and if Stanley will not assure us of what the Act shall be, before he sees the money, we shall do nothing. Lefevre tells Torrens that the draft of the Act of Parliament which I privately gave in, Stanley has seen and approves, with one remark only, 'that the wording of the money clause is vague.'
"Stanley wishes to see some of the leading city men, so as to receive from them an assurance that money will be obtained, or at least that there is a sufficient probability to justify him in making the trial. The letter, therefore, which we are to receive from Lefevre in answer to our last communication will be an assent on Stanley's part to the plan, provided the preamble of the Bill can be proved—that is, if money can be procured. If the committee as a body will speak before Stanley, as they do in committee, he will be assured that 'there is a fair probability that the trial will be successful'—these are Grote's cautious words. Nothing more is known about the Governorship—Sir John Jeffcott has applied for the appointment of judge.
"April 10th.—Nothing important—I wrote, however, a private note to Lefevre, begging him to word his letter so as to keep to himself the writing of the Act of Parliament, instead of leaving it to our committee—this on the score of saving time, for I offered him the complete draft of an Act written within three days, if he required it; it would occupy our committee three weeks.
"I sent the following letter to Lefevre by Pottinger's desire:—
"April 3rd.
"It is my intention, should H.M. Government found a colony in South Australia upon the principles submitted to them, to invest £20,000 in that colony, and I have reason to believe that the capitals of the following gentlemen will amount to considerably upwards of £50,000.
