Star.
London, England, 1823-10-18 00:00:00

SINGULAR ELOPEMENT.

The following is a more circumstantial account of the
elopement to which we alluded on Thursday:
A matrimonial excursion is reported to have taken
place from the Metropolis Or its vicinity, on Friday se'n.
night. The Lady, of whostt gallantry compels us to
,peak first, is said to be the daughter of a wealthy mer-
chant in the City, possessing unnumbered personal
charms and accomplishments of the very first order, all
of which were not a little enhanced by the perspective
right to a munificent dower. The chosen companion of
her flight is no more exalted a personage than a Gen-
tleman's Gentitimau from' the neighbourhood of Bond.
street, who, by the insinuating suavity of his manners,
easy address, and graceful person, soon wooed and won
the heart of our fair Oriental. The young Lady, it
seems (for we have the story only on.report), had only
a short time since returned from a seminary at Ver-
sailles, where she had been sent fer the completion of
her studies, the system of education in England being
now considered much too limited, and directed rather
towards the formation of those antiquated and prudish
principles of honour, morality, and virtue, than to the
attainment of that charming ease and polished freedom
of manner and conduct which distinguishes the well-
bred of Continental C,,urts. Tired of a deserted metro-
polis, she began to experience all the horrors of ennui,
and sought relief in the lively and fashionable scenes of
•Cheltenham and Margate. Her maternal parent being
long since dead, she was chaperoned by a distant female
relative, who loves gay company, whist, 100, and flat-
tery, as much as most widows of forty. It was during
their :dour at the former place, that the handsome
valet de chanthre had the good fortune to make love's
impress on the susceptible heart of the charming native
of East London, who speedily found means of chiding
the purblind vigilance of her inattentive guardian, and
enjoyed many "sweet, though stolen interviews," with
the delightful fellow. But " the course of true love,
never yet ran smooth," our valet's master happened to
be one of those brilliant orbs of fashion that are never
long seen in the same hemisphere—grown weary of
Cheltenham and its society—

Ile came one morning;
Ere Love 11::,d warning,
And raised the latch where the lover lay,
" Arise," cried he, " bid the fair good bye ;"
he then took horse and they flew away.
After a short stay in London, our valet was ordered
to Margate, where propitious chance had already
guided the matron superintendant and her lovely pro-
tegee. Here again the game of dalliance was renewed ;
the attractions of the endearing youth were too many,
and too potent, to render much persuasion necessary,
and the Lady surrendered at discretion. A trip to the
accommodating blacksmith of Gretna was proposed
and acceded to—delicate health furnished a plea for im-
mediate return to town, where they arrived on Thurs-
day, and the following morn beheld the fugitives on
their road to Hymen's Temple long before Sol had
quitted his pillow. Pursuit was commenced on Satur-
day by some of the Lady's friends, but as the lovers
travelled in good style, and with great celerity, there
is reason to believe that the object of their flight has
been accomplished without interruption. Rumour as-
signs to the ci-devant valet many recommendations ex-
clusive of personal attractions which are already granted.
He is said to have travelled the Continent in the suite
of a Noble Duke ; speak:. French and Italian u ith the
idiom and fluency of a native; is a connoisseur and vir-
tuoso, discus,ing the respective merits of the grearmas-
ter: in the schools of painting and sculpture with the
finest critical acumen. He has trodden the classic
grounds of Athens and of Rome; has visited the re-
mains of Herculaneum and Pompeii : has seen the shrine
of the Prophet at Mecca, ascended to the top of Mont
Blanc, crossed the Bridge of Sighs at Venice, and re-
turned once more to Old England to wre.nth his brows
with Love's laurels, and make himself master of one of
the fairest and (should not his fortune now break down)
one of the wealthiest of her daughters. Who will not
admit that he is the Prince of Valets? The exasperated
father, on discovering the infidelity of his daughter,
cancelled that instrument by which she was entitled to
a magnificent portion; but parents have been known to
relent even in an age of greater austerity than the pre-
sent. Perhaps he also may remember the adage, " What
can't be cured must be endured."

Wednesday night, a file broke out in a stable in
George-street, Mile-end N..w Town, belonging to Mr.
Reynolds, egg•merchant, in Brick-lane, which burnt
with such irresistible fury, that it was impo,:ible to save
three horses therein.

EXTRAORDINARY RE3EMBLANCES.—There are now
living and well, in Oldham-road, Manchester, twin bro-
thets, about six years old, whose resemblance to each
other in growth, make, feature, voice, and complexion,
has been so exact, that it was found difficult for any one,
the parents excepted, to distinguish one from the other.
Their names are Joseph and James—. Some time
since as James was viewing himself in a glass, he started
back as if unconscious of the resemblance, and exclaimed
in a tone of surprise, " See, Mammy I there is Joseph's
face in the glass looting at me!" It was with difficulty
he could be persuaded of his error, or that it was his'
own features, and not those of his brother Joseph he
had been contemplating. At the present time, one of
these twins is, in a very slight degree, lustier than the'
other, but the resemblance is such as to excite admira-
tion, and is heightened by both being dressed alike.
Mont Blanc used to be considered as the highest
mountain in Europe, being 14,793 feet above the level
of the sea; but it has lately been ascertained by trigo-
nometric measurement, that Mont Rosa greatly ex-
ceeds this, its elevation being 15,600 feet. M. Saus-
sure, after many fruitless attempts to ascend Mont Rosa,
decided that its summit was inaccessible; but two 'hardy
adventurers, Messrs. Zumstein and Vincent, overcime
' this difficulty. The details of their first ascent are to
be found in the 25th volume of The Memoirs of the Aca-
demy of T'urin.
I:%lttrivinv PUN.—When the late Lord HOPETOUN left
Egypt, Sir RALPH ABERCROMBY officially announced
his departure in his public dispatch, by the following
complimentary pun General Hope sails for Eng-
land to-morrow, accompanied by General Regret."

The following IS an authentic copy of the will of Mr. Jaen*,
thirty years a clerk to Messrs. Fasces and VAbOStAlt, in Corn.
bill, as brought to be proved in Doctors' Commons;
I give and beqeath,
When I'm laid underneath,
To my two loving sisters, most dear,
The whole of my store
• Were it twice as much more,
Which GOD'S goodness has granted me here;
And

POLICE- INTXL4IOENCE.
ANSIOVITIOUSK
Perms Siannas.—Kaaanctrovr Cass.—Three Scots mecha-
nics came before Alderman Gasuz (who sat for the Loan Mayon).
One of the applicants was a young man of decent appearance, but
all three appeared worn by fatigue or disease, and were evidently in
the lowest misery ; they requested relief to return to Scotland ; they
said they were at that time in a starving condition.. They were
part of the survivors of a number of persons who had been induced
by infamous miuepresentations to quit their homes, and go out for
the purpose of settling at a place called Poyais.
Alderman GA &LIT said he had read the statements in the public
Papers respecting the unfortunate emigrants, and their cue was un-'
doubredly deplorable; but the Chief Magistrate had rto power to
send home the applicants, and they must take the regular course of
applying to the officers of the parish where they slept, who were
booed to give them relief, and assist them in getting home.
Some small pecuniary aid was then given to the applicants, and
an officer was ordered to go with them to the parish officers. 'They
appeared to be very reluctant to be sent borne as vagrants, or as
common paupers, which they consider as disgraceful. They thanked
the worthy Alderman for the relief he had given, and after they had
been quebloned in the Hall by several persona, as to the state of
their fellow-sufferers, they went away with the officer.
We learn, that out of the 200 who emigrated, 45 only were able
to return from Honduras, the remainder, a small number, having
been left in the hospitals of Honduras and Ilelize. Of the forty-
five whn were sent home in the Honduras traders, the greater part
were in ill health, and several have died in the passage. Some have
been landed at Bristol, and the exact number of survivors carnaJt
yet, perhaps, be ascertained. The sufferers were distributed amongst
fourteen ships, of which the last, the Ocean, Captain Whittle, has
[ arrived in the River.