The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.

Lord BROUGHAM availed himself of the
opportunity to call the attention of their Lordships
to the fact that tumult still nightly prevailed in the
metropolis and in other parts of the country. The
apparent object of the lawless persons who took part
in these unlawful assemblages was to wear out the
police and other authorities, and it was, therefore,
incumbent upon the Government to adopt vigilant
measures to preserve the public peace, and to pre-
vent these lawless persons from setting the law at
naught longer.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in the
event of the measures which the Government had
adopted proving insufficient to quell the disturbances
to which the Noble and Learned Lord had adverted,
the Government would not hesitate to come to Par-
liament to seek more ample powers than those which
they possessed under the existing laws.—(Cheers.)
GREAT YARMOUTH DISFRANCHISE/11EN T

BILL.
The Earl of DEVON then moved the second
reading of this Bill.
The Duke of RICHMOND thought the Bill uncalled
for. If the law officers of the Crown were directed to
prosecute those agents who had been convicted of
bribery, they would hear no more of bribery in the
borough of Great Yarmouth.
Lord BROUGHAM coincided in the opinion ex-
pressed by the Noble Duke. The present Bill was,
he conceived, introduced without any facts to support it,
there being only certain suspicions upon which it was
grounded ; and while for the futsire they might dis-
franchi6e the parties named in the Bill, he could not see
it how they coil (I do so by the present measure.
Lord RE 'DALE' considered that the case, as set
forth in the , was one tally free fwm objectioik and
he should therefore supplFt the ineastife.
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After a few words. from the Earl of DEVON, the
Bill was read a second time.

PROTECTION OF FEMALES BILL.

The Bishop of OXFORD, in moving the second read-
ing of this Bill, said that the evil it aimed at formed
only one portion of that great and painful question
which involved the moral condition and the well-being of
the people. The Bill was simply intended for the pro-
tection of females. It was not introduced for the pur-
pose of suppressing brothels, but to meet one great evil,
namely, the entrapping by direct means of unwary and
innocent females. There were ut present in this great
whom living
hadon prostitu-
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to attack.—(Hear, hear.) Were it necessary to enter
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present measure was intended
into any detail on this painful subject, be could make
tontheed
statements of the most appalling nature. He could
country,persons o
stationed
purpose of intercepting young females coming to
aptrov alle that th
the ere werefrom actuallythe
town, and luring them off, by promises of good situa-
tions into those dens of infamy where their ruin was
speedily accomplished.—(Hear, hear.) He was certain
that whatever difference of opinion there might be
among their Lordships as to legislating for the purpose
of putting down brothels, he was sure there would be no
difference of opinion among them as to the necessity of
a reedy for this glaring evil, as they would no doubt
all agree that those females were entitled to all the pro-
tection which the law could afford them.—(llear, hear.)
lie confessed it was difficult to frame a Bill so as to meet
the case, and on showing the present Bill to some legal
gentlemen, several portions of it had been pointed
out as calculated to render the other inoperative.
These he had endeavoured to alter, and as he meant
that the Bill should be submitted to a Committee
before its third reading, these alterations could
then be considered and inserted. It was not neces-
sary, he conceived, that he should say more on the sub-
jeer. It was a portion of their Lordships' duty to pro-
tect the morals of the community, ,and to punish, if
they could, by legislation, great moral delinquency. It
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intrigues of others; and if a Bill could be framed which
would but make this trade of entrapping females more
difficult, much good would be done.—(Hear, hear.) The
state these poor creatures were led into was the most
degraded and wretched that could be conceived, and very
frequently resulted in their putting an end to their own
existence. Ile trusted, therefore, their Lordships would
interpose on their behalf, and would, therefore, move
the second reading of the Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM said, although he had opposed a
measure which was formerly brought forward on much
the same subject, after the statement of the Right Rev.
Prelate, so ably and feelingly made, he did not intend to
oppose the second reading of the present measure, more
especially as any alterations could be made upon it in
Committee which were thought necessary. No doubt a
great evil existed, and much misery was entailed on
those unfortunate creatures from the system referred to.
At the same time, there were great difficulties in the way
of getting these evils remedied; but, as he hoped these
were not such as could not be overcome, he should vote
for the second reading of the Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time.
CRUELTY
thisT ANIMALS PREVENTION BILL.
On the Duke of BEAUFORT moving the second
Lord CAMPBELL made some objections to various
of its clauses, but the purport of which did not reach the
gallery; and,
After a short conversation, joined in by Earl Fitz-
hardinge, Lord Redesdale, and the Earl of Malmesbury,
The Bill was read a second thee.
COLLECTOR OF CESS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE
this Bill was also read a second time.

EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE next moved that
the House go into Committee on this Bill.
The Earl of ROI)EN could wish that the measure
should be postponed until after the holidays, as he had
some amendments to make.

Tho Marquis of CLA.NRICARDE regretted that be
could not comply with the Noble Earl's request. Ile
had several amendments to propose to the Bill himself,
when in Committee, and perhaps these might obviate
the objections of the Noble Earl to the Bill.
Their Lordships the❑ went into Committee, and the
clauses having been agreed to, the house resumed, and
their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 5.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

Lord MARCUS HILLSPAIN brought up by command
of her Majesty certain dispatches from Sir H.
Bulwer to Lord Palmerston.
The third reading of the Midland Great Western
Railway of Ireland (Deviation Line from Mullingar
to Athlone), and Stirling and Dunfermline Rail-
way (Amendment and Deviations) Bills, were post-
poned to Thursday next at the suggestion of Mr.
BERNAL, in consequence of some informalities.