The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-29 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—The knowledge of the miseries
and sufferings of our fellow-creatures tends to
improve our nature,i,and inspires us with feelings
of rectitude and of humanity. The following
afflicting narrative, while it is not unsuited for
insertion in columns devoted to the interests of
,the Constitution in Church and State, of mo-
rality, and of virtue, may tend to curb ungovern-
able pride, and correct the worst feelings of our
nature. Under this impression it is handed to
you by
Oct 26, 1822.

A CONSTANT READER.

In one ef the Western Counties of England, a family
of the greatest respectability resides; some years since a
young Gentleman, favoured by nature highly, and pos-
sessin,b, a richly cultivated mind., paid his addresses to one
of the daughters of this respectable family. The young couple
were greatly enamoured of each other, and concurring testimony
justifies the belief that no two young people were more gifted
by polished and refined manners, and by
.natural disposition,
nor more calculated to grace that station m society which the
young Gentleman had attained by his talents and acquirements--
°the course of nature, bounded by the strictest honour, here had
its may, the cares and anxieties of each youthful mind extend.:
ed no further than to know that each possessed the affection of
the other—fervently did they love each other, and it soon be-
came necessary for the intended husband to sue for the consent
and approbation of the young lady's parents. Mingled feelings
of rage, pride, and obstinacy here conspired to deny what nature
demanded, and have produced awful consequences. The
rage of the parents was unbounded, because the affections
of their daughter had been beStowed without their pre-
, vions approbation. Their • pride was hurt because the
object of their daughter's choice possessed not the same
family rank, and Imaginary consequence in Society, and
their obstinacy became equally unconquerable as it was un-
natural. Filial affection glowed warmly in the hearts of the
lovers, and they seemed to sympathize in each other's affection,
while the relentless' hearts of the parents defiled them all future
intercourse ; time rolled on, various changes of fortune took
place, and the relatives of this proud family had their wants
relieved by the generous friendship of the disappointed lover.-;-
Possessed of a clear understanding and a feeling heart, his
conduct became the admiration of those who knew him ; he
, was, it might, be said, Honor's image. The object of his
affliction, doomed to'. live •in sollitude, suffered the greatest
degree of anguish ; her amiable but feeble frame sunk under
the weight of her accumulated sorrows, and reason forsook
that abode which before beamed with intelligence, and was
once the seat of every grace and ornament. In this awful state
of misery does she continue without hope of recovery. Sym-
pathy of feeling produced a corresponding result upon the ob-
ject of her affection. A robust frame, and naturally strong con-
, stitution, became the prey to langour and mental suffering ; by
degrees he became wasted, and was obliged, as a denier resort,
to try the influence of the salubrious climate •of Italy ; thither
he carried with him all his sorrows, and there died of a broken
heart, leaving the fruits of his industry bequeathed to chari-
table purposes."
After this recital, well may We exclaim, in the
language of Scripture, "So teach , us to number
our days, that we may „apply our hearts unto
wisdom."