The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-02 00:00:00

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OPENING OF THE SYDNEY AND PARRA-

IVATTA RAILWAY.

( From the Sydney Empire.)

According to the announcements previously made the
Sydney and Parramatta Railway was formally opened
for public traffic in September. The day was pretty
generally observed as a holiday, all the public office.,
the banks, and most of the shops being closed. The
fiag-staffs and the ships in harbour were gaily dressed
with bunting, and flags were displayed at various points
on the chief lines of route, and at the railway station.
By 10 o'clock a very large concourse of persons had
assembled in the vicinity of the terminus ; spectators
bad crowded on every available spot whence a view of
the proceedings might be obtained, and great numbers
had taken their tickets for Parratnatta, and were pa-
tiently awaiting the arrival of the train within the sta-
tion. One train had been previously despatched from
Sydney at nine, and a considerable number of passengers
had proceeded to it ; but the 11 o'clock train may be
regarded as the formal opening train.
A. bont 20 minutes to 11 his Excellency Sir William
Dentsen, in full Windsor uniform, and escorted by the
Volunteer Yeomanry Corps, under the command of
Captain M'Lerie, arrived at the station. his excellency,
accompanied by the colonial treasurer, the captain of
brigade, Colonel Bloomfield, Captain Ward, and a num-
ber of influential gentlemen, proceeded to the platform to
await the train.
The train started at about 20 minutes past 11. It com-
prised two first, four second, and five third-class car•
riaoes, in addition to the engine and tender.
The whole of the carriages were of course crowded,
but no inconvenience was experienced further than the
commingling of the several " classes" of passengers ;
those who had paid for seats in first-class carriages in
many instances finding themselves crowded into the
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As the train moved from the shed a salute of 21 guns
was discharged by the volunteer Artillery, who had
taken their station in the adjoining fields, contiguous to
the Cleveland Paddocks. To the booming of the can-
nons were added the cheers of the immense multitudes
who filled the arena immediately adjoining the terminus,
and who lined the way until the train bad passed the
most distant suburb of the city.
. Indeed, at intervals along the entire line of way to
Parramatta, the smoking, puffing, screaming engine,
with its long train_.nf--44.41.1.41/2 •-Przts_greeted with the
"god speeds " of hundreds of spectators of each sex,
and of every age and condition, who had stationed them-
selves on the several embankments and bridges, or who
filled the garden walks, verandahs, and terraces of the
numerous villas along the way.
Notwithstanding the partially unfavourable state of
the weather, which, in some measure, damped the enthu-
siasm of the inhabitants of Parrarnatta, on this anspici-
(rue occasion, the principal thoroughfares presented a
lively appearance.
Shortly after one o'clock, the Governor-General and
party sat down to a cold collation at the hotel ; between
20 and 30 gentlemen interested in the railway were
present.
At the conclusion of the repast, the health of the Go-
vernor-General was proposed by Mr. Barker, in an an•
propriato speech, in which he expressed a hope that his
excellency would be enabled, in the course of his ad.
ministration, to carry out those extensive schemes b.r
the construction of railways in all parts of the colony
which he had in contemplation.
The toast was drunk by the company with the usual
honours.
The GOVERNOR-GENERAL, after returning thanks for
the warns manner in which his health had been drunk,
said that he was greatly gratified that he war pres oit
on an occasion like this, when the first railway in
New Sauth Wales had been successfully completed
and brought into operation. The line between Syd-
ney and Parramatta was the first great step in ad-
vance to that time—which he hoped was not far
distant—when the whole country would be covered
with a net work of railways. The advantages which
would be derived by the colony from the extended means
of communication with the interior were obvious even to
the most unreflecting mind, the impetus that would be
given to traffic, and the development of the resources of
the country, by the opening of new and rich fields of la-
bour to the enterprising colonist, which were now com-
paratively inaccessible, and the increased value of the
vast territory now lying waste, were considerations of
such importance that every possible exertion might to
be made to secure these benefits. All ought to unite and
sat to work with a determination to overcome every ob-
stacle that might be encountered, a heavy expenditure
would undoubtedly have to be incurred, but that should
neither alarm nor deter them from the accomplishment
of this great object. The reoneyithat would be spent in the
construction of railroads would be returned to them with
interest. In the immense tracts of land belonging to the
Crown the colony possessed an almost inexhaustible fund
from which it could draw the means of carrying out a
general system of railways. Those lands were the capi-
tal of the country, and they ought not to be afraid of
expending a portion of that capital, for though a debt
would be created, yet the value of the lands would be
so much enhanced when the railroads came into opera-
tion, that they would, in the course of a few years, be
enabled to pay off the loans. His Excellency then pro-
posed "The health of the Commissioners of the Rail-
way," to whose energy and enterprise it was owing that
the present undertaking had been brought to a success-
ful issue, and who had worked asi hard as if they had
been well paid, and possibly a little harder.
The toast having been responded to,
The GOVERNOR-GENERAL then gave the " Originators
of the Railway," especially mentioning the names of
Mr. Cowper and Mr. Kemp.
Immediately after the breaking up of the party, the
Governor-General proceeded to the terminus, whence he
departed for Sydney about three o'clock..