The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 7, 1845

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

On Saturday the vestry assembled to consider the
question of confirming the report of the gas com-
mittee as to the terms upon which the Western
Gas Company should be permitted to lay ateir;mains
throughout the district. The Rev. Dr. Spry pr-
sided ; there were also present Mr. Hume, 11. P., Sir
J. MiTaggart, M.P., Mr. Plowden, M.P., Mr. J.
IVilliams, M.P., Lord Montfort, Sir J. Hamilton,
Sir W. Stirling, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Lord D. Stuart,
M.P., &c.

Mz. GARNETT, As chairman of a meeting of the
parochial committee of eight hundred rate-payers,
and chairman of a deputation from them to present
the resolutions passed, urged upon the vestry the
necessity of confirming the adoption •of the report, in
order that the rate. payers might have the benefit of
the competition of the companies.
Mr. BEACON and Mr. FRAMPTON, members of the
deputation, also spoke to the same effect.
Mr. G. DANIELL moved that the minute adopting
the report ba not confirmed. He called upon the vestry
not to suffer themselves to be dictated to, but to act
for the benefit of the great body of rate-payers and
reject the report.
Mr. PLOWDEN, M.P., seconded the motion of Mr.
G. Daniell.

Mr. SODEN supported the confirmation of the re-
port; he asked the vestry to let in the Western Corn.
pany and put an end to the monopoly.
Mr. STEVENS and Mr. STANFORD would vote
against the confirmation.

Mr. HUME, M.P., said the question was, were the
Western Company at present m a position to fulfil
the contract they had undertaken ? He lauded them
for coming forward, but when they found the opinion
of the parish so nearly balanced as it appeared to be,
he would put it to them whether it would not be wise
in the Western Company to wait until they were in
a better position. lie called upon the Western Com-
pany to put themselves in a position to show that they
could give a supply of better gas and at lower charges
than the present before they pressed far a division.
The Hon. Gentleman at some ►ength called upon the
♦estry not to dismiss the Western Company entirely,
but to non-confirm the report.
Mr. P. LAURIE concurred with Mr. Hume.

Mr. GLASIER and Mr. CLARK supported the con-
firmation.

Mr. J. WILLIAMS, M.P., was for the non-confir-
mation.

On a show of hands the numbers were so equal that
the Chairman felt it impossible to decide. A division
then took place; when there appeared to be—for the
non-confirmation, 46 ; for the confirmation, 45.
The Chairman gave the casting vote for the non-
confirmation, and the meeting broke up.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, FEB. 3.—ln a congregation, holden this
morning, the following degrees were conferred, viz. :
DOCTOR or DIVINITY.—Rev. Henry John Mutton,
Magdalen Hall.

MASTER or ARTS.—Charles Farnsworth Nixon,
Lincoln College ; Rev. George Case, Edmund Swe-
tenham, Alexander Joseph, Brasenose College ; Beck-
ford Bevan, Christchurch (Grand Compounder);
George Richards, Pembroke College.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.—Thomas Collett Sanders,
scholar of Baliol College ; John Woolcombe Silli-
fatit, James Davis, Charles Terry, Exeter College;
Maurice William Pitman, Queen's College ; George
Osborne Morgan, scholar of Worcester College.
In a convocation, to be holden on Tuesday the
15th inst., it will be proposed to accept a Benefaction,
offered to the University thrcugh the Dean of Car-
lisle, of 1,0001. Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank
Annuities, the interest to be given as a Prize for an
English Poem on a Sacred Subject, once every
third year.

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 2.—8. A. COMMENCEMENT.— On
Saturday last the gentlemen whose names have been
already published in the degree lists proceeded to
their B.A. degree, with the exception of about forty,
who have either to keep bye terms or are entitled to
proceed to honorary degrees.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Flaherty
Scholarship in Classics has been awarded to Mr. John
Hutton Taylor, of Manchester. Examiners—Mr.
Malden, professor of Greek ; Mr. Newman, professor
of Latin ; Professor Tom Taylor for the council.
The prize of 401. for general proficiency in medi-
cine and surgery for 1847, was obtained by Mr.
Thomas Park.

s.—Dr. Lee's Reader in Anatomy
proposes to commence a course of lectures on human
anatomy on Tuesday, February 15, at one o'clock.
Gentlemen desirous of attending are requested to
enter their names at the Anatomy School, Christ
Church, on Saturday, the 12th instant, between two
and four o'clock P.M.
The teachers of French and German in the Taylor
Institution will begin their lectures for this term on
Wednesday, the 9th, and Thursday, the 10th instant
respectively. Those members of the University who
wish to attend are requested to call on the teachers
at the Taylor-building on Monday, the 7th, between
one and three o'clock P.M., for the French class ; and
on Tuesday, the Bth, between one and three o'clock,
for the German class:

Responsions commence February 23.
The Rev. Mr. Hanaell, of Magdalen, will be a
candidate for the office of Public Orator in the event
of a vacancy.
CAMBRIDGE, FEE. 4.—SMITU'S PRIZEMEN—These
prizes for " the best proficients in mathematics and
natural philoscphy," have been this day adjudged as
follows :