The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

and = indifference: !that 'preVails regarding the
Reforin•Bill, even in the ranks of the Ministers
themselves, its authors, that the debate on the
second reading has, at their instance, been further
postponed from. to-night, to next Friday-night.
The' House-has already betrayed its weariness
witfi'the iirbject—a weariness which the wretched
meattare that is before it has no doubt done much
to aggravate.

It .deserves. to be noticed, in. connection with
the P•tit that there is already being
shown in the House of Lords a: desire for informa
tion as to the haiis on which the lowered franchise
wnl reat, almost more 'earnest and more business-
like than anything, that haS yet been Manifested
is the House' Gt.- Commons. •On the •motion. of
Lord Airlie, returns have 'been ordered of the'
11,_* uell of persons charged with the' inhabited
house -duty and qualified to , vote at the , election.
of members to serve in Parliament within each of
the counties und,Parliatnentary boratighs, in Eng-
land .411 d Wales—of . the number ,of persons
entitled to vote . for members of. Parliament in
resPeet • 'of houses of the respective rentals
,fl'4l. £lO to £lOO and upwards, in each
‘11(i • eyery :,separate borough--and of the
number of householders in eachborough inhabiting
hensea of the gross rentals respectively of £6,
49, XlO, and .£l5, distinguishing the nuinber
each, lass not rated to the poor .at• all, and the
11111111?er rated only through' the 'landlord and
*reused fr°ln payment 'of rates from poverty Or.
813'cither cause. These , returns will afford the
!tense; some more accurate data to proceed upon,
111 PatenTating the practical effects of the altered
fralleKsee pro Posed ,in the Reform Bill, than
Probably -Ministers themselves thought it worth
while to haVe before them.' There is no, doubt,
that the more tke subject is elucidated
,in this.
•waY, the more will the mischievous tendency of
the bill be made apparent. '
It certainly showed but little regard for the
, .
rge.. number OfZperSons of limited means to
~„
4°lll the. increased Income-tax, will be so oppres-
je a burthen, that only 132 members, out of the
of 4' Could be found to vote 'for even the diminution
a Penny in the, pound. The tax as proposed,
by Ministers
,haa been passed,—amid the emphatic
rotellta, it is true, of several of its' opponents ;
lest
yet with a '-degree of indifference, and heartmesa
ie the Opposition generally which it,,
'ePlorable to think of. The remark of the,
k4Lancellor of the Exchequer,; that
.G9yernmeq
&Posed thelteOine-tax and the other duties fOr
'Nit On.
7". r yeaf; *Wished to leave Parliament.,
ePerfeetly free and unfettered in dealing with the
penditure and taxation next year, especially as
Zety could na,u!see their way clearly with respecthe '
requirements of that year," only shows the
11 .111. and-to-mouth . 'system on which the
11414114t-IM Vellllt:ry..are now bcte4.
eing ton du.

no)-4

THE
klnestion of overworking in factories, which
occupied thejloimieV Commons a- feW;clays ago,
has comp-
-rdp.trem e. very opportune period.
One had thought that -the• long-eattinuedi and,
'in the end,, suceesSfill legisTatiieefforts which
II"' been uladnion that question; Thad resulted ill
uorrrgtaciaries-'Ofelv'eiy kind to be now free
frogto
Lig graceful.cruelties as used, too mulch,
st4ii'ih4ir:(epe2ra-tionS• Such, however, ,
aPPears, not the•- • On.the contrary; it is
now iaQouteltitbly proved, that there are still a
ir4at namber of Iv oMen andToung children, from
Zejen `Y *ors s ;,old - and upwards, P;9s9,,Yed in,
outd;eing, taxi finishing worits•thrOugh.-
tili
-lngdom, who' are the habit of working
:r WA months in succession. at the rate of:
—'enfeen, eighteen, .twenti, and occasionally
"Pen -twenty-four hours a day,—that, under
certain eir4ura' atances;. and of by no means
unfrequent oceurreuce, these women and
children are compelled to work—with only ati
hour or an hour and a half's rest—sometimes on
benches, or wherever they tan find a place to lie
down upon; and.- this for two, three, and even
four days and hightiln'suecession,and that its
voi
some establishments omen and Child ren,
as well as boys, often
eighteen and twee a regular thing
tylotirs a day, and soractinses
the whole twenty-four, in a temperatnre of from
100° t0,150°. Such a state of things, we say, to ekists in our manufaeturing There
are thousands subjected to cruelties gad ,oppros-
sions such as these La great proportion of them
women and children. And the consequence. is
that not only are they thus deprived of due rest
'44,4 ir,fsreation, and of the enjoyments of social
and Pe, but are dragged along through
:heir afisitenee in 4).. ;stole of suffering and slavery'
' 41144., 4,(SPKWOU'7:-_-their .4? es ennieia.ted and
ets°l•434, their health broken down, anyi life
taelf forfeited preMaturely and, painfully as the
Penalty of their endnrance. -
With great propriety the women of the United
ittngf,?lii,i4fp now appealed to on this subject by
• COlntattee of some of them of the
land, who,
41,0%4 rank and bhaTaFYrr 2:P• the
tke,a,e4 gbeir ebnnttrYw. omen to left o. force that
711,17 l';e 4ke ti Aetei-tiierii from the exertion at Oetl'
:accor4g:
V.ifollest send! of .it that
nature has implanted -f.f,lFit- hearts, on ft SUsubject4tb-,, unPortiA4t,n's only as
,one4,l4o4ity, but of
e 4itklet ocial and UnpOr:iant
ißteyest. ,
4PPetil,l4f".:=4.om, and want them at once Jana
throe
' t
ag, °-&u.out th,e.kiugdon to swell the cry against
n'ilaVernelty- and oppreSsion in the iiite,rest of
mammon andi'•manufactire. " You who 4aY.e
children who aredear to you," they are. told,
to ud
,"0 have brothers and sisters -whom you
' t*ke thoughtful note of these long hours of
ilI
.. this endous heat." Pictures of suf-
ivi'l"llf.*irls-, and T ehildren are presented to. their
ih. nee, a girl Of fourteert shoWii
• 'zils .ivhO had dayS
4114 t/t° nigiltsiii.vog only sau?e ifqr:)4PYrs'.rst
.git 4 marning*'- " and nOne all xhQ ,next
' they exelaimi
.4)ltt'eNria NY 44344 g 4Q*rs' „
for 'of Ir ktee ' ki4P *r4. 1
a Oll Ct•
iitter?if she were, Another r, nVin• daughter, thin:li of
• •o • :A
poor little g..- is !
on; Pr it,' A
r-q?tect out, whp was barely twelve years old,:
4214 rho has frequently ,worked twenty a 144 4`1441f
fours out of thetwenty- four. Contemplating tlie
!ondition. of this, poor child, they observe,_—" It
edit
ton.
n at work Since 'it was nine years old. '
And it has. to go or 4
, .our after hour, day after.,
day, thes.skin of its, instep' still Orae' king , and
frtering; the selvage-._ still sawin . against. its
fathering running -.s g
ores. Oh, mothers! oh,
sisters ! we know your hearts will burn to help
this cause." GOD grant that they may indeed
burn to help 't ,
.
But 44
we have said that it is ,an opportune.
Otnent, at, which this
rn questionn has been' again
tiariecd u .
pan public attention. And. it is so for
reason,--that it is dust at a time Whenthe
44ifitry is pandering to the very people who
Zulu all this suffering • various ruanufactur7
to.war throughout-the kingdom, hy- Pr°l36iii"gder
the• elective franchise upbn the' Very
sub.• e6'3'll-na enslaved and ill-treated, and their
1,_,:444"•
.16n to which only shows how' completely
73. Lr 4. the power: of .their.: employers. The
of thos:tll44flPNs would include some thousauds
etaSse4; and is h tn 4 mach to conclude
that th ey can 'patiently submit to such
'ev`lererl. 11.gs'4‘f,.the hands of their masters, would
.e htree the spirit to resist their influence as
qt rs at an election? - They are already slaves
tbs slaves of their ern
tot . Players ' , and they would
11 ce
tQ be so by heeoopg enfranchised Par---
en-44entarY electors. Such
Men as gr. IbIGHT
nnthi about ' '
of improving the Condition
the working classes, by protecting them
fotw *h.opPressions and cruelties. 'No ;as we
4 but toothily observed the other day, " Mr.
GIiT •
regardshisliands as he does his machines
nly as
CI- means to. wring out money from his
5 • if givinglhem the-franchise will tend to
obt ease
Power and his profit he will try to
e •
4119th vote for them. increase of wages,
that—uing the hours of labour, or anything else.
014 to*
nntl!t"c'ffetua
7position is quite
e
„ qne e lly raise their
stion. The extension of the suffrage
.
uring classes will bring grist to his own