Parisian Ahccdotes of 181 C. 



1S17.] 



*' ut pracrptores sitos non minus quam 



ipsa stadia anient: ct parentes ease non 



quiihm corpuriim sed mentium credant." 



I am DOW come to tlie last auil most 



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iinpoitant part of ray subject, iiuil the 

 /first which should ho attcnilcd to in edu- 

 cation, hotli puiiiic and private : — 

 Schoolmasters in general seem not to be 

 fully aware of the important task they 

 undertake; it is not sutticient to pay a 

 pi-opcr attention to the cuhivation of tlic 

 'niind, it is not suffieient to provide for 

 their pupils wholesome diet fur the 

 preservation of (heir healtln no! whilst 

 the natural i)urity of llie heart has been 

 untainted by vice and folly, when all the 

 aft'eetions remain to be moulded, when 

 any fault steals insensibly into the breast 

 of the inexperieneed youth, then should 

 he be earefully warned of the disa;raoc 

 niid misery which will inevitably follow, 

 if coriectioii is delayed. Alas, the neg- 

 lect of this most important duty is se- 

 verely felt ia too many of our public 

 schools — youths are frequently sutfcred 

 to stain Ihcir ago with wickedness and 

 vice — evil habits pass uncorrected, are 

 sctoii contracted, and very shortly become 

 too deeply engrafted to bo rooted out. 

 'J'ho eonserpience of which neglect is, 

 that a disgust for morality is formed, and 

 religion, which is j)ecidiarly advan- 

 tageous in every stage of our existence, 

 is disregarded and despised. For the 

 truth of what I here assert, we need only 

 look info sonic of our public schools, 

 where many, many boys may be found, 

 who, upon their entrance on a si'liool lile, 

 were innocent and harmless, but now in- 

 dulge themselves in the most licentious 

 conduct, and trample without shame or 

 remorse upon all the laws of morality 

 and religion. But, unfortiuiately, the 

 contagion stops not here, these nnhap|)y 

 boys set Si bad example for others; and, 

 after they have entered into the world, 

 they meet with companions as wickeil 

 as themselves — lovers of pleasure more 

 tban their God. Thus it is that, merely 

 IVom the neglect of a proper improve - 

 iDciit of the heart, so mucli iwsiciiicf is 

 done — that even a whole nation in tinie 

 niay become wicked and depraved, from 

 this single error of those persons whose 

 duly it is to teach and correct, for their 

 own credit, for the benefit ol the young, 

 and for the advantage and weifare of iill 

 niankind. 



" O cdiicalion, ever in the wrong. 

 To tlice the rinses of inankhid hcloug; 

 Tlioii fust f;ii'at auihyr of our fiiturtjstatc, 

 Cliirf K()(iic.i;of oiirr<'li!;ion,passi(in'ij fale.'-' 

 ' 'i^liCiic observations liavu lall'^ii lioiu 



the pen of one w!io himself has unfortu- 

 ualely experienced some of the errors 

 which are here spoken of, and whi^Ii 

 could not fail to aliord to every feeling 

 breast pain and uneasiness in endufiilj 

 such unfeeling conduct, nay, almost tn 

 the very idea of such. • ' 0<i&"' 

 .m. •,; i Jr./r.t 



For the MontMij MagaiUve^j >'■''' 

 PARISIAN ani>ci/oteS''o/' 1816."' 



■ •' • M.'-! .if 



COUNT ROStOPCHIN. 



THIS flanjing character has arrived 

 within the last nionth at Paris.-— 

 "My dear count, vvhat brings you, of 

 all persons, to Paris?", " I am come to 

 sec three of the greatest men'in Europe." 

 — " Oh ! I have it— the king, and tlie 

 Dukes of Angouleuie and BcrryT* 

 "Ha! ha! ha! you are wi/de of tl;g 

 mark."— " Who are the thr(;e then?" 

 " Potier*', Talleyrand, and Wellington,^' 

 — " What, do you call 'I'alleyrand a coj- 

 median ?" " 1 know no one wlip plays 

 TWrtM^ttsowcll." — "AndW<;lii«?toni'! 

 " He is a universal actor ; IjU-t ouiy. 

 knows one part well— the sojdiej: iu th» 

 Held." • -■ ,,:, 



MADAME DE STAEL AND MR. CANNING. 



J\lr. Canning, a few days ago, at tlie 

 house of M. Gollz, met Madame ije 

 Stael. The impertinent manner of the 

 ambassador to Portugal is well known- 

 he took the liberty to censure t!ie Etn- 

 peror Alexander; JMadame de Slacl de- 

 i'ended him. — "IMadan 

 like the English ?" "T 

 own country." — "Tell me now, m>- 

 dani,— you wish you were rid of us all J" 

 "Nut exactly so; but I think it would 

 be well if you v^ere Ip st^y at Paris, and 

 send your troops home."'— " Why so'"' 

 "Because they ii'.ay be wa;jted, aijd 

 perhajis i\Ir. Canning may not," — "A'Xgiri 

 dam, you are angry be:'aiisc Sye.jjoj^i 

 sess yom- fortified places?" " I ■.•t\}.''r[r 

 "Madam, after such a rcvoliitip)i,^:|t 

 was necessary to punish the nation.' 

 " Punish a nation, sir ! it is to pjinjsh a 

 mighty river, which will .sweep ihpiw- 

 polent insuller vvitU,^t|,^,its^ ^fj^^jfsgjlfjj 

 the ocean." ,, , j ■: ,:> -i-^li-, iiiiii ru 



FRENCH CURio'siTY. . :,,:), 



The Badands of Paris yield' not Jf^ 

 the cocliuct/s of London in staring, ant^, 

 "making a sight" of every thing. ,,^ 

 few da-, s ago the foo/nian pf Lady Pf*^i,r 

 who is in dec,|) rapnrnhig, made hjs,(^p 

 pearanee in the Palais lioyal, ,mtlje;^»^p- 



* The Griiualdiof the Fteni.li siagQ.i { 

 t The euuiuuiuiatc hypocrite vt' Mo- 

 liere, 



posinj 



I, you do fjot 

 es, sir, in their 



