570 APPENDIX. 



He does not suppress the works (although he had full power to 

 do so), but he forbids the making of salt-cake. Next, he dooms our 

 adversaries to pay the whole of the expenses in the first suit at York 

 before a special jury. In the arbitration he awards very moderate 

 remuneration to Sir William Pilkington's tenants for damage done 

 to their crops. To me he awards ;iooo damage for my timber, 

 and .100 more for smoke and nuisance to the house. But mind 

 he neutralises all this by ordering me and Sir William to pay one- 

 eighth of the arbitration costs. So that, if I save my expenses, it is 

 all I shall do. Most probably every farthing of the ^noo will 

 barely suffice to meet these expenses. What a mockery ! to award 

 me a sum for evident damages, and then to deprive me of it by 

 taxing me with costs incurred to gain it. A pretty victory for us, to 

 be sure ! Sir William will be a ^1000 clear out of pocket, and I 

 shall receive no remuneration for the destruction of my timber. 

 The only positive gain we acquire is, that the law has now fully 

 declared that the alkali works are a positive nuisance, and a damage 

 to the neighbourhood ; and this will be of vast advantage to us at 

 the next York assizes whither we shall go, as we are determined to 

 have the works put down. You must know, we had two of the most 

 respectable and scientific wood-valuers of Yorkshire to form an esti- 

 mate of damage done to the timber by smoke from these works. 

 They both swore that my estate was worth less, by ^5000, if it were 

 brought to auction ; and after immense calculation and expense, they 

 both swore that I ought to receive in good money a sum of ^2200. 

 In lieu of this, the arbitrator has coolly cut me down to ^noo, and 

 then^ taken precious care that I shall touch little, perhaps none of it, 

 by saddling me with a certain portion of the expenses. Our adver- 

 sary will have to pay above p6ooo ; and if he chooses to fail before 

 all is wound up, then Sir William and myself must prepare to fork 

 out more tin. Surely grandson Jonathan can manage his lawyers 

 better than his old, stupid, perverse, and profligate grandfather Bull 

 does. 



I was never in law before. Now don't you think that I have had 

 my belly full enough ? Jury law is always dangerous. But arbitra- 

 tion law, nine times out of ten, is certain death to the breeches 

 pocket. Never more will I have doings with an arbitrator. Should 



