West Coast Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1896.

Sb far the nd-confldence debate' has succeeded iri emphasising the fact that a great many iheinbers are profoundly dissatisfied with the present Government, but afraid to vote against them lest Captain Russell and his friends should return to office. They are frightened by the old bogey cry of " Conservative " and superBtitiously devoted to the term "Liberal," without possessing the intelligence to analyse the meanings of the words they Use. It would be difficult to find a more slavish submission to phrases. To their t mind's the word " Liberal," whether rightly assumed lor not, can be used as a kmd cf a mantle with which to cover all the political crimes iii the calendar. They appear to recognise, in a dim, hazy kind of way, that Mr Seddon's liberalism only seVves to cloak an autocracy, but they are powerless to free themselves from the enslaving idea. "We have a new kind of fetish— the worship of a word. Probably enlightenment will not come until the people, at the next elections, sweep' a! way the sham and declare they will have real liberalism and not its delusive presentment. Then these abjecb worshippers of a spurious faith will wring their hands and deplore the inability of their idol to help them. But that is for the future. In the meantime they dre industriously striving to invest their deity with the attributes they so devoutly hope it possesses, and are striving, with but faint success, to shut out any ray of light which threatens to penetrate their clouded intelligence. The spectacle i s not an elevating one but it has ludicrous aspects which tend to. relieve it. The frantic efforts made to prove that the Opposition must be wrong ; that behind their fair speeches they conceal deep designs against the liberty of the people ; that they are all greedy capitalists seeking to enslave tbe workers ; that they will strive to impose legislation calculated to increase the burdens of the poor. This and much more do we hear in ihs same strain from men who are either blinded by their f etish-worsl»p or else not fitted by nature to occupy a' higher place than a back seat in a fifth-rate debating society. It is something to know that many are sitting as legislators in their last Parliament ; the wbnder is however they got there. Their attack's on tho Opposition are as weak as their do fence of the Government. By the vis inertiai of their votes they can preserve their idols a little longer, but that is the full scope of their ability. When tho no-corifidence debate was announced we characterised it as a senseless waste of time ; We now have cause to regret that it is something mdre — a revelation of the utter vacuity of a large section of the House. They have some good qualities, too, in a blind' unreasoning sort of way. Although they are worshippers of Baal and see what their idol is made' of, they I will not allow any one to lay hands on him. True, it is the blind loyalty of a slave to a master that may the next moment apply the lash; the devotion of a dog which may afterwards be kicked into submission; but it has the merit of being disinterested. As to the final result there can be no question. If it goes to a division Capt Russell's motion will be defeated by a large majority, but we are confident the voice of the electors will be pitched in a different key. Ihey are getting tired of shams and political corruption, and will express themselves in unmistakable terms.

At the Magistrates Court yesterday morning before D. M'Farlane Esq. S. JVI. the following case was called on: — Thomas Kelly v. James Dowling, claim £1 18s 9d. Mr Parkjf or plaintiff. Judgment'by .default for amount claimed with costs 7s. Biy last nigKt'a train came three Shetland poniei imported by Messrs Mark ' Sprot & Co. from Waitotora, North Island.' They are little) beauties, two black and one grey, and are from well-bred stock/ Great interest is being taken in the little animals. The following fifteen will represent ] the Grey Club in their match against Hokitika in> Victoria Park to-day :— Raphael, , Castlel, M'Quillan, Phillips, Brown, Harrison, Okoy, Phillips, Deere, Kennedy, Fost&yPbwerj BrWn; Sflo\yd,rfc and Fftmcis. Emergency, back's— James and Wickes ; forward — Cribb.

The piece of ground set apart for a cemetery reserve at Gillespies and recommended by the Westland Land Board to be vested in Trustees has now been so vested by the Governor, the trustees being Messrs Michael Carroll, John Quinlan, Lawrence Sullivan, Jacob Scease, and Alfred Andrews, The area is 3 acres and 2 roods and is described as bounded towardf the north-east by the Gillespies to Cooks river road, and towards the north-west, south-west, and south-east by Crown lands. The vesting of this piece of ground in trustees for cemetery purposes will be much appreciated by the people of Gillespies who had no settled control over the piece of ground used as a cemetery. They will now be able to improve and beautify it. i An undesirable immigrant Cornelius Tall, alias Humphreys, alias Hurter, cum multis ahis, was brought Ito the goal last night on a three months' sentence from Reef ton for theft. He had been discllarged from gaol ten days previously. He was brought down by Constable Bennett who has returned from Nelson where he had been to give evidence in Shaw's case. The following talegram (says the Westport News) was received by Sergt. Emerson from Mr Thomas Murray, Granity Creek :—": — " Human remains found ai Millerton to-day, supposed to be Martin Cossi." It is a remarkable coincidence that the body was found exactly twelve months after the man was lost. On Sunday, 28th July 1895, about 9 p.m., Cossi left .the hut in which he was living with another man, and although continuous search was made by residents of Granity CreeK and Millerton no trace of the man was found till yesterday. " The Bloomer dress," says a Western humorist, "is a pair of trousers very baggy at the knees, abnormally full at the pistol pockets, and considerably full where you strike a match. The garment I is cut decolette at the south end, and the bottoms tied around the ankles or knees to keep the mice out. You can't put it over your head like you do your shirt, nor around you like a corset, but you must sit on the floor and pull it on just as you do your stockings, one foot at a time in each compartment. You can easily tell the right, side to have in front by the buttons on the neckband." The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, Test its eminent powvrfui e,ffect - in coughs colds, infiu nza, &c — the relief is instmtag eous.' Thbusauls give f he jhost gratif yiny testimo-iy-. Hi's Majesty the Kin- < i Italy and medical syndicates all over the globe are ,its t{vtn> n s- Read the" "official repjrts that accompauy each bottle. We have no occass on to offej rewards in proof of tb.p genuineuess of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universi,tier the official cimmuliication of the Consu General for Italy at Melbourne ; the diplom aw.irded International Exhibition", Am tedam—all these are authentic documents and, as such, not open to' dbubt'. We adhfire epitome of one of , the various cases treated by Siegen, tl !>., Professor, etc. Burning °f the right liand thn v n the explosion of a small oil' stove. Th? epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand n f the thii'ty'-yeax-old patient was c.mpletely separated au-1 lif e iup a* fir as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails a* era hangiDg loose, and half oi the phalanx, of thW noil of the middle finge"'- "as coaled. The wouucls thus contracted healed in the-.-weeksun er daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing. The patienthas retained the full use < f hei hand.-^' The success of Christchurch Exhibition has aroused the Wellington people up to concert pitcti. They are going to hold a show of their own, and don't you forget, There will bo a great display of that infallible 7 cure fcfr Coughs' and Colds', \Voods : Gx-eat Peppermint Curd, which is sold by all Grocers and Chemists' at Is 6d and 2s 6d.