The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

GROUP XLII.

The Committee on this group re-assembled to-day at twelve
o'clock.
aidiCILBURN, CIIOII.I.ET,AND mavEnpooz.
Compliance with the resolutions of Mr. Duncombe having been
proved,
Mr. BAINES (who appeared on the part of the promoters), said—
The object sought by the present Bill as effecting an independent
line were simply these :—ln the first place, they sought to connect
Blackburn and Chorley, two most important manufacturing towns.
They also sought to accommodate tco he istrict between Blackburn
and Chorley, which was likewise of nsiderable manufacturing
Importance, as would be demonstrated to the Committee by the evi•
Bence he would adduce. In this district were paper-works, cotton-
mills, and other manufactories, and the proposed line would
give the proprietors of these works the same benefits
as had been conferred by other lines on parties under
similar circumstances. Another object which the promoters
of this line proposed to effect, and the Importance of which
coult hardly be exaggerated, was to open to the markets of Black-
burn and Chorley. the whale of that district extending into the vain.
able coal district south west of Chorley. Now the importance of
this rich coal-field to Chorley and Blackburn ho would establish by
one or two competent witnesses. That coal-field would be inter-
sected by the proposed railway for a distance of eight miles and a
half, and their line would pass through the very heart of the district,
and thus render it accessible to those places which were at present
li excluded from this desirable communication. These were the
objects they proposed as an independent line. There were other ad-
, vantages which they would afford to the public by this line in
connection with ether lines of railway. They would effect the
nearest communication between Liverpool and Blackburn and Liver-
pool and Chorley, for which there was no provision made by the
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. They also proposed to
effect a communication with the town of Wigan, which was also left
unattended to by the competing line, and the importance of which
would be rendered apparent that that town (Wigan) contained a po-
pulation of 25,000 or 26,000, while the number of inhabitants in
Chorley was 14,000 or 15,000.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH BY A FALL FROM A WINDOW.—
On Wednesday evening, an elderly woman named Mary Ann White,
was was observed by a neighbour, who was standing at his doordow
hetha .
opposite side of the street, suddenly to fall from the win c!
foremost into the street, and,
her skull was
falling from such a height, her head
struck with fearful violence against the andkerb-stoLnoei,ion
nospitaL but
terribly fractured. She was conveyed to the,n p d
0 rosecuting inquiries
she died a few hours after being admitted.
i and for many years bore
yesterday it abpears, that the deceased was a widow, aged fifty-six
years, and obtained her living by b lIF
the character of an honest and inedaurstrio.o
Radstock, induced her to go and
i woinan. Some weeks
since her sister's husband, named
,e deceased had been there she
and on Wednesday they had
live in his house with his fatu.ll.3;.
drank more than she was wont to
noon
Radstock sent his wife to
all been drinking togethheer. AD toSicnlic,
returned somewhat sooner than was ex-
market for dinner. S
her husband and hers ister in a way which left 110
pected, and found
ftheir criminality. A quarrel ensued, and some
matter of doubt of
between the sisters. In the afternoon Mrs. Bad
blows were struck
the husbatici, deceased, andanother..
toek went out, leafing woman
when deceased was seen, as above described, to fall
ins the house,
from the window in a most suspicious manner. The body awaits a
coroner's inquest.
NUMBER OF FIRES IN GLASGOW.—The fires that have
taken place in Glasgow, exclusive of Gorbals and Anderiton, for the
year ending May 31, 1846, are in number 113. With one or two
exceptions, all of them have been of a trifling nature. The number
of fires in twelve months has nearly doubled in four years.. ln 1842,
there were 62 tires ; in 1843, 75 ; in 1844, 86 , • in 1845, 101 ; and in
1846, 113, Thus fires are increasing in a greater ratio than either
population or manufactures.—Glasgow Courier.
A special messenger was last night in readinessito
convey to her Majesty the intelligence that the Corn and Custelas
Bills had actually passed, and to obtain her Majesty's signature to
the Commission for the royal assent to them and about 50 other Bills.
The royal assent will probOly be signified this afternoon in the
House of Lords. _

ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.---On Wednesday the steam-
ship Victory arrived at the St. Katherine's steam picket wharf,
from St. Petersburgh, with a large quantity of specie on bow d,
amounting to nearly 200,0001., packed in twelve large cases. It is
consigned for a number of merchants in the City, and the greater
part has already been sent. , .
NOVEL ADVERTIEDIENT.—A rat-catcher of Three
Colt-lane, Bethnal-grecil, has advertised tor One thOlikand 11Y0 ratE,
and Wien 44, a Wad.