The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-23 00:00:00

THE PROPOSED NEW FACTORY' ACT.

Yesterday, a special meeting of the members of the
Leeds Chamber of Commerce was held in the council-room
of the Court-house, to consider the provisions of the bill
(Mr. Cebbett's) now before the House of Commons, sad
appointed to be read a second time on Wednesday next, to
limit the hours of labour of women and children in the rec-
tories of the United Kingdom.—The Mayor said his atten-
tion had only recently been called to this bill, and if he was
rightly informed of its previsions, the effect of it would be
to almost put a stop to the woollen manufacture in this dis-
trict. If such wu really the effect, the bill ought to be
oppoeed.—Mr. Lupton explained the hopelessly impracti-
cable nature of the bill, which he said was so absurd, that

if carried, the manufactiners would say, " We won't atiempt
to carry it out." Lord Palmerston bad introduced another
bill, which, compared with this, was perfectly unobjec-
tionable, and which was probably intended to supersede
,the bill under consideration. But he thought they ought
to memoralise parliament spinet this bill, which, by mak-
ing servants informers against their masters, would thus
create a most hostile feeling between them. Mr. Wilkin-
son said what had given rise to this bill was the evasion of
the existing law in some parts of the kingdom, by the em-
ployment of relays of half-timers, by which means the mills
wild be kept running for 13 hours daily. This system had
been introduced in Leeds, or in hill trade Max spin-
ning) any where else. Lord Palmenton's bill was, he
thought, intended to remedy this evil, and if that was done,
he thought ne further objection would be felt to the exist-
ing law. Ihe half-timers in his mill enly worked half the
time of full-timers, and the system had worked very well.
At the same time they had restriction enough on the mov-
ing power, especially as they had to compete with the
manufacturers of Belgium, who stole English patterns, and
worked their mills 13 hours per day. Several gentlemen
exposed the oppressive nature of the proposed measure,
after which a petition against it to parliament was adopted.

COMMISSION OP LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES:.
The election of a clerk to the commissioners of land and
assessed taxes for the district of the duchy of Lancaster, St.
Clement Danes,and St. Mary-le-Strand, and also of a clerk to
the commissioners of property and income taxes for the same
district, vacant by the decease of Mr. Score, took place on
the 21st instant, when Mr. Isaacson, tke vestry clerk of St.
Clement Danes, was unanimously elected to fill both ap-
pointments. There were eight candidates.
Tun TELEGRAPH IN SPAIN.—The Madrid Gazelle
publishes a royal order to the director of the tele-
graphs to proceed immediately to a general survey, with
a view to the establishment of electric telegraphic wires
throughout the kingdom.
CANTERBURY ELECTION.—We (Kent Herald) are
authorised to state that the Hon. E. V. Bligh, having been
appointed to fill a diplomatic office in connectioa with the
British Embassy at Berlin, will not appear as a candidate:at
the ensuing election for Canterbury, should the writ issue
the m the present lenient of parliament.
THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Yeaterdays FATAL
Countess de Nenilly, accompanied by the Dachau of Orleans, ACCIDENT AT THE DEAN-LANE COLLIERY,
the Count de Paris, the Duke de Panthievre, the Duke de BEDMINSTZIL—BaseroL, JULY 22.—A shocking accident,
b which one man was killed on the spot and another
Chartres, and the Princess Francois', visited the Diorama se
hurt, occurred on Thursday afternoon at the Dean-
of the Ocean Mail, at the Gallery of Illustration, in lane colliery, worked by the old company at Bedminster.
Repnt-street. The accident occurred at about three o'clock. On Thursday
ELOPEMENT.—A great deal of excitement pre- the work went on as usual until about three o'c'.ock in the
valid la Plymouth last week, in consequence of a report afternoon, loads of coal varying from a ton to 25 cwt. being
that a Captain of the 55th regiment h eloped with the safely drawn up. At this time the signal was given for a
wife of a worthy baronet who has a seat near Ashburton, draft of men to be hauled up to the surface. The engine
ma who had been staying at Plymouth for several months
helve the sad event occurred. The officer alluded to isthe being set in motion the bucket rose steadily for about 20
fathoms, when it suddenly broke tad with its living bur-
ns of another officer, who is one of the representatives of
a neighbouring town ; and the young man who has thus then fell to the bottom. William Tiley, one of the men in
the bucket, was killed upon the spot ; and the other, Joseph
broken the peace of one family, is said to have recently had Marshall, was found at the bottom of the pit in a hopeless
a faux pas with the wife of another gentleman resident in state with his back broken, besides having received other
P4mouth, which led to the breaking up of that family and injuries.
the wile being sent home to her "'gum' In the case of PROPOSED NEW METROPOLITAN BARRACK.—A
the baronet's wife, we hear that it is likely to lead to a di-
barrack, on an extended scale, has been talked of for the
saes. Yet the officer to whom we allude is still received
cases, re- open grounds at Brampton. If properly enclosed by cir-
ia "society," he having very quickly, in both
cumjacent margins, say 20 feet of plantation, and:moderately
termed here from the scenes of his amours, leaving the high wall, with iron railing on top (7 feet would be
ladies to get through their difficulties in the best way they enough, for sake of air and light), no position could be
seald.—Plisowth Journal. more eligible ; and whilst under estimate, some improve-
NEW INATION FOR ENSIGNS.— A young meat might be introduced in the arrangement of dormi-
ensign' on joining a corps not 60 miles from Limerick, was tories, &c.; so that the more humanised principle of com-
met in the square of the barrack yard by his commanding mon lodging-houses, now so well understood, may super-
officer, who summoned all the officers to attend, mate thus cede the antiquated, rude, and indecorous usage of piling
addreised the new comer—" I have suffered a vast deal by beds (for married and single) in tiers :one above the
the imprudence of my officers in Dublin, and I require from other, to the low ceiling. In camp, soldiers must rough
you explicit answers to the following—for if you answer
it
contrary to my wishes I shall first apply to your parents or No ; in barrack, they ought to be treated like human beings.
job is necessarily implied in the erection of a barrack ;
guardians, and then to Lord Hardiuge for your retirement. no colossal fortunes need be acquired, at the public ex-
Will you endorse or accept a bill or bills for your brother pease, by architects and builders, as in some great strue
officers ; will you deal with a notorious usurer ; will you
tures which shall be nameless.—The Builder.
go in debt, and if you do, will you exceed the allowance ANECDOTE OF A PARIS AERONAUT IN 1784.
you receive, either at or above 601. • year ? ' " The military
The aeronaut was making his final arrangements, when a
novice to whom the startling queries were put replied that
he cheerfully embraced the inquiries of his superior, and him: "Monsieur," he said, with a foreign accent, " I am
promised to repudiate all transactions in bills or usurers.—
pail of the Ecole hlilitaire came forward and addressed
Limerick Chronicle. PS
. willingly accept the honour of your company, young men,"
QUEENS COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Court of
Directors of the East India Company have most liberally replied the aeronaut, " but Wive calculated the sscensional
here to offer myself as your travelling companion." " I would
power of my machine to carry up
transmitted to the college a collection of the specimens of ~ That is no obstacle at all ; you will put so much less nod
the raw products of India in aid of the public museum for in the car, and I shall serve you as ballast." "Your argil-
the promotion of scientific and industrial education. The only a single person."
ment is excellent," answered the aeronaut ; " but the only
following donations have been recently presented to the
fund for the purchase of philosophical apparatus for the use rid of, should occasion require. Nevertheless, if you con-
of the institution: The Earl of Craven, 101. ; Lord Ash- sent to"— This proposition, made in a sarcastic tone, did
'
Dorton, 101. • Lord. Overtone, 101. • Charles Gnash, Esq., ballast that is of any use to me is ballast which I can get
not suit the young man's notions. He became red in the
10!.; the Hey.i Dr. Warneford, 211. ; Mr. Samuel Haines, rue, nipped his brows, flied hiseyes on the speaker's cons-
Chad-house, 251.; Mr. James Griffis, Athol-house, 251. tenance, and said to him in an angry voice, " Monsieur, I
STRANGE DELUSION.—A great noise wall heard am determised to go." He then jumped tote the car, and
on Tuesday afternoon, on the fourth storey of a house in clung so tightly to the ropes of the machine, that the taffety
the Faubourg Saint Denis, and one of the lodgers appeared of which the balloon was made was torn in several places.
at a window looking into 'the court-yard, and commenced In consequence of this accident the ascent was impossible.
throwing out his furniture, crockery, bed, and other articles. The young man was overwhelmed with reproaches by the
" lam going to set off," cried he, .‘ for the infernal re- aeronaut, and threatened by the spectators ; and his friends
gions, and do not want any furniture." He then hurried got him out of the way as quickly as they could, in spite
of his resistance. The adventurer thus prevented from as-
. d.
cending was Jean Pierre Blanchard, who was making his
oHwnere stairs,
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and
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piers of the neighbourhood being sent for, one of them went debut ; the young man who displayed such despotic wilful-
down into the well, and fixing a rope round the body of ness, and such bold imprudence, was Napoleon Bonaparte,
tthen a pupil at the Ecole Militaire of Paris. M. the Che-
valier de Keralio, one of the inspectors, ordered him to be
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put under arrest, as a punishment for playing so wild a
Gehrsam. , prank.—Dicknes ",11vuieltykl Words.