Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1887-03-19 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

RIGHT AGAINST MIGHT.  Dr. l'och's memoirs of Prince Alexander contain an interesting letter from the Prince to his sister, the Countess Erbach, written before his last tour through Eastern Ronmelia prior to the elections for the Sobranje. He says : "I am hunted on all sides like a stag, and am over-worked to the point of breaking down. I have now a 29 days' tour before rue • way God give me strength! The Bulgarians have little heart, and to satisfy thefil seems impossible. To be threatened again, after all I have done, with being driven away is hard awl unmerited. Everything is attributed to foreign intrigues, but the Bulgarians are old enough to distinguish between true and false friends. Ninety-nine per cent. of Bulgarians are on my side, the remaining one p cent. may, however, succeed, with the help of Russia in getting rid of me. Until the re-vision of the Organic Statute—that is, till Autumn—my Throne will be like a dynamite bomb. In any case, I shall fall fighting ; but should the Bulgarians prefer foreign rule to an honest Prince, that will be their affair." The account given of the gradual development of the events which led to Prince Alexander's deposition is very interesting. He undertook his task with the lmnest intention of tnaintaining the independence of the country, and promoting its welfare, but very soon the contl;..et commenced with the Russian generals and officials, who had been despatched to Bulgaria as if it were a Russian province. Their arrogance and a.,st:mption were such that he often threatened to give up his throne. Matters became still worse after the death of Alexander 11. On hearing the news M. Karaveloff drank to the health of the Nihilist murderers of the Czar, who, he said, were the liberators of humanity. Until the succession of Alexander 111. the Prince's loyalty towards Russia was undoubted, but very soon after this event the behaviour of MM. Hittrovo and Jonin became insupportable, and the Prince increased the hostility of Russia by not favouring the Russian company formed for making the Bulgarian railways. The open rupture between Alexander and the Russian court commenced at the coronation at Moscow, at which two deputations appeared from Sofia, and were both received. The Prince's chief supporters were members of the Sobranje, who, like hum, revolted against the overbearing behaviour of Russia. The Russian military party in Bulgaria made strong efforts to re-establish the constitution, which had beets suspended with the consent of the Sobranje, and when the Legislative Assembly passed a vote of confidence in the Prince the Russian Generals left the room, with such comments as "Swine ! " " Canaille ? " " Pack of liars! " Shortly afterwards General Kaulbars appeared in Bulgaria for the first time, but in a much milder mood than that which he chewed later on. This forceful diplomat once said to Dr. Koch, "The fate of that portion of the world to which I do not belong is a matter of indifference to me. I pride myself on my egotism."  Eliza King and James Roberts were on Friday brought up at the Jarrow police-court, the former charged with the murder of her illegitimate child at Rich Hill, Portadown, Ireland, and the latter with being accessory. The prisoners did not deny the charge, and were remanded to await arrival of a police escort from Ireland.  During Whitsuutide the Burslem Labera!s will presentlAir. Gladstone with a vase, two feet in height, of & classical pattern. On a band running round ib is a" tribute to freedom," who sits on an elevated throne, whilst statesmen, warriors, poets and others make offerings to her.  A couple of old musketq, supposed to have formed part of the armament of a vessel which left Glasgow for New Guinea some 80 years ago, have been recovered by a salvage company on the coast of Bode. Curiously enough the sand and the iron and thesalt water seem to have combined to form a sort of cement, which has firmly bound the two ancient weapons together. These extraordinary Siamese twins have been offered to the Governor of the Tower of London.