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"Fencing with Humanity." "Death's Cyphering Book." "Deadly Shafts." "More Grist to the Mill."
 * 1) Reports of the Inspectors of Factories, to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the Half-year ending 31st October, 1854.
 * 2) Reports, &c. &c. for the Half-year ending 30th April, 1S55.
 * 3) The Factories Acts. 1833 and 1844.
 * 4) Special Report of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Factory Occupiers. July, 1855.
 * 5) Rules of the National Association of Factory Occupiers. Established 17th April, 1855.
 * 6) Oldham Chronicle. February 10th, 1855.
 * 7) Worthington and Others v. the Magistrates of Oldham. April 12th, 1855.
 * 8) Manchester Guardian. February 22nd, 1854.
 * 9) Schofield v. Schunck. April, 1855. In the Queen's Bench.
 * 10) Ashworth v. Wild. April, 1855.
 * 11) Table of Accidents in Factories by Machinery.
 * 12) Household Words. Vol. XI. Nos. 264, 268, 271. 270. Articles:—

says, every day, at present, that some subject or other must stand over till the end of the war. For two parliamentary sessions, this has been the plea of the politic for ignoring troublesome topics, and the excuse of the timid for postponing difficult discussions. We have never admitted the soundness of the plea or the excuse, in regard to any matter of real