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London, England, 1808-12-26 00:00:00

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ABSTRACT of the SIXTH REPORT tothe SOCIETY
• , for SUPERSEDING the NECESSITY ief CLIMB..
I NC; BOYS, by encouragiug a NEW ME TH 0 0.- of
SWEEPING CHIMNIES, and for IMPROVING-the
CONDIT' tiN. of CHILDREN employed by • CHINI-
- NEY-SWEEPERS ;
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. Read at the Annual .Meeting of the Society, May a, iSoB.
I THE
.COMMITTEE state, that the method of
Sweeping, Chinniies by Machines gains ground, as well
by a More general knowledge of the principle, as by an-in-
creased confidence in their utility.
They dwell, wing sineular satisfaCtion, on the naive inter-
ference of their illustrious Patron, in promoting their views.
The Prince of Wales, on being informed of a case of hard-
ship endured by a poor climbing boy, gave orders fora Do-
nation to the Society, and directed that the Machine should
be used at Carlton House, and at the Pavilion. The Ma- ,
chine has accordingly been used at Carlton House by Mr.
Smert, the Inventor, and most of the Hues there cleansed.
with it, as effectually as tbrinerly by climbing boys. This
induced the Duke ot Sussex to direct the adoption Qin in his
aluttflitoits, where it has proved cotupletely euccessf ul.
A recent instance ot cruelty to a climbing boy occurring at
the India House, the Co.n•nittee applied to tile Directors for
leave to try the A iciane el the Hues of that beileme, to
:wilicir request tile Dlieztors readily acceded. the boy al-
luded te was sent tb teirtholoinew'a Hospital, where he
lingered a te,v days, and then died ; Ins nosy was opened,
aid his lungs being tbund in a very diseased state, his death
could not be wholly attlinufed to the accident,
As other reettly sun lar instances had occurred, the Com-
mittee addresseder circular letter tonic Resident A 4ot liecary
ot the principal Hospitals, request,ng an account .of'Cas&s of
Climbing Rio a, sent to their Institutions, for cure of cancers,
or other eoinplaints, or accidents incident to their calling.
• It is fUrther stated. that a Sue ety If is beers instituted at
Sheffield for superseding the use of Climbing Bays ; and the
..Machine is very-generally adopted in that town. .- .
The Machines contireie to be supplied by the Committee
,at halt price In suchi persons as will -multi-rake to use them,
,and ihe aumber ol Chimney Sweepers applying for them is
much augmented by the difficulty they beem to experience in
procuring boys, and troth the acknowledged utility of she
Machine in narrow flues, and in extingtiislinig fires in Chum-
ti es.
• I tie Cornnlittee hive given pabliattly to the penalties to
which chenney-sweepers are liable, lot. the fleeted or ill.
treatment of their apprentices, and have caused .eastracts of
such penalties to he posted in various parts ot• the Metro-
pelts, together with the names of the persans sweeping with
Machines: Some of these posting-bills have beet sent to
Bristol, Ilidningitain, and SheHield, to induce a strider ob- .
servencc of the Act in those towns ; and, it is hoped, that
the example will be followed in other cities of the kingdein..
The Committee have token pains to eneourage those per-
sons win have inidertaker. to use the Mac:nine, and have
also recommended their obtaining the signatures of such
libusekealiers as have adopted and approved the Machine,
who, they, hope., will continue to give-a preference to the.
persons reieaminended by the Committee, as long as they
have reason tn be satisfied with their. conduct, and that in
every case of ill se. cess. negligence, or inatrention, they
will have the goodness immediately to commtinLate the
game to the Secretary of the Society.
Several freSh nistances have occurred of the utility of the
Maclaine. in extinguishing Chimnies when on fire ; and the
Committee recommend Machines being deposited iii each
, Parish, width in cases of fire in Chininies, might be sent
with more expedition than an engine, and prove to the full
as etlectuale at a considerable reduced expense. Some of
the Fire trilices aware of this tßanventence, are provided
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with Machines. , ...
lr having been ascertained that a le* flues occur occasion-
ally with angles so frequent and se sharp as not to admit the
pewee of the illechiue, the Committee, in all such cases,
receininend an opening being made in such aegies, fitted with
an non frame and shutter, so as to admit of the introduetion
of the Machines .
"fie Cchnwiftee have also enceavoared to obviate the cruel
praci,,e of coring Chiiimies. By this phrase is meant the
pet:Alec. In hew-built houses, ot scialing bays tqa the flues
belere lay fires havetnen klite,l, to scrape noVen alie lumps
of inottar v. inch nave been suffered t .• tal down the floes,
.. and to accumulate in hard tnasses in the several slants, by
,two.u.l) ;;Ie iviy, ,re frequently severely wounded.*
, . The etstrict Surveyors, to whom letters were addressed,
.*.riecoeeting tit. it attentiep to induce the ouilders to cause the
flues at hiuSes A•ecting to be cunstruelett with as few acute
angles as peseanc, have several of theca obligingly under-
e taken to use nor influence..
le . The Coto latter: re of to 'public notice the circular
I, lorti,s,, kov,oted uy Miss E. Bell, which, it generally cm-
ployt'll' th die construction ot chimney flues, would, front
their even surface, selaleili 'equine cleansing; and, when they
did wo,ild with ease admit the Maclime. Last y, the 'ruin obj,A:.ts of the Institution are* recapitulated
by to • L ointifft tee ; being,
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r.t, "1 'he alleviation of the sufrerings of the climbine boys
until' toe use ti' •
e , tient is wholly dispensed with, by an en-
. forceinclit ot the provisional-made by the Legislature in their
favour, and by a minute inquity into the accidents and die-
orders incident to the tr,t(le. • -
. zd, Tile mute gencral nitroduction of Machines, and giving.
all possible ernefurageinent t., the personspersonswhywhyhave wrier-
takcit the use ot them, and at the same tithe the incidental
Utility ot such Machines In extingiushilig fires.
And edly, The directing the attention ot Architects to the
expediency ot constructing dun-noes in such a manner (either
With the circular bricks, or otherwise) as not to require
.coring, and to admit of their being readily cleansed by a Ma-
chine. -
The Committee have not been •sOlicitous of importuning
the public for farther contributions, but tile necessary out.
goings tit the Society, under die most econouncal manage-
. anent, render a call absolutely necessary at teis time, totm.
b e them to complete the desigii fur ‘viiicli they were esta-
blished, and to Betray their current engaeetnents, which curl-
sist principally of bounties to the have tors and workers of
the Machines, and furnishine them at half price to the latter.
, Subset jpii illS are received by Messrs. Hoare and Co,.
Bankers, 37, fleet-street ; and William Touke, Es.ti,; ;o,
Grarsonn-sonare. .

WJLLIANI JONES, Sec.
Nn., haelreet, Peittonville.
* This inconvenience might .6
be C
c)zivpi..ted-st by a small board,
of the size of the line, being suspended in the flue, at the
time it is pargitted, and drawn up as the pargitting is com-
pleted - tiny ineth,rl would save the materials, and a little
practice would render it perfectly ezit,y.

111 OIVD A Y, DECEMBER 262 J 808.

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