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H I C K r's
BENGAL GAZETTE
0 R 'THE O'R *h G'L N A I
-• ■ *■* -
Calcutta General
A Weekly Political and Commercial Paper, Open /# al! Parties, but influenced by None,
72 From Saturday June 2d. to Saturday June the 9th 1781. ... [No, XX]
:jp>%^% <&»%?lfr"%,
NOW" IN. THE PRESS
'■'""•' 'AND ..."
■SPEEDILY WILL BE ■PUBLISHED
BY J. A. HI C K Y
at HIS PRINTINC OFFICE. •
IN 6ALCUTJA. '
THE New Bvc-Law properly. itifcuTc-I-,
defined and • dillecljd, Paragraph by
Paragraph, tally. Explained by the cle'arcu
comments taken from the higher"; Lsgal and
confiit'ttional Authorities, adapted to the
meanelr. Capacity. Which will prove a very
| neceilary Po.lcet Manual,-not only for this,
but fuccecding Generations, to ■fhc.v ho-,v
carefuil om W-iic Angcttpf* have been to
protect us, our Lives, Liberties, and Properties.,
~Fo" the P (J B L I C.~
THE great demand for the Original Ben-
gal Gazette has induced Mr. Hicky to
Pub lift) rheni in.Vola-nns, .which are now to be
had bound or .unbound ,at his Printing 'Oifioc
in the Radd.t Baazar. . ;
"Q3.OPO.SALS for printing a'M^gazfhe by
J"J Subfcription, to be'Publithed'.the- firlt
WeAne&iy in every .VI ■>nth by L A. HICKY
under the fuliowing" Title."
the ■ i'ii
B E N G A L
M A G A Z I N. E,
os
ASIATIC'
R E P 0 S IT 0 R T
or
Wit a\'d Humour.
Price four Rupees., Subfcriptjons.taken in at
the Original Printing Office.
intelligence Extraordinary from Ltahnhall Street.
HE IateSt ad vice mention that
^ the East India Company'
%S -p ' ^ ^si anxious for the Health, awl
'^ti s .. v Welfare of their Servants. iw
%% India, have.confritutcd a Bo-
dy of 13 of thc mod fiilful'oj
the Faculty, to take into conuderatiou their re-
fpet&iveCases and to report.'the $t4ie of'their
-.Co'tjlituthns 011 their Return to Kurt ope. :
Sut Thomas Pillaqe's .Cue (who has
Species of Somnolency, bordering; nearly on a Injuries the Service has furrained, in the Ap-r
Confirmed Letkcrgy; accompanyed by extreme pbintfrfents and Advantages given to Meffieurs
Imbereiiity in his Warlike Organs — a Torpid O—r, M-*-fe, ;0t-*st' W-*-l—ge, . S—iv,
Numhmfs of all his Vigiient facultiesan and many others,—thefc are irremediable.—It
extreme CojUvenefs in his Courage and Refoiu-. is otherwifc refpefting any, that may be in
tion, with a Conltant propenlitv toDniVWKO Agitation.
-'. Monfr. D' Aver a 'French'Pbyftchn (from T fhould not have addrefied you had it not
'the Marutious)'bting .informed of Sir Edwards beet) in hopes of preventing an inju'ftice which,
unl.apjy Cafe gcnciouflv came to the Coaft in it is-fvdljs.rnedi.itcd. f vvijfh to remind our pre-
order to Rctfe him 'by an Experiment that lias
feldom been known to fail, to opperats as a
Stimulant whenever it has-been itpplyed to an
Englifli Naval Comnisjtdcr. But it had not
the lean: cfrccr. on Sir Edward, not rouzing
him (u/iiciently ' even to make him fneeze, ei-
ther at liead or Stern. Sir Ed Wards Lethargy
was fo very Strong that at Bombay he fell into
a Deep Sleep which continued very near fix
Months.--- .
Nothing efiecls his Auricular faculties or
is pe4cerred t > make the leal1, impreffion on Sir
Durbar's profou nilinfeti/ikility, Vxccpt the Cb/nk
of a Ba- cf'RupVs or PagcJs s — -He has been
repeatedly Chvinp iu'd byth^.N A-Bpo of Ap.cgt?
and by fonie of the firlV Asiatic Puysciaws
at 'the"'DVRBAR "withfU-fv'effkct, but it is-
thought, that -;Do<a.-r FiU .erald, affitled by
1 2 of jlie moft Sctntific of the Leaden Hall
College which .the' . India. Company . in- their
tender concern have appointed lor tbat'purpofr,
will perform'WoN'nkr*s 011 Sir Durbars dif-
order, altiio* it has been pronounced by Do£t
Kjll-Cravn'y •(•the Gai.em' of Calcutta) to
be a confirmed Chronical difeafc and more
Stubbouni to radicate" than .either Gout or
Sciatica..-- . ■ ■,
N. B,-—-^Tlie Cifes of Lord tVifcount
Poqlbunily.—-The Great Kiogul.--,—-Sir
Hector Mc'Scanvpcr.—— -Charley Bulloci:—
Nat% ','Chucklehcad-- R-ich'd Bore-well
(lately gone Home) Vn-1 many other great and.
very illustrious Auiaiic's h.<ye been received
i'h f-eddhh Hall Street and are refered to
D.>a. f itigerald and the 12 Assistant
Faculty. . *
Ta the -Editor of the Bengal Gazette,
. S I R, ° , ,
A'LLOWJNC} th-t the Arrangements,
which h.we lately pad'etl, far the. Man.
agemenc of the Revenues of this Country, are
calculated for, and wHl'.be productive of, ad
---- - ...... .« v <.*ii.ui.ucu 101, ana win oe productive or, aci
rheen ihou^in of too Piethoiac an. Habit) is re- vantage to the Company, (till it Wt be con
ported by the College in Lea.lenluU Street,] fefted, that fame conSderation is;due to thol
to be a eanfirmed » Dfijpfey anfm* froni too
great a Redundavce of Pagoda's which
Sir Thomas unhappily, fwalhw'd ratiicr too
.greedily in the North-sr nr CircaR*.
The Company-have Otdercd Doctof.Fitz-;
Gerald, and thc,-.iz.A:S?'ta'ajt Faejlt.- to pre-•
j> ire a Couri'e ol ftron^. Emetic's and Evacu-
Gentlemen, who having left their native Coun-
try ;it a very early age, -have given up al] other
prof^edts for the Service. ' As now one prin-
cipal line"of .Emolument is cut ofr, the Com-J leaving-to thofe who are furnifljed with ampler
panv s. Servants have a? right to ex peel in
every remaining (3bje<£i whether of credit or
Pro'St, it preFereticc. to thole, who generally
it-j 1 r ruler of his having beet)'a Junior Servant,
and that he ought not novv to commit thofe in-
j---(?, whicli he then highly reprobated ; let
him call to recollection what hi recently felt on
General Clayering's appointment, and lean) tp
refpect the feelings of others.—I hope in future
he will—11 is not credible that lie intends, in
Opposition to the Company's pofitive and rc*
peateidorders, and in oppoiuion to the Boards
own Regulation^ refpe'e'ting . Paymalters, ap^
pointing 3 Perlbn out of the Service fr.cceflor
to Mi. 0---r, tho' aDr. D—y tom-toms
through all Calcutta a promife obtained.—-^.
What merit has this man to entitle him t»
furh a Preference ? I will 'not 'defcend to touch
upon his demerits. - Whet l'erviccs hasbe,'or
has his Knighted Brother, peiforrncd ? But I
had forgot, "Sir J-—11 rhay be of Service, he is a
the Bi other in La^jj[S • he King of England's
Page, and mufl bri «*thcd—Grant it—,-Yet
fureW a Salary Of al'cut fevemy thoul';m.d -Ru.
pre* per Annum, and a. LucratrycContrajEt by
which a Lack of Riip will be Annually clean,
ed, is enough for the family ihtereft !----Ahl
it is enough ro brinff to a. proper u'nderfhipding
all tl.e Hi.uftoU of St, James's.'*^—But India
is in the licit:! t of afiluenoe, andiyiH admit of
money being (ijuanderefl awiiy'j the Compa-
ny's Servant's; aie all i'ully employed, need not
(Viercfore-grudye fo tnv'i'al an Appointment, to
fo worthy a Member of the Bengal; Commit*
nity, .y i ', '■' '.' * f •
■ ." iOESERVATOI?,
" This Letter was lent to me on Tlniri!»
" day .morning the. 31ft of May, I am ferry
" I warnotabie to comply with the.rcq.ucfj:
" of the Author, and give it an immediate
M Publication, my Paper being at that titn't?
" coeipleateiL'"
I. A. H I C K Y,
ANNUS ■ MIRAB1LIS,
LITTLE <>f Oratory orreflc&ion, I fancy
will be n ucciffary, Mr. HICKY, to. (hear
that this Yrr.r verily dclerves the above title,
as the Events which fiaVe occurred in it carry
their evidence airing'with them, I will, how-
ever, irdlance only ('»e fi0m Cluiter,
ams tor Sir Th wu.'s Rei.iel",-the mo nent He .j without even Licence, come out to- Ie.liaat
arrives ; and to report the pr<*rreR of his Cur;-. | more advanced Period"of t/ife. Is it not-un
borne fear tn.it Strong Ligature:; firfafptn-JJ
ing the B)dy..ye>\\ bi .aecsilarv,: others tnink
mtt plentiful] Tappings <yilt lu:5ee.--- —Mrs.
fiW/i'/jj6;fji.(iiisMAjESTit'S Dry Nn'-/e)'Hs-
ing acquainted with Sir Thomas's Oil Oihe'i,
fluints. will be Ordered t$ attend., with one of
Me ECmgs-ScoTcii Pnyiicuas. to le.- th.it R>.
i'VrjOERAL-Di ami the Leaden;valJ Street JSa-
:ulty do not mangle the'Body too much. "
The Cafe of Sir Eel.sarehDurhar'ftis been
ikewife reported -- it is fcdiuiJ;r£rJ as a itryn-
■e* •
jul't that thole who have partaken of■ the- ad-
varttages--.ana pleafuresof.'Eufope, and whofc
/ollies more frequently than misfortunes, have
driven the'm hither' fljould ahnotl immediately
en tlieir arrival interfere with tho.i.-, who have
facrificed their Youth^''their health, and their
Connections, in the expectation that a compe-
tency will revva: J their f.abours? ; Yet every ,
HyJevinces that "the -MeaiUers of Govcriim'-nt
ire led's- an<l--leiV attentive to theKj^lus'<>f'tbefi-
Eep jw ServailtS, ' I ' will n;)t d'Avii iioon the
.-' '' :'- -' " '°* - '- ••''•''-' * - -■■ ••''■" '. *• .»- is***-. -'
ug-
information, and the abilities to apply it, thff
fiuifliing the Catalogue,',—It is this,— We'arc
eneaccx^jn almoft everypart of India, in a War
wuVthc Mahr'atta power (hovv jultly broughs
about,, by the infr^bon of what treaties, ami
by the hje'ac.h.of.wiiat piibljckfaith, i leave
others* to afcertain) over whom our SuccrfTe?^
tho' not very tiri!lian;t, have been greater than
cur Csufc, 1 fear, defervxd: Yet have we moft
unaccountably, and ^ilgracefolly. Wi the fitteft
onporttmity which fortune could prrjrnt to «'5f
to 'cojiipit-uly lop eft'one limb from this pow--
erfull and tio«bltfqjivc.Enemy..-a&ainli whom,
fine* we are.71 war,' cvtiy advantage aJW^b's
m that ftfttr, whtrc f-onqyef or be conquered i«
i'ue Law, ow^bi <o.l>* lAwv I iv tpst
BENGAL GAZETTE
0 R 'THE O'R *h G'L N A I
-• ■ *■* -
Calcutta General
A Weekly Political and Commercial Paper, Open /# al! Parties, but influenced by None,
72 From Saturday June 2d. to Saturday June the 9th 1781. ... [No, XX]
:jp>%^% <&»%?lfr"%,
NOW" IN. THE PRESS
'■'""•' 'AND ..."
■SPEEDILY WILL BE ■PUBLISHED
BY J. A. HI C K Y
at HIS PRINTINC OFFICE. •
IN 6ALCUTJA. '
THE New Bvc-Law properly. itifcuTc-I-,
defined and • dillecljd, Paragraph by
Paragraph, tally. Explained by the cle'arcu
comments taken from the higher"; Lsgal and
confiit'ttional Authorities, adapted to the
meanelr. Capacity. Which will prove a very
| neceilary Po.lcet Manual,-not only for this,
but fuccecding Generations, to ■fhc.v ho-,v
carefuil om W-iic Angcttpf* have been to
protect us, our Lives, Liberties, and Properties.,
~Fo" the P (J B L I C.~
THE great demand for the Original Ben-
gal Gazette has induced Mr. Hicky to
Pub lift) rheni in.Vola-nns, .which are now to be
had bound or .unbound ,at his Printing 'Oifioc
in the Radd.t Baazar. . ;
"Q3.OPO.SALS for printing a'M^gazfhe by
J"J Subfcription, to be'Publithed'.the- firlt
WeAne&iy in every .VI ■>nth by L A. HICKY
under the fuliowing" Title."
the ■ i'ii
B E N G A L
M A G A Z I N. E,
os
ASIATIC'
R E P 0 S IT 0 R T
or
Wit a\'d Humour.
Price four Rupees., Subfcriptjons.taken in at
the Original Printing Office.
intelligence Extraordinary from Ltahnhall Street.
HE IateSt ad vice mention that
^ the East India Company'
%S -p ' ^ ^si anxious for the Health, awl
'^ti s .. v Welfare of their Servants. iw
%% India, have.confritutcd a Bo-
dy of 13 of thc mod fiilful'oj
the Faculty, to take into conuderatiou their re-
fpet&iveCases and to report.'the $t4ie of'their
-.Co'tjlituthns 011 their Return to Kurt ope. :
Sut Thomas Pillaqe's .Cue (who has
Species of Somnolency, bordering; nearly on a Injuries the Service has furrained, in the Ap-r
Confirmed Letkcrgy; accompanyed by extreme pbintfrfents and Advantages given to Meffieurs
Imbereiiity in his Warlike Organs — a Torpid O—r, M-*-fe, ;0t-*st' W-*-l—ge, . S—iv,
Numhmfs of all his Vigiient facultiesan and many others,—thefc are irremediable.—It
extreme CojUvenefs in his Courage and Refoiu-. is otherwifc refpefting any, that may be in
tion, with a Conltant propenlitv toDniVWKO Agitation.
-'. Monfr. D' Aver a 'French'Pbyftchn (from T fhould not have addrefied you had it not
'the Marutious)'bting .informed of Sir Edwards beet) in hopes of preventing an inju'ftice which,
unl.apjy Cafe gcnciouflv came to the Coaft in it is-fvdljs.rnedi.itcd. f vvijfh to remind our pre-
order to Rctfe him 'by an Experiment that lias
feldom been known to fail, to opperats as a
Stimulant whenever it has-been itpplyed to an
Englifli Naval Comnisjtdcr. But it had not
the lean: cfrccr. on Sir Edward, not rouzing
him (u/iiciently ' even to make him fneeze, ei-
ther at liead or Stern. Sir Ed Wards Lethargy
was fo very Strong that at Bombay he fell into
a Deep Sleep which continued very near fix
Months.--- .
Nothing efiecls his Auricular faculties or
is pe4cerred t > make the leal1, impreffion on Sir
Durbar's profou nilinfeti/ikility, Vxccpt the Cb/nk
of a Ba- cf'RupVs or PagcJs s — -He has been
repeatedly Chvinp iu'd byth^.N A-Bpo of Ap.cgt?
and by fonie of the firlV Asiatic Puysciaws
at 'the"'DVRBAR "withfU-fv'effkct, but it is-
thought, that -;Do<a.-r FiU .erald, affitled by
1 2 of jlie moft Sctntific of the Leaden Hall
College which .the' . India. Company . in- their
tender concern have appointed lor tbat'purpofr,
will perform'WoN'nkr*s 011 Sir Durbars dif-
order, altiio* it has been pronounced by Do£t
Kjll-Cravn'y •(•the Gai.em' of Calcutta) to
be a confirmed Chronical difeafc and more
Stubbouni to radicate" than .either Gout or
Sciatica..-- . ■ ■,
N. B,-—-^Tlie Cifes of Lord tVifcount
Poqlbunily.—-The Great Kiogul.--,—-Sir
Hector Mc'Scanvpcr.—— -Charley Bulloci:—
Nat% ','Chucklehcad-- R-ich'd Bore-well
(lately gone Home) Vn-1 many other great and.
very illustrious Auiaiic's h.<ye been received
i'h f-eddhh Hall Street and are refered to
D.>a. f itigerald and the 12 Assistant
Faculty. . *
Ta the -Editor of the Bengal Gazette,
. S I R, ° , ,
A'LLOWJNC} th-t the Arrangements,
which h.we lately pad'etl, far the. Man.
agemenc of the Revenues of this Country, are
calculated for, and wHl'.be productive of, ad
---- - ...... .« v <.*ii.ui.ucu 101, ana win oe productive or, aci
rheen ihou^in of too Piethoiac an. Habit) is re- vantage to the Company, (till it Wt be con
ported by the College in Lea.lenluU Street,] fefted, that fame conSderation is;due to thol
to be a eanfirmed » Dfijpfey anfm* froni too
great a Redundavce of Pagoda's which
Sir Thomas unhappily, fwalhw'd ratiicr too
.greedily in the North-sr nr CircaR*.
The Company-have Otdercd Doctof.Fitz-;
Gerald, and thc,-.iz.A:S?'ta'ajt Faejlt.- to pre-•
j> ire a Couri'e ol ftron^. Emetic's and Evacu-
Gentlemen, who having left their native Coun-
try ;it a very early age, -have given up al] other
prof^edts for the Service. ' As now one prin-
cipal line"of .Emolument is cut ofr, the Com-J leaving-to thofe who are furnifljed with ampler
panv s. Servants have a? right to ex peel in
every remaining (3bje<£i whether of credit or
Pro'St, it preFereticc. to thole, who generally
it-j 1 r ruler of his having beet)'a Junior Servant,
and that he ought not novv to commit thofe in-
j---(?, whicli he then highly reprobated ; let
him call to recollection what hi recently felt on
General Clayering's appointment, and lean) tp
refpect the feelings of others.—I hope in future
he will—11 is not credible that lie intends, in
Opposition to the Company's pofitive and rc*
peateidorders, and in oppoiuion to the Boards
own Regulation^ refpe'e'ting . Paymalters, ap^
pointing 3 Perlbn out of the Service fr.cceflor
to Mi. 0---r, tho' aDr. D—y tom-toms
through all Calcutta a promife obtained.—-^.
What merit has this man to entitle him t»
furh a Preference ? I will 'not 'defcend to touch
upon his demerits. - Whet l'erviccs hasbe,'or
has his Knighted Brother, peiforrncd ? But I
had forgot, "Sir J-—11 rhay be of Service, he is a
the Bi other in La^jj[S • he King of England's
Page, and mufl bri «*thcd—Grant it—,-Yet
fureW a Salary Of al'cut fevemy thoul';m.d -Ru.
pre* per Annum, and a. LucratrycContrajEt by
which a Lack of Riip will be Annually clean,
ed, is enough for the family ihtereft !----Ahl
it is enough ro brinff to a. proper u'nderfhipding
all tl.e Hi.uftoU of St, James's.'*^—But India
is in the licit:! t of afiluenoe, andiyiH admit of
money being (ijuanderefl awiiy'j the Compa-
ny's Servant's; aie all i'ully employed, need not
(Viercfore-grudye fo tnv'i'al an Appointment, to
fo worthy a Member of the Bengal; Commit*
nity, .y i ', '■' '.' * f •
■ ." iOESERVATOI?,
" This Letter was lent to me on Tlniri!»
" day .morning the. 31ft of May, I am ferry
" I warnotabie to comply with the.rcq.ucfj:
" of the Author, and give it an immediate
M Publication, my Paper being at that titn't?
" coeipleateiL'"
I. A. H I C K Y,
ANNUS ■ MIRAB1LIS,
LITTLE <>f Oratory orreflc&ion, I fancy
will be n ucciffary, Mr. HICKY, to. (hear
that this Yrr.r verily dclerves the above title,
as the Events which fiaVe occurred in it carry
their evidence airing'with them, I will, how-
ever, irdlance only ('»e fi0m Cluiter,
ams tor Sir Th wu.'s Rei.iel",-the mo nent He .j without even Licence, come out to- Ie.liaat
arrives ; and to report the pr<*rreR of his Cur;-. | more advanced Period"of t/ife. Is it not-un
borne fear tn.it Strong Ligature:; firfafptn-JJ
ing the B)dy..ye>\\ bi .aecsilarv,: others tnink
mtt plentiful] Tappings <yilt lu:5ee.--- —Mrs.
fiW/i'/jj6;fji.(iiisMAjESTit'S Dry Nn'-/e)'Hs-
ing acquainted with Sir Thomas's Oil Oihe'i,
fluints. will be Ordered t$ attend., with one of
Me ECmgs-ScoTcii Pnyiicuas. to le.- th.it R>.
i'VrjOERAL-Di ami the Leaden;valJ Street JSa-
:ulty do not mangle the'Body too much. "
The Cafe of Sir Eel.sarehDurhar'ftis been
ikewife reported -- it is fcdiuiJ;r£rJ as a itryn-
■e* •
jul't that thole who have partaken of■ the- ad-
varttages--.ana pleafuresof.'Eufope, and whofc
/ollies more frequently than misfortunes, have
driven the'm hither' fljould ahnotl immediately
en tlieir arrival interfere with tho.i.-, who have
facrificed their Youth^''their health, and their
Connections, in the expectation that a compe-
tency will revva: J their f.abours? ; Yet every ,
HyJevinces that "the -MeaiUers of Govcriim'-nt
ire led's- an<l--leiV attentive to theKj^lus'<>f'tbefi-
Eep jw ServailtS, ' I ' will n;)t d'Avii iioon the
.-' '' :'- -' " '°* - '- ••''•''-' * - -■■ ••''■" '. *• .»- is***-. -'
ug-
information, and the abilities to apply it, thff
fiuifliing the Catalogue,',—It is this,— We'arc
eneaccx^jn almoft everypart of India, in a War
wuVthc Mahr'atta power (hovv jultly broughs
about,, by the infr^bon of what treaties, ami
by the hje'ac.h.of.wiiat piibljckfaith, i leave
others* to afcertain) over whom our SuccrfTe?^
tho' not very tiri!lian;t, have been greater than
cur Csufc, 1 fear, defervxd: Yet have we moft
unaccountably, and ^ilgracefolly. Wi the fitteft
onporttmity which fortune could prrjrnt to «'5f
to 'cojiipit-uly lop eft'one limb from this pow--
erfull and tio«bltfqjivc.Enemy..-a&ainli whom,
fine* we are.71 war,' cvtiy advantage aJW^b's
m that ftfttr, whtrc f-onqyef or be conquered i«
i'ue Law, ow^bi <o.l>* lAwv I iv tpst