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Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials; and also be had of R. Hook, Wholesale
Toy and Hawker’s Paper Warehouse, 8, Market Street, Brighton.
ELOPEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY.
On Saturday last, Colonel H----, of the Lancers, eloped with the fair
and beautiful Miss M----n, Ward to Squire _March_, of Holt, Norfolk,
while the Squire is on a visit to his Nephew in London: the happy
couple took the direction to Gretna, and both (particularly the lady)
appeared highly pleased they were in possession of such a _golden_
opportunity.--Also, the same day, at the same hour, in a similar
vehicle, and same direction--Farmer Stubble bore off the youthful Wife
of the Squire; they all started off in a merry mood, each singing
‘_Little Love is a Mischievous Boy_,’ and ‘_Begone Dull Care_;’ or
rather that verse commencing with ‘_My Wife shall Dance, and I will
Sing_’ which was sung by the gentlemen in great humour.--They had
several interviews during the time the old gentleman was labouring
under severe attacks of the gout, which confined him to his room, and
gave the Colonel and Farmer opportunities to breathe love-strains in
the anxious ears of his Wife and Ward.--The Colonel left a facetious
letter at the Squire’s house, against his return, the following of
which is a copy (forwarded to us by the gallant Son of Mars); but,
thinking it too good to keep secret, we have taken the opposite course,
and given it publicity.
SIR,
I have prevailed upon your trusty ‘MESSENGER,’ Tom ‘HERALD,’ who I
find a true ‘ENGLISHMAN,’ to take this Letter with the ‘DISPATCH’ of
a ‘COURIER,’ and forward it by the ‘EVENING MAIL,’ as it is now too
late for the ‘POST.’ It is sent for the ‘EXPRESS’ purpose of informing
you that I am on the happy Road to Gretna, with the young Lady you
are ‘GUARDIAN’ to: she tells me you have, in the most gross manner,
offended her, and that she is happy she is out of your clutches; for,
she says, you lost a few weeks ago, a valuable ‘STAR,’ and had the
audacity to throw imputations on her character, and went so far as
to ‘EXAMINE HER’ yourself, which you cannot retract, as your Ostler,
‘PIERCE EGAN,’ was a close ‘OBSERVER;’ but really, sir, ‘COMMON SENSE ’
and common decency ought to have taught you better: but take care, my
old boy, the young lady declares she will become an ‘ADVERTISER’--that
is to say, she will publish a ‘CHRONICLE’ of your character in all
the ‘NEWSPAPERS;’ therefore prepare to vindicate yourself. You must
know, my old Guardian, I have prevailed upon her to let _me_ become
her future ‘MONITOR’ and Husband, which she has most willingly
consented to; as she says the Belle’s life she has experienced while
with you, is very different to a ‘BELLE’S LIFE IN LONDON;’ therefore
she now prefers being a _Wife_ to a ‘_Belle_,’ either in London or
the Country.--I make no doubt there will be a glorious ‘HUE AND
CRY’ about us, when ‘THE NEWS’ gets abroad; but we are both of an
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