The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-18 00:00:00

THE GREAT SOCIAL EVIL.

The following letter has been addressed to the
editor of the Times :

"Sir,—The Rev. Thomas Garnier is sadly bard
upon us poor creatures. He objects to our walk-
ing the streets; he objects to our staying at
home. He follows us to Norton-street and ex-
claims, "Out upon them, they taint the neighbour-
hood ?" But he does not tell us where we are to
live or whore we are to walk.

" There are not enough penitentiaries to receive
us all, for we are many ; nor, if there ware, are we
all willing to enter those places, or strong minded
and bodied enough to bear thei hard discipline
which they enforce. Yet we must live. Poor girls
and duchesses are made of the same clay, and if the
Rev. Thomas Gamier were to examine as closely
the class to which he belongs as he does ours, he
would find many fine ladies living in palaces as
grand as any in Po:tland-place who deserve to be
pointed at and hunted into penitentiaries just as
much as any of us unfortunates who dwell in the
small streets near the New-road. The Rev. Thomas
Gamier has no hesitation in naming our residences
acid in saying that we disgrace them ; let him lay
his hand on his heart and say whether be dare do
the same were he dealing wits noblewomen in
Mayfair. I think not.
Then he calls upon Parliament to make laws
about us, to give the police power to break into our
heules and take up our customers. Will he perst2-
yen, when he knows who our customers are ? How
many members of the Lords and Commons w 11 he
find in our company ? How many doctors of divi-
nity and highly respectable married men who are a
little bored with their wives—or whose wives are a
good deal bored with them ? Will he say what pu-
nishment he will inflict on such offenders ? Will
he deal with them as harshly or more so than with
us poor girls? lam a labourer's daughter, sir. I
protest until I became " gay" I never slept with
fewer than six grown-up people in a room, for my
parents had but one. I endured every privation
and mortification which poverty could inflict, and
I knew that there existed through my beauty—for
I was very handsome—one certain means of im-
mediate relief. A tempter, immeasurably my
superior in station and education, took great pains
to point out these means to me, and I became what
I am.
" Let the Rev. Thomas Gamier remember the
old Marquis,' Sir, and legislate for him and such
as him before he deals so bitterly with us. There
are more old Mrrquises' than one about town.
Ask the Bishop of Oxford ; ask the police. Several
are well known in this locality.
" Yours respectfully,
" ONE MOST UNFORTUNATE."
Norton-street, March W.

receipts of the Home Tree-
INDIAN FINANCE.—The rem')
snry of the " East" India
181518,119,0281., and the dis-
Company, from the Ist May,
(the last three months
0n1y,1857e ts ot
estimated),
the t
e3d7,120f
amount April,
ts to 9,969,6 •
eet The estimated balance re
ruaining in favour on-
the 30th prox. is 859,9581. The
o
bursemen
disbursements for the year ending the 30th April, 1859
are estimated a
•
at 9,217,1261., and it is estitra'ed that
there will be at the end of the year 1858-59 be a balance
deficient
of no less than 5,617,1651.
Tg ftFIRE AT WYNNSTAY.—RECOVERT OF THE JEWELS.
—At the desire of Earl Vane and the Marquis of Staf-
ford, Mr. Braidwood, the director of the Fire Brigade,
has despatched one of his experienced engineers (Bridges)
to the ruins left by the late fearful conflagration of
Wynnetay, for the purpose, if possible, of recovering the
jewels and diamonds f Lady Wynn and the Counte a
Vane, which were known to be buried beneath the mai s
of smouldering rubbish. Since Bridges' arrival at Wynn
stap, he, with several assistants, have been daily en-
gaged " sifting" and " washing" the ruins through
various fine-wired sieves, and up to Monday night had
been very successful in discovering a large portion of the
lost diamonds, pearls, &c., including some gold watches,
portions of plate and valuable rings. In many instances
the diamonds have sustained severe injury from the
action of the fire. The search is not yet completed, and
owing to the great mass of rubbish to be sifted, the
operation must occupy a considerable time. The report
that Wynnstay was not insured turns out to be too true;
not a particle of either the hou,Al or its magnificent con-
tents was insured. ThQ loss to the noble family must be
very great indeed,