The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-10 00:00:00

Company to be represented in the general board cf
the trust by the addition of six directors or share-
holders who are not bondholders. 8. The entire
works to be executed under the direction of a
committee of eight trustees, to consist of three
trustees selected by the bondholders, three by
the company, one by the Birkenhead commissioners,
and one by the Wallasey commissioners. 9. The
rates not to be reduced without the consent of four
of the bondholders' trustees. 10. The trustees and
committee to meet where they shall from time to
time determine. 11. A public auditor to be ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade, and the accounts to
be laid annually before Parliament.
The general result of the inquiries of the com-
mittee was that there was no hopes of any dividend
ever being paid upon the bonds, unless additional
capital could be raised for completing the works in
their entirety, for Vf hi eh purpose they proposed to
apply to Parliament for powers to raise the neces-
sary capital, and give it a preferential dividend over
previou3 capital, and also to place the control of the
works more in the hands of the bondholders.
A meeting of the bondholders was held yesterday
at the London Tavern, Baron de Goldsmid in the
chair, when the report was presented and adopted.
After a slight discussion, in which Mr. Laird and
Mr. Ellice, two of the trustees, maintained that ar-
rangements were in progress by which the property
would be made available to the expenditure of an ad-
ditional capital not exceeding 130,0001., and the for-
mer gentleman promised shortly to publish a full
reply to the report of the committee, a vote of thanks
to the chairman closed the proceedings.

THE ARM Y.
DIET OF MILITARY PRISONERS.
The military authorities, we believe, have lately
had this subject under investigation, and the Secre-
tary-at-War, after having had under his consideration
the reports from the governors and medical officers of
the several military prisons at home in regard to the
effect of the reduced diet for prisoners which has been
in operation since the Ist of August last, has come to
the conclusion that generally it is sufficient, both in
quantity and quality, to maintain the prisoners in
health, to enable them to go through the discipline of
the prison, and to return to their corps at the termi-
nation of their imprisonment fit for duty. This diet,
which is as follows— _ _ _

Full Diet. Re hr.:cc] Dint.
Breakfast Oatmeal Bcz. or 21b. Jz. 8 z. or 21b.2cz

of Stirabout. of Stirabout.
Dinner—lndian meal 9oz. or 21h. Goz. 66. z. or 11b. 9i z.
3apper—Brca3

51b. 41b. 3
is to be considered as the sole diet for use in the mili-
tary prisons at home for the future, and the articles
which are enumerated at page 53 of the prison rules
as substitutes for the regular diet are to be discon-
:inued, except as articles of sick diet, or to he used in
cases of emergency, or on such special occasions as the
medical officer may consider it necessary to prescrilv
them under the powers vested in him by the 721
article of the prison rules.
A., however, in some cases it May be necessary to
give a greater amount of food than that included in
the above scale for men after lengthened imprison-
ment, the governors of the various prisons have been
informed that the following scale may be adopted for
prisoners after 84 days . confinement, should the
medical officer consider it necessary, but not other-