second adjourned meeting of subscribers to the Margary Memorial Fund was held on Monday evening, at the Shanghai Club, to hear suggestions from the Committee as to the form the proposed memorial should take, and to make lection was again a numerous attendance, among the gentlemen present being The Very Rey. Dean Butcher (in the chair), 'Messrs. Medhurst (H.B.M.'s Consul), It. E. Wainewright, W. B. Chalmers,' E. Henderson, J. B. Tootal, E. J. Hogg, J. G. Dunv,'R. Danman, J. J. Tuck: White, A. Campbell, t. W. Kingsmill, G. Bolton, Lindsay, A. Robinson, D. Jones, W. Pearson, D. Brand, N. J. Hannen, J. M. Cory,. M. Dyce, R.A. Jamieson, Macgregor, W. H. Tapp, Hertz, W. W. A. Burman, Dunn, J. Wade, " Baird, Groom, W. G, Herdiman, 4. Milsom, and Captain Roper.
he Rev. Cuamaan said—The Committee have done, to the best of their ability, what they were appointed to do. r- They have received and tabulated schemes for the Margary Memorial. Their function cease. But it is well to bear in mind ts in Shanghai, who are not h subjects, have expressed a wish to help this object, since they regard
servant of Queen Victoria who died in the the late Mr. Maryaty not merely as a discharge of his duty, but as a brave man who lost his life in the cause of commerce and civilization, At first, at the meeting in August, the ip were confined almost entirely to Euglishmen. Now, however, it may seem proper to place the scheme on a wider basis, We shall gladly welcome such help. I call on Mr. Medhur: the formal statement of the Committee as to their labours, Mr. Mepuursr, the Chairman of the Committee, said—Gentlemen, at the last meeting of the subscribers, 'a resolution was passed, empowering the Committ to invite suggestions of schemes for a suitable memorial, and to summarise them for presentation to an adjourned meeting, to-Be regarded as moat feasible. During ether with an opinion as to which might
fortnight that has since elapsed, the Cor have done their to precut and the result is before you list circulated, in a printed form, on Saturday last, Some of these schemes the Committee must, in justice to them-say had occurred to their own minds when they were first honored with the duty of representing you, but had to be on the instant dismissed' as impracticable with the limited means which they then had at disposal. In the printed list, you ill observe, the Committee have confined themselves to Ube simple duty of summon ing what has beau submitted for their ice, either directly or indirectly. They the length of giving an opinion as to feasibility of any one design, nor they prepared to do s0 now, for the simple reason that everything must depend upon the sum likely to be forthcoming; and until that can be estimated within a few hundred taels it would be premature, if not dificult, for them tohazard an opinion as regards the feasibility of any oneschemy. They see no reason, however, why they should not so far meet the wishes of the subscribers as to distinguish between those designs which possess no special feature to recommend them to notice, and those which are more worthy of cou: tion, should it be found practics collect funds sufficient to carry any one of them into effect. I will therefore proceed to read over the list, indicatin designs which the Committee consider to be worthy of the subscribers' consideration, leaving their several merits together with the question as to way be discussed by the meetin and it may be as well to exp! the Committee have been guided in their conclusions, ax to the preferable character of some of the propositions, by the convietion that the main object to. be gai is the institution of a memorial in the strict sence of the term, and that all considerations of an aesthetic or utilitarian character, the latter more particularly, should' take a subsidiary place. Further, as it is only fair to the several originators that their ingenuity and taste should be known and recognised, I shall, in going through the list, give the name of the proposer where it happens to have been placed at our disposal, Mr. Medhurat then read the list of suggestions with the names of the proposers, and pointed out those schemes which the Committee con-dered worthy of consideration, The list was as follows Clock Tower and Spire at N.E. comer of Trinity Cathedral,—Dean Burcuer.
Reredos for Hongkew Church.—C. Staxtev Garden on portion of foreshore, English Settlement.—W. B. CHALatERs.
Public Clock over British Consulate Compound gate.—A, Rosinsox, Clock Tower in Pablic Gardens, or on Bund.—T. W. Krxosuiut, Observatory on Bund, with Clock and Time-ball, as at Greenwich. Anonymous.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.