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?”
“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.”