The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
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p.RIIhMEyT WILL BE DIssoLVED.

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LONDON. March 19.-The political feature OF
Aria woek has been the nocking OF the Liberal
T-nionists to Westminster at the command OF
the government and the exhortations of their
,,rr leaders. The result has been shown In
tho Increased maiorties obtained by the
aovsrnment. but there has been little ac-
.s,oration OF public business. Balfour has
heen laundering worse than ever. and al
though he has resorted to desperate exredi-
ants they have failed to relieve the conGested
order book OF tho House Of Commons. No
secret Is now made Of the opposition's linton.
uons. Tho Liberals are deliberately and
ayowed!y obstructing business In order TO
compel the Government to announce the date
a, the general election and they are obstruct-
ing efrcc.ually with tho assistance OF Baltour
himself
So clarins has been that gentleman's mis-
management Of the House OF Commons that
some people are inclined to believe that ne Is
counting obstruction. with view to obtaining
a hattie cry in the coming struggle. But the
etpedicnt is poor ono. The cry OF "obstrno-
zion" served we'll enough against the Irish
n,cmhers in tho old days when they were po-
uticsl 1shmaoltes. But the INSTRUCTORS now
Arc tho British Liberals and Irish Nationalist
combined. The country can see that the
House OF Commons is In ludicrous middle.
and the people will not inquire too closely into
the causes thereof. The Government still has
a nominal majority Of over seventy. and II
Il canno, do Its work with that there
must be something radically wrong.
That is the opinion which is rapidly
becoming universal. and the Govern
ment has to reckon with it. Mr.. Balfour will
find that his difficulties will disappear like
magic the moment he plucks up the courage
to announce that Parliament will be dissolved
M soon us the necessary business OF the ses-
sion shall have been completed.
The sentence OF five years. penal servitude
passed upon Mr.. Hastings. NJ. p. last week
served to remind good many people that the
position Of trustee Is an extremely onerous
one and that the laws relating to the office
are very severe. A trustee In this country
must tread warily or he will soon get into
thorny paths. The Hastings case was one OF
deliberate fraud and left little room for sym
pathy except for the four children whose
money he converted to his own use. But this
week two other trustees have been before the
courts who are entitled to considerable COM
miseration and are receiving II.
Years ago Earl Poulett and Mr.. F. r. Knollys
were appointed trustees Of young Lord Ayles-
ford. The sum OF f939.OOO passed through
their hands. and when they came to wind UP
their accounts the sum Of f0s.0O0 was disal-
lowed BY the Court OF Chancery. This techni-
cal deficiency was caused mainly by the trus-
tees paying certain debts Of Lord Aylesford
with which they were not empowered to deal.
and Earl foulett and Nh. Knollys were called
upon to make It good between them. Poor
Knollys. however. became bankrupt and was
not worth legal powder and shot But Earl
Poulett being q peer OF the realm. seemed
fair game. and an order was obtained
against him to pay the sum Of s9a 45S and in
terest to the amount OF $4,000. The Earl did
not pay the money. and yesterday counsel ap-
piled for an order that he be sent to prison In
default. Gross negligence was alleged and
admitted but no imputation OF fraud was
made or suggested. In the course Of the legal
arguments it came out that Earl Pouletts
estates were 80 mortgaged that there WAS
deficiency in the accounts. That is to say.
the rents would not pay the mortgage money.
and the Earl Ii living on money given him by
relatives. which money Is not under his
contro!.
Justice North decided that tho Earl really
could not pay. that there had been no con-
tumacious refusal. and that the case was not
one In which the order should be enforced by
Imprisonment The Earl had pleaded tho
privileges OF Parliament as bar to imprison-
msnt over the civil action. but no decision
was given on that plea. the poverty argument
having been sufficient As Justice North two
or three years ago sent . member Of Parlia-
ment to prison for failing to account for trust
money. Earl Poulett may consider himself
lucky.
His son. viscount Hinton. must have read
the case in the newspapers with sore heart
Hinton is the lord who earns an honest but
not aristocratlc living by grinding an organ In
the street. He was born in wedlock. and Is
legally Viscount Hinton and heir to tho earl
dom. but Earl Poulett has always disclaimed
responsibility for his being. as he entered into
this world three or four weeks after his
mother. n ballet girl was welded to the Earl.
would not get shilling under his reputed
fathers will. but It was supposed that the
family estates which would devolve upon him
would be worth something. 1t must have caused
distinct shock to the perlpatetic Viscount to
read that the rents will not even pay tho
mortgage money. Even his expectations are
no longer marketable. and the attractive
prospective title OF Earl Is of no value to him.
ior Hinton is married to maid Of very low
degree.
Another case exhibiting to common persons
the beautiful family affections OF the British
peerage came before the same Judge yester-
DAY. The Duke Of Sutherland. In addition to
MS large property in Scotland enjoys life
ownership OF Trentham Park. In England.
abeautiful estate consisting OF 1900 acres.
producing rental OF 100000 year: but
having married second wife. his expenses
nave increased and he has been lately adding
70 his ducal income by cutting down trees on
the Irentham estate and selling the tim
Dor. The Marquis OF Stafford. his eldest son.
having Intellectually demonstrated. brought an
action in chancery against tho Duke. The
MARQUIS maintained that his father was vast.
lng MS sons prospective property. as the trees
cut down or marked for destruction were orna-
mental trees with which the tenant for life had
no right to interfere.
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