The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-27 00:00:00

HIBERNIAN GENERAL RAI LIVAY COM-
PA N Y.—At a MEETING, held at the City of London
Tavern, the 26th day of January 1W25;
The Right Hon. the Earl of (ILENGALL in the Chair ' •
The minutes of the meeting, held at this house on the lath inst.
the several communications received from Ireland on the subject of
the proposed Joint Stock General Railway Company for that King.
dom, and the Report of the Committee appointed at the last meet-
ing, having been read,
It was unanimous) Resolved—That the speedy and regular
transmission of agricultural and mineralogical productions, and all
kinds of merchandise, throughout the Kingdom of Ireland, will be
fraught with great and important benefits to that country, give a
fresh impulse to the industry and commercial spirit of the people,
and yield a profitable return for the capital embarked.
That a Joint Stork General Company, to be called " The
Hibernian General Railway Company, be formed for the purpose,
with a capital of 1,000,00 W., divided into 20,000 shares of 301.
each, with liberty to add thereto, as circumstances may require.
That it shall be a leading principle in the operations of this
Company not to interfere with any canal or inland navigation
already formed in Ireland, the great object of the promoters of this
measure being to give increased facilities to the commercial inter-
course of the country, and develop its resources without injury so
lany existing interests.
nit the immediate supporters of the Railway from Waterford
to Limerick having concurred in the suggestion made to them, of
the expediency of their forming a junction with the promoters of
the objects of this Company, and as such proposed line is calcu-
lated to render important service to that district, without prejudice
to any other, it is considlred expedient to give, in the first in-
stance, the attention of the Hibernian General Railway Company
to the construction of the Railway from Limeric to W aterford,
it
being, however, the wish of the Company to keep in view at all
times the lasting benefit of the whole kingdom, in preference to
any local interest.
That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the President,
Vice-Presidents, and Directors of the Company, with power to add
to their number as local circumstances may require :
President—His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER.

♦ICE-PRI

Earl Belfast
The Right Hon. the Earl of

Blessagton
The Rt. flon. the Earl of Clue
The Lord Dunally

SIDE/ITS.
The Rt. lion. the Earl of Glen-
gall
The Right lion. the Lord Via.
count Idsmore.

DIitiCTOIS.
The Right Hon. Earl of GLENGALL, Chairman.
Lesley Alexander, Esq. J. H. M. Dawson, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Bainbridge, Esq. John Doherty, Esq. M.P.
The Rt.Hn.Col. Bagwell, M.P. John Easthopc, Esq.
Thomas Bamewall, Esq. Rt.Ho.R. Fitzgibbon, M.P.
James Smith Barry. Esq. H. Holdsworth Hunt, Esq._
J. H. Bradshaw, Esq. W. M. Alaberly, Esq. 11. P.
Sir Ulysses Burgh,K.C.B. M.P. Richard Martin, Esq. M.P.
T. Hariland Burke, Esq. Horace Seymour Esq. M.P.
W. Christmas, Esq. Colonel Trench, M.P.
E. J. Collet, Esq. M.P. Richard Wellesley, Esq. M.P.
That James Elmes, Esq. M.R.LA. be appointed Engineer; and
R. M. Hollingworth, Esq. Assistant Engineer to the Company.
That W. 11. Hyett, Esq. be Secretary to the Company.
That W. Andrews and J. C. Michell, Esqrs. be mint Solicitors
to the Company.
That applications for Shares be male in London until the 12th
of February next, by letter, post paid, addressed to the Secretary,
at 1. %Vslbrook.buildings.
That a portion of the Shares be reserved for Ireland, and that an
extended time be panted for applications for that country.
(Signed) GLENUALL, Chairman.

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