QUESTIONABLE AovicE.—The Brighton Gazete, a paper which is obtaining a
renown for all sorts of lucky hits, tells the following cre- ditable anecdote ; but concludes it with a most equivocal recommen- dation :- " We have frequently had to record the benevolenfacts of the Earl of Egre- mont ; and we have now to add to the list the following, which has just come to our knowledge. A very short time ago, a clergyman in the West of Sus- sex abandoned his wife and family, and went to France, leaving them in great distress. The circumstance was communicated to the Earl of Egre- mont, who did not appear to notice it at the time ; but on his return home, after eleven o'clock at night, his lordship drew up a paper, settling an annu- ity of 251. a year upon the wife. It is gratifying to record such an instance of charity ; and we can only say to those,who have the power, to follow the example, Go and do thou likewise.'" Which example?—the Parson's or the Earl's ?.= If there were good hopes of pensions for wives when husbands run away to France, we fear the " Go and do thou likewise" would be received rather as the recommendation to flight than to charity. a.= el
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