The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-20 00:00:00

NQRWICII.

A meeting of Reformers was held on Monday
evening at St. Peter's-hall, Norwich, " to adopt re-
solutions in regard to the present most unsatisfac-
tory state of the Reform question, to protest against
the hollow and evasive Resolutions of the Govern-
ment, and also to adopt an address to Mr. Glad-
stone assuring him of the confidence of the people,
and begging him at once to bring a motion before
the House of Commons which shall test the sincerity
of Ministers in dealing' with the extension of the
suffrage." Mr. J. J. Colman presided.
Mr. WHITE (a working man) moved—" That it
is necessary for the wellbeing of her Majesty's sub-
jects that the question of Reform should be settled
without delay, and that any further factious deal-
ing with the subject would be prejudicial to the in-
terests of the country."

Mr. BARNARD (another working man) seconded
the resolution, which was carried nem. con.
Mr. A. M. F. MORGAN moved, " That the man-
ner in which her Majesty's Government are dealing
with the great and momentous subject of Reform,
by bringing forward vague and incoherent Resolu-
tions, is an insult to the intelligence of the nation."
Mr. J. H. TILLETT, in seconding the resolution,
said—Although Mr. Disraeli spoke for three hours
the other night, no one could gather from what he
said what were the Ministerial intentions with re-
gard to Reform. Had Mr. Disraeli been present at
that meeting he would have learned a lesson of plain
speaking, and would have been enabled in much less
than three hours to state in plain terms what were
the intentions of the Government upon the subject.
The construction which he (Mr. Tillett) put upon
the Resolutions was that one half meant nothing,
and the other half meant mischief.
The resolution was carried, as was another ex-
pressing unshaken confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and
earnestly hoping "that he will at once bring a
motion before the House of Commons which shall
test the sincerity of Ministers, and insure a speedy
settlement of the Reform question."
A copy of the resolutions was ordered to be for-
warded to Mr. Gladstone and also to the members
for Norwich.

A him dar by BuAlraugers,

We are indebted to the proprietors of the Dubbo
Dispatch for a copy of the " Extraordinary" of that
paper, published on the morning of the 10th inst.,
giving full particulars of the sticking up last Friday
of the mail from Bourke and Lower Macquarie.
The attack, it appears, took place at Narramine,
some 25 miles from Dubbo, and is thus narrated On Saturday last Dubbo was alarmed by the re-
ceipt of intelligence that the mail coach from
Bourke to Dubbo bad been stuck up by bushrangers,
and one of the passengers shot. It was at first
hoped that the facts were exaggerated ; but, unfor-
tunately, subsequent information proved them to
be only too true, for although the bags were left
untouched, Mr. J.G.Grenfell was mortally wounded.
The up-mail carried two passengers, Mr. Com-
missioner Grenfell (who was removing from the
Albert iu the New England District), and a Mr.
Cantrill, from Congolgan. About half-past 6on
Friday evening, as the coach was about two miles
from Mr. Christie's station, Narramine, two armed
men, mounted on spirited bay horses, rode out on
the road from a patch of scrub, and several times
ordered the coachman, Charles Stuart, to bail up.
The driver was at the time filling his pipe, and the
reins were held by Mr. Grenfell, to whom ho said,
" Draw up ; these are the bushrangers." Mr. Gren-
fell took no notice of the robbers' summons, but
jerked the reins in order to incraase the speed of
the horses. Simultaneously he drew out of his
trousers pocket a snaall pistol, and deliberately taking
aim fired at the scoundrels. Astonished at their
reception, the robbers retired a few yards, and then
rode ahead of the coach, and began to fire at the
pa:ssengers with revolvers. Six or seven discharges
took place ; when one ball unluckily struck Mr.
Grenfell in the upper part of the thigh ; another
bullet went through the trousers of Cantrill, and
embedded itself in the cushion on which he was
sitting; and a third shot whizzed past .the ear of
the driver. The horses were then pulled up, and
Mr. Grenfell said, " Charley, Pin shot." The mis-
creants were at this time about a hundred yards
in advance of the vehicle. Mr. Grenfell, whose
determined courage never flagged from the moment
the rascals rode up, jumped out of the mail, shook
his little revolver threateningly at the robbers, and
exclaimed in a loud tone of voice " Come on, you
scoundreds !" However, they did not accept the
challenge, but galloped off in the direction of the
Began River. The wounded man, weak from the
loss of blood, and suffering painfully from the effects
of his injury, now staggered and fell. With the
assistance of Mr. Cantrill, Mr. Grenfell, who was
perfectly sensible, was lifted into the coach by the
driver and brought to Narramine, where he received
every possible kindness and attention. Information
was forthwith despatched to the police, and a medi-
cal man was sent for. Dr. Mountain at once started
off, and Dr. Tibbits followed in a abort time ; but
all the remedies which medical skill suggested could
not save the brave but unfortunate man, who, after
suffering the most acute pain and agony, expired
at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, just 24 hours
after receiving his death wound. Tho police,
under Mr.
Hogg, are in pursuit of the mur-
derers. For obvious reasons we decline stating whether
or not a clue has been obtained to their where
abouts. They are supposed to be the same men
who stuck up and rifled the mail from Sydney to
Wellington last Wednesday. They were disguised
when they encountered Mr. Grenfell with white
gauze marks, the holes around the eyes being painted
black. Mr. Grenfell was formerly a gold commis-
sioner at Forbes, and at the time of the reoganisa-
tion of the goldfields management was appointed
Crown Lands Commissioner for the Albert district,
Bourke being his head-quarters. His gentlemanly
manner and affability endeared him to all with
whom he came in contact, either officially or other-
wise ; and we feel certain his death will be deplored
by a large circle of friends. He leaves a wife and
two or three children to lament his loss. The cool
and bravo manner in which Mr. Grenfell defended
the mail, and prevented the rascals from robbing it
is beyond mere eulogy ; and we trust the inhabi-
tants of the district,will practically illustrate their
admiration of his heroic conduct by erecting to his
memory a monument recording the manner of his
death.—,Sydney Herald,