Star.
London, England, 1824-10-20 00:00:00

rim REY. ALSXDOER PLETCIIEEt.

The religious public of London havt heard a gnat
deal of late, of the conduct of Mr. Fletcher, of Albion
Ova, and the proceedings of his Presbyterian bre.
linen, with Aspect to his breach of a marl rage engage,
-,nt. The Associate Presbytery of London, and the
-We Synod of Scotland, have both sung with the
Love epistles have, for the time, occupied the
attention of certain religious bodies, mole than the epic.
4es of St. Paul. The trial of " Dick a. Fletcher," in
she King's Bench, held out a prospect, even to the
pro.
lane, of obtaining a view of these interesting papers;
but the way in which the cause terminated griesou47
.disappointed them. The " strange lawyers," however,
ware not to have the whole of this precious correspond.
mice to themselves. The Presbytery of London, and
Dissenting Church Communion in Scotland, took up
die question where Mr. Brougham and Mr. Scarlett left
it, and decided on. that evidence which was denied to
the Judge and Jury. The Synod of the Sct.tch Com.
sodniOn, tb which Mr. Fletcher belonged, passed a sea.
'mate or shspetision. Mr. Fletcher refused to yield to
this authority, and appealed to his own congregation,
against the ecalsiastical tribunal to Which he had f(4..
away protested himself amenable. As he brought for.
ward the boldest charges of envyLanJ malevolence
against his judges and his brethren in the:Presbytery, a
Member of that Body has been induced to publish what
be calls the Trial of Mr. Alexander Fletcher. It is not
for us to interfere in the matter as an eccleaimstical con.
troveny ; but, without taking part on either aide, we
may lay before our Readers, from the publi.hed pam-
phlet, those documents with which we should have gra.
dried their cariosity, had the trial been brought to a
verdict in a Court of Law. It is proper to mention,
that about ten years ago a correspondence existed be.
wean Mr. Fletcher and Miss Dick, which had been
:bubo oft on account of-some domestic interference
With a single exception or two, we are informed they
bad nos seen each other from December, 1813.

After the lapse of nearly ten years (says The Trial)
Miss Dick, to bet great surprise, and to the astonish-
ment of all thakfismily, on the 13th of February, 1823,
received a letter from Mr. Fletcher, expressing undi.
minished affection and regard towards her, and *aspect
and esteem for the family, and soliciting an interview
with her in July following (when he intended to be in
Scotland on a mission from the London Missionary
Society), and a renewal of their correspotedence ; and
assuring her that he would never betray or abuse her
confidence and affection, should PROVIDINCI favour
him by making bins the object of it. The following is
a copy of this letter :
" Mr soma Eusa—lt is my intention torsos through Edinburgh
in the month of July, where I have a great wish to meet with yuu.
Can you poseinly manage to be there about the same times I shall
anziously wait your answer to this note. He so kind u address to
mn--0 Albion Chapel, blowgun, Loudon.' Write me without
restraint; for, be assured, I will never betray or abuse roar conk.
deans and affection, should PaovnonlOs favour me by making me
the object of them. I hold your parents and family in the highest
respect sad esteem. May Goa bless you, and bleu them.-4 ant
yours, ones affectionately,
ALEXANDER FLETCHER."

Miss Dick having returned a favourable answer to
this letter, a correspondence ensued of a ter affec•
tionate and ardent nature on the part of Mr. etcher •
and, in the- courte of this correspondence, it was agreed
'that the parties should be married before Mr. Fletcher
returned home, and September was fixed by himself.
To prove this it is not necessary to lay open the v,ho'e
of Mr. Fletcher's letters—the quotation of one or two
of his letters will put it beyond the shadow of a doubt.
As an example, his ta o last letters shall be quoted, as
most calculated to thew that not only marriage was
promised, and the time actually fixed, but also the
abruptness with which the correspondence and intended
union was put an end to.
" Louden. May 21, 1823.
" Tir Waal= Euts—lt Is painful to my feelings that I have been
Fernald from answering your most affectionate letter sooner.
Since the tithe the welcome messenger arrived, I have been moving
from piste to place, like a urge courier, and have not enjoyed a
day's rest sad redraws= di now. You are elieslyestwined round
my heart, and every hake I receive from my dear litiza makes me
mete thsoltful that I Ithe lo the boon of ow who so deservedly occu-
pies*, highest play ism admiring estlinadan. lam yours, I ant
year own ; my heart levet., yeah tiodMitly lye In my thoughts, in
my wannest affectloss, in my fesimt anima, said In my must ani-
mating asps% you are Wolf lidair as mime own • I thank
Ow dist owe my thoughts west lest wardsw you, anted= Pao-
now= war directed year thought, rds your own Alexander.
0 am Ilwasst NW, I embrace yes with my very soul, when you
toll no it hek forward to the *tried et a period not remote, whets
you *Eli beside me. when you shall be my companies, when`
you =ail We with me as my comforter, and when you will di
everything in your power to reader Vim happy; who Wall tontine
it the greatest earthly bliss to male his dearest Elba happy. Some-
times I think I am whispering into your est, not only the mettles;
ate feel hots of my mind, but the sweet realities of our holy falai
which carries the thoughts *swards to the joys of Heaven; avd
think that theme are set sly melted, but answered by my loving
Eliza, in a manner which makes me taste the exalted enjoyments of
the religion of the heart: sometimes in the indulgence of fancy.
which, I trust, will seen, seen be exchanged for realitiesilf Wok I
am listenisg, amid the darkness mod the sews of night, to the
sweet ejaculation aft-eliding from the lips of my loving Elea to tie
throne of Heaven. Often my beset rises up to Goo for you, and I
am conscious that often I am mot only the subject of your thoughts,
but year prayers. The expectation of living with you Mk ens
with delight. Oh, may my Goa and your Goo gram that, before
many months pus ever eat beads, that expectation may ge
fled. Iris my wish, my prayer, that, if Peounsce spare mete
this my native had, I may not return aloof. My dearest,
dearest. FM,., make rose happy in saying, is your sent, that you will
we suffer me to return throe, and that you will enter with me
on a career which will add to our mutual prosperity and bliss.
—Oa that carter I ekes think. I may say the prospect of that
near reticles almost cessmody engages my thought. and my
prayers. From Goa / have sought you, tag. bring Elio, and to
him I look for the folksiest of all my wishes. Long. I trust, we
shall travel together, hand In hand, sad heart in heart, in this
maid, walking in all the commandments sad articles of the Leas,
Meanies& Toot sweet letters make me more and mere anxio,,
for the arrival of a day when we shall malinger live separate from
each other, but when we shall be ens in relation, as we :re now
me in affection. I trust DAvoia PSOVIDLSCS will prepare the le4f
before us, mid that it will evidently appear the will of His who is
the wise disposer of all events. that, on my retorts, my dearest
friend, my own Min, the object of my warmed affection, will ac-
=auy me to a sphere where I know she will be happy ill tieing
ti Eliza, give me. with the greatesc freedom, the stadiums
of your mind on this subject; I wish I were near you to hear theni
whispered into my ear, by a voice, the accents of which will, I her
in Get, often Comfort my heart. Ally affectida to you, my dearest
Eliza, Is extended to all year family; I them all, and cotoider
myself honotire•d and happy in being the sharer of their esteem,.
Give me the address of Alexander's office 1 may call there first on
my arrival liattember me most affectionately to all. and parti-
cularly to your dear parents. Embrace the radial opportunity.
my dear, dear kliza, in writing : your owe loving
" ALEXANDER."
Miss Dick, Rev. Dr. ask's, Glasgow."
" London, June 18,1828.
" Mr PEAL Bum—lt was last Sabbath morning. ea my arrival
at the ehipel,that I remiss= your most welcome. affectioaatv, and
encouraging letter s you are dear to my beast—yuu have devoted
yourself to me, who am infinitely unworthy of such a bksring.
With bugle, eicipaciows, I look forward to that day when, in
' the kind prodded. of Goo, Label see my dearest Eliza. May
be prepared for meeting my loving Eliza, and for enjoying the
society of her whOse fellinrsidp I prize. above ertey earthly en"
itlatent beside ; and to redder winitti happy I bhall ever cou.itlcr
as my greatest earthly. Miss. his tnl intuit/4a, V poo.iblr, to loon
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