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"a Curious Marriage aRa plaaros
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""' ~ uoHu 70 ne seA ia aulff, aud may
.svs as waning lessou 70 lhose who pre-
ief Pfessrt security 10 future ppacs anI
happiness. A year or two ago N. Mafs-.
latre. bonoF, hope Ahd beir OF renowned
eAiieo printer stocking maker, and uigEt
cap vendeF Of IlOuen, seg ssil from, Hsyr.
70 proceed 70 Sydney, 10 order 10 superip--
tend the business which bis father esrr;.J
on 10 that place. and which the ds.ih of
bis partner had len without sursillane-.
One ofthose accidents which will LapOep
10 spite Of eaptain OF compass, even 70 ths
lest governed ships on The ocean, happen.
ed, as q matter Of eouise, 10 lbe rotten m.
tie bark in which NJ. Malflulre set sail-
and on the inhospitable sbole ofwalhs's
Island il was wrecked; everything losl but
N. Malflatre, to whom everything Is IOs,,
bat honor. The plump person and de.
feneeless state Of the young merchant be-
came q great temptation to the dainty in.
hsbitants Of Wallis's Island, who have
disgusted the missionaries by eating each
other, and they carried him away 10 the
chefs but with loud shouts Of triumph AZ
the sweet morseI which the waves hail
thrown upon their shore. The catholic
missionaries have a small establishment Of
the Maristes on the Island. They work
night and day,wilh unremitting zeal at the
conversion Of these saysges, and have got
as far as the prevention Of infantieide for
gas:rononicpurposes which is great step;
but they have not as yet been able 10 To-
spile that wholesome dislike Of human fssh
which should certainly form the first step
10 every conversion TO Christianity. The
poor young man in his dilemma, appealed
piteously 70 the reverend father; but they
confessed that they possessed no influence:
that they were barely tolerated and dare
not interfere. The only rescue to be ex,
Pecled could be obtained by choosing a
wife amongst the native women, and con-
senting to remain on the Island foreyer.-
After much persuasion fIom the missIona-
~, be accepted tue latter alternative, and
the holy father, according to the custom Of
bis nation, choose bride for the young
man, and took especial care to choose a GOOD
paHs-no less a one than the daughter OF
the chief. One thing, however, the faith
sr insisted on; the marriage should be SOL
emnized seriously with Catholic rites; and
at all events the bridegroom should DO
bound by proper registers, and not be per.
mitte1 to treat the sacred ceremony with
the same Jig ghtness as elsewhere.
Everything was consented to bv the
young man, who had grown attached 10
life by means Of good supper; and &C.
eordingly. on the next day the beautiful
Suleta, all freshly tatooed from bead 10
fo0t-her fair proportions Undisfgured by
crinoline, was led to the altar Of the Mar
istes by NJ. Malflatre. But, Of course, our
hero from ROuen had treated the whole
thing as a little harmless expedient to keep
safe skin and whole bones IN this hun.
CRY land, and soon began to look out for
an opportunity Of quitting the scene of bis
eonnubial felicity. Sore months elapsed,
however, before this opportunity occurred.
butat length. one afternoon, wandering dis
consolate. on the beach, ,hedescried vessel in
the offng. Il was an English yessel, whose
boats crew in answer to the signal Of dis
tress hOisted by the bridegroom, fastened
to the rescue, and bore him off 10 the ship
without discovery on the part Of the ua-
tives, who would have killed and eaten
them all had they been aware Of the treach-
cry intended. NJ. MaI6laire landed safe
and sound at Havre only two months ago.
1e found great changes had taken place in
bis fathers household during bis absence.
An Inheritance had fallen in-fortune had
smiled most graciously upon the old man;
and the son after all this wretehedness and
misery, returned to find himself the heir
Of wealth he had never dreamed Of. The
first thing for rich man IN France 10. do u
as.we all now, TO provide himself with,a
rich wife; the father began to look about
him, and having found suitable match.
the parties were strrightway brought forth
to be married.
But now arose the dificulty-youug
Maflatre could not deny Lis marriage at
Wallis's Island bva Catholic priest accord.
ing to Catholic rites. The marrisge was
legal in every point Ofview, excepting in
the one point Of the nonconsent of the pa.
rents Of the bridegroom, So,therefoTe, 20
tice was served by huissier upon the
"Dsmoiselle Suleta, falsely calling herself
Madame Malflatre," to show cause why
she should not be dispossessed Of that title.
Of course the whole affair was considered
mighty good joke by the gOssips, and
laughed at accordingly; for. Of course, aft
er the delay expired, no parts civile appear-
ing, judgment would go by default, and
Malfilatre might be- free to marry whom
he pleased. Thus did the affair stand uu-
til last week, when loI to the utter coDfu.
SION of the sangnine bridegroom and his
rich wife, the bishop of Australsa aud
Oceana, in whose diocese lies that paradise
of which we have given some Of the most
striking traits de maeurs aud in defence of
morality and religion. proelaims himself
ready to become party civile iD this case.
for the protection of the helpless Suleta.--
We may judge Of The CONSERVATION thrown
among the ranks of jewellers, costumieres,
and modistes all engaged for the rich mar
riage--the tears of the rich bride--the ra-
wings of the rich bridegroom. Thade-
bates which are to come on directly, will
be full Of interest," and of warning at the
same lime. The case is consideIed the
most curious on record and has been CON
plcated since the issue of tho first mise en-
demeure, BY the arrival Of news of the
birth at Wallis's Islands, of son Of the