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accepted and • contract MIMI based upon that price. and • general wulating of the Amok thlwillbust the
Defendant went on working the stone, but when the first Present would he too exPellSiVe.
truck load was sent complaints were made that the steps • • I am ii' sr Mr,
did not fit. In consequence of this he saw defendant, who " Yours 111117.
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admitted to him that some of the riven were not i.rii;ierly
worked, saying that his apprentice had worked them. I'apt. A. Scrik Pruspect Pl;e, tl-rt "
Every complaint received a;sat the work was copied and
sent to the klefetelant Owing to the stone having besn
to badly worked Messrs. Dove, Brothers, threatened them
with legal proceedings, awl claimed £l9 for labour
expended for working and adjusting the steps ; bet he
ultimately paid £11), anal this was oee of the sutus now
claimed. The other claim of LI 7s. lid. was for fifty
balusters which defendant bad to work from a design, but !
which were Dot made according to pattern. These were
sent to Twickenhatn ; but rather than go to the expeaso
of carriage in bringing. them back, the work was done
elaewheres—Cross-examined : The first bet of moulds were
not approved of. and he made another which was approved
of. Me found the stone, and would have some profit out
of the stone and out of the working. I had the stone
sawn at our works, and delivered it to Peters. Ile made
coinplaints at one time and the other: but the stones
were not too stuall for the mokilds. lie also said that
some of the stone wall so small that Ike could not cult it
the size of the moulds ; but thus was afterwards. Ido not
remember saying "I'll haul Stagg over the coals for this,"
1•It I sent Stagg to supply any stone needed. The stomis
that were too short we cut some more for its they were
useless, and I may have said with resin...et others "Yon
must do the best you can," for they were of different
Rises, and some would do for one and some for the other.
I may have examined come of them and te:de.l them with
a mould, and I think I once or twice pointed mit little
holes which should be storied. I did not look at them,
lIICAJUIO them, and pass them. A complaint may have
been made to me of Um faulty stone being filled up and
joined with shellac ; there may have been. it is a common
thing. After these stones were sent off we advanced
Peters some money. I don't know that Messrs. Dove were
good customers ; they were casual customers. I did not
tell Peters I could not afford to lose such gond customers ;
of course we did not wish customers to be offended. As
to the balusters complained of, Moore. Itevnolkh• worked
400 and Peters 50; sonic tat Messrs. Reynolds's were altered
by Peters. I measured soma with callipers ; l'eters's I
did not measure with the mould ; but when they were
sent back Peters altered Poine, and I afterwards examined
them etrticularly anti they were sent away. ne charm
of LI us. 6.1. I have made was for alterations made after
I had examined them.—ltesexamined: I am a manager
and secretary of the company, and do not understand
ItULSOOFY. I did not alter the contract I made. I got an
aeronnt of his for £l9 10, 1141, settled for I:l6.—Mr.
Weston said he knew nothing of Messrs. Dove, Ins client
that work for Mr. Short, and the moment Mr. Short
approved the work and accepted it, that moment the
responsibility of his client ceassoL—The Judge said that
Messrs. Dove were the persona who could en, evidence of
the contract with Mr. Short by the patten; of which the
work was to he done. Mr. Short's contract to have the work
ilone according to the pattern from Messrs. Dove. Metsrs.
Dove's specitication was supplied to Mr. Westoreaclient
Mr. Weston urged that if Mr. Short was nut a competent
man to examine the work, he ought to gut a competent
man.—Mr. Taylor, foreman for Messrs. Dove, Bros. bad
; been in the business 15 years, and was foreman for this
staircase. When the stonework cankes he found that the
stones would not work together at all, they were not
workout true. lie called in his employer, Mr. Belljallii•
Dove, anti Ike told hint to write to the stone Company to
amid a person to examine the steps. That peraon came,
Mr. henry Butler, and Ike acknowledged that the work
was not properly done. lie bad brown paper moulds of
the steps, and was very particular in keeping each to the
steps until it was examined. The claim LIP tub, seas a
! fair one to the damage through the steps having to be
worked asain. and the delay ; but they settled it for Litt.
lie haul complained of some sandholes, and of one stone
being partly broken off and rejoined with abell-lac. There
was not an additional landing made to the stain..., that
Ike knew of, could not tell if there was an alteration.
Stones are not cut rather large, when sent up, to a11..w for
fitting afterwards, they ought to I. cut true, not perhaps
to a shaving; but they ought to be to a quarter of an
inch or three-eighths of an inch. In this case all haul to
he workout. If the steps were put in the wring numbers
they would have been wrong.—By Mr. Howard : They
were all put according to their numbers ; I saw them and
they were perfectly right. I was csreful to kwe that each
step was mat according to their ;mintier& Some of the
steps were not quite so leng as I could have wished them,
they had not so much bearing in the wall as I could have
wished. —By Mr. Howard: kla was a very modsrate claim
for compensation.—Mr. Ilenry Butler: I ant in the employ
of Messrs. Randall, Saunders and Co., 14..110 merchants,
London, and have a practical knowledge of the business.
I went and saw these steps before and after they were
fixed. The steps were worked very badly, the next step
to it very often would not fit. They were worked as a
loy might have worked them. The whole .1 the feet of
the steps had to he re-worked; sufficient care haul not been
taken in applying the mould, and no architect would have
pasani the staircase. I first thought it would not LI a
flight to re-work the stairs; hut I afterwanis said it was
left-handed work, and very awkward.--laossexakiiined :
I pay a nkaaon ninepence per hour, and they work about
nine and a half hours a day. I don't know what you pay
here. but I have nten somewhere at sixpence per hour.
The steps were put up according to the monikers on theta,
I MN' them before they were fixed, after they were fixed,
and while they were re-worked. They had to be fixed and
worked afterwanle. It would not have been beet to have
worked them when they were ulown, than after they were
up. They could not have worked them before they
were up, without applying the moul.l ; what they
did was the best thing under the circumetances. It
would not have been less trouble to have worked
them on the bench firsts I took into consideration the
man who had worketi thenk here and the Portland stone
Co. The stairs were unskillfully wrong.—Jamni Stagg,
foreman to the Portland Stone Company us lien these steps
were Cut. I 11a.e been a stone mason for II years, and the
stones were cut the SalliO way as they would be for any
other customer, lie cult the stones big enough for the
steps to be worked the size of the nembls.—Cross-
examined ; Would not undertake to say 9 were not cut so
short that they were not used. Heard no complaint that
the stones were cut too small, before they left the Saw
Mills. Don't remember Mr. Short speaking to sue about
theus. Don't remember Peter's telling me some were too
large and some to small. I beard nocouullulaint fr mu Mr. Short.
—Mr. Weston urged that Peters made the best of the stone
as *implied by Mr. Short, and therefore he ought not to
suffer for trying to sate the Portland Company. Ile also
contended that it would have been easier and lees expensive
to have worked the stones on the lecueh (nun the moulds,
instead of working them when put up. .%11 the best work-
men went up to London. there they earned the best
wages. and it would not be fair (turn contractor down here.
where the wages are low, to have his work sent up to
London. and polished up by the best mem—John Peters,
stone mason. saki Ike had been in inksinesa eleven years,
and had worked for Mr. Short. When asked to do this
worts, i.e drew some mould/, which were not approve&
and be eta (nab, which were approved. While i.e was
cutting then), Mr. Short came anal examined the steps,
and after that witneo sent them by train, carefully
packesl. had complained to Mr. Short of the stone being
insufficient ; it was sometimes too stindl one end, and
sometimes at the other. She stone was marked at the
Saw Mills, but he afterwar.ls marked them. Ile worked
a good many himself, and exatnined those which he klid
not. In working stones for staircases, they worked them
to a straight edge. Ile only knew of the measures front
Mr. Short, nothing of Mesons ISove's ineaaures. Told Stagg
the stones were cut very badly, and it woula be a horrid
joh. Some were too thick, and ease him too much 'stout
to cut it off, and others were too small. One stone which
would not tit properly would spoil the lot. There was •
separate mould fur each flight. All in "ea flight Igel •
cross, and all in another flight hoot another mark. If a
little trouble had been taken in arranging those of one
flight, they would have made a better job. The a ~,,, unt
claimed was Jai Sla 11, and Mr. Sh.krt had credited him
with £4 7s. for work done.—lty Mr. Howard : The steps
ought not to have been sent as they were, if he had
supplied the stones himself, he should not have sent
them. listing made the pattern's he knew bow necessary
it was for then, to he true. Ile loaded them in the trucks,
and the figures on them were his. Hit apprentice worked
RMIIO of the atones. Mr. Short sent him letter, f
Mr. Dove very ofteuu. containing their complaints. Was
working them at the time, ain't told him I ceuld not
help about it; he gave me every instruction, and
examined them and was satisfied with then, A letter
produced was iron] I • , wherein he said they would :
naturally nsquire to be straikhtened.—fly Mr. Weston :
In consequence .1 the way in which the stone woo sent
him, it gave him more than double the trouble he
expected, and he would not have done it at the price. if he I
had known how they would Ike sent.--Charles Ilanafont, a
stone surveyor, recollexted SOHIC stones being ordered at
the saw mills to be sent to Mr. l'uters. A great many
steps were cut while he was there. Ile cut a lot of stenes
all one size, and afterwards Mr. Stagg broktght him some
tuotilds, and applied it to the *tones, and some would tit
and some not. Ile told Mr Stagg they would not hold to
the size, and Stagg said he watt I 0 that the best he could.—
By Mr. Howard : I refused work by night, and was
charged by Mr. Short for Ise said I was taking too much
libertisin not working by night. I have been "unfortu-
nate ok the past. Mr. Peters told me over four months
ago he should nut:mien me in this case. Have been always
engaged in sawing, and never knew any man apprenticed
to that. I know nothing about plans, and hare nevrr put
up staircases.—Thomas Symes, working for Mr. Peters,
SAW he worked part of the stones himself. Ile was there
learning his trade. Mr. Petenk made a complaint to Mr.
Short and Mr. Stagg that the stone would not hold out,
and they said ho was to work them the hest way lien:odd,
-fly Mr. Howard : Had worked at Peters's ahuut two
year's —Mr. Dove a foreman was recalled hy the Judge,
and asked whether he noticed that some of the stones
were deficient in thickness, anal others were too thi.•k.
The mould would no doubt tit at the ends of the stets;
but they would not tit elsewhere.--The Judge saikl there
was no doubt that Messrs. Dove were right in going to the
expense, the question was who should pay. After hearing
all the evidence for the defence, of which there was
strong corroborative evidence, he was of opinion tikat the
mischief was so far occasioned by the plaintiffs themselves
that they were not entitled to recover. There WWI strolls
corrolorative evidence, and the agent of the Okkopany •lii
not altogether deny it, that there was a remonstrance by
Peters, and that he 111 r. Short) knight have said "You
must make the lest of it." If the material supplint to
Peters were such as he haul duakeribni—and the evi.lence
supported that view--ho was not responsible for the
mischief. The authors of the mischief were the company
themselves, and they meat bear the loss of it. Venitct for
defendanta. Mr. Weston had knakle no application for
costa supposing they woola fallow s• • matter ol rourae,
—lle, however, retunked, and the Judge told him that,
strictly speaking. if he wanteul costs, the application must
be made. Mr. Weston then applied for costs, and the
Judge granted them, including, the witnesses', and the
advocates' fee.

tioyERNMENy

BIODPOKT COUNTY cocia.
FILIDAY.—Beforc Mr. T. %. P. Lang. Jul.

PORILAND.

TUE STORMY WFATIIER AT SEA.—On Monday last a
French brig was piloted into Portland, the captain of
which reported that in coming from Havre, he had
encountered nine days of continuous gale., and he was
ten days ouning acmes.

YOUSH MEN's ASSOCIATION, EASTON.—On 'Monday
evening last an excellent lecture on " Jerinalent" was
delivered at the room of the association, by the Rev. E.
Meilen. Capt. Thompson, Iland regiment, presided, and
the audience was large, and much enjoyed the lecture.
TIIE CI:TTIRH WiNns.—During the late prevalence of
cold winds, the young French beans and the potatoes
have been much damaged, being cu
::t
entirety
burnt
hia3en:lAleirLimi7ykievnlitden
as if by frost. In one garden near the road,..haarawehteolre
row
of.potatnes might be seen, the leave,
will
not 'l:3lowit-U"sla"Tsß tS°:nillit'halFju't they orann.ftlyb"e
all other resources fail. A man has lately been under trial
by court-martial for re-enlisting. after being discharged
from the army as a had character. Ile was detected itt
Dublin last week by a sergeant of the n•giment in which
he tried to enlist. Two others WC awaiting trial.
TIIE Itornil WEATHER AND TUE linliERSIEN.—The late
unseasonable rough weather has causal a great deal ,Af
loss to the poor fishermen. All the ens') potx ail.l other
gear they had laid down was washed away by the violence
of the winds and wave,., and nearly all lost. Some of them
have lost nearly .1:t worth. The loss is the more severe
as the mackerel season has been unusually backward, and
also unproductive as compared with last year's. The men
are, with much effort, getting ready fresh gear to put
down, no that they may gain their living.
Tut Duel NUISANCE. The Local Board have
uthisixl, on the ground either of unfairness or of too
great enponse, to water the roads. Thu lutation
is now whether the ratepayers can present thetr road-
metal being ground to dust by the heavy stone loads In
summer, and to mud in winter. We trust the merchants may are their way to more general use of the tramway,
instead of smothering their neighbours under hill. The
following letter has been received by Capt. licriven
June 14 1575.
"lHrsr Sir,- -I beg to acknowledge she receipt ,1 y.mr letter
of the 7th inst., containing • resolution pissed at a meeting of
of the mepriyers, relative to the Hoard taking steps to
abate the great nuisances mused by the dust. At a meeting ,4
the Hoard, held on Saturday last, your letter was duly con-
sidered, and I am request.' to Inform you that the Board do
not feel themselves justified at present in incurrjng mach an
expense s. the watering of the street in Fortune's Well would
Involve, and that they are of opinion such outlay Weald he
objected to by the ratepaYerl in the Aber parts 14 the Wad,

At twelve o'clock on Monday the committee of ter.
Local Baird mot Mr. Vincent 1 triniths from the Treasury.
office. Mr. Griffith. stated that the Government intend
to pay rates on all their property in Portland, and in con-
sideration of that the &LIM would have to take and
repair the Groveoroad, the Verne Yeates-road, the Castle-
town-road. and the road to the Breakwater. The in-
creased rates on the assessment would be paid froni the
lot April, 1071, and this would produce more than stall
dent to put the roads mentioned in a thorough state or
repair, as this could be done, Mr. Griffiths thought, for
and this would be far more than covered by tho
Government contrihution to the past rates. tin those
conditions the Government would pay ratea, but they
would not part with the ownership of the roads. The
amount of rate rested with the A....anent Committee,
but it would be on the same basis as was paid elsewhere,
and which gave general satisfaction. On thole conditions
the Board consented to take over the roads. The Venie
Yeatcs•roail is 3 parish road, but having been used by the
Government for militarytpurposes, has hitherto lawn pie-
paired by them.

Then: were 79 original pl.:nits, wild 72;11 hanctit YUMMY ese.,
ltut moat of thaw "'Ore tilopobol of by tilt, (Mr. 11.
11. Ilanley). Ills Honour took his al shortly alter ten
o'clock.

Roll ;AU(eccutivC f the late (luule.. llotinitar,
Manacrton )1 ills), y Sii!•.ry Palmer. inn kacper, hc , •orstock.
W. Oundry for plaintiff : 'lnward: .4 wcynanith,
tor 414,1,421 w. —tln the mon brim: milet.l on, Mr Gundry nut
an important witness .4 his clent's hid not yet ArriVell bIIL
Mr ilowani an:..^ .;r4toti putting the plaintiff and then the dcfen-
. . . .

iLmt in the wiii-;eas b"oe, so that Ills Hollow might hear the
(gets, and then each etilci,ce al was thought neee,sary ciuld
be afterwards width,: I Ali Honour said be ibil not think the
case ought to come before him at all, as it involeol
throe:4le a maas of account e. Wouldn't it he a good plan for
Mr. Cinedry and Mr. llowarel to retire, and see if no arrange-
ment valid 104 he come to.- Mr. 'toward raid he generally
found that his clients liked to aisle their e tat •Pi Ilia 'lonian,
Alta it was therefore agreed to proceed. - The claim was tor
.11 Its. ad. ;LI la. .1 I. hail been fobl into eoUrt.• I'laintiff
Saki she WWI executnx to her late husband, who carriol HI
bushiest as a brewer In Me neighlaiurhi rod up to the time of hie
death. Defendant was one of their customers ;he kept a
public Itottae„ and odumeneci business dealings with her
husband in 10i0. Defendant hail been fitniished with torn.
embers 44 the claim, which Was for beer, ale, ete. supplied
Mr. 110011111 said the accounts had been *cry badly kept. And
("v.' many of the Lu,. ea•gol hit client could produce receipts
hsting been paid for. --A long Hine was spent in going
through these aeciunts, and receipts Wore produces' for it,,,,,
Ifle. altogether were not entered as mat he
plaintiff's lambs, and a verdict tor the amount hold hit,, Court
accepted I,y Mr Ciendry. fiir 1.1 distiff.
airabrfk 11.."1"3 rst,,,,.__Thif• was a Pimilar
' case to the lot.- Mr lineally for plaintiff: Mr "lowan' for
defendant. -Clain, K.:fn.—Mr. tlowani wai I the original claim
was for aill 111.. It!!. ; ymichene 11.1 been found, however and
the plaintiff hael reduct,l the claim to t. 7 id. Ills client min-
t: • al that all he owed was C'd 111!.. lie (Mr. 'toward) did
nit think the erac in which the 1ir1+.11,14 haat been kept at all
attbefactory : as 1,, bad heb.re etat..l cc, 1t.,. Lod. was first
clainied. but lii, client foutal receipts tor m..ny ,4 the item, ;
he told plaintiff that the bill SUN nil wroog, and U..% the
~f plaintiff went to Mr. Palimes, raw what receipts
he had, .T at least a tort 01 them, amities-re atrilek the account*
IT the teaks, and sent in a bill for £O-the t„t„,ti,,e
plaintiff tieing. it was ceblent, to try and make defendant pay
fir all fir which he cool.' it fled the receipte. It, e,eudi
lirodUtw a wlmie hien of receipts, for thing. which were charge
in the bill lad sent in ; ano he therefore IllaUltaintal that
plalutin books were incorrect, soul imt tit be rebid MI. sod
that nothing Wall wing by his client beyond what he ailnaitted.
Ills Honour said if Mr 'toward could show receipts of swine
Mr Gundry would withdraw the efalins.—Mr Ilettulry said teethe*
not SUPpoee Mr 'toward meant to collect the i.lea that he could
. . _ . . .

_ -
Prialime receipts sufficient to expunge the whole of the debts.
The fact was the original bill had been made mit by a person
W 1,,, ill not understand the hoots, and heave the mostake
which had amen- -sir tioiwanl said the accounts went so far
lack an lens, and he niaintained that nothing wail 0virin,,,,0.--tir
tmoilry said lir !toward must prove that, if he cull.-- Ilia
Honour maid be could not assume that there was nothing owing,
lodes. Mr Palmer °mid prodoce vouchers; If he could not
producc therm, he :met ono:hide that the nimiey had not been
lull-Mr !toward said plailitiff did not always give receipts, -
I'laintiff's books and the reraipts were then compared, lost
several discrepalicies were apparent, but there was still a large
Irilmee for which no receipts could be tinelomil.- His Honour
said the MSC aptwarol to I ' turn i.lll tln, iiroductiini
voueleni -,1 those were not prielueol lie must hoid that the
amount was still owing -nr Howard said he did not think he
should have been allot upon to 'induce all the receipts. when
he could alms. SO litany nsistakes• Ile had shown that vouchers
hal been found for EIS 10, of the ainoUlit claimed, but all thy
receipt. could not be produced, so sonic had been lost -Ills
Honour Said it 11111,1911 Vii to have been the iiivariable eustimi
with plaintiff to give a receipt, although it winded the amomit
tea, not alwayn struck off the lamkit If a receipt could not be
ionaluced, the amouiit ward be considered as still owing. - Mr
thindry Said he was prepared to allow all for which mediae
could be shown -.llia Honour thought it would be very unfair
to plaintiff ti say that 'nothing Ira. own& Vi her. Ile felt sure
that both parties were only ail Sioli. to do what was right Mric
sail she wail certain she always gave receipt. for
money paid to her ;n,id she had often said to Mr Palmer, jun.,
Own, lie had raid her nneley "V,,* hail better have a receipt,
and then lithe hooks are wnnig, we ran niaLe the matter right."
-Mr froward said in one month Ell hail heen laid. for which
his client hail not cot aecroliti--I on the books -Ills Ilimour
said It was certainly a waste of isiblie time to go into these
accounts, which ought to h-ay,, hoes, looked thniugh privately.
Ile suggested that Mr llowanl and Mr flimilry retire, esaniine
the amounts, strike off everything for which v. uchers noilil he
pnalueel, and then it would he for the defence to show that
the other animus hail been paid.-Mr ii,oeanl 'mid somewhat
scantily that he would not admit alaythiog, hut would fight the
m.o. on which ilis Honour remarked that an advocate who
could nut keep his temper could DO' lin Ji.ntler ti his client,
mid Mr Iloward midi he emit. tinderstond that, awl it icir
not only to advocates that that remark applitd. Ile. however,
placed the defendant in the loos, who said, after Mr Itemising's
death he received a hill for cln odd ; he a, ~t to plaintiff's
house and disputed it, and then a young lady mnic !ohm house
about it ;he produced vouchers el what he hail paid, end she
to tick off ill her account hook then' mines he ili,l not,
however, show all the vouchers he had, a• he thought it hanlly
right that his amount should In, a, noTected. There were
neatly rceelpts lie positlec as they hail been lost.
All he owed plaintiff war for a barrel of beer E 2 13 ; and it
liarrel of ale El is ;he womb" swear he not owe any more. •
his Honour : if you have it the vouchers, how mos you swear
you do not OWO aoy re? lief : The plaintiff did wit
. give vouchers s smatimes By Mr Gtindry :I do not know how
much the vouchers I nave cover. : And 341, you
come here, and swae , a oils iese C:1 Its.- ity Mr tiuniley : I
have seen plaintiff's daughter about the liaasiee, but iiever told
her that I consolve I owe between LI;; and El I.
I inivflit some-
tint, let toy amount rim on for a week or two Mit I ilo not
know whether I ever 4,Wedi as much at.,,,,, time as Cri. I have
leioks, and never ceiterol a thing ii, inc life -liefro-
dant% son raid he generally told money to the plaintiff: some-
times she gave receipts, and sometimes oche did init.-Nome
more vouchers were O'er., looked at. ansl Mr Glindr:i, Wad Mr
Howard hail only produivil receipts for ..;l1 Pk, and loe was nut
therefore ...ming to admit that nothing 0-as owing. 110
challenged I • •, prove that the remainder tiw acomnt was
not ni "wits:L-116i Honour said unless Mr !toward and Mr
flundry could none to some arrangement, he should refer the
ease aq a matter id amount, to the rc_hitrir halt lie wool.'
suggest that they retire bibs a:wilier rota,, and see if. settle-
ment could not he I, mile to-This Wila Mari 111,4n1,111.1ifter aft
absence of about an hour the partite; retuned into court, awl
it was as ~,,, uncol that the minium 40Willg had beim fixed at
EIS 10s. Each party to pay their own oats.
firoro Miller v. .Vieltottee MorAholl Loogio._tialm 17.61
-Mr Nantes for deft ndant.-Plaintiff Said he hail been
employed by the defendant to make a holgo aid put another
to rights in the Marls iur.roait he hail heen paid c 4 2.1
but the agreemant Wag that itc was to na.-Ave C! liar the job.
Ile had frequently asked for the remainder, but hail not heal
able to get it; defendant said he would first go down Anil see
what had town dime. --Mr Nantes admitted that the original
agreement was CI.; but the work hail wit been properly done ;
li, fact the plaintiff had spoiled the tenet% and hail taken away
wood and thorns ; and there had been a suleesplent agreement.
li comastuense of the k not being impwrly done by the
defendant it was stopped, Mel Mr itradiade, had
raker' Ilse work. assol Ise had given it s a td It,, al, so that
islaintiff had received 70 More thai, Iliat Moonlit, he having been
pahl 124 Ss nol. Aft- r the work hail &en no salami, plaintiff was
tidil if he liked to it at the prier set di ism by Mr Gibbs he
eisistil oho as, awl he agreed to it. -Mr I.oggin (ilefenilaiii) said
It was true ho hail agreol to give the plaintiff, who had Wm.
reoinimenileil to him, for the Jots, provided it was dime
I.r"fierly, hut a. it appeal,' to him subsequently that that
plaintiff was drawing sissney faster the,i he did the work he
went see, toil bowel that he WWI ilniirg it very awl
was carrying away wield id other thing s. Ile therefore. laid him
what Mr Gibi • said lie hail dine was worth. and 'het, .V.lnnni
the work ; however i,i February last lie told iiki/ntiff that if by
liked lii finish the work at Mr I.:iblia's valuation lie could do es
Plaintiff had altogether been paid t 3 7s more than the
work was vetoed at -Plaintiff MAI he first aikeil En for the
work, but Mr berg ~heat m down to Li. •Or William. Gibbs
(firadpole) haii lie hail meanurol the bolts, and at In a perch,
which was • very lair prier, it would come tis Cl IN. flit Ile
ho-lived 1 was about an percher, which wookl be a boitiolitht%
work for isle man. The work hail Is.'s v, ry badly dolie.• -
Plaintiff said he did the work all In blood( ; he did mime bilis
fir others when lie u-as prevailed by the wet and rhona 'art
wmur teen, vrtni4 on with the basis., air JAHR, (clerk to
Mr loggin) mail he relnconbered hearing defendant tell plain-
tiff if lie liked to do Inc wort at the valuation of Mr tame he
emit.' di, ; and the plahstiff seemed :.grecalde to the propseal.
lbw monour peel Ise
seenurd 1,, haviLbeen paid all he was entitled is,

IGreyhound Hotel, Britlportk--lletoregoing
on with this plaintiff was told he must pay the costs of the
hearing in the last caw:, 1., but he said he Kati not the wintry,
awl was told ey his Honour he should wit go to law oiliest+ Ise
had money to pay for the bearing --However, shortly after-
wards, the fts was !mid, and the ewe was prtweoded with.
Plaintiff said he had been engaged be Mr Mallen ad 3d per
hour, no, of coarse, dhe worked ten hours it would la Its :
fourteen hours, 3st lid, and soon, fie hail been on at work
hours, for which he claimed LI Is GI: he had only been twit!
17s, so that is Cal wag etthi OWI14: -Mr hulkn wild the plaintiff
had not worked anything Ike s malty Noun as he Bahl ha had.
lie had may been employed f eito Tuesday morning ',wee
time till the following Monday ttill. and he heti charged at
the nue of siateen hours a day, whenss ec had not worked ten
hours on some days -Plaintiff maid he went on at lour in the
morning and worked till dark -lildentlant e,i.i ottiettrr woe
I employed by him to get 6.4113 ground ready for num.:oW ; it
was only about the eighth of an acre, wet he had iktid him at
the Me of 16+ per week while he had km,lt Ol employed At
the rate he haiti hint it would .opt Liu ,12 se ro 5., 1,n.,
pare land-lime Honour thought, Mr Buffett had hatter gio.
plaintiff in more than that already urakl hint, and this Mr
Iken.agr.tel 4% -

albs ( on v. Crvokam, contrwtor. —Ur Day for eq.-
plainant ; lir Nantes rot-defendant --Claim, t::t
said he Ins written to by defendant as to taking a mitnatioo,
his duties being to superhard the lasing of the pipes itg
nection with the water works. Ile (plaintiff) woo la In/clonal
the time, and he wrote, sending testimonial*. tte. vet suhee-
quietly agnel to go at 3.0 per week defendant had found ci
fault at the manner in which he had tarried out bin etjeo vet
hall any panplalnt been made 14 any time lie had
refused to gannet piece wore when offered as It was ime a
mintier price that was ..fferol. The lumina siaiunvi we. fnr 5
the situation : it was cuatonlary for him to he
week's wares and hit expetimat from London when he ample,
paid his travri-
hnz expenses when I.", undertook a similar Job. He heel beta
discharoil without any notie,,, and that sax therm...li he sued
for a week's wage*. Ile had a convereatioo with Mr Croton
In April. defendent saying the work was not got in, with 55
fast as it ought ti he, and he (plaintiff) offered tel
hess-cit cooo'.
but defendant said he could not do 10D without a week's notice :
he then gave a week's notice. but Plaintiff said ho immid oIIM
give notice at pay-day. lie had been engaged In laying pilso
for one company for ten pairs, and had produced testimonials
as to his ability. He was einployed bi superintend the la)ing
the pipes. In answer to Mr Nantes plaintiff vnid he mine a 0 a
skilled workman at :las • week; that seam more than an ....Mull
workman would receive t it would be high wag's,.fir S
labourer. Vt. Crokam dial not uompktiii to him at Litton of
the slow programs nsade with the work, lon mid too Inwai had
was used about the Jointe That WWI .in the Vtli April Ile did
not make answer that he should cut do it faster, lint said he
should wish to leave, as he wan not the foreman of the wech•
as he expecte:l to be. Defendant said he cook' not leave with-
out • proper notice, and Mr slid not then make answer mil may
there was nothing about any notice in his agreement. 1101001"
not did not subsequently oimplaie —in fact, he had nelY
him into or twice Sint, it WWI • very deep entitle.: when bl,
wan it work at Litton, and they could only put in about .sc
pipe • day mometimes. %Then he asteel defendant for a day .c
two's holiday lie antl he oould go as 10011 as the deep tutting
was got through. Ile did not any he could ;:o on his (witocc.l')
own business. but not on his Ile was away two Jaya tfittli
had holiday. He had iint hail any unsiplaint Ml3Ol Mr. The'.
(assistant engineer).—Alfred Traveresaid he reuesulereal
13th of April: he was with the plaintiff at the works s±
Litton, when he heard a conversation between Mr. erokain and
Watts Watts said there were ton many nesters tn Phlce
him, and that he had better leave at tome if he could not g1..5
satisfaction. "Oh, no" Mr. erotism said, "You must gi`r
notice at pov day, I shall not tat e a week's notice now —crow
examined lie did not hear Watts say there •••• nothing in 110)
agreemtmt about notice being given Nil.. 51101.410 (engineer
was standing about four or flve yards off when the cermet*"°
took plats. All the complaint he (witness) heart was about*.
mucb had being used byiNates.- Hr. Nantes said be was M-
isted to prove that comptaints had been frequeetfy ramie w
*WO abovA Ms work Unfortunately, however. Kr. sof'