Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-30
From c London literary JoHrnal. THE DIVINE GEORGIANA.


 epithets of charming, fascinating, heautifnl, bewiiching, &sc.. were pfodigally bestowed on her person, and she accepted the said epilhets with all possible self satisfaction. Georgiana Nas prodigious pet. not mere Iy of her mother, but also of Lady Canter- hill, an aunt of very considerable preten- sions tn the fashionable world. It was the daily occupation of the honorable Nus. Merivale and Eady Canterllill, to spoil Georgiana, a task in which they succeeded wonderfully ; ,he young lady herself pos sessing more than ordinary capacity for be- ing spoilt.
 Two hundred and fifty times a day, Georgiana was told that she was inc hand somest girl in London; and sooth to say, she never would contradict her partial re- latives on this point, however much she might be atyariance with them oii other subjects. Bat this excessive affection of mother and aunt did not spring from the pure sources of natural feeling-ii was a sensation of the head more than of the heart. The ladies, two of the most world y of all possible worldly beings, consider ed the young girl as most valuable stock in trade--a commodity, indeed, that was sure to fetch an immense priee-probably= duke, but certainly nothing less than baron. How could it be otherwise? Geor- giana was remarkably handsome then her manner, her address, her accomplishments, her .fdshion, and the last, not least, two thousand pounds year, were things notto be treated with slight consideration. AL though the tribe of lady maneuvres is nn- fortunately extensive in the select circles, still the honorable Mrs. Merivale might without fear of being unjust to the sister, hood, be reckoned the greatest and most heartless intriguer of them all. Being a scion of a most needy fraction of the aris- tocracy, she had descended to thro,o her. sey away upon Anthony Merivale, Esq. a gentleman of good family, but who had been convicted of the heinous offence of having acqsired a fortune by a process of laborious industry in the east of the town.
 Every genuine feeling ofnature had been cautiously checked in their first growth and Georgiana was insensibly shaped into an artificial ,automaton. All her ideas and speculation were centered in one point-to secure great n'Gtch this, according to lhe worthy folks by whom she was surroun- ded, constituted the sum total of the pur- poses for which she had come into this world Wiih regard in fh. r,,aans hy which that SNmRaun bOnMRa was to be achieVeu, II was prudently decidedethat scruples were sad stumbling blocks in the way of match making and there were times when young of that delicacy of sentiment, that innate modesty, and that shrinking timidity, which constitutes the most valuable part and ore nament of the sex. Georgiana had such edifying maxims as the following constant ly ringing in her ear, Men like to be cour- ted--men are fond of flirtng-men always flock around fascinating coquette,' and so forth. Georgiana possessing remarkable aptitude to learn such wholesome precepts, treasured them carefully in her memory, and made pious resolution to put them in practice to the utmost of her power.
 On the occasion of her first coming out, she was properly schooled in the principal rules of the science she was going to pro- fess. Balls and parties were not to be considered as mere amusement, but as inc portant occupations, on the successful cul- tiva,ion of which depended the whole hap piness ofher future life. In the catechism of match- making, the cl,iefruIe to be learn ed, is deep concentration of sel6shness, and total apathy to men and things Georgiana was of course duly instructed in the mysteries of the art--who were the ob- jectionables-withw whom she might conde- scend to firt in the first and second degree ---and whom she was to cut and avoid like the cholera morbus. Georgiana certainly made great sensation the first season: a colonel, a Sir Something, and two younger brothers, were particularly assiduous to her. but as these came within the pale of the objeciionables, they were very properly discouraged and dismissed. Sir Vincent Blakely appeared powerfully smitten he popped the question:, but received a polite 1 ly sapercilious refusai from inc proyideni mamma, who wanted to catch duke, or at least baroD-not bafonet. Georgiana amused herself prodigiousIy ihe first sea- son: all was new to her-ihe constant succession of new faces-ihe glaEe--the l noise--,he brilliant confusion of the ball room, filled her giddy mind. She had no l views to form, and in the turmoil of the gay scene, she almost forgot that the object Di her going into the world was to catch a duke or at least a baron.
 l Georgiana was fortunately endowed but wilh small portion of feeling-ihai slen-