Hicky's Bengal gazette, or The original Calcutta general advertiser (11.1781)

B ENGAL GAZETTE:

or The original,

Calcutta General Advertifer.

A IVeckh Political and Commercial Paper, Open u all Parties, but mjitunctd by None,

63 From Saturday March 31ft to Saturday April 7th 1781. No. XI

^^^fff^ff^ffW, ? tthe, yf"? lhe Senate.—f^-r , to JeiTo, more obfooiousnefs th.„ a «,.«.!«

^I;>*'t**vi^Jc^^^.vst mt the Dne&ors at Rome who ought to j Clafs of Mankind . fairy stout them, inti»l

CICERO'S ft-nous Oration before the Senate \- undertake .their Vindication are their Bennies.. \ duced him to the f'vor of foroe Men of great-

' ff Rom a Ve'rres, ' w/w Mrf been 1 h<7 who ought to be the firft to com- | er Influence, than Ui derfnmdin:., then'at

Governor in Asia Miliar. :' mcnce the Profecution againft thefe Delin-

qi/enls, deferve tbemfelves to be brought upon
)ls«8« AVtNG formerlyuadtneHonour I ,y.e\r T»v.t r j7 • » f

J£ of be.ng-i-U^sToR or Governor j $TRAXION> ]

It is fufiJciently known to you Ccn-

iBe

M & of Sicily Hi Asi a MtKoR anr

* ea'ving that Peon!.", with, fuch I -rniw_ di„ ' _/ . , , ■ ' ,

25 v". . r 1 „ . . * „ , c — I, SCa,PT &2nrt0rs that the 2..7w for

)&y<M.$C'& Grateful iaiprdBons of ms on
account of my behaviour while- I was
a-noiig .them, a« 1 hope will not f tort be

|ffaced ;--Thole unhappy Pcopl- hav-

i \-r been fifice Hl'j'ndeh'd and Opp'-effel, have
male frequent and Public applications to m.*4
i.itreaiing that I would undertake the i)c-
(.Mice of them anil their Fortunes; the Time
was now c ine 'when they h.«J but too much
©ccafion to claim my prcimtfe ; for chat they
weie now in want or every protection, nos for
t.iir Propsrty onlv, but .yen for thir Lives
and for il-cunog the .very being cf the PRO-

vtncss.---Thrt for tire lilt (-- ) Years

tVy had fo.Tered by the injufhee of Caius
VfiRRES t h<.- i r Governor, cyery hardjSip% w/i'th
v-hiih airing impiety—rapacious Infohnce—and
}yd".tm Cruelty could dijlrcjs a miltrabli htlplefs

feopite

Y;;j fee therefore Confcript Senators that
I urn drawn to engage in this Caufc by Duty —
pviflity and C^mnutjcratcn for the DilKeilen
a 11 t.io I may Stem to take the Aicuiin^ <ulc—
it is in fail the Defence of the QppriffcA that

I undertake-die Defence of manv Thou-

finds — of many great Cities--of whole

Provinces.-'—Ami indeed tho the Caufc

Were of Ufs Conf.-qucnc« than it ;s, tho' the
People of ;\sia Minor ha I not recpiefted
my autftance and thy* I had not been bv my
Promtft and my Connexions with that unfor-
tunate People Oblige.} to undertake their De-
fence--•though I had pi'ofefledly Commenced

this Profectotidn with a view to the Liinour
a id Service of my Country Mird); thit a

Man infamous For hi*,' ifyffici----Impu lence

and Viliainy—-—-whofe'Rapjcisufnefs and other.
Crimes of various kinds are notorio&3 f not
in Asia Minor only but in Sicily— Aehara
ami even Here at Home ; ) that fycb a
M.on. might at my in/iance, be brought upon
hK Tryal, and receive the Punifhme.it lie
e:r!rves ; tho' I had n.o ether y:ew in this
Prolecution than that Justice -fhould i>e
don- upon .1 CitUEL Oppresso;;, and tWc'dif-
f e;p:l relieved ; what RoMAN would have

biamed my proceeding?---How could I

61 a giore valuable fcrvice to the Common
IVt■tilth ;--'»Vhat Ought to be more ac-
ceptable to the RGMANf PEOPLE—to our
ALiiss—or to Foreign Nations ? what
, roars HeiWjle tawtrd lecuring th^^ripiriies

rn i Privilltiga and Lives of Mankind than
i^xs MPtARY J"j>tice, iilfliited oo NoTO»

kions AsUsers of POWER____Oeplo-

n:S|e- it thu iituation of the remits Tribu-
tary. States and Provinces 01 the C*>?,jmo>j

WEALTH.--Opprrffi I, Plutder'd, and Ru.

tlfd'uy ("Hobfi VV i-I.j ARK sett over Tf-ism

and thf.y do not novo venture more to hope

for De:i-jt:-ri:tf!-All they implore is

i.>mc !isjj AiievftUm of their many . fold
oppreffissr.'..

" T'^'Y ":Z vy.'lhng to fubaiic their caufc

the

Recovery of Tributes was intended ex
prefdy for the advantage of The State,
and under the umbrage of that Law and in
hpoes cf redrrfs by it, the Provinces of Si.
ciey and Asia Minor wi:h one voice ac-
cufe Coins Vehres of pltrndeiing ihcm of
their Gold and Silver of the riches of her
Ttdunsy her Cities and Temple, and of
all they enjoy'd under the piiKeihon of,the
Roman. Common v/iai.th to the value
of many Millions &c. &c.

N, IS. A contiriu2uce of the Remainder
of CiCero's Oration before the Roman
S.enate againft Feires^lW appear in our n< xt
Gazette. The fubjeef of which is on Vcr-
resj attempting to conttpt rhe Senats 'and
Roman Ministry bv Brii.es, with his
enormous Wealth acquired UBrmg his
Government in Asia Mump..

a TReiMCRiFv dTrnFylpJN~
journal:

M.iv fllCKY.
"^'^7'FiEN I promifed

fcript of the JouniaT, I kept v, hen
traveling in Japan j I did not confer, that

if I had obferved thi order 5a. which it is Prayer ; of wii ing as to fign bis own names

jcfi"o; and by perfuaditig them that he was
a perfect Ad'pi in '! raue (hey let hini intd
a ibare or fn^cks, in fevrraJ luciative o n-
Lradis, whereby tiipnph the Public we . fi
told loft very Confidsrahlc iumr, yet the)
Parties concerned pocketed fnug fortunes,
fo that lie now lives as a Gentleman deals
in whole Cargcrs, in lieu of Rolls of T<
hacco, and Ounces of fnufl", \vc4i» Chin-,
fi'k Srockingr, is carried in a Palanquin,
wears leather Shoes, n lieu of home made
buff", carrying si Ponderous Pack, ontcn-too
Carriage'} and expects on his return h-me,
to be made a Magi!h»te, in fpite of Mean'-
cfs, Ignorance,'1 and Ruiiicity I prevailed on
this new made Genth man, to provide me a
Liuguift, whufst J. found e>f inhna'e Uf«>, u
defcribiiig the ManHC 8, and Cuifoms of
the Couiitiy, in w.ewihg" the City, the fnft
public building he pointed out to me, was
a kind of College whir: many Fot<i*tne.s
lefidni, whom he daily waited op, as a Tu-
tot; tiiirefore peifuclly kn- vy ihe Inhabitant?,
whom hv pKvntifcd panicula }j to def'ii!;«
to me, at anoipir time; but obicrved in Ge-
nera!, that the Ai;s an.i Importance afTum'iz
by them, were itirolerabie confi.Jeiin» ilia
low and olifcu-e Origin, of «f th- in,
One favs he is the t banco Quiring of .t
travelling Tinker, and a Soidiers Truit, bred
up as a Parifli O' pha", and having ' learned
as much of the Alpii irx: as to rsaJ the Lotda

written, it would be unintelligible to you, and of figures as to-cou.n the nine D'gits^
as^W*ll|« to moil of your Readers. j he thinks to impo.fe himfelf on the People

of Japan, a a Vfan cf learn in , but the fm-

Fhis happened through the Nect'inty T
was under, during my (lay in that Coun-
try; of-attending more to matters of Com-
merce, in ord«r to tncreafe my fortune, than
to fpecuL.tive, or amufing SuHjefls : thohash
I mt;ft c<!iifefs I bedowed mere of my tim'1,
in. obferving otlicr Men's Conduct, than in
attending to my cwn, which is the true res-
fpp why, I have fo much Intelligence t->
fpare for you ; I wculd have yon t;^ke no-
tice or .one thing, which you will find vc-
ly n'rccfiaryj for a right compr-hei fn.n of
any Extract of my Journal ; wh'eh I fliai!
here-after fend you: that fs.you are unac-
quainted with the fapantfe Dialed, I muff
be under the necefSty of giving you, mv
thoughts, in tolerable Enrrhfli fuftiap, with
which yon muft reft fat: f.ed, though far in-
ferior to the original Jqp/intfe, wbiih I can
affare you, -'as a judge of the Language)
may well he called the true fuidime.

Upon my A rival at Japan, having a Let-
ter to an eminent Meichant «t Jeffo, 1 im-
rpediatly waited on him, but jt.idge my fur-
prize on finding the very indentical Man
whom'I peifonally knew at Middhbur,;, a few
vears before csuyiiig a Pack, as a common
Pedlar ; whole whole D-: ,d hrock including
his wearing Apparel did not amount to |
Rupees: a\ to his live Stock my Curiofiry
<!i.J not lesd me fo f.;i as to v*!ue it, .1
congratulated l i-n rtn .the ex raordinary
Chanoe of his Condition ; "and do own that
I had a dTrc to know the Cauf: of it ; M*;
told me'.ha; a !':»'> Ha"--i-w.i*i«. brought him

pifture is too grofs to be fwai osyed, and
none but fuch as h,.vc Occafl<)n far a dirty
Tool, to v/ork with, will have amy thing
to do with him;. Auotiixr the for! 'of a Va-
gabond travelling; Q;;ack. who trained hi*
hopeful! Sou in the. cultomary tiicks- of that
Vagrant profeflion, fuch as Tumbling, dan-
cing Ropes, drawing Teeth, Bleeding, play*
ing Jugglers trick'., and other feats of buf-
foonery of th h pe'uli t ibe, a wli • h ho
Youth was fo d' KtciouSj 'mi lu- once narow-
ly cfcaped 'he [falter, vet he w .uld fain pals
on the Japanefr, 'for. a Man of pai ts, and is,
to the difgrace of fome powerfu] Catiffs ( of
whom you fhall fhortly have a de/criptioVi )
crowded with favors. Such is the prtfenc
PiofHtutioss of Gifts, and Honors, in thac
devoted Country, that a Man of common
honefly, woiiid' be .afbamed to own any'oilier
knowledge of Petfons in power, than that
which we ufually have, of conv.c'tcU' Crimi- -
nals, who p.sv the Ult debt, ro the Juftice
of their Country. ou lhall foo.u • hear ajraiu
from. • ' .

hfitcVUS

Mr, MICKY
SIR

TBE defeat and capture of Lieut. C d.
Bailiies' detachment, with the fubfe-
q'lieht n'ght or the hnny under Gen. iwu.iro
ro the very Gates of iVLidraf-, arc events '.lie
melancholy .con! tfuehecs' of .wlncli,. we h*v«
n.a yit ah ca'W to. A Ccp'ycf a L Uct