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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Apr 09, 1814
Page
3
A boastful Spaniard arrives at a tavern seeking lodging. The host protests no room, while the Don proclaims a long, grand title list. After a humorous exchange the Don agrees to sleep on a single pillow, insisting the crowd’s noise far from diminutive.
A poetic fragment depicts a speaker whispering kisses and secret desires to a beloved. The beloved warns that the world might hear, while the speaker asserts lips and words are meant for private intimacy and not public display.
Wanted for a wine merchant's house a porter with robust build and steady manner. Must attend prayers twice daily and divine service four times on Sunday. Able to bear confinement and carry two hundred weight. Wages 14s weekly plus board. Yorkshireman preferred, Irishmen not accepted. Apply tomorrow at one, to T. D. Philpot Lane.
The passage notes that on August 1st the prisoners lost all baggage and escaped in great haste. It estimates Soult's force at a minimum of 18,000 men, with 506 prisoners mentioned in the fragment.
Read aloud by a senior officer, the proclamation states Emperor Napoleon I has appointed Marshal Soult to command the armies of Spain. It laments events in Germany and the Peninsula war, notes Russia’s hostility, and describes Allied forces amassing to oppose French troops at the Douro.
Soult the Duke of Batna tia issues a rallying message to French forces dated July 23, 1313. He praises troops and leadership, laments timid councils, and urges bold operations to lift sieges and advance to Vittoria on Spanish soil.
Admiralty dispatch dated 27 28 announces a successful assault on Santa Clara island near Saint Sebastian harbour. Small garrison resisted with two killed and 16 wounded including officers and marines. Notable actions by Lieutenant Bell and Capt Cameron as batteries opened anew on the 26th. Casualties listed for ships Surveillante Ajax and Imbella among others.
Capt Maples reports boarding and capture of the United States sloop of war Argus, 360 tons, 24 pound carronades, after a 43 minute action. He praises officers and crew, notes 40 killed and wounded, and mentions Lt. Walsh and others. Also mentions Pitt Monument opening at Mr Pitt's Abbey Westminster.
A chaotic OCR fragment reports a bulletin from Windsor Palace about the king’s health. It notes he has appeared tranquil and comfortable for months though his disorder remains undiminished.
The Asiatic Mirror editor receives an account of a tiger tigress near a Ramgur village, with villagers lamenting losses as deadly predators roam the district. The piece notes regular attacks on cattle and human fear amid reports of danger from tigers bears and wolves in the area.
In a raid near Rotas fortress a tigress attacked a mahout and ranger while guarding two cubs. The elephant resisted, the keeper was dragged off, and the tigress finally died after a rifle shot and a subsequent blow by the elephant keeper. The mahout and elephant keeper mourn the loss and the herd remains distressed at the slaughter.
A January 1814 appeal from Bombay records a condemned man begging Reverend Wade to warn others about drunkenness, confessing a life of sin and seeking forgiveness through Jesus Christ, dated Bombay January 10 1814 and signed by the prisoner.
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