The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-22 00:00:00

BOULOGNE LETTERS,

(From the Charivari.)
We have already set forth how all that the male part
of the Boulogne population can boast of right-minded
citizens were squabbling as to who had taken this pri-
soner, or had achieved that act of bravery, as, for
example, the glory of having dissuaded the town-crier
from posting up any Napoleonist placards, and, taking
advantage of his alphabetical ignorance, of having sub-
stituted pals of " moutarde blanche,". or " crinoline
d'Oudinot," as also of having marched, sole and alone,
against the insurgents, supported in second rank by the
Gendarmerie, and three or four companies of the Na-
tional Guard, and many other similar traits which im-
mortalize Boulogne, and fully justify the request re-
cently put forth through the organ of their sub-prefect,
that they should be presented with a flag of honour, or
a general " croix d'honneur," to be appended at the
town.house, and, on days of public ceremony, paraded
about the streets of the town at the end of a pole.
It were hard if the puff, which next to the Treasury
is one of the greatest encroachers of modern times, did
not participate in this general attribution of glory, and
claim for itself a title which might serve as an advertise-
ment or a patent for courage, susceptible of figuring on
a signbaard. The puff was not failing. The puff only
fails to the detriment of its creditors.

The following letters are about to appear in the pa
pers of Boulogne :

" TO THE EDITOR.

" Sir,—Allow me to remonstrate against the omission
of my name in your account of the events which have
recently distinguished our town, to the admiration of
Europe and of future generations. I participated in
them, Sir, in the following manner :—When the sound
of the drum reached my ear, I immediately assumed
my uniform, and, although I was busied in picking
rice (Carolina of the first quality, which I have just
received, and which I cannot recommend with too much
instance to consumers, not only on account of its excel-
lence but for its moderate price, it being quite a chance), I
immediately hastened to the locality where my company
usually assembled, not without the necessity of tearing
myself away from the importunity of my numerous cus-
tomers, who crowd my premises at an early hour in the
morning. It having unfortunately escaped me that the
place of assembly had been recently changed, I pro-
ceeded to the old one, where, naturally enough, 1 re-
mained quite alone during at, least half an hour. Sir, it
is not my intention to enhance the value of my services,
but you will surely agree that it required courage of a
superior nature to remain thus, under arms, in a state of
complete isolation on a spot which, from one moment to
the other, might be invaded by the insurgents.
" I will add, Sir, but only by way of note, that my
wife was in such a dreadful state of anxiety, that she
neglected the preparation of several jars of pickles, and
which were consequently lost. Luckily we have others
of a very superior quality, and which will keep up the
reputation which my establishment has ever enjoyed, as
well with regard to this article as to the others.
" I remain, Sir, &e.,
" REZ I NSEC,

" Grocer, Grande flue, 8, keeps goods
of the best quality, and at the mildest prices.

" TO THE EDITOR.

" Sir,—Althcugh my name did not appear in your
relation of the events which occurred on the 6th of
August, I, as it behoved every good citizen, figured in
them. And if I remonstrate, it is solely in the interest
of truth and history.
" I had heard the drums beat to quarters since six
o'clock in the morning, as I was already up, and in my
shop disposing for show certai❑ new goods, such as
drawers, flannel-jackets, stockings, night-caps, all ac-
cording to the most recent fashions, and of which I
have just received a rich assortment from Paris, and
which will, no doubt, be soon entirely disposed of to the
amateurs of our town. If I did not pay immediate at-
tention to the call, it was that I, for a consideratic
time, mistook it for the drum of a bear-leader. But no
sooner did it reach my ears that the malcontents were
in flight towards the sea, than I rushed in that direction
and pursued them in the water until it came half way
up my legs, although these wretches who were swim-
ming might have turned back on me and fired at me
with pistols. But I paid no regard to this, carried away
as I was by my ardour, and reflecting, moreover, that
the pistols could not have gone off in the water.

"On another hand, this walk in the sea produced
no further results of a disagreeable nature, thanks to
the precaution I had had of putting on a pair of stock-
ings and of gaiters of a new invention, worked with in-
diarubber, which renders them waterproof. I was en-
abled to remain in this manner during nearly a quarter
of an hour in the water without receiving any incon-
venience—what do I say? My legs were barely wet.
This trial will recommend my new system of gaiters
and socks to the consumers of Boulogne, more particu-
larly to sporting gentlemen. I intend exposing to view
in my shop, where every one may be admitted to see
them, the identical pair in which I appeared on the me-
morable day of the 6th August.
" Yours, &c.,
" GILETIN, Haberdasher.
" Rue Mollet, 12."

M.
" TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—lt is, doubtless, by an oversight that you have
forgotten to mention me among those persons who dis-
tinguished themselves on the 6th of August. It is right
that I should not be deprived of my share.
" I was presiding at the cleaning and washing of the
post-chaises belonging to the numerous travellers who
alight at my hotel, which, as you must be aware, is one
of those that are most frequented by the fashionable
world, when I learned that a ship, bearing Louis Bona-
parte and his suite, had just come into port. I pro-
ceeded thither, together with my waiters, in order to
offer them apartments in my hotel, according to the usual
custom on the arrival of steam-boats. But having
afterwards been informed that Louis Bonaparte and his
party had only landed at Boulogne in order to make
a mad and criminal attempt, and that they had been
dispersed and conquered, I was astounded at the courage
which I had displayed, in repairing alone, assisted by
my waiters, towards a vessel which, being armed, might
have fired upon me. I can call to witness the numerous
guests of my hotel, which contains, as usual, a most
brilliant society—an advantage which it owes to the
happy choice of its situation, to the conveni2nces it of.
fers, to the care and consideration which are to be met
with there, to the excellence of the table, and the com-
fort of the apartments.—l remain, &c.
" LAUJAPIE,
" Landlord of the Hotel Grand Louis Philippe,
" Place Trumeau, 9, 11, 13, and 15.
(" English, Italian, and German spoken.")

IV.
" TO THE EDITOR.

" Sir—lt is strange that after having recorded all

those who, either directly or indirectly, co-operated in
, the resistance made on the 6th of August, my name
only should have been omitted, although the renown of
my business as apothecary has, thank Heaven, rendered
• my name sufficiently notorious. I rely upon you to
L remedy this.
"At the first roll of the drum I took up arms. Had
it not been that my pantaloons required three buttons
to be sewn on, and had I not lost a quarter of an hour
in tying my martingale, I should have been one of the
first on the spot. Unluckily I was only enabled to ar-
rive just as the troop of insurgents was surrounded on
all sides by the troops and National Guard. I how-
ever found an opportunity of liquidating the debt I owed
to my country.
" I had set my eye on an insurgent General, who,
being of such extraordinary obesity that, in spite of re-
peated attempts, he could not lay his hand on the hilt
of his sword, I making a sudden attack on his rear
sueeeeded in snatching the aforesaid sword from its
sheath. I ran home with it, where I had intended to
keep it as a trophy of the glory I had acquired in dis-
arming a General, but was obliged to commit it into the
hands of justice that it might serve as evidence.
"On the other hand, all Boulogne beheld it during
three days at my shop, where I every day make fresh
endeavours to deserve the confidence placed in me by
the inhabitants as well as by foreigners.
" Believe me, Sir, &c.,
"CASSECENE."
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A rendezvous opened at the George Inn, in this
town, last week, for rceziving petty officers and seamen for
her Majesty's ship Vanguard, Captain Dun.—Sherborne
Journal.