'Mrs. Johnson and Windsor have undertaken to provide for the necessities of Brighton this year. The _female adventurers_ of last season were totally ruined: even _Bet Cox_, who made as good a hand of it as any, swears she will not run the risk again, and that, _though as how_ she was with the Prince, one night when he was drunk, yet that did not compensate her for the wear and tear with his attendants. We have not yet heard Mrs. _Smith's_ opinion on the subject; but, as she was nearer the fire, she could not well escape being scorched.' _August 4._--'Brighthelmstone is at present very thin of company, few females arriving there but the _corps d'amour_. Women of virtue and character shun these scenes of debauchery and drunkenness, ever attendant on the spot which is the temporary residence of a----.' _August 18._--'His Royal Highness the Prince is so attached to his bathing residence, Brighthelmstone--he has so many sea nymphs there, rising from Old Ocean every morning to greet him; that, in the true spirit of an _English Prince_, his sole desire appears to _rule the waves_: and, when he comes to Town, he is actually like _a fish out of water_.' _August 25._--'Plague upon the _skippers_ that they do not understand the navigation of their own coasts! for, surely, some of the Margate Hoys have blundered by both the North and South Foreland, and landed their cargoes on the Sussex Shore. Never were there such a set of curmudgeonly knaves and dowdies, before, in Brighton, say the conscientious keepers of the subscription books! The lodging-houses are full, the streets well frequented, and the Steyne crowded--but who bathes, who raffles, and who subscribes? They vow that they never had so little Gold in their Autumn crop, since they were obliged to content themselves with the profits of their fishing, to wash their smocks upon the beach, and to live on crabs and pickled herrings! 'In fact, the visitors of this place are either a wiser, or a poorer sort than formerly. _Snug_ is the word with most of them; they give as little into amusements, dissipation and extra expences, as they can well avoid--hence, the obvious policy of the inhabitants to render the necessary ones as high and as productive as possible--they treat Londoners in their town as we treat Dutchmen and others, in our charge for lights and landmarks--make them come down handsomely, as it is to be done but seldom. The innkeepers here, are a kind of beasts of prey, whose rapacity is in proportion to their former abstinence: they are leeches, who think a plethora of the purse is no less dangerous than that of the body; and, though you come here only to have your constitution put to rights, they will, also, gladly take charge of your property.