The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-03 00:00:00

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[Parct SEVENPFATCE.

iel ,11 ja 1 e, ihtt,t thr coligliteued and un,otthisti•
cated reattee. may imu:!er upou the iinputi
welt as the lijustiCe of Olin measure, before I
enter upon the last but ezut !cast interestiugpor-
t iou of my lettcr.

It is of-singulilr "importance in this, seat. of li••
• berry t hat voluatery shOuld be let free
and unshackled. Between the master aml the
.servant ahere ishOuld be Rh ret,trietions whatever,
ei her onotte sid.c or the other, Competition is
the life oTtratle, and ;rade bones,. and
muscles Of 'State. - Now, nobody will deify'
that these ' ebildren are -tree. itg.ent's, capabte
judging whether their la.boarr be commensurate
with, their .st,rervgth, and,wiltrther nr nip- t-hc term.
of their empl:,yrnent bepreitolicial to their health
apd.comfor t. Undortlyedly-thpy are free agents;
and as • t hey b aye? ifeith
leetively, petitioned Yarliament to -"step fot watil
.for
-their prntectioß,, w,e lia.Ko-yra ligiA, fairlyLi)
coney de, that they rite ell Orit it their
present condition ,-noel hat t 111514 an irt))ci, „
they have not giVOtt their satirtion.or co.currence.
Bit this is not .the first instance of legislwilte
n,ant of wisdom. There- is anOthcr, , either
passing or passed the ll,;use, for the restrict iop
of free labour. Climbing boys, as they
must, with,,tit ally application from then, ekes,
theSe fearful times, be restricted. lir the' exert,-
cise of their hottest e• and !)ecattse of some. '
few instances of t • nnite severity, w•hich have
beenwantonly-obtttkiled bvfore the pttblic'eye, ttre
trade' is to stiffer, and we are to be inconCeitieneed
by the substitution of machines. It is in vain to
dream of national prosperiiy, if such fetters are
so be put upon free labour. If .we once begin to
legislate uppn mere trifles, and mitten. Of little
import&nce, where. slrall we stop ,Sot thy not
until we hate limited, from a tender retard for
Ins health, the number of dishes On my Lori!
Mayor's table, and prescribe to -hiui the hour
which he is to retire too lied. . .

But this legislation in cases of. mere humanity
is pregnant with fatal dangers to our most . -
rictus ConS;itution. 'A renovated spirit of Lul1!.
disco will icleck these very children-, whose pre-
sent love end, veneration for the machines, bF
which they are enabled to support their agett pa.
rents, can only be exceeded by' tire' hive ahtl-
speet they bear towards their indulgent matters!
how fearfully will the scene be eltangtd
Give them but the notion that they are.under the
protection of the laws, and, instead of noierly
piecing the yarn, end of cleanipgthe machinery
doting dinner, their little hearts will be beatio;;
high for radical reform, annual Parliaments, dot',
universal suffrage.
Thus have I attempted, and I hope with sante
;twee's, to ()pen the public eye to .its real interest:.
It this measure is t' pass, our commerce will be •
materially injured ; the interest of etpitlil sunk in,
machinery will be , comparatively unproductive ;
Luddism will enter, With blazing torch, the happy
and peaceful retreats of our factories ; and we
shall have to cruse beireeen the suspension either
of the Habeas Corpus, or of the master spinners
of the town of M'auchester. Let us then hear no
more uselesS delnees of Sir Robert_Teers-
I ant willing, 'as you see, in the first instance, to
try the effect of sound and setiOns argument ; hut
Should this raj, end the public he again stormea
by a letter front ATTlcus, I'shall be tonsttained
to try the effect of ridicule, to laugh -oleo out of
their prejudices, and thus dissipate alt‘t his silly
alarm about the health, comfott, and moral con-
dition of little children.

PLATO.

OLD BAILEY.—Thett was trial of interest

At these Sessions yesterthty.

ATTEMPTED SUICIP:E.-YeSytday )110Tning, as
Mr. Tnom AS PARK ;tit; of Wlatecross-street, was.
crossing ilaggerston-fields, his attention was at.'
rracted.hy the apparent frantic. conduct of a fey _
male, genteelly dressed lit n. green cloth ppliisse
and witite straw bonnet, who he ohServed on the
b?nk of Satecon's pond, kneeliitg ar :inter, anti
again walking to and fro in quick motion., at times
looking into the pond with, great ,earnstness; he
concealed himself. and for some minutes he could,
distinctly he-ar het' niter such-excLimations as lett
uo doubt in his mind of her insanity. At last she
took Off her bonnet and pclilse., Itnti soddenly'
rushed intri the. water, which, however, Wai not
snilitiettilq de:p to cover het, he could plainly.'
perceive her lie• down in the water whilst he was
towline: to :.he bink to her assista,!ce,.but he vet y '
fortunately came in time to save her life ; he pull-
ed her out, and conveyed her to ati adjuinin4
public-hottse, where, qUestioncd, she
said she was the wife of a carpenter, at
,Mile-end;
who of late had suffered manylosses in trade, and
she was afraid site should, wit,, the whole of her
family, he reduced to a workhouse. She wept
bitterly,. and betrayed a great distress of mind. A.
hackney-coach, was procured, in which sae was
conveyed home to hut* family.

A CoNs-rAtLII iloar»co.—Ycsterday rporninp„.
as Hall, the Constable, 44 Newington, was talk-
iwg,.near the Arms, to three.young:
men of bad charaeter„whotn he hail frequently 11,“!
custody, and reinarkvd them " that it waS
singular the.y were not down at Kingston the
present Assizes; "; one of thenqnshed lint against
the- other, .and said,, " The reason is,"because we
have not fell in hotly. with any of yottr beaks;"
and they imitardiattly went away together. Thek
hinl..not been gone moretthan two minutes -before
he found that they had carried oil his watch,
four seals and two keys
.with them. He pm.-
'sued the'way\ they had taken,•but they escipcd
with,the •psopetty. •

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