The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

TRADING IN SEDUCTION.

Mr. SPOONER then moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
the more effectual suppression of Trading in Seduction and
Prostitution. and for the better protection of females.
Mr. HUME saw no hope of such a Bill passing the House,
and should oppose its introduction.
Mr. SPOONER resumed, and said it would be then incum-
bent upon him to make a statement to the House. The Bill
was not his (Mr. Spooner), but it emanated from the Society
for the Protection of Females, of which society the Archbishop,
Bishop, and several Noblem,r, and Gentlemen were subscribers.
It was suggested by the Association that a Bill of the nature
of that which he proposed, should be presented to the House
by an independent Member of that House. Ne had been
applied to to present the Bill by that Association, and should
endeavour to promote their object.
An HON. MYMBER here moved that the House be counted,
when there not being forty Members present, the House ad-
journed at a quarter.past Seven.

ALARMING FIRE AT TORPOINT

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
About day-break on Thursday morning last the inhabi-
tants of this usually quiet little place were thrown into great
consternation by the cry of fire, which was raging with great
force on the premises of Messrs. Down and Son, grocers and
general de tiers. It appears that about half-past three in
the morning, two little girls about eleven or twelve years of
age, who, as our informant stated, had been working till
that hour at the abominable " stay-stitching," were induced
by the attractions of a lovely summer morning to cease their
toils and venture into the open air, when they discovered
smoke issuing from the premises above stated. They imme•
diarely gave the alarm, and the inmates, among whom was
the wile of Mr. Richard Down, who had been but recently
confined, were hastily got out. The ferry bell was rung
loudly, which communicated the alarm to the Caledonia,
Captain M. H. Dixon, in Hamoaze. As on all occasions,
both officers and crew of this ship and others in commission,
instantly made for the spot where assistance was required.
At this time the fire had broke out more fiercely, and the
flames were raging from twenty to thirty feet above the
roof of the building, and the destruction of the
whole range of stores appeared inevitable. The har-
bour fire-float was immediately unnaoored and placed along-
side the quay, and a length of hose sufficient to reach
the building on fire was attached, and the engine, which is
worked by a hundred hands, was set to play, and a ton of
water per minute was thrown upon the store in which the
fire broke out. This soon so checked the flames as to expose
tee extent of the damage, and the probable result. An en-
sine, with a party of police from the Dockyard, with the
West or England, and County Fire. office engines having ar-
rived, they were supplied with the waste water of the fire-
float. asd plied it over the adjoining buildings, while the
hose of the float was directed eith great judgment to that
part of the premises in which the fire first broke out. Te
save the latter, however, appeared next to impossible, and
the attention of all parties was therefore directed to
disconnecting the adjoining buildings. The officers and sea-
mei!, regardless of all danger, set to work with the zeal of al
4torinirg party, and soon effected the object, but not without
a narrow escape to Lieut. Bran ireth and Mr. Hornabrock,
gunner, of the Constance, who, by the falling of a portion o
the building, were ki;ockett into the burning ruins, in which
the :Omer was buried brcast high, and the latter entirely so.
l'hey were, however, speedily rescued, and fortunately were
hut slightl) ju. ed. Atter three hours' hard work, the par-
ties of seamen and marines ceased their labours, and by their
exertions alone any portion of Messrs. Down's stock or pre-
mises were r--cued tram the destruction which, from the
fury of the flames and the iuflsmmable nature of the former,
appeared at first their certain tate. The property was insured
in the Norwich Union Fire-office in 1,700/. The extent of
the Cuss it is impossible yet to ascertain. There is one other
gentleman, of whom we must not in justice fail to make
-ouottrabie mentiot, thil Rev. R. Dunning, under whose judi-
sinus directions and example the inhabitants exerted tffem-
weizes to the utmost before the arrival of more efficient aid,
who subsequeutly greatly aided in the saving of the p2te-
"lY•s'esksself was removed- and deposited in the chapel. The
cause ox •
us as yet but conjecture.
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FORD ABRLY —The sale of this celebrated mo-
nastery is fast approaching, and the trustees, it should seem,
have determined that the auction on the 9th of July shall be
a peremptory one. There are strong hints and inuendos
that the Roman Catholics have it in contemplation to rossess
it i one thing is certain, this splendid pile has no contem-
porary for their purpose throughout England. The rental of
2,0001. a year without the monastery would find lots of com-
petitors in case the Roman Catholics do not need the whole
SUPPOSED DEATH FROM A SUN-STROKE...OR MOD.,
day, Mr. G. Mills, deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held an in-
quest at the Old Ship, Hammersmith, on the body of Joba
Lassie, aged 41 yeaM, who was found dead in a wherry, on
the river Thaineg, on the afternoon of Saturday last. The
deceased, while in a boat by himself, was struck, according
to the medical testimony, by a stroke of apoplexy, and a ver-
dict accordingly was returned.
SUICIDE BY DROWNING.—On Monday Mr. W. Baker,
Deputy Coroner; held an inquest at the Five Bella, Old Ford ,
Bow, on James Malian, aged forty years. The deceased
said to a fellow-workman, who gave him a pint of beer, on
Saturday last. "God knows whether I shall ever live to re-
nay you." lie was never seen again alive. His body Wall .
found as above described, To . tvy returiad a verdict off
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