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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. HIGH WATER. This Day ... 1.38 p.m., 1.57 p.m. To-morrow 2.16 a.m., 2.35 p.m. ARBIVALS. Jan. 24 —Chsirles Edward, p.e., 89 tons, Holmes, from Greymouth and Hokitika. A. W. Bennett, agent. DEPARTURES. Jan. 24 —Charles Edward, p.s., Holmes, for Nelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per Murray, for Greymouth—Mrs Bayliss and two children, Messrs Engel, Pollock, King, Haslem, Antonio, and 4 in steerage. Per Kennedy, for Hokitika —Six original passengers. Per Charles Edward, from Greymouth and Hokitika —Mrs M'Ewen, Mrs Thomas, Messrs A. Beid, De Beer, Burr, Ross, Evans, Hunter, M'Farlane, Pickard, Matthews, 2 Maoris, and 12 for Nelson. Per Charles Edward, for Nelson—Messrs Kobinson, Harris, Percy, Matthews, Carter, Barr, Hawkins, Carthorpe, M'Carthy, Lewis, Robertson, Elliott, and 12 original. IMPORTS. Per Charles Edward, from Greymouth—l pkg luggage, Slmpter j 1 truss drapery, Thomas and M'Beath; 2 parcels papers, Bisuop. Shipped nt Hokitika—3ooo feet timber, Bull and Bond; 5 bags onions, Munro. The Anchor Line p.s. Charles Edward, Captain Holmes, arrived at Westport on Tuesday, at 10 a.m., and sailed fir Nelson the same tide, reaching the latter port early yesterday morning. She is announced to leave Westport for southern ports at 4 p.m. on Monday. The s.s. Murray, Capt. Palmer, arrived at Greymouth from Westport ou Tuesday, at 11 30 a.m. The Anchor Line s.s. Kennedv.Capt. Whitwell, left Westport for Hokitika at midnight on Monday, and arrived at the latter port the following morning, at half-past eleven. The steam.rs Kennedy and Murray are expected to arrive from the south to-day. The schooners Ceres and Northern Light have diseharged arid taken in ballast, aud will leave for Melbourne to day at noon. The s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Maclde, arrived at Hokitika, with the English mail from Melbourne, at midnight on Tuesday, She cleared Port Phillip Heads at 6 p.m. on the 19th, and experienced fine weather throughout. Her passenger list is—For Wellington. Mr Herbert Gaby ; Auckland, Mr C. VV. Leitchfield ; Lyttelton, Messrs Kichard Davies, Stevens, <VC. Corfe, Rev. H. M. Martin ; Dunedin, Miss Armstrong, Mr W. Donaldson; and seventy in the steerage for all the sports. The schooner Thi<ee Friends sailed for Charleston at midnight on Tuesday, and the ketch Standard was to sail early this morning for the same destination. Both cratt took full cargoes of general merchandise. Wo learn by telegrnm that, the schooner Lyttelton, produce laden, arrived in the Hokitika roadstead yesterday. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS. Lytteiton.—Jan. 24 —Gothenburg, from Port Chalmers. Geetjiouth.—Jan. 24 Murray, from Westport. Jan. 25—Rangitoto, from Hokitika. Hokitika. Jan. 24 Kennedy, from Westport; Kangitoto, from Melbourne. Port Chalmers.—Jan. 24—Omeo, from Lyttelton. Nelson.—Jan. 25 —Charles Edward, from Westport. DEPARTURES. Hokitika.—Jan. 25 —Kangitoto,for Groy- . mouth. GKEiaiouTH. Jan. 25 Rangitoto, for Nelson. ELECTORS OF WESTPORT. ly/fft BONNE will address the Electors of Westport at the MASONIC HALL, Empire Hotel, on FRIDAY EVENING, the 27th mot., at 8 o'clock. MB. T. FIELD—PRINTER. TWO letters for you at the office of this paper. BIRTHS. At the South Spit, Westport, on tho 20th instant, the wife of Mr Charles Craddock of a son and daughter. At Westport, New Zealand, on the 24th January, the wife of iJouglas Smyth, of a daughter.—Home papers please copy. Cljt Cinus AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871. The news that Russia has withdrawn the notification that she would no longer adhere to certain articles of the Treaty of Paris, and that a conference of the co-signatory powers has been agreed to will not tako anyone by surprise—for the simple reason that Russia, in her character of the aggressing party loses nothing by delay. The state of unpreparedness of her army organisation, her and above all that the season of the year is fatal to any extensive military operations, are reasons sufficiently potent that Russia should willingly consent to the'course suggested by Earl Granville. But it yet remains to be seen in what spirit she will take part in the discussions upou the odious stipulations —whether as the spring advances and ( her army has been placed on a wa. j footing, her ve demands will not become more imperious, and an intention to completely disavow her pledges rather than to seek the mitigation of their possibly undue severity, will not become manifest. To have succeeded ( in obtaining a rehearing of tho ques- ' 1

tion at a juncture such as the present is undoubtedly a diplomatic victory for Russia, and with this, together with possibly some slight concession, she may be satisfied. It is true that any nation may with justice claim for itself the right to construct and maintain arsenals on its frontiers and waters for the purposes of defence, but unfortunately the latter are always equally available for aggresive purposes, and there undoubtedly are circumstances under which they may be unnecessary for the one, and only likely to be employed in subduing neighboring territory. Such is Russia's case at present ; the only power that she could affect to be threatened by is Turkey, and Turkey only exists by the protection of the great powers of Europe. In seeking to put an end to the neutrality which has existed for the last fourteen years on the waters ami shores of the Black Sea, or even a modification of certain details, she can only entertain projects which threaten the existence, or, at all events, the independence, of Turkey, and is preparing to resume, either immediately or at some future day, her designs on Constantinople which were so effectually frustrated by the Crimean war ; resulting in the banishment of Russian power from the Black Sea, the dismantling of Sebastopol, and the destruction of the ileet. The following celebrated conversation, between the late Czar and Sir Hamilton Seymour, British Ambassador, in 1853, very significantly shadowed forth the Imperial designs :—" Turkey was sick —sick unto death " ; —so the Emperor said—and it was necessary to make arrangements betimes for its demise. He would like to come to an understanding with England upon the matter. He did not care about becoming permanent proprietor at Constantinople, but it might be necessary that he should occupy it. The Principalities, with Servia and Bulgaria, might; continue independent States under his protection. '"As to Egypt," the Czar said, " I quite understand the importance to England of that territory. I can, then, only say that if, in the event of the distribution of the Ottoman succession, upon the fail of the , Empire, you should take possession of , Egypt, I shall have no objection to offer. I would say the same thing of Candia j that island mis;ht suit you, and I do not know why it should not \ become an English possession." It is : also worthy of mention that, at the very time these overtures wera being . made to the British representative, . Russia was professing the most pacific intentions, and protesting an anxiety for the maintenance of the integrity of the Turkish Empire. Protestations, therefore, on the part of Russia, must be very guardedly acccepted, aud we ■ must look at the effect of the conces sions which she seeks, rather than at the promises that may accompany them. The present aspect of European complications would apparently furnish an argument to those who favor .an Anglo-French alliance. Unless it were England and France that Russia feared in the execution of her aggressive policy, the present moment would not have been especially favorable for the renewal of her pretensions. But the matter admits of no doubt that Russia deems the moment favorable when France lies powerless, to return to her policy, having for its object sole supremacy in Eastern Europe. There may be no foundation in the assumption that any secret alliance or understanding exists between Russia and Prussia, but subsequent events point to such being the case. It is only reasonable to presume that the late Czar, unsuccessful in his overtures to England, in respect to the partition of Turkey, and alarmed by the very unlooked-for alliance between England and France—two nations who, for centuries,had been regarded and had acted as natural enemies—should have directed overtures to the next formidable power for the furtherance of his policy. The result of this understanding has been the non-inteference of Russia in the wars of Prussia with Denmark, Austria and France, while Russia gained the neutrality of Prussia during the Crimean war, and will probably obtain the benefit of her vote at the London conference, she beiug entitled to be represented as a signatory to the treaty. The powers that will be represented are England, France, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Sardinia, (Italy), and Prussia. In addition to this treaty, England, France and Austria, by a further treaty, jointly and severally guaranteed the integrity and independence of the Ottoman: Empire, and declared that any infraction of the stipulations of the general treaty would be considered by them as a casus belli. To this treaty Italy, it is said, has recently become a party, so that Russia will probably hesitate in renewing her designs in the East. There was a possibility that the terrible disasters sustained by the French armies would induce England, Austria and Italy, to abandon the policy on which they had previously acted, and Prince Gortschakoff connot be greatly censured for feeling the ground,, with a view of ascertaining .what-the policy of thesa Powers would be ; and in having gained their consent to. the re-opening of the question, he has possibly obtained more than he {contemplated without recourse to bloodshed.

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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 768, 26 January 1871, Page 2

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 768, 26 January 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 768, 26 January 1871, Page 2

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