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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Jan 16, 1813
Page
3
An old verse scene recalls night watch and social merriment near a fort, then shifts to a wandering youth longing for home. The speaker contrasts jovial gatherings with the loss of childhood haunts, laments absence of home, and ends with hopes of cheerful reunions and love.
A long fable about a fine fellow whose coat is cast aside and his pillow endures his vanity. The pillow speaks, lamenting the master’s charm, wealth, and reckless pride, while the man treats it poorly, gambles, and contemplates self harm before a pistol is used on the pillow instead.
The author urges setting aside a column titled Straps or Scrap Corner to publish learned words and scraps from British literature. He criticizes current tastes as disgraceful to literature and favors home-bred old-fashioned terms over pretentious labels.
Paino Scraps dispatch from Batavia 1813 notes a copied ordinance promulcated at Saint Elena in 1709 recommending adopting modern times. It bans idle gossip by women, allowing punishment for tale bearing mischief and vice by ducking whipping or other deterrents as deemed fit by the Governor and Council.
The Messenger from Sweden bearing Major Otto Forcelles arrives amid rumors of a 1000001 per month subsidy for offensive action with Russia against France. French reports confirm heightened military focus while preparing for a Baltic seizure and a nationwide guard expansion seen as France’s military step.
Paris reports vast French troop movements from Spain to Paris and across the Pyrenees. Regiments from the Imperial Guard and the 28th line march through Toulouse Rochelle and Toulon en route to reinforce Spain and Portugal. Also noted are Polish regiments from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw returning to France and a shipwreck rescue near Croizie with thanks to M. Proux for coordinating aid to a British captain.
On a Wednesday last the mediating commissioners for Spain and her American colonies Mr LP Sydenham and Commodore Cockburn left town for Portsmouth. They will obtain Spanish Regency instructions then proceed to Cadiz and later Jamaica to meet Mr Morier the third commissioner awaiting there.
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