Labours gain,
Of pubbck Favour though .a little Vain ;
Yet not fo vain my mind, fo madly bent,
To v/ifh to play the fool in Parliament;
.In each dramatick Unity to err,
Mjftaking Tims, and Place, and Charac-
ter!

Were it my Fate to quit the mimick Art,
I'd ft rut and fret no more in any part-,
"No more in Puldick Scenes •wo\.\\a\ engage
Or wear the Cap and Mcjk on any Suo;e.
From the ?t/ Tamcs's CHRONICLE.

JLxtrail of aletterfrcmLcrdMulgra-jc, Capi.
of the Courarenx, to Mr. St$£e&s3 dated
^pithead, Stb Jany, ry8i.

"]|" Arrj ved here tnis morning, with
La Minerve, French frigate of
32 guaSj and 3 16 men, taken by the

Courageux, in company with the
"Valiant, on the 4th of this month,
■about three in the afternoon, Ufhant

bearing Eaft, difiant 14 leagues. She
had f died from Bred on the 3d, with
La Fine, L' Aigrette, and La, Dilig-
ente, to cruize for a fortnight off
Scilly. The Chevalier dd Grimouard
who commanded her did, not ftrike
till fhe had been for about an hour
mnder the fire of our broadfade, within
mufquet fhot. Frora the mips being'
fo near -each other, the few fhot
fired by the frigate in the caurfe of
that time neccfiarily took place, by '
which the Courageux had 10 men
killed, and 7 wounded. The fore-
jmaft, mizsn-maft, and bowfprit,
are damaged. On board La Minerve,
Morif. Andrieu, one of the Lieu-
tenants, and 49 nem, were killed,
and 25 wounded, anaongft whom it
is with great concern that I mention
the Chevalieir Grimouard and his
nephew Monf. Noffay, both I fear
very dangeroufiy. All her mMi
were rendered utaferviceable, and the
Hull much damaged. The Valiant
parked from us in chafe of one of the
■other frigates. The difablcd situation
■of theprize, mads itabfolutsiy neceif-
.ary to tow her into port.

Etctra3 of a Letter from Mount's Bay Dec.
ofith. -1781
''■ Nothing can equal the rage
t)f privateering in this bay j -every
Ijjat that ©an fwim is employed.
The Wilful-Murder, of one fwivel
gun, rowed out laft Wednefday, and
the fame day took a Dutch veflel,
laden with fruit, cinnamon, &c.
The Sudden Death went out laft
Thurfday ; both thefe were only
row-boats. Threeihips from Smyrna
are brought, in chiefly laden with
iillc Upwards of ioo,oool. of Dutch
properties has been brought into
this bay fince laft Monday."

An evening paper fays early in
Ofbober laft in confequence of official
inform ation, two advice boats were
difpatched from England for Madras
and Calcutta, with an account that
a rupture which Holland was inev-

itable, One of thefe yeffels w<;s
ordered to ftahd off in a wefterh caurfe
and the other right fo nth ward, in
order to efrape the enemy. It is faid,
that thefe veffels earned out perem-
ptory orders to proclaim war again ft
the Dutch in the 1£ aft-Indies, on the
firft of April : fo that in future,
neither the home-ward nor outward
bound fhips will put into the Cape
of Good Hope, in Head of which., the
Hbmd of Mad.igafcar is fixed on is'-a
red in;?; or refreshing place between S.
Helena, and the Indies.

Ex traitfa letter from Rys3 Jan- ftb iydi.

" The inhabitants of this town
have flitted oil* a cutter of eight guns,
four-pounders, and 30 men, which
failed from hence on the 2d inft. 1

and has font in here two Dutch | weli ko°*™ bY tne n^e of the

dog™. She was in ourfuit of} LlJ'r^ <-°;«*™«ty.--malki

another when the prize came aw.vy. i "nd ^a«cy d,efles were admitted
Though thefe laft are but doggers, I'. l^S, hvjh Pa^!efs appeared;
their cargoes are very valuable, one} 'n ^ Vha,raa.e[ oi a Nun vhkhi

1 we Imtained with -greet propriety of
manners. She dinted the minuet
D'Lacoir with GeniiVjeJtef Feebh
who reprefcnted the Mcnlcy that had
MOOR GRAB Snow fromVhe j the World.
if\ Mtidavie Iflands with Cowries I Cocking Jack was in the C ha-
bound hwefew oft Point de Gall 25 fan J ^ . cf B Whiffl--—rw as
of Enghfh Ships laft full Moon, wHichl . .. «
was about the 10th or 20th of July laft,
by their Steeling he lays they mult be
bound to Ma Iras,---

the feftivity cS ih= day and fpJcc
few complimentary lines fuitable toi

the occafiort.-Alter fupper therel

was a Ball.-which was opened by ;

Mr. Liviiis and Mifs W rani hum—
who were dreffed in the Character*

of Jtppollo and Daphenc.-when

the minuets were ende'd, Country^
Dances ftruc-k up, and continued till

paft three in the Morning.-wheil

the Company departed highly pleaiedl

with the elegant Veflival-Asj

the Rajah was attendingMIs Wran r. -
ham to her Carriage, he thankee
her in verv polite term? lor havinj
iUumvr.ctcd his hcuie with her brhzl- t\
appearance.

On the Tuefday following Buxeja
<: ■■ ;::*^^'gav;; a P,al fare to the fccietyj

of them beimi worth 1000I. the
other 1500L".

C A L C U T T A

Ex■ trasis from a private letter zi th Aiigufi

Butter-fly, pndas fluttering as that!
n^eaiy winged inhafcitant of the Airj
It's Coat, Vvaiftecat, and Breeches]
Should the above Fleet be Commodore j wc/c Siffiin Embroidered with
jchnfon's we have great reafon to think
he has taken the Cape by his Fleet being 1 ed Silk, and black irattin frees wifhi
reduced from 47 to 25, or that he has fine Stone Buckles, Jack PerranJ
fent the remaining part of them to Bata- NA Kill a was in the Charter of

vla- • ^. - , , ■ t-> MAhPLQr.-The fever eft and^

Cant-tin Dixon in the inow hortune . Pi . , L

•l 1 r ■■ ^ r» ■ c _ r> . , molt :at;r;ca! tninp-s that were tittt r a
is arrived hire at Corniura from Batavni, , , , , 01 \.«.ic uiut-j

cd wcie prcbabiy thofc by this Mafic
On his obferving the Nun run
bout the Room, as if fte wantc

(lie kit it the 22d June, They had no
accounts of War at Batavla during the
time that Captain Dixon remained at

that Port, and previous to his departure fomethmg, he afked her_If ftr

a Dutch Ship arrived there who left hunted for a Plufband, ad dine thi]

Holland in Oct. laft _ is the wrong Slop, to find one-—fci

Mr. HICKY. believe me Ma'am I have cenvincec

JMl'-ROM^TU S are now as much the Community that there is no]

in vogue as your paper, and as fweetnefs in Matrimony after the'

fafhionable things will naturally un- 1 Honey Moon—" Some little time
ite, let the following deferiprioii of
two entertainments that have occur-

fter, this Wag feeing the Monkey
engage Her whole attention, addreff-
ed xier thus,

Give not to ^t fcpijk^apt all thofc |

He'll fall a-iieep within your Vel-
vet arms :

red this Week find a place in your
much admired Gazette.

Cn Monday Night Rajah Ncb-
kilTen gave a North and Magnificent
Entertainment to feveral peffbns of
diftmcfion in commemoration Mil's

Wranghani's birth-day.-As the

Lacies arrived, they were conducted
by tlie Rajah through a grand fuite of a 1 fcw

apartments into the Zenana.-- \ Idea George intended to hav<

where they were cmujed until the htade his eppcarancein the'Charadter
Jinging began—which was fo nielli- of the Man in tie Almanack---^A
fluous as to give every face a fmile of is pidured with Darts all over hisl
approbation.—The.ibrprifing agility body, but his Wounds were rll
ofohe of theMale Danpers occafionedn fafficientjy ckatrHed to -rm-t of i,;J

Leave the Fiimfy Thine.___for 'tiSi

all a farce
With fuch a wefand face and fuchl

ibit

loud acclamations of applaufe

The principal Female Singer eal ed

the Nymphs and Swains to celcbr.n-ji which he fuprortcd inimitably veil

going intoC<m.pany—Euxey*
uas in the.Charaacr cfTcm-tcol-^4