The New York herald., 1873-08-09

OlO COmIneTcl8l Importance - Tic SuoPo VI sno
ivory trade, which il Its special feature-indeed,
almost the monopoly-of the town, and three shops
out OF i've are devoted to the sale of ivory orna-
ments crucinxes, parasol sticks, statuettes, card
cases-some Of them Of rare Workmanship. l
THE FIRST THING TO DO
arriving here in IS in most other places, to nnd
q hotel, and the choice u extensive enough, 10r
Dieppe virtually comprises three bOroughs, grouped
IKE Southsea. Portsmouth and G0sport In Eng
land. Tho Gosport Of Dieppe Is lie PoIlet, an al
ogether primitive quarter. whose inhabitants have
politely but firmly declined to facilitate comnuni
cations with the rest Of the town. so that you must
20 more than mile round to get at them, though
they might De reached In hve minutes BY flying
bridge between tne two piers that form the harbor,
and in half second by pistol shot fred ont OF
the window OF the Hotel de Londres, on the QQA
Henry w. This quay is in the commercial districS-
the Portsmouth Of Dieppe-and immediately oppo-
site the harbor, whence the packets come In
twice q day from Newhaven. II you want to
see French seaport life, to be awoKe early In
the morning by the shouts of sailors weighing
anchor for the cod and herring fshertes to be en-
lvened by French soldiers strutting to drill under
your windows with bugling and music enough to
set the dead watxing; II you like the sight OF pas
sengers pelting away with freight Of carpet-bags
and railway rugs stumbling over ropes, running
into the arms OF custom House Ofacers and
towing fiuttered women and painting children after
them all with the view Of catching the boats which
are always late in sailing, the Quai Henri Nv. Is
the place for you Frenchmen are perpetual
surprise and spectacle to the contemplative
foreign eye They do nothing like ordinary people.
The Sailors for instance. work less than British
or Swedish seamen, but they halloo in such wise
as to inspire you with the highest poss-
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that it takes You some time to real
ize that one Of y0nder sullen 6wedes has
holystoned four-nfths OF deck while his French
mate, who has been giving tongue for an hour, has
not secured square yard. Then they quarrel
these Frenchmen, and II yoa sit at your window
smoking cigarette at early morning while the
bright morning sun is gnting over the waters OF
the harbor like safron, you have the excitement OF
hearing f f t,r.
NATIVE SAILORS
vow to ning each other into the basin twenty
times in as many minutes. But somehow tho
event never comes on. The only time ever saw
French sailor take plunge was one morning when
o diminutive specimen OF the race put his fist IN
der the nose Of moody giant who looked like
Dane. This sad man lifted his enemy silently by
the seat OF his inexpressibfes ana the collar Of his
shirt, swung him twice to and ir0, de-
spite his roars, aud pitched him headlong
under the keel OF . Sunderland collier
On ordinary occasions, however, the champions,
after yelling to each other hysterically to 'come
on" are tugged apart by mutual friends, also
shouting, and meet presently in one Of the old
painted wine shops, where glasses of br-nle-museaW
(cider, absinthe and brandy nixed) make them
fast chums till the next wrange. The commission
ndtres are q bowling race, too, besides being the
most tatterdemalion crew alive, and 1t is sight
worth watching to see bewildered British family
fall out OF the Custom House into the midst OF the
raging pack OF ssarecrows who make grabs at
their luggage and attempt to haul them OF to this
or that hotel or to cabs. fancy they get little by
their tootlng for Dieppe is the high road Of cheap
tourists, who 60 to Paris by the longer sea route
to avoid the expense OF the Calais line, and
they are not inclined to patronize commits
siOnndires very prodigaly. They generally make
stand and bawl In family chorus, GALLEY VOC nj"
though they have coolness eminently English in
assuring everybody that 1t is not for the economy
but simply for the pleasure the thing that they
take good spell OF sea sickness. dispense with
conanaissionndtres, 0mnibuses and n0cres, and
trudge from harbor to station, through binding
rain or choking dust, on foot. One OF the last
things you will catch an Engllshman doing is to
confess parsimony with his lips, and he always ap-
pears to imagine that foreigners are too much i'm
pressed by the grandeur Of his demeanor to detect
the innumerable petty meannesses which disclose
his poverty.
YOUR MIDDLE CLASS ENGLIsHMAN
has got such name abroad for battling with cab
men about their pourootres and invoking the name
OF his consul when he is met with an unexpected
demand for twopence- -hafpenny that cabmen and
porters, who are shrewd rogues at bottom, have
learned to say gssesr oonanae I'm An0lats Just as
they once said 0enereuI conanae un ntlord. though
for the matter OF that they still know
q genuine ''rnilord" when they see one and
treat him with worship as II q specimen OF fossil
genus fast disappearing. Engitshmen OF the pinch
beck sort have also wonderful trick OF clamoring
at the extortion OF foreign hotel charges just as II
the bleak bedrooms, sodden mu1nns and Ill-cooked
dinners Of British hotels could be had for anything
like the price which In France affords You not only
comfort, but luxury. At the Hotel Royal, for in
stance, where am staying, you get q bed, break
fast and dinner such as are not TO be found in he
British Isles and the prices are reasonable--that
is, you need not 60 beyond guinea unless you
care to do so-though the house is the best in the
town and full from roof to basement already.
tried the Quai Henri Nv. on former visit, but the
Royal and the half dozen other hotels on the
espanade are most frequented by people who care
for sea bathing and cosmopolitanism more than for
sights and sounds wholly French. Nationaites
are all shufned together here like cards. We are
in the Southsea part OF the town, with the channel
TO the front OF us, to the left as we 60 out
THE CASINO.
The Casino is place Of muster and music read
ing and billiards, bathing, lounging gossipng,
nrting and all else that makes up quiet life You
subscribe to the Casino by the day week or month,
and you 60 there in the morning to dip into the
and the papers, at three for the daily concert and
at evening for ball or comedy, If there be
one, and If not you go elsewhere, for there are
theatre in the town and plenty OF other amuse-
ments, French people making II a noly business 70
amuse themselves and each other so long human
nature will stand it. The most curious thing,
though, is the bathing towards eleven, when the
sun is hot and people are dreaming Of luncheon an
hour hence. Imagine a terrace with rows Of rush
chairs six and seven deep, and filed with ladies',
who are popularly supposed to be not dressed yet,
and who In truth, wear costumes that may cost
francs than thOse n which thew will klaZe