DUTIES OF MASTERS TO APPRENTICES.
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 The following capital remarks on this subject are from late charge to the Grand Jury of :.is Court, by the Recorder of Philadelphia. The neglect of the man ners and morals of apprentices is undoubt- edly among the leading causes of the in- crease of vice aud crime in our day, aud the subject is here we'll presented:

 Apprenticeship is term of probation; and should be made the scene of vigorous exer,ion and moral study. When therefore we see the corner of our streets beset after the night fall of each evening by crowds of idlers, we cannot but regret the care- lessness of the master, and the danger oi the apprentice. When every moment that is exempt from labor is devoted to studied idleness, among ignorant and depraved companions, we cannot wonder that worth. less habits should ensue. The gathered bands remove, in process of time, to tue door of the tavern. Their jests are soon pointed with ribald obscenity, and their language swelled with boas.Iul profanity, until citizens shrink and shudder as they pass. TIIe bvrr houeo "r tho hr"ih"' nex' becomes the scene of their misspcnt hours. Their Sabbaths and evenings are passed a- mid debauchery and vice; and they return each morning cniecbled & disgusted to their labor. Thus they wear out their term ot service. Their minds arc left to ignorance, and their manners to debasement. They become men with minds and bodies dis eased; without industry, ambition. or char ac,or; and gradually sink into shar class from which the dockets of our courts, and the cells of our prisons are filled. The causes of these evils are no doubt msni- fold. There are, and necessarily must be- in a crowded city, many resources ot de- moraliza,ion. But as the law gives the master the poVer to protect the morals ol his apprentice, it makes it also bis d"tw-a dutv from which nothing can excuse l'in,. The man who takes an apprentice, vol uu,srily assumes towards him the relation of a father. Such is the light in which the law regards the master and apprentice.- Humanity also dictates that im removing a c!ild from his parental roof, the master should supply the place of a parent, instruct and guide his inexperience, and watch and protect him as a child. Sucha course wouIt not only render the apprentice an orna'nen to society, but would 6ll his bosoo, will gratitude to his master, and naturally ln spire him with desire to repay the kind ness of his beneiactor. No master shoul' take an apprentice unless prepared to dis charge these duties. .... ..-..