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... THE FACTORY ACT, The Factory Act provides, that for the protection of the health and interests of the rising generation, persons under 18 years cf age shall be allowed to work a mill or factory in the night at all, and the night is dellneu the time that ...
... that Dimly factories were. previous to the limitation, at work for a shorter number of hours thou those author. lied by the Act of June the Bth. The regulations of the Factory Acts, as to the state of the children employed in the factories, and the ma• ...
... passed a bill _entitled , an Act to render _valid the Act loamenil the law for rrgulatingi ' tlie labour of _children in _cotton _factories , to wliicli _they'deMied their Lonlihlpa' concurrence . , , • .. ; . _' . _On _( lie motion of Lord _SHAFTESDuny ...
... _. the very _extravagant notions _which have got abroad , _as to the _great preponderance of _females and _children employed in _, the _factories _in _our great branches of manufacture . _' In the _cotton _manufacture _, the total number employed is _stated ...
... gave notice, that th, ir mills should only work three days the week, which appear■. ridiculous, that the very children employed in factories laughed at it. It asserted that our average wages amount 30s. or 40s. per week —it evident that this stab was ...
... Parliament to limit th e hours for the Inboor or children factories. After some from Lords Teynltam Ashley, Mr O'Connell, and s”veral Mernho of Par. figment. on th • to which these untiortintate children were exposed the present tort-winos system. is ...
... state of children. Lord Althorp said case for inquiry had been shewn. He doubted some statements, and wished to know the effect of the labour on the mortality of children. He feared the bill might altogether prevent the employment of children ; would not ...
... that d the hours of sworkisg it Factories shall be reduced to ten hotsrs, for atllts as p well as children. This is absurd, atd for a very good reason,' that adullt ;sre Is - able to take care of themselves, while children are not. Many ufelittlg pa. n ...
... stringent they make the law against the employment of children in factories, even if it went to exclusion. One of the worst features of the factory system is, that it ofTera premium fur the production of children, for whom, when grown up, no adequate employment ...
... the spot, without shewing regret rendering assistance. Factory Commission. —We observe that the Commis. sioners appointed by his Majesty for enquiring into the employment of Children in Factories,” are about to visit Perth. In this district they will ...
... Chancellor of the Exchequer restricting the period of labour for children in factories. Lord Althorp proposed that there should be interruption with the labour of adults ; bat that children under fourteen years of age should not be suffered to work more ...
... _to-morrow . _Air SADI _. EB _wai about to _proceed _with regard to _In ' s intended resolution respecting the labour of _children in _factories , wlieii Lord AI _. _THOIIP , witli reference _to the fact of the _committee'having _separated without making any ...