TKOUBLh.B IN HIGH LIFE

Manawatu Herald, 16 November 1880, Page 3

TKOUBLh.B IN HIGH LIFE

A London correspondent of a con temporary records the following : — The social news of the past fortnight has been a daily record of balls, garden parties, and festivities. The season is rapidly drawing to a close. and Rotten Row is a wreck of i's former self. Probably tho greatest event among the " Upper Tea " was the bachelors' ball at Kensington House, the mansion built by Baron Grant. Such a remarkable scene of beauty, gaiety, and decoration has rarely been witnessed in the records of l-.nglish folly. The newspapers have mentioned a singular circumstance in connection with that bail. -A i' well-known countess who was present, and who wore about £5000 wmth of jewellery, returned home after the night's enjoyment, and being fatigued, left her jewels on her dressing table, without restoring them to the family safe A few hours afterwords her treasures were found to be missing. Jiut people do say that this ie all Hague, lhe lady's husband is notoriously impecunious. He has got through a fortune of between* one and two millions sterling, and ' nearly £20,000 a year, and there are whispers that my lady has sent her diamonds to her " uncle.'' Lord Malmesbnry has also added to the scandal of the town. His nepli9w, Lord Ossulstog, who is staying in Germany, and who is quite a boy, fell in love with an American widow. The noble earl went off to Germany to break off the match, and succoedud in doing so to the extent of himself" falling in love w*th the widow. He presented her with many jewels. She hesitated to marry him because of a short period having only elapsed since the death of her first husband ; but when pressed to be wed, she confessed that fche had already married Colonel Kingscote, whose name was recently before the public in connection with the Bnller scandal. The worst remains behind, for the quondam widow declines to return the earl his presents, though the latter are said to include the family jewels. Lord Malmesbury is 73 years of age, an ox- Cabinet tVjnister, and has made himself ridiculous to the public by having written to his heir~presumpiiye announcing his intention to getmarried, but stating that he would recompense him for the disappointment that would arise !