The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

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 50/. each.
Deposit V. 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., Madryn Park, Caernarvonshlre
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, Belgrave-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 Blackwell 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
John Francis Lambert, Esq , 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-ro*, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
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.

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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., 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.loha 's
-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In-

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surance Company
Matthew Richard Scott, Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square,
and Jamaica
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
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales

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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-

setahire
John Utley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland
Railway
J. Haines, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
John Burgess, Esq., the Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc-
tion Railway
Captain D. K. Pulteney, Parliament-street
Jeremiah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield

(With power to add to their number.)
ExoixEms—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq.,
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ;
Andrew Graham Dignum, Esq., Jamaica.
BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square;
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London;
The Planters' Bank, Jamaica. -
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 steamerbetween Montego Bay and King-
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
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 costa 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 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 Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria,
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 prod active 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-
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 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 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 palinotta , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, a.id cabinet works.
Tile 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, &e., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in tile 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 toe 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 for the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the various imports, and the internal traffic, 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
Manufactures generally, form important soarces 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 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. 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, Change-alley, London •
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlln, 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. 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 Clark, jun., Southampton;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Win. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street'
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; amid of whom prospectuses may
be had.
To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,

and Northern Railway.
Gentlemen,--I 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 am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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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 TIiuRsDAY, the 25th day of September instant ; and from parties
resident in the country after SATuaDAT, the 27th day of September
instant. By order,
ZWISLIE and PRESTON, mutton,
41, 1:904410.3ireet Sept, 18, 1849.