The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

10, Old Jewry Chambers.

THE OXFORDS SOUTHAMPTON, GOS-
PORT, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Ingestre, M.P.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of•tho Manchester and Biuming-
ham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, Banker
Sir John Campbell,
Sir John Pirie, Bart ,Alderman, Directors of the Peninsular and
Pedro de Zuluaa, Esq., Oriental Steam Packet Company
B. M. Wilcox, E,q.,
Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chassel-house, Southampton
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late
M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
John Humphrey, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, and M.P.
for the Borough of Southwark
The Mayor of Newbury
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George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Corniffil
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq , Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction Railway
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Samuel Bovill, Esq., Southampton
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction, and East and West of England
Junction and Crewe Railways
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Banbury, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford
Railway
Robert Barbour, Esq., Manchester
George Barrett, Esq., Southampton
Joins Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham continuation Railway
C. R. Colman, Esq., Irongate Wharf, and General Steam Navigation
Company, Director of the South Midland Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Samuel James Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
F. F. Clossmann, Esq., Mincing-lane
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Mid-
land Junction Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury, Barks, Alderman
Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Rail ways
B lEard Farrow, Esq., Newbury, Director of Union Bank
namuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Man-
dhester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Newington Hughes, Esq., Winchester
William Jaeomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the North
Wales and the Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Edward Lonaer, Esq., Southampton
James Lees, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Union Bank, Manchester
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, Brixton, Surrey, late Bengal
General Staff
Lewin Moseley, Esq., Banker, Liverpool
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
John Clark Prescott, Esq., Manchester
David Price, Esq.,.-Manchester, Director of the Leeds and Bolton
Railway
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., of the South-Western Steam Packet Company,
Southampton
G. Parbury, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Director of the Jersey Railway
William Langley Pope, Esq., Birchin-lanc, and Woodford, Director
of the Falmouth and Exeter Railway
Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of tke Preston and Wyre
Railway
Major Selwyn, Royal Engineers, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Austin-friars,
Director of the Cobra Mining Company
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Dublin and
Kilkenny Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Railway
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Honourable Howe Brown, Chairman
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
John Attwood, Esq., M.P.
John Masterman, Esq.
Sir John Pirie, Bart.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman
George Adam, Esq.
John itagshaw, Esq.
Joseph Brawn, Esq.
William Chadwick, Esq.
William Henry Forman, Esq.
Captain George Probyn
Robert Watkins, Esq.
Joseph Underwood, Esq.
William Langley Pope, Esq.
BANKERS —Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
ENGINEER-IN-ClllEF—Joseph Locke, ESQ.
ACTING ENGINEERS—Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch
SOLICITORS—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London ;
at Southampton, Messrs. Sharp and Harrison
SECRETARY—John Dunlop, Esq.
The Deeds will lie for signature at the Company's Offices, No. 19,
Birchin-lane, on Friday next, from Twelve till Four o'clock, and on
every following day until further notice. On the execution of the
Deeds, the Scrip will be delivered.
By order, JOHN DUNLOP, Secretary.
Birchin•lane, Cornhill, Sept. 10, 1845.

AMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, ANI)
V 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.
A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary and others interested in
the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hensler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Thomas Farncombe, Esq., Alderman of London
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway
lace
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,
Edwards,
Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace
-Baker-street,Esci.,Eethol- Portman-square
Thomasp
, Camberwell
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
Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., Canada House, St. Helen's-place
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
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, &male; Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth's
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Edward West, Esq.,-5, St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEEII9—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq.,
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
Soucrrons—Messrs. Elruslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BAciszas—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, 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 cr land, is well known ~to all persons
c niversant with the island of Jamaica.
The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and
Kingston occupies forty-four hours, and the costs, including expenses
ou the route, amount to nearly 5/. each passenger; while the quickest
journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 20/. 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 ad-
vantage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of
Kingston, 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 sonstructed 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 which point it is proposed to form a junction with the Kingston
and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Almon° Bay, Port
Marla, St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near
Montego Bay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be
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 mountains
which run east and west, nearly the length of the island; the east-
ern portion, from Port Mo,ant 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 articles of
sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye-
woods, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still un-
cultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased
facility for traffic, be greatly Increased; and cotton, indigo, cocoa,
&c., and dye stuffs, at present unirnported, 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 agricul-
tural 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 favourablecircumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it high.y probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material* ne-
cessary 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, Sec., 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 for the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the various imports and the internal traffiz a satisfactory esti-
mate can scarcely 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 manufac-
tures generally, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, mad 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 Com-
pany, will enable the Directors In this country to exercise an efficient
control o ver the management of affairs in the Island.
The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
payment of four-and-a-half per cent. Interest upon the amount paid
upon the Shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the
line.

* Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is
more durable.

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. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgato-street, London ; and the following SharebrolFers :
Mr. F. 11. Ellis. 17, Throgmorton-street ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27,
'Change-alley ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury, 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; 11.1 r. 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 ; Messrs. 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 Clarke, 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.

C HEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The time for receiving applications for Shares in this Company
having expired on Saturday last, no applications since received can
beentertalued, as the shares aro in course of allotment.
WILLIAM PItOTHEROE, Secretary.-
10,
Old Jewry Chambers, Sept. 8, 1845.

C HEPSTOW, FORE ST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
An extension of this line is under survey to connect it with the
heart of the mineral district of South Wales. The project has been
registered, full particulars of which will appear in a few days.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary.