The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-22 00:00:00

THE LATE ELOPEMENT-APPRE-
HENSION OF THE FUGITIVES.

We copy the following from the Freeman' s
Journal :

The particulars of the elopement, on Monday last,
of Miss Eliza Kennedy, with John Devereaux,
Esq., appeared in the Freeman of Wednesday. On
the previous day a warrant was issued by Mr.
Studdert for the apprehension of the fugitives.
The warrant was entrusted for execution to Con-
stable James Fitzgerald, 178 D. At half-past seven
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon that officer, accom-
panied by Mr. Magan, Mrs. Kennedy's• solicitor, and
.Mr. Monaghan, the receiver over the minor's
property, proceeded in pursuit of the parties,
and learned at Enfield that they had passed
through there at half-past ten o'clock the same
morning by the Galway day coach. Quick posting, by
short relays, brought the pursuers to Ballinasloe by
five o'clock the next morning. There the differQnt
hotels were visited without loss of time, when, in less
than an hour, Miss K. and. Mr. D. were most dis-
agreeably surprised, while in the act of sitting
down to breakfast at Grady's Hotel, after having
secured seats in the mail for Galway, to pass at seven
o'clock, by the intrusion of the agents of natural guar-
dians, legal rights, &c. The young lady appeared
very much distressed on the occasion, and altogether,
it would seem, on account of her companion. She
exclaimed that if any fault there was in it, it was
hers, not his. But it was of no avail. The "happy
pair" were doomed to separation. Mr. Stud-
dert's warrant consigned Mr. Devereux to
the charge of the coustable, while Miss Kennedy
was restored, by Mr. Magan and Mr. Monaghan, to
the domestic roof of her family at Peamont. The
luckless swain arrived in town at seven o'clock last
evening, when he was taken to the Bridewell-lane
station-house for the night.
The defendant has since been examined before the
Magistrates, and committed for trial ; but liberated
upon bail in two sureties of 501. each, and himself
in 1001.

COLLIERY BILL.—As the prohibition to employ
females or boys under thirteen, will increase the ex-
pense in some collieries, it occurs to us that provision
should have been made, in one way or another, for the
relief or tacksmen who have taken leases of mines on the
faith of the existing mode of working being permanent.
—Scotsman.

INHUMAN CONDUCT.—On Monday an inquest was
held before Mr. Baker, at the Red Lion, Tottenham, on the
body of Thomas Game, aged sixteen. William Game said
that the deceased was his brother, and on Friday after-
noon, about half-past one o'clock, he accompanied him
to the River Lea for the purpose of bathing. He could
not swim, but went into that part of the river were some
other boys were bathing and learning to swim. He went
into the water, but had not been there more than ten minutes
before he got out of his depth, and began struggling. Seeing
him struggle witness called to some haymakers who were near,
but they took no notice of his cries. He also called to some
gentlemen who took no notice, and he was drowned. The
Jury, after commenting in severe terms on the conduct of those
persons not lending assistance, returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death."
ANOTHER GRAHAM PROVIDED FOR.—The Gra-
hams are in the ascendant. We yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of a cousin of the Home Secretary to the Consul-
ship of Bayonne ; we now learn that Major Graham, Private
Secretary and brother to Sir James Graham, has been appointed
Registrar-General in the room of the late Mr. Lister.
We are glad to learn that an appeal, which we
trust may be eminently successful, has been made to public
sympathy in behalf of the suffering wives and children of our
army in Cabul. The list of subscriptions is appropriately graced
by having at is head the name of the Queen for 2001. ; Sir
Charles Forbes has given 100 guineas, the Hon. Mr. Elphin-
stone 501., and a number of ether charitable individuals have
sent in to the Committee sums of less. amount. The case is
one of a very urgent nature, and we hope the general body of
our countrymen, and countrywomen as well, will aid in the
promotion of so pressing an object of benevolence.
CHICIIESTER CATHEDRAL.—The beautiful window,
which it was announced some time since it was the intention
of the Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester to place in the Ca-
thedral, has been erected. It is intended by the Dean as a mo-
nument to his sister, the late Miss Chandler, a lady distinguished
by her many and rare virtues. The window is meant to be
an emblematical illustration of the 35th and 36th verses of
the 25th chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, and contains six
separate groups of figures, representing the six acts of mercy
described in that passage of Scripture, and scrolls with mottoes
bearing a reference to the character of the deceased; at the
bottom is in an inscription—" In memoriam Mario Chandler,
pine, beneficm, 1841." The appearance of the window, ter-
minating the east end of the south aisle, is extremely beau-
tiful. Such a memorial is greatly to be preferred to the taste-
less masses of marble by which so many of our finest Cathe-
drals are deformed. _ _ _

DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT GRAVESEND.—Monday,
at noon, an inquest was held at the Town- hall, Gravesend,
before Mr. Carttar, on the body of. Miss Elizabeth Jarman
Browne, a fine young woman aged 22, which was picked up
off Gravesend, on Friday morning last. Mrs. Sarah Brown,
a widow, living at Lower Tooting, Surrey, identified the body
as that of her daughter. She left her home on Monday to go
to a situation as governess, in a ladies' school at Islington,
and nothing further was heard of her till Saturday, when she
(witness) received a letter, stating that the deceased
had greatly annoyed the family by 'her strange conduct,
and had left on Thursday morning. Witness made inquiries,
but beard nothing of her until Saturday, when she saw an ad-
vertisement of a female having been picked up at Gravesend,
and discovered it was her daughter. The deceased has been in
a very distressing state of mind for some months past, owing to
the excessive trials which the family had undergone, and had
often complained of pains in the head. She had had no less
than three situations as governess within five months, and be-
fore going to the last she observed that she was more fit for a
mad-house. Deceased had formed no attachment. Verdict,
" Found drowned."

SUICIDE OF A RETIRED TRADESMAN.-011 Sunday
afternoon, Mr. Wrenn, who was living at 7, Weymouth-street,
Walworth, On a small income, which he had accumulated while
in business, committed suicide by drowning himself in the water-
butt. He had been missing some time, when on being searched
for, he was found with his legs projecting from the butt. On
being taken out life was found quite extinct. He was nearly
80 years of age, and had been observed to be melancholy several
days previously.
STEAM ABOVE BRIDGE.—In consequence of the
numerous visitors who daily visit Putney and Kew, the old
Company are having four boats built to run from London-
bridge-to those places every hour. The engines are on the
locomotive principle, similar to those of the boats that run from
the Cadogan pier to Greenwich.
The General Steam Navigation Company's Mail
Packet Caledonia, Capt. A. Cheesman, arrived off the
Tower on Monday morning with the Hamburgh Mail and
several passengers.
Major Graham, Private Secretary and brother
to Sir James Graham, has been appointed to the
office of Registrar-General of Births, Marriages, and
Deaths, in the room of the late Mr. Lister.

Miss CHAMBERS'S CONCERT.— This lady, daughter
of the late banker, gives her morning concert to-day, at
her Majesty's theatre, and brings together a richer display of
vocal talent than any concert of the season has yet aggregated, or
set forth. Freszolini, Moltini, Persiani and Ronconi are among
the female vocalists ; Signors Puzzi, Lablache, Guasco, Mario,
and Regondi, have also offered their services. Of the instru-
mentalists, Mrs. Anderson plays a fantasia on the piano, and
D'Espourrin another on the harp. Miss Chambers herself sings
some of her sweetest melodies, which will form not the least
exquisite part of the entertainment. It is with true delight
we observe so many great names coming forward with their
generous assistance to aid Miss Chambers, what, together with
her family, would no doubt at this time have been in the en-
joyment of much better fortunes, had her father been allowed
to manage his own affairs. We hope that the handsome treat
she on this occasion sets before the public will meet with as
handsome a return.

QUICK PASSAGE.—We have just seen a gentleman
who arrived at Blackwell, yesterday from Granton Pier,
by the Prince of Wales new, iron steam-ship, in the unprece-
dented short period of 361/2 hours, being the quickest voyage
that has ever yet been made by steam between Leith and Lon-
don. We understand the Prince of Wales was built by these
eminentengineers, Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, of Glasgow.
CLAIM OF THE BARON DE BODE.—On Saturday
the long-pending claim of the Baron Clement de Bode was
brought to a close before the Commissioners, Messrs. Fraser,
Williams, and Smyrke, and the Jury appointed to inquire into
the claim. The whole of the evidence was got through on
Friday, and on the evening of that day Mr. Commissioner
Fraser commenced summing up; but owing to the numerous
allegations contained in the petition of the Baron, he was
obliged to adjourn the Court, and resumed his summing up on
Saturday morning. He concluded at three o'clock in the after-
noon, at which hour the Jury retired, and, having found the
Baron's title to be good, returned into Court at six o'clock,
awarding the Baron 9,106,650 francs, or 364,2601., being the
sum, with interest, to which they thought he was entitled for
the loss of his estate in Alsace- The amount claimed, with in-
terest, by the Baron, was 1,600,000/.
THE PRINCESS. ROYAL STEAMER.—LIVERPOOL
AND GLAscow.—There is now running between Liverpool
and Glasgow a beautiful steamer, for the conveyance of pas-
sengers, called the Princess Royal. She left the Mersey the
other day at four p.m., and reached Glasgow four hours in ad-
vance of the mail. This is not a solitary instance of the rapid
conveyance of the metropolitan journals to Glasgow by this
steamer. She has frequently gratified the public of that city
with highly important London news hours in advance of the
mail. We understand she is splendidly fitted up, and is one of
the fastest steamers on the station. The Glasgow Chronicle
of the 15th says, "We have been again to-day put in possession
of the London journals hours before the arrival of the mail, by
the attention of the agent of this splendid steamer. In addi-
tion to this we received by her a file of American papers,
brought by the Acadia ( Halifax steamer), which arrived at
Liverpool yesterday, after a splendid run across the Atlantic of
less than 11 days."
READING ELECTION.—We have heard it reported
several times during the past week that an election for this
borough will take place very early in July, and many persons
are found to give credence to this statement. It is at present
a most unlikely thing that Mr. Roebuck's Committee can pro-
ceed to examine and report on the Reading and other election
cases within so short a time, and in the present temper of the
House no writ will be allowed to boroughs impeached of cor-
ruption. It is, in fact, perfectly impossible to predict, with
reasonable grounds of certainty, when an election will take
place. That there must be a vacancy before the close of the
session there can be no doubt whatever. The Conservatives
are prepared for a eontest, and only anxious for its speedy
termination.—Berkshire Chronicle.

The brilliant weather during the last fortnight has
been most favourable for haymaking. In the immediate.neigh-
bourhood of Hertford we believe the grass crops have nearly
all been got in, and in good condition, though from the long-
continued drought they are rather light. The wheats are in
the first order, although they begin to feel the want of rain
almost as much as the spring corn. The general appearance
of the corn crops promises an abundant and early harvest.
Herta County Press.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied
by the Countess De Grey, intend leaving Ireland the first
week in July, en route for the German Spas, which have been
recommended by the physician for his Lordship's health. He
continues, we regret to say, to suffer severely from the effects
of rheumatic gout. —Dublsn Evening Mail.
A shocking circumstance happened at Romsey,
Hants, during the thunder-storm on Tuesday. Two lads, sons
of Mr. May, of that town, were fishing near Lord Palmer-
ston's seat, Broadlands, and when the thunder-storm came en
they sought shelter beneath a tree. The tree was struck by
lightning. One of the lads was killed on the spot, and the