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j their wages also. On the '.E.'.}:';;:,"'d';';,";. the Sth of Decomber, ho was absent from the city. . He returned about t wo o'clock in the afternoon, and found the works deserted _ His foroman had pro-- miged the men that they should be lpmd' and be (witness) regardod his word as pledged by hisforeman, His foreman gave his mon a holi-- day on the representations of Mr. Hellam, ( Wytneu made aclaim :i).oll Mr. Wagaer of $17 for the time lost by his men, but was not paid. -- He belioved it was necessary to in-- crease the wages of stone--masons and brick-- layers to get the number required upon the Central Prison works. Mr. Mellvilic was divrected to appear before the Committee with the correspondence re-- lative to the givias up of his contract upon | the Prison works. | __Joww -- Foster was noxt examined, Ho stated that ho was foroeman for Mr. Melivilis, one of the contractors on the Contral Prison _ He allowed the men to go to the nomination on the 8th of Decem-- ber, and he took his orders from Mr. Hellam. * Mr. Hellam said he had received word from the Commissioner that the men were to go, ard that the time would be all rifiht. Ho did not voto at the last election, but he voted at the provious one. The men attended the . elections, but he gave them no instructionsas | to how they lhonfd vote, The men who were away longer than the time necessary for thom to vote had their time stopped. He exercised no undue influence over the men, They were greatly shocked by the revelations of the Pa-- cific Railway business. Witness was ordered to appear to--morrow with the time--books. Mr. CavrErnon was of opinion that the evi-- ! dence should be reported to the House, and: | that Mr. McKellar should be allowed to make a statement pregiously if he desired to | do so. | Mr. Woon was in favour of this course being adopted. The Cnarritax was opposed to the pro-- oeedin%:l it was opposed to a previous action of the Committee to give a partial raport Aiter : omo furt :or dircussion, It was moved by Mr. Rykert, and sec-- onded by Mr. Lavni:, that the Chairman should be directea to ask the permissio® of the House to report the evidence taken be-- fore the Committse from time to time, as the Committce might deem desirable, __.__ The motion was carried, and the Commit-- the adjourned. f