Saturday 23 December 1780

HICKY's BENGAL GAZETTE; OR THE ORIGINAL Calcutta General Advertiser. A Weekly Political and Commercial Paper, Open to all Parties, but influenced by None, From Saturday December 16th to Saturday December, 23d 1780. No. [XLVIII] [Column 1] News Extraordinary from the Cricket Club. THE Gentlemen of the Calcutta cricket Club are getting themselves into Wind, and preparing to take the Field, for a very active Campaign.—But as Prior observes. The strength of every other member, depends upon the Belly, timber. "They are laying in a Capital stock of that necessary Amunition Fed Beef, and Claret, allowing no other intervals, but the short time required for its concoction.—Many of the Club are so indefatigable as to Work double. Tides, at this agreeable, tho' fatiguing operation. Monsieur Class has the care of their MASTICATORS, and to Examine them every Morning to see they are sharp, and in proper order; And the Doctors ** and ****** are to hold themselves ready with LANCETS, and CATHARTICS, being retained by the Club in case any of the worthy Members should be suddenly attacked with a plethory. N. B. A Reinforcement of OYSTERS is daily expected at Nichols's Tavern to co-operate with the BEEF. Ye Gods what havock does ambition make. THE Ambition of a certain Theatric Manager, who after playing a variety of parts, with universal applause, has been seiz'd with the strange infatuation of making his appearance in the character of a Printers Devil.—This is likely to prove the destruction of Dramatic amusements in Calcutta, having already depriv'd the Theatre of its first Performer S——D—— Esq;—who without doubt may be stiled in Tragedy.—The Barry of the East. Weep Oh! Melpomene! for justly may be applied, the words of his beloved Shakespear, take him for all in all,—" We ne'er shall look upon his like again. A Monody is preparing on this melancholy occasion by the Author of the Prologue, spoke at the last Play. The Printer's Soliloque.—A Parody of HAMLETS SOLILOQUI. TO Print——or not to Print—— that is the Question. Whether it is nobler for a man to suffer the threats and anger of the S——p——e C——n——L or to defy them and the B——d of C—m——e, and by opposing tease them!— But to stop to Print——no more—— and by that stept to end all quabbles, and the thousand cursed plagues a Printer's Heir to——'tis a consumation by cowards to be wished. To cease to print my Gazette is perchance to starve----startling thought for in that Idle state what cares may come when I have printed off my last Gazette, must give us pause——There's the respect that makes the Bengali Gazette so long lived. For who wou'd bear the insults of the Time, the C——n——les frown, and D—es contumely——The Pangs of weekly toil sorting Types.—laws array, the damn'd Post Office, and the spurns a patient Printer of the unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make by breaking up his Press,—Who wou'd bow, and cringe, and fawne obsequious at a Great Man's Breakfast, but that the dread of this same cursed starving, that land of Famine from whose fell Grips no Victim e'er returns,—— Puzzels the will, and makes the Printer bear his present ills, and induces him to continue to Print his Original Bengal Gazette than fly to projects that he knows not yet.— Thus Famine doth make Cowards of us all, And thus the boldest son of Resolution—is sick lied o'er by such pale Starving thoughts, and Bengal Gazettes of great wit and spirit without Roast Beef and Claret, die away and loose their Circulation. [Column 2] The Cranny's arrival in Bengal. A Parody of the well known Song, Welcome, Welcome. Brother Debtor. I. WELCOME, welcome, brother Cranny, To this hot but jolly place, Where no Guardian, Aunt, or Granny. Can intrude their frigid face. II. But my bucks when first a stranger, Your Sarcar damn'd tricks will play, The Rupees will be in danger. You'll be stript that knave to pay. III. We submit to no confinement, Keep it up boy here is Life Store of Nautch girls most delightful. Here no Cranny wants a Wife. IV. Free like birds escaped from prison, When first landed from the Sea Kings, and sober fools of reason Known not half such joys as we.— V. Drink and wench like Alexander, Drive our Naggs and laugh at fate Over Assia thus we squander, But beware the Prison gate. LIBERTY destroyed by CORRUPTION. THE Roman virtue and the Roman liberty expired together; Tyranny and corruption came upon them, almost hand in hand. Pliny informed Trajan, that all his predecessors, except Nerva, and one or two more, studied how to debauch their people, and how to banish all virtues, by introducing all vices. Monsieur Bayle tells us of a great traveller, who being rallied upon his rambling disposition, answered, that he would cease travelling, as soon as he could find a country where power and credit were in the hands of honest men, and where preferments went by merit. Upon this declaration, one of the company replied, "Nay then, you will infallibly die travelling." Where bribery is practised, it is a thousand to one but mischief is intended; and the more bribery, the more mischief. This ought therefore to be perpetually in the mind of every honest Englishman, because, where corruption and public crimes are not carefully opposed, and severely punished, neither liberty nor security can possibly subsist. The constitution, indeed, which has existed among us for more than seven centuries, resulted from those free and honest dispositions which inspired our Saxon ancestors with valour in the field, and probity in the cabinet: It was built on the noblest foundation, the happiness of the community. It has received many violent shocks, but it still discovers its primitive strength: what open force however could not storm, private artifice has almost by sap effected: for our liberty is little more than nominal—we are the vassals of corruption: we are bought and sold at pleasure; we are chiefly conducive to our own destruction. Cicero talking of the Roman senate, then awed by power or governed by avarice, says, "Aut assentiendum est nulla cum gravitate paucis, aut frustra dissentiendum: that is, they must either basely vote with Crassus and Cæsar, or vote against them to no purpose. These great men did not seek power, or use it in order to do good to their country, which is the true end of power, but to aggrandize themselves, which is the abuse of it, and it is to be observed, that where Government degenerates into jobbing, it soon runs into tyranny; and hastens to its dissolution. S I R, I Have been long a silent spectator of your very unmerited treatment from your rivals in Printing, and cannot resist the impulse I feel in taken up——my Pen in defence of the oppress'd who are over power'd by numbers——give me leave to tell you, your conduct hitherto must ever gain you esteem with all good and impartial Men, and that you have been particularly assiduous in bringing your paper to a degree of perfection, shows itself conspicuously in every Paper that has yet made its appearance in public. I have been repeatedly surprized that from such trifling incidents, and so few correspondents, (that you could have had) you have so agreeably amused the Public by producing such pretty little Sketches of history, curious Anecdotes, sublime poetry &c. &c.— The growing success of your Gazette (till the opposition of your Antagonists) cannot

be attributed to any thing but your own ingenuity, and in supporting it with becoming spirit.----It was evident to every Reader, (at least to me) that each Paper improved upon the preceeding one, and I make no doubt in time it would have equal'd many of our daily Papers at home.----Chaun est evrier de sa fortune.----Do not then let your Fabric be shaken'd by so weak a shock, their efforts to stop your career will prove abortive and sink within itself, no greater instance of it, can be shewn than the specimen of their India Gazette; our expectations woun'd to the highest pitch every one impatient for a sight of the new Paper, when it appeared, it proved a mere nothing in fact a collection of Advertisements; believe me you lost nothing by the comparrison, but on the contrary it gain'd applause by the other defects. Persevere with spirit as you began, in a cause like this, your Friends will exert themselves in helping you to surmount all difficulties, where is freedom if not found in the English Press? let them Print and compile, you have abilities to do the same (tho' you have not a Theatrical turn, to repeat the borrowed language of an half starved Author,) and tho' your emoluments may not be so considerable as they formerly were yet you may regain them by persisting. If you once droop, it is all over with you, you'll give your enemies an opportunity of exulting, and your situation will then be truly pitayable indeed. I find no diminution, no falling off yet in your Gazette, go on sir, and depend you'll rise superior, and the opposition you have met with, will prove as a foil to add greater lustre to your encreasing merit as an Editor. I am Sir, Your well wisher December 18 1780. A. B. If you think proper to Print this, you have my permission, and Perhaps I shall continue my correspondance on another subject. Extract of a letter from Midnapore September 24th 1780. THE following enormity was lately attempted to be committed at this place. A Shoemaker having conceived a violent passion for the Wife of a Tobacco seller, his Neighbour, had tried every mode of persuasion to bind her to his will, but finding them all in vain, He repaired with the knife of his profession in his hand, one morning very early, to her house, when he knew the Husband would be absent, and with bloody imprecations declared he would stick it into her if she did not immediately comply with his desires. The poor creature terrified to death at the Man's appearance and Menaces, resigned herself entirely to her fears. and called aloud for help, which it is probable she would not have received in time to prevent the intended mischief, if by the most fortunate accident a humane Gentleman, who has a hand and heart always ready for the service of the fair, had not heard her cries as he was going out on a foraging party, and ran to her relief, which he effected. He secured the Man in his own Main Guard, for further examination, and was so well pleased with the defence made by the Woman in preservation of her virtue, that besides making her a handsome pecuniary present, He has taken her into his own service, and employs no other person in that way. Your constant Reader, A New Correspondent. Mr. HICKY, WHEN your opponent Mr. R--published his proposals for printing a new Gazette, wretchedly written as they were. I had great expectations that Calcutta would have been favoured with something exceedingly clever, if not masterly, these expectations were founded on a slight knowledge of the Author and his industry to be thought a Man of abilities. His proposals spoke little for him; the language bad, the Sentences incorrect and his Words so unhappily chosen that it was a Perfect impression of disconsonant Jargon. However an Author on his first advance, should not be too nicely criticised on, indeed every person reads a new introduction with charity and mercy, but surely Mr. HICKY when a Man has had Law and every allowance given him for diffidence and modesty (on which Mr. R-- I believe has not any claims) He ought to rub off his sterility, and appear without any Disk, instead of which we see this Man who cannot write two lines of English, attempt to criticise and correct, and then He tells us Delicacy forbids his publishing the original, but I will leave the World to judge, which of the two pieces convey the most indecency, your impromptu or his maiden conceit, in fact I have waited patiently expecting every paper would improve, but unfortunately for this Man, notwithstanding all the assistance He has had given him together with his own Laborious and studyed Diction, his paper is the most costive and unpleasing production that ever appeared in Print, His doctrine of Ethecs is most abominably bad and much better calculated for the Precincts of Philadelphia than the polite Inhabitants of Calcutta. I have only to remark that Mr. R-- would be much more in his own sphere at a Salt pan, than He ever possibly can be at a Printing Press. THETIS. CALCUTTA. THE Garrison of Vellour being entirely composed of our own troops, Hyder has laid aside his projected scheme of besieging that place, and we hear that He is gone against Wandewash, where there are four companies of Sepoys. Hyder has posted some Horse to the Northward of Pulicat which renders the communication between the Sircars and Madras Rather difficult. We hear that the Mahrattas are assembling a Few Coss on this side of the Cuttock,----they say that they will immediately march towards Bengal, but we understand that they are making all those preparations purposely to keep up a specious apperance of supporting the Poonah Government, Yesterday the sum of 20,000 S. R's was run for on Calcutta Course by Mr. Princip's Horse Tryal, against Mr. Adair's Chesnut horse Gimcrack, Tryal won by a very considerable distance. The subscription races we are informed will begin the tenth of next month, but the Names of the horses, or the number We cannot yet ascertain. There is News from the Coast, touching the Bengal detachment, Capt. Harvey, and two others spiritedly refused to do duty under col. Owen, as being inferior in Rank to them. they were in consequence ordered in Arrest.----Major Briton 'tis said has submitted to be commanded by a Young (if at all a) captain. The Danish ship the Hope capt. Sodberge, dropt down from Serampore the 14th, and will proceed to Europe very shortly. The Passengers are Major Lewis Grant, his Lady, and children. Mrs. Wood the Lady of R. W. Wood Esq; salt Agent, and her Family. There will be no other Passengers. F. Le'Gallais Esq; formerly Master of the Tavern and Hotal in Calcutta, but since a considerable Wine Merchant, has [taken?] the whole of the Great Cabin of the [ILL] Danish Indiaman Captain Kroger. The following extract from the life and [death?] of that great lawyer and good Man [Sir?] Mathew Hale, written by the Lord [Bishop?] of Salisbury. annexed to, and published [with?] his divine and moral contemplations, is [shewn?] why the Notice and imitation of every [one?] and particularly of those whose station [is?] more exalted, and enjoy places of great [trust?] and confidence under the government, [for the?] advancement of its happiness and glory, [and the?] welfare and prosperity of its people. Things necessary to be continually had in Remembrance, 1. THAT in the administration of Justice, I am entrusted for GOD, the King and my country. and therefore, 2. That it be done; 1, uprightly; 2, deliberately; 3, resolutely. 3. That I rest not on my own understanding or strength, but implore and rest upon the direction and strength of God. 4. That in the execution of Justice, I carefully lay aside my own passions, and not give way to them, however provoked. 5. That I be wholly intent upon the business I am about, remitting all other cares and thoughts as unseasonable and interruptions. 6. That I suffer not myself to be prepossessed with any Judgement at all, till the whole business and both parties be heard. 7. That I never engage myself in the beginning of any cause, but reserve myself unprejudiced till the whole be heard. 8. That in business capital, though my nature prompt me to pity, yet to consider, that there is also a pity due to the country. 9, That I be not too rigid in matters purely conscientious, where all the harm is diversity of Judgement. 10. That I be not biassed with compassion to the poor, or favour to the rich, in point of Justice. 11. That popular, or court applause, or distaste, have no influence into any thing I do in point of distribution of Justice. 12. Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of Justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal. 14. In criminals that consist merely in words, when no more harm ensues, moderation is no injustice. 15. In criminals of Blood, if the fact be evident, severity is Justice, 16. To abhor all private solicitations, of what kind soever, and by whom soever, in matters depending. 17. To charge my servants, 1, not to interpose in any business whatsoever; 2, not to take more than their own fees, 3, not to give any undue precedence to causes; 4, not to recommend council. 18. To be short and sparing at meals, that I may be the fitter for business. Such were the rules of conduct which this best of men, both in his public station as a Judge, and in his private as a Man, strictly observed, and as steadily adhered to. Possessed of every endowment which the liberal hand of nature could bestow, He thought it a duty incumbent on him to improve them, not for the advancement of his private interest, and to swell his ambition, but for the honour of GOD, the glory of his Sovereign, and the welfare of his country.

For the Original, Bengal Gazette. Mr Smith drawing Mrs. ——'s picture. ARTIST, tho' wond'rous great We own thy skill, Yet here thy pains can never reach thy Will: To express the fulness of her charms, too faint Thy Art and Colours are, She's Beauty beyond Paint. TRIM. SIR, If the inclosed Manuscript, is not too late, and worth your inserting by publishing it in your next saturdays paper you will oblige your obedient Humble, Servant. Epitaph on a Friend, Kill'd by a Sky Rocket, HERE in peace doth lye The Body of Thomas Tye, Who was killed by The fall of a Sky Rocket in his eye, Anno Domini One thousand 700 and Seventy. PORTLAND. DECENT BEHAVIOUR at CHURCH Recommended from scripture Authorities When e're th' attend ween bell for service rings, To the solemn audience of the king of kings. To church with aweful decency appear, For 'tis irreverence the house of prayer, Where christ has promis'd us too meet and grant The suit of every humble supplicant. Then dare do nothing that is light or vain, To pay the Lord and his celestial train, For God (tho' infinite, he's every where) Commands his angels more immediate there. Who most invisible attends to see Our saints deportment to his Majesty. Therefore you break th' apostles decent rules, And offer but the sacrifice fo fools When in your saviour your devotion rouse, To keep his day and reverence in his house. For more precise instructions if you looke, Observe the directions of your prayer book, Which, when to kneel, or standing, is most fit, You'll find, and custom only when to sit. Kneel when you pray, at creed and praises stand, Is common fitting, breaks thro' no command. Always respond, with heart and voice, and then, Conclude each prayer with a devout Amen. When any portion of the scripture's read, Make that a rule by which your lives to lead. For grace and life are in the scriptures found, And sermons only as they those expound. Then every where a due attention keep, 'Tis rude to laugh or talk, to walk or sleep, Whoever behaves not at devotion well, Is going backwards to an infidel. Shewing want of true religious sense. Insulting God, and giving men offence. For scoffers we've been told there would be some— But woe to those by whom offences come Who are our modern wits, my friend replies, Can want of manners claim the name of wise? Let such remember, ere they wits commence That want of decency is want of sense, To use St. Paul's a convertible phrase, That want of decency is want of grace, Let those who rudely at his court appear, Attend——our God is a consuming fire To you who steer to Heaven your courses, right, Whose sense and wit in decency unite. You (when the Lord shall with his angels come To pass on all the irreverfal doom) For your just deeds of piety and love, Shall shine for ever like the stars above. "A verse may find him who a sermon flies, "And turn delight unto a sacrifice." To the LADIES. "With beauty sorre'd and all the graces, When others envious hide their faces! Like Cats by night the Mouse to snap Or catch the —— in the trap. CLAUDERO. Extempore on seeing Mr. W——n in the stand of the Races. "Knock 'em down by the Hammer, A very good job, To finish it of in a trice, Trust me for the Women! Sir Robert has said That every Man has his price. CHUTAH IMPROMPTU. To be continued. TO LETT. A House in the Loll Baazar belonging to Mr. Henry Grant, for further particulars please to apply to the proprietor, Calcutta 23d. Dec. 1780. WANTED. A COFFRE Slave Boy any person desirous of disposing of such a Boy, and can warrant him a faithful and honest Servant, will please to apply to the Printer. WHEREAS. WILLIAM WRIGHT Steward, and Indented servant, to Captain John Sutton of the Duke of Portland, East Indiaman; has Eloped from his Master, and Robbed him, of several effects, to a considerable amount. This is to request. All Gentlemen, and others; not to harbour or detain, the said William Wright. And whoever will Apprehend the said William Wright, that he may be brought to justice; shall receive a Reward of two Hundred Sicca Rupees. TO MERCHANT'S ABout the middle of January will sail for Madras the Ship CRESPIGNY. (late the Bazile) Any Person wanting to send Bale or light Goods. may be accommodated with Freight on the usual terms by applying to Mr. Samuel Clark at his House opposite the Police Office in the China-baazar, Owner of said Ship. ALL PERSONS. WHO have any legal claims or demands on the Estate of the late Mr Francis Palmer who died at Bussorah the 13 of June last on his way to Europe, are desired to send in their respective demands, and all persons indebted to the said Estate are desired to pay their respective debts on or before the first Day of January next to Mr. George Gardner Executor of the Estate of the said Mr Francis Palmer, deceased To be SOLD. BY private contract, a Large Lower-Room'd House situated at a place called Sultan Gunge near the Road side, consisting of one Hall, three Rooms, and a Verando, with a Number of sheds, or out Houses calculated for carpenter's to work in and covered with tiles. N. B. For particulars please to enquire of Mr. John Clees at Patna. Mr. OLDHAM. BEGS leave to acquaint the Ladies, and Gentlemen of the settlement, that He continues as usual to bake Bread and all sorts of Sweet-cakes for breakfast, Also the best sort of Biscuit, fit for the use of Ladies, and Gentlemen who travel, by Land, or Sea. And sells Butter after the manner Mr. Le Gallais did, who shortly intends to quit business. He hopes they will favour him with their commands, which will be thankfully rec'd. To the PUBLIC. IMPROVEMENTS. A Gentleman has by a Chimical re-search discovered a certain method of rendering Train Oil and other vitious Oils as pure and free from smell as the finest sallad Oil. Persons concerned in the Oil trade or others may derive very great advantages by means of this Discovry, and make a sure Fortune in a short time. The Author will communicate the secret for a Pecuniary Consideration; or will enter into Partnership with any Person inclined to employ a sum of Money in this Lucrative Line which is totally free of risk and the return speady. Direct to A. B. C. to the care of Mr. HICKY, the Printer. ALL PERSONS. WHO have any Legal Claims or Demands on the Estate of the late Lieut. Col. John Green, are desired to send in their respective demands, and all Persons indebted to the said Estate are desired to pay their Respective debts on or before the 1st. Day of February next to Captain William Greene, Ensign William Golding, or David Cummings esq; Admistrators to the estate. Fort William 8th. Dec. 1780. NOTICE. IS hereby given to the Gentlemen of the settlement and the Public in general that Mr. Robert Harvey's Godown in the Radda baazar opposite Mr Guthries formerly Mr. Thomas Smiths, Europe Shop, is now open for the sale of the following Articles viz. The best Country Rum wholesale and retail, in Puncheons, Pipes, and Hogsheads, at the rate of one Rupee eight Ans per Gallon wholesale, and one Rupee ten Ans. retail, Course piece Goods, Cossimbaazar Bandanas, raw Silks &. All Gentlemen favouring Mr. Harvey with their Commands. may depend upon his exerting every endeavour to give them satifaction. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO OUR CORRESPONDANTS. LOTHARIO's letter and poetry is received but is not fit for insertion; nor will any thing ever be inserted in the Bengal Gazette that can possibly give offence to the Ladies. Under consideracion——I. L. Z.——Aristophanes, ——Cranny, ——Wizard, Amigo, ——Grampus, ——B. L.——Mungo, ——C. D. Cadwaller, ——Old Indian, ——and Sambo. ——There is also a few more which is mislaid but will be look'd for Nimrods poetry is received but is come too late for insertion this Week. ADVERTISEMENT. A Weekly essay intitled the TICKLER, will shortly make its appearance in this Paper, intended as an Apology for a Breakfast to the Monitor.

POET's CORNER. ODE to content by Lt M-----k, an Officer from the Coast. CALM content most welcome guest Choicest inmate of the Breast By lusty temperance begot, On Innocence, in homely cot, Come, sweet Nymph, and bring along, Jocund Health and chearful song. Far be sordid thirst of Gain, And ambitions lure restrain; Lead me thro' the vale of life, Smoothe, serene, and free from strife, Whatsoe'er my station be, Middle, high, or low degree; Thou canst ev'ry wish appease And make each condition please, Thou canst chear the Pris'ner's breast, And make the crippled Beggar blest, Without thy presence, what can art, Or nature's choicest Gifts impart, What can all the world afford, If thou fly the needy Lord? Macedonia's Hero sigh'd, With the World unsatisfy'd And content might love to dwell, In the Cynic's gloomy cell. Thee Gay Health, I next address, Cause alike of Chearfulness; Health I mean to flesh confin'd, For content is health of Mind. And yet by sympathy she shares, All the ills the body bears, And her noblest Gifts are made, Still more nobler by thy aid, Sure the Stoicks boast in vain, Mind serene in racking pain, Song to Thee I next begin, Certain sign of peace within, Not the annual Song I mean, Sung at Court to King or queen, Nor the loose Italian air, Sung by Eunuchs to the Fair, Nor the vile and venal Squall, Made by Harlots at Vauxhall. Nor the hoarse tumulutous shout, Roar'd at City Feasts about, But the Offspring of the Breast, Which content and health have bless'd, Such is the rough Woodman's lay, At the near approach of Day; Or when labor hap'ly ends, Homeward chearfully he tends, Sisters bright and virgins fair, Frequent to my Hut repair, Or if vice be far away, Deign! o Deign! thro' life to Stay, Then let the Tyrant bare his arm, And ransack Hell to do me harm, Bring envy, hatred, malice spite, Each sculking elf that shuns the light, Troops Belial only shou'd command, And proudly domineering stand. Let all I reckon dear beside, An honest and a virtuous pride, So sake me, I can still defy, The Tyrants threats and dare to die, ++++++++++++++++ On the Seduction of VIRGINS, and of married Women, from the "DISTRACTED LOVER," A Poem. AND you with pamper'd pride and pomp elate, Whose birth and wealth alone proclaim you great If humbler blessings humbler minds enjoy, Oh triumph not that little to destroy! Nor think that wit and eloquence were given To banish peace from earth, and spurn at heav'n, Oh! if thou bear'st a father's, husband's name; If soft humanity e'er still thy claim; Mark the sad mother--hear her wailings wild; She beats her breast, and mourns her darling child, Lur'd from her humble hearth, and fond embrace, A slave to lust obscene and riot base; Doom'd in disease and guilt to waste her bloom, Then sink with want and anguish to her tomb! But who is He, whose eye-balls wildly roll, And speak the mighty horrours of his soul, See in his arms his infants fondly press'd; And now he drops a tear, and spurns them from his Breast. Dear innocents! whom once I lov'd as mine, Cease your gay sports, nor round me smiling twine; Mourn not your much lov'd mother's long delay, Nor ask what keeps her ling'ring steps away; O never may your peaceful bosoms know The plaintive story of your father's woe! Curs'd be the wretch, whose wealth and winning art, Tore your lov'd mother from my bleeding heart; And curs'd that greatness which its power employs To poison all the springs of social joys! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX L I N E S. Written on a window in Nottingham Castle. By an unfortunate young LADY. YE Gods! if innocence deserves your care, Why have you made it fatal to be fair? False Man the ruin of our sex was born, His prey the beauteous---and the rest his scorn; Alike unfortunate! whose fate is such, We please too little--or we charm too much! MARIA. To the Public in General. MR. SCHULTZ, is sorry that the great losses he has met with on account of Gentlemen and others being suddenly ordered from the Colony to different destinations has laid him under the indispensible necessity of selling for the future for ready money only. Mr. SCHULTZ. BEGS leave to acquaint the Ladies and Gentlemen of Calcutta, and particularly those going to leave the Country, that he will give the best price ready money for such old fashion'd Jewels as they may not chuse to keep, in order to break them up to make use of the Diamonds in the way of his business. SIRAMPORE TAVERN. CHARLES MATON having taken the House near the Water side, lately occupied by Major Briton, and fitted up the same as a Tavern, and Hotel, Respectfully acquaints the Gentlemen of Calcutta, that they may depend on every possible accommodation, good Provisions, and the best of Liquors, Beds also may be had, and Boarding, on Reasonable terms. N. B. A very good Billiard Table, and skittle Ground. Mrs. Maton makes up all sorts of Milenary in the neatest manner. To be sold, by Private contract. BY Mr. J. Andrews at the Library, a small Quantity of Company's old Madeira at 16 R's per Dozen, Cyder and Porter, at 12 R's per Dozen. W A N T E D. A White Smith, and a Copper each, must be a perfect Master Business. Inquire at the printing To be L E T T. THAT large and commodious House, at present occupied Bristow Esq; and situated near Baazar, on a pleasant spot of Grou particulars please to enquire of Mr Tiretta. Mrs. M A N N. BEGS Leave to acquaint the Gentlemen of the Settlement has moved to a house at the ba bord of Trade, and have got the Goods for Sale viz. Milinary, China and Glass Thread Sattins, plain Striped and fine Doosutties and Doosutties towe ras and pultah Chintz, Izaries f Gorgets, Ink Stands, Europe Tongues, europe Groats in Jars Cheese, and Kismases. N. B. A pair of large Mahogane ing tables a Mahogany Beareau, B Cotts of all Sizes, and sundry oto cles. ALL PERSONS. WHO have any legal claim mands on the Estate of Capt. Ant'y. Belshes, are desire in their respective demands, and a indebted to the said Estate are desire their respective Debts on or before Day of February next to Mr. Joh or Mr. Philip Delisle Executors. W A N T E D. TWO Gentlemen to assist in of useful and entertaining the Bengal Gazette. One must b of Writing essays, the other of a turn; such persons by directing calling on Mr. HICKY, at the Office, will meet with encouragem to their abilities. N O T I C E. ALL Persons who have any mands on the Estate of the la James Goldfrap, are desired to send respective claims; and all persons to the said estate, are desired to several debts, on or before the firs January next to Mr. George Attorney to Colonel Gilbert Ironfi ministrator to the Estate of the sa James Goldfrap, deceased. Calcutta, Dec. 13 N O T I C E. IS hereby given that on Satur 30th of December next, t lowing articles will be sold by Auction on account of the Duti India Company. At COSSIMBUZAR. A House situated in the Moorshedabad Distinguished name of Careemabaad forme Residence of the Company's Masters, At CHINSURA, A Pilot sloop named Beng such conditions as will be ment the sales. Chiusura the 8 Nov'r. CALCUTTA, Printed by J. A. HICKY, First and late PRINTER, to the Hon. COMPANY.