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1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, AND 1805,
SHOWING THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION
OF THE ENGLISH IN INDIA

SIXTY YEARS AGO.
BY
W. S. SETON-KARR, C. S.,
JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, PRESIDENT OF THE RECORD COMMISSION,
AND VIOD CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALOUTTA.
VOL. 111.
Publishod undor tho sanotion of the Government of India,
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
1868.


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PREFACE.
A third and final volume of "Selections from Calcutta
Gazettes" is now presented to the Public.
It is unnecessary to add much to what has been already
said, in the Prefaces to the first two volumes, of the plan and
object of these Selections.
The present volume comprises the closing part of Lord
Teignmouth's administration, the whole of Lord Wellesley's
splendid rule, and the second brief tenure of office by Lord
Cornwallis.
The complete Series embraces a period of twenty-one
years, from the last year of Warren Hastings to the death
of Lord Cornwallis in 1805, and no pains have been spared to
render the volumes a correct and graphic picture of the
state of Anglo-Indian life, social, moral, and political, as it
was more than sixty years ago.
From the present volume it will be seen that the at-
tention of Members of Society was keenly excited during the
period treated of, by the spread and success of vaccination,
by the final operations against Tippoo Sultaun, and by the
presence of French Privateers and French Ships of war in
the Bay of Bengal, during the war with France.
As regards the operations against Seringapatam, it may
be mentioned that only one or two of the State dispatches
and State proclamations have been selected for publication.
Such State papers are already available in the Wellesley
Despatches and in other Works. But some of the letters
from Camp and accounts of the festivities which took place
after the fall of Seringapatam are curious. This volume
also contains some particulars of Lord Wellesley's tour in the
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Upper Provinces and in Bengal, which, in these days of
Railroads and Electric Telegraphs, will, it is thought, not
be devoid of interest. For several extracts from the Bengal
Hurkaru, which was then published only once a week, I
have been indebted to the kindness of Mr. S. Clarke, late
Editor of that Journal, which, after a long popularity, has
terminated its existence as a separate paper.
A full Table of Contents is prefixed to this volume, and
this opportunity has been taken to print a Table of Contents
for the first volume, which was unfortunately published
without any such necessary help. That Table can be had
separately.
RECORD COMMISSION,
February 28th, 1868.
W. S. SETON-KARR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
OFFICIAL.
1798.
Postage on letters to Europe viâ Bussorah
New Police at Madras
Twelve per cent. Loan
...
Sir Alured Clarke, Acting Governor General
Plan for the discharge of the Register Debt
Leveé of the Governor General
Voluntary Contributions for the Public Service ...
Volunteers for service in the Northern Circars
Government House Leveé
...
...
...
:
...
Prohibition of the sale of fire-arms, &c., to the Native Powers
Receipt of Spanish Dollars for the 12 per cent. loan
Uniform of the Militia
...
Rules for the observance of the Sabbath day
Appointments and promotions in the Militia
...
...
Page.
1
...
...
:
:
...
...
2
ib.
4
ib.
...
7
ib.
9
11
ib.
...
12
ib.
13
14
...
...
16
17
ib.
19
ib.
:
...
Letter from the Court of Directors-Encouragement of Indian Literature
His Majesty's Birthday-Ball and Supper at the Theatre ...
Letter from the Court of Directors-Discontent in the army
Remittances to Canton
Receipt of Gold Bullion at the Mint
...
...
:
:
Sir Alured Clarke, President in Council and Deputy Governor of Fort William 20
1799.
Commendation of the Militia by the Governor General
...
...
Civil Service-Rules for a knowledge of the Laws and the Languages
Twelve per cent. decennial loan
...
Review of the Artillery by the Commander-in-Chief
...
:
:-
...
21
22
23
24
ib.
25
ib.
ib.
27
28
29
30
32
Slaughter of Pariah Dogs
Stone quarries in Benares
Limitation of letters for the Grand Army
Supply and feeding of Elephants and Camels.
New Loan of 10 per cent. for 10 years…..
Order on the capture of Seringapatam
Ditto
ditto
...
:
:
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:..
:.
:
:
:
Reception of the Standards of Tippoo at Madras, also of the Colors of the
French Republic
...
...
Reception of the Ambassador of the Subadar of the Deccan
11
Page.
Return of Lord Wellesley to Calcutta
Voluntary Contributions of the British inhabitants of Calcutta to the Home
Government
...
Theft of a miniature by a Dâk Peon
Proposals for contract for metalling roads in Calcutta
Exchange of prisoners with the French...
...
33
34
...
36
...
...
...
37
38
...
39
...
40
...
ib.
42
43
Changes in the Secretariat Departments
Subscriptions to the 8 per cent. loan
...
...
Letter from the Governor of Bombay-Capture of the French Corvette La
Surprise-Ambassadors from Tippoo
Surrender of Vizier Ali
...
...
...
Arrival of Her Majesty's ship La Sybille
...
...
1800.
...
Proclamation of Thanksgiving for British successes by land and sea...
Thanks of the Governor General to the Revd. Mr. Buchanan for his Sermon ...
Review of the Artillery by the Commander-in-Chief
Congratulations from the inhabitants of Columbo-Reply of the Governor
General
...
Close of the 8 per cent. loan
...
Prohibition against travelling beyond Buxar
...
...
...
Tenders for coarse gravel from Beerbhoom and Midnapore for Calcutta
Duty on stones in the Quarries of Benares
Despatches-Evacuation of Egypt
...
...
...
44
45
・ib.
46
47
...
48
ib.
49
...
50
Anniversary of the capture of Seringapatam-Public breakfast by the Gov-
ernor General in the Theatre at 6-30 A. M.
Registration of Frenchmen at the Police Office
...
...
...
Final order of General Stuart, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay
...
His Majesty's Birthday-Public breakfast in the Theatre at 6-30 a. M.
Public Lotteries-Permission of His Lordship in Council
Refusal of private individuals to pay postage
Commendation of 10th Regiment Native Infantry
...
:
:
:
:
:
:
51
ib.
52
53
ib.
ib.
ib.
54
55
56
57
...
58
...
...
66
67
...
...
ib.
68
ib.
69
70
ib.
Commendation of Syud Ibrahim made prisoner by Tippoo
Clandestine arrival of convicts from New South Wales
Sale of grain at the Company's Granary
Commendation of three Battalions of Bengal Volunteers ...
Progress of Junior Civil Servants in Hindoostanee and Persian
Sale of damaged piece goods, &c., &c., at the Company's Warehouse
Discharge of fire-arms in the town-Caution
...
Overland intelligence--Attempt on His Majesty's life
Meeting for Address to His Majesty
...
Proceedings of the Commissioner for the Sinking Fund
Despatches from Constantinople-Successes of General Bonaparte-Conven-
tion of General Melas
Audience of Governor General
Bombay Armed Association
...
...
...
...
...
iii
Parade of the Militia
...
Lectures in the Native languages in the College of Fort William
Capture of the French Brig L'Adéle
Fund for the relief of distressed Europeans
...
...
...
1801.
...
Page
70
...
71
ib.
2223
72
Ill treatment of a Post Office official at Kedgeree
Death of Captain Hall, of the Intrepid. Exertions of the Officers and Crew...
Letter from the Court of Directors-Freight of goods
Correspondence of public Officers with Non-Officials-Payment of postage
Subscriptions for sufferers in Lord Nelson's victory
Apprehension of Khidmutgar with stolen property
Death of Sheikh Ibrahim, of the Body Guard
Twelve per cent. loan for two years
Powder Magazine, Atcheepore-Rules concerning-
Issue of Treasury Bills
Bills on England 2s. 6d. the Sicca Rupee
Dâk bearers-New road to Patna and Benares
Tenders for bullocks-Town of Calcutta
:
...
:
:
:
74
75
76
ib.
77
78
79
80
ib.
83
84
...
...
...
ib.
...
ib.
1802.
Engagement of the Harriet with three Pirate boats
...
Tenders for the supply of Indigo
Overland news-Peace with the French Republic
Madras Revenue appointments
Calcutta Infantry Militia
Review of the Artillery by the Vice-President in Council
...
Tender of contract for clothing the Army
...
Reward for the apprehension of a Forger
Gazette Extraordinary-Return of the Governor General—Levée
Fraudulent acquisition of 12 per cent. Notes
...
Entrance of carriages and palanquins to new Government House
Death of the Persian Ambassador
Hurdwar Fair
...
...
...
...
:
86
•
ib.
...
90
91
ib.
92
ib.
...
100
...
...
ib.
101
ib.
102
...
ib.
Address of the Governor General to the relations of the Persian Ambassador 104
Encouragement of trade with the Almorah and Kumaon Hills
Hadjeepore Fair
Post Office Rules
Dâks to Benares, Patna, and Moorshedabad
...
Exemption of articles from Inland Custom's duties
Vaccination-Papers on
Charitable Fund
...
Death of General Brisco
...
:
...
:
:
...
•
:
:
:
106
...
... 107
108
...
...
...
...
...
ib.
109
111
115
117
iv
1803.
Page.
Thanks to the Revd. Mr. Buchanan for his Sermon
Address to the Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces
Fort William-Repairs of the bridge at the Royal Gate
Examination of Cadets at Baraset
Regulations for the new Government House
Tenders for the supply of Indigo
...
...
...
119
ib.
122
ib.
...
...
...
Conviction of a Native for a conspiracy against the Judge and Magistrate of
Sylhet...
...
Rules for Bearers in Calcutta
Redemption of the public debt
Memoirs of George Thomas
...
...
124
125
129
...
130
ib.
131
Exchange on Europe
Payment of Civil and Marine salaries
...
...
Contract for elephants for the Government of Madras
...
Overland despatch-Recall of Lord Whitworth from Paris
Prohibition of the export of grain
Registration of French subjects
...
...
:
:
...
...
132
133
ib.
134
135
ib.
...
136
137
ib.
...
Bounty on the import of grain to Benares and Allahabad, Cawnpore, and
Futtehgurh
...
...
Permission to the Governor General to wear the Order of the Crescent
Permission to export grain
...
1804.
Capture of a French Privateer
Address to General Lake
...
Orders for Officers in command of detachments
Capture of a French Privateer
...
Permission to ships to leave the river Hooghly
Letter from General Wellesley-Conduct of the troops
Bounty on the import of grain to Chittagong
Capture of H. C.'s ship Althea by two French frigates
Retirement of Colonel Macan, Commandant of Cavalry
Tolley's Nullah-Tolls
Hajeepore Fair
...
139
...
...
ib.
...
:
140
...
142
:
...
143
...
...
...
ib.
...
...
146
...
...
:
...
147
...
...
...
148
149
150
152
Cuttack Provincial Battalion
...
Prohibition of Ships to leave the river...
...
...
153
...
Investiture of General Lake with the insignia of the Mahee and Muratib
ib.
Scurvy on board on H. C.'s Ship
154
...
...
Patriotic Fund
155
...
...
Certificates of conduct for Non-Officials
156
...
Charitable Fund
ib.
Cavalry and Infantry Militia-Absences without leave
158
...
...
V

1805.
Page.
Ten per cent. Loan
Price of Cotton and Opium in China
Misconduct of a Naick
...
...
..
...
...
Letter from the Court of Directors-Materials for a history of British Affairs
in the East
...
159
ib.
ib.
Civil Fund
Ditto
Inoculation
Sale of saltpetre
...
Garrison Orders, Fort William-Injury to the Glacis
Capture of the Calcutta by Lieutenant Deane
Calcutta Town Hall Lottery-Patronage of Government
Opening of the new road to Barrackpore
Process of preserving lime-juice, sour crout, &c., &c.
Appointments-Prince of Wales' Island
Death of Lieutenant Colonel Kirkpatrick
Leave of absence to St. Helena
...
...
...
...
...
:
...
160
ib.
161
ib.
... 162
163
ib.
167
...
...
> ..
...
169
ib.
172
174
ib.
EDITORIAL.
1798.
Overland despatch; National Debt; 3 per cent. at 57
Departure of Lord Mornington from England
...
...
...
175
Succession of Saadut Ali Khan to the Musnud of Oude-Royal salute
Madras news-Assassination of a Captain and his Officers by Malays
Victory of Admiral Duncan-Royal salute
Departure of Lord Mornington
European news-Lord Mornington, General Harris, Sir John Shore, &c.
Letter to the Editor-Preservation of a ship from fire
Address to Sir John Shore-Calcutta meeting
Embarkation of Lord Mornington
Death of the Rajah of Travancore
Execution of English mutineers at Madras
:
...
:..
:
:
Bombay news-Intelligence from Poona
Intelligence from Burmah
Tomb of a Parsee at Bombay
...
News from Surat-Apprehension of a Sirdar in the service of Tippoo
News from Poona-Death of M. Raymond at Hyderabad
Sepoy run through with a bayonet
...
...
Chinese fable-Origin of tea
Calcutta meeting-Address to His Majesty
Presentation of the address to His Majesty
Voluntary contribution-His Majesty's Regiments
Contributions at Madras for England
...
ib.
ib.
176
177
...
ib.
...
178
ib,
179
... 181
:
ib.
ib.
185
186
ib.
188
...
... 189
...
190
ib.
...
ib.
195
... 196
... 197
vi
Page.
Ditto at Futtehghur...
Ditto at Bombay
...
Calcutta Theatre-" She stoops to conquer"
Cure of litigation
...
...
European intelligence; projects of the French on India
Loss of H. E. I. Co.'s ships
Letter to the Editor-Poetry
...
...
...
4
...
198
199
...
201
ib.
ib.
ib.
202
:
Extract from English papers-French prisoners in England-French opinion
of British Government in India
Entertainment of the Governor General by the Vakeel of the Nizam-Launch
of a new ship
...
...
...
...
...
Arrival of Colonel Wellesley at Madras from Calcutta-Removal of the
remains of the Nawab of the Carnatic
Cure of a snake bite
...
...
204
205
206
ih.
...
European intelligence-Pitt's duel-Capture of Lord E. Fitzgerald, &c., &c.... ib.
Overland intelligence-Destruction of the French fleet
207
...
...
Letter from London-Prices of Indigo, Sugar, &c.—Premium of insurance 208
Madras news-Voluntary contributions-Address to His Majesty
Bombay news-Establishment of the Court of the Recorder
Bombay news-Engagement between a Dinghy and nine Pirates
Madras news-Establishment of the Court of the Recorder
Letter to the Editor on building in India
...
ib.
211
212
...
...
213
214
...
...
...
1799.
Madras news-Arrival of the Governor General
Delivery of colours to the Bombay Voluntary Association
Loss of an H. E. I. Co.'s ship by fire at Saugor
Delay of dâks by banditti
Letter from Camp
Ditto
...
Robberies by Bheels near Surat
Arrival of H. M.'s Ship with French prize
Engagement with a French privateer
Extraordinary disappearance of a child
Local news-Unsettled weather-High tides
...
.:
218
...
...
219
221
222
...
ib.
:
:
223
ib..
224
ib.
...
. 225
... 226
... 227
... 228
...
Calculation of the transit of Mercury by Dr. Dinwiddie ...
Manufacture of a cable from aloes
...
...
...
Observation of the transit of Mercury by Dr. Dinwiddie
Viclent thunderstorm; death from lightning
Letters from Madras-News from Camp
...
...
:
...
230
...
ib.
231
Thunderstorm at Serampore and Barrackpore
Explosion of powder at Pultah
ib.
...
232
Letter to the Editor - Poetry
ib.
Letter from Camp-Seringapatam
234
...
Proclamation by the Governor General-Reception of the Standards of Tippoo 237
vii
Deaths by the explosion at Pultah
Address to General Baird
Presentation of a sword to ditto
Public meeting at Madras
...
:
:
Review of the Madras Militia by the Governor General
Discovery of valuable manuscripts at Seringapatam
Calcutta meeting-Address to the Governor General
Omission of Leap Year
Letter from Amboyna-Boa constrictor
Launch of a ship at Calcutta ...
Public breakfast at Madras
...
...
Public meeting at Bombay-Addresses to the Governor General
Ditto at Calcutta
...
:
Page,
238
...
239
240
ib.
241
ib.
ib.
243
ib.
244
ib.
246
249
...
News from Bombay: cultivation on the Malabar Coast-Execution of robbers 253
Importation of Bullion
Overland intelligence viâ Bussorah
...
...
...
254
...
ib.
...
...
Presents of Tippoo intended for the French Directory
Local news-Price of opium-Birthday of the Queen of Portugal— Action with
a French privateer
...
...
255
ib.
1800.
European intelligence-News of the fall of Seringapatam-English fleets
-Departure of Bonaparte from Egypt
Bombay Turf Club-Encouragement of the breed of horses
Local news-General Thanksgiving
...
Bombay news-Execution of banditti-Visit of Commissioners to Poona
Execution of a deserter to the French
...
Sale of Salt
Recipe for diseased Spleen
...
Complaint against a Captain of an East India Ship by seamen
Madras local news: picture of Lord Mornington
Royal license to Lord Wellesley-Augmentation of arms...
Statue of Lord Cornwallis at Madras
...
256
257
...
ib.
259
...
261
262
263
ib.
264
...
...
...
ib.
265
Royal Levee-Presentation of the colors of Tippoo
News from Rangoon-French privateer
:
...
Letter to the Editor-Calculation of the century
Death of General Claude Martine
Defence of the Armenia, against a French Privateer
Capture of the H. E. I. C.'s ship Kent by a French privateer
Fear of plague at Surat
Capture of the Malartic
...
Engagement between the Albatross and L'Adele…..
Hurricane at Masulipatam
:
Address to His Majesty on the late attempt against his life
Long passage from Europe
:
...
:
266
ib.
267
...
...
268
269
270
:
272
ib.
273
...
275
...
ib.
278
viii
1801.
Letter from Hyderabad: Burial of Colonel Dalrymple-Terrible sickness on the
...
...
...
West Coast
Deaths from landing at Diamond Island, off Pegu
Criminal Sessions-Sentences of death
...
Storm in Calcutta-House struck by lightning
Entertainment of Lord Nelson by the Court of Directors
Destruction of the Ship Lalla by fire off Budgebudge
Loss of the Duke of Clarence-Damage to the Louisa
Madras news-Installation of the Nawab of the Carnatic
Progress of Lord Wellesley up the country
Donation to the Officers of the Armenia
Establishment of the Supreme Court at Madras
Westminster Dinner
Loss of the ship Ganges in the river
...
Progress of the Governor General up the country
Criminal sessions-Public executions
...
...
...
...
Page.
279
...
280
...
ib.
281
282
...
283
ib.
284
•
ib.
285
...
... 286
ib,
...
287
ib.
...
European intelligence: surrender of Alexandria-Reception of the Royal
Princes of Hindustan by the Governor General-Progress of the Gover-
nor General
...
289
290
i
1802.
Local news-Launch of ships
...
News from Cochin China
Meteor at Madras
Sketch of the storming of Seringapatam
...
...
College of Fort William-Distribution of prizes ...
Madras news-Fight with a tiger
...
...
Capture of the ship Highland Chief by a French privateer
293
...
ib.
...
...
ib.
294
...
...
296
299
300
Overland news viâ Bussorah-Congress of Amiens-Local news-Barbarous
murder
...
...
Letter from Macao-Temple sent from Pekin
Marriage of the daughter of the Rajah of Coorg
Loss of H. M.'s ship Sensible-Launch of the Chittagong
Bombay local news-Barbarous murder
...
301
...
...
302
303
...
ib.
304
News from Cape Town-Fall of a part of Table Mountain
Arrival from the Mauritius: news of Peace
...
Bombay Festival of St. Patrick's day
Progress of the Governor General up the country
News from Poona
...
...
...
Cession of Ceylon to H. M.'s Government-Address of the natives
Wild elephants in Sergouja
Valley of Alligators in Scinde
Anniversary of Seringapatam...
Sepoys in Egypt
...
...
...
...
...
...
ib.
305
306
ib.
312
ib.
314
315
316
317
ix
Letter-Loss of H. M.'s ship La Sensible
Gale at Trincomalee ...
Arrival of Officers at Mocha
Court of Directors-Sir J. Banks
44
:
...
...
Page.
317
318
319
ib.
Journal of a voyage to the Persian Gulf-Execution of a Hindoo at Salsette ... 320
Despatches from Alexandria-Peace of Amiens
...
Bombay news-Monsoon-Epidemic-Destruction of a gang of robbers
Reception of the Persian Ambassador at Bombay...
Patronage, Civil and Military, of the Court of Directors
Movements of the Persian Ambassador ...
Tiger at Midnapore Station
Vaccine disease
014
...
321
ib.
323
...
325
ib.
326
327
...
ib.
...
...
Destruction and plunder of the Tombs at Kerbela by the Wahabees
Return of the Artillery from Egypt-Precautions against plague
Letter on Vaccine Inoculation ...
...
Entertainment to General Baird and the Officers returned from Egypt
Presentation of a sword to General Baird
Bombay-Death of Mr. Carnac
Intelligence from Europe by the Red Sea
Bombay-Destruction of a rebel
Dinner to Sir Ewen Baillie, Azimgurh
Canara caves-Appearance of a tiger
Madras: public thanksgiving for Peace
Launch of a vessel at Anjengo
Bombay-Death of the Recorder
Madras-Opening of a canal at Black Town
Ceylon news--Works at Negombo
...
Bombay Entertainment to the Persian Embassy
Calcutta Criminal Sessions
Entertainments at Dacca
News from Bussorah
:
:
...
...
:
...
...
:
...
...
329
... ib.
332
ib.
333
...
...
335
ib.
336
...
338
ib.
341
342
343
344
:
:
...
:
:
:
ib.
... 345
346
347
1803.
348
...
Ceylon news-Presentation of a medal to a native
Letter on vaccine inoculation
Ditto ditto
Calcutta-General thanksgiving for Peace
Subscriptions to Pitt's Statue ...
...
Splendid entertainment at Government House
Correspondence on vaccine
...
:
:
...
...
Presentation of a sword to a Commander of the H. E. I. Co.'s Cruizer
Conveyance of the Persian Ambassador's remains to Bushire
Papers on vaccine
...
Allahabad-Death from lightning
Dreadful fire at Bombay
...
Accident to a boy from a shark
...
...
no.
...
:
ib.
349
... 354
...
356
357
363
366
ib.
...
367
...
371
372
374
B
X
Bombay Affray on board an Arab Ship
Calcutta Anniversary of Seringapatam -
Death of an E. I. Co.'s Director
Entertainment to the Governor General
North-Wester: fall of a Bungalow
His Majesty's birthday
...
10
...
:
Criminal sessions-Sentence of death on a burglar, &c., &c.
Columbo-Endemic fever
...
Mauritius-Introduction of cow-pox
Death of Colonel Hessing at Agra
Loss of the ship Caledonia by fire
Earthquake at Calcutta
Death of Mr. John Obeck
Ship Lady Castlereagh
...
Madras-Entertainment to Lord Clive ...
Departure of ditto
...
Madras-Lady William Bentinck's ball
News from Botany Bay
Accident in the surf at Madras
...
Madras Sermon on the heroes of Assaye
Beypore-Launch of a ship
...
...
Page.
375
ib.
376
ib.
382
383
...
... 385
386
ib.
:
ib.
387
...
...
388
ib.
...
...
389
...
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:
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:
:
:
...
...
...
:
390
ib.
391
ib.
392
ib.
393
1804.
Entertainment at Cuttack
Westminster Meeting
Destruction of a Pirate by His Majesty's Ship Rattle Snake
Bombay-Appearance of a French privateer
Cricket match-Eton against the World-Score of Charles Metcalfe
Madras-Public Breakfast
...
394
ib.
...
...
ib.
395
ib.
396
397
ib.
398
ib.
399
401
...
402
...
ib.
Death of John Hoole
List of French Privateers
...
News from Ceylon-English prisoners at Candy...
Letter from an Officer of His Majesty's ship Caroline-capture of French
vessels
...
...
Calcutta Meeting-Address to the Governor General
European news-Death of Sir Robert Chambers
Saugor Island-Attack by a tiger
Calcutta-Address to the Captain of His Majesty's ship Caroline
Madras-Consecration of the new Chapel
News from Galle-Death of a robber
...
Investiture of a Portuguese with the Order of Christ
Calcutta-Entertainment in honor of peace with the Mahrattas
Bombay-Arrival of the Ambassador from the Pasha of Bagdad
Visit of ceremony to ditto
Address to General Wellesley ...
...
Arrival of General Wellesley at Bombay
:
.:
...
403
404
ib.
...
406
409
411
...
...
412
...
ib.
xi
Dinner to General Wellesley
Calcutta-Arrival of the Ambassador of the Pasha of Bagdad
Bombay-Ball and Supper at Government House
Calcutta-Dinner to General Wellesley- Relief of the poor...
Madras-Address to the Governor General
Bombay Entertainment to General Wellesley
Visit of the Bagdad Envoy to the Governor General
Short Criminal Sessions
Futtehgurh-His Majesty's Birthday
Bombay-Criminal sessions-Duelling
...
Page.
413
...
ib.
414
416
04
417
419
420
421
422
423
424
ih.
Address of the inhabitants of Behar, Patna, and Dacca
Departures of Commanders of East Indiamen
Address of the inhabitants of Seringapatam to General Wellesley
Arrival of General Wellesley at Calcutta
Bombay-Death of a Nawab-Distress at Poonah
Patriotic Fund-Letter to the Governor General...
Bombay-Murder at Surat
...
Commemoration of the battle of Assaye
Execution of a murderer at Surat
#
...
Essays by the students of the College of Fort William
Honors conferred on General Lake by the Emperor of Delhi
Admiralty-Boys for the service of the East India Trade...
Overland despatch
...
Robbery at Baroda by the Bheels
Cure of St. Vitus's Dance
...
Embarkation of General Wellesley
Famine at Poonah
Death in the Soonderbuns
Criminal Sessions: sentence
...
Capture by His Majesty's ship Concorde
...
...
Medal given to Mr. Maclachlan, Calcutta
:
.. 425
ib.
427
...
428
429
433
...
ib.
ib.
442
443
•
ib.
ib.
445
447
448
ib.
ib.
449
450
:
...
...
•
:
1805.
Extract from Hurkaru-Agriculture in Madras ...
Murder of Captain and Officers of a ship
Letter on vaccination from a Native
451
452
...
...
ib.
Death of the Imaum of Muscat-News from the Cape
453
Audience of the Bagdad Envoy with the Governor General-Departure of
ditto
454
***
t
Letter from the Mauritius-Capture of the Fame
ib.
Capture of the Eliza
455
...
...
Storm at Ceylon
456
...
...
Review of the Fencible Regiment at Bombay
ib.
Delivery of letter from His Majesty the King to His Highness the Nawab of
the Carnatic
457
...
...
xii
Entertainment to Admiral Rainier at Madras
Ditto
Dinner to ditto
Large tiger
to Sir Arthur Wellesley…..
Capture of the Pigeon by a French Frigate La Psyche
Capture of the Thetis by the same vessel
News from China-Price of opium, cotton-Pirates
Declaration of a Lascar-Capture by the French
...
:
Recovery of a packet thrown overboard-Sufferings of Officers
Elephant on the Esplanade-Accident
Arrival of the Cornwallis-Account of the Seychelles
•
:
:
Prince of Wales' Island-Picture of Lord Wellesley-St. Patrick's day
Conviction for Perjury of an Armenian
Observations on Ceres and Pallas
News from Columbo...
...
...
...
...
Freedom of the City of Edinburgh conferred on Dr. J. Gilchrist
Murder of a Magistrate, C. S., at Colombo
Letters from and to the Raja of Tanjore
..
:0
Visit of Lord W. Bentinck to Calcutta...
Overland News
100
...
Letters from Mocha-Lord Valentia
...
Letters from the Coast-His Majesty's Birthday…..
Wreck of the ship conveying the Bagdad Envoy...
Letter to the Editor of the Hurkaru-Education of Boys...
Manuscripts of Tippoo, and visit of Dr. C. Buchanan to Malabar
Arrival of Lord Cornwallis in the Medusa Frigate
Ditto
Ditto
Address to Lord Cornwallis by the inhabitants of Madras
Donation by the Court of Directors to the Chinese fleet
Departure of Lord Wellesley
11
Mahomedan Jubilee in England
Cocoanut day at Bombay
Letter from Cannanore-Moplas
...
Page.
458
... 460
462
464
•
ib.
465
ib.
467
...
... 468
...
469
470
472
474
478
481
... 482
ib.
483
...
484
485
...
...
486
ib.
487
488
...
491
...
492
...
...
ib.
:
493
:
:
:
494
495
496
497
...
ib.
499
Calcutta Meeting-Death of Lord Cornwallis
Letter from H. E. I. Co.'s ship Castlereagh-St. Helena-Prices of provisions 500
Arrival of the Persian Ambassador at Bombay
Northern Circars; Inundation
A
Bombay-Landing of the Persian Ambassador
Trial of a Duellist
...
...
งวง
Visit of the Governor of Bombay to the Persian Ambassador
Madras-Funeral Sermon on Lord Cornwallis
Criminal Sessions-Address to the Chief Justice
Royal visit to the India House
...
Captures of British vessels by the French
Ceylon-Funeral Sermon on Lord Cornwallis
News from Baroda ...
...
Monody on the death of Lord Cornwallis
Funeral Sermon on ditto, Bombay
:
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:
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502
ib.
503
... 505
...
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...
. 509
511
512
514
515
516
ib.
517
518
xiii
Sale of deer
ADVERTISEMENTS.
...
1798.
...
Portuguese burying-ground-Mrs. Tiretta's remains
Death of Sandy Scott; also of M. Raymond
Opening of the Calcutta Exchange Coffee House
Address to His Majesty
Sale of table linen
Gilchrist's Dictionary
Marriage
...
Garden seeds
..
D
...
...
...
Subscriptions for the Public Service
Mode of selling European goods
Sale of Mr. Barwell's house
Calcutta Races
Effects of a deceased person
Undertaker
...
•
...
Charter House-Founder's day
Ruins of Gour, &c.
...
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•
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:
I
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:
1799.
...
:
Sale of Indigo works
Oxford and Cambridge dinner
School at Dinapore
Sale of Indigo Factory
Calcutta Exchange Lottery
...
...
Sale of Indigo Factory at Dinagepore
Military boots
Chariots, Postchaise
...
New dock at Sulkea ...
Loss of a boy at Hooghly
Papers of Tippoo Sultan
Marriage
Loss of a boy at Hooghly
Dessert service-Raffle
Holbein's engravings
...
...
:
...
:
...
...
•
Paintings of the capture of Seringapatam, &c.
Boarding School
...
Duelling Pistols, &c....
Death of Mr. Schmaltz
...
...
Sale of Bacon, Briskets, &c.
Pacific Razors
Theft of watches, seals, &c.
...
1800.
...
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:
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:
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:
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:
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Page.
521
ib.
. . $
ib.
...
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...
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J
522
ib.
524
ib.
ib.
525
ib.
526
527
ib.
528
ib.
529
ib.
...
•
:
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:
:
:
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:
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:
530
531
:
ib.
ib.
532
533
...
534
535
...
ib.
...
...
536
ib.
537
ib.
...
538
:
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:
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•
ib.
539
il.
540
541
542
ib.
ib.
AIX
14
Page.
...
...
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:
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...
...
...
:
542
543
ib.
544
ib.
ib.
... 545
... 546
547
... 548
...
...
Dexter's Livery Stables
Death of a young lady
Remedy for Yellow Fever
School at Serampore
Fire Engine
Engravings of Seringapatam
Birth of 3 children
141
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sale of Estate and Houses at Dinagepore
...
...
...
Sale of lower roomed House near the "Monument"
Sale of Traggacanth
Death of Cowper the Poet
Death of Colonel Frith
4
Portuguese letter to Mr. Barretto
….
...
...
1801.
1
ib.
ib.
ib.
...
...
...
:
...
... 550
.50
...
...
ib.
551
ib.
ib.
552
...
...
...
...
553
ib.
554
ib.
ib.
ib.
555
...
...
...
...
1.
Sale of houses in Chowringhee
Sale of stores
Cards of invitation to a Ball to the Commander-in-Chief
Marriage-Mistake
Dexter's livery stables
House in Crooked Lane
Villa at Cape Town
...
Death of Orme the Historian...
...
...
Sale of Classics, &c., &c., belonging to General Martine
Marriage
...
...
...
Freight on the Bangalore-Roymungul River
Public Apology
Marriage
...
...
Death of Mr. J. Thomas
...
Will of Mr. Moratcan-Bond...
...
•
...
...
...
...
1802.
...
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...
...
...
...
#
ib.
ib.
...
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:
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...
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...
557
ih.
ib.
ib.
558
ib.
ib.
559
...
...
ib.
ib.
560
ib.
...
Sale of the Bread and Cheese Bungalow
Advertisement-Demands on an estate ...
Fresh oysters
Bread and biscuits
Private tutor
Death of an old lady
Sale of house and grounds
Revenue Assistant
Loss of a terrier
Chittagong elephants
Death of Major Tone
Undertaker
404
Jewellery and diamond cutting
064
:.
...
...
...
...
...
:
:
:
...
:
:
...
ib.
XV
Fulta Farm
Bengali Vocabulary-Sanscrit Grammar
Interpreter or Writer
...
Death of the wife of the last survivor of the Black Hole
Instructions in Music
1803.
...
•
...
•
Education at Chinsurah
Ball at Government House
Cow-pox-Native Hospital
Sale of Bowarrah Factory in Tirhoot
Sale of House of Sir C. W. Blunt
Sale of Horses
Steward or gentleman's servant
Cheltenham Salts
House to let
Sale of House
...
Sale of Curricles and carriages, ponies, &c.
French Cook
Commercial Boarding School ...
Chronological History, &c., &c.
Millinery
Mansion at Russapugla
Villa at Peer Pahar
Philosophical work
Beard's tavern
Military apparatus
Westminster Meeting
..
...
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...
...
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:
1804.
...
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:
:
Page.
561
ib,
ib.
...
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:
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Agency
Postchaises, &c.
Sale of Saltpetre
Calcutta Academy
...
Miniature and Oil Painter
Mortgage of Bandel jewels
...
Sale of the house belonging to Hon'ble R. Lindsay
Sale of Atchepore and Fort Gloucester estates
Bandel Church-Caution
Sale of effects of a native woman
Prices of Horses and Carriages
044
562
ib.
... 563
ib.
...
564
... 565
566
...
:
ib.
...
LOO
ib.
567
ib.
ib.
568
ib.
..
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...
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:
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...
•
...
:
ib.
569
571
...
572
573
ib.
574
...
:
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575
ib.
:
...
576
...
ib.
577
ib.
ib.
578
ib.
...
... 579
:
ib.
...
ib.
J
"
. 580
xvi
Sale of Curiosities
1805.
Sale of House and Grounds at Russapugla
Sale of Annota
Fat quails...
Prices of Carriages and Horses
Page.
... 581
· ib.
582
...
ib.
ib.
Supply of Lascars for Ships
583
...
Death of the Governor of Serampore
584
General Martine's Paintings
585
Wig-maker
ib.
St. Andrew's Day
ib.
Tippets-Otto of Roses
586
Death of Native Commandant of 15th Battalion and a Parsee Merchant
ib.
Sale of Classical Authors
ib.
PART I.
OFFICIAL.
THE 4TH JANUARY 1798.
The following advertisements respecting the regulations prescribed by
the Government of Bombay for the transmission of letters from
that Presidency to Great Britain via Bussora, have been copied
from the Bombay Courier of the 9th ultimo, for the information
of our readers :-
Bombay Castle, 7th December 1797.
The Hon'ble the Governor in Council having resolved to establish a
regular monthly communication with Great Britain via Bussora, the
public are hereby informed that private letters will be received for
transmission at the Office of the Secretary to Government, under the
following regulations:-
First. That no letters shall exceed in length four inches, in breadth
two inches, nor be sealed with wax.
Second. That all letters shall be sent to the Secretary to Govern-
ment with a note specifying the writer, and with the writer's name
signed under the address, to be countersigned by the Secretary, previous
to deposit in the packet, as a warrant of permission.
Third. That postage shall be paid on delivery of the letter at the
rate of ten rupees a single letter weighing one quarter of a rupee; for
letters weighing half a rupec, fifteen rupees; and for those weighing one
rupoo, twenty rupees.
Fourth. Two mails will be transmitted by cach despatch, one of
which is intended to be despatched via Aloppo, the other ria Bagdad.
Lotters in duplicate will be placed in cach packet, or if single, at the
discretion of the Secretary.
Fifth.-No packet or letters are to be received by the Commander
of the packets, but through the prescribed channel, nor will any, except
through the same channel, be forwarded by the Resident at Bussora.
Sixth-The mails will be despatched from Bombay the 1st day of
overy month, and the first despatch will be on tho 1st January 1798.
Published by order of the Hon'ble the Governor in Council,
JOIN MORRIS,
(Sd.)
Secretary.
G
[1798.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
THE 18TH JANUARY 1798.
New Police at Madras.
The Committee appointed for the superintendence of the Police,
consisting of the following Gentlemen:-
MR. JOHN CHAMIER
دو
WALTER BALFOUR
N. E. KINDERSLEY
""
G. TASWELL...
"
MAJOR ALLAN
MR. S. D. TOTTON
وو
JOHN DENNIS
APPO NAIG...
:}
His Majesty's Justices of the Peace.
Superintendent of the Cutcherry Court.
Master Attendant.
Town Major.
Secretary to the Committee of Police.
Superintendent of the Market.
Cutwal.
At the same time, the following regulations had passed to take
effect from the 1st instant:
That the public market will be held at the place lately occupied by
the Madras Battalion, at the south-west angle of the Black Town, and
that the fish market will be on the sea side at the north-east angle of
Fort St. George.
That the Dullavoy and Maistry palankeen-bearers for such gentle-
men as may apply to them for that purpose at the Cutwal's Choultry in
the Black Town.
That the regulations respecting palankeen-bearers, bullock hire, cart
hire, &c., &c., are lodged at the Public Office in the Fort, where they may
be seen on application to the Secretary.
That printed lists of the new rates of provisions may be had at the
Public Office.
That if any cause of complaints should occur, the same is to be
represented, in the first instance, to Mr. Totton, the Secretary to the
Committee of Police at the Public Office in Fort St. George, who will,
without loss of time, submit the same to the Committee for their consi-
deration and decision.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, 27TH JANUARY 1798,
Fort William, Public Department, the 26th January 1798.
Notice is hereby given that the Sub-Treasurer at the Presidency
and the Collectors of the revenue in the several zillahs, have been
authorized to receive, until further orders, any sums of money not less
than Sicca Rupees five hundred, that may be tendered on loan to the
1798.]
3
PART I.-OFFICIAL.
Honorable Company, on the terms of the advertisement published in
the Gazette under date the 19th September 1796, of which the following
is a copy :-
Public Department, Fort William, the 19th September 1796.
The public are hereby informed that the Sub-Treasurer at the Presi-
dency, the Resident at Lucknow, and the Collectors of Benares, Shaha-
bad, Moorshedabad, and Dacca, have been authorized to receive until
further orders any sums of money, not less than Sicca Rupees five hundred,
that may be tendered on loan to the Honorable Company, for a
period of one or two years, at the option of the Governor General in
Council, on which interest will be allowed at and after the rate of twelve
per cent. per annum, and paid for the first year at the expiration of twelve
months, whether the principal should be then paid or deferred until the
expiration of the second year.
For the immediate satisfaction of those who may pay money into
the Treasury at any of the places above mentioned, a receipt will be
granted in the following form:
"I do acknowledge that A. B. has this day paid into the Honor-
able Company's Treasury the sum of Sicca Rupees for which he is
entitled to receive from the Secretary to the Government a Promissory
Note, payable at the expiration of one or two years from this date at the
option of the Governor General in Council, with interest to be paid
annually, at and after the rate of twelve per cent. per annum."
The following is the form of the Promissory Notes which will be
issued by the Secretary to the Government in exchange for the above-
mentioned receipts:-
No.
FORT WILLIAM,
Promissory Note for Sicca Rupees
The Governor General in Council does hereby promise for and in
behalf of the Honorable United Company of Merchants of England
trading to the East Indies, to pay at the Presidency of Fort William in
Bengal, at the expiration of one or two years after the
at his option, unto A. B., Executors, Administrators or Assigns,
or their order the sum of Sicca Rupees
the Honorable Company's Treasury, from
or
received into
together with
4
[1798.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
interest annually, at and after the rate of twelve per cent. per annum,
from the
Examined
Registered as No.
Signed by order of the Governor General in Council,
Accountant General,
Secretary to the Government.
The Resident at Lucknow and Collector of Benares are authorized
to receive the current money of those countries without any deduction
for batta.
The public will receive Promissory Notes in exchange for the
receipts to be granted in the first instance on application at the Office of
the Accountant General.
Published by order of the Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SUNDAY, 18TH MARCH 1798.
Yesterday, the Honorable Lieutenant General Sir Alured Clark,
K. B., took the oaths and his seat at the Council Board, as Acting
Governor General: a salute of 19 guns from the Ramparts of Fort
William and three vollies of small arms by the troops in garrison were
fired on the occasion.
Sir Alured Clark will have a Levee at his house at Chowringhee
every Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, until further notice.
THE 12TH APRIL 1798.
Fort William, Public Department, 3rd April 1798.
The Acting Governor General in Council having adverted to the
great depreciation of the public securities which has invariably followed
any extraordinary demand on the resources of Bengal, and deeming it of
essential importance to the interests both of the public and individuals,
that such measures should be taken for upholding the value of these secu-
rities in future as can be adopted consistently with the existing engage-
ments of Government to their creditors to appropriate the surplus resources
1798.]
5
PART I.-OFFICIAL.
of this Presidency, whenever there may be any such surplus, to the dis-
charge of the register debt according to priority of date, he has passed
the following resolutions:-
1st.-A fund shall be established in Bengal for the redemption of the
existing and future debts of the Company in India to be provided by
bills to be drawn upon the Honorable Court of Directors quarterly, and
to consist of no less a proportion of the principal of the debts for the time
being than two per cent. per annum, to be applied invariably towards.
the redemption of the debt of this Presidency, together with the interest
that may from time to time accrue upon all securities that may be so
redeemed, as soon as may be conveniently practicable after it shall have
been received, and the General Treasury shall be opened accordingly for
the receipt of cash for each quarterly appropriation, for which bills
upon the Honorable Court of Directors will be prepared by the Deputy
Accountant General, as usual, in any sum that may be required.
2nd.-The monies that may be so received by the Sub-Treasurer
shall be placed to an account to be raised in the Cash Account of the
General Treasury, and upon the general books of this Presidency under
the head of "The account of the Commissioners appointed by the Governor
General in Council for applying certain sums of money annually in
Bengal, towards the reduction of the debts of the Company in India," and
all other monies that may be received for interest and for the principal
of the securities that may have been bought up, when they shall come in
course of payment according to the prescribed order, shall be placed to the
said account and applied, in like manner, by the Commissioners towards
the redemption of the debt.
3rd.—The Commissioners shall apply all monies that may be so placed
to their account, to the purchase of Government securities, whether the
same may be at above or below par, as may appear to them most advisable
at the time being, adverting to their respective rates of interest and
current price.
4th.-The Commissioners shall lay out the whole of the monies, to
be disposed of by them, in as equal weekly portions as may be conveniently
practicable, and shall have two fixed days in each week for determining
upon the offers that may be made to them by individuals of Government
securities for sale; but they shall be empowered to determine in circula-
tion any proposal that may be made to them in the intermediate days.
5th.-The Commissioners shall accept of the lowest tender, and in
case of their receiving more than one tender upon the same terms, they
shall accept as equal a proportion of each of such tenders as may be
practicable with convenience to the parties.
6
[1798.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
6th.-The Commissioners shall be at liberty to subscribe any part
of the monies, to be placed to their account, towards any public loan that
is now open, or may be hereafter opened, in case they should not be able
to apply the whole of the funds in their possession to the purchase of
Government securities in the market, and it should appear to them to be
beneficial to the interests of the fund to subscribe to such loan.
7th.—All the securities that may be purchased shall be transferred
by endorsement at the time of purchase, to "The Commissioners appointed
by the Governor General in Council for the reduction of the debts
of the Company in India." The terms of purchase and the considera-
tion to be given shall be then stated upon each of those securities, and
attested by three or more of the Commissioners, as a voucher to the Sub-
Treasurer for the issue of the amount.
8th.-The Commissioners shall take precedence according to their
rank in the service of the Company, and, in case a difference of opinion
should arise at any meeting that may be held by them, and they should
be equally divided, the senior Commissioner present shall be allowed a
casting voice. All their proceedings at such meetings shall be entered in
proper books to be kept for that purpose, and a copy of such proceedings
be transmitted to the Governor General in Council within seven days
after the expiration of each month.
9th.-A list of the securities which may have been bought up
in each month, shall be transmitted by the Commissioner, within
seven days after the expiration of such month, to the Secretary to the
Government.
10th. The original securities shall be transmitted by the Sub-
Treasurer, within seven days after the expiration of each month, to the
Secretary to the Government, to be cancelled in the presence of the
Governor General in Council, after having been compared with the
list received from the Commissioners.
11th. This list shall be then attested by the Governor General and
other Members of Government, and returned to the Sub-Treasurer as a
voucher for the securities therein mentioned having been redeemed, and
as a future authority to him to transfer the amount that may be payable
on account of such securities for interest and principal as each shall res-
pectively become due, to the credit of the account of the Commissioners.
12th.-An account shall be made up to the 30th of April in every
year by the Accountant General, of all sums paid into the Treasury, and
placed to the account of the Commissioners, and also of all Government
securities which shall have been redeemed previous to the day on which
1798.]
PART I.-OFFICIAL.
the said account is to be closed, to be laid before the Governor General
in Council, immediately after the close of the general books for the year,
and to be published in the Gazette, in order that the public may be con-
stantly advised of the progress that has been made towards the redemp-
tion of the debt.
13th. The Commissioners to be appointed for carrying the plan
into execution shall not be less than five in number, and they shall be
sworn to execute the duties to be reposed in them faithfully and impar-
tially to the best of their judgment.
14th.-The Acting President of the Board of Revenue and of the
Board of Trade, the Secretary to the Government, the Accountant General,
and the Sub-Treasurer shall be Ex-officio Commissioners for the manage-
ment of the fund.
Published by order of the Acting Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 31ST MAY 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General will have a Levee at the
Government House, on Monday next, the 4th June, at 10 o'clock, in
Honor of His Majesty's birth-day.
A weekly Levee will be held every Tuesday at the same hour, the
first to take place on the 12th June.
THE 2ND AUGUST 1798.
Minutes of Council in the Public Department, Fort William, 30th July 1798.
The Governor General has the satisfaction to communicate to the
Board a letter from Major General Sir James Craig, K. B., containing
the account of the laudable zeal manifested by the Corps under his com-
mand, in their early subscription to the voluntary contribution for the
aid of the public service.
The Governor General informs the Board that it is his intention
to forward the loyal and dutiful address of the British inhabitants of
Calcutta to the Honorable the Court of Directors by the Ship Eurydice,
with a request that the Chairman will present it to His Majesty when-
ever His Majesty shall be pleased to receive it.
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By the same opportunity the Governor General proposes to for-
ward to the Honorable the Court of Directors the resolutions of the
Meeting of the British inhabitants of Calcutta, and the list of the
subscribers to the voluntary contribution as well at Calcutta as in other
parts of these provinces. He further proposes that the names of all
persons who shall hereafter subscribe to the voluntary contribution, be
regularly transmitted to the Honorable the Court of Directors by the
earliest opportunity.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
COUNCIL CHAMBER;
The 30th July 1798.)
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
Fort William, Public Department, 1st August 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having taken
into consideration the most eligible mode of carrying into effect the
resolutions for promoting voluntary contributions in Bengal for the
public service, presented to the Right Honorable the Governor General
on the 24th ultimo, by a Committee of the British inhabitants of Cal-
cutta, the following orders of His Lordship in Council passed for that
purpose, are published for general information and for the guidance of
the several public Officers therein mentioned :—
1st.—That the Sub-Treasurer at the Presidency, the Resident at
Lucknow, the Collectors of revenue in the several zillahs, and the Mili-
tary Pay Masters and their deputies at the several stations of the Army,
be authorized to open Books for the purpose of receiving the subscriptions
of such persons as shall be desirous of entering into voluntary contribu-
tions for the support of His Majesty's Government in Europe, and to
receive into their respective Treasuries the amount of all contributions.
that may be tendered to them.
2ndly.―That the several public Officers above mentioned be directed
to transmit to the Accountant General a weekly register of the sums
that shall have been subscribed in their respective books, and also a
weekly register of all sums that may have been received on account of
such subscriptions, and to enter in their respective cash accounts the
whole of the monies that they may have so received under the general
head of" Fort William Presidency" with the subordinate head of " Volun-
tary contributions."
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3rdly. That the Accountant General be directed to make up an
account, at the end of each month, of all contributions that may have
been paid into the several Treasuries under this Presidency, in the course
of that month, and to prepare bills for the amount to be drawn by the
Governor General in Council on the Honorable the Court of Directors
of the East India Company, at the exchange of two shillings and six
pence per sicca rupee, payable twelve months after date.
4thly.-That bills to be drawn upon the Honorable the Court of
Directors, as well as the bills that may be drawn by individuals upon
their correspondents in England in payment of their contributions, be
made payable as follows:-" To the Secretaries for the time being, to the
"Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or their order on
"account of the (or my) voluntary contributions (or contribution) en-
"tered into in Bengal to be applied to the public service, in such manner
as the wisdom of Parliament may direct, whether Great Britain shall
"continue in state of war, or whether peace shall have been re-estab-
"lished."
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5thly. That the Accountant General be further directed to take
charge of all such bills as may be tendered to him by individuals in
payment of their contributions, and to forward such bills and also the
bills to be drawn upon the Honorable Court of Directors, together with
a regular register thereof, by the public packets, addressed to the Secre-
taries for the time being, to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's
Treasury.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 1798.
General Orders by the Commander-in-Chief, 31st August 1798.
A body of sepoys being required to proceed by sea to the Northern
Circars, it is the wish of Government to collect Volunteers from the
whole Native Army, in order that every Corps may have the oppor-
tunity of manifesting its zeal and attachment to the service, which, the
Commander-in-Chief is confident, will not be less conspicuous on that
than on several former occasions, wherein the Native troops on the
Bengal establishment acquired a just and lasting renown for courage
and fidelity.
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A bounty of one month's pay and full batta will be given to each
man who shall be employed as a Volunteer prior to his embarkation, and
every possible attention will be paid to the comfort and convenience
of the Volunteers whilst on board of ship, and the greatest care taken
in laying in their water and provisions, under the inspection of some of
themselves who may be selected for the purpose.
After the service shall be over, they will be permitted to return to
the Battalions from which they were received.
The season of the year in which they will embark will be favorable for
an expeditious passage, and the duration of the voyage will not probably
be more than eight or ten days.
The whole of the foregoing is to be clearly explained to the several
Native Regiments and Battalions.
The Commander-in-Chief is sensible that the spirit and alacrity of
the sepoys are capable of being much promoted and conciliated by the
European Officers, and bespeaks their zealous exertions in forwarding
the views of Government by using every argument calculated to inspire
confidence and promote emulation; and he assures them that they can-
not better fulfil their duty to their country, or render a more acceptable
service to Government than by a cordial assistance on the present
occasion.
The Major Generals commanding Stations will exert their influence
in such manner as shall appear to them most likely to ensure success.
The Volunteers will be formed into Companies, and the Companies
into Battalions, with the usual proportion of Commissioned and Non-
Commissioned Officers, and, for the sake of greater encouragement, Jema-
dars will be promoted to the rank of Subadars, Havildars to the rank of
Jemadars, Naiks to the rank of Havildars, and Sepoys to the rank of
Naiks.
I
Commanding Officers of stations will form the Companies and select
for promotion the men who have been the most diligent and the most
disposed to the service.
An European Officer will be appointed to each Company, and
the choice is left to the Commanding Officers of stations.
A drummer and a fifer to be attached to each Company.
The Volunteers collected at Futtyghur, Cawnpore, Allahabad,
Chunar, Dinapore, Kishengunge, Gyah, Burragong, Dacca, and Chitta-
gong are to be sent immediately to Barrackpore by water, on boats to
be provided for the purpose.
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They are to bring with them their clothing, now in wear, but not
their arms or accoutrements, which will be furnished from the Arsenal in
Fort William.
As soon as the Companies are formed, returns are to be transmitted
to the Adjutant General, specifying the number of Hindoos and Maho-
medans.
The Officers in charge of the Companies are to be careful to bring
with them certificates of the periods to which the men have been paid.
The whole are to be struck off the strength of their respective corps,
and their places to be filled up by recruits.
The Officers Commanding at Berhampore at the Presidency and
Midnapore will report, as soon as possible, the number of Volunteers at
their respective stations, when subsequent orders will be given.
:
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THURSDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 1798.
Notice is hereby given that there will be no Levee at the Government
House on Tuesday next, and that on Thursday the 25th being the Anni-
versary of His Majesty's accession, the Right Hon'ble the Governor
General will have a Levee to commence at 10 o'clock.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 15TH NOVEMBER 1798.
Fort William, Public Department, 5th November 1798.
Whereas the sale of fire-arms or other warlike stores to or for the use
of the country Powers or private persons, without express authority for
that purpose, having been heretofore prohibited by the orders of Govern-
ment, and the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having
reason to believe that attempts have been made to evade the said prohi-
bition, His Lordship in Council hereby declares that the said trade
in fire-arms and warlike stores has been and continues to be entirely
forbidden, and that any person or persons who shall be detected in ex-
porting from Calcutta or any other part of the Company's Provinces to
any part or parts of the country within their territories, or otherwise,
Cannon or Guns of any other description, or any arms or warlike stores
of whatever denomination, without a Pass sealed with the seal of the
Company and signed by the Secretary to this Government, will be con-
sidered as having forfeited the protection of the Company and will be
sent to Europe.
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It is further hereby notified and declared that the Justices of the
Peace for the Town of Calcutta, the Collectors and Officers of the Customs
within the Company's Provinces, including the Zemindary of Benares,
and the Magistrates of the several districts, have been directed to take due
care that the strictest attention be paid to this order, and to seize within
their respective jurisdictions any property attempted to be passed in
violation of this order, declaring the said property to be confiscated, one-
half to the use and benefit of the Honorable Company, and the other half
to the benefit of the informer, who shall be entitled to the same upon
conviction of the party or parties engaged in the trade.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.)
D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
Fort William, Public Department, 17th November 1798.
Notice is hereby given that the Sub-Treasurer is authorized to
receive all the Spanish Dollars which may be tendered to him in payment
of subscriptions to the 12 per cent. loan on or before the 20th instant, at
the rate of Sicca Rs. 210 per 100 Dollars.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.)
D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.
Regimental Orders, Calcutta, 20th November 1798.
The uniform of the Corps to be a short jacket, scarlet faced with
yellow, yellow buttons with the Honorable Company's crest, waist-coat
and pantaloons white, with half-boots, black stocks, and round hats with
a Fox Tail and Black feather. Muster of the jacket, hat, and accoutre-
ments will be shown at the Serjeant Major's Quarters in the old Fort
on Wednesday morning next, where they will remain for inspection
until the clothing, &c., of the Corps is completed.
All persons who have been this day mustered, and who have not
the means of providing themselves with uniform clothing, are requested
to send in their names to the Adjutant without delay, in conformity with
the above Minutes of Council.
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The Regulating Officer, Captain Griffiths, will take the necessary
measures for clearing and rolling the ground in the neighbourhood of the
Great Tank, heretofore appropriated to a Militia Parade.
Militia Orders by Lieutenant Colonel Graham, 21st November 1798.
The Armenian inhabitants who have enrolled themselves to serve in
the Calcutta Militia, are required to parade on Friday morning next, at
sunrise, on the Respondentia Walk, for the purpose of being mustered.
Militia Orders by Lieutenant Colonel Graham, 22nd November 1798.
}
The Portuguese inhabitants who have enrolled themselves to serve
in the Calcutta Militia, are required to parade on Monday morning next,
at break of day, on the Respondentia Walk, for the purpose of being
mustered.
(sd.) M. SHAWE, Lieutenant,
Adjutant, Calcutta Militia.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.
!
The 9th November 1798.
PROCLAMATION.
By the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council.
Whereas it has been represented to the Right Honorable the
Governor General in Council, that several places in the vicinity of Calcutta
and elsewhere within these Provinces are become the ordinary resort
of disorderly persons from the Foreign Settlements on the Sabbath day :
And that at such places of public resort, horse races are frequented and
the pernicious practice of gaming prevails to the scandal of the British
Government and to the prejudice of those who are entitled to its pro-
tection: And whereas the profanation of the day set apart for the
solemn observance of public worship is a practice destructive of the good
order and morals of society, and contrary to the duties and ordinances
of the Protestant Religion, His Lordship in Council hereby orders and
directs all Magistrates and Officers Commanding at Military Stations, to
prohibit horse races and all other meetings for the purpose of gaming
on the Sabbath day within the limits of their respective jurisdiction or
commands; And if any person or persons shall be guilty of disobedience
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f
to such prohibition, the Magistrates and Officers of the district or
station in which such offence shall be committed, are hereby strictly
commanded to report the name or names of any person or persons so
offending to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council; And
His Lordship in Council hereby declares that the person or persons so
offending shall be liable to forfeit the protection of the Honorable the
East India Company, and to be sent to Europe.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 29TH NOVEMBER 1798.
Minutes of Council in the Military Department, 26th November 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council has been pleased
to make the following appointments and promotions in the Calcutta
Militia :-
2nd Lieut. Colonel W. A. Brooke.
1st Major J. Bebb.
2nd
J. Belli.
""
Captain F. Gladwin.
R. Bathurst.
>>
F. Mure.
""
J. Buller.
""
C. H. Barlow.
""
T. Myers.
R. Birch.
""
W. Fairlie.
""
W. Burroughs.
>>
Hon'ble H. Wellesley.
Lieutenant H. Buller.
C. Benezet.
""
دو
J. H. Harington.
J. Cotton.
دو
T. Dashwood.
"
R. W. Cox.
""
G. Dowdeswell.
""
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|
Lieutenant H. Trail.
J. Vanzandt.
""
J. Dickens.
رو
L. Ball.
وو
A. Colvin.
دو
J. Shaw.
G. U. Lawtie.
دو
F. Horsley.
T. Gowan.
""
J. Palmer.
وو
دو
W. Egerton.
""
R. Parry.
C. Rottiman.
>>
Allan Gilmore.
CAVALRY,
1st Captain and Commandant W. Farquharson.
2nd
""
"
Lieutenant Hon'ble F. Fitzroy.
Jos. T. Brown.
"
C. Cockerell,
F. Macnaghten to act as Adjutant to the Cavalry.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned Armenian Gentlemen to be Officers in the
Militia as follows:-
1st Captain and Commandant Moses Arackiel.
2nd
دو
دو
>>
Johanes Sarkies.
1st Lieutenant Aratoon Petruse.
2nd
""
Issac Malchus.
1st Ensign Narciss Johanes.
2nd
""
and Adjutant John Stephen Mirza.
By order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council;
L. HOOK,
Sub-Secretary.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 29TH NOVEMBER 1798.
The following Extract from a letter from the Hon'ble Court of
Directors, dated the 25th of May 1798, is published for general
information.
By order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,
(sd.) D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
"Para. 105.-You will have observed by our despatches from time
to time, that we have invariably manifested, as the occasion required, our
disposition for the encouragemeut of Indian Literature. We understand
it has been of late years a frequent practice among our servants, especially
in Bengal, to make collections of Oriental Manuscripts, many of which
have afterwards been brought into this country, these remaining in
private hands, and being likely in a course of time to pass into others, in
which probably no use can be made of them. They are in danger of being
neglected, and at length in a great measure lost to Europe as well as to
India. We think this issue a matter of greater regret, because we ap-
prehend that since the decline of the Mogul Empire, the encouragement
formerly given in it to Persian literature has ceased; that hardly any
new works of celebrity appear, and that few copies of books of estab-
lished character are now made, so that there being by the accidents of
time, and the exportation of many of the best manuscripts, a progres-
sive diminution of the original stock, Hindoostan may at length be much
thinned of its literary stores without greatly enriching Europe. To
prevent in part this injury to letters, we have thought that the Institu-
tion of a Public Repository in this country for Oriental writings would
be useful, and that a thing professedly of this kind is still a bibliothecal
desideratum here. It is not our meaning that the Company should go
into any
considerable expense in forming a collection of Eastern books,
but we think the India House might with particular propriety be the
centre of an ample accumulation of that nature; and conceiving also
that gentlemen might choose to lodge valuable compositions, where
they could be safely preserved and become useful to the public, we there-
fore desire it to be made known that we are willing to allot a suitable
apartment for the purpose of an Oriental Repository, in the additional
buildings now erecting in Leadenhall Street; and that all Eastern Manu-
scripts transmitted to that Repository will be carefully preserved and
registered there.
"106. By such a collection the literature of Persia and Mahomedan
India may be preserved in this country, after perhaps it shall, from
further changes and the further declension of taste for it, be partly lost in
its original seats.
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"107. Nor would we confine this collection to Persian and Arabian
Manuscripts. The Sanscrit writings, from the long subjection of the
Hindoos to a foreign Government, from the discouragements their litera-
ture in consequence experienced, and from the ravages of time, must
have suffered greatly; we should be glad, therefore, that copies of all
the valuable books which remain in that language, or in any ancient
Dialects of the Hindoos, might, through the industry of individuals,
at length be placed in safety in this Island, and form a part of the pro-
posed collection."
(A true Extract)
(Sd.)
D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
THE 13TH DECEMBER 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General having appointed
Monday, the 17th instant, for the celebration of His Majesty's Birthday,
there will be a Ball and Supper at the Theatre on the occasion, at which
His Lordship desires the favor of the company of all the Gentlemen
belonging to the Civil and Military service of His Majesty, and of the
Hon'ble the East India Company.
December 6th, 1798.
(Sd.)
R. DAVIES,
Aide-de-Camp.
THE 13TH DECEMBER 1798.
Extract from a letter from the Hon'ble Court of Directors, dated the
6th June 1776.
114. We shall conclude with some remarks on the very extraordi-
nary conduct of several of our Officers, in their address to you on the
new arrangement of the 8th January 1796.
115. When we consider the liberal principles of that arrangement,
framed as it was in concert with His Majesty's Ministers, and who united
with us in endeavoring to remove every reasonable cause of complaint;
when we recollect that in many instances indulgences were granted by
it which had not been asked, and which could not have been expected;
when we advert to the pecuniary sacrifice made by the Company to promote
the comfort and happiness of the whole of our Indian Army: We
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must repeat in the terms of the concluding part of our separate letter of
the 8th January 1796, that we had the most sanguine expectations that
all discontent would be done away; that our Military servants would feel
duly impressed with a sense of the protection extended to them, and the
great regard shown to their interest; and that they would consider with
candour the important duration made in the service in general, in credit,
emoluments, and respectability, however some few individuals might not
feel their perfect situations exactly what they wished.
116. To these sentiments on the most mature deliberation we
adhered, and we are convinced every ingenuous, every reasonable mind will
concur in them. What, therefore, must have been our surprise and
indignation to find these our well founded expectations disappointed, and
to learn that some of our Officers, instead of receiving the material
benefits and advantage held out to them by the new Army Regulations,
with gratitude and respect, had presumed to arraign those regulations
in a style of disrespect and intemperance highly unbecoming the situ-
ation in which they stand to those who had prescribed them; that some
had even dared to insinuate that we had been actuated by unworthy
motives in forming some part of the regulations, and that other parts,
the most beneficial to their happiness and interest, had been treated with
contempt or indifference; in short, in their unfounded animadversions
they have totally lost sight of subordination and submission, and even
betrayed symptoms of disaffection to our service!
117. When we examine the situation of those who thus, forgetful
of their duty, have annexed their signature to addresses of this complexion,
we are concerned to find amongst them several whose immediate advan-
tage must follow the carrying into effect the arrangement determined;
and while, on the other hand, young men who had just entered the service
have presumed to call in question the principles of regulations, which it
was scarcely possible they could comprehend.
118. It is, nevertheless, some consolation to us to observe, that the
number of Officers to whom these remarks immediately apply is compara-
tively small, and we are still willing to persuade ourselves, that on more ma-
ture reflection, impressed with a conviction of the substantial benefits of the
new arrangements, even those few will see the impropriety of their con-
duct and return to a just sense of their duty; so to adopt the language
of the Governor General in his Minutes of Council of the 25th June
1796, we doubt not that experience will prove to the Officers of the
Bengal Army, that their collective interests have been more consulted
in the arrangements, than they appear at present to understand.
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119. From these considerations we are induced to draw a veil
over the past conduct of those Officers whose addresses have been the
subject of the foregoing animadversions; but, necessary as it is for us to
preserve that respect and subordination which is so much our due from
them in every view, and to deter our Military servants from such proceed-
ings in future, we hereby direct that if any of our Officers hereafter
presume to address themselves to our Government in an offensive,
intemperate, or disrespectful style, upon the subject of orders received
from us, such Officers, whatever be their rank and service, will be imme-
diately dismissed from our employ and sent to England.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 20TH DECEMBER 1798.
Fort William, Public Department, 12th December 1798.
Notice is hereby given that the supra cargoes at Canton have been
authorized to receive fifteen lakhs of Rupees into their treasury in
specie, and to grant Bills upon the Governor General in Council for the
amount payable in Bengal, in cash, upon the following terms, viz.:
The first 5 lakhs, at the exchange of 39 Head Dollars per 100
current Rupees, payable thirty days after sight.
The second 5 lakhs, at the exchange of 40 Head Dollars per 100
current Rupees, payable forty-five days after sight.
The third 5 lakhs, at the exchange of 41 Head Dollars per 100
current Rupees, payable sixty days after sight.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 20TH DECEMBER 1798.
Fort William, Public Department, 13th December 1798.
Notice is hereby given that the Right Hon'ble the Governor
General in Council has thought proper to authorize the Mint Master to
receive, until further notice, all the Gold Bullion which may be tendered to
him, and to grant certificates for the net amount thereof, after deducting
the established duties, as soon as its value shall have been ascertained by
Assay, which certificates will be payable at the General Treasury in cash
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thirty days after date, or at the option of the proprietors, receivable at
par, in payment of opium advertised for sale on the 20th instant,
whenever they may be tendered for that purpose.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.)
D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
THE 27TH DECEMBER 1898.
Fort William, Public Department, 25th December 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General having determined to
proceed to Fort St. George, His Lordship has been pleased to nominate
His Excellency the Hon'ble the Lieutenant General Sir Alured Clarke,
K. B., Vice-President and Deputy Governor of Fort William.
Published by order of the Vice-President in Council,
(Sd.)
D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
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THE 3RD JANUARY 1799.
MILITIA ORDERS
By the Right Hon'ble the Governor General, Fort William,
December 21st, 1798.
The Governor General has observed, with the utmost satisfaction,
the zeal and alacrity with which all ranks of the European, Armenian,
and Portuguese inhabitants of the Town of Calcutta, have applied
themselves to learn the use of arms, since the re-establishment of the
Corps of European Militia.
The regular and assiduous attention of the Infantry and Cavalry
comprising this respectable Corps, will soon render it an important
addition to the Military Force of this Presidency, and will contribute
essentially to the security of the seat of the Supreme Government of
the British possessions in India.
The Governor General, being on the eve of his departure for Fort
St. George, takes this opportunity of declaring his public approbation
of exertions so honorable to the character of this Settlement, and so con-
formable to that spirit which now secures the British Empire in Europe
against the combined efforts of all its enemies.
All the Officers bearing commissions in the Militia having, without
exception, manifested every possible degree of activity and diligence
in the formation and discipline of their respective Companies and Troops,
the Governor General will not attempt to discriminate between the
merits of individuals belonging to the Corps. But it is his duty to
express a particular sense of the service rendered by Lieutenant Colonel
Welsh, of the 2nd Regiment of Native Cavalry, in forming the Corps
of Militia Cavalry, which has derived great advantage from the valuable
instructions of that respectable Officer.
The Governor General is persuaded that no incitement is necessary
to sustain the zeal which now animates the whole Settlement; but he
cannot withhold from the gentlemen who have exerted themselves on
this occasion, the accompanying testimony of the value of their services,
contained in a letter from the Right Hon'ble Henry Dundas, which did
not reach Fort William until some weeks after the re-establishment
of the Calcutta European Militia had taken place :---
Extract from a letter from the Right Hon'ble Henry Dundas, to the Right
Hon'ble the Governor General, dated the 16th June 1798.
"In consequence of the menaces and arrogant language of
our enemy, threatening, by an invasion of our own Island, at
once to strike at the whole vitals of our strength and power, a spiri
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of zeal, ardent loyalty, and national pride has been excited to a
degree unequalled at any period of our history; and the consequence
of it is, that all ranks and degrees of men are coming forward to be
trained in arms,-determined to repel every attempt to insult our
Coasts, or to disturb the internal peace and prosperity of the country.
We are, in truth, become an armed nation; and, in addition to all our
other advantages, have formed a bulwark of internal security, founded
upon the voluntary zeal, loyalty, and valour of the country. I wish
earnestly to urge your Lordship to take this statement under your con-
sideration, as applicable to the situation of India. If it be true that a
successful invasion of this country would prove fatal to us, in every one
interest worthy to bestow a thought upon, it is still more peculiarly
true with regard to His Majesty's subjects settled in India. A success-
ful attack upon our possessions in India, and the overthrow of the
British interests there, would be a death's wound to every prospect
which any Civil Servant of the Company can entertain. Why then-
are not they, so far as is consistent with their other avocations and duties,
learning to devote some leisure hours in each week, in order to learn the
use of arms, and to form themselves into Corps, under the authority
of the Government, for the purpose of adding to your European strength
in India, and preparing themselves, in case of the last extremity, to
sacrifice their lives in defence of those interests upon which every thing
essential in life must depend? This is an advantage which, in the day
of difficulty, no other European nation but ourselves have the means
of resorting to."
THE 3RD JANUARY 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 21st December 1798.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council, considering
that the due administration of the internal Government and affairs of
the Company in Bengal requires that no Civil Servant should be nomi-
nated to certain offices of trust and responsibility until it shall have
been ascertained that he is sufficiently acquainted with the laws and
regulations enacted by the Governor General in Council, and the several
languages, the knowledge of which is requisite for the due discharge of
the respective functions of such offices: His Lordship in Council hereby
apprizes the Civil Servants of the Company in Bengal, that from and
after the 1st January 1801, no servant will be deemed eligible to any
of the offices hereinafter mentioned, until he shall have passed an ex-
amination (the nature of which will be hereafter determined) in the laws
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and regulations, and in the languages, a knowledge of which is hereby
declared to be an indispensable qualification for such respective office..
The languages, a knowledge of which will be considered requisite
in the several offices in the Judicial, Revenue, and Commercial Depart-
ments, are:-
For, the office of Judge or Register of any Court of Justice, in the
Provinces of Bengal, Behar, Orissa, or Benares-the Hindoos-
tanee and the Persian languages.
For the office of Collector of Revenue or of Customs, or Com-
mercial Resident, or Salt Agent, in the Provinces of Bengal or
Orissa-the Bengali language.
For the office of Collector of Revenue or of Customs, or Com-
mercial Resident, or Agent for the provision of Opium, in the
Provinces of Behar or Benares-the Hindoostanee language.
With regard to the laws and regulations, the examination will take
place with respect to those laws and regulations which may relate to
the duties or the conduct of the business of the respective offices
already enumerated.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council has given
this previous intimation to the Civil Servants of this Establishment, in
order that every servant whose views may be directed to the succession
to any of the situations above mentioned, may have sufficient time to
qualify himself for passing the prescribed examination whenever he
may be called upon for that purpose.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
(sd.)
THE 7TH FEBRUARY 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 23rd January 1799.
Notice is hereby given that the Hon'ble the Vice-President in
Council has been pleased to authorize the Sub-Treasurer at the Presi-
dency, the Resident at Lucknow, and the Collectors of Revenue in the
several Zillahs, to receive, until further orders, all Bills of Exchange that
shall have been accepted under the authority of Government, in payment
of subscriptions to the Decennial Loan, at par, deducting interest at
the rate of twelve per cent. per annum for the time that the bills may
have to run before they will become due.
Notice is further given that the Resident at Lucknow, the Col-
lectors of Revenue, and the Paymasters of the Civil, Military, and
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Marine Departments have been authorized to receive subscriptions to
the Decennial Loan, for any even sum of not less than Sicca Rs. 4,000,
and to transfer all arrears of pay and salary (whether the same shall
have been advertised for payment in the Gazette or not), and also of
commission and all other public demands that may be due from their
respective departments, in payment of such subscriptions either wholly
or in part, upon application being made for that purpose, previously to
the close of the Loan on the 20th of February next.
Published by order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
G. H. BARLOW,
(Sd.)
Secretary to the Government.
THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1799.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
General Order by the Commander-in-Chief, 16th February 1799.
The Review of the Artillery this morning at Dum-Dum was highly
to the satisfaction of the Commander-in-Chief.
The appearance of the Corps was soldier-like; the men were quick
and expert in the exercise of the guns, and the practice at the Batteries
was uncommonly correct. But the Commander-in-Chief observed with
peculiar pleasure the forward state of the Golundaaz: the manner in
which they are set up, together with the progress they have made in
of
acquiring a knowledge of their duty as Artillerymen in so short a space
time, whilst it manifests the unremitting and zealous attention of Colonel
Greene and the other Officers, affords the well-grounded confidence, that
the expectation formed of the utility of the establishment will, with the
same exertions at other stations as have been shown at the Head-Quarters
of the Corps, be ultimately realized to the fullest extent.
The report made by the Commanding Officer of the assistance
which he has received from Adjutant Johnston in training the Golundaaz,
does great credit to the abilities and assiduity of that Officer.
Extra provisions to be served to the Artillery to-day.
THE 14TH MARCH 1799.
Advertisement.
His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the town of Calcutta,
observing that Pariah Dogs are become exceedingly numerous, and
apprehensive that accidents may happen from some of them being mad,
request that all persons will keep their Dogs within doors, from the last
day of this month of March to the first day of June.
1799.]
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The Justices have, for the public safety, thought proper to order
that all Pariah Dogs which shall be found in the streets from the last
day of this month to the first of June, be killed; and that a reward of
two annas be paid for each head which shall be brought to the Scavengers
during the months of April and May.
By order of the Justices,
THE OFFICE OF THE JUSTICES,
9th March 1799.
}
JOHN MILLER,
First Clerk.
THE 11TH APRIL 1799.
Notice is hereby given that the stone quarries in the Province of
Benares, which has been hitherto under the immediate control of the
Officers of Government, have been laid open for the use of the Public
on condition of the individuals, who may be desirous of supplying them-
selves with this article, paying a specified tax, according to the size of
the stones that may be so quarried; the rates of which will hereafter
be published for general information.
By order of the Board of Revenue,
The 9th April 1799.
(sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
Secretary.
THE 11TH APRIL 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 10th April 1799.
Notice is hereby given that all letters, whether Public or Private,
for the Grand Army in the Field, are in future to be limited to a
small slip of paper not exceeding the one-eighth (th) of a sheet of
quarto-post, rolled (not folded up), which restriction will continue
until further notice.
Published by order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
(sd.) D. CAMPBELL,
Sub-Secretary.
THE 25TH APRIL 1799.
Minutes of Council of the 17th April 1799.
The Vice-President in Council having accepted of the proposals
offered by Mr. W. Fairlie for supplying and feeding elephants and
camels for the service of the Army under this Presidency for three years
4
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from the 1st of May next, the following is an abstract of the terms of
this contract :-
The elephants and camels kept under the present existing contract
(in number 200 elephants and 90 camels) are, after being surveyed as
prescribed by the public advertisement of the 7th of last month, to
be delivered over to the new contractor, and whatever in number of
elephants and camels shall be delivered short of the above number, from
whatever cause such deficiency may have arisen, or whatever elephants
or camels shall be required to complete the establishment of 200 elephants
and 90 camels, the new contractor is to furnish, in such manner as it is
specified, all deficiencies that were to be supplied under former contracts,
in consideration of which, he will be entitled to receive from the former
contractor, on the first of May next, or within ten days next succeed-
ing the several surveys, the sum of Sicca Rs. 750 for each deficient
clephant, and Sicca Rs. 150 for each deficient camel. Should Govern-
ment hereafter think fit to increase the number of elephants and camels
beyond what is now proposed, the contractor is to engage to supply
the number required in the same manner as to times, and subject to the
same conditions, as are specified in a former contract, which was entered
into with Mr. J. Becher.
The following are the rates per month in Sonaut Rupees payable in
cash, at which Mr. Fairlie has engaged to feed and keep whatever may
be the establishment of elephants and camels, constantly completed and
supplied with attendants, pads, saddles, ropes, and all other usual gear,
taking upon himself the risk of all casualties, whether in peace or war,
wheresoever there may be occasion for their services with any part of
the Bengal army, as is laid down in the contract concluded with Mr.
Becher, and subjecting himself to all the checks, terms, and conditions
expressed therein :—
For every elephant attached to troops under this Presidency, and
serving in the Hon'ble Company's Provinces, or the Vizier's
dominions, comprehending Rohilcund and all the other districts
of His Excellency's dominions, Sonaut Rs. 34 per month.
For every camel attached to troops serving as above, Sonaut Rs. 11
per month.
For every elephant attached to troops serving beyond the Company's
and Vizier's dominions, as above defined, Sonaut Rs. 40
per month.
For every camel attached to troops serving beyond the Company's and
Vizier's dominions, as above defined, Sonaut Rs. 13 per month.
Whatever camels may be required either to complete the establish-
ment or to replace such casualties as may hereafter arise, are to be at
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the expense of the contractor, until they shall arrive at the stations where
the deficiency may happen to be, and until they shall be surveyed and
approved of by the Commanding Officers.
No new elephants, either to supply the present deficiencies or to
replace casualties, will be received into the service, except such as are
from Chittagong, or the country to the southward of that province.
All elephants and camels which shall be retained in the service
from the existing present contract, and all such as shall hereafter be
received into the service, are, as soon as surveyed and approved of, to
be marked in such a manner as Government or the Commander-in-Chief
may direct, and the contractor is to be held responsible to the full
amount of his contract penalty that he does not sell, exchange, or
otherwise dispose of any such elephant or camel, until the same shall
be condemned or regularly discharged the service.
Messrs. Bernard M'Callum and Archibald Kelso are Mr. Fairlie's
sureties, and are to be bound jointly and separately with him for the
due and faithful execution of all and every part of his contract.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 1ST MAY 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 29th April 1799.
The following plan of a Loan, having received the sanction of the
Right Hon'ble the Governor General, is published by order of His
Excellency the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council :-
Notice is hereby given
First.—That Subscription Books shall be opened on the 1st of May
next, to be closed on or before the 30th of June following, by the Sub-
Treasurer, the Resident at Lucknow, the Collectors of Revenue, the
Commercial Residents and Salt Agents, for a loan for any sum in even
hundreds of not less than Sicca Rs. 4,000, on obligations irredeemable
for ten years from and after the 1st of January 1800, bearing interest
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and upon the following terms:-
Secondly. That the interest shall be paid annually at the option of
the lender, his Executors, Administrators or Assigns, either in cash at the
Presidency, or by bills to be drawn by the Governor General in Council
on the Hon'ble the Court of Directors at the exchange of two shillings
and six pence the Sicca Rupee, and payable fifteen months after date.
Thirdly.—That the principal shall be paid at the expiration of the
above-mentioned term of ten years at the option of the lender, his
Executors, Administrators or Assigus, either in cash at the Presidency, or
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by bills to be drawn by the Governor General in Council on the Hon'ble
the Court of Directors, at the same rate of exchange of two shillings
and six pence the Sicca Rupee, payable fifteen months after date; but
reserving to the Hon'ble Court an option of postponing payment of
the bills so to be drawn for the principal for one or two years longer,
upon paying interest thereon half-yearly, to be calculated at the rate
of 5 per cent. per annum from and after the term of the expiration
of fifteen months from the date of the bills to the day of payment;
provided that persons who may be desirous of receiving payment of
the principal in Bengal, shall signify such desire in writing to the
Accountant General, twelve months previous to the expiration of the
term of the loan; and provided also, that the Governor General in
Council shall in this latter case have an option of postponing the pay-
ment of the principal for one or two years after the expiration of the
term of the loan, upon paying interest thereon annually, at the rate of
10 per cent. per annum to the day of payment.
Fourthly.-That the subscriptions shall be payable by monthly
instalments in sums of not less than Sicca Rs. 400 at a time, and in
the proportion of not less than-
15 per cent. in or for the month of May.
15
in June.
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15
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in July.
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in August.
10
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in September.
10
in October.
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10
in November.
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in December.
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100
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 17TH MAY 1799.
Minutes of Council, Fort William, 17th May 1799.
Advices having been received of the capture of Seringapatam by
assault, on the 4th instant, by the army under the Command of General
Harris; resolved, that the following copy of a letter published by
order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council at
Fort St. George, announcing this brilliant and important conquest, be
published in General Orders, and that a Royal Salute be fired on the
glorious event from the ramparts of Fort William, and at the other
stations of the Army.
1799.]
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Resolved further, that three vollies of small arms be fired this
evening by the European Troops in Fort William.
"My Lord,
"I have the pleasure to inform you that this day at one o'clock
a division of the army under my command assaulted Seringapatam,
and that at half past two o'clock the place was entirely in our
possession. Tippoo Sultan fell in the assault; two of his sons, the
Sultan Padshaw and Moyen-ood-deen, are prisoners, with many of
the principal Sirdars. Our loss is trifling; our success has been com-
plete. I will send to your Lordship details hereafter.
(Sd.)
GEORGE HARRIS."
Published by order of His Excellency the Hon'ble the Vice-Presi-
dent in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 30TH MAY 1799.
[From the Madras Gazette, 18th May 1799.]
General Order by Government Fort St. George, 15th May 1799.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having
this day received from the Commander-in-Chief of the allied army in
the field the official details of the glorious and decisive victory obtained
at Seringapatam on the 4th of May, offers his cordial thanks and sincere
congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, and to all the officers and
men composing the gallant army, which achieved the capture of the
capital of Mysore on that memorable day.
His Lordship views with admiration the consummate judgment
with which the assault was planned, the unequalled rapidity, animation,
and skill with which it was executed, and the humanity which distin-
guished its final success.
Under the favor of Providence, the justice of our cause and the
established character of the army had inspired an early confidence, that
the war in which we were engaged would be brought to a speedy,
prosperous, and honorable issue.
But the events of the 4th May, while they have surpassed even the
sanguine expectations of the Governor General in Council, have raised
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the reputation of the British arms in India to a degree of splendour
and glory unrivalled in the Military history of this quarter of the
globe, and seldom approached in any part of the world.
The lustre of this victory can be equalled only by the substantial
advantages which it promises to establish, in restoring the peace and
safety of the British possessions in India on a durable foundation of
genuine security.
The Governor General in Council reflects with pride, satisfaction,
and gratitude that in this arduous crisis the spirit and exertion of our
Indian Army have kept pace with those of our countrymen at home,
and that in India, as in Europe, Great Britain has found in the malevo-
lent designs of her enemies an increasing source of her prosperity, fame,
and power.
By order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,
(Sd.) J. WEBBE,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 27TH JUNE 1799.
Garrison Orders, Fort St. George, 3rd June 1799.
His Majesty's 10th and 51st Regiments and the Madras Militia
to be under arms at half past four to-morrow morning, and to form a
square on the General Parade for the purpose of receiving the standard
of the late Tippoo Sultan taken on the 4th May in the Fort of
Seringapatam, and also the colours of the French Republic taken on the
same day from the French Corps, in the service of that Prince, and
arrived at this Presidency under charge of Lieutenant Harris, of His
Majesty's 74th Regiment.
The Flank Companies of His Majesty's 10th Regiment will meet
Lieutenant Harris before five o'clock at the bridge leading to the
Wallajah gate, and after the Right Hon'ble the Governor General has
passed into the Fort, they will escort the Standard and Colours to the
centre of the Parade, where they will be received with presented arms.
The Standard and Colours having been presented to the Governor
General, His Lordship will proceed with them to the Church, and after
they have been deposited at the altar, the Flank Companies will return
and take up their stations on the parade.
1799.]
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Prayers being over, a royal salute will be fired from the walls of
the garrison, answered by the ships in the roads and followed by three
vollies from the troops.
The Governor General having passed out of the fort, the troops
are to return to their barracks, and two days' batta will be distributed to
all the Non-Commissioned and Privates in garrison.
Major Taswell will continue the Madras Militia under arms to-
morrow morning, and their new colours will be presented to them by the
Right Hon'ble Lady Clive.
The troops having paraded in conformity to the above orders, the
Right Hon'ble the Governor General, attended by the Body Guard,
alighted from his carriage upon the Parade at ten minutes past five
o'clock. Lord and Lady Clive, Mrs. Harris and family, arrived a few
minutes after, and the whole of the Civil and Military Officers were now
assembled, either upon the Parade or in the balconies and windows of
the adjacent houses, which with the ramparts, streets, and all the
avenues leading to the Fort, were crowded with innumerable spectators,
Natives and Europeans.
The Standard of Tippoo Sultan borne by Lieutenant Harris, and the
Colours of the French Republic carried by Majors Beatson and Allan,
followed by the Flank Companies of His Majesty's 10th Regiment,
having now entered the square, were received with presented arms and
the different bands, playing a solemn march. On Lieutenant Harris
approaching within a few paces of the Governor General, he addressed
His Lordship in the following words:" This Standard and these
Colours taken from the enemy, under the consummate wisdom of your
Lordship's Councils, by the brave army commanded by Lieutenant
General Harris, His Excellency has honored me by committing to my
charge and directing that I should lay them at your Lordship's feet."
His Lordship instantly embraced Lieutenant Harris, and in an impressive
manner which excited the liveliest emotions of joy and gratitude in
the spectators delivered his sentiments to the following effect :-
"The zeal, perseverance, and manly fortitude of your father, and the
matchless conduct of that gallant army which under his command has
relieved these possessions from the peril of foreign invasion and res-
tored us to a state of security and repose, have already received my
cordial acknowledgments and obtained the just tribute of public grati-
tude and admiration. It remains for us to turn our hearts to the author
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of all these signal blessings, and at the feet of the altar to offer up our
humble thanksgivings to the Giver of Victory and the Guardian of
the cause of Justice, Virtue, and Faith."
The Governor General then proceeded to the Church, where the
Standard and the Colours were deposited at the altar. Solemn thanks
having been offered to Almighty God for having crowned our arms with
such signal success, His Lordship returned to the Parade, when Major
Allan unexpectedly addressed him in these words—
"I have particular satisfaction on this memorable occasion in having
it in my power to present your Lordship with a sword, worn by
Tippoo Sultan, a token which I trust your Lordship will regard as a
mark of my personal respect, as well as a memorial of that glorious.
achievement which the army has accomplished under your Lordship's
auspices."
His Lordship, as nearly as we can recollect, made this reply-
"The gift is peculiarly acceptable from an Officer distinguished
throughout the whole campaign by the most meritorious exertions of
activity and valour, and particularly at the close of it by the most
generous efforts of humanity and compassion; I shall always remember
with pleasure the personal kindness of such a character towards myself,
and I am happy to take this public opportunity of expressing my sense
of those manly and amiable qualities which have appeared with such lustre,
not only in the moment of difficulty and danger, but in that of Victory
and Conquest."
THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
[From the Madras Newspapers, 21st and 24th August 1799.]
Garrison Orders, Fort St. George, 20th August 1799.
The troops in garrison to be under arms to-morrow morning at half
past five o'clock to receive His Excellency Meer Allum Bahaudur, Am-
bassador from His Highness the Subadar of the Deccan.
His Excellency will enter at the St. George's Gate, and be received
with presented arms by His Majesty's 51st Regiment, which will form a
street leading from the gate to the General Parade.
The 2nd Division, 1st European Regiment, will fall in on the left of
the 51st, and the Madras Militia under Major Taswell will form a conti-
nuation of the street to the front of the Admiralty House.
1799.]
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The Madras Battalion will march in at the Wallajah Gate, and form
a street round by the front of the Arsenal to the Admiralty House.
A salute of seventeen guns to be fired on His Excellency's entering
the Fort, and the troops to continue under arms until he passes out, when
he will again be saluted with the same number of guns.
The troops having been drawn out in conformity to the above
orders, and William Petrie, Esq., and E. Fallowfield, Esq., Members
of the Council, having proceeded with an escort of the Body Guard to
conduct His Excellency Meer Allum from his house to the fort, His
Excellency, together with his son Meer Dawran, and with a numerous
train of attendants, entered at St. George's Gate about seven o'clock,
and was immediately saluted with seventeen guns; and, on his arrival
at the Admiralty House, was met in the verandah by the Governor
General, Lord Clive, Vice Admiral Rainier, Lieutenant General Stuart,
and Major General Brathwaite; the whole of the Naval and Military
Officers and gentlemen of the Civil Service at the Presidency having
previously taken their seats in the great hall. His Excellency and
Meer Dawran having received the usual compliments on their introduc-
tion, were conducted by the Governor General, Lord Clive, and Vice-
Admiral Rainier to the upper end of the hall, and placed in a chair
under a pavillion erected for the occasion, and, in compliment to the
Nizam, covered with yellow velvet, being the colour appropriated at the
Court of Hyderabad to His Highness the Nizam.“
His Excellency remained in conversation with the Governor General
for more than half an hour, when His Lordship presented him and Meer
Dawran utter of roses and beetle-nut, upon which His Excellency took
his leave with the same ceremonies and compliments as at his entrance.
Previously to the visit of His Excellency the Ambassador from the
Subadar of the Deccan, the Governor General held a levee, at which all
the gentlemen of the Settlement attended.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 15TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
Fort William, 15th September 1799.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General arrived this morning at
Fort William.
His Lordship attended by his suite embarked from Fort St. George
on the 5th instant on the Hon'ble Company's Ship Earl Howe, and
arrived on the 12th instant at Kedgeree, from whence His Lordship pro-
ceeded to Fort William in one of the Hon'ble Company's Schooners,
which had been prepared for his accommodation.
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The Earl Howe was accompanied to the Sandheads by His Majesty's
Ship La Sybille.
His Lordship was attended by His Body Guard from the Gardens
where he landed, and on the borders of the Esplanade he was met by
the Corps of Calcutta Cavalry.
His Lordship escorted by those Corps proceeded to Fort William,
and was met at the gates of the fort by His Excellency Sir Alured
Clarke, Vice President and Deputy Governor of Fort William, and by
Sir John Anstruther, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature.
The Officers of the Staff attended His Excellency the Hon'ble the
Vice President and Deputy Governor.
On His Lordship's arrival in the Fort the usual salute was fired
from the ramparts. All the troops in garrison were drawn up in a
street, through which His Lordship passed.
From the Fort His Lordship proceeded towards the Government
House, in the front of which the Calcutta Militia were drawn up in a
street, through which His Lordship passed to the Government House.
On His Lordship's arrival at the Government House, he received
the compliments of the Members of the Supreme Council and many
of the principal gentlemen of the Settlement.
THE 3RD OCTOBER 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 28th September 1799.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having taken
into consideration the letter addressed to His Lordship on the 28th
instant by the Committee appointed by the British inhabitants of
Calcutta at the meeting held at the Theatre on the 17th of July 1798,
and the possible inconvenience to which some of the subscribers
of last year might be subject, in consequence of the unexpected change
of circumstances which has since taken place, has thought proper,
with a view of providing for the receipt and remittance of all voluntary
contributions in the current year for the support of His Majesty's
Government in Europe, and of affording an easy means of relief from
the operation of the late tax on income to all persons who may think
proper to avail themselves of it, to publish for general information a
copy of His Lordship's late correspondence with the Committee, together
with the following Resolutions of His Lordship in Council, similar to
those which were passed on the same occasion last year.
1799.]
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To the Right Hon'ble Richard, Earl of Mornington, K. P., Governor
General, Fort William.
MY LORD,-We, the Committee appointed by the British inhabitants
of Calcutta at the public meeting held at the Theatre on the 17th of
July 1798, adverting to the Resolutions then entered into for the purpose
of promoting voluntary contributions in this country for the support
of His Majesty's Government in Europe, and to the consideration that
several gentlemen have subscribed certain sums for that purpose to be
paid annually during the war, beg leave to request that your Lordship
will give such directions as may appear most proper to provide for the
receipt and remittance of those subscriptions, as well as of such other
voluntary contributions as may be entered into for the same purpose in
the current year.
We have the honor to be, with the highest respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient and faithful Servants,
(Sd.)
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THOS. GRAHAM.
C. W. BLUNT.
W. N. CAMERON.
J. P. GARDIiner.
W. BURROUGHS.
C. F. MARTYN.
THOS. MYERS.
CHARLES COCKERELL.
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CALCUTTA,
The 28th September 1799.
G. HATCH.
99
To the Committee appointed by the British Inhabitants of Calcutta at
the Public Meeting held at the Theatre on the 7th July 1798.
GENTLEMEN, The Right Hon'ble the Governor General having com-
municated to the Board your letter addressed to His Lordship under date
the 28th instant, I am directed by His Lordship in Council to signify to
you that he highly approves of the measure which you have suggested,
and that he will accordingly give the necessary orders to the proper
Officers under this Presidency.
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2. I am further directed by His Lordship in Council to inform
you that, adverting to the consideration that some of the subscribers
who entered into annual contributions last year may have been regulated
in regard to the extent of their subscriptions by a view of the whole of
their respective means, while the late Statute imposing a tax of ten per cent.
on such part of their income as may be derived from funds in England
could not have been at that time within their contemplation, and being
desirous to do everything in his power to guard against the possibility
of a proceeding so honorable to the loyalty, public spirit, and wisdom
of the British inhabitants of this Settlement being attended with unex-
pected pressure or inconvenience to any subscriber, His Lordship proposes
to advise the Right Hon'ble the Chancellor of His Majesty's Exchequer,
of the circumstances under which the subscriptions were made, and
to request that orders may be given to the proper Officers in England
to consider the voluntary contributions of the subscribers at this
Presidency as applicable in the first instance to cover the tax upon
income to which they may be respectively liable in England; provided
that each respective subscriber who may think proper to avail himself
of this mode of being indemnified from the operation of that tax, shall
signify a desire to that effect in writing at the time of payment of his
subscription, in case it shall be paid in cash in Bengal; or in case of its
being discharged by Bills on England, by a clause in the body, or note
on the back of such Bills.
·
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
The 28th September 1799.
I have the honor to be,
GENTLEMEN,
Your most obedient and humble Servant,
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 17TH OCTOBER 1799.
Police Office, 11th October 1799.
A Dawk Peon, who was discharged for misconduct from the Post
Office some time in the month of January 1799, having this day been
1799.1
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apprehended, charged with having secreted and destroyed several Europe
letters prior and subsequent to August 1798, and stealing from out of
a letter or a small packet a very highly finished miniature picture of
a lady which it is supposed has been forwarded from England to some
person in Bengal, it is requested that any lady or gentleman who
may have expected to receive such a miniature prior to January 1799,
will either attend or give information at this Office, where the picture
is at present deposited.
THE 24TH OCTOBER 1799.
Notice is hereby given that His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
will receive proposals of contract which must be delivered sealed to
their first Clerk, Mr. John Miller, within one week from this date,
for levelling, dressing, and making in puckah, within the least possible
time, the road forming the eastern boundary of the town, commonly
called the Bytaconnah Road, and commencing from the Russapugla
Road, at the corner of Chowringhee, and terminating at Chitpore
Bridge.
The whole of the road to be raised where it may require it, and
levelled and dressed with earth, and the ditches on both sides throughout
to be excavated and properly sloped. The centre part of the road to be
32 feet in breadth and to be composed of two bricks laid flat and covered
with three inches of well burnt koah; the road to have a gentle decli-
vity from the centre to the ditches.
The proposals to state at what rate the work will be done per
1,000 feet, and to specify the names of two respectable and sufficient
securities, who will become bound for the performance of the contract.
Office.
Further particulars may be known on application at the Police
By order of the Justices,
I
POLICE OFFICE;
CALCUTTA,
The 23rd October 1799.
JOHN MILLER,
First Clerk,
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 24TH OCTOBER 1799.
Notice is hereby given that the following persons who were made
prisoners of war by the French, and from whom paroles were taken, have
been exchanged, and will be furnished with the requisite certificates on
application to the Secretary to the Government:—
NAME.
DATE OF PAROLE.
RANK OR SITUATION.
Robert Fergusson
Benjamin Brown
Martin Bolam
J. H. Lawrence
William Garden
Kenneth McQueen
George Foote
...
Port North West, Isle of France, 20th Officer of Endeavour.
May 1799.
8th Nivose, 6th year, French Republic | Commander of Green-
at Batavia.
Ditto
Ditto
...
Ditto
ditto
wich.
1st Officer of Greenwich.
ditto, answering to 29th Commander of Brisk.
December 1797.
Ditto
...
ditto
ditto
Lieutenant of Brisk.
On Board Luni, the 3rd Germinal, 7th Officer of Princess of
year French Republic.
...
Wales.
Lieutenant, 2nd Battery,
1st Regiment Native
Infantry, Madras Es-
tablishment, taken on
Princess of Wales.
Officer of Princess of
Wales.
Unknown.
Robert Sadler
Ditto
ditto
...
Robert Holl
Soosoo Roads, 27th February 1799
...
John Taylor
Ditto
18th February 1799
Ditto.
Nathaniel Shepherdson
Ditto
19th February 1799
Ditto.
...
Notice is further given that the three persons under-mentioned, who
left the French Islands by the permission of General Malartie, and also
the several British subjects captured by the French National Frigate La
Forte off the Sandheads in the ships Yarmouth, Chance, and Recovery,
and subsequently landed from the Recovery at Caringa and Fort St.
George, have also been exchanged, and will be furnished with the requisite
certificates on application to the Secretary to the Government :-
Jeremiah Rinsie, Officer of the Yarmouth.
John Thompson, Officer of the Khoda Buksh.
John Roberts, Officer of the Anna Maria.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
1799.]
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PART I.-OFFICIAL.
THE 31ST OCTOBER 1799.
Minutes of Council in the Public Department, under date Fort William,
the 9th October 1799.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having
taken into consideration the present Establishment of the Office of the
Secretary to the Government, has been pleased to order that instead of a
Secretary to the Government and four Sub-Secretaries, the Establishment
shall in future consist of a Chief Secretary to the Government and of
four Secretaries, viz., one Secretary for the Secret, Political, and
Foreign Department; one Secretary for the Public Department; one
Secretary for the Judicial and Revenne Department; and one Secretary
for the Military Department.
Letters and applications of the description of those heretofore ad-
dressed to the Secretary to the Government, or to the Sub-Secretaries of
the respective departments, are in future to be addressed to the Chief
Secretary to the Government, or to the Secretary to the Department to
which the business may belong. Answers will be returned by the Chief
Secretary to the Government, or by the Secretary to the Department,
to which the letters or applications may be addressed.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council has been
pleased to make the following appointments :-
Mr. G. H. Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government.
Lieutenant Colonel W. Kirkpatrick, Secretary to the Government
in the Secret, Political, and Foreign Department.
Mr. C. R. Crommelin, Secretary to the Government, in the Public
Department.
Mr. H. St. George Tucker, Secretary to the Government, in the
Judicial and Revenue Department.
Lieutenant L. Hook, Secretary to the Government, in the Military
Department.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.) G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secretary to the Government.
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THE 31ST OCTOBER 1799.
Fort William, Public Department, 28th October 1799.
All Public Officers who are authorized to receive subscriptions to
the Eight per cent. Loan to be opened on the first of November, are
hereby required to transmit to the Accountant General a weekly
register of subscriptions at their respective treasuries; and also a
weekly register of receipts granted by them respectively for payments
made on account of that loan.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
**
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Secretary to the Government.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 4TH DECEMBER 1799.
The following Extracts of a Despatch from the Hon'ble Jonathan
Duncan, Esq., Governor of Bombay, to the Right Hon'ble the Gover-
nor General, dated the 13th of November 1799, and received this
morning, are published by His Lordship's directions.
(Sd.)
W. KIRKPATRICK,
Secy. to the Govt. in the Political Dept.
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Alexander Davidson, Prize Master of
the Corvette La Surprise, to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq.,
dated Bombay, the 12th November 1799.
I have, agreeably to my instructions from Captain Alexander of His
Majesty's Ship Brave, to inform you of my arrival here, in charge of
the French Republican Corvette La Surprise, prize to the Brave.
This Corvette was proceeding from the Isle of France towards
Europe, with General DeBrie, and two Mahomedan Ambassadors from
the late Tippoo Sultan to the French Republic, who sailed from
Tranquebar some months ago, as you no doubt are well informed of.
There is great reason to believe that there was and perhaps still
may be presents to a considerable amount in charge of these Ambassa-
dors for the French Directory.
I enclose a list of the passengers on board the Surprise at the time.
of her capture, with those who are still on board, and request you would
order the proper Officers to take charge of them.
1799.]
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CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 4TH DECEMBER 1799.
Declaration of Aga Mahomed Beh Barry, Bombay, 12th November 1799.
(Enclosed in the Hon'ble Mr. Duncan's Letter to the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General.)
In pursuance of instructions from the Hon'ble the Governor, I went
this day in company with Mr. Lovett on board the French Ship La
Surprise, captured by His Majesty's Ship Brave, to make certain
enquiries of two Ambassadors (now prisoners on board) from the late
Tippoo Sultan, to the Directory of France. Their names are Mohummud
Bismillah and Abdurraheem.
Mohummud Bismillah I first conferred with, and gave the account
of the expedition in his own words. We are, says he, or were, servants
of Tippoo Sultan, by whose directions we were proceeding to France in
charge of some presents of jewels, but put into the Island of Seychelles
in distress. Shortly after, an English Frigate called the Brave, Captain
Alexander, arrived at the same place to water, and after a few shots, took
possession of the French Corvette. We were then seized on shore by
the captors, who enquired what object we had in view in going to
France; we answered that we were servants of Tippoo Sultan, and
that we were proceeding by his orders to bring back twenty-seven
mechanics and artisans. They next made enquiries about letters and
jewels. We answered that we had burnt them.
I here interrupted the speaker by observing, that the Governor had
received secret intelligence of the embassy from the very day on which
it set out, together with the names of the Ambassadors, and a list of
presents valued at two crores of Rupees. The value, he said, they were
themselves unacquainted with, but their description was as follows:-Five
Sirpeaches, five Jeegahs, five Necklaces, and five Rings.
I answered, this evasive kind of talking was of no use; that Tippoo
was gone and the Company become his inheritors; his dominions
and possessions of all kinds had passed into their hands; that as to
burning the jewels that was impossible; that they would find their own
interest the most effectually secured by an unreserved confession of the
facts, and entire surrender of the property; that it was the best advice
I could give them; that in no one instance had the English given any of
that late Sultan's adherents cause to repent of their having relied upon
their honor and justice, or of having behaved as became them in their
new relations, but that such as had rendered the most unconditional sub-
missions had not failed to meet with distinctions and rewards.
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The only reply he gave to this was, that he had thrown the jewels
into the sea.
Y
I here remonstrated with him upon the duplicity he betrayed, and
the unbecoming inconsistency of his own accounts, to say in one moment
that he had destroyed them by fire, and in the next that he had thrown
them into the sea. To cut the matter short, said I, I shall tell you what
your best friend would advise you. Give up the jewels without further
prevarication, and hope for everything from the consideration and muni-
ficence of the Governor, indulge not the chimerical idea of being able to
retain this property, provoke not the power which has your fortunes at
its disposal, from whose resentment you have only to expect ignominy
and disgrace; and recollect that the measures which your blind obstinacy
now urges, and which a timely confession will fully avert, must infallibly
lead to both.
At these words he called to his colleague, who was in the cabin
below, and begged I would repeat what I had said to him, but several
gentlemen being present, they only came to the determination of con-
sulting together this night on what was best to be done, and desired me
to come on board next day, when they promised to give me a final
answer, and relate the case in every respect as it really stood. Mr.
Lovett was present during the whole of this conference.
(True translation)
(Sd.) J. H. LOVETT,
Department P. T. to Government.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 12TH DECEMBER 1799.
This day despatches have been received from Lieutenant Colonel
Collins, resident at the Court of Dowlut Roy Scindia, dated Camp
near Kanouth, 2nd December, containing the intelligence that on that
morning Vizier Ally had been delivered into the custody of Lieutenant
Colonel Collins, and placed under strict confinement.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
1799.]
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CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, 21ST DECEMBER 1799.
His Majesty's Ship La Sybille is arrived off the Sandheads of the
River Hooghly for the protection of the trade of this port.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
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THE 15TH JANUARY 1800.
A Proclamation by the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,
for a general Thanksgiving for the late signal and important successes
obtained by the Naval and Military Forces of His Majesty and of
His Allies, and for the ultimate and happy establishment of the
tranquillity and security of the British Possessions in India.
We, the Governor General in Council, entertaining a deep and
devout sense of the happy deliverance of His Majesty's dominions in
Europe, as well as of the British Possessions in India, from the destruc-
tive designs of the enemy; and taking into our most serious consideration
the indispensable duty which we owe to Almighty God for the signal
interposition of His Good Providence, manifested by the blessing recently
bestowed on the energy and valour of the Naval and Military Forces
of His Majesty and of His Allies in various parts of the Globe; as well
as by the prosperous issue of the late just and necessary war in Mysore,
by the conclusion and settlement of peace in the Peninsula of India; and
by the ultimate establishment of the tranquillity and security of the
British Possessions subject to our superintendence, direction, and control;
have thought fit to issue this our Proclamation; hereby appointing and
ordering that a general Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for these His
mercies, be observed on the sixth day of February next, throughout
all such of the British Possessions in India as these our orders shall
have reached previous to the said day, and in such of the British
Possessions as these our orders may not have reached previous to
the sixth day of February next, on such day as shall be appointed
for the due observance of the said Thanksgiving, by the Governor in
Council, or by the Principal Magistrate, or Civil Officer, or, at Military
Stations, by the Commanding Officer, respectively exercising the chief
authority therein; and we do hereby order and direct the several and
respective Governments and Presidencies in India, and all the Officers
and Servants, Civil and Military, in the service of His Majesty, and of the
East Indian Company, and all British subjects residing or being within
the territories and dominions subject to our general powers of super-
intendence, direction and control, to observe the said Thanksgiving in
the most public, solemn, and religious manner.
Published by order of the Right Honorable the Governor General
in Council,
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
1800.]
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THE 20TH FEBRUARY 1800.
Minutes of Council, 11th February 1800.
Ordered that the thanks of the Right Hon'ble the Governor
General in Council be given to the Reverend Claudius Buchanan, for
the excellent sermon by him preached before His Lordship at the New
Church of Calcutta on the 6th day of February, the day of general
Thanksgiving appointed by the Governor General in Council, and that
Mr. Buchanan be desired to print the said sermon.
Ordered that the Chief Secretary do communicate the said order
to Mr. Buchanan.
By order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 6TH MARCH 1800.
Military Intelligence, General Orders, 15th February 1800.
The Commander-in-Chief received much satisfaction from the Review
of the Artillery at Dum-Dum this morning; the appearance of the Corps
was soldier-like, and having in recollection that a large proportion of
recruits has lately been incorporated with the European part of it, and
the small number of Officers present for training them, their expertness
in gun exercise, particularly in the well-directed fire of the curtain and
moving targets, and the correctness of the practice at the batteries, far
surpassed his expectation.
The Commander-in-Chief had occasion to express his approbation of
the 1st Division of Golandaz last year, and, he observes with particular
pleasure, the great improvement they have made since, and the forward
state of discipline which the 2nd Division has attained in so short a time,
are circumstances highly creditable to Colonel Green and the rest of the
Artillery Officers, affording at the same time strong proofs of their
professional abilities, and of their zealous and constant attention to
their duty.
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THE 27TH MARCH 1800.
[From the Madras Gazette, 8th March 1800.]
The Address of the British Inhabitants of Ceylon, to the Right Hon'ble
the EARL OF MORNINGTON, K. P., Governor General, &c., &c., &c.
MY LORD,-We, the British inhabitants of Columbo, beg leave to
congratulate your Lordship on your return to the ordinary seat of your
Government, and on the happy termination of that series of rapid and
brilliant success, which, directed by the wise and vigorous counsels
of your Lordship, has consolidated and confirmed the British power
in India.
Particularly dependant, as this Island is, on the general strength and
stability of the Empire, we could not but feel a peculiar interest in the
great cause of our country; nor could we view, without singular satisfac-
tion, the result of that masterly conduct which secured to us the effective
alliance of the Nizam, and brought into field with unparalleled celerity
an army whose heroic achievements have surpassed our most sanguine
expectations.
We are happy in reflecting that the unexampled prosperity with
which Divine Providence has blessed the exertions of the army, has been
no less the reward of justice, moderation, and forbearance, than of wis-
dom, promptitude, and valour; and that those resources which your Lord-
ship called forth with so much energy were employed in the just punish-
ment of unequivocal, though insidious aggression.
We sincerely trust that your Lordship will enjoy, during the
remainder of your Government, a continuance of that prosperous and
splendid career which has hitherto distinguished it; that you will receive,
in the veneration and attachment of those you govern, the just return
for the many advantages you have procured for them; and that your
example will prove to all those who may be entrusted with the interests
of Britain in India an efficacious lesson of rectitude, vigilance, and
ability.
We have the honor to be, with most profound respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's humble and obedient Servant,
(Signed by the British Inhabitants.)
COLUMBO,
The Alh November 1799.
}
1800.]
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To the British Inhabitants of Columbo.
GENTLEMEN,—Your congratulations on my return to this Presi-
dency, and your public declarations of personal good will towards me,
demand my most cordial acknowledgments.
Your zealous participation in the glorious triumph of the allied arms
in Mysore, confirms my confidence in your loyalty and public spirit, and
affords the most satisfactory assurance of your active assistance in any
service which may require your co-operation in the common cause of the
British Empire and of the civilized world.
The progress of our victories in various parts of the globe, com-
bined with the moderation and equity of our views, have opened the
happy prospect of general and permanent security against the destruc-
tive projects of the enemy.
Whatever may be the issue of the present crisis, I am satisfied that
His Majesty may rely with safety on the ability, firmness and integrity
of those hands in which he has placed the immediate Government of
the valuable Island of Ceylon.
It will be a constant object of my care to co-operate in every mea-
sure which can tend to secure your tranquillity, or to promote your
interests.
I have the honor to be,
FORT WILLIAM,
The 7th January 1800.,
GENTLEMEN,
(sd.)
MORNINGTON.
THE 2ND APRIL 1800.
Notice is hereby given that the Collectors of Revenue, the Commer-
cial Residents, and Salt Agents, are directed to close their subscription
books for the eight per cent. loan immediately on the arrival of this
Notification at their respective stations, and to transmit without delay to
the Accountant General registers of the subscriptions which may have
been entered in such books subsequent to the transmission of the last
registers.
The Sub-Treasurer has been directed to close the subscription book
at the General Treasury.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council,
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
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The following extract of Minutes of Council under date the 4th
January 1788, and copy of the General Orders of the 14th of the same.
month, are ordered to be republished for general information.
By order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
Extract Minutes of Council, Fort William, 4th January 1788.
Resolved that after the 1st of March next, no persons in the Civil
or Military service of the Company shall be allowed to proceed from the
Company's Provinces beyond Buxar without the Governor's Pass, to be
produced to the Commanding Officer at that Post, unless such persons
are under orders, which appear either in the Gazelle, or by an official
signature, to proceed to the stations beyond that place, or unless they
should be returning to their stations after the expiration of leave of
absence.
The same order respects Europeans in general, who are not in the
service.
General Orders issued by EARL CORNWALLIS, 14th January 1788.
All Officers, Military Surgeons, and other persons belonging to the
army, proceeding from the Presidency to stations beyond Buxar, in con-
sequence of the Minutes of Council of the 4th instant, are to apply to
the Adjutant General for an authenticated copy of the orders on which
they proceed; and when, from one of the intermediate stations, to the
Commanding Officer thereof.
(True copies)
(sd.)
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. lo Govl., Public Dept.
THE 3RD APRIL 1800.
Notice is hereby given that proposals will be received any day
previous to the 15th of May next by the Chief Secretary to the Govern-
ment from any person or persons, European or Native, who will under-
take to deliver at Chandpaul Ghaut or Sand Ghaut, near Fort William,
1800.]
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•
on account of the Hon'ble Company, three lakhs of maunds of coarse
gravel from Beerbhoom and Midnapore, or any proportion of that
quantity not less than three thousand maunds. The delivery of the
quantity specified in the proposals, to be completed on or before the
1st of December next.
For every one hundred maunds of eighty sicca weight to the seer
of Beerbhoom gravel delivered at either of the before-mentioned
ghauts, the person so delivering it will receive from the Acting Executive
Officer of Fort William a certificate, which will be countersigned by
the Chief Engineer entitling him to the immediate receipt of fifteen
sicca rupees, and in like manner for the same delivery of every one
hundred maunds of Midnapore gravel, thirteen sicca rupees, payable at
the Office of the Military Paymaster General.
No proposal will be received after the said 15th May, nor any
gravel after the 1st of December next.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.) C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
Advertisement.
Conformably to the Notification contained in the Gazette of the 18th
of April 1799, the following rates of duty payable on stones which may
be excavated from the quarries in the Province of Benares are publish-
ed for general information :-
On the under-mentioned eight descriptions of stones, at whichever
quarry excavated, the duty to be as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF STONES.
RATES OF DUTY.
Rs. A.
Dhoka, or small stones of various dimensions, usually
sold by the hundred maunds, per 100 maunds
2 4
Kalhoo, or Sugarcane Mill Stones.
1st sort, called Burheea, per stone
8 0
2nd
>>
"?
Surkee,
7 0
...
3rd
""
""
Kolhoobindra Ghul, per stone
5 0
Janta, a species of hand mill stones, per 100 pieces
Chuckee, per 100 pieces
12 0
6 4
Sil
4 14
Sil 2nd sort, less than a foot in breadth, por piece ...
3 4
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On all other descriptions of stones, the duty to be regulated by
their solid contents in length, breadth, and thickness, as follows:-
Stones quarried at Chunar and Ghazeepore, and not
...
exceeding in their solid contents four cubic feet, at
per cubic foot
Stones quarried at Chunar and Ghazeepore above four
and not exceeding five cubic feet, at per cubic foot
Stones quarried at Chunar and Ghazeepore exceeding
five cubic feet, at per cubic foot
Stones quarried at Mirzapore, of whatever dimen-
sions, at per cubic feet
A. P.
28
4 0
5 0
2 6
Published by order of the Board of Revenue,
(Sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
The 18th April 1800.
Secretary.
THE 24TH APRIL 1800.
This morning despatches were received by the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General from His Excellency Sir William Sidney Smith, dated
the 1st February 1800, from the Ottoman Camp at El Arish, announcing
that a convention for the evacuation of Egypt by the French Army
under the command of General Kleber had been concluded by Com-
missioners appointed on the part of His Highness the Grand Vizier
and General Kleber; and that on the 31st of January, the ratification
of the convention was exchanged between His Highness the Vizier, and
the Commissioners on the part of General Kleber in the presence of Sir
William Sidney Smith.
By this convention it was stipulated that the French General
should withdraw his garrisons from the several cities and fortresses
in the interior of Egypt to the Ports of Alexandria, Rosetta, and
Aboukir, from whence the troops were to be transported to France.
Published by command of the Right
General in Council,
Hon'ble the Governor
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy to the Govl.
1800.]
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THE 1ST MAY 1800.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General having appointed
Monday the 5th of May for the celebration of the Anniversary of the
capture of Seringapatam, His Lordship requests the favor of the com-
pany of all the gentlemen belonging to the Civil and Military service
of His Majesty, and of the East India Company, at Breakfast at the
Theatre on that morning at half past six o'clock.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
The 30th April 1800.
(Sd.) M. SHAWE,
Aid-de-Camp.
THE 22ND MAY 1800.
Police Office, 19th May 1800.
All Frenchmen and other Natives of countries at war with Great
Britain, or in alliance with France, and now residing in Calcutta or its
vicinity, who have not already reported themselves, are hereby directed
to attend in person and deliver in their names, &c., at the Police Office
without delay.
Persons entertaining Foreigners of this description in their service
are required to report the same and to give notice when such persons
quit, or are dismissed from their service.
No Frenchmen, or other Natives of countries at war with Great
Britain, or in alliance with France, and now residing in this town, will
be allowed on any account to leave or pass the limits of Calcutta, with-
out the permission of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in
Council, for which application is to be made through the Magistrates
at the Police Office.
All Frenchmen and other Foreigners of the above description
coming from any of the Foreign Settlements to Calcutta, are required
to produce at this Office a written permission for their being absent from
such Settlement; and are hereby informed that, in the event of their
entering the town without such permission, they will be immediately
taken into custody.
By order of the Magistrate,
(Sd.)
JOHN MILLER,
First Clerk.
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THE 17TH APRIL 1800.
Previous to Lieutenant General Stuart's taking his final departure for
Europe, he was pleased to issue the following General Order :-
General Order by the Commander-in-Chief, Head Quarters, on board the
Hon'ble Company's Ship Woodford off Anjengo, 16th February 1800.
"On proceeding to Europe and relinquishing the command of the
Bombay Army, Lieutenant General Stuart resumes, for the last time, the
pleasure of addressing them :-
"The great reputation of the troops under this Presidency has been
long on record, and from frequent trials of their courage and discipline,
General Stuart has much reason to speak highly of both. In paying the
tribute which is due to His Majesty's and the Hon'ble Company's
troops serving on the western side of India, the Commander-in-Chief
has to repeat his perfect approbation of their conduct in every instance
in which he has had occasion to employ them.
"The zealous and ardent exertion of that part of the army which
accompanied the Commander-in-Chief into the field on the late memor-
able service, is particularly deserving his praise, and he cannot
too strongly express the high opinion he entertains of their merit,
nor too decidedly declare the obligations which they have, by their good
conduct, deserved. These are the sentiments which General Stuart has
frequently had the happiness to deliver to this gallant army, and they
will never be effaced from his memory. The Commander-in-Chief begs
leave to assure the army at large, that he will continue to feel a peculiar
degree of pleasure in every circumstance that leads to their prosperity,
and they may rest satisfied that he has in no case been neglectful of
their true interest, but on the contrary his uniform efforts have been
directed, since he has had the honor of commanding them, to promote
what was really for their advantage, and he has no less strenuously and
consciously endeavoured to suppress or reform whatever had a contrary
tendency.
"General Stuart wishing earnestly that honor and good fortune
may constantly attend the Bombay army, is convinced they will continue
by an assiduous discharge of their duty to support the distinction which
they have so justly acquired, and despising partial motives for action be
ready on all occasions to maintain a full proportion of the British interests
in India which they have heretofore shown in so conspicuous a manner.
(Sd.)
JAMES STUART.
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THE 29TH MAY 1800.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General requests the favor of the
company of all the gentlemen belonging to the Civil and Military
Service of His Majesty and of the Hon'ble the East India Company,
at Breakfast, at the Theatre at half past six o'clock on Wednesday the
4th of June, being the Anniversary of His Majesty's Birth Day.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
The 28th May 1870.
(Sd.)
M. SHAWE,
Aide-de-Camp.
Fort William, Public Department, 29th May 1800.
Notice is hereby given that the Right Hon'ble the Governor
General in Council has been pleased to prohibit the establishment of any
Lotteries the prizes in which are to be made payable in money, without
the express permission of His Lordship in Council.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(sd.)
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
Fort William, Public Department, 22nd May 1800.
The Post Master General having represented to the Right Hon'ble
the Governor General in Council that both Europeans and Natives
frequently refuse to receive and pay the postage of letters regularly
addressed to them, under various pretences, notice is hereby given that
in the event of any persons hereafter refusing to pay the postage on
letters or packets addressed to them, measures will be immediately
taken to compel them to discharge the amount.
Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 19TH JUNE 1800.
General Orders by the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
The 10th Regiment of Native Infantry having arrived at Cawn-
pore, after an absence from this Presidency of more than three years
and a half, the Most Noble the Governor General in Council has
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great satisfaction in expressing his entire approbation of the exemplary
conduct of this distinguished Regiment in the several arduous and
important services on which it has been employed in the Peninsula of
India during its long absence from these Provinces.
His Lordship in Council is happy to bear this public testimony to the
merits of the European Officers under whose command this corps has
attained so high a state of discipline, regularity, and order; and he
entertains a just sense of the fidelity and attachment to the service
manifested by the Native Officers and Private Soldiers of the Regiment
throughout the whole period of their laborious duties at Hyderabad, in
Mysore, and during their long march from the Deccan to the Province
of Oude.
The conduct of the Artillery and Lascars who have been attached
to the Regiment during the time of its absence from these Provinces, is
equally entitled to commendation.
To perpetuate the memory of the services of the 10th Regiment,
to distinguish the individuals who have served in the corps, and to
recommend their laudable example to the emulation of the whole native
service, the Most Noble the Governor General in Council is pleased to
order that Honorary Medals be conferred on all the Native Commissioned
and Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys of the 10th Regiment, and
also on the Lascars belonging to the Artillery attached to that Regi-
ment during the time of its absence from these Provinces.
By order of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
(sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secy. to Govt., Military Dept.
THE 26TH JUNE 1800.
General Order by Government Fort St. George, 26th May 1800.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council has deemed himself
fortunate in discovering the near connexions of Commandant Syed
Ibrahim, who have survived the long captivity and death of that faith-
ful, honorable, and distinguished Officer.
It will be in the recollection of the army that Syed Ibrahim com-
manded the Tanjore Cavalry in the year 1781, was made prisoner during
that year, was repeatedly invited by the late Tippoo Sultan to accept
service in Mysore, under the most brilliant promises, and under repeated
recommendation of his fellow-prisoners, the British Officers, until their
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release in the year 1784; that after the release of the British Officers, Syed
Ibrahim Commandant was removed to the Fort of Cowley Droog, where
he suffered the hardships of a rigorous confinement and unwholesome
food, intended to have produced that acquiescence which the Sultan's
invitation had failed to procure.
His Lordship therefore experiences the most cordial gratification in
pointing out to the Native troops of this Establishment, the memorable
example of attachment and fortitude exhibited by Syed Ibrahim, in resist-
ing the earnest solicitations, in supporting the oppressive cruelty of the
late Sultan, and in finally laying down his life as a sacrifice to the duties
of fidelity and honor.
In order to manifest his respect for the long services, the exemplary
virtue, and the impregnable fidelity of Syed Ibrahim, the Governor in
Council is pleased to order and direct that the amount of his pay as
Commandant of Cavalry, being fifty-two Pagodas and twenty-one
Fanams per month, shall be conferred as a pension for life on his sister,
who left her home in the Carnatic to share his misfortunes in captivity,
and who was subsequently wounded in the storm of Seringapatam.
In order also to perpetuate His Lorpship's sense of Syed's truth and
attachment to the Company's service, the Governor in Council has ordered
a tomb to be erected to his memory at Cowley Droog, with an estab-
lishment of two lamps and a Fakir, for the service of the tomb,
according to the rites of his religion.
THE 3RD JULY 1800.
Proclamation by the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, Fort
William, 2nd July 1800.
Whereas several persons transported as convicts from the British
Dominions in Europe to New South Wales, have repaired from New
South Wales to Bengal, and have clandestinely established themselves
at Calcutta and at other places within the limits of the Presidency of
Bengal; such of the said persons who arrived in Bengal previous to the
first day of June last are hereby required to leave India before the
first day of March 1801, under pain of being apprehended and sent to
England in the manner prescribed by Act of Parliament with regard to
persons resorting to India without license.
All persons having been transported as convicts to New South
Wales, and who may be on board of any Ship which may hereafter
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touch at any Port or Place within the limits of the Presidency of Bengal,
are prohibited from landing in Bengal; any such persons who shall dis-
obey this prohibition shall be forthwith apprehended and sent to
England in the manner prescribed by Act of Parliament, with regard to
persons resorting to India without license.
Convicts escaping from New South Wales previous to the expiration
of the period for which they may have been transported, and who may
be found within the limits of the Presidency of Bengal, are to be appre-
hended and detained in custody until opportunity shall offer of return-
ing them to New South Wales.
And the several Magistrates and Officers of Police are hereby
required to carry this Proclamation into effect according to its tenor,
within the limits of their respective jurisdictions.
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
(sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 28th instant, the
following quantities of grain, &c., will be disposed of by public sale at the
Hon'ble Company's granary, in Fort William. The sale to commence
at 11 o'clock.
Rice, Patcherry
Ballam
Rarce
Dhol, Urrur
Tobacco, dried
Turmeric
Wheat, Jemally
Barley
:
:
Mds. srs. chts.
857 35 0
6,109 5
0
1,230 0 0
10,110 31 0
1,265 35 0
562 12 9
6,750 0 0
4,500 0 0
Chillies
...
562 38
12
...
Oil
Ghee
...
Sundry other articles.
Conditions of Sale.
562 0 0
1,503 18 0
1st.-The grain will be put up in lots, of 500 maunds each lot.
2nd. The purchasers will be at liberty to inspect the grain in the
store rooms previous to the commencement of the sale.
3rd.-One Rupee on each lot to be paid down at the time of sale
to bind the bargain.
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4th. The lots to be cleared out within fifteen days from the day
of sale, otherwise to be re-sold at the risk and charges of the first pur-
chasers, who are to make good any deficiency on the re-sale, and to
forfeit any advantage arising therefrom.
5th. Any other conditions will be mentioned at the time and
place of sale.
A. GREENE,
First Assistant, M. B.
·
THE 7TH AUGUST 1800.
General Orders by the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, Fort
William, the 6th August 1800.
The Most Noble the Governor General in Council having
received from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief the Notifi-
cation of the arrival within these Provinces of the three Battalions
of Bengal Volunteers, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Gardiner, feels a peculiar satisfaction in publishing to the army His
Lordship's most cordial approbation of the distinguished services rendered
to the British Empire in India by the European and Native Officers and
Privates of those gallant and meritorious Corps during the late arduous
crisis of public affairs.
His Lordship remarked with the warmest sentiments of gratitude
the alacrity and zeal manifested by the Native Officers and Privates in
their voluntary embarkation for the Coast of Coromandel at the eve of
the late glorious war. After the commencement of the war the exem-
plary discipline, valour, and steadiness of the Bengal Volunteers were
eminently conspicuous on various important occasions; and the
Official reports which His Lordship repeatedly received from the Field
during his residence at Fort St. George justify him in attributing
to the Bengal Volunteers a considerable portion of the glory and honor
acquired by the British arms during the brilliant and memorable
Campaign in Mysore.
After the reduction of Seringapatam, the Most Noble the Gover-
nor General in Council was happy to observe the laudable and unabated
exertions of the Bengal Volunteers in accompanying the rapid move-
ments of the army upon the Northern Frontiers of the Dominions of
the Rajah of Mysore.
When the service in Mysore had been brought to a conclusion, the
conduct of the Bengal Volunteer Battalions in the Northern Circars was
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such as to receive the most honorable testimony of approbation from
the Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council at Fort St. George.
In addition to these circumstances which have fallen under the
immediate observation of the Governor General in Council, the favorable
reports which His Lordship has received from His Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief, of the uniform fidelity, attachment, dutiful subor-
dination, and determined courage manifested by these valuable Corps on
every emergency, require that His Lordship in Council should confer a
mark of honorary distinction on the Bengal Volunteers, for the purpose
of commemorating their services and of recommending their example to
the imitation of their fellow-soldiers.
The Most Noble the Governor General in Council is therefore
pleased to order that Honorary Medals be conferred on all the Native
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys of the three
Battalions of Bengal Volunteers recently returned from the Coast of Coro-
mandel.
By order of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secy. to the Govt., Mily. Dept.
THE 21ST AUGUST 1800.
Minutes of Council, Fort William, Public Department, 17th August 1800.
The Most Noble the Governor General in Council has been pleased
to direct that the following Report be published:
Report of the Committee appointed to ascertain the progress made
in the Hindoostanee and Persian languages by the Junior Civil Servants
of the Company, who were directed to attend Mr. Gilchrist for
instruction in those languages.
To the Most Noble MARQUIS WELLESLEY, K. P., Governor General
in Council.
MY LORD,-Agreeably to the commands of your Lordship in
Council, we assembled on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th instant, for
the purpose of examining the Junior Civil Servants of the Company
who were ordered by your Lordship to attend Mr. Gilchrist for instruc-
tion in the Hindoostanee language.
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2. We also examined such of the Civil Servants as had studied
the Persian language under Mr. Gilchrist, and expressed a desire to be
examined with respect to their progress in that language, under the
option given by your Lordship for the present to the students of the
Persian language of undergoing or declining examination.
3. The Civil Servants who were required to attend Mr. Gilchrist
for instruction in the Hindoostanee language were arranged as follows:-
1st.—The students who regularly attended Mr. Gilchrist and were
attached by him to particular classes.
2nd.The students who, from indisposition or other causes, had
not attended Mr. Gilchrist with sufficient regularity to
admit of their being attached progressively to the established
classes, but who appeared before the Committee to undergo
an examination.
3rd. The Civil Servants who have not undergone an examination.
4. The students of the first description consisted of four classes.
The students composing these classes had been progressively attached to
them at different periods by Mr. Gilchrist, according to the proficiency
which they had made in the language.
5. A separate form of examination was prepared for each class, and
the students in each class were examined according to that form.
6. The accompanying Report marked No. 1 contains a Statement
of the comparative proficiency of the several students in each of the four
classes, agreeably to the opinion of the Committee.
7. The Report also specifies the periods during which the gentle-
men included in each class were respectively engaged in the study of the
language under Mr. Gilchrist, with such other circumstances as appeared
to us necessary to enable your Lordship to form a judgment of the
comparative merits and exertions of the several students.
8. The gentlemen who compose the second description of students,
being in general under different circumstances, no uniform mode of
examination could be observed with respect to them. These gentlemen
were examined partly in general questions of Grammar, and partly
(under a consideration of their respective cases) according to the forms.
of examination prescribed for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Classes of the first
description of students.
9. The Report No. 2 shows the comparative proficiency of these
gentlemen in the Hindoostanee language, according to the opinion of
the Committee. This Report also contains a detail of such circum-
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stances as it appears to us necessary to state, with a view of enabling
your Lordship to form a judgment of the comparative merits and exer-
tions of the several gentlemen who compose this description of students.
10. The Report No. 3 exhibits the names of the gentlemen com-
prised under the third description of the Civil Servants required to
attend Mr. Gilchrist, and contains such information as has come before
us regarding the cause of their not attending to be examined, with other
particulars respecting them which appeared to us to require your Lord-
ship's notice.
11. Mr. Waring, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Mackenzie, were the only
gentlemen who requested to undergo an examination 'in the Persian
language. The Report No. 4 will show their comparative proficiency
according to the opinion of the Committee.
12. Your Lordship having directed it to be intimated to the Com-
mittee that not only the gentlemen on whom you might deem it proper
to confer prizes or rewards, but also all the students who might appear
to the Committee to have made an adequate progress in the Hindoostanee
language, should receive the usual allowance for a Moonshee, we have
noticed in our Reports the students who appear to us to be entitled to that
allowance under the principle prescribed by your Lordship.
13. Having submitted to your Lordship our opinion as to the
comparative progress made in the languages by the several gentlemen
who were required to attend Mr. Gilchrist, it remains to state our senti-
ments as to the degree of that progress.
14. The Institution superintended by Mr. Gilchrist did not com-
mence its operation until February 1799.
15. Our duty has compelled us to arrange the students in the
First Class in the order in which we have placed them. But we have.
great satisfaction in acquainting your Lordship that all the gentlemen in
this class, without exception, manifested a knowledge of the Hindoos-
tanee language which greatly surpassed our expectations as to its extent
and its correctness both with respect to Grammar and Pronunciation.
16. Mr. Waring, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Mackenzie, the three gen-
tlemen in the First Class who underwent an examination in the Persian
language, appear to us entitled to particular notice, for having, while
engaged in the study of the Hindoostanee language, made a very con-
siderable progress in the Persian language.
17. The preceding observations with respect to the progress made
by the First Class in the Hindoostanee language are applicable (with
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due allowance for the period of study) to a great proportion of the
second, third, and fourth classes, particularly to Mr. Trant, who stands
first in our Report on the second class, although he did not commence
his studies until October last.
18. Several of the gentlemen who compose the second description
of students have also made considerable progress in the Hindoostanee
language. We are concerned, however, that there are others whose names
are specified in the Report, respecting whom we are not able to express the
same favorable sentiments.
19. From the Report your Lordship will observe that several of
the gentlemen have been prevented from pursuing their studies by indis-
position; but there are others who are noticed in the Report, who might
have prosecuted their studies uninterruptedly, whose progress is
very inconsiderable compared with the proficiency of the students in
the regular classes of correspondent standing in the service. The
inadequate progress made by these gentlemen is, we are persuaded, to be
attributed partly to a supposition that they would not be called upon to
undergo an examination, but more particularly to their having pre-
ferred the desultory unmethodical plan of teaching usually pursued by
the Native Moonshees to the regular system of instruction adopted by
Mr. Gilchrist. The result of the present examination has removed
these erroneous impressions, and we have the most satisfactory grounds
for believing that the utmost exertions will be made by the gentlemen
in general of whose progress in the language we have not been able to
express a favorable opinion to establish a claim to distinction at the
next examination which your Lordship may appoint.
20. We are happy to acquaint your Lordship that the gentlemen
who were examined by us are entitled to our fullest approbation for
their conduct during their examination; we noticed with much satis-
faction the existence of the strongest spirit of emulation amongst the
students in general to distinguish themselves at the examination; and
we are confident that the same laudable spirit, as well as a sense of duty,
will continue to animate their exertions (particularly when these shall
have been distinguished and rewarded in the manner in the contempla-
tion of your Lordship) and afford an example to all the junior servants
which cannot fail to be productive of great public benefit.
21. We cannot conclude this Report without expressing our sense
of the merits of Mr. Gilchrist. That gentleman has been assiduously
employed for several years in forming a Grammar and Dictionary of
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the Hindoostanee language, the universal colloquial language throughout
India, and therefore of the most general utility. From the want of a
Grammar of this language and the difficulty of its construction, it has
been hitherto spoken very imperfectly by Europeans. The literary
labors and talents of Mr. Gilchrist have furnished the means of acquir-
ing a knowledge of this language with facility and correctness.
22. With regard to the conduct of Mr. Gilchrist since he was
appointed by your Lordship to instruct the Junior Civil Servants of the
Company in the Hindoostanee language, his proceedings and the infor-
mation before your Lordship evince that for the last eighteen months
(with the exception of a vacation of a fortnight during the Christmas
Holidays) he has been employed with the most unremitting assiduity
in the prosecution of the duty which your Lordship assigned to him.
The great progress in the Hindoostanee language made by the
gentlemen who have availed themselves of the benefit of his instruc-
tion, in the short period during which he has held his present charge,
affords the strongest testimony of Mr. Gilchrist's knowledge of that
language, and of his zeal for the diffusion of that knowledge, at the
same time that it furnishes ample ground for estimating the great
advantages which will result to the Junior Servants from the regular and
systematic education in every branch of knowledge connected with their
public duties, which they will now receive in the College lately founded
by your Lordship at Fort William.
We have the honor to be, with the greatest respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient, humble Servants,
(Sd.) G. H. BARLOW.
J. H. HARINGTON.
W. KIRKPATRICK.
""
وو
دو
N. B. EDMONSTONE.
W. C. BLAQUIERE.
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Council Chamber, 29th July 1800.
In consequence of the Report of the Committee, the Most Noble
the Governor General in Council has been pleased to confer the following
prizes on the under-mentioned gentlemen, as public marks of distinction
for the progress which they have respectively made in the Hindoostanee
and Persian languages:-
.
HINDOOSTANEE LANGUAGE.
First Class.
Edward Scott Waring, Esq. The First Prize-A Gold Medal, and
the sum of Sicca Rs. 1,600.
Charles Lloyd, Esq. The Second Prize-A Gold Medal, and the
sum of Sicca Rs. 1,500.
A Third Medal, and the sum of Sicca Rs. 1,300, adjudged to
Lewis Mackenzie, Esq., deceased since the date of the Report.
Second Class.
William Henry Trant, Esq. The First Prize-A Gold Medal, and
the sum of Sicca Rs. 1,400.
Thomas Fortescue, Esq. The Second Prize-The sum of Sicca
Rs. 1,200.
Gordon Forbes, Esq. The Third Prize-The sum of Sicca Rs. 1,000.
Third Class.
John Monckton, Esq. The First Prize-The sum of Sicca Rs. 1,100.
William Butterworth Bayley, Esq. The Second Prize-The sum
of Sicca Rs. 900.
James Hunter, Esq. The Third Prize-The sum of Sicca Rs. 700.
Fourth Class.
William Morton, Esq.
David Morrison, Esq.
William Byam Martin, Esq. The Third Prize-The sum of Sicca
Rs. 500.
The First Prize-The sum of Sicca Rs. 800.
The Second Prize-The sum of Sicca Rs. 600.
PERSIAN LAnguage.
Edward Scott Waring, Esq. The First Prize A Gold Medal,
and the sum of Sicca Rs. 1,600.
Charles Lloyd, Esq. The Second Prize-A Gold Medal, and the
sum of Sicca Rs. 1,500.
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A third Medal and the sum of Sicca Rs. 1,300 adjudged to Lewis
Mackenzie, Esq., deceased since the date of the Report.
The prize allotted by the Governor General in Council for the
gentleman whose proficiency should entitle him to be placed the third
on the list of the first class of the students of the Hindoostanee language,
and the prize allotted for the gentleman who should be placed the third
on the list of the students of the Persian language, were adjudged
to the late Mr. Lewis Mackenzie, according to the Report of the
Committee.
The Governor General in Council has learnt with the greatest
concern the melancholy event of Mr. Mackenzie's premature decease.
His Lordship is pleased to direct that the prizes adjudged to the late
Mr. Lewis Mackenzie be delivered to his representatives, as a testimony
of the sense entertained by the Governor General in Council of the
talents and merits of Mr. Mackenzie, which promised to render his
future services useful to the public and honorable to his own character.
The Governor General in Council further directs that the usual
allowance for a Moonshee be paid, conformably to the established rules, to
the gentlemen to whom prizes have been adjudged, and also to the under-
mentioned gentlemen who were examined by the Committee, and whose
progress in the Hindoostanee language has been reported by the Com-
mittee to be such as to entitle them to that allowance, conformably to
the principles prescribed by His Lordship in Council :—
First Class.
Francis Fauquier.
John Walter Sherer.
Second Class.
William Blunt,
Charles Patterson.
Henry Hodgson.
Third Class.
Richard Chicheley Plowden.
Richard Turner.
Fourth Class.
Paul William Pechell.
Henry Dumbleton.
Not attached to any class.
David Campbell.
Gilbert Coventry Master, and James Kinloch, Esqs.
The Most Noble the Governor General in Council feels the greatest
satisfaction in conferring these public marks of distinction on the several
gentlemen to whom they have been adjudged. The merits of Mr.
Waring, Mr. Lloyd, the late Mr. Mackenzie, and Mr. Trant, merit his
Lordship's particular notice, and he is happy to express his approbation
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of the diligence of those gentlemen whose progress has entitled them
to a sum equal to the allowance fixed for the Moonshees which they
have entertained.
It is not the intention of the Governor General in Council to record
the names of those gentlemen of whose progress in the language the
Committee were unable to make any favorable report. His Lordship is
willing on the present occasion to ascribe the inconsiderable progress
which those gentlemen have made to the causes assigned by the
Committee. The operation of those causes has ceased, and the
Governor General in Council is persuaded that he shall hereafter be
enabled to recommend to the favorable notice of the Hon'ble the Court
of Directors the merits of many gentlemen whose names he has not
been justified on the present occasion in recording among those who
have merited his approbation.
The Governor General in Council takes this opportunity of express-
ing his sense of the merits of Mr. Gilchrist in having formed a valuable
Grammar and Dictionary of the Hindoostanee language, and having
thereby facilitated the acquisition of the language most generally used
throughout Hindoostan. Mr. Gilchrist is also entitled to the particular
notice and approbation of His Lordship in Council for the zeal, ability,
and diligence with which he has discharged the duty committed to him
of instructing the Junior Civil Servants who were directed to attend him
for the purpose of acquiring the Hindoostanee and the Persian language.
The propriety of conduct generally manifested by the gentlemen
examined merits the particular applause of the Governor General in
Council, as being connected with that sense of public duty which has
produced in many the most laudable efforts, and which he trusts will
ultimately animate the exertions of all, under the Collegiate Institution
founded by Regulation IX, A. D. 1800.
The primary objects of that Institution are to facilitate and reward
the progress of the Junior Civil Servants of the Company in the
acquisition of every branch of useful knowledge requisite for the due
discharge of their respective public stations; and it will be the constant
and unremitting care of the Governor General in Council to encourage
and distinguish the industry and talents of those gentlemen who shall
evince a sincere desire to avail themselves of the advantages which
will be afforded to them by that Institution under His Lordship's
immediate superintendence and control.
•
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
(Sd.)
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THE 28TH AUGUST 1800.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 8th September next will
be sold by Public Auction, at the Hon'ble Company's Export Ware-
house in the Old Fort, sundry assortments of stained, damaged, and
torn piece goods, damaged raw silk, dirty cotton, Berar copass, and old
salt petre bags, viz. :-
Piece Goods.
Dacca: slightly stained tanjebs, terrindams, nyan-
sooks, cossaes, hummums, seerbetties, mulmulls,
allaballies, dooreas, seerbundconnaes, jam-
dannies, abroabs, sublums, buddencoss, hand-
kerchiefs, and sircarallies
Large stains, principally water marks, tanjebs, ter-
rindams, nyansooks, cossaes, hummums, seer-
betties, mulmulls, allaballies, dooreas, seerbund-
connaes, jamdannies, abroabs, sablums, budden-
coss, handkerchiefs, sircarallies, raings, and
neckcloths
1,732 0 0
857 0 0
Torn tanjebs, terrindans, nyansooks, seerbetties,
seerbunds, mulmulls, and dooreas
27 0 0
2,616 0 0
Malda cossaes, mulmulls, and tanjebs
Luckipore baftaes, cossaes, hummums, and wrappers
Patna baftaes, emmerties, mamoodies, and wrappers
Cossimbazar taffaties, silk lungee, romals, new
mugga romals, bandannoes, and striped tassaties
onamooky: cattannies
Golagore: soot romals
:
132 0 0
1,184 0 0
1,572 0 0
292 0 0
300
74 0 0
Benares: cossaes
Rungpore: baftaes…..
Wrappers, gurrahs
Do. sheets
...
Jungypore filature
::
...
::
32 0 0
22 0 0
64 0 0
54 0 0 118 0 0
Pieces
6,333 0 0
Raw Silk.
Srs. Chs.
10 0
Rungpore Bengal wound
A quantity of dirty cotton, Berar copass, an old saltpetre gunny bag.
15 4.
The goods may be seen at the Export Warehouse, until the day
of sale.
1800.]
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A deposit of five per cent. on the amount of the purchases to be
made at the time of sale, which will be forfeited if the whole of the
goods are not cleared within fifteen days. Any loss on the resale, to be
also made good by the first purchaser.
EXPORT WARE HOUSE,
August 1800.
By order of the Board of Trade,
(Sd.) W. SWINTON,
Head Assistant, E. W. H.
}
THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 1800.
Calcutta Police Office, the 9th September 1800.
The attention of the Police having been called to the dangers
resulting from persons discharging fire-arms in the Town of Calcutta, the
Magistrates think it their duty to caution the inhabitants against the
continuance of a practice which in a late instance had nearly been
attended with the most fatal consequences.
By order of the Magistrate,
(Sd.)
JOHN MILLER,
Chief Clerk.
THE 30TH SEPTEMBER 1800.
Fort William, the 30th September 1800.
Advices received this day overland from Europe contain the intel-
ligence that on the 15th of May last an atrocious and treasonable
attempt was made to assassinate His Majesty; under the protection of
Divine Providence the life of our Most Gracious Sovereign, so justly
dear to all his subjects, was preserved, and His Majesty's person sustained
no injury. The assassin who had made this wicked attempt was in
custody, and had been committed to take his trial for high treason
under circumstances which led to a general opinion that insanity had
prompted this horrible and desperate act.
Dutiful and loyal addresses had been presented on this occasion
to His Majesty from all parts of the British Empire in Europe, and the
danger from which his sacred person had so providentially escaped,
had produced additional testimonies of the affection, attachment, and
veneration of all ranks and descriptions of his grateful people.
(Sd.)
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
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THE 4TH OCTOBER 1800.
Having been requested by several very respectable gentlemen in
Calcutta to convene a general meeting of the inhabitants for the
purpose of considering of an address to His Majesty on his late happy
and providential escape from assassination, it is therefore requested
that all the inhabitants of Calcutta do meet at the Theatre on Wednesday
next, the 18th instant, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose above mentioned.
(Sd.) J. BRICE,
The 4th October 1800.
THE 9TH OCTOBER 1800.
Fort William, Public Department, the 8th October 1800.
Sheriff.
The following Abstract Account of the Proceedings of the Com-
missioners for the management of the Sinking Fund between the 1st
May 1799 and the 30th April 1800, and estimate of the appropriation
to be made towards the redemption of the Public Debt in the current
year 1800-01, are published by order of the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council for the information of the public.
(Sd.) C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secretary to Government.
Abstract Account of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the manage-
ment of the Sinking Fund between the 1st of May 1798 and 30th of
April 1800, showing the progress that has been made towards the
redemption of the public debts at the latter period.
Principal of Government Securities redeemed, on which interest.
will be transferable to the Sinking Fund annually :
Sa. Rs. A. P.
8 per cents.
6 ditto
26,38,272 10 4
702,925 6 8
Total principal
33,41,198 1 0
ADD-
Interest on the principal at the time of
purchase
DEDUCT
Amount applied to the purchase of Secu-
rities on account of the appropriation
for the year 1798
For the year 1799
180
117,364 10 8
34,58,562 11 8
Sa. Rs. A. P,
12,97,465 8 6
T
15,04,702 15 7
ADD--
Annual Interest which became due on
Securities redeemed
2,37,420 10 6
30,39,589
Increase of Capital to the Fund, Sicca Rs.
4,18,973 9 1
E. E,
FORT WILLIAM;
ACCTT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
The 7th October 1800.
(Sd.) R. W. COX,
Acctt. Genl.
1800.]
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Estimate of the Amount to be appropriated towards the redemption of the Public
Debt in 1800-1801.
Appropriation for 1799 should have been
Sicca Rupees
Sa. Rs. A. P.
15,39,000 0 0
Two per cent. upon Increase of Debt
in 1799
3,76,600 0 0
Interest on Securities redeemed, and to
be redeemed
2,84,400 0 0
Total appropriation for 1800, Sicca Rupees
22,00,000 0 0
FORT WILLIAM;
ACCTT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
The 7th October 1800.
}
E. E.
(Sd.)
R. W. COX,
Acctt. Genl.
THE 16TH OCTOBER 1800.
Fort William, 15th October 1800.
Despatches have been this day received by the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council from Constantinople, of which the follow-
ing Extracts are published by His Lordship's command:-
(Sd.)
W. KIRKPATRICK,
Secy. to Govt.,
for Secy. Poll. Dept.
"A general action took place on the 14th of June 1800, between
the Austrian and French Armies in Italy, the issue of which was deci-
sively in favor of the latter.
"No details of this battle, which was fought near Alexandria, have
been yet received. It is certain, however, that General Melas was
reduced to the necessity of executing a convention with General
Bonaparte, by which he agreed to surrender to the French the
citadels of Tortona, Alexandria, Milan, Turin, Pizzighitone, D'Arona,
Plaisance; the Castles of Cevi, Ceva, and Savona; and the city of
Genoa, which had been recently reduced by the Austrian Force.
"The Austrian Army was to retire by the 26th of June to Mantua.
"A suspension of arms had taken place between the armies in
Italy, and it was agreed that neither party should detach, during the
cxistence of the suspension, any reinforcements to Germany.
“Hostilities were not to be renewed until after ten days' previous
notice."
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THE 23RD OCTOBER 1800.
The Most Noble the Governor General will give audience this
day from 10 until 12 o'clock.
(Sd.) H. V. WHITE,
Aide-de-Camp.
BOMBAY MILITIA.
MINUTES OF COUNCIL, 2ND OCTOBER 1800.
The attendance of the Bombay Armed Association being again
required, the Hon'ble the Governor, as Colonel of the Corps, will give
the necessary orders for perfecting their discipline and exercise, and
respecting such duties and services as may eventually be required of
them.
All European British subjects, inhabitants at the Presidency, not
being in the service of His Majesty, or of the Hon'ble Company, and
not hitherto enrolled in the Association Corps, to send their names,
occupations, and places of abode without delay to Major Woodington,
Town Major, with a view to their becoming Members of the Association
when they will be furnished with arms and accoutrements.
(A True Extract)
(sd.)
JAMES GRANT,
Sub-Secretary to Government.
THE 13TH NOVEMBER 1800.
Militia Infantry Orders by Lieut. Colonel Booke, 12th November 1800.
In obedience to the orders of the 24th of October last by the
Most Noble the Governor General, the Calcutta European and Armenian
Militia Infantry will parade on the road leading to the Calcutta Gate
of Fort William on Saturday morning next, at six o'clock.
1800.]
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THE 20TH NOVEMBER 1800.
College at Fort William.
Lectures will commence from Monday, the 24th of November, and
will be continued to the end of the year, in the Arabic, Persian, and
Hindoostánee Languages, viz:-
ARABIC.
On Monday and Thursday, at eleven o'clock.
First Lecture on Monday, the 24th.
PERSIAN.
On Tuesdays and Saturdays, at ten o'clock.
First Lecture on Tuesday, the 25th.
HINDOOSTANEE.
On Wednesdays and Fridays, at nine o'clock.
First Lecture on Wednesday, the 26th.
The Public Table will be opened for the use of the Students on
Monday, the 24th.
Students who have subscribed their names in the Lecture Book
are exempted by order of the Most Noble the Governor General in
Council from all public duties.
The Public Library being now founded, the names of any persons
who may think fit to make donations of Books to the College will be
recorded in a Register to be kept of the names of the Benefactors to
the Institution.
PROVOST CHAMBERS;
(Sd.) DAVID BROWN,
Provost.
The 15th November 1800.
COUNCIL HOUSE STREET,
THE 27TH NOVEMBER 1800.
Fort William, November 26th, 1800.
The following Despatch was this day received from the Acting
Post Master at Kedgeree :-
To G. H. BARLOW, ESQ.,
Chief Secretary to Government, FORT WILLIAM.
SIR,-I have the honor to acquaint you of the arrival of the Brig
L'Adele, French Privateer, captured by His Majesty's Brig Albatross
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3k
Captain Walter, on the 13th instant, about 30 leagues to the southward
of the Sandheads; the L'Adele had made eight captures, four of
which she suffered to proceed on their voyage after plundering them of
what she thought necessary,
I have, &c.,
(Sd.)
S. H. HUET,
Acting Post Master.
KEDGEREE POST OFFICE,
The 25th November 1800.
}
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in
Council,
(Sd.)
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 18TH DECEMBER 1800.
Proceedings of Vestry relating to the establishment of a Charitable Fund
for the relief of distressed Europeans and others, dated 13th and
26th June 1800.
Resolved 1st.-That a permanent Fund be formed for the relief
of distressed Europeans and others out of the collections made on the
three Festivals of Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide, and that this
be effected by the gradual accumulation of a certain portion of those
collections to be vested in Public Paper properly secured to the Mana-
gers of the Fund.
Resolved 2ndly.-That the Fund be managed by the Vestry, to
whom all applications for relief shall be made through the Vestry Clerk.
Resolved 3rdly.-That a meeting of the Vestry be held on the first
Monday of every month, to examine the applications for relief which
may have been made during the preceding month, to determine on the
sum to be applied to each particular case, to make such disbursements
as may be agreed upon, and to transact all other business relative to
the charity.
Resolved 4thly.-That all questions relative to the Fund be deter-
mined by a majority of the Members present at the Vestry.
Resolved 5illy.-That two Members shall be competent to transact
business, one of them being a Chaplain of the Presidency.
1800.]
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Resolved 6thly. That no money be issued but under the signature
of the Members present at the monthly meeting.
Resolved 7thly.—That the Bank of Hindoostan be appointed
Treasurer.
Resolved 8thly. That the public be informed, by advertisement
in the Gazette, of the existence of this Fund, and also be solicited to con-
tribute to its support, by voluntary subscriptions to be received at the
Bank.
Resolved 9thly. That the patronage of the Most Noble the Governor
General be solicited to the plan before it be submitted to the public.
Additional Resolution on the 26th June 1800.
Resolved 10thly.-That this Institution shall not countenance,
or by any means encourage, unauthorized persons to continue in
the country; and that persons of this description shall not receive any
succour, except to enable such as are in real distress to subsist, till they
can remove,
The above proposal having obtained the sanction of the Most
Noble the Governor General in Council, is now submitted to the public.
•
The object of this Institution is to administer relief to those of
our own countrymen who may be suffering from poverty in this foreign
land. The public are not aware of the number of persons of this
description in this Settlement. Some are thrown into jail for small
debts, and others, who were formerly in good circumstances, are ashamed
to make their distress known, and are in danger of perishing for
want. And there are many who are able to support themselves, but
being destitute of friends, they languish in obscurity without employ-
ment.
At the same time that this Institution will give effectual relief to
real distress, it will tend to put a stop to those numerous subscriptions
and applications for charity which are constantly circulated through
the Settlement, and which are often impositions on the humanity of the
public. It will be the business of the Managers to search out objects
of distress and to inquire carefully into the cases of those who apply for
relief, so that the subscribers will have the satisfaction of knowing that
their benefactions are well applied.
Published by order of the Vestry,
CALCUTTA,
December 18th, 1800.
}
(Sd.)
W. BARNFIELD,
Clerk of the Vestry.
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[1800.
Fort William, Public Department, 18th December 1800.
The Post Master General having represented to the Most Noble
the Governor General in Council, that on the 26th of October last, a
peon in charge of the Post Boat belonging to the Post Master at
Kedgeree, was interrupted in the discharge of his duty, and ill-treated
by some person or persons, on board of the Ship Mermaid, George
Hiram Garden, Commander, His Lordship in Council deems it necessary
to give public notice, that the most effectual measures will be taken to
punish any person or persons who may in any respect interrupt or
impede the discharge of the respective duties of such Officers or Ser-
vants as may be employed under the orders of the Post Master at
Kedgeree, or under the Master Attendant in the Boat Department.
His Lordship in Council likewise deems it expedient to give public
notice, that Pilots and other Officers on the Pilot Establishment, who
may be entrusted with the charge of ships, have been directed not to
conduct any ship to sea on board of which any person may have been.
guilty of an offence of the nature above stated, until full satisfaction
shall have been made for the same; and that all ships under such circum-
stances will be detained, until the nature of the offence shall have been
fully investigated.
Public notice is also further given, that no Port Clearance will be
granted for any ship, the conduct of the Commander of which, for the
time being, shall have previously subjected him to the displeasure of
His Lordship in Council, by any interference, directly or indirectly,
with the persons employed under the Post Master at Kedgeree, or under
the Master Attendant.
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
C. R. CROMMELIN,
(Sd.)
Secy, to Govt., Pub. Dept.
1801.]
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THE 18TH JANUARY 1801.
Extracts from the Minutes of the Bombay Council, under date the
20th December 1800.
The Governor in Council, while he sincerely regrets the loss of so
valuable an Officer as Captain Hall, who fell in the late action of the
Intrepid with an Enemy's Privateer in the Gulph of Persia, pays but a
just tribute to the memory of this gallant Commander, in declaring his
entire approbation of the brave defence made by Captain Hall against
the daring attacks of the enemy who with superior numbers twice
attempted, but failed, to board the Company's Cruizer.
Lieutenants Smee and Best, with the other Officers and men of the
Intrepid, are also entitled to the praise and thanks of the Governor in
Council, for the whole of their conduct during this action; Lieutenant
Smee, in particular, for continuing the unequal conflict, after the fall of
his gallant Commander, finally repulsing the enemy, and obliging him
to seek refuge in retreat.
The Governor in Council, to mark his sense of this laudable conduct,
directs the Superintendent of Marine to cause four months' pay to the
petty Officers and European Seamen, and three months' pay to the sepoys
and lascars, to be immediately advanced them, as a gratuity for their
exertions on this occasion; Lieutenant Smee will receive the pay
of a
Junior Captain in the Marine from the day of his gallant repulse of the
enemy, viz., the 22nd November 1800, until he shall be regularly pro-
moted in the line; the Superintendent being also directed to employ the
intermediate services of Lieutenant Smee in as distinguished situations.
as his Marine rank will admit of.
The Superintendent is also desired to report whether Captain Hall
has left in this Settlement any family or connections, on whom the
Governor in Council could bestow some recompense for their late loss;
it being to him a subject of sincere concern that this Officer has not
survived to enjoy in person the just reward of his bravery and meritorious
exertions.
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THE 22ND JANUARY 1801.
Extract from the General Letter of the Hon'ble the Court of Directors,
dated the 11th of June 1800.
We have resolved that the same rates of freight be paid this season,
on goods shipped by individuals, under the Act of the 33rd of His present.
Majesty, as were communicated to you in our letter of the 11th Decem-
ber 1793; being £7-10 per ton outward, and £22-10 per ton homeward.
Published by order of the Board of Trade,
FORT WILLIAM,
January 13th, 1801.
(sd.)
JOHN N. SEALY,
Acting Secretary.
Fort William, Public Department, 9th April 1801.
The Post Master General having represented to His Excellency the
Most Noble the Governor General in Council, that doubts had arisen
on the proper construction of the 10th Article of the Post Office Regu-
lations, published in the Calcutta Gazette of the 12th July 1798,
His Excellency has been pleased to direct the republication of that
Article, with such explanatory additions as the Governor General in
Council has deemed necessary.
Article 10th.-"That where a Public Officer under Government shall
have occasion to correspond with individuals not on the public service,
but on the more immediate business of the individual, as in the case of
transmitting Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Receipts, or any
other description of Government Securities, &c., &c.; the Public Officer
forwarding the letters, shall, in such cases, superscribe on the envelope,
with his official signature, the words "Bearing Postage" when letters
having such superscription shall be received at the General Post Office,
without postage being then paid; and the Post Master of the Station,
to which the letter goes, shall collect the amount from the party to whom
it may be addressed and delivered, and from whom the postage shall be
received; and when, vice versa, such letters are addressed by an individual
to a public Officer of Government, the postage shall be received from the
person delivering the letter at the Post Office."
The correspondence of all Military Officers with Paymasters, or other
Public Officers of Government, on the subject of their individual allow-
ances, or on any other subject of a personal nature, is to be subject to
postage, in the manner prescribed by the 10th Article of the Post Office
Regulations under date the 9th July 1798.
{
1801.]
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The correspondence of Commanding Officers, Brigade Majors, and
other Public Officers of Government, with Executors or Administrators,
is to be considered as private and subject to postage, payable by the
parties with whom such correspondence may be found necessary, in like
manner, as above directed.
The correspondence of Collectors with individuals, on subjects rela-
ting to money transactions, whether applicable to Government Securities
or not, is in like manner to be subject to postage.
The correspondence of Collectors of Government Customs with
Merchants and others on the subject of duties paid, or to be paid, is, in
like manner, to be subject to postage.
The correspondence of all the Officers of Government who are au-
thorized to send and receive letters "on the service," with individuals, on
the immediate concerns of the individuals, is liable to the established rates
of postage, although addressed on the service in the usual form; and
the Public Officers are hereby directed not to omit the words "Bearing
Postage" on the envelope of all letters, which do not immediately apper-
tain to the business of Government, that the several Post Masters and
Collectors may be enabled to collect the amount of postage which may
be due on such letters.
The Public Officers at the Presidency are further directed to forward
the envelopes of letters which may be addressed to them and which
ought to bear postage, to the General Post Office, inscribing thereon the
names of the persons by whom the letters have been sent, to enable the
Post Master General to levy the established rates of postage. And the
Public Officers in the intermediate districts will, in like manner, transmit
the envelopes of all letters of the above descriptions to the Post Office
nearest to the station at which they may reside.
Published by order of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.) C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Pub. Dept.
THE 18TH JUNE 1801.
Fort William, Public Department.
The following copy of a letter from the Chairman appointed to
manage the subscription raised for the benefit of the sufferers in Lord
Nelson's Victory, is published by command of His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General in Council.
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Lloyd's Coffee-House, London, 16th April 1800.
SIR, AS Chairman of the Committee appointed to manage the
subscription raised for the benefit of the sufferers in Lord Nelson's
Victory, I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
5th November last, enclosing a remittance of £1,074-10 on the Honor-
able the Court of Directors of the East India Company, being the
amount so laudably subscribed at your Presidency in aid of the Fund
raised for the relief of the wounded seamen and marines, and the families
of those who were killed in the ever glorious engagement of the 1st
of August 1798, off the mouth of the Nile.
I am désired to express the thanks of the Committee to the
subscribers for their liberal and humane conduct towards the gallant
defenders of their country, and I take the liberty to add my own
acknowledgments on the occasion.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
(Sd.)
To R. W. Cox, Esq., &c., &c., &c.,
JOHN JULIUS AUGUSTIN.
Fort William.
By command of the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
C. R. CROMMELIN,
}
Secy. to Govt., Pub. Dept.
THE 14TH MAY 1801.
Bhaugulpore Foujdary Adawlut, 30th April 1801.
Whereas a person of the name Buxshoo, calling himself a Khid-
mutgar, was apprehended in this district, in the month of January last,
in consequence of his having in his possession the articles undermen-
tioned, and of his giving contradictory and unsatisfactory accounts of
the manner in which he obtained them, thereby causing strong grounds
for suspecting that he must have stolen them: this is, therefore, to give
notice, that the said Buxshoo will be detained in custody for two months
from this date, that the owner of the property may either take the
necessary measures for prosecuting him, or give the Magistrate such
1801.]
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information as may justify him in discharging the said Buxshoo. If,
however, no communication shall be made to the Magistrate in conse-
quence of this advertisement before the expiration of the time above
mentioned, the prisoner will be set at liberty, and the property kept in
deposit until regularly claimed:-
Six Miniature paintings on ivory, in cases.
red, one green, and one black.
Three of the cases are
Two small leather cases, one red and one black.
A Miniature, three quarters length, in a square wooden frame.
Six Miniatures, without either cases or frames.
Three glasses for Miniature settings.
A magnifying glass, a pallet, brushes, &c., sundry articles required
for Miniature paintings.
The prisoner represents that he came last from Berhampore.
The Miniatures are mostly of persons on this side of India.
JOHN FOMBELLE,
Magistrate.
THE 28TH MAY 1801.
MADRAS MILITARY.
General Order by Government Fort St. George, 15th April 1801.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council has received, with
much regret, a report of the death of Subadar Sheik Ibrahim, of
His Lordship's body-guard, in a gallant and successful charge, led by
Lieutenant James Grant, against the rebels of Tinnevelly on the 30th
of last month.
A rare combination of military talents has rendered the character
of Sheik Ibrahim familiar to the Officers of the Army. To cool, deci-
sive, and daring valor, he added that sober judgment and those
honorable sentiments which raised him far above the level of his rank
in life; an exploit of uncommon energy and personal exertion terminated
his career, and the last effort of his voice breathed honor, attachment,
and fidelity.
The Governor in Council, being desirous of marking to the Army
His Lordship's sense of the virtues and attainments which have rendered
the death of this Native Officer a severe loss to the service, has been
pleased to confer on his family a pension equal to the pay of a Subadar
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of the body-guard, being thirty pagodas per month; and His Lord-
ship has further directed that a certificate to this effect, translated into
Persian and Hindoostanee, may be presented to the family as a record.
of the gift and a tribute to the memory of the brave Subadar Sheik
Ibrahim.
THE 16TH JULY 1801.
Fort William, Public Department, 15th July 1081.
The public are hereby informed that the Sub-Treasurer at the
Presidency, the Resident at Lucknow, and the several Collectors of the
Land Revenue, have been authorized to receive, until further orders, any
sums of money (not being less than sicca rupees one thousand) which
may be tendered on loan to the Hon'ble Company, for a period of two
years, on which interest will be allowed, payable annually at and after
the rate of twelve per cent. per annum.
*
*
*
*
X-
[NOTE.-Here follow further details and provisions of the Loan, which it is unneces-
sary to print.]
THE 23RD JULY 1801.
Orders of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
Fort William, 16th July 1801.
Whereas it hath hitherto been the practice for ships importing
at Calcutta, to retain their gunpowder on board while lying in the port;
and whereas, the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder on board
of ships lying off the town might be attended with the most des-
tructive consequences to the town, to the inhabitants thereof, and to the
shipping in the port; and whereas, instances have occurred of shot
being fired into the town of Calcutta, and into the country adjacent
by ship's saluting Fort William, or firing guns on other occasions:
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, with a
view of obviating the serious consequences which might ensue from a
continuance of these irregular and dangerous practices, has been pleased
to establish the following rules :-
1st. The Commanders of all vessels, bound to the port of Calcutta and
proceeding up to the town of Calcutta or to any other part of the river
above Atcheepore, are required, in or before their arrival off Atcheepore,
to land at the Magazine which has been erected at that place all the
gunpowder which they may have on board (whether contained in barrels,
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or made up into ammunition), exceeding the quantity of one hundred
pounds, which quantity every vessel is permitted to retain on board for the
purpose of firing salutes or signals in case of distress. Officers appointed
by Government will take charge of the gunpowder immediately on its
being conveyed to the shore at Atcheepore, and will deposit it in the
Magazine; Commanders of vessels are required to mark the names of
their respective vessels on the barrels and packages of gunpowder
previously to their being landed. A receipt for the gunpowder will be
granted by the Officer in charge of the Magazine.
2nd.-In order that vessels may be detained as short a time as
possible for the delivery of their gunpowder, Commanders of vessels are
required, on coming in sight of Atcheepore, to point a flag at the foretop
mast head, whereupon the Officer in charge of the Magazine will
immediately order persons to be in readiness at the river side to receive.
the gunpowder.
3rd.-Gunpowder shall not be landed or received into the Maga-
zine between sunset and sunrise.
4th.-The Commanders of vessels outward bound, which may require
gunpowder for their outward voyage, shall not take gunpowder on board
in any part of the river above Atcheepore, with the exception of a quan-
tity not exceeding one hundred pounds for the purpose before mentioned.
Should any gunpowder have been landed from any vessel when inward
bound, and deposited in the Magazine, the gunpowder will, upon the
application of the Commander of the vessel to the Officer in charge of
the Magazine (such application being accompanied by the receipt
granted on the deposit of the gunpowder in the Magazine), be con-
veyed to the river side and delivered to such person as may be sent to
take charge of it.
5th.—In future, vessels entering the port of Calcutta shall not at
any time, while lying in any part of the river between Atcheepore and
Calcutta, have on board without the express sanction of Government,
any quantity of gunpowder exceeding one hundred pounds for the
purpose before mentioned; the Collector of the Government Customs
is hereby empowered and directed, should he have reason to believe, that
a quantity of gunpowder exceeding one hundred pounds has been
received on board of any vessel, to cause the vessel to be searched, and
should any greater quantity be found on board, to seize the same. The
Collector is also empowered and directed to seize any unauthorized
quantity of gunpowder which may be attempted to be shipped on any
vessel in opposition to the rules herein prescribed; all such gunpowder
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so seized shall be liable to confiscation: the Collector shall immediately
send all the gunpowder so seized to the Magazine in Fort William, and
shall report the circumstances of the case to the Board of Trade. The
Collector shall not grant a port clearance for any such vessels from which
gunpowder shall have been so seized without the express authority of
the Governor General in Council.
6th.-One-half of the estimated value of all gunpowder which
may be confiscated under this regulation, shall be granted in equal
proportions to the Collector of the Customs and his Deputy; the remain-
ing moiety shall be granted in equal proportions to the informer and
to the Officer assisting in making the seizure.
7th.-The Commanders of vessels lying at Diamond Harbour, or
in any other part of the river below Atcheepore, will be permitted to
deposit their gunpowder in the Magazine at Atcheepore.
8th.-Pursuant to the orders contained in the 5th Article of these
Regulations, the Commanders of all vessels now lying in the Port of
Calcutta, having on board a quantity of gunpowder exceeding one
hundred pounds, are required by the 31st day of July 1801, to send
the quantity of gunpowder exceeding one hundred pounds, which they
may have on board of their respective ships, or at any place on shore,
to the Magazine at Atcheepore. If the Commander of any vessel shall
not conform to this requisition, he shall be liable to the penalties stated
in the 5th Article.
9th. The Commanders of all vessels lying off the Town of Cal-
cutta, or in any part of the river between the Town and Kedgeree, are
prohibited from firing guns (excepting for the purpose of saluting
Fort William, or for signals in case of the vessels being in distress) for
any purpose whatever, without having previously obtained the permis-
sion of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Town of Calcutta.
When guns shall be fired from any ship for the purpose of saluting
Fort William, or for signals, in case of the ship being in distress, and
also in cases in which guns may be fired with the permission of the
Justices of the Peace, the Commander of the ship is enjoined to be
particularly careful that the guns be not shotted.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
G. H. BARLOW,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
1801.]
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THE 8TH OCTOBER 1801.
Fort William, 7th October 1801.
Notice is hereby given that the Treasury Bills of this Government,
which may be issued after Monday, the 2nd November next, will bear
interest at the rate of 9-125 (or 9 Rupees 2 annas) per cent. per annum,
as under-mentioned.
With a view to the convenience of individuals, and in order to
facilitate business at the public offices, the bills will be issued in sums
which will give a daily interest without fractions, as follows:-
250 at 1 anna per day.
500
2
ditto.
رو
دو
750
3
ditto.
>>
1,000
1,250
4.
ditto.
وو
""
5
ditto.
""
1,500
6
ditto.
دو
""
1,750
2,000
7
ditto.
دو
"
ditto.
رو
2,250
9
ditto.
"2
دو
2,500 10
ditto.
>>
رو
2,750 11
ditto.
ور
""
3,000 12
ditto.
""
رو
3,250 13
ditto.
دو
"
3,500 14
ditto.
دو
ور
3,750 15
4,000
ditto.
رو
""
دو
1 Rupee ditto; and so on in the same
proportion for larger sums, if they should be required.
Where the payment cannot be made in any of the above sums, the
difference or excess will be paid in cash; for instance in making a pay-
ment of Rs. 600, Rs. 500 will be paid in notes, and 100 in cash. In all
other respects, the bills will be issued and received at the public
treasuries under the same regulations as heretofore, as notified in the
advertisement of the 7th November.
By order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
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THE 8TH OCTOBER 1801.
Fort William, Public Department, 23rd September 1801.
Notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of the Sinking Fund
will grant bills on the Hon'ble Court of Directors, at the exchange of
two shillings and six pence per Sicca Rupee, payable three months after
sight, for the principal and interest of any promissory notes of this
Government, bearing an interest of twelve per cent. per annum, which
may be tendered to them in exchange for such bills.
By order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept,
THE 22ND OCTOBER 1801.
General Post Office, 19th October 1801.
The public is hereby informed that the Hon'ble Company's bearers
on the new road to Patna and Benares will be stationed on the road
from the first of the ensuing month (November).
C. W. BLUNT,
Post Master General.
THE 17TH DECEMBER 1801.
Police Office, 15th December 1801.
Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals of contract will be
received at this office on or before the 28th instant, for providing eighty-
five pairs of strong serviceable bullocks, with the proportional number of
drivers, for the use of the carts employed under the scavengers, for
clearing the streets and drains within the Town of Calcutta, for the
ensuing year; proposals will be received for the whole or any part
thereof, the proposals to specify the number of bullocks, and the charge
for each pair together with the drivers per month.
Scaled proposals will also be received on or before the 28th instant, for
keeping in repair ninety-seven carts employed for cleaning the streets and
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drains within the Town of Calcutta, for the ensuing year; the proposals
to specify the terms on which each cart will be repaired by the month.
The carts will be delivered to the contractor in good order.
Sealed proposals of contract will likewise be received on or before
the 28th instant for furnishing fifty hackeries, with bullocks and drivers,
to be employed under the Superintendent of Roads, for the ensuing year.
Proposals will be received for the whole or any part thereof.
The above proposal to contain the names of two responsible persons,
inhabitants of Calcutta, as securities for the performance of the contract.
By order of the Magistrate,
A. H. SMITH,
Acting First Clerk.
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THE 14TH JANUARY 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, of 19th December 1801.]
The Hon'ble Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council.
HON'BLE SIR,—I have the honor to inform you that the IIarriet,
armed boat, belonging to this Station, commanded by William Worthey,
Gunner of Artillery, fell in with three Pirate boats, belonging to the
port of Rajapoor, in the Cooley country, who engaged her from eight
o'clock at night of the 16th instant till four the next morning, and after
ineffectually boarding the Harriet three different times, with matchlocks,
pikes, and swords, the Gunner and part of the crew boarded in return,
and captured one boat, armed with eight matchlocks, thirteen swords,
several pikes, and one iron gun; the two others, observing the situation
of their companion, set sail and escaped; only one sepoy is wounded by
a ball in the thigh, in our Pettamar. On board the Pirate, four men were
killed, seven dangerously and two slightly wounded; the number who
jumped into the water and were drowned cannot be ascertained; the
wounded men I have sent to the hospital at Tannah; the remainder,
four in number, are confined in this Fort. I request to be favored with
your orders respecting the boat and prisoners.
VERSOVAH,
December 18th, 1801.
}
I have the honor to be respectfully,
HON'BLE SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) WILLIAM SIMPSON,
Collector of Salselle.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY 1802.
Notice is hereby given that proposals of contract will be received
at the Office of the Secretary to the Board of Trade, on or before the
eleventh day of February next, for supplying Indigo, of the manufacture
of the Company's Provinces, including Benares, for the Company's
investment for the year 1802, under the stipulatious following, viz. :—
1st.-Each proposal must be accompanied by a sample of the
Indigo intended to be provided: such sample to consist of not less than
four seers, and to be as nearly as possible of one quality; the sample
will be appraised by the Company's Inspector, and will be kept for a
standard of appraisement of the deliveries.
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2nd.-The Indigo contracted for must be delivered as nearly as
possible of one quality in a chest. It will be appraised by the Company's
Inspector, but none accepted which may be estimated at less than Sicca
Rupees seventy per factory maund; the appraisement will be made
within thirty days from the day of delivery; and in default thereof,
the Indigo will be taken and paid for at the rate of the muster. Should
a contractor be dissatisfied with the appraisement of the Company's
Inspector, the Indigo shall be referred for re-valuation to two persons
to be chosen, one by the Board of Trade on behalf of the Company,
the other by the contractor; and the decision of such two persons, or
in the event of their disagreement, the decision of a third person to
be nominated by them, shall be conclusive; timely notice being given
to the contractor, or to his Agent in Calcutta, of the intended examina-
tion by the Company's Inspector. Should not the contractor, or some
person on his part, attend, he shall not afterwards be entitled to appear
from the Inspector's valuation.
3rd.—Advances will be made to the amount of the Indigo contracted
for, at the rate of Sicca Rupees eighty per factory maund in Treasury
bills, as described in the advertisement published in the Calcutta Gazette,
dated 7th October 1801, or in cash, as the state of the public treasury
may admit at the periods, and in the proportions following, viz. :—
On the execution of the necessary deeds
On 1st March 1802
On 1st June 1802
ths
th
ths
The deliveries being completed, one-fourth part of the value will be
deducted as a reserve, and the accounts to be adjusted upon the
remaining three-fourths, and the balance paid on either side according
to circumstances. Should the three-fourths not equal the advances
received, the difference shall be returned in treasury bills, or in cash,
with interest at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum from the date of
the contractor's receipt of the amount, in the proportions in which
the advances have been issued.
4th.-No Indigo will be received before the 16th December 1802;
after that date the contractors may deliver as shall suit their con-
venience, save that the following proportions of the quantity contracted
for must be delivered by the periods annexed, viz. :—
By the 31st December 1802
By the 31st January 1803
HA HA
Should any Indigo be tendered after the 31st January, the Company
reserve to themselves the option of receiving or rejecting it. Any
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contractor failing to deliver the quantity engaged for, shall be subject
to a penalty of thirty per cent. on the deficient quantity, estimated at
the rate of the advances, viz., Sicca Rupees eighty per maund.
5th.-Each cake of Indigo must be stamped with the following
mark:
E. IN.
and under it, with the initials of the contractor's name or with those of
the Firm, if a partnership.
6th.-On Indigo subject to the Patna Import Duty and Benares,
such duties shall be paid by the contractor.
7th.—The Indigo will be laden on the Company's ships, partly, or
wholly, at the Company's risk, as may be settled according to the 10th
Article, and be sold at their sales in England at the risk of the con-
tractors.
8th.-From the proceeds of the sales shall, in the first instance, be
defrayed the freight, at such rate as may be payable by the Company on
the ships on which the Indigo may be laden, with a proportion of the
demurrage, and of the charge for kentledge, if the Company shall be
liable to the payment of either for the ships, also the public duties and
Company's charges, except that the contractors shall not be subject to
any charge for demurrage beyond the ordinary time of departure in the
season in which the ships may arrive. The Company's charges to be
rated generally at two per cent. on the sales and from the remainder
of the proceeds the Company shall be repaid the advances as follows:-
At the rate of two shillings and nine pence per Sicca Rupee, on the
advance of eighty Sicca Rupees per factory maund, or on so much of the
amount as in pursuance of the 3rd Article the contractor shall have
been entitled to retain, and also on the packing and shipping charges.
:
At the rate of two shillings and six pence farthing per Sicca Rupee
for the further payment made to the contractor on account of his deli-
veries exceeding in value the amount necessary for recovering the
advance of eighty Sicca Rupees per maund.
Should the remainder of the proceeds not suffice for these payments,
a return of advances must be made in Bengal, as in the 3rd Article.
91%.—Should authentic advices of a Peace arrive before the despatch
of a ship on which any Indigo may be laden, the exchange on the value
of such Indigo will be reduced as follows:
Where it is now
:
S. d.
2 9
{
S. d.
2 8
2 51
4
2 61
2 5
to
1802.]
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10th. Whatever the Indigo shall produce beyond the amount neces-
sary for the purposes mentioned in the 8th Article, will be paid to the
contractors, either in Bengal or in England, at their option. If in
Bengal, it will be paid in cash or in promissory notes, bearing interest
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, at the rate of two shillings
and five pence per Sicca Rupee, with an interest at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum from the date of the last delivery as soon as may be, after
the Governor General in Council shall have received the account sales.
If in England, payment will be made as soon as may be, after the Indigo
shall have been cleared from the Company's Warehouse. In the former
the Company will stand to the risks of the voyage on the whole
consignment on each ship; in the latter, to the risks on only three-fourths
of the Invoice value, and the proposals must specify which of these
alternatives is made choice of
case,
11th. Two securities will be required for the performance of the
engagements severally (a partnership being considered as one security),
and the proposals must be accompanied by declarations from the persons
named as securities of their consent to be so bound. Proposals from
agents must be accompanied by the authorities from their principals for
making them. Any proposal deficient in either of these respects, or not
containing the specifications required in the 10th Article respecting
the place for receipt of the surplus proceeds, will be rejected without
consideration.
12th.-The Board of Trade reserve to themselves the right of reject-
ing any proposal, without assigning any reason for so doing.
13th.-Every proposal must specify the place at which the Indigo is
intended to be manufactured, and the proposer must satisfy the Board of
Trade, if required so to do, that his manufactory is actually capable of
working off the quantity of Indigo proposed for. The Board of Trade
will further require that the contractors shall, if called upon, produce
evidence of the Indigo delivered by them, being bond fide, the produce
of the places of manufacture which they may have specified in their
proposals.
14th. The Board of Trade think it proper to declare that, in the
event of a contractor failing wholly or partially in his engagements,
they will require to be satisfied that the advances were duly applied to
the purposes for which they were taken up, and no more Indigo was
made by him, proper for the Company's investment than what he shall
have delivered.
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In illustration of that part of the 8th Article which respects the
exchange, a sketch of an account is given as follows:--
DR.
Indigo Contract for the Investment, 1802.
To advance on a contract for 100
maunds, at Sicca Rupees 80 per
maund, the same to be repaid in
England, from the proceeds at
2s. 6d. per Sicca Rupee, mak-
ing £1,100
Sicca Rs.
February 16th, 1803.
To balance paid, the same to be re-
paid at 2s 64d. per Sicca Rupee,
8,000
By deliveries appraised
by the Inspector, on the Mds.
31st December 1802 50
On the 31st January 1803 50
Suppose
Maunds ... 100
at different
prices from Sicca Rs.
100 to 170 per maund,
average 140 Sicca Rs.
per Maund
making £315-2-Îd. Sicca Rs. 2,500 Deduct 4th reverse
Sicca Rs. 10,500
Sicca Rs.
The Invoice charges to be repaid at 2s. 9d. per Sicca Rupees.
CR.
Mds.
14,000
3,500
10,500
The proposers are advised that for the greater safety against the
enemy, it is intended to lade the contract Indigo upon the Company's
regular full and armed ships, but the Board do not make this a positive
condition of the contract.
Published by order of the Board of Trade,
FORT WILLIAM,
January 19th, 1802.
}
(Sd.)
J. N. SEALY,
Acting Secretary.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 1ST FEBRUARY 1802.
Fort William, the 1st February 1802.
Despatches have this day been received by the Hon'ble the
Vice-President in Council from the Hon'ble the Governor in Council
of Bombay, dated the 12th ultimo, conveying advices received from
England via Bussorah, announcing that preliminaries of peace between
His Majesty and the French Republic were signed on the 1st of October
last, by the Right Hon'ble Lord Hawkesbury, one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, on the part of His Majesty, and M. Otto
on the part of the French Government.
The following is a copy of the London Gazette Extraordinary,
published on the 2nd of October :-
The London Gazette Extraordinary, Friday, October 2nd, 1801.
Downing Street, 2nd October, 1801.
Preliminaries of peace between His Majesty and the French Re-
public were signed last night, at Lord Hawkesbury's Office, in Downing
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Street, by the Right Hon'ble Lord Hawkesbury, one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, on the part of His Majesty, and by
M. Otto on the part of the French Government.
Published by order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 4TH FEBRUARY 1802.
Madras Revenue Appointments.
Mr. William Cook to be an Assistant under the Collector of
Government Customs.
Mr. B. C. Torin to be an Assistant to the Manager for the supply
of beetle, and the Collector of the revenue derived from the sale of
arrack, toddy, and other spirituous liquors.
THE 25TH FEBRUARY 1802.
Militia Orders by the Hon'ble the Vice-President, dated Fort William,
19th February 1802.
The Hon'ble the Vice-President has experienced the highest degree
of satisfaction at the general performance of the corps at the review
of the Calcutta Infantry Militia, on the morning of the 17th instant.
The state of discipline which the Corps has attained reflects the
greatest credit on the zeal and public spirit of Lieutenant Colonel
Brooke and of the Officers and men under his command who have
attended the duties of the parade during the present season. It will
afford to the Hon'ble the Vice-President the greatest pleasure to report
the merits of the Corps to His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General.
The Hon'ble the Vice-President has been pleased to direct that
the parades be discontinued until further orders.
(Sd.) D. T. RICHARDSON,
Aide-de-Camp.
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THE 4TH MARCH 1802.
Presidency Order by the Hon'ble the Vice-President and Deputy
Governor, dated 13th February 1802.
The Hon'ble the Vice-President has derived great satisfaction
from the Review of the Regiment of Artillery under the command of
Colonel Greene at the camp of Dum-Dum this morning, and he requests
that Major General Popham will convey to Colonel Greene and to the
Officers under his command, the Hon'ble the Vice-President's entire
approbation of the appearance of the Corps, and of their correctness and
skill in their movements, and in the different parts of the Manual and
Gun exercise.
The Hon'ble the Vice-President further deems it to be proper
particularly to notice, that as nearly the whole of the European propor-
tion of the Corps consists of men lately drafted from the Infantry, or of
recruits recently arrived from England, the highest degree of praise is
due to Colonel Greene, and to the Officers under his command, for their
ability and zealous exertions in having, in so short a period, trained these
men to the state of perfection manifested by them this morning in the
different branches of their practice. The Hon'ble the Vice-President
also considers it an act of justice to remark the degree of perfection which
the Horse Artillery have attained, and to express his sense of the merits
of Lieutenant Brooke, and the men under his immediate command.
Extra batta to be served out to the European Artillery at Dum-
Dum this day.
(Sd.) D. T. RICHARDSON,
Aide-de-Camp.
Calcutta GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 6TH MARCH 1802.
Fort William, 4th March 1802.
Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals of contract will be
received by the Secretary to Government before the 29th of April next,
or on that day, provided they reach the Secretary's Office by 12
o'clock at noon, for providing the clothing of the Hon'ble Company's
Army, including the invalids, under this Presidency, for one, two, three,
or five years, under the following stipulations :—
1st. That the contractor shall undertake to complete the clothing
which he engages to furnish, so as to be prepared for being despatched
from, or delivered at, the Presidency, for all troops at and above the station
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of Dinapore for the first year by the 15th of August next, and on or
before the 1st of August of each succeeding year, according to a list
which will be furnished to him on application to the Adjutant General,
and the clothing for the rest of the Army to be delivered on or before
the 15th of September every year, according to a list which will be
furnished to him at the same time.
Corps at the
2nd. That he shall prepare the clothing for the
different stations of the Army in such order of priority as shall be pre-
scribed to him through the Adjutant General, reporting to that Officer
whenever he shall have completed the clothing of any Battalion of
European Artillery with the Golandauze attached to it, or of any Regi-
ment of European or Native Cavalry or Infantry.
3rd. That he shall be regulated by the Indents of the Quarter
Masters, countersigned by the Commanding Officers of Corps as to the
quantity he is to provide for each Corps, these Indents as soon as received
from the different Corps will be separately transmitted to the contractor
through the Office of the Adjutant General, who will record the dates of
transmission, but the Contractor will be authorized by the Commander-
in-Chief, signified through the Adjutant General, to commence making
up part of the clothing immediately upon the acceptance of his proposals,
the first year, and on the 1st of May the ensuing years, without waiting
for the receipt of the indents.
4th.—The clothing of Europeans and of the Drummers and Fifers
both of European and Native Corps, is to consist of one coat according to
musters; and that of the Native Troops also of one coat.
5th.-The musters of each article of clothing are to be seen at the
Military Board Office, with the office seal affixed to them, and the con-
tractor is to attend particularly to the three distinct sizes of which the
muster coats are prepared, and to furnish each Corps with an equal pro-
portion of coats of the different sizes; and such of the European Corps
as may be at the Presidency, are to be allowed to send any men they
have of an extraordinary size, and whom the largest muster coat could
not be made to fit, to the contractor's tailor, to be measured for their
clothing.
The Quarter Masters of European Corps at the upper stations
will be directed to furnish the contractor with the measures for the
clothing of any men belonging to such Corps, not of the ordinary size,
and he is to prepare the clothing accordingly; as the names of the men
will be written on each measure, the contractor is to distinguish each
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extra sized coat by putting a label upon it, mentioning the person for
whom it is intended.
Spare cloth to be left at the seams in the same manner and to the
same extent as in the muster coats.
6th.-The qualities of the cloths of which the coats of the several
ranks are to be made, shall be as follows:-
For the Regulars.
For Subadars of Cavalry, the best superfine broad or town cloth.
For Jemadars of Cavalry, the same cloth as for the Subadars.
For Havildars of Cavalry, fine scarlet cloth.
For Naicks and Troopers, Aurora.
For Trumpeters and Farriers, cloth the colour of the facings of the
Corps, and faced with Aurora.
The twist, cord, lace, and trimmings, with every other mark dis-
tinguishing the different ranks, on the musters, to be carefully observed
by the contractor, and the clothing to be prepared in every respect equal
in size, and the materials to be equal in quality to the musters.
For Serjeant Majors, Drum and Fife Majors, and Subadars of
Infantry, best superfine broad cloth.
For Infantry Serjeants, Artillery Serjeants and Corporals, and for
Jemadars, middling cloth.
For Drummers and Fifers of Artillery and Infantry, including the
Native Corps, whose coats are to be red, Aurora.
For the Drummers of Infantry Corps, whose coats are to be the
colour of the facings, coarse cloth.
For Gunners and Metrosses of Artillery, blue coarse cloth, and
Aurora cuffs and facings.
For Jemadars and Havildars of Golandauze, middling blue cloth,
with facings of middling red cloth.
For Naicks and Private Golandauze, coarse or ordinary blue cloth,
with Aurora facings.
For European Infantry Corporals and Privates, Native Infantry
Havildars and Naicks, Aurora cloth.
For Privates of Native Infantry, Lacca cloth.
For Serangs, Tindals, Cossaubs, and Lascars, whether of Artillery
or Infantry, ordinary Perpets.
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For the Invalids.
For Serjeant Majors, superfine broad cloth.
For Subadars, middling cloth.
For Jemadars, Aurora cloth.
For Havildars, ditto.
For Naicks, Lacca cloth.
For Sepoys, ditto.
For Drummers, ordinary blue cloth.
For Fifers, ditto.
The trimmings of all the clothing to be the same as the musters.
7th. Whatever quantity of cloth is required for preparing the
clothing each year, shall be delivered to the contractor, upon indent, from
the Hon'ble Company's Warehouse, if in store there at the following
prices, and be accounted for by him on the final adjustment of his
accounts, which are to be inspected and settled by the Committee of
Officers annually assembled at Fort William, for the distribution and
adjustment of the off-reckoning Fund, when the balance of the con-
tractor's account will be paid to him.
The contractor shall not be at liberty to purchase any cloth other-
wise than from the Company's stores, which can be supplied from
thence; but should there not be a sufficient quantity of cloth in the
Company's Warehouse, the contractor in that case shall bind himself
to purchase at his own expense cloth of equal quality, but with the
previous approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, or Commanding
Officer of the Forces; and it shall be no excuse for the contractor that
he could not be provided with the cloth from the Company's Warehouse,
but he shall forfeit the penalty hereafter stipulated, in case of his failing
to furnish the clothing by the times herein expressed.
He shall, on the recommendation of the Military Board, be allowed
to draw from Government the amount of his charge for cloth to be
purchased in the market, at the rates of the Company's cloths as an
additional advance on account, exclusive of the stipulated advances
hereafter mentioned, but as part of the rates to be paid for the clothing.
8th.-If any alteration shall be made in the clothing at the expira-
tion of the first, second, or third years, the difference of expense shall
be settled by arbitration. One arbitrator to be appointed by the
Military Board, one by the contractor, and a third to be chosen by
both; and the difference so adjusted shall be brought to the debit or
credit of the contractor as the case may require.
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9th.-The following is the list of rates at which the different kinds of
cloths are charged, of which a sufficient quantity for the whole clothing, if
in store, will be issued to the contractor from the Import Warehouse:-
Per piece.
Broad Cloth, Superfine, Town, Scarlet
Scarlet
Sa. Rs. A. P.
Blue
Black
White
::
:
Embroidered Green
Yellow
Brown
Buff
Broad Cloth, fine, Scarlet
Blue
Green
Yellow
Buff
White
:
:
Black
Broad Cloth, ordinary, Lacca
Blue
Green
Yellow
Buff
Broad Cloth, Aurora
Broad Perpets, fine
:
:
:0
:-
:
...
:
:
...
:
Black
...
White
Broad Perpets, ordinary, Blue
:
Green
Yellow
Lacca
Perpets, fine
Perpets, ordinary, Lacca
Blue
Green
Yellow
White
Black
Buff
·
:
:-
:
:
405 15 8
...
132 15 5
121 7 3
119 0 9
:
117
4 2
121
5 0
119 14 10
118 15 0
:
:
:
:
:
115 1 5
88 7 9
70 4 2
70 5 9
:
...
:
...
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
71 2 10
68 11 1
66 1 8
66 11 4
74 4 2
75 5 6
75 1 8
75 13 4
75 4 9
74 4 7
75 12 3
97 2 6
66 3
1
48 6 3
46 0 0
47 8 6
46
7 8
33 3 11
21 12 2
22 5 3
22 3 0
22 5 10
20 13 2
22 6 9
21 14 1
:
:
:
:
:
:
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:
:
:
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The cloth of colours not imported by the Company or not procu-
rable from their warehouse, the contractor must either purchase from the
bazar, or be at the expense of dying, with the approbation mentioned in
the 7th Article.
The breadth and average length of the several kinds of cloths and
Perpets herein specified, may be learnt on enquiry from the Import
Warehouse-keeper.
10th.-If, however, the price of cloth should fall, the contractor
will be debited, and the off-reckoning fund credited for the difference
between the prices of cloth stated in the present advertisement, and the
prices at which the same cloths may hereafter be charged; but, on the
contrary, if the prices should rise above those stated in this advertise-
ment, the off-reckoning Fund will be debited for the difference, with-
out affecting the contract.
The proposals are to specify the rates, in current Rupees, at which
the proposers will undertake to furnish the complete clothing of the
several ranks, with buttons, but without hats, distinguishing the Artil-
lery from the Infantry.
The clothing is to be tendered in the Garrison of Fort William, free
of any additional expense whatever, previous to its being inspected;
after having undergone inspection in the Garrison of Fort William, as
aforesaid, by a Committee of Officers, their certificate, of the goodness,
and due correspondence of the clothing with the musters, both in quality
and workmanship, will be necessary; the vouchers of its being approved
and accepted must accompany the delivery of the clothing to the Agent
for packing and transporting it to the different Stations of the Army;
or to such other persons as shall be appointed by Government to
receive it.
In case the clothing, or any part of it, shall be rejected by the
Committee, the contractor or contractors may require the inspection of
such part of the clothing by three members of the Military Board,
whose determination shall be final, and, if against the contractor, he
shall be then subject to the penalty of a breach of contract.
The clothing, after having been surveyed and approved, and until
it he packed to be sent to the Army, shall be lodged in Fort William
under two keys, one of which shall remain with the Fort Major, the
other with the agent for packing and transporting.
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The sole responsibility for the clothing shall rest on the contractor
or contractors, until it shall have been approved as above mentioned,
and delivered over to such persons as shall be appointed to receive it
immediately after such inspection.
11th. Any proposer may offer his terms, either for supplying the
whole Army, the Artillery, or European Infantry, separately; or a pro-
portion of the Native Infantry, not less than six Regiments; or three
Regiments of Cavalry; or the Invalids.
12th.-Advances shall be made in cash to the contractor or con-
tractors, in the following proportions, to enable him or them to pre-
pare the clothing, viz. :-
For European clothing, fifteen per cent. on the contract value of
the computed number of suits of clothing engaged to be furnished,
to be advanced for the first year on the execution of the contract,
and on every succeeding year, on the 15th of April, and ten per
cent. on the 15th of July each year.
For the Native clothing, including the Invalids, ten per cent. to be
advanced for the first year, on the execution of the contract,
and on every succeeding year, on the 15th of April, and ten per
cent. on the 15th of July each year.
The calculation of the advances to be made by the Military Auditor
General from the Returns in the Adjutant General's Office, dated 1st of
January, annually.
Lastly, each proposal shall specify the names of two good and
sufficient securities, who shall be bound jointly and severally with the
contractor or contractors, for the amount of all advances made by the
Company, including the amount of such quantities of cloths as
he or they shall receive from the Warehouse, and for the due per-
formance of the contract, both with respect to the proper execu-
tions of every part of it, and the punctual delivery of the clothing
by the periods stipulated on a penalty of twenty per cent. on the
amount of each respective contract; independent of which, and in
order to guard against the consequences of disappointment to the troops
by not receiving their clothing, a deposit of Company's paper will be
required to the amount of Sicca Rupees ten thousand, to be lodged in
the Treasury, and it is to be clearly understood that it is the determina-
tion of Government to enforce against the securities, the forfeiture of
the penalty, if the contractor shall fail in any part of his engagements.
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The proposals shall be superscribed on the outward cover, "proposal
for Clothing the Bengal Army," and if the names of the securities
should not be mentioned in the proposals, or if these should not be
made in the form prescribed by the present advertisement, they will be
rejected in toto.
The contractor to be at the charge for postage on all his letters.
At the same time, separate and distinct proposals of contract will
be received, from the proposers for furnishing the clothing, or from
others, for packing, transporting, and insuring the clothing of the
Army to the several principal Military stations, as well as to the Corps.
detached to out-stations; the terms are to specify, separately, the rates
of packing, of transporting, and of insuring each of the under-men-
tioned packages, viz.:
A bale of European clothing, consisting of the coats for one
Company.
A bale of clothing for Native Troops, consisting of 117 coats.
A bale of lascar clothing, consisting of 225 to 240 coats.
A box containing the proportion of Hats for the Non-Commis-
sioned Staff, Drummers and Fifers, of a Native Regiment.
A box containing 240 Hats, for European Troops.
Advances will be made to the contractor upon each despatch of
clothing, equal to the whole of the contract amount of insurance, and
to two-thirds of the contract amount of packing and transportation;
and the remainder will be paid on certificates of the delivery of the
whole of the clothing.
Each proposal shall specify the names of two good and sufficient
securities, who shall be bound jointly and severally with the contractor,
for the amount of the advances made by the Company, and for the due
performance of the contract in all its parts.
The contractor to defray the expense of postage on all his letters.
By order of the Hon'ble the Vice-President in Council,
(Sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secy. to Govt., Military Dept.
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THE 18TH MARCH 1802.
Whereas Anund Chund Mokerjea, a Native of Santipore in the
Province of Bengal, stands charged on suspicion of having forged and
altered a Promissory Note from the sum of one thousand to that of
six thousand Rupees, issued from the Treasury of the Hon'ble the
United East India Company, and with altering the same knowing it to
be forged and altered.
Notice is hereby given that a reward of five hundred Sicca Rupees
will be paid to any person or persons who shall apprehend the said
Anund Chund Mokerjea, and deliver him into the custody of any of the
Magistrates throughout the country, or who shall furnish such infor-
mation regarding the said Anund Chund Mokerjea as may enable the
Officers of Police to apprehend him.
The said Anund Chund was lately in the service of Gunga Narain
Sircar; he is a man of very fair complexion, a little marked with the
Small-pox, bushy hair, about five feet and a half high, thirty years of
age, and has scarcely any beard or whiskers.
POLICE OFFICE,
Calcutta, 17th March 1802.
(Sd.)
E. THORNTON,
Magistrate.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, MONDAY, 19TH APRIL 1802.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General will proceed
to Calcutta on Tuesday morning. He will enter the Government House
by Old Court House Street, towards which the Troops off duty will be
formed in a street, from the gate of the present Government House.
A salute to be fired from the Fort when His Excellency reaches the
Government House, and the Flag hoisted.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General will have a
Levec at the Government IIouse, on Wednesday the 21st instant, at nine
o'clock, after which His Excellency will give audience to such gentlemen
as may require it.
19th April 1802.
(Sd.)
W. GRIFFITH,
Aide-de-Camp.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 29TH APRIL 1802.
Fort William, Public Department, 29th April 1802.
The public is hereby informed that the following twelve per cent.
Promissory Notes issued on the 2nd November 1801 were fraudulently
obtained under the fictitious name of Meerja Mahomed Bauker, and
that it is supposed they may have been endorsed with that name
and negotiated, viz. :—
Sa. Rs.
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The two following twelve per cent. Promissory Notes were likewise
fraudulently obtained and issued in the name of Thomas Shouldham
on the same date :-
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1,000
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It is hereby notified to the public that although these Notes have
been fraudulently obtained in the first instance, Government will still
consider them as good Notes, provided the holders of them can show
they came to the possession of them for a good and valuable considera-
tion, and that upon the same being brought to the Accountant General's
Office by such bona fide holders, the same will be cancelled, and new
Notes issued in lieu thereof.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
C. R. CROMMELIN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 29TH APRIL 1802.
Advertisement.
The Eastern Entrance from Old Court House Street to the New
Government House only, will be open to-morrow morning at seven
o'clock, for the admission of carriages and palanqueens. Carriages
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after setting down at the southern front door will pass out of the enclo-
sure by the western gate, and draw up on the semi-circular road in
front of the new Government House. Palanqueens will remain within
the enclosure in front of the house.
In departing, carriages will return through the eastern entrance,
and carriages and palanqueens will pass out by the western gate.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, FORT WILLIAM, 11TH AUGUST 1802.
In consequence of the afflicting intelligence which His Excellency
the Most Noble the Governor General has received of the death of
Hadjee Khuleel Khan, the Ambassador to the British Government from
His Majesty the King of Persia, His Excellency has been pleased to
postpone the Levee which was appointed to be holden to-morrow, until
next Thursday Se'ennight night.
(Sd.)
BURGES CAMAC,
Aide-de-Camp.
THE 19TH AUGUST 1802.
Fort William, 18th August 1802.
Public notice is hereby given that His Excellency the Most Noble
the Governor General in Council has been pleased to direct the Honor-
able the Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces to authorize two
Fairs to be annually holden in the months of April and November of
each year, in that part of Rohilcund which has been ceded to the
Hon'ble Company by His Excellency the Nawab Vizier. The place
which has been chosen for the establishment of the Fairs is situated on
the Eastern Bank of the Ganges about three miles below Hurdwar; the
village of Hurdwar is resorted to, in the months of November and April,
by a large concourse of merchants, and others from every part of India,
as well for religious purposes as for the purchase of various articles of
merchandize at the Fairs established at that place by the Maharatta
Government, and as full protection will be afforded to the Trade, in its
passage to the Fairs about to be established in Rohilcund, and the duties
to be levied at the Fair will be reasonable and moderate; it is to be
presumed that those merchants, whether European or Native, who may
think proper to send their merchandize to Rohilcund for the purpose of
being exposed to sale at these Fairs, will find a ready and favorable market.
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An establishment of boats will be maintained for the accommoda-
tion of foreign merchants and dealers from the westward, who may
resort to the Fairs in Rohilcund, and such merchants as shall be unable
to dispose of their goods in Rohilcund, will always find a ready market
by passing them across the river, and by submitting to the payment of
the duties levied at Hurdwar by the Maharatta Government.
The following list of articles in demand at the Fair of Hurdwar is
published for general information:-
Indigo
Sugar
Tobacco
List of Articles in demand at the Hurdwar Fair.
Coarse Cotton Cloths
Chintz-Soosees
Coarse Turbands
Goostah and Kannaries
Tashes or cloth of gold
Of the produce of Rohilcund.
and silver.
Benares manufactory.
Dooputtas.
Mushroos and Goolbud-
duns.
Sihun (shirt cloth) from Mow.
Soossees from Boglipore.
Ballowchies and Putteny Choolies.
Raw and twisted silk.
}
Cossimbazar.
Silks of different kinds from Radanogore.
Muslins from Dacca.
Shields from Sylhet.
Pepper, Mace, Cloves and Cinnamon, &c.
Cheap Broad Cloths of bright colours.
Cheap Scissors, Knives, &c. &c.
Cheap Spying Glasses, Spectacles, &c. &c.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
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THE 26TH AUGUST 1802.
Declaration of Ilis Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General,
&c. &c. &c., addressed to the surviving relations and attendants of
the deceased Hadjee Khulleel Khan, late Ambassador from His
Persian Majesty to the Governor General in Council.
The solicitude of the British Government of India to strengthen
and improve the relations of amity and honorable alliance with His
Majesty the King of Persia, has been manifested by the most signal
acts of systematic policy, and has been publicly acknowledged by all
the States of Asia. The peculiar splendour of the Embassy, which con-
veyed the testimonies of my respect and attachment to His Majesty's
presence; the extraordinary honors with which His Majesty's Ambas-
sador was received under my express orders, on His Excellency's arrival
in the British territories; the zeal and assiduity displayed by the
Government of Bombay, and by all ranks of British subjects at that
Settlement, to conciliate the good will of the Persian Ambassador, and
the public preparations conducted under my immediate and personal
direction, for His Excellency's reception with the most distinguished
solemnity and honor at the seat of the Supreme British Authority in
India, have afforded sufficient demonstrations to the world of my high
consideration for the dignity of the Persian Monarch, and of my uniform
intention to evince that unalterable sentiment towards the accredited
representatives of His Royal Person.
Reviewing these incontrovertible testimonies of my anxiety to
establish a friendly and honorable alliance with the Power of Persia on
the most solid foundations, His Majesty and all the States of Asia
will anticipate the deep affliction and anguish of mind with which I
have witnessed the sudden interruption of our bright and happy prospects
by a disaster, which as far eluded the scope of human prudence and
foresight as it surpassed the ordinary extent of human calamity, and
the common vissicitudes of fortune. To this awful dispensation of Pro-
vidence, I submit with resignation, but not without hope.
In the most painful moments of my disappointment and grief,
I have derived consolation from the reflection, that as I have hitherto
assiduously employed every possible effort to cultivate a lasting friend-
ship and harmony of interests between His Persian Majesty and the
British Government, my amicable sentiments have been uniformly
returned with equal cordiality by the auspicious disposition of that
Illustrious Sovereign.
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s;
A dreadful, unforeseen, and uncontrolable calamity has intervened
to afflict both States with mutual sorrow and consternation, and to
retard the completion of their reciprocal wishes; but not to suspend
their established friendship by groundless jealousy and unjust suspicion ;
not to frustrate the natural and propitious results of their united counsels
not to destroy the fruits of their mature wisdom and justice, not to
dissolve those sacred engagements by which they had cemented the
foundations of durable concord, secured the channels of free intercourse
and beneficial communication, and enlarged the sources of their common
safety, prosperity, and glory.
Entertaining a due sense of the value and importance of those
engagements to both States, I shall pursue, with unabated confidence
and perseverance, the policy on which the subsisting treaties are founded,
and the amicable and earnest exertions by which they were obtained.
The pursuit of this course cannot ultimately fail to attain success. The
calamity which we have suffered is a just subject of lamentation; but its
consequences are not irretrievable. From the reciprocal condolence of the
two States may arise new motives of combined interest and additional
securities of amity and alliance. A zealous interchange of the offices of
humanity, a concurrent sense of common sorrow, and the conscious
certainty of mutual sincerity and good faith, may lead to a more intimate
union of sentiments and views, and the temporary suspension of this
important Embassy may tend to ensure and improve the benefits of
our actual connection.
Supported by these hopes and relying on the justice and integrity
of the principles and motives which have actuated the British Govern-
ment, I trust that the progress of our renewed intercourse with
your Illustrious Sovereign will gradually obliterate the remembrance of
this fatal and unparalleled disaster, and will amply compensate to my
mind for its actual distress by the final accomplishment of the same
salutary plans of policy which had rendered a personal interview with
your lamented master the object of my most cordial wishes and of my
most anxious expectation.
To repair the severe loss sustained by his untimely decease, to
demonstrate my sincere respect for his memory, and my unfeigned
regret that he should have fallen by a violent death within the British
dominions, and in the immediate exercise of functions which the laws
and usages of all civilised nations have rendered sacred, it is my primary
duty to administer to his surviving relations and attendants every
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office of humanity and friendly compassion, every attainable comfort and
alleviation of their just grief, and every possible compensation for the
injuries which they have suffered.
In endeavoring to discharge this duty, I have selected an Officer
who was recently vested with the honorable character of Envoy from
this Government to the Court of Persia, and who now occupies the most
confidential station in my family.
That Officer is directed to proceed immediately to Bombay, and to
afford to you, in my name, such effectual aid and assistance, and such
testimonies of affectionate commiseration, as may tend to mitigate your
sufferings, and to console your affliction.
With the same views, I have provided the most speedy means of
offering to your Royal Sovereign the respectful expressions of my sincere
condolence on this disastrous event, and of concerting with His Majesty
such measures as may conduct the Embassy to its original purpose,
accelerate the favorable issue of every depending question, and confirm
the subsisting relations between the two States, in the conciliatory spirit
of the recent negotiations, and on the basis of the treaties already
concluded.
FORT WILLIAM,
17th August 1802.
(sd.) WELLESLEY.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General,
(Sd.) N. B. EDMONSTONE,
Secy. to Govt., Sec., Pol., and For. Depts.
THE 16TH SEPTEMBER 1802.
Fort William, Public Department, the 10th September 1802.
PROCLAMATION.
This is to give notice to the Beoparees of the Almorah and Comaoun
Hills, who have been in the practice of bringing goods from their
countries into the Provinces now in possession of the British Govern-
ment, from Afzoolgurh to Khyragurh, and of purchasing goods the
produce of the low countries, that as the British Government is anxious
to encourage and promote the commercial intercourse subsisting between
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the inhabitants of these Provinces and the people of the hills, the
Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor, with the view of protecting the
Beoparees and merchants, has resolved to establish periods for holding
Fairs near the Ghauts, and to send Troops for the protection of merchants
at those Fairs, in order that the merchants may resort thither for the
purpose of traffic at the appointed periods without molestation, and
that there may be a constant and free intercourse of trade between the
two countries. It has therefore been settled, that in the month of
Aughun (beginning with the 9th November 1802, and ending with the
8th December) a Fair shall be held at Chilkeah Ghaut, in Pergunnah
Casheepoor, for that month. After an interval of one month, in the
month of Maugh (beginning with the 7th January, and ending with
the 5th of February), another Fair shall be held for that month at
Belharry Ghaut, opposite to Pilleebeet. At both these places during the
time specified, the Company's Troops shall be sent for the protection of
the traders, that no person may suffer injury or oppression. The
merchants therefore of both countries may resort to the above-mentioned
places at the specified times with all confidence, mutually to traffic in
their respective commodities.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
THOS. PHILPOT,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1802.
Fort William, 9th September 1802.
Notice is hereby given that the Horse Fair, established last year
at Hadjeepore, opposite to the city of Patna, at the Mela of the Hur
Hur Chitter, or confluence of the Great Gunduck and Ganges, will this
year be held at the same place, on the day of the full moon, in the
month of Cartick 1210, corresponding with the 9th November
1802, E. S.
Government being desirous of affording every encouragement to
the Native Horse Dealers and Breeders resorting to the above market,
has this season resolved to purchase all approved horses fit for im
mediate admittance into the Cavalry which may be procurable at moderate
prices, and also colts bred from zemindary mares which had been covered
by the Stallions belonging to Government. Captain William Frazer, the
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Superintendent of the Hon'ble Company's Stud, has been accordingly
directed to attend at the Fair for the above-mentioned purposes. In
conformity to the foregoing orders, the Magistrates and the Collectors
have been directed to afford every protection and encouragement to
the Horse Merchants in their progress to and from the Fair.
By order of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
Secy. to Govt., Stud Dept.
THE 21ST OCTOBER 1802.
Calcutta General Post Office, 31st October 1802.
The following extracts from the Post Office Regulations are republished
in the Calcutta Gazette for the information of the public:
Extract.
The hours for the General Post Office to be opened to the public shall
be as follows :-
From 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. for both the receipt and delivery of
letters to persons enquiring for or bringing letters to the Office; and
from 3 to 6 P. M. for the receipt of letters only.
REGULATIONS FOR DAWK BANGY.
Extract.
That the hour for the receipt of packages at the General Post
Office and Subordinates, shall be from 10 to 1 in the morning only.
The foregoing Regulations will in future be most scrupulously observed.
(Sd.) J. BATTYE,
Acting Post Master General.
Notice is hereby given that gentlemen wishing to proceed by
Dawk to Benares, Patna, or Moorshedabad, may be accommodated with
Bearers, on making official application at the General Post Office and
giving three days' previous notice.
CALCUTTA
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
27th October 1802.
(Sd.)
J. BATTYE,
Acting Post Master General.
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THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1802.
Fort William, Public Department, 18th November 1802.
The following Regulation passed this day by the Governor General in
Council, is hereby published for general information :-
A Regulation for the exemption of certain Articles imported into Bengal
by Sea from the payment of any Duties or Customs, on their trans-
portation to places in the interior of the country.
Whereas, with a view of promoting the import trade to Bengal by
sea, and also of enabling the Civil and Military servants of His Majesty
and of the Hon'ble the East India Company, serving under the Presi-
dency of Fort William, and also all British subjects permitted to reside
in the territories subject to the immediate Government of the said
Presidency, to obtain articles of necessary consumption so imported at a
fair and moderate price, it was enacted by Clause 1st, Section 10, Regu-
lation XI, 1801, that goods imported into Bengal by sea, after having
paid the Government Customs at the Custom Houses at Calcutta, Hooghly,
or Chittagong, shall not be subjected to any further duty on their being
exported into the interior of the country, during the period for which
the rowannahs under which they were exported are declared to be current.
And whereas by Clause 2nd of the aforesaid Section and Regulation,
it is further enacted that goods of the above-mentioned description,
and under the circumstances above stated, which shall be cleared out
from either of the afore-mentioned Custom Houses, for the purpose of
being exported through the interior of the Provinces of Bengal, Behar,
or the part of Orissa subject to the dominion of the Company, shall be
entitled to a rowannah exempting them from the payment of any duty
in their passage through the interior of the said Provinces, and also on
their exportation therefrom, provided the goods shall be exported within.
the period for which the rowannahs are declared to be current, and
whereas, notwithstanding the said provisions, representations have been
received by the Governor General in Council stating the enhanced charge
to which the Civil and Military Officers, and other Europeans, stationed
or residing in the Province of Benares, and in the territories ceded
to the Hon'ble Company by the Vizier, are subjected on the pur-
chases of articles of necessary consumption imported into Bengal by
sea, by reason of the duties levied on such articles in the Province of
Benares, and in the said territories; the Governor General in Council,
with a view of affording relief to all such persons, and also of
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incouraging the importation of such articles into Bengal, has enacted as
follows:
2. The under-mentioned articles, after having paid the established
Customs at the Custom Houses of Calcutta, Hooghly, or Chittagong,
on their importation into Bengal by sea, shall not be subject to any
further duty whatsoever, either on their transit to, or importation at,
any place in the Provinces of Bengal, Behar, or in that part of Orissa
which is under the dominion of the Hon'ble Company, or in the
Province of Benares, or on their exportation to the territories ceded by
the Nawab Vizier to the Hon'ble Company, or to His Excellency's
reserved territories. And upon any of the said articles being exported
into the interior of the country, the Collectors of the Government Customs
at Calcutta, Hooghly, and Chittagong respectively shall grant rowannahs
free of duty, which shall exempt them from the payment of any further
duty accordingly.
Liquors of all kinds.
Cheeses.
Shoes and Boots.
Hams.
Grocery.
Confectionary.
Oilman's stores.
Tea.
China and Earthenware.
Glassware.
Tin and Japanned-ware.
Hard-ware.
Hats.
Flannel.
Blankets.
Irish Linen.
Manchester Goods.
Great Coats and Boat Cloaks.
Leather Breeches, Pantaloons, and
Gloves.
Millinery.
Nankeen cloth.
Coast Cloths.
Cutlery.
Ironmongery.
Hosiery.
Perfumery.
Furniture.
Broad Cloth, Superfine, and
Kerseymere.
Buttons.
Saddlery.
Books.
Stationery.
3. On every rowannah granted by the Collectors of the Govern-
ment Customs at Calcutta, Hooghly, and Chittagong, in virtue of this
Regulation, they are authorized to levy, for their own benefit respectively,
a fee at the rates specified in Clause 3rd, Section 12, Regulation XI,
1801. The fee levied by the Collector of the Government Customs at
Calcutta shall be divided between him and his Deputy, in the same pro-
portions as are prescribed by Clause 2nd of the same Section and
Regulation, for the division of the Commission.
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4. First.-This Regulation shall take effect from the time of the
receipt of it at the Custom Houses of Calcutta, Hooghly, Chittagong,
and Benares respectively.
Second.-Provided, nevertheless, that any of the said articles which
may have been cleared out for any place beyond the Province of Behar,
prior to the receipt of this Regulation, but which may not have arrived
thereat, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Regulation under the
rowannahs which may have been granted for them in virtue of Section 10,
Regulation XI, 1801.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(sd.)
THOS. PHILPOT,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 2ND DECEMBER 1802.
Fort William, 1st December 1802.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to direct that the follow-
ing letter, with its enclosures, addressed by John Fleming,
Esquire, first Member of the Medical Board, to His Excellency in
Council, be published for general information :-
To His Excellency the MARQUIS WELLESLEY, K. P., Governor General
in Council.
MY LORD,-It is with the highest satisfaction I do myself the honor
of acquainting your Excellency, that after repeated disappointments we
have at last, through the benevolent attention of Dr. Anderson at Madras,
been so fortunate as to obtain the recent matter of the Cow-pox, and
that we have thereby been enabled to introduce the pratice of vacci-
nation into this Settlement. I herewith enclose the letter with which
I was favored by the Doctor on the subject, together with one which
I have received from Captain Anderson, Commander of the Ship Hunter,
whose assiduous attention to ensure success to the important com-
mission with which he was entrusted, is very meritorious.
John Norton, the boy vaccinated by Captain Anderson on the
12th instant, arrived in Calcutta on the 17th, with such evident and
decisive marks on his arm of being infected with the genuine Cow-pox,
as left no room for doubt or hesitation. As the matter was already ripe for
communicating the infection, three children born of European parents,
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belonging to His Majesty's 10th Regiment, were vaccinated by Mr.
William Russell on that day, and on the day following, the operation.
was performed on eight others. Among these were two children of Mr.
Barlow, one of Colonel Dyer, one of Mr. Birch, one of Mr. Trail, and
one of Mr. Binny, in all of whom, as well as in the three children of
the 10th Regiment, I had an opportunity of observing the progress of
the infection, and from comparing the symptoms and appearances
produced by it with the minute and circumstantial descriptions given.
by Dr. Jenner, Mr. Atkin, and Dr. DeCarro, and with the colored
plates by which their descriptions are illustrated, I am perfectly
satisfied that it was the true vaccine disease. Messrs. Russell, Hare,
Shoolbred, and other Medical gentlemen, who had an opportunity of
seeing the children, are fully impressed with the same conviction. In
confirmation of this important fact, I think it proper to mention that
three children who were inoculated with the thread sent me by Captain
Anderson from Kedgeree, as mentioned in his letter, received the infec-
tion and shewed in the progress of the disease the same characteristic
symptoms and appearances on the arm as those that were inoculated
from Norton. The same satisfactory result was experienced in respect.
to two children inoculated by Mr. Shoolbred on the 20th, and two others
on the 21st, from matter taken from Norton's arm on the 19th, all of
whom, he assures me, exhibited in the most unequivocal manner the
distinguishing symptoms of the genuine Cow-pox.
The Settlement being now, as I conceive, in complete possession of
the benefit derived to mankind from Doctor Jenner's celebrated dis-
covery, I take the liberty of submitting to your Excellency's con-
sideration, my opinion on the best mode of preserving the continuance
of so great a blessing, and spreading it as rapidly as possible throughout
the Provinces.
For attaining the first of these important objects, I would recom-
mend that a Surgeon of approved skill and assiduity should be
appointed to the charge of preserving a constant supply of recent genuine
matter for the use of the metropolis and the subordinate stations, and
that it should be a part of his duty not only to vaccinate the children
of such of the Natives as might apply to him, but also to take every
opportunity to instruct the Hindoo and Mahommedan Physicians in the
proper mode of performing the operation, and to give them precise
and clear information respecting those symptoms and appearances by
which the specific genuine Cow-pox may be distinguished from other
eruptions.
1802.]
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To faciltate the general adoption of the practice of vaccination by
the natives, I beg leave to suggest that a Notification should be published
in the Persian, Hindevy, and Bengalese languages, and also in the
Sanscrit, giving:-
1st.—A succinct history of the discovery, in which the curious, and,
to the Hindoos, very interesting circumstance that this wonderful pre-
ventive was originally procured from the body of the cow, should be
emphatically remarked.
2. An explanation of the important and essential advantages
which vaccination possesses over the small-pox inoculation ;-and lastly
an earnest exhortation to the Natives of these Provinces to lose no time
in availing themselves of these inestimable benefit, scarcely inferior to
any that ever was communicated by one nation to another.
I have the honor to be with the greatest respect,
MY LORD,
Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant,
CALCUTTA,
The 29th November 1802.
(sd.) J. FLEMING,
1st Member of the Medical Board.
To JOHN FLEMING, ESQ., Calcutta.
DEAR SIR,-Not having heard of the Bombay cow-pox matter suc-
ceeding in Bengal, I take the opportunity of the Ship Hunter sailing,
to inoculate two boys born of European parents at Botany Bay (where the
small-pox has never appeared) belonging to the ship, by whom Captain
Anderson, the Commander, hopes of being able to continue the
disease in succession until his arrival at Calcutta.
The matter with which these two boys have been inoculated was
taken last night from the arm of a healthy child inoculated at Chin-
gleput on the 1st instant, with threads sent on the 9th ultimo from
Trincomallee by Mr. Rogers; the disease appears to all here to be of the
genuine kind, and confident of your attention to promote the
benefit of this invaluable discovery,
(Sd.)
I am, very truly yours,
JAMES ANDERSON.
1
FORT SAINT GEORGE,
The 11th October 1802.
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To JOHN FLEMING, ESQ., Calcutta.
SIR,-Agreeably to your desire, I have the pleasure of sending you
the following memorandums, respecting the persons I inoculated for
the cow-pox during my passage from Madras.
John Croswell, a boy born at Port Jackson of European parents,
aged about thirteen years, was inoculated at Doctor Anderson's house
at Madras, on the 10th of October, from a native child who had arrived.
that day from Chingleput. As the disease made its appearance rather
late, and afterwards advanced very slowly, I did not take matter from
him till the 22nd ultimo, when I inoculated M. A. an European child,
aged eighteen months. From her I inoculated Harry, a Malay boy,
aged about seven years, on the 2nd of November. And on the 12th,
Charles Norton, a boy born at Port Jackson of European parents, aged
about fifteen years, was inoculated from Harry. The disease having
made its appearance in due time, as soon as the ship arrived at Diamond
Harbour, I sent him to town, where he arrived on the 19th instant, and
was disposed of as you directed.
The cotton threads which I sent you from Kedgeree, were strongly
impregnated with vaccine matter taken from the European child and
the Malay boy, on the 2nd and 12th instant, as particularly marked
on each.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
CALCUTTA,
(Sd.)
WILLIAM ANDERSON.
The 27th November 1802.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to order :-
1st. That the high approbation of His Excellency in Council is
signified to Doctor James Anderson, Physician General and First Member
of the Hospital Board upon the Establishment of Fort St. George, for
the benevolent attention, assiduity, and skill, manifested by him in
promoting the introduction into these Provinces of the benefit of the
valuable and important discovery made by Doctor Jenner, and that this
order be transmitted to the Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council
of Fort St. George, for the purpose of being duly signified to Doctor
Anderson.
1802.]
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...
2nd. That the Chief Secretary do signify to Captain Anderson,
Commander of the Ship Hunter, the thanks of the Governor General
in Council, for his assiduous attention in insuring the success of the
important commission with which he was entrusted.
3rd. That the Chief Secretary do signify the approbation of
the Governor General in Council to John Fleming, Esquire, and to
Messrs. Russells, Hare, and Shoolbred, and the other medical gentlemen,
employed on this important occasion, for their diligence and ability in
promoting at this Presidency the successful introduction of Doctor
Jenner's discovery.
4th.-That Mr. William Russell be appointed to superintend the
further promotion of the benefits of Doctor Jenner's discovery through-
out the Provinces subject to the immediate Government of this Presi-
dency.
5th.—That a Notification be prepared and published in the Persian,
Hindevy, Bengalese, and Sanskrit languages, according to the suggestion
of Mr. Fleming.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
1
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 16TH DECEMBER 1802.
Charitable Fund for the relief of Distressed Europeans and others,
established 26th of June 1800.
The Managers of the Charitable Fund have much satisfaction in
laying before the public the accompanying statements, by which it will
appear that the beneficial effects expected from this Institution have
been fully realized.
While the Managers gratefully acknowledge the benevolent spirit
with which this Fund has been supported, they would call the attention
of the public to the chief object proposed by its establishment; which
was, that at the same time that it afforded relief to real distress, it
might put a stop to those numerous applications for charity, which are
constantly circulated in the Settlement, and which are often impositions
on the humanity of the public. To such applications it may be
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answered, that a Fund is established for the express purpose of relieving
the indigent, and that proper persons are appointed to investigate the
cases of those who apply for relief.
A meeting of the Vestry is held on the first Monday of every
month, to examine the applications for assistance, to determine on the
sum to be granted in each particular case, and to transact the general
business of the charity.
All applications for relief are to be made through the Vestry
Clerk. Subscriptions for the support of this Institution are received by
the Bank of Hindoostan, the Treasurer of the Fund.
By order of the Vestry,
CALCUTTA,
The 16th December 1802.
(Sd.)
WILLIAM BARNFIELD,
Clerk of the Vestry.
Statement of the Fund for the Relief of Distressed Europeans and others.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
DISBURSEMENTS.
...
Rs. A, P.
1,785 1 3
1801.
Rs, A. P.
December 24th.-To Balance
this day January 1802
His Excellency the Most
In January 1802...
3,199 1 5
Noble Marquis Wellesley... 2,976 0 0
February
March
April
...
...
...
G. H. Barlow, Esq.
..1,500 0 0
May
H. Trail, Esq.
550 0 0
June...
:
...
of Hindoostan
Interest of Notes
W. A. Brooke, Esq.
J. P. Gardiner, Esq.
G. Udny, Esq.
J Alexander, Esq....
The Revd. D. Brown
Captain Sandys
W. A. Edmonstone, Esq.
F. Gladwin, Esq., annually 200 0 0
H. Ramus, Es.
...
Amount collected at the New
Church on Christmas day
1801
***
Ditto ditto ditto
on Easter day, 1802
200 0 0
...
.3,258 12 0
ditto
1,640 8 0
225 0 0
270 6 8
Ditto subscribed at the Bank
...
400 0 0
July...
...
320 0 0
300 0 0
...
300 0 0
300 0 0
280 0 0
0.0
August
September
October
November
December
...
...
***
200 0 0
...
7,526 0 0 106 Poor clothed and pen-
sioned on the Church
List from January to
December both inclusive
Balance
General Martin's Estate 2,000 0 0
...
Amount Sacramental collec-
tions from
December
7,394 10 8
986 8 0
707 0 0
·
924 0 0
1,135 0 0
771 0 0
1,157 0 0
785 0 0
1,054 8 0
991 0 0
1,001 0 0
1,531 0 0
12,828 1 3
6,315 12 0
...
2,418 14 10
January to
000
3,443 0 0
Sicca Rupees
21,562 12 1
Sicca Rupees
21,562 12 1
J
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PART I.—OFFICIAL.
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Register of Persons relieved by this Fund since the 1st January 1802.
Rs. A, P.
1
32 Europeans, assisted at different times
...
3,014 1 3
17 Europeans, pensioned at different dates
3,102 0 0
39 Widows of Europeans, pensioned at different
dates.
4,108 0 0
17 Native Portuguese, Hindoos and Mahomedans,
pensioned at different dates
41 Descendants of Europeans and Native Portu-
guese, assisted at different times
106 Native Portuguese, Hindoos and Mahomedans,
clothed and pensioned on the Church
List, &c.
252 Persons.
Distributed in this present year
Advertisements in different papers
Two acknowledgments, Nos, 443 and 543
Clerk to the Charitable Fund, Stationery, and Sir-
car, for twelve months...
Cash Balance
(sd.)
1
1,120 0 0
783 8.0
6,315 12 0
18,393 3 5
340 8 0
26 0 0
384 0 0
2,418 14 10
3,169 6 10
Sicca Rupees
21,562 12 1
WILLIAM BARNFIELD,
Clerk of the Vestry.
Garrison Orders by His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General,
25th December 1802.
The Governor General directs that the remains of the deceased
Major General Horton Brisco, late a Major General on the Staff of this
Presidency, be interred to-morrow morning at sun-rise, with every Mili-
tary honor due to the rank of that Officer, who, during a long course
of faithful and assiduous service in India, maintained for upwards of
forty years the honorable character of unremitted zeal, integrity,
and diligence.
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A funeral party, consisting of His Majesty's 78th Regiment, and
the Detachment of His Majesty's 10th and 22nd Regiments, to parade
to-morrow morning at sun-rise, to attend the interment of the late Major
General Brisco; a Detachment from His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General's Body Guard, will parade with the funeral party,
which is to be commanded by Major General Cameron.
Minute guns to be fired when the procession commences, until the
corpse shall be interred, during which time the garrison flag is to be
lowered to half Staff.
All Officers off duty to attend,
1
1803.]
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THE 3RD FEBRUARY 1803.
Minutes of Council, 20th January 1803.
Ordered that the thanks of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council be given to the Reverend Claudius Bucha-
nan for the excellent sermon by him preached before His Lordship at
the New Church of Calcutta on the 19th day of January, the day of
General Thanksgiving appointed by the Governor General in Council,
and that Mr. Buchanan be desired to print the said sermon.
Ordered that the Chief Secretary do communicate the above order
to Mr. Buchanan.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1803.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to order that the
following papers submitted to His Excellency in Council by the Hon'ble
the Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces, be published:—
To the HON'BLE HENRY WELLESLEY, Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded
Provinces.
HON'BLE SIR,-We, the Covenanted Civil Servants of the Hon'ble
the East India Company, who have acted under you in the Ceded Pro-
vinces, beg leave to express to you our grateful sense of your liberal and
unwearied endeavours to give general satisfaction in every respect, both
in your public and private character, and to assure you of the sincere
regret which we feel at your departure.
Such of us as have had the good fortune to be employed more
immediately under you, think it but just to declare that by your inde-
fatigable personal exertions in the arduous task of arranging the busi-
ness of a newly acquired territory, where everything yet remained to be
done, we have been encouraged to persevere with cheerfulness in the
discharge of those laborious and important duties which you, Hon'ble
Sir, so cheerfully shared with us. In witnessing such ready co-operation
in you, the toilsome part of our duty was no longer remembered.
Great and solid as are the advantages in point of Commerce, Revenue,
and Political security, which the Hon'ble Company (and eventually
Great Britain) must derive from the important acquisition of these
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provinces, still, we hesitate not to declare our fullest conviction that
their attainment has been greatly accelerated by the judicious exercise of
the high discretionary powers of your elevated situation; and our own
exertions were the more advantageously directed by the favorable and
highly advantageous circumstance of acting under a power in full pos-
session of the confidence of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General, a confidence essential in every point
*
*
X
*
*
*
*
*
[Note.-Wanting in the original.]
*
X
*
personal knowledge, could not, for obvious reasons, have been so com-
pletely bestowed elsewhere.
Strongly impressed with those sentiments of respectful and affec-
tionate attachment which such conduct must naturally inspire, we request
your acceptance of our warmest and most heartfelt wishes for your
future prosperity and happiness.
We have the honor to be, with the greatest respect,
HON'BLE SIR,
Your most obliged and most obedient Servants,
(Signed)
وو
دو
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M. LESLIE.
ARCHIBALD SETON.
RICHARD BECHER.
J. FOMBELLE.
GEO. WEBB.
RICHARD SHUBRICK.
BAREILLY,
The 29th December 1802.
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C. RUSSELL.
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S. SWINTON.
وو
W. LEYCESTER.
رو
C. DUMBLETON.
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R. CUNYNGHAME.
دو
J. WEMYSS.
وو
J. E. EDMISTON.
دو
A. WELLAND.
وو
RICHARD AHMUTY.
دو
H. CORNISH.
دو
J. RICHARDSON.
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W. ORTON SALMON.
دو
W. P. POTTS.
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T, THORNHILL.
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J. ROUTLEDGE.
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G. D. GUTHRIE.
رو
A. ROSS.
1803.]
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PART I.-OFFICIAL.
To the Gentlemen of the Hon'ble the East India Company's Covenanted
Civil Service acting in the Ceded Provinces in Oude.
GENTLEMEN,—The kind and flattering terms in which you have been
pleased to express your approbation of my services, and your regret at
my departure, in your address of the 29th of December, demand my
warmest and most grateful acknowledgments.
The extensive and salutary improvements which have already been
introduced into the Ceded Provinces in Oude, are principally to be ascribed
to the zealous and indefatigable exertions of the Civil and Commercial
Officers in the discharge of their respective duties. The tranquil conclu-
sion of the triennial Settlement, the confidence expressed by all classes of
the inhabitants in the British Government, and the unusual success with
which every branch of the public service has been conducted, are satis-
factory proofs of the advantageous selection made by the Governor
General from the Civil Service of the Hon'ble Company for the intro-
duction of the British system of Government into these provinces.
In the exercise of the extensive powers entrusted to me, my
acknowledgments are particularly due to the gentlemen joined with me
in the temporary commission for the administration of the Provisional
Government. I have derived the most effectual assistance from the aid
of their talents, experience, and honorable support, and I am happy,
in the public opportunity afforded me by your address, of expressing the
high sense which I entertain of their valuable public services.
I shall never cease to retain a lively interest in the welfare of these
important possessions, and I now reflect with peculiar satisfaction that
the foundation is established for their future affluence and prosperity.
These sentiments are rendered still more gratifying by the honorable
testimony which your address has afforded me, that in the estimation of
so large and respectable a part of the Civil Service of the Hon'ble the
East India Company, my appointment to the temporary charge of the
Ceded Provinces in Oude has been advantageous to the exertion of your
respective services, and has facilitated the progress of the public business.
in your several departments.
FORT WILLIAM,
The 10th February 1803.
I have the honor to be,
with the greatest respect and esteem,
GENTLEMEN,
Your obedient and faithful Servant,
(Sd.)
HENRY WELLESLEY,
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1
THE 3RD MARCH 1803.
Town Major's Office, the 2nd March 1803.
The public is informed that the bridge which has been lately
under repair at the Royal Gate of Fort William being now finished,
carriages, pallanqueens, &c., may pass and repass by that avenue as usual,
The regulations formerly in force respecting the passing of carriages
through the Calcutta Gate, and which have been suspended during the
continuance of the repairs at the Royal Gate, will again be observed.
THE 10TH MARCH 1803.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General having
reviewed the Artillery at Dum-Dum on Friday, the 4th instant, proceeded
carly on Saturday morning to Baraset, accompanied by Mr. Barlow,
Member of Council, Colonel Green, and the Officers of His Lordship's Staff.
Captain Richardson, Commanding the Company of Gentlemen Cadets,
and Lieutenant Broughton, Adjutant of the Corps, met His Excellency
at a distance from the Cantonment, and conducted His Excellency to the
Head Quarters of the station, where the Company, under the command
of Ensign Oliver, was drawn up to receive His Excellency. Messrs.
Craigie, Roberts, and Sucider had the honor of being selected to mount
(the first as Orderly Serjeant, and the latter as sentries) over His Excel-
lency. Breakfast being announced, the Company lodged their arms, and
had the honor of breakfasting with His Lordship; immediately after
breakfast, the Gentlemen Cadets were assembled for the purpose of
being examined in the Hindoostance language. Messrs. Harington and
Colebroke, Judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, and Mr. Gilchrist,
Hindoostance Professor at the College of Fort William, were nominated
as Examiners; the whole being in readiness, His Excellency entered
the Examination-room, accompanied by Mr. Barlow and all the Officers
of IIis Lordship's Staff. His Excelleney remained during the examination
of the First Class, and on receiving the Report of the Examiners on
the progress of each gentleman, Ilis Excellency addressed them indivi-
dually, and expressed his approbation at their different degrees of pro-
ficiency; and on the conclusion of the examination of the First Class,
Ilis Excellency expressed his approbation in terms highly flattering to
Captain Richardson and to Messrs. Craigie, Roberts, and Sneider, who
composed the First Class.
1803.]
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His Excellency now retired, and until the conclusion of the
Examination, Mr. Barlow presided. In the evening His Excellency
reviewed the Company. They performed the manual and platoon
exercise, marched to the front, then facing outwards, filed in two
divisions to the rear, where they piled their arms, and fell in as Officers.
and Serjeants with the Sepoy Detachment through the remaining
part of the review, which being finished, Messrs. Craigie, Roberts,
and Sneider were ordered to the front, and adverting to the Examina-
tion Report of these gentlemen's proficiency in the Hindoostanee
language, and of an equally favorable one by Captain Richardson
of their military acquirements in the short period of five months, His
Excellency expressed his approbation of their merit, and informed
them that they should immediately be ordered to join their Corps
in the line, and be recommended to the notice of the Officer in com-
mand of the Corps to which they might be nominated, and as a further
mark of His Excellency's approbation, and their merit, His Excellency
was pleased to order that each of these gentlemen should be presented
with a regimental sword and five hundred Rupees.
In the evening His Excellency, the Officers of His Excellency's
Staff, the Cadet Company, and a large party of gentlemen were enter-
tained at dinner by Captain Richardson; His Excellency slept that
night at Baraset, and proceeded to Barrackpore at an early hour the
next morning.
Report on the Examination of the Cadet Company in the Hindoostance
language, holden at the Cantonment of Baraset on 5th day of March
1803, in the presence of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General, and Mr. Barlow, Member of Council.
FIRST CLASS.
Messrs. Craigie, Roberts, and Sneider.-These gentlemen had the honor
of being examined in the presence of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General, and manifested a degree of proficiency which obtained
them the distinguished honor of His Excellency's highest approbation.
Messrs. Terrard and Oliver.-These gentlemen manifested a degree
of proficiency which entitled them to be advanced from the second to
the first class.
SECOND CLASS.
Mr. Tydd.-On the Bombay establishment, but examined at his own
request, and showed a proficiency which entitled him to be placed at the
head of the Second Class.
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Messrs. Kirchoffer, Gage, Baber, Lyall, and Young.-These gentle-
men although inferior to those of the First Class, acquitted themselves
much to the satisfaction of the Examiners, and in a manner which affords
a well grounded expectation, that they will distinguish themselves
considerably at the next examination.
THIRD CLASS.
Mr. Meyrick.—This gentleman was examined at his own request,
and if he had been capable of reading the Persian character, would have
been entitled to be advanced to the Second Class.
Mr. Engleheart
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Woollocombe
These gentlemen did not express a desire
to be examined.
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J. H. HARINGTON,
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H. COLEBROOKE,
J. GILCHRIST,
Examiners.
THE 24TH MARCH 1803.
Advertisement.
In order to prevent difficulty and confusion in the arrangements which
are become necessary for the public accommodation at the New
Government House, the following Regulations are published for
general information:-
1. A room on the basement floor is appropriated to the use of
the Aide-de-Camp in waiting at the New Government House. All
persons having business to transact at the Government House will be
received by the Aide-de-Camp in waiting between the hours of nine
and three.
2. All persons are desired to enter the Government House through
the arches under the steps on the north side, excepting on public occa-
sions, when the entrance will be by the great steps leading to the
northern portico.
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3. One of the Aides-de-Camp will attend at the Government House
every day, notwithstanding the temporary absence of the Governor
General from Calcutta.
4. On Levee Days, there will be two Aides-de-Camp in waiting
(who will be publicly designated) for the express purpose of receiving
the cards of strangers, and of presenting strangers to the Governor
General.
5. All
All persons desirous of being presented to the Governor
General are requested to write their names and stations on a card, and
to deliver the card (previous to the Levee) to one of the Aides-de-Camp
in waiting.
6. The Levees at the Government House will in general be holden
in the centre room of the upper floor. The Company will assemble
on the marble floor, and will be conducted from thence to the Levee
Room as soon as the Governor General shall be ready to receive them.
7. The Company will enter the house by the north-east stair-
case, and return by the north-west stair case.
8. On Levee Days, the Chief Justice, Judges of the Supreme
Court, Members of Council, General Officers, and Judges of the Sudder
Dewanny Adawlut, will be conducted to the Levee Room immediately
on their arrival at the Government House.
9. The general entrance into the Government House on all
occasions is from the northward; but on Levee Days, Public Balls, and
entertainments, the southern entrance will be open to the Chief Justice,
Members of Council, Judges of the Supreme Court, General Officers,
Judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, the suite of the Governor
General, and their respective families, if they should choose to enter
on that side of the house.
NEW GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
23rd March 1803.
(Sd.) M. SHAWE,
Private Secretary.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THURSDAY, 31ST MARCH 1803.
In pursuance of authority received by the Board of Trade from
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, the
following advertisement, inviting proposals of contract for supplying
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indigo for the Company's investment for the year 1803, is published for
general information :-
Notice is hereby given that proposals of contract will be received at the
Office of the Secretary to the Board of Trade, on or before the 30th
of April next, for supplying indigo, of the manufacture of Bengal,
Behar, or Benares, for the Company's investment for the year 1803,
under the stipulations following:-
1. The indigo contracted for must be delivered as nearly as possible
of one quality in a chest. It will be appraised by the Company's
Inspector, or other proper Officer of the Export Warehouse, but none will
be accepted which may be appraised at less than Sicca Rupees 90 per
factory maund. The appraisement will be made within thirty days from
the day of the delivery of the indigo at the Export Warehouse. Should
any contractor be dissatisfied with the appraisement of the Company's
Inspector, or other proper Officers of the Export Warehouse, which
appraisement is in all instances to be regulated by the value which the
indigo, in the judgment of the said Inspector or other proper Officer of the
Export Warehouse, will produce at the Company's sales in England,
the indigo shall be referred for re-valuation to two persons to be chosen,
one by the Board of Trade on behalf of the Company, the other by the
contractor, and the decision of such two persons, or, in the event of their
not agreeing in their valuation, the decision of a third person, to be
nominated by them, shall be conclusive. Timely notice will be given
to each contractor, or to his Agent in Calcutta, of the intended appraise-
ment of the indigo; and should any contractor, or some person on his
part, after receiving such timely notice, not attend, such contractor shall
not afterwards be entitled to appeal from the appraisement of the
Company's Inspector or other proper Officer of the Export Warehouse.
2. Advances will be made to the amount of the indigo contracted
for, at the rate of 80 Sicca Rupees per factory maund, in Treasury Bills,
or in cash, as the state of the public treasury may admit, at the periods
and in the proportions following, viz. :-
On the execution of the necessary deeds, one-half.
On the 1st July, the remaining half.
The deliveries of the indigo contracted for being completed, the
accounts will be adjusted; and if, by reason of any contractor failing to
deliver the full quantity of indigo contracted for, the amount of the
advances made to him at Sicca Rupees 80 per factory maund should
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exceed three-fourths of the appraised value of the indigo delivered by
him, the difference shall be returned to the Company, one-half with
interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum calculated from the date of
the contractor's receipt of the first advance, the other half with interest
at the same rate from the date of the contractor's receipt of the second.
advance. No further payment will be made by the Company to any
contractor beyond the advance of Sicca Rupees 80 per maund, whatever
may be the value of the indigo delivered by him.
3. No indigo will be received before the 16th December 1803.
After that date the contractors may deliver as it shall suit their con-
venience, so that the following proportions of the quantity contracted
for by them respectively be delivered by the periods annexed, viz. :—
By the 31st December 1803, one-half.
By the 15th February 1804, the remaining half.
Should any indigo be tendered after the 15th February 1804, the
Company reserve to themselves the option of receiving or rejecting it.
Any contractor failing to deliver the quantity engaged for shall be
subject to a penalty of 30 per cent. on the deficient quantity, estimated
at the rate of the advances, viz., Sicca Rupees 80 per maund.
4. Each cake of indigo must be stamped with the following
mark :-
E. In.
and under it, with the initials of the contractor's name, or with those
of the firm, if a partnership.
5. The indigo which may be provided under this advertisement
shall be subject to the payment of the duties chargeable on that article
by the existing regulations of Government.
6. From the proceeds of the sales shall in the first instance be
defrayed the freight, at such rate as may be payable by the Company on
the ship on which the indigo may be laden, with a proportion of the
demurrage, and of the charge for kentledge (if the Company shall be
liable to the payment of either of those charges) also the public duties,
and Company's charges; provided always with respect to demurrage, that
the contractors shall not be subject to any charge on that account.
beyond the ordinary time of departure of the ships in the season in
which they may arrive. The Company's charges to be rated generally
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at 2 per cent. on the amount sales. From the remainder of the
proceeds, the Company shall be repaid the advances as follows:-
At the rate of two shillings and nine pence per Sicca Rupee, on
the advance of Sicca Rupees 80 per factory maund, and also on the
packing and shipping charges. Should the remainder of the proceeds
not suffice for the above-mentioned payment, a return of advances must
be made to the Company in Bengal, one-half with interest at the rate
of 10 per cent. per annum calculated from the date of the contractor's
receipt of the first advance, the other half with interest at the same rate,
from the date of the contractor's receipt of the second advance.
7. Whatever the indigo shall produce beyond the amount necessary
for the purpose mentioned in the preceding Article, will be paid to the
contractors, either in Bengal or in England, at their option. If in
Bengal, it will be paid in cash, or in Treasury Bills of this Government,
as the state of the public Treasury may, admit., at the expiration
of sixty days after the account sales of the indigo shall have been
received by the Governor General in Council at the exchange of two
shillings and five pence per Sicca Rupee. If in England, payment
will made on the proceeds of the indigo being realized at the India
House. In either case the Company will stand to the risks of the
voyage to the extent only of the amount advanced by the Company to
the contractors, and every proposal must specify whether the con-
tractor chooses to receive the surplus proceeds in England or in India.
8. Two securities will be required for the performance of the
engagements to be entered into with the Company by each contractor,
a partnership being considered as one security, and every proposal must
be accompanied by a declaration from the persons named as securities
of their consent to be so bound. Proposals from Agents must be
accompanied by the authorities from their principals for making them.
Any proposal deficient in either of these respects will be rejected without
consideration.
9. The Board of Trade reserve to themselves the right of rejecting
any proposal without assigning any reason for so doing.
10. Every proposal must specify the place at which the indigo is
intended to be manufactured, and the proposer must satisfy the Board of
Trade, if required so to do, that his manufactory is actually capable of
producing the quantity of indigo proposed for. The Board of Trade will
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further require that the contractors shall, if called upon, produce evi-
dence of the indigo delivered by them being bond fide, the produce of
the places of manufacture which they may have specified in their pro-
posals.
11. The Board of Trade think it proper to declare that in the
event of any contractor failing wholly or partially in his engagements,
they will require to be satisfied that the advances were duly applied to
the purposes for which they were taken up, and that no more indigo
was made by him proper for the Company's investment than what
he shall have delivered.
12. The Board of Trade reserve to themselves the option of load-
ing the indigo on the Company's regular or extra ships, as they may judge
to be expedient or necessary.
13. The public are hereby informed that no further pecuniary
assistance will be afforded by the Governor General in Council to the
Indigo-planters after the present year.
Published by order of the Board of Trade,
FORT WILLIAM,
The 29th March 1803.
}
(Sd.) C. M. RICKETTS,
Secretary, Board of Trade.
THE 21ST APRIL 1803.
Fort William, 9th April 1803.
Lolla Anundéram, formerly Dewanny Sheristadar in the Adawlut
of the Zillah Sylhet, and Kewul Kissen, formerly a Mohurir in the
Office of the Collector of Zillah Sylhet, having been convicted before
the Supreme Court of Judicature of a conspiracy against the late Judge
and Magistrate of that Zillah, His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council has been pleased to declare the above-men-
tioned persons to be incapable of holding any office hereafter in the
service of Government.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
Secy, to Govt., Judicial Dept.
17
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SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
;
THE 12TH MAY 1803.
Bearers.
The inconvenience which many persons in Calcutta have of late
suffered for want of Bearers, and the hourly applications for assistance to
the Police in these cases, induced the Magistrates to make an enquiry
into this subject; and it has been ascertained, that within the last ten
days; near one thousand Orissa Bearers, availing themselves of the
opportunity of several opulent natives procecding on pilgrimages to
Juggernaut, have accepted of hire, and taken this mode of returning to
their country. So many, therefore, of this description of people being
suddenly withdrawn from the public service, is one, among other causes,
why there are not a sufficient number at present to answer the frequent
calls of the inhabitants.
With respect to Bearers who ply in the highways and streets as
ticca, and who refuse to serve when the ordinary fare is tendered to
them, the public is informed that the Paramanics have on this account
been summoned to the Police Office. The Regulations into which these
men have entered on the part of the Bearers will in a short time be
made known; but it is at the same time necessary to observe, that if the
Bearers resorting to this place are ever to be brought into a state of
complete order, it can only be done by the inhabitants in general
co-operating with the Justices, and acquiescing in some necessary rules,
which, though they may be found occasionally to intrench on the
convenience of individuals and of families, may ultimately tend to
redress a very great public grievance.
+
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THE 18TH JUNE 1803.
Fort William, 16th June 1803.
The public is hereby informed that the sum expected to be appli-
cable to the redemption of the public debt by the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund in the month of July, is Sicca Rupees four lakhs
(4,00,000). Of this sum, Sicca Rupees one lakh (1,00,000), will be
applied on the purchase of the Promissory Notes of this Government,
bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, and the remainder will be
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PART I.—OFFICIAL.
applied to the discharge of the Notes of the General Register, in the
order of number and date, as follows:
On Monday 4th July, from No. 3678 of the General
Register of 1792-93 to 3686
Rs.
47,100
47,300
39,500
On Thursday 7th July, from No. 3686 to 3692
On Monday 11th July, from No. 3692 to 3699
On Thursday 14th July, from No. 3699 to 3704
On Monday 18th July, from No. 3704 to 3711
On Thursday 21st July, from No. 3711 to 3715
On Monday 25th July, from No. 3715 to 3723
On Thursday 28th July, from No. 3723 to 3729
40,000
46,700
43,000
45,000
42,000
The interest will cease on the date on which the Notes are severally
ordered for payment.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 30TH JUNE 1803.
BY AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT,
Prospectus of a plan for the publication of the Military Memoirs of
MR. GEORGE THOMAS,
Who by extraordinary talents and enterprise, rose from an obscure
situation to the rank of a General in the service of the Native Powers
in the North-West of India.
Through the Work are interspersed Geographical and Statistical
accounts of several of the States, composing the interior of the Peninsula,
especially the countries of Jypore, Joudpore, and Oudipore, by Geographers
denominated Rajpootana, the Seiks of Punjab, the territory of Beyka-
neer, and the country adjoining the great Desert to the westward of
Hurriana.
The Work compiled and arranged from original documents, delivered
to the Supreme Government of Bengal by Mr. Thomas, is now pub-
lished by the authority of His Excellency the Most Noble Richard
Marquis Wellesley, K. P., Governor General, and Captain General in
India, &c. &c. &c., by William Francklin, Captain of Infantry.
C
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The Work will comprehend two distinct periods :-
First.-From Mr. Thomas's arrival in India, until his establish-
ment at Hansi.
Second.-From his establishment at Hansi, until his arrival at
the British Frontier in 1802.
An Appendix will be added, containing―
I.-Commercial remarks on the trade of the countries to the
North-West of India.
II.-On the celebrated pasture grounds, called the Lacky Jungle.
III.-A general Abstract of the Countries mentioned in the Work,
exhibiting their respective distances, and relative positions,
&c., from Delhi.
With the Work will be given a plan of the City of Jypore, a curious
Drawing of the Rajah's Palace, a Map of the Countries North-West
of Delhi, and, drawn from life, a Portrait of George Thomas.
The Work will be printed on the best Europe paper, in one volume
quarto.
Conditions.
The subscription Fifty Rupees.
Subscription for this Work will be received by Messrs. Gardiner,
Alexander, and Co., Agents in Calcutta.
The Work will be put to Press so soon as a sufficient sum shall have
been subscribed to defray the expense of Printing.
Prefixed to the Work will be a list of the Subscribers.
CALCUTTA,
The 6th June 1803.
}
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 14TH JULY 1803.
Fort William, Public Department, 13th July 1803.
The public is hereby informed that after the present month, the
Bills to be granted by His Excellency the Governor General in Council
on the Hon'ble the Court of Directors, on account of the Sinking Fund,
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will be drawn, until further notice, at the exchange of two shillings five
pence the Sicca Rupee, payable three months after sight, instead of
two shillings six pence the Sicca Rupee, the present rate of exchange.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(sd.) T. PHILPOT,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 4TH AUGUST 1803.
Fort William, Public Department, 3rd August 1803.
Notice is hereby given that the Sub-Treasurer and Marine Pay
Master, will be furnished with cash, to enable them to discharge the
salaries and allowances of the Civil and Marine Departments for June
last, on or after Friday the 12th instant.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.) T. PHILPOT,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, THE 11TH AUGUST 1803.
Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals of contract for supply-
ing the Government of Fort St. George with sixty Elephants of the stand-
ard and description and under the conditions hereafter mentioned, will
be received at the Office of the Secretary to the Government, on or
before the 31st of this month.
Conditions.
1st.-The Elephants to be provided for this service are not to be less
than 5 cubits, or 8 feet 3 inches high. They must be from Chittagong
or the country to the southward of that Province, and must be competent
to carry twenty maunds, exclusive of pad and other necessary gear.
/
2nd.-The sixty Elephants are to be delivered over to any person or
Agent of the Madras Government, properly authorized to receive them
at Fort St. George, or Ganjam, or at any of the principal stations.
between Ganjam or Fort St. George, namely :-
Vizagapatam,
Masulipatam,
Rajah Mundry and Nellore.
And at as early a period as may be practicable.
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3rd.-Should it happen that, after arriving at the appointed station,
any of the Elephants should be found incapable of immediate service,
whether from fatigue, length of the journey, or any other cause, one
month will be allowed for the recovery of such Elephants, at the expira-
tion of which they will be inspected by proper Officers, and if not then
found adequate to the carriage of the prescribed load, they shall be
rejected altogether.
4th. The proposals are to specify the rate in Sonat Rupees, at which
the contractor will engage to deliver over each Elephant at any of the
before-mentioned principal stations between Ganjam and Fort St. George,
taking upon himself the risk of all casualties, from whatever cause they
may proceed.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secy. to Govt., Military Dept.
THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
Fort William, 6th September 1803.
Advices have this day been received by His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General in Council, from the Hon'ble Mr. Paget,
His Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, announcing the
recall and departure from Paris of His Excellency Lord Whitworth,
His Majesty's Ambassador to the French Republic, on the 12th May;
and the arrival of General Andreossi (the late Ambassador from the
French Republic to His Majesty) at Paris, on the 20th of the same
month.
No official information has been received of the actual commence-
ment of hostilities between His Majesty and the French Republic, but
it appears that His Majesty's proclamation for granting letters of
Marque and Reprisal against the subjects of France had been issued,
and it is stated in the French papers that a British Fleet of twelve
sail of the line, and six Frigates, had appeared off Brest, and that two
small French Vessels had been captured in the Bay of Hodierne by two
English Frigates.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
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PART I.-OFFICIAL.
THE 16TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council
is pleased, from this day, to prohibit the exportation of grain of every
description from Bengal by sea, and to direct that all grain already
embarked for exportation on any ship or vessel in the River Hooghly,
or in any other part of Bengal, whether belonging to British subjects
or others, shall be forthwith relanded.
All grain which may be found on board any ship or vessel in the
River Hooghly, after the expiration of fifteen days from this date, and
all Grain which may be found on board any ship or vessel in any other
Port of Bengal, at the expiration of fifteen days after the promulgation
of this Proclamation, is hereby declared to be liable to seizure and
confiscation.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 1803.
Police Office, 15th September 1803.
All French subjects and other Foreigners now residing in Calcutta,
or its vicinity, are hereby directed to attend in person and deliver in
their names, &c., at the Police Office without delay.
No French subjects now residing in this Town will be allowed
on any account to leave or pass Calcutta without the permission of
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, for
which application is to be made through the Magistrates at the Police
Office.
All subjects of the French Republic coming from any of the Foreign
Settlements to Calcutta are required to produce at this Office a written
permission for their being absent from such Settlement, and are hereby
informed that in the event of their entering the Town without such
permission, they will be immediately taken into custody.
By order of the Magistrates,
(Sd.)
J. HOLST,
Head Clerk,
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CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 27TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
Information having been received that the price of grain has been
considerably enhanced in the Provinces of Benares, and in the Provinces
ceded to the Hon'ble Company by His Excellency the Nawab Vizier,
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, with the
view of encouraging the importation of grain into those Provinces from
the Province of Bengal, has been pleased to direct that a bounty shall
be paid on all grain imported at the City of Benares or Allahabad, from
the Province of Bengal within three months, and at Cawnpore or
Futtaghur within four months from the date of this Proclamation.
The following is the rate of bounty which will be paid on the
different kinds of grain at each of the above-mentioned stations.
On all grain, wheat and barley excepted:
At Benares
Allahabad
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At Benares
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Allahabad
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D:
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Per 100 maunds.
Rs. 15
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19
23
27
دو
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17
22
24
31
The bounty to which persons importing grain at the above-men-
tioned places may be entitled agreeably to the tenor of this Proclamation,
will be paid at Benares, Allahabad, and Cawnpore, by the Collectors of
those districts respectively, and at Futtaghur by the Agent to the
Governor General at Furruckabad. In order, however, to entitle the
importers to the payment of the bounty, such persons will be required
to produce the Rowannahs for the grain bearing the seal and signature
of one of the Collectors of Customs in the Province of Bengal, and the
usual endorsement of the Collectors or Darogahs of the intermediate
Custom Houses. The Officers of Government shall likewise be at liberty
to examine the boats, whenever they may have reason to apprehend
that the quantity actually imported is inferior to the quantity on which
the bounty may be claimed.
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Persons importing grain into the Province of Benares, or the
ceded Provinces of Bengal in consequence of this Proclamation, will be
at liberty to dispose of their grain at such price, and in such manner
as they may judge proper.
Maafy Rowannahs will be granted for the transportation of the
grain.
Published by order of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
Secy. to Govt., Revenue Dept.
THE 20TH OCTOBER 1803.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General has received
a Despatch from the Right Hon'ble Lord Hobart, one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, signifying to the Governor General His
Majesty's most gracious permission to accept, and to wear, the Honor
conferred upon the Governor General by the Grand Seignor, in the Order
of the Crescent of the First Rank, together with His Majesty's Com-
mands to the Governor General, to notify the same gracious permission.
to Major General Baird, and to the other Officers who have received
similar honors from the Ottoman Court.
His Majesty has also approved of the Governor General having
worn the Insignia of the said Order, and of His Excellency having
authorized the Officers above mentioned to wear the respective Badges
transmitted to them by the Grand Seignor, until His Majesty's pleasure
should be made known to the Governor General.
THE 27TH OCTOBER 1803.
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council
is pleased from this day to permit the exportation of grain of every
description from Bengal to any British Port in India, under the follow-
ing conditions:-
All persons who may be desirous of exporting grain from Bengal
by sea under this Proclamation, are required to make application for that
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purpose by letter to the Secretary to the Government in the Public
Department, stating the quantity of grain to be exported, the port to
which the grain is to be consigned, and the name of the vessel on which
it is to be shipped.
All such applications must also specify the name of one responsible
person, an inhabitant of Calcutta, who may be willing to execute a
bond jointly with the proprietor or shipper of the grain, engaging under
a penalty of ten Sicca Rupees per bag, that the grain shall be delivered
at some British Port in India.
Immediate attention will be given to every application which may
be made to the Secretary to the Government in conformity to the terms
of this Proclamation, and the bonds will be prepared at his Office and
executed without any expense to the parties.
The bond shall remain in full force until a certificate shall be pro-
duced from the proper public Officer of Government at the port to
which the grain may be consigned, that the cargo has been landed at
that Port.
The Collectors of Government Customs at Calcutta and Chitta-
gong are strictly enjoined not to permit any grain to be shipped, nor
to grant a Port Clearance to any ship or vessel loaded with grain,
until they shall receive a certificate from the Secretary to the Government,
that the bond required by this Proclamation has been duly executed.
The exportation of grain from Bengal to any Foreign Port, is
hereby strictly prohibited.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
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THE 8TH JANUARY 1804.
Fort William, the 8th January 1804.
Advices have been received this day by His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General in Council, from the Government of Fort
St. George, announcing the capture of L'Espiegle, French Privateer, by
His Majesty's Ship Dedaigneuse, Captain Heywood, off Cochin, on
the 14th of December 1803. The Privateer sailed from the Isle of
France about the 8th of November, and had not taken any prizes.
The prisoners captured in L'Espiegle stated to Captain Heywood
that six other Privateers were nearly ready for sea, and proposed to sail
for India soon after the departure of L'Espiegle from the Isle of France.
Two of these vessels are Brigs and two others are said to carry twenty
guns each; it was understood to be the intention of the Commanders to
cruize in the Bay of Bengal.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy, to Govt.
THE 12TH JANUARY 1804.
The following is a copy of a letter addressed by the Officers of the
Grand Army to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and of the
reply which His Excellency was pleased to make to the Address :—
To His Excellency General GERARD LAKE, Commander-in-Chief, &c., &c.
SIR,-We, the Officers of the British Indian Army, who have had
the honor of serving under your Excellency's personal command during
the present campaign, impressed with sentiments of high respect towards
your Excellency and admiration of those exalted talents by which we
have been led to a series of brillant victories, confirming the superiority
of the British arms in this remote quarter of the globe, and yielding to
us a soldier's best reward, the approbation of Government, beg leave to
request your Excellency's acceptance of a service of plate of the value of
four thousand pounds, in testimony of our attachment and esteem.
Zealously devoted to our king, our country, and the Government
under which we have the honor to serve, it only remains for us to express
our sincere and ardent hope, that we may long enjoy the advantage
of being placed under your Excellency's guidance and command, and
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wherever the interests of the State may require our services, inspired by
your animating example, and cherished by your applause, we may con-
tinue to follow you to victory and renown.
We have the honor to subscribe ourselves (on behalf of the Army).
Your Excellency's very faithful, obedient, and devoted Servants,
(sd.)
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FREDERICK ST. JOHN, Major General.
H. FRASER, Major General.
W. MONSON, Lieut. Col., 76th Regiment.
J. O. VANDELEUR, Lieut. Colonel,
Comdg., 1st Bde. Cavy.
J. HORSFORD, Lieut. Col., Artillery.
ST. GEORGE ASHE, Lieut. Col., Infantry.
R. HALDANE, Major, Infantry.
L. THOMAS, Major, 14th Native Regiment.
W. CARDEN, Major, 29th Light Dragoons.
J. CROCKETT, Captain, Infantry.
H. WORSLEY, Capt., 21st N. Regiment.
ALEXANDER KNOX, Captain, 2nd N. Cavy.
ALEXANDER MORISON, Captain.
T. WOOD, Captain, Engineers.
W. J. SCOT, Captain, H. M.'s 76th Regiment.
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H. SWINTON, Captain, 6th Native Cavy.
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J. W. PLAYDELL, Lieut., 14th Native Regiment.
CAMP, BRITISH HEAD QUARTERS
AT NEHMEDA.
21st December, 1803.
THE 19TH JANUARY 1804.
General Orders by His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General
in Council.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council
orders and directs that Officers in Command of Detachments or Corps
shall strictly attend to the following General Orders of the 29th
September 1788:-
"It is to be a standing regulation that all Officers, Commanding
Detachments of the Army, or single Corps, on a march, do keep an
account of their daily movements, remarking their computed distances,
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the towns, villages, and rivers in their routes, the nature of the roads
and places of encampment, or any other observations which they may
deem material, copies of which are to be transmitted to the Quarter
Master General, after the troops have arrived at their destination."
In addition to the rules prescribed by the preceding order, His
Excellency the Governor General in Council authorizes and directs
Commanding Officers of Corps when marching to employ any Officer
under their command, who is properly qualified, to keep a Journal or
Field Book, agreeably to the subjoined form :-
Bearings and estimated distance Bearings of the
of objects on the left.
Road.
Distance by
Perambulator
or time.
Bearings and estimated
distances of objects on
the right.
The names of all towns, forts, rivers, and villages, when obtain-
able, are to be inserted in the two broad columns on each side, also all
tanks, jheels, and ravines, on the route of march, ground of encamp-
ment for one or more Corps, and occasional remarks as to the nature
of the road and country.
The bearings of places and objects, with their estimated distance,
are also to be put down, more particularly of forts, hill forts, towns,
villages, rocky or broken ground, and remarkable eminences.
The road distance, whether measured by a perambulator, or esti-
mated by time, is to be carefully inserted: in the latter case, the time
by the watch between any two places or points of observation is to be
put down to the nearest minute, and the rate at which the person is
supposed to have been moving is to be noticed.
When the distance is computed by time a line is to be drawn
through the column every time a halt shall take place, and the number
of minutes for which the halt continues is to be noted.
With a view to obtain an accurate measurement of the roads,
and of the routes of march of the troops, the Governor General in
Council directs that a proportion of perambulators and compasses be
sent to each of the principal Military stations for the use of Corps
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which shall be detached from these stations; and whenever a Corps is
ordered to march, the Commanding Officer is to apply to the Command-
ing Officer of the station, for the use of a perambulator and Compass
provided there is any Officer in the Corps qualified to undertake to keep
a Journal or Field Book in the manner above directed.
Officers so employed will be permitted to draw an extraordinary
allowance, equivalent to the allowance established by the Minutes of
Council of the 11th October 1785 for an Assistant Surveyor in the
Field, viz., Sonat Rs. 100 per month, from the commencement of the
march to its conclusion, upon producing from the Surveyor General a
certificate of the Journal or Field Book having been kept with atten-
tion and accuracy.
The Field Books are in the first instance to be transmitted to the
Quarter Master General, who will immediately, after their receipt, send
them to the Surveyor General, who, after taking a copy of them, is to
return them to the Quarter Master General, in whose Office they are to
be lodged.
(A true copy)
(Sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secy. to Govt., Mily. Dept.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THE 15TH FEBRUARY 1804.
Despatches have been this day received by the Chief Secretary to the
Government, from Captain Page of His Majesty's Ship Caroline,
dated the 6th of January and the 14th of February 1804, of which
the following extracts are published for general information :—
Extract from a letter from CAPTAIN PAGE, dated the 6th January 1804.
"I request you will inform the Most Noble the Governor General
in Council that I had the good fortune to capture the French Privateer
Brig Les Freres Unis of 140 tons, pierced for sixteen nine and six
pounders, but with only eight on board, and having 134 men on board,
fifteen of whom were officers and forty soldiers, from Bourdeaux in
July, and from Mauritius the 11th November, going to cruize off the
Sandheads, and had not made a capture."
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Extracts from a letter from CAPTAIN PAGE, dated the 14th February 1804.
"I request you will inform His Excellency the Most Noble Marquis
Wellesley, Governor General in Council, that I am arrived at Kedgeree
in His Majesty's Ship under my command, with her prize the French
ship General De Caen of 26 guns and 200 men, which I captured
between the Cocos and Andaman Isles on the 4th instant, and before
she had made a capture.
"This ship was built for a Vessel of War equal to our twenty-gun
ship, and carries eighteen nine-pounders on her gun-deck, besides those
on her quarter-deck and forecastle, which are heavy carronades."
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THE 27TH FEBRUARY 1804.
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to permit the departure
of all ships and vessels of every description from the River Hooghly,
and from the Anchorage at the Island of Saugor, from and after the
period of time, when the signal to weigh anchor from Saugor shall be
inade by Captain Page of His Majesty's Ship Caroline.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 26TH APRIL 1804.
General Orders by Ilis Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General
in Council, dated Fort William, the 12th April 1804.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to direct that the
following extract of a letter from Major General the Hon'ble Arthur
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Wellesley, to the Governor General, dated at Camp Jassierabad, 17th
January 1804, be published in General Orders :—
"In the course of the campaign, I have had frequent opportunities
of reporting the good conduct of the troops to Your Excellency, and
I have likewise to report that their patience under fatigue, and the
persevering activity with which they performed all the duties required
from them, were equal to their bravery when they opposed to the enemy
in the Field; and the consequence of all those good qualities is, that
notwithstanding the distance and difficulties attending our communica-
tion with the sources of our supplies, the great bodies of the enemy's
horse, and the disaffected and disturbed state of the countries under the
Government of the Company's allies, I am enabled to state that
throughout the campaign, we did not lose one Convoy, or an article of
the Company's property of any description.
"The troops composing the Division under my immediate com-
mand were assembled from the most distant parts of the country, and
have been in the Field during two monsoons-that on the eastern
coast in the winter of 1802, and that on the western coast in the summer
of 1803. These circumstances, and the exhausted state of the countries
from the Kistna to the Taptee, have been the cause of the loss of the
equipments of the Officers of the Army three or four times in one year.
Those belonging to the subsidiary force were equally unfortunate, and
all must have suffered the greatest inconveniences from the great advance
of price of all the necessaries of life in the countries which have been
the seat of the War."
The Governor General in Council having received from Major
General the Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley a report of treasure and other
articles, being the public property of the enemy, captured by the
troops, under the Command of General Wellesley, during the pro-
gress of the late splendid and memorable success of the Army in
the Deccan, against the confederated Marhatta Chieftains, amounting
to 11,52,196 Hyderabad Rupees, deems it to be the duty of this
Government, conformably to the general principle established by the
General Orders of the Governor General in Council, directing a distri-
bution of Prize Money captured by the Army under the personal
Command of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India, to
anticipate the sanction of His Majesty and of the Hon'ble the Court
of Directors for the distribution of this sum, as a testimony of the
applause and gratitude with which the British Government views the
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exemplary valour, discipline, zeal, and firmness, displayed by the Army
under the Command of Major General Wellesley, during the recent ardu-
ous and glorious campaign.
The Governor General in Council accordingly authorizes and directs
Major General Wellesley to make an immediate distribution of the sum
above mentioned to the troops under his command, in such proportions
as may be conformable to the usage of the British service in simi-
lar cases.
Major General Wellesley will determine and name in public orders
the several Corps, Divisions, or Detachments of the Army employed
under his special command in the Deccan, which are to participate in
this distribution. Major General Wellesley will also determine and
publish the general rules by which the shares of the respective officers
and soldiers are to be apportioned, and will report his proceedings in the
execution of these instructions to the Governor General in Council, and
to the Governors in Council of the Presidencies of Fort St. George
and Bombay.
All Ordnance and Military Stores taken by the troops composing
the Army under Major General Wellesley, during the war, are to be
reserved entire for further instructions.
The Governor General in Council will not fail to afford to the zeal,
gallantry, and energy of the Army employed in services of arduous
labour and peril, and remote from their Sovereign and their country, the
most liberal and prompt encouragement which may appear compatible.
with the rights of the Crown and of the Company, and with the due
principles of discipline, public order, and just economy.
The Governor General in Council, in consideration of the severe
hardships and fatigues experienced by the Officers of the Army under
the command of Major General Wellesley, during the protracted time
they have been in the field on active service, and also in consideration
of the heavy expenses to which the Officers of the Army employed
under the command of Major General Wellesley, during the recent
arduous operations in the Deccan, have been subjected by the repeated
loss of their field equipments, combined with the inadequate amount
of prize to be distributed among them, deems it to be equitable and
consistent with a liberal and wise policy, that this Government should
award compensation to those Officers with a view to alleviate in some
measure the hardship of their case, without establishing a precedent
for incurring an unnecessary and improper expense in future.
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The Governor General in Council is therefore pleased to authorize
a donation for the Officers who have been serving with the troops
employed under the command of Major General the Hon'ble Arthur
Wellesley, during the late war in the Deccan, against the Marhatta
confederates, equal to six months' full batta of the rank in which they
have been respectively serving during the war.
(sd.) L. HOOK,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 29TH JUNE 1804.
Fort William, 27th June 1804.
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
Information having been received that the price of grain has been
considerably enhanced in the district of Chittagong, His Excellency the
Most Noble the Governor General in Council, with the view of encou-
raging the importation of grain into that district, has been pleased to
direct that a bounty shall be paid at the rate of Rs. 10 (ten) per hundred
maunds, on all grain imported at the town of Islamabad, within two
months from the date of this Proclamation.
The bounty to which persons importing grain at the above-mentioned
town may be entitled agreeably to the tenor of this Proclamation, will
be paid at Islamabad, by the Collector of Chittagong. In order, how-
ever, to entitle the importers to the payment of the bounty, such persons
will be required to produce the rowannahs for the grain, bearing the
seal and signature of one of the Collectors of Customs and the usual
endorsement of the Collectors or Darogahs of the intermediate Custom
Houses. The Officers of Government shall likewise be at liberty to
examine the boats, whenever they may have reason to apprehend that
the quantity actually imported is inferior to the quantity on which the
bounty may be claimed.
•
Persons importing grain into the district of Chittagong in conse-
quence of this Proclamation, will be at liberty to dispose of their grain
at such price and in such manner as they may judge proper.
Maafy Rowannahs will be granted for the transportation of the grain.
By order of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General
in Council,
(Sd.)
G. DOWDESWELL,
Secy. to Govt., Revenue Dept.
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THE 19TH JULY 1804.
Fort William, 14th July 1804.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, was received yesterday
morning from Mr. William Miller, late Commander of the freighted
Ship Althea :-
To JOHN LUMSDEN, ESQ., Chief Secy. to Govt., Fort William.
SIR,-It is with sincere regret I have to advise you, for the informa-
tion of His Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Wellesley, Governor
General in Council, that the Hon'ble Company's freighted Ship
Althea, late under my command, was unfortunately captured on the
17th ultimo, in seven degrees south latitude, and ninety-two degrees.
thirty minutes east longitude, by two French Frigates the Belle Poule
and Atalanta, the former carrying 28 eighteen-pounders and 16 nine-
pounders, with 340 men, commanded by Captain Brinllac; the latter
carrying 28 eighteen-pounder, 2 nine-pounder, and 14 thirty-two
pounder carronades, with 340 men, commanded by Captain Goodoin.
Beauchene.
I engaged the first Frigate that came up with me, which proved
to be the Atalanta, but the other coming up and being between
the fire of both, having the Atalanta on the larboard-beam, and
the Belle Poule on the starboard-quarter, seeing no possibility of
either saving the Althea or of injuring the enemy, as
our shot
from the short carronades would not reach to do execution, I was
under the disagreeable necessity of striking to such a very superior
force, having previously destroyed by throwing overboard and sinking
the Government packets addressed to the Hon'ble Court of Directors,
the packet for the Governor of St. Helena, and all other public
despatches.
I was highly gratified in observing, and have much pleasure in
stating, that the Althea's Officers and Ship's Company showed such
spirit and willingness to defend the ship, that had we not been opposed
by a force so very much superior, or had only had one in place of two
to contend with, I am fully convinced we would have saved the ship,
but as I was situated, I had no prospect by any further resistance than
of sacrificing the lives of the ship's company to no purpose.
Both the enemy's Frigates kept company with the Althea, and
arrived here on the 8th instant; the Althea and cargo have since been
condemned as prizes.
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I wrote from hence viâ America on the 25th instant, to William
Ramsay, Esq., Secretary to the Hon'ble East India Company, London,
advising him, for the information of the Hon'ble Court of Directors,
of the unfortunate loss of the Althea, and will by the earliest oppor-
tunity forward triplicate of the same.
ISLE OF FRANCE,
The 28th May 1804.
}
I am,
SIR,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
(sd.)
WILLIAM MILLER,
Late Commander of the "Althea."
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
THE 2ND AUGUST 1804.
The Governor General in Council directs that the following letter
from the Adjutant General to the Secretary to the Government, in the
Military Department, be published in General Orders to the Army.
(Sd.) L. HOOK, Captain,
Secy. to the Govt., Military Dept.
SIR,-The late Regulations of the Hon'ble the Court of Directors
respecting the new formation of the Cavalry on this Establishment,
having abolished the appointment of Commandant, the Commander-in-
Chief trusts he shall be pardoned in bringing under the notice of His
Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General the merits of the late
Commandant Colonel Macan, and soliciting in his favor a continuance
of the office of Commandant.
During the former, and throughout the whole of the late arduous
campaign, the conduct of Colonel Macan has been marked by such
distinguished zeal, gallantry, and desire to forward the public service,
that His Excellency cannot but lament any circumstance which deprives
him of even an honorary distinction.
In consideration therefore of the eminent services of Colonel Macan,
and to mark the just sense which Government entertains of the services
of those Officers who render themselves conspicuous by an earnest zeal
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to forward the public interest, the Commander-in-Chief begs leave to
recommend that Colonel Macan be continued as Colonel Commandant
of Cavalry, and this office shall cease upon his quitting or retiring
from the service.
HEAD QUARTERS,
Cawnpore, 13th July 1804.
I have, &c.,
(sd.)
J. GERARD,
Adjutant General.
With a view to manifest the just sense which the Governor General
in Council entertains of the services of those Officers who render them-
selves conspicuous in the discharge of their public duty by an ardent
zeal for the public interests, His Excellency in Council is pleased to
determine, in consequence of the recommendation of His Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief, founded on the zeal, gallantry, and distinguished
conduct of Colonel Richard Macan, that the appointment of "Colonel
Commandant of Native Cavalry" shall be revived as an honorary dis-
tinction for Colonel Macan; and that Colonel Macan shall be Colonel
Commandant of Cavalry until the Commands of the Honorable Court
of Directors shall have been received on the subject.
(sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1804.
Fort William, 6th August 1804.
His Excellency the Governor General in Council directs that the
following advertisement be published in General Orders :-
"Notice is hereby given that the tolls on boats and goods passing
through the Canal commonly called Tolly's Nullah, which were formerly
authorized by Government to be levied by, and for the benefit of, the
late Mrs. Tolly, will be now collected on the part of Government, under
the superintendence of the Collector of the 24-Pergunnahs. The public
therefore is hereby informed that all boats and goods passing through
the said Canal are subject to the payment of the tolls which have been
sanctioned by Government, the rates of which are now published for
general information :
On Budgerows
On Empty Boats
4 annas per
Oar.
4
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per 100 maunds burthen.
On all loaded Boats, containing
goods, merchandize, or any ar-
ticles of whatever description
2 Rs. per 100 maunds burthen.
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The places at which these tolls are to be levied are at the two
extremities of the Nullah, viz., at Sherman's* Bridge and at Coot Ghaut
or Russapuglah.
At Sherman's Bridge, the tolls will be levied on all boats entering
from the River Hooghly; and at Coot Ghaut, or Russapuglah, the tolls
will be levied on all boats coming from the eastward.
"No tolls will be levied at any other places than those above
mentioned."
His Excellency in Council also directs that the following General
Orders, passed by Earl Cornwallis on the 9th of January 1790, which
are still in force, be republished for general information :-
General Orders by Earl Cornwallis, 9th January 1790.
"Officers or other persons proceeding through Tolly's Canal in
charge of boats on the public Military service, are directed to deliver
certificates of their number, size, and ladings, to the person employed on
the collection of the toll, on which voucher the amount of the toll will
be paid by the Quarter Master General. It is, however, to be understood
that this certificate is only to comprehend the boats provided by the
Company, as all Officers or other persons proceeding upon the boat
allowance are themselves to defray this charge, according to the rates of
toll regulated and established by Government."
(Sd.)
THOS. HILL,
1st Asst. Secy., Military Dept.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1804.
Advertisement.
Whereas in the past year, about the time of, or shortly previous to,
the Mela of the Hur Hur Chitter, reports having been circulated of
a tendency to excite doubts in the minds of the breeders and dealers in
horses as to the permanency of the horse market authorized by the orders
of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council of the
18th June 1801, to be annually held at the Mela of the Hur Hur Chitter,
or confluence of the great Gunduck and Ganges, the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council, with a view the more effectually to remove
all such doubts, has been pleased to direct that the advertisement of the
18th June 1801 be republished for general information, and hereby further
notifies to the breeders and dealers in horses, that for their better security
* Hastings' Bridge.
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and protection in carrying on their dealings, and to prevent all improper
interruption to their enjoying the full benefits of a free market, a Magis-
trate, with a proper number of Police servants, have been ordered to attend
at Hadjeepore during the whole time of the Mela of the Hur Hur
Chitter.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council.
further notifies that it was not intended by the establishment of a horse
fair at the Mela of the Hur Hur Chitter, at the confluence of the
Gunduck and Ganges at Hadjeepore, to disturb the Mela hitherto held
at the Duddry or confluence of the Sirjoo and Ganges, or to prevent.
owners or dealers in horses from carrying them to the Mela at the
Duddry, should they prefer so doing.
"18th June 1801.
"His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
understanding that the dealers in horses and other cattle, who have
resorted to the fair annually held at the Duddry Chitter, or confluence of
the Rivers Ganges and Sirjoo, have experienced great inconvenience.
from the confined site of the fair, the want of resident bankers and
traders with whom the dealers might with facility negociate their
pecuniary concerns, and also from the badness of the roads, as well as
from the dangers to which they have been subject in passing to and
from the Duddry Fair, and being desirous, not only to obviate those
inconveniences, but also to afford every proper and reasonable encourage-
ment to the horse dealers, with a view to the attainment of a more
general diffusion of an improved race of horses over the Company's
provinces, His Excellency in Council has therefore thought proper to
order and direct that on the first full moon in the ensuing month of
Kartick, and in future, annually at the same period, a horse market
shall be held at the Mela of the Hur Hur Chitter, or confluence of the
great Gunduck and Ganges.
"Notice is accordingly hereby given, that all dealers in horses and
other cattle, as well foreign dealers as those residing in the Company's
provinces, may with confidence repair with their cattle to the markets to
be held at the Hur Hur Chitter or confluence of the great Gunduck and
Ganges, and may rely on receiving every encouragement and protection.
The numerous purchasers who will resort to the market from the towns
of Dinapore and Hadjcepore, and the City of Patna, will ensure a ready
sale for the horses and cattle; and the vicinity of the City of Patna to
the market will afford the horse dealers immediate means of negocia-
ting their money transactions through the medium of the resident
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bankers at that city. As further encouragement to the horse
dealers, they are also informed that it is the intention of Government
to purchase, on account of the Hon'ble Company, as many of the
horses which shall be exposed for sale at the Hur Hur Chitter, as shall
be found of a quality suited to the service of the Cavalry.
"His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
with a view to give effect to the foregoing orders, directs the Magis-
trates, Collectors, and other public Officers of Government, to afford
every degree of encouragement and protection to the horse dealers
in their progress to and from the fair at Hur Hur Chitter."
All the Officers of Government are accordingly again required to
afford every degree of encouragement and protection to the horse
dealers in their progress to and from the fair at Hur Hur Chitter, as
enjoined by the foregoing advertisement.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
FORT WILLIAM,
9th August 1804.
}
(Sd.) L. HOOK,
Secretary to the Government.
THE 13TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
His Excellency the Governor General in Council directs that a
Provincial Battalion be raised for the performance of the internal duties
of the province of Cuttack, conformably to the plan and establishment of
the Provincial Battalions already raised, and that the Provincial Battalion
for the province of Cuttack be placed under the general control of the
Magistrates in the same manner as the other Provincial Battalions.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to appoint Captain
Thomas Morgan to the command of the Cuttack Provincial Battalion,
with the same allowances as the other Officers Commanding Provincial
Battalions.
The Officer Commanding in the province of Cuttack for the time
being is directed to inspect occasionally the Provincial Battalion, and to
report, at least once every six months, the state of the Corps with respect
to discipline, clothing, and equipments, to the Governor General in
Council.
1804.]
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PART I.-OFFICIAL.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, FORT WILLIAM, THE 28TH
SEPTEMBER 1864.
The Governor General in Council is pleased to prohibit, until further
orders, the departure from the River Hooghly of all ships and vessels
of every description.
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 2ND OCTOBER 1804.
To His Excellency the Most Noble MARQUIS WELLESLEY, Governor
General, &c., &c., &c.
MY LORD, It was intimated to me some time ago that it was the
intention of His Majesty Shah Alum to honor me with the Insignia
of the Mahee and Muratib, accompanied by the Nobut and other
marks of dignity, which it has been customary to confer on the great
Officers of the Empire.
2. These Insignia, under the charge of Rajah Munnoo Lall, a
person of rank, having arrived near this place, I made such prepara-
tions to receive them as were consistent with that degree of respect and
attention which I have deemed it proper on all occasions to manifest
towards His Majesty.
3. The ceremony of receiving them, on account of heavy rains
which have of late fallen almost incessantly, was necessarily postponed
till the 14th instant, when I proceeded, attended by Major General
Frazer, and the Officers composing my suite, to tents which I had ordered
to be pitched for this purpose, at some distance from cantonments.
4. After being invested with a sword and shield, which are more
particularly assigned to military rank, and having performed the cere-
monies usual upon such occasions, I returned to the cantonments, pre-
ceded by the several Insignia of the Mahee and Muratib, and Nobut,
and accompanied by Rajah Munnoo Lall, who testified the highest satis-
faction at the respectful attention with which the honor conferred on
me by His Majesty had been received.
5. Rajah Munoo Lall is to remain with me as a Vakeel on the
part of His Majesty.
I have the honor to be,
MY LORD,
Your Lorship's most faithful humble Servant,
Cawnpore,
The 18th August 1804.
}
(Sd.)
G. LAKE.
20
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THE 4TH OCTOBER 1804.
Extract of a letter from CAPTAIN MARSHALL, Commander of the Hon'ble
Company's freighted Ship "Sir William Pulteney," dated St. Helena,
1st July 1804.
We have not lost a man during the passage, and arrived at this
place without one on the sick list. I shall take this opportunity of
saying, that on our passage round the Cape, strong symptoms of scurvy
made their appearance among the lascars, numbers of them having
their mouths affected, and some their legs swelled; and as I was de-
sirous of giving the limes which were sent to us by the Government,
a fair trial, I did not serve one of them out until the above symptoms
began to make their appearance; I then commenced by giving each of
those affected two limes every day, which I made them eat whole with
their rice.
In the course of a week or ten days from the time of the disease
making its appearance, about thirty or forty were affected by it: we
then became very regular in the distribution of the fruit, giving every
day at their meals two to the diseased, and one to those who were not
so. In the course of a few days, the beneficial effect of the limes
showed itself in a most astonishing manner, and in about three weeks
from the time of our first serving them out, all symptoms of the
scurvy entirely vanished, and I believe not one of those who were not
previously affected was attacked by it from the time of our being re-
gular in the administration of this wonderful antiscorbutic-and all this
without the most trivial change of diet.
(True extract)
(Sd.)
C. CORNISH.
(True copy)
(sd.)
J. SHORE,
Secretary, Marine Board.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
THOS. BROWN,
Secretary to the Government.
1804.7
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PART I.-OFFICIAL.
THE 8TH NOVEMBER 1804,
Fort William, Public Department, 7th November 1804..
The Most Noble the Governor General in Council having taken
into consideration the most eligible mode of carrying into execution the
intentions of the Patriotic Fund, communicated by the letter of Sir
Francis Baring, Baronet, Chairman of the Committee, published in
the Calcutta Gazette of the 7th September 1804, the following orders.
of His Lordship in Council are published for general information, and
for the guidance of the several public Officers therein mentioned :-
1st. That the Sub-treasurer at the Presidency, the Resident at
Lucknow, the Collectors of Revenue in the several provinces subject
to the immediate authority of this Government, and the Military Pay-
masters and their Deputies at the several stations of the Army, be
authorized to open Books for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to
this laudable Institution, and to receive into their respective treasuries
the amount of all contributions that may be tendered to them.
2ndly. That the several public Officers above mentioned be direct-
ed to transmit to the Accountant General a monthly register of the
sums that shall have been subscribed in their respective Books, and also
a monthly register of all sums that may have been received on account
of such subscriptions, and to enter in their respective Cash Accounts
the whole of the monies that they may have so received, under the
general head of "Fort William Presidency," with the subordinate head of
"Contributions to the Patriotic Fund."
3rdly. That the Accountant General be directed to make up an
account at the end of each month of all contributions that may have been
paid into the several treasuries under this Presidency in the course of
that month, and to prepare bills for the amount to be drawn by the
Governor General in Council on the Hon'ble the Court of Directors of
the East India Company in favor of the Chairman of the Committee on
the Patriotic Fund, at the exchange of two shillings and six pence per
Sicca Rupee, payable twelve months after date.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
L
(Sd.)
THOS. BROWN,
Secy, to Govt., Public Dept.
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THE 29TH NOVEMBER 1804.
Fort William, 15th November 1804.
Ordered, that the following extracts from a General Letter from the
Hon'ble the Court of Directors, dated the 20th of June 1804, be
published for general information :-
"Para. 8.-When applications are made to us from persons wishing
to return to India, who, although not in the Company's service, have
resided there under license, it becomes highly necessary that we should
have the means of knowing how far the parties may have conducted
themselves with propriety.
“Para. 9.—We therefore direct that you give public notice that no
persons of that description quitting India will in future be permitted to
return thither unless they shall produce a certificate from the Govern-
ment there under whose protection they have resided, that their conduct
has been such as to give them a claim to the indulgence of having their
license renewed."
By command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council,
(Sd.)
THOS. BROWN,
Secy. to Govt., Public Dept.
THE 13TH DECEMBER 1804.
CHARITABLE FUND.
Register of persons relieved by this Fund, since the 1st January 1804.
25 Europeans, assisted at different times
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
14 Europeans, pensioned from different dates
56 Widows of Europeans and their orphans, pen-
sioned from different dates
1,456 0 0
2,508 0 0
...
10,139 0 0
72 Descendants of Europeans and Native Portuguese,
assisted at different times
149
Do. do. do., pensioned from different dates
39 Mahomedans and Hindoos, pensioned from differ-
ent times
790 7 0
5,101 0 0
149 0 0
10
Do.
365
do., assisted at different times
126 0 0
...
Carried over
20,269 7 0
1804.]
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Rs.
A. P. Rs. A. P.
Brought over
365
91 Europeans, Portuguese, Hindoos, and Mahomedans,
20,269 7 0
pensioned on the interest arising from the late
General Martine's Legacy to the poor of Calcutta 4,542 0 0
Distributed in the present year 1804, Sicca Rupees
25,411 7 0
456 Persons relieved.
Advertisement in the papers
288 0 0
Salary of the Clerk to the Charitable Fund, stationery,
and Sircar for twelve months
840 0 0
Advanced to the Clerk for relief of urgent cases before
Meeting of the Vestry
...
Balance
200 0 0
12,927 8 2
14,225 8 2
Total Sicca Rupees
39,666 15 2
(Sd.)
WILLIAM BARNFIELD,
Clerk of the Vestry.
Comparative Statement of Persons relieved by this Fund since the 1st January
1801 to the 31st December
balance of each year.
1804, showing the sums distributed and the

Europeans Assisted.
Europeans Pensioned.
Widows of Europeans Pensioned.
Native Portuguese Pensioned,
Descendants of Europeans & Native
Portuguese Assisted.
Mahomedans and Hindoos Pen-
sioned.
Mahomedans and Hindoos Assisted.
Pensioners on the late General Mar-
tin's Legacy.
Total number of Persons relieved.
Amount
distributed.
Balance.
1801.
32
8
16 66
35
157
...
Rs. A. P.
12,374 0 5
Rs. A. P.
3,481 9 5
1802
32 17
39
123
41
252
...
...
19,143 13 3
2,418 14 19
...
1803 ... 47 32
1804 ... 25 14
39 306 64
79
567
27,215 8 8
13,720 2 8
56 149
72
33
10
91 456
26,739 7 0
12,927 8 2
136
71
150
644 212
39
10
170 1,432
85,472 13 4.
Present} 12,927 8 2
(Sd.)
WILLIAM BARNFIELD,
Clerk of the Vestry.
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THE 28TH DECEMBER 1804.
•
PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council,
Fort William, 17th December 1804.
Whereas His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in
Council has received information that various persons not in the
service of His Majesty, or of the Hon'ble Company, who have enrolled
themselves in the Calcutta European Cavalry and Infantry Militia,
have constantly absented themselves without leave from the parades ;
And whereas His Excellency in Council has observed with great concern
the neglect of such persons in the performance of their duty towards that
Government which protects them, and which has required their service
in the Militia for the eventual defence of the State against the enemy;
public notice is hereby given to all such persons, that unless they
shall regularly attend the parades of the Militia, or allege sufficient
reason for their absence from the same, the Governor General in Council
will withdraw from them their respective Licenses to reside in India,
together with the protection of this Government; and all such persons
neglecting to pay due attention to this public notification, will be
ordered by the Governor General in Council to proceed to Europe by
the earliest opportunity.
The Magistrates of the Town of Calcutta are directed to give
notice to all persons who have neglected to attend the parades of the
Militia (lists of whose names are deposited at the Police Office), re-
quiring the attendance of such persons at the Police, on or before Friday
the Twenty-first instant. All persons who shall receive such notices
from the Magistrates are hereby required to furnish, for the information
of the Governor General in Council, a distinct statement of their res-
pective reasons for having absented themselves from the service of the
Militia.
All Europeans residing in or near Calcutta, and not being in the
Naval or Military service of His Majesty, or of the Hon'ble Com-
pany, are hereby enjoined to attend the Militia Parade, on Friday the
Twenty-first instant, for the purpose of enrolling their respective Names,
either in the Cavalry or Infantry Militia,
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
· J. LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy, to the Govt.
1805.]
PART I.-OFFICIAL.
•
Fort William, Public Department, January 2nd, 1805.
The public are hereby informed that the Sub-Treasurer at the Pre-
sidency of Fort William has been authorized to receive, at any time
between the date of this publication and the 1st day of February next,
any of the Treasury Bills, or outstanding Treasury Passes of this Go-
vernment, the amount of which (not being less than Sicca Rupees five
hundred) may be tendered in even hundreds on loan to the Hon'ble
Company, for a period of two years, on which interest will be allowed,
payable annually at and after the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
Any fractional difference which may arise on the subscription, will
be adjusted at the option of the subscriber by his being allowed to make
up an even sum or to receive the overplus of his subscription in cash
at the time of his subscribing.
THE 3RD JANUARY 1805.
The Marquis Wellesley, Captain Seton, from Madras, arrived at China
on the 23rd October, after an expeditious passage of thirty-nine days.
The Gustavus Vasa and Princess, Swedes, and the Christian Haven,
Dane, with about 24 sails of American, were at Whampoa, which with
the foregoing formed the total of the ships at China.
Cotton was selling from 13 to 14 tale per pecul, and opium from
1,350 to 1,400 dollars per chest; every article of China export very dear.
THE 3RD JANUARY 1805.
Presidency Orders by His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General,
&c., &c. &c., Fort William, 24th December 1804.
It appearing that Shaikh Chand, Jemadar of the Calcutta Native
Militia, formerly a Naik in the late Calcutta Corps of Sebundies, had
been, while serving in that Corps, guilty of conduct which, by the
sentence of a Court-martial, subjected him to an ignominious punish-
ment, which he actually suffered; and the same person having lately
been guilty of conduct highly unbecoming the character of an Officer,
while on duty at Chinsurah, in not preventing the Sepoys under his
command from committing a violent outrage upon the person of Captain
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through the disease. On the 16th of March he again inoculated this
child with small-pox matter, as above, in the Bengalee manner, but no
effect followed this second inoculation.
On the 17th, Ram Luckun Chuckerbutty, a Brahmin, inoculated with
small-pox matter Gopee, a Hindoo girl, who had been vaccinated on the
22nd February, and had regularly gone through the disease; but
neither did any effect follow this inoculation. The matter used on this
occasion was of an equally genuine nature as the former; and the ex-
periment was made in the Native part of the town for the purpose of
showing some considerable Hindoos the decided power of the vaccine
disease in rendering the constitution unsusceptible of small-pox.
From the above fair, public, and decisive experiments, we are fully
convinced that the vaccine disease does possess the inestimable power
above mentioned, and being equally satisfied that it is attended with no
danger, and hardly any inconvenience to the inoculated, we have no
hesitation in declaring our opinion that it is a safe and efficacious substi-
tute for the small-pox, and ought therefore to be generally adopted. A
declaration which we make with the greater confidence, as we are not
aware of any circumstance which can render the adoption of this mild
practice improper for any rank of Hindoos.
(Signed by twenty-six Native Inoculators.)
Calcutta, 24th March 1805.
(sd.) J. SHOOLBRED,
Supdt. General of Vaccine Inoculation.
(True Copy)
FORT WILLIAM,
MEDICAL BOARD OFFICE,
2ND APRIL 1805.
(Sd.)
FRANCIS BALFOUR,
1st Member, Medical Board.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council.
(sd.)
THOS. BROWN,
Secy. to the Govt., Public Dept.
Advertisement.
Notice is hereby given that a quantity of the residuum of the
saltpetre, refined from the manufacture of gunpowder, and fit for the use
of the Abdar Connah, is ready for sale at the Powder Works, in lots not
exceeding ten maunds, at the rate of Sicca Rs. 3 per maund; application
1805.]
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from persons known in the Settlement are to be made to Mr. Farquhar
at the Ishapore Powder Works, by whom musters will be shown and the
saltpetre delivered.
The payments are to be made to Mr. Farquhar previous to delivery
at the Powder Works.
By order of the Military Board,
MILITARY BOARD OFFICE
(sd.)
A. GREENE,
The 28th June 1805.
Secretary.
THE 11TH JULY 1805.
Garrison Orders by Major General Greene, Fort William, 10th
July 1805.
The slope of the Glacis and the level of the Esplanade of Fort
William having been injured by the passage of several carriages con-
trary to the orders of Government, and roads having been made over
the Turf in various places-
Notice is hereby given that in future no wheel carriage of any
description, excepting such as belong to the Governor General, the Chief
Justice, the Commander-in-Chief, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
or the Members of Council, will be permitted to pass over the Turf of
the Esplanade from the great road leading from Calcutta to Sherman's
Bridge to that part of the Glacis or Esplanade situated between the
Chowringhee Gate Sorties and the river.
A chain of sentries has been posted for the purpose of enforcing
this order.
(Sd.) J. MARTIN JOHNSON,
THE 11TH JULY 1805.
Fort Adjutant.
Fort William, 6th July 1805.
Despatches (of which the following copies are published for general
information) have been received by His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council, from the Lieutenant Governor of Prince
of Wales' Island.
(sd.) JOHN LUMSDEN,
Chief Secy. to the Govt. of Fort William.
SIR,-I have the honor to transmit to you, for the information of His
Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, copy of a
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letter under date the 2nd instant, from Lieutenant Deane, Commanding
the Hon'ble Company's Cruizer Les Freres Unis, conveying the accounts
of his having engaged the Ship Calcutta on the 22nd ultimo and captured
that vessel after a contest of forty minutes.
2. I have already had the honor of detailing to His Excellency
the mode in which the Calcutta had been manned and armed, and the
great injury that the Eastern Trade had sustained from the Piratical
Freebooter who commanded her. I am happy to inform you that this
man, the brother of the Rajah of Sambas, was killed in the action.
3. The difficulties of access to the Calcutta, stationed in a strong
position and supported by two large China Junks, several miles up the
river of Sambas, contribute greatly to the honor of the achievement,
and reflect great credit on Lieutenant Deane's abilities, valor, and
perseverance.
4. Lieutenant Deane has served under my orders for nearly five
years, during which period of time I have invariably experienced in
him every qualification of a valuable Officer, and series of conduct that
has uniformly entitled him to my highest approbation. I therefore take
the liberty of recommending Lieutenant Deane to the most favor-
able notice of His Excellency in Council.
5. The able support that Lieutenant Deane received from Captain
Lynch, Commanding the Ship Belisarius, is highly creditable to the
public zeal and intrepidity of that Officer, and corresponds with the
favorable report that I have on frequent occasions made to His Excellency
respecting the meritorious conduct of Captain Lynch in volunteering for
the public benefit.
(sd.)
I have, &c.,
R. F. FARQUHAR,
Lieut. Gour. of Prince of Wales'
Island and its Dependencies,
and Agent to the Govr. Genl.
FORT CORNWALLIS,
PRINCE OF WALES' ISLAND,
The 12th June 1805.
To R. T. FARQUHAR, ESQ., Lieut. Govr. of Prince of Wales' Island and
its Dependencies.
SIR, I have the honor to inform you that I left Rhio on the 9th of
April at night in company with the Belisarius and Warren Hastings,
Captain Scott, who wished much to proceed with us to Pontiana, where
1805.]
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we anchored on the 14th, and delivered your letters and presents to the
Sultans of Pontiana and Mompawa, who were much pleased, and ex-
pressed themselves highly sensible of the honor done them.
Having gained every information respecting the Calcutta and a
party of Chinese in seven boats to attend us up Sambas river, where
the ship was said to be lying, I put to sea with the Belisarius on the
morning of the 16th, and on the 18th anchored abreast of the river. On
the 19th, after much trouble, and the loss of two hundred bags of rice,
which Captain Lynch was obliged to throw overboard, we succeeded in
getting the ship over the bar, and proceeded up the river. On the 21st,
at night, we seized five Chinese, who informed me the Calcutta was at
anchor about four or five miles up the small river Sambas, and that two
China Junks and six large prows were moored near her, and all well
provided with guns to prevent anything passing. Having gained this
information, and not having a good opinion of the Chinese in their
boats, determined me to attack them with both vessels, and at 11 A. M.,
on the 22nd, I weighed and stood up the small river followed by the
Belisarius. At a quarter before noon, I saw the ship with a Junk and
three large prows moored on each side of her, and so close as to prevent
a vessel going between them; immediately we got near, they began to
fire from all the vessels, which was not returned by me, until within pistol
shot, when I anchored and commenced the action upon as many as we
could get the guns to bear. In forty minutes we had sunk two prows
and silenced the ship, Junk, and remaining prow, that was moored on
her larboard side; the others kept up a brisk fire, until they were driven
from their guns overboard by the boarding party. At quarter after
2 P. M. we took possession of the ship, two Junks, and prows, the other
two made their escape up the river.
Captain Lynch was prevented by the narrowness of the river getting so
near as he could have wished; nor could he, although every exertion was
made, get a gun to bear upon the enemy until the close of the action.
happy to inform you that our loss is very small, considering
the number of guns we had at one time playing upon us; having only
one European killed, and four Europeans and two Sepoys wounded, who,
I am happy to say, are all recovered. The Serang of the Belisarius was
shot through the leg in boarding, who has since died of his wound.
I could not in justice close this without expressing my entire satis-
faction at the Officers and ship's company for their steady behaviour
during the action, particularly Lieutenants Wheatall and Phillips, and
Mr. Lord, in being so active in boarding.
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The loss on the part of the enemy must have been very considerable,
having found ten men dead on board the ship, and eighteen on board one
of the junks. I have not been able to ascertain the number on board the
other vessels. The Pirate, brother of the Rajah of Sambas, was wound-
ed in two places, but effected his escape in a small boat. I have since
been informed that he died of his wound.
We have had great difficulty in getting the Belisarius and Calcutta
over the Bar, which was not effected until Captain Lynch had thrown
over board two hundred and ten bags of rice and a great quantity of
ballast out of the Calcutta. We returned to Pontiana Roads on the 2nd
of May in order to repair our damages, and put the Calcutta in a state
for sea, and sailed again for this place on the 16th.
I am sorry to inform you that we were prevented from returning
through the Straits of Banca, owing to the disabled state of the
Calcutta, which we have been obliged to tow all the way.
I sailed from Malacca on the 22nd of May and anchored off Fort
Cornwallis this morning.
The following is an account of the guns in the different vessels,
viz. :-
Calcutta, twelves, nines, sixes, and fours
Two Junks,
Six Prows,
وو
دو
""
""
29
""
...
: :
26
22
12
60
Total number
I have, &c.,
(sd.)
ROBERT DEANE,
Lieutenant Commanding.
H. C. CRUIZER "LES FRERES UNIS,"
Prince of Wales' Island,
The 2nd June 1805.
(A True Copy)
(Sd.)
W. E. PHILLIPS,
Secy. to the Lieut. Governor.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
THOMAS BROWN,
Secretary to the Government.
1805.]
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THE 18TH JULY 1805.
Calcutta, Town Hall Lottery for 1805.
For Sicca Rupees Five hundred Thousand (5,00,000) under the
sanction and patronage of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General in Council.
To be conducted under the immediate superintendence and man-
agement of a Committee consisting of-
PETER SPEKE,
H. T. COLEBROOKE,
J. H. HARINGTON,
J FOMBELLE,
G. DOWDESWELL,
and
JAMES ALEXANDER, ESQ.,
Members of the Committee appointed by the British inhabitants
of Calcutta to carry into effect the resolutions passed by them on the
21st of February 1804; with whom His Excellency the Most Noble
the Governor General in Council is pleased to associate―
M. CAMPBELL, Esq.,
Sub-Treasurer,
WILLIAM EGERTON, ESQ.,
Deputy Accountant General,
and
CAPTAIN AUBUREY,
Supdt. of Public Buildings.
Scheme of the Lottery.
5,000 Tickets at 1,000 Sicca Rupees each, Sicca Rs. 5,00,000
1 Prize
2 ditto, each 50,000
3 ditto
""
20,000
4 ditto
""
10,000
8 ditto
وو
5,000
22 ditto
وو
1,000
60 ditto
500
دو
900 ditto
120
""
1,000 Prizes.
4,000 Blanks.
5,000
0:0
:
:
·
:
:
:
:.
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1,00,000
وو
1,00,000
"
60,000
""
40,000
""
40,000
22,000
دو
30,000
""
1,08,000
5,00,000
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First. The twentieth drawn ticket, on the last day, will be entitled
to one of the prizes of Rs. 50,000.
Second.-The fiftieth drawn ticket will be entitled to one of the
prizes of Rs. 20,000.
Third. Ten per centum will be deducted from the amount of the
prizes to be applied (in addition to the funds arising from whatever
surplus may remain of the sum provided for carrying into effect the
resolutions passed on the 21st of February 1804) to the purpose of
erecting a Town IIall for the general convenience of the settlement,
for the reception of the Statues of Marquis Wellesley and Marquis
Cornwallis.
Fourth-A further deduction of two per centum will be made.
from the amount of the prizes to defray the expenses attending the
Lottery: any overplus to be appropriated to the proposed building.
Fifth. It is intended that the drawing of the Lottery shall
commence on Wednesday, the 1st of January 1806.
Sixth. The amount of the prizes (after the prescribed deductions)
will be paid at the General Treasury at Calcutta, thirty days after the
drawing of the Lottery shall have been completed.
Seventh.-Tickets, to be signed by not less than two Commissioners,
may be had, on application to the Secretary to the Committee at the
General Treasury at Calcutta; to Messrs. Harrington Cockburn, and
Harrington, at Fort St. George; and to Messrs. Forbes and Co. at
Bombay.
Eighth. As the profits arising from the present Lottery will be
inadequate to the purpose of completing the public edifice proposed
to be constructed, a Lottery will be offered annually to the public,
under the same sanction and superintendence, until the requisite funds
shall have been provided.
Published by order of the Committee,
FORT WILLIAM,
(Sd.)
R. F. ANSTER,
Secretary.
The 10th July 1805.
N. B.---Tickets will be ready for delivery on the first of August next.
1805.]
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י
THE 25TH JULY 1805.
Police Office, 23rd July 1805.
Notice is hereby given that the new road to Barrackpore will be
opened for the accommodation of the public on Monday next, the
29th instant.
All persons are desired to be careful not to injure the young trees
planted on the sides of the road.
Travellers, whether on horseback, foot, or in carriages, are required
to keep on the central or brick part of the road, and not to pass through
the side avenues.
All elephants, bullocks, and hackeries, are strictly prohibited from
passing on the sides of the roads.
(Sd.)
CHARLES F. MARTIN.
W. C. BLAQUIERE.
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E. THORNTON.
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A. STEWART.
""
THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 1805.
To FRANCIS HORSLEY, Esq., Superintendent of the IIon'ble Company's Press.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit to you, by order of the IIon'ble
the Vice-President in Council, Mr. Palmer's tried and approved processes
for preparing lime-juice, limes, and sourkrout, &c., for preservation at
sea.
To render these processes more generally known and extensively
useful, it is the pleasure of the IIon'ble the Vice-President in Council
that they be published in three successive Gazettes.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sd.)
FRAN. BALFOUR,
2nd Member, Medical Board.
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Fort William, Medical Board's Office, 10th September 1805.
The Process for preserving Lime-juice.
In the month of September, the advances are to be made according to
the quantity that may be wanted. The limes will come in between the
latter end of October and the middle of November, and as they arrive
successively, the juice is to be squeezed into gumlahs, holding about
one maund and a half, and in the evening poured into large casks or
pipes, from which rum, brandy, or madeira has been lately taken out.
But before the juice be poured out of the gumlahs into these casks in
which it is to be collected for purification, a red hot iron bar about eight
inches long, four inches broad, and two inches thick, having an iron
chain fixed to it by a hook, must be twice quenched in it, turning it
equally round on all sides.
When the cask in which the juice is collected in this manner is
nearly full, put into it, for every maund or ten gallons of juice, half a
gallon of rum full proof, and it will then settle and clarify itself by the
beginning of December, when it may be drawn off for use, either into
small casks or bottles.
The process for preserving Limes.
The limes are in their highest perfection in the month of December,
and 500 being put into a well dried fifteen-gallon keg will fill about
one-half. The remaining part is then to be completely filled up with
lime-juice that has settled and clarifyed itself in the cask as now
described.
The keg being thus filled with lime-juice, is to be slightly bunged
up the first day, but the next day is to be completely secured against
the admission of air.
In about one month the kegs will be found to want about two
bottles of juice, which has been soaked up. This deficiency is to be
supplied by means of a small tapering pointed funnel introduced by
boring a hole with a gimlet an inch from the bung; which being closed
again, the keg is then ready for sea. But whether at sea or on land it
will be necessary to fill it up again in the same way.
These kegs must have eight strong new hoops; and being prepared
in this manner, the limes are warranted to keep twelve months and
longer in high preservation.
Respecting the prime cost of limes and lime-juice, I agree to give
the man who furnishes the lime-juice at the rate of Rs. 10 per
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maund, out of which is made a deduction of two annas per gallon on
account of sediment.
For whole limes I pay at the rate of Rs. 3 per 1,000, if taken
within December. After this they increase rapidly in their price:
I pay at this time (the 10th of March) Rs. 25 per 1,000 large and
small. In April I have paid Rs. 32; in May Rs. 64, and June Rs. 80.
So that the whole of the business ought to be brought to a conclusion
in November and December.
With about forty men I have squeezed out eleven maunds of juice
in the day; but great care must be taken that no water be put into it,
otherwise it will be vapid and cloudy.
The Process of making Sourkrout.
In the month of February, when the cabbages are in high order,
take those of the closest texture, firm and fresh from the erath. They
are then to be cut the same day into shreds or slices about an inch thick,
and opened a little to receive the salt, if the cabbages be of a very close
texture. Being all well sprinkled over and rubbed with salt, they must
remain in this state on the salting table for twenty-four hours, in which
interval they must be four or five times turned over, that the salt may
take an equal effect upon all.
On the second day, the cabbage is taken from the salting table, and
put into a tub or a pipe of puncheon cut through in the middle; and being
well pressed down, the pickle which consists of one gallon of white salt
to two gallons of water, must be poured upon it in a boiling state, so
as to fill up and pervade the whole; and care must be taken to keep the
uppermost part well covered with it whilst it is hot.
On the third day, when it will have sunk about one-third in the
pickling table, the cabbage is taken out and put cold into casks containing
each about fifteen gallons, and being well pressed down and filled up
within three inches of the top, one gallon of vinegar, and an equal
quantity of lime-juice with two ounces of caraway seeds, four of cassia or
cinnamon, and four of allspice, is poured cold into each cask. The cask
is then filled up completely with some of the cold pickle taken from
the pickling tub; after which the bung is put in loosely for a day and
then finally secured against the admission of air.
If it should be necessary to fill up the ullage after two or three
months, it must be done with cold pickle.
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THE 17TH OCTOBER 1805.
Prince of Wales' Island.
Appointments in the Government of Prince of Wales' Island.
Captain Philip Dundas, Governor, with a salary of per.
annum...
Secretary
Assistant...
Accountant
£ s. d.
9,000 0 0
£ s. d.
2,000 0 0
...
1,500 0 0
...
2,000 0 0
1,500 0 0
15,000 0 0
Assistant...
Mr. Oliphant, first in Council and Warehouse-keeper, to be
allowed a commission upon the sales of Company's
goods of 3 per cent., and his income, including com-
mission, not to be less than
Assistant, a commission of two per cent., and his income
not less than
...
Captain Alexander Grey, second in Council, Superintendent,
and Naval and Military Store-keeper, to be allowed a
commission upon the sale of stores, and his income,
including commission, not to be less than
Assistant, a commission of two per cent., and his income
not less than
...
Captain Norman Macalister, Commander-in-Chief, and
third in Council
4,500 0 0
1,500 0 0
6,000 0 0
4,500 0 0
1,500 0 0
6,000 0 0
4,500 0 0
Aides-de-Camp, Brigade Major, Fort Adjutant, &c., not yet
fixed
1,600 0 0
Chaplain ...
Master Attendant
Collector of Customs...
Surgeon
Assistant...
Ten Writers, £360 each
900 0 0
1,500 0 0
:
1,500 0 0
:
1,500 0 0
:
750 0 0 2,250 0 0
3,600 0 0
£41,350 0 0
The following Officers are also stated to be necessary, but their
salaries have not yet been fixed:-
Judicial Establishment.
Mayor and Aldermen.
Clerk of the Crown.
Sheriff.
Justices of the Peace.
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Police Establishment.
Three Captains with Assistants.
Other Officers of Police.
Provost.
Clerk of the Market.
Malay Translators, with a salary to be fixed by the
Government.
[Extract from the Bengal Hurkaru of the 8th October 1805.]
[Copied from the Ceylon Government “Gazette" of 29th August.]
Minute by the Governor, Colombo, 27th August 1805.
Although His Excellency the Governor is anxious to grant every
fair indulgence, and, as far as is compatible with the duty he owes his
Sovereigns, to forward the private views of His Majesty's Civil Servants
in this Island, yet it is impossible for him to admit of, or countenance,
any emolument or advantage being derived from sources which must
militate against, and interfere with, the public interests confided to
his care.
Of this nature he deems to be the practice which has considerably
prevailed in the Island, of the Civil Servants of Government embarking
in Mercantile speculations, whether as principals or as agents for one
another, or for Commercial Houses here or on the Continent; he therefore
generally directs that no Civil Servant of His Majesty's Government do
in future embark in any such speculation; and that, where they may
be already engaged in any such, they close the concern with all possible
expedition.
Should, however, any of His Majesty's Civil Servants conceive that
their situation may admit of their being excepted from the above
general rule, without injury to the public, they are to state their case
specifically in writing to the Board of Revenue, who, having received
instructions on this head from His Excellency the Governor, will lay
before His Excellency the particular circumstances of the situation, and
submit to his consideration whether they are such as to entitle them to
an exemption from the general rule.
By His Excellency's command,
(Sd.) ROBERT ARBUTHNOT,
Chief Secy. to the Govt.
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THE 31ST OCTOBER 1805.
Presidency Orders by the Vice-President and Deputy Governor, Fort
William, 15th October 1805.
The Vice-President and Deputy Governor with sincere regret
performs the painful duty of directing the last tribute of Military
Honors to be paid to the remains of that valuable Officer and meritorious
public character, Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Kirkpatrick, of the establish-
ment of Fort St. George, late Resident at the Court of the Soubadar of
the Deccan, in which situation he rendered important services to the
Hon'ble East India Company.
A funeral party.to be furnished by His Majesty's 67th Regiment and
to be commanded by a Field Officer, is to be formed under the direction
of the Commanding Officer of the troops at the Presidency, for the
purpose of attending the corpse of the deceased, which will be moved
from the house of Mr. Buller, in Chowringhee, to the place of interment
at 5 o'clock this evening. Major General Sir Ewen Baillie, Commanding
the troops at the Presidency, will issue such further orders as may appear
to him to be necessary for carrying the proceeding orders into effect.
(Sd.) L. HOOK, .
Acting Military Secretary.
General Orders by the Vice-President in Council, Fort William, 1st
November 1805.
In consideration of the peculiar circumstances of the case of Cap-
tain Christopher Fagan, combined with the present state of his health, the
Vice-President in Council is induced to permit Captain Fagan to proceed
to St. Helena, and to be absent for six months, subject to such orders as the
Hon'ble the Court of Directors may think proper to give respecting
Captain Fagan's allowances after his embarkation from this Presidency,
and also respecting the period of time he may be absent under the present
leave, being deducted or otherwise, from his length of service in India.
(sd.)
L. HOOK,
Secretary to the Government.
PART II.
EDITORIAL.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 21ST JANUARY 1798.
Intelligence has been received this morning from Bombay, of an
Overland despatch having arrived at that Presidency. The heads of
intelligence brought by this conveyance we have sketched out hastily,
and hope in a day or two we may be enabled to publish more circum-
stantial details. In the first place all's well: that is to say, our all; for
Great Britain is in a state of perfect tranquillity, and the peace of
Ireland is preserved though a very large Military Force is kept on foot
to secure it. The national debt indeed, it is admitted, amounts to the
enormous sum of four hundred millions, but to those who think the
public funds is the surest notation of the state of the health of the com-
mon weal it will be comfortable to know that the 3 per cents had rose
to 57. The Spaniards have suffered prodigious losses at Sea; one English
Captain alone is said to have taken prizes, whereof his share alone
amounts to eight hundred thousand pounds.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 21ST JANUARY 1798.
The 6th September 1798.
Lord Mornington kissed hands on his appointment to the Govern-
ment of Madras. His Lordship will take his departure on the 20th in the
Virginie Frigate, and will be accompanied by the Hon'ble Mr. Westly.*
THE 1ST FEBRUARY 1798.
A Royal salute was fired from the ramparts of Fort William on
Saturday last in annunciation of the succession of His Excellency the
Nabob Saadut Ally Khan to the Musnud of Oude.
*Sic. in original.
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THE 15TH FEBRUARY 1798.
[Copied from the Madras Courier of 31st January 1798.]
On the 26th instant, anchored in the Roads, the Grab Ship New-
port, from Pedier. By this arrival we learn the following melancholy
circumstances of the assassination of Captain Burn and his Officers on
the passage to Prince of Wales' Island, for which place the Newport
sailed from Madras on the 19th of October last :-
Prior to the departure of the Newport from Calcutta it appears
that Captain Burn had shipped eight Malays as Lascars. It also appears
that these men had been defrauded by the Serang of their wages and
that they had been otherwise harshly treated by the inferior Officers of
the ship.
Stimulated by their wrongs, and by the ferocity of their national
character, they planned and executed a scheme of revenge at which
humanity revolts.
The Newport had reached Tillesamoy, when, in the middle watch,
the Malays, having armed themselves with an axe, an iron crow, and
other weapons of destruction, came aft, and instantly murdered him;
they then proceeded below, where Captain Burn and the first Officer
were sleeping, and in that defenceless state, struck them repeatedly with
the axe and crow; although dreadfully wounded, Captain Burn and the
Officer yet reached the quarter deck, and threw themselves overboard,
the Captain instantly perished, but the mate, swimming for some time
by the ship's side, implored mercy, and which the sanguinary villains no
sooner heard, than they struck him with a large harpoon or grains, and
in a few minutes he expired.
The Serang and several Lascars were the succeeding victims of
their rage, when the remaining part of the crew having submitted, the
Malays hoisted out the long boat, and having filled her with every article.
of value within their reach, they put off for the shore.
As the boat passed under the ship's stern, the Malays perceived the
Captain's wife and a little girl, who had thrown themselves overboard,
clinging to the lower part of the stern ladder. It is with some degree
of wonder that we have to notice a spark of humanity remaining in the
breasts of such atrocious wretches, yet we have the pleasure to add that
they assisted Mrs. Burn and her servant to regain the ship, which they
did in safety after having been upwards of three hours in the water.
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The boat having departed, the surviving crew made sail for Pedier,
where they fortunately found a Danish ship at anchor, the Captain of
which put one of his Officers in charge of the Newport, who brought
her in safety to these Roads.
Captain Burn had served with reputation in His Majesty's Navy;
in 1781 he belonged to the Coventry Frigate, Captain (now Admiral)
Mitchell, of 28 guns, and in the action sustained by that ship against
the LaFine, a French Frigate of 44 guns, had particularly distinguished
himself. A train of unfortunate incidents, too commonly attached to
a sea-faring life, had, however, reduced Captain Burn both in health and
property, and his unfortunate widow is in consequence left in circum-
stances of peculiar distress.
A subscription for the relief of Mr. Burn, we have the satisfaction
to add, has been set on foot, and we have no doubt of it being as liberal
as the dictates of feeling and humanity, however extensive, could
prescribe.
THE 22ND FEBRUARY 1798.
On Monday forenoon, a Royal Salute was fired from the ramparts of
Fort William, in commemoration of the victory of the English Fleet
under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan over the Dutch Fleet on
the 11th of October, as announced by the Overland despatches received
at the Presidency on Sunday last.
THE 22ND FEBRUARY 1798.
London, September 19th, 1798.
Lord Mornington, accompanied by the Hon'ble Mr. Wesley* as his
Secretary, will leave London on the 5th October for Portsmouth, and
will take his passage in the Virginie Frigate, Captain Hunt, which was
some months since fitted up to carry Marquis Cornwallis to India. Sir
Hugh Christian will proceed in the same ship as far as the Cape of Good
Hope.
* Sic. in original.
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THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1798.
London, October 5th, 1797.
Lord Mornington and Sir John Anstruther took leave of the King,
previous to their departure to India.
October 7th, Lieutenant General Harris, who is appointed to take
charge of the Government of Madras provisionally, is the Commander-
in-Chief and second in Council at that Presidency.
Sir John Shore, whose ill-health has obliged him to resign the seat
of Government in Bengal, is to be honored with some particular mark
of distinction from the King on his arrival in England; Lord Hobart,
the Governor of Madras, is also to receive, on his resignation, the most
flattering and convincing proofs of Royal favor and munificence.
THE 1ST MARCH 1798.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR, The enclosed is an extract I selected from an old Magazine,
as it may tend to the public good, as well as the utility intended. By
inserting it in your paper, should it be approved of, you will very much
oblige,
(6
SIR,
Your obedient humble servant,
A SUBSCRIBER.
"The London East Indiaman, Captain Daniel Webb, homeward-
"bound, at St. Helena, in the year 1777, being under convoy of Hist
"Majesty's brigate Thetis, was ordered to have her gun deck clear; in
consequence the crew being at work in the lazaretto for that purpose,
by some accident a hogshead of brandy caught fire, and in a moment
"was in flames. The casks being stowed very near the scuttle of the
"magazine, the people were so much alarmed that they attempted their
escape; but one gentleman, who was fifth mate of the ship, and had been
"appointed to that station in Bengal, flew to the cask, and with his
"hand covered the bunghole; the compression immediately smothered the
"flames. This is a convincing proof that no fear is to be apprehended
"from approaching a cask of spirits in a similar situation, provided you
"make use of your hat or shoe, &c."
(6
1798.]
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We understand, the person who shewed so much presence of mind
on the above occasion, is the very same whose activity and exertions.
saved from the flames, when the Auspicious was lately burnt in this river,
part of her cargo to the value of upwards of thirty thousand Rupees.
THE 6TH MARCH 1798.
Yesterday, at a very numerous and respectable meeting of the
British Inhabitants of Calcutta, convened by a public notice from the
High Sheriff at the request of many of the principal gentlemen of the
Settlement for the purpose of preparing an address, to be presented
to the Hon'ble Sir John Shore, Bart., Governor General, previous to
his departure for Europe, the High Sheriff being called to the chair
and having explained the object of the meeting, Mr. Bristow rose, and
in a short and appropriate speech offered a just tribute to the eminent
qualifications and private virtues of the Governor General, and proposed
that an address, consonant to the sentiments which he had expressed,
should be presented to Sir John Shore previous to his departure, explain-
ing at the same time that circumstances did not admit of a longer
notification of the Meeting to the British Inhabitants of the Settlement.
The resolution moved by Mr. Bristow being then read by him, and
seconded by Mr. Graham, was presented to the chair in the following
words :-
Resolved, that an address be presented to the Hon'ble Sir John
Shore, Bart., Governor General, now about to return to Europe, expres-
sive of our high respect for his character and our sense of his able and
upright administration, and that a Committee be appointed for the pur-
pose of preparing such address.
The foregoing resolution being read and put from the chair, was
unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Buller then moved that the Committee consist of the following
gentlemen, viz. :-
Mr. Graham,
""
Bristow,
>>
Brooke,
"
Burroughs,
Vanderbeyden,
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"2
Barlow,
دو
Laird,
General Deare, and Mr. Fairlie,
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which being seconded by Mr. Hatch, and being also unanimously voted,
Mr. Buller's name on the motion of Mr. Burroughs, seconded by Mr.
Vanderbeyden, was added to those of the Committee.
The Committee having retired for a short time, returned to the
Meeting with the following address, which being read first by Mr.
Bristow, and afterwards by the Sheriff, was unanimously agreed to:-
To the Hon'ble SIR JOHN SHORE, Bart., Governor General, &c. &c. &c.
HON'BLE SIR,-We, the British inhabitants of Calcutta, under-
standing that you are shortly about to relinquish the important station
which you have long held so much to your own honor and to the
advantage of the nation, cannot suffer you to depart without expressing
our high respect for your character, and our sincere concern for the loss
of a Governor, who aided by the lights of a superior understanding,
and a long experience of the affairs of this country, has made justice,
moderation, and an inflexible integrity, the invariable guides of his
conduct.
We request, Hon'ble Sir, that you will accept our earnest wishes
for your complete restoration to health, and for the long enjoyment of
domestic happiness, which you are no less calculated to promote by your
private virtues, than you are the interest of your country by your talents
and qualifications for public life.
We have the honor to be,
with the highest respect and esteem,
HON'BLE SIR,
Your most obedient and most faithful servants.
Mr. Bristow being then called to the chair, the thanks of the
Meeting were unanimously voted to the Sheriff, for his obliging com-
pliance with the requisition which had been presented to him, and for
his polite and proper conduct in the chair.
The Committee having attended the Levee this morning, presented
the address to the Governor General, to which he returned the following
answer:-
GENTLEMEN,-From the high estimation in which I have ever held
the public opinion, I cannot but feel the most sensible gratification at
the favorable expression of it towards me, in the address which I have
now the honor to receive from you.
1798.]
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Whilst I return my sincerest acknowledgments for the honorable
testimony of your approbation of my conduct, I am happy in the
opportunity afforded me of expressing my respect, esteem, and affection
for a society in which I have passed so many years, and in the assurance
that I shall ever retain the warmest interest in its prosperity, and an
anxious desire to promote it.
I offer you, gentlemen, individually and collectively, my best wishes,
and whatever portion of happiness may attend my future life, I shall
consider the address with which you have this day honored me, as essen-
tially contributing to it.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 5TH APRIL 1798.
[Copied from the Bombay Courier Extraordinary of March 11th, which contained
extracts from London papers.]
November 10th, 1797.
Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock the Earl of Mornington, the
Hon'ble Mr. Wesley and Suite, embarked on board the Virginie Frigate,
at Cowes, bearing Admiral Sir Hugh Christian's Flag, bound for the
Cape of Good Hope and Bengal; His Lordship was received on board
with the usual salute due to his rank, and the ship being already
unmoored, no time was lost in getting under weigh, so that should the
breeze continue, the Virginie must have passed the Needles in less than
three hours.
THE 12TH APRIL 1798.
Advices received from the Malabar Coast in the course of last week,
mention the death of the Ram Raja, Sovereign of Travancore, on the
14th of last month: he died at the advanced age of 74 years, and,
according to the peculiar usage that obtains upon the Malabar Coast,
although he has left sons, he is succeeded upon the musnud by a nephew,
the son of his sister.
THE 12TH APRIL 1798.
We are enabled to lay before our subscribers the following account
of the late execution at the Mount, copied from the Madras Gazette
of the 24th ultimo :-
When the proceedings of the General Court Martial, which sat in
Fort St. George, were made public, it appeared that the prisoners Clarke,
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Stumbles, Banks, Forster, Lawrence, and Connor of the Artillery were
sentenced to death; the three first to be hanged in chains, Forster to be
blown away from a gun, and Lawrence and Connor to be shot to death
with musketry.
Their sentences were made known to the prisoners on the 10th instant,
and Thursday the 15th was fixed for putting them into execution.
We understand that the behaviour of the men under sentence, from
the period of their fate being known, was penitent and exemplary; most of
their time was passed in prayer, in which they were assisted by the
Reverend Archdeacon Leslie, who attended daily in their different cells.
They all expressed a full sense of the enormity of their crime and of the
justice of their condemnation, and only lamented the fatal delusion
under which they had acted. The reflection from which they seemed to
derive most comfort was, that their end would be an impressive warning
to others. They were delivered over at 2 o'clock on the morning of the
15th instant to the Provost Martial, by whom they were conducted on a
cart to a rising ground near the Race-stand, which they reached about
5 o'clock.
The Battalions of Artillery, His Majesty's 73rd and 74th Regiments,
and the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of Native Infantry, were
assembled to witness the execution.
At 6 o'clock Major General Brathwaite who had been ordered to
superintend the execution, arrived in front of the Troops on the Artillery
Parade, attended by his Staff and the Governor's Body Guard, from
whence they proceeded to the place appointed for the execution in
column of march.
A delay of upwards of an hour took place from some mistake of the
men appointed to erect the gibbet; when everything appeared in a
state of readiness, General Brathwaite formed the Troops in the following
disposition.
The two Battalions of Artillery in a line on the side of the gibbet; in
the interval between them opposite to it and within the distance of about
50 paces, His Majesty's 73rd and 74th drawn up in the same manner on
the opposite side.
The Body Guard occupied the interval between the left of the 2nd
Battalion of Artillery and the right of the 73rd.
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The 2nd Battalion of 2nd Regiment formed in a segment of circle
extending from the left of the 74th Regiment to the right of the 1st
Battalion of Artillery.
The prisoners were then ordered to the place of execution; they passed
escorted by two Companies of Sepoys between the two lines; they were
all seated on one cart; the escort marched slow time. The prisoners
continued chanting a Psalm till they reached the spot of execution. The
guard was then sent away, an execution party composed of men from the
different European Regiments remained.
The prisoners descended from the cart, and began religious exercises,
in which they were aided by the Reverend Mr. Leslie. In a short time
they finished, and the Clergyman retired. The sentences of the Court
Martial were then read, and a short period was granted to the prisoners
for the purpose of prayer.
The prisoner Stumbles read the Litany in a most impressive man-
ner and was joined by the rest with correctness and devotion; he select-
ed a Hymn, in singing which they all accompanied with much fervor.
They then rose from their knees and said they were ready; the three
sentenced to be hanged mounted the carts with great fortitude, showing
a pious resignation to their fate and a sincere contrition for their errors.
The carts were then withdrawn after the ropes had been tied, and a few
moments put an end to their existence.
The prisoner Forster was then tied to a gun and blown away, his
behaviour was firm and manly. The execution party were prepared for
the two remaining prisoners Connor and Lawrence, who had been viewing
the fate of the others.
Major General Brathwaite went up to them and announced the Com-
mander-in-Chief's pardon. Lawrence fell senseless to the ground, Connor
after a moment's pause dropt upon his knees and offered up thanks in a
loud and fervent manner. After Lawrence recovered he joined the other
and both promised that their future lives should testify their sense of
their errors and their penitence.
The two Battalions of Artillery were ordered to form open column
of Companies from the right, and moved to the dead march round the
bodies of the men that had suffered; after they had gained a certain
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distance from the place of execution the Corps of Infantry wheeled into
open column of Companies, and the whole proceeded to their respective
quarters.
The solemn and awful manner in which justice was administered on
this occasion, visibly made a deep and proper impression on all the
troops assembled, who, though they could not repress natural feelings,
seemed fully sensible that the life of the offender could alone expiate that
most disgraceful and dangerous of all crimes in a soldier, mutiny.
Immediately after the execution the following orders were published
to the Army by the Hon'ble General Harris :-
Head Quarters, Choultry Plain, 15th March 1798.
The Commander-in-Chief cannot avoid observing on the melancholy
example which has been called for this day in consequence of the late
mutinies in the Corps of Artillery at the Mount. When we reflect on the
series of important successes which have attended the exertions of the
Coast Army, that, on occasions the most trying and arduous, their merits.
were so uniformly conspicuous that it was only difficult to distinguish
to which part of the troops most praise was due, the occurrence of a crime
so heinous as a wanton mutiny in a Corps that has so often signalized
itself and always partaken in the general glory and approbation, must
be viewed with the deepest regret.
The Commander-in-Chief in addressing himself to an Army that
attained to such high honors from the forcible effect of order and dis-
cipline, need scarcely dwell upon the destructive consequences of an
offence, which being the reverse of all duty, is necessarily the most
flagitious that can brand the character of the soldier. But although he
has to lament the very serious examples this crime has demanded on
the present occasion, he must still keep in mind the numerous services
of the Coast Artillery and the high reputation at one time by which they
were distinguished; he will therefore cherish the hope that the ignomi-
nous fate which has pursued the misguided sufferers will operate to restore
in the Corps their wonted sense of duty and a spirit of emulation to recover
their former respectability. For the full production of such effect, how-
ever, the Commander-in-Chief must look to union and exertion among
the Officers from whom the men should derive their habits and character.
The Commander-in-Chief has been induced to remit the sentences
on the prisoners James Lawrence and James Connor; they are however
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to be struck off the strength of the Corps, and to be kept in confinement
till an opportunity occurs of sending them off the coast.
The Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to recommend Sergeant
Major Clarke of the 2nd Battalion of Artillery to be promoted to the
station of Conductor of Stores in consideration of the propriety of his
conduct on the 15th and 16th of January last.
(sd.)
BARRY CLOSE,
Adjutant General of the Army -
THE 19TH APRIL 1798.
[From the Bombay Gazette, 19th March 1798.]
Extract of a letter from Poona, dated 19th March 1798.
Before you receive this, I presume, Colonel Palmer will be arrived
at Poonah, as the last Hircarrah that came in from him was only twenty-
four hours on his journey. Things in this quarter by no means wear a
favorable appearance, particularly Scindeah's Cavalry, who are at present
almost in a state of open insurrection. Scindeah has been for three days
past obliged to confine himself, surrounded with the clamours of hist
creditors, who will not even permit him to eat, until their claims are
completely satisfied. The Cavalry are now four months in arrears of pay.
They not only insist on that being immediately liquidated, but they shall
also be discharged. Scindeah has threatened them to oppose them with
his Infantry, which only serves to irritate them still more. Yesterday
Scindeah sent for the different Commanders of his Brigades, Colonel Filose,
Majors Drugong and George, offering them as securities for the payment
of the arrears of the Cavalry by instalment; whether this offer will be
accepted or not appears exceedingly doubtful. Seindeah is certainly
reduced to a very wretched situation for want of funds; his country yields
nothing adequate to the present expenses of his army, which is stated at
the present moment to amount almost to the enormous sum of half a
lakh of rupees per day. Nannah persists in refusing to give up one
single rupee of his treasure, though Scindeah, it is said, frequently threatens
to send him to some hill for the remainder of his life; Nannah coolly
replies, " you may send me to the sea if you like,but I neither can nor
will give you money."
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Captain Edward Moore, who commands the Resident's escort, sets
out at 3 o'clock to-morrow morning in order to meet Colonel Palmer, and
we expect the arrival of the whole cavalcade next day; they will make a
formidable appearance and occupy a large encampment, having upwards
of twenty elephants, seventy carts and waggons, a vast number of palan-
quin bearers, besides the escort and a crowd of camp-followers.
THE 3RD MAY 1798.
On Sunday arrived the Brig Peggy, Captain Carey, from Pegue,
with despatches from the Burmah Government to the Governor General;
she left Rangoon the 8th of April. Captain Carey reports that the Stick
Lack, Bees' Wax, and Elephant's Teeth, were not to be purchased for any
price, partly occasioned by the large quantities brought last year to
market and then unprofitable, and partly from the war in which
the nation was engaged with the Siamese.
It seems that the Burmah Government were fortifying Rangoon,
and had decreed all the timber in the hands of the merchants in a state
of requisition; though an option was offered to the merchants to receive
the prime cost of the duggies, or to wait the completion of the fortifying
works, when an adequate quantity would be returned in compensation to
the merchants. Such was the solicitude evinced by the Burmah Govern-
ment to construct these works, that they departed from their customary
means of force, and paid the carpenters daily whom they employed in
this business. The rapid progress of the works had confirmed this
measure.
THE 3RD MAY 1798.
[Copied from the Bombay Courier of 7th April 1798.]
The public curiosity has lately been attracted by the tomb which
Dady Nasservanjee, the head of the Parsee caste, is erecting for himself
and his family upon Malabar hill.
It is not that the structure in itself is exclusively worthy of obser-
vation, but as one of the places of sepulture of an extraordinary people,
which are seldom now open to access, and as offering an exception to the
common rites of the caste, it is well entitled to attention.
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This, unless as a family tomb, and consequently less than the com-
mon receptacles of the dead, only differs from the other tombs of the
caste in being covered with an iron grating to protect the bodies deposited
there from the birds of prey, and it is this grating which is a departure
from the ordinances of the caste, that however vindicated by a solitary
example is still be held as a species of ecclesiastical schism. In its pre-
sent state it offers to view a plain circular wall, about forty feet in
diameter, with an opening to the east by a small iron door; within is
a stone platform built with a small declivity from the wall, towards a
circular pit in the centre about ten feet in diameter.
The platform is divided into two concentric ranges, each of which
is again divided into about thirty radial compartments adapted to the
exposure of as many bodies; the superior row near the wall for adults,
the lower near the pit for children from each of these compartments
small channels are hewn in the stone to convey the feculences into the
cavity below.
The pit in the centre which is substantially built round like the
rest of the tomb with masonry, may be about eight feet deep, and is
provided with four copious drains to carry off by the rains of the mon-
soon the putrid remains of mortality.
Such is the appearance of this building as it is now exposed to
public view; a part however no less worthy of attention is concealed with
the foundation which was laid with all the ceremonics prescribed by the
Parsee law.
It is among the first tenets of the Parsee faith that each of the
clements, and in short every part of the creation, are placed under the
protection of its Guardian Genius, who are the objects of their prayers
and supplications, according to their rank in the scale of precedence: the
Genius of the earth, called Sapandomad, is among the superior order of
spirits, and claims a considerable degree of respect.
Nothing is declared to defile the earth so much as a corpse, hence
the most scrupulous ceremonies are devised to avoid such a pollution in
the construction of the Parsee tombs. It would be in vain to enter into
a detail of the rites necessary upon this occasion; suffice it that metal is
conceived a necessary intervening medium; a certain number amount-
ing to some hundreds of iron nails of a prescribed weight and size, are
accordingly driven into the earth, in the direction of the eight points of
the compass from centre to the circumference of the tomb: these nails
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are then interlaced with a mystical cotton thread of a prescribed length
and number of filaments. This done, with much prayer and mystery the
foundation is laid, and Sapandomad protected from insult.
The tomb is now receiving its last hand, and will be closed in about
a fortnight with its usual ceremonies.
THE 10TH MAY 1798.
[Copied from the Bombay Courier of 14th April 1798.]
Several letters from Surat within this last week concur in mention-
ing a circumstance that is sufficiently extraordinary to merit being
repeated. A Ketch has recently arrived at that part from Mangalore
where a Sirdar named Mahomed Ali Khan, lately in the service of
Tippoo, with his wife, and two or three of his friends, had embarked as
passengers. Having reached the parallel of this place the Nacoda
intimated his design of going in, either for water or upon some other
pretext in this he was opposed by the Sirdar, and so vehemently, that
persisting in his intention, Mahomed Ali and his friends rose up on him,
confined him in irons, and assumed the command of the Ketch. Instead
of pursuing the course to Surat, they directed the Serang to steer for
Muscat; with which he was obliged to comply. In the mean time
Mahomed Ali placed his seal upon the water tank, put the crew upon a
short allowance, and, with his companions, kept a regular watch to detect
disaffection, and provide against surprise.
In this state things continued for about ten days, when the lascars
ignorant of what would result from this usurpation, and disgusted with
the new tyranny, rose in their turn, and seizing Mahomed Ali with two of
his friends, they cast them into the sea; where according to some they
were immediately drowned, others again say, that in passing astern they
seized hold of the boat which was towing behind, and this being observed
by the lascars, the rope was cut, and they were left helpless upon the
wide ocean.
averse
The Ketch being arrived at Surat, it appeared worthy an enquiry to
know what strong motives could have made the Sirdar so extremely
to be carried into Bombay. His papers were accordingly
examined, whereon nothing however appeared, but that he had held a
Military command under Tippoo, and been disgraced, at the same time
that his jewels and rich clothes bespoke that he had ranked above the
commcn order.
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THE 10TH MAY 1798.
[From the Bombay Courier of 14th April 1798.]
Our accounts through Poona also announce the death of Mons.
Raymond, about the 25th of last month at Hyderabad; an Officer who
by his talent and enterprize had elevated himself to a rank and fortune
superior we believe to what any European had ever before attained in
the same walk of his profession. He is said to have been a Frenchman
by birth, and to have served in early life under Lally in the Mysore.
About nine years ago, he entered the service of Nizam Ally Khan, by
whom he was engaged to raise a Corps of five hundred men; his first estab-
lishment was three hundred, and the arms of these he hired from a mer-
chant of his own nation, at the rate of eight annas a month; this hand-
ful of men was increased to about seven hundred, when the Confederate
War took place against Tippoo, which he shared in with the troops of
the Nizam, and upon several occasions distinguished himself.
Mons. Raymond now becoming every day a greater favorite with
the Nizam, increased his Corps to five thousand men, which at the juncture,
it is said, he was enabled to supply with arms by the sale of Military Stores
from Pondicherry, and in this situation he was, when the Nizam's son
Aly Jah appeared in rebellion against his father.
It is well known that to Mons. Raymond was confided the duty of
reducing the Prince: and the prompt as well as effectual manner with
which he performed this service may be said to have raised him to the
eminence he latterly attained.
guns
He now increased the strength of his army to 15,000 men, includ-
ing a complete train of Field Artillery: possessing in his own right all
the and Military equipage belonging to it of every denomination,
with six hundred horses, six hundred bullocks, beside elephants and
camels. To pay this Army, the Nizam had assigned him Jaghire to the
extent of fifty-two lakhs a year, which he collected and controlled by
revenue officers of his own nomination, rendering the overplus into the
Treasury of the Sircar.
Of his annual net pay it would be difficult to form any estimate,
yet upon this head it will not be unworthy of notice, that he held one
Jaghire of about 50,000 Rupees per annum, separate from his Military
service, conferred upon him by the Nizam as a Pan Soopary grant, to
provide him with beetel nut. It should not be forgotten that among
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other tokens of the Nizam's favor and confidence which he acquired by
his service against Ali Jah, the whole of the Nizam's Tope-khanah or
Ordnance Department was committed to his charge.
Mons. Raymond, as an Officer, is said to have possessed a very supe-
rior degree of merit, and those who have seen his troops, generally con-
fess that they displayed a high state of discipline and Military character.
In the style of his domestic life, he collected around him every luxury
and elegance within the reach of an European in the heart of India, and
affected, particularly in Military parade, the magnificence of a Prince.
He has been succeeded by Mons Perron.
THE 21ST JUNE 1798.
On Thursday night a Sepoy, unperceived by the sentinel, got into
the Treasury, where the pay chests were deposited. He succeeded in
taking one; but as he passed the sentry, he was challenged, and attempt-
ing to run off, the sentinel run him through with his bayonet. It is
supposed he will not recover.-[Mirror.]
THE 21ST JUNE 1798.
The Chinese tell the following fable:-In the 519th year of the
Christian Era, Drama, the son of an Indian King, came to China to
preach his religion. He justified his doctrines by an austere and eremi-
tical life, living upon herbs, and passing days and nights in the contem-
plation of the Supreme Being in conformity to a vow he had made never
to sleep. After several years of watchfulness, we are informed he was one
night surprized by the power of sleep; waking in the morning, full of
repentance and regret for the violation of his vow, he cut off his eye-lids
as the guilty instruments of his crime, and threw them on the ground.
The next day he found them metamorphosed into two of those bushes
which have been called Tea.
THE 19TH JULY 1798.
Patriotic Meeting.
On Tuesday morning a numerous and respectable meeting of the
British Inhabitants of Calcutta was held at the Theatre, in pursuance of
the notification from the Sheriff published in our last Gazette.
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The Sheriff on taking the Chair opened the subject of the meeting
in a short and suitable address, and after expressing his gratification that
the assembly he was requested to convene had proved so full and res-
pectable, offered his readiest services in promoting the laudable purposes
for which they had met.
Mr. Burroughs, the Advocate General, then addressed the Chairman
in behalf of himself and of several other gentlemen who had considered
with him on the best means of forwarding the objects for which the
meeting was called, and his patriotic address (which as we hope to lay an
accurate sketch of it before the public, we forbear to state partially in
this place) having been seconded by a further animated address from
Mr. Charles Fuller Martyn (which we also hope to give our readers at
length) the following resolutions proposed by Mr. Burroughs and seconded
by Mr. Graham, were successively read by the Sheriff from the Chair,
and unanimously adopted.
Resolved, that a most humble and dutiful address be presented to
His Majesty to assure His Majesty of our firm attachment to His Royal
Person and Government, the rights of his illustrious House, the honor
and interest of the British Crown, and that free and happy constitution.
under which the British Empire so long has prospered, and that we shall
be at all times ready with our lives and fortunes to support His Majesty's
Government against all his enemies, and further to assure His Majesty of
our utter abhorrence of those principles which the tyrannical Rulers of
France have so fatally laboured to establish in their own unhappy
country, and in every other which they have been able either to influence
or subdue; that we most ardently rejoice at the numerous triumphs of His
Majesty's Flag over the various enemies of Great Britain, unequalled
in their splendour and importance in the annals of Naval History; that
we rely with perfect confidence on the aid of Divine Providence, the wis-
dom of His Majesty's councils, the vigour of his arms, and the wealth
and valour of his subjects, for the confusion and disgrace of all his
enemies, for the ultimate defeat of any attempt they may dare to make
on the internal peace and happiness of his kingdom, and for the continu-
ance of such success as may enable His Majesty to obtain for his people
(the evident and anxious wish of his heart) a lasting, safe, and honorable
Peace.
Resolved, that we have seen with the highest admiration and
applause the noble proofs which all ranks of our fellow subjects in Europe
have displayed, of their loyalty to the King and attachment to their
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country, by surrounding the Throne with the most ardent declarations of
support, and devoting in voluntary contributions large portions of their
private fortunes to the service of the State; that yielding to no descrip-
tion of His Majesty's subjects in duty and loyalty to our Sovereign and
love for our country, we feel ourselves irresistibly called upon to imitate
a conduct so truly patriotic by entering into such voluntary contributions
as our respective means enabled us to offer, and which however dispropor-
tioned to our inviolable attachment to His Majesty and the British con-
stitution as by Law Established, will, we hope, be considered as the only
exertion which, at such a distance from the seat of Empire, we have it
in our power to make in demonstration of the ardour which we feel at
this important period in the common cause.
Resolved, that Books be opened for the purpose of receiving the
subscriptions of all such persons as shall be desirous of entering into
voluntary contributions for the support of His Majesty's Government in
Europe, and that the amount thereof be remitted to Europe, to be there
disposed of for the public service in such a manner as the wisdom of Parlia-
ment may direct, whether Great Britain shall continue in a state of War
or whether Peace shall have been established.
Resolved, that the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council
be requested to authorize the Sub-Treasurer at this Presidency, the Resi-
dent at Lucknow, the several Collectors of Revenue and Military Pay
Masters in the interior of the Hon'ble Company's Provinces, to open
Books for the purpose above mentioned, and to receive into their res-
pective Treasuries the amount of all contributions which may be tendered
to them by any persons who shall enter into subscriptions pursuant
to the foregoing resolutions, and further that the Governor General in
Council be also requested to direct those several public Officers to transmit
from time to time an account of all such subscriptions and of the several
sums they shall so receive, to the Accountant General at this Presidency.
Resolved, that the Governor General in Council be humbly requested
to remit to the Lord's Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, by
bills to be drawn on the Hon'ble the Court of Directors of the East
India Company, the account of all sums of money which shall be so
received on account of such voluntary contributions at the exchange of
two shillings and six pence for the Sicca Rupee.
Resolved, that if any of the persons who shall enter into contribu-
tions here at Lucknow or at any of the subordinate stations of this
Presidency, shall think proper to make the same by Bills on England,
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the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council be further requested
to direct the Accountant General to take charge of all such Bills,
and to transmit them from time to time to the Hon'ble the Court of
Directors or to such Officer or Officers of that Hon'ble Court as His
Lordship in Council shall for that purpose be pleased to appoint, in
order that the amount thereof may be received and paid to the Lord's
Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, for the purpose above
mentioned.
Resolved, that a Committee be now appointed for the purpose of
preparing a draft of an address to be presented to our Most Gracious
Sovereign pursuant to the tenor of the first of the foregoing resolutions,
and also for the purpose of preparing the Draft of an Address to be
presented to the Right Hon'ble Richard Earl of Mornington the
Governor General requesting His Lordship will be pleased to forward to
Great Britain, in such manner as to His Lordship shall appear most
proper, the address to the King voted at this meeting to be presented to
His Majesty, and further requesting that His Lordship will receive a
copy of the foregoing resolutions, and that His Lordship in Council will
issue such orders to the public officers as may be necessary for receiving,
accounting for, and remitting such contributions as may be made for the
purpose therein stated.
The following gentlemen were elected a Committee to prepare
the drafts of the addresses pursuant to the last of the above resolu-
tions:-
General Fullerton.
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Sir Charles Blunt.
Mr. Vanderbeyden.
Deare.
Scawen.
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Colonel Cameron.
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Lieut. Col. Scott.
Gardiner.
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Mr. Graham.
Dyer.
Fairlie.
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Fleming.
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Myers.
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Barlow.
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Buller.
Dowdeswell,
S. Johannes.
Barretto.
Martin.
Burroughs.
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The Committee after retiring for a short interval, returned with
the following addresses, which, having been read, were unanimously
approved and agreed to:-
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble and dutiful Address
of the British Inhabitants of
Calcutta, at a public meeting
convened by the Sheriff.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,-We, your Majesty's most dutiful
and loyal subjects, the British inhabitants of Calcutta, being deeply
sensible (however distantly removed from the seat of Empire) of the
numerous blessings we enjoy under our present free and happy constitution,
feel an irresistible impulse at this important crisis, when the internal peace
and happiness of your Majesty's Kingdoms are threatened by a desperate
and implacable enemy, to offer at the foot of the Throne our most ardent
professions of attachment to your Majesty's Royal Person, the rights of
your illustrious house, and the honor and interests of the British Crown.
To your Majesty as the hereditary guardian of that constitution,
which has so long continued the admiration and envy of the whole
civilized world, we owe the strongest declarations of our determined reso-
lution to support, with our lives and fortunes, your Majesty's Govern-
ment against the machinations and attacks of an ambitious and inveterate
enemy, the common disturbers of all settled states, the foes to all
religion, morals, order, and genuine freedom, who perverting the sacred
name of liberty, have established the most awful system of usurpation
and tyranny through some of the fairest regions of the Globe.
On the wisdom of your Majesty's Councils, on the patriotism and
loyalty of all orders of your Majesty's subjects, on the known bravery of
your Armies, on the distinguished valour of your Majesty's Fleets, whose
recent victories have even surpassed in splendour the former glorious
achievements of the British Navy, under Divine Providence, we confi-
dently rely, for the ultimate confusion and disgrace of all your Majesty's
enemies and for such continued triumphs of the British arms, as shall
enable your Majesty to procure for your people (the evident and anxious
wish of your heart) a lasting, safe, and honorable Peace.
To the great Disposer of Events we offer our humble supplications
that it may please His Divine Goodness to prolong to a very distant
period your Majesty's invaluable life, and that your Majesty's posterity,
:
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following the virtuous example of your Majesty, may continue to the
remotest ages to protect with the British sceptre our free and happy
constitution.
To the RIGHT HON'BLE RICHARD, EARL OF MORNINGTON, Knight of the
Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and Governor General of
Fort William in Bengal.
MY LORD,-We, His Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the
British inhabitants of Calcutta, beg leave to communicate to your Lord-
ship a most humble address to His Majesty, which we have unanimously
agreed to at a public meeting convened by the Sheriff, and which we
request your Lordship will be pleased to receive and forward to Great
Britain, in such manner as to your Lordship may appear most proper.
We further beg leave to present to your Lordship a copy of several
resolutions entered into at the same meeting, for the purpose of promo-
ting voluntary contributions in this country for the support of His
Majesty's Government in Europe, at the present important period, and
we humbly hope that the object we have in view and the resolutions we
have adopted, will meet with your Lordship's approbation.
We further request that your Lordship will be pleased to give
directions to the proper Officers to receive, account for, and remit to
Europe the amount of such contributions as shall be entered into in this
country for the service of the State.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, TUESDAY, THE 24TH JULY 1798.
This morning at a very full Levee, Major General Fullerton and
the other gentlemen chosen of the Committee to present to the Right
Hon'ble the Governor General the address of the British inhabitants
of Calcutta to His Majesty, being introduced to His Lordship, the
General on behalf of his constituents, having read and presented to
His Lordship the address to himself and also the address to His
Majesty, His Lordship was pleased to make the following reply:
GENTLEMEN,—I shall feel a sincere pleasure in transmitting your
dutiful and loyal address to His Majesty; and I am persuaded that
nothing can be more acceptable to His Majesty than to receive from so
respectable a body of his faithful subjects this seasonable testimony of
their attachment to His Royal Person, Family, and Government, of
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their zeal for the honor and independence of his Crown, of their affec-
tionate solicitude for the safety of their Native Country, and of their
unanimous determination to co-operate with their fellow-subjects at home
in opposing a steadfast resistance to the desperate projects of our implaca-
ble enemy. The resolutions which you have adopted for the aid of the
public service by voluntary contribution have afforded me the utmost.
degree of satisfaction. I not only approve the object which you have
in view, and the mode in which you have pursued it, but I am happy to
take this public opportunity of declaring my cordial concurrence in
every sentiment which you have expressed. Although remote from the
immediate Theatre of the War, you have justly felt that every success
of the enemy must deeply wound your most dear and valuable interests,
and endanger the primary objects of all your hopes and cares. You
have manifested to the world that the British Empire in Europe is the
common centre of your moral and civil duties and affections, and the
happy retreat in which alone you expect to secure the honorable and
permanent reward of your respective labors in the public service. You
have therefore wisely pledged your lives and fortunes in support of the
Government of your Native Country, and of its admirable system of
Religion, Order, Liberty, and Law.
In this pledge, I desire to join you with an ardour and resolution
proportioned to the animosity and power of our inveterate adversary; our
interests, our duties, our affections, and our honor, all unite to demand
the pledge of life and fortune in the defence of those blessings without
which property would become a precarious possession, and life itself an
intolerable burthen.
You may be assured that I will use every effort to give the most
full and expeditious effect to your resolutions, and to render your con-
tribution as beneficial to the public service as it is honorable to you.
(Sd.)
•
MORNINGTON.
THE 26TH JULY 1798.
The Officers of His Majesty's 76th Regiment stationed at Dinapore
under the Command of Major Musgrave, have given one month's pay,
and the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates two weeks' pay, in aid
of the voluntary contributions for the defence of Great Britain. The
majority of Non-Commissioned Officers have also given an additional sum
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to the general subscription of the Corps; and the regiment at large,
both Officers and men, have engaged to come forward with an annual
contribution as long as the War continues.
The money subscribed on the present occasion exceeds £600 sterling,
and has been sent to Calcutta for the purpose of being immediately
remitted to England.
The Officers of His Majesty's 27th Regiment of Dragoons stationed
at Cawnpore, having come to a determination of offering one month's
pay, full batta, and extra allowance in the Viziers's dominions, as a con-
tribution in support of their King and country, the Warrant Officers,
Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates, upon hearing of it, voluntarily
came forward and solicited permission to do the same.
The Officers of His Majesty's 75th Regiment at Bombay have also
contributed a month's pay, and the Non-Commissioned and Privates of
the same Regiment, who led the example to their Officers, have subscribed
a month's gratuity, towards the defence of their country.
His Majesty's 74th Regiment stationed at Wallajabad, stimulated
by the same patriotic motive, have subscribed in the following propor-
tions, viz., the Officers one month's pay, the Serjeants and Corporals half
a month's, and the Privates eight days' pay.
This afternoon, at five o'clock, five natives are to be executed at the
cross-road in the Loll Bazar.
THE 26TH JULY 1798.
Madras, 14th July 1798.
At a Meeting of the European Inhabitants of Madras, convened by notice
of the Sheriff on the 12th instant.
MAJOR GENERAL ECCLES NIXON, in the Chair.
RESOLVED. That a subscription be entered into, for the purpose of
remittance to England for the support of the War.
RESOLVED That if the War should have been concluded before the
arrival in England of the money subscribed, it shall be subject to the
appropriation of Parliament.
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RESOLVED-That Books be opened and left at the Exchange for
receiving subscriptions.
RESOLVED-That a Committee be appointed for carrying into effect
the purposes of this Meeting.
RESOLVED-That the Committee do consist of the following
gentlemen:-
Major General Eccles Nixon.
Major General William Sydenham.
Thomas Cockburn,
Nathaniel Edward Kindersley,
Henry Sewell,
William Harrington,
Major Alexander Allan.
Esquires.
Captain Keith Young.
Captain William Macleod.
Josiah Webbe,
Benjamin Roebuck,
Charles Nicholas White.
}
Esquires.
RESOLVED-That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Sheriff, for convening the Inhabitants of the Settlement.
RESOLVED-That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Major
General Eccles Nixon for his conduct in the Chair.
RESOLVED-That the foregoing resolutions, signed by the Chairman,
be made known through the channel of the Public Prints, for the
information of the community at large.
FORT ST. GEORGE;
The 12th July 1798.
(sd.)
ECCLES NIXON,
Chairman.
THE 2ND AUGUST 1798.
At a Meeting of the Officers and Staff of the Station of Futtyghur,
assembled at the request of Major General Stuart on the 1st day of
July 1798.
The Officers assembled elect Major General Stuart to be President
of the Meeting, and Captain Alexander Orme, to be Secretary.
1798.]
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PART II.- EDITORIAL.
The Meeting having taken into consideration the state of the
Mother Country, and being impressed with sentiments of warmest loyalty
and determinations to resist, to the utmost of their power, every attempt to
infringe upon the rights and liberties of their King, Country, and Consti-
tution, but from local situation being deprived of the honor of adding
their personal aid to the general glorious national resistance in Europe ;-
Resolve, to the utmost of their means, to give pecuniary support to the
National Government; for which purpose a subscription to be opened
at the Brigade Major's Office, where gentlemen may subscribe in the
manner most convenient and agreeable to themselves.
THE 2ND AUGUST 1798.
[From the Bombay Courier of 10th June 1798.]
Bombay Town Hall, 28th June 1798.
At a numerous and respectable Meeting of the Inhabitants, convened this
day by the Sheriff.
ROBERT HENSHAW, ESQ., in the Chair.
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY-That under the present circumstances of
the War, while our fellow-subjects in England are so liberally subscribing
to assist Government in carrying it on, it becomes the inhabitants of
this Settlement participating in the advantages arising from our present
constitution and laws, to come forward and exert themselves to defeat the
hostile designs of an inveterate enemy.
RESOLVED That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the most
effectual assistance that can be rendered the nation, is by a subscription
to be opened for voluntary contributions, and that every exertion should
be made to render the same as productive as possible, and to extend it to
every rank and description of inhabitants at the Presidency and
subordinates.
RESOLVED-That the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee
for conducting the subscription:
Major General Bowles.
Colonel Hart.
Major Cummine.
Mr. Dundas.
Commodore Sutherland.
Mr. Henshaw.
Mr. Adamson.
Mr. Fawcett.
Mr. Forbes.
Mr. Tate.
Mr. Maister, and
Mr. Hall.
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RESOLVED-That the Committee be an open Committee.
RESOLVED—That the Committee be empowered to adopt such mea-
sures as may appear to them most conducive towards the promotion of
the subscription at the Presidency and subordinates.
RESOLVED—That the money arising from such voluntary contribu-
tion shall, in the first instance, be deposited in the Hon'ble Company's
Treasury, and that when any considerable sum is collected, the Com-
mittee will submit to a General Meeting of the inhabitants a plan for
applying the same in the most effectual manner to the end proposed.
RESOLVED-That the Committee meet for the despatch of business
to-morrow forenoon at eleven o'clock.
RESOLVED-That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Nathan
Crow, Esq., Sheriff, for his ready and polite attention to meet the wishes
of the Inhabitants, and for the very forcible and energetic manner in
which he opened the business of the day.
RESOLVED That the thanks of the Meeting be also given to the
Chairman for his ready acquiescence to their wishes in taking the Chair,
and the obliging manner in which he conducted the business of the day.
RESOLVED-That the proceedings of this Meeting be published in the
Courier and Gazette.
ROBERT HENSHAW,
Chairman.
Subscription Books in conformity to the above resolutions are
opened at the following Public Offices:
Secretary.
Adjutant General.
Superintendent of Marine.
By order of the Committee,
ROBERT HENSHAW,
Chairman.
The Hon'ble the Governor, the Commander-in-Chief, and the
other Members of Council, liberally countenanced the undertaking
yesterday by subscribing the sum of sixty-nine thousand Rupees.
1798.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
THE 9TH AUGUST 1798.
Calcutta Theatre.
On Monday night, the Comedy of She stoops to conquer was repre-
sented at the Calcutta Theatre amidst repeated bursts of applause, which
sufficiently testified the heart-felt satisfaction of a numerous and respecta-
ble audience. “Rule Britannia" and "God Save the King," were sung
with spirit and striking effect; and the figure of Britannia, elevated
above the scene, contemplating with mingled emotions of pride and parental
effection the triumph of her sons typified in a view of the Fleet, formed
an appropriate and impressive decoration.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1798.
The two Hogs, or the cure of Litigation.
A native being desirous not long since to institute a suit in a Court
of Justice, applied to an Attorney, who informed him he was already
engaged on behalf of his opponent; he, however, offered to recommend
him to a friend, who would undertake his cause with equal readiness and
ability, and gave him a note of recommendation to him. The cautious.
native carried the note to a person who could read English, and found it
to contain the following admonition :---
"DEAR-
"I have killed my hog, do you kill yours." The hint was not
lost though the admonition missed its aim. The parties compromised
their dispute, and the lawyers lost their fees.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1798.
[Copied from the London papers.]
It is something remarkable that of seventeen extra ships taken
up by the East India Company for bringing home cargo last year, twelve
of them have been lost, which is attributed to the smallness of the
vessels for such heavy freights.
THE 23RD August 1798.
In our Supplement of last Saturday, we laid before the public a
translated extract from the Journal de Francfort, relative to an extraordi-
nary project said to be in agitation by the French, of proceeding to India
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through Egypt. It may be scarcely necessary to say that we place no
faith in the account, or that we give it the same credit that we allow to
the rafts of a mile long; yet upon so singular an enterprize, it is satis-
factoy to collect all the information that has appeared: with this view, we
publish the following extract from Courier du Bas Rhin of the 14th of
April, the latest Continental Gazette that has reached this country:-
"We have already observed that there is preparing in the ports of
the Mediterranean an expedition to answer at once the purposes of
science and conquest, destined for Egypt, and of which the object is to
strike a formidable blow against the English in India. We perceive
to-day an article in the Redacteur, signed Barbault Royer, which affords
a support to these conjectures; the following is among the most remark-
able passages which it contains:-
"It is only in the absolute ruin of its power (of England in India)
that we can crush this superb rival; as long as Britain shall dispense the
treasures of Bengal, what foreign power can be insensible to the seducing
influence of its wealth? What means is there to prevent the rupees of
Orissa purchasing the perfidy of Kings, of stimulating their leagues, and
subsidizing their hungry Battalions? It is by uniting our efforts in con-
cert and striking at the very source of their riches. Europe and Asia
must resound with the same blows, India must be subjugated by crossing
the waves of the Red Sea, and our conquest in the East must extinguish
the hope of our enemy of repairing in that quarter the wreck of its
throne in Europe.""
paper.
THE 23RD AUGUST 1798.
POET'S CORNER.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR,-You will oblige me by inserting the enclosed Ode in your next
16th August 1798.
I am,
SIR,
Your obedient Servant,
ANGLICUS.
1
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Io Triumphe!
Non semel dicemus Io Triumphe!
Civitas Omnis.
Forth like a cannon let it roar,
Quick let it sound from shore to shore,
Let the impulsive shock rebound;
•
Let cities, rocks, and castles echo round;
Britannia rules the main,
A louder yet, and yet a louder strain,
Proclaim, proclaim, proclaim,
Britain ever bold and free,
Long shall live to rule the sea,
Girt in its azure zone;
Hispania, Gallia, and Batavia know,
(Taught by many an overthrow.)
She rules the main alone.
Spirit of England rouse! They know thy strength;
The furies of mankind are taught to fear at length.
They wish a great event;
They see the danger, yet they fain
Wou'd tempt to cross the hostile main,
And make a grand descent.
Let their huge rafts immortal be;
Impregnable to every force at sea,
See new invented castles smoke,
Hear them the gods of fire invoke,
Approaching to our shore.
They will return no more,
See them at length obtain the strand,
Their Horse, and Foot, at quick command
Forming a line upon the sand.
They will return no more.
The Mighty God whose trident rules the sea
Terrific frowns, and issues this decree;
Unhappy they who reach my sacred shore,
"Doom'd to return to Gallia's plains no more."
I see the thunderer with vindictive ire :
Repel their troops, and urge the vengeful fire:
While o'er the ranks of late insulting France,
Triumphant Britain wields her conquering lance.
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This active fancy pourtrays to my view ;
Britons be bold you 'll make the fiction true.
Thus erst, in great Eliza's reign,
The grand Armada brav'd the seas in vain;
Nor less Illustrious George, shall be thy fame,
A loyal nation rises at thy name,
And see, they voluntary contributions bring,
Proud to assert the glorious cause,
Of Order, Liberty, and Laws,
Their country, and their King.
THE 30TH AUGUST 1798.
[Copied from the English Papers.]
Council of Five Hundred.
Pluviose, 24th January 1798.
FRENCH PRISONERS IN ENGLAND.
RIOU, Your Committee has executed a most painful task. They
are now to place before your eyes a series of crimes at which they
have already shuddered, to demand vengeance in the name of outraged
humanity against the English Government; to interest, while they wound,
your feelings; and, in fine, to offer those means which they regard as
effectual for saving the nearly exhausted lives of 22,000 Republicans,
entombed in the dungeons of England.
"The English Government has escaped the measure of oppression,
and the cries of death are raised against it from the four quarters
of the globe. It has every where sustained, by guilty means, a power
first established by corruption or by treason. It seems to wish that
rivers should not flow but for the use of England, that the seas
should bear their vessels only, and that all the productions of their new
world, and of the distant regions of Hindoostan, should become the prey
and the aliment of her universal commerce. In oppressed India, not a
step can be taken without discovering the train of English guilt. In
that fair country favored of Heaven, but desolated by man, the English
gave a few years ago a dreadful example how far despotism may go when
joined with avarice and inhumanity. To obtain the merchandize of
India at a better rate for England, the Company of the latter coined
1798.]
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rupees of gold to the amount of several millions, but into which there
entered at least two-thirds of alloy. Thus the wretched inhabitants were
deceived and robbed in their sales. But soon after the English had put
this false money into circulation, they perceived that they must suffer
themselves, from its return in the way of commerce and of contribution.
The Indians were therefore ordered to exchange these gold for silver
rupees. They came with confidence to make this exchange, when the
money which was fabricated to rob them, was taken only at its actual
value; an immense loss to the oppressed, as great a gain for their oppressors.
"A short time afterwards, Bengal was afflicted by a horrible
drought. Rice grew only in some parts and then in a small quantity;
of this the English took possession; they monopolized with avidity
whatever provision was to be found, and held it in reserve for themselves
and their sepoys. Thus secure, they disdained to attend to a numerous
people, who were threatened with the approach of famine. It came
accompanied by despair, and followed by the most fearful of deaths.
For many days the Indians, consumed by hunger, but still meek and
suppliant, were seen wandering like plaintive ghosts around those for-
tresses where their tyrants revelled in abundance. A vast silence soon
reigned throughout, and public ways and places were covered with dead
bodies, and the rivers rolled them by thousands to the astonished seas.
Three millions of men perished! and their wretched remains, abandoned
without interment, so corrupted the atmosphere, as to create a pesti-
lence which had nearly destroyed this unfortunate nation.*
THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 1798.
On Monday evening an elegant entertainment was given at the
Theatre by Meer Abdul Luteef, the Vakeel of His Highness the Nizam,
to the Governor General, the Commander-in-Chief, and a very numer-
ous company of Ladies and Gentlemen in consequence of the nuptials of
the son of the Nizam's Minister.
Yesterday at half past one o'clock was launched from the yard
of Messrs. Edwards Gillet and Larkins, on the opposite side of the
river, a large new ship, burthen about one hundred and thirty tons; she
was named Cuvera, the Indian Plutus.
*NOTE. The above appears to be an extract from the writings of the Abb'é Raynal.
It is followed by a further tirade against England.
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THE 4TH OCTOBER 1798.
[From the Madras Gazette, 15th September 1791.]
On Thursday evening arrived His Majesty's Frigate the Virgine,
and the Fitzwilliam Indiaman from Calcutta.
On the Fitzwilliam arrived the Hon'ble Colonel Wellesley.
Yesterday morning the remains of His Highness Wallajan Behauder,
late Nabob of the Carnatick, were removed from the Mosque at St.
Thome, where they were deposited about two years ago, in order to be
conveyed to Trichinopoly, agreeable to His Highness's last request. The
ceremony of removal was attended with great solemnity; minute guns
were fired, and the Flag of the Fort, and of His Majesty's ships in the
Roads, were hoisted half mast high at gun fire, and continued to fly
until twelve o'clock at noon.
THE 11TH OCTOBER 1798.
[Copied from the Bombay Gazette of 12th September 1798.]
On Thursday last a sepoy belonging to the garrison at Tannah was
bitten by a snake; he was immediately carried to Captain Lambert's
quarters, when about thirty drops of Eau de Luce in a glass of water
were administered internally, whilst the wound was rubbed with the Eau
de Luce; Doctor Durham was immediately called in to his assistance,
which might be almost five or six minutes after the accident happened;
the patient was then foaming at the mouth, and his jaws almost locked.
Mr. Durham hardly entertained any hopes of his recovery, but find-
ing Eau de Luce had been administered, he continued to give a tea
spoonful every ten minutes, for three doses, continuing at the same time
to bathe the wound; the fourth dose was administered at the distance
of a quarter of an hour, when the patient began retching, and the
wound discharged a thin serum; he then began to recover, and after
giving him a glass of brandy, he was soon sufficiently recovered to be
sent to the hospital, but a numbness continued in his leg for some time;
by the application of a blister the numbness was removed, and on
Sunday the man was discharged from the hospital perfectly recovered.
THE 15TH OCTOBER 1798.
By the Berrington, whose arrival at Madras we have accounts of
by an Exprsss that came in this morning, the following heads of in-
telligence are received; more particular accounts we hope to lay before
our readers on our usual day of publication.
1798.]
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Mr. Pitt fought a duel with Mr. Tierney. Ireland in open rebel-
lion; but the Royal Army had surrounded the Rebel one, who were
disposed to surrender.
Lord E. Fitzgerald landed in Dublin, killed one man who was sent
to apprehend him; himself desperately wounded and taken.
O'Connor acquitted, but immediately arrested for High Treason, and
sent to Ireland to be tried.
Buonaparte sailed from Toulon, but not known where; Lord St.
Vincent reinforced, and in quest of General Buonaparte.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 23RD OCTOBER 1798.
We dare not venture to vouch for the truth of the following intelli-
gence which arrived this morning from Bombay, but it has probability
enough, both in respect to the authority on which it has been given to us
and the circumstances that are already before the public, to render it
highly credible, and those who may find their faith too short will no
doubt be ready to eke it out with their good wishes:-
Extract of a letter from Bombay, dated Wednesday, 26th September 1798.
"This morning we received from Judda a corroboration of the glo-
rious news, of which we had before an imperfect account per Intrepid,
which rather led us to hope than believe it true. Two letters, dated Judda
the 1st of September, say that the English and Turkish fleet attacked
the French Fleet at Alexandria and took or destroyed every ship, and then
the French Army is surrounded by about 400,000 Turks, Arabs, &c., who
will most probably have no mercy on them. They do not deserve much;
some of them most probably will attempt to make their way to the Red
Sea, and from thence to India; luckily they cannot get out before
February, and by that time a ship or two may be stationed in the Straits
of Babel Mandeb."
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THE 25TH OCTOBER 1798.
We have been obligingly favored with the following state of com-
mercial affairs in England by a gentleman of this town whose correspon-
dence is of the very first authority on that subject:
((
Extract of a letter from London, dated 22nd June 1798.
Indigo at the June sale had experienced a great fall, 30 or 40 per
cent. under the price of the sale in March. This is owing to the unset-
tled state of matters in general, the existing rebellion in Ireland, a rapid
decline of trade on the Continent, particularly in those countries under
the power of France, and the uncertainty of the result of the treaty
carrying on at Rastadt.
"Sugar and cotton support their prices.
66 'Piece goods sell pretty well on the Continent, but the premium of
Insurance on foreign ships must consume all profit. Thirty to forty
per cent. is given on Portuguese ships with some return for convoy.
Twenty-five per cent. on Dane and Hamburgh ships with a return of
eight per cent., if with convoy from St. Helena.
"Arrived the White Eagle, Danish ship; the Albion extra ship, the
latter went north about.
"Taken and carried into Spain, the Elbe from Bengal.
"Letters from Bengal of the 5th February had been received by
the overland mail; but it is expected the Directors will not establish one
from London."
THE 1ST NOVEMBER 1798.
Fort St. George, 1st October 1798.
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY.
At a Meeting of the Inhabitants, subscribers to the voluntary contributions
for the support of the War.
The Committee lay before the Meeting a statement of the voluntary
contributions amounting to one lakh and ninety thousand Pagodas, of
which one lakh and sixty thousand have been received by the Treasury
and paid into the Hon'ble Company's Cash.
1798.]
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RESOLVED―That an humble address to His Majesty, suitable to the
occasion, be prepared, and that a Committee be appointed for that
purpose.
RESOLVED That the Committee do consist of the members of the
present Committee, with the addition of the Hon'ble Basil Cochrane, and
Lieutenant Colonel Close.
The Committee having accordingly retired, prepared the following
draft of an address to His Majesty, which having been read to the
Meeting, was unanimously approved :—
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
The most humble and dutiful Address of
the British subjects at Madras and its
dependencies.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,-At the moment of conveying to our
country a pledge of our affection, we, your Majesty's most dutiful and
loyal subjects, impressed with the most respectful and cordial sentiments
of loyalty and attachment to your Royal Person which no distance can
impair, no absence diminish, beg permission to approach your Majesty
as the august head of that constitution which binds our hearts and
interests by indissoluble ties to our Native country.
Looking to that invaluable constitution for the best protection of
individual security, civil liberty, and rational freedom, we cannot but feel
an earnest interest in the exertions which have been made to defeat the
attempts of our inveterate enemies; against such enemies, and the ruinous
principles they propagate, we beg leave to assure your Majesty that we
are ready with our lives and fortunes to support your Majesty's crown
and the constitution of our country, and we implore Divine Providence
to continue that influence over your Majesty's Person, Councils, and
Arms, which has hitherto enabled your Majesty to contend with success
against the efforts of our enemies, to the end that your Majesty may
obtain for your people a safe, lasting, and honorable peace.
RESOLVED That a fair copy of the above address be made and left
at the Exchange for signature.
RESOLVED That the Committee be desired to present the address in
the name of the meeting to Lord Clive, and to request that His Lordship
will be pleased to take such measures as he may think most proper for
transmitting it to His Majesty.
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RESOLVED-That when a day shall be fixed for presenting the address
to Lord Clive, notice be given to the inhabitants, in order that they
may accompany the Committee on the occasion.
RESOLVED-That the thanks of the meeting be given to Major
General Nixon, for his conduct while in the Chair.
RESOLVED-That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Com-
mittee, for the attention they have paid to the objects of this and the
former meeting.
(sd.)
A. ALLAN,
Secretary.
Fort St. George 12th October 1798.
This day, pursuant to the foregoing resolution, the Committee,
attended by the British Inhabitants, waited upon the Right Hon'ble
Lord Clive, and presented the following address to His Lordship, together
with the address to His Most Gracious Majesty :-
To the Right Hon'ble EDWARD LORD CLIVE, &c. &c.
MY LORD,-We beg leave, in the name of the British inhabitants
at Madras and its dependencies, to deliver to your Lordship an address
to His Most Gracious Majesty, which has been unanimously agreed to
at a public meeting, and we request your Lordship will be pleased to take
such measures as you may deem most proper for its being presented to
His Majesty.
We have the honor to be with great respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient and very humble Servants,
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 12th October 1798.
E. NIYON.
W. SYDENHAM.
T. COCKBURN.
N. E. KINDERSLEY.
H. SEWELL.
W. HARRINGTON.
K. YOUNG.
W. M'CLEOD.
J. WEBBE.
P. ROEBUCK.
C. N. WHITE.
1798.]
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To which His Lordship was pleased to return the following answer :--
To the Committee of the British Inhabitants at Madras and its
Dependencies.
GENTLEMEN,-It is with the greatest pleasure that I undertake to
execute the commission you have thought fit to honor me with, of
transmitting the unanimous address of the inhabitants of Madras and
its dependencies, to His Most Gracious Majesty.
This testimony of your loyalty to your Sovereign, and of your zeal
for the public service, will, I am confident, be highly acceptable to
His Majesty, and will be heard by your fellow-subjects in England
with a just and grateful admiration of your affectionate solicitude for
the welfare of your native country. It will afford the most unequivocal
and honorable proof that your distance from the parent State, and your
remote situation from the immediate theatre of war, has not been, in
any degree, able to diminish the lively and patriotic attachment which
Englishmen will ever feel to that glorious constitution, the blessings of
which we have so long enjoyed, and which it is the avowed object of
our inveterate and desperate enemies to destroy.
I am happy to have this public opportunity of declaring my cordial
concurrence in the sentiments you have expressed, and shall feel the
most sincere pleasure in being the instrument of conveying to His
Majesty this pledge of your determination to support the Government
of your native country, and to uphold its unrivalled system of Religion,
Order, Liberty, and Law.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect,
GENTLEMEN,
Your most obedient and faithful Servant,
(Sd.)
THE 8TH NOVEMBER 1798.
CLIVE.
[From the Bombay Courier, 13th October 1798.]
On Monday last at eleven o'clock the worshipful the Mayor, Mr.
Tate, and Messrs. Aldermen, Adamson, Kitson, Forbes, Elphinstone,
Halliday, Fisher, Harding, and Loughnan, assembled at the Town Hall
to receive Sir William Syer, the Recorder of Bombay, who a few minutes
after entered the Hall dressed in a Barrister's gown, attended by the
Sheriff, Nathan Crow, Esq., and his train borne by Mr. Samuel Evans.
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The members being seated, His Majesty's Charter, dated the 20th of
February in the 38th year of the Reign, for erecting new Courts of Judi-
cature at Madras and Bombay, was openly read by Mr. Simson, the
Register of the Mayor's Court.
That done, the Mayor administered the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy, and the oath of office appointed by the Charter, to Sir William
Syer, who having also read and subscribed the declaration against tran-
substantiation, then took his seat as President of the Court, and imme-
diately after administered the like oaths to the Mayor and each of the
Aldermen present, who likewise read and subscribed the declaration.
The next solemnity was the Proclamation of the Court of the
Recorder, which being first read aloud to a numerous concourse of the
inhabitants assembled in the Hall, the Sheriff then proceeded with the
Posse Comitatus and proclaimed it in several of the most public places
of the Town. Meanwhile a Royal salute from the Battery announced
the Recorder having taken his seat, and the five Junior Aldermen retired
from the Bench, leaving the Court thus constituted of the Recorder, the
Mayor, and the three Senior Alderman, for the first term.
The Court then proceeded to admit and appoint the Officers, and
Messrs. Constable, Anderson, Popham, White, Hall, Geraud, and Morley,
were admitted and sworn as Advocates and Attornies of the Court;
Mr. Morley was appointed Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of Indictments,
and Clerk of Arraigns; Mr. Simpson, Prothonotary; Mr. Brisbane,
Examiner on the Equity Side; and His Honor the Recorder delivered
the seal of the Court to Mr. Samuel Evans, who was immediately sworn
as Sealer.
The Court then adjourned to the 6th of November.
The seat of the absent Alderman, Mr. Deponthicu, has not yet been
deemed vacant, but will shortly become so, as it is understood he has
proceeded from the Cape for England.
THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1798.
[From the Bombay Courier, the 20th October 1798.]
On Sunday last, the attention of the Settlement was arrested by an
engagement at sea, within about twelve miles of this harbour, between
a Dingey, conjectured to be destined for this place from Muscat, and nine
piratical Maharatta Gallivats. The Dingey defended herself with great
bravery for two hours, when she suddenly blew up.
1798.]
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The termination of this engagement affords another instance, un-
happily too common, of the innocent suffering for the guilty. The
courage displayed by the people in the Dingey, and the goodness of their
cause, merited a better fate.
Dis aliter visum. (Virg.)
On this occasion we cannot avoid expressing a hope, which there
can be no doubt the wisdom and energy of the Government are well dis-
posed to realize, that some effectual means may hereafter be adopted to
protect the trade of this harbour against those mischievous and insolent
pirates who have long continued to molest it, without meeting with
that punishment which their predatory disposition so justly deserves.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.
[From the Madras Gazette, 3rd November 1798.]
On Thursday last, at eleven o'clock, the Mayor and Aldermen of
Madras having assembled themselves in their corporate capacity in the
Town Hall in order to receive Sir Thomas Strange, nominated to preside
as Recorder in the new Court of Judicature, sent a deputation of their
members consisting of the senior and junior Aldermen to conduct him
into the Hall.
The Recorder having entered, and taken his place on the Bench,
ordered that His Majesty's Royal Charter of the 20th day of February
last should be publicly read; at the conclusion of which a Royal salute
was fired from the walls of the Garrison.
Mr. Abbott, as Mayor, then administered the oaths prescribed to
be taken by the Recorder, to Sir Thomas Strange, and tendered the de-
claration against transubstantiation, also directed to be subscribed by
the Supreme Judge; and the Recorder afterwards administered the like
oaths, and exhibited a similar declaration to the Mayor and Aldermen
respectively according to seniority, and the same having been taken and
subscribed, and the new Court having been thereby constituted and
formed, the Sheriff' was ordered to publish and proclaim the same by the
name and style of the Court of the Recorder at Madras.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 29TH
NOVEMBER 1798.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR,-Should it appear that any use is made of the following com-
munication, I may possibly have to offer you some others, which although
of a different complexion may not be deemed less useful to the commu-
nity at large.
It was an observation of our great Boyle, that the excellency of
manufactures and the facility of labour would be much improved if the
various expedients and contrivances which lie concealed in private hands.
were by reciprocal communication made generally known, there being
few operations that are not performed by the one or the other with some
peculiar advantages such as would open new inlets to knowledge and give
new powers and energy to diligence.
What an excellent thought! yet it should seem to bear with it more
of desire than expectancy, as he felt the poor mechanic would lay open
to the being bereft of half his daily loaf by a less ingenious brother
craft, whilst the more affluent would consider himself entitled to the
whole reward of his industry and ingenuity, few rights being so generally
admitted and held unquestionable as this.
But of these last all are not restricted by their vocation, whilst some
are completely unfettered by any whatever, whose busy mind and pry-
ing eye embrace every profession, and who from the constant habit of
reflecting on all they see others do, are so prone to improvements that
when called fortuitously into practice they naturally fall into all manner
of ingenious contrivances and expedients in the furtherance of whatever
they may have undertaken.
Now with such there can be no impediment in the way of commu-
nication; they do not even need the inducement of reciprocity; all they
want is to be put in mind how useful their ingenuity might prove to
others, and how wrong to suffer it to rest and die with themselves.
Let then this great and good man's idea be spread abroad as it were
anew; through the channel of your paper, it cannot fail to arouse those
it ought. For where, as Mr. Hastings used to say, is the society evincing
the spirit of liberality that so generally pervades and agitates the little
circle of British subjects congregated in this country! Nor is it for
dullness to roam thus far from home; on the contrary, activity of mind is
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the concomitant of active bodies, who from being so often put to our
wits as we are here, hit upon and devise many more ingenious contri-
vances than would in the common course of things fall out amongst the
same number of us at home, and were they made generally known,
might not only prove beneficial to the colony, but even to the mother
country herself.
For example, which by the bye may be more apt to incite than pre-
cept, though no builder, yet led on by necessity, the spur of invention
here is a contrivance that hath proved itself effectual to the overcoming
the two great evils he has to contend with in this country, viz., the damps
arising from its nitrous earth, and the ravages of the white-ant, and
which from its simplicity may be carried into practice without any risk,
because attended with little expense and trouble.
How mortifying to the sagacity of man to behold places daily rear-
ing their heads around us with their lower apartments scarce habitable!
The stately column mouldering under its weight of years, draws a sigh
from the most indifferent spectator! but here we build on with a rapidity
that absorbs all feeling. For these twenty years have I been witness to
our pillars beginning to crumble away at the base, ere the superstructure
they were intended to support was well finished; our houses after the same
manner to all appearance giving way just above the foundation! It is the
outer surface only I grant, but what a lamentable deformity, both within and
without, to see the plaister stained and discoloured, and scaling off some
three or four feet above the foundations. How perverse and vexatious to
have the bricks laid bare, at once, destroying the pleasing delusion of
beholding a building of stones! How unthrifty to construct apartments
that are neither fit to breathe in nor be converted even to a store-room
with any degree of security.
Now the materials
But a disorder well understood is half cured.
we build with here being of a spongy nature, and so bibulous, that when
in contact with moisture, as in the foundation with the wet earth, the
stain is seen to run up the walls some three or four feet both within
and without. And the moisture thus imbibed and drunk up by the
bricks, and the mortar and the plaister being strongly saturated with
nitrous salts, which like ice are known to occupy more space in their
indurated than liquid state, in proportion as the moisture evaporates and
the salts begin to shoot, they burst the pores of the material that
imbibed it, be it even stone itself, which then scales off, or, when only
brick and mortar, crumbles into dust.
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The evil originating clearly with the foundation, it remains then
but to draw the line betwixt the part that is under ground and the
part above, so as to destroy all intercommunication without disturbing
their coalition. And what more easy? When about to erect any building
it is but to introduce between the two, either sheet lead or sheet copper,
and all imbibing of moisture by the upper from the under is completely
out of the question. But lead and copper are valuable commodities, and,
however well suited to those who build a palace, were not quite so
acceptable to an economist on principle no less than necessity, and this
naturally led to think of the gool as it is called, which in this country
goes hand in hand with the sheathing copper.
Gool is nothing more than a mixture of oil and lime that has been
laked, which when once under the water becomes hard as stone; the oil
is hereby so confined as well as combined with the lime that it hath
nothing to fear from being in contact with any other substance whatever,
or however well disposed from its spongy nature to imbibe and steal
it away.
This property of the gool being known, it naturally occurred
that from the destination here intended, it must fall little short of
the state of moisture it meets with on a ship's bottom; lead and copper
was then thought of no more for this time, and probably for ever, since
it is not possible to establish a more complete and radical cure than is
effected by the gool alone, not a brick above it imbibing the least
particle of moisture, although the very next course below it are
evidently surcharged therewith.
A ready way of making the gool is to bring the vessels containing
the oil and lime near to each other, together with a cask cut in two, and
three or four middling sized earthen pans, into which each man will
put as much of the one and the other as he can conveniently knead and
mix together thoroughly with his hands, but without loss of time, and
when perfectly well mixed, to throw the same into the half casks and
begin again till the whole is finished. This must be done the day be-
fore it is wanted, and then it will be found to spread kindly, which it
will not do if used directly after making, or if kept much beyond the
next day.
The foundation is understood to have been made level throughout,
that is, of the inner as well as the outer walls, about two bricks above
the surface of the earth, as intended to be left when the building is
finished. It is then ready to receive the gool, which is to be spread
everywhere about three-fourths of an inch thick. The gool must then
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be left quiet for one day at least, to give it time to acquire sufficient
firmness to prevent its spewing out from under the pressure of the next
day's work, which will go on just as if nothing was there. Care to be
taken in laying the first course of bricks thereon, that they do not break
into or disturb the gool.
The discovery of so complete and effectual a remedy to so great an
evil, naturally led to the making trial of it in cases nearly similar. Thus
in the lower rooms of a house, raised no more than nine or ten inches
from the ground, which were so damp that a mat would not hold toge-
ther for a month or more, partiality to the spot led to the paving of
them. The hall was done with China marble, which being much
harder and less porous than our Europe marble, answered very well, but
the side rooms, paved with stone and Europe marble, wore a constant
appearance of dampness and as if exposed to the weather. And
although some of the stones are similar to the Scotch granite with which
London streets are paved, yet from the cause above mentioned, whenever
the moisture imbibed by them evaporates a little more than common, hard
as these stones are, they yet scale off in large blisters, whilst the surface
of the softer ones is loosened all over and flying off in dust. But having
caused these pavements to be taken up and a layer of the gool spread
all over as with the foundation, and then left to harden for a day, and
sifting a little sand over it, to prevent it from adhering to the workmen's
feet, the stones were relaid in the usual manner, and are now become as
perfectly dry as the marble in the hall, or even the upper rooms.
In a bungalow raised about three feet from the earth but remark-
ably damp, the workmen were ordered to spread one of the apartments
all over with the gool as above, and to lay it over with the common foot
tile, than which nothing can be more spongy or porous. This also is
become so perfectly dry that a mat has laid thereon without any sensible
alteration these eight or ten months, whilst in the other rooms, as in
this before done, a mat would not last out one. This room was more-
over uncommonly infested with the white-ant before, but not one has
ever been known to make its appearance since. By this simple method,
then, we get rid of flueing, at the best a partial cure and harbouring
vermin, yet very expensive.
We all know how bibulous the terraced roofs are of this country,
and although ever so sound and free from cracks, after a constant rain
of eight or nine days, they drop and leak all over. It is then but to
make their thickness at two operations, and when the first half is well
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beaten all over, to spread it with gool in the manner above, then
to lay it all over with a course of thin bricks or tiles, covering them
with about a couple of inches fine khoa, and finish with beating and
rubbing in the usual way. This will not only effectually prevent all
mischief from imbibing, but will greatly secure the terraces from
cracking, which they are ever found to do from the rapidity with which
everything dries in this country; for in this case no evaporation can
take place from the part under the gool-it hath no other way but
drying by slow degrees from the under part withinside the building.
It is also well known how rapidly the beams supporting terraces are
found to decay at either end so far as confined within the walls. This
proceeds sometimes from the white-ant, but more generally from the dry
rot occasioned by the moisture imbibed annually by the terrace stagna-
ting around the ends of the beam. I have lately caused all the bricks.
surrounding beam ends, for two courses every way, to be set or laid in gool,
instead of the common mortar. This will effectually preserve them from
the white-ant and from moisture; it however requires time to verify this,
but the expense and trouble is too trifling to forbear a trial fraught with
such advantages as this in the event of success, for it is no usual thing
here, as myself have experienced to my cost, to find ourselves under the
necessity of giving new beams to a roof not yet ten years old, and that
even when made with beams of teak.
I am,
SIR,
Your very obedient humble Servant,
S. R. S. I.
THE 24TH JANUARY 1799.
[From the Madras Gazette, 5th January 1719.]
On Monday the 31st ultimo arrived the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General from Bengal, on the Sybille Frigate, accompanied
by the Hon'ble Mr. Wellesley and His Lordship's suite.
His Lordship landed on the same evening, under a salute of
nineteen guns, and proceeded through a street formed by His Majesty's
33rd Regiment and the 2nd Battalion Native Infantry, to the house of
the Commander-in-Chief.
On Tuesday morning the 1st instant, the Fort Militia were assembled
on the Nobob's Bastion, and were drafted into two Companies. Their
appearance, it were almost superfluous to remark, was highly respectable
and military.
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The Right Hon'ble Lord Clive gave a public breakfast at the
Exchange on the 1st instant to the Fort Militia and gentlemen of the
Settlement.
THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1799.
Bombay Voluntary Association.
[From the Bombay Courier.]
Yesterday having been announced for the delivery of the Colours
to the Association, the Corps assembled on their parade, on the Apollo
Ground, a little after seven in the morning, Lieutenant Colonel Rivett
and Major Page being present.
About ten minutes before eight, the Hon'ble the Governor, as
Colonel, appeared, attended by Sir William Syer and General Carnac ;
when the Colonel reached the front of the line, he was received by the
Corps with presented arms, the band playing "God save the King."
The Colonel afterwards proceeded to the right of the line, from
whence he passed down the front, and returned along the rear, the band
playing a tune; and on his return to the front Mrs. Rivett appeared,
escorted by Sir William Syer and General Carnac.
Mrs. Rivett then, with ineffable gracefulness, of which she alone
seemed unconscious, presented the Colours to the Colonel, addressing
him in the following words: "Whilst I experience much pleasure in the
honour of presenting the Colours of this Corps, I am happy to express
the most implicit confidence that the same spirit of loyalty and zeal
which so honorably led to its formation, will constitute, on all occasions,
the distinguished characteristic of the Bombay Voluntary Association."
To which the Colonel made the following answer :—
"MADAM,-This armed Association is proud to receive from your
hands the Colours of the Corps; and, under the liveliest sense of the honor
of your presence and of the obligation thus conferred, they will derive
from the confidence you have been pleased to express, a new and powerful
incentive to cherish and to continue to devote their best exertions
towards the maintenance of those principles of patriotism, dependant on
the firmest attachment to the King and Constitution, that have hitherto
actuated their conduct."
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The Reverend Arnold Burrowes, as Chaplain, then came forward,
and addressed the Corps as follows:-
"FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN,I should not only overstep the
bounds of my own duty, but I should pay but an ill compliment to our
armed Association, were I to add a single word of encouragement to the
address which has just been delivered by this amiable lady; especially
as we confidently trust, through her, we have heard the unanimous
voice of the softer part of our community.
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There was a time when an excitement of a similar nature would
have inspired our ancestors with an enthusiastic heroism; and we are
the sons of those fathers.
"Let me therefore only trespass so far on your patience as to
speak a few words for myself. As, from my sacred office, I am at
present prohibited from making one among you, yet I beg you to be
assured that when the trumpet shall announce the approach of the
enemy, and the drum shall command us to gather ourselves together in
arms to defend our own internal rights, the liberties of Englishmen,
and our most holy Religion, I shall think it my incumbent duty to God
and my country to lay aside this sacred habit of priesthood, and claim
a right to share in your toil, and participate with you in every glorious
and honorable danger, that the whole world may confess that, however
distant from the parent country, the true motto of Britons is Dulce et
decorum est pro Patria mori.
"Let us now beseech God to bless these our endeavours.'
""
After which he, in a very devout prayer composed for the occasion,
implored the blessing of Divine Providence on the British Arms in all
parts of the world, and on those of the Association enrolled under that
banner in particular.
The Colonel then delivered the Colours to eldest Ensign John
Forbes, Esq., which, on being displayed to the Corps, were saluted with
presented arms, the band playing' "Rule Britannia.'
""
The Association then went through the manual and platoon
cxercise, by the word of command from Major Page. The Military
compliments to the Colonel of presented arms, and dropping the Colours,
closed the ceremony; after which the Corps marched in the Garrison
with drums beating and Colours flying to the Government House, where
the Colours were deposited at head quarters of the Corps, who then partook
of an elegant breakfast provided by their Colonel.
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The following Orders, issued soon after, bespeak the merit of this
Association with much more propriety than anything we can add :
Association Orders by the Hon'ble the Governor of Bombay,
25th January 1799.
"It is with infinite pleasure and satisfaction that the Governor congra-
tulates the Bombay Voluntary Association on their handsome appearance,
and their discipline, this morning, when they received their Colours from
the fair hand of Mrs. Rivett.
"Their steadiness under arms and attention to every part of their
exercise evince the pains they have taken to become perfect, and gives
Mr. Duncan the fullest confidence in the future exertions of a Corps
which has in so honorable a manner stepped forward, with volunteered
services, in defence of our King and Country.
"The next day for Exercise will be on Friday, the 1st of February,
on the Apollo Ground.
"On this occasion the Governor discharges a duty which he doubts
not will be gratifying to the Corps, in acknowledging the great merit and
utility of the assistance afforded and services rendered towards their forma-
tion and discipline, by Major Woodington, whose zeal for the success of
this patriotic Corps and conduct in bringing it forward to its present very
respectable appearance under arms, deserve the highest commendation."
An elegant entertainment, given in the evening at the Hotel by
General Carnac to a select party of friends, closed the proceedings of
that auspicious day.
•
THE 7TH MARCH 1799.
On Monday last accounts were received in town of the unfortunate
loss of the Hon'ble Company's Ship Earl Fitzwilliam by fire in Saugor
Roads on Saturday night, the 23rd ultimo. We are sorry to state that
Mr. Frazer, the Chief Officer, with four or five of the people, was unfor-
tunately drowned. The fire was first discovered in the gun-room, and
burnt with such fury that the utmost efforts of the Officers and crew to
save her were exerted without effect.
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THE 21ST MARCH 1799.
The delay in the arrival of the dawks from the Southward, which
has excited so much impatience (none having come in since last Friday),
is accounted for by a letter received late on Tuesday evening from Ganjam,
under date the 14th instant. This account says, the interruption has
been occasioned by parties of a Banditti, called Cones or Hill Peons, in
the service of the Kunnichy Rajah, who had scattered themselves along
the road the Dawk Tappals pass, for the purpose of intercepting them, and
that, in consequence, the mails to and from Calcutta had been stopped
since the 12th; but application had been made to the Commanding
Officer for some troops to scour the country, and it was expected that
in a few days the roads would be cleared and a free communication
restored.
THE 28TH MARCH 1799.
Extract of a letter "dated Camp, three miles north-west from Palcade,
2nd March 1799.
"I joined the Army when on the march on the 16th ultimo. There
was then a temporary scarcity of rice in the bazar, but since the 17th
no Army in constant motion could be better supplied with all articles of
provisions. The Tusseeldars of the Bara Mahal have behaved so well
in supplying us with everything we required, that General Harris pre-
sented each of them with a shawl as a token of his approbation. In
short, there is no resource in the Ceded Districts which is not flowing
into our Camp. We have come thus far without touching on any of
our public grain. The whole troops are supplied in the bazar with rice,
which sells at ten seers per the Company's Rupee. All our cattle are
laden with grain (rice and gram), and we shall not even encroach on
our public rice till we are several marches within the bounds of Tippoo.
“We shall make two marches to Rajacottah, which we reach on
the 4th.
"We are now only nine miles from Tippoo's boundary in one direc-
tion, but we shall not cross the line before the 5th, in all probability.
“We have seen no enemy yet, but care not now how soon we may.
"The Army is extremely well appointed, Officers and men in the
highest possible spirits.
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"We get forward very expeditiously, for we have not had to wait a
day for anything. Our cattle are in good order, and we have dry
forage in abundance.
"The Nizam's Cavalry are about 7,500 strong. Fifteen hundred
are to join Read's Detachment (in the Bara Mahal), which will consist
of 2,000 firelocks of our own Troops and 1,000 Nizam's Infantry; 500
more of the Nizam's Horse are to join Colonel Brown's Detachment
forming at Trichinopoly.
"Besides the supply for the bazars of public grain, about 4,000
bullock loads of rice and gram have been purchased as we came along.
"The ryots of our own country have so much confidence in us,
that they bring grain, &c., in abundance for sale into our camp.
"What is very singular and much to the credit of the Commissary
of Grain, not one bullock load of rice in his department has been lost to
this day."
THE 28TH MARCH 1799.
Camp near Neeldroog, eight miles west from Rayacotlah, 6th March 1799.
"To-day the Right Wing and the Cavalry entered Tippoo's territory.
General Floyd is encamped at Anchittydroog, which Hill Fort surrendered
yesterday to Major Cuppage without resistance. It is thirteen miles
from Oussane, and three and half from hence. The Left Wing is at
Rayacottah, and the Nizam's Army at Niarunhatty.
"We saw this morning a body of Tippoo's Horse (about 2,000),
which did us no damage. We have plenty of forage and dry grain,
and shall get on without difficulty."
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, THE 4TH APRIL 1799.
We hear from Surat that a caste of people called Dublas or Bhills,
to the number of about five and twenty, with bows and arrows, have
lately infested the country round the city, robbing the poor people on
the roads, and wantonly maiming them if resistance is made; on one of
which occasions they have unluckily killed Colonel Jones' cook, and
wounded one of the Chief's Massaul-men in the leg. The Buxy and
Seedee Jaffer had, however, on the day of the date of our advices, sent
out Sepoys to catch them, or drive them away.
A
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THE 4TH APRIL 1799.
On Tuesday afternoon the public curiosity was gratified by the
appearance of the long expected La Forte, Prize to His Majesty's Ship
Sybille; the salute from the Battery at Fort William announced her
approach, and drew every eye upon her. The numerous boats that
attended this splendid trophy, the ruined majesty she displayed as she
was seen pulling up the stream (her scanty canvas hardly aiding her
tide's way), and spreading her enormous bulk across the river, introduced
her to the numerous spectators who impatiently waited her arrival, with
an air of triumph which every British heart seemed to partake of. A
little after 2, she came to an anchor, abreast of the Bankshall, and
was soon crowded with visitors, as she has continued to be ever since.
THE 11TH APRIL 1799.
Extract of a letter dated from on board the "Active," 26th February 1799.
"At 4 o'clock P. M. Soossa Point bearing N. half W, standing out of
the Roads. At about 5 o'clock she began to near us, and supposing her
to be a small vessel belonging to Penang, we hauled up our courses to
speak to her. At half past 5, being close alongside, we observed she had
English colours flying, and eight lascars and one European on her deck;
at the moment, however, we were about to hail her, we observed her decks
covered with armed Europeans, and she hauled down her English and
hoisted French colours, and put her helm a weather, for the purpose of
boarding us.
"We now put our helm a weather, and wore before the wind; the
jib-boom of the enemy just cleared our taffail when they discharged
their two bow guns and their small arms, which, fortunately for us,
only damaged our sails.
"The Active had now most of her sails set, and our people were
employed loading and firing into the enemy with small arms; our great
guns, eight in number, were loaded, but unfortunately we could not
bring them to bear on her; she being astern of "s, and our stern chase
ports being too small for the guns.
Night now coming on, we judged it prudent to put to sea, fearful
of calms, and at about 7 o'clock we lost sight of the enemy.
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"At sun-rise the next morning, the extremes of Sumatra E. by S.
half S. to N. N. W., distance about eight or nine leagues, we observed the
Privateer in chase of a ship, which, from having previously spoken, we
knew to be the Montgomery, to whom we determined to render every
assistance.
"About 2 P. M. we bore down to speak the Montgomery, when
the Privateer gave over the chase. The Montgomery had sailed from
Bencoolen on the 18th of January, and had a Company's packet on
board.
"The Captain of the Montgomery informed us that the Admiral
Gardner Indiaman was to take her departure from Bencoolen on the
20th of January, with Mr. Broff and family, and Mr. Crisp, as
passengers.
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Captain Pearson, of the Bencoolen Establishment, was passenger
on board the Montgomery.
"The Privateer is a small two-masted vessel of about 80 tons
burthen, with pole-topmasts, a square fore and main-sail, boom, two
top-sails, jib and fore staysail, without top-gallant sails, or steering sail,
two guns, and 80 or 90 men.
"The above description agrees with what we had previously learned
from Mr. Forrest, of the Mercury Schooner, who had fallen in with her
a few days before, but having fortunately a Danish pass on board, and
carrying Danish colours, had been suffered to proceed, after they had
taken out one bale of blue cloth."
To the spirited and judicious conduct of the Commander of the
Active, the owners of that vessel and the Montgomery would appear to be
indebted for their safety.
THE 18TH APRIL 1799.
The following extraordinary incident happened on Sunday last :-
Mr. Oakes being on a visit to Mr. Andrews, at Hooghly-House,
having with him a favourite child, a boy four years of age, permitted
him to play for half an hour, after dinner, with the children of the
family, when on a sudden the child disappeared a little before 5 o'clock,
nor could he be found after the most diligent search, although the
premises are surrounded by a very high wall, and several servants at the
time about the compound in attendance.
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A pulwar boat was observed just before to make to the ghaut of
the house, and immediately disappeared; and it was afterwards observed
that a lock had been loosed from the staple though out of the reach of
the children,
What is more extraordinary in this account is that the mother,
who is a native of Persia, on her knees implored that the child might
not go out that day, declaring something fatal would happen.
We insert this as a caution to parents, as it shows the necessity of
the utmost attention being paid to the children of that age in this
country, and in the hope that any person who may by accident be
able to give any account of the lost child, will not fail to communicate it.
THE 25TH APRIL 1799.
During the four preceding days the weather has been uncommonly
boisterous and unsettled; the strong southerly winds co-operating with
the flood tides have, we fear, occasioned many accidents upon the
river, of which the accounts of a few only have yet reached us.
A boat attempting to cross the river on Sunday last, from the
dock of Messrs Hudson and Co., was overset, by which accident eight
lascars and a Sircar were unfortunately drowned.
On Monday, at the first of the flood, a large paunsway drifted
up the river opposite to Mr. White's, Shipwright at Sulkeah. On
examining the boat, Mr. White discovered under the sail the corpse of
a European, drowned, as supposed, by the oversetting of the boat.
The deceased was of tall stature, measuring upwards of six feet. The
body was clothed in a white waistcoat and jacket, white pantaloons, and
half boots.
He appeared to have been an elderly man, with grey hair. The
name of the deceased has not been ascertained. A Coroner's Inquest
held on the body returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." The
accident is supposed to have happened in the North-Wester of Sunday
evening. Mr. White had the body brought ashore and decently interred.
On Tuesday forenoon a large Patna boat, laden with sugar, was
overset opposite Chaundpaul Ghaut. Through the assistance of the
boats from the shipping, all the dandies were saved, three excepted, who
were lost.
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THE 25TH APRIL 1799.
Calculation of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disc, on the 7th of
May next, by Doctor Dinwiddie.
CALCUTTA, 7TH MAY 1799.
Transit of Mercury at the Descending Node, visible.
Ingress or beginning
Interior contact
Sun sets
Middle
Second interior contact
Egress or end
Duration
H. M. S.
2 58 437
3 2 5
6 31 40
...
6 42 46
:
:
P. M. Mean
Time.
:
10 23 27
...*
10 26 49
7 28 6
The elements made use of in the calculation of this transit were
taken from the new Tables in the edition of M. De la Lande's Astronomy,
published in 1792, and all the calculations have been made strictly by
Trigonometry. There is a difference of above an hour and a quarter
between the times here given and those deduced from the Nautical
Almanac of this year. Whether the error is to be charged to the British
or Bengal calculation, the transit itself must determine.
Mercury will enter the Sun's disc near his vertex. He will appear
very dark, perfectly circular, and well defined: by which he may easily
be distinguished from a solar spot, should there happen to be any in the
neighbourhood at the time. He will cross the disc to the southward
of the centre, from which his least distance will be 5.32.
The most material observation to be made is the interior contact,
or the instant of time when Mercury is entirely on the Sun's disc, and
the limb above him begins to appear again complete. This is the most
useful phase of a transit, and may be observed to a much greater degree
of accuracy than any other.
If the observer be provided with a Micrometer, he is requested to
measure two distances of Mercury from the Sun's nearest limb, one about
4, the other about 5 o'clock. The magnifying power of the Telescope
should not be less than 80 or 100, but the higher the better.
The observer should be fixed at his instrument 20 or 30 minutes.
before the calculated time of beginning.
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THE 2ND MAY 1799.
To the Right Hon'ble RICHARD, EARL OF MORNINGTON, K. P., Governor
General in Council, &c. &c.
MY LORD,-Happening to meet Lord Clive a few days ago ‘at
Mr. Webb's Rope Walk at Pummel, we were entertained with the
manufacture of a cable of 17 inches by order of the Admiral, from a
species of Aloes that grows wild in this country.
As Mr. Webb said that the cable was expressly to be made without
tar, and merely as an experiment, His Lordship was desirous to know
how soon a report of its success or failure might be expected, being,
I suppose, as much surprised at the gallantry of the man in committing
a new manufacture to so trying a decision, as at the exertion of the
individual who could be at the pains and expense of collecting the material,
and expressed his wishes that such documents as related to this subject
might be submitted to public inspection.
As the preparation in water is similar to that of hemp and flax,it affords
the greatest prospect of its durability from giving so strong a fibre after this
process, and as Sir Hans Sloane, in his History of Jamaica, Vol. 1st,
page 247, has given many quotations to show the value of cordage
obtained from a plant of the same kind, I should hope, My Lord, that
Government might be induced, in the first instance, to order Mr. Webb
being supplied with all that can be collected on the Coast, and further
plantations to be made, as a great deal of valuable time will thereby
be saved, the plant being of slow growth, and Mr. Webb finds difficulty
in procuring materials sufficient to employ the number of people he
has so laudably entertained.
The following extracts from Sir Hans Sloane, alluded to, will,
I trust, confirm the propriety of what I have recommended :-
"About Mexico and other places in Nova Hispania, there groweth
a certain plant called Mageis, which yieldeth wine, vinegar, honey, and
black sugar, and of the leaves of it dried, they make hemp, rope,
shoes, which they use, and tiles for houses, and at the end of every leaf
there groweth a sharp point like an awl, wherewith they use to bore
or pierce through any thing."-[Chilton, apud Hakl. 462.]
"And use it as we use hemp in England."-[Hortop. ap. Hakf. p.
3, p. 492.]
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((
Oveido, in his Chronica de las Indias Liber 7, Chap. 10, tells us
that they make of this, and Henneguen, or silk grass, good ropes :
the leaves are laid in rivers and covered with stones, as flax in Spain;
for some days they dry them in the sun, afterwards clear them of filth,
with which they make many things, especially hammocks.
The Indians with these threads have broken prisons and chains of
iron several times; nay, on the Continent, cut anchors in pieces, rubbing
it on the same place with this thread, and putting now and then some
small sand, taking a firm place of the thread as it breaks.
Harnandez says this plant is sufficient for fields and gardens, the
leaves are good thatch, the stalks beams, the fibrous or nervous part
supplies the uses of flax, hemp, or cotton to make thread or cloth; the
prickles are good for pins, needless, nails, bodkins, and piercers to make
holes in the ears. The Indians likewise used them to do penance on
If this
their bodies; neither were they unfit for instruments of war.
plant be left, or the trunk cut off, there issues out forty or fifty arrobas
(each of which is 32 pounds) of liquor from each plant, out of which
is made wine, vinegar, honey, and sugar; the liquor is sweet of itself and
drinkable, growing by boiling first to syrup, then to sugar."
There are several other quotations to the same purposes in both
Volumes of Sir Hans Sloane's History, his researches having been exten-
sive; and a drawing Magneis has, of a fence to his Mexican Nopaltry,
shows it to be a large aloe, with the above imperfect description of
which, allowance being made for the difference in civilisation betwixt
Americ and India, the leaf Mr. Webb is using perfectly corresponds,
although here it has only hitherto been committed to the flames.
I shall be happy if any thing I have said promotes the attention of
Government to what promises so far to become a valuable Marine
store.
I have the honor to be, with the most sincere respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient and humble Servant,
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 15th April 1799.
}
(Sd.)
JAS. ANDERSON.
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THE 9TH MAY 1799.
Observation of the transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disc, on Tuesday
last, by Doctor Dinwiddie, assisted by two friends, at his house in
Cossitollah Street.
The Telescopes made use of had various powers, from 80 to
about 250. One, a three-foot Reflector, was furnished with Dolland's
last improved object glass Micrometer.
The time was given by a Regulator, which had been previously
adjusted to the Meridian of Calcutta, and might be depended on to
a single second. The interior contact, which was seen almost at the
same instant by the three observers, took place-
At
Time by calculation
::
Difference
H.
3
M. S.
1 50
3
2
5
0 0 15
Now, by allowing for a possible error of half a minute in observing,
it appears that the observed agreed with the calculation within less
than one minute. The error in the Nautical Almanac amounts to one
hour and twenty minutes.
The following distances of Mercury's eastern limb from the Sun's
nearest limb was measured by the Micrometer :—
At
At
At
At
At
H. M. S.
3 54 5
Mercury's dist
4 8 30
""
4 26 49
35
""
:
::
5 28 47
5 54 56
Mercury's diameter
دو
""
35
: :
3' 11°
4
3
5 1
8 15
9
10
0 12/1/20
·
THE 16TH MAY 1799.
On Sunday evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock, we had a violent
thunderstorm, which was attended with some melancholy accidents.
The house of Mr. Cummings, of the Calcutta Academy, was struck by
the lightning, by which two of the boys belonging to the school were
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unfortunately killed, and a third dangerously hurt. A Native was killed
in the Colootullah, and two horses standing in a stable, in the same
neighbourhood.
The house of Mr. Siepandro, in Chitpore Road, was struck by one of
the flashes of lightning, which brought down a part of the masonry
of the balustrades, but fortunately did no other mischief. [—Mirror.]
THE 16TH MAY 1799.
The following particulars are contained in a letter from Madras, and
have been obligingly communicated to us for publication by the
gentleman to whom it is addressed :---
"Accounts had been received from General Floyd down to the
30th. He still remained at Condehully, at the head of the Cauveroporam
Pass; he had been joined by Colonel Read's Detachment, and was
waiting for Colonel Brown. On the 28th, some people he had sent to
the top of a high Hill in the neighbourhood of his Camp, heard
distinctly a heavy firing in the direction of Seringapatam, which not
having recommenced from that day to the 30th, when the despatch was
sent off, induced a hope that a surrender might have taken place; nor is
this conjecture weakened by the consideration that the intelligence had
not reached Madras, though certainly no delay could have been made in
notifying an event of such impotance; as Cummer-ud-Deen-Khan, who
lay with a considerable Force between General Floyd and the grand
Army might, in that position, intercept the Hircarrahs, if sent by the
shortest route, which would occasion, of course, their being ordered
to take a more circuitous one.
"General Floyd thought it not improbable that he might be
attacked by Cummer-ud-Deen-Khan on his return to join the main
body; but the former attempts of the enemy had not been such as to
couple much apprehension with such an expectation."
THE 30TH MAY 1799.
On Thursday last, between 4 and 5 o'clock, Serampore, Barrack-
pore, and the places immediately adjacent, were assailed by a violent
North-Wester, which occasioned some damage, several bungalows being
unroofed, a brig lying off Serampore went down at her anchors, and
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several boats were overset, by which latter accidents, six or eight
lives were unfortunately lost. This sudden squall was accompanied with
hail and rain. It was felt in Calcutta, the wind blowing violently for
a few minutes, but without occasioning any damage, which seems to
have been entirely confined to the places above mentioned.
THE 6TH JUNE 1799.
On Thursday last, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, one of the
Press-houses, at the Honourable Company's Powder Manufactory, near
Pultah, blew up. In the space of a few seconds the fire communicated
to three corning houses, one breaking house, and two sifting and separa-
ting houses. The roof of one of the pilon mills was a good deal shattered
by the concussion, but no other part of the works injured. About eight
or ten Natives employed in the works were unfortunately killed by this
accident. The quantity of powder exploded is computed at 244 barrels.
and 56 lbs. or 24,456 lbs.
Several houses in the village of Ishapore were in a blaze a few
minutes after the accident.
Nothing has yet been discovered that can lead to the cause of this
explosion. It was heard, and a tremor of the ground felt, in Calcutta,
occasioning during that and the following day various Meteorological
conjectures.
THE 13TH JUNE 1799.
POET'S CORNER.
MR. EDITOR,-Having observed with surprise that the loss of so
inestimable a character as the person who is the subject of the follow-
ing lines has not called forth the powers of any Muse, I have been
induced to trace upon paper those feelings which his departed virtues have
excited. They cannot do justice to his merits, but I feel an honest
pleasure in the endeavour to express a sentiment so generally felt and
acknowledged.
Scene-La Forte Frigate.
The decks were washed, the ropes in order plac'd,
The sun just sinking in the Western main,
When two brave sailors meeting in the waist,
The one address'd the other in this strain.
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First Sailor.
Say, messmate, whence the cannon's solemn roar,
The colors mournfully half staff display'd,
What sad procession moves along the shore,
In sable, melancholy pomp, array'd?
What gallant warrior seeks the peaceful tomb?
Whence spring the tears that moisten every eye?
All Nature wears an universal gloom,
And much my heart forebodes, I know not why.
Second Sailor.
Have you not heard the sad event we mourn,
Which every Briton will like us deplore?
On yonder bier our gallant Captain's borne,
And Cooke, our friend and father, is no more.
First Sailor.
Ah messmate! we have lost indeed a friend,
And well his early fate may claim a tear
Those laurels which his victory attend,
;
Can now alas! but decorate his bier ;
No more avails that he was good and brave,
That love and honor waited on his name;
"The paths of Glory lead but to the Grave,"
And all now left of him, is but his fame.
No more avails it that the hostile Gaul,
Reluctant bow'd to his superior skill;
In th' hour of conquest is decreed his fall,
All, all must bend to the Almighty will.
Second Sailor.
Yet not in vain the gallant Hero bleeds,
Each honest heart shall tell how he has fought;
His grateful country shall record his deeds,
And mourn a victory thus dearly bought :
And long to us his memory shall be dear,
His bright example animate each breast,
His virtues claim our admiration here,
And find in heaven everlasting rest.
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Sad and dejected thus they joined the train,
While tears and sobs approved their just distress :
To tell their griefs the Muse attempts in vain,
Those deeply felt, no pen can e'er express.
THE 13TH JUNE 1799.
The following letter was written by an Officer in the Army, dated
Seringapatam, May 6th, to his correspondent at Madras :—
"We arrived here on the 4th ultimo, since which time the siege
has continued with uninterrupted success on our part, although not with-
out the loss of blood.
"The few first days after we came we were employed in collecting the
necessary materials, and after that there were daily skirmishes for the
pos-
session of outposts, &c. &c., so that our breaching batteries did not open till
near the latter end of the month. The breach being at length practicable,
the day before yesterday, being exactly one month from the day of our
arrival, it was determined to storm, and at three o'clock in the morning,
the flank companies of every corps in the field, besides two or three
European regiments complete, moved down the trenches, where we sat in
anxious expectation of the signal to begin till near 1 o'clock, during
which time our batteries kept up an incessant firing. About that time
the Storming Party under the command of General Baird began to move
on, covered by the constant fire from our batteries, and suffering a very
galling one of grape from the Fort.
"You may easily conceive the anxiety we all felt for a quarter of an
hour, till we saw our colours hoisted on the Ramparts. It was then that
the grand huzza was given from all sides, and that the breast of every
soldier was fired with enthusiasm.
"The enemy soon abandoned the rampart after our brave country
men reached them, and in about half an hour the fire from the Fort had
ceased entirely, and the British Flag was triumphantly displayed in
various parts of it.
"Soon after the storm, 300 Grenadiers rushed into the palace, and
were about to plunder it, when they were called off. Those inside
immediately shut the gates, and the 33rd Regiment and a Native Corps
drew up in front.
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"We then learnt that the Sultan with his wives, treasure, sons, &c.,
were all in the palace.
"Soon after Major Allan came up with a Flag of Truce from General
Baird, and after explaining to the people who were in the balcony, that
no violence should be offered, desired them to call the Sultan. They
replied, that he was wounded, that they did not know whether he was in
the palace or not, but they would go and look for him. After much
delay, it was suspected that this was only a pretence to give him time
to make his escape, upon which the General ordered a six-pounder to be
brought in front of the gate, and told them that if the Prince did not
immediately make his appearance, he would burst it open. They then
said that he was not in the palace, but that his sons would come out
immediately. We waited some time longer, but as they did not come,
Major Allan, carrying the Flag of Truce, and accompanied by two other
Officers, went in; they returned in about half an hour with the two
young Princes, who, although they did not seem depressed by their
situation, yet they appeared at the same time to feel it. Being asked
what servants should attend them to Camp, they replied that they had
no right to order, and when the General told them that they had only
to name the people that should accompany them, they said that in the
morning they could have called for many, but now they feared there
were very few remaining.
"General Baird gave them in charge to Major Agnew, who con-
veyed them in palanqueens to Head Quarters. As it was now near sun-
set, every one was anxious to secure the Sultan's person if possible.
After much enquiry they found a person in the palace, who seemed to
be a man of consequence, though I could not learn his name; he said
that Tippoo had been killed while endeavouring to make his escape; he
was immediately seized, and told that his life would answer for it, if he
- did not immediately show the place. He accordingly led the way, and
we followed to a kind of gateway, leading to a bridge across the ditch
there, in a place about four feet broad and twelve long. I do not exag-
gerate when I say that there were upwards of 70 dead bodies
lying, and in the midst of them appeared the Sultan's palanqueen.
Immediate search was made for his body, but so numerous were the slain
that it was upwards of an hour before he was discovered. He had
received a shot in his arm at the time of the storm, for he was himself
on the Ramparts; after this, in endeavouring to make his escape, he was
met by a party of Europeans, who had wounded him in the side with a
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bayonet, and he had also received a shot through the temple which, I
suppose, had put an end to his existence.
"The body was recognized by some of his palanqueen boys, who
were but slightly wounded, and it was still warm when we discovered it.
"He appeared to be rather above the middle size, stout, and well
made; his head was shaved close, he seemed to be between forty and fifty,
and rather corpulent. His dress was very plain.
"My feelings on seeing him were a mixture of pleasure and regret,
for although I could not help being inwardly pleased at seeing our
great enemy humbled to the dust, yet I could not indulge in that
savage satisfaction which some of the bye-standers seemed to express.
"A termination to the war so complete in its success, I believe,
could hardly have been expected by the most sanguine,
Seringapatam taken,
The Sultan killed,
His Sons and Families Prisoners, and his Treasure at our
disposal.
"I fear I have already trespassed too long on your patience; but my
having been an eye-witness to the whole has made me more prolix than
perhaps was necessary.
"The Sultan was yesterday interred in the Laul Baug on the left
of his father (his mother being on the right), with the compliments
due to his rank.”
THE 20TH JUNE 1799.
On Friday last, Mary Anthony was convicted of the murder of
William Wray, a Private in His Majesty's 76th Regiment, and on the
same day, Ram Dial, a Hindu bricklayer, for the wilful murder of his
wife. Both the prisoners were executed on Monday evening, at
past 5 o'clock, pursuant to sentence, at the head of the Loll Bazar.
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THE 20TH JUNE 1799.
[From the Madras Courier, 5th May 1799.]
The following Proclamation was issued by the Right Hon'ble the Governor
General on the 2nd instant :—
"This day, Lieutenant Harris, of His Majesty's 74th Regiment,
arrived from the Allied Army in the Field, having in charge the Stan-
dard of the late Tippoo Sultan, taken on the 4th of May, in the Fort of
Seringapatam, and also the colours of the French Republic, taken on the
same day from the French Corps in the service of that Prince.
"The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council appoints
Tuesday next, the 4th of June, being the anniversary of His Majesty's
birthday, for the public reception of Lieutenant Harris in Fort St.
George, after which ceremony, His Lordship will proceed to the Church,
to offer up, in the most solemn manner, a public Thanksgiving for the
interposition of the good Providence of Almighty God in the late signal
and important success of our Armies in Mysore, by which the treacher-
ous designs of our enemies have been frustrated, and the British posses-
sions have been delivered from the peril of foreign invasion, and restored
to a state of security and ease.
"His Lordship in Council hereby directs all the Civil and Military
Officers of this Presidency to attend him in Fort St. George, on the
4th day of June, at 5 o'clock in the morning, for the religious and
solemn observance of the said public Thanksgiving."
In obedience to the above proclamation, the Civil and Military
Officers of this Presidency assembled in the Fort Square, at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. The Troops of the Garrison, consisting of His
Majesty's 10th regiment, and a part of the 51st Foot, together with the
Madras Militia, accompanied by their respective bands of music, were
formed on the grand parade, and surrounding the Governor General,
Lord Clive, the Hon'ble Mr. North, and the principal Officers of Govern-
ment, assembled on the occasion.
About past 5 o'clock, the Standard of the late Tippoo Sul-
tan, and the Colors of the French Republic in charge of Lieutenant
Harris and guarded by the Grenadiers of the 10th Foot, approached the
Square, and proceeded to the spot where the Governor General waited to
receive them. The moment of their arrival was the most awful we ever
witnessed ;-the Governor General, advancing a few steps, with a dignity
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not easily to be described, laid his hand on the Standard of the once
haughty and perfidious Mysorean, and by a firm and instant pressure
bent it towards the earth. His Lordship then, turning towards
Lieutenant Harris, embraced him, and made a brief eulogium on the
British Troops, whose invincible gallantry in the present instance, as in
all others, had been crowned with immortal glory.
The party in charge of the Standard of Mysore and the tri-coloured
Ensigns of the French Republic, now moved on to the Church, accom-
panied by the Governor General and every person present, except the
Troops on duty; when the Standard and Colours having been lodged in
the Chancel, prayers were read by the Reverend Archdeacon Leslie, who
concluded with a solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God composed for
the occasion.
Immediately on the conclusion of the service, a royal salute was
fired from the Saluting Battery, and three volleys of musquetry by the
Troops surrounding the grand parade.
A public breakfast was afterwards given by the Right Hon'ble
Lord Clive, at the Admiralty House, and which was very numerously
attended.
Yesterday being the Anniversary of the birthday of our Most
Gracious Sovereign, it was observed with every possible demonstration of
loyalty and affectionate attachment. At noon a royal salute of twenty-
one guns was fired from Fort St. George, from His Highness the
Nabob's Battery, and by His Majesty's and the Hon'ble Company's
ships anchored in the Roads.
At the moment of the salutes taking place, the Standard of the
late Tippoo Sultan was hoisted and displayed under the British Colors
on Fort St. George.
The Standard of Mysore is neither remarkable for its splendour of
device nor elegance of texture, being simply a flag of coarse red cotton
cloth ornamented with a white radiated sun in the centre.
THE 27TH JUNE 1799.
2
We are happy to contradict the account given in some of the late
papers, respecting the number of lives lost by the late explosion at the
Powder Works; instead of 53 persons, as formerly stated, seven men only
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were killed on the spot, and five more died of burns and bruises between
the 30th ultimo and 5th instant, and all the rest, amounting to 6, are out
of danger.
THE 4TH JULY 1799.
Extract of a letter from Camp, dated 7th June 1799.
On the morning of the Anniversary of the King's birthday, there
was a Meeting of the Field Officers who personally served under Major
General Baird at the storming of Seringapatam, when it was unanimously
resolved by them to present the General with a Sword, as a mark of the
high sense they entertained of the admirable conduct so eminently
displayed by him on the very arduous and dangerous service he was em-
ployed upon on the 4th of the preceding month, and Colonel Sherbrooke,
of the 33rd Regiment, who was the Senior Officer present, was desired
by the others to write the following letter to General Baird on the
occasion
SIR, I am requested by the Field Officers who had the honor of
personally serving under you at the storming of Seringapatam on the
4th ultimo, to inform you that they have ordered Messrs. Jeffrys and
Jones to make a dress Sword, value 200 guineas, bearing the following
inscription: "Seringapatam taken by storm, 4th May 1799," on the
one side; and on the other" Presented by the Field Officers who
personally served under Major General Baird on that occasion; " which
they beg you will do them the honor of accepting, as a mark of their
esteem, and of their admiration of your personal exertions on that day.
Jeffrys and Jones have been directed to send the Sword out by the
earliest conveyance, and we hope you will receive it before the Anniversary
of the capture.
CAMP,
The 4th June 1799.
}
I have the honor to be, with respect,
TO MAJOR GENERAL BAIrd.
SIR,
Your obedient Servant,
J. C. SHERBROOKE, Colonel.
To which General Baird was pleased to return the following
answer:
SIR, I have been favored with your obliging letter, informing
me of the honourable testimony of their approbation, intended to be
presented to me, by the Field Officers who served on the successful and
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glorious assault of Seringapatam; and I beg you to assure them, that
this distinguished mark of the favourable opinion and esteem of those
excellent Officers, whose gallant exertion secured the memorable victory
of that day, will ever be regarded by me as a recompense of the highest
value.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
With the utmost regard,
TO COLONEL SHERBROOKE.
D. BAIRD.
THE 11TH JULY 1799.
In addition to the flattering testimonial received by Major General
Baird on the anniversary of His Majesty's birthday, from the Field
Officers who served under him at the assault of Seringapatam, we are
happy to find a further distinguished token of high opinion and esteem
shown to that gallant Officer by the Army at large, in whose name he
was on the same day presented, through the Commander-in-Chief, with
a Sword, found in the bed-chamber of the Sultan, and worn by him on
particular occasions only. The ceremony took place at the Commander-
in-Chief's tent, in the presence of the Officers commanding Wings,
Brigades, and Corps, who were previously assembled on the occasion;
when His Excellency was pleased to fulfil the wishes of the Army in
the most handsome manner, accompanying the delivery of the Sword
with expressions of high admiration at the valour and good conduct
displayed by Major General Baird on that memorable day, when he led
and carried the assault of Seringapatam, and where, in the conflict,
its proud defender, the Sovereign of Mysore, fell.
THE 11TH JULY 1799.
A public Meeting of the inhabitants of Madras was to be held on
the 26th ultimo, for the purpose of addressing the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General, on the event of the late glorious and unexampled
success.
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THE 18TH JULY 1799.
At Madras, on Tuesday morning the 27th ultimo, the Right
Hon'ble the Governor reviewed the Militia on the North Glacis, when
in going through several manoeuvres and evolutions, and particularly
while marching round, and in deploying from Column into Line, they
acquitted themselves with great credit, and obtained the warmest appro-
bation of His Lordship.
.
The Ladies and Gentlemen on the Ground were afterwards invited
to a breakfast at the Exchange, which concluded with several country
dances.
THE 1ST AUGUST 1799.
Extract of a letter from Seringapatam.
"A very copious and curious library has been found; the books are
kept in chests, each having its particular wrapper, and they are generally
in good preservation. I was there when a small part of them were looked
into by our Persian scholars, and saw some very richly adorned and
illuminated, in style of the old Roman Catholick Missals found in
Monasteries. There must be thousands of volumes, and this library
promises, on the whole, the greatest acquisitions ever gained to Europe
of Oriental History and Literature. I hope it will be presented by the
Army for public use.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THE 31ST AUGUST 1799.
Calcutta, 21st August 1799.
In consequence of the advertisement published by the Sheriff in
the Gazette of the 15th instant, a numerous meeting of the inhabitants
took place this day at the Theatre. Mr. Ewer, the Sheriff, informed the
meeting that he had been applied to by a number of respectable gen-
tlemen, many of whom he then saw, to convene the British inhabi-
tants, for the purpose of “taking into consideration the propriety of
expressing, in an address to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General,
on his expected return to this Presidency, their congratulations on the
glorious termination of the war with the late Tippoo Sultan," and he
requested of the gentlemen present to elect a Chairman.
The Sheriff was unanimously elected Chairman.
Mr. Bristow and Mr. C. F. Martyn spoke at considerable length
on the subject of the meeting.
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The following Resolutions being moved by Mr. Bristow, and seconded
by Mr. Bebb, were carried unanimously :-
RESOLVED.-That an address be presented to the Right Hon'ble
the Governor General on his return to this Presidency, expressing our
warmest congratulations to His Lordship on the glorious termination of
the war with the late Tippoo Sultan, and the grateful sense we enter-
tain of His Lordship's eminent public services since his accession to this
Government.
RESOLVED.-That a Committee be now appointed for the purpose of
preparing the draft of an address to the foregoing effect.
RESOLVED. That the Committee do consist of the following gentle-
men, viz
Mr. Bristow.
Graham.
""
Bebb.
""
Laird.
دو
""
Myers.
Colonel Dyer.
Captain Robinson.
Mr. Cotton.
Edmondstone.
""
Colvin.
""
Major Macrae.
Colonel Cameron.
Green.
وو
Mr. Barlow.
دو
دو
Harington.
Brooke.
Buller.
وو
Dowdeswell.
Farquharson.
""
Ewer.
ود
Mr. Cockerell.
Ross.
""
Bathurst.
"
Ledlie.
دو
Ball.
""
رو
Gardiner.
The Rev. Limerick.
Mr. Hatch.
Colonel Darby.
Colonel Gordon.
Mr. Martyn.
The Committee having retired, returned with an address, which
was read by Mr. Bristow, and agreed to unanimously.
Resolved, that the address now read be fairly engrossed, and left at
the Theatre, for the signature of the British inhabitants of Calcutta,
and that the Committee, and such other gentlemen as may please
to attend, do present the same to the Right Hon'ble the Earl of
Mornington, on such early day after his arrival, as he may think proper
to appoint.
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RESOLVED.―That as a further mark of high sense entertained by the
inhabitants of this Settlement of the public services of the Right
Hon'ble the Governor General, that the Committee appointed to present
the address be instructed to request of His Lordship to sit for his
picture.
RESOLVED.-That Mr. Home be the artist employed on that occasion.
Mr. Bristow having then taken the Chair—
RESOLVED.—That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Sheriff
for convening the inhabitants at this time, and for his conduct in the
Chair.
RESOLVED. That the thanks of the Meeting be also given to the
gentlemen of the Committee.
RESOLVED.That these proceedings be published.
The address having been engrossed pursuant to the resolution of the
meeting, now remains at the Theatre for the signature of the British
inhabitants of the Settlement.
THE 29TH AUGUST 1799.
Agreeably to an Act of Parliament, passed 24th of Geo. II, Anno
1751, the year of our Lord 1800 will not be reckoned a Bissextile, or
Leap year, but will be computed a common year, consisting of 365 days,
and no more; and in consequence thereof, the month of February next
to come will consist of 28 days only, making thereby a difference of
12 days betwixt the old and new styles; which difference of the two
styles will continue the same throughout the whole of the 19th century,
in order that the vernal or spring Equinox may be fixed on or near the
21st of March yearly, as it happened at the time of the General Council
of Nice, Anno 325.
THE 26TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
[From the Bombay Courier, 31st August 1799.]
A letter from Amboyna received within these few days, gives the
following account of an enormous snake, which made its appearance at a
place called Golontala, on the Island Celebes. A Malay prow, making for
that port, and finding she could not enter it before dark, came to anchor
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close in shore for the night. One of the crew went on shore in quest
of beetlenut in the woods, and on his return, lay down, as is supposed,
to sleep on the beach, a common custom with people of that description.
In the course of the night his comrades in the boat heard his cries,
and went immediately to his assistance, but too late to save his life, an
immense snake having crushed him to death.
These people, knowing that this kind of snake never diverts its
attention from the prey which it has once seized until it is devoured,
went boldly up to the monster and cut its head off, carrying it and the
body of the deceased on board their boat.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for this account, saw
both the next morning; and found, on examining the latter, that the
snake had seized the unhappy man by the right wrist, where the marks
of the animal's fangs were very distinct; and the mangled corpse bore
evident signs of having been crushed by the snake twisting itself
round the head, neck, breast, and thigh. Our correspondent extended the
jaws of the snake, stiff as they were, wide enough to admit a body, the
size of a man's head, and the whole length of the animal was described
to be from about 28 to 30 feet, and equal in circumference to a moderate
sized man. By the account of survivors, this kind of snake swallows
men and bullocks, after having crushed them, as in this instance, which
our friend, judging from the capacity of the jaws in the state in which
he saw them, found no difficulty in believing, and this furnishes a proof
that similar facts, stated by certain Naturalists, to which many have
refused their belief, are entitled to more deference than they generally
meet with.
THE 3RD OCTOBER 1799.
On Monday last, at 2 o'clock P. M., a beautiful ship, of 800 tons
burden, named the Mornington, was launched from the yard of Messrs.
Foreman and Co.
[From the Madras Gazette, 14th September 1799.]
On Monday evening, the Right Hon'ble the Governor gave a
splendid Fete at his Garden House to the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Settlement, on the return of General Harris from the conquest of
Mysore; which, in design, conduct, and effect, was the happiest enter-
tainment ever witnessed at this Presidency.
હ
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A grand and spacious pavilion, decorated with much elegance and
taste, was opened on this auspicious occasion, for the reception of com-
pany: among other ornaments, we particularly noticed a transparent
painting, representing the assault of Seringapatam on the memorable
4th of May. The pavilion was so peculiarly well arranged for every
purpose of accommodation, that a very numerous and full assembly were
disposed with as much ease and convenience as a private party.
General Harris and his family entered the pavilion at 9 o'clock,
when the bands of music hailed him with the well-known and appro-
priate air of "See the conquering Hero comes."
Country dances commenced immediately after, and continued, with
short intervals, till 12 o'clock, when the company were agreeably
surprised by a grand display of fireworks from the water, on the east side
of the Garden,-a spectacle of much brilliancy, and which reflected great
credit on the science and taste of the gentlemen who conducted it.
At 1 o'clock the supper tables were opened under the flies of several
tents joined together, and formed into three sides of a quadrangle; and
were spread with all the delicacies which good taste and unbounded
munificence could supply.
The place allotted for dancing being separated by a silken cord from
the general apartment, afforded an opportunity to the ladies on the
neighbouring benches to observe the fairy-footed dancers "run the ring
and trace the mazy round." And the promenades, on each side, more
immediately assigned to the gentlemen, were admirably calculated for
social converse and easy communication.
After a generous and cheerful supper, the dance was resumed, and
kept alive until near 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
His Excellency Meer Allum, Ambassador from the Soubahdar of
the Deccan, and his son Meer Dowran, were present, with as much
British beauty and worth as the Settlement contains, or perhaps could
contain.
Meer Allum retired at the conclusion of the fireworks, having,
together with his son and the Sirdars of his suite, received suitable presents
of jewels, horses, honorary dresses, &c., on the occasion of his taking
leave, previous to his return to the Court of Hydrabad. Meer Dowran
remained until the close of the entertainment.
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The following short anecdote is not less creditable to the smartness
and ability of Meer Dowran, than it is complimentary to the witching
charms of our fair country women, which it so truly and so emphatically
acknowledges.
It is said that Meer Dowran, on being jocosely questioned by a
gentleman, at the suggestion of a fair acquaintance, whether he did not
feel overcome with awe on his entering so splendid a circle, replied, that
he certainly did feel overcome, but with sensations very different from
those of fear.
THE 10TH OCTOBER 1799.
A Meeting of the British inhabitants at Bombay having been called
on the 3rd of August, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
terms of an address to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General, on
the subject of the late glorious events in Mysore; the following was
adopted, and transmitted to His Lordship accordingly :—
To the RIGHT HON'BLE THE EARL OF MORNINGTON, K. P., Governor General
of India, &c., &c., &c.
MY LORD,We the undersigned British subjects, Civil and Military,
now residing in Bombay, beg leave to offer to your Lordship our sincere
congratulations on the termination of the war with Tippoo Sultan; a
war founded on necessity and justice, prosecuted with extraordinary vigor,
and crowned with unexampled success. In the accomplishment of this
great object, whether we consider your Lordship's penetration in fathom-
ing the perfidious designs of the Sultan, in alliance with the French
Nation, in violation of a solemn Treaty, and without a pretence of provo-
cation to attack the British possessions in India; the subsequent solicitude
evinced by your Lordship to conciliate the Sultan's friendship, and by
recalling him to a sense of his obligations, to avert the calamities of war;
the policy, when every overture of conciliation had been disregarded, of
obviating the menaced aggression by an immediate appeal to Arms; or the
vigorous adoption of all the various measures essential to a successful pro-
secution of the war;-everything equally excites our admiration and
applause. And while the transcendent achievements of a gallant Army
in execution of your Lordship's measures, and in the final conquest of
the Sultan's Kingdom, have added new and never fading laurels to their
brow, it is matter of exultation to every British subject, to observe your
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Lordship, in the moment of triumph, and in the plenitude of power and
conquest, exhibiting to the descendants of a deposed Prince, to our Allies,
and to the world, a fresh instance of British honor, British faith,
generosity, and justice.
In the result of this conquest, as unprecedented in the rapidity of
its completion, as it is unequalled in its importance, we behold the entire
extinction of a cruel and relentless foe, a valuable acquisition of territory
and power, the strength of our alliances in India increased, a destructive
confederacy dissolved and defeated; which, whilst it affords us the fairest
prospect of a permanent internal tranquillity and security, relieves us
also from the apprehension of external violence and invasion, by giving
us well grounded confidence, that it must effectually frustrate the
machinations and intrigue of the Directory of France, the inveterate and
implacable foe of England, and the common enemy of established order,
liberty, and Government in every part of the world.
In addition to these important benefits, arising from the glorious
termination of the Mysore war, we entertain the pleasing hope, that
the brilliant achievements in India, so opportunely aiding the splendid
success of His Majesty's Arms in other quarters of the Globe, will,
from the extent of their influence, have a forcible operation in restoring
to us the blessings of a general, permanent, and honourable peace.
Impressed with a deep sense of the honour and advantage derived to
the British Empire under your Lordship's Government; feeling, in com-
mon with His Majesty's subjects in every other part of India, the
immediate effects of your Lordship's recent measures, which peculiarly
call for our warmest acknowledgments of respect and gratitude; and
fully confiding in your Lordship's wisdom, integrity, and justice,
that the powers of Government will ever be directed to the true interests
of the people ;—we cannot omit this occasion of assuring your Lordship
that we shall not, without regret, behold the arrival of the moment that
shall put a period to your Lordship's administration of the Government
of India.
We have the honor to be, with great respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servants,
[NOTE.-Here follow the names of about 130 persons.]
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To which His Lordship was pleased to return the following
answer :-
:-
To the Gentlemen who assembled at the Public Meeting of the British
Subjects, Civil and Military, residing in Bombay, on the 3rd of
August 1799.
GENTLEMEN,It is peculiarly satisfactory to me to receive the
honourable testimonies of personal esteem, and to observe the cordial
expressions of zeal for the Public Service contained in your able and
animated address.
The vigorous prosecution and prosperous issue of the late war with
Tippoo Sultan, are to be ascribed, under Providence, to that unanimous
spirit of prompt obedience and cheerful co-operation which I found in
every part of the British possessions, and in every branch of the Public
Service in India. This happy disposition proceeded not more from a
sense of duty and a regard for the principles of subordination, than from
a general conviction of the justice of our cause, and of the indispensable
necessity of frustrating, by a seasonable effort, the systematic treachery
of our faithless, implacable, and infatuated enemy.
The distinguished part which the Settlement of Bombay has borne
during the late crisis in the labors and honors of the common cause, has
repeatedly claimed my warm approbation, and will ever be remembered
by me with gratitude and respect. In your liberal and voluntary contri-
bution towards the exigencies of your Native country, and towards the
defence of the Presidency under whose Government you reside, and in
the alacrity with which you have given your personal services for the
Military protection of Bombay, I have contemplated with pleasure the same
character of public spirit, resolution, and activity, which has marked the
splendid success of the gallant Army of Bombay from the commence-
ment to the close of the late glorious campaign.
The extensive power which the result of the war has placed in the
hands of the allies has enabled them to conclude the pacification on such
principles of moderation and equity as afford a reasonable prospect of
permanent security and repose.
Your unsolicited assurances of confidence and esteem confirm my desire
and hope of deriving from the recent Settlement of Mysore the
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inestimable advantages which it promises to the interest and honor of
Great Britain, and to the peace, happiness, and prosperity of the Native
inhabitants of India.
FORT WILLIAM,
I have the honor to be,
GENTLEMEN,
Your faithful Servant,
The 17th September 1799.
(Sd.)
MORNINGTON.
On Saturday the 28th of September, the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General held a Levee for the reception of the foreign Vakeels
and principal Native inhabitants of Calcutta, on which occasion three
addresses in the Persian and Bengal languages, signed by various classes
of the Native inhabitants, were presented to His Lordship by the persons.
nominated for that purpose.
The following are translations of the addresses :—
Translation of an Address from certain of the Native Inhabitants of
Calcutta, to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General.
After an invocation to the Deity.
We humbly beg leave to represent to your Lordship, that at this
happy and propitious time, when the Almighty has thrown open the gates
of joy and gladness to the world, and universally planted the auspicious
standard of happiness and delight in the hearts of mankind, we have
been gratified by the pleasing accounts of the fall of Seringapatam, the
destruction of Tippoo Sultan, and the annihilation of his power, the
possession of his forts and territories, and the capture of his sons and
principal officers by the British Troops, favored by the aid and assistance
of Almighty Providence, and the propitious fortune of the Hon'ble
Company, and through the wisdom of your Lordship's measures, and the
unexampled energy, perseverance, and fortitude, which characterized the
prosecution of them.
The first intimation of this God-given victory afforded a source of
sincere and inexpressible gratification to the friends and well-wishers of the
British Nation; such has been the excess of our joy, that our tongues
have never ceased to utter the expressions of our congratulations on this
signal success.
Your Lordship's speedy return to this country crowned with victory
and success, constantly formed the sum of our wishes and the object of
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our prayers to the Almighty, that we might have the happiness of
approaching your Lordship and offering our tribute of gratitude and
thanks.
We now beg leave therefore to offer our sincere congratulations to
your Lordship on the successful issue of the war, with our earnest hope
that Providence may prosper this happy event to your Lordship and
the friends and adherents, far and near, of the Company and the King of
Great Britain, and by the aid of similar and increasing successes, ever
preserve your Lordship in power, dignity, and splendour, presiding over
this country, dispensing justice, benefits, and favors to its inhabitants.
Signed by about 50 Native Gentlemen,
of whom nearly one-half were
Mohammedans.
THE 10TH OCTOBER 1799.
To the RIGHT HON'BLE RICHARD, EARL OF MORNINGTON, K. P., Governor
General, &c., &c., &c.
The humble Address of the Inhabi-
tants of the Town of Calcutta.
Since your Lordship, through your all discerning wisdom, .contem-
plated the final overthrow of the unjust and malevolent Tippoo Sultan,
our prayers for the speedy accomplishment of your Lordship's wishes have
been uniformly offered up to the Divine Power.
Victory, the mark of Divine favor, being ever attendant on your
Lordship's glorious career, the Sultan's dominions were easily penetrated,
his impregnable forts stormed, and the mighty foe himself annihilated,
and his numerous Army overcome. These brilliant feats have filled our
minds with admiration and astonishment.
Your Lordship's granting life and protection to the vanquished
Sultan's sons, and restoring the descendant of Ram Raja to his long
usurped Kingdom, are acts which have caused your fame to be spread
over the whole universe. These tidings were grateful to us, and
convinced us, that your Lordship is sent by Providence to be the asylum
of those destitute of support and the exalter of the humbled.
Your Lordship's exalted mind adorned with every virtue, being
constantly occupied in protecting our lives and property, and annihilating
those inimical to them, further evinces your Lordship being sent among
us as a blessing for our preservation and happiness.
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most
Having obtained the fulfilment of our most ardent wishes by your
Lordship's auspicious return to this Presidency, we have only to invoke
the Divine Power to continue propitious towards us, and grant that we
may long have the happiness of living under your Lordship's Government
securely protected by your profound wisdom and consummate abilities.
Conscious of our inability to set forth the praise due to your Lord-
ship's superior talents, and to enumerate the benefits resulting to mankind
from your late glorious achievements, we can only attempt, with the
utmost humility, to offer to your Lordship the sincere and cordial con-
gratulations of a community whose minds are deeply impressed with
sentiments of respectful attachment and gratitude towards your Lord-
ship, to whom they will ever look up as their asylum and protector.
Signed by about 200 Native Gentle-
men, almost all Hindus and Ben-
galis.
Translation of an Address from certain of the Native Inhabitants of
Calcutta, to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General.
How happy is this time, and prosperous this season, which diffuses
prosperity and glory to the country, and joy and gladness to the hearts
of high and low, by the auspicious return of your Lordship! May your
shadow and influence be perpetually attended by victory and triumph,
dignity and power, from the war with Tippoo Sultan, which has caused
congratulations and exultations to resound from every quarter, and
diffused the bloom of freshness over the earth and the age, and honored
and exalted its inhabitants!
The destruction of Tippoo Sultan, the annihilation of his power by
the valor of the British Troops, and the possession of his strong fortresses
and extensive dominions, together with the re-establishment of the
ancient and lineal family on the throne,-a measure characterized by
justice and right, and evincing the benevolence and feeling of your
Lordship's mind, has impressed us with perfect confidence and
satisfaction, and secured to us the blessings of present and permanent
tranquillity.
Your Lordship's successful prosecution of this war is productive of
ease and security to the inhabitants of Hindostan, whose minds con-
stantly labored under the apprehension of danger from the violence and
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bigotry of the late Sultan: and the Almighty God has granted the
object of our prayers, by your Lordship's speedy and triumphant return,
to give honor and distinction to the seat of Government.
Language cannot adequately express the grateful sense we enter-
tain of these essential benefits and signal successes; yet, at the same time,
our prayers are offered up to the Almighty Giver of all victory, that the
auspicious shadow of your Lordship and the British Government may,
through His Divine blessing, long be extended over the inhabitants of
this country.
Signed by more than 50 Native
Gentlemen.
To the foregoing addresses, His Lordship was pleased to return the
following answer :—
To the Native Inhabitants of Calcutta.
The addresses of the several classes of the Native inhabitants of
Calcutta are particularly acceptable to me, as affording an honorable
testimony of their attachment to the interest of the British Government
and of their individual regard for me.
The hostile designs of the late Tippoo Sultan have been manifested
to all India. As soon as I discovered his treacherous negotiations.
with the enemies of the British Government, it became my duty, accord-
ing to the acknowledged principles of self-defence, to assemble the
British Troops, and to warn the allies of the common danger.
The unprovoked aggression of the Sultan would have justified an
immediate appeal to arms. But my anxiety to avert the calamity of
war induced me to employ every effort of conciliation for the amicable
adjustment of all differences on just and honorable terms. Tippoo Sul-
tan obstinately rejected these friendly advances, and evaded every attempt
towards a pacific negotiation until the advanced period of the season
favored his hopes of deceiving the allies by artificial delays, and of
frustrating the formidable military preparations which his treachery had
provoked. War now became indispensably necessary for the common
security of the Hon'ble Company and of the allies.
It has pleased the Divine Providence to favor the justice of our cause,
and to crown our arms with the most signal success.
The evil designs
of an implacable enemy have become the instrument of his own punish-
ment, and the source of security to the Powers whose destruction had
been for many years the favorite object of his inordinate ambition and、
of his desperate spirit of revenge.
1799.]
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-EDITORIAL.
The interest and inclination of the British Government is to main-
tain peace and friendship with all the States of India, but the rapid fall
of Tippoo Sultan affords a striking example of the fate of those who
violate the obligations of public faith, and abandon solemn Treaties in
the vain hope of subverting the established power of the Hon'ble
Company by falsehood and fraud.
The destruction of our false and perfidious enemy has opened a fair
prospect of permanent tranquillity; and I am peculiarly happy to have
been enabled to combine the security and interests of the allies with the
principles of moderation and humanity, by providing a munificent estab-
lishment for the families and principal Officers of Hyder Ally and Tippoo
Sultan, and by placing a lineal descendant of the family of Mysore in
a state of affluence and dignity.
I am equally gratified to find that the inhabitants of this city
justly appreciate the benefits resulting to them from the late brilliant
successes of the allied Arms in Mysore, and from the happy settlement of
that country.
I return you my thanks for the sense which you have expressed of
my endeavours to promote the internal prosperity of the Company's
possession and the welfare and happiness of the Company's subjects.
It will ever be the object of my most anxious solicitude to protect your
interests, to secure your tranquillity, and to maintain the honor of the
British name in India, by the same system of Government which has
induced you to offer to me this satisfactory pledge of your confidence
and esteem.
(Sd.)
MORNINGTON.
THE 31ST OCTOBER 1799.
[From the Bombay Courier, 5th October 1799.]
We have sincere pleasure in hearing by letters from Malabar, that
the spirit of cultivation prevails in a high degree in the Southern Divi-
sion of the Province, and that the rains, although not in such a quan-
tity as had fallen in some seasons, were abundant for the crops, of which
the harvest was plentiful; and it was expected the after rains, as they
are termed, would be in sufficient quantities for a second crop of grain,
and fill the pepper plentifully. The peace had not, for a length of time,
been in any degree interrupted, even in those parts which had been
most subject to the depredations of the banditti which frequently
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alarmed certain situations in the interior, most of their leaders having
paid the forfeit of their lives to the offended laws; and among the rest.
we hear that the persons who headed the gang which wounded Captain
Moncrieff and robbed his house last year were executed near Calicut on
the 2nd ultimo.
THE 28TH NOVEMBER 1799.
We feel great satisfaction in having it in our power to state from
authority which may be relied on, that the amount of Silver Bullion
only, imported by sea within the last four months, is near one crore of
Sicca Rupees, or about one million two hundred thousand pounds ster-
ling; rather more than one-half of which sum has been imported by
individuals, and the remainder consists of consignments from the
Hon'ble the Court of Directors to Government.
We are happy to observe that this large importation of bullion
appears already to have produced one very important effect, as the com-
munity is now completely relieved from the evil of batta on the ex-
change of gold for silver money, which was so long a subject of com-
plaint at this Presidency; and we have no doubt that, when a little more
progress shall have been made in the coinage and circulation of this
supply of specie, we shall be able to congratulate our readers on its
further beneficial effects in the improved state of public credit, and of
pecuniary negotiations in general.
We are also of opinion, upon a consideration of the probability
of the exports from this country being so considerable as greatly to
exceed the amount which will be required, both to provide for the
remittance of fortunes acquired in India, and to supply the Indian
demand for foreign merchandize, that a large proportion of the proceeds
of our exports will henceforth always be returned to this country in
bullion, and that as our exports may be expected to increase annually,
the amount to be so returned will likewise increase in proportion.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 30TH NOVEMBER 1799.
[Bombay Courier Extraordinary, 10th November 1799.]
The arrival yesterday of the Hon'ble Company's Cruizer the
Panther, Captain Stephenson, from Bussorah, enables us to lay be-
fore our readers a few particulars of intelligence selected from the
London papers up to the 30th July. It may be remembered that the
papers received from London by the former packet closed at the 11th
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June; those which have reached the Presidency by the Panther com-
mence on the 11th July, so that we remain uninformed of many impor-
tant occurrences which must, no doubt, have happened in that long
interval. The Panther left Bussorah on the 11th ultimo. We have not
had an opportunity of inspecting the foreign papers received by this
opportunity, which we understand came down to the middle of August.
THE 12TH DECEMBER 1799.
[From the Bombay Courier, 16th November 1799.]
The Trinkets intended as Nuzzurs to the Directory and their wives
and the Khelauts were delivered up by Tippoo's Ambassadors on Thurs-
day the 14th instant, and they landed on the same day. They are
accommodated, pro tempore, we understand, with a house in Nisbet's
lane, with a honorary guard attending them.
THE 19TH DECEMBER 1799.
The following is the average price at which the Hon'ble Com-
pany's Opium sold on Monday last, viz., Behar 785 Sicca Rupees, and
Benares 781 Sicca Rupees per chest.
On Tuesday being the Anniversary of the Birth-day of Her Most
Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal, was celebrated by each of
the ships of that nation in the Harbour firing a Royal Salute at sun-
rise in the morning, another at noon, and a third at sun-set; the ships
were also very handsomely decorated with colours.
On Thursday evening last accounts reached town of the arrival
of the Portuguse ship Cleopatra, Captain Joze Serveriano Moreira,
from Lisbon; but last from Brazil, whence she sailed in company with
the two ships lately arrived here.
The Cleopatra fell in with a French Privateer Brig at anchor, off
Point Palmiras, in forty fathom water on the 6th instant. The vessels
approached each other, and at eight in the morning commenced a close
action, which continued until half past ten, when the Privateer found
it expedient to sheer off, it is supposed with considerable damage, as,
when she bore away, all her pumps were perceived to be going from
the Cleopatra's deck, and she otherwise appeared in a very distressed
situation.
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THE 13TH JANUARY 1800.
Heads of Europe News per " Viper," which left Bussora the 5th and
arrived at Bombay the 25th of December 1799.
On the 13th September arrived the Ship Sarah Christiana, with
dispatches from the Right Hon'ble Lord Mornington, dated Fort St.
George, the 16th May, announcing the capture of Seringapatam. The
dispatches were delivered by Captain Tweedale, late of the Fitzwilliam,
Major Oram, to whom they were entrusted, having died on his
passage.
The intelligence had occasioned the greatest rejoicings, the India and
Mansion Houses being brilliantly illuminated, with devices suitable to
the glorious occasion, and the Park and Tower guns having been fired.
The Carysfort arrived on the 15th September.
Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Mitchell commanded the
expedition to Holland, which has been hitherto successful. The Dutch
Fleet which surrendered in the Texel, consists of one ship of 74 guns,
five of 68, one of 66, three of 54, eight of 44, two of 32, four of 24,
and one of 16. The Russians and English on their march to Amsterdam.
Lord Keith in command of the Mediterranean Fleet of thirty-one
sail of the line, arrived off Ushant on the 13th August. His Lordship
writes that he had so nearly overtaken the combined Fleets, that the
Imperieuse, commanded by Sir E. Pellew, which led the van of the British
Fleet, was in sight of the rear of the enemy when they entered Brest; so
narrow has been their escape, that six hours more at sea must have
brought on a general action.
Admiral Earl St. Vincent had arrived in England indisposed, but
had not resigned his command.
The combined Fleet in Brest consists of twenty-five sail of the
French, and fifteen of the Spanish line, where they appear to be
blocked up by the united Fleets of the Channel and the Mediterranean.
On Monday, August the 5th, died Earl Howe; and on Thursday
the 1st of August, the Duke of Hamilton.
Bonaparte has absconded from Egypt; Kleber commands in his
stead and has written to the Grand Vizier to disavow the attack upon
Egypt, as having been meant to disturb the Turkish possession thereof,
1800.]
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which they now offer to restore, as the expedition (which was intended
they say to distress the English) has no longer any object. Hence it is
suspected that the Turks may be about treating with the French; some
say Bonaparte is still secretly lurking in Egypt, although Kleber writes
he is gone to make peace.
All Italy freed from the French; Rome and Capua taken by
Captain Troubridge of the Culloden, who was acting as Commander-in-
Chief by land.
Sweden has joined the coalition against France.
The Spanish Ambassador has left Turkey.
The English papers are up to the 16th and the Francfort ones to
the 23rd of September.
A packet taken up by the Court of Directors, and named the Earl
of Mornington, was to sail for India the first week in October.
THE 6TH FEBRUARY 1800.
[From the Bombay Courier, 11th January.]
We understand that the Bombay Turf Club, having taken into con-
sideration the very high prices demanded for horses imported from the
Persian Gulph, have come to the laudable and public spirited resolution
of encouraging, by all the means in their power, the breeding of horses in
Bombay and its dependencies; and as a preliminary essay towards the
attainment of their object, propose to give one hundred gold mohurs to
be added to a sweepstakes to be run for by two, three, and four years old
colts and fillies in December 1805.
The colts and fillies entitled to run must be foaled in Bombay or its
dependencies by mares which shall have been in possession of gentlemen
at least twelve months.
THE 13TH FEBRUARY 1800.
On Thursday last, the 6th of February, being the day appointed by
the Proclamation of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Coun-
cil, to be observed as a day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God,
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for the late signal and important successes obtained by the Naval and
Military Forces of His Majesty and of His Allies, and for the ultimate
and happy establishment of the tranquillity and security of the British
Possession of India, the Right Hon'ble the Governor General, accom-
panied by the Chief Justice, the Commander-in-Chief, the Members of
Council, and the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, and by the
Public Officers, Civil and Military, proceeded to the New Church, to
return thanks to God for these great mercies and blessings.
His Lordship proceeded on foot from the Government House to the
Church at about half an hour past six o'clock in the morning through
Council House Street, which was lined by the Body Guard, the Native
Troops in Garrison at Fort William, and the Calcutta Native Militia,
and the avenues into the streets through which His Lordship passed were
guarded by parties detached from the above-mentioned Corps.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor General was preceded by all the
Public Officers, Civil and Military, and at the entrance of the Church
was met by the Chaplains attached to the Presidency.
The Prayers, which were selected for the occasion, were read by the
Reverend David Brown, the Senior Chaplain, and the sermon was
preached by the Reverend Claudius Buchannan. The Te Deum and
appropriate Anthems were sung.
Divine service being ended, the Right Hon'ble the Governor Gene-
ral, the Chief Justice, the Commander-in-Chief, the Members of the
ouncil, and the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, returned in
their carriages.
Three royal salutes were fired from the ramparts of Fort William,
the first, on the Governor Goneral's setting out from the Government
House; the second, during the celebration of the Te Deum; and the
third, on His Lordship's return. The guns from the ramparts of Fort
Willam were answered by several ships in the Port.
A great concourse of the Native inhabitants of Calcutta were
assembled in the streets during the progress of the Right Hon'ble the
Governor General from the Government House, and on his return.
At three o'clock in the evening, Divine Service was performed in
Fort William for the European Troops in Garrison.
The European and Native Troops in Garrison fired three vollies
from the ramparts of Fort William at sun-set.
1800.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
At the same hour, the Calcutta European Militia, Cavalry and
Infantry, paraded on their usual ground of exercise, and the last men-
tioned Corps fired three vollies.
On this solemn occasion, all the persons (amounting to upwards of
sixty in number) confined for debt in the prison of the Court of Re-
quests, were liberated in the name of the Hon'ble Company, the res-
pective sums for which they were imprisoned having been discharged by
order of the Governor General in Council. Orders were also issued by
His Lordship in Council for the discharge of the debts of several persons
confined in the Calcutta Gaol.
[From the Bombay Courier, 11th January.]
On Wednesday evening last, Jonathan Henry Lovett, Esq., and
Captain Edward Moor, accompanied by Colonel and Captain Lord
George Beresford, returned from their late mission to Poonah. On their
way from hence towards that capital, they halted at Panwell all the
night of the 24th ultimo and the following day. On the 26th they
proceeded through a beautiful country of hill and dale to Choek, where
they beheld six miserable victims to the law hanging on a tree. They
had belonged to a gang of twenty, one of the numerous bands which
have, it seems, for some time past infested the low country, whose sus-
picious appearance attracted the notice of the inhabitants of a village
through which they had occasion to pass, and the answers they gave to
certain interrogatories being evasive and contradictory, they were carried
before the Amildar, to whom they confessed that their object was to
way-lay some treasure, which was expected from Panwell to Poonah,
and on this confession their heads were cut off, and the bodies tied up
by the heels.
On the 27th the Commissioners proceeded to Compolly, a village
at the foot of the ghauts, where they encamped by the side of a stone
tank of curious structure, and a work of great labour, as well as ex-
pense; it, with a pagoda in the neighbourhood, is said to have cost Nana
Furnavese upwards of a lakh of rupees.
On the 28th they ascended a ghaut, in the prosecution of their
journey, of about four miles acclivity, and so steep that they were obliged
to walk; they halted for the night within about half a mile of the summit,
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and next day proceeded to Karlee, from whence they were induced to
deviate a few miles to visit the caves in that neighbourhood, of which
the description we have been favoured with on the present occasion states
generally that the principal chamber is in good preservation, arched and
supported by two rows of octagonal pillars, bearing, on a very rich capital,
two elephants each surmounted by two well-cut male and female figures,
which are said to outvie those of the Elephanta, in style, grandeur, and
execution, beyond all comparison.
On the 30th, they advanced to Tilligaum, where they halted for the
night, and next day pursued their journey to Poonah. They set out at
four in the morning, and at seven met Colonel Palmer at a village called
Ooodh, about four coss from Poonah, which place they reached about nine
in the same morning. After some days preparation for the ceremonial,
the particulars of which we are not informed of, the letter from His
Majesty (the Peshwa) was delivered.
On the 10th January the travellers went to visit an extraordinary
personage at Chichura to whom divine homage is paid on the ground of
a tradition that the god Gunputtee was incarnate in the person of one
of his ancestors of the sixth generation back from the present living
object of the idolatry of a credulous people, who is now said to be about
the age of fifty.
of fifty. He has one son who is to be the last of the godhead.
He is the oracle of all that part of the country and is so far a blessing to
the village in which he resides, that it enjoys peace and plenty from the
veneration in which he is held, while every other part has been at times
desolated by the ravages of contending armies.
He deals out peace or war among nations at pleasure, and we sin-
cerely wish that his prophetic spirit may acquire additional celebrity by
the fulfilment of his prediction that the present war in Europe will be
terminated in six months. He prepares a feast for the Brahmins on a
certain day of the year, and the manner in which it is ordered is deemed
a prognostic favourable or otherwise to the production of the harvest.
It seems if he has prepared rice for a few Brahmins not exceeding one
thousand in number, and three or four thousand additional guests should
intrude, the quantity will nevertheless be sufficient and a surplus left;
this is deemed an infallible sign of a plentiful year.
If, on the other hand, only 500 should come, and a provision has been
made for 4,000, it will not be sufficient, and this is reckoned a certain
sign of future as well as present scarcity. If the god eats his own
1800.]
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:
dinner on this occasion, at his ease and contentedly, a continuation of
peace is the consequence, but if he intends to punish mankind with the
horrors of war, he brandishes a spear to the terror and imminent danger
of his guests, who remove at such times out of his reach. He enjoys a
revenue of about forty thousand rupees annually of which about five or
six thousand rupees are made up by occasional offerings at his shrine ;
a large income descended to him from his ancestors, which was granted
to one of them in commemoration of a miracle which he performed at a
former period (which our reading does not serve us well enough to quote).
when the Nizam's army marched to Poonah.
We are told that on this occasion a large detachment went to
Chichura, in the hope of plunder to a great amount which it was thought
the accumulated mass of wealth there would afford. They attempted an
entrance however by stratagem and affected to carry offerings to the god
in the usual style of his adorers, but to their astonishment the contents
of the trays, which consisted of butcher's meat (the grossest insult they
could offer) when they set out, on being uncovered in the presence of the
deity were found converted into a beautiful assortment of the finest
flowers, on which they were so petrified that they desisted from their
sacrilegious purpose. In addition to the Jaghire allowed to the family
on the above occasion, the present Paishwa, it is said, has allowed that
Pagoda a revenue of 12,000 rupees annually.
THE 20TH FEBRUARY 1800.
[From the Bombay Courier, 25th June.]
On Tuesday last, Thomas Tring, a seaman belonging to His Majes-
ty's ship the Centurion, suffered death on board that ship pursuant to
the sentence of a Court Martial held on the Thursday preceding on
Board His Majesty's Ship Suffolk. The circumstances of this unhappy
man's case were briefly as follows: He was one of a few of his shipmates
who were put in possession of a prize to the Centurion for the purpose
of carrying her to the Cape of Good Hope, but was retaken by the pri-
soners and carried into Mauritius, the particulars of which proceeding
were detailed in a former Courier on the arrival here of the Officers who
had charge of the prize. When the Officer with the other seamen of
the Centurion returned to this country by permission of the French
Government, Tring and another declined availing themselves of that
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opportunity of rejoining their ship, who it appears entered on board the
French Frigate La Prudente, which was afterwards captured by His
Majesty's Ship Dadalus, Captain Ball. Tring's companion was killed in
the action, and he entered as a native of America on board the Dœdalus,
a step which led to his detection by that ship soon afterwards joining the
Centurion in the Red Sea, where he was accidentally recognized by one
of the Lieutenants of the latter ship. These facts being proved to the
satisfaction of the Court, bore down everything that was or could be
offered in his defence, in which he had every assistance that could be of
any service to him, but entirely unsubstantiated by any evidence.
The signal for the execution was made at eight o'clock in the
morning, and soon after a boat manned and armed from each ship
attended, as usual on these occasions, and about a quarter after ten the
fatal gun was fired which denoted the termination of the prisoner's
miserable existence.
The following was the average rate of the Hon'ble Company's Salt sold
on Monday and Tuesday last.

Hidgelee
Ditto, Marratta
Ditto,
Kurkutch
Tumlook
24-Pergunnahs
Roymungul
Bulwa
Chittagong
Coast Salt
QUANTITY SOld.
AVERAGE PER 100
MAUNDS.
Maunds.
Rs. A. P.
...
...
1,56,473
284 7 0
1,002
262 14 5
...
439
207 14 0
...
:
...
:
...
1,25,565
290 6 11
...
...
...
74,090
310 11 3
:
...
2,229
309 10 4
...
1,05,589
257 8 10
:
:
21,645
259 6 2
...
1,06,268
235 8 10
100
...
...
...
5,347
229 9 6
40
:
238 0 0
139
:
...
318 0 0
...
...
:
1,174
283 6 3
Total Maunds
:
6,00,000
274 0 3
Rock Salt
Seized Coast Salt
Ditto Pungah Salt
Narraingunge, seized
...
1800.]
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THE 3RD APRIL 1800.
A Recipe for the Bos or Spleen.
One ounce of succotrine aloes (mussubber) and twenty cloves of
garlick bruized and mixed with a bottle of spirits, which is to be placed
in the sun, shaken daily for two or three days till fit for use. The dose
about half a smail Madeira glass morning and evening. The quantity
is to be regulated by the strength and age of the patient, and ought not
to operate above three or four times daily. Should this reduce the
patient or create costiveness (which it may with some habits), it is to be
left off for two or three days and the necessary measures taken to remove
the latter.
[NOTE. This appears as an Editorial.]
THE 24TH APRIL 1800.
[From the London Papers.]
Police.
Mansion House.-Yesterday a great many Lascars made complaint
to the Lord Mayor against the Captain of the East India Ship Armenia,
saying they were beaten severely by the Captain and his Officers, and
could not get their wages. His Lordship sent for the Captain, who
heard the complaints of the poor wretched-looking creatures. One of
them could speak English pretty well, and said the Captain had engaged
him at Calcutta, in Bengal, to be his cook, and to pay him 20 rupees per
month, and he having no agreement with the Captain to return, wanted
to be discharged, as he would not go with the ship again. A Portuguese
sailor (not one of the crew) interpreted for the others, who complained
much of the bad usage of the Captain and Officers, and that they could
not get money to buy clothes. The Lord Mayor told the Captain the
disturbance which was likely to have happened by so great a number of
these men in the city lately, made it absolutely necessary that something
should be done for them, and wanted a sight of the articles. The
Captain denied his beating them, and said that he had articled with them
to return with the ship to Bengal; the articles he had not with him;
but if they would return to the ship they should receive all the money
due to them, and no body should use them ill. This being told them,
they were still fearful of being ill used. His Lordship said, he could
do no more for them, unless they would go to their ship, and no body
should ill treat them while they were in the river, which they agreed
to do.
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Madras.
A royal salute was fired from the walls of the Garrison of Fort
St. George on Sunday the 4th current at noon, the same being the
Anniversary of the capture of Seringapatam.
A whole length picture of the Earl of Mornington, which has been
painted by an eminent Artist, at the request of the principal inhabitants
of that Presidency, was opened, on the same morning, for public inspec-
tion at the Exchange; a circumstance naturally connecting itself with
the recollection of the day.
His Lordship is represented in his Windsor Uniform with the
insignia of the Order of St. Patrick, seated at a table, having a scroll
spread on its surface, pendant somewhat over the side, on which is
inscribed the heads of the Partition Treaty. In the back ground is seen
the steeple and Flag Staff of Fort St. George, with the English Union,
flying over the Standard of the late Tippoo Sultan.
His Lordship is supposed to be seated in the east veranda of the
Government House, which has afforded the Artist an opportunity of
availing himself, with a fair license, of the happy incident which we
have last noticed.
This superb picture, which in point of design and execution adds
no inconsiderable credit to the pencil of Mr. Hickey, is placed in a
magnificent frame, at the southern extremity of the Exchange, opposite
to the picture of Marquis Cornwallis.
On Monday evening, the 5th current, the Right Hon'ble the
Governor gave a splendid ball and supper to the ladies and gentlemen
of that Settlement, in commemoration of the great and happy occasion
to which we have above referred.- [Madras Gazette.]
THE 3RD JUNE 1800.
[Taken from the London Gazette of 14th December 1799.]
Whitehall, 13th December.
The King has been pleased to grant to the Most Noble Richard
Marquis Wellesley, of Norragah, in the Kingdom of Ireland, and
Baron Wellesley in this Kingdom, Knight of the Most Illustrious
Order of St Patrick, in consideration of his great and eminent
public services in the arduous situation of Governor General of the British
Possessions in the East Indies, from the time of his taking upon him the
1
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said Government to the glorious termination of the War with the late Sul-
tan of Mysore, His Royal license and authority to bear, as an honor-
able augmentation to his coat of arms, an Inescutheon Purpure charged
with an Estoile radiated wavy between eight spots of the Royal Tiger, in
pairs saltierwise proper, representing the standard of the said Sultan,
taken at Seringapatam, and presented to the said Richard Marquis
Wellesley at Madras on His Majesty's Birth-day, the 4th of June 1799;
and also that a representation of the said standard, and of the tri-
coloured flags taken and presented at the same time, be added to the
supporters and crest of the said Richard Marquis Wellesley; the same
being first duly exemplified according to the laws of Arms, and recorded
in the Herald's Office: and also to order, that His Majesty's said con-
cession and special mark of his Royal favor be registered in the College
of Arms.
THE 5TH JUNE 1800.
A short account of the statue which has been thus honorably raised*
to the Public Virtues of the Most Noble Marquis Cornwallis, cannot
fail to be interesting to our subscribers.
The statue is Pedestrian and executed by Banks after a design pre-
viously submitted to, and approved by, the Council of the Royal
Academy.
The Marquis is represented in his Peer's Robes thrown with great
ease over a Military Uniform; his right hand is extended, as in the act
of offering his services and protection. On the side are His Lordship's
Arms, Coronet, and Trophies.
On the Pedestal is an apposite Inscription, a figure of Britannia,
and Victory, and a bas-relief, representing the reception, as Hostages,
of the sons of Tippoo Sultan.
The statue faces the West-the bas-relief is at the back of the
statue-the figure of Victory on one side and Britannia on the other;
showing that the whole was accomplished under the auspices of British
Victory.
The work, as might naturally have been expected from the known
skill of the artist, evinces great study and science.
*NOTE.-At Madras.
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The Inscription on the Pedestal, at the foot of the Noble Marquis,
is in the following words :-
This Statue
is erected by a General Vote
at the joint expense
of the Principal Inhabitants.
of Madras,
and of the Civil and Military
Servants,
of the East India Company,
belonging to the Presidency
of Fort St. George,
as a General Testimony
of the High sense They entertain
of the conduct and actions
of the Most Noble
the Marquis Cornwallis,
during the time
he held the High Offices
of Governor General
and Commander-in-Chief
of all the Forces
in India.
THE 19TH JUNE 1800.
[From the latest English papers.]
On Thursday the 23rd January, the King held a Levee at St. James'
Palace, which was attended by the Foreign Ambassadors, several Noble-
men, and a number of Military Officers.
Lieutenant Harris was introduced by Colonel Calvert, Adjutant
General to the Army, and had the honor to present to His Majesty the
Colours taken from Tippoo Sultan at Seringapatam.
THE 17TH JULY 1800.
On Saturday last arrived the Ship Union, Captain Cooke, from
Rangoon, which she left the 22nd ultimo.
1800.]
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:
By this vessel we learn that a French Privateer, a Grab-snow, had
been cruising off that port for a considerable time, and had made several
captures among these are the Brig London, from Madras, a Ketch, be-
longing to Chittagong, from Trincomallie, and the Hydrossy, Grab ship
from Madras; she had also stopped and plundered several small Burmah
vessels, putting the property on board the London and the Ketch, which
they intended sending to Mauritius, but meeting with bad weather they
were obliged to put into Rangoon, where the Burmah property was
detained by the Government.
The Ship Hope, Captain Ross,bound from Madras to Rangoon, after
being chased a whole day, and escaping from the Malartic, fell in with
the above Grab on the 9th of May, on the Pegue Coast, and was chased
by her for three days and nights, during which they were several times
within gun shot; a fresh breeze, however, springing up, the Hope got
clear of her and arrived at Rangoon on the 17th.
THE 24TH JULY 1800.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR,-As you do not, I am sure, wish your Printing box, like the box
of Pandora, to diffuse evil, I beseech you to publish as soon as possible the
enclosed antidote against the mischief likely to result from the English
Extract in your last Gazette, which states that the Poet Laureat has
produced an Ode to the new Century, fixing its commencement with the
present year, on the authority of Dryden and Prior, as well as on that
of the Schedule to the Act of Parliament for altering the style, prefixed
with the Calendar to our Book of Common Prayer.
Poets, who cannot be expected to curb their flying Pegasus through-
out a whole year, may be allowed a Poetical License; but the accompany-
ing decision from so eminent an astronomer as Lalande, after a particular
consideration of the point in dispute, will, I trust, be deemed better
authority. I have not translated it, as I conceive most of your readers
will prefer the original.
The Act of Parliament for regulating the style, viz. the Statute 24,
Geo. II, Chapter 23, so far from fixing the 19th Century to commence
with the year 1800, expressly declares the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred to be one of the Hundredth, or centurial years of the
!
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Christian era; nor will the Schedule printed in our Common Prayer Books,
if carefully examined, be found to establish a different result. By the
last correction of the Calendar, it is appointed that "the several years of
"our Lord 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any other hundredth years
"of our Lord, which shall happen in time to come, except only every
"fourth hundredth year of our Lord, whereof the year of our Lord 2000
"shall be first, shall not be esteemed or taken to be Bissextile or Leap
years;" of course the year 1800, in common with every other centurial
year in which the Bissextile is omitted, requires a new adjustment of the
Tables for finding Easter day and the other moveable Feasts, as explained
in the Tables prefixed to the Book of Common Prayer; and a century
reckoned from any of such hundredth years, viz. ; commencing with it,
must end with Ninety-nine. Thus the adjustment for the next century
"is from the year 1800 till the year 1899 inclusive," as justly quoted by
Mr. Pye from the Table for finding Easter day : but had he examined
Table II, he would have seen that the year 1800, 1900, and every other
year denoted in part by 00, are the hundredth or centurial years of our
Lord. "The letter B prefixed to certain Hundredth years in Table II,
"denotes those years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or Leap
years in the new Calendar: whereas all the other Hundredth years are
"to be accounted only common years.
AMICUS.
THE 2ND OCTOBER 1800.
At Lucknow, on the 13th instant, died Major General Claud Martine,
the greatest part of the immense wealth of which the General died
possessed, amounting it is said to nearly forty lakhs of rupees, has been
left for the support and foundation of the Public Establishments, Cha-
ritable and Literary. Four lakhs of rupees, we understand, are appro-
priated to found an Establishment in Calcutta, two for a similar purpose
at Lyons, the native place of the General, and a donation which does
infinite credit to his humanity, a lakh and a half of rupees, the interest
of which is to be applied in equal portion to the relief of the poor of all
persuasions, whether Christians, Mussulmans, or Hindoos, inhabitants in
Calcutta, Lucknow, and Chundernagore; one of the General's Houses, it is
also said, he has endowed as an Academy for the purpose of instructing
the natives in the English Language and Literature.-[ Ind. Gaz.]
1800.]
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THE 13TH SEPTEMBER 1800.
[From the Madras Gazette.]
We are favored with the following account of the gallant conduct
of Captain Meik, his Officers and crew, in defence of the Armenia, prior
to her surrender to the Clarisse Privateer, Captain LeMerne, of 16 guns
and 180 men, by Mr. Stokes, who was a passenger on the former, and
who arrived here on Thursday morning, by the route of Tranquebar :
"On the 5th of July, in the latitude 7° 30′ south, longitude 79° 30′
east, at ½ past 3 P. M., we saw a ship on our lee-quarter, distant about
3 leagues, in chase of us; at 6 o'clock the chase gained fast on us, and
hoisted American colours; by 11 o'clock she was nearly along side.
"We got the Armenia under a reduced sail, and all ready for
engaging, hailed the strange sail, but received no answer, though within
pistol shot; she then hoisted French colours, and fired a shot into us,
which was returned by a broadside from the Armenia.
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Every exertion was used to prevent the enemy boarding, which
from his manœuvres appeared to be his intention. We continued the
action for about 40 minutes, when finding that all resistance was
fruitless, we were obliged to strike to the Clarisse Privateer, Captain
Le Merne.
"Our killed and wounded were: Mr. Baddeley, 1st Officer, slightly
wounded; Mr. Falconer, 3rd Officer, killed; the Captain's Steward and
an European Seacunny dangerously wounded; two Portuguese Sea-
cunnies wounded (one since dead), and the 2nd Officer's servant shot
through the shoulder. Our sails and shrouds were very much cut up
from their line of fire, which was about 6 feet above the deck.
"The Clarisse lost three men, which they say were in a boat which
filled alongside, but from the quantity of blood on her deck, we have
reason to distrust their account, and to conclude that they fell in the
action.
"Captain Meik, the 2nd Officer, and the Lascars, were taken on
board the Privateer; Mr. Stokes, Mr. Calder, Mr. and Mrs. Baddeley,
and the wounded proceeded to the Isle of France in the Armenia, where
they arrived on the 17th of July, and it is a tribute of praise due to the
Government there to say that every surgical aid and comfort was given
to the wounded."
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THE 16TH OCTOBER 1800.
It is with great regret we state that accounts were received in town
on Sunday last of the capture of the Hon'ble Company's Ship Kent,
Capain Robert Rivington, by La Confiance French Privateer, Captain
Sourcouff, off the Sandheads, on the 7th instant, after a desperate
engagement, which lasted one hour and forty-seven minutes.
On Tuesday morning the 7th instant at day light, a strange sail
was discovered in the North-West quarter; the Kent at that time was lying
to for a Pilot, and Captain Rivington, conceiving the vessel in sight to be a
Pilot Schooner, immediately bore down, hoisted his colours, and made the
signal for a Pilot. The stranger upon this made sail and hauled up towards
the Kent; it was soon after discovered that she was a ship; the hands were
immediately called to quarters, and the ship prepared for action; upon
her approach to the Kent as she showed no colours, a shot was fired at
her from the Larboard side, which was followed up as she passed upon
the opposite tack by a broadside, and a constant fire kept up while she
was within reach of the guns. The Privateer, for it was now ascertained
to be so, soon afterwards tacked, came up on the Larboard side, and
commenced the engagement within about a musket shot, but without
doing much injury, although she continued in this position for some
time; she then shot ahead and passing round the bow of the Kent
renewed the engagement on the other side, nearly at the same distance,
and for the same length of time, but with as little effect as before. She
afterwards made sail ahead, as if with the intention of relinquishing the
attack and making off, which she could easily have done, having greatly
the superiority in sailing. When she had got about the distance of half a
mile ahead of the Kent, she was however observed to haul her main
sail up, and wear round immediately towards her, and in about ten or
fifteen minutes afterwards, or as soon as her guns would bear, she, for
the first time, hoisted the National colours (Sourcouff afterwards declared
that he had forgot them before) and fired a broad side and a volley of
Musketry from every part of the ship, which was immediately returned
by the Kent, and continued while her guns would bear; the Privateer
then wearing round her stem, ranged close up alongside and received a
full discharge from the Kent's Starboard guns; at this moment she fired
a whole broadside and threw a number of hand-grenades from her tops
into the Kent, some of which penetrated the upper deck and burst on
the gun-deck, at the same time a fire of Musketry was kept up from her
tops which killed and wounded a number of the passengers and recruits
that were on the quarter deck and poop :w hen the ships were completely
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locked with each other, Captain Sourcouff entered at the head of about
150 men, completely armed for boarding, having each a sabre and a brace
of pistols. The contest upon deck was now desperate and lasted for
about twenty minutes, but the enemy, having greatly the superiority,
both in numbers and arms, were victorious, and a dreadful carnage
ensued, they showing no quarter to any who came in their way, whether
with or without arms; and such was their savage cruelty that they
even stabbed some of the sick in bed.
Upon gaining possession of the poop, the French immediately cut
down the colours; and soon after this had complete possession of the
ship.
Captain Sourcouff finding some disinclination in his crew to board,
had been under the necessity of supplying them several times with
liquor, as well as to promise them an hour's pillage, in the event of
carrying the ship, and this time they completely occupied, breaking open
every package they could come at, and even taking the coats, hats, shoes
&c., from the persons of the Officers and passengers.
From the commencement of the action until the French were in
possession of the ship, was about an hour and forty-seven minutes, and
from the gallant manner in which the Officers and crew of the Kent
behaved while the ships were clear of each other, there is not a doubt
but she would have overcome the Privateer; but there being a very
great deficiency of small arms, they had no means of repelling such a
number of boarders, so well prepared for close action, and Captain
Sourcouff acknowledged that had he not succeeded in carrying her, his
own ship must soon have sunk alongside.
It is with extreme regret we add that Captain Rivington, after the
most manly conduct in the defence of his ship, fell by the Musketry from
the tops of the Privateer while Sourcouff was in the act of boarding.
In the afternoon, the Officers, passengers and crew of the Kent were
sent on board an Arab Vessel, which hove in sight and which had been
plundered by the Privateer the day before: some of the seamen were, how-
ever, detained on board the Privateer and put in irons, with the hopes of
inducing them to enter. The Chief Officer, Surgeon, and Surgeon's
Mate with about thirteen of the most dangerously wounded, were
detained on board the Kent under pretence of its requiring too much
time to remove them.
Although the Prize-master informed the unfortunate people who
were sent on board the Arab, that there was abundance of provisions and
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water, yet upon enquiry there was found only a very small quantity of
rain water, scarcely equal to half a pint each per day, for four days,
with a few dates and raw rice to subsist on, and they were consequently
reduced to the utmost distress, before they were relieved by one of the
Pilot Schooners which they met in the roads.
THE 30TH OCTOBER 1800.
Letters received from Surat mention that every degree of precaution
has been taken to prevent the plague from being communicated to that
place: a small vessel, the Penelope, commanded by Mr. Mack, of the
Hon'ble Company's Marine, is stationed off Surat Bar to cruize and
examine all vessels coming either from Bussora or Muscat previous to
their being admitted to enter the river.
•
THE 4TH DECEMBER 1800.
On the evening preceding the capture of the Malartic, a suspicious
vessel having been discovered from the Phenix, she was in consequence
duly prepared at all points for the reception of the stranger, which,
when on the next morning she had approached within a short distance,
under English colours, was hailed by the Phoenix, with a demand to
what nation she belonged-"English" was the reply. A requisition
followed from the Phenix, that a boat should be sent on board of her, but
this being evasively answered, and not complied with by the Privateer
(now plainly ascertained to be such), the word of command to fire was
given on board the Phonix, and seven 12-pounders, double shotted,
were poured into the Malartic; by this discharge the English Ensign was
carried away and the tri-coloured flag, hoisted for a moment in its place,
was immediately afterwards lowered down again in token of surrender.
The passengers and troops on board the Phanix were most
judiciously quartered on the poop and in the waist, in a way that kept
them entirely concealed from the Privateer, which suspected her to be a
country ship, and had approached for the purpose of boarding. Suddenly
jumping up when the orders to fire were given, their numbers and state
of preparation so alarmed and surprized the enemy that he in an instant
struck his colours. Resistance in any event would not have availed,
the Phonix being fully prepared for a much more formidable force than
her actual opponent.
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The Mermaid, Captain Garden, from this port to Rangoon, was the
last capture made by the Malartic. Having plundered her, and taken
out the main and mizen masts, after some days' detention, she suffered the
Mermaid to proceed to her destined port. Prior to this event, the Malartic
had fought a long and desperate action with an American ship supposed
to be the Rebecca, Captain Pitt, from Calcutta, in which two Surgeons,
the Boatswain, and several of the crew belonging to the former were
killed.
The following account of the engagements between the Albatross and
L'Adele, we doubt not will prove acceptable to our readers :--
*
We sailed in the Albatross, Captain Waller, from Bombay, but
meeting with bad weather and contrary winds, it was not until the *
that we made Ceylon, and were informed by a Danish ship, that we spoke
off Point de Galle, of the Confiance and Malartic's depredations on our
commerce in the Bay. We crowded all sail, and the winds being favour-
able in general, we had got as far to the northward as 58° 30′ N. about
3 past midnight on the 13th, when a ship appeared to windward, whose
manœuvres soon gave us reason to suppose her to be an enemy, and
which, being a brig, we imagined to be the Malartic. The Albatross was
immediately cleared for action, and tacked with an intention of standing
up for the enemy, who soon after was perceived bearing down on us.
The night was very dark and cloudy, with light variable winds. Both
vessels carefully concealed their lights; not the least glimpse could be
seen on board of either. Passing to windward on the contrary tack,
he wore and hauled up under our lee-quarter within half a pistol shot,
at the same time firing two guns to bring us to. Suspecting that it
might probably be His Majesty's armed vessel Mongoose, we hailed to
know, and were answered," L'Adele, a French Privateer; heave to,
lower your topsails down and send your boat on board." To which
Captain Waller replied, "yes, we will be on board very soon ;" and giving
orders to fire, the Albatross' broadside was immediately discharged at
him, and it was instantly returned.
He was then upon our lee-beam, but after some manoeuvering got
upon our weather one, and which we did not take any pains to prevent,
as we could easily perceive his intention was to board, a circumstance
we rather wished than dreaded, being very well prepared to receive him.
After nearly half an hour's action he laid us alongside, discharged his
broadside, and attempted to board us in the smoke; but no sooner did
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they attempt it than our sailors thrust them back with the point of the
bayonet and boarding pikes. Captain Waller observing one of the
Frenchmen mounting our main rigging, thrust a boarding pike into his
breast, and he immediately fell backwards into the Privateer. They now
began to fly from their quarters, and our people were eager to board in
their turn, for which purpose several gallant fellows attempted to lash his
bowsprit to our main rigging, one of whom received a musket ball in
his arm while endeavouring to perform this piece of service; but the
ships pitching carried away the lashings, and in spite of every effort on
our part to prevent it he dropped astern, made all the sail he could, and
run for it, being now pretty well convinced that he had not a harmless
merchantman to deal with, but a very different kind of vessel.
Our sailors inflamed with success, and the ideas of victory and prize
money, very soon made all sail in chase, and we had the satisfaction to
find that we gained fast upon the enemy. In about half an hour both
vessels laid each other alongside, as it were by mutual consent, discharg-
ing their broadsides into one another at a time when the muzzles of the
guns touched.
Several were killed and wounded on both sides, and
considerable damage done; but nothing could now damp the courage
of our sailors, which was worked up to the highest pitch, and they were
boarding in all parts when the Frenchmen hailed for quarter, struck, and
was taken possession of by Mr. Lambert, first Lieutenant of the
Albatross.
L'Adele is a fine fast sailing vessel and works well, was built at
Nantz about eight months ago, and is pierced for 16 guns, but has only
12 on board (and 4 quarters), six and four-pounders, Citoyen Nicolas Sur-
couff, Commander; and had about 60 persons on board at the commence-
ment of the action.
On board the Albatross one marine and one seaman were killed,
(this last belonging to His Majesty's Ship Braane); and six wounded,
one of whom belonged to the Braane, and one to the Centurion.
On going on board the Albatross, Surcouff presented his sword to
Captain Waller, who politely restored it with the handsome compliment,
that "he could not think of depriving him of a weapon which it had
been evinced he so well knew how to use." Every civility and attention
have been shown to Surcouff and his Officers by Captain Waller and the
Lieutenants of the Albatross.
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L'Adele sailed from the Mauritius on the night of the 25th of
August, in company with La Gloire, and were fortunate enough to
escape the vigilance of the British Squadron which was then cruizing off
the Island.
La Gloire Privateer, which sailed in company with L'Adele, mounts
28 guns, and was spoke with in the Bay by the Malartic a short time
previous to her capture.
Extract of a letter from Masulipatam, dated 30th October 1800.
"On the 28th, about 2 P. M., a violent gale of wind with rain set in
from the north-west, which at 7 in the evening came round to north-
east, from which point we were assailed by a most heavy storm of wind
and rain. In less than an hour the South Glacis was entirely covered with
water, and indeed the greatest part of the fort completely inundated.
The storm ceased about 5 o'clock the next morning to the great
joy of the suffering inhabitants, whose hardships are hardly to be
described.
"On ascending the ramparts, I beheld all around me fallen houses,
trees torn up by the roots, and large vessels on dry land, the smaller vessels
were either sunk or stove to pieces, but I do not hear of more than two
lives lost; they were Natives, and were lost with a paddy boat near
the Bar.
"All the bridges are carried away except the one at the Main
Guard. The hurricane was equally severe all along the Coast, and we
much fear that Coringa from its situation is totally destroyed; Pedda-
patam, Golahpolam, and Samuldeni are nearly destroyed. The excel-
lent house at the latter place which General Brathwaite had generously
dedicated to the use of travellers has suffered considerably by the storm."
[From the Bombay Courier, 8th November.]
Thursday last being the day appointed by the Sheriff for convening
the British inhabitants of Bombay in pursuance of their request, a nume-
rous and respectable Meeting attended accordingly at the old Session
House, being the place chosen for the purpose.
The Sheriff opened the business of the Meeting by observing that it
was with a view of taking their opinion on the propriety of expressing
their sense of the Divine interposition in warding from the sacred person
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of His Majesty the blow lately aimed at a life so precious to his loyal
and virtuous subjects, and congratulating His Majesty on his provi-
dential escape from that mad attempt of an unhappy lunatic. A glow-
ing sentiment of unanimity in favor of the measure pervaded the
Meeting, and the Sheriff having quitted the chair, Mr. Henshaw proposed
that Sir William Syer should take his place. This appearing to be the
wish of the Meeting, Sir William acquiesced, and having taken the chair,
Mr. Henshaw moved that an humble address be prepared and transmit-
ted to the Throne, offering the congratulations of the inhabitants on the
occasion above alluded to; acknowledging the blessings which the inha-
bitants of Bombay enjoy, in common with their fellow-subjects all over
the British Empire, under His Majesty's paternal care of their civil and
religious liberties; and their awful sense of the Divine favor in continu-
ing to them the life of a Sovereign so deservedly beloved and dear to all
his subjects. Mr. Henshaw very justly expressed his confidence that the
sentiments of the Meeting would be unanimous on the occasion, and
accordingly judged it unnecessary to enter further into the subject.
Mr. Dowdeswell seconded the motion and took that opportunity
of contrasting the security, happiness, and prosperity which we enjoyed
under His Majesty's Reign, with the miseries which have pervaded France
in consequence of a revolution which has proved so destructive to the
peace and true interests of that devoted country. The good sense of
the people of England, he said, under the influence and example of a
Sovereign equally distinguished for the love of his subjects and invincible
fortitude in the most trying political circumstances, had preserved our
boundaries from the encroachment of those destructive tenets which
had overwhelmed the fairest part of Europe in their ravages; and
rejected those fanciful and ruinous notions of liberty and equality which
had in other countries engulphed with an inexpiable disregard of every
law, human and divine, both public and private virtue, public and
domestic enjoyments of every kind, peace, prosperity, property, and
every thing desirable in this life, in the horrors of anarchy and havock
almost irretrievable. Mr. D. added, if a doubt could have been entertained
formerly of the excellence of the British Constitution, of its fitness,
and its power to secure everything that is valuable in life, that doubt
must now be removed. Every thing, he said, which had lately occurred,
proved an additional inducement to rally round the throne. The public
and private virtues of His Majesty equally endeared them to us all, and,
Mr. D. continued, we could not sufficiently lament that a life so essential
to the Public Welfare, (but such was the lot of mortality) was subject to
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such attacks. During His Majesty's reign, the most extraordinary exer-
tions have been made both by sea and land, the British dominions extended
widely, and we have by his wisdom and guidance resisted every effort
of a desperate enemy. Mr. D. said he doubted not we should by the same.
means be still able to resist them effectually, and concluded by expressing
his fervent wishes that His Majesty might bring the present eventful
contest to a happy termination, and live to enjoy many years of peace
amidst a loyal and affectionate people.
The Chairman then proposed that a Committee should be nomi-
nated for the purpose of preparing a suitable Address, which was accord-
ingly done, and consisted of the following gentlemen :-
Robert Henshaw, Esq.
W. M. Dowdeswell, Esq.
Colonel Carr Berresford.
Colonel Thomas Marshall.
Phillip Dundas, Esq.
Henry Fawcett, Esq.
Phinehas Hall, Esq., and
Simon Halliday, Esq.
The Committee having retired for a short time returned with an
address, which being read by the Chairman was unanimously approved of.
The Chairman then proposed suitable resolutions (which were unani-
mously carried) for the transmission of the address to Great Britain.
It was then unanimously resolved that the thanks of the Meeting
be given to the gentlemen who moved and seconded, and to the Com-
mittee who prepared the address.
It was further resolved that the address be transcribed and laid for
signature at the old Session House.
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Sheriff for his
ready acquiescence in the requisition to call the Meeting, and for the loyal
manner in which he opened the business of the day.
That these resolutions be printed in the next Bombay Gazette and
Courier.
The Chairman then leaving the chair, the same was resumed by the
Sheriff, when it was resolved that the thanks of the Meeting be
given to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair.
The following is a copy of the address to His Majesty :-
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,-We, your Majesty's most dutiful and
loyal subjects residing at Bombay in the East Indies, humbly offer to
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your Majesty our most sincere congratulations on your late providential
escape from the horrible attempt on your Majesty's life.
Feeling the blessings we derive from your Majesty's guardian care of
our civil and religious liberties and of the constitution so well calculated
to secure them, we are firmly persuaded that such an attempt could only
have been the act of a person laboring under mental derangement.
Impressed with an awful sense of the interposition of Divine favor
in preserving to us the life of a Sovereign so deservedly dear to all his
subjects, we shall not cease to offer our grateful thanks to the Almighty,
united with our earnest prayers for the continuance of your Majesty's
reign over a frec, loyal, and happy people.
THE 11TH DECEMBER 1800.
The arrival of the Hon'ble Company's Ships Bengal, Captain.
Cumine; Lady Jane Dundas, Captain the Hon'ble H. Lindsay; Castle
Eden, Captain Cuming; and City of London, Captain Abraham Green,
was on Saturday morning reported at the Bankshall, after a long
passage of more than six months: they having finally quitted Torbay
on the 27th of May, accompanied by the China fleet, and some store
ships, for the Cape and Botany Bay, under convoy of His Majesty's
ship Belliqueuse.
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THE 1ST JANUARY 1801.
Extract from a letter from Hyderabad, 10th December 1800.
This morning at 9 o'clock the body of the late Lieutenant Colo-
nel Dalrymple was interred with all the honors due to his high
station and character. The regiment of cavalry, 'the artillery, lascars,
and six battalions of native infantry were drawn out and partly disposed
of in the streets to the place of burial, partly in forming a spacious square
around it, and in order to fire over the body, which was carried by
Europeans, and the pall supported by the principal Officers at the station.
The mourners were not only the members of the deceased's family, but
consisted of the whole body of Officers and others who attended
the corpse; and in my life I never witnessed a scene of more real,
solemn, and universal woe than was shown upon this melancholy occasion.
Men of all ages, ranks, and stations were seen mingling their tears.
and wailing their common loss in the most poignant expressions of grief.
"To have so lived, and to have died so lamented as did Colonel
Dalrymple, is an honor to his memory, beyond which no human being,
I think, ever attained; but alas! at the age of 44 only, it was too soon
to loose so valuable a person, of whom it may be said, in the language of
Cæsar The world might stand up and say he was a man.'
(
Minute guns were fired during the procession, and the service was
read by Major Kirkpatrick, the British Resident at the Court of Hydera-
bad, with great energy and feeling."
THE 5TH MARCH 1801.
Extract of a letter dated Fort Marlbrough, the 1st of January.
"The West Coast has had a dreadful visitation of sickness these
last two months.
"A fever similar to the yellow fever of the West Indies, has raged
here with unremitting violence. The great fatality has fallen upon the
Chinese Colony. Our few remaining troops have only sustained a loss
of three Europeans.
"It has most unluckily happened that all the Medical faculty are
laid up in illness. Doctor Campbell, from the severe cold, rains, and
damps he sustained in an expedition into the country and to the hills,
has been confined these two months. Mr. Lumsdaine has also been
laid up with a periodical bilious fever, which he is frequently subject to,
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and Doctor Hartley (the Head Surgeon) with difficulty (from a severe
fever of which he is scarcely recovered) able to do duty.
“Within these last fifteen days a Catarrhal fever has spread almost
universally over the Coast, and the other fevers of the bilious type are
diminishing. The writer of this has a melancholy remark to make that
in the course of eight years, eleven Medical gentlemen have died from
climate and the severity of the duties of this Coast, and sixty-one
gentlemen, including Officers with gentlemen of the Civil Establishment,
besides itinerant Captains and Officers of ships.
"The fatality has spread a sombre gloom of melancholy every
where around. The bell has been ordered (through the humane
attention of the Commissioner) to cease from tolling for the dead; it
had such a melancholy effect on the living.
"Captain Pearson was rapidly carried off by the fatal fever of the
season, the 6th day from its attack.
"God grant it may cease with him, as there is no other Officer
could be spared from duty here.”—[ Ind. Gaz.]
.
THE 12TH MARCH 1801.
We give publicity to the following circumstances in the hope that
they may be serviceably cautionary to Commanders of ships under
similar situations. His Majesty's Ship Suffolk being lately off Diamond
Island, near the Coast of Pegu, Lieutenant Malcolm, of the Suffolk,
with twenty-five seamen, was landed for the purpose of obtaining a
supply of turtle for the crew: the party in a few hours turned 40 fine
turtle, and with such they immediately returned on board the Suffolk.
It does not appear that Lieutenant Malcolm or the seamen ate of any
production of the Island, which is nearly barren, or even drank of the
water, to which not any noxious quality had been heretofore ascribed;
be that however as it may, the whole party became ill immediately on
their returning on board, and in a few hours, fourteen of the seamen
died in fine, at the expiration of a few days, only Lieutenant Malcolm
and one seaman remained alive out of twenty-six persons, most of them
young and healthy men and the most correct and orderly of the Suffolk's
crew.
:
THE 18TH JUNE 1801.
On Wednesday seventh night, the Supreme Court commenced their
first term of Oyer and Terminer for the year. The Hon'ble Mr. Justice
Royds addressed the Grand Jury cipannelled on this occasion, in a
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pertinent and impressive manner.
the following gentlemen :—
J. Mackenzie, Esq., Foreman,
John Addison, Esq.
Robert Downie, Esq.
The Grand Jury was composed of
Munford Campbell, Esq.
Henry Abbott, Esq.
John Caulfield, Esq.
J. W. Taggart, Esq.
Francis Mure, Esq.
Alex. Patrick Johnstone, Esq.
John Thornhill, Esq.
John Corsar, Esq.
Simon Ewart, Esq.
Colin Robertson, Esq.
John Walter Sherer, Esq.
The Hon. Fred. Fitzroy, Esq. William Egerton, Esq.
Henry Trail, Esq.
Charles Law, Esq.
John Battye, Esq.
Robert Home, Esq.
Andrew Kelso, Esq.
Jonathan Court, Esq.
Robert Campbell, Esq.
On Friday last the Grand Jury were discharged, and the following
sentences have been passed on the culprits :-
Frederick Stephen Rollason, for the murder of Sheik Russick, a
bheesty, death.
William Johnson, for the murder of Benjamin Way, death.
Roganund Dey, for burglary, death.
Beebun, for burglary, transported for life.
Sheik Buxo, for a misdemeanor, to be imprisoned two years in the
House of Correction.
John Thompson, for an assault, fined one rupee and discharged.
Rollason and Johnson were executed at 4 o'clock on Monday after-
noon, and Roganund Dey is to suffer on the 26th instant.
THE 25TH JUNE 1801.
During the storm on Saturday evening last, the house opposite the
Chandney Choke, inhabited by Mr. Brietzke, was struck by lightning
on the east end. After entering by the roof and totally destroying the
glass frames and venetians of the room, it damaged several parts of the
walls in endeavouring to make its escape, which at last it effected through
a part of the broken window, and destroyed the roof of a tiled house
adjoining. Four small children, with their attendants, and some servants,
were within a few feet of the explosion, but luckily not hurt. Mr. B.,
who was 12 or 14 paces from where the lightning entered, was thrown a
distance of 10 or 12 feet, and was a short time insensible and somewhat
bruised. From the appearance of the outside of the house, the lightning
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must have first struck an earthen urn which stood on the angle of the
roof, and forced its way through the wall in several places.
THE 14TH MAY 1801.
[From the London Chronicle, 4th December 1800.]
The Directors of the East India Company gave an elegant entertain-
ment yesterday to Rear Admiral Lord Nelson at the London Tavern.
The dinner, which consisted of every elegant article which could be
procured, was placed on the table in the form of a horse-shoe. Sixteen
frames were introduced emblematical of the different views of the French
Fleet on the memorable Victory of Egypt. The first represented the
enemy's ships in their triumphant state previous to battle; the last,
which was by far the most grand, exhibited their total destruction. At
the head of the table sat His Royal Highness the Duke of York, next
Messrs. Pitt and Dundas, Earl Spencer and Lord Nelson; then followed
Mr. Addington, Lord Arden, General Harris, Sir Joseph Banks, Lords
Belgrave and Carrington, Earls Camden and Macartney, Mr. Windham,
Duke of Montrose, Sir Richard Pepper Arden, Mr. Nepean, General
Stuart, Sir William Hamilton, Mr. Ryder, Mr. George Rose, and
Admiral Sir Peter Parker.
Precisely at six o'clock dinner was on the table. The company
amounted to one hundred and twenty persons. On the removal of the
cloth the healths of their Majesties, the Prince of Wales, and the Royal
Family were drank; Lord Spencer and the Navy was next given, and
then Lord Nelson. His Lordship arose and made a suitable speech, the
substance of which was:-It afforded him sincere pleasure that the
Company's possessions in India had so well flourished, owing to the wise
measures pursued by the Hon'ble Company: the death of an inveterate foe
Tippoo was accomplished, and peace restored. The object of our enemies
the French had been thus frustrated. As to himself he should at
all times be proud to aid the interests of the Company. The speech
was much applauded. Lord Nelson then gave Generals Harris and
Stuart, and the Conquerors of Seringapatam.
Townsend sung a new song in honor of our naval triumphs to the
tune of "God save the King," after which he gave "Rule Britannia.”
Taylor sung the "Tight little Island." Dignan and Sedgwick came a
few minutes before ten o'clock, and joined the vocal throng. About
12 o'clock the company departed.
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THE 30TH JULY 1801.
On Saturday arrived in the river the Ship Lalla, Captain Young,
from Bombay, Trincomalie, and Madras, from which last mentioned place
she sailed on the 19th instant.
We are concerned to state that proceeding up the river on Monday
morning, she had anchored a little below Budge Budge, and about six
o'clock was observed to be on fire, smoke proceeding from the fore-
hatchway. On opening it, the flames immediately burst forth, as they
did also from the after-hatchway; the Pilot on this immediately ordered
the cable to be cut, and ran the ship on shore.
Shortly after an explosion took place, and she went to pieces.
We are happy to state that no lives were lost on this melancholy
occasion through the activity and presence of mind of the Pilot in
charge, in having so quickly ordered the ship to be run on shore, by
which means the whole of the crew had an opportunity of quitting her.
THE 13TH AUGUST 1801.
We are much concerned to state, that on Monday morning the
Duke of Clarence, Captain Townsend, bound to Ceylon, in dropping
down with the ebb, struck on the edge of Sumatra sand off the Espla-
nade. She filled with water so fast that the people had just time to get
out, when she went down in deep water, and was totally lost.
From the extreme rapidity of the ebb, the Louisa, Captain
Weatherale, parted her cables, and ran with her broad-side against the
bow of the Dart, which ship she carried along with her. The Louisa,
being deeply laden, we understand has received much injury, making
a considerable quantity of water, and having her decks raised in some
parts. Had the Dart cables not parted, it is supposed the Louisa
must have gone down alongside, and had she not run foul of the
Dart she must have run upon the sand. The Dart had received
no other damage than the loss of her jib-boom. She had only a coir
cable of 14 inch on the ground, manufactured at the Rope Walk
of Messrs. Clarke and Co. at Gusseree. After parting from this cable,
the Dart brought up abreast of the sluice off Fort William, in the
most rapid part of the tide-way, and rode two days with a nine inch
stream cable, made at the same Rope Walk, of Ceylon coir, which had
been an Eastern voyage, and had been used, as cables of that kind are
generally known to be in that navigation, more than those of any other
dimensions.
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THE 20TH AUGUST 1801.
[From the Madras Gazette, 1st August 1801.]
Lord Clive desired the attendance of the gentlemen of the Civil,
Naval, and Military Services at Chipauk on Friday, the 31st July, at noon,
for the purpose of being present at the installation of the Nawab
Azeem-ul Dowlah on the Musnud of the Carnatic.
In pursuance of the above order, the whole of the Civil, Naval,
Military, and the gentlemen of the Presidency, assembled at Chipauk
House yesterday at noon. A little after one o'clock, His Highness,
accompanied by the Right Hon'ble the Governor, their Excellencies
Vice Admiral Rainier and General Stuart, with the Members of Council,
arrived at the Palace, where they were received by Sir Thomas Strange,
Mr. Gwillim, and Mr. Sullivan.
The Troops, cavalry and infant ry, formed a street from the entrance
of the Gardens to the verandah of the Palace, through which the
Procession passed.
His Highness, after the customary forms, was installed on the
Musnud by the Right Hon'ble the Governor, assisted by the Admiral
and the Commander-in-Chief, when a Royal salute was fired from the
Battery of the Palace, from the Fort, and the Shipping in the Roads ;
and a feu de joie by the troops under Arms.
His Highness afterwards received the complements of the gentle-
men present and the Nuzzers of his Cawns.
.
THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 1801.
On Tuesday the 18th of August, His Excellency the Governor
General having held a Council at Barrackpore, in which he nominated
Peter Speke, Esq., to be Vice-President in Council and Deputy Governor
of Fort William, proceeded in the Yacht, attended by his Suite, on
his progress to the Upper Provinces, and on the same day reached
Chinsurah, where His Excellency landed, and was entertained at dinner
on that and the succeeding evening by Mr. Birch, the Commissioner at
that Settlement.
On Wednesday the 20th His Excellency proceeded on his voyage,
accompanied by Sir Home Popham, who had joined him at Barrackpore.
On the 24th, Sir Home Popham returned to Calcutta.
1801.]
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On Wednesday the 26th ultimo, the Governor General reached
Dowdpore, where the Nabob of Bengal, who had come from Moorsheda-
bay to meet His Excellency, had stationed his boats.
The unfavourable state of the weather prevented the Governor
General from receiving the visit of the Nabob of Bengal, until the
30th ultimo; after that ceremony had been concluded, the Governor
General sailed for Berhampore, which station His Excellency reached on
Monday the 31st.
The troops of the Cantonment were drawn up along the bank of
the river, and saluted His Excellency as he sailed past.
On Tuesday the 1st His Excellency landed at Berhampore, and
was entertained at dinner by Mr. Pattle, Senior Judge of the Court of
Circuit and Appeal at Moorshedabad, and on Wednesday the 2nd
instant, His Excellency, attended by the Officers of his Suite, and by
a party of his Body Guard, inspected the troops of the Cantonment under
the command of Lieutenant Colonel Wood.
After the inspection, His Excellency breakfasted with Lieutenant
Colonel Wood, and at ten o'clock held a Levee and gave audience
until twelve, at which hour he held a Durbar for the native inhabitants
of the district.
In the evening of the same day His Excellency dined with Mr.
Rocke, Second Judge of the Court of Appeal and Circuit, aud on the
morning of Thursday the 3rd instant, the Governor General took his
departure from Berhampore; the troops of the Cantonment being
drawn up on the bank of the river, saluted His Excellency at his
departure. On the same evening the Yacht anchored nearly opposite to
the Palace of the Nabob of Bengal, to whom and to the Begums His
Excellency paid a visit of ceremony on the morning of the 4th, being
attended by all the Civil and Military Officers of his Suite, by a party
of the body guard, and by a Captain's guard of European Infantry sent
from the Regiment stationed at Berhampore.
•
His Excellency is attended by the respective Judges, Magistrates,
and Collectors of the several districts through which he passes, and
receives the visits of all the native inhabitants of distinction during his
progress.
At a very full
THE 24TH SEPTEMBER 1801.
Meeting of the Calcutta Insurance Company on
resolved that they should present the mother of
Mr. Faulkner (late Second Officer of the Armenia, Captain Meik, and
Monday last, it was
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killed in the engagement with the French Privateer La Clarisse) with
a donation of £150. To the Steward of the same ship, who distinguished
himself in the action and was wounded, £100; and Sicca Rs. 500 as a
foundation for a fund to pay an annuity to two seamen, who also suf-
fered in the action.
THE 24TH SEPTEMBER 1801.
Madras, 5th September.
Yesterday His Majesty's Charter, constituting a new Court of Judi-
cature, under the title of "the Supreme Court at Madras," was publicly
read and proclaimed.
After the publication of His Majesty's Letters Patent, the Hon'ble
Sir Thomas Andrew Strange took the usual oaths of office, as the
first Chief Justice, and the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gwillim and the
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sulivan, as the two first Puisne Justices of the
Supreme Court.
On the formation of the Court, agreeably to the provisions of the
Charter, a Royal Salute was fired from the walls of the Garrison,
The style, title, and jurisdiction of the Court was afterwards pro-
claimed by the Sheriff with the usual solemnities.
The Court then proceeded to the nomination of its Officers, when
S. D. Tatton, Esq., was appointed Clerk of the Crown and Register
of the Court of Admiralty; G. Rickets, Esq., Prothonotary and Register;
J. Abbott, Esq., Deputy Prothonotary and Register; G. Lys, Esq.,
Examiner; and L. H. Sterling, Esq., Sealer.
R. Williams, A. Anstruther, H. Compton, and F. Disney, Esqs.,
were admitted Barristers of the Supreme Court.
Messrs. Chalmers, Samuel, MacMahon, Walters, and Orme,
Attornies, Solicitors, Proctors, and Notaries.
After which the Court adjourned to Monday the 14th instant,
THE 1ST OCTOBER 1801.
[In a letter to the Editor].
Westminster Meeting.
The gentlemen educated at this famous Seminary, having for some
time discontinued their Anniversary Meetings, assembled on the 22nd
instant at Scornec's Tavern, to the number of twenty-one.
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Commodore Sir Home Popham, as a Brother Westminster, was
particularly invited on this occasion. General Fraser, Colonel Green, of
the Artillery, the Hon'ble Mr. Bruce, Mr. Thornhill, &c. &c., attended.
At 7 P. M. the Company sat down to dinner, Mr. Hickey, as the Senior
Westminster being in the Chair; the Artillery Band played during the
report.
After dinner, the following toasts were given by the President, and
repeated by the Vice-President in due order, the band playing an appro-
priate tune to each toast.
Alma Mater.
Floreat.
TOASTS.
To the memory of Queen Elizabeth.
The King.
The Queen and Royal Family.
The Masters and Ushers of Westminster School.
Success to His Majesty's Ship the Romney.
The Navy and Army.
Lord Wellesley, and Prosperity to India.
Our Brother Westminsters in England.
All the Boys.
Several songs were then sung with obliging kindness by different
gentlemen, and the remainder of the evening was passed in classical con-
versation, genuine cheerfulness, and festive mirth. The mind, Mr.
Editor, is surely gratified in the recollection of those generous habits.
which, formed in early infancy, are matured and perfected by the know-
ledge and experience of our riper years.
Nec me meminisee pigebit Elisas.
Dum memor ipse mei, dum spiritus hos reget artus.
THE 19TH NOVEMBER 1801.
As the Ship Ganges, Captain Scott, was proceeding down the
river on the 11th current, she touched upon the sand bank and went to
pieces; we are happy however in knowing that no lives were lost by this
unfortunate accident.
THE 3RD DECEMBER 1801.
His Excellency the Governor General, after having visited the
Nawab of Bengal on the 4th of September, left Moorshedabad, and
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arrived at Jungipoor on the 6th. On the 10th His Excellency passed
Rajmahal, and arrived at Colgong on the 14th and at Bhaugulpore on
the 16th.
The Governor General landed at Bhaugulpore, and remained at the
house of Mr. Fombelle, the Judge and Magistrate of that district, until
the 19th, when His Lordship departed from Bhaugulpore and reached
Monghyr on the 21st of September.
His Excellency landed at Monghyr under a salute from the Fort,
and was received by Major General Brisco and the Officers of the Station.
The Governor General resided in the house of Major General
Brisco during His Lordship's continuance at Monghyr, and was enter-
tained at dinner by Major General Ellerker at Peerpahar on the 26th
of September.
On the 2nd of October His Excellency proceeded to Patna, and
arrived at that city on the 6th, where he was received on landing by the
Civil Officers of the Station, accompanied by whom His Excellency
proceeded to the house of Mr. Leslie, the Second Judge, where His Lord-
ship resided until the 23rd, having been entertained at dinner during his
residence at Patna by Mr. Keating, the Chief Judge, and by several of
the principal Civil Officers of the Station.
The Governor General proceeded to Dinapore on the 24th of October,
where he arrived on the 26th. The troops were drawn up in the square
of that Cantonment to salute His Excellency as he passed the quarter
prepared for him. On the 27th His Excellency reviewed the troops, and the
18th Regiment of Native Infantry received their honorary Colors in his
presence. During his residence at Dinapore, His Excellency was enter-
tained at dinner by the Commanding Officer, Colonel Dunkley, the second
in Command, Major Davidson, and by the Officers of the Cantonments.
The Governor General left Dinapore on the 30th of October and
arrived on the 5th of November at the Fort of Buxar, where he resided
in the house of Lieutenant Colonel Stafford, the Commanding Officer.
On the 7th His Lordship held a Durbar at the Fort of Buxar, where he
received the Raja of Benares, who had proceeded down the river to meet
the Governor General. On the 8th His Lordship proceeded to Ghazeepoor.
The Governor General reached Ghazeepoor on the 10th and was received
under the usual salute of cannon. The troops of the station were drawn
up to salute His Excellency as he passed to Lieutenant Colonel Pringle's
house, where His Lordship was entertained during his residnce at
Ghazcepoor.
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On the 11th His Excellency reviewed the troops at Ghazeepoor and
on the 12th proceeded to Benares, at which city he arrived on the 15th,
and resided in the house of Major General Deare, the General Officer
Commanding the district.
His Excellency has held a Levee for the English gentlemen, and a
Durbar at which he has received the principal Natives at each principal
Civil and Military Station which he visited.
THE 10TH DECEMBER 1801.
On Friday last the second Session of Oyer and Terminer was held,
when the following gentlemen were sworn as Grand Jurors :
Samuel Davis, Esq., Foreman.
Allan Gilmore, Esq.
William Logan, Esq.
R. W. Cox, Esq.
John Battye, Esq.
John P. Gardiner, Esq.
James Vanzandt, Esq.
Robert Downie, Esq.
Alexander Binny, Esq.
Alexander Aberdeen, Esq.
Richard Fleming, Esq.
Geo. Dempster Guthrie, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq.
Thomas Dashwood, Esq.
Andrew Kelso, Esq. Esq.
Simon Ewart, Esq.
Ebenezer Jessup, Esq.
Henry Churchill, Esq.
Stephen Laprimaudaye, Esq.
George Williamson, Esq.
William Hollings, Esq.
Robert H. Abbott, Esq., and
Mathew Lumsden, Esq.
The Chief Justice, with his usual perspicuity, addressed the Grand
Jury in a concise and appropriate speech, suitable to the nature of the
offences which were to be brought before the Jury; and in particular
on that of a conspiracy, an indictment which, we understand, has been
preferred by gentlemen of great respectability in the Civil Service
against some opulent Natives.
The Grand Jury having gone through all the business before them,
were discharged on Saturday.
The offences in the calendar were twelve in number, of which four
were for murder.
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John Brennan, a soldier, was tried on Friday for the wilful murder
of one Bucket; and being found guilty, received sentence of death ;
and on Saturday, Samuel Bone, for the murder of George Sleaford, and
Simon Bird, for the murder of his wife, received similar sentences.
The unhappy culprits were executed on Monday.
At the place of execution, Brennan and Bone were attended by
the Reverend Mr. Limrick, who administered to them in their last
moments the consolations and hopes which the Christian religionaffords.
to penitent sinners. Brennan was dressed in a suit of full mourning;
and Bone, in the uniform of his regiment. The Reverend Padre Pinheira
accompanied Bird. The unhappy culprits behaved with the greatest
decorum, and with a degree of fortitude which seemed occasioned by
their trust in the assurances of the Gospel, rather than the consequence
of hardened guilt and the obstinacy of an impenetrable heart.
THE 31ST DECEMBER 1801.
On the 24th of November, at Benares, His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General received official accounts of the surrender
of Alexandria to the British Arms.
This intelligence was immediately announced by a royal salute, and
in the evening the troops stationed at Benares and those forming the
Governor General's escort were paraded and fired three volleys in honor
of this important event.
On the same day the Governor General received in his tents the
visits of three of the Princes of the Royal Family of Hindoostan, who
have resided for some years at the city of Benares.
The Princes who visited His Excellency were the Prince Mirza
Khorum, Mirza Shegoostub Bukht (commonly called Mirza Hadjee)
and Mirza Alli Khudder, all sons of the late Prince Mirza Inwaun
Bukht and Grandson of Shah Allum, the present king of Delhi. The
Governor General was attended on this occasion by Major General
Deare and all the Civil and Military Officers of His Excellency's suite
and by the Civil and Military Officers stationed at Benares. Their
Royal Highnesses were severally saluted by the whole of the troops of
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the station and those forming the Governor General's escort, and received
a royal salute on their arrival and departure with every other honor
due to their rank.
After the departure of the Princes, His Excellency held a Durbar
which was attended by the Raja of Benares and by all the principal
Natives of the place.
On the 25th His Excellency gave a public breakfast in his tents.
to the ladies and gentlemen of Benares and to the Officers of his
Lordship's escort.
On the 26th the Governor General, attended by Major General
Deare and the principal Civil and Military Officers of His Excellency's
suite and those of the station of Benares, returned the visits of the
Princes at their respective places of residence in the city of Benares.
The Governor General also visited Her Royal Highness the Kutluck
Sultana Begum, the widow of the late Prince Mirza Inwaun Bukht and
mother of the Prince Mirza Khorum.
On the 27th the Governor General received a congratulatory
address from the European inhabitants of the district of Benares on the
occasion of the surrender of Alexandria.
On the 29th the Governor General left Benares under the usual
Military honors and proceeded to Ramnaghur, the residence of the
Raja of Benares. His Excellency was received on landing by the
Raja, attended by whom he visited the house and the adjacent build.
ings and gardens. His Lordship returned to the Yacht and proceeded
on towards Chunar.
The Governor General resided at Benares at the house of Major
General Deare, and in the course of his residence there was entertained
by that Officer, by Mr. Neave, Second Judge of the Court of Appeal and
Acting Agent for the Governor General at Benares, and by the principal
Civil Officers of the station.
On the 3rd of December the Governor General arrived at Mirza-
pore, and proceeded to the house of Mr. Colebrooke, Judge and Magis-
trate of Mirzapore, where His Lordship resided during his stay at that
place. Colonel Collins, Resident at the Court of Scindia, who had
joined His Lordship at Benares, took leave of His Excellency to return to
Futtehgur on the 4th instant; on the evening of the same day, the Hon'ble
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Henry Wellesley joined His Lordship from Lucknow, and proceeded on
the 7th December with the Governor General towards Allahabad, where
His Excellency arrived on the evening of the 11th.
The Governor General landed on the following morning, under the
usual salute from the Fort; the troops of the Garrison and those
composing His Excellency's escort being drawn up to salute his Lordship
as he passed. His Excellency was received on landing by Lieutenant
Colonel Kyd, Commanding at Allahabad, and by the principal Officers
of the Garrison, and proceeded to the house of Lieutenant Colonel Kyd,
where His Lordship resides.
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1802.]
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THE 7TH JANUARY 1802.
On Monday about two o'clock was launched from the yard of Messrs.
Gilmore and Co. an uncommonly fine ship, of between 600 and 700 tons
burthen; she is destined, we understand, for the Europe trade, and is to
be commanded by Captain M'Call. And this day will be launched from
the marine yard of Messrs. Hudson, Bacon, and Co., a very beautiful
ship, of 650 tons burthen, and a schooner of 200 tons carrying sixteen
guns, 20-pounders, intended as a tender to Her Majesty's ship Romney,
Captain Sir Home Popham; she is named the Duchess of York, and to
be commanded by Lieutenant Douglas, late of Her Majesty's ship
La Forte.
THE 7TH JANUARY 1802.
Madras, 17th December.
Advices by the Dispatch, Captain Hutchinson, lately arrived with
a cargo of sugar from Cochin China, report that the King had issued
an edict by which free ingress into all the ports of Cochin China had
been granted to all English vessels, with exemption from port charges
and duties of every description. This exclusive mark of favor to English
vessels is said to have been principally occasioned by the favorable im-
pression of the national character, communicated by some emigrant
French Officers and banished Priests, who had entered into the service
and received the protection of the Government of Cochin China. The
rebellion which had long existed in that country, continued to oppose
some resistance to the regular authority, but decided advantages had
lately been obtained by the latter, which promised to bring the contest
to a speedy termination.
Phenomenon.
Five minutes after sunset, a meteor appeared over St. Thomas's
Mount on the evening of the 13th instant, which at first resembled a
rocket descending obliquely at an angle with the horizon of about 45°,
and in a direction from south-east to north-west. Its progress was
rapid, in a straight line, and from the commencement, until it finally
burst with apparent explosion about 20 degrees from the horizon, it had
traversed a space of 15 degrees; and although the few clouds visible
were yet tinged red with the refracted light of the sun, the brilliancy
of the meteor was such as to cause all persons abroad to look that way
when their eyes were dazzled with the sight.
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The sun had set with great lustre, so as to be visible until the
western hills obscured the last portion of his sphere. The motion of
the air was so gentle that the wind could just be perceived, as being
from the land; but what seems to render this more worthy of notice
than the generality of meteors is, that after its appearance and last
explosion, it remained for some minutes in all the brilliancy of a furnace
white heat, or rather a plate of polished silver, from which the sun's
rays are reflected: it then gradually extended a little in breadth, and
fell into a zig-zag line, less sharp than forked lightning, the extremities
bending towards each other, so that in half an hour it appeared like
the circumference of a cloud of a luminous red colour.
From its remaining so long stationary, it filled the mind with the
idea of something more material than fire, which explodes and is instan-
taneously extinguished, as is the case with most meteors, and in all
probability was of that kind that has given rise to the appellation of a
short star, and which is vulgarly supposed to fall on the surface of the
earth, in the form of a thick jelly or mucilage, and, were it not for the
rapidity and explosion, might be considered as being of a phosphorescent
nature.-(Madras Courier.)
THE 7TH JANUARY 1802.
Descriptive Sketch of the storming of Seringapatam, as exhibited in the
Great Picture at the Lyceum in the Strand, London.
About midway up the breach is a sally of Tippoo's guards, who are
repulsed by the Grenadiers of the 74th Regiment; Lieutenant Prender-
gast appears mortally struck by a musket shot, and Lieutenant Shaw lies
among the slain.
At the foot of the breach, the fore ground is occupied by a party
of Tippoo's Tiger Grenadiers, advancing from a covered way; they are
met by a party of the 73rd Regiment, led by Captain Macleod, who,
being wounded through the lungs, is conducted off by a soldier of the
Meuron Regiment, while a severe conflict is maintained with the leader
of the Tiger men by a Sergeant of the Highlanders.
Under the right bastion, the Light Companies of the 73rd Regiment
and the Scotch Brigade are led up to the breach by Lieutenant Gawler
and Captain Molle, while the remainder of the 73rd Highlanders are
advancing across a branch of the Cauvery.
Further to the right, in the fore ground, is the brave Colonel
Dunlop, borne off from the breach, wounded, between two Grenadiers;
and in front of the Mortar Battery is Major Allen, with Colonel Dallas
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and Major Beatson; near them stands the Chief Engineer, Colonel Gent,
giving direction for the removal of a wounded artillery man; while Cap-
tain Caldwell is, with a glass, reconnoitering the enemy's works from the
battery; and Major Agnew immediately behind him appears communi-
cating the information.
In the distance, at the extremity of the picture, is a view of the
British Camp; General Harris, with a group of his Officers on horseback,
appearing on the intermediate ground.
On the bastion, to the right of the breach, stands Colonel Sher-
brooke, directing the right assault along the ramparts, where the 12th
and 33rd Regiments are bayonetting the enemy from their traverses, and
pushing on to gain the inner works.
On the rampart, to the left of the breach, is Tippoo Sultan, attended
by his chiefs and standard bearers; he stands near an open veranda,
directly above the gateway in which he afterwards fell, and appears
reconnoitering the attack, in concert with a French Officer, General
Chapny, who is stationed on the battlement a little further to the left.
At the sally port bridge (accidentally let down by the fire of our
batteries) is a desperate conflict between the Company's Sepoys and a
chosen band of the Sultan's guards, known by the name of Hyder's
Grenadiers. Lieutenant Lalor is mortally wounded on the bridge, and
appears struggling with his assailant as he is falling into the water.
In the fore ground is a party of the Madras Artillery, under Lieute-
nant Bell, who having advanced with one of the heavy guns, to force
the sally port, is directing his men, with the Artillery lascars, to drag
it to the rear.
up
At the left of the extremity of the picture is Captain Lardy, of
the Regiment DeMeuron, assisted by one of the Artillery men in binding
his wounded left arm, in order that he may rejoin the storming party;
and behind the group of Artillery are the Native troops with a party of
the Nizam's forces headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mignon, while Lieute-
nant Pasley, as Major of Brigade, is animating them on to the attack.
Beyond the walls of the fortress appear the principal buildings of
Seringapatam; a superb mosque is seen to the right of the breach, and
on the left Tippoo's palace and the gardens of the Laul Baug. Several
high cavaliers overlook the works within the fort, and on the outside
of the walls are a number of ruined redoubts, demolished by the fire of
our breaching batteries, which form the two extreme points of the fore
ground of the picture.
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THE 11TH FEBRUARY 1802.
College of Fort William, 11th February 1802.
On Saturday last, the sixth of February, being the Anniversary of
the commencement of the First Term of the College of Fort William,
and the day appointed for the public disputations in the Oriental Lan-
guages, and for the distribution of the prizes and honorary rewards
adjudged at the late public examinations, the Hon'ble the Acting
Visitor, accompanied by the Members of the Supreme Council, and by
the Governors of the College, proceeded to the College.
The Hon'ble the Acting Visitor was met at the entrance of the
College by the Provost, Vice Provost, Professors, and Officers of the
College, who attended him to the Public Examination Room, where the
students were assembled.
The disputations immediately commenced in the following order:
Disputation in the Persian Language.
Position." An Academical Institution in India is advantageous
to the natives and to the British nation."
Defended by
Chief opponent
Second opponent
Moderator
...
Mr. J. H. Lovett.
Mr. C. Lloyd.
Mr. G. D Guthrie.
Lieut. John Baillie, Professor.
Disputation in the Bengalee Language.
Position." The Asiatics are capable of as high a degree of civi-
lization as the Europeans."
Defended by
Mr. W. B. Martin.
...
Chief opponent
Second opponent
Moderator
Mr. W. B. Bayley.
Mr. H. Hodgson.
W. C. Blacquiere, Esquire.
Disputation in the Hindoostanee Language.
Position."The Hindoostanee Language is the most generally
useful in India."
Defended by
Chief opponent
Second opponent
Moderator
:
:
...
Mr. W. B. Bayley.
Mr. J. H. Lovett.
Mr. C. Lloyd.
John Gilchrist, Esquire, Professor.
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When the disputations were ended, the following prizes and
honorary rewards, adjudged at the second examination of 1801, were
distributed by the Provost, in the presence of the Acting Visitor :--
PERSIAN LANGUAGE.
Mr. J. H. Lovett,
Mr. R. Jenkins,
Mr. C. Lloyd,
Mr. W. B. Bayley,
Mr. J. H. Lovett,
Mr. C. Lloyd,
HINDOOSTANEE LANGUAGE.
...
Rs.
Medal, and 1,500
Medal, and 1,000
500
216
Medal, and 1,500
Medal, and 1,000
500
ARABIC LANGUAGE.
Mr. J. H. Lovett,
Medal, and 1,500
BENGALEE Language.
Mr. W. B. Bayley,
Medal, and 1,500
Mr. W. B. Martin,
Medal, and 1,000
PERSIAN WRITING.
Mr. H. Dumbleton,
Medal, and 1,000
NAGREE WRITING.
Mr. W. Morton,
Medal, and 1,000
BENGALEE WRITING.
Mr. H. Hodgson,
Medal, and 1,000
ENGLISH ESsays.
Second Term.
Mr. W. B. Martin,
Medal, and 1,000
Third Term.
Mr. T. Hamilton,
...
Medal, and 1,000
Fourth Term.
Mr. E. Wood,
Medal, and 1,000
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After the distribution of the prizes and honorary rewards, the
Hon'ble the Acting Visitor addressed the students to the following
effect:
GENTLEMEN,The public service having demanded the presence of
the Most Noble the Patron and Founder of the College of Fort William in
a distant quarter of the British Empire in India, he has been pleased to
render it my duty to witness this first distribution of the prizes and
honorary rewards which have been adjudged under the statutes of the
Institution.
The satisfaction which I have derived from the discharge of this
honorable duty has been greatly heightened by the additional proof of
the beneficial effects resulting from this Institution, afforded by the public
exercises of this day.
Those who are yet but imperfectly acquainted with the nature and
objects of this Institution will learn with equal surprise and satisfaction
that students recently arrived in India have this day ably maintained a
public disputation in the Oriental Languages.
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The establishment of the College of Fort William has already
excited a general attention to Oriental languages, literature, and know-
ledge, which promises to be productive of the most salutary effects in the
administration of every branch of the affairs of the Hon'ble Company
in India.
The numerous and important benefits to be derived from this Insti-
tution, cannot however be justly estimated from the experience of the
short period of one year which has elapsed since it commenced its opera-
tion. But if succeeding years shall exhibit advantages proportionate to
those which have been already manifested, this Institution will realize
the most sanguine expectations which have been entertained of its
success.
I am happy to avail myself of this occasion to express my satisfac-
tion at the uniform zeal and attention which have been manifested by all
the Officers and Professors of the College in the discharge of their public
duties. I also experience great pleasure in expressing my thanks to
those gentlemen who have conducted the public examinations, and who
by affording the aid of their talents and knowledge, have rendered an
essential service to the Institution.
Of the students now entering on their course of public service, as
well as of those who continue attached to the College, I am happy to
observe that there are many who have not only distinguished themselves
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by their proficiency in the Oriental languages and literature, but whose
uniform observance of the statutes and rules of the Institution, and
whose general correctness of conduct, have afforded an honorable and
useful example to their fellow-students. I am persuaded that those
deserving characters will reflect further credit on the Institution; and that
they will continue to exert their endeavours for the attainment of a
higher degree of perfection in the different branches of knowledge of
which they have so happily laid the foundations.
I entertain a confident hope that all the students who remain
attached to the College will emulate the laudable example furnished by
the meritorious characters whom I have described. The Institution now
affords to those students the means of qualifying themselves for the
important offices which they are destined to exercise under the British
Government in India. By diligently availing themselves of those means.
they will proportionally advance their personal interests and reputation,
and they will also enjoy the grateful and animating prospect of becoming
eminently useful to their country; by rendering it essential assistance in
realizing the important advantages to be derived from the extensive and
valuable dominions which it has acquired in India, and by aiding it in
fulfilling the high moral obligations attendant on the possession of its
Indian empire, on the discharge of which the prosperity and permanency
of that empire equally depend.
In the evening a dinner was given by the Hon'ble the Acting
Visitor at the College, at which were present the Hon'ble the Chief
Justice and the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, the
Members of the Supreme Council, and all the principal Civil and Military
Officers at the Presidency.
THE 11TH MARCH 1802.
[From the Madras Gazette, 20th February.]
A Detachment of the 1st Battalion of the 15th Regiment lay
encamped at a village near Polleveram hills. On the night of the
28th of December, a royal tiger came into the village and seized a
bullock. After gorging on his prey, he retired to a house on the banks
of the river, where he took up his quarters. Lieutenant Stuart being
informed of it went at day light with a Naig's guard to the place, where
they saw the monster stretched in the cottage! They mounted on the
roof of the adjoining hut, and by removing the thatch of that where he
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lay, disturbed him and he went out! After a few turns, he sprang at the
party and settled on the roof close to them, but an instantaneous dis-
charge of two or three firelocks wounded him and he fell to the ground;
but immediately got up and made a second attempt, when finding his
efforts ineffectual, he made off under a pandal adjoining the house he
first entered and could not for some time be found.
The bank of the river was very abrupt at this place, about 20 feet
perpendicular. On the edges grew small bushes and long grass; a narrow
path led along it that would admit but one person at a time. Mr. Stuart
took this road, and as he examined the bushes the savage sprung at him
from his concealment; he received him on his bayonet, which entered the
tiger's breast, but the shock was so strong as to throw the gentleman
backward over the precipice, but fortunately without injury, and the tiger
was too much hurt to follow.
Mr. Stuart soon recovered, and returning with the Sepoys to the
attack, the monster was killed. Nothing but his uncommon firmness.
in opposing the attack of the animal so intrepidly, and his fall over the
precipice, could possibly have saved him from a terrible death.
THE 18TH MARCH 1802.
We are much concerned to state, that accounts were received in
town on Saturday via Vizagapatam of the capture of the ship Highland
Chief, Captain W. B. Greenway, from England, last from the Cape, and
we are extremely sorry to add that Captain Greenway was killed subse-
quent to the surrender of the ship.
The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Thompson, late First
Officer of the Highland Chief, conveying this very unpleasant intelli-
gence :-
' Brig Roebuck, off Vizagapatam,
5th March 1802.
"I am sorry to inform you of the capture of the Highland Chief
by the French Privateer Brig Subtilité of five guns and 116 men, com-
manded by Captain Penlan, in latitude 2-12 south and longitude 93-36
east, on the 9th of February, at 2 P. M., after an action of about half an
hour, when they soon got possession by boarding us with seventy-five
men, the greatest part being intoxicated. The Portuguese seamen and
lascars having run from their quarters, we had only twenty-one English
in all for the defence of the ship. They boarded us on the weather side,
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having every thing in complete readiness for that purpose; the men
being in the tops and rigging, and the back of the sails towards us, we
were prevented seeing their intention. I am sorry to add Captain
Greenway was killed on the poop after the action. The greatest part of
the letters have been lost, and Mr. Haldane is gone in the Highland
Chief to the Isle of France. We were put on board this Brig the day
after the action, and are coming on to Bengal."-India Gazette.
THE 25TH MARCH 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 27th February 1802.]
By Thursday's Bussorah Packet, although we have received a variety
of interesting intelligence, we can lay before the public none of any
considerable magnitude, or of a very recent date. But perhaps the
most pleasing and acceptable article we can offer to Englishmen is the
speech of our beloved Sovereign, glowing with all that genuine warmth
and paternal affection for his subjects, which has ever marked the
long tenor of his auspicious reign. As it has been drawn through
a French translation, it will unavoidably have suffered somewhat in
its idiomatic strength, although rendered by an able hand.
As far, however, as we have been able to collect from the papers we
have kindly and most thankfully been allowed access to, we are happy
to observe that the laudable disposition indicated by the diplomatic body
in Congress at Amiens, in accomplishing their important work of general
pacification, promises to be conducted with the utmost vigour and
harmony.
Nothing could exceed the joy manifested in every part of the Con-
tinent upon promulgation of the preliminaries having been signed; it has
been universal, and though England had of all the Powers the least
expectant advantages in view, she was not found the more backward in
her exultation upon the signal for terminating a war, as destructive, as
it stands unparalleled in the annals of the world, and which has en-
gulphed unrecorded thousands of the human species.
By these papers we learn the evacuation by the troops of France, of
the Spanish, Roman, and Batavia territories.
In England, provisions of every kind have, in consequence of peace,
fallen one hundred per cent. The quartern loaf that we have known cost
18. 6d. is now down at 8d., and every other article reasonable in pro-
portion.
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On Thursday last anchored in the harbour the Recovery, Captain
Groube, from Bussorah, with dispatches for Government. Letters by this
opportunity mention the arrival there of the ship Governor Duncan, last
from Delhim, on her way from Bushire; the former place is little fre-
quented by Europeans, but in order to afford protection to a boat of the
same owner with the Governor Duncan's, whose cargo consisted of wool-
len, and was compelled to seek shelter there to escape being plundered by
the piratical Atooba Arabs, infesting those seas.
On Wednesday seventh night last was perpetrated in Gumbajee Poot-
lajee Row's, a most barbarous murder; the object of this horrid act was
in the attainment of some trifling bangles, worth about 24 Rupees; and
in this wicked design it appears an old woman verging on 80 years, her
daughter, two grandsons of the Purvoe and two of the Goldsmith caste,
were engaged; after putting an end to the poor boy in a manner too
shocking to relate, they bound close his hands and legs, and throwing
the body into a gunny bag, covered it carelessly on the ground with
cudjans and sand; the fatal knife was discovered stained with blood near
the scene of this inhuman transaction; the mother of the two Purvoes has
confessed the whole affair. They are committed to take their trial next
Sessions.
On Tuesday evening last arrived from the coast in a Pattamar boat
John Law, Esquire, of the Hon'ble Company's Civil Service.
THE 1ST APRIL 1802.
Extract of a letter from Macao.
"Two massy temples, the one of gold, the other of copper, were
lately sent from Pekin with extraordinary ceremony and set up over the
body of the late Lama, at Degurshel.
"Till lately, people of all descriptions were permitted to approach
under circumstances of peculiar indulgence, when as the extent of sub-
lunary blessing, they were allowed to touch the sacred coffin.
"But the priests having announced the speedy regeneration of the
Lama, a circumstance firmly believed by all his devotees, a select num-
ber of holy men are only suffered to approach the body, and the Em-
peror and all China wait with impatience the news of this great event."
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THE 8TH APRIL 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 13th March. ]
Nuptial of the Coorga Raja's daughter.
We have been favored with the following extract of a letter from
Seringapatam, giving an account of the late nuptials of the daughter
of the Coorga Raja, named Tambarratty Lacshmi :-
"The roads in every direction for several coss were illuminated on
each side, and ornamented with curious and costly devices. They com-
menced from the entrance of Namour, extending to the limits of the
Cosbah. Three English gentlemen, Captains Foulis, Marriot, and
Osborne, attended this splendid ceremony.
For
"On their arrival at the palace they were saluted with one and
twenty guns, and ushered into the presence to the notes of soft
music, selected bands of Hindoostanee girls dancing before them.
the space of seven days the rejoicings continued, each successive day
varied by amusements created by the happy and inventive genius of the
Raja himself, who studied with his wonted liberality the accommodation
and pleasures of his guests; at the end of the seventh day the above-
mentioned gentlemen took their leave, and were highly complimented
by the Raja for the favor of their attendance.
"On one occasion during the festivals at the Grand Hunt, attended
by the Raja and his company, no less then 18 elks, 14 wild buffaloes,
13 cheetahs or spotted tigers, 2 elephants, and 32 wild boars, were slain.
The heads of the animals were laid in triumph at the feet of the young
amiable and blooming bride, who has scarcely attained her fifteenth
year. This Princess, it is said, possesses very superior accomplishments;
certain it is that nature has been most kind to her, in a lovely animated
countenance and a most beautiful and delicate form.
Her husband, the Joonda Raja, is about thirty years of age, a well
informed and pleasant character."
THE 18TH APRIL 1802.
We are concerned to announce the loss of His Majesty's ship
Sensible, of 32 guns, Captain Sause.
La Sensible it appears struck on the 3rd ultimo, at two o'clock
in the morning, on a quicksand, about 20 miles to the southward of
Malodive, on the Island of Ceylon.
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Captain Sause, his Officers and crew, exerted every possible means
in their power to get her off, until seven o'clock in the evening of the
4th, when finding the water gaining fast on the pumps, they were neces-
sitated to quit her.
We are happy, however, to add, that the whole of the crew were
landed in safety, notwithstanding there was a tremendous surf beating
on the shore, and that great hopes are entertained of saving a part of
her stores and provisions.
On the 4th ultimo was launched from the dock-yard of Mr. Davidson,
at Chittagong, a beautiful new ship, of about 7,000 bags, named the
Helen; much as all the ships formerly built by this able architect
have been admired, the Helen is allowed to surpass them all in
beauty of model, and is considered the finest vessel of her size that ever
was built at the place.
[From the Bombay Courier, 13th March.]
A few days ago was committed the most atrocious act we ever
remember to have heard of. Two persons with their wives and three
children (of the tailor caste) had engaged a passage in one of the Bombay
boats to Bancoote, where they were proceeding in order to dispose of
some piece goods, which it appears they had not become masters of by
very fair means, and which led to the discovery of their unhappy end.
The persons who had been robbed of these articles had been in search of
them some time, and at length traced some part of them at Bancoote,
where the goods were sold by the boatmen. These persons had previously
laid the plan, and as soon as they had got out to sea, they put their
execrable scheme into execution by throwing overboard every soul of
them, men, women, and children, to the number of seven, and not one
is supposed to have escaped. Five of the perpetrators are in custody.
The Tindal has confessed the whole of this diabolical transaction, and
another has since followed his example.
[Cape Town Gazette, 12th December.]
On Tuesday morning last, about ten o'clock, the Table Mountain
presented a sublime and awful spectacle. The weather was sultry, calm,
and rather hazy. A small cloud rested upon the summit of that part of
the mountain facing Cape Town, where only it is accessible through a
deep ravine. In a moment this cloud became violently agitated and
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was hurried down the side of the mountain with a loud rumbling noise
like that of thunder, accompanied with the rustling sound of a torrent
of water which continued about 30 seconds; during which interval the
cloud had descended half way down the mountain enveloping a mass of
moving matter supposed by the spectators to be a stream of lava issuing
from a volcanic eruption of the mountain. The noise, however, gra-
dually subsiding, the dust and the vapour dissipated, and it appeared that
a huge mass of the uppermost stratum had by some means or other been
detached from the mountain, and in its passage down the deep chasm,
had shattered into a myriad of fragments every thing that opposed its
passage. This ravine, being the usual and indeed the only road by which
the mountain can be ascended on the side next the town, is by no means
safe to be approached; the perpendicular cheeks on each side are at least
a thousand feet high, and threaten momentarily to choak up the chasm
with their ruins.
A large fragment of the uppermost stratum of Table Mountain
which detached itself on the 8th of this month, and was whirled down
to the foot of the ravine, has been measured by Captain Thibault, and
the dimensions are-
In length ...
In breadth ...
In height
...
:
:
18 feet.
15
14
...
""
The solidity of this irregular and cavernous mass he estimates at
3,400 cubic feet, and its weight about 5,60,000 pounds, or 250 tons.
Its nature siliceous sandstone, of a granular texture.
Had a rock of this magnitude been detached from any other part
of the face of the mountain, except the cheeks of the ravine, it would in
all probability have worked its passage to the very skirts of the town.
THE 15TH APRIL 1802.
On the 29th January H. M.'s brig the Penguin, commanded
by Captain Bouverie, arrived at the Mauritius from the Cape of Good
Hope, under a flag of truce, with despatches for the Governor General.
of the French Isles, acquainting him of the peace between Great Britain
and France, and demanding the release of the English prisoners; the rati-
fication, however, not having been finally adjusted, they are detained at
the Islands, till intelligence shall be communicated to them of this joyful
event from old France.
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[From the Bombay Courier, 20th March.]
A splendid entertainment was given on St. Patrick's Day at Malabar
Point, by the Irish gentlemen of the Settlement to a select party of
their friends. Mirth and good humour reigned throughout the circle,
which was not a little heightened by several characteristic songs, executed
with genuine humour and spirit. The Irish bag-pipes and the Garrison
Band contributed in no small degree to the hilarity of the evening, and
the jovial glass was circulated till a late hour, when the summons arriving
from the god Morpheus terminated the libations to Bacchus.
The following toasts were given and received with general appro-
bation :-
The King, three times three.
Prince of Wales.
Queen and Royal Family.
Memory of Saint Patrick.
Prosperity to the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
Lord Saint Vincent and the Navy.
The Hon'ble United East India Company.
Duke of York and the Army.
General Hutchinson and the Army in Egypt.
Marquis Cornwallis and success to his negociations at Amiens.
May the British Arms be ever as prosperous as they have been this
year both by sea and land!
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE.
Fort William, 15th April 1802.
On the 26th of December the Governor General, attended by the
Hon'ble Mr. Wellesley, Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces,
proceeded by land from Allahabad to Cawnpore, accompanied by an
escort of European and Native Cavalry and Infantry.
On the 3rd of January 1802 Almass Alli Khan, with other Officers
deputed by the Nawab Vizier, met the Governor General and attended
him on his march.
On the 4th of January the Hon'ble Mr. Wellesley left the
Governor General, and proceeded to Corah; and on the 5th of January
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, attended by the Officers of
his staff and by Major General Stuart, met the Governor General, and
was received with the honors due to his rank.
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On the 8th of January the Governor General, accompanied by His
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and by Major General Stuart,
arrived at Cawnpore. Major General St. John, at the head of the troops
of the Station, received His Lordship; the troops forming a street to
the house prepared for the residence of His Lordship during his con-
tinuance at that Cantonment.
The Governor General held a Levee immediately after his arrival, at
which the Officers of that Cantonment were presented to His Lordship.
On the 17th the Nawab Vizier, attended by his five younger sons,
by the British Resident at his Court, by the Chief Officers of his Court,
and by many of the principal inhabitants at Lucknow (from which city
the Nawab Vizier had come to meet the Governor General) arrived in
the vicinity of Cawnpore, and encamped on the bank of the Ganges
opposite to that Cantonment. The Nawab Vizier was accompanied by
a large body of troops.
On the 18th the Governor General was present at an entertainment
given by the Commander-in-Chief in honor of Her Majesty's Birthday.
On the 19th His Lordship received in his tents the visit of the
Nawab Vizier, the troops of the Station being drawn up in line for the
reception of the Nawab Vizier; a royal salute was fired on His
Excellency's arrival at the Governor General's tents, and on his depar-
ture. The Nawab Vizier was attended on that occasion by his sons,
and by many of the principal Officers of his Court.
On the 20th the Governor General returned the visit of the Nawab
Vizier at the Vizier's Camp.
On the 21st the Governor General entertained the Nawab Vizier
at dinner in his tents.
On the 22nd the Hon'ble Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Governor
of the Ceded Provinces, who had arrived at Cawnpore from Corah on the
16th, proceeded towards Canouge.
On the same day the Nawab Vizier and his sons were present at a
Ball given by the Governor General in his tents, when the Governor
General presented to the Nawab Vizier two large State tents, orna-
mented with embossed cloth of British manufacture.
On the 23rd the Goveror General held a Durbar for the reception
of the Natives of rank, at which were present the Nawab Imdad
Hossein Khaun, Nawab of Furruckabad, and his Minister Khirrud-
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mund Khan (who came to Cawnpore to wait on his Lordship), together
with the following personages:-
Moodaroodowlah, grandson in the female line of the Emperor
Behaudur Shaw, and father-in-law of the Nawab Vizier, with
his sons.
Cossim Alli Khan, son of the Nawab Salar Jung, Sherruf Alli
Khan, and their respective brothers.
Mohubbut Khan and Eradut Khan, sons of the late Hafiz
Rehmut Khan, the Rohillah Chieftain.
Ekbauloodowlah, the son, and Syud Abool Cossim, the nephew, of
the late Nawab Mooktaroodowlah, formerly Minister of the
late Nawab Assofoodowlah.
Tujummool Hoossain Khan, son, and Sulaum Oollah Khan, cousin,
of the late Tufuzzool Hossain Khan, formerly Minister of
the Nawab Vizier.
Tehseen Alli Khan and Asreen Alli Khan, principal Officers of the
household of the Nawab Vizier.
Abdool Rehmaun Khan, Commandant of the Candahar Horse in
the service of the Nawab Vizier, and his son.
Daraub Alli Khan, principal Officer of the household and Minister
of Her Highness the Begum, widow of the late Nawab Vizier
Shujah-oo-Dowlah.
Mirza Jaffer, a person of high rank and consideration at the court
of Lucknow, and his sons.
Culloo Khann, Agent at the Court of Lucknow on the part of His
Majesty Shah Allum.
Moulavy Zeea-oon Nubbee, one of the principal Officers of the
Nawab Ahmud Alli Khan, the Nawab of Rohilcund.
With many others of the Nawab Vizier's Officers, the vakeels of
the several chieftains of Hindoostan, residing at Lucknow,
and other persons of consideration.
On the 25th the Governor General breakfasted with the Nawab
Vizier at his camp, and on the 26th the Nawab departed for Lucknow.
During the residence of the Governor General at Cawnpore, His
Excellency, accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief, reviewed the
troops at that station in line, and in separate corps, and expressed in
public orders the highest satisfaction at their appearance, discipline, and
perfermance. His Excellency during his residence at Cawnpore was
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entertained at dinner by the Commander-in-Chief, by Major General
St. John, by His Majesty's Field Officers, and by the Hon'ble Company's
Officers at that station.
On the 30th of January the Governor General left Cawnpore and
proceeded to Lucknow with an escort of European and Native Cavalry
and Infantry.
On the 3rd of February the Governor General was met by the
Nawab Vizier at the distance of six miles from Lucknow with a
numerous train of attendants, and was conducted with every mark of res-
pect and honor through the city of Lucknow to the Vizier's palace,
where His Lordship was entertained at breakfast. After which the
Governor General paid a visit to Lieutenant Colonel Scott, the British
Resident at Lucknow, from whose house His Lordship proceeded to the
house of the late Major General Martine, near the City of Lucknow,
which had been prepared by the Nawab for His Lordship's reception.
On the 8th the Nawab Vizier entertained the Governor General at
dinner. On that occasion a magnificent illumination was displayed at the
Nawab's palace, and the entertainment was closed by a splendid
exhibition of fireworks.
On the 16th the Governor General and the Nawab Vizier visited
Mirza Solymaun Sheko, second son of His Majesty Shah Allum. The
Governor General also visited the Begum, mother of the Nawab
Vizier.
.
On the 18th the Prince Mirza Solymaun Sheko returned the
Governor General's visit, and on the same day the Governor General
received the visits of the Nawab Vizier's brothers.
On the 20th the Governor General visited the Begum, widow of the
late Vizier Assof-oo-Dowlah.
Previously to the Governor General's departure from Lucknow, His
Lordship was entertained by the Nawab Vizier's sons at dinner and
with a magnificent display of fireworks.
On the 22nd the Governor General was present at the Nawab
Vizier's palace, at the ceremony of the investiture of the Nawab
Vizier's second son Mirza Ahmed Alli Khan, with a Khelat, on
occasion of his provisional appointment to the temporary charge of affairs
during the eventual absence of the Nawab Vizier from his dominions.
The Governor General was entertained on that occasion by the Nawab
Vizier at dinner, and with an exhibition of fireworks.
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Previously to the Governor General's departure from Lucknow, His
Lordship accompanied by the Nawab Vizier visited Almass Alli Khan.
The Governor General was entertained at dinner by Lieutenant
Colonel Scott, the British Resident at the Court of Oude. The Gover-
nor General, during his residence at Lucknow, held a Levee for the
European gentlemen, and a Durbar for the reception of the Natives of
rank.
On the 24th the Nawab Vizier visited the Governor General, and
held a private conference with His Lordship for the final adjustment of
all points of public business. On that occasion the Nawab Vizier
appointed his second son, Mirza Ahmed Alli Khan, to be the executive
Prime Minister for the affairs of Oude. The Governor General having
declined the Nawab Vizier's offer of accompanying His Lordship
during a part of his march from Lucknow on His Lordship's return to
the Presidency, the Vizier took leave of the Governor General on the
24th of February.
On the 26th of February the Governor General left Lucknow and
commenced his march on his return to the Presidency, with the same
escort which had attended him to Lucknow. On the 2nd of March
Almass Alli Khan (who had been deputed by the Nawab Vizier to
attend the Governor General through the country under his charge) took
leave of the Governor General, and was invested by His Lordship with
a Khelat.
In the evening of the 4th the Governor General inspected the 14th
Regiment of Native Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Grant
at Sultaunpoor.
On the 6th Rehmut Alli Khan, brother of Almass Alli Khan,
who had been appointed by the Nawab Vizier to attend the Governor
General to the frontier of the Nawab's dominions, took leave, and was
invested with a Khelat. Raja Bhawanny Pershad, who accompanied
Rehmut Alli Khan, was also invested with a Khelat. On the same
day Raja Newaz Sing, Aumil of the district of Sultaunpoor, who
attended His Lordship during his progress through that district, also
took leave, and was invested with a Khelat.
On the 8th the Governor General arrived at Jaunpore, and resided
at the house of Mr. Welland, Judge of that Zillah.
On the 10th of March the Governor General arrived at Benares,
and proceeded to the house of Major General Deare, and on the 15th
the Governor General embarked, and proceeded down the river for the
Presidency.
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On the 17th the Governor General arrived at Buxar, and remained
at that Station until the 19th at the house of Lieutenant Colonel
Stafford.
On the 22nd the Governor General reached Dinapore, and was
received on his landing by Major General Frazer, by whom His Excel-
lency was entertained the same day at dinner.
On the 23rd of March the Governor General arrived at Patna, and
on the 29th at Moonghyr, where he was received on his landing by
Major General Ellerker, at whose house the Governor General remained
untill the 30th March.
On the 4th of April the Governor General arrived at Bhogwan-
golah, and on the 6th landed, and proceeded to the house of Mr. Pattle,
Senior Judge of the Court of Circuit and Appeals at Moorshedabad.
In the evening of the 6th the Governor General received the visit of
the Nawab Nasir-ool Moolk.
On the 7th the Governor General returned the visit of the Nawab,
and at the same time visited the Nawab Munnee Begum, Bubhoo
Begum, mother of the late Nawab Mobarek-00-Dowlah, and the Begum,
mother of the Nawab Nasir-ool Moolk.
His Lordship resided at the house of Mr. Pattle until the 8th,
when he proceeded to Plassey, where tents had been pitched for His
Lordship's accommodation. The Governor General was entertained at
Plassey at dinner by Major General Brisco.
On the 9th the Governor General proceeded to Jugdunpore, where
His Lordship was entertained at dinner in his tent by Sir A. Seton,
the Collector of Nuddea,
On the 10th the Governor General arrived at Kishnagur and
resided at the house of Mr. Oldfield, Judge of Nuddea.
On the 11th the Governor General proceeded to Santipore and
resided at the house of Mr. Philpot, the Commercial Resident at that
Station, until the 12th, when His Lordship proceeded to the house of Mr.
Brooke, Judge and Magistrate of Hooghly, where the Governor General
resided. The Hon'ble the Vice-President met the Governor General
at Hooghly on the 13th, and on the same day the Governor General was
entertained by Mr. Birch at Chinsurah; and on the 14th the Governor
General accompanied by the Vice-President proceeded from Hooghly, and
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arrived at Barrackpore, and was received upon his arrival by Mr. Udny,
Member of the Supreme Council, by Major General Popham, and the
Staff of the Presidency, and by the principal Civil Officers of the Govern-
ment. A salute was fired at the Danish Settlement of Serampore as His
Excellency passed on the opposite side of the river.
THE 22ND APRIL 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 27th March 1802.]
We learn that at Poona the demonstrations of joy were very great
upon Colonel Close's announcing to Sreemunt Rao Pundit Purdhan (and
Peshwa) the ratification of peace between Great Britain and France;
he immediately ordered a salute of twenty-one guns to be fired, in honor
of the happy event.
On the 26th instant, anchored in the harbour, the ship Shrewsbury,
Captain R. Campbell, from Bengal. By this opportunity came pas-
sengers Captain Green and Captain Dunlop.
On Sunday last two bullocks yoked to a hackery had been left
by their careless driver standing near the bazar gate, and from some
unusual noise or sight they suddenly took fright and ran furiously
about the ramparts. At length the affrighted animals bent their
course along the garrison gateway, and in their rapid progress, from
a short turn they attempted, the hackery struck against one of the
gate posts and was shattered to pieces; the parts dispersed with such
violence that one of the wheels struck an unfortunate man sitting near
the gate, and most shockingly maimed his head; he instantly expired on
the spot.
[From the Ceylon Government Gazette, 15th March 1802.]
The final cession of this Settlement to His Majesty has been the
occasion of much joy to the Native inhabitants, of which the Governor
lately received a strong testimony.
On the 21st ultimo an entertainment was given at the house of
Maha Modeliar, at which many of the Civil and Military Officers and
most of the ladies in Columbo were present.
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On His Excellency's entrance, he was conducted to a chair of State,
to which a deputation of the Native head men led by Maha Modeliar,
approached and delivered the following address :—
To His Excellency the HON'BLE FREDERICK NORTH, Governor, Captain
General, Commander-in-Chief of British Possessions on the Island of
Ceylon, &c., &c., &c.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY.-We, the Maha Modeliars of
your Excellency's gate, and all other Modeliars and Native Headmen,
His Majesty's most loyal subjects, beg leave to approach your Excellency
on this joyful occasion, that peace has again been re-established, by which,
Ceylon, the country of our nativity, has been finally ceded to His Britannic
Majesty, our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord, King George the Third.
Permit us then to offer to your Excellency, as the representative
of our said Lord the King, our sincere congratulations on this new
accession to the Crown of Great Britain, by which its empire in India
has been so much aggrandized and secured.
Permit us also to assure your Excellency how much we rejoice in
having become subjects of so good, great, and benevolent a Sovereign,
whose paternal care and solicitude for the general welfare of the Settle-
ments in Ceylon have already been fully manifested by his placing the
government of this Island in the hands of your Excellency, whose
constant and humane endeavours have been to put this country into a
flourishing state, and thereby to promote the happiness and welfare
of the inhabitants at large; which endeavours we have already been
so happy as to see crowned with success.
We humbly beg your Excellency to be persuaded, that animated
by your Excellency's example, and by the love of the best of Kings
and our country, our utmost assiduity (as becometh loyal subjects)
shall be employed in assisting to promote, as much as lies in our power,
the general welfare of His Majesty's dominions in the Island of Ceylon,
and to secure the happiness of the Native inhabitants of the same.
We humbly and heartily beseech Almighty God to endue our most
Gracious Sovereign Lord King George plenteously with heavenly gifts
and to grant him health and wealth, and a long life for him to reign
over us. In the like manner we pray that God, the fountain of all
goodness, will prosper you with happiness, and allow us long to enjoy the
fruits of your Excellency's auspicious government.
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To the protection and favour of your Excellency, as the representa-
tive of our beloved Sovereign, and as our Governor, we beg leave to
recommend our persons, and have the honor to be, with due respect,
May it please your Excellency,
His Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, and
Your Excellency's most obedient, obliged, and humble servants.
Signed by all the Native head men.
Columbo, 22nd February 1802.
Extract of a letter from Sergouga, Nugur, 25th February 1802.
"It has been generally understood that elephants are not to be
met in a wild state on this side the Ganges. In our neighbourhood,
however, a herd has been discovered, a male of which, attracted no
doubt by the females of our camp, has nightly given us much annoy-
ance ever since we came here. Means were at first used to decoy it,
for it would caress our females and allow them to surround it, but a
want of skill determined us to destroy it with our Artillery, and three-
successive nights a 4-pounder was discharged at him with good aim
for this purpose. Several grape hit him, and one round shot went
through his trunk and right leg; notwithstanding which, he stood
fronting the gun and allowed it to advance within seven yards of him,
when a round shot entered his right shoulder and lodged itself in
his abdomen. Two more discharges of grape were lodged in great part
in his head, when he at last fell without moving from the spot, and at
day light (for the third night we had been occupied on this service from
eleven till three in the morning), we had an opportunity of measuring
and anatomising him. His carcass was large beyond any conception.
His extreme length from the tip of the trunk to the end
of the tail was
His girth over the back curve
From tip of trunk to top of head
From top of head to insertion of tail
Length of tail
...
Girth of tail at the root
Width of fore foot
Ditto of hind foot
Girth of the neck...
Ditto arm
Ditto thigh
Ditto forearm
...
:
Ditto trunk close to the tusks
...
:
:
...
...
:
:
:
Feet. Inch.
25 1
15
4
9
0
10
6
5
6
1
9
...
1 8
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...
1
7
10
7
5
7
5
6
4
6
1
10
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Height at shoulder
Feet. Inch.
And ditto curve on back
...
...
10
8
11
6
"When alive he measured no doubt twelve feet at the back curve.
"The tusks lie buried and cannot be touched at present; but they
were not large. With all he seemed young and was handsomely pro-
portioned and clean skinned beyond any wild elephant, or indeed tame
one, I ever saw. People who have heard of elephants of 12 and 13 feet
high will think small of this; but on this subject there is much de-
ception. Mr. Corse, who gave into the Royal Society a memoir on the
generation and growth of the elephant, mentions, I recollect, that while
in Bengal, he made it his business to ascertain the real size of all the
large elephants he could hear of, and found one only to measure
feet 10-4 high."
THE 31ST MARCH 1802.
Valley of Alligators.
The following description of Peer Munga, a place distant about
twelve miles westerly from Currachee in Scind, we extract from the
journal of a young gentleman, who lately explored that province, hitherto
but little known to modern travellers :—
Peer Munga is the burial place of a saint, and a Mahomedan place
of worship of great celebrity; it is also much frequented by the Hindoos,
who assert that it originally belonged to them, and was then called
Lalla Jaffrojee. It is remarkable for two hot springs, issuing from a
rock, at the bottom of the mountain; but a great number of Alligators
kept there, and regularly fed by Fakeers, more particularly attracts the
attention of a stranger. The Fakeers constantly reside here for the pur-
pose of feeding these animals, about two hundred in number, some of
them of an enormous size and very great age. The priests have names
for each of them, and wish to impress travellers with a notion that they
possess great command over them; but the experience of the few jour-
nalists who have made any observations on these priests and their congre-
gation agree that this is an imposition; for the latter neither acknow-
ledge the names, nor the authority which bestowed them. Several sheep
and goats are however killed every day for the use of these monsters;
and as the vicinity of their retreat is always covered with a delightful
verdure, asses and other cattle are often attracted that way, and fall
to them. The Fakeers affect to distinguish from the others the oldest
whom they call the King, and always offer him, by way of preference,
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the head of a goat, which he formerly devoured greedily to the great joy
and exultation of his patrons, who considered this as a token that they
were in high favour with him; he has not, however, of late years.
enjoyed this delicacy with the gust he did formerly, perhaps owing to
his great age diminishing the powers of digestion; and the priests have
noticed this change with sorrow, as foreboding some calamity to the
Colony. There is neither record nor tradition regarding the first settle-
ment of these Fakeers in the place, but it is supposed to be very remote.
One of them traced his pedigree for twenty-three generations.
This valley of Alligators, constantly watered by a spring in the
neighbourhood, interspersed with evergreen trees, and covered with
herds of cattle, presents an interesting prospect in descending a pass
through the adjoining mountains. At the eastern extremity of it is a
grove of trees, through which are seen the domes of two mosques, and
the huts where the Fakeers reside, the whole forming a pleasing contrast
with the rugged, rocky, and barren surrounding mountains, and is
superior to any other view in Scind. A cistern, built of stone and
chunam, receives the water from the spring. It is an excellent bathing
place, and the water is supposed to possess properties that may be useful
in the cure of some diseases; but the robbers which infest the road to it
will probably prevent its being resorted to for that purpose. Not long
ago, a caravan of thirty camels, attended by twelve men, was attacked
on its way from Currachee to Kalot, by one of these mountain tribes.
Eight of the men were killed in defending the property, and the camels,
with the whole of their lading consisting of merchandize to a large
amount, were carried off. These mountains have been noted for many
centuries past as the haunts of robbers, and their difficulty of access has
hitherto forbade all attempt to remove or destroy their inhabitants.
This danger has made the road over the Baltorchee mountains to be
almost forsaken by travellers, and a circuitous route along the western.
banks of the Indus is preferred; here exorbitant contributions are levied
in every district; and travelling is impracticable for three or four months
of the year, owing to a suffocating wind that prevails.
THE 6TH MAY 1802.
On Tuesday last, the 4th of May, being the anniversary of the fall
of Seringapatam, the same was observed at the Presidency in the usual
manner.
In the morning a breakfast was given by His Excellency the
Governor General, to above seven hundred of the principal ladies and
gentlemen of the settlement.
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On this occasion, the great apartments of the new Government
House were opened for the first time.
The Union Flag was hoisted at Fort William, and at one o'clock
in the afternoon a royal salute was fired from the ramparts in comme-
moration of the storming of the Fort of Seringapatam.
In the evening His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General dined at the College of Fort William, where he was met by the
Honorable the Chief Justice, the Members of the Supreme Council, the
Judges of the Supreme Court, the Provost, Vice Provost, and Students,
and by all the principal Civil and Military Officers at the Presidency.
On this day the Governor General wore for the first time the star and
jewels of Tippoo Sultaun, originally tendered to His Excellency by the
gallant Army which achieved the conquest of Mysore; and recently
presented to him by the Honorable the Court of Directors.
THE 6TH MAY 1802.
London, November 23rd.
The Turks were infinitely surprised at the appearance of the Sepoys
in Egypt, more particularly when they saw them lay aside their shoes
and enter their mosques, in performance of the same religion. When
they found an army of Mahomedans descending the Nile, from they knew
not whither, they thought their Prophet was working a miracle in their
favour.
THE 20TH MAY 1802.
Extract of a letter from an Officer, late of His Majesty's Ship 'La Sensi-
ble,' dated in Camp, on the Island of Ceylon near the Wreck,
March 28th, 1862.
"You have no doubt, long ere this, heard of the melancholy accident
which has happened to His Majesty's Ship La Sensible She is totally
lost, but we have saved most of our effects. We left the Sandheads on the
19th February, and about the 28th, fell in with a fine and steady fair
breeze, which we kept until we unfortunately struck, having at the time
all the sails set; the unpleasant circumstance took place about two
o'clock in the morning of the 3rd instant. We lost only one man whom
we found dead at daylight. We continued on board until eight o'clock
of the same evening, when the wind and surf increasing, we were
obliged to quit the vessel for the preservation of our lives.
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"Upon reaching the shore, we fell in with a few huts, about a mile
from the ship; the inhabitants of which brought us a Corporal and four
Sepoys (as we could not make ourselves understood) from Malativoe,
a small post about twenty miles distant: they informed us that
Trincomalee was between fifty and sixty miles off; in consequence of
which, an Officer and myself, with two Sepoys, were despatched there,
to procure vessels for the purpose of carrying our guns and such other
stores as might be saved from the wreck.
"It is intolerably hot here in the day, and there has been a great
deal of fatigue attached to the Officers and the master in saving the
stores, we had divers endeavouring to get up what they could; the ground
tier of every thing I believe must be lost, as it is a quick-sand we
are on.
There are a number of wild beasts on this Island, as well as
alligators and snakes, which makes us more anxious to quit this place.
We had a most fatiguing march to Trincomalee: the road is entirely
through jungles, infested with elephants and other wild beasts; the
Sepoys that accompanied us were truly alarmed, as they knew some men
were a few days before killed by elephants, and I do not mean to say
Three
I was not, but we saw only one, and which did not molest us.
days, however, took us through it. The 19th Regiment are stationed at
Trincomalee, and the Officers behaved extremely friendly and attentive
to us."
THE 27TH MAY 1802.
[Ceylon Government Gazette, 10th April 1802.]
On Sunday morning, the 11th instant, His Majesty's Ship Victo-
rious, bearing the flag of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Rainier, sailed
from the Roads for Trincomalee. The weather appeared very unsettled all
day, and increased to a gale of wind next morning, which continued that
day and the following. On the morning of the 14th, it blew a storm from
the south-west with much rain, thunder, and lightning, and about half
past seven o'clock a tremendous whirlwind arose in the south-west quarter,
which, sweeping the Slave Island, where the Malay Battalion is quartered,
tore up several large trees by the roots, and demolished the barracks,
where fortunately but few of the men remained, it being the commence-
ment of one of the Mahomedan festivals, to attend the celebration of
which a great number had obtained leave of absence. Two men and
three children were unhappily killed, and many maimed and bruised
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This toofaun, whirlwind, tornado, or whatever it may be called, pro-
ceeded towards the north-east, carrying off the tiles of all the houses
in its direction, tearing up the planks from the garret stories, and occa-
sioning great apprehension and alarm. The wind immediately changed
to the north-east, from which quarter it blew hard for some time, and
(with a short interval of a calm for a few minutes) continued in that
direction several hours. It is stated to have shown itself in the form of
a small black cloud, leaving in its track a thick mist, which evaporated
soon after its passage into the sea, between the Flag Staff bastion and
Blackenberg's battery. Luckily its duration did not exceed three
minutes, or its effects must have been fatal.
We learn from the interior that great devastation has been com-
mitted in the cocoanut groves. The roads in many places are entirely
broke up, and the country is completely inundated for many miles round
the capital.
THE 27TH MAY 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 1st May 1802.]
Private letters from Mackulla, situated about three or four degrees east
of Mocha, dated the 4th of January last, mention the arrival at that place
of the Officers who left this in the beginning of December last, in a Dow
to join the army in Egypt; their reception by the Arabs in general,
and by the Chief in particular, was in the highest degree hospitable ;
the latter professed himself warmly and sincerely attached to the
English character, and expressed a wish that they would more frequently
visit and trade to Mackulla; it is represented to be a very extensive coun-
try, apparently rich in natural productions, but their value, however, lost
for want of proper cultivation. They were fortunate enough to meet.
with an interpreter in a man who had resided at this place for about five
months, and who is said to have been saved from the wreck of the Fazy
Allum. They were to have sailed for Mocha on the following day, the
5th of January.
THE 3RD JUNE 1802.
[Extract from late English Papers.]
The East India Company has presented Sir Joseph Banks with one of
the bricks which are to be found in such great quantities near Hilla, on the
Euphrates, the spot whercon, according to Major Rennell and the ancient
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geographers, Babylon was situated. On these bricks, characters are
engraved perfectly similar to those commonly called Persepolitan, and
described by Chardin, Corneille le Brun, Kaemfer, Niebuhr, and others.
This is one of the most curious discoveries, as it appears that these arrow-
headed characters are real letters, and that they were common, not only in
Persia, but also in the ancient capital of Chaldea. The literati of London
are undecided whether these characters, separated by lines like the
Chinese, are to be read perpendicularly, as may be seen in Dr. Hager's
Introduction to the Chinese, or horizontally; or sometimes one way and
sometimes the other.
The East India Company proposes to publish at its own expense,
engravings of the twelve Babylonian bricks which it possesses, and to
send impressions over Europe for the inspection and opinions of the
learned.
THE 10TH JUNE 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 15th May 1802.]
By a late journal of a voyage to the Persian Gulph with which we
are favored, we find the following particulars inserted :-
From Ormus, I was induced to visit Gombroom, from which it is
distant about 17 miles, where I had the pleasure to contemplate the
ruins of a very large factory formerly possessed there by the English.
The country has a miserable appearance, and the inhabitants no less so:
except salt, there was nothing to be procured at Ormus.
The contiguous Island of Kishmeh is however most beautiful: it is
about 90 miles in length.
Sailing from the Persian to the Arabian side, we came to a very
fertile Island called Bahrein, very near the Continent of Arabia, in the
latitude of 26-12 N., in the vicinity of which there is a valuable and
lucrative Pearl Fishery.
We took our departure for Bushire, where we arrived on the 18th
February last, and found lying there the Bombay Frigate, Captain
Margotty, waiting the orders of the Persian Ambassadar to proceed to
Bombay. We were then despatched to Bussorah, where we remained a
month, and again joined the Bombay Frigate at Bushire.
The detachment of troops on board the Governor Duncan, we are
happy to hear, has been very healthy since they left Bombay.
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In pursuance of the sentence of death passed by the Court of Sessions
for the Island of Salsette, finally approved of and confirmed by the
Governor in Council, on Lockmia Jewjee, a Hindoo of the Cathorey caste,
for the murder of Warloo Ramnack Tuppey, the unhappy criminal was
executed on Monday last near to the spot where the crime was com-
mitted, in Meera village, in the district of Gorabunder, on the Island of
Salsette.
A great assemblage of the inhabitants of the adjoining villages
attended the awful ceremony, being the first of the kind that has taken
place since the introduction of the judicial regulations into this Island.
From the very deep impression which the solemnity and novelty of
the punishment manifestly made on the spectators, the most salutary
consequences can be expected to flow from this primary and exemplary
exercise of the judicial powers of Government over the inhabitants of
Salsette.
THE 14TH JUNE 1802.
Colonel Montresor, of His Majesty's 86th Regiment of Foot, arrived
this morning from Alexandria, with dispatches for His Excellency the
Most Noble the Governor General.
Colonel Montresor left Alexandria on the 24th of April and brings
intelligence that the definitive treaty of peace between His Majesty on
the one part, and the French and Batavian Republics and His Majesty
the King of Spain on the other, was signed at Amiens on the 25th of
March last.
THE 17TH JUNE 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 22nd May 1802.]
The three preceding days have exhibited very boisterous symptoms of
the approach of the monsoon; the swell in the harbour and the gales of
wind have been particularly strong. We have heard of no other damage
than the upsetting of one large pattamar and the stranding of another.
The Mysore had parted from her cables and ran foul of the Ardaseer;
neither vessels have, however, been materially injured on the occasion.
An epidemic fever has prevailed on this Island in an uncommon
and rather an alarming degree, for these few weeks past, but it has been
confined to the natives alone, among whom the casualties have been corres-
pondingly distressing; it is to be hoped that the approaching change in
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the weather will operate its beneficial effects in the removal of the dis-
order, which appears to originate in a sudden pain in the head accompanied
with immediate fever.
We have great pleasure in announcing that accounts have been re-
ceived of the destruction of Uny Mootah and six of his gang, a well known
robber who has for many years pervaded the Province of Malabar in de-
fiance of all authority, and to the terror of its peaceable inhabitants. It
has fallen to the lot of Captain Watson of this establishment, who has the
command of the armed Police in Malabar, finally to extirpate this no-
torious freebooter; and the address and gallantry with which he accom-
plished the object, stand highly conspicuous.
Captain Watson, receiving information on or about the 29th ultimo,
of banditti having arrived from Mongery at Uny Mootha's fortified
post in the hills, near to Mannar Ghaut, proceeded with a party of his
armed peons at five in the morning to the place of rendezvous; the
fortified post was surrounded by an impenetrable jungle, and accessi-
ble only by a narrow foot-path, which admitted of not more than one
man to proceed at a time; the party fought every inch of their progress
to the end of this foot-path, under every disadvantage and difficulty,
arising principally from the uncommon steepness of its ascent; after
having gained this point, they had to carry three very strongly fortified
defences; these obstacles they however finally overcame, but not without
the loss of three killed and twelve badly wounded. The rebels on finding
themselves so closely pushed, took refuge in the Syramby (or upper
roomed fortified house) which this jungle surrounded, and which they
defended for some time with uncommon bravery and constancy; the doors
and windows of this lodgment resisting every effort which was made to
force them, Captain Watson conceived the project of undermining the
house, and obtaining the necessary implements for the purpose, imme-
diately commenced the work; the rebels within annoying the working
parties all the while with large stones which had been suspended by
ropes from a projection of the roof-these were cut down to interrupt the
progress below, and their rapid fall did much execution among them;
in spite, however, of every annoyance they accomplished their under-
taking by noon, when a part of the wall of the upper and lower rooms
fell, and brought the Banditti down with it, who, in the act of falling,
actually levelled their musquets and fired at Captain Watson, fortunately
without effect. Several were found to have taken refuge in this Syramby;
unhurt from the fall, they immediately made for the foot path; but
Captain Watson having most judiciously guarded every avenue at the
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bottom of the hill, by which an escape might have been made, they
were intercepted in their retreat and the number completely annihilated;
on proceeding to the demolished building two women were discovered;
they eagerly enquired as to the fate of the party, and being informed,
one of them exclaimed "then Uny Moota is killed." Captain Watson
on hearing this acceptable exclamation collected the bodies, and Uny
Moota's being pointed out by the female in question, it was exposed
and recognized by numbers who assembled for the purpose of viewing
this late animated corpse, which only a few hours before the fears of the
inhabitants of Malabar considered unconquerable; some of whom even
mocked the party on their march to this fortified post as in the pursuit
of an object which would lead to their certain destruction. Another
noted robber named Goorcal, one of the Banditti, and distantly related
to Uny Moota, escaped the fate of his comrades; but the vigilance of
Captain Watson, it is to be expected, will render his career but short.
Besides the casualties above enumerated, one Native Officer was killed
and four wounded.
THE 24TH JUNE 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 29th May 1802.]
Reception of His Excellency the Persian Ambassador.
A deputation, composed of the Secretary to the Government,
Robert Rickards, Esquire, the Adjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel
Gordon, the Quarter Master General, Lieutenant Colonel Boden, the
Governor's Aide-de-Camp, Major Wilson, the Acting President's Aide-de-
Camp, Captain Spens, with Nicholas Hankey Smith, Esquire, late
Resident at Bushire, and a friend of the Ambassador's, who was appoint-
ed to act as interpreter also on the occasion, proceeded on Thursday last
at three o'clock in the evening to congratulate His Excellency on the
part of the Governor of Bombay on his arrival. The deputation on
reaching the Duncan was saluted with fifteen guns, and the compliment
was repeated on its quitting the vessel.
The deputation was received and entertained by His Excellency
with the usual formalities, who, however, expressed his anxiety and hope
soon to become personally acquainted with its members, when their
meetings, he trusted, would prove frequent and of a less formal nature.
His Excellency having made known his intention of remaining on board
until Saturday morning at the hour of six, when he would land, and
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proceed immediately to the house, which had been fitted up for him at
Byculla, and rest two or three days after the fatigues of his most tempes-
tuous voyage before he underwent the ceremony of introduction to the
Hon'ble the Acting President, the Deputation then took leave of His
Excellency.
Saturday Morning.
The gentlemen above named, accompanied by the Mehmendar
Edward Strachey, Esquire, went at six o'clock this morning on board the
Duncan on the Balloon richly ornamented for the occasion, and their
reception was again honored by a salute from that vessel. A separate
boat with French horns and other musical instruments adapted for the
water, attended closely on the Balloon, and other Bunder boats also
followed for the purpose of bringing ashore such of the ambassador's
suite as might be appointed to land with him cach boat having a Marine
Officer on board.
At about seven, the ambassador quitted the Duncan, and being
received in a barge belonging to one of His Majesty's ships, she rowed
off from the Duncan, under a salute of seventeen guns, the other boats
followed in regular order, in this procession the whole of the boats taking
a circuitous route, passed IIis Majesty's ship Chiffonne, the Hon'ble
Company's Ship Cornwallis, and the Hon'ble Company's Frigate Bom-
bay, all of which were highly decorated, and displaying a variety
of ornamental colours, saluted, cach in their turn, the ambassador's
barge as he passed. After which the procession of boats proceeded in
the same regular order to the shore, the music playing the whole of the
time.
On the ambassador's landing at the Bunder Pier, he was saluted
with seventeen guns from Hornby's Battery, and was received by Robert
Henshaw, Esquire, Henry Fawcett, Esquire, Major General Bellasis,
and Lieutenant Colonel Kerr, who were respectively introduced to His
Excellency by the Secretary to Government, who moreover explained the
rank and station of cach of the gentlemen who had been appointed to
receive him; this ceremony having been gone through, the Ambassador
was carried in a State palankeen, provided for his accommodation, in slow
time, through a street formed of all the troops in garrison from the
Bunder towards the Church gate, the Artillery Band playing appropriate
tunes, and the troops saluting him as he passed with presented arms;
next to the Ambassador's palankeen followed those of the gentlemen
who had been appointed to receive him, and after these, the palankeens
of His Excellency's own suite. The procession was also preceded by led
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horses, trumpets, &c., &c. An immense concourse of people assembled
to view the reception of the Ambassador, and the number of palankeens
moved along as if borne by the multitude; so great was the crowd which
thronged around them. The Ambassador proceeded from the Church gate
to the house prepared for his reception in the country, in bis State
palankeen, escorted by his own horsemen and other attendants, and by
a body of 200 peons dressed for the occasion, who, forming a line on
cach side of the Ambassador's conveyance, accompanied him in that order
to his house of residence.
The road was crowded with native spectators, all anxious to view
and to offer their humble tribute of respect to this exalted stranger.
We are happy to add that the Ambassador has expressed his highest
satisfaction at the honorable attention already shown to him at this
Settlement, and with the accommodation prepared for him during his
proposed stay here.
LLOYD'S EVENING POST, THE 1ST FEBRUARY 1802.
The Directors of the East India Company have come to a resolu-
tion not to send out a single Cadet during the present season; their
patronage of Civil Servants is also confined to one writer each.
THE 1ST JULY 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 5th Juno 1802.]
On Monday last His Excellency the Persian Ambassador, Hadjee
Khaleel Khan, obtained his public audience of the Hon'ble the Acting
Governor, James Rivett Carnac, Esquire; Ilis Excellency made his entry
into the Fort with a large train of his attendants, and body-guards
mounted, followed by a vast concourse of the Natives. IIe left his house
at Byculla at about four o'clock, accompanied by the gentlemen who
formed the deputation upon his landing, and who had proceeded to his
residence for the purpose of attending His Excellency. The troops in
Garrison formed an avenue from the Secretary's Office to the Govern-
ment House, through which His Excellency proceeded in his State
palanquin, and on passing the troops, was saluted with presented arms.
On His Excellency's entrance at the gates of the Government Ilouse,
he was met by the Acting President at the head of the steps, and their
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introduction was announced by a salute from Hornby's Battery, His
Excellency was then conducted to the Audience Apartment, which was
elegantly fitted up for the occasion; on his entering it, the Band, with
a most happy effect, struck up "God save the King." Having delivered
to the Acting President, with the usual ceremonies, his credentials, His
Excellency was introduced to the principal Officers of His Majesty's
and the Hon'ble Company's Service who attended at the Government
House. His Excellency manifested great satisfaction at the attention
and urbanity with which he had been received. And at about half
after six he took his leave, and returned to Byculla under the same Mili-
tary honors with which he entered the Garrison.
Wednesday having been fixed upon by the Hon'ble the Acting
President for returning the visit of His Excellency the Persian Ambassa-
dor, the principal officers of His Majesty's and the Hon'ble Company's
service assembled at the Government House, a little before four, to
accompany the Acting President thither. A salute from Hornby's Battery
announced his departure from the house, in a coach, accompanied by Sir
William Syer, the Recorder, John Hector Cherry, Esquire, Second
Member of Council, and General Nicholson, the Commanding Officer
of the Forces, followed by the gentlemen on attendance in their
respective carriages; and preceded by music and trumpets and beautiful
led horses most richly caparisoned; on the Parell road, a party of 300 of
the Bengal Volunteers joined and led the procession, through an almost
impassable crowd. The Acting President's reception by the Ambassador
was announced by another salute from Hornby's Battery. His introduc-
tion was marked by the accustomed ceremonials, and his entertainment
conducted in the highest style of eastern magnificence. At about six,
the Acting President took his leave, and quitted the Ambassador's
residence in a State palankeen, of uncommon and singular elegance,
escorted in the same manner, as distinguished his approach.
THE 22ND JULY 1802.
As a lady and gentleman were taking the air a few evenings since,
on the road leading to the Great Tree* at Midnapore, two tigers, one of
the size of a full grown calf, the other the size of a stout dog, crossed
the road within fifty paces before them. It is supposed the noise of an
elephant on which the lady was riding, disturbed the tigers. The
gentleman was on foot at the time.
* A tree called the great tree still exists at this Station.
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THE 22ND JULY 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 16th June 1802.]
From the zeal and well known professional abilities of the Medical
gentlemen of this Presidency, great hopes were entertained of the vaccine
disease being rendered effectual. This is one of those fortunate dis-
coveries of the present age which extends its salutary influence to the
rising generation, and sincerely happy are we to state from good authority
that the cow-pox is at length introduced into India. After frequent
failures the disease appeared in one child, and went successfully through its
ordinary course. From this subject a great number have been inoculated,
almost all of whom have taken the infection. We shall soon be enabled
to communicate to the public on this subject the opinion of the Medical
Board, who will avail themselves of every method to disseminate this
blessing through every part of the eastern world.
Destruction and plunder of the Tomb of Houssein, the son of Ali, situated
near to the Kerbella under the Bachalic of Bagdad.
On the 21st of April last intelligence reached Imaum, otherwise called
Meshed Houssein, that the Wahabys were approaching; their force
amounted to between six and seven thousand camels (each camel carrying
two Musqueteers), and about four or five hundred horsemen, who, on
drawing near to the gardens surrounding the town, dismounted and
collected round a green tent pitched amongst other common ones, and
dividing their forces into three parts, one proceeded to the northward,
one to the southward, and the other towards the Kimah gate; between
this gate and the city, they took possession of a Caravansara built by the
present Bacha of Bagdad. The city itself soon fell a prey to its invaders,
its inhabitants on the first attack seeking their safety by flight. Such as
were encountered by the Wahabys in their progress through the city
were unrelentingly massacred. On their reaching the outward wall of
the Court before the sacred tomb, the edifice protecting which is con-
tained in a quadrangle formed by very high walls and taking in a large
space of ground, they found the gates shut and effectually opposed
their utmost endeavours to force them. Failing here, the invaders possessed
themselves of a house adjoining one of the outward walls of the tomb,
through which having made a hole, they penetrated into the area, and
thence into the tomb itself, where having put to death thirty or forty
persons, they commenced to demolish the railing of the sacred monument.
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It was a very rich square railing, made of the purest watered steel,
inlaid with gold, and embellished with jewels, and was intended to
prevent the too near approach of the pilgrims to the tomb-they then
broke to pieces the case of the tomb, a piece of workmanship which
in the time of Kerim Khan occupied seven years in constructing-it was
composed of different sorts of precious woods, and profusely set with
jewels, of the greatest price-the looking glasses, each of which was
two guz in breadth and brought from Europe, were next broken to pieces,
four little domes which had been the work of different Beglerbegs, or Go-
vernors, and were ornamented with superb looking-glasses, and the
walls which were composed of gold and lapis lazuli, then became one
common ruin.
Plunder followed this devastation-they carried away two trea-
suries containing the legacies of different Emperors and Kings to the
sacred tomb, and the gold and silver candlesticks, one alone of which
of the former weighed 26 okas or 62,400 drachms, and also the em-
broidered curtains and the carpets. One treasury, esteemed the
richest of the three, which was rather higher situated than the rest,
escaped their ravage.
Besides this interior demolition, the gates which were covered with
plates of gold and silver, as well as the grated windows, were broken
to pieces; they moreover destroyed one-half of the dome of the tomb,
which was constructed with gilt bricks, the donation of the reigning
King of Persia, and carried the whole of the spoils away. On the terrace
of the tomb about twenty or thirty indifferent persons and four treasurers
were murdered, with four or five hundred souls found in the apartments
which composed the edifice, some of the bodies of which they also
burnt.
In that part of the town which fell into their hands, and which
consisted of more than four-fifths, they shewed no mercy to the women,
who were stripped quite naked, and beat and tormented to discover what-
ever of treasures might be hidden, and few of the small number whose
lives were providentially saved, escaped without wounds. The men and
women slaves were carried away by the Wahabys, who were employed
in this scene of devastation from the morning to the ninth hour in the
evening, when they evacuated the place and returned to the desert. The
exact number of those who were murdered cannot well be ascertained.
Twelve corpses were taken out of the quadrant alone, and the total
number may amount between 5 and 6,000; about 100 young virgins of
great families were carried off into captivity!!
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THE 29TH JULY 1802.
We have the satisfaction to report the arrival in the river of the
Commerce transport from the Red Sea, having on board a detachment
of the Bengal Artillery lately serving in Egypt.
The Commerce left Suez on the 7th and Mocha on the 23rd June,
and we are authorized to state for the information of the public that
no appearance of the disorder of the plague exists, or has existed, on
board the Commerce, and that the Corps of Bengal Artillery was not
affected with that disease at any period of their service in Egypt. The
plague had ceased before the departure of the Commerce from Suez,
and the camp equipage and bedding of the troops were burnt at that
place previous to their embarkation, in order to guard against the possi-
bility of the infection being conveyed in that way to India.
THE 5TH AUGUST 1802.
At the request of the Medical Board of this Presidency, we are
particularly happy in conveying to the public the following letter ascer-
taiuing the introduction and success of the vaccine inoculation :—
To the Editor of the "Bombay Courier."
SIR,-For the satisfaction of the public, and the information of pro-
fessional men in India, we beg of you to publish the following account
of the introduction of the cow-pox into this place. We have it now
in our power to communicate the benefit of this important discovery
to every part of India, perhaps to China and the whole eastern world;
we shall
spare no pains in accomplishing a purpose so desirable, by which
one of the greatest evils that has afflicted humanity may be diminished
in a great degree, or even extinguished altogether.
In the course of the last twelve months, we have repeatedly received
by sea from England the vaccine matter, with which many children
have been inoculated to no purpose. We were not more successful with
matter which was sent to us directly by land from Constantinople.
Fortunately Dr. Short, a Surgeon of this establishment, residing at Bagdad,
produced the disease at that place. He immediately forwarded the
matter to Bussora, where Mr. Milne, the Surgeon of that Residency, also
succeeded in infecting a patient with it; Mr. Milne soon afterwards
inoculated a number of other children, and he sent the vaccine matter
to Bombay by several ships. Even with this matter we were for a time
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unsuccessful, and after thirty or forty trials by various methods and
different Surgeons, a fortunate inoculation at length produced the vaccine
disease in Anna Dusthill, who is perhaps the first human being who
underwent it in India. This child, the daughter of a servant of Captain
Hardie, is about three years of age. She is very healthy, and certainly
never had the small-pox. It is necessary to mention these circumstances,
as from her alone the whole of the matter that is about to be sent all
over India was at first derived.
We have received no history of the patients from whom it was
taken at Bagdad and Bussora, but we rest with confidence, from our
knowledge of the Medical gentlemen at those places, that no pains have
been spared to make it pass through unexceptionable bodies.
From Anna Dusthill on the eighth day of her disease, and on the
22nd of last month, seven children were inoculated, five of those who
certainly never had the small-pox took the infection and have already
gone through nearly the whole course of the vaccine disease. The other
two were not infected, but there is some probability that one of them
has had the small-pox. From the five children that were infected,
about thirty more have been inoculated, and a great many of them no
doubt will take the disease. From these last we shall send the vaccine
matter to the other presidencies, to Surat, Poona, &c., &c., and care shall be
taken that none shall be employed but from an unexceptionable source.
The vaccine disease in Anna Dusthill passed, as we have said,
through its ordinary course, as described by writers on the subject. The
pustule began to show itself about the third day. During the course of
the fifth and sixth, she had slight symptoms of fever, and some uneasi-
ness in the arm pit of the inoculated side. The pustule on the eighth
day was of the proper size for that period. It was flat, rather concave,
and it consisted of many cells, which on being pricked, gave out a trans-
parent fluid. By the tenth day the inflamed areola round the pustule
was extensive and very distinct, in spite of the blackness of her skin.
She had only a single pustule on the inoculated part, nor during the
whole time did she suffer any material inconveniency from the complaint.
All the five children who were inoculated from her, had a similar
train of symptoms. On two of them, whose parents were Europeans,
the inflamed areola, from the whiteness of their skins, was much more
distinct than it had been on Anna Dusthill.
We have thus detailed the progress of the symptoms, and we have
no doubt but that this is the genuine cow-pox. Some Surgeons here,
who have seen the disease in Europe, are of the same opinion. We hope,
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therefore, that this will tend to quiet the apprehensions of parents,
which in some instances we find to be very great, and that our experience
at this place, so far as it has gone, will give confidence to practitioners.
Almost all the medical men at this Presidency have witnessed this disease,
many of them are inoculating for it, nor do we understand that any
difference of opinion has arisen concerning its nature.
One test indeed we still want of its genuine nature, and that is,
its power of preventing the variolous infection; to this test it shall
shortly be put. As this island does not contain less than 150,000
people, sufficient supplies of children must arise to keep up the disease,
even without any dependence on Salsette or the neighbouring continent.
The Hindoos and Parsees, both here and at Surat, show the utmost
desire of having their children inoculated with the vaccine disease.
We shall instruct the native practitioners of physic regarding it, but on
this part of the subject we are not without apprehensions. Whoever
is sufficiently acquainted with what has been done in Europe with regard
to the cow-pox, is aware that some foreign poison, such as that of the
small-pox, is apt to be mixed with it, when a compound disease arises;
or some other poisonous matter may be, from various causes, introduced,
instead of the vaccine virus, when a disease altogether different is
produced. The history of the Count de Moffet, as lately detailed by
Dr. de Carro, affords a most instructive lesson on this subject. The
greatest care therefore should be employed to warn the native practitioners,
that the vaccine matter may be degraded by many causes, and that their
utmost attention is necessary to prevent it.
We can affirm from our own knowledge, that this Government
have anxiously assisted our wishes for procuring the vaccine disease by
the way of Bussora. They represented to Lord Elgin the importance
of it to this great society of mankind, and they called for the aid of the
residents of Bussora and Bagdad. Doctor DeCarro, of Vienna, who has
distinguished himself so honourably in this career, transmitted in the
first instance the vaccine matter to Lord Elgin, who several times before
had shown us his attention to the subject. By Ilis Lordship's orders,
it was sent to our Resident at Bussora. To both those gentlemen the
public are under great obligation for the interest they took in the
subject. Finally, it fell into the hand of Dr. Short and Mr. Milne, as
we have already said, nor could it have been more fortunately placed.
{
We have been more particular than was necessary for the medical
profession, who must be supposed to be in possession of every fact that
has occurred on the subject in Europe; but as we shall disperse the
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vaccine disease very widely, as it will affect, and as, we hope, it will
promote the happiness of every family, we wish to satisfy the public at
large concerning the sources from which we have derived it, and the
foundation of our belief that it is of a genuine kind.
BOMBAY,
The 2nd July 1802.
}
WILL. MOIR.
(Sd.)
H. SCOTT.
دو
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 13TH AUGUST 1802.
Fort William, 12th August 1802.
On the 9th instant, His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General entertained at breakfast in the new Government House Major
General Baird and the Officers of the Army returned from Egypt,
together with all the principal ladies and gentlemen of the Settlement,
and the Governor and several of the principal inhabitants of the Danish
Settlement of Serampore.
At eight o'clock A. M. of the same day, the flag was hoisted in Fort
William, and a royal salute was fired in honor of the return of the
Army from Egypt.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 19TH AUGUST 1802.
Seringapatam.
Capricious Fortune guides the Trump of Fame,
But Honor's guerdon is no casual name;
That, like a vap'rish fleeting mortal breath;
This, the life-spark, that triumphs over death.
On the capture of Seringapatam, the Field Officers employed on the
storm, from a high sense of General Baird's merits in the command and
conduct of that glorious enterprise, entreated his acceptance of a sword,
which was ordered to be made in England to the value of 200 guineas;
it has lately arrived, and does great credit to the taste and execution of
Messrs. Jefferies and Jones; on the gripe, which is richly ornamented
with brilliants, are General Baird's Arms, and on the shell is an enamel-
led painting of the storm of Seringapatam and the surrender of two
of the Princes at the Palace gate, and is inscribed the 4th of May 1799.
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It was presented to the General on his return here from Egypt by
the Hon'ble Lieutenant Colonel St. John and Lieutenant Colonel Bell,
with a speech appropriate to the circumstances in the names of the Field
Officers-
Colonel Sherbrooke.
Lieut. Col. St. John.
Lieut. Col. Dalrymple.
Lieut. Col. Wallace.
Lieut. Col. Mignon.
Lieut. Col. Gardner.
Lieut. C. Moneypenny.
Lieut. Col. Bell.
Major Shee.
Major Pichton.
Major Craigie.
Major Forbes.
The united voice of those "approved good soldiers" soliciting
General Baird's acceptance of this memorial of preference and esteem,
is the highest praise they could bestow, or a Soldier receive, from hist
contemporaries, his constituted Attorney or Attornies.
THE 19TH JULY 1802.
[Bombay Courier Extraordinary, 18th July 1802.]
On the 16th instant, at six o'clock in the evening, departed this
life James Rivett Carnac, Esquire, Second Member of Council at this
Presidency.
Yesterday evening at the hour of five, he was interred with every
honor suited to his rank. At day break, the Garrison flag was hoisted
at half mast, and the colours of His Majesty's ships in the harbour,
with those of the Hon'ble Company's and others were displayed in
a similar manner. At three o'clock the body was privately removed from
his residence at the Beach into the house in town appropriated to the
Second in Council, and at a quarter after four, a party of five hundred
Europeans from the Artillery Corps, and His Majesty's 80th, 86th, and
88th Regiments assembled, the whole under the command of Major
General Bellasis, Commanding the Hon'ble Company's Artillery; the
Artillery Corps forming towards the Apollo Gate, from left to right, and
His Majesty's Regiments alternately continuing the line in the same order.
At five His Majesty's Naval and Military, and the Hon'ble Com-
pany's Military, Civil, and Marine servants having also assembled, the
procession commenced as follows:-
The Reverend Arnold Burrowes, the Senior Chaplain, and Doctor Moir,
the family Surgeon.
The Reverend Nicholas Wade, the Junior Chaplain.
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The Pall Supported by
Sir William Syer, the Recorder.
General Nicholas, the Commanding
Officer of the Forces.
Robert Anderson, Esq., Superin-
tendent of the Marine.
Alexander Adamson, Esq.
Mr. Cherry, 3rd Member of Council.
Captain Rainier, the Senior Officer
of His Majesty's ships in the
harbour.
Robert Henshaw, Esq.
J. D. English, Esq.
James Fisher, Esq., and Ensign James Rivett Carnac, Chief mourners.
Followed by the gentlemen who had assembled for the occasion.
The procession moved, whilst the band of His Majesty's 86th
Regiment and the Garrison band were playing the Dead March and other
appropriate solemn music, with accompaniments, towards the Government
House, and thence to the Apollo Street, making a circuit by the
Adjutant General's Office and the Dock Head Gate, passed close by the
Main Guard, from which moving direct for the Church, the line halted at
a convenient distance and formed a street, through which the procession
proceeded to the Church. Upon entering it, the funeral service was per-
formed by the Reverend Chaplains, and the body deposited next to the
spot which had many years ago received that of his sister, the wife of
the late Brigadier General John Carnac. Three vollies from the troops.
announced the conclusion of this sad and solemn ceremony, immediately
after which half minute guns to the number of forty-three, being the
of the deceased, commenced firing.
An immense concourse of Natives attended, and accompanied the
procession, who observed throughout the utmost decorum.
With the deepest affliction we have thus announced an event which
the public will deplore in common with ourselves.
Unnecessary as eulogium is on this melancholy occasion, sure we
are, if departed worth demand a tear, if a mind enlarged by every liberal
principle, a heart open to every benevolent impression, if dispositions
kind, affectionate, and friendly, a life of virtue, and a death of resigna-
tion-if these things consecrate an early and unlooked for grave to sorrow,
long will his ashes, whom Heaven has thus taken itself, receive the sin-
cerest and most honorable tribute grief can pay.
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Blest in the highest approbation of those who could best estimate his
public services, he was equally blest in the truest regard of every one at
all acquainted with his private virtues.
The general anxiety of the Settlement when his life was known to
be in danger, honorable as it was to its members, was equally so to him,
whose situation caused such universal solicitude; and though time, and
a sense that grief is unavailing, may one day dissipate the gloom occa-
sioned by his death, no period, we are persuaded, will ever efface the
recollection of his life, or impair the veneration which the community
owes his memory.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 20TH AUGUST 1802.
Fort William, 20th August 1802.
We have been favored with the following articles of intelligence
from Europe, received by the ship Auspicious, Captain Barker, from
the Red Sea. The Auspicious sailed from Mocha on the 16th ultimo,
and arrived in the river yesterday morning.
Lord Kenyon dead, and is succeeded by Sir Edward Law.
Mr. H. Dundas made a Peer by the title of Lord Melville.
Mr. Liston made Lord Liston, our Ambassador to Holland.
Twenty-five millions for the loan at £3-18 per cent.; 3 per cent.
Consols at 76.
The Income Tax repealed.
An increased duty upon every other existing tax.
Bonaparte celebrated a Grand Mass, and Te Deum sung throughout
Paris.
A ship is expected every hour from Malta, the wind strong and fair,
at W. and N. W.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 26TH AUGUST 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 24th July 1802.]
We have of late had the satisfaction to announce the extirpation
of the principal robbers who infested the southern division of the
Province of Malabar, and we are happy to add another instance of
similar success against a notorious offender and partizan of the Pyche
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Raja, Elambalan Cunyan, whose devastations were chiefly confined,
through fear of the Coorga Raja's people, to the northern district. It
appears that his repeated offers of money and a silver hilted sword to
the Chieftain of Coorga created suspicions, and upon being closely
interrogated, he declared the object of his mission thither, that when
his principal the Pyche Raja had been driven from his retreat in
Choarly by Colonel Stevenson, he was dispatched with about fifty men
in search of treasure which had been treacherously carried off by some
of his master's followers; the continuance of the army in that part of the
country having prevented his rejoining the Raja, and hearing also of
the execution of several of the principal rebel chiefs, he was induced to
take refuge in Coorga; the chieftain of that Rajadom, however, with
that attachment which has ever conspicuously marked his conduct towards
the British Government, secured and surrendered the offender to our
authority; a party had proceeded from Cannatoor to escort the prisoner
from the Ghauts.
Thus a series of successful events have at length obtained an entire
suppression of that rebellious spirit which has so long pervaded the
Province of Malabar, and the happy consequences which the subversion
of the Mysorean Government had promised to this portion of the
Company's possessions are now completely secured. This part hath
proved, and ever would have proved, the hot-bed of rebellion to the
disaffected in Malabar; discouraged and unsupported, they now daily
fall the unfortunate victims of their misplaced dependence.
THE 28TH OCTOBER 1802.
On the 8th instant, a very elegant dinner was given by the Officers
at Azimghur to Colonel Sir Ewen Baillie, in testimony of their esteem
and sincere regret at his leaving the Corps.
The entertainment was conducted with much taste, and the most
happy conviviality displayed, under a range of tents pitched for the
occasion. The illumination and whole arrangement was contrived with
much ingenuity, and produced an excellent effect.
The table was covered with every luxury that the Ceded Districts
could afford, and the juice of the grape circulated abundantly.
Both the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel of the Corps joined
heartily in the gaicty of the company.
1802.]
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Each toast was followed by music, well appropriated, and the
execution of the Band of the 2nd Battalion 13th Regiment added
greatly to the splendour and gaiety of the entertainment.
The following letter on the subject was received by the Officers at.
Azimghur from Colonel Sir Ewen Baillie, previous to his departure:
To LIEUT. COLONEL MARTENDELL, and the Officers of the 2nd Battalion
13th Regiment.
GENTLEMEN,-The very flattering mark of attention afforded to me by
your elegant entertainment, replete with conviviality, and accompanied
with most gracious sentiments expressed on the occasion of my departure,
must ever claim my grateful acknowledgments and heighten that con-
tentment which, as Colonel of the 13th Regiment, I have experienced in
a particular degree ever since our earliest acquaintance in the Corps.
I owe you gentlemen, collectively and individually, much obligation
for having cheerfully co-operated with me on all occasions, whether for
the purposes of private society or public duties; and it is with equal.
pride and pleasure that I can reflect on my good fortune in having had
you immediately with me for three years, sometimes in the field and on
actual service; but in all situations I have derived both success and
contentment, and my wishes have been often anticipated by the pro-
fessional energy and social good understanding which subsist among you.
It may therefore be easily conceived what regret I must feel in
separating from such a society.
May you, gentlemen, and the Corps, long continue to preserve that
distinction which you have justly gained in the public opinion; and
be assured that, whether in India or in Europe, my esteem and good
wishes shall be devoted to you, and my endeavours employed when op-
portunity offers to evince how much I remain, with friendship and
regard,
GENTLEMEN,
Your sincere and obedient Servant,
AZIMGIIUR,
10th October 1802.
}
(sd.)
EWEN BAILLIE.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 28TH OCTOBER 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 1st October.]
A party of gentlemen proceeding on horseback a few days since
from Tanna, to visit the Kanara Caves at about eleven o'clock in the
morning, descried near to Tulsey a tiger descending towards them from
a distant hill; he shortly after made his appearance at the footpath
leading to the caves, close to one of the gentlemen, the foremost of the
party. The tiger evincing every appearance of preparing to spring
upon a pointer dog near to him, the gentleman called out to his com-
panions, when the animal instantly shrunk from his attempt, squatted
himself upon his haunches, and fixed his eyes furiously and steadfastly
upon him for some seconds; and upon the exclamation being repeated,
growlingly turned from the footpath into an adjacent jungle. The dog
upon which the tiger had seemingly fixed for his prey, stood petrified
with affright, and has been ever since in a dejected state. A second
pointer dog that was in the rear, roused by his master's exclamations,
ran forward, and penetrated the jungle through which the tiger had
passed; in a moment after the dog was heard to give one howl, and
nothing more was seen of him. On the following day, the party pro-
ceeded armed in quest of the tiger, and on entering the jungle in
question, they discovered the remains of the poor dog distant not more
than six paces from the footpath where they first encountered this royal
beast. The tiger appeared to be much pressed by hunger; and it may
be deemed a most fortunate occurrence fate had so decreed that the
preference which these animals invariably give to canine over human
flesh, should have had its opportunity of being gratified in this instance.
THE 4TH NOVEMBER 1802.
Thursday the 7th ultimo having been appointed by the Right
Hon'ble the Governor in Council at Madras for the purpose of offering
to Almighty God a solemn thanksgiving for his great mercy in restoring
the blessings of peace, the celebration of that event was accordingly
performed with every public and religious demonstration of joy and
gratitude. The appointment of so early a day afforded the opportunity
of including His Majesty's squadron in the celebration of this great
occasion; and His Excellency the Commander of the Fleet, united with
the Government in the performance of the solemnity.
!
1802.]
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At six o'clock in the morning the Right Hon'ble the Governor,
attended by His Lordship's Body Guard, and the Officers of his personal
Staff, and accompanied by His Majesty's Chief Justice, Vice Admiral
Rainier, and the Commander-in-Chief, the Members of Council, and the
Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, the General Officers present at
Fort St. George, the Captains and Officers of His Majesty's Navy, and
the principal Civil and Military Gentlemen of the Settlement, arrived at
the parade of Fort St. George, where the troops had previously been
formed in square, to receive His Lordship with the accustomed honors.
At the statue of the Marquis Cornwallis, the Chief Secretary of
Government read His Majesty's proclamation of peace, the troops
presenting their arms and continuing in that position during the time
of reading the proclamation; a royal salute was then fired from the
guns of the garrison, which was followed by three volleys from the
troops composing the square.
After the discharge, the procession, formed into ranks of three
persons, moved towards the Church, the Right Hon'ble the Governor
walking between the Hon'ble Sir T. F. Strange and His Excellency Vice
Admiral Rainier, and preceded by the whole of the personal staff, when the
troops again presented their arms, the band playing God save the King.
On passing from the square, the procession entered a street which
extended to the gate of the Church, formed by the troops drawn up in
a double line, who continued to pay the same honors until the procession
passed into the Church.
After the conclusion of Divine service, according to the form of
Thanksgiving appointed by His Majesty, the Right Hon'ble the
Governor, accompanied by the gentlemen present, returned in state to the
Government Garden.
Vice Admiral Rainier having chosen this occasion for performing the
ceremony of shifting his flag on His Excellency's promotion to be a
Vice Admiral of the White, His Excellency was received by the Right
Hon'ble the Governor at the entrance of the grand room at the Govern-
ment Gardens. On hoisting the new flag, His Excellency received the
compliment of a salute from the guns of the Fort, and from the Artillery
of His Highness the Nabob of Arcot, stationed at the palace of Chepauk.
The ships of the squadron amounting to seventeen, having manned the
yards and rigging, cheered the white flag in an appropriate manner.
The Flag ship returned the salute of the Fort and of the Park of His
Highness the Nabob.
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The Right Hon'ble the Governor gave a public breakfast which
was numerously attended.
In the evening His Lordship gave a grand Ball, to which all the
ladies and gentlemen of the Settlement and the Officers of the Fleet and
Army were invited.
On this occasion the superb building recently erected at the Govern-
ment Gardens was opened, and produced that general impression of sur-
prise and approbation excited by the most magnificent and beneficial
specimen of architecture which the science and taste of Europe have
ever exhibited to the natives of India.
About nine o'clock the Company had assembled, and soon after His
Highness the Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah arrived in state accompanied by
some of the principal personages of His Highness' Durbar.
His Highness was received at the door of his carriage by the Staff
of the Right Hon'ble the Governor, and conducted to the head of the
room by His Lordship, to a scat purposely prepared for His Highness.
The dances then commenced and continued until about ten o'clock,
when the Company adjourned to an exhibition of fireworks.
The word Plassy appeared in distance through the gloom, like the
deeds of other years.
From a nearer site the attention was attracted to the word Seringa-
patam in letters of brilliant fire.
The Fort and Squadron commenced firing, and in an instant were
superbly illuminated. A general view of this scene, aided by a quick
succession of fire balls, suggested the idea of a fortress assailed by land
and sea, and reminded many characters present of those glorious events,
in which they had borne a distinguished part.
The eyes of the company were then attracted to a grand illumination
of blue lights, and being again directed to a flight of rockets, the front
of a temporary edifice appeared representing the portico of the Temple
of Peace.
The entrance of the portico was ornamented by a transparent paint-
ing, representing Britannia standing upon a rock in the ocean, the
trident of Neptune resting on her left shoulder, the British lion couchant
at her feet; the right hand extending across her figure to receive the
olive branch from Peace advancing to present it. On the right of
Britannia, a laurelled Victory reposed, suspending from her arm a chain
of medallions, inscribed with the names of the most distinguished states-
men and soldiers of the late war.
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The principal painting was surmounted by a semi-circular compart-
ment containing G. R. of large dimensions, surrounded by a wreath of
roses, thistles, and shamrocks, the bottom entwined with a scroll, on
which was inscribed-
"THE PILOT WHO WEATHERED THE STORM."
The pediment of the portico contained an excellent transparency of
the United Arms of Great Britain and Ireland.
A brilliant display of fireworks, extremely diversified, in various
quarters of the Government Gardens, concluded this part of the enter-
tainment.
The company proceeded to supper in the gallery of the grand
building. Nothing had been omitted which could contribute to the
gratification or convenience of the company, but the extent even of this
magnificent building appeared to be insufficient to accommodate the
prodigious assemblage of persons invited to partake the fete.
His Highness the Nabob retired immediately after supper, highly
gratified with the amusements of the evening, and testifying the pleasure
afforded to his Highness's mind, by the opportunity of contributing to
celebrate an event so important to Great Britain and her Allies.
The dances recommenced on the return of the company to the Ball-
room, and continued till a late hour in the morning.-[Mad. Gov. Gaz.].
THE 4TH NOVEMBER 1802.
We learn that on the 2nd ultimo, a superb launch took place from
the building yard of Mr. Dyne, of Anjengo: the vessel is named The
Anjengo; her dimensions are seventy-six feet keel, breadth of beam twenty-
five feet, computed tonnage, carpenter's measurement, 260 tons.
This is the first time that a vessel of such capacious dimensions has
been constructed at Anjengo; she is built of the finest Travancore timber,
and finished in a style of strength and elegance highly creditable to the
science and taste of the ingenious constructor, Captain Jepson, a native
of Holstein. The ship's head, a figure of Diana, habited as a huntress,
bears the marks of masterly skill in such work.
The Resident of Anjengo, and the Resident at Travancore, with all
the fashion and beauty of Anjengo and the vicinity, honoured the
launch by their presence and applause, and afterwards partook of a cold
collation prepared for the occasion by the owner, Mr. Dyne.
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+
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 4TH NOVEMBER 1802.
At Bombay, on Thursday morning the 7th October, departed this
life, Sir William Syer, Knight, Recorder of Bombay, after a short,
though severe illness.
His funeral, which took place on Friday morning the 8th ultimo,
at half past six, was, at his own desire, private, and attended from the
Court House to the Church, where he was interred, by the Hon'ble
the Governor and the Members of Council, J. H. Cherry and Thomas
Lechmere, Esquires, together with Edward Atkins, Esquire, Mayor,
and the Aldermen of the corporation who were associates in his Court.
The funeral was accompanied by a party consisting of 300 Rank and
File of His Majesty's 86th Regiment with their Officers, and 50 Rank
and File of the Artillery, the whole commanded by General Bellasis.
Half minute guns to the number of 40 were fired from the saluting
Battery, when the Funeral Party moved from the Court House.
In announcing the loss of this truly excellent and respectable
character, it is but justice to express the general sense and high estima-
tion of his peculiar virtues and merits. As a man, Sir William Syer
has ever been distinguished for real worth and the truest principles of
philanthrophy and universal benevolence. His hospitable mansion was
open to all, and in the mild and polished manners of its owner the
stranger as well as friend were welcomed with affability, dignity, and
ease. Fortune leading him to a matrimonial connection in this country,
the same principles and the same virtues combined to exemplify in him
the affectionate husband and fond father. His private and moral
character served to adorn the high office he was called upon to execute,
and he closed a bright career in firm adherence to that Religion which
so eminently enlightened, guided, and marked the practice of his life.
In his professional capacity, his loss is equally to be deplored; the
abilities of the Judge were here equally conspicuous with the private
virtues of the man; laborious and indefatigable in his researches for
truth; quick and penetrating in discernment; clear and perspicuous
in his exposition of fact; lenient in punishment, and of integrity incor-
ruptible. His official conduct, whilst it is remembered, must ever meet
with the most general reverence and esteem, and his name and memory
be respected for the fairness of his decisions, and his strict and never
failing solicitude for the administration of justice in the department over
which he presided.
ち
​1802.]
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An amiable wife, with two infant children, is left to bewail his
untimely death, and though her affliction be now proportioned to her
loss, it may be some consolation to her to know that her respected
partner carries with him the feeling regret of that society of which
he was but lately so useful a member and distinguished an ornament.
[Bombay Courier.]
THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1802.
[From the Madras Gazette, 16th October 1802.]
The opening of the new navigable canal which communicates from
the Black Town to Ennore River, on Thursday morning, attracted an
innumerable concourse of spectators.
The Right Hon'ble the Governor, and His Excellency Vice
Admiral Rainier, with the principal inhabitants of the Settlement, were
present at the ceremony.
Upwards of twenty boats, ornamented with flags and music playing,
in a short time entered the basons, from the first of which Mr. Heeske,
under whose superintendence the work has been completed, landed, and
had the honor of being introduced to His Lordship for the purpose of
presenting a variety of articles, which the canal will be the means of
transporting from the interior, for the use of the Settlement.
The length of this canal from Moodonkristnah's Choultry to the
north-west angle of the Black Town Wall, is estimated at 10,560
yards, the breadth at the top 40, and its greatest depth 12 feet.
A road sixty feet wide, and three feet above the original level, has
been made on both sides of the canal, which it is intended to plant
with two rows of cocoanut trees; and regular drains have been cut
throughout, for the purpose of carrying off the water.
The advantages which the inhabitants of Madras will derive from
this communication, by the decrease of price in all inland commodities,
renders it an object of the greatest importance, and too much praise
cannot be bestowed on those to whose lot it has fallen to carry the
intention of Government into effect.
The whole of this grand and laudable undertaking has been com-
pleted in a period short of nine months.
Immediately after the ceremony, the company retired to tents, and
partook of an excellent breakfast, which had been prepared by the
Hon'ble Basil Cochrane for the occasion.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 11TH NOVEMBER 1802.
[From the Madras Gazette.]
Colombo, September 22nd.
On Wednesday, His Excellency the Governor, attended by the Agent
of Revenue and Commerce of the District, the Civil Engineer, and
several other gentlemen, visited the works carrying on at Mootoorajawelly
on the road to Nigombo. The object of those works is to drain, embank,
and render cultivable, a large tract of marshy land containing upwards
of six thousand square acres.
These grounds are at present subject to:
the influx of salt water from the Lake of Nigombo, to prevent which, a
canal is now digging along the sea-side, from that lake down towards
the mouth of the River Calani-Gunga. When the admission of salt
water shall have been entirely prevented, sluices will be constructed at
the Lake of Maha-Elle in order to afford a regular and controllable
supply of fresh water, for the necessary irrigation of such portions of
the land as are allotted to the culture of rice. From the declivity of
some parts of the ground near the Mootoorajawelly, and the abundant.
supply of water which can be commanded from the Lake Maha-Elle,
mills, it is thought, may be easily constructed, by which means the
disadvantage of transporting the grain to market in its coarse and more
importable form will be obviated. The benefits likely to arise from this
great work, not only in the addition it will make to the usual resources
of food for the inhabitants of the populous province of Columbo, but
in the habits of activity and skill which the numerous labourers are
employed in its execution are daily acquiring, are incalculable; and as
there has not been one instance of desertion among those persons since
the commencement of the work, it may be considered as one of the first
proofs of the happy chance that has been made in the condition of this
people by the abolition of the Accommodessans.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 2ND DECEMBER 1802.
[From the Madras Gazette, 6th November 1802.]
On Monday last the British Society of Bombay gave a superb
entertainment to Abdul Latiff Khan and the Members of the Persian
Embassy, in token of the happy cordiality which subsisted between
these illustrious strangers and the British inhabitants of this island.
The Theatre was the place chosen for the entertainment; a large space
of ground was enclosed to the front of it where the supper tables were
laid out. The enclosure was divided into arches, which were illuminated
by small lamps, and at the entrance stood two pillars in a pyramidical
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form covered also with small and variegated lamps, which had a very
beautiful effect. On the top of the Theatre, a well executed transpa-
rency of the Persian Arms was exhibited; and at the opposite end,
within the Theatre, the Arms of our Gracious Sovereign appeared also
transparent; the interior of the Theatre having been moreover decorated
with festoons of flowers, and other ornaments judiciously chosen and
displayed.
•
At about ten the Hon'ble the Governor Abdool Latiff Khan,
and Aka Hussen, with their respective suites, accompanied by Major
Malcolm, entered, when the Bands of the Garrison, of His Majesty's
86th Regiment, and the Battalion of Artillery, struck up the animating
tune of God save the King, with forcible effect; immediately after
which, the dances commenced and continued, with the intervention.
of the period allotted to the enjoyment of an excellent supper, till four
the following morning. The preparations for, and the general conduct
of, the entertainment were highly characteristic of, and creditable to,
the taste and exertions of the Managers.
THE 16TH DECEMBER 1802.
Supreme Court.
On Friday last came on to be tried two indictments against Joseph
Mari Laperrouse, one for the murder of Captain Ivie Campbell, late
Commander of the Sarah Margaretta, near the coast of Pedier, on the
4th September last, and the other for Piracy; he was found guilty on
both, when the Chief Justice passed sentence of death upon him, which
was carried into effect on Monday last, at the usual place of execution.
The Court directed that his body should be afterwards hung in chains.
The Court then passed the following sentences on the prisoners, whơ
had been tried during the sessions :-
Byjoo Mussaulchy, for a robbery in the house of Samuel Davis,
Esq., received sentence of death.
Panly Stratty, Anunderam, and Catoulkissen, for a conspiracy
against Christopher Roberts, Esq., Judge and Magistrate of Sylhet, to
be imprisoned two years, and stand once in the Pillory, the Court also
directed Anunderam to pay a fine of Rs. 4,000.
Ramsoonder Sircar, for Perjury before the Court of Commissioners
for the recovery of small debts, to be transported for seven years.
4.4
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Ter Jacob Ter Petruse; an Armenian Clergyman, for Perjury before
the Supreme Court in an action commenced by him there against
Mr. Sarkis Johannes, to be imprisoned two years, and pay a fine of one
Rupec.
Imaumbux Golyah, for a robbery in the dwelling house of Mr.
Frederick Holker, transported for life.
Thomas Norman Morgan, for forgery, to be imprisoned two years,
stand once in the Pillory, and pay a fine of one Rupee.
Choochill, Buxoo, Ruffic, and Nyamuttullah, for a robbery in the
yard of Messrs. Gilmore and Wilson, to be transported for seven years.
Mohun Singh, for a robbery in the dwelling house of Mr. Curtis,
and Husnow and Noordy, concerned in the robbery of Messrs. Gilmore
and Wilson, were discharged.
The Grand Jury were discharged, but the Sessions was adjourned
until the 3rd of February next, on which day the Petty Jury were
directed to attend.
The Chief Justice, in passing sentence on Thomas Norman Morgan,
for forgery, observed, it was fortunate for the prisoner that the law which
makes that crime capital, had not yet been extended to this country;
but that he had reason to believe, ere long, that it would.
THE 23RD DECEMBER 1802.
On the 15th instant Major Hawkins, and the Troops under his
Command, left Dacca. He and his brother officers carried with them
the general good wishes of the British Society at this station.
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Murray will set off in a few days,
beloved and respected by all.
On the 29th ultimo, Major Hawkins, and the other gentlemen of
the Battalion, gave an entertainment to the Settlement, in compliment
to Colonel and Mrs. Murray, who are on the eve of their departure for
Europe: the Nabob Nusserut Jung Bahadur was of the party.
After an excellent dinner, where conviviality and good humour
were the order of the day, several Loyal and Patriotic Toasts were
drank, and a song written upon the occasion, and highly appropriate,
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was given in an impressive style by Lieutenant Midwinter. The whole
Company felt the propriety and delicacy of the compliment, and gave
it their sincerest and unanimous applause.
The parties to whom it was addressed were particularly affected
with this unexpected mark of esteem and regard; as soon as the
sensations incident to such a situation had subsided, mirth resumed its.
reign, and the evening concluded with a dance.
THE 30TH DECEMBER 1802.
[From the Bombay Courier, 4th December 1802.]
The American ship Two Brothers had arrived at Bussorah on the
12th November from New York and was expected daily to leave the Port
in ballast.
By this opportunity we have received intelligence of the death of
the late Mussalem of Bussorah, Selim Beg, who was strangled at that city
on the 17th ultimo. This personage, on the death of the late Bacha, his
father-in-law, had been appointed Kia, or Prime Minister, by His High-
ness' successor Ali Bacha, to whom he was also connected by marriage.
His insatiable ambition, however, unmindful of all ties of gratitude or
relationship, soon overcame the small portion of common sense which
he possessed, and led to his untimely fate; the first act of his administra-
tion aimed at an attempt to obtain the Bachalick for the son of the
deccased, a youth of about fourteen years of age, with the view of ruling
in his name; in consequence of this proof of his aspiring view he was
seized and returned to Bussorah, where he was strangled, a fate which he
perhaps would not have met with had he not gained a few partizans,
whose zeal in his cause threatening to disturb the tranquillity of the
country this summary mode of proceeding towards the leader of the
party was deemed, as it has been found, the most effectual check upon
the order of his adherents.
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THE 6TH JANUARY 1803.
Ceylon Intelligence, 1st December 1802.
On Wednesday last His Excellency the Governor was pleased to
confer a Medal of Honor and Gold Chain on Don Simon Paulus
Akrimenjeke Samerkoon, Mohandiram of His Excellency's Gate, and
Modiliar of the Post Office, as a mark of his approbation of his services
in that Department.
THE 6TH JANUARY 1803.
Extract from a letter of MR. C. ROGERS, Medical Superintendent,
Trincomallee, dated 24th November 1802.
The vaccine inoculation has succeeded all over Ceylon in a manner
exceeding our most sanguine hopes. Patients have been repeatedly sub-
jected to the ordeal of variolous inoculation and natural exposure; and
have uniformly resisted the action of that virus, so that the doubts of the
most sceptical must yield to the test of experiment.”
To JAMES ANDERSON, ESQ., P. G., M. D., &c., &c., Madras.
DEAR SIR,-I have been duly favored with the printed papers rela-
tive to the vaccine disease which you had the goodness to forward to me.
I have been somewhat successful of late in propagating the vaccine
disease, and as I have made a trial to ascertain whether I have been
inoculating with matter from the genuine cow-pox, I think it my duty
to acquaint you with the result.
On the 10th ultimo I inoculated two boys who had gone through
the vaccine disease (communicated to them in Bombay, 18th September),
with recent variolous matter; no other effect was produced from this
than a light degree of inflammation at the punctures which continued
for nearly two days.
I lately selected from among those (at this station) who had gone
through the vaccine disease in the most satisfactory manner, five young
men and as many children. These on the morning of the 27th ultimo I
inoculated with recent variolous matter from the patient in the sixth or
seventh day of the disease: no effect whatever has been produced from
this.
This trial had a very good effect in convincing many of the natives
here as to the utility of the cow-pox, which they were doubtful of before.
1803.]
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The small-pox has been prevalent here of late, but I am hopeful that,
in a short time, few at this station and the adjacent villages will be
susceptible of its contagion.
I am,
ANGARIPAR,
6th December 1802.
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) W. GOURLAY,
Assistant Surgeon.
P. S.-None of the twelve vaccinated patients I inoculated with
variolous matter ever had the small-pox.
To MR. GOURLAY, Angaripar.
DEAR SIR,-Matter from the vaccinated patients whom you so
happily brought from Bombay to Calicut, having found its way to
Cundapore, Mr. Hoyes has likewise proved its genuine quality by the
test of small-pox, and as I have heard nothing further from Mr. Perrin,
who made remarks on both diseases about the time you left him, I
conclude that the vaccine which you have disseminated over the Malabar
Coast, has every where been found genuine, and there can be no doubt
that the natives will be more readily satisfied of its value by this proof,
than by all other arguments; and, in as far as it may appear to have
occasioned no delay, may warrant the more immediate, permanent, and
general establishment, of vaccine inoculation.
I will thank you to send, if practicable, a vaccinated patient, or
otherwise some dried vaccine lymph, to Mr. Boodle at Palamcottah; and
the disease having so far proved genuine, it will be sufficient for gentle-
men in future, to report to their respective and immediate Superinten-
dents the Superintending Surgeons.
FORT ST. GEORGE,
15th December 1802.
Believe me, always,
Your obliged and obedient servant,
J. ANDERSON,
(Sd.)
Physician General.
THE 13TH JANUARY 1803.
To J. FLEMING, Esq., or the First Member of the Medical Board, Calcutta.
DEAR SIR,—As it will be a pleasing circumstance at Calcutta to be
acquainted with the state of that source of cow-pox with which you have
been supplied, I enclose copies of the latest advices from Mr. Christie,
Medical Superintendent General on Ceylon, and am,
FORT ST. GEORGE,
23rd December 1802.
Your very obedient servant,
(Sd.) J. ANDERSON.
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To the Editor of the Government Gazette.
SIR,-Be so good as to insert the enclosed paper in the next Gazette
and oblige.
Your very obedient servant,
FORT ST. GEORGE,
}
21st December 1802.
(Sd.) J. ANDERSON.
To DOCTOR JAMES ANDERSON, P. G., Madras.
DEAR SIR,-I have to return you many thanks for your printed
correspondence on the vaccine disease, which I have regularly received
up to the 16th November, and beg leave to congratulate you on the
fortunate introduction of the cow-pox at the Presidency of Madras,
where I doubt not it will be attended with the most complete success.
On this Island our success in vaccine inoculation surpassed my most
sanguine expectations, which will appear from the accompanying letter,
a printed copy of which I take the liberty of enclosing for your infor-
mation.
It may be satisfactory to you to mention that my information
with respect to the numbers inoculated here, is derived from the most
authentic sources, as I regularly receive from all the medical gentlemen
engaged in this pursuit in Ceylon, a register specifying the date of the
inoculation, the name, age, sex, and caste of the patients inoculated,
the name of the patients from whom the matter is taken, the nature and
period of the fever, the number of the pustules, and the day on which
the patient is discharged, with a printed certificate of his having passed
through the cow-pox; so that if at any time an accident should happen
in consequence of the introduction of a spurious disease, it may imme-
diately be traced to its source.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
COLUMBO,
2nd December 1802.
(sd.)
THOMAS CHRISTIE.
To THOMAS CHRISTIE, ESQ., M. S. G., Colombo.
DEAR SIR,-Your letter and address in the Ceylon Gazette are very
opportune at this time, as a means of directing practitioners how to
draw our reports that may meet the public eye the most satisfactorily,
and thus strengthen the hands, and pave the way, for the administration to
advance in this great work, so happily begun, of rendering cow-pox
inoculation a general and inestimable blessing.
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These important reasons will satisfy you of the propriety of insert-
ing your letters in the public prints here, for general information; and
it will give you great pleasure to learn that the two Botany Bay boys,
fortunately inoculated with cow-pox by Mr. Rogers, have been the
means of conveying the genuine disease to Calcutta.
The vaccine may now therefore be considered as introduced in the
happiest manner into the whole of British India; the establishment
and preservation of it, must depend on higher powers than come to the
share of professional men, and there is every appearance that these
powers will be effectually exerted.
For five months by past, I have inserted in the weekly papers every
thing regarding cow-pox that came to my knowledge; since that period,
the liberal exertions of the surgeons have not only effected its introduc-
tion everywhere, but have likewise proved its exact correspondence with
the disease in England, as well in appearance, as resistance to small-pox,
so that a spurious disease has only been found in one place, which would
never have come in question had such reports been made as you have
pointed out.
The exertions of the surgeons have not only diffused it to a much
greater extent than appears in my publications, but have likewise trans-
mitted it to Tranquebar and Pondicherry, so that it is only our Northern
Circars, where it has been found spurious, that are now unprovided with
the genuine virus.
The want of patients, however, has already been attended with its
disappearance at some stations, and therefore it is obvious that until
some plan is adopted of establishing many different stations over the
whole country, that may be able in case of failure mutually to supply
each other, the exertions of individuals cannot ensure its permanency.
Adieu, my dear Sir,
and believe me your obliged
FORT ST. GEORGE,
20th December 1802.
and very obedient servant,
(Sd.) JAMES ANDERSON.
To the Editor of the Ceylon " Government Gazette."
SIR,-I have the satisfaction to state that the persons mentioned
in my letter to you of the 16th instant, as having been affected with
cow-pox, and afterwards sleeping with Adrian Roderigo, while labour-
ing under small-pox, continue in perfect health, as well as all those who
had been inoculated with variolous matter.
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The efficacy of the cow-pox in preventing the effects of small-
pox contagion, has, since the date of my last, been also remarkably
exemplified in a Cingalese family in the Pettah of this place. On the
12th November I inoculated with vaccine matter Jenama, a Cingalese
girl, and three other children in the same family. In Jenama the
inoculation did not take effect, but having been exposed to variolous
contagion, she was on the 15th seized with smart fever, and on the 18th
a general eruption appeared. When I visited her on the 19th, I found her
evidently affected with small-pox, the disease being distinct, but well
marked. The vaccine vesicles in the other three children were distinctly
formed, but as they had not had any remarkable degree of fever, I
cautioned the parents against allowing them to remain with their sister
who had small-pox, and recommended their removal to another house.
On calling again to see Jenama on the 21st, I found that my directions
on this point had not been observed, and that she, with the other three
children, remained in the same hovel. Jenama's small-pox pustules were
approaching to maturation, and the cow-pox pustules in the other children
had regularly advanced in their progress, and were surrounded with the
usual areola.
As all further caution now appeared unnecessary, I assured the father
that the children might now continue together without any additional
risk, and I am happy to say that, on calling at the house last night, I
found Jenama perfectly recovered from small-pox, and that the other
children had completely resisted the action of the contagion, and re-
mained in perfect health.
The occurrence, however, of small-pox in Jenama's case, and in another
which I have just heard of, suggest the propriety of repeating the caution,
with respect to the necessity of directing vaccine patients to avoid all
exposure to small-pox contagion, until the vaccine areola is formed, and
the pustule begun to scab, and to avoid all possibility of false alarms.
and misrepresentations on this subject, we ought in every case, where there
is reason to apprehend the presence of small-pox contagion, to forewarn
our patients of the possibility of the occurrence of both diseases, if the
small-pox infection has been received before the vaccine pustule has
completed its course.
Mr. Huburts, a private practitioner in Columbo, has just been with
me to mention a case, in which an eruption of distinct small-pox took
place on the tenth day after vaccine inoculation and which created in
him a considerable degree of alarm, but in this case it was so evident
that the contagion had been received previous to inoculation, that far
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from invalidating the proofs of the preventative efficacy of the cow-pox,
the frequent occurrence of the co-existence of both diseases from previous
infection, while in no one case the small-pox has occurred from subse-
quent exposure, only tends to confirm in my mind the irrefragable
proofs of the perfect efficacy of our new disease.
Mr. Huburts was, about a fortnight ago, called to a family, in which one
child labored under confluent small-pox of the worst kind. He immedi-
ately expressed his fear that this patient could not recover, but recom-
mended that two other children who were in the family, should be removed
to another house, and inoculated with vaccine matter. This was immedi-
ately done, and both inoculations took effect, but, on the seventh day, one
of the children was seized with a smart fever, which continued till the
tenth, when an eruption of distinct small-pox took place. It is evident
that this child had received the contagion from her sister previous to
inoculation with the cow-pox, and there is reason to believe that the
former disease was ameliorated by the presence of the latter.
The experiment of making persons who had been vaccinated, sleep
with patients laboring under small-pox, has been lately repeated at
Jaffnapatnam, with the same success as at Columbo, and the subsequent
inoculation with variolous matter continues to be occasionally practised
at the different stations on the Island, without producing any disease.
The proofs of the preventative power of the cow-pox on this Island,
are therefore now more than sufficient to satisfy every reasonable mind,
and I am happy to say that the inhabitants here of all ranks, de-
scriptions, and religions, place the utmost confidence in its efficacy.
Upwards of two thousand persons have been inoculated with cow-
pox by Mr. Orr alone, and the number of people vaccinated throughout
the Island is certainly not less than ten thousand. Of these, above six
thousand have been inoculated in the Columbo district, and the good.
effects of the introduction of the cow-pox are very evident in the Pettah
of this place, where small-pox is becoming much less prevalent.
Judging from our past success, and the great numbers who daily
crowd to us for the purpose of being inoculated, we may indulge well
grounded hopes that the vaccine inoculation will very soon become almost
general here, and that the small-pox contagion will ere long be expelled
for ever from this Island.
Doctor Pearson, who next to the immortal Jenner has, perhaps, dis-
tinguished himself most by impartial investigation of this subject, has
recorded two cases in which a severe disease was produced, in consequence
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of the presence of Psora (itch), and as I observe from a late work of
the learned Doctor Thornton on the subject of cow-pox, that he believes
the presence of Psora ought "to form a ground of exclusion to this or
any other inoculation;" it may be of importance to mention that from
the great prevalence of this complaint amongst the natives of India, we
should have been under the necessity of excluding a very great pro-
portion of the mass of the people from the benefits of this discovery,
unless we had ventured to practise vaccine inoculation, even in cases
where a considerable degree of Psora existed.
We have accordingly inoculated a great many people affected with
Psora, and I am happy to say that I have not hitherto experienced any
considerable inconvenience from extending the practice to patients of
this description, although a clean part of the skin ought always to be
chosen in these cases, as the vaccine pustule, from being scratched, is apt
to degenerate into a simple ulceration.
I shall make only one more remark on this subject, on which I am
afraid, notwithstanding its importance, many of your readers will con-
ceive I have already been two prolix. I have observed that within the
last fortnight, during which we have here had almost constant rains and
moist weather, many more failures have occurred amongst my inoculated
patients than formerly, and on enquiry I have found that several of my
patients in whom the inoculation had failed, complained of catarrh,
which can readily be conceived to diminish the susceptibility for cow-pox,
but the failures have been so much more frequent than formerly, that I
am apt to believe that amongst the natives, who generally go with
their arms uncovered, the rain also may often act directly by diluting
or washing away the virus, though we are at all times careful to insert it
a considerable way under the cuticle.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
COLUMBO,
30th November 1802.
(Sd.)
THOMAS CHRISTIE.
Fort William, Thursday, 20th January 1803.
On Wednesday, the nineteenth of January, being the day appointed
by His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, to
be observed as a day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the
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great and public blessings of peace, the Hon'ble Chief Justice, the
Members of the Supreme Council, the Judges of the Supreme Court of
Judicature, the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Pro-
vinces in Oude, the Judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, the
General Officers, and all the Civil and Military Officers at the Pre-
sidency, assembled at the new Government House, at nine o'clock, for
the purpose of proceeding with His Excellency to the Church.
His Excellency proceeded in his carriage from the new Government
House to the Church, at a quarter before ten o'clock, through the new
street leading from the north Portico, which was lined by the Body
Guard, the Native Troops in Garrison, and the Calcutta Native Militia;
a Detachment of the Body Guard, dismounted, lined the steps leading
up to the north Portico of the new Government House, and the
avenues into the streets through which His Excellency passed were
guarded by parties detached from the above-mentioned Corps.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General was followed
by all the public Officers, Civil and Military, and, at the entrance of the
Church, was met by the Chaplains attached to the Presidency.
The prayers, which were selected for the occasion, were read by the
Reverend David Brown, Senior Chaplain; and the sermon was preached
by the Reverend Claudius Buchanan. Te Deum and appropriate Anthems
were sung.
Divine service being ended, His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General returned in his carriage in the same manner in which
he had proceeded from the Government House to the Church.
Three Royal salutes were fired from the Ramparts of Fort William,
The first, on the Governor General's setting out; the second, during the
celebration of Te Deum; and the third, on His Excellency's return.
A great concourse of Native inhabitants of Calcutta were assembled
in the streets, during the progress of His Excellency the Most Noble
the Governor General from the new Government House, and on His
Excellency's return.
At three o'clock in the evening, Divine service was performed in
Fort William, for the European Troops in Garrison.
The European and Native Troops in Garrison fired three Vollies
from the Ramparts at Fort William at sunset.
Extra batta was served to the European Troops on this occasion.
The Colours continued hoisted all day.
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Agents at all the Civil and Military stations of this Presidency.
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the subscription will be kept open till the period of despatch of the last
ships for this season, when the amount subscribed, together with a list
of subscribers, will be transmitted to the Chairman in England.
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THURSDAY, 27TH JANUARY 1803.
Fete in honor of the Peace.
Yesterday evening a most splended entertainment was given to
about eight hundred Ladies and Gentlemen at the new Government
House, in honor of the General Peace.
The Nawab Delawur Jung Yarul-Dowlah, the Vakcel of His
Highness the Subadar of the Dekan, Khan Jehan Khan, late Foujdar of
Hooghly, and several of the principal native inhabitants of Calcutta, and
the Vakcels from the Foreign Native Courts, were present on this
occasion.
At an early hour of the evening, the Ramparts of Fort William,
the Shipping in the river, and all the principal buildings fronting the
Esplanade, were brilliantly illuminated. An extensive illumination,
interspersed with a variety of beautiful transparencies, was at the same
time exhibited in the environs of the new Government House.
The Company began to assemble about 9 o'clock, and a little
before 10, His Excellency the Governor General arrived at the new
Government House from the Fort, where he had dined with Major
Calcraft, the Town Major. A detachment of the Body Guard with
fifty men and a color from His Majesty's 78th Regiment, and a
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Detachment of Native Infantry, formed a street from the north-west
entrance to the north portico of the Government House, and received
His Excellency with the usual Military honors.
After holding a Durbar in the northern verandah for the Vakeels
and Natives, and receiving the accustomed compliments of ceremony
from them, His Excellency, attended by the stewards and by His suite,
entered the Ball Room, and took his scat in a chair of State at the upper
end of the room. The chair was placed on an octagonal carpet of rich
workmanship, which had been the State carpet of Tippoo Sultan, and
had formed one of the ornaments of that Prince's throne.
Chairs were likewise prepared to the right and left of His Excellency,
for the Chief Justice, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and Members
of Council. The Governor of the Danish Settlement of Serampore was
present, and sat near the Governor General.
Soon after His Excellency had taken his seat, the dancing com-
menced and continued till twelve o'clock. There were two sets of about
forty couple each.
At 12 o'clock the suite of apartments on the marble floor was
thrown open for supper, and the whole of this numerous Company was
accommodated at five ranges of tables in the principal apartments, and
another range in the north-east wing. The tables were covered with a
profusion of every delicacy, and were ornamented in a style of superior
taste and magnificence.
The Governor General's band played a variety of martial airs during
the time of supper.
About 1 o'clock a signal being made by the discharge of a rocket,
the company dispersed themselves through the several porticos, corri-
dors, and apartments (fronting the Esplanade) of this spacious mansion,
and were entertained till half past 2 o'clock, with a rapid succession of
the most brilliant fireworks. At half past 2
At half past 2 a salvo from the Fort
terminated the firework and served as a signal for returning to the Ball
Room; when the dancing was renewed and continued until near 4 o'clock,
at which hour IIis Excellency retired.
The arrangement of the Ball was under the direction of Captains
Daniell, Bristow, Camac, White, and Major Bradshaw, who were ap-
pointed by His Excellency to act as stewards on this occasion.
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The illuminations within the Fort were under the superintendence
of Captain Blunt, and those in the environs of the Government House
were directed by Major Calcraft, Town Major of Fort William. The
fireworks were also under the general control of Captain Blunt, and
were executed by artificers sent to Calcutta for the purpose from
Lucknow and Moorshedabad.
The following details will convey an accurate idea of the most striking
parts of this splendid ceremony :—
Decorations of the Supper Tables.
The most remarkable objects were a Galley bringing the intelligence
of the peace; a Frigate decorated with Colours; some curious Egyptian
obelisks covered with hieroglyphics; and a temple, emblematical of the
Peace, and of the gallant exploits of our Naval and Military Commanders
during the late war. The Temple consisted of eight Corinthian Pillars
Supporting four Pediments, the whole crowned by a light Dome. The
Pediments were ornamented with paintings of―
The action off Cape St. Vincent, on the 14th February 1798.
The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798.
The storming of Seringapatam, 4th May 1799; and
The landing of the British Army under Sir R. Abercromby in
Egypt, on the 8th March 1801.
The Friezes of the Temple were also decorated with the following
appropriate mottos :-
I. Placitam Paci Nutritor Olivam.
II.-Nelson, August 1st, 1798.
Atque hic undantem bello, magnumque fluentem
Nilum, ac navali surgentes ære columnas.
III.-Mysore, 4th May 1799.
Harris.
Floyd.
Stuart.
Hartley.
Brydges.
Popham.
Baird.
Addam urbes Asiæ domitas, pulsumque Niphaten.
Et duo rapta manu diverso ex hoste trophæa,
Bisque triumphatas utroque ab littore gentes.
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IV.-Egypt.
Abercrombie.
Hutchinson.
Coote.
Craddock.
Moore.
Cavan.
Ludlow.
Baird.
Victor ab Aurora populis, et littore rubro,
Ægyptum viresque orientis, et ultima secum
Bactra velit.
V.-Pitt.
Te Copias, Te Consilium, et tuos
Probente Divos.
VI.-Cornwallis.
Idem pacis, mediusque belli.
VII.-Howe, June 1st, 1794.
Duncan, October 11th, 1797.
St. Vincent, February 14th, 1798.
Nelson, August 1st, 1798.
Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronâ.
Illuminations.
Opposite the southern front of the Government House was an illu-
minated Facade forty feet high, extending three hundred and fifty feet
on each side of a temple dedicated to Peace; in the lower part of which
"Britannia destroying
was a transparent painting fifteen feet square,
the implements of war, and receiving the olive branch from Peace." On
one side, the temple of Janus shut; and on the other the ocean, ships
sailing, &c. The Royal Arms were displayed in the pediment.
A range of double Pilastres, of the Doric order, led to the temples
of Fame and Valor; in the intervals of which Portraits of the following
eminent statesmen and highly distinguished Officers were displayed :-
Right Hon'ble William Pitt.
Right Hon'ble H. Addington.
Lord Cornwallis.
Lord Spencer.
Lord Howe.
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Lord St. Vincent.
Lord Duncan.
Lord Bridport.
Lord Hood.
Lord Nelson.
Sir R. Abercrombie.
Sir S. Smith.
From the Temples of Valor and Fame, a chain of illuminations.
rising in pyramidical forms, thirty-six feet in height, was continued to
the Durrumtollah on the left, and to Chandpaul Ghaut on the right,
crossing the road to the Fort, from the corners of which it extended to
the crest of the Glacis, and apparently connected with the illumination
on the Ramparts and the Calcutta Gate.
Opposite to each wing of the Government House were three lofty
and illuminated arches (the arch in the centre rising sixty feet) crowned
with appropriate ornaments.
Two Transparencies were erected opposite to the east and west
fronts of the Government House. The Transparency on the east side
represented a Battle, "Lake," in a wreath of laurel on the top; on
one side, the arms of General Lake, on the other, his crest; and under
the whole, the word "Lincelles" and Trophies, in honor of the memo-
rable success of the British Troops at Lincelles, under the command of
General Lake.
The other Transparency represented a view of Seringapatam; Por-
traits of Generals Harris and Baird on each side, and on the top appro-
priate emblems.
Opposite the Northern Front of the Government House was a
Transparency forty feet high: "BRITANNIA SUPPORTING THE WORLD, TO
WHICH SHE HAS RESTORED PEACE."
Arabesque scrolls of light connected the whole, in one continued
illumination, comprehending an extent of near three miles.
In the centre of the Esplanade, an Hindostanee illumination of
variegated colors representing a Temple of Fire, appeared about 10
o'clock, and afforded a pleasing contrast to the paler lights of the
surrounding Illumination.
Captain Grant's new ship the Marquis Wellesley was most inge-
niously illuminated, and presented an appearance equally novel and
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beautiful. The Soonamooky Yacht and the Government State Boats
were also illuminated, and produced a most happy effect.
The whole range of buildings facing the Esplanade was lighted in
different manners.
The Treasury, inhabited by the Governor General, attracted parti-
cular attention.
The appearance of the Fort was beautiful and magnificent. The
Calcutta Gateway was brilliantly illuminated, connecting on the one
side by arcades of lights thirty feet in height, with the contiguous
bastions and redans, from thence in chequer work with the Water Gate;
and extending on the other side, by ranges of lights intersected with
stars and diamond lights, to the Plassey and Royal Gateways, Clive's
raveline, and Cartier's counterguard.
Head Quarters, the Royal and Water Gateways, the Arsenal, Royal
Barrack, and Flag Staff, were also illuminated with a brilliant display of
lights.
Fireworks.
The fireworks afforded an abundant display of ingenious variety
and execution. The most remarkable objects were, four figures of fire
representing the fight of the elephants, admirably conducted; a volcano
of fire, which continued for a considerable time to discharge rockets
and flames of different colours; two beautiful temples, some very fine
fountains of fire and blue lights, and a great variety of stars, suns,
&c. Amongst other ingenious devices was a globe, which after dis-
charging fire for some time, opened, and discovered a transparency
in Persian characters to the following effect:"May your prosperity
be perpetual."
During the exhibition of the fireworks, flights of rockets and
fire balls were discharged from mortars on the esplanade, and con-
tinued salvos were fired from the Saluting Battery, Vansitart's, Clive's,
and Ford's ravelines, and from Verelst's counterguard. The Flag Staff,
Ramparts, and the most conspicuous buildings in the Fort were
illuminated at the same time with ranges of blue lights.
An immense concourse of people was assembled in the streets round
the Government House during the entertainment; but owing to the
precautions taken by the Stewards in posting guards, &c., no accident
of any kind occurred during the course of the night.
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oblige
THE 10TH FEBRUARY 1803.
To the Editor of the Government Gazette.
SIR,-Be so good as to insert the inclosed in the next Gazette, and
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 19th January 1803.
Your very obedient servant,
(Sd.) JAMES ANDERSON,
Physician General.
To JAMES ANDERSON, ESQ., M. D. P. G., Madras.
MY DEAR SIR,-From indisposition, I have not been able to forward
a monthly state of inoculations; this I shall take an early opportunity to
do. It will be a satisfaction in the mean while to you to know that
four thousand five hundred and twenty-eight have had the vaccine
inserted by me, and all have done or are doing well.
I do not consider Psora as a sufficient cause for the exclusion of
subjects willing or desirous to have the disease, having given it to four
or five hundred children almost covered with it, in no one of whom any
bad symptom or appearance occurred.
ERRODE,
The 12th January 1803.
}
I am,
MY DEAR SIR,
With great respect and regard,
Your most obdt. and humble Servant,
(sd.) JOHN HAY.
To the Editor of the Ceylon Government Gazette.
SIR,-You will oblige me by inserting in your next Gazette the
enclosed letter, giving an account of the successful progress of the
vaccine inoculation in the Matura district, where the cow-pox was
first introduced towards the latter end of October. The rapid extension
of the disease in that quarter reflects the highest credit on the exertions
and diligence of Mr. Ludovice, and is the more remarkable, as since its
first establishment he has been the sole inoculator in that extensive
province.
Mr. Ludovice's letter also appears to me highly interesting as
detailing a distinct case of cow-pox from casual contact. One instance
of this kind has already been recorded by Mr. Orr, in a letter inserted
in your paper of the 17th November, and I have reason to believe that
a third has occurred in my own practice.
An European child, whom on account of an itchy eruption it was
judged inexpedient to inoculate at the same time with his brother and
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sister, slept with them when affected with cow-pox. He was soon after-
wards observed to have a pustule with an inflamed base on his chin,
attended with slight fever, and said by his mother to resemble exactly the
pustules on the arms of the other children. The circumstance, however, was
not at the time mentioned to me, and I only heard of it in consequence of
my making particular enquiries, from my being unable to communicate
the vaccine disease to this child, after four repeated inoculations.
I have, since the occurrence of this case, several times tried to
communicate the disease without any wound, but have hitherto failed,
although I kept the arm of the patient to be inoculated in contact with
a punctured pustule for several minutes, and afterwards secured the virus
on the part with lint and sticking plaster.
I am therefore apt to believe that in those instances where the
discase was communicated by contact, the cuticle had been by some
accident abraded, which is generally the case with the hands of milkers
who receive the disease from the cow.
Although the discase is very generally communicated by accidental
contact, from the cow to the human subject, I do not know of any case.
having been recorded in Europe where the disease was communicated
in this way from one person to another, but it must readily be conceived
that this occurrence is more likely to happen in India, where whole
families often sleep on the same floor, the children without any covering
whatever, and the adults with their arms bare.
COLUMBO,
The 8th January 1803.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
THOMAS CHRISTIE.
(Sd.)
To W. YATES, Esq., Medical Superintendent, Galle and Matura Districts.
SIR,-I have the honor to acquaint you that I continue very suc-
cessful in propagating the vaccine disease throughout this district, the
numbers already inoculated by me amounting to two thousand five
hundred and ten.
I have also the pleasure to communicate to you a case of the truc
vaccine disease, occasioned by accidental contact, of which the following
are the particulars :-
On the 4th of December a woman named Punchchamy, aged about
forty years, came to me, and showed me a very distinct vaccine pustule
on her throat. The arcola was formed, and she complained of fever;
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on enquiry she informed me that she had been accustomed to sleep on
the same mat with her child Francis, a boy of eight years, who had been
inoculated by me, on the 7th December, and that on the night in
which he had the vaccine fever, the child had slept with his arms round
her neck, so as to keep the vaccine pustule in contact with that part
of her throat on which the pustule she shewed me had since formed. I
visited her on the 5th, when she complained of smart fever and some
difficulty of swallowing. Goulard water was applied to the part, and a
saline mixture ordered to be taken. On the following day the fever
had entirely ceased, and the inflammation was diminished, and on the
9th of December she was free from complaint; the pustule having run
its course regularly, as in case of cow-pox from inoculation.
I believe there can be no doubt that this was a case of true cow-pox,
but in order to ascertain the fact more certainly, I shall again inoculate
her with cow-pox, and afterwards with variolous matter.
I have again in the course of this month repeated the experiment
of inoculating patients who have been vaccinated with variolous matter.
On the 4th December I subjected four of my patients to this test, and
in none of them has the virus produced the smallest effect.
After inoculating one hundred and fifty persons at Dondura on the
12th of December, I was requested by the head man of the village to visit
some small-pox patients in the neighbourhood, and was much gratified to
find them attended by three persons, who had been inoculated by me
about a month before with cow-pox, and such is the confidence that the
inhabitants place in the preventative efficacy of the cow-pox in conse-
quence of this circumstance, that almost every person in that populous
village has been inoculated.
I propose proceeding in a few days to the Girraway Pattoe, for the
purpose of inoculating the Modeliar of that place, and propagating the
discase amongst the inhabitants.
MATURA,
The 31st December 1802.
2. }
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sd.) J. H. LUDOVICE.
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THE 17TH FEBRUARY 1803.
It is with peculiar gratification we insert the following Letters to
an Officer of most distinguished merit, and whose services on this side
of India are very justly held in high esteem.
To LIEUTENANT HENRY FROST.
DEAR SIR,-I feel great pleasure in forwarding to you the accom-
panying letter with the sword therein mentioned, persuaded that when-
ever you have opportunity you will distinguish yourself in the protection
of the commerce of your country against the depredations of its enemies.
The 10th February 1802.
(Sd.)
I am, dear Sir,
Yours very obediently,
ALEXANDER COLVIN.
To LIEUTENANT HENRY FROST, Commander of the Hon'ble Company's
Cruizer "Mornington."
SIR,-Being appointed a Committee by the Calcutta Insurance
Office; the Calcutta Insurance Company; the Calcutta Phoenix In-
surance Society; the Asiatic Insurance Office, and the Hindostan
Insurance Society, to convey to you their thanks for the service rendered
by you to the trade of this port, by the capture of the French Privateer
L'Eugene," and the assistance afforded by you in the capture of
"L'Hirondelle ;" we have great pleasure in executing the duty with which
we are charged, and in presenting the sword voted to you by the different
Officers as a further acknowledgment of their sense of the service.
rendered by you.
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We are,
SIR,
Your most obedient, humble Servants,
(Sd.)
وو
B. MCCALLUM.
ALEX. COLVIN.
W. M. HOLLINGS.
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102.}
J. P. GARDINER.
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G. E. O. TYLER.
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CALCUTTA,
The 19th October 1802.
THE 17TH FEBRUARY 1803.
Extract of a letter dated Abushire, 22nd December 1802.
"I have the pleasure to acquaint you of our arrival here with the
Bombay Frigate Ravensborne on the 11th instant, after a long and
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tedious passage from Bombay. On the 17th instant, the remains of the
late Ambassador His Excellency Hadjee Kuleel Khan were despatched
from hence to Bussora, from which it will be forwarded by Samuel
Manesty, Esq., British Resident at that place, to Kurbelaw, the place of
its final interment.
"It is not yet determined whether Lieutenant Charles Paisley will
proceed to the Persian Court at Teheran or not; at present he is pre-
paring for the journey in the event of its being found necessary.
THE 24TH FEBRUARY 1803.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR,-The accompanying paper on vaccine inoculation, submitted
to the Medical Board by Mr. Shoolbred, being highly interesting, and
such as cannot fail to be acceptable to the public, they beg leave to
recommend it for a place, if convenient, in your next Gazette.
The 21st February 1803.
SIR,
I am your very obedient Servant,
FRANCIS BALFOUR,
First Member of the Medical Board.
TO FRANCIS BALFOUR, ESQ., President, &c., and the Members of the
Hospital Board.
GENTLEMEN,—From the experiments detailed in my letter of the
25th ultimo, addressed to Mr. W. Russell, and published in the Supple-
ment to the Calcutta Gazette of the 3rd instant, it appears to be satis-
factorily proved that the vaccine disease recently introduced into Bengal,
came to us, possessing in full force its inestimable characteristic quality
of enabling the human body that has once undergone its influence,
completely to resist the future action of small-pox contagion. This
essential point, which constitutes, indeed, the whole value of Doctor
Jenner's discovery, being once clearly established, the object next
in importance to be attended to, is in my opinion to guard against
the loss of the virus, and the introduction of a spurious disease;
which, assuming somewhat of a similar form, may be easily mistaken
for the genuine vaccine: and thus create a fallacious belief, that a person
who has undergone the disease in this vitiated form, will in future be
proof against the variolous infection; by which means not only the
individual will continue exposed to the danger of small-pox, but the
new practice itself will be brought into unmerited discredit, and possibly
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disuse. I think it the more necessary to pay an carly attention to
this circumstance from having heard that some Medical gentlemen,
prompted, no doubt, by a laudable zeal to promote the extension of
vaccine inoculation, have attempted to vaccinate themselves, though
they have previously had the small-pox, with the view of obtaining
from the local affection produced by this means, an easy supply of
matter with which to continue the practice on others. It cannot
be expected that every individual in this country who may have occa-
sion to inoculate with vaccine matter, should have had an opportunity
of perusing all that is before the public on that subject in Europe;
and if they had, the opinions of authors on this particular point are too
various and contradictory to afford a rule of practice; some of them,
amongst whom is Doctor Jenner himself, asserting that in failure of
proper subjects, the disease may be kept up by inoculating those who
have previously had the small-pox; and others contending, that the
gonuine vaccine can neither be received, nor communicated, by a person
who has before passed either through the small-pox or the cow-pox. In
this state of doubt, produced by discordant authorities, it was certainly
desirable to obtain such proof on one side or the other as could be derived
from the aid of actual experiment. I therefore took the first opportunity
that offered of making the trial, by inoculating with recent fluid vaccine
lymph several children, who, to my own certain knowledge, had previously
passed through the small-pox. The result of these inoculations was
various. In some
no effect whatever followed the insertion of the
most active vaccine fluid; but the puncture dried away as if made with
a clean lancet; in others an inflammation, vesication, scabbing, and
even efflorescence took place; which, except for a minute attention to the
periods of those appearances, might have easily misled into the belief,
that the affection of the arm was sufficiently characterized to constitute
the genuine vaccine disease. One of the cases, in which the local affection
was most conspicuous, I have selected, and beg leave to subjoin at full
length, for the purpose of shewing how nearly the spurious sometimes
resembles the true disease; as well as to prove that no reliance can be
placed on the inoculation of such as have previously had the small-pox,
as a means of preserving the vaccine virus in a state capable of communi-
cating the true disease to others.
CASE.
N. D., aged ten years, had small-pox last February by inoculation,
with considerable fever and numerous pustules, the marks of which are
still visible in the face.
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January 14th, 10 A. M., inoculated in the left arm with fresh vac-
eine matter taken on the spot.
January 15th, 3 P. M. (¿. e., twenty-nine hours after inoculation,
when nothing ought to appear, but the mere mark), the puncture was
as much inflamed as it usually is the end of the third day.
January 16th, 2 P. M., puncture as much inflamed as it usually is
the fourth day, with pale efflorescence half an inch in diameter.
January 17th.-As much as in the sixth day; a kind of pustule
being now formed, raised in the centre, oblong, in the direction of the arm,
and containing matter of a more purulent appearance than the genuine
vaccine pustule; efflorescence of the same extent, but rather paler than
yesterday.
January 18th.-Pustule nearly as yesterday, irregularly oblong,
purulent, and having a kind of moist scab on the top.
January 19th.-Eflorescence much increased, being now an inch in
diameter; pustule otherwise the same.
!
January 20th.—Efflorescence more pale, some matter oozing out of
the pustule of a yellowish brown colour, not limpid like the contents of
the genuine vaccine pox.
January 21st.-Nearly the same; five little suppurated points, like
pins' heads, appear in the margin of the pustule near its base; efflore-
scence very distinct, though paler than before.
January 22nd (end of the eighth day). Eflorescence has nearly disap-
peared, suppurated points not discernible; pustule very different from
that of the genuine vaccine, being conical, with a dark red and rather
livid basis, and covered on the top with a moist ragged scab; when
punctured, turbid imperfectly purulent matter oozes out, instead of clear
lymph, and by pressure the whole contents of the pustule might thus be
discharged; which cannot be effected in the vaccine, where the lymph is
not included in a single pellicle, but contained in numerous minute cells,
requiring separate punctures for the purpose of collecting their fluid.
Of this difference, which forms a very distinguishing mark of the
genuine vaccine, every one must be sensible who has often taken matter
both from a small-pox and cow-pox pustule.
January 23rd (ninth day). Efflorescence gone, livid colour of the
pustule diminished, and the whole is now nearly converted into a ragged
scab.
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January 25th.-Nothing appears but the scab which is conical, and
not half the usual size.
February 1st.-Scab dropped off, leaving less depression than usual
in the arm.
No constitutional affection was perceptible during the whole of the
above period.
On the 22nd of January (the eighth day of the local affection) I
inoculated another boy from the matter of the pustule, to try whether
the vaccine virus could in this manner be preserved. No effect, however,
followed the inoculation; though the same boy, when re-inoculated with
genuine vaccine fluid, readily took the disease, and went through it with
every characteristic appearance. A similar trial upon two other boys,
inoculated from another subject, who went through the same process
as the case above related, presented exactly the same result, so that I am
now satisfied that the vaccine disease cannot be kept up by matter
produced by the local affection, which follows the insertion of vaccine
fluid into the skin of a person who has once undergone the small-pox,
for either no effect whatever will follow the inoculation with such matter,
or, what is much worse, a series of local phenomena will take place,
imitative of the true disease, but totally devoid of its specific power of
rendering the constitution secure against subsequent exposure to variolous.
contagion.
:
I have also found from repeated trials, that those who have
once passed through the vaccine disease with all its characteristic
symptoms, are rendered unsusceptible of undergoing its action a second
time the punctures made for that purpose, constantly fading away
without even producing a local inflammation. When, therefore, a first
inoculation has been attended with any equivocal symptoms, the operation
may always be repeated with the certainty of thereby obtaining satis-
factory information whether the disease has exerted its full anti-variolous
power upon the constitution or not.
I beg leave to add, that the number of patients inoculated by me
amounts at this time to nearly two hundred, from one month to forty-
five years of age, all of whom passed, or are passing, through the genuine
disease, without one untoward symptom, and without my having
been obliged to re-inoculate one of them on account of spurious appear-
ances. The matter with which I began, was taken immediately from the
arm of Norton, the source of vaccine in Bengal, and has been kept up,
as I have no doubt but I shall always be able to keep it up, by successive
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inoculations from patient to patient. However, if at any time a human
subject, capable of receiving the disease, should be wanting just at the
point of time when the vaccine matter will preserve its genuine quality
no longer, we can fortunately have recourse to the happy expedient of
inoculating the teats of the cow (or perhaps a succession of cows), and
from her again the human subject. Of the possibility of returning the
disease to its original source, and from thence taking it back to the
human subject, I have the satisfaction to tell you, I have lately obtained
the most positive proof from experiment; but as this letter already much
exceeds the length I originally intended, I shall at present content
myself with saying, that the disease so reproduced from the cow is now
in its second course through the human subject, and exhibiting in the
most striking manner all the characteristics of the genuine vaccine. The
detail of appearances in the cow, I shall have the honor to submit to you
in a subsequent letter, after some further experiments now in progress
upon a second and third cow are brought to maturity.
CALCUTTA,
I am,
GENTLEMEN,
Your obedient humble Servant,
The 19th February 1803.
(Sd.)
JOHN SHOOLBRED.
THE 10TH MARCH 1803.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Allahabad, dated 26th
February 1803.
"We had to-day about 10 A. M. a most violent thunder-storm,
during which Lieutenant Gulland was struck dead by the lightning in
the camp, close to my house. It appears he was walking to and fro in
his tent, and as the rain fell pretty smartly, he desired his bearer to let
down the purdah, which he had scarcely done, when the lightning struck
the iron spindle of the pole, and he fell dead at its foot. I have seen the
tent: the pole is shivered at the top, a large piece drove through the out-
side, and many small splinters stuck in the cloth of the inner lining;
the iron band which united the pole appears to have conducted it at the
moment of passing, against his right side; his hat was torn to pieces, as
was also the boot in his right leg, and he was stretched lifeless. The
people round the tent, who had taken shelter from the rain, were
unhurt."
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THE 17TH MARCH 1803.
[From the Bombay Courier, 19th February.]
Dreadful fire at Bombay.
On Thursday last a most dreadful and alarming fire broke out in
our crowded and populous Bazar, the ravages of which, though it is not
yet quite extinguished, it is impossible to relate; the extent of the devasta-
tion may be somewhat conjectured by those who are acquainted with
Bombay, when we say that about three-fourths of the Bazar are destroyed,
including perhaps 1,000 houses; and when the nature of these dwellings
is considered, having many families under one roof, the number of the
unfortunate sufferers must be proportionally great. We are at a loss to
state with certainty where the fire originated; it is said to have been in
a stable on the morning of Thursday, where some valuable horses became
its first victims; unfortunately the wind continued rather high the whole
day, which increased the flames in the progress of its direction with
astonishing rapidity, and so great and violent was the conflagration at
sunset, that the destruction of every house in the Fort was to be appre-
hended. All the records and papers in the Secretary's Office were early
removed, and the houses of business followed the example; indeed, every
inhabitant, however remote, took the precaution to remove his furniture
and effects.
Beyond the Bazar the flames extended to the King's Barracks, which
are mostly destroyed. The Custom-house also is in ruins: proceeding
from thence to the range of houses called the Tank Barracks, where it
was stopt by the prudent precaution of using Artillery to beat down the
contiguous buildings. During the whole continuance of this awful des-
truction, every effort was used to oppose its progress, but the fury of the
flames, aided by the wind, rendered all attempts vain.
The utmost exertion to stop the progress of the flames proving of no
avail, nothing remained but to allow it to take its course; every mind
viewing in awful suspense the prospect which threatened to involve the
Garrison, and every soul within it, in one common ruin, from the course
in which the wind drove the conflagration, being in an immediate line
with the arsenal; for however secure the Magazines might be from their
construction, and in spite of the reliance all placed in the precautions,
which the established activity of the Commissariat Department we
were assured would adopt, to provide against the impending destruction,
one could not divest oneself from that serious contemplation which the
dreadful crisis irresistibly produced; for every hope to arrest the pro-
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gress of the all-destroying flames by any human means had been
denied us, and our reliance depended upon the intervention of Provi-
dence alone; at about midnight this general gloom was dissipated,
the wind abated, the conflagration visibly decreased in the quarter
whence alone the danger threatened, and receding from the arsenal, every
mind became calmed.
The Hon'ble the Governor, with that benevolence and humanity
which distinguish his character, attended throughout the whole of the
melancholy scene, with the gentlemen of his suite, giving every direction
and assistance which could be suggested, and animating the exertions.
of others by his presence and example, until the hour of three the
following morning, when the merciless progress of the conflagration
subsided, and all appearance of further destruction ceased.
Vice-Admiral Rainier, whose humanity called him immediately to the
spot, with all the Captains and Officers of his Squadron, from whose
active interference in assisting and directing the bold and spirited efforts
of their crews, much of the wide, spreading calamity was prevented;
General Nicoll also attended and anxiously directed the exertions of the
military to the same end, while every Officer and gentleman of the Settle-
ment contributed their generous aid on this distressing occasion; and we
are truly concerned to add, that Captain Mackintosh of the country
service in conducting one of the engines to a particular spot with Captains
Elliot and Lane, was overwhelmed by a falling wall, which broke his leg
and arm; but of his recovery we are truly rejoiced to hear there is the
greatest hope. Some of the seamen, we are also informed, have been
buried in the ruins, but the particulars are not yet fully ascertained.
Such was the active ardour displayed, on the first alarm by the fire bell
and the beat of the drum, that every one flew to lend his assistance in
extinguishing the flames, but the dryness of the season, the narrowness
of the streets, and above all the very combustible materials of which the
houses in that quarter of the town are constructed, aided by a strong
wind from the north-west, rendered all endeavours vain to stop the
progress of the flames, though they succeeded in moderating their fury.
We cannot pretend to describe the horror, dismay, and consternation
which pervaded the unhappy sufferers. Thousands of poor natives,
endeavouring to save their little property, were seen thronging in all
directions, bewailing their unhappy fate, and, thrown at once destitute
of home and shelter, were obliged to seek the repose of exhausted nature
in the streets or fields.
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The damages sustained by individuals, some of whom were opulent
native merchants, cannot well be estimated. But we trust that this
severe misfortune may induce greater precaution in the prevention of
similar scenes, and, what is more material, that it may tend to reconcile
the natives to such arrangements respecting this extensive Bazar as shall
the more effectually guard against the recurrence of so dreadful a calamity.
THE 17TH MARCH 1803.
We are favored with the following account of a most alarming
accident to a boy on board the Ganges, on her passage to China, which
resembles the well known scene of a beautiful painting, and the prints
from it, of the recovery of a boy from the devouring jaws of the
shark:
"During our detention at Angar Point on the coast of Java on the
5th day of May last, John Walker, Boatswain's boy of the Ganges,
aged 13, swimming alongside of the ship, when at anchor, and at a
few yards distance from our boat with three seamen in it, was discovered
by a shark, who immediately approached him, and independent of the
exertions of the boat's crew to intimidate the hungry monster, he laid
hold of the unfortunate boy by including in his mouth the whole of the
right leg and more than half the thigh, pulling him beneath the water
close alongside the ship, when upwards of one hundred men were specta-
tors of the scene; and kept him below for near two minutes, in which
time he had tore off the leg and thigh to the extent above mentioned.
The boy once more made his appearance on the surface of the water,
and the shark upon his back, with his jaws once more extended to make
a finish of his prey; when a lad from the boat struck him with the boat
hook, and by the same instrument laid hold of the boy and brought him
on board. The boy had lost a vast deal of blood, the stump was dread-
which
fully lacerated, and the bone splintered near one and a half inch,
required an amputation of the thigh close to the hip joint. Under all
these untoward circumstances, the boy has recovered quite well within
three months from the date of the operation; the fleet, as it was an
extraordinary case, have subscribed upwards of £280 for him."
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THE 14TH APRIL 1803.
[From the Bombay Courier, 19th March.]
On Thursday night a most daring and barbarous affray took place
on board an Arab ship now lying in this harbour.
Two Abyssinian slaves belonging to the owner of the vessel, had
formed the design of murdering their master, and to prepare themselves.
for the execution of this horrid deed, they intoxicated themselves with bhâng
and opium, in which state they proceeded to the cabin, but by mistake
entered that of the Captain of the ship, a French gentleman, against whose
life it would appear they had no design; for on discovering their error,
they retreated, and were about to enter the cabin of their master, who for-
tunately made his escape from the window into the sea. Finding them-
selves disappointed, and an alarm having been now given by the Captain,
they rushed desperately forward, dealing death and destruction amongst
the crew, two of whom were killed on the spot; three more so des-
perately cut, that their lives are despaired of, and many slightly wounded.
Meantime a signal of distress having been made, some boats from
the man-of-war proceeded to the ship to quell the mutiny, as it was at
first supposed; the two assassins finding themselves likely to be over-
powered, threw themselves overboard, where they resisted every attempt
to seize them, brandishing their daggers with inconceivable fury in the
water. At last one of them having received several wounds, was
with difficulty got into one of the boats, and conveyed on board the
Arrogant, where he expired in a few minutes. The other, although
severely cut across the legs and body, succeeded in making his escape to
the shore.
THE 5TH MAY 1803.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the reduction of the Fortress
of Seringapatam, a public breakfast was given at the new Government
House.
The company assembled on the upper floor, and at half past eight
o'clock were conducted to the breakfast tables, prepared in the centre
and south rooms of the marble floor, the columns of which were beauti-
fully ornamented with a variety of flowers corresponding with the
ornaments of the tables, which were also decorated with various em-
blems in the forms of columns, temples, and trophies, commemorating
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the principal political and military events which contributed to the fall
of the hostile power of Mysore and to the final restoration of peace
in India.
Four beautiful standards of colours taken in the Fortress of Serin-
gapatam were displayed during the entertainment. Two of the standards
were particularly remarkable, one of them having been the standard
of State used by Hyder Ali, and both having been always borne on ele-
phants before Tippoo Sultaun, whenever he took the command in person
of his army. The head of each of these standards is ornamented with
a golden Punja, or hand, the emblem of sovereignty; and the gold is
embossed with Arabic characters, expressing various sentiments of the
Koran.
At half past nine o'clock the company returned to the upper floor,
when the Governor General held a Levee, which lasted until half past
ten o'clock.
His Excellency the Governor of the Danish Settlement of Seram-
pore was present on this occasion, and was complimented on his arrival
at the Government House with the salute due his rank.
At one o'clock (the hour at which the assault of Seringapatam took
place on the 4th May 1799) a royal salute was fired from the ramparts
of Fort William in commemoration of that glorious event.
THE 12TH MAY 1803.
Europe Deaths.
At Bath, at the advanced age of between 80 and 90, John Hunter,
Esq. This gentleman was a Director of the East India Company, and
made a most princely fortune by a course of industry as a merchant at
Bombay.
THE 26TH MAY 1803.
Entertainment to His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General.
The Committee of Managers appointed to conduct the entertain-
ment which His Excellency the Governor General had consented to
accept from the gentlemen of this Settlement, having waited on His
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Excellency on the 4th of May, and having requested the honor of His
Excellency's company at a Concert, Ball, and Supper on the 18th of
May (being the anniversary of the day on which His Excellency took
his seat in Council as Governor General of Bengal), a magnificent
entertainment was accordingly given to His Excellency on Wednesday
evening the 18th of May, at the new College.
This entertainment, which was intended to commemorate the vari-
ous brilliant events of His Excellency's administration, was conducted
in a manner calculated to manifest the sincere respect which is felt by
every person for His Excellency's personal character, and the high
admiration which has been excited by his eminent public services.
The rooms of the new College were prepared on this occasion
(under the superintendence of Mr. Thoroton and Mr. Shakespear) in a
beautiful and appropriate manner.
The decorations were selected with an uncommon degree of judg-
ment and good taste, and were not more judiciously calculated to produce
the most striking and beautiful effect, than ingeniously contrived to
recall the memory of the splendid events which were commemorated on
this occasion.
The ceilings of the great room were beautifully decorated with arti-
ficial flowers, and the stucco ornaments on the cornice and architrave
were relieved with rose colour. The columns were entwined with varie-
gated flowers, and the ceilings of the rooms on either side were orna-
mented with flowers, arranged in the various forms of stars, tiger-
stripes, &c.
At the south end of the Ball Room was suspended from a star of the
Order of St. Patrick a superb and beautiful canopy, richly decorated, and
surmounted by a coronet; this canopy contained a splendid punkah,
under which was placed a gilt chair of State for the reception of His
Excellency (on a platform raised on golden balls, and covered with a
rich carpet, which imitated the State carpet of Tippoo Sultaun), at the
back of which was fixed a light and elegant gilt railing. Chairs were
also prepared on each side of the canopy for His Excellency the Governor
of Serampore, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, the Judges of the
Supreme Court, the Members of the Supreme Council, and their respec-
tive families.
Opposite to the canopy, at the north end, was a grand Orchestra
painted in a manner to correspond with the other ornaments of the room.
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The front of the Orchestra was decorated with the representations of the
tiger-stripe and the star of Tippoo Sultaun, which form part of the Arms
granted by His Majesty to the Governor General in commemoration of
the conquest of Mysore. The same ornaments were distributed in differ-
ent parts of the rooms, and admitted of the display of a judicious mixture
of colours. Behind the Orchestra was an elegant transparency of Serin-
gapatam, May 4th, 1799, with His Excellency's Coat of Arms, Motto, &c.;
another Orchestra on a smaller scale, but constructed with taste and
elegance, was also erected in the western compartment of the principal
room for the reception of the band for the country dances.
The piers of the room were all filled with large mirrors, which
reflected the different objects in every direction. The house was splen-
didly lighted. A beautiful display of lustres and girandoles produced
the most brilliant effect, and combined with the reflection from the
mirrors, and the richness of the dresses of the ladies, diffused a splendour
which it is impossible to describe.
Never was there a greater display of taste than in the dresses worn
this evening by the ladies, in which ornaments were introduced, con-
veying a happy allusion to the subject intended to be commemorated.
The dress was white muslin of gold spangles, and richly em-
broidered round the bottom of the gown and sleeves, with a border
composed of the tiger-stripe and star alternate in purple and gold: this
device was copied from the colours of Tippoo Sultaun, taken at Seringa-
patam. The head dress was a white spangled turban, with orna-
ments similar to the border of the gown, and decorated with a plume
of white feathers.
Standards, in imitation of Tippoo's, taken at Seringapatam, had
been prepared for the entertainment, and were displayed on the stair-case.
The attic windows of the Ball Room were filled with the following
interesting series of transparencies:-
18TH MAY 1798.
Treaty with the Nizam, 1st September 1798.
Dissolution of the French Party, 22nd October 1798.
HYDERABAD.
Battle of Sedasere, 6th March 1799, 4th May 1799.
Treaty of Tanjore, 25th October 1799.
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MYSORE-(Egypt.)
Carnatic.
Tanjore.
Battle of Malavelly, 27th March 1799.
Partition Treaty of Mysore, 22nd June 1799.
SURAT.
Treaty with the Nizam, 12th October 1800.
GUZERAT.
Defeat of Dhoondia, 10th September 1800.
OUDE.
Carnatic Treaty, 31st July 1801.
Treaty with the Guykowar.
Lord Clive.
Duncan.
} Governors of Madras and Bombay.
Harris.
Baird.
Floyd.
Stuart.
Hartley.
Popham.
A large house was fitted up for the occasion, and was connected
with the College by temporary platforms, leading to a spacious terrace
covered in and decorated to represent a rural promenade, which formed
an admirable contrast to the brilliancy and magnificence of the room.
At an early hour in the evening Tank Square was beautifully
illuminated. The College also made a brilliant appearance, and attracted
particular attention.
The company began to assemble at half past nine o'clock; and
at a little after ten, His Excellency, attended by his suite, arrived at
the Ball Room, and was received at the entrance by the following
gentlemen, who had been appointed Managers to conduct the enter-
tainment:
Messrs. Speke and Graham, Major General Cameron, Colonels Green
and Pringle, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lumsden, Mr. Colebrooke,
Mr. Birch, Lieutenant Colonels Morris and Mercer, Mr. Balfour, the
Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. Fairlie, Mr. Shakespear, Mr. Tucker, Major Kelso,
Mr. Thoroton, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. J. B. Birch, and Lieutenant
McLeod of Engineers.
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A Guard and Colour from H. M.'s 22nd Regiment was drawn up in
front of the College, and received His Excellency with the usual
Military Honors.
The Managers having conducted His Excellency to the seat pre-
pared for him at the south end of the room, the concert began, and
lasted about three quarters of an hour. The selection of music was
excellent, and the concert was performed in a manner which afforded
general satisfaction. The overture to Henry IV was much admired,
and two stanzas of complimentary verses were introduced with exceed-
ing good effect, in the slow movement of the admirable composition.
The stanzas sung by Mr. Du Sart were-
Air.
Pour notre chef auguste
Formons de doux accords,
Jamais sujet plus juste
N'excita nos transports.
La Gloire le couronne
De ses faveurs,
L' Amour lui dresse un trone
Dans tous les cœurs.
Sous son aimable empire,
Fleurissent tous les arts,
Minerve en paix respire,
Sous les lauriers de Mars.
Cette heureuse contrée
Va pour toujours
Voir reluire d'Astrée
Les plus beaux jours.
Mr. Du Sart also sung a grand song, in honor of the capture of
Seringapatam, the words of which were composed on the occasion by an
Amateur of this Settlement.
Recitation.
Loud roar our British thunders to the skies
Now Vengeance oe'r the tyranist city flies;
Warriors advance! the gaping breach invites,
And gallant Baird, our Heroes now incites,
To lift 'gainst tyranny th' avenging rod,
Assert their King, their country, and their God!
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Air.
Great God! our ardent supplications hear!
Of lingering captives dry the bursting tear:
Aid innocence, oppressed by ruthless power:
May freedom's torch, in this propitious hour,
Dart thro' the despot's dungeons its bright ray,
And slav'ry's subjects own a milder sway.
Allegro Maestoso.
Our Prayers are heard!-Behold! where vanquished
now,
This barbarous legions to our valour bow;
See his proud Warriors hurl'd into the flood,
See Cavery's streams are crimson'd with their blood!
Two glees were executed in a masterly manner, and the charming
Duett of "Piche Cornahie" again excited general applause.
The concert was concluded by the march in Judas Macabeus, and
Handel's celebrated and (on this occasion) appropriate chorus of
Sing unto God and high affections raise,
To crown this conquest with unmeasur'd praise.
The chorus was performed by the boys belonging to the Church,
under the direction of Mr. Trinks, and by all the Amateurs of Calcutta.
It was much admired, and was deservedly encored.
Stewards for the night were Messrs. Taylor, Colebrooke, Shakespear,
Thoroton, Prendergast, and Lieutenant McLeod.
The dances began soon after the conclusion of the concert, and lasted
until past twelve o'clock, when the Governor General and the company
were conducted to a splendid supper, prepared by Messrs. Carlier and
Scornec, for 500 persons, in the lower suite of apartments. The decorations
of the table were very magnificent. The most remarkable objects were
four temples, ornamented with colours, trophies, &c., and three trans-
parent columns, five feet high, the pedestals of which contained emble-
matical representations of the following events :-
1st.—The Governor General Marquis Wellesley taking charge of the
Supreme Government on the 18th May 1798.
2nd. The assault of Seringapatam, 4th May 1799.
3rd.-New Government House, on the day of thanksgiving for the
late peace with the French Republic, 19th January 1803.
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4th. His Excellency the Governor General, attended by the Mem-
bers of Government, with the Officers and the Students of
the College of Fort William, at the annual disputation in
the Asiatic languages. At the angles of the pedestals
were figures representing the cardinal virtues; the shaft,
which had transparent flutings, was ornamented with
trophies representing the standards taken from Tippoo
Sultaun, and the colours from the French at Hyderabad.
The capital was surmounted by a figure of Fame, holding
an admirable portrait of the Governor General and crown-
ing it with laurel.
These figures and transparencies were beautifully executed by Messrs.
Croese and Capini. The portraits were drawn by Mr. Andrews.
During supper the Governor General's Band played martial airs.
All the servants, in number four hundred, were dressed in white,
with rose coloured sashes and bandeaus, with the words "Seringa patam,
4th May 1799," stamped in large characters, in commemoration of that
glorious conquest.
At half past one, His Excellency returned to the Ball Room, when
the dances recommenced with increased spirit, and continued until past
three, at which hour His Excellency retired.
On quitting the Ball Room, His Excellency was pleased to express to
the Managers the gratification which he had derived from the entertain-
ment; and indeed it would be unjust not to declare thatevery thing
was arranged with the greatest taste and propriety, and conducted with
the most marked attention to the convenience and gratification of His
Excellency, and of the numerous company assembled on this occasion.
THE 2ND JUNE 1803.
On Sunday evening last, as a few gentlemen who had dined with
Mr. Moore at his gardens near the Powder Mills, were about to take leave,
a north-wester came on, with such uncommon impetuosity, as to bring
down the roof of a large bungalow with a violent crash upon the
ground.
The supporters were not posts, as is commonly the case in bunga-
lows, but pillars made of substantial masonry, though not, as the event
proved, sufficiently strong to sustain an extraordinary large roof under
the pressure of such severe gusts of wind as at the time it fell appeared
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peculiarly to assail the premises. At the commencement of the north-
wester, the company were assembled at the southern door of the hall,
and finding soon that the bungalow was falling they ran into the hall,
and were closely covered up by the roof, but without sustaining the least
personal injury. What their feelings must have been at this juncture
can be more easily imagined than described. Nothing but instanta-
neous death was expected: and it is certain that if, instead of pressing
in the room, they had endeavoured to rush out, they would have been
crushed to pieces by the lowermost part of the falling roof.
It is remarkable that the table at which the company had been
sitting but two minutes before the accident, was broken to pieces, but that
a bottle left open was afterwards found perfect and entire near the shat-
tered remains.
The candles and other lights were put out by the violence of the
wind, which was a fortunate circumstance; for had this not been the
case, it is likely the roof would have been speedily in flames, in which
case the party whom the ruins had spared, must have met with a death
still more shocking than the one from which they had been providentially
saved.
Mr. Moore, we are sorry to add, is a considerable loser by this unfor-
tunate circumstance; independent of the demolition of his premises, in
the finishing of which he had been at great pains, most of his furniture,
and a valuable clock, has sustained great injury.
THE 9TH JUNE 1803.
Celebration of His Majesty's Birth-Day.
On Saturday, the 4th of June, an entertainment was given at the
new Government House in honor of the anniversary of His Majesty's
birth-day.
The north steps of the Government House were illuminated on this
occasion with coloured lamps: festoons of lamps also connected the
entrances with the northern steps, on which the letters "G. R.
were conspicuous, and well executed.
"
An Orchestra was erected on the north end of the great room on
the upper floor, opposite to which were the seats of the Governor
General, the Chief Justice, His Excellency the Governor of Serampore,
the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the Members of Council.
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In consequence of the extreme heat of the weather, the entertain-
ment consisted of a concert and supper, and there were no dances during
the evening.
The selection of music was made with taste and judgment, and the
band consisted of all the Amateurs and Professors of Calcutta, who
exerted themselves to do honor to the
the happy occasion to be
commemorated.
The concert began at ten o'clock, and continued until half past
eleven. The overture was much admired, and was the fine Glee of
"Swiftly from the Mountains Brow." Mr. Du Sart sung two songs, with
his accustomed taste and powers.
A grand concert on the Piano Forte was executed with extraordinary
skill and judgment, and excited general applause. It was followed by
Handel's beautiful Duet of "O Lovely Peace" the words of which are
peculiarly adapted to the present happy state of general peace.
The coronation Anthem concluded the concert, and was executed
(under the direction of Mr. Trinks, the Organist of the New Church)
in a manner that surpassed any musical performance remembered in this
Settlement. It was generally applauded and encored.
At half past eleven o'clock the company (about six hundred in
number) were conducted to the supper rooms, on the marble floor, the
columns and doors and windows of which were decorated with variegated
flowers. The ornaments of the tables were in the same style, and exhi-
bited several devices in honor of His Majesty. Amongst the latter, a
triumphal arch attracted particular attention. It was of the Corinthian
order; on the principal fronts were winged Victories, and mural and
naval crowns; and the cornices were ornamented with wreathes, fes-
toons, and the Royal Crown of Great Britain. The arch was crowned
with trophies and two medallions (containing excellent likenesses of
His Majesty), under which were the words "Georgius III Dei Gratiâ.”
Within the arch, and at the ends, were niches containing emblematical
statues, and the pedestals of the columns were decorated with naval tro-
phies corresponding with the other ornaments of the arch.
The Governor General's Band played several loyal and martial
airs during supper, which continued until twelve o'clock, when the
Governor General retired.
The whole of the entertainment was well arranged, and conducted
in a manner perfectly suitable to the happy anniversary of His Majesty's
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birth-day, which occasion had not before occurred since the completion
of all the great apartments of the new Government House.
THE 16TH JUNE 1803.
Supreme Court.
On Friday last the first Session of Oyer and Terminer and general
gaol delivery, and also an Admiralty Session, was held at the Court
House before the Hon'ble the Chief Justice and the Hon'ble Sir Henry
Russell, Knight, when the following gentlemen were sworn of the
Grand Jury:-
SAMUEL DAVIS, Esq., Foreman.
Andrew Kelso,
James Dinwiddie,
James Alexander,
Robert Downie,
William Scott,
William Fairlie,
James Adair,
Alexander Aberdein,
Simon Ewart,
Mathew Louis,
Robert Campbell,
1
William Hollings,
Samuel Hampton,
David Ross,
J. W. Sherer,
William Dring,
H. J. Darell,
Henry Churchill,
B. McCullum,
John Hall,
C. D'Oyly, and
A. P. Johnstone, Esq.
The Chief Justice delivered the charge to the Grand Jury, and con-
gratulated them and the public on the small number of crimes which
appeared in the calendar, and which was to be attributed to the activity,
zeal, and energy of the Magistrates in the execution of the duties of
their office.
The greatest part of the business before the Grand Jury was gone
through with on Friday. Rammohun Ghose was tried, found guilty,
and received sentence of death for the murder of a native boy of eleven
years of age, named Roopnarain Rooder. He was executed on Monday
at the usual place.
On Monday the Grand Jury met pursuant to adjournment of Saturday,
and found four Bills against Manuel Joze for burglary; he was tried
upon two, and from the clearest evidence convicted; the Hon'ble the
Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death upon the unfortunate man,
which is to be put in execution on the 26th instant at the usual place.
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1
Thomas Shouldham, who had been convicted of uttering a Treasury
Pass, knowing it to be forged, was then put to the bar to receive his
sentence, which was that he should stand once in the Pillory, be impri-
soned for the term of two years in the gaol of Calcutta, pay a fine to the
King of 5,000 Sicca Rupees, and be imprisoned until such fine be paid.
THE 30TH JUNE 1803.
Ceylon Intelligence, Columbo, 25th May.
"The violence of the endemial fever, which has lately been so fatal and
has deprived this Settlement of so many valuable Civil and Military
Servants, is beginning to diminish among the Europeans, few new cases.
having occurred within the last week; but we are sorry to learn that it
continues its progress with additional fury among the natives in the
Corles, and even in the neighbourhood of Columbo. In the Saffragam
Corle, particularly, the mortality has been so great that some villages
are totally depopulated. It is so far fortunate that this disease is proved
by experience not to be contagious; none of the attendants upon the
sick having been attacked by it."
THE 7TH JULY 1808.
By the last ships from the Isle of France, we have received intelli-
gence of the successful introduction of the cow-pox into that Colony.
The inhabitants of the Mauritius are indebted for this blessing to
Captain Douglas, of the ship Philippine, who, in March last, carried
several children from Madras, and kept up the disease by successive
inoculations during the voyage.
When these accounts left the Island, above three thousand persons
had been inoculated, under the direction of a Committee appointed by
Government.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST 1803.
Deaths.
At Agra, on the 21st ultimo, advanced in years, Colonel J. W. Hessing,
late Governor of the port of Agra, a man possessed of a goodness of
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heart and urbanity of manners seldom equalled. The best part of his
life was spent in the service of the former and present Scindeah, and in the
early part of it he signalized himself in many battles.
THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 1803.
[From the Bombay Gazette, 2nd August 1803.]
Ship "Caledonia."
It is with extreme concern we have to state the melancholy fate
of the ship Caledonia, Captain Thomas. The Caledonia left Balasore
roads on the 18th of May, bound to Bombay, with the following pas-
sengers on board: Mrs. Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel James Patterson, of
the Bombay Military Establishment; Mr. Ross, Lieutenant Kennedy, and
thirty-seven men of His Majesty's 78th Regiment, four women, and
several children. On their passage they fell in with an American ship
from Prince of Wales' Island bound to America. On Friday, the 29th
ultimo, they had struck soundings and were in about 45 fathoms, running
in for the land, blowing exceedingly fresh and a heavy sea running, close
reefed topsails, and a foresail, when about eleven o'clock in the forenoon
Captain Thomas being aft on the poop, looking out for a double altitude
of the sun, not having had an observation for some days before, a smoke
was observed coming up the fore hatchway, and a cry of fire; the fire
buckets were immediately filled with water, and every precaution taken,
but on removing the fore hatch, the flames and smoke broke out so rapidly
as is supposed to have suffocated some of the people, and the flames
raged with such extreme violence as to preclude the possibility of stop-
ping their progress; the ship was kept directly before the wind, with a view
of preventing the fire from communicating abaft; the boats were hoisted
out and people placed in them to prevent the crew from deserting the
ship, or permitting too many to get on board the boats so as to en-
danger their safety: it was soon discovered that the fire had communi-
cated generally in the hold, the main and after-hatches having been burst
open by the violence of the flames: it now became necessary to attend to
the preservation of the lives of as many of the crew as their means would
admit of. Captain Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, Colonel Patterson, Mr. Rose,
Mrs. Joyce, Sergeant Major's wife, of the Bengal Artillery at Tannah,
Mrs. Frazer and one child, wife of a Private of the 78th, in all 53 persons,
embarked in the long boat: in the pinnace ten seacunnies and lascars
quitted the ship, seven of whom were unfortunately lost on the rocks when
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landing; in the jolly boat there embarked from the ship the gunner and
14 lascars, four of whom were dashed to pieces on the surf, on Malabar
Point, in attempting to land: the total number of souls on board were
157, out of which only 71 were saved. We are sorry to add that
Lieutenant Kennedy, of His Majesty's 78th Regiment, Mr. R. Thompson,
the Chief Officer, Mr. Herring, the 2nd Officer, Mr. Collins, the 3rd
Officer, and Mr. Cranston, the 4th Officer, were left on board the ship,
and it is supposed must have perished. The preservation of Lieutenant
Colonel Patterson's life was truly miraculous, having jumped from the
window of the quarter gallery at the time the long boat was dropping
astern. The situation of Mrs. Frazer may be easier conceived than
described, for although she escaped with her own life and one child, she
was under the necessity of leaving two other helpless infants to fall
victims to the flames. Immediately after the boats quitted the ship, the
mainmast went over the side, and soon afterwards the ship blew up abaft,
having about 14 barrels of gunpowder on board, in a few minutes after
which she disappeared.
The fire is supposed to have originated from some oil having leaked
down upon the gunnies in the hold, and causing a spontaneous ignition.
THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
Earthquake.
On Thursday morning, about half past one o'clock, a shock of an
earthquake was very distinctly felt in Calcutta and its environs; the
river was considerably agitated, and the water of a tank in the Botanic
Garden was thrown over its banks, and many fish left on the gravel
walk; the same happened to several other tanks in the neighbourhood of
the town, and the Church clock was stopped by the concussion at about
35 minutes past one; the time was unfavorable to the observance of the
continuance or direction of this awful phenomena, but it is probable we
shall hear from other parts of the country the progress it took.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
Deaths.
On the 19th instant, Mr. John Obeck, in the 75th year of his
He was resident in India for nearly 50 years. He was some
time the Associate of the Ven'ble Swartz on the coast. For the last
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25 years he has been resident here. His chief employment has been
to distribute the monthly charities granted by the Church to the poor
inhabitants of Calcutta; and multitudes of the sick, of the friendless,
and of the indigent have witnessed his benevolent labours for a long
series of years.
He was a man of primitive simplicity of manners, and of an unaffected
piety. His zeal for extending the moral effects of the Christian religion
among his countrymen (for among them he was chiefly useful) was tem-
pered with prudence and knowledge; and his affections, naturally tender
and sensible, were guarded by a clear and solid judgment.
And as in his life he exhibited so amiable an example of the
Christian character, so in his death he manifested the hope and triumph
of the faithful servant of God, in a manner which those who witnessed
it can never forget, and which was the best evidence of the truth of the
faith he professed.
Moving in a low sphere of life (though in a sphere where his benevo-
lent labours were more extensively useful) he was but little known to
those who could best appreciate his worth.
From long experience, and from much reading, but chiefly from his
acquaintance with the superstitions and prejudices of mankind in different
degrees of civilization, he had formed a just estimate of men and manners,
and could well define the aspect of the times. His mind had ever been
impressed by prophetic fears of the tendency of the French principles.
He considered that the restless ambition which now appears would con-
tinue to agonize the world, until the providence of God should be pleased
to curb it by some stronger power, and until the Christian religion should
again resume its empire over so large a portion of civilized men.
He has left two daughters in slender circumstances.
THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
In the paragraph inserted in the Gazette of the 8th instant, announc-
ing the arrival of the Lady Castlereagh, Captain Edmeads, that ship was
erroneously stated to be an extra ship. As such a notification might
operate, especially under the present state of affairs, prejudicially to the
interests of the Captain, owing to ships of that description not having
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the same equipment as the regular Indiamen, we are impatient to correct
the mistake, and announce the Lady Castlereagh, for what she really is, a
ship of the Hon'ble Company's of the regular establishment, that is, a
ship well built, well sound, a prime sailer, and good-sea boat; a jolly
crew of British Tars, and commanded by a very good fellow.
THE 6TH OCTOBER 1803.
[From Madras Government Gazette, 8th September 1803.]
On Monday evening, the Hon'ble Basil Cochrane gave a farewell
ball and supper at the Pantheon to the Right Hon'ble Lord Clive.
The rooms were filled with the principal ladies and gentlemen of the
Settlement before ten o'clock, about which hour the dance commenced,
and continued with great vivacity until past one.
An elegant supper had been arranged under large tents in the garden,
but a sudden and unexpected fall of heavy rain made the ground so wet
that the supper tables were necessarily removed upstairs: this accident
occasioned some trivial derangement in the preconcerted plans, but the
activity of the Managers overcame all difficulties, and soon after one, the
company were seated at tables, arranged with as much elegance as could
have been expected.
A display of fireworks had been prepared, in which, we understand,
the words Clive, Farewell! would have been conspicuous; the rain unfor-
tunately demolished the whole.
After supper the dances recommenced with additional spirit, and were
kept up till an early hour.
We do not recollect to have observed on any other occasion in this
Settlement so attractive a display of female elegance and fashion.
MADRAS, 15TH SEPTEMBER.
The Right Hon'ble Lord Clive embarked at five o'clock on Monday
evening. The troops in garrison were drawn out on the occasion, and
extended in a double line from the west extremity of the Parade to the
Sea gate, through which His Lordship passed under the customary honors,
accompanied by the Right Hon'ble the Governor and the principal
Officers and gentlemen of the Settlement.
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THE 3RD NOVEMBER 1803.
Madras, October 8th.
On Wednesday last the Right Hon'ble Lady William Bentinck
gave a ball and supper to the ladies and gentlemen of the Settlement.
The company began to assemble at half past eight o'clock, and
Her Ladyship entered the Ball Room shortly before nine, accompanied by
the Right Hon'ble the Governor and his personal staff, the Band play-
ing the appropriate tune of "God save the King."
Shortly after, His Highness the Nabob of Arcot, attended by his son
and principal Khans, arrived, and was conducted to the upper end of the
room by the Right Hon'ble the Governor to a seat which had been
placed for his reception.
The Ball then commenced with Her Ladyship leading down the first
dance, accompanied by Mr. Chamier, Member of Council.
Country dances continued until the hour of eleven, when the
company were summoned to partake of a most elegant and sumptuous
repast, which had been prepared with the greatest taste and splendour
in the gallery of the new building.
After supper the dance recommenced, and continued its attractive
sway until the hour of two in the morning, when the company retired,
'highly gratified and pleased with the attention of their noble hostess.
THE 3RD NOVEMBER 1803.
On the 5th instant arrived the Snow Harington, Captain Campbell,
from Port Jackson, left the 9th of June, and Amboyna the 28th August.
By the above arrival we learn the British establishments in the vici-
nity of Botany Bay are in the most flourishing condition. Agriculture is
in a rapid state of improvement, and ship building carried on with
success, with the timber found in the country; a coal mine, recently dis-
covered, had also added very considerably to the progress of manufactures,
and the comfort of the British inhabitants. The climate had proved salu-
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brious beyond all expectation. The Thermometer seldom rose above 74°
or fell below 66°. Sickness, even among the convicts, was hardly known,
and the deaths bearing no proportion to the numerous births.
THE 10TH NOVEMBER 1803.
Madras, October 22nd.
A most melancholy accident occurred at this Presidency on Thursday
last. Colonel Meuron with his family, and several other passengers,
embarked on the accommodation boat, for the purpose of proceeding to
the Union, which lay in the Roads.
They had nearly reached the last surf, which was somewhat high,
when the boat, as it is supposed from the wind blowing at that period
from the south, veered round, and presenting her side to the wave, im-
mediately filled and overset; by which unfortunate occurrence we are
concerned to add, that Colonel Meuron, his daughter, a young lady of
great worth and beauty, and Lieutenant Holborn, of the 34th Regiment,
were drowned.
The body of the former only has been recovered, and was interred
yesterday morning with every honor suitable to the rank of the deceased.
The whole of the French prisoners, which lately capitulated at
Pondicherry, were embarked on Thursday on board the Matilda, for the
purpose of being sent to Europe.
The Flag Staff of Fort St. George was struck on Saturday last,
in consequence of the approaching monsoon.
THE 17TH NOVEMBER 1803.
Madras, 29th October 1803.
On Sunday last the Reverend Charles Ball, M. A., delivered a most
solemn and pathetic discourse at St. Mary's Church, to the memory of
those heroes who fell in defence of their king and country, at the
Battle of Assaye. Seldom has a subject ever occurred more calculated to
call forth the energy and eloquence of a Preacher, and few, we may be
permitted to add, could have acquitted themselves with more feeling and
effect.
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THE 22ND DECEMBER 1803.
[From the Bombay Gazette, 23rd November 1803.]
Beypoor, 14th November 1803.
This day was launched by Messrs. Mackonochie and Crawford a
small ship of between 350 and 400 tons burthen, under the name of the
Duncan, in honor of the Hon'ble the Governor of Bombay, under whose
patronage she was built.
This is the first English ship ever built on this side of India, perhaps
in India in general, from teak timber entirely the produce of the
Hon'ble Company's. territories. By far the greatest part of the timber
hitherto used has been procured either from Bassein and other parts
belonging to different Marhatta States to the northward of Bombay, or
from Cochin and Travancore to the southward of Malabar.
But not only the whole of the timber of which this ship is
constructed, is the produce of the Company's territories; considerable
part of the iron, pitch, and tar used in her construction, are the native
produce of Malabar. The whole of the tar made use of was extracted
from the ship and saw-dust from the vessel herself, and no other tar
whatever has been made use of than teak tar, which is allowed to be
superior to the Norway or any other tar at present imported from the
Northern nations of Europe.
Although this ship was completed at the expense of the Hon'ble
Company, under the patronage above mentioned, yet she was begun under
the encouragement of Major William Macleod, late principal Collector of
Malabar,
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THE 12TH JANUARY 1804.
We have been favored with the following account of an elegant
entertainment given by Lieutenant Colonel Harcourt, at Cuttack, on
Christmas day
On Sunday the 25th December the festive season was ushered in
by an entertainment given to the Officers and gentlemen at Cuttack, by
Lieutenant Colonel Harcourt, commanding in the province, in honor of
the auspicious day, and matchless achievements of the British arms in
India.
The Company, consisting of upwards of seventy gentlemen, sat
down in the late hall of audience of Ballajee Konjee to a sumptuous.
banquet, when the united delicacies of the province, Calcutta and Ma-
dras, appeared on the hospitable board.
The decorations of the table were in a style we have seldom witnessed
in India; the polite attention and engaging urbanity of manners of our
much esteemed Commandant gave zest to the whole. After dinner the
usual loyal and appropriate toasts were given; the Band of the Madras
European Regiment playing suitable tunes selected for the occasion.
The party after cordially uniting to testify their pride, exultation,
and admiration of our unrivalled successes, dispersed in high glee at an
early hour in the following morning.
:
THE 12TH JANUARY 1804.
Westminster School.
A Westminster Meeting being proposed for Saturday, the 21st of
January instant, at Beard's Hotel, such gentlemen as received their
education at Westminster School, and will attend at dinner on that day,
are requested to send their names to Mr. Beard, on or before Monday
next, the 16th of January.
THE 19TH JANUARY 1804.
We are extremely happy to hear that His Majesty's Sloop of War
the Rattle Snake, Captain Cramer, had destroyed a small vessel of about
200 tons burthen, in Burong River, that had some time before been
seized by a Pirate, of the name of Tuckoo Gorat, in Tellisamoy; this
vessel belonged to some of the inhabitants of Malacca.
1804.]
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PART II. EDITORIAL.
It is stated that between fifty and sixty of the Malays who defended
her, were killed, and that the Rattle Snake lost two men killed, and
about fourteen wounded, in the two armed boats that were sent from His
Majesty's sloop to destroy her.
THE 26TH JANUARY 1804.
We understand that accounts have been received from Bombay of
a French Brig Privateer, of fourteen guns, having made her appearance off
Diu, where she fell in with and engaged the Hon'ble Company's Cruizer
Princess Royal, for nearly two hours; when, notwithstanding her supe-
riority in force, she hauled off, and having greatly the advantage in
point of sailing also, rendered useless any attempt of the Princess Royal
to pursue her.
The Privateer is described as being painted black, with taut lower
masts, no cut-water, and a bow-sprit that steeves very much.
The Princess Royal lost no men, and suffered very little damage in
the action.
We understand that Admiral Rainier, on receiving the intelligence
at Bombay, immediately despatched His Majesty's Ship Lancaster in
pursuit of the enemy.
Advice had been subsequently received at Diu, from Valool, about
twenty miles to the northward, of four ships and three brigs having
appeared off that place, and when last seen, were standing out to sea.
THE 26TH JANUARY 1804.
Cricket.
On the 18th and 19th instant was played a grand Match of Cricket
between the Etonians, Civil Servants of the Company, and all other
Civil Servants of the Company resident in Calcutta; which was
won by the former in one Innings by 152 runs :—
Metcalfe, major
Lushington
Trant
Vansittart
Bayley
Saunders
...
ETON.
...
b. Walpole
22
300
...
...
b. Money
7
b. Money
35
...
100
b. Money
102
...
b. Newnham
c. Walpole
...
27
:
6
Carried over
199
...
...
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Brought forward
199
Trower
...
* Metcalfe, minor
Gardiner
Christian
Chapman
...
...
:
:
b. Money
not out
c. Money
b. Walpole
b. Walpole
:
...
...
...
Byes
0
13
0
...
:
3
0
::
17
Total
232
CALCUTTA.
1st INNINGS.
Walpole ... b. Vansittart
2nd INNINGS.
1
run out
out ..
6
...
Money
... c. Chapman
Puller
4
:
Mitford
Tippett
run out
...b. Vansittart
b. Vansittart
Saunders
Impey ... b.
W. Bird... b.
...
...
b. Bayley
0
...
...
...
2
b. Vansittart
1
...
...
...
...
0
c. Metcalfe, major
1
...
0
not out
4
...
13
...
run out
1
...
...
...
Vansittart
6
hit Wicket
15
...
...
...
...
Rees
...
... b.
Vansittart
4
b. Bayley
1
...
...
Plowden ... c.
Newnham... b.
Metcalfe, major
0
b. Trant
4
...
Vansittart
0
c. Metcalfe, minor
1
...
Fortescue
not out...
6
b. Bayley
3
Byes
4
Byes
3
Total ... 40
Tolet
...
40
"
2 to 1 against Eton at starling.
THE 26TH JANUARY 1804.
[From Madras Government Gazette, 4th January.]
On Monday last a public Breakfast was given by the Right Hon'ble
the Governor, and Lady William Bentinck, to the ladies and gentlemen
of the Settlement; and at two o'clock P. M. His Lordship received the
homage of the most respectable part of the native inhabitants of
Madras, on the commencement of the New Year.
* Metcalfe, minor, is no doubt the late Lord Metcalfe, and Metcalfe, major, is
his elder brother, whose death in the year 1823 is mentioned at page 2 of Vol. II
of Mr. J. W. Kaye's Life of Lord Metcalfe.
Metcalfe was in Calcutta all through the year 1803, and the earlier part of
1804. See Kaye, Vol. I, page 79, and see also page 3, Vol. II. Metcalfe, major, and
Metcalfe, minor, had been among Goodall's favorite pupils. The elder brother was
married to Miss Russell, niece of Sir H. Russell, Judge of the Supreme Court in
Calcutta, on the 12th March 1804. See Kaye, Vol. 1, page 85. Bayley and W. Bird
are in all probability the late Mr. W. Butterworth Bayley and the late Mr. William
Wilberforce Bird.
1804.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
THE 26TH JANUARY 1804.
Europe Deaths.
On the 2nd August, at Dorking, in Surrey, in the 79th year of his
age, John Hoole, Esq., of Tenterden, in Kent, many years in the service
of the East India Company, and well known in the Literary World as
the Translator of Tasso and Ariosto.
THE 9TH FEBRUARY 1804.
From authentic accounts from Ceylon, we hear that a person had
arrived from Candy at Columbo some time in the beginning of last month,
who saw Captain Humphreys and Captain Rumley at Hangareene Kettic,
the present residence of the King of Candy; they were so strictly observed,
that this man could have no conversation, much less deliver a letter to
Captain Humphreys, which he was entrusted with. Major Davie had
died of a dysentery some time ago.
A Sub-Assistant Surgeon who had escaped from Candy at the attack
on Hangwellie, has written a narrative of the whole transaction; that at
the beginning of the massacre, being near Captain Humphreys, he seized
hold of Captain Humphrey's arm, and contrived to roll down to the place
where the dead bodies were thrown; there they remained till the fourth
night; when this narrator, going, as was his custom, in search of a preca-
rious meal, was discovered by a Malay guard, the Corporal of which he had
formerly been acquainted with when in the service of the Dutch; the
Corporal assured him of protection, and offered him some refreshments ;
these he readily accepted, and said there was an English Captain who
would be glad to partake of it likewise; they were then brought before
the King who ordered them to be separately confined; the last supply
sent to Captain Humphreys from Columbo was by four coolies, who
safely delivered the articles, but on their return were attacked by the
Candians, who seized a box which had been committed to their cliarge,
directed to one of his friends, containing, as was supposed, his most
valuable papers.
A letter from Captain Humphreys, dated the 18th of June, mentions
the warlike preparations of the Candians, and a likelihood of hostilities
soon commencing; this was the last letter received from this Officer.
If such intercourse can be carried on, and communications made.
with our unfortunate countrymen, the best hopes may, we think, be
entertained, either of their ultimate escape or rescue from the hand of
these barbarians.
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THE 16TH FEBRUARY 1804.
The following is a list of French Privateers that sailed from Mauri-
tius previous to the 20th December, 1803:
Ship La Fortune.
دو
""
La Clarisse (taken).
General De Caen.
Pysche.
Brig Les Trois Freres Unis.
""
رو
L'Aventure.
L'Alfride.
Le Genelan.
رو
وو
L'Espiegle (taken).
The crew of the French Privateer Pysche are represented to consist
of all nations, and it is with pain that we have to state that between
twenty or thirty Englishmen are amongst the number, two of whom
are reported to have been in the Pilot service on this establishment; it
is most devoutly to be hoped that this rover may not escape, and that
these miscreants should suffer the punishment due to their atrocity.
The Pysche, on the 18th January, saw a small vessel standing to
the southward, and which is believed to have been the Waller.
The Pysche is reported to have been chased in the Bay by a Sloop
of War, but out-sailed her.
The Privateer is divided into three shares, one of which is held
by the owner of the ship, the second by the Colony at Mauritius, and
the third by the crew and Captain: the latter is entitled to twelve por-
tions of whatever may be taken.
THE 16TH FEBRUARY 1804.
Extract of a letter from an Officer on board His Majesty's Ship "Caroline,"
dated Kedgeree, 14th February 1804.
As you may wish to know the particulars of our little captures,
I beg leave to inform you, that having conveyed the India ships into
11° 30′ north, and 89° 30′ east, we parted with them all well, A. M.
4th January, and stood to the eastward. Next morning at two A. M.
we saw, chased, and in less than four hours captured, Les Freres Unis,
French Privateer Brig, of sixteen Ports, eight, nine, and six Pounders, and
134 men on board, from Bourdeaux last July, and Mauritius in
1804.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
November, on a cruize, and for the Sand-heads, but had taken nothing;
she made every attempt to get away, and gave us her eight guns,
(as we were hailing them), which cut our boats, &c., but hurt only
our geese, three of which they killed, and wounded two; our mus-
quetry wounded one man badly, but the rest laid too flat down to be
hurt. Though they meant to board us, and were well prepared to do
so, the dawning day and our marines deterred them. She had fifteen
officers and forty soldiers in her crew; and suffered much in her masts
and rigging, or we might not have caught her.
We got into Penang with her on the 20th January, where she
was sold as she stood, for a cruizer to the Hon'ble Company, for Spanish
Dollars 5,500. On the 21st, our prisoners being equally distributed
between the Garrison and His Majesty's Ships Concord, Victor, and Caro-
line, we sailed on the 23rd to look for more of these gentry, some of
which are said by our prisoners to have sailed with Les Freres Unis.
The Victor left the Belle, all well, on the 8th January, and got to
Penang on the 22nd.
On the 3rd February, at eight A. M., we got sight of a ship, nearly
between the Cocos and Preparis Islands, and at eight the next day
captured Le General De Caen, French Ship Privateer, of 360 tons, twenty-
six guns, and 200 men; twenty-two of whom were Officers and fifty
soldiers, from the Isle of France, last from Mergui; stored and victu-
alled for five months, and had taken nothing. The Caroline caught this
ship by superior sailing, both ships having all possible sail set; our
chase guns at last hulled her, and she struck, without hurt to a man,
thanks to Heaven. She is on her way to Calcutta, and we shall follow
her in the Pilot Schooner next tide."
SUPPLEMENT TO CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY 1804.
Tuesday, 21st February 1804.
MR. SPEKE IN THE CHAIR.
A meeting of the inhabitants of Calcutta being this day held,
agreeably to adjournment-
The President of the Committee elected on the 14th instant, laid
before the Meeting the draft of an address to His Excellency the Gover-
nor General, which being read by desire of the Chairman, Mr. Smith
rose and delivered an animated speech in support of the address.
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The following resolutions were then severally proposed, duly seconded,
and unanimously agreed to :-
1.
RESOLVED-That this Meeting do concur in the address which
has been read.
2.
RESOLVED―That this address be engrossed and left for signature,
during eight days, preparatory to the same being presented to His
Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General.
3. RESOLVED-That the Chairman be requested to wait on His
Excellency, to ascertain on what day it will be agreeable to him to receive
the address of the British inhabitants of this Settlement.
4. RESOLVED That the Chairman, accompanied by the Members of
the Committee, and such other gentlemen as may be pleased to attend,
do present the address.
5. RESOLVED-That a Marble Statue of His Excellency Marquis
Wellesley be erected at Calcutta, as a lasting memorial of the sense
which the British inhabitants of this Settlement entertain of his public
services.
6. RESOLVED―That a sword of the value of £1,500 be presented to
His Excellency General Lake, in the name of the British inhabitants
of this Settlement, as a testimony of the sense which they entertain of
the services rendered by His Excellency to the East India Company and
to his country.
7. RESOLVED-That a copy of this resolution be engrossed, and lie
for signature, during eight days.
8. RESOLVED-That His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General be respectfully solicited, through the Chairman, to communicate
to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the desire of the British
inhabitants of this Settlement, expressed in the preceding resolution.
9. RESOLVED―That a sword of the value of £1,000 be presented
to the Hon'ble Major General Wellesley, in the name of the British
inhabitants of this Settlement, as a testimony of the sense which they
entertain of the services rendered by him to the East India Company
and to his country.
10. RESOLVED―That a copy of this resolution be engrossed, and lie
for signature, during eight days.
1801.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
11. RESOLVED That His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General be respectfully solicited, through the Chairman, to communicate
to the Hon'ble Major General Wellesley, the desire of the British
inhabitants of this Settlement, expressed in the preceding resolution.
12. RESOLVED-That a Committee be appointed, for the purpose
of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect; and that the Committee
consist of the gentlemen chosen at the General Meeting on the 14th
instant, to prepare the address.
It was then moved, that the thanks of this Meeting be given to
the Chairman, Mr. Speke, which being seconded, was unanimously agreed
to. It was also resolved that the thanks of the Meeting be given to
Mr. Smith, the Advocate General, for his able and animated speech in
support of the address.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY 1804.
Europe Extracts.
On the 28th May, at the Temple Church, the funeral of Sir Robert
Chambers, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature in
Bengal, was attended by such a number of the most respectable charac-
ters, as sufficiently evinced the high degree of esteem in which the
deceased had been most deservedly held. The procession commenced
soon after two o'clock, moving slowly from the great hall of the middle
Temple (where the body had lain in state) to the Church where it was
interred, the funeral service being performed by Dr. Rennel. Among
the pall bearers were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Frederick Campbell,
Lord Alvanley, Sir W. Scott, and the Master of the Rolls, besides
the relations of the deceased and the Benchers of the Temple; we re-
marked in the procession Lord Radnor, the Dean of Westminster, Sir
Mathew White Ridley, Lord Grantley, Sir William Ouseley, Sir
Alexander Grant, General Norton, and a numerous train of friends, who
took this last opportunity of testifying their respect for one, whose
eminent virtues, integrity, and suavity of manners, had gained the
esteem, and whose profound learning, although covered by a veil of un-
affected modesty, had commanded the admiration, of all who knew him.
Sir Robert Chambers died at Paris on the 9th May, in the sixtieth year
of his age.
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THE 1ST MARCH 1804.
On the 25th instant, as the Long Boat of the Portuguese ship
St. Francisco was on shore at Saugor, cutting wood, two of the seamen
belonging to her were sprung upon by a tiger, who fixed upon the
tallest of the men and brought him to the ground, the other discharged
his pistol at the animal, but of which he appeared to take not the least
notice. The other men of the boat instantly fired a couple of muskets,
which wounded the tiger, and he was shortly killed, but without
saving the life of the poor fellow, on whom the tiger had first fixed, as
his throat was so dreadfully lacerated, that he is supposed to have imme-
diately expired on being seized; the tiger measured five feet in length,
and nearly three in height.
THE 1ST MARCH 1084.
We have great pleasure in publishing the following correspondence,
as a means of making generally known the sense entertained by the
merchants of Calcutta of the exertions made by a meritorious Officer for
the protection of the trade of India, by the recent capture of two Priva-
teers (and fortunately before either had made a capture), which but for
being thus timely intercepted in their predatory career, might have
occasioned much mischief to the trade of this Port in particular.
To B. W. PAGE, ESQ., Captain of His Majesty's Ship" Coroline."
SIR, The Calcutta Insurance Office, Calcutta Insurance Company,
Phoenix Insurance Company, Asiatic Insurance Company, Hindostany
Insurance Company and Ganges Insurance Company, have deputed us
to convey to you their acknowledgments for the service rendered by
you to the trade of India, by the capture of the French Cruizers
Les Freres Unis and Le General DeCaen; as a further testimony of
their sense thereof, we are desired to request your acceptance of a piece
of Plate of the value of Five Thousand Sicca Rupees.
We are further desired to request that you will express the
acknowledgments of the Offices which we represent to the Officers and
Ship's company of the Caroline, to whom they are desirous of offering
some mark of attention; and hope the addition of Rs. 5,000 to their
shares of Prize Money arising from the produce of the General DeCaen,
1804.]
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PART II.--EDITORIAL.
1
will be received as a testimony to them, that in whatever station they do
their duty, their services are not overlooked, although they cannot be
individually noticed.
Accept, Sir, our individual acknowledgments, and sincere wishes for
your health, that you may, as we know you will, as often as opportunity
offers, render service to your country, and protection to its commerce,
in whatever part of the world your duty may call you.
CALCUTTA,
We have the honor to remain, with esteem and regard,
February 24, 1804.
(Sd.)
دو
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}
""
""
SIR,
Your most obedient humble servants,
A. COLVIN, for the C. I. O.
J. McTAGGART, for the C. I. C.
W. DRING, for the P. I. C.
R. MCCLINTOCK, for the A. I. C.
J. BARRETTO & Co., for the H. I. C.
R. DOWNIE, for the G. I. C.
>
THE 1ST MARCH 1804.
[From the Madras Gazette, 9th February 1804.]
Consecration of the New Chapel.
The Protestant Chapel in the Black Town was consecrated on
Sunday last.
The consecration form was read by the Reverend Dr. Kerr, under the
sanction of a special authority, deputed to him for that purpose, by His
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The sentence, separating the Chapel from all profane and common
uses, dedicating it entirely to the worship of Almighty God, being pro-
nounced, the service of the day began. The Reverend Mr. Haywood
read the morning prayers, after which an excellent sermon on the im-
portance of public worship was impressively delivered by the Reverend
Archdeacon Leslie, from the appropriate text (84th Psalm 10th verse)
"One day in Thine House is better than a thousand.”
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The Chapel was attended by the Right Hon'ble the Governor and
Lady William Bentinck, the Hon'ble Sir Thomas Strange, Mr. Chamier,
and a numerous congregation of the ladies and gentlemen of the Settle-
ment.
SUPPLEMENT TO CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 1ST MARCH 1804.
We learn from Galle that Goddakandege, a notorious rebel and
robber, who had been particularly active in raising disturbances upon
the frontiers of that district, and had afterwards fled to Candia, had
lately returned to the neighbourhood of Mapligam with other rebels,
where they were committing depredations. Don Lewis de Zilya, Aratchy
of that village, marched out with a party of the inhabitants to endeavour
to apprehend him: they surprised upon the road two of his adherents,
from whom they learned that Goddakandege was concealed in a cave with
two women whom he had carried off by force from their husbands; upon
hearing the party approaching, he sallied out with a bayonet fixed to a
stick and attempted to charge the Aratchy, who immediately shot him
dead: the two women were found in the cave.
THE 8TH MARCH 1804.
Bombay, 8th February 1804.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal having, by a
special letter, addressed by His Highness' Secretary of State, to His Ex-
cellency the Governor and Captain General of Goa, been pleased to con-
fer on Miguel de Lima DeSouza, Esq., of Bombay, the Honor and Dis-
tinction of the Order of Christ, and that His Excellency the Governor
and Captain General having thereon requested and commissioned the
Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, to invest him with
the same, the ceremony accordingly took place at the Government House
in Town, on Monday the 6th instant, in presence of His Excellency Vice-
Admiral Peter Rainier, of Sir Benjamin Sulivan, Knight, Recorder, of
the Members of the Government, of the Commanding Officer of the
Forces, and Superintendent of the Marine, and of the principal gentle-
man of the Settlement. The Secretary to Government, in the first
instance, addressing Mr. DeSouza in the following terms:-
Declaration by the Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
"His Royal Highness the most august Prince Regent of Portugal,
having been pleased to reward your services, by conferring upon you the
honor and distinction of the knighthood of the Order of Christ, as com-
municated and certified to this Government by His Excellency Senhor
1804.]
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
Francisco Antonia da Veiga Cabralda Camara Pimentel, Great Cross of
the Order of St. Benito de Avis, &c., &c., &c., of the Council of His Royal
Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, Lieutenant General of the
Army of Portugal, Governor and Captain General of the Portuguese Set-
tlements in the East Indies; and His Excellency having further been
pleased to request and commission the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Go-
vernor of Bombay, to invest you with the same, it is with much satisfac-
tion that I have accordingly the honor, in the name and in behalf of the
Governor in Council of this Presidency, to comply with His Excellency's
application, offering to you, at the same time, the congratulation of this
Government on the present honorable mark and testimony of the Prince
of Portugal's acceptance and high sense of your services of great politi-
cal importance, wherein the interests of our United Kingdom, and of
Portugal, have been materially advanced."
The ceremonials of investiture having been thereon performed by the
Honorable the Governor, Mr. DeSouza returned his acknowledgments in
the terms of the annexed address-
To the HON'BLE JONATHAN DUNCAN, ESQ., President, and Governor in
Council, Bombay.
HON'BLE SIR,-Although this is a distinction I did not look
for, yet I must ever consider it as an highly honorable and flattering
mark of approbation of my humble endeavours which I have the most
heartfelt pleasure to find, are considered to have contributed so essen-
tially towards advancing the mutual interests and good understanding
between the two Courts. Permit, me, Sir, to return you my sincere
acknowledgments for the honor you have done me, in conferring this
distinguished favor, which you will considerably enhance, by communi-
cating my greatful thanks to His Excellency the Governor and Captain
General of the Portuguese Settlements in the East Indies, for the
favorable report and notice which His Excellency has been pleased, on
the occasion, to manifest of my zeal to promote the concurrent service
of the two Kingdoms.
BOMBAY,
6th February 1804.
}
I have the honor to be,
HON'BLE SIR,
Your very obedient and most humble servant,
(Sd.) MIGUEL, DE LIMA DESOUZA.
At the period the investiture took place, a royal salute was fired from
the saluting battery, and after the whole of the ceremony was concluded,
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the ladies and gentlemen who were present, partook of an elegant colla-
tion provided by the Hon'ble the Governor for the occasion.
THE 15TH MARCH 1804.
On Friday last the 9th instant an entertainment was given at the
Government House in honor of the peace concluded with the Confederate
Marhatta Chieftains, Dowlut Rao Scindiah and the Rajah of Berar.
The entertainment consisted of a Ball and Supper, and of an Illu-
mination extending near 4,000 yards. The Illumination commenced at
Chandpaul Ghaut, extended round the enclosure of the Government
House in festoons of light, and passing along the New Street to the
northward of the Government House, was continued to Tank Square,
where it terminated with a grand triumphal arch, corresponding with the
Gateways of the Government House, and crowned with a Star, in the
centre of which was a transparency in Persian characters of the word
"Mussullah or Peace" inscribed with a wreath of Olive.
On the friezes and architraves of the triumphal arch were written
the following inscriptions in Persian characters "General Lake, Laswaree,
Agra, Delhi, Battle of Delhi, Bundelcund, Gwalior, Ally Ghur" and
a Persian inscription alluding to the "Happy deliverance of the Emperor
Shah Aulum." The whole of the triumphal arch was ornamented with
upwards of 3,000 glass lamps of variegated colours.
On the south front of the Government House, and opposite to the
Northern Arch already described, was erected another triumphal Arch of
the same form, and ornamented in the same manner as the Northern Arch,
but bearing the following inscriptions in the Persian character: "General
Wellesley, Gawilghur, Boorhanpore, Assecrghur, Assaye, Argaum, Peace
with Dowlut Rao Scindah, and Peace with the Rajah of Berar." To the
castward and westward of this arch within two triangles of light were
two columns (crowned with stars similar to those on the triumphal arches),
eighty-five feet in height, the pedestal, shaft, and capital of each of which
were ornamented with near 3,000 variegated lamps, and produced a most
splendid appearance. The effect of this branch of the illumination was
most magnificent, and was the most admired.
The four Gateways of the Government House were also illuminated
in a brilliant manner, and had the following inscriptions in variegated
lamps, and in English characters :---
South-east Galeway.
"General Lake, Ally Ghur, Coel, Delhi, Agra, Laswarec.
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South-west Gateway.
"General Wellesley, Assaye, Argaum, Ahmednuggur, Gawilghur.
North-east Gateway.
"Basseon, Deigaum, Powanghur, Gwalior, Asseerghur, and Deo-
gaum.
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North-west Gateway.
Cuttack, Baroach, Hyderabad, Poonah, Surjee Anjengaum, Boor-
hampore."
Over the Iron Gateway at the north entrance, an Arch was thrown
(thirty-two feet high), with triple rows of lights, and at the east and
west angles of the enclosure to the northward, were placed pyramids of
light, thirty feet in height.
The northern steps were illuminated on this occasion with coloured
lamps, and on the blocks at the foot of the steps were the words "Peace,”
in English characters.
All these principal objects both within and without the enclosure of
the Government House, were connected by triple rows of light in the
form of festoons, exhibiting together with the Gateways, Arches,
Columns, and Pyramids, upwards of 150,000 lights.
The whole of this extensive illumination was completed by 9 o'clock.
The night being clear and favorable, the effect of the illumination was
extremely brilliant. Great credit is due to Mr. Duckett, for the manner
in which the illumination was carried into execution.
Several houses in the vicinity of the Government House were
illuminated at an early hour of the night, and added greatly to the
splendor of the scene.
The company consisting of upwards of 700 persons, began to assem-
ble at the Government House at 9 o'clock. The Nawab Delawur Jung
and his sons, the Vakeel of His Highness the Soubahdar of the Deccan,
and all the principal Natives, attended to offer their congratulations on
the occasion.
Seats were prepared at the south end of the Ball Room for the
Governor General, His Excellency the Governor of Serampore, the Chief
Justice, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the Members of Council.
At ten o'clock the Governor General entered the South Room, and
received the compliments of the Nawab Delawur Jung, and of the
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Vakeel of the Soubahdar of the Deccan, after which the Governor General
held a Durbar for the Native Vakeels and inhabitants.
As soon as the Durbar was finished, the Governor General took his
seat in the Ball Room : the dances immediately commenced, and continued
until twelve o'clock, when the company proceeded to the Supper Tables
on the marble floor, which were decorated with a variety of ornaments,
suited to the various events commemorated on the occasion. The decora-
tions consisted of festoons of light flowers, crowned with small circular
medallions, containing the dates of the principal events of the late war.
The ornaments which attracted particular attention were-
1st.-Two columns of Victory with statues, holding a crown of laurel
and a palm branch in their hands. The sides of the Pedestals were orna-
mented with trophies of war. On the base of one of the columns were
inscribed the names of "Cornwallis, Medows, Stuart, and Harris ;" on
the other, the names of "Generals Lake, Stuart, Wellesley, and Camp-
bell." The columns were intended to commemorate the events of the
wars, which preceded the downfall of the house of Hyder Ally, and
of the late campaign against the Marhatta Chieftains. The successive
events (commencing with the operations of war conducted against
Tippoo Sultaun by Lord Cornwallis, until the conquest of Seringapatam
on the 4th May 1799) were inscribed on the shaft of one of the columns
in Medallions suspended from branches of laurel. The shaft of the other
column contained all the events of the late Campaigns in Hindostan and
the Deccan, from the capture of Ahmednuggur and the affair at Coel,
until the Peace of Surje Anjengaum.
2nd. A triumphal Arch in honor of General Lake on the top of
which was a trophy of war, with two Medallions, containing the portrait
of that illustrious Officer: on cach side of the arch, were figures of Fame,
and in niches below were four Statues of Fortitude, Wisdom, Prudence,
and Valor. The Entablature and Pedestals of the columns of the arch
were ornamented with suitable trophies.
3rd.-A circular Temple of the Corinthian order dedicated to Con-
cord. In the portico between the four entrances to the Temple were
niches containing the statues of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
The frieze of the Entablature was ornamented with cornucopias and
caduceus bound together, and on the base of the Dome were two Basso
Relievos, one representing "Peace presenting Asia to Britannia, and
Time hovering over, crowning them with the Emblem of Perpetuity."
The other Basso Relievo was "the Genii of India, pouring the Treasures
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of the east into the Lap of Britannia;" between each Basso Relievo was
inscribed the words "Concordiæ S." The base of the Temple was
ornamented with festoons of fruits and flowers.
4th.-A Temple of the Corinthian Order, dedicated to Fame, and
having four Porticos, the friezes of the pediments of which were orna-
mented with shields, surrounded with oak leaves and trophies of war;
on two of the pediments were inscribed the names of "Generals Lake
and Wellesley," over which were Crowns of Victory; the remaining pedi-
ments contained the words "Delhi and Poona" over which were placed
regal Crowns. On the frieze of the entablature were inscribed
"Hindostan," "Deccan," "Deliverance of the Emperor Shah Aulum,
16th September 1803," and the "Restoration of the Peishwa to the
Musnud of Poonah, 13th May 1803." The principal events of the war
were inscribed on the remainder of the frieze of the Temple. Trophies
of war were erected at the four corners of the base of the Dome. Under
the Trophies were Basso Relievos of the different Crowns of Merit sur-
rounded with laurel, and on the top of the Dome was a Statue of Fame.
During Supper the Governor General's Band played Martial Airs.
As soon as supper was concluded, the company returned to the Ball
Room, when the Dances recommenced, and continued until two o'clock in
the morning, at which hour the Governor General retired.
During the early part of the night, there was an immense crowd of
people to view the illumination. Every precaution was taken to prevent
and owing to the regulations adopted
confusion and to preserve order;
by the Magistrates, no accident happened in this prodigious concourse of
people.
THE 15TH MARCH 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 18th February 1804.]
On Wednesday last arrived the Muzuffer, having on board Suliman
Aga, the Ambassador from His Highness the Basha of Bagdad to His
Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General of India.
As soon as the vessel in the offing was known to be the Muzuffer,
Nicholas Hankey Smith, Esq., the Mehmendar, and Mirza Mehndi Ali
Khan proceeded on board in a bunder boat to enquire after the Ambas-
sador's health, and to announce their intention of returning on the
following day with two more gentlemen to invite and attend His
Excellency on shore.
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On the same day a Zeafut of fruits, &c., was sent on board for His
Excellency the Ambassador, and for his suite, and the whole crew.
The Muzuffer was brought to an anchor below the Middle Ground,
and such a disposition was made of the principal ships in the harbour,
belonging to the Company and private merchants, as might enable them
to salute the Ambassador with the best effect on his passage from the
ship to the shore.
Yesterday, Mr. Smith and Mehndi Ali Khan, accompanied by the
Quarter Master General and one of the Governor's Aides-de-Camp,
proceeded on board the Muzuffer in the balloon richly ornamented, to
congratulate the Ambassador on the part of the Governor of Bombay
on his arrival, and to invite and attend His Excellency on shore. A
separate boat with French horns, and other musical instruments adapted
for the water, attended close on the Balloon, to play the whole way to
the shore.
A proper number of bunder boats also attended to convey such
of the Ambassador's suite as might be appointed to land with him; each
boat having a Marine Officer on board, and so stationed as that the
whole fleet might proceed in regular order, and be so placed as to give
the best possible effect to their attendance on the principal boat.
At about noon, the Ambassador quitted the Muzuffer, and was saluted
by the ships in the harbour in his progress towards shore.
The Ambassador was received on his landing at the dock pier by
the Secretary to Government, the Adjutant General, and the Governor's
Military Secretary, who were respectively introduced to His Excellency
by the Mehmendar, and under a salute of seventeen guns from Hornby's
Battery. The Ambassador then proceeded in a State palankeen provided
for the purpose, and in slow time through a street, composed of all the
troops in Garrison, from the dock pier to the Government House; pro-
ceeded by the Garrison Band, and the troops saluting him as he passed.
The Ambassador's palankeen was attended by Chobdars, &c., and the
peons under the Superintendent of Police, Mr. Halliday himself attending
to station them in the most eligible manner: next to the Ambassador's
palankeen followed the palankeens of the gentlemen appointed to receive
him at the pierhead, and after those, the palankeens of the gentlemen
who conducted him on shore, and of the Ambassador's own suite.
On their arrival at the Government House, Mr. Smith and Mehndi
Ali Khan introduced the Ambassador, as well as the principal Officers
of his suite, to the Hon'ble the Governor.
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At the foot of the stairs of the Government House, the Ambassa-
dor was received by the Commanding Officer of the Forces and the
Superintendent of Marine, and being handed up stairs to the Governor,
was conducted to a couch at the end of the State Room, richly orna-
mented and prepared for the purpose.
After the accustomed complimentary ceremonials had been observed,
and His Excellency introduced to the Recorder, the Resident at Poonah,
and the General and Field Officers attending, the Hon'ble the Gover-
nor tendered a carriage to the Ambassador as a mark of friendship,
and for His Excellency's accommodation during his stay at this Presi-
dency. Coffee, &c., &c., was then introduced; after partaking of which,
the Ambassador retired; the Mehmandar accompanying him to the
house prepared for his reception at Bycullah.
The Ambassador has, we understand, expressed the utmost satisfac-
tion at the accommodation which has been provided for His Excellency.
A great concourse of people assembled to witness the entry of this
distinguished stranger.
THE 15TH MARCH 1804.
[Bombay Courier Extraordinary, 22nd February 1804.]
On Saturday last the Hon'ble the Governor paid his visit of
ceremony to Suliman Aga, the Ambassador from His Highness the
Basha of Bagdad to His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General of India, at His Excellency's house at Byculla; accompanied
by Thomas Lechmere and Robert Holford, Esquires, First and Second
Members of Council, the Commanding Officer of the Forces, the Resi-
dent at Poona, the Secretary to Government, the General and Staff
Officers at the Presidency, his own Personal Staff, and the heads of
the several Departments under Government.
The Hon'ble the Governor's reception was marked by the most
respectful observance of all the minutiae of eastern etiquette, and of
the ceremonials incident to the occasion. After having partaken of
coffee, and viewed a set of beautiful horses proceeding from His High-
ness the Basha to His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General, the Hon'ble the Governor took his leave.
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Suliman Aga's address and manners are affable, courteous, and unas-
suming, nor did he evince any degree of restraint or embarrassment in
the entertainment of his guests.
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THE 12TH APRIL 1804.
At a Meeting of the principal Officers of General Wellesley's
Division of the Army, assembled in Colonel Wallace's tent, on the
26th February 1804, a proposal is suggested, to present General
Wellesley with a token of their esteem, accompanied by an appropriate
letter:
Colonel Wallace is voted in the Chair.
Captain Heitland is voted Secretary.
The following proposals are submitted for general consideration :-
To present General Wellesley with a handsome gold vase, of
superior workmanship, of the value of 2,000 Guineas, with an inscrip-
tion recording the principal event, so decisive of the campaign in the
Deccan, and denoting the present from the Officers to General Wellesley.
It is proposed that Officers Commanding Corps, Staff, and Depart-
ments, should send the Secretary a list of Officers who may choose to
subscribe, in order that the sum may be ascertained; and they are
requested to receive the amount subscribed, and pay it to a Committee
that will hereafter be appointed, on or before the 1st of May next.
The above proposals are submitted for general consideration, and a
Meeting is again requested in Colonel Wallace's tent at ten o'clock in
the morning of the 28th February.
THE 12TH APRIL 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 17th March 1804.]
On Saturday last Major General the Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley,
and Josiah Webbe, Esq., Resident at Nagpore, arrived at the Presidency,
accompanied by their respective suites.
On the Hon'ble the Governor's Yacht (which had proceeded to Pan-
well to convey General Wellesley to Bombay) approaching the harbour,
a salute of fifteen guns was fired from the Elphinstone Indiaman, and
the compliment was repeated on the Hon'ble General's landing; whilst
the whole of the troops in Garrison formed a street from the dock head
through which the General passed, to the Government House. Captain
Barclay, Deputy Adjutant General in Mysore; Captain Knox, Persian
Translator; Captain Bellingham, Paymaster; Captain Close, Commanding
the Body Guard; Lieutenant Campbell, Major of Brigade; and Lieute-
nant Burne, composed General Wellesley's suite.
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The Vakeels of Dowlut Rao Scindiah and of the Rajah of Calapore
have accompanied General Wellesley to Bombay.
THE 26TH APRIL 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 31st March 1804.]
On Tuesday last the gentlemen of the Sans Souci Club gave a sump-
tuous dinner to Major General the Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley and his
suite, at the house of Major General Jones, near Byculla, on which
occasion the elegance of entertainment and the attention of its donors
to their very respectable guest were equally conspicuous.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 2ND MAY 1804.
The Upton Castle, having on board Suliman Aga, Envoy from His
Highness the Basha of Bagdad to His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General, arrived at Garden Reach about twelve o'clock on
Saturday the 28th April. The Envoy was attended by Mr. Smith, of the
Civil Service at Bombay, as Mehmandar, and Lieutenant Stewart, com-
manding his escort.
At three o'clock in the evening the Envoy was waited upon by Captain
White, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General, Captain Jonhson, Fort
Adjutant, and by W. B. Bayley Esq., Assistant to the Persian Secrc-
tary to Government, appointed by the Governor General to compliment
the Envoy on his arrival.
The Envoy expressed his high sense of the attention which the
Governor General had been pleased to manifest towards him, and of the
general kindness and respect which he had experienced since his arrival
within the limits of the British possessions in India.
At five o'clock on Sunday morning, the time appointed by the Envoy
for landing, Captain White and other gentlemen proceeded on board the
Upton Castle; on leaving the Upton Castle the Envoy was saluted with
fifteen guns; the escort on board the Upton Castle also presented arms
and beat a march as he passed from the ship to the Government
State boats.
The Envoy proceeded to the Governor General's State boats, which
had been appointed to conduct him to Calcutta. The Governor General's
Band attended, and played martial airs during the Envoy's progress from
the Upton Castle to Calcutta.
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On passing Garden Reach the Envoy was saluted by one of the
Hon'ble Company's gun vessels with fifteen guns, and received another
salute of fifteen guns as he passed Fort William.
The gun vessel and the Governor General's Yacht (the Soona-
mookee) were decorated on this occasion with the flags of different
nations.
The Envoy was received on landing at Chandpaul Ghaut, by Cap-
tain Armstrong, Military Secretary to the Governor General, by Captain.
Bristow, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General, by the Staff of the
Garrison of Fort William, consisting of Lieutenant Colonel Calcraft,
Town Major; Lieutenant Colonel Garstin, Senior Officer of Engineers;
Captain Aubry, Commissary of Stores; Captain Preston, Executive Officer;
and by a Squadron of the Governor General's Body Guard under the
command of Lieutenant Becher. Carriages and palanquins had been
prepared for the Envoy and his suite, and one of the Governor General's
carriages also attended for the accommodation of Envoy. A second salute
of fifteen guns was fired from the Fort, when the Envoy landed.
The Envoy was then conducted in the Governor General's carriage to
the house prepared near Chowringhee for his accommodation. On his
arrival at his house, the Military Secretary and the other gentlemen
who had been appointed to receive the Envoy were severally presented to
the Envoy.
At four o'clock in the evening, Mr. Edmonstone, Secretary to
Government in the Political, Foreign, and Secret Department, waited
on the Envoy to offer him the congratulations of the Governor General,
on his arrival at Fort William, and to assure him of meeting from the
Governor General, during the Envoy's residence in this Settlement,
every mark of respect and attention.
THE 3RD MAY 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 7th April 1804.]
On Monday last anchored in the harbour the ship General Baird,
Captain Groube, from Calcutta. By the General Baird came passenger
Mrs. Groube.
On Tuesday evening last the Hon'ble the Governor gave a Ball
and Supper to the Settlement, at Parell, in honor of the late very
advantageous and highly glorious peace concluded between the British
Government and the lately confederated Marhatta Chiefs.
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The anticipation of this entertainment drew together a numerous
assemblage of beauty and fashion, who beheld a spectacle as brilliant as
our Island ever exhibited, whilst the recollection of the ever memorable
events which gave rise to it, added in no small degree to the pleasure of
the scene.
The Ambassador from His Highness the Basha of Bagdad to His
Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General; the Vakeels of His
Highness the Peshwa; those of Dowlut Rao Scindiah; of Amurut
Rao; of the Golapore Rajah; of Purseram Bow, and of the Gokala
Sirdar, were all present, together with several of our principal native
inhabitants, the whole of whom seemed highly gratified with the
attention which they received.
Parell house and gardens were well illuminated, and the principal
avenue intersected by a transparent building, forming a triumphal arch,
decorated and divided into three compartments. In the centre was the
word Wellesley; over which, in a pediment, was the British Lion; on
the right, the word Peace, with a wreath of laurels surmounted by the
olive branch; on the left, the word Glory, with another wreath cemented
by the palm; on the top of the whole was the crest of the Wellesley
family.
The dancing commenced soon after ten o'clock, and continued till
twelve, when supper was announced, which formed an exquisite repast.
of every thing that was good and procurable at this season of the year.
The following toasts were drank on the occasion, while the respective
bands of music played an appropriate tune to each :
1. The King.
2. The Grand Signior.
3. Our renewed friends, the Rajah of Berar and Dowlut
Rao Scindiah.
4. The Army and Navy.
5. His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General,
6. General Lake, and the brave Commanders and Armies
to whose exertions we owe the present happy peace.
The company having arisen from table, were conducted through a
double range of variegated lamps to a terrace at the top of the gardens,
where seats were prepared for their reception; and at the extremes of
which were also two other transparencies; from this part of the gardens
was seen a large sheet of water curiously illuminated, and on the
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opposite side commenced a brilliant display of fireworks, which in ap-
pearance and effect could scarcely be surpassed; while the surrounding
fields were covered with a concourse of spectators who had crowded
together from all points of the Island, to view and partake in this
animating scene.
This part of the amusement having been concluded to the general
satisfaction of every one present, the company again repaired to the
Ball Room, and renewed their dance; after which they all retired,
highly pleased with the splendor and conviviality of their entertainment,
which we must say was conducted throughout with a degree of order
and regularity that reflects the highest credit upon those who were
entrusted with its management.
THE 3RD MAY 1804.
Yesterday, Major General Bellasis, Commander of Artillery, gave
an elegant dinner at the Theatre, to Major General the Hon'ble Arthur
Wellesley, at which were present the Hon'ble the Governor, and most of
the principal characters in the Settlement; the Theatre was handsomely
fitted up for the purpose, and displayed an elegant transparency of
General Wellesley's arms, fixed so as to face the company. The utmost
conviviality prevailed, and the pleasures of the evening were much
enhanced by the introduction of several loyal and appropriate toasts, and
a few excellent songs.
In consequence of the advertisement promulgated by Government,
with a view of affording relief to the poorer class of people, whose influx.
to the Island has been very considerable, it is with pleasure we mention
that upwards of one thousand are now employed at the new tanks near
Byculla; and receive a proportion of grain as a recompense for their
daily labour. This philanthropic mode of affording succour to the indi-
gent will, no doubt, be attended with the good effects anticipated from
it, while it reflects credit on the projectors of so laudable an arrange-
ment, who have thus listened to the calls of humanity.
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THE 10TH MAY 1804.
[From the Madras Gazette, 23rd April 1804.]
Meeting at the Exchange.
We have now the pleasure to lay before our readers a detail of
what has passed in consequence of the address voted to His Excellency
the Most Noble the Governor General, as stated in our paper of the 30th
ultimo.
The inhabitants of the Settlement met agreeably to advertisement
at the Exchange, on Saturday the 7th instant.
MR. COCHRANE IN THE CHAIR.
The President of the Committee elected on the 29th ultimo, laid
before the Meeting the draft of an address to His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General, which was read by desire of the Chairman,
and was unanimously agreed to.
The following resolutions were then severally proposed, duly
seconded, and unanimously agreed to :—
RESOLVED-That the Committee be requested to devise the best
means of conveying the address to His Excellency the Governor
General.
RESOLVED-That in gratitude to His Excellency the Most Noble
Marquis Wellesley, a column of granite be erected, for the purpose of
commemorating the splendid events of His Lordship's government, and
of recording the names of those distinguished leaders who under his
auspices have carried his plans into execution; and of those gallant
Officers, who fell gloriously in their country's cause leading on their
fellow-soldiers to victory ;-and that the shaft of the columu be of a
single piece fifty feet long.
RESOLVED-That a Committee be appointed for the purpose of car-
rying the preceding resolution into effect, and that the Committee con-
sist of the gentlemen chosen at the General Meeting on the 29th ultimo,
to prepare the address.
RESOLVED That Mr. Josiah Webbe be added to the Committee;
and that the Chairman be requested to communicate the same to
Mr. Webbe.
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It was then moved that the thanks of this Meeting be given to
the Sheriff, which being seconded, was unanimously agreed to; and
Colonel Campbell having taken the Chair-
It was also resolved that the thanks of the Meeting be given to
the Chairman, Mr. Cochrane, and to the Committee.
The Meeting then adjourned sine die.
The Committee having met, in consequence of the resolution
appointing them to devise the best means of conveying the address to
His Excellency the Governor General, agreed to request the Right
Hon'ble the Governor to forward the same. The Chairman was
instructed to wait on His Lordship for that purpose, when His Lordship
was pleased to consent to the request of the Committee, and to appoint.
Friday the 20th instant, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of receiving
the address.
The Committee in consequence met. yesterday, and at the hour
appointed, proceeded, with the principal inhabitants of the Settlement,
to the Government House.
Immediately on their arrival they had the honor of being intro-
duced to the Right Hon'ble the Governor, when the Chairman
addressed His Lordship in the following words :—
“MY LORD,—I have the honor to present to your Lordship this
address of the inhabitants of Madras to the Most Noble Marquis
Wellesley, on the termination of the Marhatta War against the con-
federated Chiefs of Malwa and Berar, and at the request of the Com-
mittee appointed to forward the address, have to hope that your
Lordship will be pleased to be the channel through which this com-
munication shall be made.
"I have the honor to inform your Lordship that this mode has
been adopted, because we have considered it as most respectful to the
Noble Marquis, as well as to your Lordship, who, we are led to believe,
sincerely joins us in every sentiment expressed in this address.
"On the glorious successes which have terminated this war, I offer
our congratulations to your Lordship.
"I have been desired to deliver to your Lordship a copy of the
resolutions of the Meeting, which I have also to hope you will be pleased
to transmit to His Excellency, and which, with your Lordship's permission,
I shall now send to the public Prints of the Settlement."
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To which His Lordship was graciously pleased to reply as follows :~~~
"SIR, I shall have the greatest pleasure in transmitting to the
Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley the address of the inhabitants of this
Settlement, upon the splendid termination of the Marhatta War.”
THE 10TH MAY 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 14th April 1804.]
On Monday last, an elegant entertainment was given at the Theatre
by Lieutenant Colonel Lechmere, and the Officers of the Fencible
Regiment, to Major General the Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley. On this
occasion the Play-house was very superbly illuminated, a large area in
front was enclosed with variegated lamps, and the entrance to the house
exhibited a beautiful transparent arch, over which were the words
"Wellesley," "Peace," and "Glory," with suitable devices. The interior
of the Theatre was decorated in a splendid manner. Fronting the
stage was a transparency of General Wellesley's arms, and on each
side of them the words "Assaye" and "Argaum," while the words
Nugger" and "Gawilghur," were transparently displayed in other parts
of the house. The company consisted of all the principal characters in
the Settlement; and at about seven o'clock dinner was announced, com-
prizing a collection of every thing which the present season could afford;
while the wines were of the most superior quality. After dinner the
following loyal and patriotic toasts were drank, accompanied by appro-
priate tunes, and occasionally interspersed with many lively and agree-
able songs:
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The King.
The Queen and Royal Family.
The Navy and Army.
The Hon'ble East India Company.
His Excellency the Governor General.
General Lake and the victorious armies in Hindostan and the
Deccan.
Admiral Rainier.
Our Brother Volunteers :-The million in arms.
Commodore Dance, and success to Trade.
Success to the war against France.
A speedy, honorable, and advantageous peace.
Lord Bentinck* and the Madras Government.
The Hon'ble Mr. North, and the Government of Ceylon.
Prosperity to Bombay.
Doctor Jenner, the friend of humanity.
* Sic. in original.
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The utmost conviviality and good humour prevailed the whole
evening, and at about eleven o'clock the company began to retire,
perfectly satisfied, no doubt, with the regularity with which every thing
was conducted, and the attention that was paid to the respectable guests
who honored the entertainment with their presence.
THE 24TH MAY 1804.
On Monday the 21st instant, Suliman Aga, Envoy from His
Highness the Basha of Bagdad, attended by Mr. Smith his Mehmandar,
and by Lieutenant Stuart, commanding his escort, paid his first visit
of ceremony to His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General.
At half past 8 o'clock in the morning, Captain Armstrong, Military
Secretary to the Governor General, Captain White, Aide-de-Camp,
Captain Johnstone, Fort Adjutant, and W. B. Bayley, Esq., Assistant
to the Persian Secretary to Government, proceeded in one of the
Governor General's carriages, together with a squadron of the Governor
General's Body Guard, under the command of Captain Doveton, to the
house of the Envoy, for the purpose of conducting him to the Govern-
ment House.
The Governor General's Honorary Guard was drawn up to the
northward, and saluted the Envoy on his arrival at the Government
House. The band of the Governor General was also paraded in the
north portico, and played martial airs as soon as the Envoy reached the
Government House.
A chair of state was placed in the south room of the upper floor
for the Governor General; His Excellency was accompanied by the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice, the Hon'ble Sir H. Russell, and the Members.
of the Supreme Council, who sat with His Excellency to receive the
Envoy. A seat was also prepared for the Envoy. Major General Cameron,
with the Staff of the Garrison of Fort William, Major General Dowdeswell,
and Colonel Collins, Resident at the Court of Lucknow, also attended
the Governor General on this occasion, and sat near His Excellency.
The Envoy entered through the north-east gateway, and was
received on his arrival at the Government House by Mr. Edmonstone,
Secretary to Government in the Secret, Political, and Foreign Depart-
ments, and by Captain Bristow, Aide-de-camp. The Governor General
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having taken his seat, the Envoy was immediately conducted to His
Excellency, and after the usual compliments, presented to the Governor
General the letter to His Excellency's address, from His Highness the
Basha of Bagdad.
The Secretary to Government, by desire of the Governor General,
then introduced the Envoy to Sir John Anstruther, Sir H. Russell, Sir
G. Barlow, Mr. Udny, Major Generals Cameron and Dowdeswell, and
to Colonel Collins.
Soon after coffee was presented to the Envoy, who took his leave,
and was conducted back to his house with the same ceremonies as had
been observed in his reception.
Salutes of fifteen guns were fired from Fort William as the Envoy
entered and quitted the Government House.
Suliman Aga was highly gratified with his reception, and on his
return to his house, expressed to the gentlemen appointed to attend him,
the lively sense which he entertained of the honors which had been
manifested towards him.
THE 14TH JUNE 1804.
Supreme Court.
On Saturday last was holden at the Supreme Court of Judicature
the first Session of Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery, and
also an Admiralty Session, when the following gentlemen were sworn
of the Grand Jury:-
Alexander Colvin, Esq., Foreman.
Robert Campbell, Esq.
Henry Hodgson, Esq.
Robert Vansittart, Esq.
Henry Stone, Esq.
J. N. Sealy, Esq.
James Dinwiddie, Esq.
Robert Downie, Esq.
Edward Cuthbert, Esq.
J. J. B. Proby, Esq.
James Law, Esq.
Henry Churchill, Esq.
Robert M'Clintock, Esq.
Robert Richardson, Esq.
Robert Home, Esq.
Alexander Aberdein, Esq.
John Cotton, Esq.
George Taylor, Esq.
John Corsar, Esq.
M. G. Prendergast, Esq.
R. W. Cox, Esq.
J. D. Alexander, Esq., and
W. B. Bayley, Esq.
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The charge was delivered by the Hon'ble Sir John Royds, who paid
a just compliment to the system and energy of the well regulated police
which we enjoy in this Settlement.
The prevention, rather than the punishment, of crimes being the
perfection of human policy, certainly too much praise cannot be bestowed
on the vigilance with which the police is administered, as is strongly
manifested by two indictments only appearing on the calendar.
Those were against a Malay, named Sival, for piracy on the high
seas, near Pulo Penang, and a native woman for perjury.
Bills were found against both, and there being no other business,
the Grand Jury was discharged.
Sival having been put upon his trial, and found guilty, received
sentence of death, to be hanged on Saturday the 23rd instant.
The native woman pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to stand in
the pillory, with a statement of her crime in the English and Native
languages, and afterwards to be transported to Prince of Wales' Island
for seven years.
The whole business of the Session being thus gone through, the
Petty Jury was also discharged.
An unprecedented circumstance, we believe, in the annals of the
Court, that the business of the Session should be completed in one day.
THE 21ST JUNE 1804.
Extract of a leller from Futtyghur, dated 5th June 1804.
Yesterday, the anniversary of His Majesty's Birthday, the 22nd
Regiment Native Infantry received their colours from the hands of
Lieutenant Colonel Kyan, Commanding the Regiment and station; the
Regiment paraded a little before sun-set, in full uniform, when Lieute-
nant Colonel Kyan took post in front of the centre of the Corps, and
presented the colours of each Battalion to Major Ralph and Captain
Pryor, the Officers Commanding, with the following address:-
"GENTLEMEN,—Impressed with a lively sense of your loyalty and
courage, I feel myself highly gratified in presenting to you the colours.
of the Regiment. Bound by honor, zeal, and fidelity to protect, support,
and maintain them, I remain under the most perfect conviction that,
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whilst an individual of the Corps exists, they will neither be disgraced
nor abandoned. Inspired by the examples of the intrepid spirit which
have so eminently distinguished the recent glorious campaign, and emu-
lous by your own gallant exertions to deserve equal applause, I possess
the firmest hope, that in the field of battle, these honorable banners will
lead the way to Victory, Fame, and Glory; God bless our beloved
Sovereign and the Royal Family, and may the standard of our United
Kingdom continue triumphant over the ambitious enemies of Great
Britain."
The ceremony of receiving and saluting the colours being over, each
Battalion fired three vollies in honor of the birthday of our Gracious
Sovereign, which were performed remarkably well, and with the greatest
steadiness.
This new Corps, so lately levied, made a very respectable appearance,
and were extremely steady under arms.
In the evening, an elegant entertainment was given by Lieutenant
Colonel Kyan, and many loyal and appropriate toasts were drank.
The company separated at a late hour, highly pleased with the con-
viviality of the evening, and gratified by the hospitality and polite
attention of the Commanding Officer.
THE 21ST JUNE 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 28th May 1804.]
The adjourned Sessions of Oyer and Terminer commenced on
Thursday last before the Hon'ble Sir Benjamin Sulivan, Knight, and
his associates, Alexander Adamson, Charles Joseph Briscoe, and James
Kinloch, Esquires, Aldermen.
On this occasion we are sorry to say that the calendar comprised
two indictments for murder, one of which exhibited another melancholy
instance resulting from the too frequent practice of duelling, a practice
which the law has often attempted to restrain, but without effect.
We are not enabled to lay before the public the particulars of the
unfortunate catastrophe, but we understand that a Bill for murder having
been found against two of the gentlemen (a principal and his second),
they were yesterday tried for the offence, when, after a long and patient
investigation, the Jury brought in their verdict-" Not Guilty.”
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To His Excellency the Most Noble MARQUIS WELLESLEY, Governor General
&c., &c., &c., Fort William, 12th July 1804.
MY LORD, The British inhabitants of the province of Behar,
and of the cities of Patna and Dacca, have done me the honor, as
Chairman of the late Meeting at Calcutta, of entrusting to me to convey
to your Excellency their sentiments of congratulation on the recent
great events in Hindustan and the Deccan.
·
Their sentiments are expressed in the accompanying original letters,*
which I consider it to be my duty to lay before your Excellency :--
A letter from Sherman Bird, Esq., Senior Judge of the Provincial
Court of Appeal, and from the British inhabitants of the city
of Dacca and its environs.
A letter from Christopher Keating, Esq., Senior Judge of the Pro-
vincial Court of Appeal, and from the British inhabitants of
the Province of Behar.
A letter from Christopher Keating, Esq., Senior Judge, &c., &c.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect,
MY LORD,
Your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servant,
P. SPEKE.
($d.)
Calcutta, 11th April 1804.
THE 21ST JULY 1804.
Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House,
when the following Commanders took leave, previous to departing for
their respective destinations, viz., Captain G. Richardson, Dover Castle-
St. Helena and Bengal; Henry Pendows, Temeraire-Asia, Coast and
Bay. Captain J. Timbrill, of the Lord Hawkesbury, and Searles Wood,
of the Worcester, were sworn into their respective commands.
* Letters omitted.
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THE 16TH AUGUST 1804.
[From the Madras Government Gazette, 20th July 1804.]
Address of the Native Inhabitants of Seringapatam, presented to MAJOR
GENERAL THE HON'BLE A. WELLESELY, Commanding the Troops
in Mysore, &c., &c., on his return from the Field.
We the Native inhabitants of Seringapatam have reposed for five
auspicious years under the shadow of your protection. We have felt,
even during your absence, in the midst of battle and of victory, that
your care for our prosperity had been extended to us in as ample a
manner as if no other object had occupied your mind. We are preparing
to perform in our several castes the duties of thanksgiving and of sacri-
fice to the preserving God, who has brought you back in safety, and we
present ourselves in person to express our joy.
As your labours have been crowned with victory, so may your repose
be graced with honors. May you long continue personally to dispense
to us that full stream of security and happiness which we first received
with wonder, and continue to enjoy with gratitude; and when greater
affairs shall call you from us, may the God of all castes and all nations
deign to hear with favor our humble and constant prayers, for your
health, your glory, and your happiness.
SERINGA PATAM,
The 16th July 1804.
}
(sd.)
MEER HUSAN FIAZEE.
HUBBEEBULLA.
POOTOO BAUL SETTE.
";
RUSHINLALLA.
In behalf of all inhabitants.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1804.
Major General the Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley arrived off the Sand-
heads on the 8th of August, in His Majesty's sloop the Victor; General
Wellesley was accompanied by Captain Berkeley, Assistant Adjutant
General in Mysore, Lieutenant Close, Aide-de-Camp, and Captain
Campbell, Major of Brigade.
At Saugor, Major General Wellesley was met by Captain Arm-
strong, Military Secretary, and by Captain Doveton, Aide-de-Camp to
the Governor General, who had proceeded down the river to conduct
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Major General Wellesley to Fort William. Major General Wellesley
arrived in the Charlotte yacht at Garden Reach, on the night of the
11th August.
Early in the morning of the 12th, the Governor General, attended
by the Officers of his suite, embarked on board the Soonamookee, in con-
formity to the intention signified in His Excellency's orders of the 1st
instant, and proceeded down the river to meet Major General Wellesley.
Major General Wellesley arrived on board the Soonamookee at
10 o'clock A. M. At 2 o'clock P. M. the Soonamookee returned to her
moorings near Chandpaul Ghaut. In passing the Fort, and returning to
Calcutta, the Soonamookee was saluted from the Fort with nineteen
guns.
At 5 o'clock P. M. the Hon'ble Sir John Anstruther, Sir G. H.
Barlow, and Mr. Udny, the Lieutenant Governor of Prince of Wales'
Island, and Major General Dowdeswell, proceeded on board the Soona-
mookee, to meet Major General Wellesley.
The Governor General, accompanied by Major General Wellesley,
the Hon'ble Sir John Anstruther, Sir George Barlow, Mr. Udny, &c., and
the Officers of the Governor General's Staff, landed at the Governor
General's Ghaut at 6 P. M. The Governor General was received by
Major General Cameron, and the Staff of the Garrison of Fort William ;
all the principal Civil Officers of the Government; and the principal
European inhabitants of Calcutta had also assembled to congratulate
Major General Wellesley on his arrival; a vast concourse of Natives was
present on this occasion.
A street of troops was formed from the Governor General's Ghaut
to the north front of the Government House, through which the
Governor General's carriages, with the Governor General, the Hon'ble
Major General Wellesley, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, Sir George
Barlow, Mr. Udny, Major General Dowdeswell, and the Governor
General's suite, proceeded to the Government House; the Governor
General was received with the usual honors, as he passed the different
Corps.
On the arrival of Major General Wellesley at the Government
House, a salute of thirteen guns was fired from Fort William; and in the
evening, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, the Members of Council, &c.,
and all the principal Civil and Military Officers at the Presidency, dined
at the Government House.
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PART II. EDITORIAL.
THE 30TH AUGUST 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 28th July 1804.]
On Wednesday last, the 25th instant, died at this place, the Nawaub
Mirza Mehndi Ali Khan, Hushmut Jung Bahadur, at the age of fifty-one
years.
Descended from one of the principal families in Khorasan, he came
about twenty years ago into India, where from 1785 till 1795 he held
employments of considerable trust under the administration of the
Hon'ble East India Company in Benares; all of which he resigned,
shortly after the abolition of the Residency in that province, and was
subsequently appointed to the charge of the Company's commercial
interests at Bushire, in which capacity, and more especially in that of
Political Agent in Persia, he, in the years 1798 and 1799, rendered services
of such critical importance, as to attract the approbation and concurrent
applause of the British Government both at home and abroad. He was
afterwards temporarily withdrawn from that scene to assist in the Red
Sea and on the coast of Arabia, in the preparations for the glorious and
ever memorable expedition from India to Egypt; whence returning to
Bushire, his services were finally requited by His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor General in Council, by a pension settled on himself,
and partly secured in reversion to his two sons, to whom little else is left
for their support.
Having received an excellent education, he was fully conversant in
the literature of his country, and probably one of the very few of his
nation, able, from possessing a knowledge of its former language, to have
thrown light on the imperfect information that has been handed down to
us respecting the old dynasties of the Persian Empire, and to have recon-
ciled, as far as so desirable an object may now be attainable, the many per-
plexing discordancies between the accounts left by the ancient Greek
Historians, and the more modern narratives of the same periods by the
Mahommedan writers, whose works comprehend all that is now easily
accessible, of the occurrences in that large portion of Asia, previous to
the era of the Arabian Legislator.
With the view of mitigating, as far as possible, the severe distress
to which the calamity of the season has exposed the poorer classes of
people in Poonah and its vicinity, we understand that a subscription is
now on foot among the British and Native inhabitants of this place,
patronized by the Lady of the Recorder, and at her Ladyship's laudable
suggestion, adopted by the Members of Government, under whose super-
intendence the proceeds of this praiseworthy contribution are to be
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transmitted, for the purpose of being appropriated in such manner as
may be most conducive to the alleviation of misery. The respectable
support which this benevolent plan has received in its outset, added to
the humane and charitable objects it is intended to embrace, will, we are
persuaded, ensure a ready co-operation from this community-a commu-
nity never yet deaf to the voice of affliction, and particularly where the
welfare of members of their fellow-creatures is so essentially interested.
THE 30TH AUGUST 1804.
Patriotic Fund, Lloyd's, 12th March 1804.
MY LORD,-By direction of the Committee of the Patriotic Fund,
I forward you fifty copies of the report of their proceedings from
the commencement of the Institution to the first day of the present
month, which they request you will have the goodness to distribute
in such manner as you think best calculated to promote the beneficial
object it has in view.
This report will show that the Committee pay that tribute to the
distinguished traits of bravery recorded by the Commanders-in-Chief
in Foreign Stations, which their merits demand. Far as British valour
extends, British liberality follows the footsteps of her heroes, rewards
their gallant achievements, assuages the anguish of their wounds; or,
if they fall in their country's cause, embalms their memory and
alleviates their loss to those who were dear to them.
It would be a waste of words to recommend to your Lordship an
Institution that so strongly recommends itself to every patriotic mind.
The Committee doubt not that the enthusiasm with which it has been
supported in the mother country, will be equally felt in every depen-
dency of the Empire; and that your best influence will be exerted in
carrying it into effect. They beg leave to suggest, whether a subscrip-
tion may not be opened at your Presidency, and the money collected
be remitted to and placed under the charge of the general Committee
here; leaving it, however, to your own discretion, and that of those
whom you may join with you in this great work, to decide on such
mode as may be considered best adapted to the purposes of this
Institution.
I have the honor to be, with the highest respect,
MY LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,
(Sd.) F. BARING,
To the MARQUIS WELLESLEY, &c. &c. &c.
Chairman.
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THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 4th August 1804.]
Among the ordinary records of miscellaneous occurrences, it has
seldom fallen to our lot to detail one of a more melancholy nature, or
exhibiting more confirmed symptoms of barbarism and depravity, than
the following account of a murder and rape, which we understand to
have taken place in the city of Surat in the month of February last :-
About nine o'clock on the night of the 29th of that month, a report
was made to the Judge and Magistrate, by a person named Shunker
Hemraj Bhattia, a Tolaty, or Weighman, that his daughter, Dewally,
a beautiful young girl, between ten and eleven years old, whom her
mother had sent into the bazar in the afternoon, had not appeared since;
that every effort had been used by her relatives to trace her, but without
avail. At the time she left the house she had on gold and silver orna-
ments to the value of upwards of one hundred and fifty rupees, and as
it seemed, from the testimony of her father and mother, that her
excursions seldom extended beyond a small distance from home, the
Judge and Magistrate with his accustomed vigilance ordered the search
to be renewed by some of the Officers of the Court, in and about that
neighbourhood; still, however, no tidings were had of the unfortunate
girl until the 2nd of March, when her body was found naked and
strangled in a ditch near the Mecca gate; and from the report of the
Surgeon who was immediately deputed to examine it, it could not have
been many hours since she was murdered. As the body was despoiled
of the ornaments, the only hope of discovering the perpetrators of the
atrocious murder was through the means of those jewels and the clothes
which she had worn, and accordingly a warrant was issued to search all
the houses in the neighbourhood, which search, however, was not attended
with any satisfactory result; the next expedient resorted to was the offer
of a reward of five hundred rupees to any person who would give such
information that the offender or offenders might be prosecuted to con-
viction; in the interim, however, there was one house in the neighbour-
hood which most attracted suspicion; it belonged to three brothers,
Mahomedans, who dwelt there with their families; the two elder were.
men of sober habits, but the character of the youngest named Jumaul,
was notoriously profligate.
On the 11th of March, some hopes were entertained of a develop-
ment of this horrid catastrophe, from the unexpected appearance of the
deceased's petticoat, which, in drawing water from a well, a Parsee boy
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brought up with his pot, and upon being shown to the father of the
girl, was recognized by him. The boy and his mother were put under
strict examination, but nothing appearing to criminate them, they were
shortly released.
Thus matters remained in dark and impenetrable mystery until the
20th of April; the interval was however employed in every means which
human judgment or foresight could anticipate as affording a probability
of some discovery. On that day a widow woman named Chandboo
gave information to some of the Native Officers of the Surat Adawlut,
"that one Fyzun Boo, who lived behind Jumaul's house, had told her
that on the evening when the Bhattia's daughter was lost, she had seen
Jumaul and a person named Umole take her in at the back door, as she
was returning from the ditch, where she had been performing some of the
offices of nature; and two nights after carry out her body and throw
it into the same place."
The persons before whom Chandboo had given this information, were
accordingly deputed to examine Fyzun Boo (the person from whom it had
been derived), and she accordingly confirmed having herself seen Jumaul
take the girl in alive, and two nights afterwards carry her out dead, relat-
ing also other circumstances, which, when added to the well-known flagi-
tious character which Jumaul bore, tended considerably to enhance the sus-
picion against him; an Officer of the Adawlut with a requisite number
of constables was accordingly sent to Jumaul's house, with directions to
make every person in it prisoners. On the morning of the 23rd of April,
Jumaul was brought to the Adawlut; also a dancing girl who lived with
him, named Umole; a slave girl, à companion of her's, named Ujub; a
boy who lived with Jumaul as a servant, named Delawar, and a friend,
named Abdul Rehman. Shortly after they had been in the Adawlut,
Ujub, who was the companion of the dancing girl, declared "that she
had gone to the window, to throw away some prawn skins, and saw
Jumaul take the deccased in at his back door, and carry her up stairs.
into his apartment; that at night he took her down into a room below,
and committed a rape upon her; for she (the informant) heard her cries,
and three days after the murder of the girl, she saw Zenub, the mother
of Jumaul, bury the jewels of the deceased under a chest." Umole,
the dancing girl, declared also, "that Jumaul had taken the Bhattia's
daughter into his house, and had given her four pice worth of an intoxi-
cating electuary called majoom, and afterwards carried her into another
apartment; that the next night Jumaul strangled the girl, stripped off
her jewels, and gave them to his mother Zebun; that Jumaul then tied the
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body on his back, and covering it with quilt, went with Abdul Rehman
and Delawar, and threw it into a ditch; and that seven nights afterwards,
Delawar took the girl's petticoat, which had been concealed in different
places, and flung it into the well." Delawar declared when interrogated,
"that on the night of the loss of Dewally (the deceased), he heard the
women of the family and Jumaul's brother talking of his having brought
the girl into the house; that he saw her there next morning sitting on
a chest, and that the following night Jumaul prepared a cord to strangle
her, and sent him (the informant) out to buy beetlenut; that when he
returned he saw the girl lying dead, and presently after Jumaul with
his friend, Abdul Rehman, tied the body on his own shoulders, and
setting his friend and the informant to watch, carried it out and flung
it into the ditch; and seven nights afterwards gave him the murdered
girl's petticoat to throw into the well."
Abdool Rehman admitted "that he had been to Jumaul's house the
second night after the loss of the Bhattia's daughter, and found Jumaul
at the door with the body on his back; that he and Delawar went with
him to the ditch, where he flung the body down; that they then all
returned to Jumaul's house, and presently after, he, Abdul Rehman, went
home to his own house." Zenub, the mother of Jumaul, disavowed
all knowledge of the circumstances, but Suliman, a slave of Jumaul's
eldest brother, confirmed the circumstances of the dead body being
carried and thrown into the ditch, and the petticoat into the well.
.
On the 24th of April, Umole, the dancing girl, offered to point out
the fatal cord; constables were accordingly sent to the house with her
and Ujub, and at their indication brought away two cords, one of which
was found above stairs in the room where Jumaul slept, and another
in a room below; upon inspection it appeared that the rope brought from
Jumaul's bed room, had a knot in it, containing a long hair of the head,
and in another place, a tinge of blood, and Umole pointed it out as the
fatal string with which the girl had been strangled; the Municipal
Surgeon who had an opportunity of seeing this cord, considered it as
corresponding with the bruise on the neck of the girl, and a slight wound
of the flesh, which he had observed in one part.
On the 5th of April, Ujub, the companion of Umole, was selected
as the person least likely of the whole family to have an interest in
suppressing what she knew, and hopes being held out to her of experienc-
ing clemency herself upon condition that she unreservedly disclosed all
she knew of this dire catastrophe, she, after some hesitation, avowed her
confidence in that encouragement, and related, "that on the day when
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the Bhattia's daughter disappeared, the girl came into the neighbourhood
at five o'clock to purchase some cotton, and went on a necessary occasion
to the ditch, from whence she returned to a cotton seller's shop close to
Jumaul's house; and by his desire, Umole got her into the back door
upon the temptation of giving her sweetmeats; that the informant saw
this as she went to the window to throw out some prawn skins; Jamaul
carried the girl up stairs, and seated her upon a chest, while he went out
and brought four pice worth of majoom, which, under the deceit of its
being sweetmeats, he gave the girl to eat; when the girl was completely
stupified, Jumaul took her up in his arms, and carried her into a room
below, whence about nine o'clock the informant heard the girl's lamen-
table cries, as Jumaul was forcibly ravishing her; when he had accom-
plished his purpose he came up stairs. The next day Jumaul observed
to the whole house, namely, his mother, Zenub, his brothers, Mahomedjee
and Funnoo, their wives, Sakeema and Kuneena, his sister, Chand Bebee,
his wife Hajee, Umole, above mentioned, Sulameh, a slave girl, Delawar,
Abdul Rehman, Soliman, his slave, and to the informant, that to keep
the girl longer alive, and in the house, would bring on disgrace, and
therefore it would be advisable at night to strangle her; at midnight,
therefore, in presence of all the above-mentioned persons, while Delawar
held the girl's feet, and Abdul Rehman her head, Jumaul put a noose
round her neck and tightened it, till the girl after convulsing for about
ten minutes, expired. Umole then took off the ornaments from the ears,
nose, arms, and legs of the body, and those of the neck Jumaul himself
took off, and tying them all up in a handkerchief delivered them to
Umole, and she put them into a chest; after this, Jamaul tied the body
on his shoulders, and covering himself with a quilt, went in company
with Abdul Rehman, Soliman, and Delawar, and flung it into the
ditch, and they then returned home."
In addition to the preceding particulars, which we have detailed
with as much accuracy as circumstances would admit, there are many
others forcibly corroborative of the degrees of guilt in which the several
parties were implicated in respect to this unprecedented act of barbarity ;
but we imagine sufficient has already been advanced to appeal to the very
feelings of humanity. We shall therefore, for the present, dismiss so
melancholy a subject, in the hope of being able to follow it up hereafter
by announcing that all the parties who bore a share in this vile and
infamous transaction, have suffered that exemplary punishment to which
the horrid enormity of their offences so justly exposes them.
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THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
The commemoration of the glorious and memorable battle of Assaye,
was celebrated on Sunday the 23rd September 1804, at the Government
House, where a grand dinner was given to the Hon'ble the Chief
Justice, the Members of Council, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
Major General Wellesley, the Envoy from Bagdad, and to all the princi-
pal Civil and Military Officers and British inhabitants of Calcutta. The
toasts of "Major General Wellesley; the Army of the Deccan, and
the memory of the Batte of Assaye; with our illustrious Commander-
in-Chief, and the Army in Hindustan," were drank with enthusiasm.
The bands of the Governor General and of His Majesty's 22nd
Regiment played martial airs during the entertainment; and at sun-set,
a royal salute was fired from the ramparts of Fort William, in honor
of the battle of Assaye.
The Governor General and Major General Wellesley attended divine
service in the morning of the 23rd at the Old Church, when a sermon
suitable to the occasion was preached by the Reverend Mr. Brown.
THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 25th August 1804.]
Accounts from Surat mention, that on Monday last, Jamaul the
prisoner, who had been the principal actor in the horrid and melancholy
scene recorded in our paper of the 4th instant, was publicly executed in
that city. An immense concourse of spectators attended on the occasion;
there did not appear the smallest symptoms of tumult or discontent,
but on the contrary, the atrocity of his guilt seemed to have made a
very general impression, and it is hoped the just punishment he received
will operate so salutary an effect as to prevent the recurrence of any
crime so flagitious in its nature.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 27TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
[From the Monthly Review for February 1804.]
Essays by the students of the College of Fort William in Bengal;
to which are added the thesis pronounced at the public disputations.
in the Oriental Languages on the 6th February 1802, 8vo. pages 228,
Calcutta, printed at the Hon'ble Company's Press, imported by
Debrett, London.
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The death of the much lamented Sir William Jones has justly
been considered as a great loss by all lovers of Oriental research;
and for some time it seemed to have created a stagnation in this
interesting and laudable pursuit. It will give pleasure, therefore, to the
literary public, to be informed that fresh exertions have made their
welcome appearance; and
and we shall obtain general assent when we
observe that the small volume, which we now announce, may be con-
sidered as one of the most interesting that has lately fallen into our
hands. It not only proclaims the commencement of an institution which
promises to be of the utmost importance, whether we regard the glory
and interests of the parent state, the welfare of the dependent provinces,
or the general extension of learning, but is itself the auspicious and
grateful fruit of its establishment. In every syllable of the praise
bestowed on the founder by the ingenious pupils of the Eastern seminary,
we most cordially join. All lovers of letters, throughout the world, will
cheerfully own their obligations to the Marquis Wellesley, with whom
this splendid and most useful design originated, and by whose active
exertions it has been carried into execution. If it continues to be ably
conducted, and to be properly superintended, it will insure to its patron
more certain and more permanent glory than the additions of empire
and the increased security of our former possessions which have been
effected under his administration.
Youth are now expected to acquire the languages, and to make them-
selves acquainted with the laws, the manners, and customs of the people
over whom they are to exercise rule, on the very scene of their future
exertions, where every thing around them will tend to quicken them to
diligence, and animate them to perseverance. Thus, on their arrival in
India, instead of immediately having set before them examples of profli-
gacy, of extortion, and of avarice, they are to serve their noviciate in a
situation in which their minds are to be imbued with sentiments of honor;
in which they will be taught to venerate the maxims of justice, and to
respect the sanctions of religion; in which they will learn to cherish liberal
and enlarged views; and in which, in short, they will be formed to com-
mand the respect and to secure the attachment of the people with whom
they are to hold intercourse. Hence there will be at least a probability of
their issuing forth with feelings which will render them anxious to pro-
mote the glory and power of the mother country, to support the reputa-
tion of the national character, and to benefit the districts entrusted to
their administration. The juvenile productions before us furnish ground for
expectations thus flattering. Though it be congenial to youth, properly
trained, to form views thus exalted, and to foster intentions thus pure,
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the dangers which await this excellent bent and temper of mind, when
they come to mix with the world, and to engage in the affairs of life,
cannot be unknown to us; seldom, indeed, does it happen that they do
not materially suffer; but the instances are equally rare in which they
suddenly disappear, or in which they are ever wholly annihilated.
Making every allowance which the experience of the most wary can
require, we are still justified in expecting, from a discipline such as we
have stated, very important and essential benefits, favorable to the welfare
of the subject and to the permanent authority of the ruling state.
To behold the victor bowing to the institutions, laws, and manners
of the conquered people, and labouring to render their dialects familiar
to him, in order to avoid offending their prejudices, that he may be
better able to learn their complaints, and to redress their grievances—this
is a novel sight, and highly gratifying to every lover of humanity: it
is a policy above all praise, a policy of which Britain sets the example,
and on which she may justly pride herself. May she pursue it, and ever
persevere in it! It is also gratifying to contemplate this institution, as
it engages youth in an early, regular, and systematical study of the
several dialects of the East. May we not expect that, among them,
there will arise those who will clear up whatever can be known of the
antiquities, history, polity, science, letters, arts, customs, and manners of
this most interesting portion of the Globe, the cradle of mankind, the
fountain of knowledge and civilization. Of this glory Great Britain
ought to be ambitious. The world has a right to require this service
from her; it is a province most probably her own; and if she duly fills
it, she may lay the literate of every country under obligations, while, at
the same time, she advances her own political interests.
Though we highly applaud this condescension on the part of the
conqueror, we cannot help observing that a pardonable national vanity
would be indulged, and we do not perceive that any maxim of policy
would suffer, if we were to encourage the natives, by gentle and inoffen-
sive methods, to acquire our language, to study our literature, and to
cultivate our sciences and arts. That this practice would prove injurious
to the Indians no one will contend; and that it cannot prejudice us, we
conceive is clearly shown in the pages of this volume: where it is
demonstrated that it is our interest to promote their mental cultivation,
as well as every other measure which may advance their happiness.
Acting on this plan, we may look to glory far more durable than that
can possibly be which is founded on our civil power; for in that case it
may happen that monuments of our genius, of our wisdom, and of our
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justice, may live and flourish in these distant regions, when every trace
of our political authority may have long disappeared.
The perusal of this collection awakens the recollection of, and as it
were carries us back to, that enviable period of human life, when we
beheld nature arrayed in her best dress; when hope is sanguine, when
our prospects are gay, when the bosom beats high to the calls of honour
and the dictates of virtue, when temptation has not yet led astray, nor
disappointment soured the temper, nor the conflicts of the world sobered
our views and chilled our expectations. The specimens of the fine glow
of elevated sentiment which these pages display, we wish that our
limits would permit us to insert: but a highly moral turn is not the sole
praise of these compositions; they are in a literary and intellectual
point of view highly creditable to the direction of the institution, as well
as to the talents and attainments of the young candidates. A few
extracts will enable our readers to form their own judgment of them,
together with the temper and views by which the pupils of this seminary
are actuated.
The contents of the volume are as follow:-
Essay on the advantages of an academical Institution in India, by
Mr. Martin. On the same by Mr. Elliott. On the same, by Mr. Bayley.
Essay on the best means of acquiring a knowledge of the manners and
customs of the Natives of India, by Mr. Hamilton. On the same,
by Mr. Martin. On the same, by Mr. Metcalfe. Essay on the character
and capacity of the Asiatics, and particularly of the Natives of
Hindoostan, by Mr. Wood. On the same, by Mr. Martin. On the same,
by Mr. Newnham. Thesis pronounced at the disputation in the Persian
Language, by Mr. Lovett. Translation of the foregoing by the same.
Thesis pronounced at the disputation in the Bengalee Language, by
Mr. Martin. Translation of the foregoing by the same.
Thesis pro-
nounced at the disputation in the Hindoostanee Language, by Mr. Bayley.
Translation of the foregoing by the same.
Some passages in the Essay by Mr. Elliott show the worthy aspirations
cherished by these ingenious young men.
"If" (says he) "we have much to teach, we have also much to learn. Asia
was of all parts of the world the first peopled, the first civilized. While
the European world were hordes of barbarians, learning and science flou-
rished in high perfection in the East: in some branches, probably to a
greater degree of excellence than has ever been since attained. Here
we may expect traces of primeval customs and manners, and here seek the
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origin of all ancient institutions. Strenuous as have been the exertions.
of a few individuals, it must be perceived how very inadequate they have
been to the attainment of so great an object as that of collecting the
rich treasures of knowledge scattered over almost every part of Asia.
The poets, historians, and statesmen of the East, claim our admiration.
and respect, for the flowery elegance and classic purity of their language;
the dignified notions of mortality; their deep and extensive knowledge
of mankind; and the energy and sublimity of their sentiments. The
history, ancient and modern, of so vast a region cannot fail of being
peculiarly interesting, though, like all others, frequently involved in dark-
ness and fable. The similarity of their rites and ceremonies, customs and
manners, to what we know of those of former times from the sacred
writings, is extremely striking; and their superstitions will, in many
instances, be discovered flowing from the primeval religion, but through
corrupted channels. Their antiquities present an ample field to the curious
traveller, wherein he may trace the progress of the arts, and the grandeur
and declension of empires; and in astronomy, such striking proofs of their
former knowledge are yet extant, as with reason to astonish the most
learned of the moderns.
"I cannot omit to observe two circumstances which will tend very
greatly to conciliate to the British Government the good will and esteem
of the Natives of India, and which may be ranked among the principal
advantages of this Institution.
"The first is, the great patronage which is hereby extended to Natives
of learning and abilities. India has been long descending by slow
degrees into the gulph of barbarism and ignorance; and learning and
the arts have been gradually falling into disrepute and obscurity. The
ample field which this Institution proposes to itself, comprehending the
languages, literature, arts, and sciences of all the more polished nations
of Asia, will not fail in a few years to assemble the most learned men
from all parts, by affording them suitable encouragement. Nor does it
end here. The student will come into active life with a taste for Eastern
literature, and extend that patronage so happily begun; the shoots of
science will again spring up and flourish, and the East will regain its once
well merited celebrity.
"The other circumstance I had to mention, is the conviction which
will be afforded to the natives of India, of the earnest desire of the
Supreme Government, that they may not be ruled by men, ignorant of
the genius of the country and its inhabitants; but by those who, from
a regular course of diligence and study have attained a perfect knowledge
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of the subject. This will inspire a confidence that the laws will be
administered with justice and impartiality; that every respect will be
shown to their usages and customs, and every indulgence to their pre-
judices; in fine, they will cease to consider themselves as a conquered
people, and unite with one soul in a general wish for the permanency
and prosperity of the British Empire."
Equally worthy and benevolent are the views of Mr. Bayley.
By the laudable exertions of individuals, many beauties of Arabic
and Persian poetry have been transplanted into British soil, which even
under the evident disadvantage of a foreign dress, afford pleasure and
gratification to the most fastidious taste. From the fountains of Sans-
krit and Hinduwee poetry, little has yet been exhibited to our view; but
from that little we may with safety judge, that the former possesses the
strength of Sophocles, with the magnificence of Pindar; and that in the
latter will be found all the elegance of Ovid, joined to the sweetness of
Theocritus.
"The literary advantages of this Institution, however, will not
be favourable to us alone, for to it may Asia owe those benefits
for which civilized Europe was once indebted to Arabia; the re-
vival of her extinguished spirit of literature, and the preservation of
her repositories of learning; still more grateful would it be if we should
be enabled to claim the additional merit of restoring, to history, the
useful refinements of philosophy; to poetry, the wholesome restrictions of
judgment; and to general literature, a proper application of its treasures,
and a just perception of its beauties."
Mr. Metcalfe, insisting on the necessity of skill in the dialects of
the East, as a principal mode of acquiring a knowledge of the manners
and customs of its inhabitants, observes that,
"There are other sources of information, in the perusal of books in
all tongues, particularly our own, which treat of the inhabitants of
India. There are numerous works of this description, whence much
important knowledge may be extracted. It is however proper to men-
tion those that deserve the greatest recommendation. The Asiatic Re-
searches hold the first place, as in these volumes the learning and genius
of the East may be said to be combined. The works of Sir William Jones
speak for themselves; yet his translation of the Institutes of Menu will
be found most advantageous. In his preface, he assigns as a reason for
the publication, the necessity of being acquainted with laws congenial
to the disposition and habits, to the religious prejudices, and approved
immemorial usages of the people for whom they were enacted; and con-
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formable, as far as the natives are affected by them, to the opinions and
manners of the natives themselves; an object which cannot possibly be
attained until those manners and opinions can be accurately and full
known. These observations will apply with the same effect to Halhed's
translation of the ordinations of the Brahmins containing knowledge,
very essential in our enquiry into Oriental habits and laws: Maurice's
Indian Antiquities afford very extensive instruction; and much rational
information may be collected from the Arabian Nights and other Eastern
Tales, which probably afford the truest portrait of Asiatic manners we
have in our possession. This work, which, as children, we have all
heard with such fixed attention and rapturous delight, on account of the
pleasing and interesting narration, is well worthy our notice, as men, as
disclosing to curious observation the inmost recesses of Indian customs
and belief. The more minute our investigation, the more fruitful shall
we find the soil; the produce of which must always afford a recompense
equal to the labor we employ in reaping it. It would be impossible to
notice all the works of this nature, which would be found valuable in their
contents, and interesting to the proposed enquiry; but an attention to
those above mentioned, and such others as a discriminating mind might
point out as proper objects of our choice, would render very essential
assistance to our pursuit."
The information with respect to the Natives, contained in the follow-
ing extract from Mr. Newnham's Essay, induces us to insert it :-
"When writing on the progress of national refinement, how is a
standard for civility to be fixed? It has been generally accounted, that
those countries alone are civilized, where laws have been framed for the
protection of life and for the safety of property. That country, therefore,
can never be called civilized, where the priest stands before the altar
of his idol, with his hands reeking with the blood of his newly
slaughtered victim; whose laws permit the son to expose to the
flood the being who gave him birth, when oppressed by years, and
unable to labor for the support of life; where the youthful widow
is compelled to finish a short life upon the pile of her deceased
husband, or else must survive his loss in ignominy or servitude; where
human sacrifices are offered up to appease the demon of destruction;
and where the woman who has been long barren, offers her first born to
her God, by exposing it to the birds and beasts of prey, or suffering it
to be carried away by the flood of the Ganges.*
* "Many of these unnatural cruelties were perpetrated publicly in the presence of
Europeans at the last Hindu festival, in the Island of Saugor, in December 1801." [This
Note appears in the original.]
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"The Indians at present under the British dominion, particularly
those near to the seats of Government, appear inclined to dismiss many
of their prejudices. The richer Hindoos in particular, affect to despise
many of their former customs, to which the destructive persecutions
of the Mahomedans only served to rivet their affections. They how-
ever rather copy the follies, than the virtues of Europeans, and endeavour
to excel them in luxury and expense, rather than in knowledge. They
have acquired the same freedom of behaviour, without the generosity
and independence of spirit; and they are more eager in the acquire-
ment of riches, without the same enterprise and honesty of principle.
To over-reach the stranger by the lowest artifices of despicable chicane
and intrigue, is considered by the trading Hindoo as his calling. If
the passion have not the same influence over him as over the more
vigorous and impetuous European, the influence of the virtues is still
less. If he is less quick in resenting injuries, he is utterly insensible.
to every feeling of gratitude. To vegetate in sloth is the delight of
the Hindoo: and he is never roused to exertion but by the calls of neces-
sity, or to gratify his ruling passion, avarice. He is dastardly in spirit,
and will seldom stand a contest with an open foe; but is rather inclined
to injure his enemy secretly. When transported with anger, he vents
his rage with feminine impotence in the vilest and foulest reproaches;
but this fury is quickly damped, if likely to be resented by force.
"The Hindoo has a strong propensity to indulge in the luxury of
the palate. Though prohibited by his laws from feeding on the flesh of
animals, he feasts luxuriously on ghee and spices; and quaffs with delight
the drugs with which he gives fresh relish to the naturally powerful
effects of tobacco."
It has been the fashion to dwell with raptures on the humanity and
mildness of the Hindoos. But can that people be called humane or
mild, who can with unmoved countenance and unfeeling hearts behold
the tortures of their nearest relatives perishing in the flames, or drown-
ing in the Ganges? Frendship indeed appears to have little power over
their hearts; and the tender ties, which bind an offspring to a parent, are
frequently forgotten. The ambition of the Hindoo is moderate, and he
bears a stain on his honour with great calmness provided he has thereby
increased his wealth. The generous spirit of independence never warms
his cold and timorous breast; he crouches with the most abject servitude
and flattery to his superiors, and is treated in the same manner by his
dependents, over whom he takes every opportunity to tyrannize. This
indeed has been ever so much the character of the Hindoo, that the
Mahomedans always found him the best instrument for oppressing his
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own countrymen. The chief consistency of conduct in the Hindoo is
his strict observance of the tenets of his religion; the daily ceremony of
ablution and prayers he never neglects, and there is no penance which
he will not undergo, to appease his angry gods. Different tribes differ
much in their dispositions and in their superstitions: the Bengalese
perhaps of all the tribes, are the least enterprizing and bold, and more
the slaves of prejudice. The Poligars of the Peninsula, the Marhattas,
Nairs, and Seiks are all different classes of Hindoos, bound by law
peculiar to themselves, and are resolute and warlike tribes.
.
In the thesis of Mr. Bayley, delivered in Hindoostanee, he shows
that this language is the most useful of all those which are spoken in
India:
"It is compounded of the Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit, or Bhakha,
which last appears to have been in former ages the current language
of Hindoostan.
Owing in some measure to the intercourse of the merchants of
Arabia with this country, but more particularly to the frequent invasions
of it by the Moosulmans, and their ultimate settlement in it, a consider-
able number of Arabic and Persian words became engrafted on the
original language of the natives, and out of this mixture arose a new
language, the Hindoostanee, like a modern superstructure on an ancient
foundation.
"By degrees it assumed its present appearance and estimation; and
the Court of Delhi made choice of it, as the medium in all affairs depend-
ing on colloquial intercourse. Hence its influence gradually spread
abroad so widely, that it became universally used in the Courts of the
Moosulman princes. Many of the Native inhabitants also grew famili-
arized to it, and used it in all concerns, the validity of which did not
depend upon written documents."
This language is divisible into three distinct dialects:—
"In the first, or pristine dialect, there is a smaller admixture of
foreign words; hence this is more nearly related to the original dialects
of the country.
"In the second, or familiar dialect, the number of foreign words bears
nearly an equal proportion to the original ones.
“In the third, or court dialect, Arabian and Persian words are by
far the most numerous.
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"In the whole of the vast country of Hindoostan, scarce any Moosul-
man will be found, who does not understand and speak the Hindoostanee.
(6
Every Hindoo also of any distinction, or who has the least connection
either with the Moosulman or the British Government, is, according to
his situation, acquainted, more or less, with this language.
"It is moreover the general medium by which many persons of
various foreign nations settled in Hindoostan communicate their wants
and ideas to each other. Of the truth of this indeed, we ourselves are an
evidence, as are the Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danes, Arabs, Turks,
Greeks, Armenians, Georgians, Persians, Moghuls, and Chinese.
"In almost all the armies of India, this appears to be the universally
used language, even though many of the individuals composing them
be better acquainted with the dialects peculiar to their respective
districts.
"Nearly from Cape Comorin to Cabool, a country about 2,000 miles
in length, and 1,400 in breadth within the Ganges, few persons will be
found in any large villages or towns which have ever been conquered
or much frequented by Moosulmans, who are not sufficiently conversant
in the Hindoostanee: and in many places beyond the Ganges, this
language is current and familiar."
In dismissing this truly acceptable publication, we shall only add
that our curious readers will derive from its perusal very great pleasure
and satisfaction.
THE 4TH OCTOBER 1804.
The following description of the honors conferred by the Emperor
Shah Aulum, on His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, as stated
in the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary of the 2nd of October, may be
acceptable to our readers :
:
The diginity of the Mahee and Moratib, to which also the privilege
of beating the Nobut was annexed, was usually granted by the Emperors
of Hindoostan to persons of the highest rank in the empire, such as the
Vizier, and the Bukshee, or Commander-in-Chief.
The following is a description of the Mahee or fish :-
The head of a large fish is fashioned in copper, and gilt. The
body and tail of the fish are formed of silk, and fixed to the head. The
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whole is then fixed upon a long staff, and carried upon an elephant,
which, together with these insignia, is presented to the person on whom
this dignity is conferred.
The Moratib (an Arabic word, and the plural of Rootba, a degree)
consists of a ball of copper, gilt, encircled by a jhallar or fringe of
about two feet long, and placed on a long pole; and like the Mahee
borne on an elephant.
The mode of granting the Nobut is as follows:--
Two small Nobuts or drums of silver are formed, each about the
size of a thirty-two pound shot, of which the apertures are covered
with parchment. These are hung upon the neck of the person on
whom the Nobut is conferred, and are struck a few times. That person
then becomes a Sahib-i-Nobut, and he has drums made upon the proper
scale, which are beaten five times in the course of four and twenty hours.
The drums of the Nobut, placed on an elephant, accompany the Mahee
and Moratib on a march.
THE 4TH OCTOBER 1804.
London, 1st May.
The Lords of the Admiralty have granted to the East India Com-
pany 250 boys, to assist in navigating their trade to the East Indies,
on the condition that they are to be given up to the Commander-in-
Chief on that station on their arrival there.
THE 16TH OCTOBER 1804.
On the 14th instant, an Overland Despatch was received from
England, which brings London Newspapers down to the 5th June
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THE 1ST NOVEMBER 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier, 25th September 1804].
The following are the particulars of a robbery which took place
near Baroda, on the evening of the 22nd ultimo. At half past seven
o'clock P. M., as Lieutenant Heard, the line Adjutant in Guzerat, with
Mr. Williams, of the Civil Service, and Mr. James Urquhart (a young
entleman of six years of age, son to Major Urquhart), were returning
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in a buggy from Chawny, a village two short coss from the canton-
ments near Baroda, they were attacked by a party of Bheels armed
with swords, bows, and arrows; having seized the horse's head, they
rushed to the wheels of the carriage with their bows strung; the
assaulted party disentangled themselves from the buggy, and leaped upon
the road. Mr. Williams luckily effected his escape by getting over
a hedge which bounded the road, and was vainly pursued by some of
the Banditti. Four of the standing party closed on Lieutenant Heard,
who parried several cuts; the swords of the robbers being slung to
their wrists, they dropped the points and had recourse to their bow,
when pressing the arrows towards Mr. Heard's and the little boy's
breasts, vehemently demanded money; Mr. Heard assured them he had
not a rupee; they then insisted on his delivering his clothes, and he was
accordingly stripped of his coat, waistcoat, sash, and hat; not satisfied
with the booty (Mr. Heard evaded giving up the remaining articles
of his dress) they loudly called "Rupee, Rupee"; Mr. Heard then for-
tunately diverted their attention by directing to the buggy, which they
instantly (leaving him and the child) went to search, no doubt supposing
that there was some concealed treasure, Mr. Heard finding himself free
by this manœuvre, took the child upon his shoulders, and in his dis-
mantled condition, expecting immediate pursuit, walked through the trees
that flanked the ravine; he had not proceeded far, when he heard
the noise of carriage wheels approaching, he concluded it was the buggy,
and advancing to the road, had no small pleasure in stopping the horse
and with the child getting into the carriage, as from his lameness he
would with much difficulty have made the cantonments. He had gone
about half a mile, when he saw men stationed near the road behind
fascines; they looked out, but perhaps perceiving him despoiled, did not
attempt any molestation; Mr. Williams also passed these fellows, who
no doubt composed part of the gang.
Lieutenant Heard (having reported the circumstances to Colonel
Grummont, the Commanding Officer of the Station), went that night
with a party of sepoys in search of the freebooters, but did not come
up with them; it appears they took the road to Chawny, as Lieute-
nant Heard's sash was found in that direction. Some armed Bheels were
met lurking about Chawny, but as they belonged to the Sircar, and
nothing appearing to justify suspicion, except their being out at that late
hour, they were, on being recognised by the patrol, released. House
robberies have frequently been committed in the cantonment, but no
highway robberies before attempted, and it is conjectured, that this band
had been laying in wait for some Natives of Chawny, who that morning
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received a large sum of money for grain sold to the Commissary.
The Bheels are very daring in their enterprize; not long ago, Captain
Fallon's house was entered, although there was a guard stationed there;
his bed-room plundered of several articles within twenty yards of a
sentinel, who was over the colours of the Regiment, but they are so
expert, that they can elude the most vigilant eye. The patrols from
the Cantonments, although very active, they contrive to avoid.
It is hoped that the measures which have been adopted will end in
the discovery of the offenders, and that by some severe example, depreda-
tions of this nature may be in future prevented.
NOTE. It is well known that the Bheels were first reclaimed from robbery and
lawlessness by the late Sir J. Outram.
THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1804.
To the Editor of the Calcutta Gazette.
SIR,—It is the opinion of several Medical gentlemen that the
following case of St. Vitus's Dance, completely cured by galvanism,
ought to be made public. Be so obliging, therefore, as to give it a place
in your next Gazette.
The state of the case by Mr. Kelly is contained in a letter to me,
of which the following is a copy:-
"DEAR SIR,-My assistance is required by Mrs. Durell, for a Miss
Jane Willcocks, ten years of age, afflicted for two or three months past,
with a disease called chorea, or dance of St. Vitus, which is a spasmodic
affection of one side. The hand and foot are in constant involuntary
motion. The hand is entirely useless, being unable to feed herself with
it, nor has she any mode of restraining its unnatural action, than by
holding it with the other. A spasm of the cheek, pulling the corner
of the mouth in quick vibratory contractions towards the ear has been
observed to take place frequently for the last fortnight. It is a disease
that has at all times been of very difficult cure, and most frequently
continues, in spite of every remedy, until the age of puberty, when it
most commonly ceases spontaneously. I am inclined to think galvanism
may be of service, therefore wish to try its effects in this case, but
having no apparatus, must beg leave to solicit your kindness in the
application of it on the occasion. Mrs. Durell, humanely and tenderly
anxious for the recovery of the child, says, she will send her to your
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house as often as may be necessary, and at such hours as may be most
convenient to you; she has not taken any medicine, therefore a good
subject for experiment.
"The poor girl has a strong claim on our humanity, for to be an
unfortunate orphan is calamity sufficient, without the additional chance
of dragging on a miserable and useless existence for some years to come.
"A compliance with my request will oblige,
CALCUTTA,
DEAR SIR,
Yours respectfully,
(Sd.)
J. KELLY."
The 26th September 1804.
On the 2nd of October, I began to galvanize my little patient, and
continued twice a day for about four weeks. For the first four or five
days, the galvanic discharge was sent along both arms, the power from
forty to fifty pair of metals. The shock was afterwards sent from the
hand to the foot of the side affected. The foot, with the shoe off, was
placed on a piece of tin-foil, sprinkled with salt water, and laid on the
floor. To this was hooked one of the conducting wires, while the patient
held or rather attempted to hold, the other conductor in her hand, for so
violent, and so frequent were the motions of the hand, that I was obliged
to hold it with the conductor in mine, to prevent its flourishes from over-
setting one of the piles of the battery, which once would have happened,
but for the timely interposition of a gentleman present. The power
employed here was from sixty to eighty, and sometimes even a hundred
pair. In this manner, with some trifling variations, the operation was
continued to the end. About the middle of the second week, I thought,
and at the end of it, I was certain that the motions of the hand were
both less violent and less frequent. Before the end of it, she could both
sew and thread her needle. In the third week, her recovery was rapid.
Early in the fourth week, I had infinite satisfaction in learning, from
Mrs. Durell, that every symptom of the disease had disappeared, and
that the health of the poor girl had not only been completely restored,
but even greatly improved. About ten or twelve minutes were employed
in every application, with one or two intervals of two or three minutes.
From one hundred to two hundred shocks were given at each visit, and
never did any patient receive with more fortitude so many and so
powerful shocks as this good natured little girl. When I sometimes
took in, by stealth, the whole battery of a hundred pair, which gives a
shock sufficient to make some of the stoutest of my male friends rub
their elbows, and look comically at each other, my little patient only
rebuked me with a smile.
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Galvanism has, with me, been also successful in six cases of rheu-
matism, and three of palsy.
I shall probably take the liberty of troubling you, on some future
occasion, with one or two of the most remarkable.
I am, Sir,
Yours, &c.,
CALCUTTA,
The 12th November 1804.
}
(Sd.)
J. DINWIDDIE.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1804.
On Monday morning, the 12th instant, Major General the
Hon'ble Arthur Wellesley (with his suite) embarked from the Governor
General's Ghaut on board the Charlotte yacht under a salute of thirteen
guns from the ramparts of Fort William, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to the Bombay frigate, laying at Saugor for his reception.
Major General Wellesley was attended to the ghaut by Captain Arm-
strong, Military Secretary, by the Officers of the Governor General's
family, and by the Officers of the Staff of the Garrison of Fort William.
The Hon'ble the Chief Justice, Major Generals St. John and
Cameron, the principal Civil and Military Officers of Government, and
British inhabitants of Calcutta, with a numerous party of ladies,
breakfasted at the Government House, with General Wellesley, previous
to his departure. After breakfast, Major General Wellesley was
attended to his carriage by all the gentlemen assembled, for the pur-
pose of manifesting the testimony of their respect and regard to this
gallant and distinguished Officer.
Captain Sydenham, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General, was
appointed to attend Major General Wellesley to the Bombay frigate,
which the General reached at ten o'clock on the morning of the 14th
November. The General was received with the honors due to his rank
and services, and the Bombay frigate sailed for Fort St. George at
2 P. M.
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His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General was prevented
by illness from being present on this occasion.
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THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1804.
By accounts from Poonah, we are sorry to learn that the effects of
the late famine are still unhappily perceptible in many parts of the
country. In the village, at the top of the ghaut, near 100 dead bodies.
were seen lying, some of them to the door of their vacant houses. The
weather of late has been uncommonly fine, and the heat not greater
than is experienced in England.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1804.
Deaths.
On the 12th instant, in the Sunderbunds, on his way to Chittagong,
for the recovery of his health, Mr. S. M. Lowder, late Examiner and
French Translator in the Secret, Foreign, and Political Departments, and
Secretary to the Native Hospital.
THE 13TH DECEMBER 1804.
Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, the 4th November, was holden at the Supreme Court
of Judicature, the second Session of Oyer and Terminer and general
gaol delivery, for the present year, and also an Admiralty Session, when
the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury :-
Henry Ramus, Esq., Foreman.
J. M. Taggart, Esq.
M. Lumsden, Esq.
C. Trower, Esq.
P. Maitland, Esq.
G. Abbott, Esq.
Henry St. G. Tucker, Esq.
C. D'Oyly, Esq.
A. Wilson, Esq.
W. Morton, Esq.
W. Trant, Esq.
W. Farquhar, Esq.
R. C. Plowden, Esq.
D. Campbell, Esq.
J. Gilmore, Esq.
R. Thackeray, Esq.
R. Turner, Esq.
W. Egerton, Esq.
J. T. Shakespear, Esq.
S. Laprimandaye, Esq.
T. H. Peach, Esq., and
T. Parr, Esq.
The charge to the Grand Jury was delivered by the Hon'ble the
Chief Justice; and on Saturday, the whole of the trials having been
gone through, the following sentences were passed on the prisoners
John Maclauchlan, found guilty of manslaughter, to be fined one
rupec, and imprisoned one month.
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Mahomed, Tindal, found guilty of manslaughter, to be fined one
rupee, and imprisoned one month.
Mathew Farnes, found guilty of manslaughter, to be fined one
rupee, and imprisoned one month.
Thomas Eldred Sherburne, for forgery, fined one rupee, to stand
in the pillory on the 14th instant, and imprisoned two years.
Bahadoor, Durwan, burglary, to be hanged on the 21st instant.
Radeea, otherwise Sadeea, and Sadeea, otherwise Jesse, for stealing
on the high seas, to be transported for seven years, and kept
to hard labor during that period.
Mritonjoy Coomar, for robbing the Mint, ditto ditto.
Rujjub Alla, for setting fire to the ship Maria, acquitted.
William Story, for rape, acquitted;-and one discharged by Pro-
clamation.
THE 13TH DECEMBER 1804.
[From the Bombay Courier Extraordinary, 11th November 1804].
The following information is of two interesting a nature to be with-
held a moment from the public, and we beg leave to congratulate them,
and the mercantile community in particular, upon an event so advan-
tageous to our commercial security.
His Majesty's ship Concorde, Captain Wood, anchored in the harbour
yesterday evening at sunset, accompanied by her prize, La Fortune,
Monsieur Le Même. The Concorde sailed from hence on Sunday morning
last, upon a cruize, and on Thursday the 8th, at 10 A. M., Cape Jaigat
bearing north and by west 150 miles, saw a strange sail on the weather
bow. Being on different tacks standing towards each other, they
approached so near, that about half past eleven, the Frenchman (who had
previously taken His Majesty's ship for a merchantman) discovered his
error, hauled his wind, tacked and made way with a press of sail, the
Concorde pursuing him.
The chase continued until about seven in the evening, when the
Concorde came within gunshot; Monsieur Le Méme then used every
effort in his power to get away, and made a very gallant defence, not
striking his colours until his running rigging was cut to pieces, and
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all his masts wounded. Not a man has been hurt on board His Majesty's
ship, and no damage done, except a slight injury to the mizen mast.
The Fortune had two men killed and five or six wounded.
This capture may be considered as a peculiarly fortunate one, for
Monsieur Le Méme has not hesitated to declare, that it was his intention
to have swept the whole Malabar coast previous to returning from his
cruize.
No further information has been received of the Fly, but that she
was sent away immediately on being taken. It is conjectured, however,
that she is gone to the Seychelles, to wait for Monsieur Le Méme.
The Fortune is a remarkable fine vessel, mounting twenty-four guns,
built after the construction of La Revolutionnaire, lately coppered, and
a prime sailer.
THE 20TH DECEMBER 1804.
[Extract from the English Papers.]
Society of Arts, &c., &c., &c.
A silver medal having been voted by the Society for the encourage-
ment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, to Mr. John Maclachlan,
of Calcutta, for information communicated by him on chemical subjects
and East India products, the same was delivered, in charge for him, by
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, in presence of a numerous and respecta-
ble assembly of nobility, ladies and gentlemen who attended the
annual distribution of the premiums of the Society on the 29th
May 1804.
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!
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 8th January 1805.]
To CAPTAIN JAMES ACHILLES KIRKPATRICK.
DEAR SIR,―The compass of a letter hardly admitting room for
answers to Mr. Morton Pitt's queries, I must again trouble you to render
the answer which I have given to his question of "what proportion the
rent bears to the year's crop" more intelligible, by stating the practice at
the village of Nungambacum, where I am situated, which may serve
to give an idea of the distribution of grain, the greatest necessary of life,
from the very spot where it grows; a practice that seems favorable to
the preservation of good-will between the different ranks of society.
In this village twelve families of labourers have twenty-five ploughs
with which they cultivate 190 cawnies* of ground, paying rent to Govern-
ment, and 40 cawnies of free land, and as the question only relates to
the first, it will be sufficient to lay that the cawnie generally produces
sixty† marcals of paddy, which when cut and gathered into a heap, the
cultivator must give one marcal to the carpenter and iron smith,
and another to the washerman and barber.
Bundle of the straw containing one‡ measure of paddy§ is folded up
and given away when the crop is divided with Government, to Pulliar
Church, another to Eesvaren Church, Permall Church, the Vadum school-
master, the water charity Pandall, the village beadle, the Amildar
office waterwoman, the doctor, the tailor, the man who burns the dead.
and waters the fields.
When the heap is trodden and separated from the straw, the tailor
sings a song to render the crop propitious, for which he gets a measure of
the unwinnowed grain.
When the crop is properly cleared, the Church of Eesvaren, the
Church of Permall, the Church Pedaureear, the village extra servant,
the Vadum schoolmaster, the dancing girls who attend marriages and
funerals, aud the lamp oil for the Amildar's office, have each two
measures.
The village clerk six measures, the watchman, by guess of hand
one measure, Pulliar Church half measure, the water charity Pundal
the same quantity, as well as the village carpenter, ironsmith, washer-
man, barber, beadle, waterwoman, and doctor.
* One cawnie is 57,000 square feet.
† One marcal is eight measures.
A measure is thirty-four ounces.
§ Paddy is rice in the husk.
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After the above business is over, the village clerk distributes, to
the cultivator two marcals and seven measures, the head man of the
village one marcal and two measures, the watchman, one marcal, the
village servants altogether six measures, the head bramin two measures,
Caulatapetty Church five measures, Eesvaren Church one measure and
a half, Permall Church one and a half, repair of the tank one marcal and
four measures.
The remaining grain is then divided between the cultivator and
Government, deducting one marcal and a half from Government's
share for the watchman and clerk's fees.
FORT ST. GEORGE,
(Sd.)
JAMES ANDERSON.
The 21st May 1798.
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THE 17TH JANUARY 1805.
Extract of a letter dated Bombay, the 19th December 1804.
By a Dow which arrived here from Maculla yesterday, informa-
ation has been received that a ship had arrived there about six weeks
ago, under English colours, whose cargo appears to consist of rice, bales
of English cloths, Bengal silk and piece goods, and without an European
on board. Such a cargo having caused a suspicion, the Sheikh took pos-
session of the ship and put the whole crew into confinement; in conse-
quence of which, it is said, they confessed having murdered the Captain
and Officers and to have carried off the ship, but at what port they first
landed, I have not heard, for Maculla seems to have been the second or
third. From this description, we here think, this vessel must be the
Alert, from Calcutta, bound hither, and long missing."
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 22nd January 1805.]
To DOCTOR JAMES ANDERSON, Physician General, &c. &c. &c., at
Fort St. George.
HONORED SIR,—I beg leave to observe for the information of the
Natives of this country, that I have perused the papers which you
have published on that wonderful, healthful, and immortal vaccine
matter, discovered on the nipples and udders of some cows in Eng-
land, by that illustrious Physician, Doctor Jenner; whereby the loath-
some, painful, and fatal small-pox has been prevented from seizing the
many of our fellow-creatures in India, as well as in Europe.
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I am an eye-witness as well as many others, that number of children
here have been inoculated with vaccine matter, without any injury or
blemish whatsoever; excepting a small spot at the place where the
matter is applied, which is commonly on the arm. It is therefore greatly
to be wished that an intimate knowledge of this wonderful discovery
may be acquired by the Natives of this country, so as to enable them
to preserve the lives of the rich and honorary, as well as those of
low castes.
On this account, it might be useful to remove a prejudice in the
minds of the people, arising from the term cow-pox, being literally
translated co-mary in the advertisement which has been published in our
Tamul tongue, whereas there can be no doubt that it is a drop of nectar
from the exuberant udders of the cows in England, and no ways similar
to the humour discharged from the tongue and feet of diseased cattle
in this country.
29th December 1804.
I remain, &c.,
(Sd.) MOOPERAL STREENIVASACHARY.
THE 24TH JANUARY 1805.
[From the Bombay Gazette, 26th December 1805.]
On Saturday last anchored in the harbour, the ships Anna, Captain
Smith, and Asia, Captain Harford, from China.
Our advices from the Gulph of Persia mention that the Imaum of
Muscat was lately killed in an engagement between a part of his fleet
and the inhabitants of the opposite shore, who have long been on terms
of hostility, the latter being the disciples of the Wahabees, and the
former a true believer.
On Monday evening anchored in the harbour the ship Juliana,
Captain Ehmles, from Hamburgh; this ship sailed from Tonningen,
on the 18th July last, and on her passage touched at the Cape of Good
Hope, from whence she sailed in October last; there were no men of war
at the Cape, only two American ships and one Danish ship; news had
been received of an intended expedition from England against that
Colony, and Governor Jaussen had made every preparation for a vigorous
and effectual resistance; but as the whole of the regular force did not
consist of more than two thousand men, and those by no means strongly
zealous in the cause, it was generally understood that on the appearance
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of the expected expedition he would withdraw himself and forces into
the interior of the country. Requisitions had been made for all the wag-
gons and carriages in the place, and every person from the age of sixteen
to fifty were to bear arms, to which they appeared by no means well
• inclined. The Colony is in much distress, the Spanish Dollar passing
for at least 18 per cent. above its real value.
THE 31ST JANUARY 1805.
On Monday, the 21st January 1805, Suliman Aga, the Envoy
from Bagdad, had his public audience of leave of the Governor General ;
and on Thursday the 24th embarked from the Governor General's Ghaut,
on board the ship Henry Wellesley, under a salute from Fort William of
fifteen guns.
The same ceremonies were observed on this occasion as were adopted
on the Envoy's arrival at Fort William, and on his first public visit of
form to the Governor General on Monday, the 21st May 1804.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 5th February 1805.]
Extract of another letter, dated Mauritius, 3rd December 1804.
"You must have heard, ere now, of the capture of the ship Fame
by the Caroline French Privateer, commanded by Surcooff. We were
taken on the 13th October last, in latitude 8 20 N., longitude 84 E.
"I was the only European left on board the Fame; the Second
Officer arrived here four days after the ship, when we were both
marched into the same prison, where twenty-six English Captains and
Officers are closely confined.
"The place (I mean our Asylum) is not larger than a common
dining room; and a strong iron gate to peep through, for our com-
fort. We are allowed fourteen dollars per month to subsist upon, which
barely keeps the soul and body together. The cause of our being treated
in this manner, was owing to our squadron cruising off the Island, com-
prising several ships of war.'
""
"Although we were closely watched, seven of our fellow-sufferers
made their escape out of the prison, and went off to the squadron in the
middle of the day (in a small boat), in spite of their batteries; the
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remainder of us, upwards of one hundred and twenty, are safely moored
in three different prisons, and some in the hospital.
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Captains Pavin, Doone, Dalrymple, Askwith, and several other
Officers, got their liberty a few days ago, and sail to-morrow for some
port in India. Captain Alison is at present with us; he repeatedly
wrote for permission to go into town, but hitherto, without success.
"God knows how long we are to remain in this wretched place,
having no one in town, to whom we can apply for our liberty; poor old
Middleton is one of our messmates. The man who supplies us in
provisions, charges twenty dollars per month, and that very indiffer-
ently; how one can pay twenty dollars out of fourteen is out of my
reckoning. We were plundered of every thing valuable.
"The Americans will not take any person who is free without pay-
ing three hundred dollars for his passage, before he starts an inch from
this place. What think ye of this? Adieu."
THE 7TH FEBRUARY 1805.
The following is an extract of a letter from Captain Waters, late
Commander of the Eliza, belonging to this port, dated Madras, 17th
ultimo, containing the unwelcome news of the capture of that ship :-
"I am sorry to inform you that I arrived here this day, having
been captured on the 9th instant by the French Frigate La Psyche,
Captain Bergeret, on my passage to Bengal; the Eliza was despatched
to the Mauritius on the 10th, and on the 14th myself, Officers, and
servants, were put on board a very small schooner, under Burmah
colours, to make our passage to Calcutta.
"The conditions on which they granted us our liberty were as
follows:-that we were to continue on an easterly course for five days,
when we might make for this coast, but on no account to land any
where until the expiration of one month.
"On the night after parting with the frigate, we experienced very
bad weather, the boat making so much water, that we could barely keep
her free; we were therefore compelled, for the preservation of our lives,
to bear up for the land, and happily arrived safe at this place -day,
thirteen in number.
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"As I had given my word of honor to the French Captain to
perform the conditions he annexed to granting our liberty, I assure you
that nothing but the dictates of self-preservation and an impossibility
to have kept the sea, should have ever induced me to break the promises
I had given.
"I and every part of the crew were extremely well treated, indeed,
I consider myself under great obligations to Captain Bergeret and his
Officers, for their extremely polite and attentive conduct while on board
the frigate, and amply supplying our wants, when we quitted her.
"The appearance and management of the frigate was such that I
took her for an English frigate, and was not undeceived until she was
alongside."
THE 21ST OCTOBER 1805.
We are sorry to say that the effects of the late tempest at Ceylon,
have been more seriously felt than at first expected; the following parti-
culars are copied from the Ceylon Gazette :---
"We are sorry to state that the most melancholy accounts have
been received from different quarters, of the disasters occasioned by the
violence of the storm. At Putelam the house of the Commandant was
almost totally destroyed, and the temporary barracks and hospital
erected there lately, have suffered very considerable damage. In the dis-
trict of Jaffnapatnam, upwards of twenty thousand cocoa and palmyra
trees have been thrown down and completely demolished.
His Majesty's ship Sheerness in the inner harbour was blown from
her anchors and drove on shore upon the rocks of York Island, where she
bilged.
The Government cutter North was driven upon the rocks under
Fort Ostenburgh, and is there lost.
THE 7TH MARCII 1805.
[From the Bombay Gazette, 6th February 1805,]
On Saturday evening, the Fencible Regiment was reviewed by the
Colonel, the Hon'ble Governor Duncan; Sir James and Lady Mackin-
tosh, Lieutenant General Nicolls, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces,
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an extra-
Lewis Cochrane, Esquire, Member of Council, and the Staff, were pre-
sent on the occasion, besides an immense crowd of spectators. The
Regiment went through its various evolutions, with
ordinary degree of precision, and their marching both in column and
line evinced the degree of attention that has been paid to the formation
of the Corps; their firing was close, correct, and in excellent time; in
short, the whole exhibited a striking correctness of Military evolution,
which did infinite credit to the regulating Officer, Major William Green
and the Officers of the Corps in general.
After the review, the Hon'ble the Governor gave a splendid dinner
to the Corps and a large circle of ladies and gentlemen.
The party was enlivened by a number of very appropriate songs,
particularly composed for the occasion, and sung with much humour and
taste; the entertainment was succeeded by a dance, which continued.
until a very early hour.
}
THE 14TH MARCH 1805.
Fort St. George, 16th February 1805.
A letter addressed by His Majesty the King of Great Britain to
His Highness the Nawab of the Carnatic, having been conveyed to this
Presidency by Lieutenant General Sir J. F. Cradock, K. B., the Right
Hon'ble the Governor has, in communication with His Highness the
Nawab, fixed on Monday the 18th instant as the day on which His
Majesty's letter shall be presented to His Highness.
The Officers and gentlemen of His Majesty's and Hon'ble Com-
pany's service are accordingly required to attend at the Government
gardens at half past seven o'clock in the morning of Monday the
8th instant, for the purpose of accompanying the Right Hon'ble the
Governor to the Palace of Chepauk, when His Majesty's letter will be
received by His Highness the Nawab Azeem-ood-dowla.
(Sd.) G. BUCHAN,
Chief Secretary to Government.
Pursuant to the above order, the gentlemen of the Settlement
attended the Right Hon'ble the Governor, at his gardens yesterday
morning, when the letter of His Majesty was placed on an elephant,
for the purpose of being taken to the Palace of His Highness the
Nawab.
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His Lordship followed immediately after, through a street composed
of the troops in Garrison, which reached from the Government gardens
to the verandah of Chepauk house.
On the arrival of His Lordship, His Highness came down to the
steps of the verandah, and conducted him to the side of the musnud.
The same ceremony was repeated by the Nawab on the arrival of
Their Excellencies Sir John Cradock and Vice Admiral Rainier, and
the Hon'ble Sir Arthur Wellesley.
The letter of His Majesty, congratulatory of His Highness' acces-
sion to the musnud, was then read by Mr. Buchan, Chief Secretary to
Government, under the usual discharge of artillery.
These ceremonies over, a most numerous company sat down to a
breakfast prepared for the occasion in the adjoining room, after which
utter of roses, &c., was distributed.
This morning His Highness the Nawab paid a complimentary visit.
to the Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council, in Fort St. George;
royal salutes were fired on the entrance and departure of His Highness
from the Garrison.
THE 21ST MARCH 1805.
[From Madras Gazette, 2nd March 1805.]
Admiral Rainier.
On Tuesday evening, the Civil Servants of the Hon'ble Company
gave an elegant entertainment at the Pantheon to His Excellency Vice
Admiral Rainier, on occasion of his departure for Europe.
The Admiral was received, by the Stewards who were appointed for
the occasion, in the front room of the Pantheon, and the Right Hon'ble
the Governor, accompanied by His Excellency Sir John Cradock and
the Hon'ble Sir Arthur Wellesley, arrived shorty after.
A trumpet announced dinner being on the table, and was followed
by the band striking up the popular tune of God Save the King; the
company now passed through the theatre, and descended to a building
which had been erected for the purpose.
On entering the pavilion, the eye was immediately attracted by the
elegance and splendour with which it was fitted up; the whole was covered
with fine white linen, richly embossed with stars of gold and fringed
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with variegated colours, to which were attached small reflecting globes
which presented the most grand coup d'œil the imagination can conceive;
the superb pillars by which the whole was supported, were alternately
gold and blue and white, the whole evidently displaying the taste of the
gentlemen who had the management of this part of the entertainment.
The chandeliers and lamps which illuminated this spacious and
grand building, were distributed with an equal degree of simplicity and
elegance.
The Dinner.The Admiral was conducted to the centre of the table
on the right hand of the Senior Civil Servant, the Governor and Sir
Arthur Wellesley to the left, and the Commander-in-Chief and Mr. Petrie
to the opposite side. At regulated spaces, two Stewards were placed
throughout the whole length, by which means the utmost regularity
prevailed, and notwithstanding the number of visitors that were present,
a private entertainment could not have been conducted with more order
and regularity.
The tables were covered with every luxury that munificence could
produce; every thing was of its best kind, and what is scarcely to be
paralleled, was quite hot. The wines were cool, excellent, and in great
abundance. The claret had been selected with the greatest attention, and
the other wines were of the best importations.
After dinner the following toasts, among others, were drank :-
The King
:
:
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:
TUNE.
God Save the King.
Rule Britannia.
Britons Strike Home.
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The Navy
The Army
Admiral Rainier, and a pleasant pass-
age to him. This toast was received
with the greatest applause, and
drank with three times three, the
band playing
The Hon,ble Company
Marquis Wellesley and the Govern-
ments in India
Hearts of Oak.
Money in both pockets.
St. Patrick's day in the morning.
The company were obligingly entertained by several gentlemen of
the Presidency with many select and choice songs, and the gallanf
Admiral sung three or four during the evening.
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The Right Hon'ble the Governor did not rise from the table
until past twelve, and it was nearly three o'clock before the Admiral
departed from this well supplied and hospitable board.
A more splendid and well conducted entertainment has never been
given at this Presidency, and if we may judge from the hilarity and
pleasantry of the company, which may be deemed a just criterion in
these cases, few have been partaken of productive of more pleasure and
satisfaction.
The Committee who had the management were :—
Messrs. Oakes.
Messrs. Buchan.
Dick.
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Hodgson.
Roebuck.
Hurdis.
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Balfour.
Garrow.
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Smith.
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Greenway.
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Ogilvie.
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Higginson.
THE 21ST MARCH 1805.
[From the Madras Gazette, 2nd March 1805.]
Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B.
On Thursday evening, the Civil Servants at the Presidency gave a
magnificent entertainment at the Pantheon to Major General Sir Arthur
Wellesley, K. B.
A grand blaze of blue light announced the arrival of the victorious
General, who was received by the gentlemen who had been appointed
managers to conduct the entertainment.
The Hon'ble General was accompanied by the Right Hon'ble
the Governor, Lady William Bentinck, Lady Theodosia Cradock, the
Hon'ble Mrs. St. John, and the Hon'ble Mrs. Clinton, in a carriage
belonging to His Lordship.
The public rooms were ornamented with a variety of excellent
transparencies suited to the occasion. Immediately over the front door,
the arms of the Hon'ble Company were displayed. On entering the
Theatre, the initials G. R., and the Royal Motto, on the right, the arms
of the General with the word Assaye and a motto appropriate to that
splendid, gallant, and decisive victory, viget in arduis; on the left the
decorations of a Knight of the Bath, under which was the word Argaum.
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The whole of the above were executed in a masterly style, and had a
most pleasing and grand appearance.
Upwards of five hundred persons, including the principal inhabi-
tants of the Settlement, were shortly assembled; and the Ball was opened
by Sir Arthur Wellesley, leading down the Right Hon'ble Lady
William Bentinck.
The two sets of dancers extended of necessity to a great distance,
reaching from the front boxes in the Theatre, to the entrance door of the
great room, being the length of the whole building.
About twelve o'clock, the Pavilion was thrown open, and displayed
a sumptuous collation decorated with elegant and ingenious devices
appropriate to the occasion. After the usual toasts, the health of Sir
Arthur Wellesley and a pleasant passage to him, was given with three
times three, and drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. The band of the
Right Hon'ble the Governor playing the martial tune "See the Con-
quering Hero comes ! "
It was past one o'clock before the General reconducted Lady
William Bentinck to the Ball Room, where the dances were resumed, and
continued with unabated spirit and vivacity till near three o'clock in the
morning.
The ladies then retired, and the greater part of the gentlemen
again repaired to the Pavilion, where the festivity of the evening con-
tinued to the dawn of Friday.
This splendid entertainment was conducted in a manner calculated
to manifest the sincere respect which is felt by every one for the
character of the Hon'ble General, and the high admiration which has
been excited by his eminent public services.
The decorations were selected with an uncommon degree of judg-
ment and good taste, and were not more judiciously calculated to pro-
duce the most striking and beautiful effect, than ingeniously contrived
to recall the memory of the splendid and glorious victories obtained
by the prowess, energy, and vigour of the troops under his personal
command.
The Committee of managers were the same as conducted the enter-
tainment given on Tuesday, with the addition of Mr. Strange and
Mr. Wood.
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THE 21ST MARCH, 1805.
[The Madras Gazette extraordinary, 5th March 1805.]
Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B.
On Saturday last, a grand dinner was given at the Pantheon by the
Officers of His Majesty's and the Hon'ble Company's services at the
Presidency, to Major General the Hon'ble Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B.
The General, accompanied by the Right Hon'ble the Governor,
arrived at the public rooms soon after seven o'clock, and was received
by the following gentlemen, who had been appointed managers for
the occasion:-
Major General, Campbell, Mr. Roebuck, Colonel Agnew, Colonel
Bell, Colonel Dickens, Colonel Keith, Colonel Trapaud, Lieutenant
Colonel Orr, Major Campbell, Major Floyer, Major Hewitt, Major
Monckton, Major Munro, Major Bruce, Captain Thompson, Captain
Grant, Captain Marshall, Captain Beauman, Mr. Boswell, and Mr.
Goldie.
The ornamental part of the rooms had been somewhat altered. A
most animating picture of the Hon'ble General painted by Mr. Home,
was placed in the centre of the Theatre, with the General's arms on the
right, and the Order of the Bath on the left, the arms of His Majesty
brilliantly illuminated, being over the entrance door.
The Pavilion had necessarily been enlarged for the further accom-
modation of visitors, and the additions had received corresponding
ornaments with the other parts of this elegant and superb structure.
The chair was filled by Major General Campbell with Sir Arthur
Wellesley on his right, the Hon'ble the Governor on his left.
The dinner was conducted with the greatest order and regularity;
by the judicious manner in which the Stewards were seated, their chairs
were distinguished by small red flags, and that of the President by the
Union.
On the cloth being removed, the following toasts were given :-
The King and Royal Family
TUNE.
God save the King.
"
The Navy
The Army
Hearts of Oak.
Duke of York's March.
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General Sir A. Wellesley, and may
long live to support the glory
of the British Army
Marquis Wellesley
Lord Lake
The Governor General and the
Governments in India
General Sir Arthur Wellesley with
three times three. This toast
was received with the highest
applause, the band playing
TUNE.
See the Conquering Hero comes !
St. Patrick's day in the morning.
Britons Strike Home.
Overture in Lodoiska.
British Grenadiers.
Immediately that silence could be procured, a gentleman, in his
usual happy manner, favored the company with the following song, which
was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and loudly encored from every
part of the room :-
Begin the song of triumph, resound the martial strain,
To Britain's shores returning, brave Wellesley quits the plain.
Where Victory exalting her conquering flag still rears,
That led to glory or to death her British grenadiers.
Our Enemies reviving, rejoice in his return.
But soon shall fade the flattering hopes that in the bosoms burn.
For, from his great example, fresh heroes still shall rise.
Nor e'er the sun of conquest set in these unclouded skies.
We mourn the gallant Soldier that for his country bleeds.
But to the painful sacrifice, a lasting calm succeeds;
And tho' the transient storm of war obscure the rising day,
The star of peace shall brighter shine that gilds its evening ray,
Then, Wellesley, tho' retiring from yon ensanguined field,
Where Mars thy might extending, made Scindiah's legions yield ;
Yet shall a livelier joy be thine, when with protecting care,
Plenty and Liberty have spread their mingled blessings there,
Then sing the song of triumph, once more the martial strain,
To Britain's shores returning, brave Wellesley quits the plain.
言
​A little time the conqueror for all his toil repays,
It gives him all a Soldier asks, his King's and Country's praise.
Several toasts with their appropriate tunes followed, the whole
of which we could not collect. Among the most popularly received we
have to notice :-
The healths of their Excellencies Sir John Cradock and Vice
Admiral Rainier.
The memory of Sir Eyre Coote and the Heroes of his day.
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The memory of the Heroes who fell at Assaye.
Success to the Noble Marquis' plan for the establishment of
universal peace in India.
Success to old England, with three times three.
Mr. Pitt and the present administration of Great Britain.
Lord Castlereagh and the Board of Controul, &c., &c., &c.
At the conclusion of the evening Sir Arthur Wellesley gave :-
Lord William Bentinck and the Civil Service.
Fort St. George, and Sir John Cradock and the Military Service.
The company, amounting to about three hundred persons, did not
leave the table until a late hour. Every possible attention was paid by
the managers to their triumphant and honorable visitor, who quitted the
entertainment with the united good wishes of the community for his
future welfare and happiness.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 26th March 1805.]
Extract of a letter from Camp, at Kunjouley, on the banks of the Jumna,
3rd March 1805.
"A tiger, of uncommon size, was yesterday shot, a mile from this
encampment, by a party of Officers who had been in pursuit of less
destructive game during the greater part of the day. It measured
from its head to the tip of the tail, 13 feet 2 inches; and was the
highest ever remembered, by a number of old sportsmen, to have been
seen in India. Its ferocity was proportioned to its bulk, as the inhabitants
of a neighbouring village had often to their terror experienced. Four
balls had penetrated his right shoulder before he fell; his skin is un-
commonly beautiful, and was given to an old Jaut, whose child was
supposed to have been carried off by this tiger."
[From the Hurkaru of 26th March, extracted from the Bombay Courier of
9th March 1805.]
The following letters are so honorable both to Captain Bergeret and his
prisoner that it gives us real pleasure to insert them :-
Extract of a letter from CAPTAIN BARBOUR, late of the "Pigeon," to a
gentleman in Bombay, dated Vizagapatam, 31st January 1805.
"I am sorry to inform you that the ship Pigeon was taken on the
28th instant, in sight of Vizagapatam Flag-staff, by the La Psyche,
French Frigate, of 36 guns, commanded by Captain Bergeret, who took
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possession of a Payar sloop for the purpose of landing the crew.
Myself, Chief and third Officer, six seacunnies, and thirty lascars, arrived
here this morning. The remainder of the crew, with the Second Officer
were kept on board. The kind treatment we received exceeds any thing
that I ever heard of. Our trunks were given up without ever being
examined; and for the few days I remained on board, I was kept in the
command. In short, two much praise cannot be given to Captain
Bergeret and his Officers."
Extract of a letter from CAPTAIN WILLIAM RICHARDSON, late of the " Thetis,"
to a gentleman in Bombay, dated Ganjam, 10th February 1805.
« ‹ Misfortune seldom comes alone.' The Thetis was captured yes-
terday by the National Frigate La Psyche, and the Equivoque Corvette,
under the command of Captain J. Bergeret; but I am happy to say that
from the handsome treatment of that gentleman, Mr. Warnet, and the
Officers, my loss will be trifling. Private property was not searched or
molested in the smallest degree, but every assistance given to the tran-
shipment of the same to the ship Gillwell, that was in company, and
had been captured a few days previous, but released for the purpose of
conveying us to Calcutta. We have put in here for water, and shall
sail in the course of the day.
"As the capture of the Thetis, &c., will appear in the Courier, I
hope the Editor will pass every encomium on the conduct of Captain
Bergeret, Mr. Warnet, and the Officers of the National Frigate La
Psyche, for they deserve every praise. Such good conduct was observed
that I saw a man punished for attempting to take a bottle of wine and
a goose, so that such trifles as these were even attended to."
THE 28TH MARCH 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 2nd March 1805.]
On Thursday anchored in the harbour His Majesty's Sloop of War
Victor, Captain Batt.
By these vessels we learn that the China voyage has this year
proved particularly advantageous. Sugar was dear and scarce owing to
the failure of that crop in many parts of the country, and little of that
article has been purchased; cotton and opium sold at great prices; it may
afford some consolation to these desponding political economists who fore-
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:
told that China would speedily swallow up the greater part of the specie
of the west, to learn that this year very great quantities of specie, both in
silver and gold, have been brought from Canton. The truth is, that
formerly we had few commodities to send the Chinese which they wanted,
and the balance against us was obliged to be discharged in hard cash.
The great increase of the cotton and opium trade, with the diminished
quantity of sugar purchased, has produced a considerable change, and
this season has turned the balance in favor of the foreign merchants.
Should a similar circumstance continue to operate for any length of time,
it might perhaps produce a further diminution in the value of the
precious metals in Europe.
It appears that the pirates who have long infested the river from
Canton to Macao have lately increased to such a degree as to render the
passage of boats between these places not a little dangerous. They had
even the audacity to attack an American vessel going up the river; but
though the number of their small vessels was very great, they were
repulsed with loss. They are in greatest force near the foot of the west
branch of the river, and retire with their booty and evade pursuit in
the innumerable canals, with which that part of the country is inter-
sected. A very strong proof of their strength is, that while formerly
they were accustomed to put all their prisoners to death in the cruelest
manner, they now almost uniformly ransom the vessels, retaining hostages
for the due performance of the agreement. Besides the two vessels
which the Portuguese by their old contract with the Chinese are obliged
to keep at Macao for protecting the trade of the river, the Government
has been forced to fit out several armed vessels to act against the pirates,
and has purchased some ships from the Europeans for the same purpose.
The increase of these disorders is undoubtedly very much owing to
the distracted state of many of the provinces of China. In some of
them, particularly to the northward, the country is in a state of open
revolt. The attention of the Government is thus drawn off from the
management of the southern districts, where great disorders in con-
sequence prevail.
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PART II.-EDITORIAL.
THE 11TH APRIL 1805.
The following declaration of a Lascar, belonging to a ship bound from
Bengal to Bombay (extracted from the Bombay Courier of the
9th ultimo) are published for general information :—
The verbal declaration of Khooda Buksh, the son of Badroo, an
inhabitant of Bengal.
"Three months have expired since I embarked at Bengal, on board
a merchant ship" [names of Captain and ship both unknown to this de-
ponent] "as a Lascar, bound for Bombay and laden with rice. Twenty
days after our departure off Galle, Ceylon, in the open ocean, we
fell in with two French vessels, one of them two, and the other three,
masted. The French vessels took possession of the ship, and having put
on board on their own vessels one-half of the crew, left the remainder
n the captured ship.
"The three vessels continued together four or five days, when a
canoe appeared; the Frenchmen hailed her and afterwards put seventeen
sick persons, myself included, on board; the Captain, Officers, and
remaining Lascars coming in the French ship, I was landed with the
other sixteen by the crew of the canoe on the coast of Kolum, where
there was no harbour, and in a complete forest. On our landing, each.
took his own road, and I, accompanied by five other Lascars, begged the
means of our subsistence to Kaleekoth (or Kalicut), where, on our
arrival, the Customs Master separated us, and putting each in a separate
Pattamar boat, despatched us to Bombay. Thanks to Heaven! I have
now reached this place, and I have stated the whole of the circum-
stances as far as I recollect."
A true translation of the verbal declaration of Khooda Buksh.
(Sd.)
R. T. GOODWIN,
Acting Secy, and Translator to Govt.
in the Office of Country Correspondence.
By order of the Hon'ble the Governor in Council,
(Sd.)
J. A. GRANT,
Secretary to Government.
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THE 11TH APRIL 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 16th March 1805.]
We formerly had occasion to mention the recovery of the packet
which was thrown overboard when the Fly was taken by the French
Privateer La Fortune. We have now been favored with the following
particulars-
"It appears that Mr. Flower, who was a passenger on board the
Fly, had taken very correct bearings of the ship's situation, at the time.
the letters were thrown overboard. When landed soon after at Bushire,
he communicated his observations to Captain Youl and Mr. Loane, and
they being all strongly impressed with the idea of the possibility of
recovering the packet, purchased a vessel, and having provided creepers
and other necessary apparatus, set sail towards the spot where the packet
had been dropped, near the Isle of Khen. At the end of three days
their labours were crowned with success. They instantly weighed
anchor, and were proceeding down the Gulf on their way to Bombay
with the recovered packet, when they were unexpectedly attacked by
two pirate boats belonging to Jockassum and full of armed Arabs, who
boarding the vessel and cutting and stabbing all whom they met,
forced the whole crew overboard. Nine out of sixteen were wounded,
and all must have perished miserably, had not a long boat, which they
accidentally picked up at sea, been in tow at the time. In it they took
refuge, and the Arabs finally took them to Ejmaum, a small town on the
Arab side, about thirty miles from Noselkeim. It has a good harbour,
and appears to be their place of rendezvous. There they were detained
thirty-three days, subjected to every hardship, and at the end of that
time, to complete their misery, were about to be sold as slaves, when a
Wahabee Chief, who heard that they were English, and who had known
the British Resident at Bussorah, interfered and procured them a passage
to Khen. They were landed at that Island after having been stripped
of every thing except their shirt and trowser, and the packet, the great
source of their labours and sufferings.
Two days were now devoted to drying the letters, which had been
about five weeks in the sea, and their purpose was not yet effected, when
ten Jockassum boats appeared in sight. The unhappy men instantly
carrying off the packet, sought shelter among the rocks, where they re-
mained hid for two days and nights, exposed to every hardship, and
nearly perishing with hunger and thirst. Meanwhile the pirates burned
and laid waste the villages on the island, which forced the wretched
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inhabitants to pass over to the mainland; so that on the departure of the
pirates, our sufferers were left the undisturbed and solitary possessors
of the island. After waiting four days longer for an opportunity of cross-
ing over to the continent, they obtained a passage to the neighbourhood
of Arrack; on their arrival at which place they learnt that the pirate
boats had anchored there, and were committing the same havock as at
Khen. Thus, pursued by misfortune, they were forced to walk to Chera,
a distance of nearly forty miles. This town is under the government of
Sheik Aga Mahomed, who at first received them in a friendly manner, but
finding them without money and stript of every thing valuable, he drove
them from the house which he had provided for them, and treated them
with the most unfeeling cruelty and contempt. For some nights, in exces-
sive bad weather, they had no covering but an inverted boat, under which
they took refuge. Finding at length no probability of being enabled.
to proceed on their voyage by sea, they determined to walk on foot to
Bushire. After two days' march from Cheroo they reached Nochyloo
without shoes or stockings, where, to their great surprise and joy, they
found that Sheik Kama had invited them to his island of Busheab, and
supplied them with every thing that his house afforded with the kind-
est hospitality. Nevertheless, in consequence of their past sufferings,
they were all seized with fever and ague. The extreme state of debility
to which, from their long hardships, they were all reduced, joined with
the want of medicines and medical advice, made their illness extremely
severe; and though Sheik Rama gave them a boat, in which they
arrived at Bushire on the 4th January, Captain Youl, worn out with
sickness and fatigue, died on the 5th, and was followed to the grave by
Mr. Flower on the 7th; some of the seamen likewise died. We are
happy to learn that Mr. Loane, who arrived some time ago in Bombay,
is quite recovered.
We understand that the Government has ordered a very liberal
allowance to be paid to the parties concerned, and to the families of
such of them as are dead.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 16th April 1805.]
A few evenings ago, as Mr. and Mrs. Hutteman, with three of
their children, were returning home in a carriage, they met an elephant
on the Esplanade Row opposite the tank; upon which the horses got
wild, and ran the carriage in the drain close to Mr. Brady's house, and
upset. The unfortunate sufferers were buried under the shattered
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carriage for several minutes; and but for the immediate assistance afforded
them by the surrounding Natives, would inevitably have perished.
On Saturday evening a very alarming fire took place in the Burr a
Bazar, which occasioned considerable damage. We do not hear that
anyliv es were lost on the occasion.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 23rd April 1805.]
On Monday last, anchored in the harbour, the Hon'ble Company's
cruisers Cornwallis, Captain J. G. Richardson, and Ternate, Cap-
tain T. D. Beaty, from a cruise.
The Cornwallis and Ternate sailed from Cannanore roads on the
24th November last, and proceeded towards the Seychelles, keeping
near Calpenny and Souhelepar on passing through the nine-degree
channel, and then shaping a course so as to cross the line about the
meridian of the Seychelles, on account of the N. W. Monsoon and
the easterly currents, which might be expected to the southward at
that season.
On the 20th of December they made the islands, and about ten
o'clock in the evening they anchored for the night in 35 fathoms,
with a sandy bottom. On anchoring they found the current running
about a knot an hour; but it soon afterwards increased to such a degree,
that before another anchor could be let go, the Cornwallis had drifted
off the bank. At daylight a cluster of Islands were in sight, supposed
to be those about Praslin; but there being only light airs, the ship
soon drifted out of sight of them, and the following day the current
had carried them nearly 60 miles to the eastward.
On the 5th of January, at noon, the Island of Silhouette was in
sight, bearing S. E. by S., their latitude at that time being 3-49 south,
and longitude per chronometer 54-33, and by the Sun and Moon 54-38
east from Greenwich. On the 6th the Ternate, at that time being about
a mile ahead of the Cornwallis, made the signal for soundings, the first
30 and the next 7 fathoms coral, and shortly after the Cornwallis had
soundings from 30 to 17, 15 and 10 fathoms, at which time they could
plainly see the rocks under the ship's bottom. At 6 o'clock both
the vessels anchored, the Cornwallis in six fathoms water, with a bottom
of coral and shells.
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Owing to little wind and strong currents, the ships did not reach
About 7
the anchorage at the Seychelles until the 12th, at 6 P. M.
o'clock in the evening Monsieur Ponpelon, the Officer of health, came.
on board the Cornwallis with a letter from the Governor of the
Seychelles.
The ships continued nine days at the Seychelles, wooding and water-
ing, and used every means in their power for obtaining information
respecting the object of their mission. Only one vessel, an American,
from Lisbon, had touched at the islands in her way to Mocha, since
the Concorde left that place.
Two vessels, nearly answering the description of the Cornwallis and
Ternate, were reported to have been seen about a fortnight before to the
southward of the Seychelles. The 18th being the anniversary of Her
Majesty's birthday, appropriate flags were displayed on board the
Cornwallis and a royal salute fired, and on which occasion Captain
Richardson was visited by the Governor with his family, accompanied
by several of the principal inhabitants.
On the 21st the ships weighed and made sail, with light breezes.
Most of these islands are moderately high and woody; many of the
trees appear blighted, which the inhabitants said was owing to their
clearing the ground for cultivation by the means of fire, which frequently
extended beyond the intended limit. These islands produce the common
cocoanut trees, and the Governor has one or two of the sea cocoanut
trees; but these latter are the natural production of the island of
Praslin only.
They have also the cotton tree and another kind of cotton of a
very superior quality, of which they produce about three hundred bales
annually; sandal very different from that of Malabar, something resem-
bling box-wood, rose wood, and some of an inferior kind for furniture.
This island likewise produces mangoes, tamarinds, lemons, plantains,
grapes, pine-apples, and melons; rice in small quantities, but not suffi-
cient for their consumption (they import this article from Madagascar).
Indian-corn, sweet potates, Canada root, and some other trifling vege-
tables, of an inferior kind; for the table they likewise produce the sugar-
cane, from which they manufacture both sugar and rum, but in no very
considerable quantities.
Their bullocks are small, and the price fifteen dollars each; mutton
excellent, but not in abundance; pork at eight pence per pound; a live
turtle, of near 200 weight, at five dollars each; a turkey one dollar
r;
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fowls three dollars per dozen; and ducks at six dollars per dozen. The
oysters are of a peculiar kind, and grow on the trees, near the surface of
the water. Fish is a very scarce article at the Seychelles.
The population of Seychelles, Praslin, and Digne, the only islands
inhabited, contain about sixty French families, with a large proportion of
male and female slaves, our readers will recollect our mentioning in one
of our former Gazettes, that about thirty Frenchmen had been deported
from France to the Seychelles; most of those, we understand, are either
since dead or have effected their escape from the island. The houses are
tolerably well built: they are of wood, covered either with shingles or
cadjans, and are in general placed at some distance from each other,
except at the place called the Establishment, where they are closer and
in more regular order.
The Governor's house is about three miles to the westward, on a
rising ground. On that part of the island, which fronts Silhouette,
there are many straggling houses, and one regular street, containing
about twenty houses. St. Anne, by order of the French Government,
is not inhabited, but kept solely for the convenience of such ships as
may touch there for refreshments. It abounds with guinea fowl and
plenty of pine-apples, and is a much better place to wood and water at
than the Seychelles.
During the time our ships continued at the Seychelles, it is but
justice to observe that not only the Governor, but the Colonists in
general, offered them every required assistance, and paid our gentlemen
the most polite attention; and on the eve of their departure, the
Governor went on board to take leave.
THE 9TH MAY 1805.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley having
graciously condescended to honor the Settlement of Prince of Wales'
Island with his picture, to be placed in the Government House, the
Lieutenant Governor of Prince of Wales' Island was pleased to appoint
St. Patrick's Day for the celebration of this event.
On the morning of St. Patrick's Day, the ladies and gentlemen
of the Settlement proceeded to the Government House, and at
9 o'clock His Excellency's picture was exhibited in the great hall,
opposite to the picture of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
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when a salute of nineteen guns from the ramparts of Fort Cornwallis,
and the same number from His Majesty's line of battle ship Russell, was
fired in honor of the occasion.
Immediately after this salute, the troops in garrison fired three
vollies of small arms.
The company, consisting of upwards of ninety gentlemen and
ladies, were then conducted to a temporary Pandall in front of the
Government House, and partook of an elegant breakfast prepared by
the Lieutenant Governor; at 1 o'clock all the Company's ships in
the harbour fired a salute of nineteen guns, and dressed their vessels in
honor of the day; the flag on Fort Cornwallis and all the colours in
the harbour, were kept flying until sunset.
Dinner was prepared by the same company at 7 o'clock in the
evening, and the following toasts were drank after dinner with universal
enthusiasm, accompanied by appropriate tunes :-
The Marquis Wellesley with three
times three, and
...
St. Patrick's Day and success to
the Order
Navy and Army
Lord William Bentinck
...
Suceess to the Settlement under
the auspices of Marquis Wel-
lesley
TUNES.
See the Conquering Hero Comes,
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning.
Rule Britannia.
Grenadiers March.
Prince of Wales' March.
After which was proposed and drank by the company the
following:-
Our much esteemed Lieutenant
Governor; the congratulations.
of this company on his return.
to the Island
Welcome here again.
The Pandall was elegantly illuminated in the evening, and the
company were at intervals amused with a variety of splendid Chinese
fireworks.
The greatest cheerfulness appeared in every countenance, and mirth
and conviviality prevailed until a late hour of the night.
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Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru” of the 21st May 1805.
[Taken from the Bombay Courier, 27th April 1805.]
Proceedings of the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
The Jury in the case of Jacob Petruse, Armenian, having about
9 o'clock on Thursday night, 18th instant, returned a verdict finding
the prisoner guilty of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury, our
readers may expect some account of a trial which occupied so much of
the attention of the Court.
In opening the case, Mr. Treipland stated that in September 1794,
one Callastan Satoor, a respectable merchant of the Armenian nation,
died in Bombay, and having no very near relation, or any one to whom
he was bound by the ties of gratitude or affection, left a Will by which
he bequeathed the bulk of his property to pious and charitable uses. In
the course of a discussion respecting the estate of the deceased, which
was lately agitated in the Recorder's Court, the validity of this Will
was called in question; and that a point of such importance might be
more solemnly and deliberately argued and determined than it could be
where it had only incidentally occurred, His Lordship directed the matter
to be brought before him in the shape of an action at the instance of
the persons claiming under the testament, against the pretended heir,
one Miguel Parsig, who was desirous, and whose interest it was to set
it aside. It was on the trial of this question that the prisoner, who
had long been intimate with Parsig, thought he would do him a con-
cluding act of kindness by swearing that Callastan Satoor was not of
sound mind, memory, and understanding, when the writing, purporting
to be his Will, was signed and executed. The evils that would arise if
bad men were not deterred from swearing falsely on such subjects, it
was unnecessary to dwell upon. It happened to few to pay the debt
of nature in presence of many witnesses, and when ten or twelve years
had elapsed, all who were present at the closing scenes of another's
In this manner persons
life might have yielded up their own.
regardless of truth, and of the sanctity of an oath, might so time it,
as to defeat the will of almost any testator they had a mind. Fortunately
for the cause of truth and justice, the prisoner had not so timed it-
he had overshot his reckoning-and after maintaining a silence for
upwards of ten years on the subject of this imputed incapacity, a silence
as profound as that of the grave of Callastan itself, he was yet too.
early to effect his purpose. Dr. Scott would be called who had attended
the deceased on his death-bed, and who having always previously con-
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sidered him one of the most sensible and intelligent men of his nation,
saw no reason to alter that opinion from anything which occurred during
his last illness.
Mrs. Nisbett likewise, who, to many excellent qualities, added that,
as the Jury well knew, of peculiar penetration and discernment, had
conversed with the deceased the day before his death, on the very subject
of the Will in question; and it would appear that he had the good sense.
to follow the advice which she then gave with respect to a third Exe-
cutor, by adding a codicil appointing the person she had recommended to
that office. The servant who held the candle while the wax was affixing
to the Will was also living, and would give the same account of the
state of his master's mind on that occasion, and up to the period of his
dissolution. If anything would render such testimony more convincing,
it was the conduct of the prisoner, who received a Power of Attorney
from Miguel Parsig soon after the death of Callastan, but took no step to
place his friend in that situation which the validity of the Will was the
only obstacle to his attaining.
Even when Parsig came in person to Bombay, a few years ago,
though the prisoner carried him to a professional gentleman to obtain his
opinion of the measures necessary to defeat the Will, he said nothing
of the testator's incapacity at the date of its execution. It was true
that when pressed on this subject at the trial, the prisoner felt the force
of this objection to his veracity, and boldly swore that he did com-
municate that important and decisive fact to his professional advisers,
but they would contradict this assertion, and the written opinion of one
of them, which was still extant, would clearly show that no idea was at
that time entertained of objecting to the Will, except on account of some
supposed defects in point of form, which it was thought prevented it
from being effectual for the transmission of real property. But it must
be obvious to every one that if the testator was not of sound mind when
he executed the writing, this was building upon sand, when the author
of the opinion had a rock for this foundation.
In this manner two of the assignments contained in the indictment
would be satisfactorily established. But the prisoner, in his eagerness to
promote the interests of Miguel Parsig, had gone further and sworn that
the name of Callastan subscribed to the Will was a downright forgery.
Now certainly to forge the Will of a person known to be insane, and to
date it in the height of his incapacity, was the most, the most disin-
terested and idle piece of villainy that could well be imagined; but
it would be proved by a host of witnesses that the name was in the
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hand-writing of the testator, and that the difference of a letter, on
which the prisoner had affected to found his belief of forgery, had no
tendency to create a doubt on that subject in the mind of any one at
all acquainted with the Armenian character.
There were several other counts in the indictment, but those above
alluded to were by far the most important, and it is sufficient to add
that on all of them the guilt of the prisoner was satisfactorily established.
The Jury having returned their verdict, as already mentioned,
the IIon'ble the Recorder, on Saturday the 20th, after disposing of a
frivolous motion in arrest of judgment, passed sentence on the prisoner.
In a case, His Lordship said, where some degree of prejudice might be
supposed to exist even in the breast of the Court, from the crime of
which the prisoner was accused, having been committed in its presence,
it had been peculiarly anxious that every indulgence should be shown to
him in conducting his defence; it had listened patiently to his tedious
cross-examination of the evidence for the Crown, and if his own wit-
nesses had disclosed any circumstances in his favor, it would have been
ready and desirous to give them every effect. But nothing had appeared
which could either palliate his conduct, or create a doubt of his guilt.
That guilt was aggravated by many considerations. He had attacked,
and by his false testimony endeavoured to defeat, the last Will of a
respectable person of his own caste and nation; a Will which had the
relief of the poor of his own nation and religion for its principal object;
and this he had done after repeated admonitions from the Court, and
repeated opportunities held out to him of retracting his assertions.
The right of bequeathing property upon a death-bed and the
solicitude which the law evinced to give effect to dying destinations,
was a beautiful part of our legal system. It might be styled the
Religion of Law thus to link the generation that is no more with that
which is to follow; to afford scope for the exercise of our best affections
when the heart that cherished them had ceased to beat; to give the
dying the consolation to reflect that the power of doing good should not
be taken from them when they were forced to relinquish every other
carthly happiness. But what would become of this power and of this
consolation, and of all the wise and useful purposes which the law had
in view by this prolonging man's dominion beyond the term which nature
had assigned it, if the wicked and profligate could come forward with
impunity to set Wills aside, by false dates, and statements which had no
foundation, though it might often be extremely difficult to prove their
fabrication at a distance of time from the death of the testator. In the
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present case no such difficulty had occurred; the crime of wilful and
corrupt perjury had been made out in the clearest and most convincing
manner, and the Court was bound to pronounce an exemplary sentence
on the prisoner; that sentence was, that he stand in the Pillory four
times, within the ensuing four weeks, and one hour cach time, and be
transported to Pulo Penang for seven years; that he be put into the
Pillory once before the Armenian Church, during the time of divine
service; once in the most conspicuous part of the bazar; once at
Mazagon; and once at Mahim; and each time to have a label on his
breast and on his back, on which is to be written-an infamous false
swearer; he perjured himself to cheal the poor of his own religion and
nation. IIe is transported for seven years to work as a slave at Pulo
Penang-such is the punishment of perjury.
The same day Cafric Tindal was arraigned and tried on a charge of
felony, for stealing divers planks, the property of the Hon'ble the East ·
India Company. The charge not appearing to the Jury to be fully
proved against the prisoner, he was acquitted, and was accordingly dis-
charged by Proclamation. One of the witnesses on the part of the
Crown having failed to appear on this trial, was fined by the Court.
The Court pronounced the following sentences against the prisoners
who were convicted as mentioned in our last :-Eduljee Shahporjce was
sentenced to be imprisoned in the gaol of Bombay for the term of six
years, and to be kept at hard labor during all that time, and to be subject
to such future regulations as may be framed by the Court concerning
convicts in the said gaol.
Lardgiah Ruckmajec was sentenced to stand in the Pillory once in
the course of the next week, facing the godown of Levi Phillips, Esquire,
from whence he stole the property, with labels affixed to his breast and
back, denoting the nature of his crime; and be transported to the Prince
of Wales' Island for the term of seven years. And Sallojee Myabboy,
to stand in the Pillory once in the course of next week, facing his shop
in the bazar, and with labels to be affixed to his back and breast,
denoting the nature of his crime; and to be transported to Prince of
Wales' Island for the term of seven years.
Burjorjee Joggey was sentenced to be imprisoned in the gaol of
Bombay for the term of seven years, and to be kept at hard labor during
all that time, and to be subject to the regulations of the Court as
aforesaid.
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Nalhoo Gullal to be imprisoned in the gaol of Bombay for the term
of six years, and to be kept at hard labor during all that time, subject to
the regulations of the Court as aforesaid.
[Note.-Previous accounts of the trial of these latter prisoners not traceable.]
THE 23RD MAY 1805.
To the Editor of the "Calcutta Gazette."
SIR,-Be so obliging as to insert in your next Gazette the follow-
ing additional observations on Ceres and Pallas :—
Telescopic appearances.
With a common Achromatic telescope, the magnifying power about
thirty, Ceres is just visible. It appears like a fixed star of the eight or
ninth magnitude, with a power even of two hundred ; the solid disc is
not visible, and the body cannot be distinguished from a very small
fixed star. With an excellent Achromatic by Dolland, powers three and
four hundred, a disc or nucleus is just discernible, but too small to be
measured. The body appears surrounded with a coma or atmosphere,
extending, like that of a comet, to a perceptible distance from the solid.
It was, however, from Dr. Herschell alone, that the determina-
tion of measurements so extremely delicate, could be expected. That dis-
tinguished Astronomer, and no less eminent Optician, possesses tele-
scopes, and of his own construction, far superior in power, and still more
so in brightness, to those of all other astronomers. From a series of
observations with his ten and twenty feet reflectors, and by the assistance
of his ingenious lucid disc micrometer, Dr. Herschell was led to the
following conclusions, namely, that the diameter of Ceres, at the mean
distance of the earth from the sun, would subtend an angle of about
the third part of a second; and of Pallas, about half that quantity !!
From these, and the mean distances, determined more accurately since
the Doctor's observations, the diameters in the tables (see my former
letter) were calculated. In the measurement of angles so extremely
minute, very great accuracy is not to be expected. When future
observations, however, shall render some corrections necessary, there is
reason to think that those corrections will turn out subtractive, that is,
the two bodies will be found to be of less magnitude than they are at
present supposed to be.
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!
It appears from the tables that the eccentricity of Ceres' is less than
the tenth part of the mean distance, and consequently that the orbit
differs but little from a circle. But the eccentricity of Pallas amounting
to nearly a fourth part of the mean distance, the Aphelion will be almost
double the Perihelion distance from the sun. Therefore the two orbits
intersect each other, that of Pallas sallying between the orbit of Ceres
on one side, and falling within it on the other side, to the distance of
more than eighty millions of English miles; a very extraordinary pheno-
menon in astronomy!
The inclination of Pallas's orbit (see the tables) is so great, that
if this body is to be considered as a planet, the breadth of the Zodiac
must be extended to about seventy, instead of sixteen degrees. The
breadth, or even the Zodiacal Zone itself is, however, of little use in
astronomy.
From a careful examination of the phenomena, Dr. Herschell is
disposed to consider Ceres and Pallas as belonging to a distinct class of
bodies, intermediate between those of planets and comets. And from
the great resemblance they bear to small fixed stars, from which indeed
they can be distinguished only by the best telescopes, he gives this class
the name asteroids. Although this, like most other names, carries no
explanation, it may, however, for the sake of distinction, be with pro-
priety adopted.
The discovery of these asteroids has given a new interest to astro-
nomy. Observatories are rising rapidly in every part of Europe. Owing
to the great improvements lately made in mathematical instrument-
making, observatories are now erected on a much smaller scale, and at
much less expense than formerly. A coalition has been formed on the
Continent. The French, German, and Italian astronomers have entered
into an astronomical co-partnership. They have divided the heavens,
(at present the Zodiac) in equal shares among them, which they under-
take to examine, not, as formerly, by sweeping with an equatorial, but
by attending simply to the circumstance of motion, as the heavenly
bodies pass the meridian of the Observatory. From this improved mode
of observing great expectations are formed. The new celestial firm
consists already of upwards of twenty members, and many more will
doubtless be added to it; Dr. Herschell speaks of it with rapture, and
he will, we may believe, lend his aid to this grand survey. He informs
us that he had sweeped or surveyed the zodiac five different times,
without seeing the new discovered asteroids, a proof of the imperfection
of the old mode of observing, and of how little use an equatorial
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apparatus, although surmounted with the best telescopes in existence,
is in making discoveries, particularly of such small bodies as the
asteriods. The instrument may be conveniently used in making con-
tinued observations on a body already known, and is also useful in
furnishing the young astronomer with materials for his improvement in
astronomical calculations; but it is of no use in searching for bodies
invisible to the naked eye.
When a body is discovered by its motion, and the elements of its
orbit ascertained, which may be done by an ordinary transit telescope,
application must, at least in the present state of astronomical instru-
ments, be made to Dr. Herschell, to ascertain the magnitude and other
particular phenomena of the disc.
I am sorry that the want of an Observatory prevents us from
contributing to this important survey. Without an Observatory every
effort must be fruitless. I take the liberty of adding, that without an
Observatory, neither the geography of this nor of any other country
can ever be perfected. The longitude on land can be ascertained only by
corresponding observations, and corresponding observations, sufficiently
numerous and correct, can be made only with fixed instruments, that is,
in an Observatory.
I shall now, Mr. Editor, take leave of astronomy, in this country
at least, with the hopes of soon resuming it in another country more
favorable to the cultivation of the sciences. And, therefore, unless some
important discovery be made, and an account of it reach this Settlement,
in the course of a few months, I shall not trouble you again on the
subject of astronomy.
I conclude with returning you my thanks for the ready insertion of
a number of papers from me, for these six or seven years past. They
were all calculated, at least I thought so, for some useful purposes.
I am, Sir,
Yours, &c.,
CALCUTTA,
The 13th May 1805.
}
(Sd.)
J. DINWIDDIE.
P. S.-There is at present in this Settlement one of Herschell's
ten feet reflectors, by which a satisfactory view might be had of the
two asteroids; but the instrument had, unfortunately, lost its two highest
astronomical powers before it came into the hands of its present owner,
Mr. Hare, Watch-maker. When these shall be replaced, a more delightful
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view of the heavens will be obtained than has ever been enjoyed in
this country. Mr. Hare has also received from London an excellent
transit instrument, which I hope soon to put up for him. When this is
done, the solution of one very important problem, the true Calcutta time,
will be accurately obtained.
A Galvanie Machine, equal in power to any yet made, may be
constructed of zinc plates alone. Copper and silver plates may conse-
quently now be laid aside.
(sd.)
J. DINWIDDIE.
THE 23RD MAY 1805.
Our last advices from Columbo state that, on Friday the 19th
ultimo, about 3 o'clock P. M., the Government House occupied by
the Commander of the Forces, was struck by lightning, which instantane-
ously demolished the upper part of the east front, and forced with great
violence the walls through the roof of the adjoining house, belonging to
K. Chandler, Esquire, but occupied by Brigade Major Colebrooke.
The General, at the time of the accident, was sitting in a back verandah,
but providentially received no other injury than the effects of surprise
of so tremendous a shock, from the thunder gust which succeeded,
produced.
His Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Wemyss, fortunately escaped unhurt,
although sitting in the apartment which appears first to have been struck,
over which were pieces of ornamental masonry, raised according to Dutch
taste, considerably above the room; and as lightning is known to
strike the highest and most pointed objects in its way, it is presumable
this masonry received and threw off the electric fluid to the adjoining
house, where evident traces of its course were visible.
The roof falling in, filled the room with fragments of stone, beams,
&c., and drove Lieutenant Wemyss against a door with great violence,
from the desk at which he was sitting.
A servant of Brigade Major Colebrooke, who lay ill in an apartment
adjoining the General's house (into which the rains fell) miraculously
escaped with slight bruises, although the bed was shattered to pieces.
We are happy to add that no lives were lost, and no injury to
any individual, except a boy of the General's, who was slightly hurt.-
[Mirror.]
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THE 6TH JUNE 1805.
Extract from the English Papers, London, 30th November.
The Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh, have
conferred the freedom of that city on Dr. J. Gilchrist, late Professor of
the Hindostanee Language in the College of Fort William, Bengal, on
account of his highly distinguished character for eminence and useful-
ness in his profession, and for many valuable works published by him,
particularly useful for every person going to the East Indies.
THE 20TH JUNE 1805.
The Ceylon Government Gazette of the 22nd ultimo reached us on
Monday, and by which we are sorry to learn that, on the 20th ultimo, a
most horrible murder was committed at Columbo on the person of
Thomas Farrell, Esquire, of the Civil Service, and sitting Magistrate of
Columbo.
That gentleman was sitting in the upper verandah of his house in
the pettah, which overlooks the churchyard, at about 10 o'clock in the
evening, when a gun fired from the churchyard, lodged two slugs in his
body, of which he almost instantly expired.
There was no person in the strect, and the night was extremely
dark, but there was a light in the verandah which enabled the assassin
to take his aim.
A Dutch gentleman who was sitting in the verandah of his house,
near Mr. Farrell's, saw the flash and heard the report of the gun, and
thought that he heard an exclamation in Mr. Farrell's voice. He imme-
diately ran to Mr. Farrell's and found him stretched on the floor near a
doorway leading from the verandah into his room, and totally senseless.
Mr. Reynold, Surgeon of H. M.'s Ceylon Native Infantry, who had
left Mr. Farrell's house not many minutes before, was immediately called.
back, but found him without life.
On examining the body he discovered two wounds, one under the
left scapula, the other on the left side of the abdomen; from the former
a large slug was extracted, but that which caused the other could not
be found.
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The Governor and several Magistrates repaired immediately to the
house of the deceased, to take the necessary informations; no traces of
the murderer have yet been found, but a reward of 5,000 Mexican dollars
was published yesterday by Government, to be paid on conviction of the
perpetrator or perpetrators of this atrocious deed, which, it is hoped, will
lead to a discovery.-[Mirror.]
[From the Hurkaru, 2nd July 1805.]
To DR. ANDERSON, Madras.
MY DEAR SIR,-I beg leave to inform you that as I am under need
of the Book of Anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints, by John
Bell, Surgeon, and the books which will relate the same contents, and as
well as the books of Physical, I shall be much obliged to you if you
would be pleased to procure them to me, especially with the plates,
painting with its respective colour.
I likewise beg leave to inform you that I wished to see bones and
muscles, &c., of the figure of man, which I heard have been secured them
by European Doctor, in order to their better view. If you have the
bones, &c., of the man's shape secured, I will be much obliged to you to
spare it for my viewal, or if any other gentleman at Madras has the
same, you will be pleased to apply them to lend me it for a few days for
my viewal, which I hope you will not take as trouble from me.
I have, &c.,
TANJORE,
The 24th May 1805.
}
(Sd.)
SIRFOJEE RAJAH.
TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIRFOJEE RAJA, Maharaja, Tanjore.
SIR,-The honor done me by your letter of 24th ultimo, was
not more surprising than pleasing, for, observing the early disposition
to acquire useful knowledge in the care and management of silkworms,
when your Excellency was resident at Madras, I am not at all surprised
that you should now wish to obtain a more intimate knowledge of the
human body than is to be found in the voluminous writings of Hindus-
tan, although they maintained sovereign authority in all the schools of
Europe, near two thousand years, by means of the great industry of
Aristotle, the friend and preceptor of the Macedonian Hero, as appears
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by the avidity with which the Natives of this country peruse the
writings of the Stagirite, finding them a faithful transcript of their own
Shasters.
In the view of humanity, there can be no study of greater prize than
anatomy, as is obvious by the attention given it on the first dawn of
science, even before Galileo and the immortal Bacon arose to introduce
a system founded on induction; witness the patronage of Vesalius, by
the Emperor Charles the Fifth.
Should your Excellency be pleased to persevere in the pursuit of
anatomical knowledge, so as to excite emulation, the advantages to this
country are incalculable; in the stoppage of hemorrhage by ligature,
the amputation of incurable limbs, the art of accoucheur, the treat-
ment of fractured bones, in all which and many other accidents of our
frail nature, the practice is very defective, owing to want of knowing the
structure.
In hopes, therefore, of contributing to the support of so commendable
a desire in your Excellency, I herewith transmit Mr. John Bell's
valuable work on the bones, muscles, and joints, and make no doubt
that I shall be able to find a skeleton for your inspection:
I am sorry that the plates are not coloured as you desire, but
having seen some coloured drawings upon a small scale, very correctly
done by Mr. Charles Bell, in case any of them should arrive here by
the ships of the season, I will have great pleasure in forwarding you a
copy; being with much respect and esteem,
Your Excellency's most obedient and very humble Servant,
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 10th June 1805.
}
(sd.)
J. ANDERSON.
THE 4TH JULY 1805.
The Right Hon'ble Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, Governor
of Fort St. George, arrived in the Hooghly river on the 27th June
1805, on board His Majesty's ship Rattle Snake, Captain Lye.
His Lordship immediately proceeded to Fort William and was met
by Major Armstrong, Military Secretary to the Governor General,
Captain Bristow, Aide-de-camp to the Governor General, and Lieute-
nant Colonel Calcraft, Town Major of Fort William, who had been sent
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in the Government vessels to conduct His Lordship to Fort William,
in his progress up the river. Lord William was saluted with nineteen
guns by the ships lying in the river.
A salute of nineteen guns was fired from the ramparts of Fort
William as Lord William passed the Fort. At 6 o'clock in the evening
His Lordship, attended by the State boats and the band of the Governor
General, landed at the Water-Gate of Fort William, and was received by
Colonel Green, Commanding Officer, the Garrison Staff of Fort William,
Colonel Harcourt, and several Officers of the Governor General's family.
On landing, a second salute of nineteen guns was fired from the ram-
parts of Fort William. His Lordship was then conducted through a
street of troops to the Government House in the Fort, which had been
prepared for his reception, and in passing was received by the troops
with the usual Military honors due to His Lordship's rank and high
station.
From the Fort His Lordship, escorted by a detachment of the
Body Guard and attended by Major Armstrong and the Officers of the
Governor General's family, proceeded in the carriage of the Governor
General to the Government House, where His Lordship was received by
Major Shawe, Private Secretary, and conducted to the Governor General.
THE 6TH JULY 1805.
An Overland despatch was yesterday received by His Excellency
the Most Noble the Governor General, conveying English newspapers
to the 19th of February, and continental papers to the 19th of March.
The following are the principal heads of intelligence brought by the
Overland Packet :-
His Majesty was in good health.
War against Spain declared on the 11th February.
England was in a state of present tranquillity.
The Most Noble the Marquis Cornwallis was appointed Governor
General of Bengal in the month of January last.
The Earl of Abergavenny, East Indiaman, was unfortunately lost
on the 5th of February, in Portland Roads.
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Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 9th July 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 12th June 1805.]
By letters from Mocha, under date the 30th of April, it is with
much pleasure we learn that Lord Valentia has most completely succeeded
in the object of his pursuits, whose labors and researches in the Red Sea,
when given to the public, cannot fail of proving both entertaining and
useful. Rich and populous cities have been discovered, the inhabitants.
of which are friendly in the extreme, and are particularly desirous of
cultivating a friendship with the English nation, and of becoming more
familiar with the commercial world in general. They procured fresh
provisions, beef, sheep, goats, and fowls, five springs of water, and fruit
in abundance, at almost every place they touched at: the strong north-
west winds having set in with much violence, His Lordship had bore up
for Mocha. Whilst His Lordship was on His researches, they received
information from Cossier that the plague then raged in Egypt with
uncommon violence, and that the Beys were still plagued in a more
desperate degree by the arrival of another army at Alexandria, from
England, under an Officer named Dundas: this latter information can be
no further relied on than as a report conveyed to Lord Valentia and his
suite by the Dolo of Saakan, the last time they left that city; he had
received it across the water the day before by a Judda dao. Ten
thousand Turks are said to have arrived at the latter place to check the .
spirit of the Wahabees, whilst ten thousand more were at Cossier and
Suez.
THE 16TH JULY 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 22nd June 1805.]
We learn by letters of the coast that His Majesty's birthday was
celebrated in a very pleasing but unusual manner by the 1st Battalion 2nd
Regiment Native Infantry. While on their march, the Commanding
Officer, no less known for his zeal in his profession than for his loyalty,
resolving that if the day could not be celebrated with the sumptuous.
banquet or the festive dance, it should at least be commemorated as
circumstances permitted, pulled a bough from a tree, stuck it in his
hat, told the battalion the reason, and invited the Officers and men to do
the same, halting for the purpose. In a moment it was done, and the
column moved on like "Birnam wood to Dunsinane," the Sepoys, of
their own accord, testifying their loyalty by three hearty Bombay Dings
in lieu of British cheers. It gives us a certain degree of pleasure, after
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wading degrading through the pompous details of forced adulation
offered with the utmost servility at the shrine of the Corsican, to rest for
a moment on such instances, trifling as they may appear, of uncon-
strained and heartfelt attachment.
THE 18TH JULY 1805.
The ship General Wellesley, Captain Reid, with His Highness the
Envoy from Bagdad and his suite on board, on his passage up the
Gulph on the 31st of March last, being then in latitude 26 degrees
16 minutes north, met with a very violent gale of wind, in which they
were unfortunately driven on shore near Cape Bombarick on the Persian
coast, about ten o'clock at night, and in that situation were under the
necessity of cutting away the ship's masts to ease the ship, and also lost
their rudder; as the gale continued, and great apprehensions were enter-
tained for the safety of the ship, the Envoy and suite, accompanied by
Captain Reid and his family, were landed, together with the Armenian
passengers who were on board: they landed in the long boat, whilst rafts
were preparing for the crew; fortunately during the night the gale subsi-
ded. On landing, the Envoy, the Captain, and all the other people who had
landed, were made prisoners and plundered by the Arabs. At day-light
in the morning, they observed that owing to the indefatigable exertions
of Mr. Brown, the Chief Officer of the General Wellesley, he had got
the ship afloat and in deep water; in this situation six Arabs went off
to the ship, it was supposed with an intention to surprise and capture
her, but on their approaching the ship and observing a guard of Sepoys,
they wanted to return, when Mr. Brown, having some intimation of
what had happened, immediately hailed them, declaring if they did not
directly come along side, he would sink the boat, on which they went
on board, when Mr. Brown made them all prisoners, and confined them
in irons; three armed Arabs afterwards accompanied the Captain on
board, when they were also immediately made prisoners, and after some
negociations, an exchange was made of the Arabs on board for the
Envoy and his suite, to which we believe Captain Reid added a bale of
cloth. Thus, the spirited exertions of Mr. Brown, most probably, not
only saved the life of the Envoy and his people, but also the ship and
property the weather continuing moderate, they rigged jury masts,
and made a temporary rudder from the stump of the main masts, and
after a tedious passage reached Bushire, when they fell in with the
Mornington and Viper, who conducted them to Bushire, from whence
the Envoy and his escort proceeded to Bussora in the Viper.
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THE 23RD JULY 1805.
To the Editor of the Hurkaru.
Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuit
Etiamsi verum dicit, amittit fidem.
The wretch that often has deceiv'd,
Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believed.
SIR,—I have devoted some of the happiest years of my life to the
instruction of youth; and while my talents were usefully employed
in that honorable profession, I made it the most conscientious point
of my duty to cherish, and preserve in the minds of my pupils, the most
sacred and inviolable regard to truth.
There is not a fault of any magnitude which a child may be
supposed capable of committing, that ought not, in my opinion, to be
freely absolved, when, by an undisguised and unconstrained confession, it
is openly and honestly avowed. The more certainly to inculcate in the
minds of my pupils the sacred importance of veracity, it was my invari-
able practice in discoveries of artful concealment and obstinate
equivocation, to forgive the offence over which the veil of dissimulation
had been drawn, and expressly to confine the punishment to the violation
of truth. You will readily believe, Sir, that I had not long persevered in
this practice, before it produced the effects which were desired, and which
might indeed be naturally expected from it. Whenever any one of my
scholars was betrayed, by wild enterprize, or mischievous inadvertency,
into the commission of a fault, he was generally the first who came to
inform me of his own transgression, and he was sure to receive applause
for his truth and candour, seasoned with a mild and friendly admoni-
tion, suitable to the nature of the tresspass he had committed; reproof
and remonstrance were generally found to be adequate remedies for all
negligences, and irregularities of conduct resulting from juvenile indis-
cretion, and nothing so certainly exposed any of my scholars to the
danger of corporal chastisement or to the still more formidable dread of
being sent to Coventry, and exposed to the contempt and derision of
their school-fellows, as a direct and intentional breach of veracity.
But as the dispositions of some children are too strongly perverted
by the propensities to low cunning and deceit which they but too
fatally imbibe from the inferior class of servants to whose care they are
confided in early life, when their senses are all alive to imitation and
example; and as the seeds of prevarication and deceit are often too strongly
implanted in their youthful minds to be easily or suddenly eradicated;
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$
I shall communicate to you the usual mode of correction and reformation
to which I resorted whenever the frequent detection of falsehood awakened
my suspicion and apprehension of a confirmed habit in the offender.
It is a remedy so certain and efficacious that I have never known
it ultimately fail of producing the desired effect. If the preceptors who
are now engaged in the important duty of educating the youth of this
country, should deem it expedient to resort to the same method of
inculcating the sacred observance of truth, it could not fail of pro-
ducing much benefit and advantage to their pupils, in that state of pro-
bation on which the honor and happiness or dishonor and misery of their
future lives so materially depend.
The offender being elevated on a desk where he is exposed to the view
of all his school-fellows with a long scarlet tongue fastened between his
teeth, the Master after enjoining strict silence and attention, directs one
of the monitors to read aloud to the whole school the following passages
selected from one of Archbishop Tillotson's excellent sermons, and from
one of Dr. Johnson's papers in the Adventurer
"Integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways
of dissimulation and deceit, it is much the plainer and easier, much the
safe and more secure way of dealing in the world; it has less of trouble
and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it;
it is the shortest and the nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a
straight line, and will hold out and last longest; the arts of deceit and
cunning do continually grow weaker and less effectual and serviceable to
them that use them; whereas integrity gains strength by use and the
more and longer any man practiseth it, the greater service it does him
by confirming his reputation, and encouraging those with whom he
hath to do to repose the greatest trust and confidence in him, which is an
unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life.
Truth is always consistent with itself and needs nothing to help it
out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to
drop out before we are aware, whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a
man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more
to make it good; it is like building upon a false foundation which
constantly stands in need of props to shore it up, and proves at last.
more chargeable than to have raised a substantial building at first
upon a true and solid foundation; for sincerity is firm and substantial,
and there is nothing hollow and unsound in it, and, because it is plain
and
open, fears no discovery of which the crafty man is always in
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danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences
are so transparent that he that runs may read them; he is the last
man that finds himself to be found out, and whilst he takes it for
granted that he makes fools of others, he renders himself ridiculous.
"Add to all this that sincerity is the most compendious wisdom,
and an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business; it
creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labour of
many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in a few words. It is like
travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner
to his journey's end than by ways in which men often lose themselves.
In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and
dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual,
because it brings a man under an everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so
that he is not believed when he speaks truth, nor trusted perhaps when
he means honestly. When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his
integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither
truth nor falsehood.
turn,
"When Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by utter-
ing falsehoods, he replied, 'not to be credited when he shall tell the
truth.'
"The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that
even of those who have lost their virtue it might be expected that from
the violation of truth they should be restrained by their pride. Almost
every other vice that disgraces human nature, may be kept in counte-
nance by applause and association; the corrupter of virgin innocence sees
himself envied by the men and at least not detested by the women; the
drunkard may easily unite with beings devoted like himself to noisy
merriment or silent insensibility, who will celebrate his victories over the
novices of intemperance, boast themselves the companions of his prowess,
and tell with rapture of the multitudes whom successful emulation has
hurried to the grave: even the robber and the cut-throat have their
followers, who admire their address and intrepidity, their stratagems of
rapine, and their fidelity to the gang.
"The liar, and only the liar, is invariably and universally despised,
abandoned, and disavowed: he has no domestic consolations which he can
oppose to the censure of mankind; he can retire to no fraternity where
his crimes may stand in the place of virtues, but is given up to the hisses
of the multitude without friend and without apologist. It is the peculiar
condition of falsehood to be equally detested by the good and bad.
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'The Devils,' says Sir Thomas Brown, do not tell lies to one another:
for truth is necessary to all societies, nor can the society of Hell subsist
without it."
PHILOLOGUS.
THE 29TH JULY 1805.
Captain Charles Stewart, Assistant Persian Professor, has com-
menced the formation of a descriptive catalogue of the Oriental books
and manuscripts belonging to Tippoo's Library in the College of Fort
William. In the progress of his researches, he has discovered in that
Library a valuable work in the Persian language, referred to by Dow
and Orme as necessary for the illustration of an important period in
Eastern History, and which was sought for in India by those Historians
without success. It is the History of the Emperor Aurungzebe, the
11th year of his reign to his death (an interval of forty years) written
by the learned and authentic Mahomumd Saki; being a continuation of
Mahomed Kazim's History of the first ten years of that Prince. See
notes to Orme's Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire of the
Mahrattas.
The ancient inscriptions and valuable manuscripts in the Carnata,
Telinga, and other languages collected in Mysore by Dr. Francis
Buchan, whilst employed in investigating the natural history of that
country, have been committed to Mr. Carey, Teacher of the Sanscrit,
Bengallee, and Marhatta languages in the College of Fort William, for the
purpose of being translated into English under his superintendence.
Amongst these manuscripts has been found a history of the first arrival
of the Portuguese in India by a contemporary Hindoo writer; also a
history of the Rajas of Mysore.
The Reverend Dr. Claudius Buchanan, Vice Provost of the College of
Fort William, is about to proceed to Cochin on the coast of Malabar for
the purpose of examining the ancient Hebrew manuscripts preserved in
the Synagogue of the Jews at that place. These manuscripts are re-
presented to be of a very high antiquity, being supposed to contain
that.portion of the Scriptures which was written before the first dis-
persion of the Jews; a collation of them with the European copies has
been long desired by the learned.
Another object of Dr. Buchanan's mission will be to enquire into
the state of the Native Christian Churches in the provinces of Travancore
and Malabar; particularly of the thirty-five congregations denominated
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by the Roman Catholics the schismatic churches. These Christians
refuse communion with the Romish Church, and adhere to the simple
ritual of an early age. They are noticed in history as early as the fourth
century, and are supposed to have emigrated from Syria and Chaldea.
At this day the Syro Chaldaic language is used in their Churches, and
their liturgy is composed in that language and character.
Agreeably to instructions received from the Ecclesiastical Authori-
ties at home, a report is to be made on the constitution and doctrine
of these Churches, with a view to ascertain how far it may be the duty
of the English Church to recognize the Christians of Malabar, now
that they have become subjects of the British Empire; these Churches
have been governed for fifteen hundred years by a regular succession.
of Bishops, whose ordination (by the Patriarch of Antioch) is ac-
knowledged by the Church of England.
Another subject of literary research offers itself amongst these
ancient Christians. When the Portuguese first arrived in India, they
burned the writings and records found in the Christian Churches (and
amongst them, says a Romish author, some Apostolical Monuments) in
order that they might destroy the evidences of their antiquity, and force
them to an union. But it has been stated recently by a respectable
authority that certain ancient manuscripts in the Chaldaic language are
yet preserved in the Country of Travancore.
THE 29TH JULY 1805.
The Medusa Frigate, commanded by Sir John Gore, arrived yester-
day at Diamond Harbour, having on board the Most Noble the
Marquis Cornwallis and his suite.
Published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor General in Council,
(Sd.)
THOMAS BROWN,
Secy, to the Govt., Public Department.
THE 30TH JULY 1805.
The Hon'ble Company's yacht the Charlotte arrived from Dia-
mond Harbour early this morning, having on board Marquis Cornwallis,
appointed by the Hon'ble the Court of Directors to the offices of
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Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in India. At
six o'clock His Lordship landed, and was received with the usual honors.
At half past eight o'clock Marquis Cornwallis took the oaths and
his seat as Governor General.
THE 8TH AUGUST 1802.
[From the Madras Courier, 24th July 1805.]
To the MOST NOBLE CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, K. G., Governor
General and Commander-in-Chief in India.
MY LORD,-We the undersigned inhabitants of Madras, beg leave
to offer to your Lordship our most sincere congratulations on your
Lordship's safe arrival in India, to take upon yourself again, at this
momentous period, the Government of these valuable possessions.
The signal advantages which the British Empire derived from the
justice, wisdom, and moderation, that so conspicuously characterized
your Lordship's former administration, are deeply impressed on the
minds of all; and while we admire the pure and exalted patriotism
which has impelled your Lordship to undertake the arduous duty com-
mitted to your charge, and to sacrifice to the public good that repose, to
which a life spent in the highest offices and most important duties of
our country, had afforded so just a claim, we cannot suppress the effu-
sions of gratitude to our most Gracious Sovereign for his parental
interest in the welfare and happiness of his loyal and faithful subjects
in India, evinced by selecting for this great trust a Nobleman of your
Lordship's transcendent talents and virtue.
Actuated by these feelings, we approach your Lordship with the
expression of our unfeigned respect, and of our most ardent wishes for
the continued honor and prosperity of your Lordship's Government.
[Names omitted.]
GENTLEMEN,--No circumstance could be more gratifying to my
feelings than the assurance which you give me, that my former endea-
vours to promote the welfare and prosperity of the valuable possessions
of Britain in the East are still honored with your favorable recollection.
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The only encouragement that I could have at my advanced period of
life, to undertake again the arduous task to which it has pleased His
Majesty and the Hon'ble Company to call me, was founded on the
hope that the principles by which my former conduct was uniformly
regulated, would not yet be forgotten, either by the subjects of Britain,
or by the Native Princes or Powers of Hindoostan.
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 23rd July 1805.
(Sd.)
CORNWALLIS.
THE 16TH AUGUST 1805.
We have the satisfaction to say that the Directors of the East
India Company, with a most liberal and just gratitude for the noble.
service performed by the Chinese Fleet, yesterday voted to the Com-
manders, Officers, and Seamen, the following sums, for their gallant con-
duct in beating off the French Squadron under Admiral Linois, in the
Chinese Seas :-
To Commodore Dance, 2,000 Guineas, and a piece of plate, value
200 Guineas.
To Captain Timins, 1,000 Guineas, and a piece of plate, value 100
Guineas.
To the following Captains, 500 Guineas each, and a piece of plate
value 100 Guineas:-
Captain Moffatt.
Captain Kirkpatrick.
H. Wilson.
دو
""
Farquharson.
Torin.
""
Clarke.
""
Meriton.
دو
Wordsworth.
""
Chief Officers
2nd ditto
3rd ditto
4th
ditto
5th
ditto
6th
ditto
Pursers
...
:
:
:-
:
Hamilton.
""
Farrer.
دو
وو
Pendergrass.
Brown.
وو
Larkins.
دو
Lockner.
دو
Guineas.
150
125
80
:
80
50
:
50
F:
80
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Surgeons
Surgeons' Mates
Boatswains
Gunners
Carpenters
Midshipmen
Other petty Officers
:.
:
:
•
...
•
:
...
Guineas,
80
50
50
50
...
50
30
...
15
:
5
Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, and Servants
Lieutenant Fowler, of His Majesty's Navy, for the services rendered
Captain Dance, 300 Guineas for a piece of plate.
The whole will amount to nearly 50,000 pounds sterling.
Every one will feel an honest pride in this act of justice to these
gallant men. The value of the fleet which they preserved we some time
ago stated to be at least £5,000,000; we since learn that on an estimate
made by the super-cargoes, the value of the whole, including the private.
as well as the public investments, appeared to be above 8,000,000 pounds
sterling.
THE 29TH AUGUST 1805.
The Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley having appointed this
morning for his public departure from Fort William, the principal Officers
of the Government and the principal inhabitants of Calcutta assembled
at the Government House at seven o'clock. A public breakfast was
given on the occasion by the Hon'ble Sir George Barlow, Bart., Vice-
President, at which were also present the Hon'ble the Chief Justice,
Sir John Royds and Sir Henry Russell, Judges of the Supreme Court
of Judicature, and Mr. Udny.
At eight o'clock, the Marquis Wellesley, accompanied by the
Hon'ble Sir George Barlow, Sir John Anstruther, and Mr. Udny, and
by the Civil and Military Officers of Government and principal in-
habitants of Calcutta, and escorted by the Governor General's Body
Guard, proceeded in his carriage to Fort William. His Lordship was
met at the Calcutta Gate by Colonel Stovin, the Commanding Officer
in Garrison, and by the Garrison Staff. The troops in Garrison formed
a street from the Calcutta Gate to the Water Gate, through which His
Lordship passed, receiving the usual honors due to his high rank and
character.
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A vast concourse of the Native inhabitants of Calcutta assembled
on the occasion, and attended the Marquis to the Water Gate, where
His Lordship was met by the European inhabitants of Calcutta, who
had proceeded to Fort William for that purpose.
On His Lordship's embarkation on board the Hon'ble Company's
yacht the Charlotte, a salute of nineteen guns was fired from the
ramparts of Fort William, and a second salute of nineteen guns was
fired when the yacht got under weigh.
His Lordship is attended down the river by the Town Major
of Fort William, by Colonel Harcourt, the Officers of His Lordship's
family, and by several gentlemen of the Civil and Military Services.
The Officers of His Lordship's family who attended him to
England are:-
Lieutenant Colonel Shawe
Captain Sydenham
and
Captain Campbell
Private Secretary.
Aides-de-Camp.
John Forbes, Esq.
Keeper of the Records.
Buchanan
Surgeon.
Dr. Francis
...
Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 10th September 1805.
[Copied from the London Papers.]
Mahomedan Jubilee, 15th April.
Saturday se'nnight, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday last, the
Lascars of the Mahomedan persuasion at the east end of the town had
a grand religious festival. The first day they went in slow procession
along the new road, St. George's in the east, Cannon Street, Ratcliff-
highway, Shadwell, and other streets, with drums and tambourines.
Part of them were selected, performing pantomimical dances, with
drawn swords, cutting the air in various directions; then followed four
blacks in long white robes, holding emblematical figures in their hands;
another held a vase, in which was a fire, and a man in a white vestment,
treading backwards, threw incense into it; another with a handkerchief
fanning their faces; when, at every turn of the streets, a group of the
same people lifted up their hands and heads to the canopy of heaven,
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hymning some passages out of the Koran. They conducted themselves
with great propriety, although a multitude of people followed them.
On Monday and Tuesday they made a visit in solemn procession the same
way; and on Thursday, another succeeded, which closed their religious
revelry, back to their place in Ratcliff-highway. We understand this
was a kind of jubilee, in honor of the commencement of their new
year, and of the translation of Mahomed into Paradise, and imploring
him to give peace to the suffering world, and them a safe return to their
own country.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 17th September 1805.]
Bombay, 14th August 1805.
Friday last, being Cocoanut day, it was observed with the usual
ceremonies, and was very numerously attended both by Europeans and
Natives.
THE 10TH OCTOBER 1805.
Extract of a letter from Cannanore, dated 11th September 1805.
"A very tragical scene having been acted in the Mopla Bazar of this
place on the 30th ultimo, the following you may depend upon as an
authentic statement of the particulars. Two European Artillerymen
returning from the beef market about 11 A. M., were suddenly and
unknowingly assailed in the open street near a large mosque, by a
fanatic Mopla issuing from thence, who, armed with a dagger, and
approaching them from behind, struck the nearest a desperate blow over
the back, the instrument entering a considerable way downwards
betwixt that and the shoulder bone; the reeking blade was only with-
drawn to plunge it by a successive stroke into the heart of his unsuspect-
ing comrade, who instantly fell a lifeless corpse at his feet; the surviving
soldier, half stupified with the unexpected attack, was now only enabled
to account for his own wound by the sight of his falling companion,
and rushed instinctively into the door of the Mosque, then providentially
open. This his feeble exertions from the rapid loss of blood, were
scarcely sufficient to secure against the blood-thirsty aggressor, who
pursuing him thither, broke his dagger in a vain attempt to force it
open. This forms the simple detail:-The two Europeans (both of an
excellent character, as it happened) had been purchasing some of the
necessaries of life and were passing along unheeding, and, as they
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thought, unheeded by, the surrounding groups. The Police peons,
though armed, were unequal to the task of seizing the perpetrator, who
assumed with his two dagger-knives a menacing attitude, and collecting
stones for further offence or defence, began to parade with much sang
froid in front of the deceased. An European guard soon arrived from
the Fort (a propos to relieve the panic), who rushing up, disarmed and
delivered him over to the civil authority, but not without receiving some
slight wounds and blows from the stones thrown at them.
attacked an
"The atrocity of this singular deed might have admitted of some
mitigation, had it been connected with circumstances of provocation by
the party attacked, or could it have been traced to that aberration of
reason in the actor which confounds the sentiments of right and
wrong, and subjects our animal nature to the vague and irresistible
influence of corporal impressions; but here, alas! no such alleviation is
to be found; on the contrary, the criminal confesses that he enjoyed his
most sober senses, but that having experienced of late certain vexations.
and disgrace, he had become weary of existence, and the precepts of his
Mussulman code attaching a meritorious character to the murder of an
infidel, he had sallied out that forenoon in quest of such a victim,
thereby to accelerate his wished for doom, and also to secure him.
a safe passport to Paradise. A few minutes (perhaps 15 or 20) before
this catastrophe, he had attacked an Officer casually going along
in his chair. But the comparatively harmless nature of his weapon
(a small hoe or mommatty) enabled the gentleman to parry his blows,
and make his retreat to a place of safety; whether this prelusive attack
was meant as an experiment of courage, is hard to say; he was observed,
however, to walk to and fro near the same spot, till the Artillerymen
approached, and in this interval, it was also noted that he respectfully
saluted a mendicant of his own religion; a circumstance strongly
indicative of rational discrimination and of the deliberate nature of the
concluding act. The disgrace alluded to by him as the remote cause
of his crime, was a corporal punishment he had received a few weeks
back in the public bazar for what he deemed a venial fault. This
stigmatizing him in the estimation of his neighbours and equals, was the
means of impressing that habit of melancholy, the increase of which
led to the fatal denoument.
"A field is here open for touching on the force and operation of
religious prejudice; but as no region of the earth presents us with such
an amiable aspect of human charity and forbearance as may be contem-
plated among the tropical inhabitants of Asia, the solitary example of
an insulated and intolerant sect, whom bigotry and religious pride have
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reduced from a pinnacle of power and grandeur to its present fallen state,
may be left to that progress of decline and silent oblivion which seem
sooner or later destined to become its inevitable fate.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER 1805.
Proceedings of a General Meeting of the British inhabitants of Calcutta,
held on Saturday, the 26th October 1805, in pursuance of a notice
from the Sheriff, dated the 21st instant, “for the purpose of consider-
ing the most proper means of expressing the deep concern felt by this
Settlement, on the lamented death of MARQUIS CORNWALLIS; and of
testifying, by a lasting memorial, the general sense entertained of the
exalted virtues of that revered Nobleman."
The Sheriff, Mr. Laprimandaye, having stated the object for which
this Meeting was convened, Mr. Speke was requested to take the Chair.
The following letter was presented to the Chairman, under the
signatures of several native inhabitants of the town of Calcutta :—
"To the Chairman of the general Meeting of the British inhabitants of
Calcutta, convened by a notification from the Sheriff under date the
21st October 1805.
"SIR,
Having observed a public notice from the Sheriff, of a Meet-
ing to be held on Saturday, the 26th October, for the purpose of express-
ing the deep concern felt by this Settlement on the lamented death of
Marquis Cornwallis; and of testifying, by a lasting memorial, the
general sense entertained of the exalted virtues of that revered Noble-
man; we beg leave to inform you that the native inhabitants of Cal-
cutta, who retain a grateful sense of the just and beneficent administra-
tion of Marquis Cornwallis are anxious to be permitted to join the
British inhabitants in erecting a monument at such place and in such
manner as may be deemed proper, to the memory of the late Governor
General, whom they regarded as their guardian and benefactor, and
whose death they sincerely deplore as a public misfortune.
"The same sentiments we may confidently state to be entertained
by the whole of the native inhabitants of the British possessions in
India.
We have the honor to be,
&c. &c. &c."
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Mr. Smith, the Advocate General, addressed the Meeting, and
moved the following resolutions, which were seconded by Mr. Harington:
1st.—That in addition to the general mourning which has been
adopted as a public token of the concern felt by this Settlement on the
death of Marquis Cornwallis, a Mausoleum be erected, with the permis-
sion of Government, over the place of his interment at Ghazeepore, as a
memorial of esteem and reverence for his virtues, and of gratitude for
his eminent services.
2nd. That the foregoing resolution be transmitted to Madras and
Bombay, as well as to Ceylon, Penang, and Fort Marlborough; and that
the inhabitants of those Settlements be invited to join in an unanimous
testimonial of veneration for the character and memory of the late
Governor General of the British possessions in India.
3rd. That the first resolution be also transmitted to England, for
the information of persons resident in Europe, who may be desirous of
promoting the object of it.
4th.-That a voluntary subscription be opened at the Bank of
Hindoostan for the expense of the Mausoleum to be erected; and that,
at the particular desire of several respectable native inhabitants of
Calcutta, communicated by an address to the Chairman of this Meeting,
the subscription be open to the natives of India as well as to all subjects
of the United Kingdom.
5th. That these resolutions be submitted to Government by the
Chairman, with a respectful request that permission be given to erect the
proposed monument at Ghazeepore.
6th. That a Committee be appointed, in India and in Europe, for
the purpose of assisting the Chairman in carrying the preceding resolu-
tions into effect.
The several proposed resolutions being successively read by the
Chairman, were unanimously agreed to.
[From the Bengal Hurkaru, 12th November 1805.]
Extract of a letter dated H. C. Ship "Castlereagh" at St. Helena,
11th July 1805.
"After a very tedious passage of fourteen weeks and three days,
we arrived at this Island on the 20th of June. Admiral Rainier, Gene-
ral Sir Arthur Wellesley, and the passengers, all well. The casualties on
the voyage only three, that is to say, Captain Meriton, of the Sovereign,
who died soon after we sailed; James Ede, Esq., the Head of an Agency
House in Calcutta, who died on the 10th of April, on board the Sovereign;
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and Doctor King, formerly of the Madras Establishment, who died on
board the Wellesley, a short time before our arrival. We were somewhat
surprised to find Sir Thomas Strange, Mr. Compton, and Mrs. Parsons,
at the island, where they had been for about three months, having quitted
the American ship on which they proceeded from Madras.
"The events of the voyage were few and uninteresting;-we spoke
only one vessel, the Portuguese ship Sparta, homeward bound from
Calcutta, which she left the 17th of March. This was on the 16th of
May, and on the 29th of that month we doubled the Cape of Good
Hope.
"At St. Helena we learnt that the Bellona, French Privateer, had
been cruising off the island, and had captured a Whaler, the Captain
and crew of which she had set on shore here.
"In consideration of the forlorn situation of the Captain of this
vessel, a subscription was set on foot in his behalf, to which I noticed
the name of the respectable and humane Admiral Rainier for £100, and
those of the Governor and Sir Arthur Wellesley for £50 each, with
many other handsome donations.
"Admiral Rainier gave public breakfasts every morning during our
stay here-a liberal attention, of which every one was happy to enjoy
the benefit: for, from the great number of the shipping, and the numer-
ous passengers on board them, the island was nearly exhausted of
provisions and liquors of every kind: such as were to be procured were
at the most extravagant rates: to wit, £3-10 for a dozen of Madeira,
£1-12 for beer; bad butter and cheese, 3 shillings a pound; a chicken,
15 shillings. A person belonging to the Georgiana Brig, who had
brought 4 dozens of fowls from the African shore, sold them for £40
sterling. The charge for board and lodging, 2 guineas per day:
hospitality and all its attendent virtues were, as you may easily sup-
pose, totally unknown; in short, to use some of the words of a popular
song-
"At this little Island
"You may die, and be d―
"If you have not an Abraham Newland.*”
*NOTE. A Bank Note.
There was an old song relative to Forgery-
Sham Abraham you may,
But you mus'nt sham Abraham Newland.
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"A Danish ship is here, which spoke an American ship at sea, the
Commander of which reported that war had been declared between
France and Sweden.
}
"It is worthy of remark that when Admiral Rainier first came
to India in command, he gave convoy to the largest fleet of Indiamen
that ever sailed from England; and that he now takes home the largest
fleet, perhaps, that ever sailed from this island, thirty-seven sail of
richly laden ships."
THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 12th October 1805.]
The transports destined to convey His Excellency Mahomed
Nubbee Khan, Ambassador from His Majesty the King of Persia to
the Supreme British Government in India, having been obliged from
stress of weather and other circumstances to bear up to Bombay, the
Jehangeer, in which His Excellency is embarked, arrived in the harbour
on Thursday under convoy of His Majesty's ship Victor.
On the Jehangeer's appearing in the offing, a deputation composed
of Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, Mr. Goodwin, Acting Secretary and Trans-
lator in the Office of Country Correspondence, Syed Tuckee, a respectable
Persian merchant residing in Bombay, and the eldest son of the late Mirza
Mehndi Ali Khan, proceeded on board to congratulate His Excellency on
the part of the Hon'ble the Governor on his safe arrival at Bombay,
and to ascertain His Excellency's wishes in respect to his landing.
We understand that it is the intention of His Excellency to defer
his embarkation for some days, until every arrangement shall have been
made to enable him to pay his visit of ceremony to the Hon'ble the
Governor in the most distinguished manner, conformably to the etiquette
and splendour of the Persian Court.
THE 21ST NOVEMBER 1805.
Extract of a letter dated Muslipatam, 17th October 1805.
"The Tapals recently arrived from Madras have been eight days on
the road; this detention has doubtless arisen from the heavy fall of
rain, which has been experienced in the Circars. The country around
Bunder is entirely covered with water; the tanks are all nearly full,
and the ensuing crop is in consequence expected to be abundant."
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THE 21ST NOVEMBER 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 19th October 1805.].
Nine in the morning of yesterday having been fixed upon as the
auspicious hour for the landing of His Excellency Mahomed Nubbee.
Khan, Ambassador from His Majesty the King of Persia to the British
authority in India, a deputation of gentlemen, consisting of the Secretary
to Government, Colonel Spry, of His Majesty's 77th Regiment, the Com-
modore of the Marine, the Commandant of Artillery, Lieutenant Colonel
Wilson, Commanding His Excellency's Guard of Honor, the Quarter
Master General, the Adjutant General, the Town Major, and the
Mehmandar, R. Goodwin, Esq., proceeded on board the Jehangeer, at
the hour of eight, to invite and to accompany His Excellency ashore in
a Bunder boat, richly ornamented for the reception of the Ambassador.
A second boat followed for His Excellency's brother-in-law, Nuzzur
Alee Khan, a third for the select servants of the Embassy, a fourth for
the Ambassador's band, and a fifth accompanied with the Garrison band
of European Musicians.
After having been on board for about half an hour, the deputation
was admitted into the Ambassador's cabin, and each introduced to His
Excellency by name, as well as by his official designation. The customary
congratulations having been interchanged, the auspicious minute.
having arrived, His Excellency expressed his wish to quit the ship.
Having called for the Commander of the Jchangeer, he very politely
thanked him for the attention and civilities he had received during the
voyage. His Excellency left the vessel, accompanied by the gentlemen
who had proceeded on board, with the exception of the Town Major, and
joined by Dr. Jukes, who had accompanied the Khan from Bushire.
The Town Major embarked in the second boat with Nuzzur Alec Khan.
The fleet of boats sailed from the Jehangeer in regular order, the
Ambassador's boat leading, and passed the shipping in the harbour,
which had been judiciously arranged, so as that each vessel might salute
the Ambassador as he approached. The whole was admirably planned,
correctly conducted, and produced the happiest effect.
Having arrived at the Bunder pier, the Ambassador was received
and welcomed on shore by the Master Attendant of the Marine, Colonel
Coleman, of His Majesty's 84th Regiment, Dr. Moir, Lieutenant Colonel
M'Quarie, of His Majesty's 86th Regiment, the Commander of His
Majesty's ship Victor, the Paymaster General, the Accountant General,
the Acting Custom-Master, Captain Fraser, Aide-de-Camp to General
Nicolls, the King's Brigade Major, and the Aide-de-Camps to the Ilon'ble
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the Governor. The ceremony of introduction having been gone
through by the Mehmandar, the Ambassador got into a State palankeen
prepared for his accommodation, and was carried to His Excellency's
tent, pitched on Bombay Green, followed by the rest of the party,
where he was received by the Superintendent of the Marine, General
Waddington, Colonel Whitelocke, of His Majesty's 77th Regiment, the
Auditor General, the Hon'ble Company's Council, and Charles Forbes,
Esq., who having been severally introduced to the Ambassador, the
Superintendent of the Marine advancing a few paces before the tent,
the Ambassador was conducted to a coach where he seated himself, the
Superintendent of the Marine upon his right hand, and the gentlemen
selected to receive the Ambassador in chairs, to the right of the Ambassa-
dor, and his son-in-law, Meerzas, &c., &c., to the left. The tent was of
Persian manufactory, richly lined, and the whole formed a magnificent
spectacle. The Ambassador expressed himself highly gratified at being
encircled by so very respectable a company; congratulations upon the
occasion of His Excellency's propitious arrival having been offered, and
the procession to accompany the Ambassador to the house prepared for
his accommodation being ready to move, His Excellency arose and
quitted the tent, followed by the gentlemen in attendance. Having
mounted his horse, and his example followed by the gentlemen in his
suite, who were prepared with horses, and by His Excellency's own suite,
the procession moved on, through a street formed by His Majesty's 77th
Regiment, towards the Church Gate.
The procession was preceded by His Excellency's band, next
followed the Takht-i-rawan, then the Yeduff, His Excellency's led horses,
the Jelloadars, the led horses furnished by Government,—the State
palankeen presented by the Governor for His Excellency's accommoda-
tion, the heralds, the Mehmandars, Choobdars, and His Excellency's
running footmen,-the Khan and his brother-in-law accompanied by
the gentlemen in attendance,the Meerzas,--the Ghoolam Shahs, &c.,
&c., &c.
From without the Garrison the Police peons kept the road clear,
formed a street the whole of the way to Chintz Pogly.
The Ambassador reached the house engaged for his residence at
about eleven o'clock. His Excellency's Honorary Guard was drawn out
and received him with presented arms. The Ambassador, and the
gentlemen in attendance, and his suite, having dismounted, were ushered
into the room of audience, where the customary complimentary
ceremonials having been again interchanged, and the party seated,
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refreshments were immediately called for by the Ambassador.
His
Excellency evidently appearing much fatigued from the exertions of the
morning, the gentlemen in attendance solicited permission to retire
with the view to afford His Excellency an opportunity to repose from
the fatigue of the day. The Ambassador having politely assented, the
party took leave of His Excellency.
The Ambassador was superbly dressed, and displayed a profusion of
ornaments of the most briliant description. His suite also was arranged
in the highest style of Persian magnificence. The Hon'ble the Gover-
nor's led horse and those of the gentlemen who accompanied the
Ambassador, were most richly caparisoned, and added considerably to
the grandeur of the procession. The concourse of spectators, Europeans
as well as Natives, was immense, and one continued crowd from the
Garrison to His Excellency's house, who observed the utmost decorum,
and evinced every demonstration of respect towards the distinguished
stranger, who was the object of their curiosity.
THE 21ST NOVEMBER 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 10th October 1805.]
Duel at Dohud.
On Thursday the 17th October came on the trial of Henry Irwin,
Esq., Paymaster of His Majesty's 65th Regiment of Foot, accused of
the murder of Mr. John Young, Lieutenant of the same Regiment, in a
duel which took place at Dohud on the frontiers of Guzerat on the
27th of March last.
The indictment being read, the Hon'ble Company's Counsel
addressed the Jury on the part of the Crown.
He began by observing, that of all the cases which occur for investi-
gation in a Criminal Court, none are so painful to those who conduct the
prosecution, as cases of this description, where a sense of honor and the
tyranny of custom have led to the commission of a crime, which the
law of the country obliged us to consider, without regard to the sentiments
of society, state of manners, or the consequences which would have
resulted to the individual who is accused, if his conduct had been
different. All these, he was bound to tell the Jury, furnished no excuses,
in the eye of law, for the crime imputed in this indictment. Men were
expected to hazard every obloquy, to brave all reproach, to rise superior
to every prejudice, rather than invade the peace and good order of
society by taking the law into their own hands, and becoming, in any
instance, their own avengers. It was far from his intention to presume
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to justify phrenzy of fashion, as it had been called, which induces men
to decide their petty animosities at the hazard of spilling a fellow-
creature's blood; but if he was expected to treat a crime arising from
such considerations with the same degree of indignation, or to call on
the Jury to view with the same degree of horror that he would a
premeditated homicide, instigated by base and malicious motives, or pro-
ceeding from a wanton disregard of human life, he was expected to take
a tone which truth and sincerity would, for ever, forbid him to assume.
Once, and he thanked God only once, since he had been in this
place, had an offence of this description occurred to make an indictment
and a trial necessary. It was impossible that his information with
respect to the particulars of such transactions should always be correct,
and on that occasion, it was so extremely inaccurate, as the subsequent
evidence and verdict of acquittal sufficiently demonstrated, that he
thought it his duty to press the case for the Crown, that the great end
of all trials, which is public example, might be attained. He should
always pursue the same course, where he had reason to view what had
happened in the same light. But where any thing occurred to alleviate
the guilt he was compelled to impute, he should be just as sorry not to
give the prisoner the advantage of it, as he should be ready to aggravate
his conduct, by stating facts, if such existed, of a different tendency.
In the present instance, he had no hesitation to acknowledge that the
unfortunate gentleman at the Bar appeared to him to have been placed
in a situation which was not only none of his own seeking, but which
he had done every thing in his power to avoid. This was always matter
for the indulgent consideration of a Jury in such cases. Indeed, though
he should be sorry to say any thing that sounded harsh of one who had
more than atoned for any violence of which he had been guilty, the
deceased seemed to have conducted himself with the greatest possible
intemperance, and to have shunned accommodation with a pertinacity
which amounted to something very little short of absolute phrenzy.
Mr. Treipland then stated the origin of the quarrel, and the various
particulars of the transaction, giving effect, with much candour, to
whatever was favorable to the prisoner, in the several circumstances of
the case; and concluded by expressing the highest approbation of
Mr. Skrine's (one of the second's) conduct, who had done everything
to prevent the fatal catastrophe that could suggest itself to a humane,
considerate, and liberal mind.
The first witness called was Captain Storey. He stated that on the
26th March last, he was applied to by the late Lieutenant Young to
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attend him to the ground that evening in an affair with Mr. Irwin.
Captain Wilson, who is since deceased, attended that gentleman. It
was agreed by the seconds previous to the duel, that if they could not
effect an accommodation between the parties after they had fired two
shots each, they should refuse to act any longer in the business, and leave
the ground; that after two shots had been fired, they attempted to
accommodate matters, but Mr. Young said he was not satisfied: that
they then informed the parties, that they would have no more concern in
the business, and left the ground; that the witness, as he was going off,
saw the parties speaking to each other, but heard nothing that passed.
Julian Skrine, Esq., of the Hon'ble Company's Civil Service,
was then called. He recollected some huts of Mr. Irwin's without the
line of the camp near Dohud, which were pulled down by Mr. Young,
he believed without any proper authority: that he was employed by
Mr. Irwin to carry a message to Mr. Young on the 27th March last;
that on entering Mr. Young's tent, he told him that he had come on
rather an unpleasant business; Mr. Young replied that he knew per-
fectly what the business was, and that he came from Mr. Irwin: that
the witness tried to convince Mr. Young of the impropriety of his
conduct, and particularly of the epithet scoundrel which he had used
the preceding evening. Mr. Young did not deny that his conduct
had been improper, or that he made use of that expression, which he
owned to be unjustifiable and unprovoked, but said he never would
apologise. The witness requested him to consent to make any apology,
however slight, and that it would be received. Mr. Young said that
he would rather be cut to pieces. The witness then told him, that if
he would only say that the words complained of had been used by him
in a passion, he should be content. Mr. Young said that he had been a
soldier twenty-two years, and never would make an apology. During
the conversation, something fell from Mr. Young as if he had taken
offence at certain expressions used by Mr. Irwin the preceding evening.
Of this the witness informed Mr. Irwin on his return, and again called
the same day by Mr. Irwin's desire to inform Mr. Young, that if he had
used the words in question, they were not intended. That he was not
sensible that he had used them; but if he had, that he was ready to
apologise for them. Mr. Young said it was of no consequence; that he
for his part would make no apology. In going to the ground, Mr. Irwin
said to the witness, that Mr. Young had very little to fear from him:
and bid him remember that whatever happened, he had done all in his
power to prevent a meeting: that Mr. Young's obstinacy was such,
that should he fall, it must be regarded as a murder. The seconds
agreed that the parties should step six paces from each other; that
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Mr. Tattersal, Mr. Young's second, should then give the words halt,
front, fire. On the word front being given, Mr. Irwin made a half-
wheel, presenting his right side to Mr. Young, but with the muzzle of
his pistol upwards; Mr. Tattersal repeated the word to front once or
twice, that during this interval, which might occupy 15 or 20 seconds,
Mr. Young had brought his pistol to the level, and seemed to the witness.
to be taking a deliberate aim. Mr. Irwin observing this, said, "I hope
you don't intend to let him take an aim at me." The word fire was
almost immediately given. Both parties fired, Mr. Young fell, Mr. Irwin
immediately went up, and offered him his hand, which he refused;
Mr. Irwin at the desire of his second then left the ground. Mr. Young
said, "I hope that damned fellow wont return."
Mr. Thomas, Assistant Surgeon on this establishment, was the
next witness. He said he was called to attend Mr. Young on the
27th March. He found him sitting on the ground supported by
Mr. Tattersal. The wound was on his right thigh little above the
knee. He thought the wound not dangerous at first: the bleeding
had stopped before the witness arrived on the ground. To prevent any
accident from its return, he applied the tourniquet. Till the eighth day
the wound was doing well. But when the witness called on the 7th of
April, he found that Lieutenant Young had lost an amazing quantity of
blood. His bed and the floor of his tent were covered with it. He said
that during the night finding himself uneasy, he had removed the
tourniquet. The artery was taken up immediately. The hemorrhage was
from the femoral artery. In three-quarters of an hour he died; had not
the tourniquet been removed, there was great probability of his recovery.
Evidence for the prisoner.
Lieutenant Colonel Maddison, of His Majesty's 65th Regiment, said
that Mr. Irwin's tent was without the lines; but it was placed there by
the witness's permission. That the witness had ordered Mr. Young to
pull down several huts, and the witness's own hay stock, which he
thought encumbered the lines: that Mr. Irwin's huts were not among
those pulled down, and remained for some time after, and the witness
gave no orders for their removal. Mr. Irwin (one morning that the
witness passed) asked if his tents were in the way, that if so, he should
remove them. The witness said, it was unnecessary, as he did not think
they encumbered or endangered the lines.
Mr. Irwin having declined addressing the Jury, the Hon'ble the
Recorder recapitulated the whole of the evidence which had been adduced.
He then remarked that this was one of those unfortunate cases in which
criminal jurisprudence had long maintained a struggle, he was sorry to
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say an unsuccessful one, with the customs and feelings of society. It
had been correctly stated that those feelings formed no excuse or justi-
fication for such a crime. But, however clear the breach of the law was
in every case of this nature, those to whom its violation was imputed
were entitled to derive advantage from all such alleviating circumstances
as had occurred to palliate that conduct which nothing could entirely
justify. No case had ever displayed circumstances of this description in
greater abundance than the present, and though the law remained the
same, it was impossible to repress the feelings in favor of Mr. Irwin, which
the whole view of his conduct was calculated to excite. He could by no
means, however, advise the Jury to give way to these impressions; but there
seemed to be one circumstance in the case which would reconcile a ver-
dict acquitting the prisoner from the capital part of the offence with the
known and acknowledged law of the land upon the subject. It appeared
from the evidence of Mr. Thomas, that Mr. Young was in a fair way of
recovery when his own want of care or characteristic violence of temper
in removing the tourniquet which had been placed upon the wound to pre-
vent the effusion of blood, occasioned such an hemorrhage; that he expired
from this cause, which was imputable to himself alone, and not from any
probable or natural consequence of a wound, which Mr. Thomas swore
he never reckoned either mortal or very dangerous. The Jury, however,
would consider the whole circumstances of the case, and he was fully
persuaded they would return such a verdict as they could justify to their
consciences.
The Jury retired and soon after returned a verdict of "Not Guilty."
THE 28TH NOVEMBER 1805.
[From the Bombay Courier, 2nd November 1805.]
On Thursday last the Hon'ble the Governor returned the visit of
His Excellency the Ambassador from His Majesty the King of Persia to
the superior British Authority in India.
At ten in the morning, the principal Officers of His Majesty's
and the Hon'ble Company's services, Civil, Naval, and Military, assem-
bled at the Government House in town to accompany the Hon'ble the
Governor to the residence of the Ambassador at Chintz Pogly.
Shortly after ten o'clock, the Governor quitted the Government
House, under a salute of nineteen guns from Hornby's Battery, and
entered his carriage with the Commanding Officer of the Forces; and
the procession moved off in the following order, viz. :-
Two Trumpeters on horseback with banners.
Subadars of Peons.
Thirty Peons-five in a line.
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Rocket Boys.
Spearmen, State Palanquin, Spearmen.
Peons, colours, music.
Thirty Peons.
Eighteen led horses superbly capari-Rocket Boys.
soned, two and two.
Jemadars of Peons.
Fifty Peons.
Garrison Band.
Chobdars.
Governor's Aides-de-Camp.
Havildars of
Peons.
State carriage with the Governor and
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Havildars of
Peons.
Governor's head servants on horseback.
Recorder's carriage.
Mr. Cockrane's carriage.
Mr. Lechmeres' carriage.
General Nicolls' carriage with his Staff,
Superintendent of Marine.
Thirty more carriages with gentlemen in attendance.
The Police Peons kept the road clear the whole of the way to
Chintz Pogly. At the road leading to the Ambassador's house, the
2nd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of Native Infantry was drawn out
and formed a street through which the procession passed towards the
Ambassador's house; the Battalion saluting the Hon'ble the Governor
with presented arms.
At about half after eleven the party reached Chintz Pogly, their
approach being proclaimed by the trumpeters leading the procession and
answered by those belonging to His Excellency's band. On the Gover-
nor's carriage drawing up to the gate of the Ambassador's door, His
Excellency's brother-in-law and Meerzas advanced to meet the Governor,
and the Ambassador received him in the upper part of the steps leading
into the lower rooms. A salute of nineteen guns from four field pieces
which had been sent out to Chintz Pogly in the morning announcing the
meeting; the Ambassador immediately led the Governor into the room
of audience and seated the Governor upon a couch to his right; next
to whom on the right hand sat the Recorder, and then on the same side.
the Members of Council and the gentlemen who had accompanied the
Governor on his visit; each paying his respects to the Ambassador as he
entered. To the Ambassador's left were seated the two sons of the late
Meerza Mehndi Ali Khan on chairs, then followed the Meerza and the
principal Servants of His Excellency's suite.
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After the accustomed compliments had been interchanged, refresh-
ments were introduced of the hooka and coffee; the Khulsan and
rosewater next followed, after which a sumptuous and most abundant
display of the choicest Persian sweetmeats was introduced in silver
trays, and placed upon stands and distributed in parties of two. The
entertainment was conducted on the part of His Excellency with the
utmost politeness and attention towards his guests; and the regularity
and promptness with which the varied refreshments were introduced and
removed, placed in a very conspicuous light the discipline of Persian
vassalage. After the entertainment, the Ambassador had a private
audience with the Governor, which lasted about half an hour, when the
company broke up, and the Governor returned under the same honors
as distinguished his approach.
The arrangement, richness, and general regularity and conduct of
the procession, reflect great credit on those who had the management of
it; the whole passing in review before His Excellency and attendants.
before the arrival of the Governor's carriage, particularly the led horses,
which were the choicest of Bombay and very fine animals, under the
animating tune of "God save the King" from a full European band,
produced a very fine effect, and must have surprised His Excellency to
find that this island could produce, at so short a notice, unprepared as
we were for the reception of the Ambassador, any thing so nearly
approximating the magnificence of a Persian procession.
THE 28TH NOVEMBER 1805.
[From the Madras Gazette, 9th November 1805.]
On Saturday morning the Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council
issued orders for a Funeral Sermon, on the death of the late Most
Hon'ble Charles Marquis Cornwallis to be preached on the succeeding
day, in St. Mary's Church, Fort Saint George; and directions were given
that the usual decorations of the pulpit and pews should be removed, and
the Church hung with black cloth.
On Sunday, the Right Hon'ble the Governor, His Excellency Sir
Edward Pellew, Bart., His Excellency Sir John Cradock, K. B., and the
Members of Council, met at the Council Chamber in the Fort, from
whence they proceeded in procession to the Church.
The Church was filled at an early hour. Lady William Bentinck,
Lady Theodosia Cradock, and the Hon'ble Mrs. Strange, occupied the
seat set apart for the family of the Right Hon'ble the Governor.
The Psalms were selected for the occasion, and the Gospel from the
service of the Burial of the Dead was read as a Second Lesson.
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The Text was from the 2nd Book of Chronicles, 35th Chapter, and
part of the 24th verse-
"And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah."
The sad and sombre appearance of the Church; the judicious and
solemn selection for the service; the masterly execution of a grand and
impressive voluntary; and the general and deep mourning of a numerous
and respectable congregation, were demonstrative of the feelings of this
Settlement at the mournful and irreparable loss which India and the
nation has sustained by the death of this great, pious, and exalted
Nobleman.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, 7TH DECEMBER 1805.
On the 4th instant commenced the second Sessions of Oyer and
Terminer and gaol delivery, and also an Admiralty Sessions for the
Town of Calcutta and Factory of Fort William, for the year 1805.
The Grand Jury received their charge from the Hon'ble the Chief
Justice, who, at considerable length, pointed out the many advantages.
this great metropolis enjoyed over all others of equal extent, population,
commerce, and wealth, in the known world; observed that few offences
were committed within it which called for the interference of public
justice, and attributed this blessing in a particular degree to the example
of morality and good conduct shown by the higher orders, in aid of the
administration of the law; His Lordship concluded, by taking leave of
the Grand Jury, being the last time he should meet them on such an
occasion.
On the 5th instant all the business of the Grand Jury was con-
cluded, but previously to their being discharged, William Fairlie, Esq.,
the Foreman, submitted to the Chief Justice that he was charged by
the Jury to present an address to His Lordship, and requested his per-
mission to read it, which was expressed in the following words :-
To the HON'BLE SIR JOHN ANSTRUTHER, Bart., Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, &c., &c., &c.
MY LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, The Grand Jury feel that they cannot
completely satisfy the trust which the law confides in them, without
offering you the expression of their thanks and gratitude for the vigilance,
ability, and attention to the public welfare with which you have discharged
the important duties of your office during a period of almost eight years.
With a sensible degree of satisfaction we have observed in the
course of that time an improved and more active administration of
justice introduced; an efficient Police established, and the British
character advanced in the esteem and respect of its Indian subjects.
1805.]
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•
The eminent part which you have borne in the accomplishment of
these public benefits, entitles you to the grateful acknowledgments of
this community, as having contributed in a material degree to effect
the beneficent objects of the British Legislature, in securing to the
inhabitants of one of the wealthiest and most populous cities in the
world, the practical blessings of the English Law, and, in diffusing the
sense of its protection through every part of those extensive provinces
which are subject to the Supreme Government of Bengal.
With the view to perpetuate the testimony we have now the honor
to bear to your virtues, talents, and integrity, we are prompted to soli-
cit your permission to place your portrait in the Town Hall of Calcutta,
whenever that building may be prepared to receive it, and, until then,
in that Court House over which you have presided, with so much honor
to yourself and advantage to the public interests of your country.
We have the honor to subscribe ourselves, with sentiments of
sincere respect and attachment,
Your most faithful, and obedient humble servants,
(Sd.)
W. FAIRLIE, Foreman.
C. DOYLY.
D. BURGES.
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THOMAS GRAHAM.
J. H. FERGUSSON.
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JAMES LOCKHART.
ROBERT MCLINTOCK.
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Calcutta, 5th December 1805.
JOHN GILMORE.
M. T. WEATHERALL.
J. MCTAGGART.
WILLIAM HOLLINGS.
J. W. SHERER.
EDWARD EGERTON.
H. HODGSON.
DAVID CAMPBELL.
FRANCIS HORSLEY.
J. EWER.
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To which the Chief Justice made the following reply
GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY,-I should be devoid of every
feeling which ought to actuate the breast of an Englishman, if I were
insensible of the high honor you have this day done me. The applause
of our fellow-citizens is the highest honor and the greatest reward which
can be bestowed upon any man in a public station. But when that ap-
plause comes from men of your description, and your high character, it
is indeed doubly honorable. Upon the present occasion, I am afraid, how-
ever, that I owe more to the kind partiality with which this Settlement
has honored me since the moment of my arrival among you, and to the
enlarged and liberal manner in which you view even the slightest efforts
for the public service, than to any merits of my own. If my efforts
have been at all successful in promoting or in advancing any of those
great public objects to which you allude in your address of this day,
much must be ascribed to example which your virtues and those of men
like you hold out to the public. I owe much to the assistance derived
from the fair and honorable practices of the gentlemen who follow the pro-
fession of the law in this country. I owe much to the high and liberal
spirit of the gentlemen of the Bar, which has not been exceeded in any
part of the British dominions; but I owe a great deal more to the virtues
and the talents of my honorable colleagues on the bench with me, with
whom I have sat here ever since my arrival in this country, during
which time many questions of great public interest, and of great private
importance, have been agitated, discussed, and decided, without one
difference of opinion; and if I have succeeded in deserving the high
honor you have conferred upon me to-day, it must be ascribed to the
situation which I hold, having made me the vehicle of their opinions,
and the organ of their sentiments.
With regard to myself, gentlemen, allow me to add, that my heart
must cease to beat, and my blood to flow, before I cease to remember
with gratitude and affection the high honor which your approbation has
this day conferred upon me.
Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 10th December 1805.
[Copied from the London Papers under the head of Royal Visit to the Bank and
East India House.]
Though the notice of Her Majesty's attention of visiting the East
India House and Warehouse was extremely short, every thing was
prepared for the convenient reception of the Royal Visitors comme il faut.
1805.]
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The principal avenues were matted, and the Brigade of flank companies
ordered out, with the band in full uniform; the Queen was handed from
her carriage by the Chairman, Mr. Grant, whilst the Deputy, Mr. George
Smith, conducted the elder Princesses; Colonels Inglis, Roberts, and
Major Thellusson, were in regimentals. In the Court Room was a
table, superbly ornamented with a centre-piece of frame-work, and every
delicacy of the season presented itself in abundance. Her Majesty
expressed much satisfaction on viewing the curiosities in the Museum,
and particularly noticed the pictures of the two Governor Generals,
Mr. Hastings and Lord Cornwallis, in the Correspondence Room, and also
honoured the chimney-piece in the Court-room with the most flattering
encomiums. The band, during the royal repast, were placed in the
Sale-room. As it was thought the Royal Party might pass through some
of the Offices, the Clerks were especially ordered by the Chairman to
remain in their respective situations, which judicious requisition being
punctually obeyed, prevented that crowd and pressure in the passages that
would otherwise naturally have occurred. Contrary to general expecta-
tion, Her Majesty did not enter the Sale-room. A number of curious
articles from China intended as presents to Bonaparte, were removed
from the Private Trade to the Bengal Warehouse, for Her Majesty's
inspection.
At about half-past five o'clock they left the city, highly gratified.
THE 12TH DECEMBER 1805.
The value of captures which have been announced within these ten
days last past, amounts to no less a sum than eleven lakhs of Rupees of
British property, which have fallen into the hands of the enemy almost
at our door.
The Melville, captured four days after leaving her
Bengal Pilot, is valued at
Rs.
3,50,000
The Waldegrave, within two days sail of the roads.
3,50,000
The Commerce, the same
1,50,000
The Phoenix ...
2,50,000
Sicca Rupees
11,00,000
And, we fear, many others, not yet known; for whilst the Bellona,
the Napoleon, the Henriette, and Caroline, and perhaps other privateers
are cruizing, there is no knowing to what extent they may have carried
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their depredations; the consequence to the trade, and the general pros-
perity of this great mercantile community, are consequently justly
apprehended to be of a very serious nature.
We regret to add that there were several Englishmen amongst the
crew of the Caroline, and many Americans. The gunner and two
seacunnies of the Waldegrave immediately entered and gave information
of the ships expected from China, which the Caroline intended
cruizing for, when the Psyche came in sight.-[Ind. Gaz.]
THE 26TH DECEMBER 1805.
[From the Ceylon Government Gazette, 20th November 1805.]
On Sunday last a Funeral Sermon was preached on the occasion of
the event which every friend to his country must ever deplore, the death
of the late Governor General Marquis Cornwallis, by the Hon'ble and
Reverend T. J. Twisleton, Chaplain to Government. The text was from
Job, Chapter 17th, verse 11th-
"My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts
of my heart."
The congregation, who were numerous and respectable, all appeared
in deep mourning, and the Church was hung with black.
Extract from the " Bengal Hurkaru" of the 17th December 1805.
[Copied from the Bombay Courier, 23rd November 1805.]
By authentic intelligence from Baroda, we learn that the observance
of those public testimonies of reverence and respect, due to the character
and memory of the late illustrious Governor General, Marquis Cornwallis,
have been laudably attended to at that Residency, accompanied with the
prescribed solemnities.
On communicating this melancholy event to the Raja and to the
Members of the Guicawar Government, they expressed their condolence
on the occasion, and directed the same public ceremonies to be observed
as are usual on the death of their own Sovereign, or of their Highness
the Paishwas: by discontinuing the beating of the Nagara, and mani-
festing their respect to the memory of the exalted and virtuous character
of the deceased, by the discharge of minute guns, in mournful corres-
pondence to those from the Residency.
1805.]
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His Highness the Raja Anund Row Guicawar, and the Members
of the administration present at Baroda, visited the Resident on the
16th instant, personally to express their condolence on the severe loss
sustained by all India in this deplored event, which, among the natives
of India, is a subject of the deepest regret; the very name of Cornwalli
conveying to their minds an earnest of humanity, candour, and justice.
THE 26TH DECEMBER, 1805.
Monody on the death of the Most Noble Marquis Cornwallis, &c. &c. &c.
Finis vitæ ejus nobis luctuosus, amicis tristis, extraneis etiam ignotisque non
sine curâ fuit.
Great Cincinnatus from his rural seat,
Where fame reposed in 'honor's bright retreat,
Where his own laurels formed the Hero's crown,
At once the shade and trophy of renown,
Imperial Rome, when menaced by her foes,
Called to her aid from dignified repose,
The summons heard, to fame the veteran sprung,
Tho' old in years with patriot ardor young,
Of self regardless, when his country called,
No pleasure lured him, and no dread appalled,
Cornwallis thus obeyed Britannia's choice,
Her Cincinnatus by the public voice,
Yet his more great the sacrifice from ease,
Oppressed with age to traverse distant seas,
To quit again his cherished native isle,
His greatful country, and his monarch's smile!
More bright his fame, to whose capacious mind,
A double trust Britannia had consigned;
Studious of peace, prepared for war's alarms,
Her faith in Council, her renown in arms;
Etherial Peace! soon may thy rays expand
Blessings o'er India's war-distracted land;
Cornwallis comes to woo thee from thy sphere,
And bids thee, lovely stranger, linger here,
Nursed by the genial warmth may plenty reign,
And spread her copious harvests o'er the plain;
May rapine cease, may discord sheath the sword,
And through the East be thy mild sway restored,
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Restored by him to India's distant shore,
Who to his country gave the boon before!
But if no faith can awe, no treaties bind,
India's dark Chiefs, to peace and justice blind,
His the dread charge, t' assert his country's cause,
And gain by war the meed proposed by laws!
Ah! here the Muse her pleasing strains must cease,
Nor roused by war nor soothed by halcyon Peace,
Deep sorrow claims the verse. Ye accents flow,
In strains responsive to the Public woe!
For near the Ganges, consecrated stream!
When on the Chief Peace shed her orient beam,
Cornwallis sinks with honors, years, opprest,
In the calm haven of eternal rest!
Cornwallis' sainted shade, illustrious Chief,
Enrolled in fame, embalmed in public grief;
If mortal feelings reach immortal spheres,
If Seraph smiles absorb not patriot tears,
Hence shall the Muse waft sorrow's sacred sigh,
Hence bear the pearly tribute of the eye,
For here, at gratitude's imperious call!
Britons convene to consecrate thy fall;
And though affliction clouds each feeling heart,
Virtue and fame impulsive radiance dart;
As truth records on History's brilliant page,
Thus fell the firmest Briton of his age,
In whose bright character at once conspire,
The Statesman's coolness and the Hero's fire;
Who steadfast to his trust conspicuous shone,
The firm defender of his country's throne;
Guiding his life by virtues sacred plan,
His moral worth gave dignity to man;
Building on public Justice private Fame,
His and Britannia's Glory were the same.
THE 17TH NOVEMBER 1805.
Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 31st December 1805.
[Copied from the Bombay Gazette, 4th December 1805.]
On Sunday last an cloquent and appropriate Funeral Sermon was
preached by the Reverend Nicholas Wade, on the occasion of the death
of the much lamented and highly revered Marquis Cornwallis, late
1805.]
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EDITORIAL.
Governor General of British India. The text was selected from the
First Book of the Macabees, the 9th chapter, and the 21st verse-
"How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!"
The Church was hung with back, and over the eastern aisle of
the Church, was placed the Cornwallis Escutcheon, surmounted with
with black; the Church was crowded at an early hour by the whole
of the Settlement in mourning: the following Hymn and Anthem were
composed and performed for this melancholy and lamented occasion ;
and it is but justice to remark that the vocal performance, in point of
taste, judgment, and execution, far exceeded any thing of the kind
hitherto in India.
Hymn and Chorus selected for the service of Sunday, the 1st of December
1805, being the day appointed for a Funeral Sermon on the late
Most Hon'ble Charles Marquis Cornwallis.
Fear not the sentence of Death! Remember them that have been
before Thee and that come after; for this is the sentence of the Lord
over all flesh!
Chorus:-His body is buried in Peace, and his name liveth for
evermore.
Make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest! But the life of
the fool is worse than death!
His body is, &c.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know
him any more!
His body is, &c.
For now he sleepeth in the dust! And thou shalt seek him in the
morning, and he shall not be !
His body is, &c.
His days are past, his purposes are broken off! Even the thoughts
of his heart.
His body is, &c.
Behold the Lord taketh away! Who will say unto him, what
dost Thou. ?
His body is, &c.
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For we see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God
in his council hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set
him in safety.
His body is, &c.
Blessed be the Lord our strength, who taught his hands to war and
his fingers to fight.
His body is, &c.
The Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him
and delivereth them.
His body is, &c.
Though an Host should encamp against them, their heart shall not
fear; though war should rise up against them, in this will they be
confident.
His body is, &c.
He was not afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that
fleeth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the
sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.
His body is, &c.
He hath judged the People with righteousness, and Thy Poor with
mercy.
His body is, &c.
In famine he redeemed from death, and war from the power of the
sword.
His body is, &c.
He has come to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in, in its season.
His body is, &c.
For Thou hast made him most blessed for ever! Thou hast made
him exceeding glad with Thy countenance.
His body is, &c.
He is numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among
the Saints.
His body is, &c.
For God will redeem the souls of the Righteous, from the power of
the grave.
His body is, &c.
PART III.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 22ND MARCH 1798.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Faria and Williams, at their Auction-room
to-morrow, Friday, the 23rd instant.
Fourteen remarkably fine spotted deer, belonging to a gentleman
returned to Europe.
The above deer have been feeding on dry food upwards of five years,
and most of them are from six to eight years old.
THE 29TH MARCH 1798.
Calcutta, 28th March 1791.
Some disagreeable circumstances too painful to relate, having imposed
on Mr. Tiretta the melancholy necessity of removing the remains of his
beloved wife the late Mrs. Tiretta, from the Portuguese Burying Ground
to a cemetery of his own, near the English Burying. Ground he begs
leave to inform the public that all Roman Catholic Europeans, or their
immediate descendants, dying in this Settlement, and preferring this
cemetery, may have their remains deposited there, with permission to erect
a monument over them, free of all charges, on application to the Reverend
Vicar of the Portuguese Church in Calcutta, by which they will not only
avoid the sorrowful predicament in which he was placed, but enjoy the
comfortable assurance that their remains shall rest in peace.
THE 12TH APRIL 1798.
Deaths.
At Hyderabad, on the 25th ultimo, the celebrated Raymond.
At Calcutta the 9th instant, Sandy Scott, than whom perhaps there
never was a better reel and strathspey player in India, and those sons of
Caledonia, partial to the Highland fling, must long bewail his loss; for
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to give him his due, in the words of honest Robert Burns, he was truly
a thairm inspiring" body. It may be worthy of remark as elucidatory of
the general pride of Sandy's nation, that he begins his Will calling himself
"writer and occasional musician."
THE 26TH APRIL 1798.
Calcutta Exchange Coffee House by subscription, will be opened on or about
the 1st of July next.
The Coffee House to be open to all gentlemen, merchants, and
traders; to consist of three rooms, commodiously fitted up, having
access from Council House Street, and likewise from Tank Square, and
to be accommodated with all the Newspapers printed in Calcutta,
Madras, and Bombay, also with two of the most approved London
Papers, which will be sent out by every conveyance, and some of the
most curious and interesting political pamphlets that may appear from
time to time.
The Coffee House to be let to an active and experienced person,
who shall at the same time carry on the Tavern business, and who may
have the use of the Exchange Hall when not interfering with the great
public entertainments, but the subscription to remain always in the
hands of the proprietor. The subscription to be four rupees per month,
and paid monthly.
N. B.-The assembly subscription, which had lately been joined
to the Coffee House subscription, but for particular reasons has been
separated, will again be opened when the rooms are finished and the num-
ber of assemblies reduced from six to four. The public will then have an
opportunity of judging of the beauty, elegance, and convenience of the
rooms, and how far the proprietor is entitled to their patronage. The
room when finished will be let by the night for all entertainments, balls,
concerts, and public meetings, at a moderate charge, by application to
the proprietor.
Subscriptions taken in by Messrs. Fairlie Gilmore and Co., Messrs.
Cockerell, Trail, and Co., and Messrs. Colvin and Bazett.
THE 12TH JULY 1798.
To J. VANZANDT, Esq., Sheriff of Calcutta.
We whose names are hereunto subscribed, request that you will
convene a public meeting of the British inhabitants of Calcutta, for the
1798.]
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purpose of considering the propriety of expressing in an humble and
dutiful address to His Majesty, our loyalty and attachment to his royal
person and Government at this important crisis, and also of considering
the best mode of promoting voluntary contributions in these provinces
and their dependencies, and of remitting the same to Great Britain, in
order that the amount thereof may be there applied to the public service.
in such manner as Parliament may direct.
CALCUTTA,
The 11th July 1798.
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We are, Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servants,
J. H. HARINGTON.
P. LIMRICK.
DAVID ROSS.
C. GREEN.
JAMES MILLER.
C. W. BLUNT.
FRANCIS GLADWIN.
JOHN BELLI.
W. N. CAMERON.
J. LAIRD.
C. BENEZET.
J. P. GARDINER.
W. A. BROOKE.
W. SCOTT.
J. FLEMING.
J. WILTON.
D. BROWN.
W. POPHAM.
J. FULLARTON.
W. BURROUGHS.
S. DYER.
J. COLLINS.
W. FARQUHARSON.
W. JOHNSON.
W. C. ARACKEL.
JOHN COTTON.
G. DOWDESWELL.
HENRY BULLER.
G. R. FOLEY.
G. H. BARLOW.
ALEXANDER COLVIN.
T. GRAHAM.
JOHN WHITE.
C. COCKERELL.
W. FAIRLIE.
CHARLES BARBER.
THOMAS MYERS.
D. VANDERBEYDEN.
J. BULLER.
L. BARRETTO.
S. JOHANNES.
G. HATCH.
JOHN BRISTOW.
THOMAS DASHWOOD.
J. HALL.
In compliance with the above requisition, I request the attendance
of the British inhabitants of this Settlement at the Theatre on Tuesday
next at eleven o'clock.
CALCUTTA,
The 11th July 1798.
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J. VANZANDT,
Sheriff.
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THE 2ND AUGUST 1798.
Dring and Company have received a consignment of damask table
linen from Ebenezer Gardiner and Son, of Edinburgh, manufacturers
of damask table linen to Her Majesty, with figures displaying-
The emblems of peace and plenty, representing the harmony and
joy experienced by a number of friends met at a full covered table, and
are as follows:-
The Horn of Plenty occupies the centre of the cloth, with the usual
figures arising out of it surrounded by two large branches of
the palm, the emblem of peace.
The Thistle and Rose interwoven, the crest of the two United King-
doms, surrounded by twigs of olive occupying the corners.
The whole device is entirely new, and the invention of that country.
THE 9TH AUGUST 1798.
Gilchrist's Dictionary.
The preface and appendix containing nearly 250 large quarto pages,
are ready for delivery to the subscribers, &c., agreeably to the hand-bills
that accompany this Gazette in its distribution through Calcutta and the
vicinity.
Just published, and for sale in boards at Rs. 32 each copy, a new
work entitled the Oriental Linguist, well adapted to the capacity and
attention of learners, being an easy introduction to Hindoostanee Gram-
mar, with a reversed or double vocabulary, dialogues, tales, the articles of
war, &c., &c., in that language, which has hitherto been erroneously
called the Moors.
N. B.-All letters (post paid) and application relative to the above
works, will be carefully attended to if addressed to the author himself
in Chowringee.
Not to be repeated.
THE 23RD AUGUST 1798.
Marriage.
At Masulipatam, on the 5th instant, William Hesse Gordon, Esq.,
of the Madras Establishment, and Sheriff of Madras, to Miss Mary Ann
Johnston, a beautiful and accomplished young lady.
1798.]
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THE 23RD AUGUST 1798.
French Cape Garden Seeds.
Faria and Willams have received a few baskets of fresh garden
seeds, per Bellona, which they are selling at twenty Sicca Rupees per
basket.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 23RD AUGUST
1798.
At a Meeting of the native inhabitants held this 21st day of August 1798.
Read the following letters :-
To Thomas Graham,
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&c., &c., &c.
GENTLEMEN,-Several of the principal Native inhabitants of the
town of Calcutta, who are desirous to testify their loyalty to the King
of England, and their attachment to the British Government, under
whose protection they live, will think themselves highly honored and
much obliged by your attendance at Mr. Farquharson's house, on the
21st day of August, between one and two o'clock in the forenoon, to
assist them with your advice as to the best mode of promoting among
the Natives a subscription to be applied to the public service, in the
same manner and under the same restrictions that the voluntary con-
tributions of the European gentlemen are intended to be appropriated.
(Sd.)
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We are, gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your most obedient servants,
GOUR CHURN MULLICK.
NEMOY CHURN MULLICK.
RAM KISSEN MULLICK.
GOPY MOHUN TAGORE,
KALLY CHURM HOLDAR.
RUSSICK LALL DUTT.
GOCOOL CHURN DUTT.
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Pursuant to the intentions expressed in the above letter, and in the
presence of the gentlemen to whom it is addressed,
Resolved, as we take a sincere interest in whatever concerns the
prosperity of the British Empire, and as we can in no other manner show
our attachment to that nation under whose protection we live, than by
contributing our aid to the public service, that books of subscription
be opened to receive the voluntary contributions of the Native inhabi-
tants of Calcutta, and that the sums subscribed be applied in the same
manner and under the same restrictions as the subscription of the
Europeans are intended to be appropriated.
(The subscribers' names will be given in our next.)
THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 1798.
How to sell an investment of Europe goods to the best advantage.
Send your invoice book to the different shop-keepers, to enable them
to make their calculations. Invite them to make proposals in writing,
declaring upon your word and honor that you will not communicate
their offers; promise one who you may find would give a very high price,
in order to oblige his friends and customers, that you will not sell with-
out a reference to him, and in case you should be told that you may
probably have an offer which will preclude all others, viz., an offer to
give one or two per cent. more than any of the proposals mentioned, you
must assert in the most solemn manner that you will not receive such
a one. Be very particular and pointed in this, or no direct offers will be
made you.
When you have seen all the proposals, you must send your banian,
with a verbal message to the person you may think most desirous of buy-
ing (even if he be already the best bidder by five per cent.) and tell him
to amend his offer; this will bring 5 per cent. more, and having worked
him up to the highest, you must take care to let the offer be known.
Some person who has been laying by will then come forward and offer
you two
per
cent. more.
Should the party who had made the previous offer accuse you of
breaking your word and honor by communicating it, you must lay the
blame on the banian, and say you did not mean to do wrong.
CALCUTTA,
The 1st September 1798.}
1798.]
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THE 11TH OCTOBER 1798.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Company, at their Auction-room,
on Wednesday the 5th of December next (if not previously disposed of
by private contract).
The under-mentioned houses and ground, the property of Richard
Barwell, Esq.-
Lot I.
The capital large upper-roomed house at Kidderpore, at present
rented by the managers of the Orphan Society, with all the outhouses
and ground thereunto belonging, containing 274 biggahs, 10 cottahs,
more or less.
THE 18TH OCTOBER 1798.
Calcutta Races.
On Tuesday, the 13th November.-A plate of fifty gold mohurs, give
and take, 14 hands to carry 9 stone, and allow 7 lbs. for an inch; best of
three heats, twice round to a heat.
Same day.A maiden sweep-stakes, for horses, &c., that never before
started; seven subscribers.
Same day, two matches, viz. :-Paladin against Antelope, and Sir John
Barleycorn against Nimble.
Thursday, 15th November.—A plate of fifty gold mohurs, free for all
horses, &c., carrying 9 stone, best of three heats, twice round to a heat.
Same day.-A sweep-stakes, seven subscribers, for horses, &c., carry-
ing weight according to the Craven stakes at Newmarket.
Same day.-A match, Baronet against Saucy Slut.
Saturday, 17th November.-A Handicap plate of fifty gold mohurs,
best of three heats, twice round to a heat.
Same day.—A sweepstakes, six subscribers, for three years old horses,
&c., carrying 8 stone each.
Same day.-A match, the last mile of the course between two, two
years old colts, bred in Bengal.
The horses, &c., for the three plates to be entered by the Clerk
of the Course the day before each day's running, before eleven o'clock of
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the day, and to pay one gold mohur entrance. Any horses, &c., entering
at the post for either of the two first plates, to pay five gold mohurs
entrance.
All matters relative to the races to be settled by the stewards.
There will be breakfasts with music, &c., on the course, each day
after the races.
(Sd.)
H. T. LANHAM,
Clerk of the Course.
THE 1ST NOVEMBER 1798.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Tulloh and Company, at their Auction-
room, on Tuesday next, the 6th instant, the effects of Mr. William
Sutherland, deceased, consisting of —
Wearing apparel, the greater part quite new; plate; a gold watch,
by Goodal, London; double-barrel gun in a mahogany case, by Bass; a
very fine spying glass; a swing dressing glass; two dozen fine cotton
stockings; an iron chest ; furniture; books; a sea cot with hair mattrass
and pillows, a mahana palinkeen made by Stewart; a pipe of very old
Madeira and twenty-seven dozen in bottles; four chests of clarets from
Hewet and Edwards.
And a variety of other articles.
THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1798.
Calcutta, 16th October 1798.
William Morley, Undertaker, No. 14, Cossitollah (successor to
Mr. Thomson), furnishes funerals in the most genteel manner, and on
the most moderate terms.
N. B.-Leaden coffins made, monuments erected, and epitaphs cut,
on the shortest notice.
1798.]
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.
Chowringhee, 21st November 1798.
Sir Henry Russell presents his compliments to the gentlemen
educated at the lead Charter House School, and requests the honor of their
company at dinner at his house at Chowringhee, on Wednesday, the 12th
of December, at 5 o'clock, to celebrate the anniversary of the Founder's
day. Such gentlemen as intend to favor Sir Henry Russell with their
company, are requested to send their names to him.
THE 6TH DECEMBER 1798.
Picturesque ruins at Gour, &c.
The set of eight views of the ruins of Gour and Rajmehal, &c.,
for which proposals were circulated in November 1797, is completed, and
copies may be had at fifty rupees (the subscription prices) on applying
to Mr. Baillie, No. 13, Chitpore road.
The size of the views is 16 inches by 114, including a border, and
they are executed in the manner of stained drawings.
The 5th December 1798.
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THE 3RD JANUARY 1799.
Indigo Works.
To be sold, the two complete sets of Indigo works at Daudnagur
and Arwell, near the banks of the Soane, in the district of Behar, toge-
ther with the respective drying houses, bungalows, godowns, offices,
manufacturing implements, ploughs, carts, carriages, cart and plough
bullocks, horses, stores, and other live and dead stock thereunto belong-
ing; the valuable and complete apparatus for the hot water process; and
all the right, title, and interest of the proprietor, in the lands and
tenements, and in the crops, ratoons and seed, adjoining and appertain-
ing to the said respective works.
At Daudnagur there are eight fermenting vats, measuring about
18 feet by 15, and eight beating vats, about 26 by 16; a pucka drying
house, about 40 feet square, with stave, flues, venetian doors, and
windows, having glass panes in the centre; a large pucka tank; a
pucka well about 22 feet in diameter, with its frames and wheels; a
puckah reservoir, more than sufficient for the present number of vats;
a beating vat for dregs; and a large ground fermenting vat, with a
beating vat in proportion.
At Arwell there are six fermenting vats, about 18 by 15, with
their beating vats about 26 by 18; a large beating vat for dregs;
a pucka well about 23 feet in diameter, with its frames and wheels;
a pucka reservoir, 60 feet by 30; a suitable drying house and extensive
godowns and offices, with a dwelling bungalow, most agreeably situated
on the banks of the Soane: and to both sets of works, which are in the
best condition and built in the strongest and best manner, many adjoin-
ing vats may be added.
At Daudnagur there are of this year's growth considerably more
than 1,000 Behar measured beegahs of Indigo plant, together with a
large quantity of former ratoons, and at Arwell about as much more.
Proposals will be received from any person or persons desirous of
purchasing both or either of the works, by Messrs. Barber, Palmer,
and Co., at Calcutta, or by Lyons Cane, Esq., or his Assistant, Mr. James
Bruce, on the premises, or by letters addressed to them at Arwell near
Patna. On application as above, full accounts of the live and dead stock
may be seen and other particulars known.
For the accommodation of purchasers, payment will be taken in
Company's paper, approved security, or bills on England, and it is
requested that all proposals may specify the time and mode of payment
for which the persons making them may be desirous to stipulate.
The 24th December 1798.
1799.]
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THE 10TH JANUARY 1799.
requested to meet at
Dinner from the New
The gentlemen of Oxford and Cambridge are
the Court House on Friday the 11th instant.
Tavern will be on the table exactly at six o'clock. Those gentlemen
who intend to dine there are requested to send their names to the
Tavern to-day.
THE 21ST MARCH 1799.
To parents and guardians.
Mrs. Middleton begs leave to inform her friends and the public,
that having taken a house in an airy, healthy, and agreeable situation
at Dinapore, she purposes keeping a school for the tuition of such
young gentlemen and ladies as parents or guardians may think proper
to commit to her charge; who may be assured that the strictest
attention shall be paid to their health, morals, and every branch of
education.
Mrs. Middleton has engaged an European Assistant every way quali-
fied to teach Writing, Arithmetic, and Book-keeping, as well as the rudi-
ments of the French and Latin languages, if judged necessary; the
young ladies are also taught plain and fancy needlework, &c.
Boarders
Day Scholars
Two gold mohurs per month.
Eight Rupees per month.
THE 21ST MARCH 1799.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the 30th of March
ensuing, will be sold by public outcry, at the house lately inhabited by
C. L. Blume, Esq., deceased, by order of the trustees and executors,-
The Indigo works, named Khoosie Gunge, belonging to the estate
of the late Mr. Blume, situated on the banks of the river Hooghly,
between Chinsurah and Chandernagore, consisting of four pucka built
vats, a brick built tank, long 51 and broad 51 feet, deep 2 feet, a
bungalow, and thatched out-houses, &c., &c.
A list of the utensils to be seen and other particulars to be known,
on application, by Mr. Brand at Chinsurah.
The conditions of sale will be made known at the time and place
of sale.
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THE 28TH MARCH 1799.
Calcutta Exchange Lottery.
The proprietor of the Exchange and Public Rooms, with regret,
informs the public, that he is under the necessity of relinquishing every
future prospect of advantage which he might derive from these rooms,
by the pressure of debts contracted in the building of them. To satisfy
a number of claimants, who are not in circumstances to afford delay, he
is advised to offer the following scheme of a lottery
The drawing to take place in June next, and to be concluded in
eight days.
Tickets will be ready for delivery in a few days, and may be had at
the Bank of Hindoostan; and will also be despatched to Madras,
Bombay, and the several Civil and Military stations in Bengal.
Scheme.
Sa. Rs.
Sa. Rs.
The value of the Exchange and Public
Rooms
99,400
Money
60,600
160,000
1600 Tickets at Rs. 100 each
8
1st drawn Tickets of each day,
a prize of Sicca Rs. 500
8 The 100th Ticket of each
day's drawing, a prize of
Sicca Rs. 500
8 The last drawn Ticket of
each day, a prize of Sicca
160,000
:
:
4,000
:
4,000
Rs. 1,000.
8,000
1 The 180th Ticket of the last
day's drawing, the capital
prize, the Exchange and
Public Rooms
99,400
1
The 190th Ticket of the last
day's drawing, a prize of
Sicca Rs.
360 Prizes of Sicca Rs. 110 each
386 Prizes.
1214 Blanks.
1600 Tickets.
:
:
5,000
39,600
•
160,000
160,000
1799.]
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
Commissioners.
Messrs. William Fairlie.
John Clark.
Alex. Colvin.
John Palmer.
Geo. Tyler.
Johannes Sarkes.
Moses C. Arackel.
William Tulloh, and
J. T. Kennedy.
John Gilmore.
Luis Barretto.
Price of Tickets.
Sa. Rs.
Whole Tickets
100
Half Ditto
50
Quarter Ditto
25
The Exchange and public rooms from their centrical situation
in Calcutta, may be looked on as the most valuable property in it; they
are calculated for various purposes-for Assembly rooms of the first
order for Public Offices-and for the first shops in the world. The
rent must always prove an elegant independency to the fortunate adven-
turer. The proprietor having no view of private advantage in this
lottery, but merely to get out of the present difficulty, the ten per
cent. commission, generally deducted from all prizes, shall, in this, be
appropriated for the relief of the families of those unfortunate people,
killed and wounded on board the Sybille, or employed as a bounty for
seamen, to man La Forte or for the behoof of the Free School Charity,
and Native Hospital, agreeable to the wisdom of the Commissioners,
who shall have the sole management and direction of the commission.
N. B.-This last addition to the former advertisement is the
suggestion of several friends, and the proprietor hopes the public will
coincide in the opinion that it is just.
23rd March 1799.
JOHN MACDONALD,
Secretary.
THE 23RD MAY 1799.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Company, at their Auction-
room, on Monday, the 3rd of June next (if not previously disposed
of by private contract), the under-mentioned three complete sets of
Indigo works, situate in the district at Dinagepore.
Jointha. Consisting of six pairs of pucka vats, and other uten-
sils, capable of manufacturing 600 maunds.-Outstanding balances,
Rs. 7,000.
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Pauchaut.-Situated within two coss of Jointha, consisting of two
pair of pucka vats, &c., &c., capable of making 200 maunds.-Out-
standing balances, Rs. 2,000.
Dubleah. Within two coss of the Pauxhaut, consisting of three
pair of pucka vats, capable of making 400 maunds.-Outstanding
balances, Rs. 7,000.
There are good dwelling bungalows at each factory, and no kind
of expense spared in erecting the whole, about three years ago.
A credit of eighteen months, or two years, on good security, will
be given, at ten per cent. interest.
For further particulars apply to Dring and Co.
THE 4TH JULY 1799.
Kidderpore Tannery, Boot and Shoe manufactory, &c.
Beaumont and Fairrie beg leave to acquaint the public that they
have ready for sale at their Ware-house, No. 36, Cossitollah Street, a
large assortment of military hussar, jockey and half-boots, cut in the
most fashionable style, and made of leather manufactured at their Tan-
nery, which having been established for three years, is brought to such
perfection as to vie with the English manufacture; not only in beauty
and general utility, but in that most essential particular of resisting
the wet.
Beaumont and Fairrie hope that from the long trial which their leather
has stood the test of, while the Kidderpore boot and shoes making concern
was managed by Mr. Bower, the public will not be induced to suppose
or believe there is leather of a superior or equal quality manufactured
by any other person in this country, till by a fair trial of tear and wear,
they may deserve it.
Beaumont and Fairrie assure the public that they have professional
men of the first abilities employed as Foremen in the tanning, cureing, and
shoe-making branches, and from Mr. Beaumont's own personal knowledge
in the leather manufacturing, they trust they will always be able to
prove the superiority of their manufacture; and they think it their duty
to inform the public that there is no such thing as European shoe-
makers employed either by them or by any other person-only as Fore-
men; the whole of the boots and shoes being made by natives.
1799.]
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The public will please to observe that their leather is wrought up
by none but Mr. Middleditch and themselves.
N. B.-Gentlemen residing at a distance from Calcutta, by sending
the measure round the toe joints, instep, heel, and calf of the leg, with
the length (in inches, or paper) of the foot and boot wanted, shall be
supplied and forwarded by Messrs. McKenly and Wilson's pulwars, or
any other conveyance they may point out.
All work done by Beaumont and Fairrie is warranted, and liberal
allowance made to dealers.
THE 11TH JULY 1799.
New Carriages.
Stewart, Maudslay, and Gordon have received for sale on commis-
sion three elegant perch chariots, and a post chaise, imported on the
Thetis. These carriages were built by Messrs. Houlditch and Co., of
Long Acre, London; are finished in the most fashionable manner, and
will be sold on moderate terms.
THE 25TH JULY 1799.
New Dock at Sulkea.
George Foreman and Company have the pleasure of informing their
employers and the public that their new Dock at Sulkea will be ready
to receive ships by the end of August.
The Dock is large enough to take in any ship of less than 42
feet beam, and the cell and blocks are so low that there will be more
than 13 feet water over them in the lowest springs in the year, and 20
or 21 feet in the highest.
They beg leave to offer their sevices for repairing ships on the
following terms, viz., they will furnish all the materials at the market
prices, or they will permit their employers themselves to furnish them.
They will make no separate charge of Dock or Hulk hire, nor for the
attendance of European Foremen. These will all be included in a charge
of 20 per cent. commission on the amount, cost of the materials, and
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workmen's wages, and they trust that terms so moderate will meet the
approbation of the public, and secure them the preference of their former
employers.
CALCUTTA,
The 20th July 1799.
}
THE 5TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
Sicca Rs. 500 reward.
Whereas on Sunday the 7th of April, on a visit to Mr. John
Andrews at Hooghly, about the hour of six in the evening, a boy about
4 years of age, answering to the name of Bobby Oakes, was secreted, stolen,
or destroyed, in or from the premises of Mr. John Andrews. The boy
was of fair complexion and spoke the English and Native languages; and
was of uncommon strength for his age.
If any person or persons will give information to any of His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace at Calcutta, the Magistrates of Chinsurah, or
of Hooghly, so as to bring any one or more of the parties so concerned
and offending to justice, shall, on conviction, receive a reward of five
hundred rupees, to be paid by Mr. Richard Oakes, of Chinsurah.
CHINSURAIL,
The 19th August 1799.
}
THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
In the Press, and will be published in the course of a few days.
Price to Subscribers
دو
to Non-Subscribers
... Rs. 8
10
""
Payable on delivery of the work, copies and translations of Official
Documents relative to the negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun
with the French nation and other Foreign States for purposes hostile
to the British nation, prior to the commencement of the war between
the English and that Prince, in February 1799.
Printed by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General în
Council, for all the Forces and Allairs of the English nation in the East
Indies, &c., &c.
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 1st August 1799.
}
1799.
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
Reprinted at the Mirror Press, No. 7, Larkin's Lane, where subscrip-
tions will be received and orders for forwarding copies to gentlemen at a
distance from the Presidency, will be punctually attended.
The Persian Papers were found in the palace of the late Tippoo
Sultaun at Seringapatam.
They are authenticated as either true copies or original documents,
either by the private Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the
British Forces, prior to the institution of a Board of Commissioners for
the affairs of Mysore, or subsequently by Members of that Board, and
also by Hubbeeb-oolla, Head Moonshee (or Secretary) to the late Tippoo
Sultaun.
The handwriting of the Sultaun, and of each of the Chiefs or
Secretaries, was pointed out and attested by Hubbeeb-oolla, Chief
Secretary to the Sultan.
This highly interesting publication, it is computed, will contain
upwards of ninety large quarto pages.
FORT ST. GEORGE,
The 1st August 1799.
THE 19TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
Marriages.
At Madras, Mr. Harington, 4th Madras Officer of the Hon'ble
Company's ship Rose, to Miss Douglas, a most beautiful and accomplished
young lady.
THE 26TH SEPTEMBER 1799.
Sicca Rupees 600 reward.
A child lost, on a visit with his father, Mr. Richard Oakes, on the
7th April last, at the house of Mr. F. Andrews, Hooghly; a boy of about
four years of age, answering to the name of Bobby Oakes; whoever can
give certain information concerning him, to any of His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace at Calcutta or elsewhere, or to Mr. Oakes, or to
Mr. Andrews at Chinsurah, on conviction shall have 600 Rupees reward.
The hat and shoes of the child said to have been found up-stairs
after he was lost, were put down in the presence of his father before
dinner, and there were left, when after dinner he ran from his father
down-stairs to play. He was lost between the hours of five or six in
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the afternoon, when Mr. Oakes and Mr. Andrews were up-stairs, and
the servants of the former, together with those of the latter, to the
number of about 14, were below, in almost every part of the premises,
which circumstances seem to have been invidiously concealed in some
former advertisement. Let the public hear and judge. For their satis-
faction, and the vindication of insulted innocence and hospitality, it is
further mentioned, that the most probable way of the child's being lost,
was by his going down the steps which lead from the premises into
the water, and falling in; the gate at that time, according to custom,
for the bringing up water, being open for about half an hour.
(Sd.)
A. ANDREWS.
THE 3RD OCTOBER 1799.
Raffle at Dring and Company's Long-room.
A rich and elegant Desert Service, consisting of-
42 Beautiful Dresden China plates, gilt, and painted; each
plate a separate Botanical subject.
18
4
Dishes to match the above.
Rich cut glass sweetmeat dishes, on gilt stands.
1 Cream dish, and one sugar dish, with stands.
3
Dozen elegant gilt silver knives and forks.
3 Dozen ditto ditto spoons.
The whole valued at 2,000 Sicca Rupees.
40 Chances, at 50 Sicca Rupees per chance, are Sicca Rs. 2,000.
THE 17TH OCTOBER 1799.
Elegant, valuable, and scarce Engravings.
Dring and Company have just received from England a collec-
tion of beautiful engravings from Holbein, consisting of the portraits
of the most distinguished personages of the Court of Henry VIII,
discovered by the late Queen Caroline, in a Cabinet at Kensington
Palace, where also remained a curious MS. Volume of drawings of
Leonardo da Vinci, therein deposited by King Charles I, for safety
during the troubles of the times. Also some specimens of the designs
1799.] ·
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
by Leonardo da Vinci, and of a work from Annibale, Agostino, and
Ludovico Caracci. Also a few miniatures of the sons of the renowned
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and his Duchess.
The engravings are by Bartalozzi, and are richly bound in Morocco.
THE 17TH OCTOBER 1799.
Under the patronage of the EARL OF MORNINGTON, K. P., Governor General
of India, &c., &c., &c., and of Lord Clive, Governor of Fort St.
George.
Mr. Hickey from the details of the victory on the 4th of May
1799, and the successive events connected with it, has undertaken to
paint the following subjects:-
The Storming of the Breach at Seringapatam.
The Interview with the Princes in the Palace.
The finding of Tippoo's body.
The Funeral of Tippoo.
The first interview of Commissioners of Mysore with the family
of the Raja.
The reception of Lieutenant Harris, with the Colours of Tippoo,
in Fort St. George.
The placing of the Raja on the Musnud of Mysore.
From these pictures, engravings are to be made for which the
following are
Proposals of Subscriptions.
The engravings are to be executed by eminent Artists in London,
and the price to each subscriber will be 135 Sicca Rupees. One-half
to be paid at the time of subscribing, and the other on the delivery of
the seven engravings to the order of the subscriber.
Subscriptions to be received by Messrs. Gardiner, Mascrop, and
Company, at Calcutta.
THE 24TH OCTOBER 1799.
The terms of MRS. FLORIAN'S Boarding School, Laytonstone, Essex.
Entrance, five guineas, and each lady to bring a silver spoon, knife,
and fork, and half a dozen towels.
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[1799.
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Board, English, French, Writing, and all kinds of needle work,
thirty pounds per annum.
Dancing, one guinea per quarter and one guinea entrance.
Music, Drawing, and Geography, four guineas per annum each,
and one guinea entrance.
French Master, three guineas per annum, and half guinea entrance.
Clergyman, one guinea per annum.
Madam Florian is well known to a family in this country, who can
with perfect confidence, from a long and intimate knowledge, recom-
mend her as a person of character and accomplishments in every respect
equal to the important trust she has undertaken. Madam Florian and
her husband were compelled to leave their native country, at a period
when the sanguinary despotism of Robespierre left virtue, property, and
talents, no other resource than a retreat beyond the reach of his power.
Doomed to the Guillotine, and upon the point of suffering death, Mr.
Florian was fortunate to effect his escape with his wife and a family of
young children, to the hospitable shore of England, where by the exer-
cise of applauded literary talents and the concurring efforts of his wife
in the superintendence of a school, they are endeavoring to secure a
creditable subsistence for those who look up to him for support. To
afford every aid that is in the power of the writer of this to exertions at
once so laudable and interesting, is the sole motive of his intruding this
detail on the public.
For further particulars enquire of the Printer.
THE 31ST OCTOBER 1799.
Fire Arms.
Davidson, Wilson, and Co. have just received a consignment of
Duelling Pistols, in mahogany cases, from Wogden and from Mortimer;
Holster Pistols, with and without spring bayonets; cut and thrust sword
blades from the first maker, richly guilt and enamelled.
1799.]
541
PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 31ST OCTOBER 1799.
Death.
On the 28th, Mr. Charles Schmaltz, a gentleman in whom the arts
and sciences have to deplore the loss of one of their brightest ornaments;
his family, his friends, and society in general, of a man whose virtues
and amiable qualities will ever be deeply engraved on their heart.
Mr. Schmaltz's skill in chemistry induced the Academy of Sciences
of Paris, of which he was a member, to request of him an analysis of
the mineral waters of the Isles of France and of Bourbon, as well as to
investigate the subject of mineralogy in general, in that part of the
world. He was not only deeply versed in the principles of mathematics
and mechanics, but displayed uncommon ingenuity in the application of
them to engineering, gunnery, and various other branches. Nor did these
severer studies so much engross his mind as to make him neglect the
cultivation of those which more particularly serve to embellish and enliven
society. His taste in music was acknowledged by the best judges, and
hardly was there any instrument that he did not touch with the hand of
a master; but his exquisite performance on the flutet (of which instru-
ment he was the inventor) will be long remembered by all who were pre-
sent at the Oratorio performed last year for the benefit of the children of
the Free School.
Mr. Schmaltz devoted the latter part of a life which had been
uniformly spent in the exercise of superior talents to useful purposes, to
the invention of a composition by which he proposed to supersede the use
of the graving tool on metals, by producing the same effect but with
greater precision, and which, had the invention received the finishing hand
of the author, would probably have carried the art of engraving on
copper and cutting letters to the last degree of perfection.
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[1800.
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THE 9TH JANUARY 1800.
Fat Quails, just arrived from Patna, and to be had at Carlier and
Scornec's, Dacre's Lane.
Carlier and Scornec acquaint also the public that Mr. Linsey, of
Russapuglah, on account of his going to Europe, has made over to
them the remainder of his stock, consisting of fine fat bacon, smoked
cheeks and chines, which can be had on reasonable terms.
Prime briskets, buttocks, humps, and tongues in the highest pre-
servation, and warranted.
Pacific Razors.
Tulloh and Co. have received a consignment of Pacific Razors by
the Eliza Anne, that shave in the easiest and most pleasant manner; and
are so constructed that it is impossible for the most nervous or timid per-
sons to cut the skin in using them.
These Razors are the first of the kind brought to Bengal.
THE 30TH JANUARY 1800.
Police Office, 27th January 1800.
Several parts of watches that have been broken up, but which still
retain their numbers and the names of the maker; seals with family
arms and also in cypher, particularly a beautiful large amethyst with
the letters A. M. T. I., having been found in the possession of a native
who has in two recent instances made use of false pretences to gain
admission into the houses of gentlemen and steal watches; persons
who may have lost property of the above description, are requested to
apply to the Police Office.
THE 27TH FEBRUARY 1800.
Terms of letting out Horses and Carriages, by the day, month, or year:
by Christopher Dexter.
A Coach and four, per day...
Ditto
per month
P:
Sa. Rs. A. P.
24 0 0
300 0 0
1800.]
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Sa. Rs. A. P.
A post Chaise and pair, per day
16
0 0
Do.
do.
per month
200 0 0
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
for six months certain,per month
for one year certain, per month...
150
0 0
133
5 4
A pair of horses, per day...
10
0 0
Do.
do.
per month
Do.
do.
for six months certain, per month
Do.
do.
for one year, per month
130
0 0
110 0 0
96
0 0
For a Buggy and horse per day
:
5
0 0
Do.
do.
per month
100
0
0
Do.
do.
do.
for six months certain, per month.
for one year certain, per month
80
0 0
64 0 0
...
Do.
Mr. Dexter's horses are of the best kind, and are allowed to work
the usual time as gentlemen work theirs, and if oftener wanted, fresh
horses will be supplied for a very moderate charge. His carriages are
finished in a genteel style; in fact his horses, harness, and carriages
are fit for the first rank of people in town. Mr. C. Dexter likewise
has for sale, carriages, horses, and mares, all of which are warranted
sound and quiet; they go either in reins, or with postillion, or in
buggies.
Death.
On Sunday last, at the house of her uncle Sir Henry Russell, in
the bloom of youth, and possession of every accomplishment that could
gladden or embellish life; deplored by her relatives, and regretted by a
society of which she was the brightest ornament, the Hon'ble Miss
Aylmer.
THE 13TH MARCH 1800.
Calcutta, 10th March 1800.
A person who has resided above twenty years in India, having
discovered a specific remedy for the Yellow Fever, the same, in the
description of its attack, progress, and effect upon the human body
as that fever now raging in America and the West Indies, where it is
so destructive; and who is also acquainted with the remote and inducing
causes of that complaint, and which tend to generate the malady, is
willing to communicate the same to the American Government, by any
person entrusted by them to receive it, who will produce a proper
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authority for that purpose. The testimony on oath of the party cured
can be given in proof, as well as that of various respectable persons on
the spot, who successfully applied the remedy whilst treated after the
Indian method, but when under the prescription of European practices,
always fail to cure the fever. The advertiser wishes for no reward until
the method of cure is known and established.
THE 20TH MARCH 1800.
Mission House, Serampore, on Thursday, the 1st of May 1800.
A School will be opened at this House, which stands in a very
healthy and pleasant situation by the side of the river.
Terms including board and washing, per month,
Reading, Writing Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Geo-
graphy, &c.
Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Persian, or Sungscrit
...
Sa. Rs.
30
35
Particular attention will be paid to the correct pronunciation of
the English language. A Persian and Sungscrit Moonshi will be em-
ployed.
Letters addressed to Mr. Carey will be immediately attended to.
Fire Engine.
Dring and Company have for private sale an exceeding good Fire
Engine, in thorough condition, with pipe, &c., complete; price Sicca
Rs. 300.
Seringapatam.
Of the many brilliant victories obtained by the British forces during
the present war, in various parts of the globe, it is impossible to select
one where the valour and ability displayed by the troops employed
have surpassed another; consequences of the highest national importance
have also resulted from each of them: yet it may be presumed that none
will ultimately equal those arising from the conquest of Seringapatam.
1800.]
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
To commemorate an event so honorable to His Majesty's Councils
and to the Army in India, and which promises so many essential advan-
tages to the British Empire, it is proposed to publish by subscription
two prints to be engraved by A. Cardon, from pictures to be painted
by H. Singleton; one representing the assault of the Mysore Capital,
and the other, the surrender of two sons of Tippoo Sultaun to the
troops surrounding them. As the artist draws his information of the
leading circumstances preceding and attendant on those great events from
the most authentic sources, the public may depend, not only on having
an exact representation of the scene of action, but that the most striking
incidents both in the assault and the surrender of the place and the
Princes shall be faithfully depicted; and to render the prints more
interesting, it is intended to introduce portraits of those officers who had
opportunities of particularly signalizing themselves on this memorable
occasion.
To procure the assistance necessary for making the engraving as
perfect as possible, a portion of time must elapse, which will in some
measure retard the publication, but those ladies and gentlemen who
may vouchsafe to honor the undertaking with their patronage, may rest
assured that the prints will be ready by Michaelmas, 1801, at the latest;
and that the impresssions shall be faithfully delivered in the order in
which subscriptions are received.
Conditions.
The size of the prints to be eighteen inches by twenty-four inches
each. The price to subscribers, twenty Sicca Rupees; half to be paid at
the time of subscribing, and the remainder on the delivery of the prints;
proof impressions forty Sicca Rupees.
Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Cockerell, Trail, and Co.,
at Calcutta, where the prints will be sent for the subscribers at this
Presidency.
Births.
On Thursday evening, the 15th ultimo, at Madras, two hours after
landing from the Mornington, from Masulipatam, the wife of James Clares,
Matross of the second Battalion Artillery, was safely delivered of three
children, one boy and two girls, who, with their mother, are in good
health, and likely to do well.
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THE 10TH JULY 1800.
To be sold by Public Auction, on Thursday, the 11th of September, at the
hour of one o'clock, at Messrs. Tulloh and Co.
The following property, belonging to the late T. Henckell, Esq.,
by order of the Administrator, and with the consent of the mort-
gagees, viz.:~
All the Apole estate in the district of Dinagepore, estimated to consist
of about 12,000 beegahs, more or less, including ditches, tanks, roads,
&c., of which about 9,000 beegahs are rented to ryots, and cultivated
for sugarcane, rice, mustard seed, indigo, and other valuable crops.
The revenue for the past Bengal year 1206, corresponding with
1799-1800, amounting to Sicca Rs. 13,720, subject to an increase for the
current year 1207 B. S., or E. S. 1800-1, of Sicca Rs. 817, and a
further increase in the following year of Sicca Rs. 221, making a perma-
nent revenue of Sicca Rs. 14,758, besides a further sum of Sicca Rs. 200
per annum more or less, for the right of fishing, cutting grass and weeds
for the purpose of boiling and refining sugar. The ryots likewise
pay 1 anna and 10 cowries in the rupee on the amount of their res-
pective rents for the purposes of guarding their crops from the depreda-
tions of the buffaloes, wild hogs, and other wild beasts; the greater
part of the ground now untenanted is likewise capable of producing
the above-mentioned crops, and may be brought into cultivation at a
very inconsiderable expense. The whole paying a fixed ground rent to
the zemindar, of only Sicca Rs. 1,000 per annum.
Also, that commodious pucka built house at Paunch Beebee, con-
sisting of two bed-rooms, a hall, and a spacious verandah all round
on the upper story, which may easily be converted into bed-rooms, &c.,
and the rooms below making excellent godowns, adjoining to which is
the distillery, and the greatest part of the above premises have been
lately rebuilt from the very foundation, as well as sundry out-houses and
offices at a very considerable expense, besides four good bungalows with
several other large houses and huts, for sirkars, servants, and cooleys.
The whole forming a most eligible and desirable situation for carrying
on the sugar, rum, and indigo manufactories to any extent.
A very extensive garden, well stocked with Europe, China, and coun-
try fruit trees and flower shrubs, &c., &c.
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At old Apole, there are three convenient large bungalows and two
sets of steepers and beaters upon the banks of a large tank of fine
water, for manufacturing indigo, and also several large chopper godowns,
and other out-houses with a brick cook-room and bottleconnah situated
about half a mile from the river, near Loll Bazar.
Lot II.
Two small rent free taulokes, called Dhobahdaunggah and Omer-
cannah, situated in the district of Rungpore, yielding a net revenue of
about Sicca Rs. 406
per annum.
Lot III.
The silk Factory at Mawdareegunge, in the district of Dinagepore,
consisting of places for fifty reels or basons, and the necessary appara-
tus belonging to it, together with four small brick godowns, surrounded
by a wall, the whole of the buildings much out of repair, and standing
on 36 beegahs of ground, subject to a rent of Rs. 30 annually to the
zemindar.
Lot IV.
Consisting of six stills, four of which are serviceable.
THE 14TH AUGUST 1800.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Company, at their Auction-room,
on Wednesday next, the 20th instant (by order of the Administrator),
belonging to the estate of Mr. Aaron Upjohn, deceased subject to
mortgage.
A well raised lower-roomed house, flued throughout and perfectly
dry at all seasons, containing seven rooms and two halls, with an open
verandah to the east, west and south; standing on four beegahs of
ground, or thereabouts, well stocked with choice fruit trees, exotics, &c.,
situate at Sealdah, about twenty minutes' ride from the Monument.*
This beautiful little villa cost the proprietor near Sicca Rs. 5,000.
A plan and title deeds may be seen, and other particulars known
by application at the Auction-room.
* No doubt the monument of those who perished in the Black Hole. This
monument stood at the western corner of Tank Square, until about the year 1824
when it was pulled down.
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To be sold by Public Auction by Messrs. T. Roworth and Co., at their
Auction-room, to-morrow, Friday, the 10th instant.
Thirteen chests of traggacanth, in lots of one chest.
THE 9TH OCTOBER 1800.
Europe Death.
On Friday the 25th April, William Cowper, Esq., the English Poet,
at East Deerham, in Norfolk. He was born at Berkhamstead Hert-
fordshire, November 1731.
THE 9TH NOVEMBER 1800.
At Bombay, on the 11th ultimo, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frith,
Commanding the first Regiment of Native Cavalry on the Bengal
Establishment. In him the State has lost a gallant, active, aud zealous
Officer; the society wherein his virtues and his amiable qualities were
known, is deprived of one of its brightest ornaments; and those whose
peculiar happiness it was to live with him in habits of intimacy, have to
deplore a friend, whose fidelity and warmth of affection have left an
indelible sensation of regret.
His remains were interred on Sunday with every appropriate
Military honor, and very respectably and numerously attended by the
General, Field, Staff, &c., Officers of the Army; and the gentlemen of
the Civil and Marine Service, &c.
The Pall was borne by General Bowles, Commander-in-Chief, General
Nicholson, Commandant of the Garrison, Colonels Beresford, Murray,
and Lloyd, of His Majesty's 88th, 86th, and 84th, Regiments, and Doctor
Hunter, of the Bengal Establishment.
Translation of Portuguese letter of thanks from the Vicar and the Wardens
of that Roman Catholic Church of Calcutta, to Luis Barretto, Esq.
SIR,-Your zeal, religion, disinterestedness, and Christian liberality,
which appeared so shining in the construction of our Temple, that it would
be thought superfluous to frame an eulogy, were it permitted by the
strict laws of policy and gratitude. The majestic grandeur of the said
sanctuary, the moderate sum which it cost, the generosity with which you
gave up the most beneficial advantages, or interests, advancing the amount
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-
to forward the said work, the pains you have taken we are the living
witnesses of the constancy and firmness with which you surmounted the
obstacles attending such pious and generous undertaking: these are
your most energetic panegyrists; however, we are obliged to raise our
voice publicly in your praise, which, as representatives of the parishioners.
of the Roman Catholic Church, we acknowledge as highly due to you;
to express our sincere gratitude; and to pray to God, to grant you long
life, protect, bless, and prosper you, and family, as has been done to those
animated as yourself, with heroic piety; devoting themselves to God and
neighbours, their property, zeal, concerns, and attachment.
These are, Sir, our sentiments; they are equal to those we ought to
entertain for your worthy brother Mr. Joseph Barretto; we request you
will make that gentleman acquainted with our wish; be assured that base
flattery has no part in it, and that one of our greatest interest is, the
happiness of executing your honored commands-God preserve you long.
With due respect and attention,
We are your devoted servants,
Signed by Vicar and Church Wardens,
Calcutta Church, Vestry Room.
The 1st December 1800.
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THE 21ST JANUARY 1801.
To be sold, the under-mentioned houses and lands at Chowringhee, the
property of William Camac, Esq., at the prices affixed:
The large house occupied by Thomas Graham, Esq., Sa. Rs.
with nine beegahs, eighteen cottahs, two and half
chittacks of ground annexed, at
38,000
A new house, south of the above, occupied by Mr.
Camac, with five beegahs and fifteen cottahs of
ground annexed, at ...
16,000
A new house nearly finished, south of the last men-
tioned house, with five beegahs, fourteen cottahs; and
eight chittacks of ground annexed, at
17,500
The house occupied by the Hon'ble F. Fitzroy, with
two beegahs, thirteen cottahs, two and half chittacks
of ground, at
9,000
A small house on the burying ground road, occupied
by Mr. A. Vansittart, with four beegahs and one
cottah of ground annexed, at…..
6,000
The bazar held under a grant from Government, west
of the Protestant burying ground, containing about
twenty beegahs and seven cottahs of ground, on
which are erected several godowns, sheds, and build-
ings at
45,000
Applications will be received by the proprietor, who will make known
the conditions.
THE 22ND JANUARY 1801.
Investment of Captain Lambe, No. 12, Old Court House Street.
Just landed and now exposed for sale, for ready money only, the
following articles in high perfection :-
Beer from Hodgson
Claret
Port Wine
Gin, in Pipes, at
Brandy ditto, at
Old Hock, in half chest
Hams, quite fresh
Cheese, ditto.
:
:
:
0:
Sa. Rs.
140
per doz.
43
25 ditto.
3½ per gall.
5 ditto.
48 per doz.
1-4 per
lb.
ditto.
1.8
Pickles in quart cases, 6 bottles,
at
30
Tongues in casks, containing 1 dozen, at
42
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The other articles of his investment will be ready for sale on
Monday the 26th instant.
THE 5TH FEBRUARY 1801.
A Card.
From the shortness of time, and the apprehension of mistakes
in the delivery of the cards of invitation for the Ball to be given to
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, on Friday, the 6th instant, at
Carlier and Scornec's New Rooms, such gentlemen of His Majesty's
and the Hon'ble Company's Military and Civil Services, who may not
receive cards, are requested to excuse the omission and to honor the
assembly with their presence.
No hookahs can be admitted.
Ladies and gentlemen are requested, both on going and coming
away, to order their palanquins and carriages to proceed from Old Court
House Street, and to draw off immediately through the lane to the
Esplanade.
Marriages.
Lately at Fredericksnagore, Mr. Jeison, an eminent Solicitor of the
King's Court of Law at that Settlement, to the beautiful and accom-
plished Mrs. Wendall, sister of Mr. Princely, His Danish Majesty's
Resident at Balasore.*
THE 26TH MARCH 1801.
Christopher Dexter
Begs leave to inform the gentlemen of Calcutta, and the public
in general, that he continues to let out carriages and horses, on the
following terms, viz.:-
A Coach and four, per day
A ditto by the month
A Chariot and pair, per day
A ditto, per month
A ditto for 6 months, certain
:
Sa. Rs.
24
300
16
200
150
133-5-4
A ditto for 12 months, certain
A Coach and pair to Garden Reach, or any
where within five miles of Calcutta: to
Breakfast or Dinner
A ditto, ditto, to Cox's Bungalow
A ditto, ditto, to Barrackpore
10
12
18
* In the next Gazette it is stated that the above notification is a mistake.
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A Carriage, per day without horses
Sa. Rs.
8
6
A ditto, per day for 15 days, certain
A ditto, per month ditto...
A pair of horses without carriage, per day
A ditto per month
A ditto per month for six months certain
A ditto per month for one year certain
A Buggy without a horse, per day
A Buggy without a horse, per month
A Horse without a Buggy, per day
A ditto ditto, per month...
...
:
A Chariot and pair to Garden Reach, or any
where within five miles of Calcutta, to
Breakfast or Dinner...
A Chariot and pair to Cox' Bungalow
A ditto to Barrackpore
120
10
130
110
90
3
50
4.
64
Co
8
8
16
A Carriage and pair to go a shopping, for the first hour, 8 Rupees ;
if more than one hour, and within two hours, 12 Rupees; if
more than two and within three hours, 16 Rupees; and so on.
The same rule for visiting.
A Buggy and horse, per day
A ditto ditto, per month
A ditto ditto, per month, for 6 months
A ditto ditto, per month, for 1 year
:
:
A ditto ditto, to Garden Reach, or any where
within five miles of Calcutta, to Breakfast
or Dinner...
A buggy and horse to Cox's Bungalow
A ditto ditto to Barrackpore
6
100
80
64
4
5
...
8
со
THE 23RD APRIL 1801.
1
A neat small lower-roomed house, situate in Crooked Lane, near
Cossitollah, admirably adapted for the accommodation of a Native family;
it has lately undergone a thorough repair, has been seldom unoccupied,
and never let for less than Rs. 40 per month.
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The deeds and other necessary papers may be seen on application to
Messrs. T. R. and Co., or T. Scott, Esq., at his house on the Esplanade.
CALCUTTA,
The 22nd April 1801.
THE 25TH JUNE 1801.
At the Cape of Good Hope.
Shortly to be sold, a villa, built in the English taste, within two
years, by an English gentleman, situated about six miles distance from
Cape Town, in the most cultivated and shady part of the country,
and entirely sheltered from the south-east winds. It contains about
twenty English acres of ground, ten acres of which are in vineyard, in
full bearing, the other ten in kitchen garden, pleasure ground, and
Corn land; the river Leisbeck runs past the bottom of the garden; the
house is elegant, on a small scale, and commodious, consisting of a veran-
dah, eating-room, and two drawing-rooms of thirty feet, a small bed-
chamber and dressing room, steward's room, house-keeper's kitchen and
cellar on the ground floor; and above stairs fixed bed chambers. The
purchase would be a very marketable commodity to any one who chose
to buy it, and to reside occasionally at the Cape for health, and could be
advantageously let in their absence. There is an excellent stable for
twenty horses, coach house for two carriages, a poultry yard, and other
attached and detached offices.
For further particulars apply at the Calcutta Gazette Office.
THE 25TH JUNE 1801.
Death.
In January last, at his house in Great Ealing, in the 73rd year of
his age, Robert Orme, Esq., the celebrated Indian Historian.
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THE 6TH AUGUST 1801.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Messrs. T. Roworth and Co. (by order
of the Executors), at their Great room, on Wednesday, the 16th
September 1801.
About four thousand volumes of highly valuable books, in the
Latin, Italian, French, and English languages, and an extensive, curious,
and valuable collection of Persian and Sanscrit books, and a complete set
of Daniell's Views in India, containing sixty prints, elegantly framed
and glazed the whole, the property of the late General Claude Martine,
deceased; the books are lotted, and catalogues printed: the whole may
be viewed any time previous to the sale, at T. Roworth and Co.'s Ware-
house.
:
THE 27TH AUGUST 1801.
Marriages.
On Tuesday last, at the New Church, Archibald Cockburn, Esq.,
Register at Hooghly, to Miss Ramus, a young lady of great beauty and
elegant accomplishments.
THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 1801.
It is requested that those persons having freight on board the
Bangalore will send for them as soon as possible, as the ship cannot be
moved up to Calcutta before she is discharged. The Bangalore now lays
moored off Dolliahpoor in Roymungul River.
THE 17TH SEPTEMBER 1801.
I, George Richardson, Master of the ship Minerva, chartered by the
Hon'ble the East India Company, for the purpose of carrying rice to
London, am convinced of the impropriety of my conduct in making
use of abusive and improper language to Lieutenant Orchard, of his
Majesty's ship Romney, on the fifth day of September instant, and
in other respects violating the rules of His Majesty's Service, and do
hereby publicly beg pardon of Lieutenant Orchard, and the Officers of
the Romney, for such conduct, which, I hope, will induce Sir Howe
Popham to withdraw the prosecutions directed to be commenced here, and
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in England, against me;-I must also confess myself particularly
indebted to Sir Howe Popham's lenity in withdrawing a prosecution com-
menced against me, for having fettered, confined, and forcibly put on
board a boat, several seamen, who I knew had entered into His Majesty's
service, which were not only acts of enormous personal wrong, so far as
they regarded the men, but also highly subversive of, and in opposition
to, His Majesty's service.
CALCUTTA,
The 11th September 1801.
.
(Sd.)
G. RICHARDSON.
}
THE 1ST OCTOBER 1801.
Marriage.
On Saturday last, the 26th instant, at Barrackpore, by the Reverend
Claudius Buchanan, Lieutenant James Scott, of the 3rd Regiment of
Native Infantry, to Miss Elizabeth White, an agreeable and accom-
plished young lady.
THE 22ND OCTOBER 1801.
Death.
At Dinagepore, on the 13th instant, Mr. John Thomas, formerly
Surgeon on board the Earl Oxford, Indiaman, and latterly a zealous
promoter of the knowledge of Christianity among the Hindoos.
THE 26TH NOVEMBER 1801.
Whereas my father, the late Chator Moratcan, Armenian mer-
chant and jeweller of Calcutta, who departed this life on or before the
28th of September 1799, but previously made and published his last
will and testament in writing, bearing date the 1st of August 1797, in
which will he appointed me one of the executors, amongst several
other legacies, he bequeathed only Sicca Rs. 1,000 to his eldest son
Moratcan Chator Moratcan, and excluded him from inheritance; the
reasons and complaints are stated at large in the said will; perceiving my
eldest brother thus disinherited, I was much concerned; to avoid his
envy and to give him proof of my sincere fraternal affection, I made.
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provision for his support, by granting him my bond, with warrant of
attorney, under date the 9th day of October 1799, for Sicca Rs. 30,357,
payable in 12 months, with interest at 12 per cent. per annum,
on certain conditions by an indenture, the date of which corresponds
with that of the bond, and before the bond due, I paid him at differ-
ent times Sicca Rs. 22,436-5-9, per vouchers in goods and cash, on
account of the said bond, which I can prove, and desired to receipt
the amount on the back of the said bond, but he deferred from time to
time, by sham pretences; and lastly, renounced the protection of the
British Flag, and maliciously took shelter under that of the Danish
at Serampore, with a view to re-demand the amount I already paid.
Therefore, notice is hereby given to the public, and to all those that
shall be concerned, that in case the said bond should any time be
offered for sale, the purchaser is requested to be cautious, as I shall first
deduct the above sum I already paid, with interest, and whatever
might be the balance, I shall pay to the holder of my said bond.
C. A. CHATOR MORATCAN.
(Sd.)
CALCUTTA,
The 21st November 1801.
}
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 14TH JANUARY 1802.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Tulloh and Co., at their Auction-room,
this day, Thursday, the 14th instant (positively without reserve).
That well raised lower roomed house and garden, known by the
name of Bread and Cheese Bungalow, situated in Dhie Entally, Mouzah
Sealdah, on the right hand side of the road leading from Calcutta
to Baliaghaut, on the Salt Water Lake, and immediately to the east-
ward of, and adjoining Mr. Davidson's, consisting of a hall 28 by 21
feet, four sleeping rooms, and two enclosed verandahs, with every
convenient out-offices, three tanks, and a great variety of trees, the
whole standing on 24 beegals and 12 cottahs of ground, as per pottah.
N. B.-The deeds may be seen, and other particulars known, at the
Auction-room.
THE 21ST JANUARY 1802.
All persons having any demands on the estate of William Barton,
late of Copenhagen, deceased, are hereby summoned to make the same
known without loss of time sub pocná præclusi et perpetui silentü, to
Messrs. Thomas Terborek and George Daniel Vonder Pahlen, Merchants
of Copenhagen, and Commissaries to the late William Barton's estate;
and those indebted to the said estate are also requested to cause
immediate payments of their debts to be made to the above Messrs.
Terborek and Vonder Pahlen, by Royal Authority, appointed Com-
missaries to the late William Barton's estate, and by whose desire the
present advertisement is published.
SERAMPORE,
The 18th January 1802.
}
(Sd.) J. C. PENGEL.
J. Morris has a quantity of fresh Oysters to be had at his house,
No. 13, Mangoe Lane.
THE 28TH JANUARY 1802.
Alexander and Co. respectfully beg leave to acquaint the gentlemen
of the Settlement who may be pleased to honor them with their com-
mands, that they will supply them with bread of the same quality as is
served at the College. Alexander and Co. also beg the favor of such
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gentlemen who may wish to employ them, to acquaint them of the same
one day previous, of the number of loaves, rolls, &c., they would require
on the following day.
Biscuits, by wholesale and retail, of any quality; and all orders
in their line, will be punctually attended to, at their baking house,
fronting the Apothecary's shop, old Fort.
THE 18TH FEBRUARY 1802.
Wants Employment
As private tutor to young children, a person of reputable character,
who has been appreciated in that line for some years in some of the most
respectable families in Calcutta, to whom reference can be made.
A note addressed to this Office will be attended to.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY 1802.
At Madras, on the 21st ultimo, Mrs. Crimshore, the relict of an
Officer formerly on that establishment, aged 98 years.
THE 25TH FEBRUARY 1802.
Sales by Auction.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Co., at their Auction-room.
On Wednesday, the 24th March next, by order of Richard Johnson,
Esq., Attorney to the Administratrix of the late Colonel William
Tolley, the under-mentioned house, premises, and lands, belonging to his
estate.
Lot I.
That large commodious and well-known house, called Belvidere house
with 72 beegahs, 8 cottahs, 4 chittacks of land, more or less, thereto.
belonging, at present occupied by, and subject to, a lease granted to
William Augustus Brooke, Esq., at the yearly rent of £350, payable at
the house of Messrs. William Paxton and &c., of London (the house
and premises to be kept in good repair at Mr. Brooke's expense) deter-
minable on the 1st of August 1802.
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Lot II.
A piece of ground, about 81 beegahs and 14 chittacks more or less
situated to the westwards of the road leading from Belvidere bridge
to Belvidere house.
Lot 111.
A piece of ground, about 39 beegahs, 4 cottahs, 10 chittacks, more
or less, to the eastward of the said road.
N. B.-The premises are subject to a small yearly rent to Govern-
ment, the particulars of which will be made known at the sales. The
title deeds may be seen at the auction-room, where a person attends
to point out the boundaries in the two last lots; there are a number
of native tenants, who pay to the estate an annual rent of upwards of
Rs. 600.
CONDITIONS.
The purchase money to be paid within ten days from the sale. The
purchaser to be at the expense of conveyancing.
THE 1ST APRIL 1802.
Revenue Assistant.
Wanted as Head Assistant, in a Collector's Office up the country, a
person of good education, and who possesses a competent knowledge of the
Persian language, and of Accounts. Letters addressed A. B. to the care
of Messrs. Lloyd and Co., Dinapore, mentioning whether the writer be a
native of India or of Europe, his qualifications, former situations, &c.,
will be duly attended to.
Lost, stolen, or strayed.
A black and tan tarrier dog pup, about four months old; any person
who will bring the same to the Printing Office, or to No. 13, in Writer's
Buildings, will be handsomely rewarded. After this notice, should the
dog be found in possession of any person, he shall be prosecuted.
SEASONED ELEPHANT.
To be sold by Public Auction, by T. Roworth, and Co., at their great
room, on Wednesday, the 14th instant.
Ten seasoned Chittagong elephants, of sizes, perfect, and captured
in the year 1800; and measuring 6 feet 6 inches to 3 feet 10 inches.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 8TH APRIL 1802.
Death.
Lately in the service of Holkar, Major William Henry Tone, a
gentleman of distinguished abilities, and author of "Observations on the
Manners and Customs of the Marhattas."
THE 13TH MAY 1802.
James Palmer, Undertaker, Cossitollah, No. 35, Weston's Lane,
Begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, of his
having received his annual supply of marble, viz., black, white, variegated,
and dove coloured, some of the largest slabs ever brought into this country,
6 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches, capable of holding the longest inscrip-
tion engraved on marble. Also, an assortment of fashionable velvets,
chiefly black Genoa white and black satins, as well as silks, with many
other articles in his line of business, too numerous to particularize.
N. B.-Tombs and monuments erected, epitaphs and inscription
cut, on very reasonable terms. All orders from up-country will be
strictly attended to.
THE 3RD JUNE 1802.
Messrs. Johannes Petruse and John Stephen
as
Respectfully inform their friends and the public that they have taken
a house in the Moorgihuttah, No. 46, where they intend carrying on the
jewellery and diamond cutting business in all their various branches,
the immediate successors of Mr. Francis Rose; they indulge a hope that
they shall not be found in any respect unworthy of the liberal patronage
which has been extended to that gentleman.
Petruse and Stephen humbly solicit from the Settlement that encour-
agement and support which they will endeavour to deserve by the most
punctual attention to every order that they may be favoured with from the
ladies and gentlemen of this Settlement, or any of the Civil or Military
Stations in India.
1802.]
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THE 22ND JULY 1802.
Francis Gammidge, Fulla Farm,
Begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that Mr. John
Saunders, late Victualler to the Hon'ble Company, will be admitted
a partner in his business from the 1st of August next, when the business.
will be conducted under the firm of Gammidge and Saunders.
Francis Gammidge takes this occasion to return his grateful thanks
to the Commanders and Officers of ships, and to the gentlemen who have
so liberally supported him, and hopes by the continuance of strict atten-
tion to their orders, to merit their further favor.
FULTA FARM, า
The 20th July 1802. J
NOTE. This is probably Fulta below Moyapoor on the Hooghly. The house is
now in ruins.
THE 26TH AUGUST 1802.
Mr. Forster
Has the pleasure to acquaint the subscribers to his Bengalee
Vocabulary, that the second part is entirely printed off, and will be
ready for delivery in all the present month of August, and as he has
more than doubled the size of the work beyond what he engaged, he
hopes this will be admitted as a sufficient excuse for the delay in the
publication.
Mr. Forster likewise begs leave to acquaint the public, that he
has finished a very extensive original Essay on the Principles of Sanskrit
Grammar, which he proposes publishing by subscription, together with
the Moogdho Bodho, a justly celebrated Sanskrit Grammar, by Vopo
Deva, in the original text, accompanied with a translation.
THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 1802.
Wants Employment.
A young man, native of Armenia, who can read and write both
the English and the Armenian languages, and has a tolerable acquain-
tance with the Turkish and a little with the Arabic languages.
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He can produce attestations of his good character from many
persons of respectability, and will have no objection to serve any
gentleman as interpreter or writer.
CALCUTTA,
The 25th August 1802.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 18TH NOVEMBER 1802.
Death.
Wednesday the 9th June 1802, Mrs. Mills, wife of Captain Mills,
Hampstead Road. This lady was formerly well known and much admired
for her musical powers, first as Miss Birchill, and afterwards as Mrs.
Vincent. She left the stage on marrying Captain Mills, and accompanied
him to India. Captain Mills is the only survivor of those who were in
the Black Hole at Calcutta.
THE 9TH DECEMBER 1802.
Mr. L. Schnabel
Begs leave to acquaint the ladies and gentlemen of the Settle-
ment, that he will give instructions on Piano Forte, at the very
moderate rate of fifty rupees per month; as Mr. Schnabel has bene-
fited by the best masters in Europe, he is convinced that those who
may employ him, will derive a speedy progress from his instructions.
Mr. Schnabel will pay the strictest attention to all orders he may be
favored with. A line addressed to him at Messrs. Carlier and Scornec's
will be attended to.
1803.]
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THE 6TH JANUARY 1803.
Chinsurah Boarding School.
Charles Lewis Vogel respectfully tenders this public testimony of
gratitude to his several employers, and pledges himself to promote, to
the best of his abilities, the education of the children already committed
to his care, as well as of those who may hereafter be placed with him.
Terms per mensem.
For board, tuition (comprehending Orthography, Reading, Sa. Rs.
Writing, Arithmetic, and Italian Book-keeping), school
books, stationery, washing, and mending
For the above, together with clothes, medicine, &c.
For instruction in the Persian tongue,
For ditto in Dancing
..
:
25
35
8
10
Parents and Guardians are requested to signify their orders, as con-
cern the four above specified terms.
Female children from the age of five to twelve years will be received,
and taught, in addition, needle and lace-work by Mrs. Vogel.
CHINSURAH,
The 31st December 1802.
THE 20TH JANUARY 1803.
With a view to the accommodation of the company, the Stewards
(appointed by the Governor General to superintend the Ball to be given
at the new Government House on the 26th instant) request that the
following regulations may be attended to:-
The general entrance will be by the two northern stair-cases. The
Chief Justice, Members of Council, Judges of the Supreme Court, General
Officers, Judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, and their respective
families, will be admitted at the southern entrance, if they should
choose to enter from that front of the house, and will pass up the great
southern stair-case.
There will be no dancing excepting in the centre room. It is
intended to have two sets, and each set will call a dance alternately. The
music will attend to no orders excepting those of the Stewards.
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No persons excepting the dancers to remain in the centre compart-
ment of the Ball-room.
room.
No refreshment to be brought through the centre part of the Ball-
No person to pass through the doors behind the chairs prepared at
the southern end of the Ball-room for the Governor General, the Chief
Justice, Members of Council, and Judges of the Supreme Court.
After supper, a rocket will announce the commencement of the
fireworks.
When the fireworks shall commence, the circular portico on the south
side of the Government House will be reserved for the accommodation
of the Governor General. Seats will also be prepared in the circular
portico for the Chief Justice, Members of Council, Judges of the Supreme
Court, General Officers, Judges of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, and
their respective families, to see the fireworks. The company will
disperse themselves to see the fireworks through the several corridors
and apartments of all the floors of the south side of the Government
House.
No servants excepting those to whom tickets shall have been
distributed will be admitted into the Government House. Chobdars
belonging to the Chief Justice, Members of Council, Judges of the
Supreme Court, General Officers, and Judges of the Sudder Dewanny
Adawlut, are to remain in the lower floor of the circular portico.
F. A. DANIELL,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
The 24th January 1803.
H. V. WHITE,
G. BRISTOW,
B. CAMAC,
B. BRADSHAW,
Stewards.
THE 3RD FEBRUARY 1803.
Cow-pox Inoculation.
The Governors of the Native Hospital being desirous of rendering
that institution as far as possible instrumental in extending the benefits
of the Cow-pox Inoculation among the inhabitants of Calcutta and its
neighbourhood, hereby give notice to such persons as wish to avail
:
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PART III.ADVERTISEMENTS.
themselves of that safe and certain preservative against the fatal effects.
of the small-pox, that children and others who have not already had
that disease, will be received as out-patients at the Native Hospital in
Durrumtollah Street, on Tuesday and Friday mornings, between the
hours of eight and ten o'clock, where they will be inoculated with recent
vaccine matter taken on the spot, free from all expense, and without any
restriction whatever, further than being required to attend again at the
Hospital for half an hour, at two or three stated times, for the purpose
of showing the progress and certainty of the infection. The parents of
such children may be assured that no danger whatever attends this
inoculation, and that the consequent indisposition will seldom, if ever,
be such as to require them to give up their usual occupations for the
purpose of attending to their children,
The Governors particularly wish that European masters of families
will take the trouble to enquire, whether the children of their servants
have had the small-pox, and if not, that they would explain to them the
advantages to be derived from the early adoption of the easy means thus
offered to them of escaping the trouble, anxiety, and danger of that
mortal disease.
CALCUTTA, NATIVE HOSPITAL,
The 2nd February 1803.
By order of the Governors,
(Sd.)
S. M. LOWDER,
Secretary, Native Hospital.
THE 10TH MARCH 1803.
To be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Co., at their Auction-room.
On Wednesday, the 23rd instant, peremptorily to the highest
bidder, a set of Indigo works, situate at Bowarrah, in Tirhoot, capable
of manufacturing 250 maunds of indigo; the factory is supplied by 119
villages, and there is about 800 beegahs of land in a state of cultivation
for the plant. A new and convenient bungalow is on the premises, and
a variety of offices for the purpose of the manufactory, and for Assistants.
In the same lot will be sold the Doogra estate, situate about a coss to the
north-west of Bowarrah.
A full description of the works, with an inventory of the fixtures,
implements, cattle, &c., &c., may be seen at the Auction-room, where
the conditions of sale may be known.
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THE 17TH MARCH 1803.
For Sale.
A very large capital extensive garden, formerly belonging to
the late Sir Charles W. Blunt, sixty-one beegahs ground, with three
tanks, well stocked with fish of different kinds; the premises laid out
in the most modern taste, with a great variety both of country and China
fruit-trees; there is also a small but neat pucka house, raised from
the ground, and built on beams, with necessary out-offices, together
with several large long sheds and cow-houses with the stalls, troughs,
and posts, &c., for feeding bullocks, and convenient houses for breeding
mares, and bringing up colts: the whole being a very valuable and
eligible property for that purpose; situated about three miles from town,
on the south side of the great newly made road to Dum-Dum; will be
sold cheap.
For particulars enquire of Mr. P. Lumsdain.
THE 31ST MARCH 1803.
The Saddle Horses, for private Sale.
An elegant Persian Chesnut Saddle Horse, capable
of carrying any weight; perfectly sound, and
free from vice, aged six years; price
Sa. Rs.
900
...
600
A dark Bay Northern Horse, 14 hands high;
sound and quiet; price
A dark Bay Majennis Saddle Horse, about 14 hands
high; perfectly sound and quiet, and a desirable
match for a Carriage Horse; price…….
Apply to
600
TULLOH AND Co.
THE 14TH APRIL 1803.
Wants Employment.
A young man, that came out as a gentleman's servant last year;
can shave and dress hair. Has no objection to go to any part of the
country in the capacity of steward; take care of a Farm-Yard; and is
willing to make himself as useful as he possibly can, for a moderate
salary.
A line directed to A. B. at the Printing Office, will be punctually
attended to.
1803.]
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PART III.- -ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 21ST APRIL 1803.
Chalybeate aperient, or true Cheltenham Salts.
Thomas Roworth and Co. have for sale a few small bottles of the
above valuable medicine, which in cases of Scurvy, Scrofula, Bilious
Affections, obstructions in the first passages, and every complaint arising
from impaired digestion and want of tone in the stomach, may be con-
sidered as an infallible remedy.
These salts may be conveyed to any distance, without losing those
impregnations on which the virtues of the water at the spring chiefly
depend.
Price, Rs. 4 per bottle, with directions.
THE 26TH MAY 1803.
To Let
Situated at the Burial Ground Road, nearly opposite Captain Anthony
Greene's.
That elegant and well finished pucka built, new upper-roomed
house, finished with the best plaster, consisting of four rooms, a hall,
and three verandahs below, the same above stairs, with two verandahs,
and a large room over the hall on the third story, with front, and a
large sized winding back stairs, which leads to and on the third story,
from whence it commands a view of the country for several miles, and
the Salt Water Lake; with suitable out-offices. Please to enquire on
the premises, or of Mr. J. Athanass in Kenderdine's Lane, near Bow
Bazar.
THE 16TH JUNE 1803.
To be sold by Private Sale, by Faria, Williams, and Hohler.
A garden house and ground, situated at Taltolah-bazar, which
to any gentleman about to leave India, who may be solicitous to provide
for an Hindostanee Female Friend, will be found a most desirable
purchase. The house is pucka built, and may be made very comforta-
ble at a trifling expense; and the ground, consisting of nearly four
beegahs, may be rendered productive by letting it out in small parcels
to native tenants.
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THE 28TH JULY 1803.
For sale, on commission, at Mr. Parkins', a Coach-maker, No. 63,
Cossitollah.
A neat, light, half-pannelled Curricle, with a pair of
handsome Bay Mares, about 13 hands; warranted
sound and quiet, and harness complete, price
Sa. Rs.
1,200
A neat second hand Gig, may be used occasionally as
Curricle, with harness...
650
A good and serviceable second hand Europe Carriage,
lately painted and fitted up
1,500
A fashionable full-pannelled Europe Curricle, second-
hand, with a pair of half Arab Bay Mares, and
an exceeding good harness
2,000
A serviceable Chariot, with a pair of strong Grey
Geldings ...
...
1,400
THE 11TH APRIL 1803.
Wants Employment.
A French Cook, understands his business thoroughly, and can give
a satisfactory account of his character and abilities.
A line addressed to
A. B. to the care of Mr. A. Loscun, Cossitollah, will be immediately
attended to.
THE 25TH AUGUST 1803.
Chinsurah Standing Commercial Boarding School.
B. Rodrigues tenders this public tribute of gratitude to his several
employers, and pledges to promote to the best of his abilities the
education of the children already committed to his charge, as well as
of those who may hereafter be placed with him.
Rodrigues begs leave to acquaint that he has of late engaged a
competent European usher to assist him towards the discharge of his
professional duties.
>
1803.]
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PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
Terms per mensem.
For board, tuition (comprehending Orthography, Read-
ing, Writing, Arithmetic, and Book-keeping),
school books, stationery, washing, and mending
For instruction in the Persian tongue
For instruction in the Bengallee tongue
Sa. Rs.
24
8
8
10
For instruction in Music and Dancing...
Parents and guardians are requested to signify their commands, as
concerns the four above specified terms.
CHINSURAH,
The 20th August 1803.
}
THE 25TH AUGUST 1803.
Proposals
For publishing by subscriptions a translation from the Persian
into the English language, a work entitled a Chronological, Biogra-
phical, and Theological History, of the Primary and Subsequent Ages
of the world.
The whole carefully compiled from the sacred records of the most
authentic and most approved writers of the antecedent ages, by Meh
Hommud, the son of Javade Shah, dedicated to the Hon'ble the Court
of Directors. In six volumes quarto.
Done into English, and illustrated with notes, historical, geo-
graphical, and critical, and the whole embellished with such maps,
copper plates, and engravings, as may be procurable. By Robert
Greene, Captain of Infantry, on the Bengal Establishment.
Elucidatory Remarks.
For the titular page, the above will suffice: but as it will possibly
be expected that a more circumstantial detail should accompany it, the
translator, anxious to meet the wishes of the public mind, enters into the
following disquisition of its relative departments.
Of the characteristic properties of the work, both in their extent
and arrangement, it will be necessary to remark :---
First-That in the arrangement of the references to Theology,
it dissents very immaterially from the sacred records of our Scripture.
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The proofs it evinces of the attributes of the Great Creator, will, it is
thought, be sufficiently clear to weaken, if not to remove, the un-
favorable bias which exists in minds unacquainted with the code of
Meh'hommedan belief. Its near affinity to the book of Genesis is par-
ticularly conspicuous, and in its references thereto it is more compre-
hensively descriptive than perhaps any work which has been hitherto
presented to the literary world.
Secondly.-In its historic department, the lives of Adam, Eve, Cain,
Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, and his sons, their generations, and the lives
of the Prophets, continued down to the commencement of the Hegira,
or the flight of Mahomed from Mecca to Medina (A. D. 622), are detailed
in Chronological order; and will be found on perusal particularly in-
teresting; many passages in the Old and New Testament, which have
heretofore appeared, if not obscure, certainly not intelligible, will be
sufficiently explained in this work to render them clear to every mind.
Thirdly.-The several tribes occasionally visited by the inspired
Preachers of God, their religious principles, and the countries they
occupied, will be correctly detailed. The originality of languages; the
longevity of the Prophets, their proper names, the reasons why those
names were assigned to them, and the derivations of the words which
constitute such names, will, with many other subjects, equally inter-
esting and useful, be discussed in regular order.
Fourthly.—Copious indexes will be given at the end of each volume,
wherein every interesting matter relative to the subject will be recorded
in chronological order: each chapter of the work (as far as the separate
and collective matter may be referrible to each other), will be compared
with Bradshaw's late translation of Josephus and the Books of Moses
called Genesis, both of which will be regularly transcribed, and the
writings of other authors of different nations, quoted as proofs in
support of the authenticity of this work, rendering the whole as
complete as possible.
Having thus expatiated upon the heads of the work, the translator
hopes that the judgment of a liberal public will determine that he has
been sufficiently communicative. He has therefore only to add, that the
work is a faithful translation of the original, and that it appears to him
to preserve a degree of regularity and coincidence, not generally observ-
able in the ancient productions now extant in the world. Hence he is
led to hope that progression will not be found so to clash with
antecedencies as to attach to him the censure of the learned, or the
opposition of the liberal.
1803.]
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PART III.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
The translator concludes his remarks by assuring the public that,
should the value of the work completed be less than they had antici-
pated from the above detail, they will be at liberty to recall their names
from the list of its patrons.
The 1st and 2nd volumes are in great forwardness, and will, it is
hoped, be shortly ready for the Printer. The very considerable expense,
however, that will attend the publication of so extensive a work, induces
the translator thus early to avow, that until he shall be satisfied of a
sufficient number of subscribers' names having been received to defray
the printing charges, no part of the work will be committed to Press.
A list of the subscribers will be given with the work.
Such gentlemen as wish to patronize this work, are requested to
send their names to Messrs. Colvins and Bazett; to the Telegraph Office;
and Messrs. Ferris and Co., at Calcutta ; Captain Kerin, at Patna;
Mr. Benson, Merchant, at Cawnpore; and Mr. Coles, Merchant, at
Futtyghur.
Price to subscribers, Sicca Rs. 22 each volume, or Sicca Rs. 132
the set.
THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1803.
Millinery.
Mrs. Balmanno mentioned in her former advertisement that she
had received the invoices of her second indent, brought out in the
Hon'ble Company's ship Preston, Captain Sturrock, consisting of the
following articles, and respectfully informs the ladies of the Settlement,
and those at the Upper-Stations, that she will expose them for sale,
when landed, viz. :-
Made-up Millinery and Dresses, from Mr. Franks, in St. James'
Street-Ladies' and Children's Imperial Chip and Straw Hats-Black
ditto-Ditto Straw Ornaments-Artificial Flowers and Wreaths-an
elegant assortment of fancy Plumes and Feathers-Black and white
Ostrich Feathers-Black and white Fans-Fancy and handsome
Dress ditto--Fashionable Silk and Cotton trimmings-Tassels-Cords
and Frogs-Thread Edgings and Laces-Real Lace Cloaks and Veils-
Patent ditto ditto. Black and white Patent Nett-Crapes-Sarsenets-
Satins-Persians-plain and striped Gauze-Chambrey Muslins-Muslin
Plaid and black ditto-Black Velvet-Fancy ditto-Sarsenets and Satin
Ribbons, of all colours and widths-Velvet Ribbons for Bracelets-
Barcelona Handkerchiefs-Lace Net Gloves and Mittens-Plain ditto
ditto-Fashionable Silk Stockings-Black ditto-Nitting and Sewing
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Silk-Shirt Buttons-Marking Thread-Bobbins-Tapes-Needles and
Pins-Worsted and Canvas Fur Tippets, and Fur Trimmings to match-
Black jet Beads-Buttons-Neck-chains-Lockets-Crosses-Broaches-
Bracelets Ear-rings and Clasps, to match-Black, white, and coloured
Bugles.
Smyth and Nephew's Lavender Water-Milk of Roses-Patent
Smelling Salts-Gowland's Lotion-Pomade-de-Vine-Court Plaister.
Gentlemen's Dressing Boxes, covered with green and red morocco, and
well adapted for gentlemen going up the country. Very fine French
Pomade and Powder.
Orders from up the country will be punctually attended to, and
cards will be distributed to the ladies before the articles are exposed
for sale.
COUNCIL HOUSE STREET,
The 5th September 1803.
}
THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 1803.
A Country seat to be sold by Public Auction, by Dring and Co., at their
Auction-room.
On Saturday the 1st of October next, that desirable, extensive,
and well-built mansion, known by the name of Frescatti, situated in the
pleasantest part of Russapuglah, about two miles from Chowringhee, on
a covetable and selected spot. Independently of the superior advan-
tages of the house in possessing almost every accommodation and con-
venience that real enjoyment can require or fancy invent, Frescatti is
at all seasons of the year remarkably healthy and cool, a most comfort-
able retreat in the hot weather, and an excellent dwelling-house in
the cold.
An elegant octagon on a lofty mount constitutes a part of the
great acquisitions annexed to the estate; it commands in the fore-
ground a beautiful and extensive view of the country seat of
G. Dowdeswell, Esq., and other adjacent gardens, and, in the prospective,
the most luxuriant and picturesque scenery.
A large billiard room, with an arcaded verandah, stands at the
north end of a tank of considerable length, whose water is light,
salubrious, and consequently in great estimation by those who know it.
A very complete and general set of out-offices form the ostensible
objects of this delightful villa.
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THE 6TH OCTOBER 1803.
To be raffled for at the Ware-house of Tulloh and Co., on Monday the
17th of October, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
That well known and most desirable villa, pleasantly situated on
Peer Pahar, in the vicinity of Monghyr; when it is particularly
requested that those ladies and gentlemen who have taken shares, and
are absent from Calcutta, may have the goodness to authorize their
friends or agents there, to throw for them.
CALCUTTA,
The 14th September 1803.
}
THE 24TH NOVEMBER 1803.
·
In the Press, and speedily will be published, a prospectus of a work,
entitled a Philosophical and Experimental Inquiry into the Laws of
resistance of non-elastic Fluids, and cohesion of fibrous solids, as far
as either is connected with the theory or practice of naval architecture.
Also political and commercial strictures on the comparative state of naval
architecture in Great Britain and India.
In Three Parts.
Part 1st.-A view of the present state of Oak timber in England,
the causes of its scarcity, with the prospects of a future supply.
Part 2nd.-A view of the timber trade of India, with a plan.
for its improvement, so as to obviate the increasing scarcity of Oak
timber in England.
Part 3rd.-A view of the present state of naval architecture in
India, showing in general the vast resources in naval staples, contained
within the British dominions in that country, from the due cultivation
of which it is presumed Great Britain might be rendered effectually
independent of the northern nations of Europe, for the means of sup-
porting her navy.
The whole to conclude with an address to Jacob Bosanquet, Esq.,
Chairman of the Hon'ble the Court of Directors, on the advantages
which the Hon'ble East India Company, in particular, would derive
from the extensive improvement and liberal encouragement of the naval
resources of British India.
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In two Volumes quarto.
Dedicated to the RIGHT HONORABLE LORD MELVILLE, by A. MACKONOCHIE,
Esq., of Baypore, near Calicut, Malabar.
Ne sutor ultra crepidum.
"On the whole, we are persuaded we shall not be thought to go
beyond what is warranted by the information before us, when we form
this conclusion, that if the prosperity of this country shall continue,
the consumption of Oak timber, for its internal purposes, and for the
shipping necessary for the whole of our trade, including that of the
East India Company, will at no very remote period furnish an ample
demand for all that can be expected to be produced on private property in
this kingdom; and that such is the present state of the growing timber,
and the prospect of future supply, that this country will in all probabi-
lity experience a fatal want of Oak timber, and become dependent on
foreign nations for the means of supporting her navy, if care be not
taken to provide a supply in future, by the improvement and better
management of the Royal Forests, and to reduce the consumption of it
by the utmost care and frugality in the expenditure."
Report of the Commissioners of Land Revenue, presented to the
House of Commons, 6th February 1792.
CALICUT,
The 25th September 1803.
}
THE 15TH DECEMBER 1803.
R. Beard
Begs leave to inform the gentlemen of the Settlement and the
public in general that he has taken that large and commodious house,
lately occupied by Messrs. Ord and Knox, and formerly known by the
name of the Harmonic, to which house he will remove on the 1st of
January 1804, for the accommodation of large parties, &c., and the ball
room is sufficiently spacious to contain from five to six hundred persons
with ease, and every other accommodation that is required.
R. Beard has engaged some of the best French Cooks, and intends
in future to send out dinners, &c., &c., to gentlemen's houses.
1803.]
575
PART III.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
-
THE 22ND DECEMBER 1803.
Military Tactics.
The subscription to Captain West's Military Apparatus will con-
tinue open until the 20th of next month, till which date, subscriptions,
at twelve Rupees each, complete set, will continue to be received by
Mr. Davey, at his paint godowns, Bankshall Street.
The figures of this apparatus are constructed in divisions or platoons,
and form in the whole a complete representation of a regiment, which
may be put into the various positions as required by the present system,
so as accurately to perform and clearly to unfold the principle of every
manœuvre exhibited by a Battalion of one thousand men; a breakfast
table is a sufficient field of exercise, and by a proper disposition of the
regimental and camp colors, it is unimportant what may be the form of
the ground. This apparatus has been distinguished in England, by the
patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander-in-
Chief, and by the general approbation throughout the British Army.
Boxes, each containing a complete set, with a small Military
Manual, relative to the figures, and with instructions to Officers,
accompanies each set.
Boxes may now be had on application to Mr. Davey, as above.
CALCUTTA,
The 19th December 1803.
THE 29TH DECEMBER 1803.
Westminster School.
A Westminster Meeting being proposed for Saturday, the 21st
of January next, at Beard's Hotel; such gentlemen as received their
education at Westminster School, and will attend at dinner on that
day, are requested to send their names to Mr. Beard, on or before
Monday, the 16th of January.
The 27th December 1803.
576
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SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
THE 5TH JANUARY 1804.
Agency.
Mr. Thomas Higgins, residing in this country under a covenant
with the Hon'ble the Court of Directors, as a Free Merchant, having
established a correspondence with one of the most respectable mercantile
houses in the City of London, begs leave to offer his services to those
who are not already engaged with agents, to transact, ou commission,
any business for them, between this place and that, or any other part of
the United Kingdom, through that medium.
Mr. Higgins doubts not but his general knowledge of the commerce
of England will be found fully adequate to what he undertakes; and as
the character and responsibility of his correspondents are not inferior,
perhaps, to any in London, he can confidently give assurance that, any
business committed to his care, will, through their means, be faithfully
and expeditiously executed.
CALCUTTA,
The 2nd January 1804.
THE 1ST MARCH 1804.
Mr. F. W. Parkins
Respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has just
received for sale a highly finished Crane-necked Post Chaise, painted
dark green, and lined with yellow morocco, built by Godsall and Co.,
by particular order of a gentleman for this country, Sicca Rs. 3,500.
Also an elegant and extremely light Swan-necked Post Chaise of
the last fashion, body painted light blue, carriage dark picked out to
correspond with the body, lined with yellow and blue morocco and
suitable lace, Sicca Rs. 3,000.
F. W. Parkins has also received per Anne a choice assortment
of every thing the most fashionable in the coachmaking line, viz.,
fashionable lamps, lace, &c. &c., for coaches, curricles, chariots, phaetons,
gigs, and buggies.
1804.]
577
PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 10TH MAY 1804.
Saltpetre.
To ensure a quick sale of the remaining Saltpetre, it may
now be had at Sicca Rupees five per bazar maund, instead of the factory
maund, as heretofore; any person taking twenty maunds or upwards at
once, four Sicca Rupees twelve annas only will be charged, ready cash.
Apply to Gopey Bhysack, at Messrs Campbell and Radcliffe's.
THE 31st MAY 1804.
New Calcutta Academy.
Mr. Farrell begs leave to acquaint his patrons, fri nds, and the public,
that the "New Calcutta Academy" has been recently removed from Cossi-
tollah Street, to that large, airy, commodious, and eligibly situated house
(known by the name of General Stibbert's House) in the west end of
the Durrumtollah and in the vicinity of the Esplanade, of which, as
well as of the river, it commands a view. It has also the advantage of
an extensive play ground, and every desirable accommodation that can
contribute to the health, comfort, and amusement of the pupils.
Mr. Farrell has engaged an European Assistant of approved qualifica-
tion and experience in the profession; and has adopted a regular and
methodical plan of tuition, by which he hopes to preserve the confidence
and approbation of his present constituents and to merit the patronage
and encouragement that may be kindly extended to him.
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, merchant's accounts and Book-
keeping, the Elements of the Mathematics and the Theory of Navigation,
Astronomy, and Geography, the French, Latin, and Persian languages
taught on the usual moderate terms.
N. B.-A fencing and dancing master and a music master attend
the school. Also two Persian moonshees.
CALCUTTA ACADEMY,
The 24th May 1804.
THE 28TH JUNE 1804.
A Card.
Mr. Contestabili, miniature and oil painter, having informed his
friends in town and up the country that it was his intention to proceed to
Bombay, to follow his profession there, but having since, from the
73
578
[1804.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
patronage he has experienced in Calcutta, been induced to relinquish that
design, he takes this public opportunity of announcing it, that he has
taken a house No. 22, in the Chowringhee road, to the north of the
Sudder Dewanny Adawlut.*
THE 5TH JULY 1804.
Bandel, 27th June 1804.
Notice is hereby given that as Captain Bartholomew Lewis Grenier,
having for these sixteen years, more or less, mortgaged to the Confrater-
nity of the Blessed Lady of Rozary of Bandel, some jewels as parti-
cularized in his bond, for Sicca Rupees one thousand two hundred, and
who not paying any interest whatsoever thereon up to the present time,
although being repeatedly called for to discharge both the principal and
interest due from him, and who being totally regardless for clearing
up his mortgage; therefore the Confraternity Board, pursuant to their
resolutions of the 21st December 1803, and 17th June 1804, notifies to
the aforesaid Captain Grenier, that if his mortgage of jewels are not
cleared by the 25th September next, by him, his Agents, or Attornies,
that in such case, on the fifth day of October of the present year, the
aforesaid jewels will be sold by public sale at Bandel for the liquidation
of the mortgage; and if any deficiency should arise on the sale to com-
plete the debt, in such case the Confraternity Board will hold him,
Captain Grenier, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns,
responsible for the same; and this pursuant to the intimation forwarded
him through the medium of the Commanding Officer at Chunar Ghur,
bearing date the 21st December 1803.
J. CLINTON,
Escrivener to the Bandel Confraternity.
THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 1804.
For Private Sale.
The house at Chowringhee belonging to the Hon'ble Robert
Lindsay, at present occupied by William Trower, Esq., on leave for
twelve months, from the 5th July last, at Rs. 250 per month, and the
taxes.
For particulars enquire of Messrs. Colvins, Bazett, and Co.
* Probably the present Court of Small Causes.
1804.]
579
PART III.-
-ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1804,
Sales by Auction.
For sale by Public outcry by Messrs. Lawtie and Gould at their spacious
New Room.
On Wednesday, the 12th December next, the estate of Atchepore,
situated about six miles below Budgebudge, with all the buildings, stills,
sugar mills, and other fixtures appertaining thereto; an inventory of
which may be seen at the auction-room;
Also, at the same time and place, the estate of Fort Gloucester,
opposite to Budgebudge, with all the buildings, sugar mills, and other
fixtures appertaining thereto.
The Atchepore estate contains about 650 beegahs of land, is held by
pottah from the Burdwan Raja, and pays an annual rent of Sicca
Rs. 45.
The Gloucester estate is held by a Bill of sale from the Governor
General in Council, contains about 716 beegahs of land, and pays no
rents or dues whatever.
THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1804.
Caution.
Bandel, 10th November 1804.
Every person present at Bandel Church while divine service is per-
forming from the 15th to the 24th current, are requested to behave with
every due respect as in their own Churches; on the contrary, they shall be
compelled to quit the temple immediately, without attending the quality
of person.
THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1804.
To be sold by Public Auction by Messrs. Lawtie and Gould at their
spacious New Room.
1
On Saturday next, the 24th November, the effects of a native
woman, deceased, consisting of jewels, plate, wearing apparel, and
household furniture.
On the same day, a very good collection of books, and other
property of a gentleman returning to Europe.
580
[1804.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
viz.:
THE 29TH NOVEMBER 1804.
For sale at Mr. Parkin's-Ilorses and Carriages.
The property of a gentleman of distinction, returning to Europe,
An excellent Europe Chariot or Post Chaise, with a dicky Sa. Rs.
box hung on C. Springs, very little the worse for
wear, with or without a pair of horses or mares,
price
3,200
An excellent Europe made sociable, lined with yellow
morocco, with a canopy roof, with a pair of excellent
grey mares and harness
2,700
A light full pannelled Curricle, with a pair of capital Bay
mares and harness, hood and wings
1,800
A new and fashionable Curricle and harness, built by one
of the best makers in London, been used a few times,
brought out by the IIon'ble Captain Lindsay
1,650
An excellent country built Curricle, with a pair of excel-
lent grey mares, hood, wings, lamps, and harness
2,400
A new Europe made Post Chaise, built by Goodal and Co.,
never used, and painting injured on boardship
2,700
and
:
A serviceable Europe built Post Chaise, lately fitted up
with C. Springs
1,500
1805.]
581
PART III.ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 3RD JANUARY 1805.
Curiosities to be sold by Public Auction by Thomas Roworth and Co., at their
Great Room to-morrow, Friday, the 4th January 1805.
A most extensive collection of natural curiosities, chiefly consisting
of rare insects collected by the late Baron Van Doldorff, a Captain in
His Danish Majesty's Service.
This valuable and truly curious collection (the results of upwards of
sixteen years labor of study) unites the productions not only of Bengal,
the Coasts of Malabar, and Coromandel, but also of the Malay Peninsula,
of Sumatra, and of most of the other islands to the castward.
The whole of this most desirable collection scientifically classed and
arranged, according to the Linnæian system, and a very voluminous index.
in the Latin language is attached.
The above-mentioned collection may be viewed at their Great Room.
Valuable landed property, the Russapuglah estate, for private sale
by Tulloh and Co., comprising :-
The valuable and extensive grounds, garden, and premises at Russa-
puglah, now let on a lease at Sicca Rs. 178 per month, formerly the
property of B. Turner, Esq., adjoining the main road, immediately oppo-
site to the gardens belonging to R. W. Cox, Esq., and measuring one
hundred and seventy-five beegahs of remarkably high fertile ground, in a
fine open, airy, healthy country.
The whole well laid out with a variety of fruits, flower, and other
trees, and possessing the very desirable advantage of having an extensive
sheet of excellent water well stocked with fish of different kinds; and
merits the notice of any gentleman desirous of very extensive premises
for agriculture or other purposes.
On the grounds are the following buildings, viz. :—
The premises consist of a well raised pucka built lower-roomed
house, containing a large hall 32 by 28 feet, plastered with Madras
chunam; two large rooms 23 by 17; four other rooms, 15 by 12 each;
an enclosed verandah to the south, and open one to the north, each 28
by 18; with bottle-khannah, cook-rooms, godowns, coach-house, stablings,
and other useful out-houses,
582
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SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
On the same premises is also erected a neat pucka roofed bungalow
containing a large hall, pucka built; two octagon sleeping rooms with
closets to each; open-pillared verandahs to the north and south, vene-
tian windows all round; with pucka built cook-room, bottle-khannah,
godowns, and other out-houses.
The title deeds may be seen and other particulars known at the
auction-room, where a person attends to point out the premises.
Annota.
To be sold by public auction by Thomas Roworth and Co., at their
Great Room, to-morrow, Friday, the 25th January 1805, two boxes of
uncommonly fine Annota, possessing a pure unadulterated colour,
divested of every particle of adventitious matter.
This article is held in such high estimation in Europe, that in the
year 1799 the Society of Arts and Commerce offered the gold medal for
five hundredweight imported from any of the British Settlements in the
East Indies.
Musters lie at the great room for inspection.
Extracts from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 5th February 1805.
Fine fat quails just received and to be had of Peter David and Co.,
No. 179, Chitpore Road, Calcutta, 4th February 1805.
THE 14TH FEBRUARY 1805.
Calcutta, 9th February 1805.
Carriages and Horses for sale on commission, at Mr. Parkins',
Coach-maker, viz.
An elegant and fashionable, almost new, full-pannelled sociable,
hung upon C. springs and compass perch; the whole painted
mazarine blue and lined with blue cloth; the seats and back
with crimson morocco leather; along with a pair of excellent
Mares, 14 hands 2 inches high, and Europe Postillion.
Harness, and a third Mare, which is used as a hack, to
relieve the others; the whole for ...
Sa. Rs.
3,000
1805.]
583
PART III.-ADVERTISEMENTS.
A fashionable, elegant, and almost new Curricle, hood and
harness, with a pair of the quickest Bay Horses on the
Course; the property of a gentleman of fashion who is leav-
ing the Presidency
Sa. Rs.
2,600
Likewise, an elegant and high finished London-built crane-necked
Chariot, imported five months ago, and seldom used
3,000
One ditto, damaged on boardship, built by Godsall ...
2,600
A fashionable full-pannelled Gig and harness imported on the
Lady Burgess
1,000
...
A fashionable Gig with hood, lamps, and harness, sold on
account of an estate
800
A pair of excellent strong Bay Carriage Mares, eight years old,
14 hands 2 inches high
An Arab Brood Mare, of high caste, eight years old, brought from
Mocha by Captain Hiram Cox
•
1,000
600
...
A fine strong Pony (2 years and 8 months old) Colt, 14 hands
3 inches, from the above Mare, got by the noted Blood
Horse, General
800
The above Mares and Colt are just arrived from the up country from
Colonel Palmer, by whom the Colt was bred.
Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 23rd April 1805.
William Vanzandts respectfully begs leave to acquaint the owners
and Commanders of ships and vessels, and the public in general, that he
continues to supply lascars for ships. Mr. Vanzandts trusts, from his
knowledge of the country trade and of these men, to give satisfaction
to those gentlemen who may please to honor him with their commands,
and to prevent the numerous impositions that have prevailed amongst
the ghaut Serangs, by their sending on board mere coolies in the
room of good lascars, the impropriety of which has given numerous
grievances to the Captains and Officers when at sea; and consequently,
a fraud on the owners.
N. B.-Neither lascars nor seacunnies will be engaged without
first being strictly examined in their respective duties, and approved of.
Boats, Budgerows, &c., &c., are provided as usual, at his Office,
in Hastings' Street.
584
[1805.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
All orders addressed at his House, No. 36, Clive Street, or his
Office in Hastings' Street, will be immediately attended to.
THE 23RD MAY 1805.
Deaths.
On Saturday last, the 18th instant, at the Government House in
Serampore, after a long and painful illness, which he bore with forti-
tude and resignation becoming a man and a Christian, His Excellency
Colonel O'Bie, His Danish Majesty's Governor of that Settlement, in
the 73rd year of his age; a greater part of which has been spent in the
service of his King in India, Tranquebar and Serampore; His Majesty's
sentiments of which are marked by the rank and trusts he has been
pleased to confer and repose in him.
In private life, his liberality and benevolence, together with his
urbanity and humane philanthrophic disposition, made him esteemed
by every body who knew him, and beloved by his mumerous relatives,
friends, and domestics, to whom he has been truly fatherly; in short, by
all ranks and descriptions of people living under his Government, as well
as by many gentlemen of the English nation; and will render his
death sincerely and deeply lamented.
He was buried on Sunday at five o'clock in the morning, under
the firing of minute guns, and every Military honor the place could
afford, attended by the whole Settlement to the grave.
On the 13th instant, the Reverend Francais Fernex, alias Father
Benjamin, ex-præfect of the French Mission, and Rector of Chander-
nagore. During a residence of seventeen years in India he had every
means of acquiring wealth; but liberal to his domestics, beneficent to
the unhappy and disconsolate; charitable to profusion to the poor; his
will in favour of a generous friend, who supported him in the hour of
adversity, is rather a sense of gratitude than a matter of any importance.
1805.]
585
PART III,ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE 20TH JUNE 1805.
To be sold at Public Auction at Lucknow, on the first of August next, by
order of the Executors of General Martine's Will.
The remaining quantity of the late Major General Claude Martine's
valuable collection of paintings; also a great variety of beautiful Prints,
framed and glazed, several looking glasses and mirrors; table shades,
patent lamps with pedestals, hanging lamps, &c., &c.
Particulars of which will be fully detailed in catalogues.
THE 26TH SEPTEMBER 1805.
G. Olint, Ladies' and Gentlemen's wig-maker,
Begs leave to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this Settlement,
that he has removed from his late house, No. 27, Cossitollah Street,
to Nuncoo Jemadar's Lane, opposite Crooked Lane, where he intends
to carry on his business in all its branches. G. Clint begs to return
his most sincere thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of this Settlement,
for their kind and liberal support since his commencement in business,
and hopes for a continuance of their favors, as it will be his con-
stant study to have every order executed with the utmost despatch, and
performed in the best style.
THE 7TH NOVEMBER 1805.
Calcutta, 6th November 1805.
Anniversary of St. Andrew for 1805.
It is hereby notified to the sons of St. Andrew at or near the Presi-
dency, who have not yet subscribed to the entertainment to be given on
the 30th instant, that a paper is at Carlier and Scornec's rooms for sub-
scription.
Subscription this year fixed at fifty Rupecs each.
744
586
[1805.
SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES.
THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1805.
To the Ladies.
Tulloh and Co. have for sale on commission--
Beautiful black bear skin tippets, each at
Ditto white rabbit ditto
Sa. Rs.
80
48
Genuine Otto of Roses from Persia, at the moderate price of
Sicca Rs. 25 per sicca weight.
THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1805.
On the 11th instant, at Amboor, of a contagious fever which has
raged for some time at the Foot of the Ghaut, Mohamud Hossein, Native
Commandant of the old 15th Battalion of Foot.
Lately at Bombay, Sorabjee Muncharjee, a very respectable Parsee
Merchant. The benevolence of this man's disposition manifested itself
on many occasions. During the great scarcity which prevailed some
time ago, at his own expense he fed upwards of two thousand poor
people daily.
Extract from the "Bengal Hurkaru" of the 19th November 1805.
FOR SALE AT THE HURKARU LIBRARY.
Auctores Classici, in 105 volumes, elegantly half-bound, containing
as follows:
Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, Julius Cæsar, Casimiri Carmina,
Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius, &c. Celsus, Curtius, Ciceronis Opera,
Claudianus, Valerius Flaccus, Flores and Ampelius, Frontinus, Aul.
Gellius, Horatius, Justinus, Lactantius, T. Livius, Lucanus, Lucretius,
Macrobius, Martialis, Corn. Nepos, Ovidius, Persius and Juvenalis,
Petronius, Phædrus, Plinii Hist. Nat., Plinii Epistolæ, Platus, Quinti-
lianus, Sallustius, Scriptores Historia Aug., Scriptores Rei Rustica,
Seneca Rhetor, Seneca Philosophus, Senecæ Tragoedia, Silius Italicus,
Solinus, Statius, Suetonius, Tacitus, Terentius, Val. Maximus, Varro
de Lingua Lat., Velleius Paterculus, Aur. Victor &c. Virgilius and
Manilius, price, Sicca Rs. 1,000.
THE END.
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