The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-12 00:00:00

" EAST INDIA COMPANY.

" We, the undersigned, request that a Court of Proprietors be
called to consider the communication addressed to the
Court of Directors from the Governenent, respecting the
continuance of the Powers of this company.
" HARRY THOMSON, Lieut.-General.
" Mar.corat Lawny.
"JOHN JONES.
" G. Caawsuly, jun.
"JOHN FAULKNER.
" GEORGE CRAWSIIAT.
" Joule ALLAN.
"C. FINCH, M.D.
"EDWD. EAGLETON, jun.
" December 310, 1857."

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

THE GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA
RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited).
Registered 27th March, 1857, and to be Incorporated by an Act of

Parliament.
FIRST SECTION.
Capital, 1,000,000 Z., in 50,000 Shares of 201., or 200 Rupees each, a
portion of which will be reserved for India,
With power to increase the Capital.
Deposit 2s. per share. Each Sharelvider's liability is strictly

limited to the amount of the Deposit.
All issues of New Stock will be divided rateably among the
original Shareholders.
Registered under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, with Limited

Liability.
DIIIECTOILS.
JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., 124, Pall.mall, Chairman.
George Norton, Esq., late Advocate• General, Madras.
R. Russell Notman, Esq., 2, Leadenhall-street.
Thomas A. Rawlinson, Esq., 39, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park.
T. B. Roupell, Esq., late Judge at Coimbatore.
SOLICITORS.--Messrs. Hoddinge, Townsend, and Lee, 7, Delahay.
street, Westminster.

XNGINEE&.—George B. Bruce, Esq., late Chief Engineer
of the Madras Railway.
ISToemoxxxs.-31essnr. Robert and James Sutton, 22, Royal
Exchange.
Bixxxxs.—The Union Bank of T ondon.
Temporary Offices of the Company, 2, Leadenhall•street.
This Company, after much consideration, and a full convict'on of
Its importance to India, was projected early In last year, and ac-
•eordingly registered on the 27th, and publicly advertised as such on
the 28th of March, 1857.

The directors subsequently entered into communication with the
Ron, Court of Directors of the East India Company. by whom the
matter was referred to the Supreme Government for their report.
Tranquillity being now, it is hoped, happily re3tored in India, this
report may be loon expected.

The director. were desirous to postpone the issue of shares until
after the meeting of Parliament, when the nature of the bill about to
be introduced by her Majesty's Government wouid have been made
known.

But, having already taken siveral preliminary steps, and it being
of the utmost importance to be prepared to obtain an Act of Parlia-
ment in the ensuing session, empowering the Company to avail
themselves of the guarantee which may be co.iceded, the directors
find that the time has arrived fer bringing the project before the
public.

OBJECT OF THE COMPANY.
The object of this Company is to afford railway communication to
the important provinces of Southern India, lying to the south of the
exiting Madras Railway, including Tanjore, Tritchinopolv, Madura,
Tinnevelly, Coimbatore, Salem, and Travencore, being the most po-
pulous and fertile districts in the Madras Presidency.
Beginning at the south, it is proposed that the line should run
from the Port of Tutacorin to Madura, thence to Tritchinopoly ;
from which town it would branch on the one hand to the east,
through Tanjore to Nagthe on the Coromandel coast, and another
line leave Tritchinopoly in a north-westerly direction, forming a
unctioa with the Madras Railway near to the town of Salem.
Tutacorin, which will be so"thern port, is already a place of con-
siderable importance ; this will, however, be greatly increased when
the intention of Government to deepen the aumben channel be-
tween Ceylon and the main land has been carried out, and the
steamers from England to India are able to take that route instead
of going round by Point de Gaile. Passengers will then law] at Tu-
tacerin, and take the railway for Madras and the interior, and save
at least two days' sail. The proposed railways will connect Ceylon
and Its trade with the great trunk lines passing throughout India.
The districts of Madura and Tinnevelly are well suited for the
growth of cotton, large quantities being already produced there, for
which the harbour of Tutacorin has become an emporinm. There
can be no doubt that the increased means of communication which
this railway will afford, and the consequent introduction of English
capital and skill will rapidly develop the growth of this article to an
unlimited extent, an object in which the Government and the
people of England are deeply interested.
Tanjore is celebrated for its fertility, for the extraordinary quan-
tity of rice which it produces, and the comparative wealth and com-
fort of its inhabitants. The " Gazetteer" of India, published by
authority, states that " this district is excelled in fertility and pro-
ductiveness by none in India, and equalled by few, except some rich
tracts in the Valley of the Ganges." The equalisation of the price
of the staple food of the people is the surest criterion of a nation's
prosperity ; and the immediate tendency of a railway through this
wide and well watered plain in effecting this object must render it
Proportionably remunerative. Salt, that primary necessary to the
Inhabitants of India, the price of which is at present enormously en-
hanced by the expense of carriage, will be conveyed by the proposed
line at a greatly reduced cost. This article alone must form a very
important element of railway traffic.
So manifest is the necessity for a railway from Tritchinopoly to
the sea, through Tanjore, that the Government of Madras caused a
survey to be made in the year 1855 which was sent home to the Go-
vernment in this country with a very strong recommendation that it
Should be Undertaken at once. The country is perfectly fiat, and
there are no difficulties in the construction, further than making
provision for the irrigation necessary in so rich a country.
The population of the districts,- which will either entirely or in
part be served by this Railway. is as follows :
Coimbatore . • .. 1,153,882
Salem .. 1,195,377
Tritchinopoly 709,196
Tanjore .. .. 1,676,086
1
Tinnevelly 2 9,216
Madura .. • • • • • 1,756,791
Bing, in round numbers, eight millions of people.
The total length of line contemplated is about 300 miles, the cost
of which long experience in the country enables the engineer to
state will not exceed 7,0001. a mile, including rolling stock. The
estimate of the Government officer for the railway through Tanjore
Was mach lower.
It is proposed in the first instance, however, to limit the opera.
Lions of the Company to the constriction of the line from Tritchi-
nopoly to Nagore, a length of about 70 miles, leaving the engineers
time to select carefully the best route from Tutacorin to Tritchi-
nopoly and Salem, with such branches as may be necessary for the
accommodation of the districts through which the line will pass.
The line proposed is an integral part of the sy stem of railways in
the course of construction in India ; and, besides, being in itself of
treat importance, will be most valaable as a feeder to the Madras
Railway.
..This company will only be proceeded with upon being placed on
she UM footing in regard to a guaranteed rate of dividend as other
Indian railway companies and should this indispensable condition
Ilet be effected, the deposit of 2s, per share will be returned, less the
expenses which shall have been incurred.
Applications for shares may be sent to the brokers, Messrs. R.
and J.', Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange, in the annexed form ; but no
application will be considered unless a deposit of Is. on each share ap-
plied for is previously made to the Union Bank of London. The de-
posit will be returned if the application is not acceded to.

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