The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TIIOIIBDAT, Jura 14.
The hosee met at Are o'clock.
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL.
The Riot ut DERBY said that although with he
had
passed its stags by the smallest possible maj wity, he did not
ask his noble friend (the Earl of Shaftesbury) to abandon
it; but, seeing that it was • weaver. of very peat import
haithe trusted that hit noble hind would wreeerat to
h referred t• a select oosmittee, to lavabo into the
operatio• of the law which the bill sought to thooll.
The Bert of SHAFTESBURY was sorry be could sot
agree tot., prop:010os of his noble friend. Hie 'impolitic*
was a very. simple sae, sod looking at the state ol publis
feeling with respect to questions of civil and religious
liberty, be did AA think it would be posed& to
The retells the
law oaths statute book any MaMaltese.only.ob-
that had been made to his bill hest the right
Weaned bench wee, that it would interfere with the pa-
lisade! spies bet he was willing to meet that °skink's
=nine a clause presidia, that nothing I. this bill
to soy way affect the ecclesiastical aubesissicie dud
free its clergy to the ammo, or abridge the authority of
the diocesan over the dewy,
NBEDLEWOMEN (LIMITATION OF HOURS OF
LABOUR) BILL.
The Earl of SHAF f lISBURY, i• movhig that this bill be
referred to a .elect committee,stated that it sought to remedy
an sestmet of hardship useqsalled in her Majesty's domi-
slow. Toe condition of the milliner sod dressamken of
the encamp Airs had bees frequently discussed is parliament,
sad is 1812 a royal eommiasioei was issued to inquire into
the never. That evatesission made its report, sod for some
time after here was a persist abaadoomeot of the 'silicas"-
plainsti ot, bet during the past year or so there had been
sheaf tediestious of their return in all their eaormity.
The clime of ramose fer whom he sought legislative prates:s-
ties eomprieed is-door sad oat-door workers, but it was to the
essditem of the former that he wished to call their lord-
ships' attesting. The evils complained of *Mated in all the
large towa., bet he would tontine the operatics" of the bill
to the metropolis. From the report of the commission it
appeared that the number of employers is L mica was
MOO, and the average of employed about tea, which would
would
a total of 16,000 aeedlewomea, who WOUI
affeeted by the opersti.,n of the bid. They
were geberally appreatiired at the age of fourteen
for a period of two rears, while others came up to London
at the age of 16 or 17 to 'omelet* their trade edaeatioo.
Now eel, lordships would observe that that was the period
ef life at whisk Me health of yowl, pietas *mailed the
sweetest we, ittestittt wee the period during which the
s▪ edlewaygt were esposed to itheseeive toil, in-
sisMitierit *MC "armsaphere, and an amount of labour
warmly to be equalled by that 'adored by oar soldiers io
the mooches beats Ilebireepei. (Rear, hear.) In well re-
'slated estabriehmente the boars a labour varied from 16
M 18, bet them OM SOW is which the yoaeg 110S•12 got
SO more than sly fuer, end sometimes rely two hoors rest
out of the twenty-bor. Is many instances they worked all
sight, sad semetima down to 10 and 11 o'clock os Sunday
moraisg. They were allowed but half-an-how for their
meets. sad treqwently were not allowed to sit down at all.
He most here state that there were some few ezoeptious to
the rule, is weigh chess estabishmeats were better eciodueted,
bat his euthenist &Wild very generally, and the result was
that tbe physieelesses of them young people was hoe-
Able. Medieel tMa had deposed that consumption was
very rife ma thigh M midrib loss of sight sod distortioe
of limb was • .Milian. Sir James Clark, physi-
dem to the await bed mid that the mode of life of these
peer girls WOOS* es so eswatitistios could loop bear, sad
that a wide mme esisabeed to destroy health and life than
their esisiaties meld eirmeely be devised. Several other
medial WS OIinhOOSSO W sins evident* as to ophthal-
mia. mid Windless's up M omelet, less of vidom, baying
bees bog& on by euesseive use el the seedl tt eepasislly in
mommieg mark, awl Dr. Tyrrei, a millet,
semellowed •
peso
we in whisk girl of
seventes• f see had moo as Mai with
toad Us of vides. This peer creature semybi•ed that she
hri bees impelled to week for else essereive days mid
sights without fitemitag her sloths% during whist& time she
arm *Rowed wily to rest ossesimeally fee • ism sesupsate o•
• sofa, when her meals wen bomb{ to her Ma is eerier
that as little time as peedble Weld be la redbg
them. (Hess, hear.) Hobe guelloil NUM farther msdiml
testimony of • similar deser*ders, the sehle earl proceeded
to say that the royal oominbelon- bed great difficulty is is-
de the young weans* themselves to give evidesse, se
fee= were they of displeasing their employers. Homy of
them came up from the country, end were the Whiles ef
half-pay dicers and the poorer deny. They hod some
boss • eousiderable disuses, sad, if dismissed from their
eituatioos, would be thrown destitute on the streets. Te
meet this state of things a committee of ladies sad goads
men was appointed is 1814, and it woesdritet hymens
of remonstrance sad supervision • bestaabl ohmage might be
effected. For some time the scheme pemysred,tbe Mutest to-
hoar were shortened, sad Sunday labour was abolished alto
gather; bat during the last two yeah a return to the old eye-
tam had been gradually creeping in, and the imemaittse had
been obliged to report the violation of the nt. Fee
these reasons he had introduced the present by whist'
he proposed to limit the working hours between sad
August, a r that the night for net shouldeVe all the
time between ten at night and eight in the alai fa
the rest of the year from eight to eight. He
that all proceedings for psealties should take pleesrlis=
polka magistrate. The noble earl concluded by mi-ving that
the bill he referred to a snuff imimmittee.
Earl GRANVILLE did lost rise to oppose the motion,
but hoped that the Weal eillemittee to which it would be
referred would take the gssitis• of its practicability into
mmaideratiou. If they lieges thus to interfere with labour
used the mlatioas of employer ant employed, they would
And it dievalt to know where to stop.
The irides wee "greed to.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL.
This bill was read a third time and isitd.
Their lordships adjourned at tea minutia past six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tauamy, JuNs 14.

TIN bows ass at twain o'clock.
• PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Groat NorthMU iffeinsteii Bill was read a third time.
Ilr. A PELLATT wed the omission of the 37th clams,
whisk imposed s sharp of me-third more than the male the
ilenapeay bad laid dawn for the publio in genera upon
burials hoes the parbbis of Bt. Naas& sad Marylsbone.
Tb. slargy of those two parishes were already amply pro-
tested by the bill, and were snared their fees upon all
burials of their parishionen in this cemetery, although they
did no daty, and then was therefore no reason for the
imCtion of this extra tax.
SPEAKER said as the obtuse was not in prtat
wesld be leregalar to entertain the amendment. Tee balm
donne would be to.postpme the MU to a future day, sad to
bare the dame printed in the meanwhile.
The pasting of the hill was aosordiagly postponed till to
easerow (this day).
The Bognor Railway Bill, the Gateshead Claays Bill, and
the Halifax Gas Bill wen severally read a third time and
pawed.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT BILL.
Sir B. HALL intimated that he would premed with the
farther consideration of this hill in eonsmittes on Tuesday,
at • storming sitting, atter the Tenants' Comminution
(Ireland) Bill, and subsequently ow every Tuesday and
Thursday morning until the bill was goes through com-
mittee.

EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The order of the day for going into committee oa this
MU basin beau read, it was agreed that the preamble
skald he iroasidsred before the claws. Asseadmeate
moved by Mr. MADVIILD, Mr. LOCIZART. sad Mr. F.
Sam, were rejoined by lugs majoritM► The diseassioa
of the Ant claw was still asillaiebed, when foes o'clock
arrived, sad the sitting wee surpeaded for two boars.
The beam reamed at 8 o'clock.
VICTORIA GOVERNMENT BILL.

Lord J. fiefilialiaidtitiilT-so- visig—th• Mild
Meg of this bill, he should only sap a few words with'
respect to the form in which it was istsodseed. Whew, in
arwordanee with the set of 1850, these bills ',Mead is this
eiewatry. sorstainlng a form of esestinaties tee the golooliti
it was thought it would to a great insenweidesso If Ow
had bees sent back gaits for ressempilmaides awl dissaillea
to the trilogies. That was the vita el fee reweave; bet
session ; sad if that course was orb that _it
was now still 'mote as, after se 111&111 IMO, US
elapsed, to wad the bills bask for miiiiiiieW
ties. It was said that there was swam NOM
sad that was to re enact is novo all the
whisk wen thought sowing. Bat that would Ctbuss
isesnektent with the we tele to the Wittig
twee, that they .haali &liberal ow the prwekillwa=
owe westitation • ea* the semi it asalib
emit to sag what ; la
MOM dams le be falsaleseet
was impossible for soy WM We Is ewe tbst It was wear
sari that there should be es restive ert• sad'
a esamil aosiaated by IBS wows few Weise,
or that 25,0001. skoaN be appropriated for
fikidia
gerbils worship in New Booth Wales aid the
same purpose ia Viatoria. It was Br the
governaost to propose clauses of kind. The
goveraineat had taken the third inures, whisk
mewed to be the only prestioable smog sad
that was to adopt the bills as they were sent has fan
Victoria sad New Santis Wales, bat at the sane taw to
take oat the clauses to which the crows amid not sweet ;
and woordingly they had been struck out. With nitwit to
M objection whisk bad been nude amoeba, eight, that
oven If the Qum's consent was gives to the Me they
weak' not have the face of law, ha thought there We
weeds is the last aloft with regard to their togas, kb
~amiss is the eolonies eadleient foe the puerto*.
He should therefore neve that the bill be read a sewed
Yllr. BULL roes to wove that the bill be read eased
limo that de eh; months, oa the groend that it eanteined
a dome pr.d g that a tan et *OM was to be est
split lee suspense religiose wwohip. To this he oblesild•
ea lee penal list it would toad Is mate rails= askew
ligla sea Issilbanterestaithe Wm, mg was seatreey le
Ills Mobs d the es espearei is a menarial
dr:l4 ==.1•11 at Mialseiss. mg hied by
MALL asemelea the samisen% urging air POI
am pievaisa La sperlea wes Maly Se peedats_isulPies
resetßesides etlidi Or bin ass Iles set a • •••••••
•blik wet Pm* ammlasielle=be erees, sal was
append se the melba el as Re eappeeted tile
wilmigalaSt am 'amen ils gibbed Or bill not to be road a
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