By the London, we have five days' later newi from Victoria, viz , to Tuesday last, 21st inst. At a meeting on the subject of the "Great social eTil, ' on the evening of the 16th, the Mayor of Mel bourne occupied the chair, and the proceedings were anything but unanimous. The 'Argus' of the 17th says — "A large number of persons met last evening at the Mechanics' Institute for the purpose of devis ing some measures for the repression of prostitution*^ in this City. His Worship the Mayor presided?!™! opened the proceedings by stating that he considered %he subject was more a matter for Parliamentary legislation than for private actioa. The llev. Mr. Turner moved the first resolution, and, seconded by Mr. Heales, attempted to prove that prostitution was entirely attributable to the intemperance which existed in the country, and the connexion between public houses and places of amusement. Mr. Hull argued that morality in this colony was not at so low an ebb as many persons asserted, and expressed his regret that the present meeting should have been held on the eve of the departure of a mail, in asmuch as the people of England would form most unfavourable opinions of our social state. The. Rev. Mr. Higginson threw the whole onus upon the census, and the unequal proportion of the sexes in this country. Mr. Dowar, in a long and extremely sensible address, contended that the system of as sisted female emigration was the cause of a large amount of female depravity in the country ; and Mr. Godfrey, on the other hand, expressed his be-* lief that were the lands placed within the reach of the poorer classes, crime would rapidly diminish. The printed resolutions which had been framed by a Committee of gentlemen — the originators of the present agitation — appeared to give great dissatis faction ; so much so that h was proposed to have them revised. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and owing to the diversity of the opinions entertained, the business was not brought to a ter mination. An adjourned meeting will be held on Thursday evening, the 30th of this month. •' The following paragraph is from the tame paper :— In the City Police Court another of those syste matic frauds on the mercantile public— of late so alarmingly frequent — was brought before the Bench. 