WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3150, 2 August 1881, Page 3

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

A marriage is" announced as having been arranged between Mr Gordon Bennett, the millionaire and proprietor of the New York Herald, and well-known for his hospitality and sporting tastes afc Melton, and Mdlle. Bonaparte, daughter of Pierre Bonaparte, who has resided nearly all his life in retirement in the south of France. The marriage of Miss Jerome, sister to Lady Randolph Churchill, to Mr Erewen will take phfce in the course of the summer, probably in tbe month of June. A very sad event occurred at Ipswich on Saturday last. Lady Dv Cane, whose eldest son is in the militia, and has been drilling there since Easter, came down to nurse him through a very serious lingering attack of congestion of the lungs. On being told by his medical advisers that the case must eventually prove hopeless, and was but a matter of time, the poor lady said, " I cannot live, I shall die too ; " sank into a sort of collapse, and actually expired on Saturday morning without any apparent disease or immediate cause for death, except a broken heart. The Baroness Burdetfc-Coutt's sappirre, as everyone knows, has been found. A housemaid in the Palace, with a long brush, extricated il from its retreat under a waterpipe which runs along the corridor leading from the carriage entree to the cloakroom. I hear thafc the authorities afc the Palace, being anxious to have the matter fully explained, requested the Baroness to inspect the place, and that her ladyship on doing so expressed herself satisfied thafc the brooch}, on becoming detached from her dress, haS been swept aside by the train into the nook where ifc was found. The fact that the Palace is swept once a week explains the disappearance of the jewel till Tuesday in last week. Her Majesty, who was much interested in the matter, was the first to bo informed by telegram of the recovery of the jewel. Two old acquaintances have recently met under very changed circumstances in St. Petersburg. In the spring of 1878, Count Ignatief. and Revof Pasha journeyed together from Constantinople, the bearers to Alexander 11. of the recently-signed Treaty of San Stefano. A fortnight ago the two former diplomatists once more travelled together to present themselves to another Czar of Russia. In the meanwhile both fche Emperor Alexander 11. and the Treaty of San Stefano have ceased to influence the world's history. Revof Pasha in his full military dress wears some very high boots. Being aboufc to be presented to the Emperor, he gave the Russian palace attendant very particular instructions as to the cleaning of his favourite pair, aiding his broken language by gesticulations with a knife to point, the line beyond which the blacking should not go. The servant retired with the boots, and shortly returned them with a smile, having carefully cut off the tops afc the lino indicated by the Pasha's knife. The poor Turk was in such extremity that lie narrowly escaped presenting himself to his Majesty in the slippers of his ancestors. Chester races are dying out, so says everybody ; and I suppose such is the fact; but there is one thing thafc will take a deal of killing, and that is the Wynnstay party. Ifc was in great force last week. Sir Wafckin was looking as well as his besfc friends could wish to see him, and his guests were in great form. "The Mate "' was the life and soul of the circle, I hear, particularly after he had won the Cup. He made matches with his old antagonist, Mr Alexander — matches thafc will duly come off, I believe : but there is to be no cruelty to animals, let us hope, this year. Sir John has bought Peter, by fche way, and rumor says £6,000 was fche price. Gambling has a dangerous fascination for even our naval officers, as some aro willing to admit, more in sorrow than in anger. On one of the foreign stations it is whispered thafc an officer of fche ilagship became so embarrassed by giving way to gambling, thafc he found ifc desirable to seek leave to return home. But; a communicative friend took upon himself to explain matters to the Commander-in-Chief, who in his turn sent a statement of the facts to Whitehall, so that an unfortunate beginning by fche speculative officer is likely to have a still more unfortunate ending. A curious bet illustrating the glorious uncertainty of whist was made afc the Whist Club last week. A player on taking his seat bet an adversary, who had been in very bad luck lately, £200 tp £5 that ho would not win e\% nibboi'3 in succession, This, how«

ever, he succeeded in doing, and netted altogether £270.