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

STANDING ORDERS COSIMIVTEE.

The following Resolutions were reporteil from the above.
Committee :

1. That in the case of the Glasgow, Dumf., ries, 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 case of the Glasgow, Dian fries, and Carlisle
Railway, and Glasgow Paisley, Kilmarnock , and Ayr Rail-
way (No. 1) petition, the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitm d to proceed with
their Bill.
3. That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr Railway (No. 5) petition, the st Lnding orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties 1 xi permitted to pro-
ceed with their Bill, on amending the si tct ions deposited in
the Private Bill-office, and with the F heriff clerks of the
counties of Lanark and Renfrew, at ( aasgow, Hamilton,
Lanark, Airdrie, Paisley, and Greenock, by the insertion of
figures, showing the height of the arch o f the bridge over
the public carriage road called Great Ckyde-street, in the
parish of Glasgow.
That the Committee on the Bill do exa mine, 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, Bo; nerset, and Wey-
mouth Railway Act Amendment (No. 2) petition, the stand-
ing orders ought to be dispensed with :--a'hat 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 Br; inch) petition, the
standing orders ought to be dispensed witl n :—That the par-
tie6s. bTe
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Dl3eitil ;sbury, and Man-
chester Railway (Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at
Methley with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the
orders York aonudght Northto
b dispensed
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theion
parties, t he
b be standing
per-
mitted to proceed with their Bill.
Second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth. resolutions agreed
to.—Report to lie 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 Ely, 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 Stow Valley (No.
Smethwick Deviation).
Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension).-

HOURS OF LABOUR•

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A BILL TO LIMIT THE HOURS OP 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
Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Milk:, 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 eighteer, years should
be employed in any such mill or factory- as '.n 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 I.ast-mentioned Act it
was provided, that no female above, the age of eighteen
years should be employed in any far:tory as defined by the
said Act, save for the same time an(l 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 M'sjesty, 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 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, fo r more than
eleven hours in any one day, nor for more tht at sixty-three
hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is pro-
vided ; and that, from the said first day of Ala I one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seven, the said t, ,vo Acts before
mentioned shall in all respects be construed as if the provi-
sion in the said first-mentioned Act contain ed, as to persons
under the age of eighteen years workis ,g 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 Jay one
thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. no perr,on under
the age of eighteen years shall be employed iv, any such
mill or factory, in such description of work a'3 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 r; and that from
the first day of May one thousand eight hwadred and forty-
eight, the said two Acts shall, in all respects, be construed
years working in
years
hours instead of
as if the provision in the said first-mentior,ed Act contained,
eight hours in any
at
twelve mills
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ni geohd,
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And be it enacted, That the restrictions respectively by
F e working Act imposed, as regards of persons under
this
years, shall extend to females above the
the age of eighteen
s.
one week instead of sixty-nine houts.
enacted,ea
age of eighteen y
That the said two hereinbefore-men-
ded by this Act, and this Act, shall be
timed Acts, as amen
Act.
construed together as one
That this Act may be amended or re-
pealed And be it enacted,
be 'passed in this present session of
by any Act to .
And be it
Parliament.

LIE DUKE OF SOTOMATOR A FREE•TRADER.—
It is said that the Duke of Sotomayor is a staunch advocate
of free-trade principles. During the late discussions on the
sugar duties, the Duke laboured bard 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 theris more hope of a favourable
treaty of commerce between this country and Spain than at
any other period, if the Duke of Sotornayor can only main-
tain his position long enough to inoculate the Cortes with
the same spirit of liberalism towards cireat Britain.
ROME.—A meeting composed. of English and Irish
‘,vas held on the It tit at Rome, fa forming a committee for
" "I irc!all I. Silbscr'4.tiotis ro.-eived Mr.
akenham, and all the otter English bankers. The Pope
has sent to the committe4T,ooo 'Oman crowns from his privy
purse.