The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

through BANBRthGE,

Offices of the Great County Dowa, Belfast, Newry, and Warren•
point Railway Company, 37, Moorgate-street.

Detailed Prospectuses, with Maps, are now ready. Ap-
plications may be made in the usual form—those from
England, to the London Offices, 37, Moorgate-street ; from Ireland,
to the solicitors, Murland and Nelson, Downpatrick; Frazer, Mit-
chell, and Todd, Newry, and 63, Dominick-street, Dublin ; and to
the Secretary, R. Gordon, at Downpatrick. Also to Mr. Thomas
Hampson, broker, Mersey-chambers, Liverpool; and Messrs. Lynill
and Berlyn, Cross-street, Manchester. London brokers—Palmer,
Hope, and Company, Cornhill.
June 12, 1845.

.:SHARES BY AUCTION, IN RAILWAY, MINING, AND
OTHER COMPANIES.
MESSR S. LAMOND and Co., Share Auctioneers,
beg to express to their friends and the public their grateful
sense of the patronage bestowed ou their recent Public Sales of Shares
in Railway and other Companies, and they beg to announce that the
Sales will be continued in their Rooms at the undermentioned Hall,
on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, until further notice. The next Sale-
day being TO-MORROW, at TWO o'clock, at which they are in-
structed to submit Shares in various Railway Companies, &c., &c.
They have also instructions to offer the following Mining and
other Shares, viz. :—The Great Devonshire Consols, or Wheal Maria
Mice, Lamheroe Mine, West Wheal Maria Mine, Blaenavon Iron
Company, Australasian Bank, Gravesend Cemetery, Royal Mail Steam-
Packet Company, Waterman Company, Gosport Pier, London Gas
Company, New Renter's Share (Drury-lane Theatre).
t Hall of Commerce, June 16, 1845.

GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SIIIP
PLYMOUTH to DUBLIN on FRIDAY, 20th JUNE, 1845.
Passengers must be on board in Plymouth Sound at Two o'clock
on Friday afternoon.

Fare to Kingstown' I
Apply for passage at the Company'softla. 1 1
e, 65. 6d
,Co.rnhill, or on board.

SHERIFFS' FUND for MIDDLESEX and
LONDON.
PRESIDENTS.
William Hunter, Esq., Ald!rtnan, 1 Sheriffs of London
Thomas Sidney, Esq. Alderman, and Middlesex.
TRUSTEES.
William Thompson, Esq., Alderman, M.P.
Edward Archer Wild, Esq.
John Johnson, Esq., Alderman.
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman.
TREASURER.—John Johnson, sq , Alderman.
The Sheriffs respectfully submit the following statement of the
objects and uses of the Sheriff's Fund to the benevolent considera-
tion of the public. The Fund was established in the year 1808, dur-
ing the Shrievalty of the late Alderman Christopher Smith and Sir
Richard Phillips, and has for its object :-
1. The temporary relief of the distressed families and dependents
of persons in confinement.
2. A temporary provision for persons who, on being discharged
from confinement, have no means of present subsistence or habita-
tion.

3. The purchase of such tools, implements, and materials as may
be conducive to habits of industry in debtors and criminals.
4. The pecuniary aid of other objects of distress who come under
the official cognizance of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex.
5, The establishment of an asylum for the reception of offenders
on their discharge from prison, where those who are willing, to reform
have a home and shelter afforded to them, with suitable instruction
and employment, until they can be restored to their friends, or other-
wise provided for.

Each successive year has added Its testimony to the poweribl
claims it possesses to the cordial and active support of the charitable
and the humane.

The important benefits it confers in alleviating the mass of human
misery and wretchedness which is daily brought under the official
notice of the Sheriffs, and in preventing the increase of crime, need
only to be more generally known to ensure for it a warmer interest
in the minds of the benevolent, and more extensive means of use-
fulness.

Since the establishment of the Central Criminal Court, the neces
sity of this fund has been more urgently felt; criminals are now
brought for trial to Newgate, not only from all parts of London and
3liddiesex, but also from the crowded and populous parts of Essex,
Kent, and Surrey, adjoining to the metropolis. The prisoners in
Newgate, in Giltspur-street, and in Whitecross•street, Prisons, are
all under the care of the Sheriffs ; and in Newgate alone there were
confined upwards of 3,000 persons during the past year.
It would be impossible to recount all the claims made upon them.
so numerous are they, and so varied in character.

Some appeal to their commiseration, having been unjustly charged
or committed u?on evidence which has not satisfied the grand jury
that there was case enough to send them to trial, and have conse-
quently ignored the bills presented against them; others for slight
offences have had a short imprisonment awarded to them, but it has
nevertheless been long enough to alienate friends, and to deprive the
offender of the shelter of a home ; others have only wanted a few
shillings to enable them to return to their relatives in the country,
or to purchase tools or implements of their Vide, or a few articles of
decent attire, in order to obtain employment on their liberation,
which they would otherwise have been unable to procure, had it not
been for the bounty of the Sheriffs. The frequency of these claims
renders it impos-ible for the Sheriffs themselves to bear them en-
tirely, and they therefore call upon the public, whose almoners they
will gladly be, to assist them in this work of benevolence.
And the Sheriffs beg especially to call the attention of the public
to the Permanent Fund of this Society; to impress the necessi•y of
establishing an Asylum for the shelter and reformation of hopeful
cases of female offenders. A House of Mercy it might be well
called, where the penitent and youthful offender might find a shelter
and a home. It is only by the operation of an asylum that there is
any probability of checking the career of crime once entered upon.
As soon as a young female enters the walls of a prison her doom
too often sealed—her character is blasted—she is deprived of that
which alone can enable her to earn an honest livelihood—spurned by
her friends, or perhaps ashamed to let them know of her disgrace,
where can she turn ? And it is well known to many that there are
characters of the worst description constantly prowling about the
walls of a prison, awaiting the discharge of hapless girls so circum-
stanced, only to entice them to the commission of fresh crime, or
to allure them to a life of degradation and misery, by offering them
that shelter and sympathy which is denied them by the rest of the
world. In such an establishment the sincerity of the apparently pe-
nitent offender might be tested ; many might be restored to their
friends ; and others, by proper instruction and after due probation,
might be fitted for future usefulness, and become respectable mem-
bers of society.

JOHN E. COOPER, Hon. See,
Sessions' House, Old Bailey, May 20, 1845.

SHERIFFS' FUND SOCIETY.

The FIRST DINNER on behalf of this Institution will be lmiden
at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgatci-street, on TUESDAY,
June 17.
Field Marshal his Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE,

K.G., in the Chair.
STEWARDS.
William Hunter, Esq., Alderman, Sheriffs of London
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, j and Middlesex.
George Marten, Esq., I Under Sheriffs.
William Henry Ashurst, Es ~
Lansdowne, the Most Noble Mar- IHelbert, John Delbert, Esq.
guts of, K.G. Herring, Robert William, Esq.
Llandaft; the Bight Reverend Lord Mode, John, Esq.
Bishop of Hitchcock, George, Esq.
Ashburton, the Right Hon. Lord. Honiball, James, Esq.
Beauvale, the Right Hon. Lord. Home, Rev. Thomas Hartwell
Dynevor, the Right Hon Lord. Isherwood, N. T., Esq.
Middleton, the Right Hon. Lord. Jeffrey, John, Esq.
Stuart, Lord Dudley C. Jennings, Rev. John
Booth, Sir F., Bt. (late Sheriff). Jerram, John, Esq.
Butler, the Hon. Chas. Lennox. Johnson, Richard, Esq.
Hunter, Sir Claudius S., Bart., Jones, William, Esq.
Alderman. King, William, Esq.
Inglis, Sir R. H., Bart., M.P. Labouchere, John, Esq.
Larpent, Sir George, Bart. Lloyd, Robert, Esq.
3lagnay, Sir William, Bart. Al- Locke, John, Esq.
derman. Ludlow, Rev. William
Pine, Sir John, Bt., Alderman M`Cabe, Robert, Esq.
3lerewether, Mr. Sergeant. Macmurdo, Gilbert, Esq.
Monteflore, Sir Moses, F.R.S. Maynard, Joseph, Esq. (late Un-
(late Sheriff). der-Sheriff)
Poland, Sir William Henry (late Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq.
Sheriff). Monteflore, Joseph Esq.
Blakemore, Rich., Esq., M.P. Moxhay, E. F., Esq.
Bodkin, in. Hy., Esq., M.P. Nelson, F. G. P., Esq.
Copeland, Wm. Taylor, Esq., Noble, John, Esq.
M.P., Alderman. Obbard, Robert, Esq. (Deputy)
Duke, Sir James, Ald., M.P. Oxenham, Samuel, Esq.
Humpherr, John, Esq., Alder- Palmer, Samuel, Esq.
man, M.P. Partridge, Joseph Ashby, Esq.
Hutt, William, Esq., M.P. Paynter, William, Esq.
Masterman, John, Esq., M.P. Pearson, Charles, Esq. (City So-
Somes, Joseph, Esq., M.P. Pcitor.)
Stewart, Patrick M., M.P. Peek, James, Esq.
Thesiger, Sir Frederick, M.P. Peek, Rich., Esq. (late Sheriff.)
(Solicitor-General.) Pepys, Edmund, Esq.
Wood, Lieut.-Col. Thos., M.P. Perkins, Joseph, Esq.
Carroll, Sir George, Alderman. Phillipps, R. M., Esq.
Challis, Thos., Esq., Alderman. Phillips, James, Esq.
Farebrother, Charles, Esq., Ald. Pilcher, Jeremiah, Esq. (late
Farncomb, Thomas, Esq., Aid. I Sheriff.)
Johnson, John, Esq., Alderman Potter, George W. K., Esq. (Se-
(Treasurer). condary.)
Kelly, Thomas, Esq., Alderman. Price, Ralph, Esq.
Lucas, Matthias P., Esq., Aid. Pritchard, William, Eiq. (High
Moon, Francis G., Esq., Add. Bailiff of Southwark.)
'Musgrove, John, Esq., Ald. Read, Septimus, Esq.
Wood, Thos., Esq., Alderman. Reeves, James, F sq.
Addis, John, Esq. Ridley, Samuel, Esq.
Allan, David, Esq. (Deputy). Robarts, A. W., Esq.
Anderton, James, Esq. (late Un- Russell, Rev. John, D.D.
der-Sheriff ). Ryland, Archer, Esq.
ltaggalley, Richard, Esq. Salmon, Frederick, Esq.
Ballantine, William, Esq. Salomons, David, Esq. (late She-
Barclay, Gurney, Esq. riff.)
Burned, Israel, Esq. Salomons, Philip, Esq.
Barrett, Joseph Radcliffe, Esq. Sayer, Charles, Esq.
(late Under-Sheriff). Shaw, Benjamin, Esq.
Bedford, Joshua T., Esq. (De- Shaw, John, Esq .
puty(. Simmons, E. R., Esq.
Bentley, James, Esq. Smith, F. C., Esq.
Bewley, Joseph, Esq. Smith, Newman, Esq.
Blackmore, Robert, Esq. Spottiswoode, Andrew, Esq. (late
Bracher, George, Esq. Sheriff.)
Brown, John, Esq. (Deputy). Sterry, Samuel H., Esq.
Brown, John Dudin, Esq. Steven, Robert, Esq.
Buckmaster, John, Esq. Sumner, R., Esq.
Burchell, James, Esq. Sykes, John, Esq.
Burge, Wm.,:Esq., Q.C., F.R.S. Symons, Samuel L. De, Esq.
Cabbell, Bei* Bond, Esq. Taylor, Richard, Esq., F.S.A.
Caldecott, Andrew, Esq. Teague, James A., Esq.
Carter, John, Esq. Thompson, Mr. Sergeant.
Channell, Mr. Sergeant. Thornborrow, William, Esq
Charles, Joseph, Esq. Thornton, Richard, Esq.
Clark, John, Esq. Underwood, Joseph, Esq.
Cohen, Benjamin, Esq. Vivian, Rev. J. W., D.D.
Cope, William W., Esq. Waymouth, Major.
Davies, Benjamin, Esq. Westwood, Robert, Es,
I)eacon, John, Esq.
Dealtry, Rev. W., D.D.
Dillon, John, Esq.
Dixon, John, Esq.
Doane, Richard, Esq.
Dowling, Mr. Sergeant.
Eagleton, Edward, Esq.
Evans, Wm., Esq. (late Sheriff).
Fardell, John, Esq.
Freeman, William, Esq.

pity).
White, Thomas, Esq.
White, W. Forster, Esq.
Wilde, Edward A., Esq. (late
Sheriff).
Wilde, 11. S., Esq.
Wilkins, Charles, Esq.
Wilkinson, Wm., Esq.
Wilson, James llelbert, Esq.
Wire, D. W., Esq. (late Under.
Sheriff).
Wix, Rev. Samuel, M.A., F.R.S.
Wix, William, Esq.
Wood, John, Esq.
Wood, Joseph Carter, Esq.
Wooiff, Rev. Joseph, D.D.

Glover, Mr. Sergeant.
Goodman, Richard, Esq.
Guedalla, Haim, Esq.
Hardwick, Benjamin, Esq. (late
Under-Sheriff.)
Harmer, Jas., Esq. (late Sheriff)
Heathcote, Rev. IL B.
Dinner on the table at Half-past
Tickets, One Guinea each, may
London Tavern ; and of the Hon.
Old Bailey.

Five for Six o'di

•
• be had of the Stewards ; at the
. Secretary, at the Sessions House,
JOHN E. COOPEIt, Hon. Sec.

LIGHTER THAN THE FINEST FLANNELS.
THRESHER'S INDIA GAUZE WAIST-
COATS, manufactured expressly for warm climates, arc per-
fectly free from every irritating or disagreeable quality. They are
manufactured by THRESHER and GLENNY, and can only be pro-
cured at their East India Outfitting Establishment, 152, Strand,
London. It is very important to notice that every article is marked
" Thresher's India Gauze," as no other material possesses the same
absorbent qualities.

THREATENED ASSASSINATION.—It appears that a
weigher, from information given to an inspector-general that the
former had entered into fraudulent collusion with parties, had been
officially degraded, or put back from superior to inferior duties,
and ultimately placed under suspension, by reason of his mal-
practices. Being of a vindictive spirit, it would seem that he
openly protested that he would shoot one or two of the heads of the
Customs department, his fancied oppressors. This coming to the
knowledge of the inspector.general (the principal object, it is
said, of the man's deadly hatred), and from his known determined
spirit, steps were taken to have him held to bail to keep the peace;
and at the same time he was superseded by the Board of Customs.
Thus the matter stands at present. It does not appear that any
gross delinquency was absolutely proved against the weigher, for at
the time he held out his threat of assassination his case was under
investigation.
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,Gd.C.B.;
ieuts..General Lord Stafford, G.C.8., Sir E. Kerriso n
Y Somerset, Sir A. H. Barnard; Major. Generals the'llon. E. Fitz.
Lygon, Sir E. Bowater, Sir H. D. Ross, Sir Robert Gardiner, Sir
George &oven ; Colonels Sir J. Stiackwell, Hon. G. Anson, Cold-
stream Guards, &c.

The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire
House for his marine residence at Kemp Town, Brighton. There
is no preparation in progress to justify the statement that the
Noble Duke intends to give a fete costume at his villa at Chis-
wick,

GREAT COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY.
CONTINUATION to MOIRA, on the ULSTER LINE,

The local support the Great County Down Railway has been
guaranteed, and the favour it has been already received with in
England, induce the promoters to perfect the comprehensiveness of
their project, by taking means to extend their line directly through
BANBRIDGE, the seat of the linen manufactare, by way of
MOIRA, where it will fall in on the Ulster line, and thus secure the
important market of BELFAST on the north, while to Banbridge
will also be opened the port of WARRENPOINT, by way of
NEWSY on the south, which will be reached by a lino almost pa-
rallel with the existing mail-coach road.