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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES

... -i'mes. 1Dr 1 oras Sshwbrt tetd thliri Woiihips attention to the fact that, whilel the Act provided for-other -days- that children 'sh'all-notibe(.eiplbyeai at '&eal' rtle^,oY be Oaloweal Ito remuain iitrthe rooms,'* 4it. specifipd -fo t Saturdiays that ...

Published: Tuesday 04 December 1860
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 281 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN SCOTCH FACTORIES

... EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN SCOTCH FACTORIES. Two Bills, founded on the recent report of the Factory Inspector, have been introduced by Mr Baxter. One is for the amendment of the Bleach. iag and Dying Works Act, and extends the ope- ration ...

Published: Monday 02 March 1863
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 401 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

... of a commission, whichhad been appointed e- by the late Sir G. Lewis to inquire- into the e- emnployment of young children in factories. That a- commission inquired into the state of the chiidrez t employed in the manufacture of lucifer matches, as of ...

Published: Wednesday 15 June 1864
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1449 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... one huntred and ten passengers. P_ FACTORY COsMMISSION.-Sir David Barry, to M.D. atl] 3fesssrs Stuart and Mackintosh, Corn- list missioners for inquiring into and reporting. on the condition of children in factories, have already vi- !ad sited all the ...

Published: Monday 20 May 1833
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1461 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... Supply was moved by Air SPRLNG RIcE, Lord ASILEY rose to bring forward his motion in respect to the hours of labour of the factory children. The Noble Lord went over the details he urged in his former speeches, in order to induce Ministers to alter the law ...

Published: Monday 23 July 1838
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1707 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

FACTORIES REGULATION BILL

... FACTORIES REGUL.ATION BILL b -CI.-A A10-ori,' bill The I following is a sumainry of Lord Altbor p's bill as amendediY the Ccmeilittec. The Preamble states, ( * Whereas it i d weessary that the hours of labour of children and n young person s employed ...

Published: Monday 12 August 1833
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1622 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... on his re-elc- tion fir Westrninster. Nr SraTlcarsA:n presented a petition from Halifax against the over working of children in factories. lir HUaNT presented a similar petition from Preston. rlr O'CONNSLL remarked, that an erroneous notion pre- vailed ...

Published: Monday 13 February 1832
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1973 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

Imperial Parliament

... number who went to public-houses on one Sunday was 41,796. Of this number 11,981 were women; 4631 were children under 14 years of age ; and 3032 children under eight ye of age were sen to enter public-houses, either to obtain spirits for themselves, or to ...

Published: Thursday 21 July 1853
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2077 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

England

... dog shall be a greyhound, hound, pointer, setting dog, spanicl, lurcher, or terrier. ‘Tax New Factory Acr.—On Thursday the new act fur- t of children in factories came ther to regulate the em into operation. By this act no child is to be employed be- fore ...

Published: Monday 05 September 1853
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2575 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... the Legislature of Great Britaiti j Ia. bouring ineffectually to make a law for tili re gulation of the labour of children ill factories that would prove satisfactory to ithe Itinglom a large, and while tens of thousands of the pull lie money are expended ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1842
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2409 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... - dhit the petitionsi had not been entruted to hint-( Ilear.) MIr FxItGousON condemned lie hours of labour of children in these factories. Ten hour. a day ivas quite sufficiert for labour. s Mr Saerits said, it was a matter of surprise that Siach X; ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1832
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1223 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

England

... bring in a bill to authorise the closing of burial-grounds in towns, and a bill to limit the hours of employment of children in factories. From an official report just published, it appears that ing the last five months the enormous quantity of 63,354Ibs ...

Published: Thursday 21 July 1853
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3362 | Page: 2 | Tags: News