The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

TEE SOCIAL, EVIL.

Another of those singular midnight gatherings
which have recently attracted so much notice from
the peculiar circumstances attending them was held
at an early hour on Saturday morning, at St. James's
Restaurant, Regent•street, and the attendance of
the class for which the meetings were specially ori-
ginated was unusually large, there being upwards
of 300 females present. Representatives of all con-
ditions and of every grade were there, from the
costly-attired and jewel-decked habituee of Regent-
street and the Haymarket, flaunting in the pride of
successful vice, to the humble frequenter of the less
aristocratic regions of the East-end. There appeared
to be less of that levity of demeanour which on simi-
lar occasions has characterised a portion of the at-
tendants, and 'which was inevitably to be expected in
the course of a movement bearing so essentially the
character of an experiment ' • but, on the contrary
—and it is a creditable feature to note—the
majority listened to the speakers with an air of
interested attention, in some cases even with
scarcely concealed emotion, which could only lead
to the belief that the interest and feeling excited
were of a genuine nature, and calculated to be pro-
ductive, sooner or later, of favourable results.
The meeting was convened for one a.m., and an

hour or so previously tickets and invitations were
distributed at the adjacent cafés in the Haymarket
and the vicinity, and every facility was afforded to
those females desirous of being present. Many of the
young women and girls, either from diffidence or from
some other feeling, appeared to falter on arriving at
the entrance, and to be,desirous of turning back, but
in every instance the courteous entreaties of gentle-
men connected with the committee, who were sta-
tioned at the doors, were successful in overcoming
their scruples. Great anxiety was manifested on the
part of several gentlemen coming under the denomi-
nation of " swells" to obtain admission, and in one case
a guinea was offered to a doorkeeper for that purpose,
it need not be added, unsuccessfully. Tea and
other refreshments, which were liberally provided,
having been partaken of, the Rev. Henry Madgin,
of Tonbridge Chapel, Euston-road, offered up a
prayer specially adapted to the occasion ; after
which a hymn, the words of which were printed
on cards distributed at the meeting, was sung,
the whole audience joining in it apparently with
great fervour.
The Rev. Mr. GOODIIART, M.A., of Chelsea, then
delivered an appropriate address, pointing out the
way in which those who were desirous of relin-
quishing• their present pursuits could again become
respectable members of society, which was listened
to very attentively.
Addresses pertinent to the occasion were also
delivered by other clergymen, and the meeting
quietly and decorously dispersed shortly before
three o'clock.
It is satisfactory to know that the meeting was
productive of the same favourable results as had
been attained at those held previously, several
females being induced to follow the course indicated
by the committee • and the successs which has
hitherto attended ;heir efforts is an omen which
may well justify the gentlemen engaged in the
movement in continuing their exertions for the
moral improvement of a class by whom it is so
much needed.

FROGS FOR FOOD IN AMERICA.—An enterprising
citizen of New Jersey has prepared ponds for the purpose
of raising frogs for the table. There these amphibious voca-
lists arc advanced from the tadpole degree to the maturity
of froghood, when they are subjected to a rap on the head,
which effectually retards their growth and impairs their
musical powers. The posterior limbs are then divested of
their natural covering and sent to market, where they
readily command a dollar per 100 at wholesale. Frogs-are
becoming a common article of food.—Prairie Farmer.

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