He has been exhibited through the greatest Part of Europe, particularly in Holland, Switzerland, and Italy, and lately in Egypt--He has a wonderful faculty of Speech, and undertakes to reason with the most learned Doctors in Law, Divinity, and Physic--He proves, incontrovertibly, that the strongest POISONS are the most Sovereign Remedies for Wounds of all kinds; and by a Dose or two, made up in his own Way, he cures his Patients of all their Ills by the Gross--He PICKS the POCKETS of the Company, and by a Rope,[85] suspended near a Lantern, shews them, as clear as Day, that they are all richer than before--If any Man in the Room has empty Pockets, or an empty Stomach, by taking a Dose or two of his POWDER of HEMP, he finds them on a sudden full of Guineas, and has no longer a Craving for Food; If he is rich, he gets rid of his tædium vitæ; and, if he is over-gorged, finds a perfect Cure for his Indigestion.--He proves, by unanswerable Arguments, that _Soupe Maigre_, and _Frogs_, are a much more wholesome food than _Beef_ and _Pudding_--and that it would be better for OLD ENGLAND, if her Inhabitants were all _Monkeys_ and _Tigers_ as, in times of Scarcity, one half of the Nation might devour the other half.--He strips the Company of their Cloaths, and when they are stark naked, presents a PAPER on the POINT of a BAYONET, by reading which they are all presently convinced that it is very pleasant to be in a state of Nature.--By a kind of hocus-pocus Trick, he breathes on a Crown, and it changes suddenly into a Guillotine.--He deceives the eye most dexterously; one Moment he is in the Garb of the MUFTI: the next of a JEW, and the next Moment you see him the POPE.--He imitates all Sounds; bleats like a _Lamb_; roars like a _Tiger_; cries like a Crocodile; and brays most inimitably like an Ass. He used also to perform some wonderful Tricks with _Gunpowder_; but he was very sick in passing the Channel, and has shewn great aversion to them ever since. _Admittance, One Shilling and Sixpence._ N.B. If any Gentleman of the _Corps Diplomatique_ should wish to see his OURANG OUTANG, Mr. Bull begs a Line or two first; as on such Occasions, he finds it necessary to bleed him, or give him a Dose or two of cooling Physic, being apt to fly at them, if they appear without such preparation. [Illustration] ‘John Bull and the Alarmist’ is as well drawn as any of Gillray’s caricatures (September 1, 1803). Sheridan, in the character of a bill-sticker, having under his arm a sheaf of ‘Loyal Bills, Sherry Andrew’s Address, Playbills,’ &c., and, with a _bonnet rouge_ peeping out of his pocket, is telling John Bull the two last lines of the first verse of the subjoined song.