The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-23
THE LAW IN LONDON.
The Pan Mall Gazette" Suggests
Some Changes-A Mass Meet
ing of women.

Chsth8eS-ti MISS meet
ing of Women.
The Pal 1fdH Gazette makes several inn
portanU suggestions as to changes in the
criminal law. 1t advocates an addition to
the Criminal Act, raising the age at which
female children may g,lly consent to sin
full conduct from 10 years, the present
! period, to l6; the extension of the law pro-
hlbitlng soliciting to both sexes; the denial
OF any additional power Cy women to the
| police that will be aimed ut Lhe suppression
OF crime, aud not ut the suppression of
| wee; that is, complete legal liberty for
voluntary immortality bltwecn adults con-
tracing on equal terms, but the vigorous
| repression of sexual climinaiity in all cases
IN which the parties are ind age, or the
elements Of full, free and HteIigent con.
sent are absent; greatly j. eased string
ency IN the laws against + tuition.
The Women Aroused.
mass meeting of WON, was hold to
consider ways and means to protect young
girls from the horrible pitfalls of London
Mrs. Booth ana other ladies made eloquent
addresses. The meeting resolved that the
laws on the subject should forthwith be
made more effective; denounced the State
regulation Of vice; demanded the total re-
peal of the Contagious Diseases Act, and
that the age of consent be raised from l3 TO
It's proceedings to the House of Conmons.
The Prince of Wales has stopped his
copy of the Gazette.
General WOIseIey in london
General Wolseley has arrived at London.
me victoria Hallway station was crowded
with soldiers, officers and civilians and he
was gwen an enthusiastic welcome.
July I5nh.
A severe shock Of earthquake was felt az
Calcutta.-Queen Victoria, the Marouis If
Salisbury and Gladstone have endorsed the
work OF the conference for the protection of
young girls in London.--The British Az
8han Frontier Commission has suddenly
started for Herat--There were 1000 frAsI
cases Of cholera in Spain yesterday.
Payment suspended.
The Munster Bank at Dublin suspended
Paym Mt It's liabiliti,s are 1915 900.
he majority of the share holders are ladies
solely dependent upon the bank $ dividends
lor an income. Owing to the large unse-
cured Indebtedness Of the Munster Rant
the Bank OF Ireland d, cided to ston snn-
plies, and this resulted in a susn4nsioPp
which IS likely to bring great suffering upon
The south of Ireland. 'F-
An Accident at Sea.
The steamer Caledonia from Boston for
LONDON with machinery, is disabled. She
vas spoken on 18th inst, $50 miles off
Bishop lighthouse. ON
Divine Commfssicn.
= The p. paH 4aH Gazette affair has passed
INTO the hands of a Commission
consisting OF the Right Hon. and Most
3ev. Edward White Benson. D. d A 1r
11shop OF Can't rbury and Primate Of all
gland; the Right Rev. Frederick Tan-
'le' u; D. Bishop of London; His Emin-
nee Henry Edward; Cardinal Manning
lIrch1olshop OF Westminster, and Samuel
the most earnest and active Iavn,en ONT
lom.
Sir Richard Asheton Cross, Home Secre-
ary' announced in the House of Commons
NAT the government had concluded that il
vas not advisable to prosecute the Pau
AGg Gazette for its recent publications,