sentences:  Cannon's mother successfully petitioned the Duke of Newcastle for the charges against her son to be dropped, claiming he was repentant, and indeed, wished to return to England not only because of financial necessity, but in order to publish a retraction or recantation of the original pamphlet.No such text has ever come to light.After returning to England, Cannon lived quietly at Windsor with his mother and sisters, and never returned to public life again.