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congregation; yet all were quiet, even those that could not come in: And I believe God not onlyopened their understand- ings, but began a good work in some of their hearts. Wed. 16.-I preached at Witney, one ofthe liveliest places in the Circuit, where I always find my own soul refreshed. I saw such agarden at Oxford as I verily believe all Eng- land cannot parallel. It is three-square; and, I conjecture, con- tains about an acre of ground : It is filled with fruit-trees of various sorts, and all excellent in their kinds. But it is odd beyond all description ; superlatively whimsical. The owner hascrowded together pictures, statues, urns, antiques of various kinds: For all which why should not Mr. Badcock's name, as well as Mr. Roberts's, be consigned to posterity ? Thur. 17.-I preached at Thame ; this evening and the next, at High-Wycomb; and on Saturday, returned to London. Mon. 21. I preached at Tunbridge-Wells ; Tuesday, 22, at Sevenoaks. Wednesday, 23. I visited the house ofmourning at Shoreham, and read the strange account at first hand. Not long after his former wife died, Mr. H. paid his addresses to Miss B. He had been intimately acquainted with her for some years. By immense assiduity, and innumerable professions of the tenderest affection, he, by slow degrees gained hers. The time of marriagewas fixed: The ring was bought : The wed- ding clothes were sent to her. He came one Thursday, a few days before the wedding-day, and showed the most eager affec- tion ; so he did on Saturday. He came again on the Wednes- day following, sat down very carelessly on achair, and told her with great composure, that he did not love her at all, and there- fore could not think of marrying her. He talked a full hour in the same strain, and then walked away ! Her brother sent a full account of this to Miss Perronet, who read it with perfect calmness, comforted her niece, and strongly exhorted her to continue steadfast in the faith. But the grief which did not outwardly appear, preyed the more upon her 240 REV. J. WESLEY'S [Nov. 1782. spirits, till, three or four days after, she felt a pain in her breast, lay down, and in four minutes died. One of the ventricles of