Hicky's Bengal gazette, or The original Calcutta general advertiser (23.1781)

H 1 C K r's .

BENGAL GAZETTE; 7

OR THE ORIGINAL

fa General Advertlfer.

A Weekly Ptiitical and Ctmmtrc'ul P/ipf, Q$t* t> all Parties, tut influenced by None,

yc From Saturday the June 23J to Saturday June 30th 1781 ^ [No. XXIII]

Bin 7?h Iritel/r'iiei Extretordintry.

E ,lear KlJ* Sciyoire Vivre,
Jf^ ^ latelv diftinj^iifhtd by the 1 i-

*li \y r? t'c ,,f" tn3 Co*tsi%NiTY have
^ urianimouflv balloted in ;i New
r« Y& N4e?4if.r.J-^7.'?> Leavelahd

n*^*?^ Goggle Eye of Bog alt;
Hall; lie has already taken his Tour of/
(juty in the .Suite of the Haughty Roxana.
No Hindoftanriy Slipper can fet cafi^r -than
row Admirers on the mind of this fair OliDU-

AT a time when the nerefllties of the State j cf fevereignty: hut the more cautious ftrides'
are felt by all ranks of peifonsj and even 1 of a limited Monarch arc marked with the tin-
tiire»tch the Ekiftcnce of the State itfelf, alll fcl cf humtniiy, and Ileal upon us arrayed in
Ordinances tending to Frugality} and the en- j the nr.cck attire of J—»t, invading where
creafe of the Revenues muff be approved of; ! they arc laid to; pro tclSt* opprtiTing where' t.h.ejr
' and in this light the late regulations for the : fecm to relieve, and destroying where the ef-
Poft Office department, however imprecidently feci to cure.--Belt had our credulous

feverc nav illegally fo »ip«n Individuals ('who
have, I believe, th« privilege iri every Country
upon Earth but this to employ their own Me'f-
fengeis) may be tolerated; when we confider

kATE. lithe great Condcfcerifton of thc firft fvliniflers,

Tent PotE IiipROKtPTtr, finding; his J in voluntary divefting themfelves of all exclu-
vin;s finked a-id remembering the fate of j five privileges, and reducing themfelves to a
Ovid? Icartjs from (oaring too near the Sun, level wiih us common Plcbean^ and all for the
has wifely retreated from its fcorching Rays public good, and for the valuable Encrcaf; of
j'ift in time to fave both Heart and liver he his j the Company's Revenues of oile hundred and

rawn off Horfii Foot, an J Artillery* being j fifty Rupees per Menfem

too impetuous to prc.frcute a Tr jan f-ige,
His Chief En ioeer, Jack Purranna Killa
approved the Arran«e ncnt, arid being refolved
not ro be{refpopfible for meafures he is not al-
Jo-.v'd to guide; has Icfigned his fnarc in the
G:j irdian-fiiip to CuiJDY-CoS'K* ore and
ChuTAH PiGOANNT. The latter Hovers
r.bout her like an unfledged Cupid or « Frib-
ble in Mifs in her Teens;" preparing Lip-
fa'v»s and a.lj-.ilting Patches.

4r>v;:£y (Jr.ur.:si:y of Indie-lnr-nt Hallj
with' his ufual perspicuity, confeflcs himfclf
loll in amazement and like Boeadil positive-
ly PlonnetJiruck,"'.---"Tt is much to be

lamented that even thcPolifb ef the Scavoire
VifREj h.is not given this fquarc ftetned
Member the Addrcls and manner of a GcnUe-
mst, ha frill retains the Original Air of a
'i':. ket Poster*—This Hero has {hewn
jfewcr fymptoms of " Publicfpiriiy* than any

After the laudable} and finjtilar proof we
have juft adduced; of ftrady Patriotifm, and
true difmtereftednefj; it is to be regretted that
a fyftem fo juft and praifeWOrthv, fllould be
fullicd with the want of Uniformity, and con-
tain Iuftahccs repugnant to its own fpirit, fuch
for example as the Creation of Offices; with
exorbitant Salaries; without ufe, and without
end ; fuch for iiiftance as a Colatcr of the
Company* Records, with 1,500 Rupees per
Month; an Agent /to be; for Beau 1,50aRu-
pees per Month; a fesreher of Boats for frhug-
gled Treafiire; do. —i eX-'lufivc of the law
Offices, which arc encrcafing every day, an') at
the head of which niav he placed that of an
addition oftilt re thoufand Rupees per Month
(to wh it the C<*(irt of Direifiors tnought riot
only adequate, but cxcefllve) to the falary of
the firfl Law Officer, tho' the Man has never
yet attempted to execute the Employment for

Sovereign been better acquainted with the
frame of the human heart, (when left to
float at freedom in the wide cxpanfe ©f in-
tercft, Ambition, and Power) wifdom would
have wEifpered to him; "vain oh Prince

is thy aiumpt, 5- j—d Rulers will

as naturally become Politicians as Com-
j meiicd ones, and when ever this fliali Jiap-r
pen, which will be as early as the nccefiary
helps concur; the cxtcntion of thv preroga-
tive (the actual intent of their crnbafiy) will
be as little an object of their zeal, .as the
difprnfation of J— (the oflenfible one.")
How admirably docs the evidence of expe-
rience concur in fupporting this preemption;
The eyes of a Savage differing people were
at firff fixed upon the ffern afE-rtors of" the
Rights of Society, as upon beings of a Su-
perior nature; but J--t which ought ever
to be; and in this inftancc above all others
ought to have been pure; fimple, and un-
mixed; acquires in a little time, a'l the >f.
fentials of sn art or profeffion; whofe nci-»
p!e is ptivate emolument, fupportcd on q'ii-
ble, and pUrfued with the wanton impunity
of an ui1;irtfcribed powtrr, vrfied in them fyr
other (alike i-eproachable pttrpofEsi

A few examples of the excellence of the
laws of a dec Country; fill a people bred,
up at the School oldefpotifm with the deep-
eft aftonifhmcnt,--- they arc raviihed to be4
hold the prerogative of human nature, ap-
pear in its native dignity! but it was a,
momentory fii'fli :|i'd dailed with a falfe
luftre: — Men charged by the greatcfj
King on Eanh; to fpread the fame of his
prnwefs and elemenev, /loop to play the:
mean parts of tlie Ivlanagers of a ptfpefi
ftiow, wlio hedd una figure or two to the
gaping Crow'd, byway cf drawing them, in;
and afterwards give thrm to underiland; tbaft
Vloney only tan unfold the fine things b<t-,

hind the Curtain'.-■

The better to difguife the real complexion;
of their proceedings they have reCourfe to a
few glaring adls of Authority (which how-
ever were more tinctured with iuf'olencc than,
equity) on their fcilcr.v Country-men; as the-
ftrongeft argument to overthrow the true in-
terpretation of their conduct.

A Herd of Lawyers fiatt tip, and brcetl
like infects in funimer; for t ,e decline of?
J—t is the fummer of Lt.wers; thefe prod-fs.
to prefer the complaints of the opprefied be-K
fore the new ttibunal — but the paorToojj,
Mr. HICK? perceived that thi# new tribe were inaceffa-.

Alexins and troubfefome than'thtf | HpHERE can be no ftroff»e'r proof of the fee to them, and the rich oifcovcrrd that

Mt/snritTOS_-that thev have 1 "^aionate regard, outgracious Sove- tho' I-t be a mighty precious thing,, in,

JVlU»(^Ul^us •> , j reign entertains for his Subjects to tins remote j their hands it became very dear: howevee

been deitru-live Oi Commerce, aid quarter of his Dominion, than the benian; as it enables them to gain any point, thjej
CnnSienC-, and created more Gonfu- i unrnffied temper h- prefcrvei m cflaviini to pr?aice will hardly be diftOiit hue.l on their

fion and devaftation in Bengal than I P^Jte of his powerr ---a'Defpot parts : - .h,.%3:- tbeg

„ »'J wou>d have dtfparch'ed the royal mandate oft dared to that it.ne in wt-.irn they icjioi a

all the Mahratta Powers Combm d.- ! thc poi|(t o!- th. s.A.0.d; Qj. pouVcJ fonh a pa. brfore thc invent.on of laws, the fij&ngor

\To 'Mr. MICKY I grant military fore-, to aflertthe unalterable r».h: over the weak; or what is virtually the

U I g., ji'ciwr ol'h> vr'.V, and blasottab«ut the ir-fi^b fi it-v, the fiib epaBIetl ro Iwi'jl it- o.w

of ih»- Sighimo Band, difcouragrd perhaps by which He was exprefsly feht out, by defending

the fate of his « HI jltrd" Fiieud the Pre- a firigle Suit of the Company's, or dare yen-

fumptuous PvLTA Rot as (the Ctpptr fmitb) tare even to appear in Court, coiYfcioxis that

comm inly caii'd the Birmingham Ceur.t,rfcit, U° fhoulJ there be liable to manv in-

hskd Mater and Scavenger to the right fults and this mode'itte and well-earned'addi-

yorfliipfull Board of Ikcls Wcavkrs. {tion being ftiil inadiqtute to his wi(hc«, a

Contrail inftend of fuit-ibic Reprobation is now

in Contemplation for him.

It would be wrong, too; to overlook the

trifling Sum of twenty thoufartd pounds lately

1 11 ci ^*A/i,„f:^„ *\i Pa'1' t0 P«Ychaf« the refumption of a Grant,

nasi btreet Mention, tnaL on the !, T 1 [,,„-,' ,;t , '

the Inconveniences of which, whsn ntaie, but
not before, were fo cenfpicuous, as to require
the annulling of it, at any rate, to be abfo-
lutcly expedient*, and this is not thc firft in-
ftancc, nor will, I dare U\\ be the lall,

Intelligence Extraordinary from
Leaden Kali Street, on India affiiir.-)
flT^HE laft Advices irom Leaden

Petition being Read and prefented to
the Houie of Commons, an Embar-
go was laid on the ExportatIons
of Lawyers under any denominati-
on to India, notWithftanding Judge
Hardihsfe was recently appointed al^h'01,1 they can occu:^ who, ftriaiy fpcaking,

. .& , 0 m li j ("Jnack Doctor like.- varies his Plans, as the

Judge in tile Supreme Court and ac- hik \a.a:„:.^\..u\.....> w u,„! „l.i.....

tually ready to hmbark.-The

Court of Directors have been made
fully Senfible- that the Corps of
Jjattirtats in India prove more per

After this fhort recital of fadls, what inuft
>nc think of the Rulers of the Government in

other his M«dicines, without either kuo^led^-
of the ■Conftitutioii, or th-ir effetfts, and we
f'nall affuiedi'y fee with' the fame Suecefs.—

A. B. C.