The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

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OPENING OF THE HULL AN D
• BRIDLINGTON RAILWAY.
(FRO)! OUR OWN REPORTEP-.)
A dinner took place in the Music Hall in the evening,
to which more than 500 gentlemen were invited. Mr.
Hudson, M.P., was in the chair. He was supported on
his right by the Lord Mayor of York, and on his left by
the Mayor of Hull,
Amongst those present we-observed Henry Helds•
worth, Esq., Thomas Broadfobt, Esq., and William
Sand, Esq., directors of the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way; Daniel Waddington, Esq„ deputy-chairman of the
Eastern counties ; Sir Isaac Morley, Tee, Esq.,
Edward Oxley, Esq., chairman of the Great North of
England ; Nathaniel Pleevis,- Esq., director of the
Midland Railway.; Sir John Simpson, deputy.cliairreat
of the Midland Railway, and James Richardson,
and George Jennings, &q., directors; the :Rev. Mr.
Dixon and the Rev. i'dr. Parley, of the Corporation of
Hull; J. IL Pease, Esq., George Liddell, Esq., Geor;,
Leeman, Esq., a number of the Corporation of Yolk,
the Sheriff of York, the Chevalier Good, the
Consul of Denmark and other foreign consuls, and
J. E. Burtenshaw, Esq., one of the engineers to the
line. J. Eglikun was the vice-chairman. Due justice
having'been done to the excellent dinner and ,tines,
"Non Nobis Domine" having been sung, and the
loyal and constitutional toasts, including the Archbishop
of York, having been duly honoured,.
Mr. HUDSON rose, amidst great cheering, to propose
"Prosperity to the Hull and Bridlington Railway." Ile
said (when the cheering had subsided) that in rising to
propose the toast of the evening, he felt that it needed
no euloaium from him.to entitle it to be received by that
company with the enthusiasm it deserved.—(Cheers.)
They had that day witnessed the opening of the Hull
and Bridlington Railway.—(Cheers.) He had been
called during that day to address them at some
length on the advantages and benefits which
the line would confer on the districts which
it traversed, therefore it would be unnecessary for
him to occupy their time or task their patience with a
recital of those advantages a second time—this was
especially unnecessary, because he believed there .was no
gentleman. present who was not well able and ready to
estimate the advantages which it would confer on the
inhabitants o( that district by the facilities which it
would afford for carrying them and their produce be-
tween two such important points as Hull and Bridling-
ton.----(Cheers.) He offered the toast to their acceptance.
because he was sure every gentleman there would drink
it with enthusiasm, and because he believed it was their
earliest wish that the railway which had been opened
that day should serve its proprietors and the
beneficial to the public.—(Loud cheers.) It was by en-
larging and affording increased facilities for communi-
cation between different places—it was by extending
railway communication from place to place, a4d so
making a complete system of intercommunication
throughout the whole country, that its resources Were
fully developed, the cost of transit cheapened, and the
people benefited.—(Loud cheers.) But, above all, the
line, passing as it did through a beautiful and healthy
country, would be the' means of imparting the vigour
of life to the pallid cheek, of disease; and could not
fail to promote the health of those who travelled along
it. The line invested the directors with
great responsibility; but, although the shareholders
bad invested capital •in it to the amount 01
300,0001. or 400,0001., they felt confident in its pros
perity, because it was one of those undertakings which
could not fail to prove beneficial to the public. It was.
a great point in railway undertakings that lines should
be alike beneficial to the public and to their proprietors,
for the interests of railway proprietors and railway
shareholders were identical.—(Hear.) As the) intended
to proceed on this principle it could not be otherwise
than beneficial to the public.—(Hear.) He hoped,
therefore, they would drink the toast with'sincerity, and
with a due sense of the anxiety and responsibility which
was connected with a new and great undertaking. The
directors had an anxious task to discharge, but if there
was unanimity and good feeling amongst those witl,
whom they came in contact that responsibility
would be materially lightened. The public were
desirous to have all the accommodation they required,
and, therefore, he said, in giving that accommodation he
recognised the principle contained in the address which
had been presented to him that day—he deeply recog
nised the principle, that conferring benefits on the public
by the construction of railways promoted the genera)
commercial interests of the country, and induced
capitalists to invest their money in profitable specula-
tions.—(Cheers.) Therefore, in proposing prosperity to
this railway, he not only meant in a pecuniary point of
view to the proprietors, but also with prosperity to the
district through which it ran.—(Cheers.) They were
deeply sensible of the responsibility which attached to
the management of the railway ; they were awart
if they did not give the public fair facilities—
if they did not afford to the district through -which
it ran all the advantages to which it was en-
titled of the conveyance of goods and passengers—if they
did not give all the intercourse which ought to exist, he
said they were fully satisfied 'that they would not deserve
to prosper. They were fully prepared to carry out alit,
principle, and satisfied it would meet with success—that
in giving increased facilities to the public they should
receive an increased reward for their labours.—(Hear,
hear.) He had no doubt they would drink the toast ie
a bumper, and he hoped with all the enthusiam will:
which it had been received that day—" Success to the
Hull and Bridlington Railway."
The toast was received, and-responded to with loud
cheers.

Mr. Humor/ again rose, and said that that was the
first time the whole corporation of York bad been united
to meet the corporation of Hull.—(Cheers.) The corpora-
tion of York bore the utmost good feeling for the
corporation of Ilull.—(Hear, hear.) After passing
glowing eulogium on both corporations, he concluded by
proposing the Mayor and corporation of Hull.
The Mayon of Hull in returning thanks bore high
testimony to the character of Mr. Hudson, and to th,
great extent of his railway undertakings. The line-that
day opened promised to be most useful. It was one of
the most complete lines he had ever travelled—(Cheers)
—in fait, it was quite extraordinary to find it in so per.
feet a state. After some other observations, he con-
cluded by proposing the health of Mr. Hudson.
Mr. HUDSON returned thanks for the honour which
had been conferred upon him. No person, he could
assure the worthy Mayor and those present, could be
more astonished at the position he held than himself.—
(Cheers.) It was quite true when he became chairman
of the, Midland Company that it did not possess the
railway communication which it possessed at present.—
(Loud cheers.) When he was called upon to aid in the
construction of these lines he felt that he could not deny
any services which his fellow-citizens required of him.—
(Cheers). He could say truly of himself, whatever others
might say, that his object was to benefit, not to say the
city of his birth, but York, a city in the prosperity of
which he felt the warmest interest. Certain circum-
stances had placed him in the high position he held. IL,
had, in connexion with his friend Mr. R. Stephenson.
who was connected with one whose memory would ever
live—(Cheers)—he had been the humble instrument of
carrying out lines of great utility to the country. When
others thought railways but a system, the ultimate sue
cess of which was only problematical, he prosecuted
that undertaking, and had been the humble means of
inducing the capitalists of England to invest their
capital in affording increased accommodation to the trade
and commerce of the country, rather than in bonded
securities and in foreign speculations—(Cheers)—and
was it to be said that those who had embarked in these
undertakings should be blamed, when in doing so they
had forwarded their own interests at the same time?—
(Hear, and cheers.) It had been charged against
him, that under this system he had remunerated
himself and others at the expense of the public.
This was not so, but was to be attributed to
various circumstances. It was because others, who had
the means, and who were his equals in everything, had
not had the courage to embark their capital in such un-
dertakings.—(Cheers.) Thus, whilst those lines had
conferred benefits on him, great benefits had been ex-
tended to others. It had been also charged upon him,
that in the position in which he had placed himself he
had enhanced the capital of the companies with which
he was connected, and that he had offered extravagant
terms to the shareholders of the Hull and Selby Rail-
way, and that the public would suffer materially from
what he had done. Now he denied that charge, as he
believed the tendency of the principle of amalgama-
tion to be the principle of increasing rail-
way facilities, and consequently reducing the expense
of management and the cost of transit ; but he denied that
he had been instrumental in giving that to the share-
holders which the-public ought to have received—(Loud
cheers)—he denied
,that.—(Continued cheers.) He
went forward because he believed it was for the perma•
nent interests of the companies with which he was asso-
ciated, who had invested their capital in them. Why
were they looked up to by the nations of the world? Why,
because, whilst pursuing their course of enterprise, they
had maintained above all the nations of the world the
high principle of faith—(Loud cheers)—that their mer-
chants and the Parliament had always maintained the
principle of keeping inviolate the contracts into
which they had entered with individuals and
nations.—(Cheers.) He sincerely returned thanks
for the honour they had done him. He hoped and
trusted that so long as he continued to discharge the
duties they had placed in his hands he should maintain
the good opinion of those who composed that assembly.
He knew no higher honour for a public man to possess
than to enjoy the good opinion of his fellow-men.—
(Immense cheering.) The Hon. Gentleman proposed
" The health of the Directors of the Hull and Selby
Railway," and resumed his seat amidst the loudest de-
monstrations of applause.
R. 'roTTIE, Esq., the Chairman of the Company, re-
turned thanks.
The following toasts were drunk before the company
separated :—" The Members for
"The Chairman
h"aTirhmeanLaonrdd
Mayor and Corporation of York,"
I Directors of the South Midland Railway," " The Chair-
man and Directors of the Leeds and Manchester
Rail-
way," The Chairman and Directors of the Midland
Company," " Prosperity to the Town and Port of
&c. &c.
The company did not separate until past eleven
o'clock ; the majority returned to York by a special
train, which had been provided, free of expense, for that
purpose.

" GOOD NEWS FOR THE SAVANS."
The faculty, although they say
They make their " cuts to heal,"
-Admit that when the brain's away
All useless is their steel ;-
But Punch, as every week has shown,
Aside the maxim pitta, •
For thoug4 lotg since the brains are ion,
1,4 fivin./the cuts!