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Hence the population of Calcutta, as well as the value
of land in this City, have rapidly increased of late years,
notwithstanding the high rents of houses and the dearness
of all the necessaries of life compared with other parts of
the country, as well as the Inhabitants being subjected to
additional taxes, and also liable to the heavy costs neces-
sarily incurred in case of suits before the Supreme Court.
Your Lordship may have learned from the works of
the Christian Missionaries, and also from other sources,
that ever since the art of printing has become generally
known among the Natives of Calcutta, numerous Publica-
tions have been circulated in the Bengalee Language,
which by introducing free discussion among the Natives
and inducing them to reflect and inquire after knowledge,
have already served greatly to improve their minds and
ameliorate their condition. This desirable object has
been chiefly promoted by the establishment of four
Native Newspapers, two in the Bengalee and two in the
Persian Language, published for the purpose of commu-
nicating to those residing in the interior of the country,
accounts of whatever occurs worthy of notice at the
Presidency or in the country, and also the interesting
and valuable intelligence of what is passing in England
and in other parts of the world, conveyed through the
English Newspapers or other channels.
Your Memorialists are unable to discover any dis-
turbance of the peace, harmony, and good order of
society, that has arisen from the English Press, the
influence of wrhich must necessarily be confined to that part
of the community who understand the language throughly ;
but they are quite confident, that the publications in the
Native Languages, whether in the shape of a Newspaper
of land in this City, have rapidly increased of late years,
notwithstanding the high rents of houses and the dearness
of all the necessaries of life compared with other parts of
the country, as well as the Inhabitants being subjected to
additional taxes, and also liable to the heavy costs neces-
sarily incurred in case of suits before the Supreme Court.
Your Lordship may have learned from the works of
the Christian Missionaries, and also from other sources,
that ever since the art of printing has become generally
known among the Natives of Calcutta, numerous Publica-
tions have been circulated in the Bengalee Language,
which by introducing free discussion among the Natives
and inducing them to reflect and inquire after knowledge,
have already served greatly to improve their minds and
ameliorate their condition. This desirable object has
been chiefly promoted by the establishment of four
Native Newspapers, two in the Bengalee and two in the
Persian Language, published for the purpose of commu-
nicating to those residing in the interior of the country,
accounts of whatever occurs worthy of notice at the
Presidency or in the country, and also the interesting
and valuable intelligence of what is passing in England
and in other parts of the world, conveyed through the
English Newspapers or other channels.
Your Memorialists are unable to discover any dis-
turbance of the peace, harmony, and good order of
society, that has arisen from the English Press, the
influence of wrhich must necessarily be confined to that part
of the community who understand the language throughly ;
but they are quite confident, that the publications in the
Native Languages, whether in the shape of a Newspaper