The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22.—The official joul:'nals
publish a ukase relative to the representatic in of
the various provinces and districts in Russia, with
the exception of those of the west end of the BlLltie,
and the Governments of Archangel, .Astracan, and
Bessarabia.

Th 9 Proposed Oxford-street Uudergrocund
Railway.

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Mel7le-
bone Vestry, Mr. Churchwarden Hodges in the

chair,

A memorial was presented from the inhabitants
of Ost3rd-street, praying that body, in the ilnte-
mats of the parish, to co-operate with them in a
determined opposition to the projected underground
railway from the Marble Arch, under Oxford-street
and Holborn to Farringdon-street.
Mr. POLAND, in moving that the prayer of the
memorial be complied with, said the inhabitants of
Oxford street had determined to oppose the scheme
at every stage; for, as its promoters had deposited
the money required by Parliament, they appeared
determined to go on with it in defiance of public
opinion. With a view to opposition, the inhabi-
bitants of Oxford. street had signed a guarantee
that each pay one shilling in the p3und on their
respective rentals ; and they hoped to defeat the
bill on standing orders, as the promoters intended
to take sixty cellars, or parts of cellars, with-
out giving the owners any notice. If they were
permitted tocarry such a bill, Oxford-street would
cut a pretty figure, for they had noticed that they
required 78 houses, and he should like to know
where the tradesmen, when turned out, were to
go. The vestry, were deeply interested in pro-
tecting the rates of the parish, and therefore they
hoped to have their co-operation.
tiir JAMES HAMILTON seconded the resolution,
and hoped the opposition would be unanimous in
protecting one of the finest trading streets in
Europe from destruction.

The resolution was carried unanimously.

A report was presented from the Rlilway Rating
Committee agreeing to accept as a compromise an
assessment of £8,400 instead of £12,700 on. the
Metropolitan Railway in the parish of Marylebone.
Mr. Taverner and Mr. Surridge contended that
a bad bargain had been made, as if they had gone
into Court the parish would have got £lO,OOO.
A very long discussion took place, and it being
understood that the assessment was only for a year,
the amendment was withdrawn and the motion
carried.

LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening,

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 21.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Prvy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from, her
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hamburg, reporting that
the existing Customs and Excise duties levied in that
State, have been prolonged until the end of the pre sent
year.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 21,
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade have received, through the Sec-
retary of State for Foreign Affairs, the following transla-
tion of a Danish Royal decree relating to the temporary
customs' arrangement for the Kingdom of Denmak, and
for the Duchy of Sleswig with regard to the Duchy of
Holstein :

We, Christian IX., &c., make known—The Duchy of
Holstein and the provinces belonging to the same customs'
district are to be considered, from the 22d of this month
until further notice, as exempt from customs' dues Nvith
respect to the import and export of wares of every descrip-
tion, and as respects purchase duties for shipping ; but
the Minister of Finance is empowered to accord exemptions
where local conditions or other peculiar circumstancut de-
mend it.
From the same date likewise the ordinance for the k ing-
dom, of the Bth June, 1839, sec. 6 and 9, as well as the
corresponding regulations in the ordinance for the D,achy
of Schleswig, of the 24th October, 1837, shall be tentpo-
rarily suspended with regard to the Duchy of Holstein.
With respect however to the payment of transit dues and
shipping dues and clearance fees for freights to and from
the said Duchies, no alteration will take place in the sit pre-
sent existing arrangements.
All concerned in these ordinances are to con:form
hereto.