37 1 sent of the ecclesiastical courts, the ill-fated cottage of the Downings was thrown down, that the foundations of the new Charity might be laid on the spot. On the day of the inauguration of poor Esther's pensioners, Hartington Green was deserted. The whole population thronged to the Hams; admitting that the blot upon their village archives was thoroughly effaced; old and young uniting in a prayer that the Almighty would pity the Temptation of the old man whose gray hairs were in the grave, and accept the proffered ATONEMENT. END OF VOL. I. F. Shoberl, Jun., Printer to H.R.H. Prince Albert, Rupert Street. |