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■H I C K r s
BENGAL GAZETTE; _
OR TUB ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Advertifer.
£ VOL II J A Weekly Political and Cmmtrclci Peptr, Open ti al! Parties, but influenced by None,
9S From Saturday December the 1 ft. to Saturday December 8th 1781. [ No. XLVI ]
<T* Mr. H I C K rx
SIR,
iP^^i T has been obferved by
abandon them f yet, Sir, Strange as j joined by a Body of Thirty or Forty
it may appear* and muck as it muft j Thouftnd Pahans, riling f.om their
aftoniih the World, itis nolefs trusy I obicurc recedes in the Hills and'
granted by the Vizier for the fupport joins him in thefe claims; and borh
of our Troops, have formed a chief have Jong wifhed for an Opportuni-
partof thofe remittances to Madras, ty to exert themfclves in their rcco-
. which alone at prefent empower us very.—That Opportunity will now
J* J one ofourmoft ingenious | to difputc with Hyder the Empire of prefent itfelf.-The Order ha$ al-
%■ # Writers " that human j the Carnatic. j ready gone for Major Brifcoe t*>
•r>;tf;cf.<i- politics prefent us with I Holding fuch advantages—advan- leave Rhohil-Cund " immediately*',
nothing but a crude Compolition of tages foeflsntially necciftry to ihc ye- , The moment that this Event :akcs
Villainy and Blunders."-■ j ry exiftence of our power int he Eaft,; place, Zabty Khan, who has a con-
However fevere fuch a declaration, could it have been fuppoied that the ; fidera'bje Force and a iargc train of
when taken in a general fenfe, may j utmoft infatuation of which the de- j Artillery will get poffefikm of the
appear, yetl much fear that a retrof- j pravity of the human heart is capo.-, Gautts, and pulh forward his Troops
pecf. to the Conduct of public affairs J ble, could ever have induced us to j into Rhohil-Cund, where he will be
in this Country for the lad five years,
will afford us abundance of proofs to
juftify the afterrion.
Were we to attempt to enter into
a recapitulation of the varions fnftan-
ces within that Period, which have
contributed to fix an indelible ftigma
upon the Britiih Councils in the
E 'it, they would exceed the bounds
of any periodical publication:------
The Mahratta War, carried on in
f ivor of a parricidical Ufurper, and
the prodigal wafte of the public
treafure, arc of thernfelves, themes,
v/hich would afford matter fufticicnt
to fill a number of Volumes, and
mart ■ hereafter become the fubjedfcs
of national enquiry.-but it has
been referved for a late journey to
Benara^ to (hew us how much further
We are capabic of going in the roads
of Rapacity and extortion.----and
now, the Finis coronah Opus of the
whole, is likely tj fill the mcafure
<»f abfurdity, and to leave us nething
more either to take or to giveaway'
To all Who arc in the leaft acquainted
with the State of the Eaft India
Co.np.m'y affairs in this Country, it
is well known, that they have for
fo ne years paft drawn their chief re-
fources from the northern provinces,
the advantages derived from which
have amply rewarded the pains hi-
thcto taken for their prcfervation;
they have enabled the Govrrnme't to
fupport a conlide -able Army, beyond
®ur Frontiers without the leaft ex-
pence incurred to the Company from
their own Provinces, by which they
h ive been the means of fecurinw our
that an order has arrived from Eena-
ras for the Final and 'Total evacuation
of the ftations of Daranaghur and
Futty Ghur, with a View to thro w
thefe Countries entirely into the
hands of Almafs Ally Cawn, who
has undertaken to raifc and pay his
own Armies and to talc; upon hunt. If
the entire Management andPrpte&;bn
of thefe Provinces.
Thefe Diftriifts were formerly un-
der the Government of the Pahan
Afghanes, who wreftcd them from
the Moguls in the General Difmcm-
bermcnt of this unwieldly Empire,
and for many Years held them againft.
all OppotitionF, and as thefe Pahans
are ( I believe juftly ) eftcemed the
beft Soldiers in the Eaft, I may bolri-
lv affirm th?t nothing; but Britifh
Valor, and B rttifh Diiciplihc could
ever have fubdued them.----But,
Sir, that flime which was fm0thcred
Jungles cf Kuthahan, to recover the,
Dominion of their Anccftors.---.
There arc not lels than Fotty Thou-
fand Pahans in Ferockabad, and the
Neighbouring Countri«s, ready to
rife on the leaft appearance of a Re -
volution; thefe will directly fly to •
Arms j the principal Cities and
Towns u ill be plundered ; the Au- !
tnits driven away or cut oft*; the
Revenues will fail, and the whole of
the Country from the Stirdcwar to
Cawn pore will prefent cne univerfat
fcene of Havoc and Devafhtion.
WHEN Matters arc brought to
fuch a Crifes, 1 doubty Sir it is not
the p reft nee of Almafs and his army
of Matchlock Militia that will be
fufficient to quell fuch an Infurrec*
tion •-It would, indeed, be au
rnftilt to common fenfe to fuppofc,
that what Sifdar Jung and Sujah
Doulah fooften attempted in vain, itt
by our Victories in Rhohil-Cund, \ the plenitude of their power, fliouVd
and which has ft nee been kept un- be affected by acontcmptihle Eunuch,
der by the prefence of our Forces, with a Body of r.iw undfteiplined
and the terror of our Arm?, when j Ragamuffins.—the Britifh troops will
we offer to retire, will not fail to ofcourfe be again called into the Field
burft out with a Violence that muftj (when the Country is no longer in a
involve thefe Countries in tot ft Ru-j Gondii ion to fupport them,) andmore
in, aad induce confequences to our
felves of the moft ferious and alarm-
ing Nature!
Tregzonlcy Khan and Zabty Khan
being the Son s of thole Chiefs, who
were confidered as th^ Leaders and attend
Supporters of the Afghan Party, are to re
xceedingly p"»putar throughout thefe the
expense will be : ' :" * r-""'~
Campaign, t'
fufticient to '
lifhment fc
i lie
dominions in a if ate cf perfect tr.m- j Countries; the firft of thefe claims,
•qtulity for a pumbet of years : and j the gteutcft part of Rhohil-Cund a»
ttiefurpljiiarrilin^ from theftibfid-es hi,<; rightful Iahtxitance—the ':'.ttcr
BENGAL GAZETTE; _
OR TUB ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Advertifer.
£ VOL II J A Weekly Political and Cmmtrclci Peptr, Open ti al! Parties, but influenced by None,
9S From Saturday December the 1 ft. to Saturday December 8th 1781. [ No. XLVI ]
<T* Mr. H I C K rx
SIR,
iP^^i T has been obferved by
abandon them f yet, Sir, Strange as j joined by a Body of Thirty or Forty
it may appear* and muck as it muft j Thouftnd Pahans, riling f.om their
aftoniih the World, itis nolefs trusy I obicurc recedes in the Hills and'
granted by the Vizier for the fupport joins him in thefe claims; and borh
of our Troops, have formed a chief have Jong wifhed for an Opportuni-
partof thofe remittances to Madras, ty to exert themfclves in their rcco-
. which alone at prefent empower us very.—That Opportunity will now
J* J one ofourmoft ingenious | to difputc with Hyder the Empire of prefent itfelf.-The Order ha$ al-
%■ # Writers " that human j the Carnatic. j ready gone for Major Brifcoe t*>
•r>;tf;cf.<i- politics prefent us with I Holding fuch advantages—advan- leave Rhohil-Cund " immediately*',
nothing but a crude Compolition of tages foeflsntially necciftry to ihc ye- , The moment that this Event :akcs
Villainy and Blunders."-■ j ry exiftence of our power int he Eaft,; place, Zabty Khan, who has a con-
However fevere fuch a declaration, could it have been fuppoied that the ; fidera'bje Force and a iargc train of
when taken in a general fenfe, may j utmoft infatuation of which the de- j Artillery will get poffefikm of the
appear, yetl much fear that a retrof- j pravity of the human heart is capo.-, Gautts, and pulh forward his Troops
pecf. to the Conduct of public affairs J ble, could ever have induced us to j into Rhohil-Cund, where he will be
in this Country for the lad five years,
will afford us abundance of proofs to
juftify the afterrion.
Were we to attempt to enter into
a recapitulation of the varions fnftan-
ces within that Period, which have
contributed to fix an indelible ftigma
upon the Britiih Councils in the
E 'it, they would exceed the bounds
of any periodical publication:------
The Mahratta War, carried on in
f ivor of a parricidical Ufurper, and
the prodigal wafte of the public
treafure, arc of thernfelves, themes,
v/hich would afford matter fufticicnt
to fill a number of Volumes, and
mart ■ hereafter become the fubjedfcs
of national enquiry.-but it has
been referved for a late journey to
Benara^ to (hew us how much further
We are capabic of going in the roads
of Rapacity and extortion.----and
now, the Finis coronah Opus of the
whole, is likely tj fill the mcafure
<»f abfurdity, and to leave us nething
more either to take or to giveaway'
To all Who arc in the leaft acquainted
with the State of the Eaft India
Co.np.m'y affairs in this Country, it
is well known, that they have for
fo ne years paft drawn their chief re-
fources from the northern provinces,
the advantages derived from which
have amply rewarded the pains hi-
thcto taken for their prcfervation;
they have enabled the Govrrnme't to
fupport a conlide -able Army, beyond
®ur Frontiers without the leaft ex-
pence incurred to the Company from
their own Provinces, by which they
h ive been the means of fecurinw our
that an order has arrived from Eena-
ras for the Final and 'Total evacuation
of the ftations of Daranaghur and
Futty Ghur, with a View to thro w
thefe Countries entirely into the
hands of Almafs Ally Cawn, who
has undertaken to raifc and pay his
own Armies and to talc; upon hunt. If
the entire Management andPrpte&;bn
of thefe Provinces.
Thefe Diftriifts were formerly un-
der the Government of the Pahan
Afghanes, who wreftcd them from
the Moguls in the General Difmcm-
bermcnt of this unwieldly Empire,
and for many Years held them againft.
all OppotitionF, and as thefe Pahans
are ( I believe juftly ) eftcemed the
beft Soldiers in the Eaft, I may bolri-
lv affirm th?t nothing; but Britifh
Valor, and B rttifh Diiciplihc could
ever have fubdued them.----But,
Sir, that flime which was fm0thcred
Jungles cf Kuthahan, to recover the,
Dominion of their Anccftors.---.
There arc not lels than Fotty Thou-
fand Pahans in Ferockabad, and the
Neighbouring Countri«s, ready to
rife on the leaft appearance of a Re -
volution; thefe will directly fly to •
Arms j the principal Cities and
Towns u ill be plundered ; the Au- !
tnits driven away or cut oft*; the
Revenues will fail, and the whole of
the Country from the Stirdcwar to
Cawn pore will prefent cne univerfat
fcene of Havoc and Devafhtion.
WHEN Matters arc brought to
fuch a Crifes, 1 doubty Sir it is not
the p reft nee of Almafs and his army
of Matchlock Militia that will be
fufficient to quell fuch an Infurrec*
tion •-It would, indeed, be au
rnftilt to common fenfe to fuppofc,
that what Sifdar Jung and Sujah
Doulah fooften attempted in vain, itt
by our Victories in Rhohil-Cund, \ the plenitude of their power, fliouVd
and which has ft nee been kept un- be affected by acontcmptihle Eunuch,
der by the prefence of our Forces, with a Body of r.iw undfteiplined
and the terror of our Arm?, when j Ragamuffins.—the Britifh troops will
we offer to retire, will not fail to ofcourfe be again called into the Field
burft out with a Violence that muftj (when the Country is no longer in a
involve thefe Countries in tot ft Ru-j Gondii ion to fupport them,) andmore
in, aad induce confequences to our
felves of the moft ferious and alarm-
ing Nature!
Tregzonlcy Khan and Zabty Khan
being the Son s of thole Chiefs, who
were confidered as th^ Leaders and attend
Supporters of the Afghan Party, are to re
xceedingly p"»putar throughout thefe the
expense will be : ' :" * r-""'~
Campaign, t'
fufticient to '
lifhment fc
i lie
dominions in a if ate cf perfect tr.m- j Countries; the firft of thefe claims,
•qtulity for a pumbet of years : and j the gteutcft part of Rhohil-Cund a»
ttiefurpljiiarrilin^ from theftibfid-es hi,<; rightful Iahtxitance—the ':'.ttcr