The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-16 00:00:00

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respecting the reverend seducer who ,
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from his creditors to Canada :
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" When the doctor arrived here he niaa4pla
cation to a gentleman high in position in the edu-
cational institutions of the country for a teachei.
14}‘:Pi but none was vacant; and whether the
en applied to had been previously acquainted
with the doctor or not we are not aware, but after
some conversation between them, the whole story
of Dr. Humphreys' flight and his seduction of a
creditor's wife was revealed. A correspondence
ensued, in which the lady (Mrs. Cummings) took
part,. declaring, in a true romantic spirit, her attach-
ment to her new ' affinity,' and relating in tender
strains the many sad and heartrending days she
had spent before her wishes in this respect were
consummated. She loved him, she affirmed, as she
had never loved another, and nothing but death
should part them.
'6 On Thursday morning last, Sergeant-Major
Ferris, who had also been employed in watching
the parties implicated in this affair, having reason
to believe they would visit the normal school during
the day, to witness the model school examinations,
accompanied by two or three persons, came with
Mr. Cock, a cousin of Mrs. Cummings, who arrived
here from England not many days since ; the lat=
ter took the precaution to retire into a private room
in the building, lest he might be seen by Hum-
phreys. But the sergeant-major took his station
near the main entrance to the building, with a pho-
tographic likeness of the rev. delinquent in his
hand, and waited there tillnearly three in the after-
noon, when he descried a personage answering the
description in the likeness enter the ground. Dr.
Humphreys, for it was he, walked into the build-
-414, and, having looked around a little, took his seat
quite comfortably in the theatre, where the prizes
were being distributed. Sergeant-Major Ferris
then communicated with Mr. Cock and the other
parties in waiting, and two of them went forward
into the theatre at once, and served Humphreys
with citations from the High Court of Divorce,
England. Humphreys' dismay at this unexpected
turn of affairs may be more easily imagined than
described. There was nothing for it, however, but
to submit; and as soon as he recovered his equa-
namity, ho left the building with the parties coming
in search of him, and proceeded with them to his
lodgings, Mutual-street, where he occupies two
rooms. Here the lady was confronted with her
paramour by Mr. Cock, her relative, and was also
served with a citation from the English Divorce
Court.

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"In the course of the same evening the man
watching Humphreys and Mrs. Cummings saw
them take a cab and drive to the Rossin House.
Fearing they proposed leaving town, Sergeant-
Major Ferris was requested to follow them in
another cab, and he did so. They drove round
the suburbs of the city for about an hour and a
half, followed kt a cautious distance by the ser-
geant-major, but ultimately returned to their pre-
sent lodgings, Mutual-street, without making any
attempt to escape.

"Mr Cock has, it is said, had several interviews
with Mrs. Cummings, in order to induce her to
return to her friends in England and leave her
seducer. But her determination is said to be fixed,
that nothing shall induce her to return to them
again."