West Coast Times. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1887.

West Coast Times, Issue 6575, 19 August 1887, Page 2

West Coast Times. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1887.

The disjointed condition into which affairs in Bulgaria have fallen since the coup d'etat that deprived Prince Alezandar of his throne, do not seem to have been improved by the nomination and acceptance, of office by Prince Ferdinand. Austria, Italy, Britain and Turkey hare approved of his election, but Germany makes no sign,

and France and Russia are avowedly ' antagonistic. The latter Power will never be satisfied until she has a nominee of her own as ruler of Bulgaria, until she has the destinies of that country gathered up in her hands. Alexander was disliked because he aimed at the formation of an independent State, and gave indications of possessing sufficient military genius to make such a consummation by no means improbable. With his overthrow, and immediately following it were a whole Beries of Russian intrigues which the Bulgarians resisted with a firmness nnd a moderation deserving of all praise. Foiled in her attempts to arouse a state of feeling in the principality sufficient to afford a pretext for her open interference, she tried to get one of her subject princes elected ruler as a certain means to the end she had in view. Again foiled, she pursues a policy of Bullea non-intervention, her Ministers stating that they had no intention of further preserving the European concert with regard to the Balkan States. How long 1 such a policy would have been adhered to is difficult to say had not the Bulgarians elected a ruler who has obtained the approval of a number of the Great Powers. His assumption of office will probably precipitate Russian action. One of the semi-official papers declares that his assuming the Throne is a breach of the Treaty of Berlin, and hints that if the Powers allow the treaty to be violated ia one direction Russia will not consider herself bound to observe it iv others. The violation complained of is the omission of some unimportant details in the mode of election, aud the assumption of office before all the Great Powers have expressed approval, it being most likelyheld tknt the clause providiug for the approval of the Powers means the approval of each one. The northern Power seems to be again disclosing her Land. If no nomination except that of aßussopbile is agreed to, the affairs of the principality may be allowed to drift into a state bordering upon anarchy such, indeed, as to render intervention absolutely necessary. At the preseut time there is no guarantee that peaca will be maintained for a day. Prince Ferdinand was an Austrian subject and an officer in the Austrian army, and hence his sympathies will probably lie in that direction. Such being the case we may expect soon to see either an oppn interference or a revolt amongst that portion of the population friendly to Russia, and which has come under (he influence of Russian intrigue an« Russian gold. An overt act would probably precipitate a conflict with Austria, and if the recent alliance still exists, Germany and Italy, and perhaps England and Turkey, would be drawn into it. The probability of provoking such a conflict may keep Russia ia check and compel her to resort to intrigue, in which she has already proved herself aa adept, and this would be sufficient to make Prince Ferdinand's seat a very insecure one. Perhaps the I safest policy for the principality, after ; all, would be to declare itself a republic I and trust to tbe probability of a conflict amongst the Powers if any attempt was made to coerce her.

The ordinai'y fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held at tho Town Hall at half-past seven o'clock this evening. The partiality for poultry evinced by the Celestials has often been remarked 3 the fact of their occasionally making efforts to gratify this partiality in a somewhat irregular manner has also obtained notice. An instance of the latter occurred about midnight on Wednesday, when Lieut. Benning was aroused by a disturbance amongst Mb ducks, and rushing out found some Chinese quietly annexing the lot. An immediate attack was ordered whicn resulted in a complete rout of the enemy minus their booty. No prisoners were taken. A preliminary meeting of Druids and of gentlemen desirous of joining this order wa s he'd in the Fire Brigade Hall last night. Mr S. D. Nathan, of Greymouth, P.A., the convener, explained the objects of the meeting and pointed out the desirability of forming a lodge of this society, principally from the fact that visiting Druids and members of the order settling here had no lodge where they could meet. Druidism was in no way an. tagonistic to other Friendly Societies, and in fact they had always experienced much sympathy and support from them. Mr W. A. Thompson, who occupied the chair, also Bpoke in favor of the objects of the meeting, as did several other gentlemen present. 1 Finally it was resolved that a lodge in connection with tho TJ.A:O.D. be formed in Hokitika, and these present pledged themselves to join* Mr Colfcman was appointed secretary pro teni for the purpose of receiving namea of intending members and with instructions to call another meeting within about three weeks time. Votes of thanks to the Fire Brigade for the use of their hall and to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. The Carets paraded last night under Lieut. Bell. There was a good mu=ter. LieutBenning, Government Drill Instructor, was present and put tbe company through the usual drill. The plates of tha Great Eepublic battery were foraped last Saturday, giving a return of 147 ouncea of amalgam for four days' crushing— about 30 tons of stone. We have the authority of the New Zealand Tablet for the following statement ; — " Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, has issuod the following order to all the priests in hiß dioceso in Ontario : ' You will please announce to your poople that we have determined to grant no dispensations for mixed marriages when tho woman is a non-Catholic. Experience of many years has proved that a Protestant mother cannot raise her children Catholics, and she is thus unable to comply with the essential condition on which such a dispensation is granted. They may apply to Borne direct if they will.' " j The following candidates were nominated for the Southern Maori district :— Eanieri Erihana, Tare Petera, Tekahu Tare Tika, I Towa Parata. Tho Wesleyan Conference now sitting in London have resolved th<it onQ^camenica Conference ba held io A-nerica in 1891. Skinny Men — « Wells' Health Renewer » restores health and vigour, cures Dyspepsia Impotence, Sexual Debility. At. Chemista and druggists. Kempthome, Prosaer & Co,, Agents, Cariatchurcb.

Mi» Rutherford, one of the Amuri sheepfarmers who have created no small stir in politics by their talk of importing Kaffir labor, informs the Christchurch Presß that the Amuri sheepfarnaers do not desire to reduce the price of labor, but simply to oppose unions of any kind, either of squatters or shearers. Mr Ruthsrford added that political capital was being made of what had been suggested, but he could not understand why the Protectionists of Christchurch employed Chinese to grow their vegetables -when there were hundreds of starving poor belonging to tho country only too glad to get a job. He was sure that the Chinese were far more insidious foes to the working men than Kaffirs. The Chinese were here, and the Kaffirs were at tho Cape, and were likely to remain there. The Eev T. Spurgeon, of the Auckland Tabernaole, recently wrote to his office-bearers intimating his preparedness to accept a reduction of £100 in hia salary, in order that the Church funds might not suffer through any small falling off in the weekly offerings. The Herald thinks this example of the young pastor of the Tabernacle has set forth all the more force when we learn that several churches in the colonies and elsewhere have endeavored to secure his services at a much larger stipend than he allows the Tabernacle to pay him. A resolution of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales to give free railway passes to ex-members has led to those gentlemen being hunted up. One individual who used to help iv making his country's laws i s now, it is ascertained, filling the distinguished position of gate-keeper on the Great Northern Railway. '• Marmion," the Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Mail, says, in the issue of the 6th iustant:— "The agitation of tho unemployed has collapsed like a eoap bubble. A good many of those who took part in it made the disagreeable discovery that there wa» plenty of work for them in both town and country — but more espeoially iv the latter. This was what they did not want. Their aim was to get put on the relief workiat 6s and 7s a day, and do the ' Government stroke.' Mr Nimmo, the political head of the department* declined to do anything of tho sort, and bo the movement broke down." News arrived at Perth, W.A., on the 3rd instant, from Cossack, that a case of murder occurred on board tbe cutter Mary, which had arrived in that port. It appears that when the vessel wa* off Depuche Island, a Manila man and another named Arthur Bell had a quarrel. The dispute waxed warm. Finally the Manila d ew a knife and stabbed Bell repeatedly in the chest. The wounds quickly resulted fatally. The assailant jumped overboard and endeavored to escape by swimmingHe was, howeverj pursued and captured. He was theu bound, brought to Cossack, and handed over to the police. Bishop Barry denies the accuracy of a cablegram which alleged that while in Eng. land he made an attack on Cardinal Moran and the social status of the people of Australia, and intends on some public occasion to explain what ho did say, and to correct- the wrong impression which now appears to be prevalent. A medical student from Breslau was arrested at Wurzburg on the 14th June on suspicion o£ having taken garfc in a plot involving a charge of high treason against the Emperor. When he wai captured a revolver was found upon him. A private latter from Melbourne, dated the 3rd inst., says.— -"Business here ia very dull, and the labor market over supplied in every department. To give an instance: The Tramway Company are opening two new lines this week and require about 100 hands. Over 2300 applied for examination." Mr Goschen, in the course of his reply for the House o£ Commons at the dinner of the Marylebone Club recently, said :—": — " On this moßt interesting occasion I shall not, as a politician, forget that one of the great institutions of the country is celebrating its centenary this evening. lam not here as a cricketer, but as one of the ignorant crowd who look on at your matches and take the keenest interest in all your proceedings. I plead ' Guilty ' to the single-wicket match, and I plead ' Guilty ' to tbe fact that I peruse at an early hour of the morning the reports of the various matohes that have taken place. I have seen honorable members in the House giving vent to their excitement by tearing up the envelopes and paper which lay on the ground before them . It is a fault which is very natural. If I look on at a cricket match I pluck the grass on the ground and tear it up. It seems to me it is one of the greatest excitements to which human nature may be exposed. You watch the ball and see what incidents come out in two or three minutes, or even one minute. There is the delivery of the ball, tbere is its course over the field, there is its ultimate destination } and even in all these processes there is more of concentrated tension than in] any form of political excitement. I cannob offer you equal pleasure or equal exoitoment from our customs when the numbers of a division are announced . This is as nothing compared with that of your runs on the scoring board." In an address at Oamaru Mr Crlover gave some interesting particulars concerning the i Noncomformisfc settlement of Albertland, situated to tho north o£ Auckland. Ho said that among the whole of the set'lers ho said , there was not a penny of a mortgage over a section, aud that tho two first graduates of the Nelson College hailed from there, these being the two Misses Edger, one of whom is now lady principal of the college. During a visit he had paid to tho settlement, in going through the bush he saw two fine looking ' young womeu chopping wood and taking it to the homestead. Having occasion to call at the house on his return, he found these two young women in the parlor, one playing the piano and the other eugaged in some fancy work, but both working and acting like what i they were — well educated and accomplished young women. The proud boasfc of these settlers was that no drunkard had found a grave in their cemetery. But North Albertland, with only one public house, had twelve buried in theirs. Mr W.T. Rowe, of Gienfine st&Uon, near Btllarat, has offered to give £1000 towards clearing off the debt on the Anglican Bishop of Ba/larat's residence if the congregation raise the balance of £700 in the year. Honp Yea Chanp, the oaly Chinese lawyer in the United States, h> a been admitted to practice in New York by a special law passed in bis favor. Wellß* Hair Balaam.— lf gray, it restores original color. 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There are iiow only two men "on the books" of the British War Office as entitled to pension in any form who were present; at the battle of Waaerloo. The two survivors are General the Earl of Albermarlo, father of Lord Burys, and General G. Whichcote, both of whose names appear side by side in the monthly Army List as general officers on the half-pay of their former regimental commissions. General Whichcote, who is 92 years of age, was present in the action as lieutenant in the 52nd Light Infantry, and Lord Albermarle as an ensign in the 14th foot. Tbe former saw active service four years prior to Waterloo, having joined the 52nd as a volunteer in December 1810 ; served in the Peninsular, France, and Flanders* being present at the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, Victoria, Vera, and the battles of Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nile, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse.

The estimated popu'alion of New Sonth Wales on the 30th June last is let down at 1,055,050 souls, of which the males contri* buted 592,267, and the females 462,782.

The Imperial Chinese Commissioners state that probably one of the first acts of the Chinese Government will be to despatch a squadron to the colonies, and that they will appoint consuls in the chief towns of Australasia.

Bather an amusing incident has arisen ont of the recent remarks ma3e in the New South Wales Upper House by Mr G. A. Lloyd on the Payment of Members Bill. Mr Ninian Meltille, one of the members for Northumberland, appears to have takea ■mbrage at what he said, and accordingly wrote to Mr Lloyd, asking him to name a second and fight a duel. The difficulty is to know whether the challenge was a serions one, and Mr Lloyd has written a letter to sound Mr Melville on the point.

The great Holloway will case ia at an cud, and the only point in the cafe appeared to be the largeness of the sum at atake, which was said to be between two and three million*. Professor Holloway's capacity was proved by the solicitor who prepared the will, and there was, in fact, nothing to suggest undue influence. The sister, who did uct benefit under the will, has not, therefore gained any.hing by bringing tbe matter before the court.

There is but one medical beverage under the name of Scakapps, aud that is "Wolfe's Schnapps