The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-19 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT OF A YOUNG LADY.

In the beginning of last week great consternation
prevailed in the family of Mrs. Aaron, a widow
lady, residing at Kennington, owing to one of her
daughters, a girl about eighteen years of age, hav-
ing eloped from home. Upon inquiry into the cir-
cumstances it was discovered that she bad gone off
with a common sailor, belonging to the Lord Low-
ther East Indiaman, hen on the point of sailing
for India. It appears that the young lady, *lid *rid
described as highly accomplished, had recently emne
home from a boarding-school, where she had beak
instructed in French, Italian, music, and dancing;
in fact, she was considered as possessed of very ate.
perior literary attainments, and had just finished her
education when the above occurrence happened.
The circumstances that led to the elopement were
these :—One of Mrs. Aaron's servant girls has a
brother, a sailor belonging to the above named
ship, and he was permitted to call and see his sister.
In the course of those visits it seemed Miss Aaron
became deeply enamoured of the sailor, and he.
soon perceiving the favourable manner in which lie
was looked upon by the young lady, availed himsei:
of it, and an intimacy soon commenced, and for
the purpose of seeing each other frequently, appoint-
:Dente took place between them, and they used
to meet generally either on Kennington-common or
on the Brixton-road. None of the family were aware
of what was going forward, no person in the }mute
being in the secret, with the exception of the servant
girl, who, being related to the sailor, aided and as-
sisted them all in her power. The result of these
interviews between the parties watt a promise on
each side to become min and wife, and a day was
appointed for putting up -the banns for marriage,
In the interval, however, the acquaintance which
subsisted between the lovers was discovered by
the family ; and the moment Miss Aaron got a
hint of it she immediately abandoned home, and
threw herself into the arms of the sailor, who took
her to a house in Rotherhithe, where they re-
mained together some days in seclusion. During
this time the young lady's family, who were in a
state of great anxiety about her, wade every inquiry
as to where she had fled, but no intelligence was
heard of her until Friday morning. The previonte
day a female, residing in the street where the sailor
and Miss Aaron then were, saw the latter, and,
perceiving such an extraordinary difference in the
appearance of them from each ether, at once con-
c!teled that it was a runaway match. By dint of
inquiry the female at length discovered the resi-
denee of Mrs. Aaron at Kennington, and proceeded
there forthwith, and gave information where the
young lady and the sailor were to be found. No
time was lest in repairing to the place, and there
the lovers were found together in a miserable house.
The sailor was immediately given into the custody
of a police constable, and Miss Aaron was with
difficulty torn from his embraces and taken home.
On Se' urday the sailor, who gave his name John
Callaghan, was taken before the Magistrates at
Union-hall, but neither the young lady nor any of
her family appeared to make any complaint against
him. The prisoner is a stout sandy-haired young
fellow, and said he was a native of Ireland.
Inspector Bullock, of letter M division,stated that
on the preceding night an elderly lady accompanied
by a female called at his station, and appeared over•
whclmcd in trouble respecting her slaughter, a young
lady of eighteen, who had eloped with a COMMOR
sailor belonging to an Indiaman. The applicant
stated to him (the inspector) that the sailor was the
brother of a girl in her service, and owing to the re-
lationship had liberty to visit his sister, a permission
of which he was in the habit of frequently availing
himself. In the course of his visits, her daughter,
who was a most accomplished girl, and had recently
iuitted a boarding school, had unfortunately become
attached to the sailor. On disceverieg their inti-
macy, every thing that ingenuity coald devise was
done, to prevent a recurrence of their meetings, but
notwithstanding the strict eye kept upon the young
lady, she managed to keep up a correspondence with
the sailor, and ultimately went off with him. For
several days no tidings were heard of the fugitives,
but their place of retreat was a length discovered,
on Friday evening, entirely owing to a &Male who
lived opposite the house where they took refuge at
Horslydown.

The Inspector said that the young lady's mother
then besought him to accompany her to the place
where her daughter was represented to be in con-
cealment. He proceeded there according to the
wish of the old lady, and discovered both the daugh-
ter and the sailor together at a house principally
occupied by the lower order of Irish people. The
Inspector took:the sailor into custody, and the young
lady was with difficulty separated from him and
taken home.

The Magistrates inquired whether the young lady
or any of her family were present to make any com-
plaint against the man in custody T--The Inspector
said that the family were loth to come forward under
such circumstances, as the young lady had declared
she eloped of her own accord, adding that the sailor
was not to blame.

The Magistrate asked the sailor why he had pre-
sumed to induce the young lady to abandon her
home, and go off with him ?—The sailor, hitching
up his trousers, said, " Your Worship, she always
kept writing to me, declaring her intention either to
hang or drown herself if I would not hare her, and
so I was resolved to accommodate her."

Mr. 1-losli—Were you married ? Sailor—No,
Sir ; but we were out-asked, and were to have been
married to-morrow.

Mr. HoNE—Take care that yon don't get
hanged instead of married. A fellow like you in-
veigling away the daughter of respectable parents.
Sailor—l hope not, Sir; she came to me of her
own free will, and brought nothing with her only
the clothed she stood upright in.
The Inspector declared this to be the fact ; add-
ing, as he was informed, that when she was of age
:she was entitled to 2,0001.
Mr. HoNn asked the sailor how he intended to
support her had they been married ?—He replied
that he was going out in the Lord Lowther for
three years, and intended to have settled half his
wages (SW. a Month) upon her while he was absent.
Mr. ELYARD—What countryman are you ?—An
Irishman.

Mr. ELYARD—And what is your age P—Twenty-
one, your Honour, next November.
Mr. ELYARD—You have soon begun fortune-
hunting then ?
When asked where he had taken the young lady,
he replied that he had carried her off very com-
fortably to the house of his friend, Put Quin, at
Horslydown, and intended to have kept her there
until they got married.
The Inspector said, that there was every reason to
suppose that, while in the house the sailor described,
he and the young lady lived there as man and wife,
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The Magistrate observed, that there was no evi-
dence of any kind adduced against the sailor, there-
fore lie could not be detained. The young lady, it
appeared, after all the money that had been expended
on her education, had acted in the most imprudent
manner in eloping with a man so inferior to her in
every respect, for he was not only a rough uncouth
fellow in point of appearance, but also in manners
and behaviour. The sailor was then warned to
keep away from the residence of the young lady, and
he promised to join his ship that evening which
was about to drop down the river and sail for her
destination.

PARISIAN STATISTICS.---TllO number of
births in Paris in 1629 was 25,b21, viz., 14;b60 males,
and 13,J61 females; the Ranitßr of i...aths was 25,324,
viz., 12,021 males, and 13,302 females. These numbers,
compared with the population, give one birth to 28-60 in-
habitants, one marriage to 114-62, ono death to 30-24.
In 1817 the number of births waa qs oar to 3Q-05, and
414 tiwths to one to 33-7'.h

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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PRICES OF SNARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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Baal del Mont. Mining Co. £4oo 61
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TRICE, OF !RIM STOCKS, DUELER, APRIL 11.
Prink Stock "9.3915t. Patrick Instir. (per eh.)
Consols, 3 per eent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
CRRISTIANIA, MARCII 31.—Three months. 6. 30.
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AMSTERDAM. APrett, 10.-12. 30.
Two months-12. 22j.