The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. _
ADVANTAGES.

A BONUS of Two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured.
LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for Assurances without
Profits.
PREMIUMS Payable ;Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly.
ASSURANCES of EVERY DESCRIPTION may be effected.
Among others, the important one, originated by this Society, of se-
curing a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any given age,
or to his family in the event of his earlier death.
A POCKET DIARY, containing detailed particulars, any be kad
on application at the Office, or of the Society's Agents.
JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

HEFFIELD AND CHESTERFIELD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The writer of a paragraph appearing in the " Morning Herald" of
to-day, entitled " Defeat of the ISginsley Junction Railway,"
has taken the opportunity of insinuating that the Sheffield and Ches-
terfield Junction Railway is opposed by the North Midland, and that
such opposition is likely to be successfuL The Provisional Com-
mittee of the Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction Railway deem it
their duty to state, that the opposition they have met with in Parlia-
ment, has been principally from the Agents of the Grand Junction
Railway, who are determined not to let the important district
through which the intended Sheffield and Chesterfield Railway
passes, derive any benefit which they could withhold from it, through
fear of its affecting their own monopoly. The North Midland Com-
pany, on the contrary, bound themselves by deed, at the time their
Railway Bill received the sanction of Parliament, not to offer opposi-
tionsto any railway which might thereafter be projected from Shef-
field to join their line at a point north of the Clay-cross Tunnel.
By order of the Provisional Committee,
CHARLES F. YOUNGE, Chairman.
Committee-room, 40, CravenAgreet, Strand, March 18, 1844.

THE GRAVESEND, TILBURY, AND
EASTERN COUNTIES' JUNCTION RAILWAY,
In connection with the -Thames Haven Dash and Railway, is
London.
• Capital 300,0001. in 6,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
DIRECTORS.

Robert E. Norman, Esq.
W. Wilkinson, Esq.
John Barclay, Esq.
R. B. Wingfield, Esq.
Ernst Vail', Esq.

James F.sdalle, Esq.
Benjamin MIL Esq.
Thomas Camplin, Esq
John Brough, Esq.
George Burge, Esq.
John R. Thompson, Esq. ,
BANKEas—The London Joint Stock Bank
ENGINEERS—Sir John Rennie ; John Braithwaite, Esq.
SoLicirois--Sir George Stephen ; John Duncan, Esq.
SKRETAHT—Mr. Frederick Edgell.
The measures now In progress for a Railway communisation be-
tween Chatham and Gravesend, have suggested the expediency of
extending that communication to London, by establishing a Steam
Ferry from Gravesend to Tilbury, and thence by Railway, joining the
Eastern Counties' Station at Romford.
The traffic already existing between Chatham, Gravesend, and
London, is well-known to be very large, anti it cannot be doubted
that, when the communication with the Metropolis is reduced in
tints to one hour, the Railway conveyance will obtain a decided
preference to the river. When to this are added the prospective ad-
vantages that may be derived from passengers landing at Thames
Maven, and the economy of the construction, and the Parliamentary
expenses, which have already been paid, the intended Line promises
a more liberal return than any other at present in contemplation.
It is intended to confine the operations for the present to a single
line, with jetties ; and responsible parties have offered to perform
the works to the satlsfactioit of the Engineers, within eighteen
months, and without exceeding the specified capital.
About one-fourth of the Shares have been already subscribed for,
and it is intended to pay interest half-yearly at five per cent. per
annum ou all payments from the date of Nture payment.
The Works will be commenced under the Act of Parliament al-
ready obtained by the Thames Haven Company, as soon as the
capital is subscribed.
The following Tabular Statement of the comparative distances,
and the time occupied to or from the ➢fetropolis in travelling by
the proposed Line, and others projected on the Surrey and Kentish
side, will show the great superiority of the Line described in this
Prospectus.

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Tilbury •• •••• 27 .. 27 10 ' •• •• ••
Gravesend .• ••1 27 1 28 I 1 15 40 200 33
Herne Bay••••••! 27 23 50 330 105 5 0 150
Margate .•••• • 27 23 60 430 105 - 5 0 030
Ramsgate .......27 37 64 50 i 103 5 0 .•
Southend .......27 9 36 201 •• • • • •
Rochester .......27 8 35 1301 47 230 1 0
Sheerness .i 27 10 37 20 . •• •• ..

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Applications for Shares, post paid, to be made, on before the 28th
instant, to Mr. F. Edgell, Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 31,
Lombard-street ; or to the following Sharebrokers :—Mr. J. W. Dick-
inson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Mr. E. Bayliffe, Liverpool ; Mr. G. Carr,
Manchester; Mr. J. R. Lane, and Mr. E. Wilson, Birmingham;
Messrs. R. B. Watson, Leeds Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull ; and
Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol, of whom also prospectuses may
be had.—March 14, 1844.
Form of Application for Shares.
To the Directors of the Gravesend, Tilbury, and Eastern Counties
JUnctioa Railway Company, in connexion with the Thames Haven
Railway Company

~ request you will allot.

Shares in this Company.

HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.

- - -
The following is a copy of the answer of the Board of
Trade to the memorial of the hand-loom weavers of this
City, agreed to at a public meeting of that body:—
" Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, Feb. 26, 1844.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Tilde to state to you, with refer-
ence to the memorial of the hand-loom weavers of the
borough of Carlisle and its vicinity, transmitted by you
in your letter of the 31st ult., that my Lords have given
to the memorial that attentive consideration to which its
grave and painful importance, and its very proper tone,
so justly entitle it.
" My Lords entertain no doubt that the distressed
condition of the hand-loom weavers at Carlisle is only
too correctly represented, and it is with the most un-
feigned regret that they learn that the earnings of those
engaged in this branch of labour have been reduced to an
amount far below what is necessary for their proper
support.
" My Lords, however, are well aware that the evils of
which the memorialists so feelingly and temperately com-
plain are quite beyond the reach of Legislative remedy ;
and that any attempt to fix either a minimum or uniform
rates of wages, or to prevent competition, would only tend
to deteriorate, rather than improve, their present condition.
"My Lords, therefore, conceive that it would be a
most serious breach of their public duty, if, from a feel-
ing of sympathy with the memorialists, my Lords should
be induced to institute inquiries, which, although excit-
ing temporary hopes, would inevitably end in disappoint-
ment, and thus aggravate that distress which my Lords
would most earnestly desire (were it possible) to remove.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JOHN G. SHAW LEFEVRE.

" Mr. J. Mackenzie."
In the principles here laid down we fully concur ; but
a Legislature and a Government which take upon them-
selves to fix the price of food have no right to say they
cannot fix the amount of wages, The one would be
quite as rational as the other.—Carlisle Journal.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.
ARDROSSAN CLUB SPRING MEETING, MARCIT 12 AND 13.
The Cup (8 dogs) was won by Lord Eglinton's r and w d.
Duke of Wellington ; Mr. J. Wilson's f and w d M.P. ran up
The Champion Collar (7dags) was won by Mr. A. Graham's.
f b Rebecca's Daughter; Sir J. Boswell's r d Jason ran up
The Couples (10 dogs) were won by Mr. Geddes's w and r d
Bottlewater, who divided with Mr. C. Dunlop's Engineer.
Lord Eglinton's bk and w d Stag, and Mr. Allan's r and w d
Cast-Steel divided the Eglinton Park Stakes (16 dogs). Dr.
Brown's bd and w d Bloomsbury, and Mr. Geddes's f d Tani
Ritchie divided the Tyro Stakes (13 dogs). The Harbour
Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Allen's bd d Tailor; Mr.
A. Graham's bd b Queen Phillippina ran up. The Selling
Stakes (5 dogs) were won by Sir J. Boswell's Staxton ; 1)r.
Brown's Fencer ran up.

The first conviction for a breach of the regulations
of the new Fishery Convention between France and Eng-
land took place on Wednesday at Lewes. Two French fish-
ing boats having entered Newhaven harbour, Lieut. Brown,
of the Coast Guard, observing that the vane at the mot-head
required by the regulations affecting French vessels co.rning
within three miles of the coast was not of the prescribed
colour (blue), and also that the numbers and initial letters
of the port to which the boats belonged were painted on
only one side of the bows, conceived it to be his duty
to take the captains before a magistrate. They were ac-
cordingly conveyed to Lewes, and examined before 11.
Blackman, Esq. Mr. P. Black, the French Consul, was pre-
sent, and in defence stated that no copies of the regulations
had been placed in the hands of the defendants, and therefore
requested the magistrate to mitigate the penalty to the low-
est possible amount. The Consul observed, that even among
our own fishermen, who could not plead such ignorance of
the regulatiens, they were, as yet, only partially carried out.
The defendants were then fined Bs. each, including costs ; and
the French Consul promised to write to the French autho-
rities, suggesting that copies of the rules should be furnished
to every boat, in order that the masters might not suffer
from ignorance of a complicated law.—Brighton raper.
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