The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-16 00:00:00

TBB MBTBOPOLITAN 048 MONOPOLY.

A meeting of the delegates appointed to promote
the bill now before parliament for main a better and more
equitable supply of gee to the metropoiitan paishee wee held
Let evening at St. Karties•hall; Mr. Churchwarden
CAMIRON fa the their.
Mr. Bata stated that a circular had been sent out since
the bet meeting to the vestries of the several perishes, urging
the desirability of their Leine rep ressated by counsel tame
the select commutes of the Honey of Commons on the bill,
In consequence of that circular a meeting of the vestry dirks
bad been held on the fah Met-, which had recomtusaded that
Mr. Wyatt, the agent of the delegates, should be engaged
also for the parishes, with power to employ counsel at en
name of not more than 30 guineas to rob perish. Six a
seven parishre had intima,ed their amen to this arrange-
ment, and amongst them St. James's and Chelsea, and it wee
expected that Marylebous would follow. Bt. Pancras bad
sabeoribed LOU, to be devoted to_ a wsoMc purpose as perils-
fess, which it was calculated would meet about one-
third ts 3
the charge. The Holborn board bed ocatributed
101, but nut as • pledge to abscsibe say farther sum.
A eaveraition took place as to whether any distinct au-
thority bad been siva by the delegates to raise sot scrip-
does by mesas of collators going round and applying for
eigsegares to the petition in favour of the bill, and saking for
ocatributlasf . . _ . _

that a persan noommended by Mr.
Buller, the parliamentary ocnisel, bad bean so empbiyed, not
under a disdain resolution, but as the result of a tacit under-
needling woe to by the deleastee.
One or two of the Bt. Martin's delegates remarked that
they knew nothing of the arrangement, bat the genera
opinion was expressed in favour of the course Mr. Bole had
adopted.
Mr. BIALI read a letter from Baxter, Rose, and Norton,
the agents for the other aide, in reply to a letter from the
Hone ineeretary, Mating that they had written to the doge-
gene' parllemettary agent to say they were ready to meet
Mr. Bode en ii.on as the bin should be before the house.
Bineethat he had had a meeting with Mr. Baxter and some
of the representatives of the amalgamated companies. He
(Mr. Beale), feeling the desirability of carrying the second
reeding, wee maxim, to proceed with caution, and without
molting masow.q hostility, had gone through the bill with
Mr. Baxter, and, • thout prejudice, bad obtained his assent
to the principle of upwards of 30 of the 60 clauses,
the only
_points of differethoetieret: price end ilinmiaatfag
er pow. Ultimately it was that the bill should be
anbeented to Mr. Baxter by r. Wyatt, with a view so an
=doable armament se to all the pralimissries. At pre-
sent the bill bed not been fluidly revised by esunsel.
It was afterwards seated by Mr. lix•xx that several of the
large houses in Regent-street were about to give up the nes
of gas in conseepeepos of the detective supply, and to we
paraffin. He added. that the gas irozaprinim explained the
want of gm at the Haymarket and other theatres of Mtn,
whisk had been outopkdned of In the pubbo press, to a
strike at the pa woke.
A conversation took place in reference to some of the
dingle of the bill, after which the meeting adjourned.