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In consequence of their first report, which was
presented to the QUEEN in 1863, the Acts previously
referred to were passed relative to six new trades.
Four other reports have been laid on' the table of
the House since then, and, as Mr: WALPOLE re-
marked emphatically, "these reports' contain a mass
of matter as valuable and as important as any
matter which was ever included in the report of any
Commissioners whatever." Hon. members will do
well to peruse those reports before the debate comes
on on the bill last night introduced, as there are those
may feel inclined to dispute the arguments laid
down, and to cavil at the suggestions proposed. As
many as one hundred and fifty separate trades are
included in these reports, and they concern more
or less the " growth, the health, the physical, the
moral, and the intellectual condition of not fewer
than 1,400,000 women and children." Of course,
this takes in many trades, such as lace, hosiery,
and straw-plait manufactures; wearing apparel
manufactures, the metal trades of Staffordshire,
Warwickshire, and Worcestershire; paper, glass,
tobacco, printing, bookbinding, and stationery ;
and miscellaneous trades, including brick-
fields. Mr. WALPOLE divided the subject before
them into two parts, which he incorporated into
two bills ; and in order better to distinguish the
separate branches, one was named the trades of
larger establishments, and the other the trades of
small ones. In order the more effectively to arrive
at the proposed end, it is intended that the larger
establishments shall be made subject to the Factory
Act ; and the smaller ones, which could not be ap-
propriately treated, likewise will be placed under a
sort of local supervision. It appears that the various
provisions of the bill will include an immense num-
ber of persons; and smaller establishments, many of
which are carried on in private houses, will be
taken in in the dividing line of the measure.
As a rule young persons will not be permitted
to work at night ; but in certain special cases ar-
rangements will be made that they shall not be
employed during the preceding or succeeding day
of the nights on which they work, nor may they
ba employed for more than a certain number of
'nights in succession. A very excellent provision is
that made whereby it will be compulsory to have

fans fixed to all grinding machines, for so injurious
is the dust that comes from the steel and stones that

the grinders only live o❑ an average forty years.
Rules and regulations are also made concerning the
fixing of the stones, so as to prevent the constant
recurrence of accidents. The second Bill,which, in
some cases, takes in private dwelling houses, is
also a very excellent measure, and we hope that the
Home Secretary will have the satisfaction of passing
these wise and useful measures, which, as he said

in conclusion, are calculated to do honour to our
period by " throwing the protection of wise and
considerate legislation over the women and children

of this country."

CORRESPONDENCE FPLU.,i PA IS.

PARIS, Friday Evening.
The Moniteur states, on the authority of the
Vienna Gazette, that an Imperial decree has been
issued dated February 26, declaring that the Diet of
Bohemia is dissolved in consequence of its having,
by its vote, caused the failure of the constitutional
regulation of the connection of Bohemia with the
Monarchy. New elections will immediately be
proceeded with. A private telegram from Pesth
states that, in consequence of the proclamation of
the Imperial Rescript, the troops were kept in their
quarters.
I yesterday mentioned that a council of directors,
under the presidency of the Emperor, had assembled
at the Tuileries, to discuss the proposed new law
relative to the Press. The council lasted four houre,
but I am informed that the labour was not concluded.
The Siecle has the following information upon the
subject :
" The Goverment was between two contrary
currents. Some of the councillors obstinately re-
sisted the promised reforms, or tried to render them
illusory. Others were for progressing more or less
in the path of liberty. According to our latest in-
formation, the ultra Conservatives were beaten. An
exaggerated increase in the security money required
on starting a newspaper, and fines, no longer, as in
the primitive project, place the Press in the hands of
great capitalists. The cases of suspension or sup-
pression are reduced And rigorously determined.
There is no longer any derogation of the individu-
ality of Deputies, only the project declares that
their mission is incompatible with that of a
director of a newspaper. The necessity of
obtaining permiaiion from the Goverment pre-
vious to the publication of a newspaper is no longer
insisted upon, or the administrative jurisdiction.
There may be an appeal to several courts of juris-
diction against a sentence of suspension.
"These are better conditions than were at first

proposed, and which were in flagrant opposition to
the letter of the 19th of January. But we regret
not to find among the number of reforms which are
announced the suppression, or, at least, the reduc-
tion of the stamp duty. Is it not an enormous,
exorbitant tax ? When it is compared with other
taxes, is it not evident that none of them are more
onerous than this tax upon intelligence. The tax is
almost equal to the amount of the subscription.
"The first project suppressed personal punish-
ment. Why should it be restored in the second ?
The Prefect of Police has just published the new
regulations which make known to persons interested
in them how they are lodged and fed at Sainte
Pelagie. All will be for the best in the best pos-
sible of prisons, but the best is worth nothing. The
penalty of imprisonment for offences of the press
is no longer compatible with onr habits and manners.
It ought to have disappeared with the Bastille,
which, so to speak, was the subject of it. The pro-
ject of law upon the press will probably be amended
by the Legislative Body. The Tiers party, although
a little disorganised, will not give its consent to
measure which would be, not a reform, but an
aggravation. The Deputies who formerly supported
an extension of the liberties of the press cannot
join with the retrogradwparty,"
The Siecle then again applies itself to the question
of the stamp duty upon newspapers, and says it
never asked that it should ,be applied to purely
literary papers, but in its opinion a better position
ought to be given to those which discuss the great
social and political questions.
I have paid several visits to the Exhibition, but
the many arms of Briarceus and the hundred eyes
of Argus would require some time to inspect and
note down the various objects which now present
themselves to the spectator on the Champ de Mars.,)
For to-day, therefore, I must content myself with
a bird's-eye view and a brief and passing chronicle
of the sight. The Times, a few days ago, aptly and
correctly said that the chief building looks like an
immense gasometer. That is the name given to it
' by almost everybody who sees it. It is not, how-
ever, the main building, but the many adjuncts and
L motley and surprising accessories and dependencies

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of a parallelogram, terminated at the two extremi-
ties by two circles, having for diameter the breadth
of the parallelogram. Such a building in itself may
well excite wonder, but the spectator is not merely
struck with this piece de resistance, but he must be
fairly bewildered by the annexes, the odd-looking
constructions, the gardens, the arbours, the foun-
tains, the plants, the shrubs, and the tasteful mar-
vels of all sorts out of doors, to say nothing of the
beautiful or surprising articles which will dazzle
and perplex him within. The nations of the four
parts of the world will be represented in the Palace
—I forgot—the gasometer. Here is a complete list
of the nations which will compete for the world's
admiration : England, France, Belgium, the Nether-
lands, Prussia, Southern Germany, Austria, Swit-
zerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Denmark,
Sweden and Norway, Russia, Italy, Rome, and the
Danubian Principalities, Turkey, Egypt, China,
Japan, the kingdom of Siam, Persia, Morocco,
Tunis, the United States, Brazil, the American
Republics, and the kingdom of Hawaii. As to the
space allotted to each country for its products,
England will have a good lion's share. The English
articles will occupy a space of 21,653 square metres.
France has appropriated to herself 61,000 square
metres. The United States of America will have
2,900 metres. Within a week some 7,000 or 8,000
persons have paid their francs at the gates for ad-
mission to the locality. if not a Babel, it is a
picture of animation, excitement, and wonder, but
languages and dialects of various nations are heard
all directions. The Exhibition, when completed,
will be a city within a city. It will comprise
everything for comfort, necessity, and business.
There will be its church, its hotels, its clubs, its
restaurants, cafes, post-office, electric telegraph,
theatre, and, in short, everything that can be
wanted without going off the precincts of the Exhi-
tion. On a fine day the park and the approaches
to the building present a very picturesque and ani-
mated appearance. There are promenaders in the
costumes of almost all the countries in the world,
and all the living languages vibrate upon the ear.
The workmen begin their labours at sunrise, and
proceed with them till dark.
. The exhibition of the paintings by the deceased
Ingres will open on the Ist of April. His latest
works were, in 1855, "Joan of Arc holding the
Oriflamme at the Coronation of Charles the Seventh
in the Cathedral at Rheims." In 1858, "Moliere
invited to the Table of Louis XIV.," which was pur-
chased by the Emperor in 1861. There is a copy
of this picture in the saloon of the Theatre Francais.
" The Source," which was at the Exhibition on the
Boulevard des Italiens in 1861. In 1859, portrait
of the artist himself at the age of 79, painted for the
Gallery of Painters at Florence. In 1864, "An
Interior of an Harem and Turkish Bath." This

painting was ordered by Prince Napoleon Jerome,
and is now in the possession of Khalil-Bey. In
1865, the " Portrait of Julius Caesar," placed at
the head of the first volume of the " Life of Caesar,"
by the Emperor Napoleon.
The last musical novelty is "Le File du Briga-
dier," an opera in three acts, produced at the Opera
Comique, music by .M. Victor Masse, words by
Messrs. Eugene Labiche and Delacour. The plot is
rather dramatic, and some of the morceaux were
encored. Upon the whole, however, thera is no-
thing very striking in the music, which may be
rather described as common-place. It was, how-
ever, received with great favour.
It was a severe frost this morning, and there was
thick ice in the vicinity of Paris. The water left
by the late heavy rains was all frozen. During the
day it was bitterly cold, and there was snow from
time to time, but not in much abundance. As I
close my letter the; temperature is now at freezing
point. Thus we come upon the Ides of March in
full winter.

Dreadful Loss of Life at Accrington.

ACCRINGTON, Friday Evening.

A very dreadful affair occurred here to-day.
About 11 o'clock this forenoon the schoolhouse of
Miss Burscough in King-street was set on fire, and
nine children lost their lives. Beneath the school
there is a rush knitting establishment belonging to
Mr. Duckworth, and on one side of the stairs lead-
ing to the children's room there is a small apartment
used for drying rushes. At the same time named a
dense smoke ascended the stairs, and very soon the
schoolroom, which contained about 100 children,
was filled with it. The schoolmistress by some
means got out and gave an alarm. Policeman Bar-
ton, who lives near the school, was informed that
the place was on fire. He made his way into the
school, which was dark with smoke, and found a
number of the children in the centre of the floor.
Ladders were afterwards procured, and all the chil-
dren were lifted out of the school. Several of them
were dead, having been suffocated. It was rumoured
that 11 were dead, but information obtained This
evening fixes the number at nine, whose ages range
from four to six.
The fire is supposed to have originated through
the spontaneous combustion of rushes in the small
apartment mentioned.
Much excitement prevails, and the general wonder
is that any of the children escaped alive.

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