The _Morning Post_ of August 9 has the following from Brighton: 'The Prince of Wales gains many hearts by his great affability and good humour. His company is much better than it used to be, and he is certainly more sparing of his libations to Bacchus.
'Mrs. F----t looks more elegant than ever. One can, indeed, hardly help exclaiming with the army of Mahomet the Second, when he showed them his Irene--"Such a woman is worth a kingdom!"
'The Prince of Wales has won money on the races--more money than one would wish a Prince of Wales to win.'
The same newspaper of August 15 says: BRIGHTHELMSTONE.--The celebration of the Prince's birthday was in a style of the utmost gaiety and conviviality, the more general and uniform, from the contracted circle in which it shone. The Prince gave a most sumptuous entertainment at the MARINE PAVILION,[51] of which all the Nobility and Gentry in the town and neighbourhood partook by invitation. In the evening the illuminations were general, and some of them conspicuous for taste, particularly the Castle, the front of which was covered with various coloured lamps. A Ball was given by the Jockey Club, in honour of the Prince, who honoured several ladies with his hand during the course of the evening.'
_Ibid._, _September 6._--'The Prince of Wales does not slumber in dull indolence at his retreat at Brighton, but promotes and participates in many manly exercises. Cricket is, at present, the chief amusement patronized by his Royal Highness, who is dexterous and indefatigable. Most of the young noblemen in the neighbourhood join in this vigorous and wholesome exercise, in which the domestics of the Prince are permitted to partake.'
We get a good glimpse of our great grandfathers and grandmothers at Brighton in the _Morning Post_ of September 18: 'DRESS AT BRIGHTON.--The fashionable bathing dress at Brighton is chiefly a pair of buff trousers, and a slight jacket.
'This is adopted by all the young men of the place, and such a number of idle, sauntering _land lubbers_ meet the eye, every morning, on the Steyne, that one cannot help wishing for a sturdy press gang to give them useful employment, or, at least, keep them out of mischief.
'After breakfast, they are then accoutred for the sports of the field.