him; and that the Crescent the day before had taken two French cutters of 14 guns each, and sent them into that place. It was yesterday reported that the Captain of a Dutch Indiaman who had left the Texel two days, saw two of Paul Jones's ships carried in there as he came away, that two others were driven on shore, and that the British squadron were in chace of the remainder. A gentleman, who came over in the packet boat with the Dutch mail, says, they passed through II sail of men of war in full chace, and that he supposed they were in pursuit of Paul Jones; this was last Wednesday morning. SOME SARCASM For "The London Evening Post." My Lord, [Paul Jones to Jemmy Twitcher.] I should think myself the most ungrateful of all men living, was I not to take the earliest opportunity of expressing the great obligation I lie under to your Lordship in permitting me, for so long a time, to seize, plunder, and carry off the vessels of the merchants, in the British and Irish seas, as I am perfectly sensible, my Lord, I could not have done so, but by your Lordship's kind permission. It was a favour, my Lord, that much exceeded my warmest expectations; and as it hath made my fortune, and raised my reputation as a gallant seaman, I most heartily thank your Lordship for it. At the first, I was something puzzled to account for your Lordship's favour to me, but upon a little consideration I became sensible, that a familiarity of principles, lives, and circumstances, generally begets mutual affection between men; and there appears to be a very strong and striking likeness between your Lordship's principles, life, and circumstances, when compared with my own. To be like so great a man as your Lordship, flatters my vanity much, and therefore you will excuse me, my Lord, if I mention some of the features of our similarity. Your Lordship and I do, both of us, heartily despise all the musty rules of religion; your Lordship and I do, both of us, love a bottle and a wench; your Lordship and I agree, that speaking truth is vulgar and disgrace |