The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

FACTORIES BILL.

The house went into eoamittoo onthTs MIL

Os clause 4,
The Bari of SHAFTESBURY tkonght that words should
be added to this elegise for claiiming to son above the age
of 18 the proteetion which they erjoyed seder the Nast-
ier law.
Bowl of TITRUDY .ail i.e Ow nobs. cure motet-
tits would really sod, Hauled, in delft thin bill apply
Mmachinery as well as will-geariag. The bill afforded all
the protection that was required, and then was to be COM-
paillitioo to case of auldeots. The bill eatended to will-
gearing the penalties, which applied to nisebiaery only wider
the *mishear est. By one of the clauses reroute, to the non-
hoeing of mill-gearing, it was provided that the penalty
should be *misread even though no accident had &rhea from
the west of booing.
The el,inse was then spud to.
Oa clause 6, providing for arbitntiom,
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he wu afraid the..
would be great dielcalty is obtaining gettable arbitrators.
The clause wee then agreed to, and the bill prod through
committee.
POLICE (COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS) BILL.
On the report of this bill being brought up with emend-
mats,

T ; Zarl of POW I S suggested the oddities of s dame
(ivies a vessmittee of justices sluts, de diet in liens power
to remove oesstobles vhom they considered to bam ahem
dieted themeelme.

coneethed is the esprisatioe.
Lard PANMURE thought the istrvdectios of lush s
elates would tend to crests oosfasios to the osemiement of
the polies, asd th►t the magistrates is gassier ssesiots would
woe wish to hays it revoked.

The report on then received.
_ _
__SLEEPING STATUTES BILL.

Kul FORTESCUE moved the ovoid reading of this
bill. Ths noble lord said that the bill bad for its object the
repeal of canals obsolete statutes, sod it had passed through
the other hove. of ;pediment without opposition.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the hill, obeetvieg that by
the civil law wh • law fell into desuetude it ceased to
be • law, and could not be enforced.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had been 'eked by
• noble marquis whether be intended to move that this kill
be referred to • select committee, to which he replied in the
negadve. The bill was, with small ezeoptions, prepared by
the Statute Law Commission, with the view of being intro-
duced together with several other measures which wars in
=.tion, sad whisk be hoped would be brought forward
the sod of the present session. The reason why
the government did not lathed.a it some time ago
was that it was desired to astortala whether there
slight not be some other statutes, or portions of
statutes, which It wee desirable to inelude la the bill; bet
the teak of examination seemed so very diMenit that it was
*civet best not to ester apes it. He thought • reference
to • melee committee would bees entire waste of time.
The Margate of SALISBURY thought the bill should
sot be pressed forward without the produetioa of the docu-
ments or report on which it was founded.

Lord MthiTBAOLB supported the bill. Be hoped that
&similar swan would be introduced for Ireland, to repeal
the carrespeadieg statutes to that country.
The bill was then real a second tine.
BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The report of the ansendinents to this MB was resolved.
The Annuities Itedrwrion Bill sad the Transfer of
Werke (Ireland) Bill masa 'Monk eseuaitter.
TM West ladle Loses IJI was read a third tine sad
pried.
THE OATH OF ABJURATION AMENDMENT BILL.
The Bari of DEBBY, in waving the woad mediag of
this bill, said that in On then state of the his., he did not
ensider any Menasha probable, aid he would merely pu-
ma the bill, as he did not 'Anticipate any opposition to the
mud reeding. The object It had to view was ewe in
which their lordships were all screed ; they had
the sight before ujecud a bill aaad.d to effect that
oblest, %lessees Is It that object was iswparably
emesetod with another intended to lead to a malt to which
they bad several times refused to assent. Be had was Uwe
elms reed a book in which it was stated that rose descend-
sate of the Frowsier wire still alive to Scotland, bet he
did not apprehend any rivalry of the wows is tbe put of
thus gestlessa ; bet, la point of feet, all the legal doused-
eats of the Preemies, were outlaw, and It bad booms a
seen mockery to declare by a solemn oath that they tr-
ammed and Mimed all their pretensions. As the cm h had
become ea ,it Wu meet desirable It should be antrid of. It ar to the eseeelteme of essay wide Weds
that the oath was sot only anneseseary bat Neephtwoes.
TM object of tbe bill wee to provide that I. all some when
the oath of abjuration was adwialstcred, the pert of It gp-
plimble to the desesedaata of the Freteader Mould be
matted.

Lord CAMPHILL did set intend to oppose tbe hill; es
the sanitary, be weeld lead every aseleteaea to the sable
earl to peal it, rev be aesiktered the oath of abiersdas to be
a digress to tbe sestets book. Binge be MOMS Mild
Jest ea be had mitered pertieelsrly from it, as It wee hie
deity to us It admiaidesed to the judges, ead ether
Within the lan twelve utestba a most dietisgsisked Jodie
Mr. Julies Willis, had to take the oath is epos cant.
When he melted tbe passage referring to tke Pretender he
became daub. Re (Lord Cautpbell) Mid Ma be was not
tablas the oath ; he replied he abjereil in lie beat ; Mat be
(Loa Campbell) was obliged to toll bits that wee set es&
sleet, as tle statute required that the eatk should be
He thought it better stale the low PIMA St esiareerti
show Its abeardity. He believed se eetlirr e Webs
seta of suesteeee, whisk 101 l bus lessi ete-
Wise. He tleeeste Ile oath ef Mben **
ebsiteleed, bat if that .add sea Its asmillhkei. be was
'West to the saes sad vidisi