The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-20 00:00:00

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

The late fine weather has been extremaylavourable to the
contractors on this line. They have greatly increased the
ratio of their earth and mason work ; and, as they may
calculate on little interruption from the weather for the next
six months, this undertaking- will be greatly advanced before
next winter. The whole lute 16 miles—is' now contracted
for ,
_. the last 8-4- miles have just been let,
,1!; of them to Mr.
M`Naughtan, an extens;ye contractor on the Ayrshire line,
and 31 miles to Mr. Evans, already a contrietor for the 3
miles nearest to Edinburgh, forming miles continuously.
Mr. Evans is also a contractor of experience,_ having been
much employed on the English Railloads. The letting
of these contracts confirms the statement male at the
last meeting of the proprietors, respecting the moderate cost
of liming the line; and, Conjoined with the saving on
the contracts for rail:, which will .arisefrori the fdfi 6:1
iron, strengthens.the expection which the Di;;
etor3 stated
at a former meeting, that the line will be executed and opened.
with the means provided by the act. The public are begin-
ning to speculate on the social and commercial changes which
will be effected by the immediate proximity of two such large
cities as Edinburgh and Glasgow, and of the alterations which
the railway will occasion in the communications between the
east and west coasts of Scotland, which willhe connected by
it. It is difficult to estimate the influence which it will ex-
ercise on so large a population as will feel its benefits ; but,
judging from the extraordinary effects of railways elsewhere,
and keeping in view that both the Ayrshire and Greenock
Railway will be tributary to the Edinburgh and Glasgow, (it
reciprocating the benefits,) the influence must be great and
beneficial. The Counties of Lanark, Avr, Renfrew, Dum-
barton, Stirling, and two of the Lothians, will thus be per-
meated, affording a new channel for the rapid transit of their
people, and of the produce of their inchistry ; and, developing-
the energies, the wealth, and the enterprise of the principal .
counties of Scotland.

.....
At the present period there are upwards of 10,000 persons
landing every week at the Trinity Chain pi6r from all parts
of England, Ireland, and the-Eastern Counties of S.;otland,
but what may not that intercourse be increased to, Avbep the
tunnel of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway
under the new town of Edinburgh is completed, which will
thus communicate with the Firth of Forth, and form 'the
connecting link of all the above railways.
The immense intercourse that has taken place between the
towns of Ayr and Irvine, since the partial opening of the
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway between
these places on the sth August last, evidently proves the dis-.
position on the part of the inhabitants of Scotland to avail
.themselves of this rapid mode of travelling, being a great sav-'
ing of time and also of expense. The number of persons
who have travelled this short distance of only 10.1- miles, up
to the present time, exceeds 62,000, being equal to six tirces
the number calculated, upon in the parliamentary-estimates:-
On Monday the 25th March, a furtherportion of the railway
will be opened to the manufacturing- town of Kilwinning,
and in the month of August this year the Ayrshire line will,
be completed to Glasgow.
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway will be openVd in
the autumn of 1841, at which time the tunnel under the new
town of Edinburgh will also be accomplished, and the whole
communication complete.

P.S.—Any informatioi; will be given by applying at No
.0, Exchange Alley, Liverpool.
RICHARD DAWSON, Agent.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE EXCHANGE NEWSROOM,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,-1 have observed for some time past a practice (and
a growing one) in the Exchange Newsroom, adopted by
some of the subscribers, hi possessing themselves of tworand
in some cases three several papers, and of course they are
always late editions of either the London or our Liverliool
papers. lam sure no comment is necessary, but hope Oil
will notice a practice so ungentlemanly and villainously
selfish. While on the subject, I beg to suggest that a few
more copies of the outside part of the London papers be
taken, as it is barely possible to see the advertisements. It
is true that cue copy of the part alluded to is placed on a
stand, but the readers are those who wish to read the inside
Please suggest that one or more copies of the advertisements
of the Times, Chronicle, Post, &c., be placed on a stand, for
the use of those who wish to see both sides.—Yours &c.,
A SUBSCIiIIIER.

SONGS OF THE HEART.

No. I.—THE REPROOI.

BY T. J. OUSELEY

(For the Liverpool Standard.)

Can you look on my face, and not blush with deep shame,
To know broken vows have thus withered my heart ;
And list to the sound of the once-loved name,
Which you swore, by your God, from your faith should
not part ?
You..mai smile in the sunshine of pleasure, and reel
In the circle of Folly, where laughter is joy ;
S'ti/khours must come o'er you, and then will you feel
Adder-pangs of remorse, which all hope will destroy.

The temptings of passion will soon pass away,
And the new, soothing language of love fall unfelt ;
The night-silence break the heart-pulse of the day,
And in sorrow, deep sorrow, thy spirit shall melt
Thou wilt curse, in thy ravings of wild-mad despair,
The crime that is dragging thy soul to the grave ;
While each pang of grief my lone bosom doth bear,
Will but yield thee fresh anguish, no pleasure can save.
The scorpion of conscience will poison the flow
Of thy life's healthful current, till, wasted and worn,
Thy heart shall beat cold, while thy warm cheek shall glow
With the hectic of death—to thyself a mere scorn !
And, when the last hour of life draweth nigh,
My semblance shall pass, like a shade to thy mind ;
Whilst the film of forgetfulness dims on thine eye,
When to life, as to love, thy lost feelings are blind.