The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-05 00:00:00

THE FACTORIES BILL.

The folluiiviug is the text of the Factories Bill, brought
in by Lord Ashley and D 6 r. Fielder), but now committed
exclusively to the care of Mr. Fielden

A BILL TO AMEND the LAWS RELATING TO LABOUR IN
FACTORIES. - .

" Whereas an Act Was passed in the fourth year of
the reign of his late Majesty, entitled An Act to
regulate the, labour of children and young persons in
the mills and factories cf the United Kingdom ;' and
another Act was passed in the session of Parliament
in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her
present Majesty, entitled An Act to amend the laws
relating to labour in factories ;' and by the said first-men-
tioned Act it was provided, that no person under the age
of 18 years should be employed in any such mill or
factory as in the,said Act is mentioned, in any such de-
scription of work as thereinbefore specified, more than
twelve hours in any one day, nor more than sixty-nine
hours in any ono week, except as thereinafter is pro-
vided ; and by the said last mentioned Act it was pro-
vided, 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 persona (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 Actb
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 Ma-
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, acid Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
that notwithstanding any thing in the said Acts con-
tained, as from the Ist day of August, 1846, 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
eleven hours in any one day, nor for more than sixty-
four hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is
provided-; and that as from the said Ist day of August,
1846, the said two Acts before-mentioned shall in all
respects be construed as if the provision in the said first-
mentioned Act contained, as to persons under the ageof
eighteen years working in mills and factories, had been
confined to eleven hours instead of twelve hours in any
one day, and to sixty-four hours in any one week, in-
stead of sixty-nine hours.
"And be it enacted, that as from the Ist day of
August, 1847, 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-nine hours in any one week,
except as in the said Act is provided; and that as from
the Ist day of August, 1847, 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, had been confined to ten hours instead
of twelve hours in any one day, and fifty-nine hours in
any one week instead of sixty-nine hours, and that the
restrictions respectively by this Act imposed as regards
the working of persons under the age of eighteen years,
in all respects as by the secondly hereinbefore-mentioned
Act is provided.
" And be it enacted, that the said two hereinhefore-
mentioned Acts, as amended by this Act, and this Act
shall be construed together as one Act.
" And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or
repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session
of Parliament.

UNMARRIED LADIES. TAKE
NOTICE.

Under this attractive heading the New York Herald!,
of Jan. 8, just received, contains the following tempting
offer to the fair sex:—
A short time ago we had some business in Morris
county, New Jersey, and while there, we came across
an old friend of ours, who has recently como into pos-
session of a flue farm on Long Hill, in said county
and State, and on the same range of hills, and about
twelve miles from Bishop Hobert's old country resi-
dence, nine miles from the flourishing village of
Morristown and three. from Baskinridge: and a mere
healthy, elevated, beautiful, and commanding prospect,
or inland view, is not in New Jersey. Being a wi-
dower, and so pleasantly situated, we naturally asked
him why it was, having a good farm, and everything
around him so comfortab!e, he had no wife ? Said
he, "My dear S.r, advertise and get me a good
companion ; I am now ready, (after being in a single
state nine years,) and all things now in order."
Now ladies, here is a chance. He is in good health,
of a sound constitution, a good-looking man,
forty-fire, a lawyer by profession—at present a gentle•
man farmer—his disposition amiable, his temper even
and pleasant, and is domestic. In his religion, an
Episcopalian, but no Pusoyite. A good democrat of the
old Jackson sclioA, has two sons, the first a young mer-
chant in Philadelphia ; the eecond, just of ago, a
fine young gentk man, arid accomplished, (and wo
speak knowingly too, for we all spent several weeks
together, summer before last, at Belmont I fall, Seheo-
ley's Mountain.) The widower, above all, is a fine fel-
low,
his text-book, old friends, and cheerful old winter fires,
fond of good old wine, old books, and his Bible,
and of a good wire. Now, ladies, here is the description
of the wife he wants. She must be even- temp( red, good-
looking,
word—i. e, not too modernly refined), sound in health
accomplished (in the general acceptation of the
and constitution, domestic, a good housekeeper, of the
middle size, and weighing from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty pounds, her features regular, her teeth
sound and natural, her tongue always eschewing evil,
but speaking well—her feet small and in the right place
—of good family—always neat and trim at home and
abroad—from twenty to forty and upwards, and willing
at all times to be counselled with and talked to—and in
return, to give advice when necessary, and to be the
mistress of the house and household always. Her re-
ligion of the Gospel standard—and her politics (if any)
democratic—and, last of all, property or money, as
much as she, pleases to bring with her.
If any more information is wanted, call on, or write
to us—otherwise, address Major D. C. Moran, at his
head-quarters, the Merchants' Hotel, No. 41, Cour-
dant-street (between Broadway and Greenwich-street),
New York.

December 1, 1845
P.S. Wo forgot to. mention that he goes for the
" whole of Oregon, or none."

SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.--An Inquest was held on
Tuesday by Mr. Baker, at the White Swan, Commercial-road
East, on the body of an' infant, which was found in the privy
of that house on the preceding morning. The mother of the
child is Elizabeth Guard, who had been a servant at the
White Swan, and whose illness and appearance induced sus-
picion that she had given birth to a child. She denied it,
ncTever,. until the child was discovered. The inquest was
OVUM.