The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-15 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO PARIS.

(No. XIV.)

Not being very secnre of morning's rest, and
11.1ving the remembrance of poiisardes strong- uptitt
me,'l res.Olved to take time .by the forelock, ant!,
by retiring early to bed,lbe the better.able to
(lure. arty visitation which might unexpectedly
curtail my slumbetl. Tbere was, boA:ever,. n.o
cau-tte for pp-rchension S tlse politeness of the dames
aforesaid is comprised in one ceremony, and I
arose undisturbed to a Paris Sunday..

'Pere, however, Sunday shines no Sabbath-day.
The Bevohttion, Which freed the Fren6b nation
from !Loral obligations toliards m'arr, released the
?reach people from the exercise of. Christian'de-
);otion towards God. When the: social duties
Were prohibited, the sacred duties Avere pro-
scribed. ' Wretched country ! to be plunged at
once into enmity with all the earth and insult to
Heaven ! . Wretched country ! to be impelled into
.a career, the effect of which was to turn the
armed hands of the united human species againsi
you, and leave you not a Gml to appeal to for
uccours in the hOur' of yoUr advtity !

Passing„along the streets, 1 could scarcely per•
snack myself
,that tlic day of weekly rest bad 11TL
rived. Alui-ost all tlie.sholls were open, and busi,
ness.ofevery kind transacting, as on other days.--:
• •
If there was any difference, it was that there seein
ed, even. in the early part of the day, to be more of
idleness, gaining, shopping, and dissipating, than
usual. But if it was so in• the morning, how far
did the evening's occupations exceed those of the
other portion. of the week. Al!, the Theatres are
open, and more crowded with inferior company.
All the dancing houses and gardens. resound with
balls and rioting. Paris and its suburbs present
one vast and licentious Saitirna/iaone, scene of
boundless revelry and debauchery, which may .be
conceived, but canna be described. should a bet-
ter order or things ever come to be established in
France, it will be long and difficult to eradicate
the pernicious habits growing out of this total
disregard of the Lord's Day, the observance of
which, with becOming decency, unmixed•with
.
austerity or a gIoOMY abstinence ,fr,om innqeent.
recreations, contributes, -perhaps more than su•-
..,
perkcial observers are Imam of, to the conserva-
tion of the .getieral morals and of a,
reople. .

The Gardens of the Thuilleries, our Ken-
sington Gardens, are, especially on this day, the
fashionable promenade c.f persons of all classes
foaMr mu; fling to night. Till noon the-Quidnuncs,
in-greater numbers than common, indulge in their
lueubrations, and .discuss les grimes politiques,
of which, from. the state of ignorance in
which they 'have.,been kept, they hare, inso-
much as relates to forelf,o countries, the most
confused and absurd notions.- About noon, the
lower order of Citizens having dined; begin to

congregnte in the vi'alks, w=hich they almost ex-'
elusively occupy for several hours,. when they rer
ttre to the taverns' and dancing-rooms, leaving
the :gardenS to the .occupation of the genteeler
orJers, who lounge about till the hour of their
dinner. No hOrses or carriage's enter this place
of resort. The crowd of pedestrians is prodi-
gious, and at this period, from the great variety
of foreign uniforms, has an uncommouly fine,cf-
feet. In the evening the walks are again .re-
plenished with a medley of all ranks, and am
sorry to say that quarrels and contentions are
not unfrequent in these nocturnal assemblages.
It did not appear to me that the fair sex ,'here
can came into' competition with my own beautiful
Countrywomen. Hyde Park, on a Sunday;
plays "metal more attractive," ,a thousand fold,
than the Thuilleries-. The comparison indeed,
in this respect, is generally, far in favour of the
English Ladies. AllOwAC'e:,s.:ought, perhaps, to
be made fur the dress of the French women, which
is any thing but becoming. Their clothes appear
to be huddled on with slatternly haste, and their
monstrous bonnets disfigure many
,a pretty face
though.pratty faces do Overcome even their invi-
(lions influence, and .the sparkling eyes of O. Gallic
brunette darts from under i.beir umbrageous meg--

_nitude, like din:no:lds iu-a fairy cavern.

Jr is ell: ions to observe the manners of• the
People, when you have the opportunity of ex:-
liming the high and low together, and observing
the difference, if any, between the person of rank
and tha bumbler orders. ,in the externals of ce-
remOny, &c. there 19 no dissimilarity between the
Courtier an the hegg.,r. Each of these upon
meeting a friend, sautes him in the same manner,
the cocked hat of both is removed from the head
of its owner with a corsiderableflourish-Lthe
4:.!•soing how is equally Irmo, the compliment
quite as polite, the snuff hex_ offered as
acid as t,.:vaclotisly in both cases, and
profound et separation: ,If there is
between them, the beggars are the