The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-08 00:00:00

THE FACTORY BILL-DEPUTATION TO

81R OBOROB OBEY.

The following gentlemen connected with the cattm
districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, united also by gentle-
men from Carlisle and Olaegow, had an intetview yesterday
morning with the Right Hon. Sir George Guy at the Hume-
office : Mr. It H. Greg, S r Eason Armitage, Mr. Bagley,
Mr. Thomas Cooke, and Mr. Lewis Williams, Gem Man-
chester; Mr. Henry Ashworth, fro". Bolton; Mr. Thomas
Ashton, from Hyde; Mr. David Harrison and Mr. H. By
from Staleybridge ; Mr. ISMS Marshall sad Mr
Thomas liskrigge, from Stockport; Mr. William Taylor,
from Preston; Mr. AWN, from Leigh ; Mr. Dison, from
Carlisle; and Mr. George MiLhell, from Glasgow. The de-
putation was attended by the following members of parlia-
ment: Mr. Milner Gib.on, Mr. E idle, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Henry, Mr. James Hey w•od, Mr. Wilson Paten, Mr. CO-
den, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Heald, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Blair,
Mr. (freewill, Mr. Thianessr, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Lacy, Mr.
Allal:TOOM Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Herne, Mr. Ellis, and
Ccmwell Legh.
The deputation was introduced to Sir George Ore, by Mr.
Milner Gibson.
The object of the deputation was to present a memorial, of
which we subj.)in a copy, on the subj- ct of the present hum
of the factory law. It will be observed that the memorial is
eigned by 638 firms, I mployieg upwards of 167.b9t work-
pee ple, being more than three-fonnha of the whole of the
cotton trade of the northern districts.

Mr. Oeo.&schen also presented a memorial from Glasgow
signed by 65 firms employing upwards of 24,000 operatives.
It may safely be said that this is the most numerously signed
and imporant demount ever presented by the cotton trade
to the troy. rament. Toe [bras whose names are attached to
it pay in wap,es alone more than 100,0001. weekly, or up-
wards of five millions sterling per year. The iaterview
tared for m, re than an ticur.
The memorial is as follows :

TO TIRO AKIHT HON. NUL OFOROR ORIT, Mt; NI.
:MITT'S PRINCIPAL NRCILITART Or STATE FOR 7111
NORM DIPARTMENT, &C.
The memorial of the anderei rind owners and wen-
pien of cotton factories in Manchester and stir-
rotindv it districts :

itheweth, —That your memorialists are anxihus to draw
your attention to the pet sent position of factory legisladon in
this country.
Tin= your memorialist never can approach this subj.*,
without deprecating all legislative interference with the ins
dr,rial relation of roan= .ctures and commerce, be laving
that such interference is not only offensive to sound princi-
ple, but is fraught with pr.seet justice and with enurinosui
future evil', which it will require but a few years to deve:op.
That, as pailiument, ut or a preterit) consideration for
woman and yarn./ as none, has thqught it expedient to enact
special restraints upon the gamin of labour in mills, and
the use of manufacturing capital, /our memorialists claim
that rho law should be at least inteldoble and equable.
That ander the axis:lag law your manorial:et' claim the
right of working by relays of hands, provided that no woman
or young pent=is employed a longer time than 10 11..ure
pn day.
Thor, start from that portion of the law which retake th
the diaciplise of factories, your =emendate would remind
you, and, thwack you, the government, that the great re.
=action, insisted Iwo* by parliament, of the productise
power of all the capital embarked is factories (except in
those ease in which recourse has bent had to relays of
heads), is an error which may 'nail national misery ; for
it will be impossible for this country, under a restriction to
18 bore of labour per week, to contend with countries
already iskporteelem of the best British machinery, to which
fear iffaerlartlimme are daily tenoning, end in which there is
no
endt imidetles et lablur.
That, en every ground, your memorialists would strongly
urge a warissideration of the gorillas of factofy legislation.
If, in &firma to • morbid pubdo opinion, her Majesty's
government or the legislature consider it expedient to con-
tinue • restriction upon manufacturing labour, your ms me-
fisher would urge immediate attention to the importance of
brines' this vex. d quietism to a more direct and lies dan-
gerous issue ; and they respectfully submit than an amended
se, allowing eleven hours per day, or sixty-three hours per
week, and enforced with greater diaries nation, would be
found to be Its grievous than the present system both to
mill owners and operatives, and would remove in a great
degree tie inducement to any on the mills by relays of
hands.

BabJebel Is a list of the 'manufacturing firma in each town
bywhan tfe mensor,al was signed, wit► the number of work-
ing* ampirsei in than :

Tlauder of litiabor.et Va

80gastare‘
63 ...---ralor
19111391611er
11133613 3l . 3,13.
311)33 - .. . , 13 ..
Ism
par, - . 93. 6,33$
—.....------ 1 --- VW
$ 360
1,246
.......".. -

—........
Mellor $ 635
...—.--- ......--......--.... •
Mottles .. ...--.......—.... 1 .................. 1,721
Oiswalikwletio ..................... 11 ...........—. „.. 436
Tednaordes ..«................... 9 ....—....... .. 1,036
5kir......—. 4 —.—...... 461
on
Cane ....... I —. 1,023
Burnley .................«........... 11 ,........„ 1,316
Wig= .... ......... . 10 A. 3,051
Ilaelingdoi ......—...... .. . 3
0469. Ant. .....
Bolton ......... l3
t= 1
1
1,,060
774
Newsbureb
Mbar*
Blukboin ..-........... ...... ... 9
Damen.
Crinrrhaw Booth.
Various Tons

TOW 403 111,693
Separate zaelaorials hate also bees addressed to the go-
vernment from : _

Rouble of

Pima. Rms.—
.

Askkis-undar-Lyse N
Btockport
etaleybridg•
DAN
Quills

Total.
The total *ll* bur of Inns who have memorialised on this
subject, is 536; and they employ 167,892 morkpeople.

THE PAELLDIENTAZY REFORM ASSOCIATION.—
The IM &drift peddle needs, or t6Y eweelatios will to
held, we perceive, at the Hem Tarns, lessia4=7.
Maris, 'vests; next, llth inst. ; Joshes
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sad the reFreerelathee d tba beipsugh, with sear d the 84
liberal whin d prilansek have Mee it~ he Mead.
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minden of Ms. Moan media; sad thle dpmwrises
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