The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

TION BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Sir G. GREY said the Bill failed in the object it con-
templated, viz., the prevention of "procuring ".victims for
the vice in question. He objected to the Bill also for
the summary way in which it proceeded against the
offender. The other clauses of the Bill were of a
very sweeping character in reference to brothels
and persons suspected of keeping such houses. The
clauses were very indefinite, and laboured under great
disadvantage as a practical measure. It would be a Bill
of great advantage to public morals, if it were a prac-
ticable measure; but as the Bill stood there was not a
clause to which he could give his support. If the Hon.
Member would bring in a measure to effect his object
in a more simple way, without touching upon the liber-
ties of the subject, the Government, no doubt, would
give it their support.
Mr. SPOONER said after what had fallen from the
Right Hon. Baronet, it would be quite unnecessary for
him to waste the time of the House by entering upon
the character of the measure. He was obliged to the
Right Hon. Baronet for the recommendation which he had
offered, which he (Mr. Spooner) would accept and follow.
The Bill was then withdrawn, and the Hon. Member
gave notice of motion for leave to bring in a Bill to pro-
secute the more effectual suppression of trading in
seduction, and providing that parties offending should
not be subjeet to summary jurisdiction, but be tried
before the courts of law.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL.
The
Committee on this Bill was postponed till Wed-
nesday next.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

HOUSE OF COMI\IO- S.-(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP VI.

YEOVIL, EXXDPORT, AND EXETER., di.c.
Evidence was called in favour of the Bleadon and Walla
branch of the Great Western Railway.
The witnesses examined were the Rev. Mr.Bradon, vicar
of Chedder, Mr. Henry Davies, solicitor, of Weston-super,
Mare, and Mr. Arthur Thomas Tanner, landowner in thi
neighbourhood of Sidcott, Somersetshire.
Mr. Augustine Day,
carcase butcher, residing at Meare,
Mr. John Lewis, market-gardener, of Axbridge,Mr. Richard
Lewis, woolstapler, of Axbridge, and Mr. H. Budgett,
mtlt-
ster, of Chedder, also gave evidence in favour of the advantageS
to be derived from the scheme of the Great Western Railway,
in that it would afford a more continuous line from the vari-
ous places in which they were interested to London.
Mr. G. Cox, miller, of Chedder, and proprietor of the cele-
brated stalactite cavern in that place, said that the can-
tinuation of the railway would bring an increased influx of
visitors to his property. At the conclusion of his examina.
tion he handed, with the utmost gravity and amid consi-
derable laughter, to the several members of the Committee
a bill setting out the wonders of the cavern, and expressed.
to them the pleasure which. he would derive by their paying
a visit to the cave in question.
the importance of IVells beinghp
placed
proposel by the Great
Colonel Coles, magistrate of thel codun.ycoofnSnoexmieornsewt,itsitlatrhede
principal towns of Somersetshire,
Western Railway schemes.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

GROUP IX.
WEST CORNWALL (BRANCRES, &c.)
The Committee met this morning, in Room 35, but were
obliged to adjourn till Tuesday, as the Report of the Rail•
way Commissioners had not been received.

GROUP XI.
The Committee
the
eme ir.ecthtahis morning at twelve o'clock; Mr.
F. u ie

=Lain-rime AND HALSTEAD.
Mr. Waddington, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, was examined on behalf of the promoters.
After some farther evidence, the room was cleared.
On the re•admission of strangers,
The CILAIRMA If announced that the Committee found the
preamble not proved.

GROUP XV.
CAMBRIDGE AND BEDFORD.
The Committee on this group met this morning at twelve
o'clock; Mr. Bernal in the chair.

Mr. Nash underwent a long cross-examination respecting
the property of the several opponents of the line, whose case
Mr. Gurney opened yesterday. He believed that the traffic
on the line would not justify the outlay of so large a sum as
485,0004 and did not conceive that any outward traffic
would countervail the local deficiencies of the line.
A discussion here ensued as to whether the Committee
would take the Royston and Hitchin Railway as a com•
peting line, and after much discussion it was decided that
they would not view it in that light.
Mr. Nash was then asked by Captain PECHELL whether he
did not conceive that the frequent elections at the two
Universities would not render the formation of a line abso-
lutely necessary to make a direct communication between
the eastern and western counties ? and the witness re-
plied that he did not think the proposed line was necessary
for that purpose, as the route was but little circuitous ..f
already.
Captain Lawes stated that he was the manager of the
London and York line, but that the expense of the land-
owners' opposition was not to be paid by the company for
which he was engaged, and he could point out a route which
might be followed without the slightest interference with
the property of those who appeared in opposition to the Bill.
To the Chairman Captain Lewe► replied, that he was quite
willing, on behalf of the London and York Company, to
make the concessions that were necessary to meet the views
of the Eastern Counties Company, so that both might be
accommodated.

The room was then cleared, and the Committee decided
that the preamble of the Biil was proved so far as the line
went between Bedford and Silelford.
The Committee then took the consideration of the
branches.

These branches being unopposed, the Committee declared
the preambles of both to be proved. '