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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 662, 16 April 1870, Page 2

From correspondence received by the Superintendent of Nelson by the last English mail (and published in the Nelson papers), we. are given to understand that the Nelson, Westport, and Cobden Railway scheme has not been abandoned, as was very generally supposed to be the case. At the same time, Colonel F. C. Maude, and the other gentlemen who first interested themselves in this matter, have retired altogether from further negotiation with Mr Morrison, the Government Agent in London on this subject. The reason given by them appear" to be a very paltry one— viz., they had found there was likely to be opposition, because Mr Morrison was negotiating with some other parties with regard to the scheme, no doubt, in order to ascertain whether he could obtain better termsf or his principals. Thefollowing are the terms of their letier: — "We are sorry to find, from your letter of this date, that there is another party in the field for the Nelson and Cobden Railway, and we particularly regret not having known this before, as it was only this morning tl.at we had an interview with the very powerful friends in Westminster whose co-operation we told you we intended to enlist. We found these friends quite prepared to co-operate with us, but the first condition laid down was, that no action whatever was to be taken unless the field were found quite clear of all opposition. Such unfortunately not being the case, we feel ourselves obliged to retire altogether from the negotiation." It is to be hoped that the gentlemen who have made these fresh overtures will show more alacrity than Colonel Maude and those who were co-operating with him, but nothing will be known of them or their proposals until the arrival of the next mail.