The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

TIM SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. Mil

LOVE, LA. W, AND RIBUTION

A somewhat curious story is at present affording a
considerable fund for talk to the gossips of a neighbour-
ing commut ity. The principal figurantes in the tale are
a converted Jew, an unmarried lady of independent
feaane, and a minister of the Established Church, who
has on more than one occasion attracted a large share
of the public attention. Tne Jew having abandoned
the faith of his fathers, and become a convert to
Christianity, paid a among other places, to a
town in the vicinity of this city, where he receised a
ready passport to society through the instrumentality of
several individuals, who gladly hailed the new prose-
lyte ; and, amongst others, it is alleged that he was
honoured with the patronage of the Reverend Gent e •
man to whom we have alluded. Prayer-meetings
tea-drinkings, and other gatherings of a similar
description, which larres of a certain turn
of mind love to frequent, falewed as a ne-
cessary consequence ; and the stranver milt at length
fortunate enough in securing the affections of one of
the ladies to whom he had been introduced, an.i who,
we understand, possesses a highly comfortable and un-
controlled competency. Letters were interchanged be-
tween the parties binding then both to tie the indis-
soluble knot ; and if the day was not actu9l'y fixed, at
least certain necessary preliminary preparations were in
progres., when the friends of the lady, becoming
alarmed at the aspect of matters, steppe I in for the
purpose of prevailing upon her to abandon the match.
The clergyman, who had prev•ously, it is said, aided in
bringing the Jew into nctice, now threw his powerful
weight into the opposite scale, and the lady was in-
duced to abandon her matrimonial intentions. A friend
of the parties was employed to break the altered
posture of affairs to the convert, with powers to
arrange a suitable solatium for his wounded
feelings. Some difficulty was at first txperi•
encel, the Jew protesting that it was not "de
monist), but de lady" that held the first place in
his affections, but he ultimat ly yielded to the powerful
arguments that were placed before him, and agreed to
give up his claims, upon consideration of a certain sum
being forthcoming. So terminated the affair, in so far
as the lady was concerned ; but the minister has to be
extricated from the troublesome consequences ; for find-
ing that the delightful intercourse of society was no
longer so freely thrown open to him, and believing that
certain sayings of the clergyman were one cause of the
estrangement, the Jew laid his grievaices before a legal
gentleman, who advised him to demand redress w.thin
the precints of ti.e Court of Session. Actiag on the
advice thus tendered, an action for alleged defamation
of character has been raised against the minister, and a
summons, concluding for 5,0001. damages, was recently
served upon the Rev. Gentleman, on his return from a
very interesting tour in which be had been engaged.
The tale is instructive in many points of view, but upon
these it is unnecessary to dilate, the simple narrative
being sufficient for every useful purpose.—Glasgow
Argus.