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the initiative in the matter, they would never, it is
conceived, be so blind to their own advan-
tage, as to reject a proposition emanating from
other, and it may be added, wholly disin-
terested, parties. There is not the slightest
doubt but that the line must be made, the necessities
of Portsmouth require it; and even were it a specu-
latien in which the result was one of doubtful gain, it
would yet be desirable that the people of Portsmouth
should carry it out to secure to themselves protection
from constant and still increasing loss, and to redeem
some, however small a portion, of that trade and
traffic which has so materially ministered to the rapid
aggrandisement of Southampton and other ports. If '
the South-Western Company decline co-operation
(which is all that is asked at their hands),
_other pare
ties must of necessity be sought; and the exigencies
of the case point to the South-Western Company as
the natural allies of such a project, but there are other
lines stretching into Surrey, the directors of which
would welcome such an accession of traffic as that
which must unavoidably be carried over a more di-
rect line, and it is therefore a most important ele-
ment in the consideration and bearing of the subject,
that there are various modes of effecting the ob-
ject in view, not all perhaps possessing the same
facilities of execution, but enough, at all events,
to satisfy the requirements of the case. Upon the
presumption that such a line would carry all the
through traffic from Portsmouth to London, and that
half a loaf would be preferable to none at all, it is
clearly to the interest of the South Coast Company
to accept terms for the use of their present terminus
at Landport, and of their
stloei
South
et
h Coasts
obviousfa r
aat as
o competingßn Bedhampton,
a mpltinone,
the fallacy of calling the
for through traffic being
refuta-
tion. Should, however, the South Coast be disposed
to withhold the accommodation desired the alternative a
f the South Coast
i
of carrying
p lineton piaer
tapel
point
npl
tteoor
ftsjethataun
cot
on, but diverging
Island over Ports-
bridge at the present
from Bedharn
to the west, across the turnpike road, and by Flat-
at or
cia,
itse romp
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rnoomr toht ee rr as eaxntrde mwi
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formed there would be no objection in principle on the
part of the Government to the construction of such a
line
outlineinu of direction and scope, we will
proceed to tttohericsm onsider the existing status of the project,
and the position of those by whom it is advanced.
All former schemes (and we allude to the direct
Portsmouth as an especial example) have been com-
menced by
laying down in the first place, a line suffi-
ciently practicable it may be in an engineering light,
but wholly without reference to the feelings, property,
or interests of the resident landowners. In many
cases the persons employed have provoked hostility
by wanton mischief in conducting the preliminary
surveys, and the result has been that opposition has
been engendered where none need ever have existed,
and that the promoters have in consequence been
hampered with liabilities and expenses which in the
end have swamped the concern to the discredit of
those employed and to the irreparable damage of the
undertaking. It has been a cardinal point to
avoid this evil in the present instance. We are
not yet at liberty to mention the names of those gen-
tlemen who have come forward on this occasion, but
they are well known to many of our leading towns
men, and we are satisfied that the matter is perfectly
safe in their bands. All that they ask of the people
of Portsmouth is a constant and earnest assistance, in
money if they will, but certainly in undivided perso-
nal energy, without which nothing can prosper.
They have had personal interviews with the great
landowners upon the line between Bedhampton and
Godalming • they have ascertained their views gene•
rally upon the subject, both with regard to direction
and alliance with existing companies, and upon an
underatandirg purely of an honourable nature, but
which is defined and recognised between the parties
themselves; a consent in general terms has been given
to the adoption of the project, and a strong desire
has been manifested to see it launched and car-
' ried out at the earliest possible period. There is
reason, further, to believe that more substantial
eupport than mere consent and co-operation will
be afforded by some of the landowners, but as
the question is now under consideration, it
would be premature to do more than allude to it.
They have obtained accurate information both on the
subject of the traffic over the existing lines and of
the expense of constructing the projected line, and
after making the requisite deductions for working,
cost, and for the amount payable for the use of the
seven miles of the South Coast, and the thirty-four
of the South Western Railway, it is evident, beyond
a shadow of doubt, that the undertaking would be
most profitable, even without taking into account
the intermediate and necessarily increased traffic
which must on its completion be called into exist-
ence. We say, necessarily increased traffic, because
(irrespective of docks, to which our attention is at
the present time most paticularly directed) if the
distance from London to Portsmouth be reduced
from 95 to 72 miles, travelling must be cheaper, two
hours more time will be available under a day ticket,
and the Isle of Wight passengers, who alternate be-
tween Southampton and Portsmouth, would as a
matter of certainty, adopt the Portsmouth in pre-
ference to the Southampton route. They have ob-
tained the assistance of a gentleman of consider-
able influence, thoroughly versed in railway business,
who has undertaken the negotiation between them and
the companies with whom arrangements may have
been formed, and other steps of a private nature
which could not now without possible prejudice, be
disclosed, have been taken in furtherance of the object,
leaving no reason to doubt but that with ordinary
care, success is certain of attainment. The leading
principle has been to fix upon a line, so direct as to
avoid the possibility of future opposition, and to ob-
tain the utmost advance that could be secured by per-
sonal exertions without incurring any legal obligation
to parties interested, or professional liability for heavy
preliminary expenses so that whenever the project
comes before the public it will come unshackled, un.
pledged, and with every intention on the part of the
promoters to act with the utmost sincerity.
The promoters have no private interest at stake,
they are under no pressure beyond that of a firm con-
viction that the time is come when better railway
accommodation should be secured for Portsmouth, or
matftaeeril oiftie tradi-
tion.
her history, like that of Porchester, the portus
magnus of the Romans,
will become
Money is abundant, labour cheap,
in-
creased, experience gained, the necessity paramount.
What, then, is the obstacle ?

BRIBER Icy CASE.
_Thelegal gentlemen engaged
DERBY, MONDAY!
THE BEIIESFORD
preliminarily
the charge of bribery et
the late election in
ltn borough have, it is said,
obtained a great ea investigatingis
of
important evidence—among
other things a dnumber of letters from the Secre-
te one already before the
him with the recent
tary at War, in addluento
h
public, intimately connecting
of which will be the manner
corruptions, and evidencing a very close intimacy be-
tween himself and Frail of Shrewsbury. The evidence
commission of inquiry will
to be adduced before
in which the doings
inz
unfold many interestinga facts, not the least interest
the "knavish
that no efforts calculated to
of the corruptionists were brought, to light. To show
London,b
o -
tricks" of their opponents were spared by the Libe-
rate' we may observe that detectives from
tained at their instization, were in the town, both
duriug the election trA fur a week
previous, disguised
as commercial travellers, and were located at the
hotels selected as head-quarters by the Tory party.
Most of the men employed in bribing :the electors were
strangers from Nottingham and Liverpool, but chiefly
from the town last named, where it is believed they had
been practising their nefarious arts for some days pre-
viously in favour of Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie.
Mr. Foreshow,
t Mr. norsfall's solicitor, has for some
&Is been at he King's Read Rotel in Derby, en-
deavouring to get up a counter caqo, but without
having throughout etea-
diiy abstained fromshaTirllaegkal
thmethods of obtainin9:
success, the Liberal party
votes. As soon as
bribed iil,ierawhocapeached
afsor havig' bri the Tory
h:dgefinnished giving he is evidence,huh two trove:
was served
reiVB,_* Twice required before recovering the penalty
with tnee
by
~„,,
notice
recent Act upon parties receiving b •1
LI aes,
impose A.. _ed this fo,, P g ilu,ly to be
-lish roceedin is i-
d it is baiter
(ii ;s of the fact that the plaintiffs in the
"' regar • °-
carried on, , inacy of their own friends to the cer-
tainty are exPell3° to contend with similar actions in re-
taliation.
tainty of bavicg

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EMIGRATION.
circumstances o
in the existing
was delivered last Saturday
excites such extensive interest, b
his address Mr. Ridgway
London. At the commencement of.
in the Town-hall, at Pembroke.
—A discou
rfsteheocnoutnhtriys saunbdj
created in the mere an-
. 7 Mr. A. F. Ridgway, of
adverted to the number of vacancies
andaa gs►" and pointed out
tile establishments of the metropolis
quest on tho emigration to the
" di—ll2- 'their positions by
how many young persons might improve their
He then referred to
occupying the places thus vacated.. other places cones-
emigration to Au3tralia, observing that
acre, and re-
farms of their own, free from rent, for 20s. all
voluntary rate
commended that funds should be raised by a
and by subscriptions, to aid the deserving poor to emigrate,
not to the gold diggings, but to those places in our colonies
farmers might obtain
to which their inclination might lead them. At the conch'
sion of the add; ess a committee of ladies and gentlemen w_a3
formed, to procure and circulate information respecting the
colonies, and to protect intending emigrants.
FATHF GAVAZZI IN NORTH WALES.—This cele-
brated Italian orator has, during the week, been engaged in
lecturing to highly-respec able and overflowing auditories in
Denbigh and Holywell. Oa Friday last a meeting was held
111 the Town-hail, Denbi gh—Dr. Cumtnitio• in the chair—.
and on Tuesday at St. NVinifred's Chapel', Llolywell. The
subj,:ct on both occasions was" The Inquisition—Ancient and
Modern." The horrors of the Inquisition were fully exposed ;
claimed most Powerful and the Weaker, first in Italian, and then in English, de-
the Romish s manner, against the corruptions of
ystem. The Rev. Agitator was enthusiastically
applauded throughout.
The regattas of
bad state of the Nve
of ath er,
Havre have, on account of the
, been postponed to the 15th. 111.
Fonid, aMini r State, has just placed at the disposal of
the Mayor of Havre, Sevres porcelain to the value of 500 f.
to form one of the prizes for the boat race for amateurs at
the regatta.
sljlk,Ds.—Sld. Lady Knight, N,w York.
IL,N.E.—Arrcl. Osprey,
:'- TOCILTON, duce. 11.—Wind
Wiramichi. ,