'An Irish gentleman being asked, the other day, by a friend, which Inn he thought the best, observed that they were both bad enough; at one you were _imposed upon_; at the other, _cheated_. The Rooms have been pretty well frequented on a Sunday, when it is the Vauxhall price of admission. The play house must, long since, have shut up, were it not for the _extraordinary abilities_ and _fertile resources_ of Mr. _Fox_,[39] and the patronage of the fair emigrants from Cleveland Row, Jermyn Street, and King's Place--there have been no gentlemen enactors, this year; so much the worse. With deference, be it said, to the judgement of certain titled ladies, who, adding to their _purity_ by every successive plunge into the salt water, pronounced the mixture of gentlemen with professed actors, a perfect contamination. Better sense, however, and more extra liberality prevail at present; for ladies now ride to the Downs to see Earls and great folks play at cricket, with footmen and drivers, without having their delicacy wounded, or their finer feelings deranged. That game has become the favourite amusement with the young men of fashion here. Mr. _St. John_ is the best bowler; Lord _Darnley_ and _George Hanger_ the best bats; _Bob_ the postillion, the best stopper behind the wicket. As to his Royal Highness, he is but a young cricketer; the ladies, however, commend his agility; and, since M^{rs} _J--n's_ squad arrived, he has been famous for catching and running. 'On Saturday last, the _Marquis de Conflans_ took his departure for _Dieppe_. The Prince and his company went to see the Marquis embark, when a very extraordinary and humorous scene was presented. It being low water, the boat could not approach the shore--the Marquis was anxious to get on board, and stood, for some time, in suspence, when the Prince, to show him that persons of their rank should not have the propensities of cats, or the frippery of _petits maîtres_, taking one of his companions by the hand, rushed at once into the water. The Marquis, _pour l'honneur de la France_, could not do otherwise than follow him; the line advanced with resolution, but could not long withstand the force of the waves, which overset them; they then rolled like porpoises in the water, till they got the Marquis aboard the packet; when they despatched him, in a proper state, to pay his respects to the _Dauphin_. _Vive l'amour et l'allegresse, et bon voyage, M. le Marquis!_'