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l C A I s
- BENGAL GAZETTE*----..........
O R THE 0 R I G I N A L-. .. . .. .. : \>
Calcutta General , Advertifer."
Weekly , Poliiicsi and Commercial
Ot'C
n to all Parties, but influenced
by None,
qo
«i-—
From Saturday October, tile 6th to
Suture
ay
October ii'h 173 i.
• r %t
[i\:0.
xxxvmj
Mr. HICICY, ( quarterly furh a fum as may l;.e deem'd tack us in our own. Hafbduj.s, for tli«-
£ I k, proper (which ought not to be a trifle) Vefiels they have, (and in all probability
4vC£*t*S': WISH thro' your piper to the fee for the Licence to go to. the fee re- may yet take,)'will not Only fupply
q S point oui a grievance, which tary co the G—G—&c—and the one'now' :them with Tranfpcrts for their Troops',
w I <g tho* airttoft every one will • paid by the Exporters of Rice' &c. to but alfo Victualling for them for the
J*; 3$ acknow'elge it cab.? aloud be taken of, which is the moft impolaieone ' Voyage, Cruize, or Expedition.—*^-—*
40$CC&i~ forredrefs, yetlamvery d'tt- ! .that ever could have entcr'd a Mans head ; The Critical impoitance of this alarm-"
bious of it's meeting with irj becaufc {—J nit the fame as fuppofirg England -to . «ng circumftante, it is to be hoped ■ will
it may interfere with the i iritercH: j abound with Coi n at the time Gibralter i,be taken into the fcrious confkkratioh of"
of three individuals, who are weli known,
to have fee u red the Ears of the ( tilers of
the Land; and v.v have ha.i bjiig and
woeful experience, that the public good
is made to give way too often, to private
advantage—But to my complaint, which-
is againll the multiplicity of Rack Shops,
widen are ib greatly increased within
theft few years, and of courfc Co much
fr>q«enteJ, that it is in vai n to expect to
get a fett of fober fervants in Calcutta,
• ad as to the Garden Moul'es the cafe is
much worfe ; of which the following (a,
umig't hundreds)!* a pretty plain mltan-
bts — Yefbrday 1 wen: to a Friends
h jyf« in the Gauntry to fpend the da?,
where things were coiduftecT vfcry welt
at Dinner j but fupper \Vas not only,
obliged to be called for <p times before
it was brought, but when it was, there
was Scarcely a fervant c raid walk llraight
or fpeSk a plain wo-d—Ait ihort the Ge;>
tiemah with whom 1 w'entout and my fell",
were obliged to remain all night at the
Garden, his Poftiiion having taken fo
largeadofe, tMt fo far from being able to
ride, he absolutely could not fraud : This
Morning early we accompanyed our
Hall, to fee how many Temples to
Bacchus there was in bis neighbourhood,
and found no lei's than tnree within the
fpace of a Quarter of a mile ; and what
w'-S fomething curious, theyfaid each of
them purchated their Liquours from a
different Gentlemen—one from Mr. C—*
one from L—and the other from Mr. T—1
in two of the Houfes there were many
fervants drunk and faft afleep.
Now Sir the remedy, propofed if it
does not entirely aai'wer the wifh'd for
jwrpofe, by removing the Nuifuice, it
mav in part, and another good end into
the bargain —it is to have a Law pafs'd,
that no perfon whatfocver in a] 1 lei!
A''rack or any fpirituous Liquors by re-
tail in Calcutta, and within a certain
number of miles dillance from it, with-,
out having obtained a Licence-, —{.tor
which he fhal! pay acertain Fee down, and
* One ivon'.! have thought the ttv'o
Lucrmhe-Pcjis befiaes his pare in the 'f/iu'%
Contrail, might have Jaflsfied tb it Gttuik-
tni't, but perhaps he lets fome DepenJdti tsfe
bis name, hifpofiver tbey are
Vfoi thj.
was diltreded for provifions, zmd Govern- j q----1 tHjo we flatter ourfelves will not
nient there to have ordcr'd a high import \ only in due time demand the protection
upon every Ye fie 1 going from London j $ue to his Brkannic Majefty's Subjedrs
to that Port with Wheat, Beef, Park &c. j but in Tuch t.-rms as the A—--wil}
ceCi j not dare to refuie it,
* Hoping this rough ficetch may Spirit" ' If l'5e Enemy can keep out Cruziers
up fome. Gentleman ol'influence to take | during the height of this blowing Tern*
the matter into fericus conlideration and
to procure a fpeedv remedy. lam firt
Your obed. Servant. T. G.
Sept. 24th, 17-81,
Mr. H 1 C K Y« :
S I K,
leave through the Channel of
S_ your Paper, to point out to thofc
Gentleman in power, a Grievance wor-
thy of the attention of the -Legislative
pov/er and infiuenee, in Bengal, a griev-
ance under which the Merchants oi-Cal-
cti'.'ii, and Madras, have long groaned,
occafioned by the mam/ very heavy lulT-
es they have fufcained,- by their YelTels
being taken by the French Cruisers.. •
For near 1; Months paft the Coalr be-
tween M;ub-a.s and point Paimiras has
been infetted by French Privateers who
have (Unmolcfted) reigned Triumphant
to the great impediment of Trade and
which impediment it was hoped would
be removed when our Englifh Fleet ar-
rived cn the Coaft; but the A--■—
feems deaf to every reaionable complaint
of this kind, as if he was dererrnintd
that we fliould Iiavc reafan to lay th.-it.-
the whole of Ids conduct: was of a Pitcc '
ever Hncehis his firfr arrival in India.—
However if he fo barefacedly neglects
this part of his duty, it is .to be hoped
that the G-1 here and at Madras will
not theirs, but require fuch a Protection
as the importance of the fcryice demands.
They will alio pleafe to confider, tha l
every Yeflel taken with Rice, and othe i
Articles of Provifgons, bound for Ma-,
dras, for the relief of the Garrifon, and'
that Settlement in General, does non
only tend to the diftrels of that Settle-
ment ; but it renders our Enemies onci
peftous weather, we may with fome
reafon conclude, that when'the MonfoOns.
are broke up, tha.t.tlicy will fYt out every
tiling that can 1'wim : having ex'ery thin<.$
they can wifli for to ga'iflj *and nothing
on their -fide to Joofiv . '.
Ganjamj
Sept. jl6th, tySi,
j am oir, '
. Your niQlt G'bfcdjent Servant,
Meri-atur,
Mr. H- I C K Y, •
Plea!* 10 inlert the following fiiort Po-
fm,the finj^ularityof the thought in flia
faft part ot it may probably pleafe forng
of your Readers.
Oil a Lady ivbofe flame iiias St'/am.
" O lovely fut
IIov/fweet art thou * 1'." '
1 ban fugar thou art-Tweeter
Thou dofr as fat . •
Excel Sugar;
As fugar cfoesTalt petre.
Your obedient, Qi
* 1heti in Scotland is prcnev.v.ad thco.. .
The L A D Y ClildQ.K "tERflLLAK.
rpHOU Caterpillar that de-
" The trees, the fruits, the {hrubs,
. and Havve'rs,
" Begone ! nor more irifefii IhiV
grove, : ,
" Sacred to j leafure and to love."
This Celia faid, with ahsry frown,
And five "k the''reptile from her. ..
gown ;
Who cahrJyTaki, " Jnltikin'g diafrie, •
Thy glorious.pride from infects came,
., I'm in my difnabille, 'tis true, ' ,
Oi the molt important lerviccs they1 « i'r. ' A 11 *. 1 ii 1
, , -n ,. xg „ , , , ' ; But loon mall take a nobler hue :
could wilh for-, Nay mould tae unpro-[i T,.« * t l « : •
tected fituation of our Trade throw any' }Hlc;n . 1 .^nmaence a butrcr-%- ;>
-bed iituation of our Trade throw any.!,,
conftderable number of our Veffels intoVyjT colour .a jiiumes With thiftefliiul '
their pofTefiion, it n.ight in all probabi-
lity coalple them to fit oti£a FL'et to at-
vie
Then ecafe u? infesbs tc p:rplcx>
ri
l C A I s
- BENGAL GAZETTE*----..........
O R THE 0 R I G I N A L-. .. . .. .. : \>
Calcutta General , Advertifer."
Weekly , Poliiicsi and Commercial
Ot'C
n to all Parties, but influenced
by None,
qo
«i-—
From Saturday October, tile 6th to
Suture
ay
October ii'h 173 i.
• r %t
[i\:0.
xxxvmj
Mr. HICICY, ( quarterly furh a fum as may l;.e deem'd tack us in our own. Hafbduj.s, for tli«-
£ I k, proper (which ought not to be a trifle) Vefiels they have, (and in all probability
4vC£*t*S': WISH thro' your piper to the fee for the Licence to go to. the fee re- may yet take,)'will not Only fupply
q S point oui a grievance, which tary co the G—G—&c—and the one'now' :them with Tranfpcrts for their Troops',
w I <g tho* airttoft every one will • paid by the Exporters of Rice' &c. to but alfo Victualling for them for the
J*; 3$ acknow'elge it cab.? aloud be taken of, which is the moft impolaieone ' Voyage, Cruize, or Expedition.—*^-—*
40$CC&i~ forredrefs, yetlamvery d'tt- ! .that ever could have entcr'd a Mans head ; The Critical impoitance of this alarm-"
bious of it's meeting with irj becaufc {—J nit the fame as fuppofirg England -to . «ng circumftante, it is to be hoped ■ will
it may interfere with the i iritercH: j abound with Coi n at the time Gibralter i,be taken into the fcrious confkkratioh of"
of three individuals, who are weli known,
to have fee u red the Ears of the ( tilers of
the Land; and v.v have ha.i bjiig and
woeful experience, that the public good
is made to give way too often, to private
advantage—But to my complaint, which-
is againll the multiplicity of Rack Shops,
widen are ib greatly increased within
theft few years, and of courfc Co much
fr>q«enteJ, that it is in vai n to expect to
get a fett of fober fervants in Calcutta,
• ad as to the Garden Moul'es the cafe is
much worfe ; of which the following (a,
umig't hundreds)!* a pretty plain mltan-
bts — Yefbrday 1 wen: to a Friends
h jyf« in the Gauntry to fpend the da?,
where things were coiduftecT vfcry welt
at Dinner j but fupper \Vas not only,
obliged to be called for <p times before
it was brought, but when it was, there
was Scarcely a fervant c raid walk llraight
or fpeSk a plain wo-d—Ait ihort the Ge;>
tiemah with whom 1 w'entout and my fell",
were obliged to remain all night at the
Garden, his Poftiiion having taken fo
largeadofe, tMt fo far from being able to
ride, he absolutely could not fraud : This
Morning early we accompanyed our
Hall, to fee how many Temples to
Bacchus there was in bis neighbourhood,
and found no lei's than tnree within the
fpace of a Quarter of a mile ; and what
w'-S fomething curious, theyfaid each of
them purchated their Liquours from a
different Gentlemen—one from Mr. C—*
one from L—and the other from Mr. T—1
in two of the Houfes there were many
fervants drunk and faft afleep.
Now Sir the remedy, propofed if it
does not entirely aai'wer the wifh'd for
jwrpofe, by removing the Nuifuice, it
mav in part, and another good end into
the bargain —it is to have a Law pafs'd,
that no perfon whatfocver in a] 1 lei!
A''rack or any fpirituous Liquors by re-
tail in Calcutta, and within a certain
number of miles dillance from it, with-,
out having obtained a Licence-, —{.tor
which he fhal! pay acertain Fee down, and
* One ivon'.! have thought the ttv'o
Lucrmhe-Pcjis befiaes his pare in the 'f/iu'%
Contrail, might have Jaflsfied tb it Gttuik-
tni't, but perhaps he lets fome DepenJdti tsfe
bis name, hifpofiver tbey are
Vfoi thj.
was diltreded for provifions, zmd Govern- j q----1 tHjo we flatter ourfelves will not
nient there to have ordcr'd a high import \ only in due time demand the protection
upon every Ye fie 1 going from London j $ue to his Brkannic Majefty's Subjedrs
to that Port with Wheat, Beef, Park &c. j but in Tuch t.-rms as the A—--wil}
ceCi j not dare to refuie it,
* Hoping this rough ficetch may Spirit" ' If l'5e Enemy can keep out Cruziers
up fome. Gentleman ol'influence to take | during the height of this blowing Tern*
the matter into fericus conlideration and
to procure a fpeedv remedy. lam firt
Your obed. Servant. T. G.
Sept. 24th, 17-81,
Mr. H 1 C K Y« :
S I K,
leave through the Channel of
S_ your Paper, to point out to thofc
Gentleman in power, a Grievance wor-
thy of the attention of the -Legislative
pov/er and infiuenee, in Bengal, a griev-
ance under which the Merchants oi-Cal-
cti'.'ii, and Madras, have long groaned,
occafioned by the mam/ very heavy lulT-
es they have fufcained,- by their YelTels
being taken by the French Cruisers.. •
For near 1; Months paft the Coalr be-
tween M;ub-a.s and point Paimiras has
been infetted by French Privateers who
have (Unmolcfted) reigned Triumphant
to the great impediment of Trade and
which impediment it was hoped would
be removed when our Englifh Fleet ar-
rived cn the Coaft; but the A--■—
feems deaf to every reaionable complaint
of this kind, as if he was dererrnintd
that we fliould Iiavc reafan to lay th.-it.-
the whole of Ids conduct: was of a Pitcc '
ever Hncehis his firfr arrival in India.—
However if he fo barefacedly neglects
this part of his duty, it is .to be hoped
that the G-1 here and at Madras will
not theirs, but require fuch a Protection
as the importance of the fcryice demands.
They will alio pleafe to confider, tha l
every Yeflel taken with Rice, and othe i
Articles of Provifgons, bound for Ma-,
dras, for the relief of the Garrifon, and'
that Settlement in General, does non
only tend to the diftrels of that Settle-
ment ; but it renders our Enemies onci
peftous weather, we may with fome
reafon conclude, that when'the MonfoOns.
are broke up, tha.t.tlicy will fYt out every
tiling that can 1'wim : having ex'ery thin<.$
they can wifli for to ga'iflj *and nothing
on their -fide to Joofiv . '.
Ganjamj
Sept. jl6th, tySi,
j am oir, '
. Your niQlt G'bfcdjent Servant,
Meri-atur,
Mr. H- I C K Y, •
Plea!* 10 inlert the following fiiort Po-
fm,the finj^ularityof the thought in flia
faft part ot it may probably pleafe forng
of your Readers.
Oil a Lady ivbofe flame iiias St'/am.
" O lovely fut
IIov/fweet art thou * 1'." '
1 ban fugar thou art-Tweeter
Thou dofr as fat . •
Excel Sugar;
As fugar cfoesTalt petre.
Your obedient, Qi
* 1heti in Scotland is prcnev.v.ad thco.. .
The L A D Y ClildQ.K "tERflLLAK.
rpHOU Caterpillar that de-
" The trees, the fruits, the {hrubs,
. and Havve'rs,
" Begone ! nor more irifefii IhiV
grove, : ,
" Sacred to j leafure and to love."
This Celia faid, with ahsry frown,
And five "k the''reptile from her. ..
gown ;
Who cahrJyTaki, " Jnltikin'g diafrie, •
Thy glorious.pride from infects came,
., I'm in my difnabille, 'tis true, ' ,
Oi the molt important lerviccs they1 « i'r. ' A 11 *. 1 ii 1
, , -n ,. xg „ , , , ' ; But loon mall take a nobler hue :
could wilh for-, Nay mould tae unpro-[i T,.« * t l « : •
tected fituation of our Trade throw any' }Hlc;n . 1 .^nmaence a butrcr-%- ;>
-bed iituation of our Trade throw any.!,,
conftderable number of our Veffels intoVyjT colour .a jiiumes With thiftefliiul '
their pofTefiion, it n.ight in all probabi-
lity coalple them to fit oti£a FL'et to at-
vie
Then ecafe u? infesbs tc p:rplcx>