The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-11 00:00:00

HYAAI & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE.

HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS.

HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS.

Wahl & Co.'s LIVERIES.

H YAII & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY.

RYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
Ilyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Overcoats
llyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555.
Ilya'm & Co.'s Winter Suits
llYana & Co.'s Winter Jackets
Ilyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats 3os. to 70s.
Hymn Sr Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Trousers
I-PAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile
Clothing.
Boys' Sandringham Overcoats
Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer
Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits 155. to 355.
Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 425.
Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s.

('YAM and Co.s SELECT DEPARTMENTS,
11 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for Immediate Wear,
2. Bespoke or Order Department.
3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

HYAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET.
BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET.
LEEDS —42, BRIGGATE, and
DEWSBURY—WESTGATE.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.

WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

1.4 OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
: TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WILLI4IIIS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge. 8• Great Queen-street. W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF
provide LONDON.—The
Comm are anxious to boys.
Ow.; hundredittee and fiftymost are now In the Refuge. tor
The 400 annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for ono boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lotlibury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
Refuge fl WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary,
, , Urea Queen-street, W.C.

PRO VIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
enhcte;rLoilvd,ginFingse,burywit,hEs.Co.ppe
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
Sixty Thlo4A'usaPnrd°viNcli
rs and
Breakfasts, have beeng 's
destitute, who otherwise given in
havethis Ifilasltution to the
to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under '
railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Su
ppe d
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week, The-spaen-
fm all parts are admitted, the only condition being thatu
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and
sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a mum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tanailies
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been began ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by‘the.itsv-;,D._GILBERT..D.D., Not 22,
rinsbw-cirou4 N.V.

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient iD
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair, 810 6d, 586 d, and Ws 6d;
gent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High tiolborn. London, and all Chemista.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
Y.Y in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO.
'llls preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
removing. the veryroot. Price is ; sent by post for 60 stamps.
—248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

RAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold
at is 6d, Is Bd, and 10s Id ; sent free for 84, 81, and 141 stamps.
—Had of all Chemists.

fl HEY HAIR. —248, High Holborn, London.-
71 ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effort. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 108 6d ; sent by post
for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemists.

HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price 3s 6d, be Id, and lOs 8d; sent for 51, 54,
and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists.

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROWS
VE 4ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, dm. 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or pc s t for 49 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifull) -perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains
so by an occasional usinz. lOs 6d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
:ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 16, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
dr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; ur by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—ner Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Viers- ratkon—ii is Royal Highness the Prime of WALES, KG.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, LG.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
Pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I dgactes
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number ot attendance of the
Aestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear eatly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the pr mises of this Hospital are capable of
iclutablieg several hi.ndred more beds had the Committee
_e requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by thEirbankers.liessrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchuroh-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and
Drummonu and CO. - Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co. ; rresoat, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co.; • Barclay and ; Deacon, and CO.; Nisbet
and Co., BernerE,strcet ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
.STAITFORD BUMF, begrettiry,

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The Poisoning Case in Norfolk.

[DocKING, Thursday.

Further proceedings took placeto-day in regard to the
charges of poisoning illegitimate children, preferred against
four persons, named John Grief, Susan Grief, Mary Grief,
and Sarah Grief. John Grief and Susan Grief are husband
and wife, and the two other prisoners are their daughters—
the mothers of the children alleged to have been poisoned.
John Grief was again brought up in custody from Norwich
Castle, and the other prisoners from Wymondham Bride-
well.
Mr. Wilken, of Lynn, appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Ford, barrister, instructed by Mr. Spanton, of
Hunstanton, for the prisoners. The magistrates present
were—Major Hare, Major Hollvvay, and Mr. C. F. N.
Rolfe.
Mr. Wilkon, in commencing the proceedings, said he had
given the matter the best consideration, and he was not
prepared to press the charge against the prisoner John
Grief or his two daughters ; but ho should ask for the com-
mittal of Susan Grief, the grandmother of the deceased
children, on the charge of poisoning them. These remarks
applied to the children Ann Maria Grief and Alfred Grief.
It was important to show a motive for the act imputed to
the remaining prisoner, and in this case the children who
bad died were a burden to the household, in which there were
already eight legitimate children ; they had also never been
affiliated. As regards the third child Jemima Grief, who
died in 1860, little more than a quantity of mould had been
found in the coffin, and the analysis would be a work of
considerable time ; it had not yet been completed by Mr.
Sutton, and he should not refer further to that branch cf
the subject at present. As regards the remaining prisoner
he should be in a position to cffer very strong evidence.
The deresitions of varicus witncsses examined 0.1 pre-
vious occasions were read over. The first deposition was
that of Mrs. Pitcher, of Shernborne, who stated the cir-
cumstances which attended the death of the child Alfred
Grief, which she attributed to poison. The second deposi-
tion was that of Mr. T. M. Kendall, surgeon, of Lynn, who
confirmed the conclusion. The third deposition was that
of Mr. Sutton, analytical chemist, of Norwich, who stated
he had found arsenic in the body of the deceased child.
The fourth deposition was that of W. Howard, policeman,
who said the prisoner Susan Grief had said to him, with-
out his saying anything to call for the remark, "I know
you suspect me of poisoning the child, but if I have to suf-
fer for it 1 don't care a about it." This witness also
said that he found a packet of arsenic lying on the .top of
the bed in which Sm,an Grief and her husband slept.

The prisoners Sarah and Mary Grief, and John Grief
'g) thou set at liberty. Sarah Grief was told, however, to

Mr. F. Sutton, analytical chemist, of Norwich, deposed
—The arsenic which I found in the body of the deceased
child Alfred Grief could not have been mixed with any-
thing else ; certainly not with spirits of tar such as is used
in sheep-dressing. I analysed the powder found on the
prisoner's bed, and discovered it to be arsenic—the ordi-
nary arsenic of commerce. It was also precisely the same
kind of arsenic I found in the body of the deceased child.
I found three particles of undissolved arsenic in the body
of the deceased. We always look for undissolved arsenic,
and in this case I found it on the coats of the stomach. I
removed it with my finger and also with a feather. I as-
certained the presence of dissolved arsenic in the stomach
by means of hydrochloric acid.
Mrs. Pitcher, recalled, stated that the prisoner was the
mother of 12 children, and they were nearly all at home in
November. There were also two illegitimate children of
the eldest daughter in the house at the time. One ille-
gitimate child of one of the daughters is still living. Cross-
examined--All the prisoner's own children had lived, and
all but three are earning their own living.
Superintendent Rose said, on the 12th of November,
when the prisoner was apprehended, she said, " I have
been troubled with children all my lifetime; they have
kept me in great poverty, and if you were to look in my
house now you would not find a piece of bread." The re-
mark was made quite voluntarily by the prisoner, and was
not the result of any observation made by witness.
The deposition of Mr. Gowing, chemist, of Snottisham,
taken at a previous stage of the inquiry, was put in and
read. It stated that on the 26th of October, William
Grief, commonly called "Valentine Grief," came to wit-
ness's shop and bought some arsenic. Mary Grief told
witness that her child died from cholera, and that she had
told the registrar that it was diarrhcea. She showed sor-
row for the death of the child.

The evidence was proceeding when this account was de-
spatched.

(By Telegraph.) •
The prisoner Susan Grief was committed for trial on the
charge of poisoning both children.

The Late Gale.

TElGNarotrm, Jan. 9.

This morning (states Mr. G. P. 11. Rowell)
information was brought here that a large vessel
was on shore near the Parson and Clerk rocks. It
was blowing a heavy gale from the S.W. at the
time. The lifeboat China, belonging to the Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution, was thereupon"about to
be launched, when fortunately the vessel got clear,
and was observed to be standing out. Shortly after-
wards a bark made for the harbour with a signal of
distress flying in the rigging. The lifeboat was
then launched and proceeded to the vessel, shipping
some heavy seas as she crossed the bar, of which,
however, she readily relieved herself. On arriving
alongside they found she was a Norwegian bark,
bound to France, with timber. The master had
quite lost his reckoning, and, as his ship was rapidly
drifting tcOeeward, he was of course anxious to get
into a port of safety, and a steamtug went to his
assistance.

HOLYHEAD, Jan. 10.

Last night again this port was visited by a severe
storm. On the 3d the wind was west ; then it
veered gradually from west to south. Yesterday
and last night it turned to east and north-east,which
is its direction at present. Several of the large fleet
of vessels that left this port on Thursday last have
been lost on the Irish coast and the Isle of Man.
About 30 vessels reached the harbour of refuge yes-
terday and last night.
FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY, Jan. 9.

Intelligence was received here yesterday (says
Capt. Arengo Cross) that a ship was on shore on
the Middle Match, on Carmarthen Bar. It was
blowing strong at the time from the westward, with
occasional heavy squalls. The City of Manchester
lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was
launched, and proceeded towards the wreck. On
nearing the spot it was observed that there was a
signal of distress flying on the only mast standing,
that her hull was under water, and that two men were
clinging to the masthead. As there were portions of
wreck washing about in the vicinity of the vessel, the
lifeboat experienced some difficulty in getting along-
side, but after repeated attempts she succeeded in
effecting a communication and rescued the two poor
fellows, who were much exhausted. They were safely
anded on shore, and are now doing well. One of
them was the mate, who stated that his vessel was
the schooner Gem, of Hull, bound from Greenock
for Southampton, laden with pig iron and machi-
nery. Owing to the extremely boisterous state of
the weather the Gem had lost all her sails but one,
and, the master mistaking the Caldy light for St.
Anne's, she had gone on the sands about midnight
and filled almost immediately. As the night was
stormy, and the sea running high, the master, his
wife, and the four men who composed the crew,
lashed themselves to the cross trees, but at daylight
there were only two of them living, the others being
drowned in their lashings, and their bodies being
fearfully mangled. There were evidently no means
on boards the wreck to show a night signal for the
assistance of the lifeboat.
SHIELDS, Jan. 10.

Another very heavy gale from the E.N.E. has
blown on this coast since last night, and it is un-
abated. The sea is very high. No casualties have
occurred, however, except that the large bell buoy
at the south pier has been washed away. A few
steamships arrived during the night, and this morn-
ing the steamship Dudley, from Hamburg, is the
only vessel which has entered the port. Last night
'theDanish sloop Makrelen arrived in the Tyne. She
lost a man overboard at sea, who was drowned, her
decks were wept, and for eight due the crew were

unable to kindle a fire. For three days they were
under hatches, and durst not come on deck. Ter-
rible accounts are being received from the Tyne.
On Wednesday the D u tch schooner Dolphin brought
nine of the bark Newcastle, of Newcastle, Captain
I larrison, into llartlepool-bay, and they were landed
in a coble. The bark left the Tyne last week, coal
Men, bound for Alexandria, and during the gale
of Saturday night her cargo shifted. On Sunday
morning, as the vessel was unmanageable, she
struck with terrible force on the Hasborough
Sands, between Cromer and Yarmouth. From
the force with which she struck it was evident
she would speedily break up. The crew, therefore,
launched the long boat, and nine of them, named
Wm. Kemp, George Stewart, John Storey, Wm.
Crockett, John Robson, Edward Hartell, Alfred
Sinnebolt, John Vardy, and John Forster, all be-
longing to Shields, got into it, together with John
Marshall, the mate. The captain, who also belongs
to North Shields, refused to leave the vessel, and his
son, a lad about 16 years, said he would remain with
his father. The boat, without either water or provi-
sions on board, bad scarcely pulled away from the
side of the ship when the vessel parted, and the cap-
tain and his son were drowned. When the vessel
struck it was about half-past 6 o'clock, and the sea
was so boisterous that the crew in the longboat never
expected it would live in such a storm. As it-igas
she filled twice with water, and several seas that
struck her carried away all the cars except two,
which were comparatively useless in the midst of a
tempest, and the boat had to be allowed to drive
before the sea. All Sunday was passed without a
hope of rescue, and as night approached the craving
for water began to manifest itself among the poor
fellows, who were also suffering from wet and cold.
The mate, John Marshall, exhibited symptoms of
madness, and cried out piteously for water. He be-
gan to tear his hair, and fretted about his " canny
wife and bairns," and at last he jumped overboard.
He was, however, picked up, and the immersion had
the effect of calming ihim for a time, but on the
Monday he again manifested the same symptoms.
He sprang out of the boat a second time, and was
nearly lost, but he was again rescued. Another soli-
tary day of hunger and thirst, in the midst of a
heavy sea, and almost starved to death, was passed
by the boat's crew, and as night approached they
expected it would be their last. The mate became
worse, and it took all the exertions of his companions
to keep him in the boat. There being nothing on
board tofasten him down he overcame their strength,
and in a state of raving madness sprang out of the boat
again and was drowned. When daybreak of Tuesday
appeared the nine remaining of the crew were almost
prostrate, and it was with difficulty they could man-
age to keep the boat facing the sea. Their hands and
feet were all swollen with the cold, and the condition
they would be in from want of water and food for
three days and two nights may be better imagined
than described. On Tuesday, at noon, they gave
up all hopes, but late in the afternoon of that day
the D,uteh schooner Dolphin sighted them, and
eventually got them all safely on board. The New-
castle was a first-class ship, and was the property
of the Middle Dock Company.

CARNSORE, IRELAND, Jan. 8,

We have had two very bad wrecks here on the
west beach (states Mr. John Barrett, the officer of
Coastguard), and I regret to say that all on board
perished from one vessel, and that three others were
also lost from the other wreck. No lifeboat would
have been of the least service on the beach, as the
seas there were awful.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER,

A meeting of B and C shareholders in the Me-
tropolitan Extensions undertaking of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of appointing a committee of their own
body to represent them and protect their interests ;
Mr. H. D. Warter in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said they had been called to-
gether to consider their position, and to devise means
to protect their interests. They could not protect
their interests without protecting the interests of
the bondholders, and being of great service to the
holders of A shares. In 1860 an Act was passed
for making the Metropolitan Extensions Railway of
the London, Chatham, and D over Company, extend-
ing from Beckenham to Farringdon station, and
from Herne-hill to the Victoria station at Pimlico.
The capital authorised consisted of £1,650,000 di-
vided into A and B shares-1825,000 in A shares,
and £825,000 in B shares ; the latter were to have
a preference dividend of 6 per cent. per annum
before the holders of the A capital got anything. The
contractors undertook to pay the interest on the B
shares during construction, and for 12 months after
the opening of the line for traffic, at the end of
which time it was expected the traffic would be suffi-
cient to pay the interest on the borrowed money and
on the B shares. The debenture capital authorised
by the act was £550,000. When the prospectus
was issued he made every inquiry of the secretary
and others as to the nature of the guarantee on the
B shares. He was informed that the capital of the
A shares had been taken up, and would be expended
on the works before the B capital would be touched,
and that the interest on the B shares would be gua-
ranteed by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton dur-
ing the construction of the line, and for 12 months
after the opening of the line for traffic. He was
thus induced to become a large holder of the B stock.
In 1862 it was proposed to issue the C stock, and a
prospectus was issued stating the progress of the
works; that two-thirds of the line had been com-
pleted ; that the line from Herne-hill to Victoria
had been opened for traffic, and that the line would
shortly be opened to the Elephant and Castle. In
1863 it was proposed to issue £1,500,000 in shares
to make the bridge over the Thames, and to com-
plete the line to Blackfriars. He had been induced
from various representations to take a large stake in
the C shares. He subsequently found that there was
power to raise an additional sum on debentures to
the amount of £533,000, which he opposed because
it would take precedence of the B and C shares. But
he was persuaded to withdraw his opposition on the
ground that the line could not be completed without
the additional capital, especially as Sir M. Peto, on.
the part of the contractors, had guaranteed the in-
terest of 6 per cent. on B and C shares until aupyetaor
after the opening of all the lines, w
Dec. 31, 1866. He was also a debenture-holder in
those Extension lines. In- May last year he was
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company could not pay off the debentures, and that
they had no money available to pay the interest then
due. Instead of the line being extended to Farring-
don station, it was cut off at Earl-street, Black-
friars; and there were various debts now due,
amounting to £250,000. Instead of realising
£825,000 by the issue of the A shares, there was
only £420,000 realised on them, having been issued
at about 50 per cent. discount. The debentures for
which the holders had paid £lOO lawful money for
every £lOO debenture were only credited to the
company as £75, and the £25 went to somebody
else. This was a matter that required explanation,
and there were other matters which the committee
would have toinquire into aud consider. Debentures
were issued at a discount of 25 per cent. to the con-
tractors. He had given £B7 10s. per cent. for his
£30,000 C shares. In 1864 £1,600,000 shares were
created, in respect of which £533,000 in debentures
were issued at a rebate of 5 per cent. This was
what he could not understand—to issue debentures
at a discount to the contractors of 25 per cent. when
the credit of the company was good, and when it
was not good to issue other debentures at adiscount
of only 5 per cent. If the reverse bad been the case

Mr. SURGEY maintained that the Metropolitan
Extensions would become a valuable property if the
lines were properly worked and the traffic developed.
He stated that Mr. Fenton, the general manager of
the Metropolitan Railway, who had great experience
in the requirements of that traffic, was of opinion
that the traffic on their extensions could be conside-
rably increased if proper facilities were provided.
Mr. HOGARTII then explained his plan for improv-
ing the position of the company. He proposed that,
in the first instance, the debenture holders should
agree to take 4 per cent. in cash and deferred divi-
dend warrants for the remainder until the traffic
could pay them. There was due for land and other
matters 1350,000, which he proposed should be
paid off partly by arrangements for sale of pro-
perty and by raising £250,000 on equipment bonds
of £lO each, at 7 per cent. per annum, redeemable
in five years at 10 per cent. premium. He then
showed, by the gradual development of the traffic,
that in three or four years there would be a surplus,
after paying all working and preference charges.
Mr. BILLINGS said there would be no diffizulty
with the debenture-holders if they could get their
interest regularly paid, and the mass of them would
renew the debentures for several years to come. If
the committee, when appointed, would only fix on
a rateable proportion for the various classes to sub-
scribe towards completing the line and placing it in
good working condition he believed they would get
the money requisite for developing the traffic and
getting out of debt.
Mr. REAM remarked that out of the whole
capital of £5,789,150 £2,075,860 consisted of re-
bates and allowances, leaving the remainder to re-
present the actual property. Ile thought it pos-
sible to make some of those who took the shares
pay up in full, and that was a matter the committee
should carefully consider. The next great duty
would be to protect the shareholders from future
legislation.

The CHAIRMAN proposed that Mr. George Chance,
Mr. Frederick I'. Haggard, Mr. George Hogarth,
Mr. R. R. Isherwood, and Mr. H. D. Walter be
elected a committee, with power to add to their
number, to represent the B and C shareholders, to
hold communications with the Board of Directors,
to watch over the interests of the B and C share-
holders especially in reference to Parliamentary
proceedings affecting them, to consider any claims
of those shareholders against the contractors and
others, and to take the necessary steps to enforce
them, and generally to protect the interests of the
shareholders, with power to employ professional an d
other assistance necessary for that purpose ; also,
that Is. per cent. be paid forthwith, to provide
for present expenditure.
Mr. AMBER seconded the motion.

It was proposed as an amendment that two com-
mittees be appointed—one to represent the B share-
holders, and the other to represent the C share-
holders.

The CHAIRMAN said he held £20,000 in the B
shares, and £20,000 in the C shares, and thoughtit
much better to have only one committee.
The amendment was negatived, and the original
motion was carried unanimously, and the proceed-
ings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair-
man.

LORD MACAULAY ON REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS.
—The Scotsman publishes a letter by Lord Macaulay, dated
February, 1846. It wasaddressedto one of his constituents
in Edinburgh, in reply to a letter referring to some remarks
made by Mr. Macaulay in Parliament. The petition refer-
red to in the letter was the monster Chartist petition
boasting of 3,000,000 signatures, presented by Mr. Dun-
combein July, 1842. Macaulay says You do not at al I
shake my opinion—indeed, you confirm it. You tell me
that most of those who put their names to the petition
presented by Mr. Duncombe did not know what it con-
tained. Now, I need not remind you that this was no com-
mon petition. It was described as the national petition, as
the manifesto of the unrepresented millions. It was carried
to Westminster with extraordinary pomp. The procession
of banners and devices stretched more than a mile. A very
unusual motion was made on
,that occasion in the House
of Commons. It was proposed that the petitioners
should be heard by their deputies at our bar. I think
therefore that this was a document of very great im-
portance—a document which no man ought to have sub-
scribed without understanding its purport. You assure
me, however, that the hundreds of thousands who signed
this solemn confession of political faith had never
looked at it. It was so long, you say, that they could not
read it. Why, ten minutes would have sufficed for the
purpose. But ten minutes, it seems, would have been
more than these people, who wanted us to put the
whole Government into their hands, could spare for the
consideration of a matter so grave. Rather than take the
trouble of informing themselves, they set their hands to
any atrocious absurdity that was put before them by a de-
magogue in whom they reposed an unmerited confidence.
Observe, it is you, not I, who say all this. I give full credit
to your statement. But what is the inference ? Is it not
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were
national petition without knowing what it was, would form
the majority of every constituent body, and would return,
not 10 members of Parliament, or 100, but all the 656 !
Can amen of sense like you doubt on what candidates the
choice of such electors would fall ? Can you doubt that
they would give their votes, as they gave their signatures,
iu blind reliance on worthless leaders? You say that our
present legislators have committed errors. No doubt all
Governments err, for all Governments are composed of
men ; and you can no more make perfect Governments out
of such imperfect materials than you can make a marble
palace out of bricks. But between\ the errors into which
our Parliaments have too often fallen and the errors of the
Chartists, there is, in my opinion, a great distinction. The
errors of our Parliaments, however great, have not been
such as to kill the very root of national prosperity. On the
contrary, you would, I apprehend, admit that there is a
general tendency towards improvement; that civilisation
advances; that science makes constant progress; that many
abuses which were in full force within our owu memory
our
have disappeared, or are fast disappearing; that, in short,
better.most o f the
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think
e changes
present
the
sys-
tem perfect, look on it with hope and complacency. But
the Chartist system, as set forth in the national petition,
would, I am certain, in no long time, reduce us to a depth
of misery and degradation of which it is not easy to form
an idea. It would make Great Britain, in three genera-
tions, as barbarous an island as Madagascar. The, only
chance of escape would be that some Cromwell or Napo-
poleon might be able to establish a vigorous, orderly, mili-
tary despotism,