The Press.
London, England, 1858-12-04 00:00:00

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A TENDEA INCIDENT has just occurred at Glasgow
which is worthy of notice, not only in consequence of
the rarity of such an event, but of the agreeable and
satisfactory manner in which it has been brought to
a conclusion. A month ago a gentleman called for
Mr. Douglas, the Justice of Peace Fiscal in Glasgow,
and stated that he wished to be united to a young
Roman Catholic lady, with whom he had eloped from
Ireland. he had courted her, he said, and was
accepted, but in consequence of being a Protestant
the lady's mother refused to consent to the marriage.
As time wore on the young lady suspected that
another match was on the ►spis, in which she was
to play a conspicuous part singularly distasteful to
her ; and, informing her lover of her fears, they
forthwith resolved to get married legally, but on the
sly. The gentleman's carriage was in readiness at
the appointed time for starting, when the► young
lady and her maid, accompanied by ber beloved,
drove off from Kildare, round by Wicklow county,
and thence to Dublin. On being unsuccessful in
their attempt to be made man and wife there they
started for Liverpool, and finally for Glasgow, where
they were informed the thing could be done off-hand.
But in this they were doomed to suffer, if not dis-
appointment, at least delay ; for, although those
useful gentlemen, the justices, can " splice " a couple,
they must have sufficient evidence that the pair have
resided at least twenty-one days in the county. On
the intending bridegroom explaining matters to Mr.
Douglas, that gentleman had reason to believe that
although the lady's father had given chase as far as
Wicklow, where be lost the scent, he had now, in fact,
little or no objection to offer to the match, knowing,
as he did, that his intended son-in.law was a gentle-
man of undoubted character and independent means.
The couple, however, were determined not to go back,
excepting as a married pair, and accordingly a re.
spectabie lodging was procured for the young lady
and her maid, who was her close attendant, in &quiet
retreat in the vicinity of Glasgow, and Saturday last,
being the day when " time was up," was conse-
quently appointed for the happy event, when it took
place in all due form in the Justice of Peace Court-
hall, the justices on the occasion being Mr. David
Smith and Mr. James Craig, before whom the Irish
Corydon and Phillis lovingly appeared and declared
their intense concern to be recognized as man and
wife. This was all. By this declaration the knot
was tied for ever. There was present a fashionable
attendance of ladies on the occasion, who were only
too happy to get a quiet hint of that which was in
progress ; and the happy couple were attended by a
member of one of the first legal houses in the city,
whose duty it was to see that the forms of law were
complied with in every respect. Mr. Douglas stated
he was satisfied there was no circumstance attending
the whole affair that could give rise to the slightest
scandal. After the ceremony had been concluded
Mr. David Smith, a venerable and learned bachelor,
gave a suitable address to the bride, after which the
marriage was duly registered according to the new