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three francs and-a-half each the first 
night, and, three’ for the second, and 
thought themselves well off. Since then, 
we have made Richard a bed on the 
floor in one of the empty rooms here. 
This day the Duchess went to bathe, 
and the fishermen formed a guard of 
honour, rowing about at a distance, sing- 
ing and huzzaing. The bathers with 
their heads decorated, formed a ring 
and danced round, singing a song com- 
posed for the occasion, while hundreds 
of people were assembled on land to 
witness the royal ducking. She after- 
wards yisited the De Courcy gardens, 
and other places; and in the evening 
the theatre was crowded to excess— 
places half-a-guinea each. 
Friday morning, after bathing, she 
-_ rowed up and down close to the port; 
and then entered the concert-room, 
which was crowded to excess, princi- 
pally by the English, who did not neg- 
lect to display all the elegance of dress. 
These rooms are really beautiful, and 
quite in the English style. The Du- 
chess seemed quite to have recovered 
from fatigue, and walked up and down 
the small space left for her, bowing very 
condescendingly. She looks very young; 
and was almost alone, having only the 
Duke de Rizzio and two ladies of ho- 
nour with her. There were two pieces 
sung to her by artists from Paris—they 
were well executed; but the first so full 
of ridiculous compliments that it must 
have sickened her. We rode home, and 
she visited the Musée, where all the 
children belonging to the establishment 
were assembled, and whose trilling 
motes made the roof shake with Vive 
le Roi. After some time the Duchess 
paraded the town, attended by one lady 
and the Duke, and one servant. In the 
afternoon there was a_ presentation, 
which, as it had not.been made public, 
was attended by only three English la- 
dies ; which caused much surprise to her 
altesse. The evening brought us to the 
ball, which was attended by eight or 
nine hundred people, all most elegantly 
dressed. The room was beautifully de- 
corated, and presented a coup-d’eil 
really magnificent. The Duchess took 
her seat, and, after a minute or two, 
walked up and down the room, and then 
opened the ball with a quadrille, for which 
the ladies and gentlemen had been se- 
lected more than a month before. She 
dances well; but does not carry herself 
with elegance. She danced four more 
quadrilles in the course of the evening; 
and left at about half-past eleven. Her 
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behaviour was very affable... There.1s no 
state or assumption in her deportments* 
and she gave universal satisfaction. She 
left Boulogne at nine, the next morn-. 
ing, and was so well pleased with her 
reception, that she made the tour.o 
the town before she left, bowing and 
smiling to all. The gentlemen, as be- 
fore, escorted her out of town, and eyen. 
accompanied her as far as Calais, though 
it rained nearly all the way.. She ex- 
pressed herself agreeably disappointed ; 
and said, loud enough to be heard in 
the ball-room, that she expected to have 
seen a town where there was “ ni sucre 
ni citron,’ as she expressed herself. 
What do not thé Boulognese owe to 
the English ! , 
Though every thing is nqw_nearly 
four times as dear here as in any 
other part of France, it is yet nearly 
four times as cheap as at any watering 
place in England. Lodgings alone are 
scarce: which you will easily credit, 
having seen how narrowly we escaped 
sleeping in the open air; and when I 
also inform you that, three weeks ago,a 
whole packet was emptied into the 
town, ladies and all, who could get 
no accommodations. Those who could, 
slept in the streets; those who could 
not, thought that nobody else should ; 
and so went knocking at all the doors, 
up and down the town, for admittance. 
If you could peep in upon us, you 
would laugh to see how we are fur- 
nished. Until to-day, Saturday, we 
have been drinking out of half-pint ba- 
sins; and have had but one knife a piece, 
and that so blunt that it would not. cut 
our bread, which we were obliged to 
break to pieces as we could. . But C. 
has now provided every thing for us, 
and we are rather more comfortable, 
Rue de Chiteau, 25 Aug. 1825, 
: 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sim: 
HAVE consulted both the passages 
referred to by “ An Inquirer,” as to 
the doctrine and discipline of the Eng- 
lish Church in regard, to secret con- 
fession. And, in reply, I cannot but 
observe, that not only has he need- 
lessly alarmed himself by a general in- 
ference from a particular instance, but 
also has drawn the very opposite in- : 
ference ftom that which naturally fol- 
lows 
* An almost infantile simplicity rather, 
we should suppose, from all that wecan 
gather. —Enpit. 
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