National Gazette

The following is from an English paper ; a satirical Squib at the Ministers, &c. for their easy credulity relative to the capture of Seringapatam, Tippoo's capital.]

I CANNOT express how delighted I am,
To hear we have taken Seringapatam.
The CHANCELLOR look'd like a frolicksome Ram,
To hear we had taken Seringapatam:
DUNDAS fled from bottle, from chicken and ham,
To Windsor to tell of Seringapatam.
WILL PITT ate a cake with some raspberry jam
When told we had taken Seringapatam.
The WISE INDIA HOUSE wrote a letter to cram
The news down our throats of Seringapatam.
The Prince gave a nod to his porter, BEE SAM,
" You hear we have taken Seringapatam."
We are happy to find in this victory sham,
Not an Englishman fell at Seringapatam.
The VESTAL it seems had arriv'd in the THAMES,
With news of the taking Seringapatam.
The mighty Tippoo, from a battering-ram
Got a shot in the thigh at Seringapatam.
John Bull to his consort said, " Hark ye, dear Ma'am,
Cornwallis has taken Seringapatam !"
Pagodas and cannon, beef, mutton, & lamb.
Were found in the streets of Seringapatam.
Lord CORNWALLIS bestow'd on each soldier a dram,
For his gallant attack of Seringapatam.
GREAT GEORGE look'd as sapient as old Abraham,
When he heard we had taken Seringapatam.
The Stocks were forc'd up five per cent. by the flam,
Of our troops having taken Seringapatam.
Now the people of England most heartily damn,
The Wonderful News from Seringapatam