The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-31

carried out with the best effect and in others
hive been Intellectual only because acted upon partially
and not upon any uniform system.
And, secondly, for passing act for licensing and
placing under proper regulations AZ To supervision and
hours Of closing all houses Of or the
supply Of refreshments, intended be opened 70 the
public after certain axed hour being mait,r OF public
potorety that the houses OF this description popularity
known night houses, have, by becoming the places OF
resort of crowds of prostitutes and other idle and dis
ibuted to the present disgraceiul exhibition Of street
prostitution.
Professor MARKS moved
That the attention of the government also directed 10
the number of foreign prostitutes systematically i'm
ported into this country and To the means of controlling
this evil.
Sir j. HAMILTON seconded the motion.
Mr. HORACE GREEN considered it due to the asso-
citation to clear up the misappreheusiOn of their
timents which had arisen from misreport OF his
remarks at the last meeting He would now state
his impression at some length and trusted the press
would give as great publicity to the amended YER
sion as they had done TO an erroneous one. lie
begged to remind the NEE ting that change had al
roady been effected through the action Of the police
in the aspect of the Haymarket and Regent street,
heretofore much complained of. The sense that
the public eye upon their class, had caused a
corresponding amendment in the dress and demean-
of the females irequentng those streets; and the
objects of this association so far in good train
Strongly oppressive, some deiicateiy said, re-
pressive, measures could only be carried out by an
extent of police interference inconsistent with the
prejudices Of English people, who were in
disposed to deny large extent of personal
| freedom to persons of even the most disordery
classes who had not absolutely forfeited their
civil rights II the association went the length of
advocating that the act Of prostitution should involve
such forfeiture, and the entire radiance of London
streets from the presence Of prostitutes they would
soon find their hands full Unless they thought
possible to extermnate the vice altogether they
would find that its wholesale clearance from the
streets would necessitate registration licensing and
confinement in certain authorized quarters streets
| as prevailed abroad; but such restrictions would
| entail q more ample recognition and legalzation
than had hitherto obtained, and ample in
deed to be very dstastefu to what was called the
religious public. II had been objected TO him that
the public liberty of the young and virtuous
should not be sacrificed to that of the vicious 1t
was said to be shameful that youths should be in
peril of temptation and vrtuOus women shocked by
the parade Of immortality, to maintain the personal
freedom of limited number Of street walkers But
how, he would ask, was the diagnosis between vr-
tue and immortality to be effected? 1t would be OBJ
viously unjust to exempt from pressure the adyke
prosperous harlot while miserable vulgar painted
outcast consignabe, because she stood out from
the picture somewhat broadly to the police cell and
the bridewe 1t must not be forgotten that in con-
siderng sweeping measures the cost OF such agency
would be alarming. What was done for the morali-
! ty and comfort Of st. Jamess, must not be denied
to Whitecbapel and st. Gles's. The ratepayng in
terest of London, who were taking up the cry for
street purgaton rather inconsiderately. would be
parties to a general rate for such item of local
management. The meeting must be aware that there
already abroad among the lower half million of
Londoners an impression that the police was already
strict enough-and that this opinion shared by
numbers of intelligent men, neither paupers nor
criminals. They must remember that many gen.
teman of character had passed night in police
cell for interfering in the defence of prostitutes
against the police. And this sentiment would deepen
very dangerously if the police pressure put on
double as some would have 1t, tenfold. The very
policemen, too-men sprung from the same class Of
society those female ofenders-were likely as
any else to be tainthearted in the work of re-
levng the eyes and ears of gentty from the pre-
of those whose situation thew glow N
trace To the schemes and desires 1T the genee class
He did not think that the power of discrimination
could be safely entrusted to the i'll paid constabes
Of the metropolitan police, and the association Of
certain ratepayers with the police witnesses as
limited at by one of the delegates, would soon, if cs
tabshed, fall into disuetude. With the view of
checking the evil in satisfactory manner, he would
recommend the institution of special service of
strict orderes regulators in uniform, well paid.
SUPERIOR temperate, and discreet class Of men, il
possible whose functions should he 70 observe not
tospy upon all prostitutes, especially those Of the
street walking order, and whose circulation OPP
pissed TO lettering and haunting particular spots they
should insist upon. They should work not by
threats but by entreaty advice, snggestion but in
OF contumacy, should have the right to call in
the regular force. The calling Of the foreign
in Regent street would soon fail IL certain number
Of these officers sprinkled among them. IL they
changed their scene Of operations without change of
system, they should be similarly harrassed. for the
streets free TO the police 90 the public: but
the chances were that both women farmers and their
victims would soon find out their own interests in
complying with the demands Of society, and enlarge
the radius Of their beats from yards To miles. Az
regarded the blockade of the Haymarket that street
being in the vicinity of theatres and such obstruc
tons in such streets being provided for by the SD
clause of the Police act he thought il ought to be
cleared by the police for short time at the time Of
closing the theatres, and be treated avenue
approach TO those theatres. He believed that the
right of entry and inspection Of all places OF i'll fame
should he vested in the Home Secretary and his dele
gates and this would be attained least oppresvely
hy a m of licansinu Eor,aJ Az
ton would not be tolerated here; but concentration
was valuable, az bringing immortality under |
control. Parochia crlisades, though prima facie
public blessing, had often the effect of spreading |
corruption. Il was recollected at Cambridge that |
when a certain proctor made very frequent de- |
scents upon the hamlet Of Barnwall, where much Of
the parasitca vices Of that university had taken |
root, the people in question, far from cure
version, merely extended their radius into more
raj villages These were sol soon corrupted that |
representations addressed tothe University by
the parocbial clergy, praying that the plague Of |
Barnwall should be confined 10 it, old bounds, aud |
not let loose upon their simpler parishes. II
torious that the same kind of thing followed on
very large scale the expulsion of prostitutes from
Brussels and IL could not he supposed that the ut.
tempt 10 strangle the growth of immortality by broad
casting its seeds, which was found impncticable
der the powerful discipline of the English University
and the Belgian capital, could answer among this |
enormous, and when reused unmanageable popula- |
ton The evicted Of Moron street. in the parish Of
All Souls, had settled quietly down in the next pa
IRISH. Incompressible az water, the vice had but |
shifted its ground, and from really moral point OF
view, more harpaAlan good had accrued from the
change. (Hear' hear.)
The Rev. Mr.. KKMr said Il was very satisfactory
20 learn that the evil was already somewhat abated |
In the neighborhood Of the Haymarket-a fact which |
he attributed in great measure to the closing OF the
Argyll Rooms.
Foreign Theatrical Intelligence.
Our London correspondent Clan. 49, says:-Mr |
and Mrs. Barney Williams open at the Adelphi in |
about q week where Madame Celeste Is ever an at |
tractiN star. Mr. James Anderson TO the general re
gret Of his admirers-and their name isegion-leaves
for New York on the 18th OF next month. Mr.. Al |
bert Smith has now given his entertainment Of Mont
Blanc 500 times; SO representations more and he /
will reach the figures that denote the date Of the |
year. This amounts to an unparalleled success. |
Madame easier is the prira donna at Rome. Jul |