The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

IN ENGLAND,

Frederic Chamfer, Esq., R.N., Senior United Service Club, Director
of the Great Paris and Lyons Railway
James Watts Peppercorn, Esq., No. 28, Old Broad-street
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank ;
Chairman of the Namur and Liege Railway
William Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand

George Whitmore, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the North Kent (Dover)
Railway.
BANKERS—Messrs. Strahan, Paula, and Bates, 217, Strand.
Somerroa—E. Benham, Esq., 20, Austin-friars.
SECRETARY W. Freeing Jerdan, Esq.
The English Provisional Committees of the Company hereby inform
their Shareholders that, on the 9th instant, the lease of this line of
railway was adjudicated to their Company for the term of 37 years
and 316 days, being 49 days only under the term tendered by Messrs.
Rothschild and others, representing the United " Northern " Compa-
nies. Notice is therefore hereby given, that the Proprietors of
Shares issued by the English Provisional Directors are required, on
or before the Ist day of October next, to pay a Call of £2 per Share
on their respective Shares, at the Banking-house of Messrs. Strahan,
Paula, and Bates, No. 217, Strand, the English Bankers of the
Company.

The Provisional Directors also give notice, that a General Meeting
of the Shareholders will be held, on WEDNESDAY the 24th, and
not, as first advertised on TUESDAY, the 23d instant, ag,Three
o'clock in the afternoon, at the offices of their Solicitor, for
the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors on the position
and prospects of the Company.

By Order,
W. FREELING JERDAN, Secretary.
20, Anstin-friars, September 15. 1845.

r RINID AD RAILWAY COMPANY,
(To be Established and Incorporated by an Act of the Colonial
Legislature.)
Capital 300,0001., in 12,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 10s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry Darkly, Esq., M.P.

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William Frederick Burnley, Esq., Glasgow
James Cavan, Esq., Park-crescent
John Constable, Esq., Lime-street
Henry Davidson, Esq., Lime-street-square
William Eccles, Esq., Glasgow

John Alexander Hankey, Esq., Brook-street
Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Mincing-lane
John Irving, Esq., M.P.
Michael M`Chlery, Esq., Finsbury-circus
Alexander Macgregor, Esq., Chester-street

Charles Marryta, .Esq., Laurence Pountuey-lane
Philip William S. Miles, Esq., M.P.
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James Milligan, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard
Andrew Ranken, Esq., Glasgow

Sir John Rae Reid, Bart.,

Charles William Short. Esq., Laurence PountnAy-lana
William Smith, Esq., Glasgow
Thomas Wilson, Esq., Dublin

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—Sir Charles Price, Bart., Marryat, and Price.
SoLicrroas—Messrs. Tilson and Squance, Coleman-street.
This Company is formed to supply the valuable island of Trinidad
with the advantages of railway communication.
No part of the British dominions appears to present greater natural
facilities for their construction, or to afford a better prospect of return
for the capital required to be invested.

From the time that the island was ceded to the British Crown, at
the peace of Amiens, it steadily advanced until the abolition of
slavery, when it sustained a severe check, in common with the other
colonies, though its production was not diminished In the same pro-
portion. The fertility of its soil, and the high wages of labour, have
since that period attracted emigrants from all parts, and especially
from the other West India Islands—so that cultivation has been
gradually restored, as will. be seen by the official statement of exports.
And, according to the census lately taken, the population appears to
have increased in the same period fifty per cent.
As the arrangements now made for encouraging immigration pro-
mise to bring a large accession of labour into the colony, so there is
every probability that its production will be progressively aug-
mented. It may be doubled without any addition to the existing
establishments: and it is capable of indefinite extension, there being
still in the possession of the Crown upwards of a million of acres of
the finest virgin land within the tropics. With the increase of popu-
lation, and the prosperity of agriculture, there would of course be a
corresponding increase of traffic.
In forming a system of railway communications which will suit the
present condition of Trinidad, and which will yield an immediate re•
turn, it is, therefore, desirable to contemplate their gradual extension
with the advancement of the colony.
An outline of such a plan has been submitted to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies ; and, although no conclusive arrangement can
he made without the assent of the Legislative Council of the island,
Lord Stanley has intimated that "he is willing to give every en-
couragement he can to the proposed undertaking, consistently with
his duty of watching over the interests of the colony, and that be
will recommend the subject to the favourable consideration of the
Local Government."
Under this recommendation it is expected that a great part of the
land, as well as all the timber, which may be required for the con-
struction of the railways, and the works connected therewith, will be
obtained gratuitously from the Crown ; and it is also confidently be-
lieved that individual proprietors will in like manner grant the land
for the lines that may intersect their estates. The precise course of
there lines will depend, in some degree, upon this encouragement.
It is further anticipated that liberal grants of Crown lands, contiguous
to the railways, will be made in connexion with their progressive
extension.
These concessions, while justly madein consideration of Important
public advantages, will be of great value to the Company, both im-
mediately and prospectively.
As the Company will be able to conduct the transport of produce,
and the conveyance of passengers, at one-third, or even one-fourth,
of the present expense (which appears to bo from three to four
shillings per ton per mile), with the additional advantage of cer-
tainty at all seasons, and protection from waste and plunder, there
can be no doubt that their railways will command the whole of the
existing traffic in the districts which they are to traverse, as well as
any increase which may arise.

It appears that a single line, with passing places, sufficient to ac-
t;oni mita t four-iltlib: of tie! cultivated parts of the colony, may be
constructed for the amount of capital now proposed ; and
upon a
careful examination of the probable revenue, the Provisional Com-
mittee are satisfied that it will yield a large return,

proposed that the Engineer of the Company shall proceed
forthwith to Trinidad, accompanied by an adequate number of Sur-
veyors, for the purpose of surveying the intended lines ; and that no
plan gall be finally adopted until he makes a detailed report. He
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