The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-21 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

The Glasgow Herald says :—" A painful interefi,a
has been excited during the last few days in a ror't
parish in Perthshire, by the elopement of a farolev.
of influence and wealth, and well advanced 10
years, with one of his servants. The affair 1
produced great excitement. The name and e 0
locality we forbear at present mentioning, althollo
we understand the distressing occurrence is too
true. The farmer is between 50 and 60 yearSo
age, and holds a very respectable position among
neighbours. He was a church elder, and his re
,'4,
gious professions were matter of notoriety. It is 017,,
reported that he was possessed of considerable weah:e
to the stock of which his wife had contributed a lara
portion at their marriage, between twelve I'l/4
fifteen yesu ago. The marriage appears to hart
beon a happy one, but they had no children. Abfilo
two years ago the farmer engaged the servanti'his
has now decamped with him, and she enteral
service. She was not very young, and it is 01'
she was in America before that with another 10-
Hercharms, however, appear to have been too 5t0.131;
and soon overcome her master's virtue. A 0' la
intercourse commenced between them, which c° d,
not be long concealed, and was eventually deteo,`,o
It required strong suspicion, however, before 1P,,,
gudewife was convinced that her husband's affe‘'l
matters. did 11°!.
tions had taken the wings of the
nd,
in the circulPA
her dis'
were lost to her. The servant soon got
morning, all'
tic
missal, but
sbrauototahftlyer
athat
before, dom e
es
stances, nothing else could have been expected.
~,;
short period elapsed, and the farmer brought
servant back again to his service ; but his dig'
ly refused admission naut souse stern to her, ivri ,
she had again to leave. The farmer seems, 11%,
ever, to have determined on speedy revenge. 1311%0
ling up his clothes into a sack ho left, with ti 4
pretence of going to Perth for guano. This 04
his near'
not, however, intention. He lifted, it aPr
all the available cash at the bank, which is belle
to have been considerable, and departed to Glasg°l;
along with his guilty partner and her sister. to
stated that passages were engaged in a eltr,oce
Australia, for which about £7O were paid, o'4al'
they have gone. The affair has created a deep L;bo
ing of sympathy for the wife, who is believed to
an excellent and amiable woman.

JacobTH EziKnnlNeGr:SNanVOOaDnr ITlRenDriEßm.—Yesterday
who had been apprehended on a :Tarrant, near Chicheste;
on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mai.°
C//0)?
Halliday (under circumstances already detailed in The m•
were brought before Mr. W. Street, one of the localjusticeo:
but upon Mr. Superintendent Coward, of the Surrey coo:
stabulary, stating that he had made inquiries into tbetr-10
of the statements made by the prisoners, and had
them correct. and that he did not propose to offer arlY e
dence, the prisoners were dismissed.
Subjoined is a list of the Australian ships ko°ol
to bo at sea, with £582,000 in gold, viz. :
Days at Gold on bearicLe,
Name. Sailed. Sea. Ounces. 11,,f'f00°
Marco Polo Feb. 18....122 6,570 4'2;000
Boreas ........ . March 4 ...108 10,468 :c-I,oo°
Agincourt March 28 .. 84 19,822 ,2'6"00°
Norfolk April 13 68 58,785 2`;:)'00°
Donald Mae), April 10 61 50,008
2000
145,653 z," 000 t
The Marco Polo, as before mentioned, put into Val Par