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

GROUP XL.U..

The Committee on this group re-aetembled to-day at twelve
o'clock.

BLACZBURN, csolizzir, Jima xxvzsPoox.
Compliance with the resolutions of Mr. Duncombe having been
proved,
Mr. &was (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, twe most impo rtt tnt manufacturing towns.
They also sought to accommodate the dtstrict between Blackburn
and Chorley, which was likewise of co nsiderable manufacturing
importance, as would be demonstrated to the Committee by the evi.
dente he would adduce. In this district -were paper-works, cotton-
mills, and other manufactories, and 'the proposed line would
give the proprietors of these weir ks the same benefits
as had been conferred by other lbws on parties under
similar circumstances. Another objecit which the promoters
of this line proposed to effect, and tk ie importance of which
could hardly be exaggerated, was to opesa to the markets of Black-
burn and Chorley the whole of that distrit t extending into the valu-
able coal district south-west of Chorley. Now the importance of
this rich coal-field to Chorley and Blacklio; rn he would establish by
one or two competent witnesses. That 4aoal-field would be inter-
sected by the proposed railway for a disaance 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 pl. actls which were at present
excluded from this desirable communia tion. These were the
objects they proposed as an independent There were other ad-
vantages which they would afford to 'ill e public by this line in
connection with other lines of railway.. They would effect the
nearest communication between Liverpool. ;and Blackburn and Liver-
pool and Charley, 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 11 igen, which was also left
unattended to by the competing line, and the importance of which
would be rendered apparent that that toN (Wigan) contained a po-
pulation of 25,000 or 26,000, while the M.umber of inhabitants in
Chorley was 14,000 or 15,000.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH BY A FALL, FROM A WINDOW.--
On Wednesday evening, an elderly womr al named Mary Ann White,
was observed by a neighbour, who was at finding at his dooorwonhetail
opposite side of the street, suddenly to fall from the w d
foremost into the street, and, falling frc irai such a heidighheti,nr hskeurnhweaad,
struck with fearful violence against the kt ir/o-stone, a
Hospital,
but
terribly fractured. She was conveyed to. -the Londoninquiries
she died a few hours after being admitted.. On
a —prdoofZu:ged fifty-six
yesterday it abpears, that the deceased vra s %.„.
in. years bore
years, and obtained her living by chariot
g. and
waowman. Some weeks
the character of an honest and indtintsrti
cc k, induced her to g 0 and
since her sister's husband, e , loceased had been there she
xiit on Wednesday they had
Itadsteck sent his wife tO
live in his house with his famnannie.t
drank more than she
She returned some ny hat sooner than was ex-
market been drinking togeth:a:s 7,kb o udtt ondnool n
market for dinner.
pected, and found her husband and her si Itt T in a way which left no
matter of doubt of their criminality. A quarrel ensued, and some
k between the sisters. l:n the afternoon
Mrs. Rad-
blows were struck
ving the husband, dec .a
stock went out, lea . sad, and another woman
d eased wa3 8
the house, when ec een, .is above described, to fall
in
from the window in a most suspicious ma iv ner. The body awaits a
coroner'. inquest.
NUMBER Olt FIRES IN GLASGOW... —The fires that have
taken place in Glasgow, exclusive of G
orthtls and Anderston, for the
year ending May 31, 1846, are in number 113. With one or two
exceptions, all of them have been of
of fires in twelve months has a trilting nature. The number
s neltrly doubhstel in four years. In 1842,
there were 62 tires ; in 1843, 75 ; in
1844, se6 ; in 1545, 101 ; and in
1846, 113, Thus fires are increasing
in a greater ratio than either
population or manufactures.— Glasgow Cost Ker.
A special messenger was last .aight in readiness*to
convey to her Majesty the intelligence tbust the Corn and Customs
BBills had actually passed, and to obtain lse r signature Majesty's• to
the Commission for the royal assent to them. :and about SO other Bills.
The royal assent will probably be signit 101 this afternoon in the
House of Lords.

ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—On Wednesday the steam-
ship Victory arrived at the St. Katherine's steam• packet wharf,
from St. retereburgh, with a- large gnat stity of specie on board,
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 ADVERTISEMENT.—A rat-tateher of Three
Colt-lane, Bethnal-greell, has advertised rpr one thousand IWO rats,
and offers 4d. a head.