Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-03

tho thoroughly wsll-looking and well sound
ing apEellation Of Morley for the rest Of her
life. Mrs. Morley-nothing could BIO better.
For ONO there was a word that did moi affront
her. The first alloy to this satisfa ction was
her pereiying on the bridal cards, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. Morley. and hearing that close TO
their future residence lived a rich bachelor
uncle, till whose death that fearful diminution
u her consequence, tho Mrs. b., must be en-
dured. Mrs. B.! Tho brow began to wrinkle
but it was the night before tho wedding the
mcle had made some compensation for the
chine Of being born thirty years before his ne
Ph'w. in the shape of a superb sot Of emo
rails, and by a fortunate mistake, she had TIA
ken it into her head that b. in tho present
cue stood for Basil, so that the loss Of digni-
tybeing compensated by an increase Of ele-
gnce, she bore the shock pretty well. 1t
WIS not till the next morning during tho cere-
mony that tho full extent Of her misery burst
upon hor, and sho found that b. stood not 70:
Pasil. but for Benjamin. Then tho veil foil
od then tho full horror OF her situation. tho
,iirons Of being a Mrs.. Benjamin. stared her
hll in the face /; ond certainly, but for tho ao-
'idont Of her being struck dumb BY indiana-
ion, she never would have married a man SO
christened. Her fate has been even
worse than then appeared probable /; for Aer
husband, an exceeding popular and c%onvivial
parson waa known oII ovar his o,vp ,o,nty no
tho familiar diminutive Of his ill-omened sp-
so that sho found herself not mere
ly a Mrs. Benjamin, but a Mrs. Ben, the vito
Of a Bon Morley. jr. Esq. (for the peccant un-
clio was also godfather and namesako) tho fu-
turo mother Of a Ben Morley the third. o +!
the Miss Smith, tho Ann, evon- the Nancy,
shrunk into nothing when compared with that
word.
Mother is she altogether frsod from misfor-
tunes on her side Of the house. There is u ter
ible mes alliance in her own family. Her ia
portionless children, became one fair morning
the wifo Of a rich mercer in Chea pside. thus at
a stroke gaining comfort and losing caste. The
manner in which this affected poor Mrs. Ben
Morley is uncomfortable. She talked of the
unhappy connexion, as aunts are wont TO talk
when nieces get paired at Gretna Green, wrote
a formal remuneration Of the culprit, and has
considered herself insulted ever since il any one
mentions a silk gown in her presence. Ano,h-
err affection, brought on by her own family, IS
the production of a farce by her brother Harry.
(born' for her plaguc) at Covont Garden Thea
ire. The farce was damned as the author Ia
clever young Templar) declares most deserv-
eddy. he bore the catastrophe with great he-
roism; and celebrated its downfall by vending
sundry good puns and drinking an extra bottle
of %claret; leaving 10 Anne. sister Anne, the
pleasant employment of tuning over his dis
comiiture-a task which she performed con
an,orc. Actors, manage audience and author,
seventeen newspapers and three magazines,
had the misfortune to displease her on this oc-
casion; in short the whole town. Theatres and
newspapers, CITIES and the drama, have been
punished from her conversation ever since
She would as lieve talk Of II silk-mercer.
Next after her visitors, her correspondents
arc to be piiiod; they had neod look to their
P's and Q's, their spelling and their stationary.
Ir you write a note TO her, be sure that the pa
per is the best double post, hot-prossed and
gilt-odged; that your pen is in good order; that
your "dear Madams" have a proper mixture OF
regard and respect; and that your folding and
sealing are unexceptionaole. She is of u sort
to faint a, the absence Of an envelope, and to
die of u wafer. Note, above all, that your.ad-
dress DO perfect; tina, your to be not forgotten;
that the offending BENJAMIN be omitted; aud
that the slile and title Of her mansion, SHAW
FORT MANOR HoUsE, DO set forth in full glo-
ry. And when this is achieved, make up your
mind to her taking some inexplicable aiifont
after all. Thrice fortunato would he be who
could put twenty words together without al
fronting her. Besides, she is great at a'scorn-
full reply. and shall keep up a Qunrre'l'ng cor
rospondence with any lady in great Britain
Her letters ara like challenges; aud but for the
protection Of tho pc,ticoat, she would have
fought fifty duels, und have been other killed
or quis,sd long ago.
IL her husband had been Other 'emPar, aho
would have brought him into twenty scrspcs,
but he IS as unlike her as possible: a good'hu
INQUIRED ratllins creature, with = perpetual fes'
tlvity of temper and a propon'iiy TO. motion ana
laughter, aut all SORTS of merry mischief, Ike
a schoelboy in tho holidays. which fsl .ci'oas
porsor hs resembles toIily IN his round ruddy
handsome face, hi, dancing blaca eyss. curlicg
hair. aud hight active figure, the youngest man
that over saw forty. HIS pursuits have the
same happy juyenilhy. In tho sumner ha Ssh
es and vla,s cr,.ke,: ia tie winter hs hunt