A SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2170, 21 December 1885, Page 2

A SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.

London is agog vritK a new sensation, in wich the elements of romance are pain-.. fully mixed. A handsome young assistant in a Dublin dry goods shop eloped with a Miss Wilson, whoso acquaintance, ■ho made during her shopping visits.Misß Wilaon was also young and hand- jv some, and was, moreover, an heiress and. ' 1 also a ward in ohancery. Her father' is* ■ still living, and became terribly enraged 1 when he learned of the elopement. Ho chased the fugitives over half of England, and finally overtook them and caused their | arrest while they were on their way . to Scotland to be married, They were brought separately' to London, and the i young man .was arraigned at the Row •' street Police Court on October 4, on a charge of contempt .of Court, in having sought to marry a ward in Ohancefy without the consent of the Lord Cliaijcellor. Ho was ajsq charged with fraudulent and thij girl's father swore that Kavanagh had assumed airs of great importance; and talked as ; • though he were a Cresus, although when he eloped he was penniless and without work or prospects, and the girl whom he stolo had to defray evon the expenses of the flight. The expectant bridegroom was. remanded without bail, although if, bail had been allowed it probably would not have been obtained. ■

Just before the examination Kavanagh told his side of the story to a correspond' ent. He said that his arrest algne prevented his tarrying Rpss Wilson, and that what he most deplored was the fact that while tliey were on the.way to Scotland they asumed the relations of husband and wife, without waiting for the cere- \ mony. He said he had not been aware that the young lady was a ward in chancery; that ho was sincerely anxious to marry her, and would do so at this. moment if the Lord Chancellor would give ' him permission. He admitted that lie was poor, but said he was willirte to work like a slave for his wife, and did not want a shilling of her money. Miss Wilson, who was seen subsequently, seemed brokenhearted. . Sho said there could bo no) objections to Kavanagh except that he waijj poor, and she tearfully declared that blio would die unless thoy were re-united, $ is believed that the Lord Chancellor will probably imprison Kavanagh for two months, and then will allow him to marry Miss Wilson, but taking oare to tie up her money so that she alone can control it.

The London correspondent of the ' Argus says" The frozen meat market is unusually depressed, and no considerable rally is expected this side of Christmas. Owing to the failure of the turnip crops, home-grown mutton is being thrown upon the market, and is selling afc from 2s 8d to 3s 6d, while Scotch- fetches only 4s 2d to 4s Bd. It is estimated that there are at least 110,000 frozen mutton in the London 'atom, W say nothing of considerable consignments of River Plato meat at Liverpool. New Zealand mutton has sold this week as low - as 2s per stone. The Tainui's cargo is quo-' tad at 2s lOd to 3s 4d per stone, but these prices are nominal, and cannot always be obtained. . During .. the past month 02,444 cwfc of mutton were received in. Great Britain, of which .48,741 came : to » London. During the corresponding period in 1874, 66,519 cwt arrived, 58,055 .being destined for the metropolis. In September .. last, New Zealand arrivals nnly-anfoiffiffi" to 28,1510wt,, as qomparefl fyitft faf the cQTOspo,tiding month of 1884lf Vfc ! . : sent 4,4Btyjwfe., aind New South' Wales 914, It'is significant to note : 'tiat last month the arrivals from the River Plato amounted to 23,039cwt. as" compared with . 10,758cwt.' - during September, 1884, There is ho disguising ' tho fact that the competition; of the RiVey, Plate graziers is becoming altoioqfc as/.^e| of wool wp'pliet}. Shipowners declarft tliey can,!lot make - fvtl^ 1 ' reductions iii of meat must seeje conqesaioiia in of 1 not find the.export trado remunerativt.'' ■'■ <£<•," A quickly cured Iby using' Baxter's. ceF brated "Lung Preserver, established, medicine,-'is' plX' Bant , to tho palate,; and - higlily- extolled, - by-'the lhembm of >t)i6 'medical,-legal-arid 'cleridal.-professlorlß;'.Sold' % all Patent Medicine ' Vendftis.- ■ :5,60;; mohiala in advertisements.—Adyt. ' ! 4 ' 1

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