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Home Secretary stated that there was certainly no intention
of at present abolishing the Marlborough Street Police Court,
and that he was in communication with the Treasury with
regard to the appointment of additional magistrates, but
that no final decision had been come to.
On hearing the reply which had been given by the Home
Secretary, the Vestry instructed the Vestry Clerk to write
to that gentleman conveying an expression of the Vestry's
opinion that the requirements of the district, owing to its
peculiar circumstances, necessitate the retention of the Court,
and that the continued growth of the population and the
tendency to confer upon Police Courts jurisdiction in indictable
offences amply justify tho appointment ot one or two
additional magistrates for the London Police Courts.
PRICE OF GAS.
In August last the Vestry received a communication from
the Vestry of St. Luke's inviting them to appoint three
delegates to a conference to be held at the Vestry Hall,
City-road, to take into consideration generally the question
of the increased charge for gas made by the Gas Light and
Coke Company, when Mr. W. Jenkins, Mr. McDonald, and
Mr. Frohlich were appointed to represent the Vestry.
The following resolutions were passed by the Conference:—
(1) That all gas supplied in the Metropolis to private consumers,
should be supplied at a uniform charge per 1,000
feet, with the free use of meters. (2) That a Parliamentary
enquiry should be instituted into the present management
and working of Gas Companies. (3) That the delegates
to this conference wait upon the President of the Board of
Trade in support of the foregoing resolutions, and (4) That
Vestries and District Boards be requested to support the
action of the conference.