The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-20 00:00:00

Mr. Poker, chairman ; Mr. Walker, director ; and
Mr. Nash, secretary of the Gloucester and Dean
• Forest Railway Company ; t 'ae Mayors of Newport
Co abridge, Neath, Carmartlic 'n, Haverford west, and
Gloucester, the Portreeva of r lanelly, &c.
Mr. TALBOT, in reply to the toast of " The Direc-
tors," said when calla(' upon on occasions of this kind,
he had usually cousidered the ci )inpliment to be a
one-sided one, but not so on the :orement occasion, for
he thought he might say with at uth, that the direc-
tors of the South Wales Railway Company deserved
well at their hands.— (Cheers.) They had that day
completed the first stage of their magnificent enter-
prise—an enterprise which had :called into play all
their patience, all their parse% maance, and all the
money—(hear, hear)—which cc staid be commanded.
He thought the people of that cc it; ntry were not such
slow coaches as to be satisfied ith stopping their
line of railway at Swansea. Ca rmarthenshire and
Pembrokeshire must be brought to sgether. The late
Mr. O'Connell, in addressing his. countrymen, used
to make use of a favourite exraa,ssion—"Tbis is a
great day for Ireland." He Va.. Talbot) would
paraphrase the sentence, and pror .o race this a " great
day for Wales." What he wool I enjoin upon his
.fellow countrymen was to tray, si , travel, travel.—
(Ilear, hear.) There was once a Roman Emperor
who would have given his crown t o have found a new
pleasure. He (Mr. Talbot) only Ivished that Roman
Emperor could have travelled wi tit them from Chep-
stow that day. He would not c o Mr. Brunei the
injustice to wish that he had lived, in the days of lice
liogabalus, but if Haliogabalus. had lived in the
days of Mr, 13rund, it would has e been all the better
for lieliogabslus.—(La'ighter ti al cheers.) Mr.
Talbot then urged the necessity of campleting the
clack accommodation at Swansc a. lie recollected
when at school they used to tcli one another "Hoc
age," and what he advised the pc, of Swansea was
"dock-age."—(Loud laughter.) After some further
remarks, atlas Talbot gave " The :3 ealih of the Mayor
of Swansea," and
'lhe MAYOR of Swansea replied..
On the health of the Members i k sr the Glamorgan-
shire boroughs being given, Sir )hn Guest and Mr.
Vivian replied. The latter dwe It on the advantages
of railway communication, not yas tending to the
comforts of the rich, but adding to. athe accommodation
of the poor.
"Thu health of the Directors on the Great Western
Railway Company" was proposed ;'by Mr. Grenfell.
Mr. BARLOW acknowledged tia a: toast, and assured
his hearers that he had always rc j 2 ardcd the interests
of the South Wales and Great -P lectern Companies
as identical. He would say, wit b reference to Mr.
Talbot's observation, that this was a proud day not
only for Wales but for England , ; it was a national
event which they had met to cal;_ b 7tVe.—(Hear.) It
was a proud day for Englishmen i:o be able is a few
hours to come into the society of; 'sand enjoy the noted
hospitality of their Welsh brethr: a,. As long as he
had health to conic among them, "he would never de-
sert the post which he had undo !taken. He hoped,
by means of this railway, to see t he ladies of South
Wales gracing the London halls vs th their presence.
" The Health of Mr. Brunc l„ the engineer in
chief," was next given, as one wl lc. had " aenihilated
both time and space."
Mr. 13nuaar, briefly replied, ;and other toasts
followed ; and at half-past six o'el 3 ck the party broke
up, end proceeded to the station.
On its return to Chepstow, the fq iecial train arrived
there after a quick journey of three hours (75 miles),
including stoppages at eight et Evtiuns. The same
manifestations were repeated at each station, and
everything passed off without the;slightest accident.
Every necessary precaution had, b !en taken by the
compana'l officers, and the whole r f (air was conducted
most creditably.