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

GROUP LIX.

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

LIVERPOOL AND HURT, 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.7, RAILWAY
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the proprietors and share-
hol lers of the Eastein Counties Railway took place this day,
at the Offices of the Company, Shoreditch, G. Hudson, Esq.,
M.P., in the chair, to sake into consideration the propriety of
proceeding with the following Bills in Parliament, namely—
"A Bill for making railways from Wisbech to St. Ives,
and to r'enny Drayton, to be called the N% isbech, St. Ives,
and Cambridge Junction Railway.'
"A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Gimpany
to make three branch railways from the line of the Eastern
Counties and Thames Junc6.n Railway, two thereof termi•
noting 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 CILAIKMAN said that the first Bill had rt ceived the
assent of the Committee of the House of Lords, so 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 475,0001
The secord- 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 dm
Resolutions adopting the Bills were then put and carried
unanimously.

The CitniaNtAst then adverted to the charges which bad
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 ditlonest means to accomplish their
objects.

EXETER HALL—The fifth and list choral meetinr ot
Mr. ilullah's classes, in aid of the 4. Mullah Testimonial Fund,"
took place last night, in presence of a flat audience. A variety ot
part music was excellently sung, under the able dtrection of Mr. E.
Collett May. There were several encores.
A young man on Sunday-lost his Lie in a strange
cord three
and before
and unfortunate manner. He was under the arch of the canal tie St.
Maud, holding a large dog by a-cord. He had w
or four times round his arm, and on the animal s p g
o'ilddtheenlc;
aid could be brought was drowned.
into the water, the young man was drag,eit in with him,
THE Patch: OF BREAD —yesterday another reduction
read among the bakers of the metropolis.
took place in the price of b ropolla,
h fl 'tire
Seine, however, maintained t e . L •alleging that the re.
duction in wheat did not justity any alteration. Good bread may
now be purchased at 6d. per loaf, and 6V. to 7d. for the best. "
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--yesterday, about
Yt
one o'clock, the following fatal accident °centred to
named George at Bee, residin boat
antheth, uf, a out man,
river, oir Vauxhall, having a in which v was bathing in the
had been s..imthine in the water for some n was
a 81"anate. He
e2coah-ned, "Ott, God, the cramp!" and
before
dilutes. when he suddenly
honi, he had suiik, apparently without 'fore his 'nate could reach
yraing man was an excellent Wit a struggle. The unfortunate
hearty dinner a ',hod tune miler, and had partaken oi a very
bratty before l ‘ 1
procured, and used as quickly as poa it loci his life. The drags were
tungely without efNct. 6ble to dud the body, but miler-