealously exerted themselves' others were
more iaawaro ; but in every instance in whichsa influential
farmer cordtalll undertook the duty, the result was
uniformly the gam, ; end I am convinced that, if all who
could have dcaae so had acted as 1011114 did, the coat r, I
could to that year here "aimed, not between fifty and sixty
thousand, but not Is that: one hundred and twenty thousand
sm.

No doubt you would be greatly sided in your =W see to
obtain recruits If the militia of the county should beau'
bodied. Men will more willingly lend in a Miami they
can see marching with all the pomp .red eirousatease of war,
than in a corps which remains Invisible, and of which the
existence is only to be found in official records. But, LI
others do as they may, it is for you to do your duty. Whom
you lead, others will follow, and while you do moth good by
your individual efforts, you will do yet more by your
example.
I sak you only to do what I know you can do, and what
feel you ought to do for the usistance of the country in this
critical juncture of our affairs.

It is Imposeible to over-estimate its importunes. Then is
nothing manhole's dear for which we have not now to fight.
If we should not bear ourselves manfully in the contest thus
forced upon us, if we should not succeed in it, we meet be
content, not only to lose the noblest empire in the world, but
to maks the name of Englishman a bye-word of shanks
amongst nations.
The wives and daughters of our countrymen have beta
publicly violated, their children have been put to death with
circumstances of cruelty surpassing all we reed of in history
as the pealshowate inflicted by Dod upon the offending Jews.
It has not been deemed sufflckint to destroy us. We ware
first to be dishonoured, and thin in a country through whkb
we have proudly—perhaps too proudly—stalked an con-
querors for a hundred pan.
Do you suppose that, if we could submit to this in India,
we should not be threatened with it in England? Do you
imagine that the greet military powers of Europe, always
prepared for war, offended by our pride, resentful of our
former victories, and coveting our present wealth, would long
permit us to enjoy In passe the luxuries we ding to and the
drum of lemaistible strength to which we fatuously indulge?
Be assured that if, under the strongest necessity ever imposed
ass a people, we do not rise an one man to vindicate our
useless' harm sad to re-establish our Indian empire, the
km= we mad of with shuddering as perpetrated at Meerut
sad at Deltd will not for ever be averted from our island
home.

I counsel you, therefore, to give at once your conlial as-
idstance, as you bent can give it, to the country. In the
prosecution of this content which we menet avoid—the
greatest and the most difficult la which we have ever beat
migaged—it will not do to confine ourselves to a cold compli-
ance with what may be required from ue by the law. To =b-
ooed in this war, the people must maks It its own.—l remain,
Gentlemen, with much regard, your very faithful servaat,

.11Lizxsozoveli.

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&Mirka sod eulogy, ae to Writ the snowing flattering
tribune :—Tbstegh woe out of the settled eider of proceed-
inp to do an, Laid Brougham moved, and Sir J. Paiungton
so ironed, • spell vats of thanks to this lady
for her connon to social science. Although
the morning paws have drew whet the pressure upon their
spore would permit than to do In order to give prominence
to the proordinp of the society, they have given but a
faint Idea of the giernd abuser" of the association.
During the week a hop has bean Ikequantly nape red that
the Nod should be reiatad, and this point has
alitself so 'trendy the attention of the 811110da-
t committee of has been appointed, who
will have the whole of the domoneate submitted to them,
with a view of Zotlzsrech as they may deem moot usefaL
la the Social earks, of which Sir B. Brodie is
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Mr Acton, 4iarlan, rad a paper on
" Prosti-

Mr. Ammo said he had no hope that this evil would ever
be extirpated while poverty and instincts existed, while
man was strong and woman week • but it had aliened so
awful a height that measures of some kind moat be taken for
keeping it within due bounds. He had aseertained the ex-
tent of frailty wee something like one in thirteen of the un-
married females in the eountry ; end that two out of three
of the surgical out-pseuds at the hospitals, and one out of
Mn in the army end navy, were incapseited from labour
by diseases the result of prostitution. To diminish the
we be *bald ban maks trained to continence, would im-
pose by the /ay heavy penalties upon seduction, would relax
by tie coma= consent of society the usual restrictions im-
weed upon lawful wedlock, and would encourage large de-
mands for wins by bailltstiag the emigration of men sad
Irmo doll chaser to the aolonfes. He would bare Lock hos-
pitals established in all the large towns. A. to controlling the
patio imbibition of vice, he could we no hope of improvement
toles they had deadellitu7 visitation of infamous places by
the polies. This wee at mensal illegal, and many of our
ben lawyers maintained that it would hi inconsistent with
the spirit of the English law. He haat to the opinion, how-
ever, that the limning of much places would be advantageous,
sad that the objection of its basic a sanction and encourage-
ment of vice war uneatable. He could not see that the re-
cognition of any crime or offence amounted to a sanction of
it, sod he could see that under a system of know-nothingiem
disorder Sourtahee. Public-house were controlled by &legal
dread of enspenaion, but the most obscene orgies, the most
scandalous robberies, might take pines within the walls of an
ardiosasod brothel without check or constraint, under the
preset system. He would, therefore, have them regis-
tered sad visited. To attempt high-handed suppreettion
would of course be political lunacy. Mr. Sham, of London,
solicitor to the Society for Enforcing the Laws for the
Protectios of Women, was willing to place visitoria/
power in the hands of the police, but he thought this might
be obtained without the sanction which would be afforded by
a trade and receiving a revenue from lt.—Sir Ben-
re=blrodie said the question ow surrounded by great
difficulties. Prostitution wee a monstrous and growing evil,
sad one they should try to get rid of, but long-continued
celibacy was a monitions evil also. The only proper re-
medy was early marriage. It was a melancholy feeling
which pervaded the people of the higher classes,who thought
that marriage could not take place unless the young couple
had an Income sufficient to enable them to keep up the same
rank as the parents. He (the chairman) knew many in-
stances of women who were pining away their young Brae
because of the horrible notion that they must not marry
without a good income. (Hear, hear.) It surely did not
require demonstration that people might he happy
with a small income ; and if panne took his advice they
would not frighten away young mem from proposing
to their daughters because they had not a
income—Mr. Boddington suggested, as one cure of
evil, that seducers should be compelled by the law to provide
t nap for those they seduced.—Mr. Bray said
MaTenzle; among the poorer clues would produce
the very evil they were seeking to remedy. The population
would be too rapidly increased, wages would be lowered in
conaequeoe, end young women would have to eke out their
earnings by prostitution.-Bir B. Brodie said hie remarks ap-
plied to what were usually called the upper clams. Early
marriages among them would lumen the seduction of the
poorer classex—Professor Miller said he could never be a
party to legalising proetitution by licensing it. He agreed In
regarding early marriage. as one remedy, but the real reme-
dies wee mental and religious control.
The meeting, which wound up the bunnies of the con-
gress, was held at the institution, under the presidency of
Lard Brougham. There were also present Lord J. Russell,
Sir J. Pakingtoe, Mr. Cowper, M.P., Sir B. Brodie, Mr.
Blaney, M.P. Mr. Akroyd, M.P., Mr. Garnett, M.P., Rev.
Dr. Mills,, Mr. A. Helps,- Xt. W. C. Maeready, Rev. Syds
a., Turner, the Mayor of Birmingham, Dr. Livingstone,
Mr. C. H. Bracebridge, the Recorder of Birmingham, Mr.
Winfield, Dr. Cceoll3r, Mr. Jellinger Symons, &c.
The 1t.,. Sydney Turner read the report of the general
coalmine', which recommended that the association should
be constituted under its present same, with Lord Brougham
as Its president for the ensuing year, and a long list of vice-
presidents sad officers. Mr. G. W. Hastings was requested
to act es the general secretary. The object of the eseocia-
non was stated to be to aid the development of social science,
and guide the public mind to the best practical means of pro-
moting the smandruent of the law, the advancement of edu-
cation, the prevention and repression of crime, the reforma-
tion of criminals, the adopt= of sanitary regulations, and
the diffusion of sound principle* in all question. of social
111COMOO.
Oa thqe motion of Mr. Slangy, seconded by Mr. Akroyd,
this report we. adopted. The latter gentleman suggested
that at future conferences an attempt should be made to
enlist the co-operation In this movement of the intelligent
pontes of the working classes.
Mr. G. W. Hastings_ (secretary) read the report from the
mend committee, which stated that upwanie of 300 mem-
bers had joined the association, and that 38.3 ten-shilling
ticketa had been sold.
Theis reports having been adopted, the thanks of the
meeting were awarded to Lord Brougham, se chairman, to
Lord Stanley, Lord J. Russell, Sir John Pekington, and Sir
B. Brodie, ea presidents of sections, and, after • abort ac-
knowledgment from each of those distinguished personages,
and the services of the secretaries having been recognised,
the proceedings of the congress were brought to a conclusion.

♦ medal has been Mark at the works of Mr. 0. IL Coils
to commemorate the formation of the association. Upon the
obverse them is a capital likeable of Lord Brougham, and
epos the reverse an appropriatetneartptios. The proceeds of
the make of the medal me to be devoMd to the Mutiny Fond.