Whan two old people desire to spend their few re maining years together,what are they todo? If Sir Edward and Mrs Ingram had lived together without getting married there would have been just as great a scandal as there is concerning their marrying. "Of course the money must bo the attraction," says Mrs Candour. But I don't feel sure of that either ; Sir Edward Watkin has considerable means already. His directors' fees amount to several thousand perannum, apart from what ho possesses privately. Besides, Sir Edward is 76, and a man doesn't marry for money with one leg in the grave. The Parnell-O'Shea Settlement. A good many incorrect statements have appeared concerning the terms of the settle ment in this famous case. It was not, how ever, till Sunday last, when ' Tay Pay ' (authorised by Mrs Parneil) disclosed the actual facts, that tho truth transpired. Condensed the story runs thus : — Mrs Wood, the testatrix, was the wife of the famous Radical alderman who figured ao prominently in some of the tempestuous scenes of the early part of the century. She was a Miss Mitchell. She was a woman of considerable intellectual powers, and of large culture. In her youth she had travelled a good deal; was in Lisbon at the time of the threatened French invasion of Portugal, and had to return to England in a British man-of-war. She spoke French well, and one of her amusements was to recite French verse, which she did with considerable effectiveness. She was possessed uf large means. In her marriage settlement, £50,000 was settled upon her, and as she had no children, all this money came to her exclusively. In addition she was left £90,000 by her husband, and she possessed some freehold property in Gloucestershire and Suffolk, which i 3 worth something like £8,000 to £10,000. She was very generous to her rela tives. But a few years ago an attempt was made to take proceedings against her, and we believe that Sir Andrew Clarke went down to see her. His conviction that she was perfectly sane was one of the causes that led to the abandonment of the proceeding?. 