The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

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Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and 8,
Delahay-street, Westminster.

The proposed railway is intended to commence on the Trent
Valley Railway near Stafford, and proceed thence in an easterly di-
rection, to pass through, or near to, Tixall, Haywood, Colwich, and
Abbott's Bromley, to the rapidly-increasing town of Burton-upon-
Trent, where it will run into the Birmingham and Derby Railway,
forming the shortest and best practicable route from Staffordshile to
Derby. Leaving the Birmingham and Derby Railway at Burton-
upon-Trent, it will proceed along the valley of the Trent by Repton,
Swarkestone, and Shardlow, to the Midland Counties Railway at the
point where that railway forms ajunction with the Derby and Not-
tingham Railway ; and thus, by means of these and other railways
in progress, form a complete line of railway communication between
the central towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leices-
ter, Peterborough, and Boston, on the east, and Shrewsbury, Ches-
ter, and Holyhead, North Wales, and Ireland, on the west.
This railway will, therefore, form the only connecting link re-
ilEtlred In the great chain of railway communication from east and
west through the 'heart of the kingdom, uniting the shores of the
German Ocean on the east with those. of the Irish Sea on the west,
and traversing in its course the rich agrtcultural districts of the
eastern midland, and western counties, and accommodating the tin-
portant manutacturing towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lei-
cester, and Shreivsbury. But another most important advantage
that will result from the formation of this line will consist in the
fact of its affording, in connexion with the proposed South Union, or
Manchester and Potteries Railway, by far the shortest and best
route between Derby, Nottingliam,"Newark, Lincoln, Peterborough,
Leicester, and Loughborough, and the extensive and populous dis-
tricts of the Staffordshire Potteries, Macclesfield, Stockport, and
Manchester. By the proposed line the distance between Nottingham
and Derby and Manchester will be at least from 15 to 20 miles less
than by the present circuitous route by Sheffield.

The traffic on this line must necessarily be equal, if not superior,
to that of any line in the district.

The length-of the line will be about 33 miles, through a country
presenting no difficulties of more than an ordinary kind for its con-
struction.

The capital proposed to be raised is 600,0001., in shares of 201.
each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share must he paid upon the
allotment. No call will be made until the Act is obtained, and no
subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his deposit until the
Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription;
and. the usual power will be taken to allow interest at four per cent.
from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the
lino.

The subscribene agreement and the Parliamentary contract must
be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip cer-
tificates, of which 14 (lays' notice will be given ; and the deposits
pahl by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will
be forfeited.

Applications for Shares may be made to the solicitors.

JTAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN. AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAY.

Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.

♦ Reservation of Shares for the l'roprietary, and others Interested in
the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMISITTIIR.

Major-Gen. Sir LOT' Caernarvonshire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. ansler, Bart., F.R.S., tipper Bedford-place
Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Themes Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London
Major Adair, C.d. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng-
land Insurance Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Dock,
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Gullies, Cambridge-terrace
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the London
and Manchester Railway
Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southarapton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail-
Way
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron
Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth'.
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways
W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the 'Worcester,
Shrewsbury-, and Crewe Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and
Cork and Kilkenny Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In-
surance Company
Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars
Charles Bleaden, Esq. Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
(With power to add to their number.)

ENGINMS—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq.
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslio and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., I, Cavendish-square
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.

The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons
conversant with the islau 1 of Jamaica.
The average, passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King-
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest
journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
30s. per passenger.
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the island and England FS such, that independently of the
saving of time, tido railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much lass expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of shipping at all times from the very excelent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being.confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports
of the east and north of the island.
The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the
largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or
near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King-
ston and Spanish Town nailway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Butf Bay, :motto Bay, Port Maria,
St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
Bay. By these means a line of intercommunication will he formed
between the most important and populous places, and facility offered
for carriage of the produce of the most productive portion of the
island. •
Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tatn.% which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the
eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost
level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country,
rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The
whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar-
ticles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other
spices, dye wood, drugs, &c.; and as more than one-third of the
land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by
the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton,
indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again
be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vita;, ebony, Spanish
elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will
also bring largely into use the valuable palmetto, and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, and cabinet works.
The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ;
lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material•
necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tings and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
—the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction
of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased
to capitalists ior the benefit of the Shareholders

Grille various imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
' mate can scarcely be given—it will be safilcient to state, that Coals,
Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops,
Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and
Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the
island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company', will -enable the Directors in this country to exercise an
efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island.
The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
payment of 4% per cent. interest uuon the amount paid upon the
shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43,
3foorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers :
Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans,

39, Lothbury; Mr. D. B. Major, 27,
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W.

'Change-alley, London;
A. Brown, and Mews.

Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Mi. John Clegg, and Mei;srs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Bradford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee,

Cheltenham; 3tessrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Air. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may
be had.

To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,

and Northern Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21.
per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as
may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.--I am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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