The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-17 00:00:00

METROPOLIS 0.4.1 SUPPLY.

Home important parliamentary ratio°s have been
given on the question. The Board of Trade, on whom
an important &imputation front some leading parishes and
late' e'er*, sum acted by requests for their aid from the
puipristors of theatres, most of the London club~, and
many large oonsureere, waited on Wednesday last, have
denied again to introduce • bal to secure for the rest of
the matzo' olio the legislation of the last swam, then
limited to the City area and the district of the Chartered
C. Company. There is afro a notice by the South Metro-
politan toss Company for an amalgamation with the
Iho nix and Surrey Consumers' Oat Companies, and for
Irina:Mita eu the basis of the act of last yea-. Recently
also the vastly of St Javier, on the motion of Mr. James
i rim's decided unanimot sly to apply to parliament for an
&Bastian of the districting anangeuicate so as to permit
the 41.attelcd Compri', to light the whole par:ah, under
the terms of their act of hut session, vie , 16 candles at :34 9.1.
per I,lto feet, from Jan., 18704 the lVestern Gas C imp my
bliould decline to agree to light on the same term.. The
Vi teem Company did decline to alter the terms of s ip-
-1 ly. The vesuy decided at &recent meeting, by 14 t 2,
not to apply to ;abetment for a reduction in price and
eltmatien of dims:rich The latepay..iv, however, less Lu-
Bne, have giveuTiot:ce for a 1 i 1, and the St. James's Oat
ill api are. amongst the parliamentary notioee. It is:t.s
be huh ed that the resolute action id the 801 dof Trade
will secure in the ensuing session a settlement for roues
time to came of this vexed question. Since ISIS then
Dave been six committees of the llouie of Commons on
the supply of gaato London. It is time it was
settled. The long agitation makes another reason for the
consideration of the question of Load.mi
government. The want of municipal power was
never more glaringly shown than in the fact
that there is no authority in Loudon to deal with th:s
question for the ratepayer. The Metropolitan Hoard hes
declined, the vestries are powerless, and it is only under
the UTlClMllaction of a very few spirited ratepayers that
the Baud of Tiede is induced to interpose. Liverpool_ or
Birmingham would move, as the Corporation of Landon
did, in tbe intonate of the sensamers; only the metro-
polis that is thus helpless. It is to be hoped in the next
parka= nt a remedy may be found fur so marked •
defect in our =nickel organization.

EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING CON-
.P.ANY (LIMITED).
—.....
A meeting of this ootepany was held yesterday at the
Tireless Hotel, Cannon-etoed Skidoo, to receive a report and
eval the mediation cense to ate recent meeting to return
the united m realised.
Mr. terewaar CACllpit'd the chair, and, the report having been
taken .arced, mid thatthe affairs of the company divided them-
*elms tato dove hande—exthetion of lfabihtiee, realisation of
mid reduction of expenses. In respect to extinetion of
Weenies,Llo7,ooo had bese said Mr. leaving only t 7,000 of
Neatened liabilities. against wkisis they had countm• claim..
Akegetlicr, since they undertook the liquidation, they ha I ex-
Liquid:ad 'no km then firekooo, which, am:entering the Mate of
diecount in Egypt, wLieli tamed II lies as ta to ea per oast.,
was extrauidirieuy. They were .ged to mjet their
liebilities I y the ode of bewhe but happily by good
managemest they had been able le stave of the ode of h mile
when tLe din mut was at its highest, and thereby mead a gated
deel to tee dierelsolders. They bad on the whale done welt en
hear resheations, though they had had to swept a good deal of
opine.. se Lin. and some precloce hole their debtor*. Th..y hal
re ceiced within something like £10,0.0 of the etimated amount,
and there was also a teneade retie reduction in tee Anzio-
Fin thin nevi/plan thrum, on %Lich there was a liability of
to a sine. After much difficulty they ha I obtained a Fir-
ths/et for thoese than., and though it wit at a .1e-
Itult of sevoethh g tike fieffte, they were now free.
(Bear, beer.) 'They had at the expecen wish of the dew. holder.,
abstained boon any kind of 'twine. operations, and li ! cutlet
act I onrrol the fait that that had eery materially retirle I the
n alkstion of the matte. They bid, however, done all they
could, end had obtained from the into Bank moth and n.-
mesh of credit, which had enabled them to days of the esti-
:at:on of lauds in unfavourable times. The momernt that they
maid lock forward to the extinction of their debt, they
at (net it, tenoned to restage as much as poe.iblo to
the Awoke:Wert and he hoped that within a fortnight
they mould l• able to return about lie. ed. a shire. (Cheers)
Be was clad to annotate that out of the lien of tilt*te el rime
tlit re had Imo a lambs r matiesisat al SWIM isabstiag Ow settle-
mt tato or meet of the damn au the up muelayegenes, The wide of
plopuant was chict in the format orders, at nisi timatiis, on the
rdeter of Finance, m, they meld get them dissented before
November al, they would be able to reknit • pnend a share.
(Bear.) The ether item connoted of stores, and bads& .
which wee, any vatrabla sod good for a gem
mot tor what was paid ter tbs. Their *wipe& Wsmi
was on the Swift. d'agriools, sad Mruled to that the die:
tees ea bad done all My cede to obtain a settlement. The Tinny
reseed to .u 1 the atatier to a tout at
chows by the fonts egsweseatiaw and the Ilitar=4
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