The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

STRafGE ADVENTURES.

On Monday, at the Leeds Town-hall, a young
woman of interesting appearance was charged with
assuming male attire under the following extra-
ordinary circumstances :—Police-constable Ingham,
of the Leeds force, was on duty in the Chapeltown-
road on Saturday evening shortly before nine
o'clock, when he was accosted by a smart-looking
young fellow, dressed somewhat like a navigator,
who asked him the road to Harrowgate. The
traveller wore a workman's blouse, an ordinary
white shirt, a pair of fustian trowsers, a dark silk
neckerchief, and a black and white straw hat. His
hair was cut rather short behind, and he had on his
feet a pair of woman's shoes. The policeman, from
the appearance of his interrogator's bust, was satis-
fied that he was a woman in disguise, and he con-
sequently took him in charge, and marched him to ,
the Leeds Town-hall, where the sex of the stranger
was soon determined by the female searcher. On
being asked by the authorities why she had
assumed male attire, the woman told the following
somewhat romantic story—Her name, she said, was
Sarah Blaymires, and she resides near Cross-lane,
iireat Horton, Bradford. She is the daughter of
a respectable farmer and butcher, who died about
four years ago, leaving her seven cottages and
other property. For nearly seven years a butcher
residing near Knaresborough has been paying his
addresses to her, but there have been`several " slips
between the cup and the lip,"and the " hope deferred
had made her heart sick." About a mouth ago the
young man again promised to marry her, but she
had been so frequently disappointed that she was
afraid, she states, to believe in so much happiness.
In order that she might be secured against any dis-
appointment, she resolved to get out of the way for
a little time, and, with the object of adequately con-
cealing herself, she adopted the expedient of dis-
guising herself in male attire. In the first instance,
she provided herself with money by drawing the
rents that were due to her, and she then set off on
her travels. Since thus leaving Great Horton,
about three weeks ago, Sarah has visited a number
of towns in the West Riding, and was everywhere
received and treated as a man, both at the lodging-
houses she used and the various places of public
resort she frequented. In fact, her disguise was so
complete that it was only by the exercise of great
shrewdness and penetration that any variation from
the gait or carriage of the sex she assumed could
be detected. When she was thus ungallantly de-
tained by Constable Ingham she was on her way
to Knaresborough, to see what course of conduct
her lover was following, and whether, amid the
pressure of his business engagements, he ever found
time to think of the forlorn damsel he had so
often neglected. Miss Blaymires created conside-
rable talk throughout the West Riding about a
couple of years ago, by her brave and determined
defence of her dwelling-house against burglars
The magistrates, who heard the case before the pub-
lie were admitted, warned the fair adventuress of
the risks she ran by indulging in a course of pro-
ceeding so dangerous as that for which she was
charged, and then discharged her from custody.

ASSAULT ON Tom SAYERS.—As the cab con-
taining the redoubted Tom Sayers was leaving Howes and
Cushing's Circus at Greenock on Tuesday evening, it was
assailed with a shower of stones and bricks.
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The
back window of the cab was smashed, and its p
damaged, the man who was holding the horse got his arm
severely hurt, and the driver made several narrow escapes.
The miscreants who committed this outrage are unligOWn.
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