The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-25 00:00:00

GROUP XLII.

LIVERPOOL, PRESTON, /MANCHESTER,
AND SOUTHPORT.
The case for and against the Bill having Iteen concluded,
Mr. Sergeant KINGSLAKE adds eased the Committee at grt at length
in support of the line, which, he contended, was superior to the other
lines before the Committee, and afforded a larger amount of public
accommodation, at the least possible expense.

GROUP LIX.
The Committee on this Group re-assembled to-day, at twelve
o'clock.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY, AND MANCHES-
TER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION ; AND MAN-
CHESTER AND BOLTON AND BURY CANAL
NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY, AND MANCHES•
TER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION.

The clauses of these two Bills, the preambles of which were proved,
were proceeded with.

EASTERN CoUNTIE-N RAILWAY

(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the proprietors and share-
hol lers of the Eastern Countirs Railway took place this day,
at the Offices of the Company, Shoreditch, G. Hudson, Esq.,
M.P., in the chair, to ake into consideration the propriety of
pr.'ceeding with the following Bills in Parliament, namely—
"A Bill fur making railways from Wisbech to St. Ives,
and to Fenny Drayton, to be called the ' isbech, St. Ives,
and Cambridge Junction Railway.'
"A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make three branch railways from the line of the Eastern
Counties and Thames Junction Railway, twofthereof termi•
nating at the paper warehouses belonging to the East India
Dock Company, and the other terminating by a junction
with the Eastern Counties Railway."
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening
the meeting, and the preambles of the Bills.
The CHAIRMAN said that the first Bill had received the
assent of the Committee of the House of Lords, do that the
shareholders might fairly consider that it was safely
lodged in a position shortly to become the law of
the land. The capital proposed to he raised was 475,000/
The second Bill had been several times before the share-
holders, and it was merely as a matter of form that he brought
it under their notice that day,
Resolutions adopting the Bills were then put and carried
unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then adverted to the charges which had
bee❑ made with respect to the opposition which they had
offered to the London and York. They had offered it every
fair and legitimate opposition, but he indignantly denied
having used any foul or dishonest means to accomplish their
objects.

EXETER HALL.—The fifth and last choral meetint, of
Mr. Mullah's classes, in aid of the " Mullah Testimonial Fund,"
took place last night, in presence of a fill, audience. A variety of
part music was excellently sung, under the able dtrection of Mr. E.
Collett May. There were several encores.
A young man tin Sunday lost his life in a strange
and unfortunate manner. He was under the arch of the canal de St.
Maud, holding a large dog by a cord. tic had wound the cord three
or four times round his arm, and on the animal suddenly jumping
into the water, the young man was drag .ed in with hitn, and before
aid could be brought was drowned.
'LEE PRICI.: OF BREAD —Ytaterday another reduction
aboutman
took place in the prioe of bread among the bakers of the metropolis.
Seine, however, maintained the figure of 80. alleging that the
Good bread may
re-
duction in wheat did not justify any alteration.
ao
tit
nbift et.. Ile
now be purchased at 6d. per loaf, and 6d. to 7yad.x.:fsaototrethtarloidyie;
FATALIo ACCIDENT
folnlEowNiTgozuaTE.EciidlanivtEoce..R.— g
one o c , Ile was bathing in the
named George Witee, residing in Lambeth. h
river, off Vauxhall, having a boat. in which
had been a .irnmin, tri the water 1,1: ha Ludienly
exclaimed, "Oh, God. the cram p l" sad ad bew e his .nate could rta
ch
bite, be bad supls, apparently ~tlioat it strJggte. Tiz
young man was an excellent swimmer, and had partaken o; 3 very I
hearty dinner a short time before he lost his life. The drags were
procured, and used its time
pottrithe to find the bod
but wig-
tomati44, ritircat tract