The morning call., 1892-01-02
A VITAL CONTEST.
Party Strength Being Tested in
England,
The Coming Election for q Parliamentary
Seat From Lancashire.
Vacancy In The G0YeTnoFShip Of Windsor
Castle-A Princes SuCCeSS0T-Tbe
Dublin Caste Explosion.
Coryrikhted. 1892. 1y the New York Associated
Press

LONDON, Jan. No bye-eIection dur
ing. the existence Of the present Govern
urnt, has approached in interest and vital
Importance the coming contest for the
.Rosseudale seat, vacated by Lord HaTting-
ton. Both parties. fully alive TO the fact
tEat the loss Of the seat will be accepted
throughout the country as almost decisive
test Of the fate Of the Ministry in the COM
Ing election, will strain their resources in
money. and local influence and be alert in
the use Of every known electioneering art
:. In order to compass triumph. Lord Hart
ingtOn held the seat partly through his
family interest, parity on account Of per
sonal popularity and partly as a UniOnist
The result Of the vote Will decide whether
the electorate, which is fairly representative
of the whole Of Lancashire. is On purely po-
litlcal grounds Gladstonian or Dissi-
dent. Sir Thomas Brooke, the Dissi-
dent candidate, is Lord Hartington's
own choice The Gladstoniln candidate is
Mr.. MAIDEN. young and fluent speaker.
IL reality the Unionists dread the issue.
having disclosed a surprising G,adstonian
bias. Victor Cavendish, who will succeed
70 the dukedam of D5y0nshire if Lord
Harrington does not marry, and who was
recently elected without opposition to the
West Derby seat vacated by the death of
his father, Lord Edward CaYandish, was
the first nominee for the Rlssendale seat,
lut his youth and the danger Of risking his
present seat led 10 the withdrawal OF his
name. The report that the new Duke viii
now marry the Dowager-Duchess Of Man
chester IS discTedted IN his own circle.
THE DUBLIN EXPLOSION.
The explosion at Dublin Castle yesterday
led 10 areyival OF tile reports ,hat Feaianism
is again IN active force. An American en-
isssry is said TO be reorganizing country
circles and centerS. The McCarthyites have
attributed the Tegr0wth Of secret societies TO
tae prompting Of the Parnellites, but no
prominent PaUne.lte is known to be assO-
ciated In the movement Regarding the
cause Of the explosion there IS no official de-
CsiOn. The W0Tkmen who were repairing
the rooms are suspected. because tley were
refused holiday yesterday. The balance
Of official opinion remains entirely against
tie theory OF a serious plot
Nj. Hastings, Mp, was again brought
before the court IN Bow street to-day on a
charge Of fraud. Damaging evidence from
his own diary was produced TO contradict
his defense tDat he never intended 70 evade
Justice. MI Hastings, who, in appearance
has gca ten years since Lls arrest Was re-
manded without bail
VACANT sISECURE.
The death Of Prince Victor Of Hohenlohe-
-IaugenbuTg leaves vacancy in the gov
eTn0rsAjp Of Windsor Castle, which position
IS destined for another needy German
prnceiiug. The court circle is interested in
the position of the decedsed's children.
When he married Miss Seymour the Queen
refused to recognize his wife as a princess.
but the two were admitted 10 court as
Count and Countess GieIchen. Similarly
when the Duke OF RichmJud's sister married
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, they
were only recognized as Count and
Countess Dernburg. The marriage of
Princess Beatrice 70 Prince Henry
OF Batteuberg obliged the Queen
10 cO1cede 10 the wives OF Prince Victor OF
Notwithstanding and Prince Edward
Of SsXe-W WeimaT the rank Of pTincesseS,
with the privilege of standing 10 the line
behind the royalties a. receptions. The
question now arises as to what position the
children will take. The children Of Prince
Henry Of Battenberg take his own rank.
and it is cOutended that tie children Of
Prince Victor succeed 10 the privilege Of
their father The Queens New Year
gifts 10 the needy servants Of Windsor
Castle, Osborne House, and other royal
domains consisted Of beef, clothing and
coal
Princess Victoria Of Hawaii, who has
been educated In England, viii % 10 Welies-
ley College, near Boston, 10 flush her edu-
cation.