The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-21 00:00:00

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RAILWA' Y INTELLIGENCE.
ORD, AND IaIGATE.
ItR EisAraDthlNerGa,
bGolLd'llLin,Dc!
rtakirg in these irsan times for
a railway company absolui:ly to commence operations
and send some thousands of "navvies"—who must be
paid their wages when and how they want them— delving
into the bosom of mother earth ; but perhaps it req‘uired
less courage for the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate
Company to do so, with a large amount of their cap.'tal
paid up, a short line and great traffic before them, tht.la
for others to whom we shall not more particularly allude'
B. Brodie, Bart., who had
company a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen
were collected at Reigate yesterday to witness the ope-
nanntemthbiesrmofoment. In obedience to the invitation of the
ope-
ration of turning the first sod of the intended line, and
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afterwards to partake of a dejeune in the grounds of Sir
through the pleasainn
pleasant little town of Reigate—ve-tnhethe albsu le
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—from
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day and a free invitation ; and shortly after that
safety, despite stiff
asprings,
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hilarious
field—fresh from the sickle
easy to travel, to Br 0 mreielipnt
the
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shelterulidst of a stubble
drivers. Then they
rough beard the young partridge, scared
db thef tram
of many footsteps, and the clanging of trumpety
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ran fitfully into the hedge rows. A
sturdy band of
" navvies," waving flags with various appropriate inscrip-
tions, cheered with the most wonderful perseverance and
power of lungs, as each carriage arrived, will the pro-
cession was formed, and marched in order to an adja-
cent field, where the first sod of the line was to be cut.
On the spot there was a mahogany wheelbarro‘Na that
seemed a first cousin to the famous vehicle of the 'Trent
Valley, bound in brass and ornamented with m,any
volutes and winding patterns. Then Mr. D. Salomor`69
the chairman, advanced, and taking up the spade (which'
was composed, excepting the shaft, of silver), delivered
an appropriate and well-received address on the uses of
the railway- in which he was about to take the initia-
tive. It would by its junction at Reading connect the
west and south-west with the south and south-aast at
Reigate, and form a most important link in the 17, Teat
system of railway communication; so that the passeNger
from Oxford on the north and from Bristol on ti:,,ett
w,,st could proceed at once to Dover without being,
compelled to pass through the metropolis.
Rail-
nays were not to be judged by their length,
and though this was but forty miles long, it promised to
effect more good than many of far greater extent. After
Lome further pertinent remarks, the Chairman pro-
ceeded to shovel up the loose earth in a style which led
some of the surrounding navvies to exclaim, that " be
might be a very good one for speakin', but wasn't much
a hand at diggin'." Several ladies, among them Mrs..
Salomons, repeated the operation, and Mr. Macgregor
hiving overturned the barrow in wheeling the earth
away, the whole party made a rapid march in the di-
rection of the tent, which was pitched in a pretty spot,
close to a fine row of trees. The Chairman presided at
the dejeune, and among the company were Lord Somers,
Mr. Deniman, M.P., Mr. Alcock, M.P., Capt. Mangles,
M.P., Mr. Macregor, &c. Mr. Bayley, the secretary,
did his utmost to render every one comfortable, and the
whole of the management was excellent. Nothing was
wanting, not even a toastmaster, and ever rural deli-
cacy was produce d in abundance (including, unfortu-
nately, wasps and spiders, which seemed determined to
assert their rights, in the case of an al fresco entertain-
ment). The usual toasts having been proposed and re-
sponded to, some good speeches were delivered by Cap-
tain Mangles, Mr. Macgregor, and Mr. Denison, and
the company at last broke up with hearty cheers for the
success of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Rail-
way Company. It is expected that the line will be open
in a twelvemonth.