The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-26 00:00:00

IIISERIES, Of HYTIIE„

Moist were the miseries we -,vere compelled to
endure in the ancient tco:in of Hythe ; for we
were detained more :Alan half an hour in the
main street there'oix under the pelting of as piti-
less a storm as ever ,4 drenched steeples or
Irown'd their cocks," whilst the driver of the
Express was beating about in search of a leader
to make up his Unicorn team—the old leader
being engaged in doing a trifle of posting that
day. I say we were compelled to endure all
this ; for they had packed and wedged us so
2lose together that we could not, unpack our-
;elves, without labour too laboriou.s to attiktupt ;
Ind this, indeed, was same consolation to us,
nasmuch aS being so packed and dove..taird to:
4ether, t)te rain could only get at a very bin"ll

part of our respective superfices. But it is asto•
rishing-16 see how differently different people
conduct themselves under the same circum-
stances. There was a fat elderly agrieultutist
from Waltham-cross _ packed up amongst us
and he—lacking spirits to endure so much con-
fieement—roare'd out for a glass of brandy and
" Warm, or cold, Sir ?" said the mis,
tress of the inn, as she stood at her door, pitying
our sad condition. " Cold !" exclaimed the
cross Waltham-cross agriculturist—" drat thee !
doesn't think we've cold water enough a-ready
Ering it as hot as —, as the mon says the
play." A smoking bumper was forthwith handed
to hi:n ; but no hand had he to receive it in ;
by reason, both his hands were so wedged in
between himself and his neighbours, that he
could not extricate them. The agriculturist
wax'd wroth the others all laughed ; the agriL
eniturist was still more wroth like Tantalus, his
mouth watcr'd for that which was: within his
reach, and yet not comeatable. " Drat thee !"
said he to the waiter, " Why doesn't jump up
o'th'wheel and put the stuff to a body's mouth ?',
The waiter declined that office. " Beg
pardon, Sir," said he, " the brandy and water,
Sir, is a shilling, Sir." In this perplexing
emergency a kind and Christian hearted pas,
senger, who, by 'ming been packed on the
outside of the outside, had one arm at
Elierty, tossing a shilling to the waiter and passed
the smoking bumper to the longing lips of the
agriculturist; but he was still doomed to disap-
pointment. His order to make it "as hot as
had been so strictly performed that the
first mouthful brought tears into his eyes ; and
he look'd about as though he would have given
another shilling for a chance of ejecting it de-.
eently from the premises. But, placed as he
was, he had nothing to do but to gulp and
swallow it ; and before he could take another
taste of " the stuff," crack ! went the whip.
" Now, Sir !" cried the driver, " all right !"'
responded some of us ; and off' we went—'
leaving the boiling Cogniac to the grinning
house-keeper, and carrying away with us the dis-
tressed agriculturist—scalded in the mouth, one.
shilling out of pocket, and totally out of temper.;
Drearily were we dragged along towards dis-
mal Dymchurch—but surely I think I have set
down miseries enough for one letter ! So no
more at present, from your humble servant,
PETER PEREGRINE PRY.

water.