The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-07 00:00:00

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made after the best pla
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lines of ocean-going steamers'
be made in the wooden deck of the -61Nt-:1751. a<v
owmilin-re3 be regretted; as the plankin icasS"
n last year iii Very bad. The belt, hew-
ever, been made of it, end before the lamentable ac-
cident which !deprived the company of Captain Harrison's services that able officer had managed
to give the deck a better look, and get it, in
fact, as clean as such board can ever be. The same
remark applies, indeed, to nearly all the other por-
tions of the vessel, which, at the time of Captain
Harrison's death, was in far cleaner and far better
order than any one who only saw the ship when she
left the Thames would have believed possible in so
short a time. The vessel has now been so long idle
in the water that the bottom is exceedingly foul,
and during the present spring the stock of weeds
already on her is certain to be increased to an ex-
tent that, unless removed, must, on the next trip,
tell most seriously upon her speed. All the im-
provements which are to be made in the engines will
quite fail to counteract this important drawback ;
and unless the bottom is thoroughly cleansed before
starting, her speed is certain to be less on the next
trial than it was last year. Such a falling off for
the sake of a small outlay should not be allowed on
any account, especially as within a few yards of her
present moorings are many admirable places where
she might be grounded with safety, and the bottom
cleaned and tarred in the course of a couple of tides.
According to present arrangements, she is ex-
pected to be ready by the beginning of June to ac-
company the squadron which takes the Prince of
Wales to Canada. She will, however, it is said,
most probably call at Queenstown for a day before
beginning her run to Portland. As yet no one has
been appointed to succeed the late Capt. Harrison.

TILE GREAT SOCIAL EVIL.
The promoters of this movement for the eclanaa-
tion of fallen women have bees so satisfied with
the success of their past exertions as to cause them
to continue their calling, otOr_meetings._ The
fourth .West-end. meeting**Lottiztvened4-or Thurs, .
day Midnight, and although the cards of invitation
to take tea, &c., at the St. James's Restaurant were
only circulated a short time previously to the hour
appointed, the attendance of unfortunate women
was better than on any previous occasion. As soon
as the place was opened a large number of women
tendered themselves for admittance, and before the
proceedings terminated (nearly three o'clock yester-
day, Good Friday, morning), there were not far
short of 300 present. The attendance was not con-
fined to those most elaborately dressed, there being
some of various classes present. The general con-
duct of the auditory was most exemplary, and there
was an utter absence of that tittering and other
signs of levity which we have noticed on one or two
previous occasions. It is a feature of some remark
in this movement that the work is not done solely
by the gentlemen, for there are several ladies who
have been taking a most active part in it, attend-
ing the meeting and explaining their object to the
unfortunate girls, and performing other good actions
with success. We may enumerate amongst these
Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Spinks, and
Miss Gibbs, all of whom have laboured most unceas-
ingly. With regard to the past meetings and their
results, it may not be out of place to say a few words.
It has been remarked by some that these means are
not likely to check the great social evil perceptibly,
and therefore they are of no value ; but it was
remarked by one of the gentlemen who took part in
the proceedings, that our lifeboats do not prevent, to
any extent, the awful casualties which so frequently
happen at sea. Still it is thought well to stud our
coat with lifeboat stations in order to save some ; so
in like manner, if these midnight meetings have saved
some, and as from the first at least 50 women have
been permanently rescued, although nearly treble
that number have gone to the various homes on pro-
b itron, it cannot be said that the labours of the pro-
moters have been in vain.

- At this meeting there were present the Hon. and
- Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Dr. M'Lean, the Rev.
H. Madgin, the Rev. M'Dermott, the Rev. W.
O'Neill, J. La Touche, Esq. ; J. W. Maxwell, Esq. ;
Colonel Worthy, Mr. Daniel Cooper (Rescue
Society), Mr. Hornibrook (Trinity Home), Mr.
Thomas (London Female Preventive and Reforma-
tory Institution, Euston-road), Mr. Smith, (Female
Aid Society), Mr. Wills, Mr. Vincent, &c., &c.
Mr. J. LA TOUCHE occupied the chair, and opened
the proceedings by appealing to his hearers to listen
with attention to the addresses which would be de-
livered, and act upon the counsels which would be
given to them for their salvation.
The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL then spoke,
and told his " dear young friends" that he had more
pleasure iu addressing them that night than on any
previous one, for they had now become experienced
in the results of their work. A large number of
these who had sinned had been sent to the homes
by these meetings, and were now on their way to
heaven—they had done what they bad been advised
to do—believed in Jesus, and were saved. Their
only object in calling them together was to seek
their Christian welfare. He told them if they wished
to avoid perdition and be happy for ever, to come
at once to that Jesus who died for them on that
very day, the sth of April. It was that very day
when He was in the garden at Gethsemane in agony
for mankind, whom He wished to save. He was
spat upon and burdened for them, and after that
would they slight Him ? He would take them and
love them, be kinder than a mother—more patient
than a mother to them. " For God so loved the
world that He gave his only begotten Son that who-
soever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life." These were His words,
and would they refuse that offer of everlasting life,
where they would have pardon, power, protection,
provision, and peace ? There were in this city,
without London itself, 3,500 of those haunts
which were frequented by those who were dead and
damned, and he besought his hearers never to enter
them again. There was present in the room a young
girl who went to one of the Homes from the last
meeting. She left, however, and met a former com-
panion, who induced her to accompany him to one
of those haunts of vice. She repented, and rather
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day loft the hospital. He besought them to mark
that sad story. They had a Saviour on the one hand
and an awful judgment on the other. Some might
say it was all humbug, that they had money and
clothes, and that was better than working till they
died of consumption. But those who said so were
dragging them down to hell. He therefor* prayed
them not to procrastinate, bltt accept the offer that
then offered up an ap-
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Oth,celoepkroceedings terminated
yesterday morning,
several " unfortunates" having
acceptedori n g ,
previously
the invitation, were sent away in cabs.

MRS. JOAN C. HEENAN.—This lady, who has
been of late the subject of more newspaper speculation than
commonly falls to the lot of unprotected women, has been
playing an engagement at the Bowery Theatre, where her
appearance has created an unusual sensation. Though at
present captivating the nation as an actress, that is but one
of the many vocations Mrs. Heenan has followed. Her life
has been one of exciting adventure. She has been at va-
rious times a dancer, a hunter, a singer, an editor, and an
actress ; but if she possesses one talent more prominently
developed than the rest, it is, perhaps, a capability for cap-
tivation, marriage, and divorce. Starting in life with the
maiden cognomen of Campbell, she has since, by various
marriages, acquired the names of 111'A--,lanears, Men-
ken, and Heenan. She speaks French, Spanish, and Eng-
lish ; can ride, hunt, shoot, dance, sing, and act ; has been
taken prisoner by Indians ; has learned the art of war from
Gen. Herne, while the Benicia Boy has put her up to the
manly art of self-defence and the tactics of the ring, pre-
vious to which instruction she used to settle her little af-
fairs in an off-hand, amiable way, with the genuine horse-
whip. She was once elected, or appointed to, or in some
way achieved the honourable title of " Captain" in Some
Western militia company, and in starring engagements in
Peoria and other metropolitan cities of the great West, she
has generally been advertised as "Captain Adah Isaacs
Menken." Since her alliance with the juvenile of Benicia
the military prefix has been discarded. Mrs. Heenan is
also a poetess, and her effusions have appeared in these
columns. Tie mating of a poetess to a prize-fighter is
something perhaps a little out of the common order, and
must, we suppose, be put into the interminable list of the
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