The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-27 00:00:00

The very thought is extacy itself. now de.
lightful, when Ainlly brings in the breakfast, to
take up the Morning Paper, reeking with
printer's dew, to find the following exquisite

lalf column :

" Mr. Robert Bouncer then rose, and followed
on the same side of the question. Ile took' un
able and perspicuous review of the administration
of affairs in India, from the earliest period down
to the present time, and gave the clearest state-
ment of the management of our policy in that
distant part of the British Empire that was ever
before heard. Want of_room compels us to give but
a very brief outline of the lion. Gentleman's able
and luminous speech." * * * *

Nim friend, what think ye of this ?--Am?--Amiotfil; my
furli the House ? 1 will bring them to

eir senses, and shew them the right track ; but,

Bob, replied I, speech-making will not fill your
belly. With a look of pity, Bob replied, Poor
fellow, you are quite a rustic—never mind, I will
patronize yuu, anti will now tell you what will
be the probable result of my 46 talking career."
Get a wife with lots of money—be noticed by
Ministers as a useful inno—in consequence be
knighted. Then see Sir Robert Bouncer, of
Bouncers nre a pump.
',.l,l,aulskralittinvielyh,lattivio. -tiAtisrdtshs'lmll go to India, and, for
old acquaintance sake, I shall bestow a writer-
ship on one of your sons.
Now, to conclude, speech-making is the
science of one man politely and adroitly de-
ceiving another, and he 'so long pursues his

'eerie that lie at last deceeive►+ himself. The

public will foe moused and instructed next
month by a repetition . of lust week's in-
teresting and useful business. Two Courts arc•
ordered to 'be held for the purpose of op-
posing and frustrating the intentions of the
Directors. am'l_Sir, I

Your obedient lit.rvant,
July 3, 1824. A. Z. of Bombay.
*** The foregoing letter was unluckly
aid, or it should have had an earlier insertion.

I N I) 1 A.

[Extracts from the Asiatic Journals.]
NOT AT HOME AND DURWANS.

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I have passed several mornings hi making visits,
sonic in the neighbourhood, some at a considerable distance
from my residence, and it has occasionally been my misfortune
not to see the person I went to call on, even after a very long
drive; they have been, " r.roT AT HOME."
Now I am quite aware, that net at home frequentlyl means
" It is not convenient toreceive visitors," and I can fancy such
circumstances as sometimes to render a denial of oneself not
only justifiable,' but positively necessary ; this in all countries
ever was, is, and ever will be, the case—the great Archimedes
had better have been not at home when summoned to appear
before Mareellus, and the soldier who waited on him on this
unfortunate occasion showed a lack of good breeding in not
receiving his excuse.
[low Inconsiderate would it be to disturb a lady in the midst
of her meditations on the most becoming head-dress she might
wear at the next drawing-room—his holiness the Pope, when
preparing a Bull to fulminate on some unfortunate freethinkers
within his dominions--the new editor of a new paper, in the
midst of his maiden paragraph—or a State Secretary when in-
dicting a dispatch subject to the criticism of all the world.
Sometimes itas found convenient to be at home only to a par-
tinier friend ; When this is the case it becomes a duty to pro-
vide
as much as possible against the stupidity of servants.
From the circumstance of my name resembling somewhat
in sound that of a Inorit faVottred personage; I was admitted by
a Duman. and drove np to the house, where a more intelligent
or at least a better instrneted servant accosted me with Itrebte
Sahilvbahur *soya. • , • • ,
I never enter into contreversy with a servant, and I con-
sider it both ungallant and impolitic to force• a visit on a
lady, en I retired, determined nevertheless to say a word
to the Duman as I passed, but perceiving me so soon on the
return,' and probably'gtiessing 'my intention, he made a pre-
cipitate retreat behind some shrubs: I have often heard it re.
markaal that...a sis, very, .1114 eh at the mercy of our servants ;
how important, Mr. Editor, "it the- &WU' lea Thirwan, and
how exceedingly great is the trust reposed in him—how many
eminent roallticatione are necessary to a thorough discharge of
all the duties of this situation—how few are able to undertake
so liigh ;tint so responsible an office I

Odr privacy, our copsequenee,our reputation, our rest, the
safety of our property anti-of our persons, are all more or- less
at the mercy of, and dependent on a Duman. A good fur-
wan must 'possess an imposing appearance—a stentrophonic
voice--an impudent assurance—a retentive memory—an idea of
physiognomy, and a knowledge of mankind; an imposing ap-
pearance to give a proper idea of his master's consequence a
owyou (if a stranger) that he entertains
paproper voids,eooite o assurera iioriof
your own. A well proclaimed
Itabur ka Sahib oyah, kobr dejeo t" is to me nearly as im-
posing as a flourish of trumpets or a salute of cannon ; whilst
the sound of a bell, or a Chinese gong, dwells with dismal re-
verberation on my earn, and produces a melancholy frequently
unconquerable for the rest of, the day. When a Duman Is to
tell a fib, he should do it with a good grace, without stammer.
Ing at it, and persist i» his story, even though he should be
cross-questioned by a (farrow or a Fergusson. Such men may
be met With now and then-4bey are scarce, but I do think
that a college for furwane would meet with general patronage.
I know a very Phamix of- a Duman. His muscular limbs
create your wonderment—his portly figure, his goodly paunch,
and jolly countenance, proclaim him the servant to some lordly
master, in whose service be enjoys a most productive ()abate,
levied on the Khatetaman'a Bazar; then in his calling he is a
perfect (terherus.- The tenor of Ilurkarus and Choprieutes,
and, even when brought to a parley, he will without hesitation
send his master to Barract,xpoor or confine his mistress with a
severe headaehe
when the one Is practieing music in the
drawing-room, and the other has only preceded you through
his gatoby half a dozen pates, end this he will assert in oppo.
sition to your own sense of seeing and hearing, without chang-
ing colour.
-There is generally in the manner of' approach —in the style
of equipage, in the tone of inquiry, in the greater or less
anxiety or confidence exhibited by a stranger, a something
which enables the Duman of parts to distinguish between
the.: dun, and a debtor; the intimate friend, • the formal
visitor, and the humble !petitioner for patronage; and it
behove* .a • good Duman to study the- count-menet:co of
one of the latter class of personages,, after an -interview,
and if he discovers an, expression of dimatinfaction, he
will be careful never to admit him again, unless by special ape
.pointment. it is admirable to observe in a Durwan of -talent
and penetration, the different degrees of respect or indifference
with which he can receive different classes of individuals from
the negligent shake of the head,: and emphatic ,"
the obsequious Salaam anti."(Thoditwund hi." A large so-
warree has certainly an imposing appearance, and unity
be
adapted with success now and ,
tom by the candidete of a vacant
place, who partieulerly detdrous of art interview.
A friend of mine
who enjoys the services of a most puissant
and emir hi, tray," to
%gem; ll'erwan, has lately ordered swivels to be
mounted on his and a fl-pounder on a wheelbarrow,
to enable hint to resist till attacks that might possibly be made
by certain ferocious, bloody looking Peons and Chuprasses,
who parade in-whale battalions, -armed with tulwars and long
horse-pistols, a -moat necessary precaution in this town of mur-
ders And atetasinations ; and as soon as labourers can be spared
from the improvements of the city, he intends sutrounding his
'Know with a moat and awall
up at sunset, when we hope to be able to sleep in security.
after all, M Mr. Editor, -much of the incovenience arising
front the stu with a drawbridge, to be pulled
P-ailr'of servants might be obviated by hanging
out a hoard with Not at Home in large legible characters on
it, and underneath might be written, with a piece of chalk,:
the favoured exception—this, too, in a :character or hiero-
glyphic which only the person interested need understand; and
underneath might be placed a little Not to receive cards.
flow mightily
convenient would this be for many ladies who
consider it the height,of good luck to find that their dear ac-
tquaintanees are Not at Home.
You see, Mr. Editor I am becoming by degrees a little
more acquainted with the. world and its ways ; but though I
find that it is quite necessary to push forward, I cannot over-
come a feeling which herd Chesterfield would perhaps ascribe
to roanvaigr /Joie, iatthis will ever, I fear keep me in the
back ground.—Noun, 4c. MOM:B'l'As.
- P. S'.:-L.-Pray can yotitkeournynd the Moonshee—l studied a
(short time in England underefr. killehrist (who is a very
modest man), WI am anxious to prosecute my studies here.

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