A NEW BALLAD,

ENTITLED. AND CALLED

BILLY EDEN,

OR, THE

RENEGADO SCOUT.

To the Tune of ALLY CROAKER.

I.

THERE lived a man at BECKNAM, in KENT, Sir,
Who wanted a place to make him content, Sir;
Long had he sigh'd for BILLY PITT's protection,
When thus he gently courted his affection:

Will you give a place, my dearest BILLY PITT O!
If I can't have a whole one, oh! give a little bit O!

II.

He pimp'd with GEORGE ROSE, he lied with the

DOCTOR,

He flatter'd Mrs. HASTINGS 'till almost he had shock'd her; He got the ARCHBISHOP to write in his favour,

And when BILLY gets a beard, he swears he'll be his

shaver.

Then give him a place, oh! dearest BILLY PITT Q!

If he can't have a whole one, oh! give a little bit O!

III.

To all you young men, who are famous for changing, From party to party continually ranging,

I tell you the place of all places to breed in,

For maggots of corruption's the heart of BILLY EDEN. Then give him a place, oh! dearest BILLY PITT O! If he can't have a whole one, oh! give a little bit O!

EPIGRAMS.

On Sir ELIJAH IMPET refusing to resign his Gown as CHIEF JUSTICE OF BENGAL.

OF yore, ELIJAH, it is stated,
By angels when to Heav'n translated,
Before the saint aloft would ride,
His prophet's robe he cast aside;
Thinking the load might sorely gravel
His porters on so long a travel;
But our ELIJAH somewhat doubting,
To him SAINT PETER may prove flouting,
And wisely of his mantle thinking,

That its furr'd weight may aid his sinking,
Scornful defies his namesake's joke,

And swears by G-d he'll keep his cloak.

ANOTHER.

By Mr. WILBERFORCE.

On reading Mr. Rose's Pamphlet on the IRISH PROPO

SITIONS.

Uncramp'd yourself by grammar's rules,
You hate the jargon of the schools,

And think it most extremely silly;
But reading your unfetter'd prose,

I wish the too-licentious ROSE

Was temper'd by the chaster LILLY *.

A famous grammarian, well known for his excellent rules, and ftill more for the happy classical quotations he has furnished to Sir GEOROZ HOWARD, and others of the more learned Ministerial speakers.

PROCLAMATION.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME.

WHEREAS it hath been made known to us, from divers good and respectable quarters, in several parts of the empire, that a practice of great and salutary consequences to the health, wealth, and good order of our subjects; to wit, that of TEA-DRINKING, has of late years been very much discontinued: AND WHEREAS it is a true and admitted principle in all free governments, that the efficient Minister is the best and only judge of what suits the constitution, pleases the appetite, or is adapted to the wants of the subject. NOW IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, and strictly ordained, by and with the advice of the PRIVY COUNCIL, that all his Majesty's liege subjects, of all ranks, descriptions, or denominations whatever, be henceforward, and from the date hereof, required and enjoined, under the penalty of a premunire, to drink, swill, and make away with a certain quantity of the said nostrum and salutary decoction in the course of each natural day, in the order and