EXTRAORDINARY ABDUCTION.-...
The Times, 1824-09-13T00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY A nBDUc ltoN.-(FremnthleD blin Free- ?tanr' Jsurmdl.2-A variety of facts hatve recently been comniuni- cated to us relative to a ifost singular inddaringattempt at abduction, mnaAe on the person of a high dignitary of the Church of England. As far ss the circumstances are known to us out of which originated this rnvstrinus affair, we underatand that some months aince the revereind divine was on a tisit ai the seat of his brother, a peer nf the realm. when he formcd an attachment to a young wilow, the hIeatitful daughter of a neighb7uring baronet. From the high re- spectability of his connexions, and his correct demeanour, his ad. dresscs were favourably received; and at the termination of his visit, it was mutually agreed on by the confiding pair that a correspondeice should take plzc, uantil circumstances and decorum should enable thetr to unite their fate. Protesting the most inviolable love and file-li-y to the fair inatmorata, the reverend gentleman at length de- Tprted froni the hoaspitable mansion of his ancestors, and returned to one of his rectories in the north of England. For some titne letters breathing the most irkpa"sioned affection were mutuallv exchantged. In a few weeks the pious correspondent becam-le less regular in his communications- the inspirations of love were ex- changed for the protesuttions of only undiminished friendship. At length, Time, the unravellerof all things, discovered the ay- Parent mystery of this ungeneroua conduct. iThe heart of the Dr,gec h4d been pietced, if not with more of love for personal exc-ence, with more of longing for worldly aggrandtzement, and rt was ascertained that a richer rival had occupied his attention. The grief of tb, injurel lady assumed the most el&rming height, and as the nuptial-4ay of the pious deceiver approached, most 4istressing fean were entertained for her rafety. At length she communicated itre inJury tshe had received to her brtber, who wvas preventea from d .-Manding in-tant. persollal satisfactiomi of the Divine, only front 1'i5 c3oth. Tutsday la%t Wok tihe day appointed for the marriage, -.d, whether or nio the brother had any share in the transactions of * 0e morning, we Caninot say; but t etain it is, the Reverend Divine ilai not long left his homne on his way to church, when he was miost easaelr attacked by four inea and beaten most unmercifully. At utis instant some labourers, who were reaping in a neighbouring field, heard hiis cries, and camne to bi raisac we hssaiat Snade off. The reverend gentlemAii w&S caniea hoe wh ereett ,rese hlies in a very precarious siate. A feiw hmnen, prior to the appearance of the laboarers the villains attempted b mnain force to y1ace him in a caIt,, which they had with them, drawn b, a fine spirited animal. tWe have not yet learned that any of the ofrcnding part les are in custody. S:r Humnphry Davy, Bart., Presitlent of the Royal So- cietv, has arrived at hi lhouse in Grosvenor-street, from Norway. Sitr Htumphry has been engaged, lmuring the months of July and Au. vust, in pursuing various phtilosophical researchec, for which the Ad, rnirsity 'rnted him the use of the Comet steani-boat He has as. ctrt..Uned, we under3tand, that his principle of protecting the copper shcathing nf s;ips by the contact of 1.200 of iron, is perfectly aue. craful even in the most rapid sailing and in the rounhest sea, ard Dr. T'iaks. under his superintendence, and by direction of the . ~ard of Longitude, has connected, hy chronometrial observations, the trigonometrical surveys of Denmark and Hanoyer with tlat of Englarsd zo that the triangulation of a great part of Europe may be now said to form one system, M. Arags and Captain Eater having tvwo years ago contiected the surveys of England and France by ob. scrrations between Calais and Dover. In the course of this lnst ex- peditiu-a to the North Seas, the longitude of the Naze of Norway, a Tint of great importance mn narig~ation, has been accurately aseer- ta2med, and some other useful data, for correcting il: nautical maps efEmrope1 gamned.-Evejm1intg paper. lAdvcatsvemtent..His Roayal fighness the Duke of Clarence 115 been pleased to appoint AIr. inY. Ward, jun., of Cokourg- place, 13cyswater, to Ga-his nmezeinto engraver.