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London, England, 1847-01-30 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :

1. That in the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (N 0.3)
petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
2. That in the ease of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
Railwa,y, and Glasgow Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rail-
way (No. 1) petition, the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
heir Bill.

3. That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr Railway (No. 5) petition, the standing orders ought
to be dispensed w.th :—That the parties be permitted to pro-
ceed with their Bill, on amending the sections deposited in
the Private Bill-office, and with the sheriff clerks of the
counties of Lanark and Renfrew, at Glasgow, Hamilton,
Lanark, Airdrie, Paisley, and Greenock, by the insertion of
figures, showing the height of the arch of the bridge over
the public carriage road called Great Clyde-street, in the
parish of Glasgow.
That the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first
place, how far such order has been complied with ; and do
report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.
4. That in the case of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth Railway Act Amendment (No. 2) petition, the stand-
ing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be
permitted to proceed with their Bill.
5. That in the case of the Regent's Canal Company (Pad-
dington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) petition, the
standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par-
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
6. That in the case of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester Railway (Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at
Methley with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the
York and North Midland Railways) petition, the standing
orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per-
mitted to proceed with their Bill.
_

Second,-third, fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions agreed
to.—Report to 1' on the table.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a
second time on Tuesday, Feb. 2 :
General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway (Connect-
ing Branches).
Lynn and E!y, Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dereham
Amalgamation.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London
and North-Western Railway Company).
Liskeard and Caradon Act Amendment.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1—
Smethwick Deviation).
Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension).

HOURS OF LABOUR.
A BILL TO :LIMIT THE HOURS OF LABOUR. OF
YOUNG PERSONS AND FEMALES IN FACTORIES.
Whereas an Act was passed in the fourth year of the
reign of his late Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate the
Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and
Factories of tlie United Kingdom ;" and another Act was
passed in the session of Parliament held in the seventh and
eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled,
"An Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Fac-
tories ;" and by the said first-mentioned Act it was pro-
vided that no person under the age of eighteen years should
be employed in any such mill or factory as in the said Act
is metioned, in any description of work as thereinbefore
specified, more than twelve hours in any one day, nor more
than sixty-nine hours in any one week, except as there-
inafter is provided; and by the said last-mentioned Act it
was provided, that no female above the age of eighteen
years should be employed in any factory as defined by the
said Act, save for the same time and in the same manner as
young persons: (by the said Act defined to be persons of the
age of thirteen years, and under the age of eighteen years)
might be employed in factories:
And whereas it is expedient to alter the said Acts for the
purpose of further restricting the hours of labour of young
persons and females in factories:
Be it enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as-
sembled, and by the authority of the same, That, notwith-
standing anything in the said Acts contained, from the first
day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, no
person unuer the age of eighteen 'years shall be employed in
any such mill or factory in such description of work as in
the said first-mentioned Act is specified, for more than
' eleven hours in any one day, nor for more than sixty-three
hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is pro-
vided; and that, from the said first day of May one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seven, the said two Acts before
mentioned shall in all respects be construed as if the provi-
sion in the said first-mentioned Act contained, as to persons
under the age of eighteen years working in mills and
factories, had been confined to eleven hours instead of twelve
hours in any one day, and to sixty-three hours in any one
week, instead of sixty-nine hours.
And be it enacted, That from the first day of May one
thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, no person under
the age of eighteen years shall be employed in any such
mill or factory, in such description of work as in the said
first. mentioned Act is specified, for more than ten hours in
any one dayt nor more than fifty •eight hours in any one
week, except; as in the said Act is provided ; and that from
the first day 'of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-
eight, the said two Acts shall, in all respects, be construed
a s
theth e saidage
ef
eighteen first-mentioned
years
aAr Actworking contained,
in i
mills and factories, bad been confined to ten hours instead of
twelve hours' in any one day, and fifty-ei ht hours in any
ours
one week instead of sixty-nine h g
And be it enacted, That the restrictions e
restrictions respectively by
this Act imposed, as regards the working of persons under
the age of eighteen years, shall extend to females above the
age of eighteen years.
And be it enacted, That the said two hereinbefore-rnen-
tioned Acts, as amended by
this Act, and this Act, shall be
construed together as one Act.
And be it enacted, That this Act
re-
pealed
by an
in t
y Act to be :passed mayi be amended or s present session of
Parliament.

THE DUKE OF SOTOMATOR AIIiREE•TRADER
It is said that the Duke of Sotomavor is a staunch advocate '
of free-trade principles. During the late discussions onthe
sugar duties, the Duke laboured hard, for the cause in Spain,
in memorialising for the right of admission of Cuba and Porto
Rico sugar on the same terms as that of other countries, in
which his views were strongly supported by Lord Palmer-
ston. On the late occasion of the Cobden festival in Spain,
he also explained himself adverse to restrictions in commerce.
Under these circumstances there is more hope of a favourable
treaty of commerce between this country and Spain than at
any other period, if the Duke of Sotomayor can only main-
tain his position long enough to inoculate the Cortes with
the same spirit of liberalism towards Great Britain.
Ro.mn.—A meeting composed of English and Irish
was held on the 13th at Rome, for forming a committee for
the relief of Ireland. Subscriptions are received by Mr.
Pakenham, and all the other English bankers. The Pope
has sent t 9 the committee 1,000 Roman crowns from his privy
purse.