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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 13 July 1872, Page 3

♦ A late English paper says" l The Countess of Loudoun, sister to the Marquis of Hastings, furnishes a notable instance of what a good, clever, resolute woman may do to redeem the honour of her family. When her brother died his all airs were in a desperate condition, but the wreck of the property passed to her. She had long foreseen what must happen and by careful living had provided for the contingency. With her savings she managed to buy in a considerable portion of the estate including "Donnington Hall, the family seat and before three years were over had paid off every farthing of her brothers' debts. When Lord Hastings' affairs were in extremis, his cousin, Lord Bute, very kindly bought his Scottish property, Loudoun Castle, with the understanding that, when the Hastings family could afford to re-purchase it, they should have it at the price he had paid. This also Lady Loudoun has now managed to redeem. A recent " Gazette" announces that the Queen has terminated in this lady's favor the abeyance existing in relation to the four seperate baronies of Botreaux,Hungerford,DeMoleyns, and Hastings. This will give her son, when he succeeds her, a seat in the House of Lords. These baronies are among the most ancient." .Royal Victoria Yacht Club.—We have reason to believe that at the regatta of this club, in August next, a cup of the value of 500 guineas, which has already been subscribed, will be sailed for by yachts belonging to the club, and it is stated that the course will be from Ryde, round the Eddystone Light, and back to Ryde.—" The Field."