The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

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tain bills on the subject which had been introduced
into Parliament. The committee stated with re-
spect to the petition their opinion that it would
assist the committee in the objects for which they
were appointed if a grant not exceeding £3OO were
made to the delegates. They also reported that the
Metropolitan Gas Companies' Amalgamation Bill
aimed at providing for the amalgamation of the
companies subject to the Metropolitan Gas Act,
1860, and for the appointment of commissioners
with extensive powers for fixing the illuminating,
power and the price of gas, and also for the appoint-
ment of metropolitan gas referees and examiners.
The bill likewise provided that the maximum price
should be sixpence per thousand cubic feet less
than the minimum price of gas fixed by
the Act of 1860, and that the illumina-
ting power of the gas should after this year
be two candles more than that fixed by
that Act. The committee asked for powers
to petition against the bill, so that they might be
able to appear before a committee of the House of
Commons with a view altogether to oppose the
bill, or to obtain the insertion of clauses to protect
the interests of the Corporation and the citizens.
The Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill was to
authorise the company to erect new gasworks in
the parishes of Barking and Woolwich, and to raise
further moneys, and for other purposes. Among
those purposes was a power for the City Gas Com-
pany to subscribe part of the money required by
the Gas Light and Coke Company. The bill like-
wise contained a clause for capitalising a sum of
£360,000 in respect of profits alleged to have been
expended on their works. The committee said they
had twice succeeded in obtaining the rejection of a
clause like that in former bills, and they were of
opinion that they should be empowered to appear
before the House of Commons and altogether oppose
the bill, or to procure the alteration or rejection of
clauses now in the bill, and the insertion of others
for the protection of the Corporation and the inte-
rests of the citizens.

The report was agreed to, and referred back to
the committee for execution.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL.
A petition was presented by Deputy MALCOLM,
of inhabitants of the ward of Tower, against the
Metropolitan District Railways Bill in Parliament,
and praying the Court to take such steps as might
be deemed advisable to oppose its being passed into
a law. It was referred to a committee for conside-
ration and report.
A motion by Deputy ATKINS to vote an addi-
tional sum of £250 towards the interior decoration
of the Mansion House gave rise to some opposition,
not on the ground that the money would not be
well spent, but because, as was alleged, between
£6OO and £7OO for a similar purpose had been
hastily voted at their last meeting, towards the end
of a long sitting, and under circumstances which
did not admit of due consideration, and because
upwards of £2,000 was voted at a meeting of the
Court a few months ago for the embellishment of
the interior of the Egyptian Hall and the saloon,
and was now in course of expenditure in that way.
The further consideration of the matter eventu-
ally stood adjourned until Monday, and the meet-
ing separated.

CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord
of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorne
Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Norchcoto, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L.
Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Mannera, the Earl
of Mayo, and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
members of the College, having undergone the
necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in mid-
wifery, at a meeting of the board on the sth inst :
Messrs. Duncan M'Larty, M.D. Victoria College, Toronto,
of St. Thomas, Ontario, diploma of membership dated Jan.
22, 1868, of St. Thomas's Hospital; Hugh Munro M`Kay,
M.D. Victoria College, Toronto, Woodstock, Ontario, Jan
22, 1868, of St. Thomas's Hospital ; Richard Henry Prior
L.S.A. Chichester, January 21, 1868, of King's College':
and William Douglas, Belfast, January 23, 1868, of the
Edinburgh and Belfast Schools. It is stated that two can-
didates failed to acquit themselves to the satisfaction of
the J 31;) ard.