serable by all
these readings, but what could the poor little ignorant countrywoman
know of Platonism? Faugh! there is more than one woman we see in society
smiling about from house to house, pleasant and sentimental and formosa
superne enough; but I fancy a fish's tail is flapping under her fine
flounces, and a forked fin at the end of it!

Finer flounces, finer bonnets, more lovely wreaths, more beautiful lace,
smarter carriages, bigger white bows, larger footmen, were not seen,
during all the season of 18--, than appeared round about St. George's,
Hanover Square, in the beautiful month of June succeeding that September
when so many of our friends the Newcomes were assembled at Baden. Those
flaunting carriages, powdered and favoured footmen, were in attendance
upon members of the Newcome family and their connexions, who were
celebrating what is called a marriage in high life in the temple within.
Shall we set down a catalogue of the dukes, marquises, earls, who
were present; cousins of the lovely bride? Are they not already in the
Morning Herald and Court Journal, as well as in the Newcome Chronicle
and Independent, and the Dorking Intelligencer and Chanticleer Weekly
Gazette? There they are, all printed at full length sure enough; the
name of the bride, Lady Clara Pulleyn, the lovely and accomplished
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Dorking; of the beautiful
bridesmaids, the Ladies Henrietta, Belinda, Adelaide Pulleyn, Miss
Newcome, Miss Alice Newcome, Miss Maude Newcome, Miss Anna Maria
(Hobson) Newcome; and all the other persons engaged in the ceremony. It
was performed by the Right Honourable Viscount Gallowglass, Bishop of
Ballyshannon, brother-in-law to the bride, assisted by the Honourable
and Reverend Hercules O'Grady, his lordship's chaplain, and the Reverend
John Bulders, Rector of St. Mary's, Newcome. Then follow the names of
all the nobility who were present, and of the noble and distinguished
personages who signed the book. Then comes an account of the principal
dresses, chefs-d'oeuvre of Madame Crinoline; of the bride's coronal
of brilliants, supplied by Messrs. Morr and Stortimer;--of the veil of
priceless Chantilly lace, the gift of the Dowager Countess of Kew. Then
there is a description of the wedding-breakfast at the house of the
bride's noble parents, and of the cake, decorated by Messrs. Gunter with
the most delicious taste and the sweetest hymeneal allusions.

No mention was made by the fash