At a numerous meeting of Essex freeholders, held at Chelmsford
on Thursday,—Mr. Cotton, High Sheriff; in the chair,—resolutions were passed expressive of deep regret at the rejection of Sir George Strickland's motion for the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship, and of satisfaction that the subject is again to be brought before Parliament by Sir Eardley Wilmot.
A slight improvement in the trade of Leeds, and the woallen triers generally, is unnounced. The silk trade is still depressed, as4 the wages of weavers have been reduced.
In reference to the new Factory Bill, the Leeds Times says-.
Whether the education clauses be retained, or whether they be gee, up, can scarcely be denied that the whole system has proved just that coniscarcelyne failure which, with such jobbing and cobbling, and so much complicated tea chinery of hours, ages, tests, inspectors, sub-inspectors, and each like train. pery, might reasonably have been expected. In place of one plain and cog.
jafinzt,aory4 prehensive enactment, simple in its purpose and unequivocal in its applicamioe, we are to have a bill embarrassed by tedious details, and hampered with difficult distinctions ; and all because the thousand-and-one little interests of the msse lecturers are held by the Legislature of more importance than the one great in rest of humanity itself. We make laws for the tradesman, and overlook tbt man. The cash. book, not the hook siliforcnomomf common jeuxs4ttiecieit,ioinssoaunrd
directory. A plain tin hour bill,
would settle this business far better, and much more to the sato,facti„,1 parties whose voices in the question are deserving of being listened to."
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