Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-10-27
Married Under leu Ii les.

A marriage of a very extraordinary charac-
ter took place yesterday at Sheffield between
a local solicitor, Mr.. E. Knowles Binns, a
member of the Sheffield Town Council and
Sheffield Board of Guardians, and Mrs. Ada
Caroline Milne, widow, of Tunbridge wells.
Two months ago Mrs Milne, who possesses
fortune of Els, 200, advertised in the
Matrimonial Neaos her wish to again get
married. The advertisement fell into the
hands of Mr.. Binns, who entered into CORE
spondence with the lady. An appointment
was made, and Mr.. Binns met the lady at
Tuabridge- wells The interview was inter-
rupted by the appearance of Mr.. f. Liebert,
of Tunbridge-wells, the brother of the lady,
who, believing that his sister not re-
sponsible for her actions. as she had already
been confined in an asylum, took energetic
measures to defeat the intentions of MIR.
Binns. At his hands Mr.. Binns received
summary chastisement. He was thrashed
and kicked out of the house, and the thrash
ing was repeated at the railway station. Mr..
BInns, returning to Sheffield, wrote to the
lady for ''some explanation why your broth
or should have thought fit to insult me in the
way he did, )" and received a stern reply from
the brother himself, who opened the letter.
Mr.. Binns, however, persevered in his inten-
tions.
Early this month the lady, who had taken
up her residence at convent at Folkestone,
suddenly left and went to Sheffield staying
at the Victoria Station Hotel under the name
of Mrs. Scott, of New York. The lady be-
ing Roman Catholic, Mr.. Binns proposed
to be married first at st. Mary's Norfolk
row, and afterward at the parish church.
Canon Walshaw, of st. Mary's, however,
who had been in communication with the
lady's relatives, declined to act, and a dds
pensation'' from the Roman Catholic Bishop
of Leeds, which had been obtained, was with
drawn. Last Saturday Mr.. Binns waited
Canon RlaRnnnu nf hot al o,1
yesterday morning he again called at
| early hour to obtain the promised license.
The Vicar, who was unaware until Tuesday
evening of the peculiar circumstances of the
case, urged Mr.. Biuns to make q settlement
on the lady. He said he would not be coerc-
cd by anyone, and that in consequence of the
rough treatment he had received from the
brother nothing should induce him to make q
settlement The question of the lady's sani-
ty was mentioned, whereupon Mr.. Binns
| produced three medical certificates all pro-
nouncing her sane, and as he was prepared
to make the declaration necessary to be made
before license could be obtained, the Vicar
| had no option but to grant the license. Mr..
Liebert, hearing of his sisters contemplated
marriage. came to Sheffield on Monday, tax
| ing up his quarters at the Victoria Station
Hotel, and it is a curious circumstance that
i. he occupied the bedroom Immediately ad-
| Joining that of his sister without having any
| knowledge of her proximity. On Tuesday
| he was aware that an attempt would be made
1 to have the marriage ceremony performed
| next day, and he took steps to prevent it. A
| carriage and pair we're in waiting at the
| church gates at 8 o'clock and a number of
men were employed for the purpose of forci-
| bly, preventing Mr.. Milne from proceeding
| with the marriage, the intention being to
put her into the carriage and drive her away
| until such time as an injunction could be OBJ
| tanned restraining the marriage on the ground
| of the lady not being in a fit and sound state
of mind. Mr.. Binns, however, had taken
effective steps to prevent a breach of the
present.
| On the lady alighting from the carriage
which conveyed her to the church her broth
er stepped forward and seized her by the arm
and asked her to 60 with him, but she re-
| fused. The police held Mr.. Liebert and the
lady then entered the church, chased by her
| brother soon as he got free from the con-
| stables. Mr.. Binns entered the church soon
| after and the wedding ceremony proceeded
quietly until the words eff any man can
| show any just cause why they may not law
fully be joined together let him now speak or
else hereafter forever hold his peace" Mr..
| Liebert then stepped forward and made a
| whispered statement, the purpose of which
was that the lady was of unsound mind, and
| that if time were granted he could prove the
| truth of his assertion. Canon Blakeney re.
piled that Mr.. Binns possessed medical GER
| tiicates from three leading Sheffield practi-
TONERS, and that he was bound to proceed
with the marriage unless Just cause" could
| be shown against it. Mr.. Liebert repeated
his remonstrances again and again, but in
| vain, and the ceremony was proceeded with.
| Mr.. Liebert was much affected and leaned
his head on one of the pews, weeping bitter
| ly. The affair has created great sensation
| in Sheffield, where MIR. Binns, owing to his
public position and his standing as solicitor,
| is very well known.
| The wife of John Russell Young, minister
| to China, was a Miss Coleman of Hartford.
She is in poor health and voyage to Japan
is advised by her physicians.
William Hamersley, Esq. State attorney of
| Hartford county, was married to Miss Jennie
J. Allen, at the residence OF the brides
father, John Allen, Esq, at Saybrook, Wed
nesday, Bishop Niles, of New Hampshire,
officiating.
The New Raven County Commissioners OF
the bazaar and industrial and art exhibition
at Washington, In behalf of the Garfield
monument fund, commencing November %,
are Hon. Hobart b. Bigelow, Hon. N. d.
Sperry and Professor Othniel @. Marsh, oil
New Haven Hon. James Platt, of Meriden,
and Benjamin p. Chatfeld and John w. Hill
of Waterbury,