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SCOTLAND.Factories’ Regulation Act*—The inspector, Leonard Horner, Esq., has been in Glasgow for. the last ten days in the execution of his duties.' Having had reason to suspect that, in the cotton spinning mill of. Messrs. .Dixon and Co., at Finnieston, children were employed all night, he went there last week, accompanied by Mr. James, the superintendent of factories, who acts under his direction, between nine and ten o’clock at night,I when he found several children of 13 and 14 years of age at work I in the mill, and who stated that they had been working there for I a considerable time from hal£»past seven at night to six in the | morning. The factory act empowers the inspector to convict at once upon view; he did not, however, act npon that power, but instructed the public prosecutor to institute legal proceedings against the offending parties. He was induced to direct this prosecution, not -.only to show that the law shall not be thus grossly violated with impunity, but in justice to those millowners who strictly observe what the statute enjoins. Messrs. Dixon and Co. had, moreover, been repeatedly warned against this infringement of the act. The case came on to be tried on Thursday in the Justice of Peace Court, when Messrs. Dixon admitted the complaint, and were fined in the mitigated penalty of 10/. and costs.— Glasgow paper.University of St. Andrew’s.—Dr. Abercromby, whom we last week mentioned as having been elected to the Lord Rectorship of this University, has declined that honour.Snow Storm in the Highlands.—There has not been such a formidable storm in the Highlands for the last ten years as at present. It has been gathering for the last three weeks. Seve* ra[ parcels of sheep were obliged to be removed to lower grounds. The winter has been so very favourable, that the flocks kept off the low grounds longer than usual, and now will find more benefit therefrom ; they are quite strong, and in good condition for i weathering the storm if it doe3 not continue long.—EdinburghObserver. mmmvr A\m \
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Mon, Mar 23, 1835
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