The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-06 00:00:00

THE FRPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1850.

FACTORIES BILL. ,

The tdlowing are the clauses and amendments to
be mined Grey in committee on this bill.
Claus 1, page 2, line 9, after the word "that " to leave
est to the end of the clause, and to insert the following
words, "save MI hereinafter mentioned, so much of the said
nets w nitric., or limits the hours of the employment or
labour of young porous, and of females above the age of
eighteen years, shall be repealed ; and after the passing of
this act, no young pence, and no female above the age
of eighteen years, shall be employed is any factory before
six of the clock in the morning, or after six of tt • clock in
the evening of say day (sue to roues, het Ono as herein- ,
herein-
aft prov Wed); ssd no young person, and no female above`
the sge pr eighteen years, shall be employed in any facture,
either to'recover lost time or fur any other purpose, on any
Saturday after two of the o'clock in the atternoon.
And be it enacted, that so mach of the said secondly re-
cited set as requires notice of the times of beginning and
ending daily work of all persons employed in any factory, We
none* la the form gives in the schedule (C) to such act as
the teem for the hones of work of all young persons and re.
males above the age of eighteen years employ ed in the fac-
tory, to be hubs or fixed up in any factory, and so much of
the nue act as insets that in any complaint of the employ.
sent sissy person in a factory otherwise than is snowed
by that sat, the time of beginning work in the morning,
which shall be stated is say notice fixed up in the factory,
signed by the (4:copier or his agent, shall be taken to be the
time when all pastels in the factory, except children begic-
ning to work in the afternoon, began work on any day sub-
sequent to the date of such notice, so long as the same con
tuned fixed up in the factory, shall be repealed.
And whereas by the said secondly recited act it was
enacted, that the times allowed for meal times' as provide.
by the said firstly recited set, should be taken between the
hours of halt-put seven in the morning and half past Doren
in the evening, be it enacted, that the times anowtd for
such meal times as aforesaid shall be taken Wiesen the
hours of half-past seven in the morning and six in the even-
ing, and subject to such alteration as aforesaid, all the pro
vitions of the said firstly and secondly recited sets coact rn-
log meal times and notice of meal timer, 11111 remain appli-
cable to all young persons and to all females above the age of
eighteen years employed in soy factory.
And whereas by the said secondly recited act It was
enacted, that in any (Wary in which any part of the
machinery was moved by the pow.r of water, the time
which should have been lost by stoppages from want
cf water, or from too much water, might he re
covered within six months next after the stoppage,
between the hours specified in the said firstly recited act, as
those within which lime lost by drought or excess of water
might be recovered ; and that, in ord.r to recover time so
lost, any child rr young person might be emp'oyed one hum
in each day re, re than the time to which the ordinary
labour of children and young persons respectively was re
stricted by law, except on Saturday. Be it enacted, that no
young ,person, ..nd no (tussle above the age of eighteen
years, shall, in order to recover time so lost as a'oresaid,

employed rfter seven of the clock in the evening of
any ; and the times before six of the clock in the
moraine and after six of the clock is the evening, during
which any such young pence or female is so employed in
any day, shall not together exceed one hour; and, save as
aforesaid, young persons and females above the age of
eighteen years, may be employed to recover lost time, ac-
cording to the provisions of the said secondly recited act.

COURT OF LIEUTENANCT.—A very numerous meet-
ing of the msmbers of the commission of lieutenancy wale
place on Saturday last, at three o'clock, for the purpose of
voting an address of congratulation to the Queen upon the
birth of the in'ant prince. Anorget thoee present were Sir
Her ry Yrhy, Sir Moses Moat.lierc, Sir tinurge Carroll;
Aldo men Thompson, Wilson, Humphery, Hroper, Mus-
grove, Haiti., Carden, Sidney, Challis ; Sheriff L mrence ;
Mr. H enkey, the governor of the Bonk of England ; D pu-
ties Britten, Obbard, Bedford, Lott; Mr. Cornelius Wilson,
Mr. James Bentley, Mr. W. Hughes, Mr. IValford, &c.
Alderman Wilsm won un snimeiusly called tis the chair, an bo-
neur which, he assured the commissioners, he fel, the highest
gratitica' ion at receiving upon such an autpicioue occasion,
lle congretulo'ed the ountry upon the excellent e ate cif
health eijoyed by the enversign, who was becoming every
year mote and 1712111 dear, if persible, to her people. Alder-
man Musgrove moved the addre a after a few wordy expres-
sive of the feeling diffused amongst the people of this gr. at
empire at tho event. Sir Henry Prlly ascended the notice,,
which was refried amidst a.clamatious. The court then ad•
journed. _

_
YROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN THE HOP DUTIES.—
Ia a speech to the Weald of Kent Farmers' Club, held on
the 24th ult., at Cranbrotk, T. L. Hodges, Esq., M.P., said
that he deeply regretted that is the late financial (rpm:
ot the Chancellor of the Exchequer, no allusion was made
to the t nyers of the hop growers, which were pseud over in
silence. Fur his owes port, notwithstanding the sneers and
reproaches he had sustained on account of his want of sue-
s. es h•therto, he woul I sill persevere hc his endeavours to
obtain an alteration of this oppressive tax. On Tuesday next
he should meet the members from all the hop growing cone-
Ras in the kingdom for the purpose of deciding whit steps
were most advisable to be taken to obtain that relief (Cr
which they sought, and which must sooner or later be
granted. The most advisable mune to be taken kr gaining
relief appeared to him to bete erg, the subsitutlan of ea
acreage duty of 3/. per acre, instead of the present charge
made on the growth, which, although they would hardly
believe it, averaged 71. 10s. and some odd pence, per acre
per annum, and remove it altogether from the de-
partment of the excise, and place it on the footing of an
assessed tax He trusted that this would be retie.
factory to all whom he had the honour of addreaciog.
The hon. gentleman then read the draft of a bill, which he
said, if it wore agreed to, he should present to the House of
Commons, and in which were comprised the details of the
plan above alluded to. lie then proceeded at great length to
show the operation of such a bill, stating that if carried it
would place the collection of the duty on the same footing as
that of theta: on windows, which was paid for ohly acco.d.
hog to the number at the time the tax was made. The hon.
gentleman also sowed that it would be necessary for ell
arresn of hop duty to be paid up, and for the government to
forego the cAlection of the du •y on the present
growth of hops, es the payment of the acreage duty,
lin the bill he had just read, would be required in the
swath of March next, and the payment of the duty on the
mop not being due till Nay, two duties would otherwise be
payable for the same year. They had, he sail, a preceder.t
he the remission of the year'e duty, haviug in the year 1801
or 1802, passed over the duty on foreign hops fur one year,
aced therefore w. re justifi:d in such a proceeding. He then
drew the attention of the meeting to the 6th report of the
Excise Commiasieners, showing the opinion held ty them is
f of an acreage duty, but which the veeransant had
ant thought fit to attend to, it not v eming accep•able to the
planters. From the statistics therein contained, he showed
that the duty which he now proposed to fix at 31. per acre
had hitherto been in West Kent from 71. 10s. to 7s. 13e. 9d.,
and in Sweet 61. 10s. He thought this would, to a
very considerable extent overcome the difficulties and distress
which the forma in that district was now suffering, and
hoped that his measure would be acceptable both to the
government and the planter, who would, he trusted, in the
end gain the total repeal of the duty. At pretest, however,
be remarked, it would not be advisable to urge the total
repeal of the duty, a measure which the government would
undoubtedly oppose, as it must, Hurried lead to financial
arrangements at present not contemplate J, and would force
the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in a fresh budget,
and thus let in the claims of all eases of persons wishing foe
repeal of various duties. They were, therefore, providing all
arrears up to the present year were paid up, more likely to
obtain a change in the mode of collection which was con-
templated in the proposed bill. On the 30. h ult. a meeting
of hop-growers in Worcestershire and the adjoining county
of Hereford. was held at the Crown Hotel, Worcester, for
the purpose of discussing the merits of the bill proposed to
be introduced into parliament by Mr. Hodges, M.P.
F. E. Williams, Esq., occupied the chair. It appeared
from the discussion that the measures proposed by
Mr. Hodges may suit his constituents, or the growers
of Kent sad Sussex, but would affect most injuriously
the growers in the plantations of Herefordshire and
Woreestenhire. The average duty per acre paid by
the firsnaamed nude, is 71., and by the lager
21. 12s. ; therefore, Mr. Hodges' measure would save
the Kent and Sussex hop farms 41. per acre, whilst those
in this district would have to pay Bs. more than at
present. It was resolved unanimously that this meeting
views with alarm the proposition of Mr. Hodges for an
acreage duty, as being moat unequal, inasmuch as while
some lands produce thirty cwt. per acre, others would
not grow 3 cwt. Therefore, the effect would be
to throw out of cultivation all but the very lest lands, and
so occaaion much miehief both to the planter and labourer.
It was also resolved that the resolutions should ba forwarded
to the lion. General Lygos, M.P., with a request that he
should forthwith inform Mr. Hodges of the opposition he is
likely to meet with from the Worcester and Hereford inte-
rests if he persists in his bill.
PROCEEDING UNDER THE CHURCH DISCIPLINE
ACT, IN THE DIOCSaIi OP Ex arnis.—A commission, uader
the Church Discipline Act (3rd and 4th Victoria) has been
issu-d by the Bishop of Exeter, on the complaint of the
1t.,. Dr. fiords, perpetual curate of the parish of Tornio•
ham, wins% the Rev. W. 0. Parke Smith, the incumbent
minister of St. John's Chapel of Ease, Torquay. The charge
is that of refusing to hand over the communion alms given
at that chapel, to be disposed of by the minister and church
wardens of the perish ; and also refusing to admit the right
of Dr. Harris to preach and officiate in the chapel, in virtue
of his otti e as Incumbent of the parish, when he may be so
disposed. The conomfasionen met on Monday last, in the
Chapter-house. The cam havirs_been opened on behalf of
Dr. Harris, on the part of Mr. Smith the charges of
Dr. Hann were admitted, and a document was in-
troduced, Wined by Mr Smith, which was read, a Imit-
ling, among other hats, that Mr. Smith had refused
for some time past, and perticularly since the 4th of
November last, to account for and hand over to the minister
and churchwardens of Tonnoham, the money given at the
offertory at St. John's chapel iii order that the same might
be disposed of (as the Rubric din eta) to such pious and
charitable uses as the said minister and churchwardens
should think Ht, and that he had alto refused to permit Dr.
Harris to preach and officiate at St. John's Chapel, as Dr.
Harris asserted he had a right to do in virtue of his omen
as incumbent with cure of souls of Toetnohans. And in par-
tinier on notice being given him of Dr. Harris's iutenven
to preach and read part of the melee In the said chapel, on
Sunday, the 27th January last, he did declare in writing that
he was determined to prevent the Intrusion of Dr. Hurls.
The Commisaioners therefore agreed to report to the Bishop
that there was sußi..ient prime facie ground for further pro-
ceedings in the case. We understand, however, that they
will be speedily terminated, Mr. Parke Smith having sub-
mined to such sentence as the bishop, in the exerciee of a
power vested imehim by the act, shell think fit.— Western
rum..

THE
MAIiU iCTURIN- G 'DISTRICTS.
MANCHRtifillit Mar 4.
There was a meeting of Luoashire magistrates on
Thursday at Pietas, for the purpose of electing a new county
treasurer, but al which the !Int quotient which came under
discussioa wee tie bill now before • committee of the Home
of Commons taleoustitutieg In counties bodies of men cow-
=megisestes and others elective, to be called county
boards; nth bodies to exeunt, a control over the
expenditure of coonties indypeedent of the general mail-
street. At • previous meeting of the magistrates of this
county it had be. determined that the members of the
finance committee should constitute • deputation
to proceed to Loadea for the potpie of watch-
ing the bill through parliament. That committee
had exercised tie powers thus conferred upon them, and
Mr. Edmund Ashworth, of Bolton, who is a member of
the committee, new rue to complain that remarks of an se-
palateeble character had beet mace by some of the magis-
trates upon the expenses charged by the deputation (41.
each) foe going is London. He did not know how far the
magistrates of thi county were aware of the extensive and
extraordinary charges that bill proposed to t ffect. He did
not know if they were aware that the powers now exercised
by nearly 400 sumistrates in this county over their expen-
diture, over (henget:its, over their constabulary, over road,
and bridges, over lunatic myth= and other institutions,
was proposed to is swept sway by this bill, and that the
power wee to be transferred to 28 members of boards of
guardians. It required at present 12 or 14 standing cow.
mitten of magistrates to superintend and carry on the busi-
ness of the magistrates. He did not know how
far when these committees had to be chosen out of • body
limited to 28 persons, they would be capable of exercising
the powers transferred to them with more wisdom or discus.
tion ; he did not know how far farmers and others, of whom
boards of guardians to a large latent were competed, might
be possessed of more wisdom than gentlemen in the position
of the magistracy, or how far they might ha able better to
afford the time which such duties might require. He did
know, however, that parliament had affirmed the principle
of the measure, sod that the bill was now very quietly pass-
ing through the committee, end was almost wholly troop.
posed. Ile did not object to the principle of the bill, bat
he did think the magistretas of this county were not doing
their duty, and paying the attention they ought to
the matter, in allowing the bill to progress tarough
the committee without a strict watch upon it, and
without au attempt to get rid of some of the obiecionable
&noses in it. lu times of disaffection and disturbance the
present *onrush= et' the magistracy with the constabulary
enabled them to exercise their authority very usefully in
sustaining the police in the exerciso of very trying duties,
and so far he doubted very much the propriety of a clause
which should have the effect of severing the connexion. Mr.
What& France (another nunther of the finance committee)
expressed regret that the till had not been taken up as a
government measure, by which means he thought its clauses
would hive been ensured a more thorough sifting.—Mr.
Marshall (who occupied the chair) said the conversation was
irregular, but still the auction was a most imp irtant one,
and he wished to know-what C3ll/SO it was intended to re
commend that the magistrates should p I—Mr. A. Kay,
of Manchester, thought, after the statement of Mr. Ash.
worth, the magistrates ought most cheerfully to allow any
expenses the deputation might be put to, empowering them
even to employ counsel, or take any other course wl.ich
might be necessary. lie did not care se much that the
magistrates should be deprived of certain powers, but he
thought they ought to take such steps a. would ensure a
thorough caneassthg of the measure under corsideration,
with a view to rendering it as efficient as possible for the
purposes intended. Mr. Gant (deputy clerk of the peace)
reminded the court that the powers of the di putation had
not yet expired—they were authorised to " watch the bill
now before parliament." Mr. J mathan Peel, Si one of the
ci,putation, thought their power 'Keine' when the yrinciple
of the bill was sanctioned by parliament, and it went
into commit. ce ; bat the magistrates g Ily did not concur
in this view. Mr. Townley Parker complained that Mr.
Ashworth had given a most imperfect representation as to
the principle of the bill. The bill did not propose to give
the powers now exercised by magistrates to members of '
bo ad, of guardians—it sought to give power only to boards
of guardians to elect &county financial board of 211 persons,
one portion of whom would be magistrates. and the other
might be chosen from any class of men or station in society
nut behig magistrates. lie thought a bill Wore parliament
called the Comity Assessments Bill, required much more
watching then the C iunty Financial Boards Bill, and was in
fact a bill that would mil et great hard hips up ot some
classes of ratepayers. Mr. Alex.. Kay proposed a resolution
extending the powers of the finer.ce committee in reference
to the bias before parliament, bat the Chairman
said that such • resolution could not be entertained.
The conversation then dropped, but with the un-
derstanding that the committee would be expected to coc-
tinue the I:ere's of the powers vested in them by a fcrmer
meetirg of the magistrates, and exercise a proper vigilance
with reference to objectionable clauses in the bill now before
the parliamentary committee, for constituting county finan-
cial board.. The meetirg then proceeded to the election of a
county treasurer. The fruit was that Mr. Moore Wilson
(who was formerly secretary to the Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction Railway) was declared elected.