The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-26 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT.

Considerable excitement was occasioned at Sle-
hech-hall, near Haverfordwest, the seat of the Baron
de Rutzen, on Tuesday morning last, owing to the
mysterious disappearance of the eldest daughter of
the Baron and Baroness de Ru'vn. It appears that
the young lady, who is not only highly accomplished,
but is also possessed of rare personal charms, had
been accu,tomed for several days previously to leave
home at an early hour in the morning for the osten-
sible purpose of gathering mushrooms, but which, as
the denouement will show, was no doubt intended as a
ruse to lull suspicion, to enable her the more succes-
fully to carry out her project. On Tuesday morn-
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breakfast, and Miss de Rutzen not being present
tditnriegesissaPeasen"do. f several hours the family assembled at
anxious inquiries were made, but the only account
the servants cou'd give was that she had gone
out early in the morning to gather mush•
rooms, and had not returned. This gave rise to
considerable alarm, inasmuch as she had al-
ways previously returned from her morning walks
in time for breakfast. The servants were immediately
dispatched in all directions in search of her, but
without success, and at length it was feared that she
had been accidentally drowned in one of the fish
ponds near the mansion, and men were even set to drag
them ; fortunately, however, their efforts were fruit-
less and unnecessary. Matters continued to wear a
most gloomy aspect until about two o'clock in the
afternoon, when the mystery was happily, but not
very sati,factorily, explained by the arrival of a
mounted messenger with a letter to the Baron, from
Mr. Richard Lort Philipps, of E ist Hook, apprising
him of his (Mr. Philipps') marriage at St. Bride's
Church that morning to the missing fair one, and
enclosing a certificate of the completion of the nuptial
ceremony. It appears that Mr. Philipps has been
for some time an ardent admirer of Miss de Rutzen,
and that his attentions were received propitiously
by her ; for some reasons, which it is not our pro-
vince to inquire into, the parents of the lady did
not favour his suit, although he was a frequent visi-
tor at the hall, and is a member of one of the oldest
and most respectable families in the county. The
way in which the affair was arranged and carried
into effect proves the gentleman to be a good tactician.
Between six and seven o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday he took a chaise from the Mariners' Hotel,
Haverfordwest, directing the driver to proceed as fast
as he could to Cosbrough Ledge, on the road to Nar-
berth, about four miles from Haverford west. On
arrival there he was desired to pull up, when Mr.
Philipps alighted from the carriage, and immediately
the lady, faithful to her engagement, made her ap•
pearance from behind the hedge. In an instant she
was escorted to the carriage by Mr. Philippe, and
away they proceeded post haste to St. Bride's Church,
a distance of sixteen miles, where the happy pair
were united in the indissoluble bonds of wedlock by
the Rev. William Bowen Harries. They then left
in the same carriage en route for Aberystwith, relays
of horses awaiting them at St. Catherine's-bridge.. and
arrival. Mr. Philipps is much esteemed at iatnhderththeelaludgyFsagseervofatnhte
awaitedl.t lfugitives
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their
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cele-
brated his nuptials with many a merry peal throughout
the day. At East Hook great rejoicings
. took place,
and an ample repast was provided for the servants
Haver-
fordwest, and the bells of St. Mary 'a Church
and labourers on the estate.— Welshman.

EXHIBITION. OF 1851.
Tho following circular cf important instrwtions to
parties intending to exhibit has been issued to all the
committees of the United Kingdom by the executive
committee:—

I. Sir,—l am instructed by the executive committee to
inform you, that her Majesty's Commissioners have fixed
the 31st of October as the last day when the returns of
demands for space from intending exhibitors are to he
transmitted by local committees to the executive com-
mittee; and I have to request that you will more your
local committee to take the necessary steps for trans-
mitting the whole of the returns on or before that date.
The local committee will of course fix such final period
as it may think desirable for receiving the demands
from the exhibitors themselves in its neighbourhood, so
as to enable the local committee to comply with the
wishei of the Commissioners to receive its return on or
before the 31st of October. At the same time it is de-
sirAble to impress upon exhibitors the great facil,ty they
will aff
immediately.ord«i thearrangements if they will send in their
demands
" I an further instructed to big you to call the atten-
tion of exhibitors to the absolute necessity of all re-
turns being passed through a local committee, and to
ma co them understand that it will be indispensable that
ail articles shcad be submitted to the local committee
for approval, arid bee certified by the local committee
accordingly, befole they can be examined by the com-
mittee of the building.
" I send you a new edition of the ' Decisions,' and
beg leave to direct your attention to Decisions 15A, 53,
56, 60, 61. If you desire to have any copies of this
new edition they will be supplied on application for
them.

" I have also to request that you will have the kind-
ness to communicate this letter to the chairman of your
committee, and the mayor of your town (it there be
one), as soon as possible.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Tour obedient servant,
" W. Dictor WYATT, See.
" (4* for the Executive Committee, 1, Old rtasce-yard,
7 Wegt*inster, Awn, V, 1850."