618 A French Song, with an English Version. 



ditation ! He had concealed the girl for some days in his house, till 

 he could find an occasion of making away with her. And the extenu- 

 ating circumstances were that to the robbery was superseded sacrilege, 

 and that sacrilegious robbery was committed to enable a murderer 

 to make his escape." 



Now this is false and misrepresented ; Dellacollonge did not even 

 mean to murder the girl when he put his hand to her throat with 

 severity, to give her an idea of the preliminary feelings of strangu- 

 lation. A reference to the French journals of February, 1836, will 

 establish the truth of this assertion. The misrepresentation is about 

 the words " extenuating circumstances." In England life is often 

 wasted for trivial crimes ; in France it is always spared, that the 

 culprit may have time to repent, when mercy can possibly be thus 

 extended ; and it was only a merciful and humane feeling that caused 

 the addition of the words " extenuating circumstances" to be made 

 to the jury's verdict; an addition that, without compromising their 

 sincerity, did honour to the jurors' hearts. 



The palpable object of the article under notice, and as the author 

 himself almost confesses, is to show that " the July revolution has 

 worked a great and sudden change" in the morality of the French. 

 He says it has " emancipated the women from all etiquette and re- 

 serve ; that is, in one word, modesty!" This is false and absurd, so 

 absurd, indeed, that we are astonished to meet with so palpable a 

 folly in the " Quarterly Review." A child could not be made to 

 believe that the insurrection of a mighty people to displace a tyrant, 

 and to elevate another man to the throne, could produce such baneful 

 effects. A monarchical change cannot so essentially affect private 

 morals. The predilections and passions of individuals are not subject 

 to variation on account of the secession or expulsion of one dynasty 

 and the succession of another. An extension of political liberty does 

 not implicate a decrease of moral rectitude and social order; it rather 

 encourages an increase. The example of a superstitious and en- 

 croaching despot could not benefit the morals of the French ; but 

 the example of a good husband, a good father, a good Christian, and 

 a man who was a good son, certainly must be a beneficial one for 

 the country. 



PARISIANUS. 



A FRENCH SONG, WITH AN ENGLISH VERSION. 



AIR. TRANSLATION. 



Oh ! I'amour, volupte supreme ! 

 Se sentir deux dans un seul cceur ! 

 Posseder la ferame qu'on airae ! 

 Etre 1'esclave et le vainqueur ! 

 Avoir son ame ! avoir ses charmes ! 

 Son chant qui sait vous apaiser ! 

 Et ses beaux yeaux remplis de larmes 

 Qu'on essuie avec un baiser ! 



Sweet passion, when a gentle fire 



(Two hearts in one) the bosom burns, 

 When love rewards intense desire, 



And man is slave and lord^by turns ! 

 To own such charms above their peers, 



A voice diffusing airy bliss ! 

 And glistening eyes o'erflowed with 

 tears, 



To drv their moisture with a kiss. 



E.F. 



