Elizabeth Town Gazette

FROM LONDON PAPERS
Received at the office of the Com. Advertiser.

LONDON, Feb. 16.

Singular occurrence.—The following singular fact, which occurred about three weeks ago, will probably become a subject of discussion in the course of the approaching term. Mr. T——D, a gentleman of fortune, paid his addresses to Miss S——, the daughter of a respectable merchant in the city. A mutual attachment existed, and a day was fixed for the nuptials taking place, when Mr. T. suddenly withdrew himself, and went to the continent. The young lady's health suffered severely for some time. At length, on her getting somewhat better, the commands of her father, aided by the persuasions of her friends, induced her to consent to marry a gentleman every way eligible, who had long solicited her hand. The day appointed for the nuptials arrived: the parties, attended by their mutual friends, repaired to the church; the ceremony was performed, and they were about to quit the altar, when the appearance of Mr. T——ll, in the aisle, had such an effect on the bride, that she fainted, and was conveyed home in that state, no one of the party, excepting her father, suspecting the cause. On her recovering her senses, soon after her arrival at home, she broke away from her friends, who surrounded her, seized a knife from the side-board, and vowed vengeance against herself, and those who had been the destroyers of her happiness. She was disarmed, and put to bed; and towards night becoming more moderate and tranquil, she was left, at her own request, in the care of her favorite maid. On the following morning, to the surprise of her friends, her chamber was found empty. A letter on her dressing table, addressed to her father, informed him she had quitted the house, accompanied by her maid, to join Mr. T——l, who had long possessed her heart, and to whom, before she again saw them, her fate was to be united for life. All search for the fugitives proved unavailing; and in about a fortnight she returned, accompanied by Mr. T——D, to whom, in the interim, she had been married; and throwing herself at her father's feet, asked a parent's blessing. The question for legal discussion will be, whose wife of the twain is she?