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BENGAL GAZETTE;
OR 1 11 E ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Ad ver tiler,
J Weekly Politicul and Ctnimtrciel Paper, Open to all Parties, but influenced by None,
89 From Saturday September the 29th to Saturday Oftober 6th 1781, [No. tXXXVII]
Mr. H1CKY Empire in the Eaft (in cafe of an at-
1T is reported of a famous General, tack on Bengal) abiblutely depends,
that havingbeen aflced, in fommy one would fuppole, that Government
diltinfl qu^flions, what were the three here, in default of other refources,
chief requihtes for carrying on War; would endeavour at lead: to create
to eachquellion he anfwered, Money, fuch a fund, by the retrenchment of
Theneceility ofthi?refourc= indeed, is all expenccs but fuch as are indefpen
now lb generally underflood, that it
is confiiered as a proverbial truth,
and in no country has this been ev-
fablyneceliary, and the abolition even
of thole, thatin more tranquil and,
flourifhingtimes, might be admitted of;
inced by more ftriking and recent at any rate, it would be imagined, by
examples, than in India amongft k \ any perlbn who has not fcen the re-
number 1 mill only feledl one, the in
ability which General ( Lally at the
head of the fiaefl Corps of Europeans
that had prior to that period ever a£t-
ed together in India) found himfclf
under, of undertaking the fiege
of Madras immediately after the
acquifition of Fort St. Davids.—
Want of Money on the part of the
French then, proved the fatvation
of our nation in JW/'v and it is
high1)' probable, that the fame want
on cur part, may hereafter prove its
deflruction.
If ever there was a time that called
for a judicious and economical dif-
burfement of the public money it
fcetns to be the prefent. The expen-
ces of Government (chiefly arifing
from the voluntary Wars we haveol
late years engaged in) are fo enormous,
that it requires more fkill in Finance
than has fallen to the mare of our
ruiers, to find refources for them.
This affertion I am warranted in mak-
ing; f >r during the above period, the
large fum wb-'ch was dcpolited in the
Fort, to which recourfe wag only to
be had in cafe of the I aft neceltity,
they fay is now expended, our Trca-
fury which four years ago, contained ,
upwards of a Crore of Rupees and
has received a larger fum fince upon
loan, is now impoverished, and ail this
fuperadded to the ordinary revenues cf
Government, which are alio expend-
ed, without confidering the large
fums that have been borrowed and
fpeiit, at the prefidencics of Madrals
jmd Bombay.
If, the polfeliion of a fum in ready
lyioney to anfwer tha extraordinary
exigencies of Wa?4v allowed to be
ipdcipenlably neceffary, ifthereon,the
fafcty and prefervatioa of the Britiih.
verfe, that in a deficiency of funds,
the moft-preliing calls of Government
would be firft attended to, fueh as the
payment of its Troops during an
actual War.
Bat to any perfon who confiders the
lavilh hand with which the public
Treafure has been thefe lb me years
pall bellowed, it will appear, that
our cxpences have been in an inverfe
proportion to our refources. A field
Officer is not now fent in command
of five Battalions of Se.ipoys without
as numerous and expenhve a Staff, as
was allowed ro General Clavering or is
ro General Coote at the head of the
whole Bengal Army.--As if the
Company did not already contribute
enough, in various ways, towards the
adminiftration of Juftice. The new
Office of judge of Cbinfura and
Cbandernagore has been bellowed
with a handfome fdary on one of
the Judge* of the fupreme Court;
One of the Barrillers( Mr, L. ) has
a new poftalfo created for him ; and
the allowances of the laborious and
indefatigiable advocate General are
continued to him, contrary to the Ex-
prefs orders of the Directors, whilft
the Company's Attorney has addrefs
enough to obtain payment of his bills
at theTreafu'y to a very confiderable
amount (it is faid 70,000 R) altho'ihe
Civil and Military Servants are fame
months in arrears lor their common
falaries and allowances ; I mean the
inferior orders of the fervants, for
the fuperior ones I underlland, take
good care of thcmfelves. Neither is
the Church forgot in the general
diflribntion of favors two of our-wor-
thy Pallors men whofe fingular
dili.itereffednefs, Chriftian nieekwfs
a«d k«ncv»Imct certainly entitle therttt^
public re/peel, have had a large addition
made to their fal.ries, and are over
and above, ordered a prefen*: of
£, 6,000—as arrears for their pall >'tr-
vices in the cure of Souls--For-
merly, the lenior Member of Coun-
cil onwhom the chargin f; eabfence
of a Governor devolved, could, fcr
a few months, contrive to t/a sact t';e
Company's bufinefs, without* the
creation of any new Offices, But,
our prefent locum tcuais tho allow-
ed to be, a man cf moderate principles,
conduct and views feems, tohave been
infeded byevil comm unicatioh, and
has loaded himf Tand the Co noany*
withall the StauQilicers appertaining
to a Governor General.--Thefe
Mr. HICKY, are but 3 few out of
many inffances of the fame nature,
that m> 11 offer themi'elves to the
recollection of every man in this
Settlement, and this, at a period when
we are engaged in a War with the
molt powerful Nations of Europe,
Alia, and Am.er.Ca, and when the
necelTary charges of Government are
fo far from b.ing provided for, that
as-1 have already obferved (however
punctually the Judges and Mem-
hers of the fupreme Council are paid)
the inferior ranks of fervants are
feyeral months in arrears, and in the
begining of Augufl, the fepoys at the
Prefidency were three months fo,
I am Sir,
Your humble fervanf,
?cth fe'pt, 1781. Spectator^..
Verfes addreffed to. the late DavidGarricKj
Efq ', by the late Earl cf Chatham;
t EAVE, Garriek, the rich land-
jLj fcape, proudly gay,
Docks, forts, and navies, bright*
ning all the bay :
To my plain iojf repair, primeval
feat!
Yet there no wonders your quick eyp
can meet,
Save, mould you deem it wonderful
t > 'find, t
Ambition cur'd, and an unpafiion'd
mind ;
A fhtefman without power, and wi-
thout gall,
Hating no courtiers, happier t^sjj
them all;
BENGAL GAZETTE;
OR 1 11 E ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Ad ver tiler,
J Weekly Politicul and Ctnimtrciel Paper, Open to all Parties, but influenced by None,
89 From Saturday September the 29th to Saturday Oftober 6th 1781, [No. tXXXVII]
Mr. H1CKY Empire in the Eaft (in cafe of an at-
1T is reported of a famous General, tack on Bengal) abiblutely depends,
that havingbeen aflced, in fommy one would fuppole, that Government
diltinfl qu^flions, what were the three here, in default of other refources,
chief requihtes for carrying on War; would endeavour at lead: to create
to eachquellion he anfwered, Money, fuch a fund, by the retrenchment of
Theneceility ofthi?refourc= indeed, is all expenccs but fuch as are indefpen
now lb generally underflood, that it
is confiiered as a proverbial truth,
and in no country has this been ev-
fablyneceliary, and the abolition even
of thole, thatin more tranquil and,
flourifhingtimes, might be admitted of;
inced by more ftriking and recent at any rate, it would be imagined, by
examples, than in India amongft k \ any perlbn who has not fcen the re-
number 1 mill only feledl one, the in
ability which General ( Lally at the
head of the fiaefl Corps of Europeans
that had prior to that period ever a£t-
ed together in India) found himfclf
under, of undertaking the fiege
of Madras immediately after the
acquifition of Fort St. Davids.—
Want of Money on the part of the
French then, proved the fatvation
of our nation in JW/'v and it is
high1)' probable, that the fame want
on cur part, may hereafter prove its
deflruction.
If ever there was a time that called
for a judicious and economical dif-
burfement of the public money it
fcetns to be the prefent. The expen-
ces of Government (chiefly arifing
from the voluntary Wars we haveol
late years engaged in) are fo enormous,
that it requires more fkill in Finance
than has fallen to the mare of our
ruiers, to find refources for them.
This affertion I am warranted in mak-
ing; f >r during the above period, the
large fum wb-'ch was dcpolited in the
Fort, to which recourfe wag only to
be had in cafe of the I aft neceltity,
they fay is now expended, our Trca-
fury which four years ago, contained ,
upwards of a Crore of Rupees and
has received a larger fum fince upon
loan, is now impoverished, and ail this
fuperadded to the ordinary revenues cf
Government, which are alio expend-
ed, without confidering the large
fums that have been borrowed and
fpeiit, at the prefidencics of Madrals
jmd Bombay.
If, the polfeliion of a fum in ready
lyioney to anfwer tha extraordinary
exigencies of Wa?4v allowed to be
ipdcipenlably neceffary, ifthereon,the
fafcty and prefervatioa of the Britiih.
verfe, that in a deficiency of funds,
the moft-preliing calls of Government
would be firft attended to, fueh as the
payment of its Troops during an
actual War.
Bat to any perfon who confiders the
lavilh hand with which the public
Treafure has been thefe lb me years
pall bellowed, it will appear, that
our cxpences have been in an inverfe
proportion to our refources. A field
Officer is not now fent in command
of five Battalions of Se.ipoys without
as numerous and expenhve a Staff, as
was allowed ro General Clavering or is
ro General Coote at the head of the
whole Bengal Army.--As if the
Company did not already contribute
enough, in various ways, towards the
adminiftration of Juftice. The new
Office of judge of Cbinfura and
Cbandernagore has been bellowed
with a handfome fdary on one of
the Judge* of the fupreme Court;
One of the Barrillers( Mr, L. ) has
a new poftalfo created for him ; and
the allowances of the laborious and
indefatigiable advocate General are
continued to him, contrary to the Ex-
prefs orders of the Directors, whilft
the Company's Attorney has addrefs
enough to obtain payment of his bills
at theTreafu'y to a very confiderable
amount (it is faid 70,000 R) altho'ihe
Civil and Military Servants are fame
months in arrears lor their common
falaries and allowances ; I mean the
inferior orders of the fervants, for
the fuperior ones I underlland, take
good care of thcmfelves. Neither is
the Church forgot in the general
diflribntion of favors two of our-wor-
thy Pallors men whofe fingular
dili.itereffednefs, Chriftian nieekwfs
a«d k«ncv»Imct certainly entitle therttt^
public re/peel, have had a large addition
made to their fal.ries, and are over
and above, ordered a prefen*: of
£, 6,000—as arrears for their pall >'tr-
vices in the cure of Souls--For-
merly, the lenior Member of Coun-
cil onwhom the chargin f; eabfence
of a Governor devolved, could, fcr
a few months, contrive to t/a sact t';e
Company's bufinefs, without* the
creation of any new Offices, But,
our prefent locum tcuais tho allow-
ed to be, a man cf moderate principles,
conduct and views feems, tohave been
infeded byevil comm unicatioh, and
has loaded himf Tand the Co noany*
withall the StauQilicers appertaining
to a Governor General.--Thefe
Mr. HICKY, are but 3 few out of
many inffances of the fame nature,
that m> 11 offer themi'elves to the
recollection of every man in this
Settlement, and this, at a period when
we are engaged in a War with the
molt powerful Nations of Europe,
Alia, and Am.er.Ca, and when the
necelTary charges of Government are
fo far from b.ing provided for, that
as-1 have already obferved (however
punctually the Judges and Mem-
hers of the fupreme Council are paid)
the inferior ranks of fervants are
feyeral months in arrears, and in the
begining of Augufl, the fepoys at the
Prefidency were three months fo,
I am Sir,
Your humble fervanf,
?cth fe'pt, 1781. Spectator^..
Verfes addreffed to. the late DavidGarricKj
Efq ', by the late Earl cf Chatham;
t EAVE, Garriek, the rich land-
jLj fcape, proudly gay,
Docks, forts, and navies, bright*
ning all the bay :
To my plain iojf repair, primeval
feat!
Yet there no wonders your quick eyp
can meet,
Save, mould you deem it wonderful
t > 'find, t
Ambition cur'd, and an unpafiion'd
mind ;
A fhtefman without power, and wi-
thout gall,
Hating no courtiers, happier t^sjj
them all;