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found it to be. Having inquired generally for a " goed 

 logement," we were conducted to a splendid hotel, called 

 Vieux Doelen, situated in the fine place or square of the 

 Voorhout. 



The Mall 



In the centre of this place is the Mall, which consists of 

 two broad walks, laid with broken sea-shells, chiefly of the 

 genera Cardium and Mactra, and shaded with several rows 

 of lofty lime-trees ; the whole being railed in, so as to ex- 

 clude horsemen and carriages. The Mall is, we believe, a 

 favourite promenade, when the King resides and holds his 

 Court at the Hague ; but at this time it was comparatively 

 deserted. The ci-divant Austrian Netherlands and Hol- 

 land are, according to the new constitution, alternately to 

 enjoy the residence of royalty for the space of a year. 

 The King is now at Brussels ; and his expected arrival in 

 a few weeks at the Hague, is hailed as an auspicious pro- 

 spect. 



Here the external signs of loyalty to the House of Orange 

 are even obtrusively displayed : at Ghent we scarcely saw 

 a single orange cockade ; a very few began to appear at 

 Antwerp ; at Rotterdam they were not uncommon ; here 

 they are universal. 



What a lesson of caution in changing the government of 

 a country may be derived from the experience of the Dutch 

 during the last thirty years ! They began, before the era 

 of the French Revolution, by vituperating the House of 

 Orange, and were quickly successful in dismissing thePrince. 

 So high did party-spirit then run, that grave burgomasters, 

 in testifying their hostility to the name of the Stadtholder's 

 Family, rendered themselves ridiculous, not only by eradi- 

 cating marigolds from their gardens, but by prohibiting the 



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