des of gentlemen superbly mounted, all
wearing the white cockade; the affectionate sympathy and profound
respect shown by all classes toward the illustrious representative
of the Bourbons, was touching in the extreme. On his route from
Heartwell, and through Stanmore, troops of yeomanry turned out to
give him an honorable escort; and what could be _more_ honorable
than the voluntary attendance of the farmers who represented the
very bone and sinew of the country? The large portly figure of the
KING perfectly disabused JOHN BULL of the long-cherished idea that
Frenchmen lived entirely upon frogs. Even that particular fact
interested them, and repeated huzzas greeted him throughout the
whole of his route to London. On his arrival at Guillon's Hotel in
Albermarle-street, which had been most splendidly prepared for his
reception, His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT received him with
that delicate attention so worthy of his high and gallant bearing;
and there LOUIS must have met with one of the most touching scenes
that ever thrilled the human heart. One hundred and fifty of the
ancient noblesse were waiting, after years of hopeless
expectation, to greet the head of that illustrious house, the
recollection of whose sufferings awakened the most painful
feelings. Not one of them but had shared in the horrors of that
bloody revolution; and not one of them but truly felt that the
happiness of that moment repaid them for all their sufferings.'

A rich specimen of the pompous ignorance sometimes exhibited by theatrical
managers is afforded in the following anecdote, which has appeared in
England, but which we are sure will be relished by our readers. It may
seem extraordinary that a manager should be such an ignoramus; but 'half
the actors on the English stage,' says a recent writer, 'dare not address
a gentleman a note, lest they should 'show their hands:''

'WHEN I first became a member of Covent-Garden, Mr. FAWCETT held
the reins of management, in consequence of the retirement of Mr.
KEMBLE from that position. He had experience to guide him, but he
unfortunately possessed a dictatorial manner, and a want of that
refinement and education which had so distinguished his great
predecessor. In speaking of his public position, however, let me
pay homage to his private virtues. He was a tender husband, an
affection