and unaffected; the event in itself interesting; the moral obvious and awful.-We have only to observe, that as this account of the transaction is taken from the French papers, it may possibly be somewhat partial. The Dey's own statement of the affair has not yet been received. Every friend of humanity will join with us, in expressing a candid and benevolent hope that this business may not tend to kindle the flames of war between these two Unchristian Powers; but that by mutual concession and accommodation, they may come to some point (short of the restoration of Jean Bon's head on his shoulders, which in this stage of the discussion is hardly practicable), by which the peace of the Pagan world may be preserved. For our part, we pretend not to decide from which quarter the concessions ought principally to be made. It is but candid to allow that there are probably faults on both sides, in this, as in most other cases. For the character of the Dey, we profess a sincere respect on the one hand; and on the other, we naturally wish that the head of Jean Bon St. André should be reserved for his own Guillotine.

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ELEGY: OR DIRGE.

I.

ALL in the town of Tunis,
In Africa the torrid,

On a Frenchman of rank
Was play'd such a prank,

As Lepaux must think quite horrid.

II.

No story half so shocking,
By kitchen fire or laundry,
Was ever heard tell,-
As that which befell

The great Jean Bon St. André.

III.

Poor John was a gallant Captain,
In battles much delighting;

He fled full soon

On the First of June

But he bade the rest keep fighting.

IV.

To Paris then returning,

And recover'd from his panic,

He translated the plan

Of Paine's Rights of Man,
Into language Mauritanic.

V.

He went to teach at Tunis

Where as Consul he was settled-
Amongst other things,

"That the people are kings!" Whereat the Dey was nettled.

VI.

The Moors being rather stupid,
And in temper somewhat mulish,
Understood not a word

Of the Doctrine they heard,
And thought the Consul foolish.

VII.

He form'd a Club of Brothers, And moved some resolutions"Ho! Ho! (says the Dey), "So this is the way

"That the French make Revolutions."

VIII.

The Dey then gave his orders

In Arabic and Persian

"Let no more be said

"But bring me his head!—

"These Clubs are my aversion."

IX.

The Consul quoted Wicquefort,
And Puffendorf and Grotius:
And proved from Vattel
Exceedingly well,

Such a deed would be quite atrocious.

X.

"Twould have moved a Christian's bowels

To hear the doubts he stated;

But the Moors they did

As they were bid,

And strangled him while he prated.

XI.

His head with a sharp-edged sabre
They severed from his shoulders,
And stuck it on high,

Where it caught the eye,

To the wonder of all beholders.

XII.

This sure is a doleful story

As e'er you heard or read of ;—

If at Tunis you prate

Of matters of state,

Anon they cut your head off!

XIII.

But we hear the French Directors

Have thought the point so knotty;

That the Dey having shewn

He dislikes Jean Bon,

They have sent him Bernadotte.

On recurring to the French papers to verify our Correspondent's statement of this singular adventure of Jean Bon St. André, we discovered to our great mortification, that it happened at Algiers, and not at Tunis-We should have corrected this mistake, but for two reasons-first, that Algiers would not stand in the verse; and secondly, that we are informed by the young man who conducts the Geographical Department of the Morning Chronicle, that both the towns are in Africa, or Asia (he is not quite certain which), and what is more to the purpose, that both are peopled by Moors. Tunis, therefore, may stand.