The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

AN ELOPEMENT EXTEAORDINARY.

(From the Bouth,!,Eastern Gazette of yesterday.)
At about three,o'clock.oa Sunday moeteefiti as the mail
man was enfeedfig Canterbury ere 'the; -14evesterade- he
Observed a cloakts standing by the etideeof the path,
immediate opposite the end hoese of Barton-terrace, on
the opposite side of the road. There was something on
the path, but it was not sufficietitli light at the time to
enable him to see what it.was, as lie. quickly drove past:
He told the police of-the circumstance, and Inspectors'
Spratt and Dield esset to the spot indicated There they
feund a donkey, :iedearet inrelereha hedge were
two young feuial • , :pt up in foreign t revolting dresses, -
with-the hoods their heads. and eheer side stood
a:large home- e a carpet Inv.z,zifil"47Skye terrier
dog. s There e • • ,e 0 gentletze:k's Aets, but no signe
of any ma'.e cones,-le could be seen. ,Iteruiseer to that
police the your said thsyliad arrived f..om the'
c.mtineet, and n to visit a beefier'at Tunbridge,
bat reaching Coo eeve -- too' late oe tecePi•efious evening
to obtain areozernotiethei at an hotel, they, bad resolved
to
_remain at the outskirts of the cite they
eiteht. On
the previous day they stopped at Ewell, near Dover. The
police left the fair travellers to their own reflections,
'aS, although they considered it very -el Fatigeethe.re did not
Aip ispear euyeeseerhstatice connected, with them of a suffi.
!-::ctently tApket-Mee
nature to calUi'dr deer interference.
Tbelespoefer bulls:ern el a somewseet. neeelsnotiou of the
,ohj et)e)r-ltfiiit'Yelelliaf ladies: • eleeeaid he thought that
religioes,feeetice who travel the
!-6 )tetry,!"o4! '4,:frt r werer" Melt i ney-kyllg ri aa age to
C eatetietteeef'fere-eteae-e,pelOse in the
i CAtiedral± Upon thinking the matter over, and-
e:,o c iretie:Oarice to one ore we parties, a reference
was bade to the Aiteertitiries &defins °Lithe :Theta, when ,
the mystery was solved, for an advereispiesenle in the well
known second eteutnn, effel4l7!-! a 'reward of £lOO, stated
that to o young ladies had left-the!OlOale since-Thursday,
the 30th ult.; and were -sepposed to ele'ln London. The
fellowting!clespejptione yrere given One aged
19, light hair, dressed irea. blueii44 ales areas, with three
11 emees, white on the borders and white friliere, fancy
-straw bonnet trite:need with bebieferitifik rtesilbUds inside
—usually wore a black velvet rouleau oveeetier hair in
front; the other aged iG, light belle 'dressed* In a black
silk go vvneetvith - three fleet-Pees, with green stripes, is
-small brown straw hat, witlefeether; and a fall of lace."
I Teis description answering in- every particular to the
parties encamped in the New-road. the police immediately
had theM rernov6d:te a place of safety, while they comma-
nicated to the firm 'mentioned en. the advertisement. A.
•telegraphie message was received in reply, -stating that
they were in the country, but would.beienfeenterbury• by
the first train on Monday mernieee,.§.iectellaeir detention
the-youngladies,hay.e secinded therneeives,,in their bed-
room, observing that they were unwell. They are repre.
tented asebeiug tine looking , 'deed evidently well
' brought tip; being eequainted with the French and Ger-
man languages: Oa Monday morning, -the-Mayor and
several Of the magistrates wept to-the station-house; to
which the young ladies had- been removed, and were
ushered into the psivate reproof the superintendent. The
ladies at once admitted that they.wcre ;the parties re-
ferred to in the advertisement, bat that they were not
sisters, although distantly related to -each whet-.
They stated that their names were Lewis ;and Webber,
but deeLned giving their address. Subsequently, it
was elicited that their friends resided at St. Leonard's
and-Colchester, andthat family differences.- and "other
causes," had led them to leave their hoPies, and pro-
ceed to France, from which place they had just returned ,'f
and' had been travelling almost nfeliteand.'day since the
30th ult.- There is no doubt that the sequel ;will' prove in
.
thie, as in many other cases, •' that the course of true love
never runs smooth." Much interest, was manifested in

this affair, and the police station wa&healeged by persons
anxious to catch -.a glance at Alicse young ladies of the
torn ant le-school.
The Kentig Gozeve hisSa narratiye, aireeing essentially
with the abOve. "It appears," says our
.cotemporary,
" that the father of the young . ladies (s,sters we believe
them to be, though they deny it) is au officer in the navy,
and that they had lived atifome "WWI 00%4i-other-in-law.
This .hOme, which is at Lesnard'S, ,My,,left and fled to
France, whm3l after staying a time,'they 'Came here on
Saturday-last ; And the better to preserve themselves
incog., one wag,dressedi4 a Menial) acif-a4c(rvatit to the
other, and both pissed so wz•_ll._as to escape the observation
of 'their uncle, who was on board,the,satne packet. In the
streets of Dover, too; they 'act natty passed _their parents
unobserved, so welt had they comple!6,l their disguise."
The same jon, nal also says :—" In coosA•Zenee of non-
compliance with the ine.ssage or the previous another
was despatched on M6nday_to Messrs. Dawson indietted in
the advertisement ; and a gentleman of some rink reached
this city in the afternoon, and had an interview with the(
Mayor, Alderman Brent., Captain Loveonl.lllr. Phiipott,
magistrates—broducing his letter nitrd-duction from.
Messrs. Dawson in reply to the telegraphic despatch. He
,gave his name Baron plucky de Stetnit;en. a f
is itnniellererypelopyurne-tog
ladiessen te him d t
otakesel fella
asrgdee poufttehde
them.
tuhee
sftaamteialy:
of
the mayor, ant that it. :was his intention to convey them

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back to London. The ypung laelies having, it put to them
expressed themselves bu too happy at baying the oppor-
tunity of b:ing placed tui or hk protect ion. The Mayor,
in addressing the Baron, stated that as the young ladles
were not detained on any charge, it was the desire of
the Magistrates only to see them. restoredto, proper hands.
Such assurances were given as to satisfy all parties ; and
arrangements were rna,de , for ve,erving their privacy as
much as, possible before returningliotne; and lb!• this pur-
pose a special carriage was engaged on the raiivav; and a
private carriage to convey them.from this pity to Chilham,
whence they would, embark with their guardian by the
last ttain. The ese and dignity with
.Whieti they de-
ported themselves afforded evidence of their superior ac-
complishments, and We are itifernikd' that they are highly
connected. The baron-before leaving inquired the name
of the policemab through whoie instrtirne,-;tality they were
rescued from the road and duly proviJed for : anti also as
to who should participate in 'the: reward that :!.ad been
offered. lie undertook to eonamanicatoivith the Mayor,
that.he might be responsible for its being appropriatei to
those to whom it is justly due. The young ladies, though
anxious to keep their privacy, were most affable awl
engaging in their communications with those who obtained
br,ef interviews, and raised in every tine:a deep concern
for their Condition.

tERLIN, Monday.—By a new • arrangement Prince
Napoleon will remain there till Wednesday ; he will then
oto Dreeden. It is probable that tlieltirg will decorate
him with the order of the Black Eagle.
PAROCHIAL Teceritscurs.Da what you will, try 'what
you poultice's, mesmerism, camtnomile bags,
prafidy; Creosote, chloro:errd—there is no curl for the
strong throhl-,in.:teoleiche briCiktraction ; for you'll find,
after that' excruciating tog; whiceh seems to tear asunder
Staid aed'body, thiet`thers's a Jiendishllittle abscess at the
root of your hollow p isder, notstdrhn charmed away by
any less severe pree,ss than the actual death wrench.—
Univeisstg Magazine . •
117 iLANCHOLY' DEAtEI OF Pstiocisson Fiaer.—An inquest
has .been had by Mrs W. Ji'leaerhee at the Sp'tted
Dug. Tavern, Strand, ..on the body of Mr. 'Cc-Jorge Fife,
aged about 50, theecelebrated. p ysieian, and brother of
Sir John Fife. The deceased had resided at. No. 19,
Surrey-stresa. and the evidence showed that latterly his
manner had bKet very excited. He had 'beep in the
habit of t cking sTall doses of n orphia, .etare of which
he had purchased at Mr. Burfield's, cliemis).; at the corner
of Norfolk-street. 'On Seureiey- morning, he was found
dead in his bed, and it *as found' that this death was
. owing to his having taken a large core of morphia. The
'verdict Of the jury was; " That the deceased died from an
Overdose of morphia, being at the 'time in a state
of intoxication, but that he had no intention of destroying
his own life."
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE AN ENGLISHMAN AT NAPLES.
—A Naples correspondent writes (Ai May <Lli :—" I am
sorry to repert an ittaack which wss .made on a young
Englishman in the Raviera di Chiej t last Wednesday
night, and which has placed his life in great danger. • Ile
was taking a stroll, when ere man attacked him with a
view to ,r .b.oerv, but 'he we.; lcnseked"down directly.
Three other ruffians then cone to the assistance of their
companion, but Wee.i also floe ed by our countryman, who
received a knife wound near the temp ral artery, and a
severe kick in the tile. He new lies in imminent danger,
and much syrnr by felt-for 'him by'the whole com-
munity of foreigners His Majesty sends every day by
telegraph to inquire after'the bealth of oar countryman,
and of course the police will now be active, and many
will be arrested on suspicion, and the usual means adopted.
to arrive at the truth ; but so
,long as the police of Naples
is charged rather to erne!t out a iineral than to' protect
honest and psaeelble citizens, a, long p 'operty and life
will be iu dsue. r. So lone as the commonest, official is
sslected because he s°outs out Re2' so long there
will be tin indifference to anything else but to political
persecution," . .
A New 11YDRO;TATIO BALANCE.-261.. Neppsne, profes-
sor of lia:tHal philosophy at 'Colther, has inveeted a Valence
on the hydrostatic' principle. Wh;ch is now introdticed in
most cf the ipitiniog fscteries of .Alsatia.. s A hollow
cylinder, of considerable dimenSions, and hermetically
closed, floats itra vessel filled with water : the upper base
of the•cylinder is surmounted by two string rods supporting
a horizontal bsr, from the centre of which rises a vertical
shaft. supporting,two balaece:plates, enc situated above the
other; the upper one is intended for the article to be
weighed,, and the lower one, while the former is' empty,
is charged with a sufficient number olweights to make the
cylinder descend. Tha paint'at which itjstops•lS marked
on a scale by the horizontal bar, and is reaToff: The upper
plate now receives the article tobs Weigheida' the cylinder
descends sill further dovin, and 'a .i.utlitient: number of
weighti, is then taken out of thsidower plate .to make the
cylinder, and'consequently the borizenrai bar, return to-its
former position ;- the quality of .weight taken out reprec:ents
the weight of ..theearticle.. The balance is sefficientlY
accurate to denote the difference of a centigramine or one-
fifth of. a grain, when charged with a weight of several
kilogrammes; with a charee pf 90 kilogrammes, the differ-
ence of half a grain may 'still be ascertained.. •