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    MACHINES, FACTORIES, AND FACTORY ACTS. 3...

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    Begun T Ye By Hem T More The T Now O Mid...

    fulfilment natur most e rude nor of and ever every vul wishing minute gar of to of the be the human taug long ht felt . hours " race lest So , of never strictl there labour y taug should exacted was ht the b be y ,

    the that least constant infraction anxiet of y this and stern dread rule was and Hutton recounts as middle a specimen of the of ni its ht influence durin , a rising severe _, once Christmas by mistak frost e darting in the

    times out and in in in his agonies 200 trep yards idation of g _, fear to , falling find lest g on he down arrival should in that be the too it ice was late -glazed onl at y road his , two work a nine . m . _,

    The punishments so severe that inflicted when 12 for even s old the he most had trifling a wound offences in his back were caused by the master ' s year caneof so serious a nature that

    when the wound , in a succeeding it was broug punishmen ht into such t , the a state point that of mortification the cane struck was

    apprehended It was , Lombe , and ' s the famous poor child silk-mill remained at Derb long ill which and disabled was the . y

    scene of young Button ' s sufferings ; , but , in factories , of other kinds , and in other places , like evils prevailed , and though , of

    courseeven at that time individual instances were to be found , where to his , work a merciful le man yet , even as a rule thoug the h a operatives mill-owner engaged , was merciful in the

    clothing arts peop were , exposed , to v , ery great hardships and much oppressionfallingof coursewith peculiar weiht on the women

    and children , who , were engaged , in such large g numbers in establishments of this kind . At length , the inevitable result

    manifested itself in an outbreak of fever , public attention was received visitation called to a the were measure subject exposed of , and leg by islativ the the press abuses e protection ; but which children had when led alone in to 1802 at such first Sir a

    Hobert Peel introduced a bill which limited , the labour , of between was apprentices evaded the , to the 10 protection of _J 9 hours and 16 . was but It being extended the amount found in of that 1819 work this to which all enactmen persons miht t g

    be exacted was ages fixed at 12 hours , notwithstanding earnest efforts house the having enactments 's act been prohibited made of the to ni shorten 12 ght hours work the , ' bill for time all to . all under In under 1831 21 , 18 , and Sir . extended But J \ Hob this

    learn imperfect throp t ists how , who measure far , short in the of it relief course fell of did of what their not justice satisf investi y the gations and generous mercy , had required too philan well - ;

    and taken in up the by same Lord year Ashley , Mr , and . Sadle continued r began b the y him agitation with unremitting afterwards

    the and energy appointment enquire and p how erseverance far of a it Royal woul , until d Commission be in practicabl 1833 he succeeded to e to ascertain afford in protection obtaining the facts ,

    to any who might need it , without infringing on the liberty of

    Machines, Factories, And Factory Acts. 3...

    MACHINES , FACTORIES , AND FACTORY ACTS . 335

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/47/