Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

AN ELOPEMENT FROM DUBLIN.

ARREST or TIIR LOVING PAIR IN LIVERPOOL. That
most unfortunate hacknied of all unfortunate hacknied
phrases—and, by the way, with all respect for our very
valuable friend, .131 r William Shakipeare, we must dis-
agree with him when he says " The curse of true love
never yet ran smoodi," we could—that is, if we liked—
inform the " Bard of Avon " that there are many who
"Lived and loved together
In many a changeful scene,"

But about the " course" the waters of such " love" may
have taken we can't s4y very much; and without being at
all particular in this regard, we are something like the
"Bould Soger Boy,' when he exultingly cried out, " Oh,
the devil a hair I care." But it is said the " course" don't
present a mirror•faced surface —so it would appear
to a certain young lady who conies from a certain
place in the metropolis of the right arm of England,
called Ireland—said metropolis being called Dublin, and
in order that there may be no mistake about the locality,
we beg to inform our readers, gentle and simple," that
the said young lady, and also a "said young gentleman,"
resided in the immediate vicinity of Dolphin's Barn, a
place known as well, or perhaps better, than Nelson's
pillar in Sackville-street. Young ladies and young gen-
tlemen are prone to do like the dreams—that is, go by
contraries to their parent's wishes—God help the poor
parents. Now, the young lady and the young gentleman
who resided about Dolphin's Barn, did not happen to be
free from this sort of general feeling. The young
lady, (as all young ladies are supposed nay,
improperly of course) —was extremely handsome, and
very extraordinary—that is far an Irish girl—she
had not a penny—not as much as would jingle on a
tombstone—for a fortune. She was, hwever, connected
with the first famiies of the United Kingdom—and,
literally, "her face was her fortune ;" but her friends
refused, in consequence of her high aristocratic blood and
connections, to match her wi.h anything uader a ducal
coronet. Another very extraordinary thing happened in
the locality of Dolphin's Barn, and that was the fact that
there resided a young gentlemen there, who really bad a
very large fortune in his own right; but—oh, horrible !
it was the result of his father's honest industry in trade.
The young lady's family might, now and then, po'.sibly
admit a mere tradesman to pass between the wind and
their nobility, but the idea of matching their fair relation
to a spalpeen of a tradesman was worse than following her
coffin to Glasnevin or Harold's Cross—two rather cele-
brated places at the north and sou h east of Dublin, where
inanimate bodies are deposited. The young lady having
no notion of visiting either of these place., an,t r;ghtly
calculating that no one —not even a retailer of silk—
would ask her whether the cash she produced was d-rived
from the ir• dustry of a brogue makers shop, or out of the
half-pay officers list, resolved to marry the young gentle-
man who had the money. The young gentleman resolvPd
to marry the young lady, in order to get into e " dacent
family," and so—they ran away w,th e*ch othAr, and of
course, from Dublin. There was racing and
chasing, about Dolphin's Barn, very like the
affair that took place at Cannobee Lee, when
Lochinvar abducted the fair girl (see "Marmion") but
very unlike the lost bride of Netherby, who was never seen
after—that is, if Waler Scott tells th, truth—the lost
bride of Dolphin's Barn was found. Where? At the
poet-office of Liverpool. When ? Yesterday. By wham ?
Why, by one Mr. Allen, belonging to the private inquiry
office of Mr. Joseph Bat's of 8 veeting-street Horrible
Mr. Allen ; and cruel Mr. Bates ! And what be carne of
the "loving pair?'' Why, they were sent back to Dolphin's
Barn—and if they don't live happy that we may.

A WATERPROOF MONARCH.—The King of Ave, amon,
many other lofty and high-sounding titles has that of
" Lord of twenty-four umbrellas." This look ti
looks as if he had
prepared himself for a long and stormy reign.
FETE CH tMPETRE AT SHEFFIELD.—On Wedneadse, a
splendid entertainment was given at the Sheffield Breani-
eel Gerdens, to welcome to the town the Deice and Duchess
of Norfolk, on the occasion of their visit to take up their
first autumnal residence in the neighbourhood. About 50
ladies and gentlemen sat down to an elegant dejeuner in
a marquee erected for the occasion. The Mayor presided,
anl was supported by the Duke and Duchess, Lord Arlen-
del and Surrey, Lord George Manners, Lady Aleliz
Manners, Lady Newport, Sir Arnold Knight, Col. Hodge,
Lady Minna Howard, Lady Ellen Howard, Lady Mary
Howard, the Master Cutler, &c. After the usual to; al
toasts, the healths of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and
th it youthful family were proposed by the Mayor, to
which the Dake responded amidst reiterated burs's of
cheering. The health of the Master Cutler having been
teasteil, Ur. Overend alluded to the happy connection of
the noble house of Retlend wi'h Sheffield, and gave as a
toast " the heatlh of Lord George and Lady Adeline
itlannere," which was received with load etudes. The
proceedings concluded with a ball.
MADELEINE SMITH.—On Monday we published a tele-
griplue despatch to the New York Commercial, from
Newfoundland, intimating that Miss Smie h, lately acquitted
of peisonieg her lover in Glasgow, had taken pissege for
New York in the Asi We now learn from the Albany
Statesman, of Saturday, that when the Asia arrived on
Frelay, a large number of New Yorkers, bent upon giving
Miss Mad&eine a pubic reception, serenade, &c., after the
most approved Gorham fashion, proceeded to the Cunard
dick t) receive her. Bat, alas, it was found that the
heroine was not on board, but that the error had arisen
from the fact that a Ditch lady named Mathilde Schmidt
was aiming the passengers. The committee of reception,
rushing on board, inquired for " Miss Smith." They were
shown to the cabin of the "fat, fair, and forty" Mathilde
Smith. Their chairman and spokesman had hardly com-
menced his prepared speech, when he was interrupted by
something which somided very much like "Nix turstaug
spreich Angtish." The committee were thueder-
struck. They very well knew that the dialect was not
Scottish, and conel 'ding that there must be some mistake,
gathered up their hats and left in disgust. It strikes us
that the said telegraphic notice, being supplementary to
the first one announcing the general news received on
Thursday from the same point, mast have been intended by
some wag to impose upon the credulity of the excitable
fast ones in the model city. The jcire was a goad one,
and must have amused the Dutch Miss Schmidt amazingly.
—Boston Paper.
THE MIN cons TESTIMONIAL.—MEETING AT BIRMIRO-
HAM.—AH influential meeting of gentlemen from the
various towns in the kingdom was held in the Town Hall,
Birmingham, yesterday, for the purpose of promoting the
fund for erecting a testimonial building to Herbert Min-
ton, Esq , and to give a more national character to the
project. John Ratcliff, Esq., the mayor, presided. Letters
of apology for absence were read from the Earl of Harro.
be, Lord Hethertin, the Bishop of Litchfield Viscount
Ingeatre, M.P., C.B. Adderly, Esq., M.P., Henry Cole, E Q.,
R. P. Daniel, Esq , and J. W. Goode, Esq.) London, &c.
After the report of the local committee had ben read. J.
F. Winfield, Eeq., ino7ed the first resolution, which was
seconded by F. ElkingtoneEsq. The reselution approved
and adulated the report, and pledged the meeting to use its
best endeavour, to raise the sum req aired to carry out the
prejeet to a successful issue. The second resolution was
moved byJ. iMillar, Esq., Edinburgh; seconded by Charles
Keeling, Esq., White House, Newcastle: " That Earl
Granville be requested to lay the foundation stone of the
testimonial building." A vote of thanks was given to
the mayor.
New MOTIVE Po ;Vila Fix SHIPS —The Portsmouth
correspondent of a London paper, writing on Sa urday,
says of the hydrostatic propeller ."—" This uoyiltv, in
the shape of a common-sized wherry, came into Ports-
mouth yesterday, and attracted au immense amount of
public interest. It is proeelled by o.e of the common
screws, but by the power of water instead of steam The
inventor and patentee, who is Mr. S ephenn ot Southamp-
ton, has thus brought into use as a motive power that
cheap element—water. In addition to this, Mr. Stephens
has succeeded in bringing the controlling power of the
engine directly under the management of the man at the
helm, and then no engineer is required. Ia a second, at
will, the man at the helm can go ahead, back her, or stop
the engine. A boy only is required to work the engine,
which may bi termed a donkey engine, hitherto employed
to p imp out water, but now to pump in a supply to propel
the vessel iestearl of steam."
ATTEMPT TO MT/EDEE A POLICE CONSTABLE.—On Wed-
nesday afternoon great excitement, was created in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of Drury Lane, London, in con-
sequence of en attempt having bean made by an abandoned
woman to murder a police-officer, while in the execution
of his duty, by stabbing him in sundry parts of the body.
From the particulars obtained it appears that a boy had
neen givers into the custody of police-eensteble Gyiner, No.
54 of tee F dia sion, 1,4 some offence, and when he had
succeeded in getting the biy near Endell-street, a woman
named Sullivan, who has frequently been in custody for
assaulting the police, came up to the officer and tried to
rescue his prisoner. The constable finding that remon-
s'rance with the woman was useless, and that she was
corec,ing a crowd around him, made an attempt to take
tier i.itu custody, and as he was so trying the infuriated
woman turned round upon him anu drew a sharp pointed
knit: from some part of her dress and plunged the weapon
into his head three or four times, and also into his throat

once er twice. Rood in copious streams flawed from each
wound, and the injured officer was placed in a cab and
forthwith removed to Charing Cross hospital, where he
at present remains in a somewhat plelicarious condition.
The woman has been taken into custody, but owing to
the serious nature of the injuries the officer has received he
is "Oh AI Present to appear and give evidence against her,

A YOUNG MAN BEATEN TO DEATH 01

HOUSE OF ILL-FAME.

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The New York Times says that another ghee lb,
murder had been perpetrated in that city, and gives j
following ais the particulars :—A young man oefof
Theodort L. Tompkins, was beaten to death in thew",
house of prostitution, No. 3, Mulberry-street, by the 'id
keeper and others of the place. Tompkins, acconWell;oig
by two other young men from Hoboken, named Veld
Webb, and Jesse Frazer, had been spending the evell'
at the National Theatre. Shortly after 12 o'clock dioi
went into the house in Mulberry-street, which is kept of
a German named Louis Mitschel. Toe landlord wai „ot
Lif
present, and the place was in charge of Mrs. Mitsche","o
Ferdinand Simon, a young man who acted as barkeeP to
The young men from Hoboken went up to the barge
drink, when some of the females approached as OW of
accustomed to do) and asked to be " treatej." °l3„eoit
the young men remarked aloud that he would not "0-1
any " d—d Dutch b—e." This led to an altercation,
blows soon followed. Simon, the barkeeper, rushed fri°,l
his place and knocked Webb down with a powerful 1)4
on the head with a bludgeon. Frazer seized a stool /not
which to defend himself, as he too was attacked•„„ed
succeeded in warding off several blows that were oPtii,
at him, but was at length struck and knocked down otsis,
Tompkins, who up to this tire had remained ollhu-hos
went to the barkeeper and attempted to appease biro, w'r
he, also, was assailed most violently, and struck roee:#
edly on the head with the bludgeon. He was aftersilot
.hustled down a flight of stairs, where he remaineu be
some time unable to rise. Recovering sufficienlll4oll
made his way, covered with blood, to the Barclay-B'l,i.
Ferry, where he met some friends, to whom he told 'o,
misfortunes, after which he relapsed into a senseless e°l,
dition. He was conveyed to his home, at No. 17, Walfr
ington-terrace, where physicians were called, who ro
flounced his injuries fatal. The unfortunate young Pty
d'ed in a few hours afterwards. A Coronei'sjoria
immediately summoned, and after several adjournoie"to
a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned, and watt° 4
issued for the apprehension of a number of parties.