Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1836-04-21
miscellaneous.
NOBLE INTEkPRIzE.

SicaW N~GeigEtioR Of kLc .4Hantic.
IT sccnls TINT IL %HutHbers of lentorpriIin9
individuals in England have 4 determine, 10.
.cstailislia line 0f, steam packets between.
the N"fti, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Great
1;riiain. WcloOk tiponi this as the boblest
Enterprise of The day, ;u,l cyeryfwaywor-
al.y of ;dipira,iou and ~pntropagc. I'VE CLEAN
.;tlle following particulars from tho N. Y.
Com: GAdvcri>cr:
ment of patrons a:i;l direclors-thc number
of tho first being eleven and OF Tie latter
ninctecn,@ith powered increase. Thccap-
ital is two millions Of pounds sterling, in
shares Of 80 pounds each. Tic first patron
is Lord M~ulgrnvc. lord licutcnnntUt Ireland.
and tie Marquis of Larstownc is another.
The other nine arc also nUblcmcn. The
bankers arc the Bank Of Ireland, the Pro-
rincial Bank of ireland, Lambrakc & CO,
of London, the Northern and Central Bank
of England, and Messrs. Atwood and Bir-
mingl,am. "A charter has been obtained
from the lord lieutenant Of Ireland, and has
been transmitted to London for his maicstv's
sign manual, which will be affixed as soon
as the subscription shall ave been, TO a
reasonable extent, filled up.
The most eligible port on the west coast
f-of ireland las: bcsnsSelceara for a tcam-
packet stasisR, viz: ,Bitarbuy Bay, in the
county OF Galway, from whence il is pro-
posed 10 carry a rail road in n direc, line
through tl,lone TO Dublin. Tic distance
is only 40 miles. and The line of country
presents unusual facilities for the formation
of Il rail road, The country. being level and
'contaiaing abundance OF materials ncccs-
sary for the construction of the work. The
average inclination throughout the whole
lin Is l in 672,, and is obtained without
tSGreat cnlbankmcDts or deep cuttings, and
will be entirely free from tunnels and
Yinducts.
The directors announce that they have an
''oiIsr of as much land as will suffice for 20
miles OF the rail road, the ground requisite
Tor wl,arvcs, docks, AMI stores, 100 acres
of building ground on The margin of Blur
buy Bay for ever, at 81 papcr-corn rent, and
likewise the u%nani,noA; approval of the
Landowners along tic line.
proprietors of five shares will he entitled
To Il free passage in the Cnmpany's vessels
bctwccn Liverpool and Dublin; proprietors
of Is shares 10 II free passage on the rail
o !; prolrictors of 80 shares, to n free
passage ctwccn America and Biiurbuv /;
and proprietors of 10 shares will lie entitled
40 a reduction of 10 per cent. on the current
frciglits by the steam vessels, and the char
ges fer the carriage of goods by the rail road.
Ten thousand shares have been reserved,
by special agreement, for This country.
Subscribers will not be liable for more
fiian a dcpositc Of one pound per share
(which must he paid ON the ALLEGATION of the
%shares) until the act of Parliament for CON
structing the rail road rs obtained ; nor will
they aftcrward be responsible for more than
The amount of their respective shares, wl,icl,
will be called for by instnln,cnls not exccr'
ing five pounds per share at one time, ana =.
intervals of not less than g months between
each call.
Irosrcc'nscs of the plans of the under
taking may he nh,aine,i of John Davis. No.
piications for shares will he received, under
seal. and endorsed "Bri,ish and American
intercourse Company"