The result of the elections in Bulgaria is not yet
known, but it is stated that the majority for the Prince is " only too com- plete." The violence of his opponents, therefore, increases, and he is accused of having terrorised the electors, of having ordered petitioners to be beaten, and of having compelled Mussulmans to abstain from voting, the last, as we know, a pure invention. The Mussulmans left in the State are to a man for the Prince, the Ministry having refused to allow their candidates to be elected. The Prince has had an inter- view with the correspondent of the Standard, in which he explains his views in a very frank manner. There is, he says, no Government in the country, and the representatives, for want of material, cannot create one. He accuses the Ministry of wilfully traducing him, representing, for instance, that his expenditure caused the taxes, of falsifying elections, and of refusing justice. He claims, therefore, " a Septennate," during which he will himself rule, but will consult the Assembly about taxation, and will prepare a constitution, "possibly like that of Germany." He denies indignantly that he has had any insti- gation from without, or any advice, except to abstain from abdication. Judged by his speech, he is a truthful, bold man, competent to govern, but expecting a little too much efficiency from inexperienced agents, and too impatient of delays. The vote of the Grand Assembly will not be taken till Wednesday week, July 13th.
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