The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-31 00:00:00

ACCIDEA AS AND OFTEXCES.

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.--A young lady of Bath
possessed of a very handsome fortune, and about V 6 years of
age, lately eloped with her uncle, a little grey headed man,
without any personal charms of about 60; he has a wife and two
children, of about the same age as the young lady, whom he
has deserted at Bath, to cohabit with his niece. The voung•
lady's brother and relations having discovered her retreat in
Fetter-lane, and not succeeding in prevailing on her to quit the
connection of her uncle by mild means, set off to get a constable,
leaving the brother-in-law to take care of her; hut in his
absence, the uncle and niece left the house, and escaped. On the
following morning Adkins, a police officer, engaged to assist the
relations, went with them, accompanied by his brother, Harry
Adk ins. t o the house in Ble weirs. court, where they learned that
the young lady and her uncle had returned there in the evening,
had paid thereat, and had taken the greater part of their pro-
perty away, but not the whole; Adkins stationed his brother
to watch the house; and in a short time after a woman came to
fetch the remaining part of the properly away ; Harry Adkins
watched her to a house in New-street, Shoe-lane, and then
gave information to his brother, and the young lady's hawkers ;
in a short (line after they all went to the house in New-street,
where Adkins SAW the woman who went for the remainder of the
property. She proved to he the sister of the uncle, and denied
that the parties were in her house, most positively. Adkins
at length prevailed upon her to allow him to go up stairs to
search for them. On his getting upon the first Mow. he found
her husband, who isa tailor, at work ; he saw the garments of
a female in an aejoining small room, which he suspected to be-
long to the lady he was in pursuit of; but not knowing her
person, he gave a signal to her brother to come upstairs, which
he immediately did, and recognized her to he his sister; be en-
deavoured to prevail upon her to go with him, without being
able to make the least impression upon her. They then began
to use force, when the uncle rushed out from a closet upon
them, and they both declared the most fervent attachment to
each other, and that they never troald be separated. A com-
plete pulley—aauley battle then ensued ; the youug lady, her
uncle, and a niece of the tailor, on one side, and the young
lady's brother, and brother-in-law, on the other; thew ifs of
the tailor attacked Adkins, and beat him most unmercifully
,shout the head. Snip. the tailor, took no particular part in
the affray, except abusing Adkins for not keeping the peace.—
At length all the parties were on ,the floor toether, fighting for
the young • lady ; they contended for her till nearly all her
clothes were torn of; when her brothers, finding it her deter-
mined resolution to continue to cohabit with her uncle, left her
her own course.

VIOLENT ASSAULT.-'A Gentleman er the name of liowtnn
was on Friday held to hail at Union Hall, to take his trial for
violently striking Mr. Dodd, jun. the engineer in the head, so as
to cause n compression on the brain, in a dispute upon the sub-
ject of the projected Vauxhall Bridge.--It was at first objected
to admit him to bail, the life of Mr. Dodd being considered in
danger ; but the eviderce of some eminent professional Gentle-
men not establishing this fact, bail was ordered to be taken.