That portion of the public, who, about years ago, were struck by the assurance with which, under the sanction of high authority, it was publicly and most earnestly proclaimed, that the whole net profit of the manufacturer flows from the labour of the last hour, and that, therefore, the reduction of the working day by one hour, would destroy his net profit, that portion of the public, we say, will hardly believe its own eyes, when it now finds, that the original discovery of the virtues of the last hour has since been so far improved, as to include morals as well as profit; so that, if the duration of the labour of children, is reduced to a full hours, their morals, together with the net profits of their employers, will vanish, both being dependent on this last, this fatal hour.