The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLUBMT.

HOUSE OF OOMMONS.-(THIS DAY.)

The house met at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUBLNERS.
Variou private bills were disposed of.
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__LOy_pON NEEDLEWOMEN.

Mr. Bewinill,-;.-71;-;;;i1;;Tor—going into OM*
mittee on the Factory Bill, called attention to the suffer-
ings of needlewomen In the metropolis, a subject which, he
said, had attracted the public last year is consequenes of •
very distressing case that oomirred at a court milliner's.
The right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Mine
Department had then promised to give the subject his most
serious consideration ; but now twelve months had elapsed
and nothing had been done. The Factory Act had done •
world of good, and now, when they wore extending its
provisions to various trades, he thought it a suitable time
for recalling attention to the condition of the needlewomen.
He therefore moved that it be an instruction to the com-
mittee to include in the bill tailors cad needlewomen in
the metropolis and towns of not lees than 5,000 hthabitsida.
Sir G. GREY said that a oommiardon bad been appointed
to inquire into the subject alluded to by his has. friend,
and that occomision bad not as yet reported. Until govern•
meat received the report, they could not state what were
their intentions with respect to tailors and needlewonsen.
He trusted that this answer would meaty his boo. friend.
Mr. BAGWELL withdrew his motion.
FACTORY ACTS EXTENSION BILL.
The hones then went into committee on this bill.

On clause 3,
Mr. ADDERLEY objected to any reference being made
in this bill to the Factory Act, as not only objectionable, but
to the &Meet • out of the bill.
dangerous
er an observation from Mr. Gaariay
Mr. BRUCE explained the details of the bill, and ex-
premed his belief that no additional inspectors would be
necessary to wry out its provisions.
Mr. S. POWELL called attention to a recent ease which
had come before the magistrates, in which a factory in which
the provisions of the Factory Act had been violated, was
proved to be situated in two counties. It having been as-
certained that the process carried on in the county in which
the proceedings had been instituted was not in cootravention
of the act, the prosecution failed. He trusted that if the
government contemplated soy cioneolidatioa set which bad
bees hinted at, this anomaly would be prord.xl for. The
clause, as also the remaining clauses, were then agreed to.
Mr. BRUCE, in moving the adoption of the schedules,
asked the permission of the committee to leave out the
" packers" and other employments until further inquiries
had been made. If the house would consent not to pries
the government beyond their sense of justice, he pledged
himself to tion the moment government had fully
possessed itself of the tact, of the case.
Mr. ROEBUCK said that this was merely the old con-
test between employers and their workmen. The question
had been forty years before the public, and amelioration
had always been strenuously resisted by the manufac-
turers. They bad resisted factory restriction until the
country were shocked with the discovery that the horrors
of the factory were equal to the horrors of the middle
purge.
[Left speaking.]

THE LOSSES OF OFFICERS AND MEN ON THE
CAPE COAST.

This morning was issued a series of returns re-
lating to officers and men in the Cape Coast command. It
seems that on the Ist of July last there were in the corn-
masd at the Cape Coed 18 ofcers and 686 men. On the
14th of August 19 officers end 416 men were landed from
the Meg-era ; and ea the 9th of April last 27 officers and 643
men (West India regiments) from the Tamar. The nominal
return of 1.3 officers who have died is as follows :
Ensign Keene, 2nd West India Regiment; Lieut. Low, 3rd
ditto ; Capt. Herrick, 4th ditto ; Capt. Cobb, 4th ditto ;
Capt. Hay, 4th ditto; Lieut. Barry, 4th ditto; Ensign
Morales, 4th ditto ; Lieut. Sharp, bth ditto ; beat Thom-
son, Gold Coast Artillery Corps; Lieut. Crosse, ditto;
Ensign Brien, ditto; Staff Assistaut-Surgeou Rutherford,
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Hooper.

The following 22 °Moen have been invalided:—Copt.
Boon, 2nd West India Regiment; Capt. Williams, 2nd
ditto ; Lieut. Lynch, 2nd ditto ; Ensign Duthie, 2nd ditto ;
Capt. M'Dosiough, 3rd ditto ; Major Ivey, 4th ditto ; Capt.
Barnard, 4th ditto ; Capt Mackie, 4th ditto ; Limit. Cow-
ard, 4th ditto; Li.ot. Crozier, 4th ditto ; Lisat. Brock,
4th ditto ; Limit Macklin, 4th ditto ; Lieat Bulger, 4th
ditto; Meat. Lees, 4th ditto; Lieut. Manaergh, 4th ditto ;
Surgeon Skeen, 4th ditto ; Ensign Barrow, sth ditto ; Luat
Stewart, Gold Coast Artillery Cap; Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Smsdisoa, Staff Assistant-Bwpm Crow, Staff
Amistaat-Sargeon Onghton, sad Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Lewis.

The deaths of moo at the Gold Coast mime let of July have
ban 43, and of the invalided 18. On the let of May, the
date of the latest return from the Gold Coast, 64 men were
is hospital, reported " sick ;" and at that date the remain-
ing effective force at Capri Coast Castle was 48 officers and
1,348 noncommissioned officers sad men.

LAND MORTGAGE BANK OP INDIA (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders
wan held at 1 o'clock. et the London Tavern ; lir. S. LVITO
in the chair.

Thy•Rva said the object ol the meeting was of a
formal ohmmeter. In taking mortgages in India it would be
very iocoovesioot to have isdividuals acting me truism, the
chasms of residence in that country Wisp so fre-
quest ; sad hews it had been considered desirable that
the company should be enabled to use its formal
seal for that purpose. The House of Lords bad thought
that there should he a general act of parliament giviag
companies power to me their corporate seals for such pur-
poses. and this company would act soder the provisions of
that sot. The 000ditim of &Heirs in Lades was, he was ppy
to say. very mtisfactoey. The manias director bed jest
returned ; he was prevented from atteediog by indispositsom,
but his report was very favourable. There bad bees great
caution is taking mortgagee. The whole capital was now
in India, and it was all employed either is mortgagee at 8
or 9 per cent., or in government securities. The next ob-
ject would be to Woe debentures in England is as favour-
able terms as could be obtained.

Resolutions in rooord■nce with the object of the roosting
were thee poised. and it was annourmed that a spacial nest-
hag would hs convened foe their confrm►tion neat Xonday
week.

The meeting then separated.