THE RECENT BIGAMY.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 521, 11 September 1871, Page 2

THE RECENT BIGAMY.

Aslto m any rumors ard current respecting the recent marriage iv Symonds-street, and the subsequent departure of the parties by the. Nevada, we have been.at the pains of finding out particulars. On the 4th instant, Miss Elizabeth Paul called on Mr. Wayland, and applied fora certificate or licence to get married. Mr'. Way-? land declined, lin the absence of her father, the applicant having stated that she was nineteen years of age. Her father having been brought up| from the :Ihames, Miss Jr'aul, accompanied by her father and mother, n»ain came to the office of the" Registrar, and the consent of the father having been signified in writing in tlio usual manner, and Miss Paul made the usual declaration that there was no lawful,impediment to her being married to Sydney Pope Ste4eris, a statement which was not so^ far' astray, except in the particular-^hat this gentleman had not been consulted iv the matter, nor given his consent. Armed with this document, Mr. Herbert

V". Stevens and Miss Elizabeth Paul appeared before Dr. Wallis, in the bouse of the lady's parents on the7tb, ab/o^tateu in the forenoon, to have the jSarrmge sCflenioised. What occurred on tlie o *caai^rl jwe know not; it is rumoured that Mir. :38>;\$[* Stevens was drunk, requiring;stich. stimulant to nerve him for the a&casion on which it is also rumoured he was,an Unwilling actor As to the truth, of the rumours "we cannot vouch;/ Wo presume the minister celebrant must have put the usual question, as to whether lie was the person described in. the certificate; and on this important point we think the public should be informed; in fact, the whole thing requires elucidation at the hands of those who took the principal part in the proceedings, a-ad their silence on the subject will certainly lead to unfavourable comment. We'were in error" in stating that :the unhappy wife of the absconder resides at Panraure : we should have stated Parnell, where she was at the time, almost within sight of the house in which the bad proceedings were taking place. We understand that Mr. G-arlick is among the list of those who regret the departure: by:the Nevada, to the extent of some' :£l2O. It is rumoured, and it is different from manyrumours iv.being fact, tha| ; a gentleman who had taken a prominent part in the proceedings, called the day following at the office of our evening contemporary, and in referring to the notice of marriage, asked the clerk, "Did they get off all right?" Altogether the affair requires clearing up. "*, | A' '"