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HOUSE OF COMMONS.MONDAY.—FACTORIES REGULATION BILL—CHURCH TEMPORALITIES ^Ireland) bill.At the early sitting, Mr. TENNYSON gave notioe that he would, on July % the day fixed for considering Mi. Wilks’s motion for the repeal of the Septennial Act, move a call of the House.—On a petition being presented from Liverpool for the removal of all restrictions upon the importation of foreign sugar for refining, Lord Althorp said he thought the restrictions of no advantage to the West India interest, but he deprecated any discussion on the question at that moment, and should be prepared to take a decisive step early next session.The House having resumed, Lord ASHLEY moved the second reading of the Factories* Regulation Bill.*—Lord Althorp admitted the necessity of some legislative measure on the subject. He would not oppose the motion. The report of the Commissioners would be before the house in a few days. The opinion of the Commissioners was, that with respect to children under fourteen years of age, the bill did not go far enough—(Hear)—but that in other respects it went too far.—Lord Ashley understood, then, that the principle of the bill was conceded.—Lord Althorp said as tar as regarded children under fourteen, certainly it was, the Commissioners being of opinion that it was necessary to protect them by a legislative enactment which should limit their labours to eight hoars a-day.—Lord Ashley trusted that the Noble Lora would offer no opposition to the Speaker leaving the chair when the Committee was moved.—Lord Althorp ; Certainly not.—Lord Ashley: I further hope that the Noble Lord will not consider me bound down to his principle of limiting the operation of the bill to children under the age of fourteen.—Lord Althorp : The Noble Lord needs not to entertain any such apprehension. — Lord Ashley : He wished to know from the Noble Lord whether he was of opi nion that there would be sufficient time for printing, circulating, and considering the evidence, during the present session?—Lord Althorp could not answer, that the evidence should be laid on the table as soon as possible in a printed form.—The bill was read a second time.—Monday next was named bv Lord Ashi.ey for its committal, but at the suggestion of Mr. P. Thomson, the Committee was fixed for Friday se’nuight, with a view to allow a few days for the consideration or the report of the Commissioners.—Lord Ashley expressed a hope that the Chancellor of the Exchequer w ould aid him in his endeavours to pass the bill in the present session.—Lord Althorp said he would offer no unnessary obstruction to the measure.A committee of conference attended the House of Lords, and communicated the resolutions on the East India Question.The House went into committee on the Church Tempo-i t^1 ^.1 \ 13:11 rpi ___....... *o ... .
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