The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

NEWCASTI E AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.—Tie DathATl branch of ib's railvtay was opened on
iVl,.rnlay to the public. There is therefore now only snout
tour titles a coach road b3twten Gaesheati and Lend• Yr,
and the entire line, we are assured, will positively be
opened on the 18,h June.
IMMENSE RAILWAY STATION.—The great railway
station of Green's Field, Gatesh,ad, is in course of rapid
erection. The length of the Stati..n wia be 318 feet, and
the shed w;11 be 88 feet wide. The roof will be construct-
ed of wrought iron. A large proportion of the roof will
he glazed, aud the whole will be of a light aad airy cha-
racter. The plan includes accommodations of every de-
scription—booking offices, first and second class wait.ing-
rooms, ladies' ro rn, post-office, &c. The building for
refreshments will comprise bed-roems for travellers.
OPENINGS OF RAILWAYS IN MAY.—The next month
promises to be remarkably pr•lific in the opening to the
public of various itinir.atit railways throughout, that have
hitherto been but partially or not at all in operation. On
the 4th will be opened the Liverpool and Derby Junction
line. Early in the month also, as is underitood, the West
London Railway will be brought into full operation, to the
great advantage of the Birmingham and Great Western
lines, whose passengers will be tuenished with a west-end
terminus. Then the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, that
affords a like accommodation to the Croydon and Dover
Railways; and the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway, will
come into play in the ensuing month, the opening of the
latter being fixed upon fir the Ist. Lastly, and most im-
portant of all, the Bristol and Exeter wilt also be opened
to the travelling public, completing nearly 200 miles of
railway to the western parts of England.
..May, thus, has
quite its share in interest►tig railway occurrences.
DUBLIN AND CORK RAILWAY.—Mr. Francis B. Bea-
mish, Secretary to the County and City of Cork Railway
Committee, returned from Dublin on Saturday evening
after having had several interviews with the provisional
directors of the proposed line of railway between Dublin
and Cashel. Irl the course of the interviews it appeared
evident that the board were satisfied that it would be ad-
visable, in a pecuniary point of view, to make Dublin and
Cork the termini, and further, that by doing so all serious
opposition would be removed to the suspension of the
standing orders of the House of Commeins, and the bill to
Cashel .intent therefore receive the royal assent this ses-
sion, and in the event of the company not acceding to the
proposition, and that if the bill was stoppedm.its progress
this year, there was every reason to suppose that another
company would he prepared next session of parliament to
at ply tor one to make a Hoe the entire way. The result
of the interviews was a concurrence on'the part of the di-
rectors in the viewslaid before them by Mr. Beatnish,
and they declared that it was their most anxious wish to
see the line continued to the City. of. Cork, leaving its
route to be decided on by the shareholders, to be subse-•
ouently submitted to government for their approval.—
Cork Conetilution.

TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY .—A correspondent (writing
from Manchester on Tuesday night) informs us " that the
Graod Junction and Manchester and Birmingham join
the Trent Company in applying for this line of railway
from Stafford to Rugby, with a. branch •to Alrewas, and
that the official adhesion of the London and Birmingham
will no doubt be given at their next meeting: The line
(he continues) will be more strongly supported than any
railway in the kingdom, and will produce' important re-
sults. It will he the grand direct route f!oni London to
Holyhead, London to Scotland, (West Coast,) Lonthin 0
Liverpool, Alanchest4, Chewer, MI. It will save 334
miles between Stafford and Derby; therefore 354 between
Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, Ireland, and Derby,
Nottingham, Lincoln, Lke. If any line in the kingdom
his a prospect of being obtained, and of paying a good
and immediate dividend, this is it. If the SlirewsbUry
line comes to Stafford, the communication between
Shrewsbury and Lincoln, west to east, will be complete
through Stafford, Derby, Nottingham,: Newark, &c. This
little line will have most important results. The prospec-
tus was issued on the 11th of April, on the 13th the line
was taken up, on the 17th notice was given that no more
parties need apply for shares, and in one week applica-
tions were made for 130,000 shares. The shares are at
£5 prem. here (Manchester) to-day.—Midland Counties
Herald.

RAILWAYS.—Scarce fifteen years have elapsed since
railways btcame a fact to the public understanding. Blun-
dersjrinumerable have been committed, money has been
wasted by millions, yet have they spread in all directions
over the face of the island. They have set the pattern for
half the world, and from English workshops has a large
portion of the material of .foreign lines been furnished,
even before the permanent form has 13, en attained, while
struggling forwards towards the perfect state. And all
his has been done, not by a government, but by indivi-
duals. The first and foremost work of civilization is the
making of a road. The making of
.roads,which will put
a final close to the large mass of cruelty annually inflicted
on horses—which substitutes steam for musa•—is a far
higher triumph of civilisation. What railways have done
for us in labour-saving, we have yet no statistics to verify.
but the annual accumulation of capital thereby must be of
large amount. What they have done towards the pro-
gress of national eduCation in breaking down provincial
prejudice, is of still greater value. What they will do,
when they shall emerge from their infancy and attain their
full growth,rfills the heart with hope to think of. The
steam-boat has bridged the ocean, but it is the railway
that spans the land, and will ultimately make all men
brethren. We never behold a Saxon name graven in let-
ters of brass on a southeastern engine, without thinking
of all the marvels which have sprung from the Saxon ad-
•vent, convertinc, Celtic Britain into the English land, and
sowing the seeds' of the world's ultimate universal peace.
Happy was the thought of the man who chose such a
nomenclatUre for a part of the modern conquerors of the
world—the Dover locornotives—that. will bring more
Frenchmen into England as friends, than ever were
slaughter,d or made prisoners by all the engines used in
the trials of war since the time when the British Celts
were driven into Brittany. The " Captains of Industry"
have vanquished the captains of war : and the Celtic
taunt of •‘ Perfide Albion" is only replied to by the harm-
less hissing of the safety valve. We doubt not we shall be
the record of their constantly increasing triumph.—. Rai-
lway Record.