ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JEAN BON ST. ANDRÉ. The following exquisite tribute to the memory of an unfortunate republican is written with such a touching sensibility, that those who can command salt tears must prepare to shed them. The narrative is simple 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. ELEGY; OR, DIRGE. I. All in the town of TUNIS, In Africa the torrid, On a Frenchman of rank Was played 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 befel The great JEAN BON ST. ANDRÉ.[258] 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 recovered 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.