Alexander the corrector's humble address and earnest application to our most gracious King, the Right Honourable the House of Lords, and the Honourable House of Commons; shewing the necessity of appointing a corrector of the people, or taking some effectual measures for a speedy and a thorow reformation ... With some account of Alexander the corrector / [Alexander Cruden].

  • Alexander Cruden
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1755
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Credit: Alexander the corrector's humble address and earnest application to our most gracious King, the Right Honourable the House of Lords, and the Honourable House of Commons; shewing the necessity of appointing a corrector of the people, or taking some effectual measures for a speedy and a thorow reformation ... With some account of Alexander the corrector / [Alexander Cruden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bench; and the nature of thofe propofals plainly (hew that the Corrector's view was the chaftifement of the offender, in order to deter her and others from committing fuch crimes for the future ; which is the true end of all punilhment. Saturday, October 6, the Corrector vifited his friend Dr. Rofs in Great-Marlborough-Street, and afterwards his friend the Revd. Dr. Stukeley in ^iieen-Square, Great-Ormond-Street. Tuefday, October 9, the Corrector went to hear a fermon at Plnners-Hall: And in the afternoon writ a fecond letter to Mrs. Prehee, acquainting her that he very ferioufly infilled on Mrs. Wild's compliance with the terms of reconciliation con¬ tained in his former letter, and defired a categorical anfwer : He hinted at the confequences of going to law, which he was greatly averfe to ; but that if Mr. Wild and Mrs. Wild did not accept of his propofals, they might expert to be tried and call before a juft judge and an Englijh]my. Monday, October 15, the Correctornot having received an anfwer from Mrs. L’rehee, fet out this morning for Langley ; and waiting on her about two o’clock told her, that he was come to receive an anfwer to his letters, and talk about the fubjecl of them with the meeknefs'of a Mofes : She fcolded him for mentioning Mofes\ The Corrector anfwered, That one might propofe a good pattern or example, though he could not come up to it. Mrs. Wild was fent for immediately on the Corrector's ar¬ rival. He received her affectionately, and after dinner at Mrs. Trehee's he went, at Mrs. Wild's defire, to Mr. Wild's houfe. The Corrector in the evening told Mr. Wild his er¬ rand to Langley, and read his propofals as contained in the letter to Mrs. Wrehee. Mr. Wild faid that the confinement was not long, and feemed to confent to it. Tuefday, October 16, the Corrector vifited the Revd. Mr. Ajhton fellow of Eton-College, who received him very kindly, and invited him to dine with him ; but he had promifed to- dine at Langley. Mrs. Trehee, who had not ufed the Corrector very fmoothly the day before, came this day to Mr. Wild's to vifit him ; but he was gone to Windfor. She faid that (he wanted to know in what difpofition Alexander was, for fhe was willing to make it up with him. Wednefday, October 17, the Corrector vifited fome of Mrs^ Wild's acquaintance at Colnbrook, and begged the favour of them to perfuade Mrs. Wild to fubmit to forty eight hours imprifonment in Newgate, and to pay ten pound ; which was a molt