...in a Bill to amend and extend an Act made in the forty-second year of his present majesty's reign, for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills, and cotton and other factories." The measure thus heralded was brought in and read a first time, and...

...1878—1895. INTRODUCTION, (a) THE first Act which was passed to regulate labour in factories was the " Act for the preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills, and Cotton and other Factories " (42 Geo. 3, c. 73) ; and the last Act previous to the Act of 1878...

...against the utilitarian conception of the State äs existing merely to enforce contracts«.1) The »Act for the preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills, and Cotton and other Factories« was passed on the motion of Sir Robert Peel in 1802. The Act was,...

...industry.1 In the same year he carried the act which was the forerunner of all factory legislation: ' An Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others, employed in Cotton and other Mills, and Cotton und other Factories.' lie himself was the employer at this period of some fifteen thousand...

...against the utilitarian conception of the State as existing merely to enforce contracts.' ' The ' Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills, and Cotton and other Factories' (42 Geo. III. c. 73) was passed on the motion of Sir Eobert Peel in...

...something had to be done. In 1802 an Act1 was passed, by the influence of the first Sir Robert Peel, " for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills." It is a significant fact that the immediate cause of this bill was the fearful spread through the factory...

...apprentices were employed became so bad, that at last something had to be done. In 1802 an Act was passed " for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills." It is a significant fact, that the immediate cause of this bill was the fearful spread through the...

...committee of inquiry, in furtherance of the principle of a very restricted Act of 1802, passed in behalf of the " Health and morals of apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Factories ". The next champion of the workers was Mr. Richard Oastler, of Fixby Hall, H uddersfield,...

...classes had excited the compassion of the Evangelical leaders in Parliament, and a bill had been passed " for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton mills and in cotton and other factories." The bill fixed for such boys a day of twelve hours, and limited...

...first factory act, properly speaking, enacted by any European nation. This act was entitled "An act for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills and cotton and other factories," and contained provisions regarding the ventilation of factories, the...