Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-07-28

cause he advocates Jackson, and this he
might have expected.
Mrs. RoYALL.-We had scarcely closed
the article, which will be found on our first
page, and in which Mrs. Royal figures quite
conspicuously, when that lady forwarded us
the annexed letter, with request that it should
be published. II never was in our hearts to
refuse the request of lady. and in compliance
with our feelings, and call the rules and regu-
lations, which govern the conduct" of men of
gallantry, we proceed to lay the letter before
our readeis:-and here we have it:
FRANKLIN HoUsE,3
Providence, 26lh July, 1927. :
To the Editor o., the Literary Cadet.
DEAR SIR have this moment arrived in
Providence, and lest might not see you be-
fore your paper goes to press, l drop you a
hasty note. Pray couch your courteous lance
once more in my defence. Look al the arti-
Gle in the Middlesex [Connc cticutl Gazette,
from one of my dear friends, the Missionaries,
no doubt, as it savours Of their language, and
appears to have been stepped in christian love.
As am otherwise engaged, pray give the
gentleman his change. II Is needless to add,
I hope, that you will not initiate his Billings
gate style. for my sake; but trim him in good
earnest, for the benefit of Society. rather
think it is little lean, loD man, with white
hat and long face, who lives in Middletown.-
| shall see you Tomorrow.
Very sincerely yonr friend,
ANNE ROYALL.
That the letter Of the good lady may not be
misunderstood, and that all may clearly per-
ceive what it relates to, we copy the offensive
article, to which our fair friend alludes. It is
contained in the Middlesex Gazette, published
at Middletown, Connecticut, and is in the fol-
lowing words and sentences; and they are re-
markable for their simplicity, and for being
unencumbered by unnecessary metaphors and
figures. Palmer English VIC have seldom met
with:
"A ViSitaf{o71--Our citizens were last week
afflicted With the presence, opportunities and
ineulfs Of Mrs. Anne Royal. This virago, as
is we'll known. has rendered herself obnoxious
to every class Of tho community. by her un-
PARALLEL impudence. and her untiring efforts to
force her vile books upon the public.
"The opinion which we had formed of the
and from the accounts given of her in the dif-
ferent papers, was fully confirmed on meeting
her. We say UOmdn. for she is destitute of
every attribute that belongs TO lady, She is
disgrace to the sex; and her conduct, while
she wns in this place, was not only indecorous
aud abusive. but positively outrageous Every
respectable looking man she met, she would
accost unceremoniously, and solicit to sub
scribe for her book; if he thought proper to
decline, she would belabour him without mercy
and without ceasing, until her stock Of billings
gate appellatves was exhausted.
1T 10 evident that she is either an IDIOT or
a maniac; and in either case, she ought to be
placed under the cure Of keeper Of Bedlam
Many persons have the charity to ascribe her
conduct to insanity
:" II may be supposed that our time is vast
cd in noticing such an insignificant and dospi-
cable character; but we are desrous that Mrs.
Royal should be informed, that our citizens
are not prepared to tolerate her impertinence; /;
and that if she again inhicts her company upon
us, and behaves as she has hitherto done, il is
more than possible that her ladyship and the
overseor OF our wOrk-housc may become ac-
quainted."
There's a pretty kettle Of fish for you, said
Mrs. Royal, after she had read TO us the FORE
going sentences; but never mind, I'll have the
fellow hung up for Immortality in my black
book. the vile Garment, that's what I will, and
Ill make him curse the day that he was born.
Here the old lady lost herself in it of indg-
nation, and in attempting to suit the action TO
the word, and the word to the action; Oh! sad
to relate, she broke her Pipe!
As TO the paragraph contained in the Mid
dlesex Gazette, we feel bound 10 enter our pro-
test against il, and however mdiffercntIy the
Editor Of that paper may think Of Mrs. Royal,
we assure him, that in this place, she is re.
sarded as an eminent blge-stockiug lady; and