The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-05 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BURIAL,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM
SlR,—Having recently read in your columns le
Dr
addressed to the Secretary of State for the Bowe
partment by Sir Richard Broun, relative to the g 7,
undertaking projected by him of making a METROPOOfri
NECROPOLIS, or City for the Dead, at Woking, it, I,i
not be uninteresting to yourself, who have evinced 00
great zeal in advocating sanitary improvements,
to the shareholders of the Necropolis Companh to
a " STATEMENT" now being circulated in print by
on
the directors. • 010
A meeting is called by five of the shareholders, ,
ing the name of the Solicitor-General, for the 17thl"g„
for the purpose of removing Lieutenant-General 1316
Mr. Davies, the banker, and Mr. F. Dobinson, barrqes-
from the direction, and appointing a committee to ill
tigate and report on the affairs of the compatil•
It is reported that Mr. W. J. Voules, the bli-110
who has had awarded to him 2,0001. to retire frog o
chair, has also received 6001. or 7001. of the eeulr'of
money as fees, he acting to it in the double eapacleo
chairman and legal adviser. But had this report' tbo
true, he surely would have been able to paY rac're
501. of the 5,0001. for which he is a subscriber. 00
As the company is exempted from the operation ° t be
Joint Stock Company's Winding-up Act, and °3ll.l2°re
dissolved without a special Act of Parliament, t'edobt
no chance of the project being abandoned ; and of II
the proceedings on the 17th will lead to the atfau",.e for
company being placed in such hands as will ins ll
the undertaking the public confidence and supP°
it merits.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, „0,
A SUBSCRIP'

STATEME NT. TnSPCCIA
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF VIE
NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL MAIT°'"
COMPANY.
For some time past it has been painfully e of
many who are deeply interested in the success
company, that the present directors are utterly '"
petent to carry out its object.
After the lapse of two years and five months s'neceisi;
directors undertook to bring the project to a Shiotlia.
0
issue, you will not be surprised that they
called upon'to state the cause of their failure, ",;etiot);
when it is disclosed to you that, with the eceiftiof'
four gentlemen on the direction, yon have a I°, tll,l
faulters, who, neglecting to fulfil their own Pn'e°rt
liabilities, have necessarily failed to obtain 611 r
confidence from the public. of
In July last the Company obtained the •c'e,-sco:,
liament empowering them to form a cemetery tptorf:
As yet the means even to commence 'a
wanting. ton toe
The directors stand pledged to Lord Palo:ors.; yet
for interments by the Ist of May.
claims of the Woking commoners are unadilisor'e
consequently no steps can be taken even to Pre'
ground for consecration fOiil'
ns
not because this. important work is no''A"pr
r,,,e
either by the Government or by the public, io
capitalists stand aloof for want of confidence, are
scheme itself. On the contrary, money could o„,oW`,
readily obtained, and the share list rapidly ccti,so`;
but for the disunion of the direction. Influen,•recoe,;
are not even now wanting. But the present 1' fait '
• evl' J
notwithstanding its incapacity, resolutely u.
office. toti°ll
Your original directors obtained the ree'idemi
the company, and the confidence of the shareb°
their subscription to the deed of 500 sbalefor
The following table shows how their liabilities 10
met :
Ve,o

Names. Shares. Money paid.
F. Dobinson 5OO ... £3OO
J. Gardiner 5OO ... 300
G. H. Thompson 5OO ... 300
W.J. Voules 5OO ... 50

-I'l4l#

J. C. Taylor 5OO -... 2,500
J. C. Chatterton 5OO ... 1,500
J. Briggs lOO ... 1,000
R. C. Davies lOO ... 1,000 Ift4
It will thus be seen that there is a deficit 01l 1111;1°
of four of the directors '6f 5,0501., or nearlY
- -

capital subscribed ! I !
Aciooo,;f
ABSTRACT OF THE SHARE LIST AND CAPITAL
The number of shares taken is only 3,135' P
59 shareholders., 04,0
A deposit of 1L per share produced... ........... .• thel
A call of 2/. paid on 2,715 shares produced•••" 3!;
Calls paid in advance on 432 shares ............
Davao
The shareholders have much reason to c0°340
with so small a subscription any call should P, of d
made. It inconvenienced them, without heillope!"4,
service, and was reluCtantly agreed to in the. 4,01ir
the defaulting directors might be shamed In" v 4
ment of their own subscription. "11
to ffo,
In January last Lieut.-General Briggs wasoe t
as a gentleman capable of extricating the director',
its embarrassments, and he was elected a „t
having
has, however, utterly failed to realise the obje'
election.
A communication
'tflir°:llll
Onslow that if the instalment due to him wil ,
10,2001., were not paid upon a'given day, lega'.„ol.„l,
ings would be taken against the company,' to les'"
emergency Messrs. Davies, Dobinson, and Dileoo,lol
General Briggs were appointed a finance °9,,0,.0,7t0
The result of their deliberations was a sugges'eoli°l,
been received
5,0001. should be raised upon the joint and sey any
of hand of Lieut.-General Briggs, Mr. Davies, a°, ofeol
Stirling Taylor ; but owing to the insufficierSti
sum thus raised, the latter gentleman, Mr. ,bOO
Taylor, contributed in cash 1,0001.' addition'ootrlcoc
other members of the board having failed to co. be ti
to the exigencies of the company, could no 10ng,,,011,,er
sidered eligible as directors, and the three 0009'"
last named were appointed a committee for fee itip;
ing the direction. fe
de 0,
This committee recommended that the. kiwi ,tV
directors should elect either to pay their lr";0001
retire from the direction. But upon the Veit"?
resignation of Mr. Voules, the deputy-Cr-0i dlit
was elicited that a written compact, jr!g13111°00'
Briggs, R. C. Davies, F. Dobinson, and wi• niei3 ra
had been made, by which those four genttpea-del,„?'
themselves to act in concert---to retain Mr. 'no- PT,
chair—to appoint General Briggs and fr fr. d
defaulter in the amount of 1,2001.) as directoi 13t
mg, and to give Mr. Davies the patronage of a' r
the company 11 I mot
olei
It was about this time also that the extral;.', I°oo
of 2,000/. was awarded by the board to /‘„0„r°101'
upon his resigning the chair, but under a sirc,f
inserted on the minutes by Mr. J. Stirwi,Teol
which protest should be read by the share'," par tr
will look in vain for the means of meeting tb,efirOii
should they unfortunately be induced to
grant of above one-sixth of the capital subseri voly,
The directors have been advised that heive°,
forfeiture of their shares, they may be vs-ilia 10'
their liabilities to the company, thus of course i tbeV
your burdens to the amount of 5,050/. ; and te°l,
possibly endeavour by the use of your proxieli is 131,"'
from you a formal and legal discharge. pit 'arild
that you will not entrust your proxies to
ill n
without the strongest guarantee that they
used for any such purpose. re)
There remains but this to remark. If tb,i„ebilt
now abandoned, you will have to meet a, ""otio °Quo
than 50,0001. ; and if the remaining calls, 1*„1,1-1c1PiP
71. per share, were duly honoured, they w",,,-rep Oiero
duce half that amount Are you, thee, losie
entrust the disposition of your property s°,l•7lroel
men whose poverty or incapacity have place-he-or,
position ? Or will you not rather dismiss t'n-0,014,'
gether unfit to conduct the affairs of the elf, poi
By forming a committee of yourselves, W"„rsel' t.
examine the ex-directors, and by setting '
solutely to the work of remodelling the 'I to-e,
may yet insure success ; but if you neglect to !„,,,
you will have, to encounter loss of property t tlr
amount, and to regret the failure of a projecio
deur of which can only be equalled by its treot°r:thr
This statement is laid before you by siuritolj,l!oilje,
has contributed more money to the tutte D'"De,4l
any other one, and who has given it hesi,,,," fore,' "01
mitted attention. Its accuracy may, the.° re'-pif;til
pended upon, and his object may be at oneD•B
as an attempt to rescue your moneys and, 101°
disposal by men utterly wanting in raeal3:l,
influence necessary to advance the project'
The 11 0111,0
DANGEROUS SHOAL IN THE PACIFIC. pod
which is now in process of formation by ni" et'le
agencies bears south-west from St. C.l,e—, ef
ter
about 35 miles, and is within eight r13"ei00101 $5,0
reef indicated by the United States' Coso
not down on the ordinary charts. As ne•tilg coed
tained, it is about half a mile in extent,
tha track of the Panama steamers,
..anifolY, 1,100:1
Captain Cropper, of the Cortes, and 31r• the ~,esit,
officer, as well as by the commander Of Leo°, so`,,ri
Captain Cropper witnessed the following .tit as rojecor
—The sea around the shoal was as sr°o°oo P. 400.011
when suddenly a heavy column of mate r be th,tii
fw
into the air some 20 feet, appearing, i'/,lpre",
from a common centre, and, although zrekerr,
having no appearance such as ordinal"' %ter Pet(f°
In an instant it subsided, and the W. neseteifroo 001
smooth as it was before. This was
iie.SiSte,oo3
times, and leaves no room to doubt of t the 010 01 00
submarine volcano there. According t° ~tittrupt,
made on board the steamer Pacific, the
`y
new shoal is 32.30 N., longitude 119.03
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Herald. Air A11015.,4... :000,
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AT COLL—, o,
terday, at the Manchester Borough with COS'
e
named Edward Davis was charged jato s
orWe
99/., the property of his employer, ltrer os; aoti:
ton, paper manufacturer. The pris.t was 1° pg
as bookkeeper and salesman, and And I'oo e`loir(
collect accounts and to receive order;he Co; oc,r,,
money over to Mr. Crompton. 1130, tiarneutteitlii`,
month he received 611. from are rssolinson, pr
Greenhalgb, and 381. from Chaa,. eteik'Ye-rllOll
which sums he accounted for.
,„...-nte;l„y t'.or
him on Saturday last, and on n bound P
was at Liverpool on board a suirtitoinillie °POP
which was to sail on the followieg,, his w_.3'll
paid 701. for the passage of hinrsen."',oo.l.‘7lo6 10'
and daughter, who were found 0. yanprelae. 000_04
amongst his luggage the officer wn" prisoner,o
The .(1 iortv
found 251. in a tea caddy'. e „„d rai
should be able to show that h "inch ile,rtarcltri
away on his master's account
nlvfe'd till peC
with embezzling, and was re "
niaroeuring t
afford him an opportunity of P
• otAten2ol2"
evidence in support of