Phœnix Fire-office,--Jenkin Jones, Esq., deceased. West of England Fire-office,--Jas. Anderton, Esq. York and North of England Fire-office,--Edmund Barlow, Esq. The Licensed Victuallers Fire-office,--J. T. Clement, Esq. The Scottish Union Fire-office,--F. G. Smith, Esq. Leaving “The Sun” as the only Fire-office in the city of London which resists the light, and the only Fire-office which turns a deaf ear to the cries of misery; and verily it is a proud and enviable distinction. Some years ago your machine was introduced into the Middlesex Hospital, and your Committee has heard, within these few weeks, that the Secretary of the Institution caused a quiet experiment to be made in that house, after the Board had ordered the adoption of the machine. It was so managed, that neither your Agent nor the old chimney-sweeper knew that the two systems were to be compared, and it is stated by the Secretary, that the chimneys were found so clean, that the boys were literally unable to bring down any soot, after Day, another of the Society’s Agents, had swept with the machine. Those who keep in mind the proceedings of the Society, will recollect that a similar experiment was ordered publicly at St. George’s Hospital, in 1830, the triumphant success of which, determined that Board of Governors also to employ one of your Agents. This has of course been a constant mortification to Bentley, the chimney-sweeper, who lost the work, and many stratagems have been resorted to, to recover it again; and on the 15th of February last, he induced an influential member of the Board to bring the subject forward; when the following division took place among the Governors; For reinstating Bentley and his boys, with the clear understanding that the machine is to be used when _practicable_ 8 For Shepherd, your Agent, who had swept every chimney in the house for years, without the help of boys 7 Before this disastrous Resolution was confirmed in the next week, the subject was rather better understood, and the division was-- For Shepherd, your Agent 12 For Bentley, his boys, and his practicabilities 0 The only argument urged in the above case was, that Bentley took his boys to church. This is a very stale argument of the Bentleys, both father and son, and it would be difficult to prove what the fact has to do with the matter in hand, or to reconcile it with the evidence which was given by the elder Bentley upon oath before the Lords’ Committee in 1834. (Examined by his own Counsel.) “Were you present at any experiment that was tried at St. George’s Hospital?” (in 1830.) “I certainly was.” “Have the goodness to state the result of that experiment?”