The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-07-25 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MRS. 13, /OM AND THE QUEEN. At is Miles meeting held at Exeter-hall, under the auspices if the Salvation Army, for the purpose of impressing upon the Legislature the necessity of giving additional protection to young girls under the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, General Booth, who presided, read the correspondence wh'ch had taken place on the subject between Mrs. Booth and -the Que ii. Mr. 110 .th wrote: " May it plense your ltlajesty,—My heat t has been so filled with dist, ess and appieliension on account of the rejection by the House of C: ntmons of the Bill for the Prihection id Young finis lions the conse qeences of male I,lllljg:icy that, on belt .If of tens of thousands of the in st pitiable and helpless of lour Kijesty's subj. ets' I venture to address you. t ust, I would pray. that your Maji sty wi:l cause the bill to be roar, deed during lie pr' Beet session of Purl anient : and, secondly, I would pray that your Majesty will be graciously plea,e d to mast on the limit of age being fixed at le. I feel sure that if so sir Majesty could only be made acquainted with the awful pact dice of infant purity, health and bapp.ness to the vices of the evil minded men who op i one the raisieg of the ame, your mother's heart would bleed with pity. The investigation in connection with our ot crations threughout the kingdom of cases continually transpiring 1-rings to our knowledge appallieg evidence if the enormity of the crimes daily perpetrated, crimes such as must, ere long, if mitnething is not done, undermine our whole social fabric, and bring down the judgment of God upon our natior. If I could only convey to your Majesty an idea of the tenth part of the demmalimation, Ehatne, and suffering entails d on thousands of the children of the poc,r by the precut state of tl.e law on this subject, I feel sure that your womanly feelings would be roused to indignation, and that sour Majesty would ma'-e the remaining years of your glorious reign (which I fervently pray may be many) even more illustrious than those that are past by going off merely conventional lines in order to save the telltale children of your people fr in a fate worse than that of slaves ai.d savages. May He who is the Avenger of the oppressed incline the heart of your Majesty to come to his help in this matter." Ti this letter the fallowing answer was received : " Th, l),wazer Duchess of Rozhurglie presents her compliments to Mrs. Booth, aril is desired by the Qui, n to acknowledge Mrs Booth's letter of the 3rd inst., and to s 'sr th.ct her Majesty, fully sympathising with Mrs. Booth on the painful subject to which it refers, hOol already had communication thereon with alady closely connected with the Government, to whom Mrs. Booth's letter will be immediately forwarded."—Professor Stuart, M.P., moved a resolution calling upon Parliament to pass a Criminal Law Amendment Bill. —This was seconded by Mrs. But:er, supported by Mrs. Booth, and cal rimi with great enthusiasm.—A petition to Parliament to the same effect lay in the hall, and was largely signed,  Z. The French trawler France Nouvelle, number 697, of Calais, wai captured on Saturday morning in Southwold Bay whilst trawling within a mile and a half of the coast.  Dr. Poole, Mi,sionary Biahop of Japan, who only recently returned to England on account of 111-health, has died at Shrewsbury, at the early age of 33 He was appointed to the above See in 1883.  William Brown, the negro who murdered his wife and stabbed his steps.,n at Sheerness, in January, 1883, has just died at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, from c mgestion of the lungs. Brown was formerly in the Royal Navy, and was in receipt of a petty officer's pension. Owing to wound, he inflicted upon himself in attempting to commit suicide, he has been speechless since the tragedy: