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

mencng the year without having the expenses aud
been made in the administration of the finances Of this
kingdom, since took in hand the rens OF government
as satisfactory az they are REMARKABLY and if you unite
that, with perseverance, shall succeed in raising
nation TO the degree OF prosperity which merits for
cpa which will be submitted 10 your examina
tOp and have the fullest confidence that you will pro-
pery discharge the important task condded to In
this way, and with the assistance Of Divine Providence,
shall contribute 10 promote the happiness OF the
ton, to consolidate more and the authority OF
our Institutions, and to augment the spendor Of the
throne.
The Hudson Ysay Company.
From the London Chronicle Jan. Is.
As this question must soon be decided by the
House Of Commons, it would be well that the coun-
try should know the great agitation in Canada on
the subject which can be best seen from the ad-
dresses of the parliamentary candidates whether
ministerial or opposition, agreeing in the total and
nothing but the total, repeal of that unjust and lille
gal monopoly which has prevented the rich prairie
lands Of British America being cultivated, the
fisheries being prosecuted in Hudson's Bay and on
the Pacific, and the minerals being worked; and all
this for the sake of few proprietors interested in
the fur trade Compare the territory under the
company with the neghboring lands free under
the United States, and the wonder is that the
monopoly has been allowed to exist 80 long
We hope that PARLIAMENT and the gov
eminent will do away with it, and open
all the British possessions in North America
to free trade and free settlement, giving the
inhabitants the privileges Of British subjects. The
report Of the committee of the House of Commons
has given great dissatisfaction in the colonies, who
demand the total freedom OF all the regions north of
the States.
Pamphlets have been published by the Financial
Reform Association, Of Liverpool, by Messrs. Agar
& Street, Of London, and Others which ought TO be
in the hands of the members of both houses.
The company, ignoring the fact of rail and steam
in the Canadas caused the War Office this to
send the Rifles from Toronto by the Red river,
a round of 3 900 miles taking from 100 to ITO DAYS
which the Grand Trunk Red River Company or
steam shipowners on the lakes, would have con-
tracted to have done in from eighteen TO twenty-five
days
The company last season attempted to get all the
good harbors on Lake Superior, five miles long by
two wide for farthing per acre, which, if carried
ont, would have shut the Canadians and people from
entering the rich prairies of the Red river, thus
giving all the trade TO the Americans.
A foolish idea prevails that the company are the
best friends of the poor Indian; but facts dsprove
this, as the company give the Indians baubles
and trifes in exchange for the most valuable furs,
for which by free trade and opposition they would
get fair value.
Since the Americans began to trade at the Red
river full prices are given, but in the northern dis
trcts where there Is no opposition, furs bringing at
the companys sales from "a TO f2O are bought for
pair of knives, shirt or other trides worth %. or
81. Petitions TO both houses of Parliament should
be sent from the great cities OF the empire and
Chambers Of Commerce, as in lT49 when the com.
pany only claimed the barren regions round Hud.
sons Bay The whaling interests of Hull Aberdeen
and Peterhcad should be up and stirring TO have the
fisheries Of Hudsons Bay and Straits, uniShsd for
the last eighty years opened We may recur to this
again but hope that both houses Of Parliament will
do away with monopoly so injurious to the public
good.
Prostitution In London.
AGITATION AGAINST THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AL MUNICIPAL cRUsADEs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MISUNDERSTANDING THE HOUSES ADVOCATED.
from the London Globe, Isn lb,l
Yesterday afternoon an influential meeting Of gen.
temen, including several clergymen connected with
West End parishes, was held nj the rooms of the
Society for the Suppression of Vice, Lincoln's Inn
fields, for the purpose OF considering and bringing
under the notice Of the government the steps that
shonld be taken TO suppress the open exhibition OF
street prostitution in various parts Of the metropolis
Mr.. BEAUMONT was called to the chair, and OBJ
served that he was glad TO see general interest
elected on this subject and that he hoped It would
lead 70 some practical result. II would in fact, he
impossible 10 aggravate the evil for neither in Paris.
Berlin New York, nor even In the cities of Asia,
was there such public exhibition Of prohigacy.
tHear) There was plausible fallacy connected
with this subject 10 the effect that IL the unfortunate
women who infested the streets were driven from
one locality. they would go 10 another. But,
even If this were true. IL would be some
thing 10 dilute the evil, and enable re-
spectacle women N pass along thorough
fares like the Haymarket without being exposed to
insult. IL was not, however, the fact that il vice
were removed from one neighborhood Il would
cessariy exist In another IL true the evil would
continue To exist but not in the same degrees neither
would there be that open and public exhibition Of
profigacy which offered such a temptation TO the
unwary. (llear, hear) He believed that Sir George
Grey and Sir Richard Wayne would do much IL any
practical suggestions made 10 them 90 deal with
the supper rooms, scgar shops, and night houses,
which were the great feeders OF street prostitution
(Hcar, hear)
Mr. CRANE, one of the church war,lens of St.
James Piccadilly, said that in his opinion no per.
manent cure Of evil could be effected until the law
were 80 simpfed that il could be carried into effect
without difficulty. (Hear, hear) In prosecutions
against the keepers of brothes, for instance. the
difficulty ofobtaning the class Of evidence necessary
to secure conviction 50 great that many offend
ers were enabled 10 escape the penalties Of the law
He thought IL would be also well 10 strenteeu the
hands of the police by enabling them TO control
night houses
Mr. Acros Cate surgeon to the Islington Dis
pensary and Fellow of the Royal Medical Society
said that in his opinion the subject under discussion
was one worth legslating for. Az a surgeon. he
had investigated the subject not only in London but
In Paris and other continental capitals and h. could
speak with some authority az to the statistics OF
prostitution and the manner / n which the women
became, as IL were, absorbed in the population by
whom they were surrounded. From, calculations
based upon The census tables VI had come out that Of
all the unmarried ,cor'en offuH age ,n the country
one IN orrg IL or IL trere immoral This might
appear startling announcement, but the calcula.
ton had been made upon returns the truth Of which
had not been questioned. IL was popular error
to suppose that these women died young and made
their exits from life in hospitals and warehouses.
The fact was not 80. Women of that class were all
picked lives, and dissipation did not usually Kill
them They led life of prostitution for two, three
or four years, and then either married got into
some service OF employment, and gradually became
amalgarnated with society. IL was estimated that
in this manner about rs per cent of the whole mum
Der amalgamated each year with the population.
Mr.. Acton concluded BY moving
That depUtation do wait as early az possible upon
Sir George Grey, for the purpose of respectfully hut
earnestly representing 10 her Majesty government the
necessity of eectual measures beng taken 80 pat down
the open exhibition q street prostitution, which in various