The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

MB GAB OOMPANZLY MONOPOLY.

A public Meting of the gm mummers of Pied*"
wee held id sight at Bt. Loomord'e•hell, et. Leceardotred,
to lappet dr &legatee from the lasempollten perishes to
di=direpasigai=subiat proem the gee emetuninee
ell gee cempanke.
VW Joan Banatairaszof the menetien kr Weetedaseen,
prodded, led pee a of Si. endues between as ems
, maim mil We aleamie. Me hod ehW ce seitet
the maim beemen amt te the
of el were, as zc
ISM lewdest thm the NW* of gm Mad, L'az
beam a emesessy dlik. Aa ir Whe wee canamed, he
hod as ialeadea el mythic whin Weald deprive is
de hirmeeesselleedreted=rd invesed.
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pertie 411011 WZOW Ira'
dowest n
albs
orlits7 The est of the alomment, tennis
wee a ingeweemat the malty of the pe ;
and emeadly, to wed the owsname ham Wag ailed
epos to pep de dist which they did ant get, km
had tow
we reilillaritemelien by wideman
were rephed to be
Magid oder that their armee,mightbedeemded upon.
The meted that they satyrobliged to that set-
bat
be J. Ram) reembeed test they deed to thsit
Mann the almost opposition ia their poem la the
Menne el Si. depaiselen hem Si. impedes with ie.
ssetiMoen Beenhery, Mr. Bede made a very lim
isit these whe the creineee
Mae nee►
led =re:teem to mks it oat, Mienm
esciemily for the compeumi triaging forward mime lo
mid it. That wee apt the hot, kV eresamees bed tielf
called one witness, end_ though they bed sena EMMO
ready the ocenadam deeded- that they woad bew
so mote. London wile dimmed thee pea
Maid some la this masc. cemplim
eanonatve‘weaPkir-ii.l.4B:ll.badzszt,..tmeas mite garitz.6.-7
The intbacey cd hie Masa, lb. Regime, Minor, drew
the moped= so comae* Me come kat tcommites
Mild It was too We in the semis to mined haat with
the tawdry. He that Si. arneerment would be of
opikaist at poesthey hod as ealleleet Mime W
bahrion, end their be essommied thet the whim
&MIMI support the dr in WM eidemene to pm MO
bil of which notice
ow=eM sotardesoe wide the
eletelbg orden, The lel would sot.
therekee, be sobed an the skadiegyribm, but su
it Weald to reed a mead Wee ad Tee reiered to elijP=
connitee,tam cam Me guesftta dupes% end to mud
Ms the =mum= isimmft newt contribute. He me ask
permed to say tbst the lg. senemdm me wrong es the
make of dieriding, MI that the mai of weeds
eempeat thereon wee whet the emspealse do.
dared; bat la diet me surely the commien were Ga-
dded to some share a the dadege. (flea, beer.) Bat
seedy snob regnielitue as refusing gas to au incoming
lemet until he paid tie omen dee by • Weer meat me
too =jag te besegented, armsremairk mild to
may other of sad the se
MIMI, rules which load, dies the
tan be etween Wes. bum lehl dews byt
monsgely hmirwiro4lin Met, a most ogremive .s,
Ow the
polio epee did they ant In the e
pseetHag nwelese
did to Idin Mm& The emplane mad dem
thee Whoa hod or any other abomehmee
erawrol to 'names the cam of the gee, a einem abseil
w Trad to the Bawd de to my het ineremet in the
to the commer shoed he dims& Te that be
3bel7s6made -
BbllJlttsdarevided Mot ea the other UM ft
was provided)that it env Jinni= or
e
ft the manufacture ef gas deepened the mot tlir
des, • stroller reheats shield be ends to the Bawd at
Trade to ems wed .Janke *we should be in the price
chimed. Thin, ow Todd here thenght, woo cely reason-
able the am upon tha point the
two aides eplit.alVerriktiti4beremet aceoindad by urging
:szthe IMOSIONIMMI that it depended piecipally van thirti-
eth uomopoly was grei en mid 10 et set.
Mr. Tit: it
Insatroct, coo ed the deleostee hr the pada
of St. (urge's, Hanover-equre, stated tide had teethed
a litter from Sir De L. Hums, M.P., betimeting that other
ea
ts
wprevente sad d his Mandan)", butsupport coneurringpr is Si.
el the eft, prarsising to Um oposed
bill in parbeceent. TM other delegate, Mr. Dorian, wee
slam unable so attend from a like cause. After relents, to
many of the grievances to which the ocesenters were sub-
jected in consequence of the monopoly, he moved a reek-
ice dockring the necessity of lagislative protection for the
commers, end pledging the meeting to rapport the Me-
ga. a their application to parliament. As bearing upon
the importance of the quostion, be retaarked that the rend
paid for gee by the oonsumers of the mstropalis amounted to
net lees than 2,000,4001. The gee companies bad no once
right to • mosopoly to bad the tallow-chandler, oilmen, or
any other tradesman. Hs further remarked that the gas
aompenies bad subscribed amoogst themselves 6,0001. to
fight the oreenzoors fa mimeo, and appealed to the meet-
lag to contribute towar6 the expenses which would nem.
eerily be incurred by the delegates In pressing forward the
_ _ .

Mr. Gloacin Warmetc scoonded the resolation, but
sug-
pined that the first object they had te look to wee not the
prim but the purity of the pa ; and urged that since the
usteopoly was seMblished the quality of the article supplied
by the easapesies was very defective, and in may cease deb-
WO= to health and destructive to furniture, and especially
ta Peewee end decorative works.
The CZAIIIMAN explained that the bill proposed provided
for reguletiag the guilty as well as the price, and other
matters. The hoe. reams then read the heads of the
bill, which have been shoedy published is the Daily Ems,
the object and bearing of the mescal "ralajtall CiAafte supported the resolution. In some
pane of Loudon the gee wee Wreedy of the highest dere of
mtn, .krWhatiudthe
°
they had to plai of was the Yt
of
the monopoly in other respects. He would be no party to
any proposal for compelling the compaeles to supply gas at
less than a fair remunerative pries. He cmsiderod the pru-
nes of distrioting advantageous to the consumer as well as
the oompsnies. The companies would save largely in the
=Mier of isaltige, and also in the matter of rates, shish were
sow levied upon the mileage of the pipes in use ; but the
consumer had a right to some share la this saving in the
shape of a reduced prim. It had beau said by some that the
oonsuesre fa the various parishes were ang illegally in
=wasey to promote the bill. Bt. James's had
10a, St. John's had subscribed 1001., sod other
pinithes had enbeeribed some larger and some smeller some
:isktlaV might depend that If all did the same, what became
byenetom would not be held wrong in law.
Mr. R. Exoisirialm, see of the light trustees of 81.
=, s, and Mr. Luanne; also spoke in favour of the »-
which was carried unanimously.
• second resolution, directing that a copy of the previous
resolution should be forwarded by the chairman to the Seez•-
tary of State, was moved by Mr..lifircuatt, who stated that
in one Instance when a meant of his went away in debt to
him for teen he was compelled to pay the debt doe from that
Waage to the pa company for pa halides laming his rent,
the company refuting otherwise to supply the incoming
lomat. The eesapaay generously, however, on the g
that he wee a large onstomer, seeing that se builder be laid
an pa to a number of his Luses, let him off for 10s. in the
Bet that was just before the arrangement between
dna which they had always in similar cases
made Malay 20s. to the pound.
Mr.W.Joicits seconded this resolution, which was carried.
A mole of thanks was than mewl to the chairman, which
closed the business.
The petition to parliament In favour tof the bill wee sub-
mitted to the maw end extensively signed.

Tas Kummer= Aar TILIABITIES Elararrios.
—I, an resolved soon after the close of the Art Tressora
Exhibition of 1857 to meat a testimonial to each of th*
samba of the essentith committee, and it has now been
dada that the presentatien shall take place on Tharthay
next, in the Mayor's Parlour at the Town-hall. The eon-
tributary to the guarantee fund, who are the donors, see la-
rked to be parent. The seven penes of plate are made
heat the ato 1* saver oxydised and partly gilt. Each
Pea eensists of a richly decorated shaN surrounded by
three figures, sad springingfrom a triangular bar. The
Aida represent Painting, Sculpture, and Industrial Art,
and are distinguished by their peculiar and appropriate
eadisms :—Paintiag, by a palette and Moak ; Sculp-
byby an unfinished model; and Industrial Art,
ea ornamental vase. From the centre of this
par rho the shalt, &spelled with the rose, the
satereek, and the think, and crowned by an Infant
Oaks contending with ma eagle, in illustration
of the difikulties and struggles of his career, but still
bowing high his lighted end unnameable torch. Immedi-
ately berm this Opus, upon a beaded saoll, is the motto of
the eadbition, the first line of Keats' " Hyperion," "A
tbtag bast, b *joy for ever." The base s richly era-
mead with laseai end ivy, entwined with which an ribbons
=the mese of ease of the peat irate whose works
the arldkaion—Giono, eel, and Leonardo ;
Akin Him. Roane, and Vandyke; Hearth, Reynolds.
ad Team. Upon angular projections infant figures of
Fans lea
_upon medallion portraits of Michael
Tides, mid COWL Between these medallions, upon tLrw
abeam. sande, are engraved the exhibition building, the
ono at Xemoheater, and of the gentlemen to whom the
menerial will be prelate& Rounds the salver bass, which
Is thing of
an dmpy pia* is repeated insert w.
" Eshibition of the Art Treasure@ of the-United Kingdm,
Ibaceriter, ISM"' The work has been exateuted by
Math% Hunt wig allakoll, of New Badman, London,
and Ana' Yancemtar, from design. end model'
*b, Oaf IL H. Azgestad.— lesokair