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comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; i to be Deputy Lieutenant ; S. 'Serrell, Esq., to be Deputy
Mr. Ewart In the chair. Lieutenant ; G. IC. Clapeott, Ebq to be Deputy Lieutenant,
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London" and Birmingham Company, for effecting a com•
inunieatiolf between their Caniden-town station and the
:East and West India Docks. It passed through Holloway, Hack-
ney, Homer:on, s•kirted the Victoria-park, formed a junction, 'villa
the .Enstem Counties and the Blackwell Railways, and run into the
docit-baste tit Blackwell. The want of this communication Seas
very much test by the trade of the country, and the rates of cartage
between the Thames and the London and Birmingham Railway, was
from ss. 6d. to 7s. per ton, which would be considerably reduced by
the proposed line. The capital of the Company was 600.00 ,1., of
which 350,0051. was subscribed by the Railway and Dock Companies,
and the remainder by private individuals.
Mr. Cook, of the firm of Truman and Cook, colonial brokers ;
Captain Huish, the general manager of the Grand Junction Railway;
Mr. Poole, general goods manager of the same railway; Mr. Alder-
Man Copeland, M.P., and Mr. Horne, of the firm of Chaplin and
Horne, bore testimony to the importance which it would prove to the
trade of the country to have an uninterrupted railway communi-
cation 'between Liverpool, Manchester, and the Midland district,
and the docks and port of Londen.
Mr. Martin, the engineer of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany, who laid out the lisle under Mr. Stephenson, detailed the pro-
gress the line took from the docks to Camden-town, and the nature
of the works. The line presented no engineering difficulties. ills
estimate for the works was 349,7791. The line would cross the Lou-
don and York line.
The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock

Commission by t" Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire.
- To be Deputy Lieutenants—Sir W. S. R. Cockburn, Bart.;
Rev, R. L. Venable Clerk; T. Davies, Esq.., Jun:; 1.
Commissions by the LGrd Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Royal Lanarkshire Militia—H. H. R. Aikinan, to be
Captain, vice Landless. deceased, May 14 ; U. A. Irving.,
Esq., to be. Captain, vice Fullarton, decew,ed, May 15; A..
-Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, deceased,
May 14.
COURT Or COMMON PLEAS.
Trinity Term, in the 9th year of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Wednesday, June 10, 1846.
This Court will, on Monday, the 6th day of July next,
bold a sitting, and will proceed to give judgment in certain
of the matters standing over for the consideration of the
Court. N. C. TINDAL.

GROUP L VII.

THE LONDON AND nrastraras.aivx GRAND
JUNCTION, AND MANCHESTER AND
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY AMALGAMA-
TION.

(Continued f ern our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. HOPE said he expected that the companies, when amalga-
mated, would be able to reduce their tolls.

The question was ever tually adjourned until Monday, for the pur-
pose of enabling the proprietors to show the irnpossibihty of carrying
into effect the arrangement proposed by the.lloard of 1 rade.
DUDLEY CANAL AND BIRMINGHAM
AMALGAMATION.

Mr. Hut, who appeared on behalf of the Worcestershire Canal.
then proceeded to address the Committee in opposition to this scheme,
At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's address, -
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee would give their
decision on the Bill on Monday nest.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (AYLESBURY