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THE HYPOCHONDRIAC.

A TALE.

BY AN EYE-WITNESS.

Tom Wunderlich was the son of Jacob Wun-derlich, an honest sugar-baker, on Fish-Street Hill,who, having acquired an ample fortune in trade,was anxious to elevate his descendants, abovethe humble German stock from which he sprung,by marrying into some patrician family of hisadopted country, to whom his wealth and interestin thecity would make him acceptable. He fixed hischoice upon the eldest daughter of Sir Roger Penny,a Baronet, of an ancient family, with much pride,two sons, eleven daughters, and twelve hundreda-year; but the match was not concluded withoutthe stipulation that he would get himself previ-ously knighted, a matter which, although at va-riance with his sugar-baking ideas, yet, he was