The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

HOURS OF LABOUR•

A BILL TO LIMIT TIIE 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 Alajes:y, intituled, "An Act to regulate the
Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and
Factories of the 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-
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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 under the age of eighteen years shall be employed in
any such mill or factory iu 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 prtvi-
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
hou►s 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 day, 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
as if the provision in the said first-mentioned Act contained,
as to persons under the age of eighteen years working in
mills and factories, bad been confined to ten hours instead of
twelve hours in any one day, and fifty-eight hours in any
one week instead of sixty-nine hours.
And be it enacted, That the 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-men-
tioned Acts, as amended by this Act, and this Art, shall be
c,,nstrued together as one Act.
And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or re-
pealed by any Act to be ;passed in this present session of
Parliament.

ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.—LIVERPOOL, FRI-
,
DAY.—Another melancholy disaster at sea is to-da`• reported
the captain, mate, and two seamen of the ship Eliza War-
wick, arrived from New York, havirg been lost at sea—
swept overboard. The crew of this ship, we find it stated in
our American files, mutinied shortly after leaving New
York ; and, according to the statement of the crew of the
steamer which towed the vessel to sea from New York,
several pistol-shots were heard shortly after she left the
Warwick. Our statement with regard to the arrest of the
crow of Chs Columbia wan incorrect.

SNOW STORM.
DETENTION OF THE IRISH MAIL.--FUNERAL 011.
STRUCTED BY THE DRIFT, SCe.—One of the most eaten.'
sive obstructions of the public road by snow drift, that
has happered for many years, occurred last Week on the
road from Ballantrae, by Glenap, to Stranraer. The
whole of the road from Auchairne entry to the had
Of
Glenap was rendered impassable, the snow in.
The
The
places being lodged from eight to ten feet dee
have
Portpatrick mail, on Thursday, which should
reached f;irvan at seven in the evening, did not arriv!
The mail
till next day, and the Friday's mail the saute.
going south was even longer detained, as in both natal
a
the road had to be cut through. A hearse and funeral
party were also blocked up by the snow, not far from
Aucheucrosh. The party, finding further progreia
impossible lefs the hearse in the snow till the roil
should be cleared. The hearse, therefore, ren:ains
blocked up in the snow, from nine in the morning °
Thursday, till three in the afternoon of Friday.i
111• Call, our excellent road surveyor. on receiving Dot/
of the obstiuction, was promptly on the ground, and,s,-
e
thirty men to work to clear the way, which was r 7„
passable for above three miles, and this the) effecter' %-
the course of Friday. One of the drivers of the Iris
mail, when informed at the Cairn of the obstruction/
vowed ho would drive through the snow though it wore
thirty feet deep, and valorously plunged on for a 5110
distance; but his career was speedily stopped by
horse running into the ditch, as, in the drift and vibiteci
ness all around, it was impossible to keep the road,
both he and the horse were completely smothered tiP'
lie with difficulty extricated himself, and, being f°1121;,;
'lately near Kdantringan-toll, managed to repair thit"iii
and obtain assistance in extricating the horse h° 0
horse and driver were obliged to stay at the toll.housa
all night. Next morning the mail from Girvan reach%
the Auchairne end of the obstruction, and the bli„b,-y-
-were transferred from the;one gigito the other. The 513,4,
did not lie very deep on th• moor, as there was 70
great fall; but the wind being high caused the snow Le
drift dangerously, both on the public road and for
k.
" outliers" that seek sheltered places. At Lord Oro
ney's Lodge the snow was at its
greatest depth, ab°,,,
tea feet. The whole scene, with the melancholy dari;r,
plumed hearse stuck up in The white and glistering stiOre
was singular and impressive. The funeral party web.
hospitably acc.immodated fur the night at AuchencroB
—Ayr Observer.

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