Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-07-15

LONDON, July 1.-THE editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette has received letters
from the Queen and Mr.. Gladstone, in
which they heartily thank him for the
recent exposures of the traffic in young
girls for immoral purposes, aud assure
him that he has their full sympathy in
the matter.
ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
COMMITTEES EVER ORGANIZED.
The Pail Ma GnzeHe announces this
,nor, oou that the Archbishop of Can
tarbsry tbe n.shop of London, Cardi-
nal Manning aud the Ion. Samuel Nor
ley have eopsented 10 aet - q y ~9nmittee
of Inquiry intd the charges OF arls,o-
cratic iniduity made by The Gdsette IN its
reVelaticns during the past week. The
committee, witch is booked upon as ofie
of the most extraordinary, IN the high
character of its members, ever organized,
will begin the work of investigation to.
morrow afternoon. The Gazette will
place In confidence before the committee
every detail Of the evidence gathered by
the, papegs rePoftorial commission, on
which Il fe1ies to prove the exist
ence of the wickedhsss unveiled by
it. Every reporter engaged m the
Gasette's investigations will appear under
oath before the committee, and each will
prodtsce all the memoranda gathered by
him dufins the several weeks of iuquiry,
together with all the addresses. letters,
portraits, descriptions and identffications
of persons, certificates aud agreements
collected and referring in any sense to
persons directly or Indirectly implicated
in the discoveries made. The committee
viii tres. ce,sfdentially all the in'orma-
ton placed before VI but will make a
general report as to the truth of the Ga
zeete's revelations.
CONFERENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF
YOUNG GIRLS.
a conference for the protection OF
young girls OPENED this afternoon in
Princess Hall, this city. The chief pro-
ser of the conference is tie Salvation
Army. The Hon, Samuel Morley, Lib
eral member 6f Parliament for Brist u.
presided, and made an addr, g on the
subject of the iniquiiy expo ed by the
Pail Mall Gazette. he declared that
the condition OF things in London, as re-
yealed by that paper, was scandal to a
Christian nation. The people must
speak OUT exclaimed the orator, IF
theiF homes are to be kept sacred from
this surrounding pollution. | believe
tucIo Is UHc law luT tue TlCu duo duothei
for the poor In these matters. 1t should
be felony to steal poor person S
child"
Prof. James Stuart proposed vote Of
thanks to the propr etor aud editor of
| the Pail Mall Gdzetfe for the assistance
they have rendered to the cause of
| Christian morality This proposal was
unanimously adopted, as was also reso-
luton urging Parliament to increase the
age of consent from thirteen to eighteen
| years.
| Mrs. Booth addressed the conference,
and, referring to the Queen, said: Her
m ijesty's heart beats on the right side of
| this question" Mrs. Booth announced
that she had received letters from the
Marquis of Salisbury and Mr. Gladstone
! encouraging the work of the conference
| The letters were not read, Mrs. Booth
saying that she would reserve them foI
the meeting which will be held in Exeter
Hall next Thursday in furtherance Of
the movement ina1gurated to day.
NOT ADVISABLE TO PROSECUTE RITZ
| GAZETTE"
Sir Richard Asheton Cross, Home
Secretary, announced in the House Of
Commons this afteriioon that the gov.
ernment had concluded that 1t was pot
.a-isable to prosecute the Pail Nal
Gazette for its recen. publications.
THE oUEEN's LETTER DENIED.
Epenino.-It is now denied that the
Queen and Mr.. Gladstone have writer
to the editor Of the Pail Mall Gdzett'
thanking him for his, recent exposure o
the traffic in young girls.
AN AUTHENTIC DENIAL.
| Nj: Stead, Of the Pail Mall Gazette
this evening denied that he had received
letters of sympathy from the Queen aitt
MIR. Gladstone.