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HICKY 's
BENGAL GAZETTE;
OR THE ORIGINAL
Calcutta General Advertiser.
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[ VOL. II ] A Weekly Political and Commercial Paper, Open in all Parties, but influenced by None.
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103 From Saturday January, the 5th, to Saturday January 12th 1782. [ No. LI ]
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Just Published price 4 Rupees, and sold
at the following places.
Messrs. Huggins and O'Donnell, Mr.
Cantwell, Mr. Andrews' at the
Library, at Mr. Duncan's Europe
shop, and at the Printing Office.
AN Almanac for the present
Year, containing the Christi-
an and Bengal Calendars, with the
Mahometan Æra of the Hegira.—
The conjunctions, Squares, and op-
positions of the Luminaries.—The
Moons Southing Calculated agreeable
to apparent Astronmical time to the
Meridian of Calcutta, and may be
reduced to any other Meridian by a
Note inserted for that purpose.—The
Moons culminating the Meridian,
being very useful for determining the
time of High-Water at any Port
or Harbour provided the time be
ascertained at which it is high Water
at the full and Change.—The Sout-
hing may also have it's use by taking
Her Meridian Altitude, For deter-
mining the Lattitude, proper Allow-
ance being made for Her Parallex
in Altitude.—The Equation of
time necessary in regulating Clocks,
Also a Table of the Suns Rising and
Setting, independent of Refraction,
with directions how to find the
Moons full and Change at any other
Meridian on the Globe where Longi-
tude is ascertained.
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Mongheer December 27th. 1781.
Mr. H ICKY.
SIR.
I PERCEIVE by the Pa-
pers that it is in Calcutta
double the crime to speak
severe truths of a Man in
power, to what it is told,—espe-
cially when he can create places of 4
or 6000 R's per. Month and his
conscience will neither hinder him
from giving them or others theirs,
from accepting of them. In short
man I would advise you to tack a-
bout, you have a strong example be-
fore you in your brother Printer,
who is publickly known to be one of
the most Infamous and contemptable
tools of them in power, to have dis-
carded every narrow nation of honor
or J—y; short to deem nothing
binding that the law will not abso-
lutely compel him to; and has by
those amiable qualities acquired such
influence and interest, that his pa-
pers are exempted from paying Post-
age, when even the Company's Let-
ters and packages are directed to do
it, in order to increase the Fees of
the Post Master General—I
would recommend you to try what
Panegyric will do; never mind no
opposite to truth: nay indeed the
more so, the greater reason you have
to expect reward. Suppose you was
to print in proper colours the great
distresses of the Company in these
parts and the Coast abut the time of
Col. Monson's death, their want of
Money, their universal discredit, the
in samy of the Character of the Eng-
lish name in all parts of India! And
then in flowing nervous language des-
cribe the happy turn affairs have ta-
ken, especially for these last two
years! adding that with our increase
of wealth, there is an increase of
œconomy; that no Offices are crea-
ted, or admitted of, but such as ab-
solute necessity requires, that all con-
tracts are made upon the most advan-
tageous terms for the Company and
in the most public manner; in short
that now there is a glorious change,
that Wealth, Honor; Justice;, Fame,
and Credit, are the companions
of the English name in all the coun-
tries of the East, This of course
must lead you to the Great and wor-
thy Creator of all these Blessings
but what words will you find to do
Justice to the immortal Character?
—indeed I despair of your success,
there, therefore would recommend
your applying to the Poets; and
where you find a Character of their
Imagination, which they have drawn
as an example and decorated with e-
very amiable and elegant accomplish-
ment, supported by equal Virtue—
you may justly apply it to your Hero.
Wishing you may see the matter
in the same light as I do, and exert
yourself on the occasion I conclude
Sir, your humble Servant,
N. Q.
P. S. If I find you succeed and
draw your colourings strong.—there
are some other Characters in my Eye
that I will send and who will afford
your Genius nearly equal scope with
that of our Hero's,
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Honest Judge Hales opinion of the LIA
BERTY OF THE PRESS—applied
to the very severe and extra ordina-
ry case of Mr. HICKY.
IT is absolutely Essential to the
very existence of a FREE Govern-
ment that the SUBJECT should have
full Liberty to declare his PRINCI-
PLES and OPINIONS; and every act
which tends to Coerce that LIBEETY
is Tyrannical and injurious to the
Community.
The PRESS is the Medium through
which Opinions are disseminated a-
mong the People.—It is the Consti-
tutional CENSOR, and controller of
Princes.—The accuser of bad Mini-
sters—The scourge of Arbitrary
Rulers and Check of Mercenary
Judges—The most efficacious instru-
ment for rousing and forming the
PEOPLE (for whose welfare along
Laws are enacted and subscribed to
by the People themselves) to resist
DESPOTISM.—The LIBERTY OF
THE PRESS is of such infinate con-
sequence that if the LAWS and CON-
STITUTION were attempted to be
overturn 'd and the People (of course)
ENSLAVED; a Man of spirit with a
FEE PRESS, might soon restore the
one and redeem the other; without is
the Bravest People cannot long pre-
serve their Rights and Liberties from
violation.
Personal Satire against corrupt and
Ignorant Rulers and those Tools of
Power who Gorge themselves (in In-
dia) with the vitals of the Proprietors
claims attention, and support because
it is written in defence of the PUB-
LIC, it appears Arm 'd by the Sword
if Justice and encouraged not only
by the voice of the People, but by
the principles of MORALITY.
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EPITAPH in Hallifax Church.
HERE lies interr 'd a zealous grave
divine.
Meek, loving, lov'd, only with siti as
strife;
Who heard him, saw life in his docuring
ships.
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Who saw him, heard sound doctrine
in his life;
And in the same cold ded here rests his
wife:
Nor are they dead, but sleep; for he
ne'er dies
That waits for his sweet Saviour's word
Arise.
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Fort St. George 19th December 1781.
To Mr. HICKY Printer of the BENGAL
GAZETTE.
SIR,
AS it is currently reposted here that
Mr.———— and Miss————are
shortly to be Married, the high Estima-
tion I have for the Beautiful part of the
Creation, obliges me at this Time,
from Common humanity to offer my ad-
vice to her at this very critical period
of her Life, and if possible to save her
from the ruin she very unthinkingly is
going to bring on herself, the Gentleman
while here, I had frequent opportunities
of being in Company and conversing
with and if I may Judge of his disposi-
tion as a Bachelor, this Amiable Lady
has every dreadful Consequence to ap-
prehend from him as a husband, to
Marry a Clown may be a trespass against
opinion, but to Marry a Monkey and a
Fop is a sin against Nature, with the
Charms and disposition the Lady poss-
esses the road which leads to honor and
happiness is open to her view, and sin-
cerely do I hope, no Tinsel show will
induce her to depart from it by design,
Ill advised Beauteous Girl, will gilded
frippery give inward peace of mind.
When every other requisite is wanting to
render the Marriage State truly happy?
let your own good sense act for you on
this important event of your life, and well
consider what you have to lose, and what
to gain; by this detested Match; balance
your determinations with reason, and as-
certain, what future happiness you can
expect by such an Union, Attachment,
(you can have none) Love may for a
little time blind you against his four,
Crabbed, and very unhappy Temper, but
le me entreat you, not to suffer your seri-
ous deliberations become an Act of folly
If you do, my pity is all I have to give
you, for the remainder of your life will
be misery and reproach, without consul-
ting one of those pernicious Friends that
has advised you to ruin, Act my dear
Girl for yourself, and discard him im-
mediately, if you hesitate a moment you
are lost for ever, and make the whole of
his persuits, what you ought to have
done long ago. The Ridicule his preten-
sions, or in other Words, impudence de-
serves, keep your Charms for some no-
ble Generous Youth that will be sensible
of the treasure, and render you that hap-
piness they merit.
A Man on ill terms, with himself
from an unhappy figure, will never do
for, Nature never intended that the Rose
should wither by Nettles.
I am Sir.
Your very Obed. Servant.
J. H. G.
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To Mr. HICKY,
Original Printer of the Calcutta
General Advertiser,
SIR,
AMONG the variety of Witty
and pleasant Bon Moss, you
have entertained your numerous
Readers with of late, I think the fol-
lowing, made by a Gentleman, at
that time residing within the Vicinity
of Bellgram no disparagement to,
neither for humour or Poignancy of
Wit.— "Colonel******** having
invited some Gentlemen to sup with
him at his Bungaloe, situated in a
Tope, which was about the distance
of a mile from Cantonments, then
at Bell gram: the distance together
with the baren and desolate aspect of
the lands (intersected with hollow
grounds) giving the adjacent part
of the Country a very wild and dreary
appearance, naturally induced one
of the Gentlemen in Company to
ask the Colonel.—If he ever saw any
Wolves within the precincts of his
Bungaloe?— "Yes (replied the
Colonel) I sometimes, see them in
Sheep's Cloathing,"
Barrack poor, 8th January 1782,
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FRAGMENTS.
" WHEN I see good men dying of-
ten, while worthless fellows are suffered
to live, I feel the force of that passage
in the psalms most emphatically—The
Lord wish eth not the death of a Sinner".
To nibbling of critics, like the mites
in Cheese, depreciate a work to some,
but enrich it to others.
Quere?
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
The reply of Callisthenes to Alexander
may be here applied—Was it Callisthenes
or—? Not material—though some
literary blockheads would perhaps
make a bustle about it.
It is an impious prostitution of the sa-
crament, to administer it to the adul-
terer, the oppressor, or as a test, merely
by way of qualification, for some tempo-
poral office. Those only should be ad-
mitted to the communion who qualify
themselves for the next world—not
those who receive it solely for this.
Titles of honour are like the impressions
on coin—which add no value to gold and
silver, but only render brass current.
There is no such thing as real happiness
in life. The just est. definition that was e-
ever given of it, was, A tranquil acquies-
cence under an agreeable delusion. —I forget
where.
I have known many men who have
worn out what little sense had been born
with them, long before their deaths—but
yet, having been trained up in office
business, or some mechanical trade—as
the Army or the church—continue to pass
through them still, like children in a
go-cart, without either suspecting them-
selve, or being detected by others.
If you slice off the head of a turkey-
cock, after it has been once set a running, it
will continue to keep striding on, in the
same stalking gait, for several yards, be-
fore it drops.
I have known several people pass
through life, plausibly enough, with as
little trains as an Leadless turkey ceek.
Monsieur Sanction, in his life of
Tamerlane, says, that in a certain Per-
sian nation, of the province of Chauvat-
sam, the people are all born with a mu-
sical voice; and that the children moan
or cry in the cradle is perfectly melo-
dious.
This must be owing—for I would al-
ways rather account for, than dispute,
a thing—to the peculiar situation of the
Country, which may possibly have the
effect of modulating the air. In hilly
Countries, the elastic spring of that ele-
ment communicates a certain shrillness,
or sharp accent, to whatever sound it
reverberates. In Wales, the dogs bark
with an enpiercing tone—and perhaps
with a progue, as Mrs. Digherty says, in
Ireland.
The last words that Nero uttered, af-
ter he had done but justice on himself,
were—O what an excellent harper dies
this day!
My Taylor in London used to let his
pipe flow all day, by way of lulling him-
self with the sound of a water fall.
That dukes would be ministers of
state! And that cobblers should keep
holy days!
In the Rabbinical accounts of the Jew-
ish trails and punishments for adultery
there is one very curious Particular:
They gave the woman a potion, com-
posed by the Priest, called aqua zelotypis
or the water of jealousy. —If she had been
guilty, it poisoned her forthwith—with-
out benefit of Clergy. But if innocent,
it increased her health and fruitfulness.
What fine juggling there must have been
here! [To be Continued.]
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INDIAN METHOD of curing a SPITTING
OF BLOOD, communicated in a Letter
to the late Dr. Mead.
THE following case is a very extraors
dinary one; but I know the gentle-
man to be a man of veracity, and had this
account from his own mouth. He was
of a thin hectic constitution, and had
laboured under a troublesome pulmonary
cough for some years; at last he was
taken with an hæmoptoe, for which he
had the best advice he could get in Mary-
land, but grew rather worse under the
care of two Physicians that attended him
for several months, and at last he was
prevailed on to put himself under the care
of a Negro fellow, who is the Ward of
Maryland; for he has the reputation of
performing some extraordinary cures,
tho' nature has the chief claim to them;
but indeed this was not the case here: In
short he advised the gentleman to go into
a warm bath twice a day, and sit up to
his chin in it for two or three minutes at
a time? And as soon as he came our, to
dash cold watter several times on his
breast. This method soon relieved the
gentleman; and when I left Maryland,
which was about seven or eight years
after the cure, he remained free from his
hæmoptoe, eased very much of his cough,
and went through a good deal of exercise.
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ON SYMPATHY.
WHAT does this sentiment inspire?
For this I know full well,
You above others I admire,
Nor can the reason tell.
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You with another I have seen,
To you my passion flew;
In worth your equal he has been,
But did not please like you.
I love by instinct, nor know why
I am so wond'rous kind
To you; to him when I apply
I no emotion find,
You conquer: though he yields to you
In no point of desert;
I can no odds between you view,
But feel it in my heart.
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CALCUTTA,
Extract of a Letter from Madras
Dated as the Mount the 20th Dec.
1781.
H YDERS HORSE are con-
tinually harassing and scouring
the Skirts of our encampments; nor
is the Road between the Camp and
Madras paable, without an escort
from the Army.—Most of the
Officers who could obtain permission
are gone to Madras, in order to e-
quip themselves; and I am sorry to
say that Many of the Gentlemen who
have neither money, nor interest in
that Quarter to get any; encounter
as many difficulties there, as they
did when in the Field.
The un hospitable treatment they
experience from the inhabitants here
is beyond description; and instead of
assistance which they might reason-
ably expect, every door is shut against
them.
Some Vessels with provissions have
already been intercepted, and it will
be a Miracle, if the whole of the
fleet bound for his place is not taken,
for I do not hear that any steps have
been taken by Government to pre-
vent it.
NO Accounts received of the arrival
of a French Fleet on the Coast.
BY Letters from Vizagapatam we
learn, that a French Privateer of 18
Guns, has taken 80 Donies laden with
Rice from Madras.
It was said the Rice would be ransom-
ed at the rate of 2 Rupees a Bag.
The Governor General is gone to
Lucknow, in consequence of the com-
motions in that quarter.
WE ARE informed that there is a
French Sixty Gun Ship, and a Frigate
of thirty two Guns now Cruizing of Point
Godewar, near the Entrance of the Bay
of Ganjam, and that they have taken 15
Donies Laden with Rice, intended for
our Garisson at Fort St. George, Madras,
and we are apprehensive (that unless some
immediate Steps are taken by Government
to prevent it) they will take every Rice
Vessel bound from Calcutta to Madras,
the consequence of which may prove
fatal, to great numbers.
THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS
and REGULATIONS have been made by
ORDER of the GOVERNOR GENERAL and
COUNCIL.
MR. WILLIAM BLAIR Surgeon, is
to accompany Mr. Anderson in
his Expedition to Powna.
The Troops on Detachment in the
different Districts on the Zemindary of
Beneras, are in future to be under the
Command of Col. Blair.
Major Popham with his Regiment is
ordered to join his Brigade at Berham-
pore.
Captain William Davey is appointed
private Persian Interpreter to the
Governor General.
Captain Robert Frith is appointed
Aide camp to the Governor General.
Captain Hawk shaw is appointed to
the Command of the 1st Battalion of the
10th Regt. of Sepoys.
Col. Tottingham who was superseded
by Col. Blair has got his Original Rank
Standing in the Army.
WE ARE informed that Counsellor
Har grave is appointed, junier Putsne
judge of the Supreme Court, of Judic-
ature of Bengal, and is now on his pas-
sage hither.
DEPARTURES
5th January 1782. fatty Elloy
Ship Geo. Romains from Madras.
3d. H. C. Ship Swallow Capt. Hall
for Europe.—H. C. Ship Govesnor
Capt. Coxon for Madras With Rice.
5th Snow Jenny Robt. Smart for do.
With Rice Do. The Frederick Sloop.
J. H. Lund. Danish Snow Goa.—
9th Snow Triumph Tho. Thrasher
for Madras With Rice.
ERRATA in our LAST
1st Column, for with bout read without
2d Do. for coud read could, Trial of
Mr. Fradeh for City's read Cities.
Calcutta 10th January 1782.
To be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION.
ON Wednesday the Sixteenth day of
January instant, between the hours
of Ten, and Eleven, in the Forenoon
at the Old Court House, by Virtue of
several Writs of Execution in the hands
of the Sheriff.
A Messuage or Dwelling House, to-
gether with a piece or parcel of Ground,
containing Eleven Cottahs, more or less,
with several Straw Houses standing
thereon, situate at Molungah in Cal-
cutta.
ALSO a Garden containing two Big-
gahs, more or less, situate at Saldah near
Calcutta, with two Straw Houses stand-
ing thereon.
The property of She bram Bonjee, &
Loll beharry Metter.
AN Upper-Roomed Brick House, &
one piece or parcel of Ground, contain-
ing one Biggah, more or less, situate at
Kurdah in the Pergunnah of Calcutta.
ALSO a Garden situate at the same
place containing seven Biggahs, more or
less.
The property of Ram hurry Biss was.
A large upper roomed Brick House,
and one piece or parcel of Ground, con-
taining ten Biggahs more or less, situate
at Barrahnagore near Calcutta.
ALSO a Garden, situate at Bunhoog-
ley near Barrahnagore, containing 45
Biggahs, more or less.
ALSO a piece or parcel of Ground,
situate at Barrahnagore, containing two
Biggahs, and eight Gottahs more or less.
The property of Nundoll all Chaterjee,
and Durpnarain Chaterjee-.
AN upper-roomed Brick-House, and
one piece or parcel of Ground, situate
at Feringhee Tollah in Calcutta con-
taining one Biggah four Cottahs and an
half.
ALSO One other piece or parcel of
Ground with a new Baazar thereon
situate at Aumrah Tullah in Calcutta
aforesaid containing one Biggah and one
Cottah more or less.
ALSO one other large upper-roomed
Brick-House, and one piece or parcel of
Ground, situate at Sotanooty in Calcut-
ta containing four Biggahs, more or less.
And a small Quantity of Saul Tim-
bers.
The Property of Cunderpo Doss.
ALL that Capital Messuage or Tene-
ment situate, standing, and being in the
Loll Baazar in Calcutta aforesaid, on
the North side of the Road leading from
the Old Court House, to a Place called
Bytah Kannah, between the Houses of
James Stark Esq; and the House in the
Possession of Mr. Bond field Auctioneer,
together with a piece or parcel of ground
or Compound thereunto belonging, con-
taining by Estimation two Biggahs and
two Cottahs and an half more or less.
The property of M r' George Fox-
craft.
The Title Deeds of these premises are
deposited in the sheriffs Hands, for the
inspection of any person inclined to pur-
chase the same.
The Conditions will be mentioned on
the day, and at the place of Sale.
J. HARE. Sheriff.
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WANTED.
A VERY small Horse, very same
and very handsome, broke to
the Draft, and fit to be trusted to
draw a Childs chaise, and any person
having such to dispose of may meet
with a purchacer by applying to the
Clerk of the printing Office.
Mr. P. MAC INTYRE.
BEGS leave to inform the Publick
that he is removed to Chaunpaul
Gaut where he continues to sell China
Goods whole sale and Retail.
Calcutta January 11th 1782.
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WANTED.
IMMEDIATELY, a book called
the HIND, and PANTER; wrote
by Dry den whoever has got such a
book, and are willing to dispose of
it are requested to find with a Line
directed to G. A. at the printing
Office mentioning the price.
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HARMONIC ASSEMBLY.
THE Stewards of the Subscrip-
tion, Assembly Give Notice,
the Bull will be held on Tuesday next
and Continued, as usual.
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Acknowledgements to Correspondents.
THE Editor of the Bengal Gazette
presents his Compliments to observa-
tor, and begs leave to inform him that he
has received his Bon Mott alluding to a
Celebrated Lady, and informs him that he
will by no means insert it.—And it will
be returned to his servant if he thinks proper
to send for it, otherwise it will be destroy 'd
in a few days.
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POET 's CORNER.
A TRANSLATION of LATIN VERSES, From
the ARABIC.
MY boy, the glasses hither bring,
Present the balmy treasure;
More briskly pour it round the ring,
And pour it without measure.
Wine can lovers pangs assuage;
Wine allays the cares of age.
The wine is like to ruddy Sol;
The cup, of hue so mellow,
To portly Cynthia, fair and full,
Courting her lordly fellow.
Brisker rouse the ruddy light;
Pour on wine to make it bright.
What though, in beauty's transient hour,
The roses loss their blushing?
Above, the purple nectar pour,
And strow them fresh and flushing.
Let Philomel forsake the grove;
Wine inspires the song of love.
Heed not fortune's scornful frown;
In bumpers drown all sorrow,
Sleep, soon, shall all our wishes crown,
And crown them till to-morrow.
Bring round to me the nectar 'd stream,
Wine inspires the golden dream.
How sweet the genial flush of drink!
Larger draughts give larger pleasure:
Sit we till we cease to think
On aught besides our mellow treasure.
My friend by jovial; right or wrong,
We'll drink our glass, and sing our song.
MUSÆUS.
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CHORUS SONG in the Comedy of EASTWARD
HO, revived by the New Name of OLD
CITY MANNERS. By Mr. BANNISTER.
PUSH the jovial bowl about,
Ere we part, we'll see it out,
And wit and mirth shall reign, boys;
Many cares, we all may know,
And many hardships undergo,
Before we meet again, boys.
CHORUS.
Yet hand in hand,
By sea or land,
When met we'll sing and roar;
And, left our joy
Dull thoughts destroy,
We'll laugh and think no more.
North or South, or East or West,
We'll have liquor of the best:
For where so 'er we're bound, boys,
In the bowl our joys shall swim,
And, while we fill it to the brim,
They ne'er can run a-ground, boys.
Yet hand in hand, &c.
Life is like the present hour,
Mark 'd with blended sweet and four,
Our time flies swift along, boys;
Like a bowl of punch is man:
And now discover, if you can,
The moral of my song, boys.
Yet hand in hand, &c,
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The following Lines were sung by DURAST-
ANTI, when she took her Leave of the
English Stage, The Words were in haste
put together by Mr. POPE, at the earnest,
Request of the Earl of PETERBOROW.
G ENEROUS, gay, and gallant
nation,
Bold in arms, and bright in arts:
Land secure from all invasion,
All but Cupid's gentle darts!
From your charms, oh who would run?
Who would leave you for the fun?
Happy soil, adieu, adieu!
Let old charmers yield to new.
In arms, in arts, be still more shining;
All your joys be still increasing;
All your tastes be still refining;
All your jars for ever ceasing:
But let old charmers yield to new:
Happy soil, adieu, adieu!
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A Burlesque of the above Lines, by Dr.
ARBUTHNOT
PUPPIES, whom I now an leaving,
Merry sometimes, always mad,
Who lavish most when debts are craving,
On fool, and farce, and masquerade!
Who would not from such bubbles run,
And leave such blessings for the fun?
Happy soil, and simple crew!
Let old sharpers yield to new;
All your tastes be still refining;
All your nonsense still more shining:
Blest in some Berenstad or Boschi,
He more aux ward, he more husky;
And never rant, when these are lost t' us,
Another Heidegger and Faustus.
Happy soil, and simple crew!
Let old sharpers yield to new!
Bubbles ill, adieu, adieu!
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An ENIGMA
IN this happy nation, for justice re-
nown 'd,
Where places, and pensions, and honours
abound,
'Tis strange that a subject, so honest and
just,
So faithful as I am, so true to my trust,
So strict in obeying the laws of the nation,
Should want that respect to much due to
my station.
I the King's and the Magistrate's power
support;
I protect, without boasting, both city
and court;
Yet my name's rudely mention 'd (so hard
is my fate!)
No honours attend me from small or
from great.
Indeed at my levee, sometimes I must say,
Great numbers resort, my assistance to
pray;
They know my good homour;—that I'm
always inclin 'd
To do justice to all, for the good of
mankind.
I courtier-like never affect to delay,
But their business dispatch, and to send
'em away:
And those, who my clients peculiarly are,
Are sure my attention and service of share;
Nay, tho' to my presence reluctant they
come,
By my care they're made quiet, and sent
easy home:
But that which excites my just indignation,
My assembly's composed of the sum of
the nation.
Ah! why should the rich and the
great ones thus fly,
And shun my acquaintance, thus
scornfully shy,
When, to do 'em strict justice, I'd
gladly comply.
Methinks I'm ambitious; I long to
create
A closer connection 'twixt me and the
Great;—
This shyness is wrong, ye Great Ones,
believe me; [I'll receive ye.
I know your desert;—with willing arms
WANTED.
ONE or two Tanyans rising 6 Year
old Wanted also a Bay Toorkey or
Bay Tazzy Horse for, a Buggy—Any
Person having Such to Dispose of by
Applying to Mr. Andrews at the Library
may Hear, of a Purchaser.
January 8th 1782.
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FOR SALE by PRIVATE
CONTRACT.
AN Extensive Spot of Ground in
the best and Most airy Place of
Calcutta whereon is erected two
Substantial Commodious Pucka
Brick Houses.—This Estate already
brings in four Hundred Sicca Rupees
per month and is lett to the Company
for a Term at the Will and option of
the Purchaser. For the conveni-
ence of the Buyer two thirds of the
Purchase Money may remain on
Mortgage; For further Particulars
enquire of Mr. Duncan at the Old
Play-House.
N. B.—If not Sold by Private
Sale before the end of February, it
will be submitted to Public Outcry
by Mr. Duncan.
Calcutta 17th December 1781.
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To be SOLD.
A BUDGEROW the Dimensions &c.
of an India mans Long Boat with a
Large Hall and Venetians enquire of Mr.
Nyss in Calcutta—also a small Convenient
8 Oar 'd Eudgerow of 2 Rooms both in
good repair, and fit for immediate Use.
24th Nov. 1781.
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WANTED.
ONE Dozen bottles of the very
best real Oil of Camphor, per-
fectly clear and free from adulter-
ation.—(and of such qualities) to
dispose of, are requested to direct a
Line for L.—Pat the printing Office,
mentioning the price, at the same
time to send one bottle as a Muster.
WANTED.
AN Apprentice to a very genteel Bu-
siness, the Son of a European, he
must be well acquainted with the En-
glish Language, and Write a good
hand, understand something of accounts,
and of good connections, the Parents, or
Guardian of such a Person, by applying
to Mr. HICKY, at the Printing Office,
may meet with an Opportunity of pro-
viding for their Son or Pupil.
Calcutta 26th Dec. 1781.
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WANTED.
A Very excellent Horizontal Gold
stop Watch, Capp 'd and Jewelled
made by any of the following Persons Gra-
ham, Mudge, Tomkin, or Hughes, whoever
has got such to dispose of they may apply
to Mr. Hicky at the Printing Office.
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JUST PUBLISHED
BY AUTHORITY.
AND is Sold at the Library, the late
Bye Law either bound or in Sheets.
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CALCUTTA Printed by J. A. HICKY, First and late Printer to the HON, COMPANY.