The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

ST A R PACKETS.
Cravesend 'and London, by way of the Blackwall Ba'iway,
_avoiding the dangers of the Pool, and saving one hour in time.
ONE PAT' NT THROUGHOUT, sIXFENCE and NINEItE.STCE
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Boat and Rail ineuded.
Terrace Pier, Gravesend,
Half-rast Nine, Half-past Twelve, 'lwo, Four. and Half-past Five.
Sundays, Seven, Half-past Nine, rt ur, and Half-past Five.
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell,
Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Three,. Four. and Sin. Snndavr, Ten, Eleven,

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and Three.
The Trains start one quarter of an hour before each of these times.
N.B. Passengers' luggage conveyed to and from the Trains at
E,ackwall, without charge.
Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, Quarter-past Ten, and Quarter-past Twelve,
returning from the Terrace-pier every Evening at Half past t ive.
Twelve, Six, or Three Months' Tickets, available in all the Packets
of the Star and Blackwell Companies, at the undermentioned rates,
to be had at the Star Offices and of the Captains on board the
Packets :—To or from BI ckwall, Twelve Months, 5/. ss. Six
Months, 31. 3e. ; Three Months, 21. 2s.
___ltar Office, Gravesend, Oct. 4, 1844.

SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF
of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through.
out ENGLAND and WALES. Established 1772.

PREBI DENT.
The EARL of ROMNEY.
{ICE-PRESIDENTS.

Lotd Kennon I Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart.,
Viscount Marsh= M.P.
TREASURER—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S.
AUDITORS—John Pepys, Esq., and Capel Cure, Esq.
At a MEETING of the GOVERNORS, held in Craven-street,
on Wednesday, the 6th day of November, 1844, the case of 1 Peti-
tioner was considered and approved.
Since the Meeting held on the 2d of October, ONE HUNDRED
and TEN DEBI ORS, of whom 91 had Wives and 261 Children,
have been discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the
expense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with
the Society, was 467/. 9s. Bd.
Resolved—That in consequence of the few applications for relief
since the passing of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, abolishing Imprison-
tnent for Debts not exceeding Twenty Pounds, the Governors of the
Prisons throughout England and Wales be requested to call the
attention of all Debtors in their custtdy to the Rules of the se-
atetY, namely, that relief is afforded-
1. BY COMPOSITION to every Person whose single debt does
not exceed SIXTY POUNDS.
2. By the INSOLVENT ACT, to every Person whose debts do
not exceed TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and the balance of
whose debts and credits does not exceed ONE HUNDRED
POUNDS, provided that no single debt exceeds SIXTY
V3UNDS ;
Subject, as usual, to good characters, to be produced to the Go-
vernors of the Society, who meet on the first Wednesday in every
Inanth, at their House, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand.
RENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT
:
Dividend on 86/. 10s. Three-and-a-Half per
Cent. Reduced Annuities, per Treasurer........ LI 13 9
Josiah Martin, Esq., per Messrs. Hoare (A) 3 3 0
'''aior Charles Marriott, per ditto
Benefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the
Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple ; also by the following
Bankers : Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drummouds, Herries, Hoares,
Veres -
; and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where
the Books may be seen by those who are inclined to support the
Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in
every month. JOSEPH LUNN, Sec.