Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15
ELECTIONS IN IRELAND.
How Far Chief Secretary Morley Can G.
Under the Law.

who lad been imprisoned for contempt
Of court by defying the decision of
judge on u question of eviction. Mr..
Morley has gone the whole length the
law allows him in releasing this pris.
oner. Asked ii lie would refuse to aid
the police in elGecting evictions in Ire
land, Mr.. Morley said that he had been
warned that he was bound by law to
assent to officers assisting sheriff in
carrying out evictions. If he refused to
give such assent, then the Irish Unionists
would indict him for breach Of the law.
The convention OF the Trades Con
gress, now in session at Glasgow, is the
biggest meeting that that body has ever
held. There are in attendance 459 dele
gates. representing l,210,034 members.
The convention is attracting little in
terest, and much of the proceedings
verge on, the farcical. A noted delegate,
Mr. William Abraham, a working col
lier and copper smelter of Wales, who
represents Rhondda in the House of
Commons, volunteered to relieve the
dizziness of the debate at one Of the SEES
Siuns by singing a song. The offer was
grasped by the wcaried delegates, and,
amid loud acclaims, Mr.. Abraham, who
is a Welsh "Bard," and is commonly
known in his constituency by his Bard
name, "Mabon," rendered with good
effect in the Welsh tongue "Thc Men of
llarlech. This innovation in the pro.
cCedings was great success, the mem.
beers of the Congress enthusiastically
applauding the yocalistic efforts of Mr..
Abraham and vociferously demanding
All encore. The political influence &C.
corded the Congress seems to be lessen
ing.
The failure of the House and Land
Investment Trust, Limited, announced
to-day, is part of a series of gigantic
bank and building suspensions now in
vOlying liabilities approXimating
i6,0OO000. Tho first failure announced
in this series was that of the London
and General Land, Limited, the next
that of the Liberal Permanent Building
and Investment Society, and now comes
the suspension of the House and Land
Investment Trust. The nominal capital
of each Of these concerns does not rep.
resent anything approaching the liabili-
ties, The money which they owe is
chiefly due To depositors aud investors,
who had been induced to participate in
the affairs of the concerns by the allur.
ing high rate Of interest which they
offered. The liabilities of the London
and General Bank are roughly estimated
at flOO0,0OO; those of the Liberal
Society at E2,O00,0O0, and those Of the
House and Land Trust at 100000
Another great building and bank
society is involved in serious fnan-
cial difficulties, but its suspension
has not yet been announced. The
collapse Of this concern will shake
the whole building society sys-
TEN in Great Britain. A run occurred
to-day on the oldest and most prominent
bank in London, the Associated Work
mems Building Fund. The suspension
must also affect the general financial
| position. IL is singular fact that the
crisis causes no panic or scare. The
limited building bank investors are all
| small capitalists, whose life savings are
swept away, or are imperilcd, by the
| failure of the concerns to which they
have entrusted their money. The losses
| which led TO the suspensions are chiefly
| traceablc to iniudicious shrinkage in
| land blocks. So far, no suspicion of
malversation attaches to the directors of
any of the ruined companies, although
| the shareholders charge them with con
ccaling the true position OF the institu-
lions. Thus Il shareholder in the house
and land investment trust, after re-
| peated applications to be allowed to
withdraw his money, to-day got circu.
lar dated September 3D., announcing the
trusts suspension. Although haute
finance in the meantime is unaffected
the widespread ruin brought on small
investors by these disasters must soon
cause strain upon the big bank.
General Anderson, of Cincinnati, o..
is lying critically i'll At Lucerne. lie is
suffering from an internal tum0r. Ills
4 son, Larl Anderson, second secretary OF
\ the American Legation in London, has
been summoned 20 the generals bed
side, so that he might be with him in
his last moments in the event of fata
termination of his illness.
Mr.. Glndstone's address, which was
read before the Oriental Congress in thi.
city, has been hailed as a wondrous
proof of the new Premier's energy ant
industry The manuscript covers 5000
words, all in his own writing. Every
extract and reference contained in the
address was made by himself, and the
address was chiefly compiled during tho
progress Of the late general election.
The race week at Doncaster, which
includes the great st. Leger stakes
lacked its usual social brilliancy.
Many Of the leading country families
were absent, or were only thinly repre-
scented. The largest party which at
tended the meeting was that of the
Duke of Portland, at Wclbeck Abbey
1t included the Duke of Cambridge, the
Duke of Westminster, the Duke OIL
Beaufort, Earl and Countess Cadogan
the Earl Of Enniskillcn and Lord Ran
dolph Churchill The party Of Lord
Houghton, at Fryston Hall, comprised
the Duke of Deyunshire, the Duke anC
Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Londonderry and The
Earl of Chesterfield.
The Duke of Connaught and Prince
Henry of Battcnburg shot five stays il
one day recently while stalking in tn,
Queens Forest.
The Queen will present unique wed
ding present TO Princess Marie, daughter
of the Duke of Edinburg, on the occa
sion of her marriage in October to Prince
Ferdinand, the heir apparent to th,
throne of Roumania. The gift is
pleasure barge fashioned in the form o
q swan. The neck and head form til,
PROV, which is Is feet in height. Thu
body forms the cabin, and the feet ar,
employed in propelling the beautiful
craft.
DIR. Pierson of Philadelphia, who Off
ciated in Mr.. Surgeons pulpit in tn,
Metropolitan Tabernacle during tn,
latter's final illness and who later actet
in the same capacity, has heen finally
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