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London, England, 1845-09-19 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

ELY and WISBEACEI DIRECT RAILWAY,
through Littlefort, Welney, Upwell, and Outwelll to com-
mence at the City of Ely, where it will form a junctim4bwith the
Eastern Counties and Norfolk Railways, and proceettetst'thence to
the important Town and Port of Wisbeach.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 250,0001., In 12,500 Sharer of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. per Share.
Distance, Twentylptir Miles.

This railway will be the nearest route from London to Wisbeach.
Prospectuses, with the names of the Provisional Committee, and
other particulars of this important branch of railway, will be pub-
lished with as little delay as practicable. In the meantime, ap, Ilea-
tions for shares may be addressed to
HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Esq., Solicitor to the Promoters,
36, Coleman-street, London.

N ORTHAMPTON, BANBURY, AND
CHELTENHAM RAILWAY.
Offices, No. 3, Princes-street, Westminster.
Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds of this Company will, on
Monday next, be sent into the country for signature, and conse-
quently no scrip can be issued at these offices after Saturday, the
20th inst., until Wednesday, the Ist of October.
Sept. 18, 1845.

JAMAICA, 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 2/. per Share.

A. Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in
the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Aladryn Perk, Caemarvon.shire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hensler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Ilelgrave-square
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London
Major Adair, U.S. 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 Docks
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 Gillies, 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., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London
And Manchester Railway
Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace

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Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
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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
13. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth's
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., Dorchester-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.lchu 'li-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 Con Udell
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and
Manchester Railway Company
John King,Esq., St. John's-wood, London, and Glastonbury, Somer-
setshire
John Lilley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland
Railway
J. Haines, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
John Burgess, Esq., the Boroughree-re of Manchester, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc-
tion Railway
Captain D. K. Pulteney, Parliament-street
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jeismlah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield
___(With power to add to their number.)

ENG!
MUMS —Wit' a m eravatt, EN., F.R.S. ; Jame's PilbrOW, Esq..
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.

Sotacrroas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BAN/MU—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square

Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, denimlVs:la-We:

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 islan I 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 is such, that independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed porta
f 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 Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallaha, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria,
I t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
I sty. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed
b etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered
for carriage of the produce of the most prod salve portion of the
Wand.
Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tains, 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 fl•om 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
[ ' enormous bulk. The line will llgnum yam, ebony, Spanish
'be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously,
fine cedar,
enrde
other
rmtarlemegs
oan
also bring largely into use the valuable palxsv-tt) , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, aid 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 materials
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 .• r the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the yane is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
mate can acs • cely be given—It will be sufficient 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 seances 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 Mall 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 upon 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,
Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslle 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, 'Change-alley, London ;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Mika, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Bradford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co.,'and Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mr. Spenser. Halifax; Messrs.
F. C .
May
Thomas and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. . 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.—l tun,
Gentlemen, yoar obedient servant,
Name in full .• .• ..
Trade or Profession • • • • ..... •
Residence..
Place of business (if any)
Reference •
* Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is
more durable,

JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further application for shares In
this undertaking can be received from parties resident in London
after
Turasoair, the 25th day of September instant; and from parties
ident 1,1 the country after SATURDAY, the 27th day of September
By order,
Fir ItSLIE and mum Solicitors.

Sept. is, 1845,