ELOPEMENT OF A BRIDE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1103, 22 July 1882, Page 4

ELOPEMENT OF A BRIDE.

The wife of Mr H. R. B. Peile of In▼erkip, Renfrewshire, head land steward on the extensive estate of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, has eloped, “ during her honeymoon,” with a wealthy Cumberland laudowner, who is a married man with a large family. . The lady in question is the daughter of the Bev. G. R. Collingwood, who recently resigned the living of Irton in West Cumberland, owing to continued ill health, and her marriage took place at St. Paul’s, Irton, as recently as April 19th, when it was celebrated with great ceremony and rejoicing, there being every indication of an auspicious and happy union. It is said, i:hat soon after the nuptial ceremony facts were brought to the knowledge of the unsuspecting bridegroom which led to an estrangement between the “ happy couple,” followed by the bride seeking protection elsewhere in the manner described. The event has caused a flutter not only in social but in political circles in the west of the county and it is supposed that it may materially affect the arrangements already made by the Conservative party for contesting the next West Cumberland election. If the facts should turn out as rumoured there will doubt, less be double proceedings in the Divorce Court. In the meantime much sympathy is felt for the families whose names have been mentioned in connection with the painful and unfortunate ocourrence.