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

The Proposed Oxford-street Underground
Railway.

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

chair,

A memorial was preserited from the inhabitants
of Oxford-street, praying that body, in the inte-
rests of the parish, to coaoperate with them in a,
determined opposition to the projected undergrour.d
railway from the Marble Arch, under Oxford-strext
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
opinion. With a view to opposition, the inhabi,
bitants of Oxford, street had signed a guarantee
that each pay one shilling in the pound 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.
air 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 Railway Rating
Committee agreeing to accept as a compromise an
assessment of £8,400 instead of 112,700 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the amendment was withdrawn and the motion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 Privy
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 present

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 Dennrfik, and
for the Duchy of Sleswig with regard to the Dtthy 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 with
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 circumstances de-
mand it.
From the same date likewise the ordinance for the king-
dom, of the Bth June, 1839, sec. 5 and 9, as well as the
corresponding regulations in the ordinance for the Duchy
of Schleswig, of the 24th October, 1837, shall be tempo-
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 at pre-
sent existing arrangements.
All concerned in these ordinances are to conform
hereto.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 22.
11th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Spencer Byng Astley,
from 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice John Pane Ballard,
transferred to the 32d Fuot.l
15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Bellingham Le
Moues), from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Spencer Byng Astley, transferred to
the 11th Foot.
32d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Stacy Colls
to be Major, by purchase, vice George William Wallace
Carpenter, who retires—Major the Hon. Bernard Mathew
Ward, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Major,
vice Charles Clapcott, who retires upon temporary half-
pay—Lieutenant Alfred Robert William Tbistlethwayte,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Colls--
Ensign David Bond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Tbistlethwayte—Ensign John Fane Ballard, from 11th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bond.