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

FORM OF APPLICATION.

Slr,—l request you will insert my name in the register of share-
holders in the Caledonian Railway Company, as a proprietor of
shares, the scrip for which I send you herewith.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Usual signature .... .... • • .....
Name at full length .... .... •• • ......
Profession or trade • • • • • • • .
Residence ....... ....... ............
122, Princes-street, Edinburgh, Aug. 6, 1845.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Having received several letters asking by what means Scrip
can be sent for registration without danger, I beg to suggest the fol-
lowing method, to write across the face of each scrip note
Sent for registration by owner,
day of 1345."
The owner may also write me a separate letter of advice, giving
the numbers on the Scrip, and the date of dispatch.
,Edinburgh, Aug. 13, 1845. D. ItANKINE, Secretary.

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

Office, No. 43. 3foorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,0001., h. 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

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. ilanslei, F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
F. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
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Thomas Faxneon-lin, Alileiman of London

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 Comfooi, Eaq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Galles, Cambridge-terrace

F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-qquare
Klein Grant, M.D.,_73, St. James's-street, Pall-msll

D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard

John Francis Lambert, Esq., 6,r 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 Layton, 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'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.)
Cosistrmso Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James

Pilbrow, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGlNEER—Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
SoLimon—Messrs. Elrnslie and. Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BANszas —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
cmversant with the island of Jamaica.

The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and
Kingston occupies forty-four hours, and the costs, including expenses
on the route, amount to nearly 5/. each passenger ; while the quickest
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journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
home hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line wdl 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 o
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 de 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 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, Annotto Bay, Port
Maria, St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or nest
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 uniraported, 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 comstrytn 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.
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The peculiarly favourable circumstances 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-
kngs 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 for the benefit of the Shareholders.