The World.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2203, 21 August 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

The World.

[Tiik following paragraphs are extracted from tho London society papers and other journals.] Otf his accession to office as Grand Mark Master in July the Prince of Wales will appoint Lord Kintore, Lord Egerton of Tatton, the Duke of Connaught, and Lord Kilmorey to the four principal subordinate posts. An American editor in Essex County, Mass., offers his paper free for a year to all who marry between now and December. Doubtless, he looks to the future progeny for his reward. The Danes are curious people. The Speaker of their House of Commons has just celebrated his silver- wedding with great ulat — in prison. Judging from all accounts he seems to have had quite as good a time as if he had been a free man. Madame Christine Nilsson is going to marry the father" of her adopted daughter. The relationship will be rather complicated, but those who know Mdme. Nilsson will not express auy surprise that she should continue to be eccentric in her love affairs. The diocesan memorial to Bishop I* 1 rase r is to take the form of a chapel off the south aisle of Manchester Cathedral, in which there will be an alter tomb, surmounted by a life-sized recumbent effigy of the lamented prelate. Someone has been complaining of railway carriages and the people whom he meets in them. He suggests that carriages should be set apart for tach particular frame of mmd — talkers, nontalkers, card-players, and so on. The plan would be very pleasant if — like many others — it could be carried out. The topical question in the Parisian papers last week was of course about the Grand Prix and Fred Archer. I see that Gil Jilt a avowed openly that Fred was carried away by a high -titled lady to London on the very night of the Grand Prix, and that the railway saloon was simply loaded with flowers and tautHes. Gil Bias added that this lady is madly in love with Fred, and wishes to wed him at once. The famous Hereford bull, Lord Wilton, died last week at Jjuinthall, near Lndlow. He belonged, during the greater part of his life, to the late Mr Carwardiue, who took prizps with him at almost every show in England, and who was said to have cleared .nearly L 37.000 by him. On the dispersion of the Srocktonbury herd, after the death of Mr Carwardine, Lord Wilton was sold for L-3,800 to Yieesrs Fenn and Judge, of Downton, who will be heavy losers by his death. We are a great and progressive country in military matters. The wholo of Eurrpe is armed with better rifles than are in tho haud.s of our men, and every great nation is gradually giving repeating rifles to their corps d'elite. Meanwhilo we, not to be behindhand, have manufactured 1,006 of the new Martini rifles, which are to be issued us an experiment for six weeks. With any luck, in about another twenty years' time, we shalljbegtn to consider the question of repeating rifles ! I hear that the Queen is desirous of arranging a marriage between Prince Henry ot Prussia, the second son of the Crowu Prince of German}', and the Princess Irene of Hesse, third daughter of the Grand Duke. Prince Henry, who is an officer in the German Navy, was born in 1862, and the Princess will be twenty next month. Prince Henry is a favourite with the Queen, who made him G.C.B. when he visited her at Osbornesome time back. The project does not meet with the approval of some of the most powerlul personage at the Court of Berlin, who would prefer that the Prince should marry the Princess Alexandra of AnhaltDessau. The approaching marriages of Miss Miirrcia Lime- Fox to Lord Yarborough, and of Lady Maud Ogilvie to an Ameri can settler, seemed to afford a staple subject for talk at Ascot. On the death of Lord Conyers, his titlf (which once went with the Dukedom of Lnod.«) goes into abeyance '* between " hi* daughters, and the present rnarrisiyro improves the chance-, of Miss Violet Lane- Fox, whoiseo-heire-s to Lord Couyeis' larjre forthne, ultimately succeuling to it. Lord Yarbnrough is already the happy possessor of an income of £80,000, find his wife will ultimately inherit, another -C' 20.000 a year. Lady Mind Ogilvie went out to solace her brother in the solitude of his rauche, and found :i husband in tho Far We»t. Thp Dowagor Lady Airlie crosses tho Atlantic to be present at the marriage. Resignation, which usually follows a signal defeat of her Majesty's Ministers, would not have met tho exigences of the situation. Dissolution was imperative, and we Conservatives ought to be thankful for an opportunity of appealing again to the country while the unfulfilled pledges of Mr Gladstone's unscrupulous band aie still fresh in tin* memory of the misguided electors. The Radical majority with which the expiring Parliament opened was obtained by false pretences from the agricultural labourers, who were swindled out of their votes by the promise of three acres and a cow. They will be able to testify by their action at the forthcoming election whether the concessions which the Radicals were going to obtain for them have ameliorated their condition, or whether they are now satisfied that they were told wilful falsehoods. The scene after the vote on the Home Rule Bill quits throws into the shade anything that has occurred in the House within the memory of living man. Mr Ashnifad - Burtlett was .sacrilegiously called a " tin-pot militiaman ;" such words as liar, thief, and scoundrel were freely bandied, and fitts (same not too cleanly) were shaken in tho face of Mr Chamberlain Mr Scdger-Hunt was tho subject" of actual assault and battery, and Lord Harrington's waistcoat was torn in the mrlt'c. At one time a free flight seemed inevitable. The cheers and counter-cheers were taken up by the spectators ; a mob of all sorts and conditions of men took possession of the outer lobby, where Lord Hartingten (somowhat ruffled by his experience inside) received an oration ; and amongst the distinguished visitors sat tranquilly the " Autocrat of the Breakfast T.iblo," who talked plersantly to the diplomatists till M. de fttaal claimed his place.

Sruii'.onoiifiii Aquarium, which cost LI 00,000 only a few years ago, has been sold for L 4.500. Poon Artj.mu* Ward !— ln our day there has been no more delightful humourist. When lie died, the Press of England and America was tilled with tributes to his memory. In New York a meeting of newspaper folk was held, at which it was resolved that his memory should really and truly be perpetuated. The manner in which this was done is amusingly told in the following letter :—: — " A few summers since I passed a week's vacation at Waterford, Maine, and during my visit, went to the village graveyard, te view the final resting-place of Artemus Ward. With some trouble I found the grave, there being nothing but the plain white slab to distinguish it from_ many similar ones around. While thinking and wondering that no monument had ever been erected to the humourist, a countryman approached, to whom I said ' My friend, can you tell me why it is thai Artemus never has had a monument erected to his memory ?' l Well, stranger, I giujss I kin,' was the reply. ' Yon see, art«T Ailcnuis died, three or four hundred printer tellows down to New York got together and passed some beautiful resolutions, saying that Artemus should have a monument, and they would pay tor it thru .md thrro : and then they took up a collection, which amounted to twenty dollars and sixty cents, so I'm told ; and since then this town hain't seen either monument or money ; but, stranger, tic did get a u»i>y of the tcsoluHorn ." " I