New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-15


caid extend OYER "a. whole OF Scotland where, ~
he states. tie laws which regulate the employment
of women, Young persons, and Children, 10 iacto-
Iies continue H. be strictly Observed Tie same Is
not true in respect Of the educational ensctments,
since II seems with Scotch manufacturers pet de
vice 10 obtain for their juvenile workers school GER
tifcates from shops pu. up for that purpose, but
where the children DO not attend at all, or II they
attend. are unfit 10 gather any instruction. it may
suffice to quote two cases. In 100, Sir John Kin
calo. sccomp panied By Mr.. Campbell, the Sub-ln-
spector attended two schools, from which children
EMPLOYED in some Of the Glasgow Print Works are
used ~ receive their certificates. qncte from the
report:
The fret school was that Of Mrs. Ann Kiln u
Smiths Court. Bn0yetOh; there were 40 chllfreo n
tte fcbcol room when We called and on asking Ars.
K,L % spell t,T name, she oluLdered by commenclaR
with the letter G, but pres Duy ooTeced herself ard
said It began with X. However, on looking a. het
81, nature i'm the chidrene fchoo certificate books
retced tina. she did not always spell her name the
same while the character Of the writing showed that
she was quite incapable OF teaching, ana she simttei
that enc Wss Incapable Of keeping The register. The
second school visited was that OF William Logue, OF
Londressey street. CaltOD, whose certificates also fell
il my duty to auLu, The school apartment wac abou;
fifteen feet long and ten feet WIDE and within that space
we conn cd seventy five children, screaming something
ntntelieible a. the top of their voices. requested
the scboomsster 10 pOpt soue # the children on. %
me snd from the manner IN which be snrveyeI the
crowd cav that he bad 10 BnOHe0Se whether o. not
any Ofthem wee present"
In fact. the educational clauses Of the Factory
acts. while trey require children b. have certif.
cate, of school attendance do not require that they
shol have learned anything.
In Scotland the accidents arising from machinery
were 237, of which - happened TO men, and l7J
H. females; while there were only 10 accidents not
arising from machinery, There is an increase in
the numbers who have suffered ampntatlOns, rs
well "A those who have met with minor accdents;
Int the difference is accounted for by the greater
number of hands employed during the last half
wear of less. There is only one fatal accident.
According to the reports of the Sub-lnspectors of
the Western Districts of Scotland, some cotton
mills which stopped in 1857 have not yet resumed
work, while the fancy printing trade has been dull
throughout the year. The latest reports rcceyet
by Sir John Kincaid Of the Eastern Division states
that at Dundee and Abroath several mills are stand
ing. owing to recent bankruptcies and other
causes: and that in some others, which are pro-
fessedly working full time, good deal of the ma
ebinery is unemplOyed: that this state of matters is
yery much to be attributed to over production 70
the deficiency in the usual supplies OF flax from the
Baltic and to the consequent high prices OF the
raw material. The number of persons usually
emplOyed in the mills was on the decrease, and ia
fact. there was movement among the fax spin
ners to reduce the working to forty-two hours per
week while the depression continues In the
wooden districts on the other hand particularly in
tbe manufacture of tweeds, branch of trade which
is every day increasing there had been great activ
ity at Hawicb, Galashiels, Selkirk, &c every
department being in full operation, except that OF
bsnd-ll ON weaving, which, from the increase in
the number of pOwer-lOOms, is gradually on the
decline. and will soon altogether cease.
Sir John Kincaid gives the following tabular
statement respecting the changes which have taken
place in the chief branches of Scotch manufactures
IN the course of 20 years, between l-3j and 1857