The Obsever.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 150, 28 July 1883, Page 2

The Obsever.

Satxtedat, July 28th, 1883. THEGISBO&nh.SGASbIIj. .y- r k Some particulars have already been given of ; " the recent scandal at GHaborne, but the following,, by our own correspondent, will be found more? complete, and than the •■roppsrtsf; a hitherto published :~M*r Sydney Smith, Josiah^tf 'Rowley Bromley— these, nainea, belong, to, . ,qne •" man — has for yefin r mel With iVe Usual upVMid r downs of life, as an, auctipneer, a: commission agenf, and, latterly, as a boot and^hpe sajestman*..-, Hydney had here his home, and *in .thftt homo "".' , there was of course a Mrs Bromley, the pair being blessed -with two little children. ( '• But" Josiahu ; Sydney's happiness, peace of mind, and domesticfelicity have been rudely disturbed. The first. element of discord was the unexpected appear— ance in Gisborne of a young gentleman, ' wlio,;. " meeting Sydney one day, addressed him by the- , euphoneous name of " Father.',',. ; Sydney. Joiiah v however, disdained this nnQxpiepted claimani ■to?""! parental ties, and said to' thpyoiing Sydney: "I. 1 '"' know you not." But l the 'yotitig 1 man was not . long ere 'he refreshed :j the" old'tnUnV failin"-;" 1 memory, whereupop tho. latter^blusiieo!. lite' a V pepny, and, in the 5 language of JeUnQe3, ><rj yoiiV ; might hare knocked hini^6wh c^ithV : a feather." vThls episode -was shortly afterwards followed by tb* appearance on*'ft#lo^n^Wf^H^ti^ J iao^ier of the' youpg-ffi^ti^^WiHS f^i^edff y&afs bba r been left-

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ffijli ;;Slrprtly':aftei? arrival liere, |Mrs Bromley If 9: ;1 < y JJ^isliti^d^tlie f liome presided over by Mrs ' Brdniley. i^^|^oV^, !flH4^unmasked her identity, Syflney/hpvy/.^feVer^ Ming absent. What follbwed'l'lgave.'the. '?/*?£&&s&'■ to ! imagine/ • - 'Subsequ'entlyj; '^e^ting' * an ii^iitft'eryiew with* her old. love, Mrs Bromley No. 1. v. leave/Sydney in undisturbed' possession 'I Sh^;l6v^ 'of tiis old .years, on'cpndxtioh that^he. f '■ soldcpdi her pcist griefs and future lo,nelirisss' with down in a week. \ Sydney "fell in Siyith. / promised to endeavour to, " rkise, ', iS^tKeLwind " ; but in tlie meantime ippaehed Auckv ••:. laHd, whjeye' he wag arrested, under a warrant for .

,:;f ;.■■'' /■'.' ' ♦- — ■ ; "■\. On iWe'dnesday v aVid Thursday the E.M. Court. ,:; " Tsras, occupied in hearing the charge preferred -,t-'' against Sydney, "wlieh a complete expose of his ; 7 was made. Though Sydney had all ■ Tftlong 'been'ih CHsborne doing a good business, 'J".- and living, yvith this other woman, he had written .;. Mrs Bromley/ in Australia, a long series of most .j^ffptionafe letters, in which he also depicted in ;•',." elegant phraseology the great dangers he had to . ;\_ xun, the savage nature of the natives, the great ■'•-V' and -mighty rivers he sometimes had to swim '•<■"•' : '. across to save lu'si life, the seasons wherein he had' V to subsist upon any food he could pick up in the V . -wilds of .the forest, all of which he encountered in .;... order to procure a block of native land that in the sweet byrand-,byo should be the Patmos,,of himself ..- and dear ones, whom he longed to see, but whtf / were not, lest -lie should get all his prospects v -blighted, to venture upon the wilds of New ' . Zealand ! ilnt.il such time as he sent for them. Another reason which he gave why they should not come was that thei'e was great danger of a ■ .Maori rebellion breaking out any day.

'. -* „..' The letters setting out this, terrible state of ...tilings were sometimes dated Waiapu, Tanranga, j JJapier, Wellington, and other "uncivilised" '- 'places, and the unsuspecting Mi's Bromley No. 1 . believed this series oH falsehoods regarding her • ' ! tjtisbarid's adventures and trials until in the ■ ..'fullriess of time she registered a letter to him, '.'and, not getting an acknowledgment of that -wrote to the Q-isborne postmaster; who, ,' .linuonseious of how matters stood, in his usual •' iiridly spirit, sent word that Mr Bromley was safe, Happy, and prosperous, and had been so for ' 'years, in the pretty little town of G-Üborne. This '. led to the visit of Sydney, jun., and the subsequent arrival of Mrs Sydney No. 1, who to cut short the G-isborne domestic : ■ felicity of her husband by a prosecution for, '';", ••''.bigamy ; but a difficulty arose in finding the #; certificate or proofs of the alleged second mar:;4f^riage. Under these circumstances Mrs Bromley y 3So. 1 was fain to resign her claim to her worse hajf^ pf ,JBroialey, ancLery quits in considera- ■'-•'. tig^of'iavsum of £oQ. Sydney says he only iHro?rwgH£\tnß' 'forfln of marriage with Ins No. 2 'j ,' Wf^jlrgl^gpod of No. 1, as ;No. 2 had £800, ! -Mi ! &-Si f 6isley- he 1 did not . , exp^c^Jer^to^iive an hour. "■ : ■ &C: .{•'-. <■?■'■ ■-'■ ■> - — ♦■ — ' .