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who was
friendly to both parties) to
prevent Mr. Gibbons, whose proceedings
were
" Excellency might upon it be able to
intervene. None has arrived." But
becoming every day
more and
more
he added," I fear
that
nothing
can
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insubordinate from making matters
worse. The
gentleman I alluded
to is
Mr Justice Snowden.
I enclose for Your Lordship's
information a copy of a note Mr. Snowden
addressed to
me on
the 16th of October
referring to the message he conveyed to Mr. Gibbons that I was anxious to
bring
3.
about some accommodation.
Your Lordship will
observe that Mr Snowden says "I begged
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" Mr. Gibbons to think over what I had
said, and hoped he would
answer so
as to give
an
opportunity to see whether anything could be
done with him; he will not listen
"to advice!" And in the early part of
his letter Mr Snowden
says
"I
am
sorry
that I found Mr. Gibbons quite beyond the reach of
reason
"remonstrance." Five or six
days
after Mr. Snowden's conciliatory effort, Mr Gibbons made the public utterance in Court for which he is now suspended.
4.
On each occasion before this
that I myself saw Mr. Gibbons he
seemed
more
disposed to create difficulties
than to remove them, and he dwelt
constantly
on the utterly inadequate salary