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FREE TRADE AND THE WAR

... material wants of women atd children are better cared for than in England. Apart from the law limiting labour to nine or ten hours, there exists another in Saxony and Bavaria prohibiting the admission of children into factories before making their first ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1227 | Page: 4 | Tags: Commerce 

SCOTCH FACTORIES

... tg It will therefore be remarked that there is a very small pro- I11 portion of children employed in the factories in Scotland. l re The disinclination to employ children arises mainlv from the as disaivour with which the regulations for school attendance ...

Published: Thursday 11 July 1850
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2018 | Page: 4 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... the Govern- ment factory inspectors, as to the power of the millowners to adopt the relay system with regard to children and young persons in factories. The millowners contend, that they have a right to adopt the system, whilst the factory inspectors are ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 1850
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2194 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... BILL To 1ep'late the Labour Children dand Youn Per soes.bin the Mills and Factories of tie UIated Kiag- The principal provisions of the bill are the following - Whereas it is necessary that the hours of laboer of children and young persons, employed ...

Published: Thursday 12 July 1832
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1674 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK

... profession. The deaths of four children in one family from arsenic educed out l of green papcering on a daump bedroom was men- tione(l last week. The event may compel somene attention to this matter. These little children were supp osed to have been attacked ...

Published: Saturday 03 May 1862
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1112 | Page: 6 | Tags: Commerce 

SALE OF FARM STOCK

... healthy ap- pearance of the children employed therein. The millowners found Mr Horner disposed to go about his duties in the most gentlenmanrile manner; and he took great pains to point out and explain the meaning of the Factory Regulation act.- ANECDOTE ...

Published: Thursday 08 May 1834
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 788 | Page: 3 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... Lower Tooting, Surrey. gave birth to two fine girls. These bring the number of her children to 17, which she has born in the short space of 11 years-having had nine children at four births. The mother is 29 years of age. We understand that the potteries ...

Published: Thursday 22 September 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1514 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

Tse anp out last publication the following returns have been made:—In Edinburgh, on Monday, 11 cases, 5 deaths, ..

... economy, and showed how much more economical it would be to expend a comparatively trifling sum in training and educating the children of the poor than keeping them in prison at an immeasarably higher cost. The Rev. Dr M‘- Culloch moved a resolution to the ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1849
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1733 | Page: 3 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... instead of being defeated, received the royal assent. CHILDItEN, WvHEN A STRIKE trAKEs PL.ACE IN ad A FACTORY TowN.-When the strike extended to the children, as well as the adults, the parents thought it far from being the worst thing that hald happened. ...

Published: Saturday 25 August 1832
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2697 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... ?? 27 .- Bank of Ireland Stock ?? 194. The Queen and Prince Albert. accompanied by the Prince of Wales. the other royal children, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, left Claremont at ten minutes past three ?? clock yesterday afternoon. The august ...

Published: Thursday 24 February 1848
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1362 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

W. H. LIZAR, Has in the Press, Volumell. of the RIGINES PAROCHIAIES By Cosmo Esq. Advocate, Printing for the ..

... based, and that the progress in ali respects was highly satisfactory. After some remarks by the Chairman upon the very satis- factory results thus communicated to the Meeting, the by the Directors was unanimously adopted; and a Dividend of 5 per cent. on the ...

Published: Monday 14 June 1852
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1398 | Page: 1 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... RELAY SYSTEor.-A crowded meeting of factory ope- ratives and others was held in the Corn Exchange, Mearches. ter, on Thursday evening, at which varloas resolutions were passed condemnatory of the working in factories by relays and shifts. THFe REfrPRrErETATIOS ...

Published: Monday 04 March 1850
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2031 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce