Star.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

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ANWDOTE OF LOUIS XIII!.

[ln the Seas of Monday, we copied from a Morning Papa au
inane** of what we considered the grateful attentions of Lou*
XVIIL to a young Lady, whose father keeps an inn at Bask.
kampstead. Had we thought that it amid by any possibility have
been supposed to injure the young Lady, or hurt her feelings, are
should not bare inserted It. Art, however, Miss PAGE thinks calm.
wise, we readily Warthog letter, in which, it will be seen, she pO4.
tively denies the truth of the anecdote.—F.D.l

TO THE ZDGlrTear
llesOkFhamTpiteHßadST,
OcAR.t.
u,
1824.
Sas--1 was ezeredingly Mort at a paragraph which has just ap.
peered in your Popes. Dome enemy has done me this dishoneu;-.
it is my *curious wish to appear before the Public in no other light
than as the bumble daughter of a humble publican. Your c„,_
respondent has' been pinned to represent me as the frirod o 4
King, and a friend, ton, of the late King of France: I trust, sa,
that a discerning Public will perceive the folly and the Mglicr ~t.
'such a statement. My good father is certainly proprietor a the
King's Arms Inn, at Rerkhampuesd, and to no other honour.; do
we aspire beyond those which are derived front a bet:busing civility
and obedience to the commands of our customer.. Pray, Sir, correct
then the fuse information you have, inadvertently I doubt not, giver
le the -Public. The King of France did never invite me to Paris;
thor Lag of France did never command that I should be provided
with apartmentsand entertaiument in the l'alaceof the Tbuilleries;
and am I called upon to say that I never dined at his Majesty's
table? The King of France did never order his High Chamber-
lain to introduce me to the curiosities and oh& spectacles of Pa_
ris; and, finally, tie King of France lever give me two
hundred pounds. As I hope the Public Veceive this cann-
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dictory account wish as much faith as I wish to assure them at my
sincerity. let them he informed of t 4 true facts only, from whicis
dame aspersions seem so originate. 'hey King of France, it is well
known, resided at Hartwell: Beckhampstead is a post town
through which his Majesty regularly passed ; there are two roads
from Hartwell to London, the one tisrough Uxbridge, and the other
through Berithampstead; his Majesty always expressed himself
highly pleased with the spirited merriest of my father, in main-
taining a superior breed of horses, and excellent drivers; and, ex-
cepting the ordinary attention, doe to every Nobleman au4 Geo.
denim, sad certainly due to fake Majesty, I (sow of no other
claims which could have entitled me to the peculiar notice of the
King of France. Of such an intimacy, Sir, 1 have never boasted;
my friends and neighbours will all justify nee in this assertion; and
ifwhen I am so called' in question, I may dale speak of myself, I
know that she modesty of my sex, and the natural burnlity of my
disposition, would have induced me no have been silent on a coo.
naxion, so inconsistent, and so worthless of all belief. The story,
then, is fulsome and ridiculous, and the only reparation you can
make is to insert this mote correct statement in your Paper, and I
shall rest satisfied with the decision which your Readers will then
loran on a subject so truly trivial to them, yet so important to me.
I am, Sir, your's obediently.
MARY PAGE.