The Wilmingtonian., 1823-12-18
BRIGHTON.-In late work entitled

BRIGHTON.-In late work entitled
letters on England, by the Count de So
ligny, real or fictitious French nobleman,
the following account is given OF the mode
in which the visitors at Brighton, the ce-
lebrated watering place pass their time.
"The usual hour of rising is about nine.
Perhaps an hour or two before this, two
or three of the party, (young ladies more
new to the place than the rest, and glad of
an opportunity of looking about them un-
checked by the Argus eye of their man.
mas or aunts,) will stroll to the sea shore,
and dip their fingers into the water to taste
show salt it is !" Or try how near they
can put their not very pretty feet to the
little waves that come rippling over each
other, without being caught BY them; or
wonder at the ocean, and confess that ait
is not near so large as they thought it was!''
About nine they return, seldom without
trophies of their enterprise-such as a
"curious" stone with hole in it; dry
star-fish or long wet sea weed dangling
to their fingers ends. By this time the
rest of the company begin to drop in, in
parties Of three or four, to the public eat
ing room, where a breakfast is prepared
of tea, coffee, eggs. &c. This lasts about
an hour, during the course of which each
seldom fails to inform all the rest who are
within speaking distance, that "it's fine
or ga dull morning. as if each fancied
that all the others wanted the faculty tt
find it out.--This generally forms the sun
and substance of the conversation during
l. - nh f. oil off
Some of them 60 to their chambers al
hour or two to read not, however, thu
works of the authors we are acquainted
with in France-such as Milton and Pope
or Steel or Addison, or Richardson ant
Fielding, these appear to have gone quite
out of fashion. Nothing is to be seen bu'
novels written by 10 matter who--an,
body or no body-provided they have at
tractive titles, such as I" the Victim OF Sen
timent," or :" the Recluse Of the Forest
or romances in verse and others in prose
written by'a living author named Scott
who has lately become extravagantly pc
pular among them. Others sit down to
piano there is in the public sitting room
and smuse themselves by playing and sing
ing; in both of which accomplishments
have as yet been able to discover nothin
remarkable, except total want OF teelin
either for their instrument, their music
or their hearers. Others are walking o
the sea shore to pick up shells, or. if tn
weather is favourable, taking dip in tt
sea for some cannot get leave OF the
papas to come here, without promising
nav this tax at the shrine of health. r
the convenience Of bathing they are pr
vded with wooden boxes, which go
wheels, and are drawn short dlstan
into the water by horse.-From this
tie moving house they descend down stel
and, if they are afraid to go by themsel'
they are assisted by woman, who atten
for the purpose, and sometimes by IN
Those who are not occupied in any
these ways will perhaps be found drlvl
about the town or neighbourhood, in Int
wooden machines foot from the grou
drawn by one Or two donkies; or rid
upon the backs Of these animals. atte
ed by little boy behind to fog them
II mean the donkiss. lsuppOse you
putting on an incredulous smile at
this; but it is literally true, assure J
Boring this time the men are empio
IN reading newspapers. or playing at
liards, (which they have no notion OF
sailing out in fishing boat. and con
sark siaa ;--of such as keep horses