Attempted Abduction in Biddulph.

RURAL ROUGHS ON THE RAMPAGE.

MOCK PEACE OFFICERS IN SEARCH OF A THIEF.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.

A tale of attempted abduction comes to us from Biddulph, the facts of which, so far [?] we have been able to discover, show that some of the [youthful?] "[?] and [?]" of that delightful rural retreat require "reconstructing," as the lamented A. Ward used to call it. It appears that for some months past a young man by the name of Donnelly, who performed the duties of driver on the stage between Lucan and this city, had been paying his addresses, with a view to matrimony, to a young and sprightly laughter of Mr. Wm. Thompson, of the 6th concession of Biddulph, which, however, the young [woman?] did not encourage to any great extent. The Jehu, notwithstanding innumerable slights and aly hints that his absence was more desired than his company, continued to visit Miss Thomson periodically, until about three week's since, when he heard it mooted about to enter the nuptial state with a young and dashing farmer of the vicinity. To be thus [?] was more than he could endure, and with a determination to win his intended by force of arms, if his persuasive faculties failed to captivate her, he arranged a plan which in his opinion could not help being successful. Accordingly, it is alleged, he unfolded a scheme of forcible abduction to five or six of his companions, who reside a few miles from Lucan, and on the evening of the 9th of January last proceeded with his accomplices to the residence of Mr. Thompson, for the purpose named.