Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-09-10

the elder Godfrey; anc much does II
bchove the nation to lift up The voices
Of thanksgiving on the occasion. Bat,
how fares il with the Lord General, who
has been made the blessed instrument OF
effrcting this deliverance'
sHe has been protected from the ar
rows of the ungodIy, and is in good
health. He is marching with bis victo-
rious army towards London; and II is
tho intention of tho Lord Mayor, Alder
men, and Shoriffs, with the Council Of
State. to meet the Lord General to-mor-
row, at Acton, and enter London with
him, in becoming order.
Il arm right glad to hear it, said his
father: cit is fitting that the citizens
should show General Cromwell the re-
spect which they entertain for his char
acter, and the gratitude they feel for the
services which he hos rendered the
Stnte.'
sAre there many wounded in the bat
tie you speak of, Philip inquired his
sister, in a tremulous voice, who was sit
ting at all embroidery lrame at the far
ther end of the apartment, an unnotIced,
but not an inattentive hearer Of their
DISCOURSE Her brother turned towards
her at the sound of her voice. Good
Marian,' he said, 'troubIe not thyself
concerning this matter: suffice, that the
loss which the Lord General has sus-
tanned is very small; but the enemy suf-
fcred dreadlully; and the number OF
prisoners taken is considerable. Why,
how now, what ciIs the foolish girl' he
said, as he observed that tears wero in
his sisters eyes; art thou ready to weep
for :idinss which should make England
raiso joyful cry unto God for her final
deliverancc from the yoke of the op-
prcssor:-I had we'll nigh forgotten to
tell you continued Philip, turning to
his father, 'that young Herbert Lsle.
the son of Sir Thomas LIsle, whom we
have formerly seen at our kinswoman,
Mistress Moreion's, is among the num-
Der Of the prisoners
A convuls.ve sob here arrested his
attention, and turning. round, he beheld
his sister, pale as death, attempting to
leave the room; bnt her strength failed
her, and she would have fallen had not
Philip FASTENED towards her, and sup
ported her with his arm.
'What has moved you Marian'' he
said
! "A sudden .iddincss,' she replied; Il
shall be better anon-'tis nothing-it has
already passed. and she attempted to
smile, but there was anguish in her smile;
and her brother led her to her apartment,
and babe her try to gain little repose.
Matthew Godfrey was merchant Of
great responsibility, in the city of Lon
don. He was stern republican, but
conscientious one; and, in the wars be-
tween the unfortunate Charles and his
ParHaments, ,he had constantly taken part
with the latter, because he believed their
cause to be Just aud right, and their TAX
ing up arms for the sole purpose of deliv-
ering the nation from tyranny and injus-
ticc. He was Puritan; but he did not
carry his religious zeal to the extent
practised by many of that sect: his piety
was without hypocrisy. Matthew God.
frey had been many years widower,
with two children; and his son had, for
the last two or three years, principally
managed the mercantile concerns; and
for some little time previously to the
commencement Of this narrative, he had
been left by his father in the house in
Aldersgate-Street, as he had perfect
reliance upon his skill aud prudence to
manage his affairs, while he himself oc-
cupied house IN Ho'born, which had
been lent him by friend, and which,
being more cheerful and airy, would, he
hoped, restore Marian's health, that had
seemed sadly dropping Of late, while its
vicinity to the city enabled him to see
his son daily, and to render his assist
ance in any affair of moment, should it
be requisite.
Marian Godfrey was in her nineteenth
year. She had passed much Of her time
with Mistress Moreton, who was half
sistor of her still fondly remembered
mother. That lady's husband had es-
poused the cause Of King Charles, and
had fallen fighting for that cause in the
civil wars. AT her house Marian was
thrown much into the society Of the gal
liant and devoted chevaliers Of the Roy
alist party; and, while she listened to
their polite conversation, and witnessed
their generous self-deyetion, and the
prIvations which they underwent rather
Than forsaEe the interest which they had
sspoused, her republican principles were
gradually undermined, and she deplored
in secret the tragica death Of her SOW
srelgn, and the extinction Of royalty in
England. The change which had taken
place in her sentiments she carefully alb
stained from speaking Of, as she knew
her fathers in6exibility too well to be-