“There were some machines appointed to be there, and I was appointed to be there with some boys; they had, I believe, used machinery; but there were not fair means resorted to.” “Will you tell the whole story?” “The very man who worked the machine for Mr. Glass has come forward and stated his willingness to prove, that by order of Mr. Day he carried some soot unfairly in his cloth: I was not aware that it did not come down the chimney.” “Were you not sharp enough to see that?” “No; I had no such idea as that they would be guilty of such a thing.” “One-fifth more soot was brought down by the machine than by the boys?” “Yes; so they said.” “Do you mean to say, that the man who worked the machine acted unfairly?” “Yes.” “Do you know where he got the soot?” “He brought it from one fire-place to another, that was not to be swept after the machine.” “Have not your boys a desire to win, when they are brought for experiments of that kind?” “Yes; but there were unfair means; which was quite a sufficient excuse for them.” This is a most extraordinary testimony, and, if true, would show a total abandonment of principle on the part of your Agents, and the servants of the Hospital, and brings to mind the vulgar adage, “Surely if the old woman had not hidden in the oven herself, she would never have looked there for her daughter.” Probably Mr. Bentley is not at church when that beautiful characteristic of Christianity is insisted on in these words, “Charity thinketh no evil; and charity hopeth all things.” By this allusion to the church, Mr. Bentley appears willing to work upon the sympathies of the public, to a certain extent, so that it does not interfere with his own purpose. It is deeply to be regretted that the energies of good people are directed to “bettering the condition of these poor children,” as it is called, when, by a little Christian co-operation, the employment which gives them their singularity, and which is said to prevent their mingling with other children, might be done away. The value of religious instruction, and the imperative duty of all constantly to attend the services of religion, are too self-evident to require an enforcement here. But why those who are so kindly disposed, should prefer ministering to these children in their wretchedness, to freeing them from the wretchedness itself, is a mystery hard to be understood. Your Committee would state that the Agents of the Society are exclusively employed in the houses of Fifteen Noblemen, and that the Society is gaining most exceedingly upon the good opinion of the community in general.