The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-02 00:00:00

MARRIAGE

0-P FUGITIVE LOVERS.

GLASGOW, No r. 9.-It would appear that such
romantic events a s elopements and love-matches
have not entire.'Y 'passed away, although the scene
is no longer Gre ti la-green. A tender incident has
just occurred, whk' '.7h we think worthy of a brief
notice, not only in consequence of the rarity of such
an event, but of ti to agreeable and satisfactory man-
ner in which it he .s been , brought to a conclusion.
A month ago age ntleman called for Mr. Douglas,
the Justice of Pea ce Fiscal in Glasgow, and stated
th, it he wished t e be united to a young Roman Ca-
thulic lady, with . whom he had eloped from Ireland.
He had courted : he 'r, he said, and was accepted, but
in consequence of . being a Protestant the lady's
motl ler refused to con. sent to the marriage. As time
wore• on the yo cauj• lady suspected that another
matc.h was on t.h a tapes, in which she was to play
a conspicuous - part singularly distasteful to her;
and, informing 1 aer lover of her fears, they fort hwi'll
resolved to bol' ,; and get married legally, but on the
sly. The gen' leman s carriage was in readiness at
the appointed time for starting, when the -young
lady and her 1 naid, accompanied by her Moved,
drove off from . Kildare, round by Wicklow county,
and thence to I Lublin. On being unsuccessful 10
their attempt to be made man and wife there they
started forLiverl )001, and finally for Glasgow, where
they were info r med the thing could be done off'
hand. But it i this they were doomed to suffer, if
not disappoint mont, at least delay ; for, although
those useful gc !ntlemen, the justices, can " splice' n
couple, they ir Lust have sufficient evidence that the
pair have rep aided at least 21 days in the county.
On the intend ing bridegroom explaining mattersre
Mr. Douglas, t hat gentleman had reason to believe
that although. •. the lady's father had given chase as,
,
car as Wicklow, where he lost the scent, he had
r, ow, in fact, lit tle or no objection to offer to the
m atch, knowing, as he did, that his intended son'
'-in. -law was a gent lemen of undoubted character and
independent means. The couple, however, were
ci etermined not to go back, excepting as a married
p.'tir, and accordingly a respectable lodging WO
in ocured for the young lady and her maid, who wile
he r close attend: int, in a quiet retreat in the vicinity
of Glasgow, .and. Saturday last, being the day when
~ ti, me was up," was consequently appointed for the
hap, ny event, v ;hen it took place in all due form is
the . rustice of i Peace Court-hall, the justices on the
occas ion being. Mr. David Smith, and Mr. Jame
Craig, . before Ni loin the Irish Corydon and Phalli;
loving ly appot cred and declared their intense con'
cern to be mom -nised as man and wife. This was all,
By this declarat: ion the knot was tied for ever. There
was presont a fa: shionable attendance of ladies on the
occasion, who vvt ?re only too happy to get a quiet hint
of that which v n is in progress ; and the happy couple,
were attended 15:y a member of one of the first legs'
houses in the ci' t) ', whose duty it was to see that the
forms of law w ere complied with in every respect'
Mr. Douglas st: Lted that he was satisfied there was ne
circumstance : ittending the affair that could gilt/
rise to the sligl rtest scandal. After the ceremonl,
had been conch a •ded, Mr. D. Smith, a venerable and
learned bachel c 'r, gave a suitable address to the
bride, afterwhil th the marriage was duly registered
according to tht new Registration Act. After the
health of the nam 71y-married couple had been plc dged,
the gentleman,l ,with his beautiful and accomplisho
wife (who is sail I to be the heiress of £60,000) pre'
ceeded to Josez's Hotel, where an elegant dejetwera
was served. A it elightful afternoon was spent, en
the happy pair started off in the evening by the
Belfast boat, en route to the gentleman's seat, where,
we have little d oubt their marriage adventure, and
the precautions adopted thereanent, will often he
the subject of nu !Try reminiscences. The event abo'o
narrated is about. to be chronicled in the local paper
as follows :—" A t Glasgow, on the 27th inst. -r!'
Newcomen, Esq., of Turf-lodge, Kildare, to M'arMarl"anne, eldest daughter of W. Disney, Esq., of Lark'
lodge, Kildare."