The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-08 00:00:00

THE COTTAGER': D AUG 'ITER.

The following are the circumstances consequent.
on the lucky marriage we mentioned in our Paper
of Tuesday :

Yesterday sennight the aunt and the young bride,.
her niece, proceeded in a glass coach to Harrow ; upon
their arrival at the first Inn in the village, while
the aunt remained to give orders about the dinner,
the blushing bride was dispatched to her father's
cottage, to request, the company of both :ier parents
to partake of it. They embraced her with delight ;
but perceiving the superior style of her dress to
what they had ever. seen her in before, they began
with eager solicitude to question her how she came
possessed of clothes so far above .her situation in
life ? She modestly referred them to her aunt, assur.
ing them she had aced entirely by her advice, and
that she was then at Mr. Laws's, and hoped fur their
company to dinc with her there. " At Mr. Laws's,
child ?" exclaimed the good mother, " why that is,
the house where all the quality go; what have we to
do there ?" " Na matter," replied the daughter;
" my aunt is there, and wishes to see you as soon as
possible." As soon as they had dressed themselves,
Sherman, the cottager, in his'white flannel jacket, and
his wife in her best home-spun, they set off with their
beloved daughter to the Inn. Being arrived,. and
seated for a few minure.c;, the aunt, who is sister to
the father, after requesting their particular atten-
tion, :as briefly as possible, acquainted them with
Jenny's good fortune. Daring the relation the poor
parents mutually folded their arms across their
breasts, sat gazing on each other in silent astonish.
ment, for speech was utterly denied to them, till,
at length, as if impelled .by the same instinct, they
both leaped up, flew to embrace their child, and a
copious shower of tears coming ro their aid, in a few
moments restored their agitated spirits to such a
state of tranquillity as enabled them to bestow on
her their blessing and warmest wishes for her fu.
tare happiness. To divert their attention as much
as possible from the immediate cause of their affec-
tionate einations, the charming bride ,went to a trunk
!hat stood in the room, and taking out two small
bundles,, presented one to each of her parents, en-
treating them to accept, at her hands, Sunday and
a Holiday suit, which she had brought with her,
and wished they would so far oblige her as to put
them on. immediately. They willingly retired for
the purpose, and while they were dressing, the aunt
informed Mr. and Mrs. Laws and family, of. the
whole circumstances above related, as the happy
occasion of her that day's visit to Harrow, assuring
them that till she had seen the ceremony fiaished,
she could scarcely believe it was not a dream. The
dinner was soon alter served.

In the course of the morning the house had filed
with several fashionable parties, who, a; soon as
they returned from their different excursions, were
informed severally, by Mr. Laws and his waiters, of
the, wedding of the cottager's daughter, and the cir.
cumstances attending it; in which, from the highest
to the lowest, all felt so deep an interest, that a ge.
neral order was given by the company in each room
to apprise them when the coach was at tiered to the
door.

Our heroine sent, in the-mean time, for the owner
of the cottage, paid him what arrears of rent were
due, and a twelvemonth in advance ; and just be.
fore she announced the necessity of returning to
town, stie put into her father and mother's joined
hands a purse containing more pieces of gold than
at any one time, they had ever possessed before.—
Thus ended the first filial attentions of this dutiful
and affectionate rustic.

About half past five o'clock the coach was at the
door, and the windows of every room in the front,
as well as the door. way, were crowded with elegant
company, all anxious to see the separation of this
happy groupe.
The Cottager, who is a fine figure of a man, about
4q years of age, witlea manly and expressive face,
first led his sister to the coach, and handed her in ;
the tender m)ther followed, leaning on her charm-
ing daughter, their 'eyes suffused with tears of joy
and affection. When arrived at the coach, she hung
on Jenny's neck for more than a minute, and whilst
her father gently drew her from her mother's arms,
the elegant Lady, who had closely eollowed them up
to the coach, in the kindest mintier, supported her,
till the coach driving off, her husband hastened to
relieve her. Thus departed the fortunate and amiable
cottager's daughter, attended not only by the bless.
logs of her enraptured parents, taut of all those who
witnessed this pathetic scene. The parents return-
ed to their humble cot, amidst the congratulations
of all their neighbours, who had heard the news of
the day, and came to witness the truth of it.
The aunt is a fine figute of a woman, under 40,
a very handsome likeness of her brother the cottager,
anti from the elegant simplicity of her dress, and the
unaffeded ease of her deportment, seems to. have
been brought up in the falsily of some Nobleman or
Gentleman of Fashion. The Cottager's Daughter
(the bride) is a very neat person, of the middle size,
about twenty years of age, rather rustic in her de-
portment, the effed of uneducated innocence, whose
ruddy complexion, sparkling eyes, and white even
teeth, contribute to throw an expressive sweetness
over her whole face, that may• be conceived, but
cannot be described. No wonder, therefore, that it
should kindle up—Lovt AT FIRST SIGHT.

On Wednesday se'nnight an oak tree, ußwards
of ,zoo solid feet, pettedly sound, and of a dark
blue colour, was taken out of the earth in the
grounds of Sir Richard Cavendish, Bart. of Dove.
ridge, in Derbyshire, on the banks of the River
Dove ;—it is .'supposed to have lain there ever since
the deluge, :and its being discovered was occasioned
by, the water having washed away the earth which
had so long concealed it.
The Academy of Arts And Sciences at Berlin have
eleded M. HA:LIY, Professor of Mineralogy to the
National Institute at Paris; and Dr. ALIXASSOIR
MUNRO, Professor of Anatomy in the University
of Edinburgh, Honorary Members. ,
Wednesday senuight John P4y, a Private in the
Sheffield Volunteers, was drummed out 'of the Regi.
Ilictit for threatening to stab a Serjeant.