was sorry that he could not give his support to this bill. Before their lordships made up their minds to pass it, he hoped they would well consider what was said by the surveyor-general in his report, namely "that the total abolition of climbing boys in...(view details to read full text)

had had this question under his consideration several years ago, when it was referred to a Committee; and though he went into that Committee with a strong impression on his mind in favour of some such measure as the present, yet he left it fully impresse...(view details to read full text)

MINUTES.] Mr. A. ELLIS moved an humble Address to his Majesty, requesting that the House might be furnished with a "copy of a Circular Letter addressed by Mr. PEEL to different Public Offices, in favour of the Society for superseding the use of Climbing B...(view details to read full text)

addressed their lordships in support of it. He dwelt on the hardship and cruelty of employing children under ten years of age in the sweeping of chimnies, which this bill went to prevent. Another great hardship was, that of sending children out to do wha...(view details to read full text)

said, he wished to call the attention of Her Majesty's Government to an inquest held at Cambridge on the body of George Brewster, a boy between 14 and 15 years of age, who lost his life in a flue up which he had been sent by a master-sweep for the purpos...(view details to read full text)

said, he rose for the purpose of moving for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the Sweeping of Chimnies by means of Climbing Boys. As there were many members in the present parliament who were not in the last, he deemed it requisite to mention some of t...(view details to read full text)

rose to submit to the House, a motion of the utmost importance to the character of the country, as well as to the interests of a class of unfortunate beings, who, from the nature of their present loathsome occupation, seemed to be shut out from almost al...(view details to read full text)