The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-01 00:00:00

GREECE.

The advices by telegraph from Athens are of ' the
18th instant.

A postal convention was o❑ the point of being con-
cluded between Austria end Greece. Several new
steamers of the Lloyd Company will be placed on
that line.

The project of a Piraeus-Athens railroad has again
been taken up.

ITALY

In its sitting of the 24th, the Chamber of Deputies
of Turin discussed the Bill for a grant to be applied
during 1851 to the relief of the officers who took a
part in the defence of Venice. The Ministerial
project proposed a sum of 100,000 f., but the Parlia-
mentary Committee raised the suns to 130,000 f.
After a very temperate debate, in which the Minister
of the Interior took occasion to express his sympathy
for the sufferings of the individuals in question,
but at the same time reminded the Chamber of the
very low state of the exchequer, the Bill was passed
by 100 votes against 36, with the grant of 130,000 f.,
and the following restrictions—namely, that the offi-
cers applying for relief shall prove-Ist, that they
took a part either by land or sea in the defence of
Venice until her surrender ; 20, that they held the
rank of officers in a regular army before the war of
1848 ; 3d, that they had already fixed their abode in
the Sardinian States before the promulgation of the
law of June 7, 1850; 4th, that they do not at present
hold any official salaried office, unless the salary be
inferior to the quota of relief they now claim, in which
case the difference shall be paid to them ; sth, that
the sum granted shall be paid in twelve monthly
instalments.

• THE LATE ELOPEMENT.
(From the Derby Reporter, Jan. 31.)
A correspondent, writing from Nottingham, sends us
an account of a great commotion in the village of Bridge-
ford-on-the-Hill, a village ten miles from Nottingham
and containing 1,100 inhabitants, on Monday last. It
appears that a per.)ou from Nottingham, having obtained
the assistance of the constable and others, went to Gret-
ton's house and demanded to see his daughter. They,
however, beat a hasty retreat to the inn; and subse-
quently a great " scene" took place in the village. A
message was sent to Gretton's daughter that unless she
sent back the clothing " borrowed of Mrs. Sutton, of
Ruddington, for her (Gretton) to be married in," the
clothing found in her boxes would that day be given
away to the poor of Bridgeford. The articles were sub-
sequently distributed among the crowd. A mantle, boa,
stockings, shoes, cuffs, ribbons, and other articles, were
given away; whereupon the women of the village showed
symptoms of anger by hooting aad threatening to pump
upon the daring distributor, who made a precipitate re-
treat. We are informed that instructions have been
given to a solicitor to proceed against the person from
Nottingham for giving away Gretton's wearing apparel
without her authority. Our correspondent then proceeds
to say—" Being in the village, we were introduced to the
girl Harriet Gretton, now Mrs. Oldershaw, who gave us
the following statement in a clear, unhesitating manner.
She appears a very shrewd and intelligent girl, aged
about 28, not handsome, yet evidently far superior to the
generality of females of so low a breeding and bringing
up:—'I went to visit my aunt at 011erton in November
last, who is the widow of a clergyman. At my aunt's a
female named Connell, of Scotch family lives, with her.
We had to go to Ruffurd House, the Earl of Scarbo-
rough's, to inquire about a widow's pension paid through
his Lordship to my aunt. On our return to 011erton, we
met Mr. Oldershaw, who, up to that time, was a perfect
stranger to both of us; he had been (he said) to the Hall
—to receive orders, she thinks he said. At all events. he
entered into conversation with both herself and Miss-Con-
neu, paying more attention to the latter. Harriet keep-
ing in the back ground, he asked Miss Connell what
lady I was; she then said I was a niece of Lord Scar-
borough's named Lumley, and that I had either 9,0001.
or 10,0001. in my own right. The announcement of
money seemed to electrify Mr. Oldershaw; he cautiously
began to fail back, evidently desirous of speaking to me.
After some other conversation, he asked me whether I
should be at the Nottinghern Dispensary Ball. I said
yes. I should say he offered to present me with a
ticket, which I refused to accept, as I should certainly be
there—upon which we parted for that day. Miss
Connell; after he had left us, said rne, I have
hooked lam, make the best of it;' and a girlish lark
we both then thought it, but after talking it over the
next day it wax resolved that I should go to the Dis-
pensary Ball, which I did—there met Mr. Oldershaw,
dressed in the tip of fashion, representing him-
self as a rich c matry squire living at liegworth,
having litt:e else to do hut follow the Donington and
Quern hounds, I thought of making a good match, but
have found out both have been deceived. We met again
tw'' days afterwards at Newark Ball then at
N-Atingh'im. One of the appointment; I did not
keep, refraining from going to Nottingham for seve-
ral days. At length I 'ventured telling my lover that
I had been locked up—that my uncle and brother bad
found out I was forming an improper acquaintance. At
thii Mr. Oldershaw flew into a great passion, swearing
that he would put a stop to such being done in future.
The wedding was then fixed to take place in London on
The Thursday following—thither we went, but not having
been in London the necessary time, we could not be
joined; we therefore,
on the Friday, returned in a first
Wee, carriage to Nottingham, when I was taken to Mr.
Au4tereas of RuddinVon—that lady lending me the
dress I Wm married In on the following morning ($6..