The World.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2200, 14 August 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

The World.

j^iiE following pM<if|aph«>mKtxtructod from the Lonjffim aobiety papers and other journals*! jf> " J| * I understand thaVllccordfig to p recent arrangement*, the Queen will arrive in Edinburgh from O9b.orAe.Qß, the monuag of Tuesday, August 24, nnd her M'ijeaty, . who. in to bo «cooinpani«d/ by* tKe Duke iao'd Duchesn" of Oonnattght, Princess Beatrice, and Prince. .Houry .of Batten.. "berg, will remain nt Holyrood Palace till late pn Thursday night, the 25tb, when sho will proceed to Bolmora.l. Tho Princess Victoria of Teck, who is as charming as «ho in pretty, had juht forwarded it parcel of hpr childhood's toys to the East London Hospital for children. This putting away* of childish things sccmn to confirm the rumour that the young Princess will shortly havo more important matters to occupy he thoughts. t)r Holmes will devoto the greater pnrt of July and August to a tour in France, Italy und Germany. Ho will return to Boston in September. I am glad to hear that Mr J. L- Tolo is improving 1 . For tho last ton dayn he has hud a desperate attack of gout in both feet and both knees, and finally in one of his hands. But ho in getting better. A farmer's nephew in Lancashire recently eloped with the farmer's wife. The aggrieved husband promptly had the young man arrested on the extraordinary charge of horse-stealing. A member of a Kansas firm of horsedealers has just purchased fifty-six Clydesdale stallions for £15,000 from Mr Riddell, the owner of the famous Blackhall stud in Renfrewshire. He has also bought a number of French horses tor exportation to America. James McNeill Whistler is a man that I, to a certain extent, believe in ; at the same time I think that a body which distinctively calls itself the Society of British Artists did a most inappropriate thfugr in electing an American as its president. Mauve, seems a favourite colour this season, and was patronised by the Princess of Wales at the State Ball, when ■he wore a 1 ovely dress of mauve Terry relvet and tulle intermixed' with silver, and looped with bouquet* of mauve lilac I and pi nk roses. The experiment is being tried at the Queen's Flemish farm, in Windsor park, of blending' the Norsh t)evon cattle wtyli the Somerset Devon breed, so as to combine the merits of both descriptions. The Royal herd was established by the Prince Consort just thirty years ago. Yet another wedding at S t Peter's Vere -street.' A hundred years with but one, and then three in less than fix months. First the marriage on Colom-1 Ellin's daughter, then that of Lord Sixffield's daughter, and last Wedne-Jiy that of Lady Emily FUzinauriee wirh Colonel the Hon. Everard Digby. Mr Pago Roberts has certainly g.ithert'd around him one of tho mo ->t in 1 , ere -1 ing congregations in London. There can be no doubt but tint Cheltenham is looking up a-* a hfulth reoorf. In 1885 some fifty-two gsillon* of the Montpellier Spa waters were n»n«u-.ut;d. Already this year over a hundred gallons were taken. I am not surprised nt. thi.>. The waters aro equal to those obtained at any foreign spring. Cheltenham is much more easily reachi/d tlmu any of the continental health-giving towns,. and, in addition, is a very pleasant and pretty place. Lieutenant Greely is a humourist. An ! American girl was pestering his life out j with questions concerning the manners and customs of the Esquimaux, and finally asked whether they knew anything of modem civilisation and improvements. "Certainly,," replied the traveller ; " when Franklin visited them the greatest ddicicy hi? could offer thorn to eat was a tttllow candle ; now they are not satisfied unless you give them gas «iud th»> electric light." Mr Gludstonu intends to advise the Queen to confer a peerage upon Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of GairJooh, who is married to an elder sister of Lady Granville, and who has twice twice unsuccessfully contested the county of Ivorne-s in the Liberal interest. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie* owns l.irjre estates both in Ro>s-shire and I vern ens-shire, find the aberrations of the crofters aud their friends are driving him rapidly towards the Conservative r.inks. So the history of the Egyptian campaign of 1884-85, is to be written, and the duty of writing it is to devolve upon Lieut. -Col. Colville, Grenadier Guards. This must be considered a good choice ; for not only is Colonel Colville a man eminently fitted to do the work creditably, but he has all the details at hi* fingers' ends, having Deen head of the Intelligence Department in Egypt for some time past. ' Soldiers are to be allowed to smoke in the streets after six o'clock in summer and five in winter. This order has been issued in the hope that, if the men are allowed to have their pipes in the streets, they will not be driven into the drinking dens which are the curse of every garrison town If the innovation effects this, the order will be the most beneficial that has bee*n issued for many years, but I am afraid it will not. Once more I regret to say that the young Prin&esses wore, of the performanoe of " Not at Home," soiled and crumpled dresses of cream muslin and lace, with little capes of ermine, which had seen better days, on their shoulders. It in economy or carelessness that turn? them out in such an extraordinary fashion ? It is, however, agreeable to be able to record that the Princess Louise of Wales had a fresh and pretty new frock on at the State Ball on Wednesday night. The marriage of President Cleveland with Miss FoNom whh solemnised much sooner than was generally expected, and the American press appears quite at a loss to understand why this should have been the case. A few days ago I accidentally came across the announcement that Mies FolsOtn's grandfather died on May 19, and by hi 3 death the young lady will come into a fortune of £ 1 00,000. Probably the intelligence of the old gentleman's demise may have had someI thing to do in precipitating the matrimonial intentions of the President. Madame Patti arrived in London on Friday night, and found awaiting her on j her table several pale blue velvet boxes from Lady and Mr Alfred de Rothschild, I tho first one containing a brooch about four inches long, representing two large pansies in white brilliants, with nine big blood-red rubies in it ; heart all diamonds, and a large ruby in the middle, goes with the brooch ; a cigar-box of violet leather, with an inch- wide gold frame, and on one side, '? M. Ernest Nicolini," on the other, '•From Mr Alfred de Rothschild," both names all in diamonds and rubies ; aad sundry other trifles in gold and silver. The beautiful lake at Clumber park, the Duke of Newcastle's place in Notts, was recently drained, and the fish were driven into the extensive darns which adjoin it. The lake has been re-filled and the fish have been restored to their old quarters. About 12,000 pike were pitt back, and several thousands of carp and eels. Many of the pike were very large, some of them weighing 401b. There were shoals of tench and perch, jind the carp were also of immense size. Clumber lake had not been disturbed for two hundred years, so it is probable that many of the pike and carp have attained a patriarchal age. The biggest fish were carried by the keepers in their arms, and those under 301b were conveyed in tanks. The chief features of tho Queen's Bail were the presence in force of Colonists and Indian celebrities, the debut of muny new Ministers and officials, and the general ignoring of the House of Commons in the issue of the invitations. The rooms wore much less crawded th.m usual. Tho fight fot supper was most unseemly for guests at the Royal Palace. However, for pushing, squeezing-, and struggling, no one could he.it a poitly English matron protected by a burly gentleman in Militia uniform. TVy certainly went to bnjoy

themselves at Buckingham Palace, and, when once established at the buffet, went steadily^on till nature was satisfied, and then bojWW, to bwL, nud .perclmaoo to dream. Q *,