The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-09

"MAsaIAes ar suapsIss', IN IrAsy. The Flo
renee correspondent of the London Ntsos says:
met Ia socisty lew days ego an English lady who
undergone two months Of solitary confinement for
having contracted marriage with Tuscan officer
In the manner termed mstriM0ni d so~press, which
may be considered equivalent to . GrethA Green
match In England. The parties being much at
tached to each other, although family obstacles
prevented their Immediate marrying IN Jorma,
they resolved to adopt the plan above mentioned,
which consists In the couple presenting themselves
before the curste Of the parish and stating 10 him
In the presence oftwo Witnesses that they are man
and wife, THIS forms q valid marriage according
70 the law Of the Church Of Rome. The lady in
the present case being Roman Catholic, sent to
the curate to inform him that she wished to con-
lees, and requested him to name the hour that
would suit him 10 hear her. At the hour named
she repaired 70 the confessional, and had fully
gagged the priests attention, when her lover, at
tended by two witnesses, suddenly presented him
self The lady arose and gave him her hand. the
fatal words were pronounced, the witpesses atest-
ed, and the corate became the unwilling instro-
the marriage contracted in this manner is per.
iectly valid, it is punishable In Tuscany as civil
misdemesnor; 90 that the law condemns whit the
church sanctions. Y fpH3 , +,
tress. deprived Of bis rank and dismissed the SER
vice, and then sent to expiate his offence, in civil
point OF view, by two months solitary confinement
in the Muratte cellular prisons, and bis wife had
announcer N.
other instance of this kind occurred here recently
Wherein the prizes. was sent for II to attend dy
ing person but one Of the witnesses getting
alarmed before the curate arrived, went down
Stare and warned bis reverence that q snare was
prepared for him. The curate very indignantly
sent for couple Of gendarmes, and with them
presented himself to arrest the culpabie parties.
The other witness got out of an upper window and
escaped over the tiles; but the bridegroom nothing
daunted by the priest and his posse comifatus and
resolved not to miss marriage for want OF wit
hesses, addressed the curate in the usual formula:
"This 10 my wife," said he "And this is my
husband responded the lady; ssand these two
gentlemen" resumed the bridegroom, pointing to
the two astounded gendarmes, "aro witnesses"
The priest was done and the marriage was valid
ENCouNTERs WITH TIasRs-The following ac-
count Of two extraordinary instances Of presence
OF mind are related in the Singapore Journal Of
Commerce as having lately occurred in the Dessa
Tritek residency, Rembang division of Bodjone-
goro. A Javanese Singodirono was awoke in the
mig ut OF the 9Th of July, at about 3 O'Clock by a
disquieting noise In his buffalo stable. Thinking
that evil.doers were about stealing and taking off
his beloved buffaloes, he, armed with his lance,
to their relief BY the light of the moon
however, be saw with fright large tiger in the
stable, and ready to epring upon him; he pointed
his lance and awaited the attack ofthe tiger which
ne received on its point, and with such good sue
GEES that the tiger badly wounded, fed, but drop
ped dead after running about one hundred yards.
In the afternoon of the 18th of July following, the
Javanese's (Kromo) son was out cutting bamboos
when he suddenly saw large tiger making to-
wards him. Armed only with cutting Knife
(parang,) be stood and waited the tigers spring,
which be avoided cleverly by jumping aside and
1t the same time infiicting severe blow on the
animate head, which made him reel, and then
'eizing him by the tall repeated his blows until he
succceded In finally despatching him. "a"