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    lightened arid tbd : great body of thd people are taught to appreciate the valtta of the blessings they enjoy under its rule . Every good ruler who is * canviuc ^ d of the imperfection oft bunion mature * and reverences ; the Eternal Governor of the

    world , in list be ; conscious of the gtfeao liability t& error itK managing theaffairs of a vast empire ; and . therefore he will be anxious to . afford * every iftdividuaJ ; the readiest means ofbringing to his notice whatever may require his iDterference . To secure this important object , the un *

    restrained liberty ' 'of ; publication is the only tefifecinak meaas that -can be em * ployed ! And' should it ever be abused ; the established law of the la » d is very properiy armed witi saflScieafc powefs ^ fco >

    punish those Who may be found guilty of misrepresenting the conduct or character of Government , which are effectually guarded by the same laws to which i » dividiial ^ mufet look for the protection of their reputation and ; good nara «\

    ¥ ou . n memoriaMsis conclude by humbly entreating ; your Lordship to take this memorial Into your gr&eioua consideration ; and that ypu will be pleased , by not registering the above rule and ? ordinance , to permit the natives of this

    country to continue in possession of the ^ ivi ! rights and privileges which they a *> d their ; fatlters ha # e so long enjoyed under the auspices of the Biitifeb nation , whose kindness and confidence they are not aware of having done any thing' to forfeit . ChUNDER CoOMAJt VAGOm *

    Dewar Kunauth Tagore . Ram Mohun Roy . Hur Ghundcr Gmose * Gowree Churn RoNTNfERGBEw PROSS ^ NNU COOMAR TAGOfeEw MIRAT-OOL-UKHBAR . Jfridgy , April 4 , 1823 . { NQt mclu ^ d m tye regular Numbersj ) It was previously intimatedi that a Rule and Ordinance was promulgated 1 hy his Excellency the Honourable the G © Ver- ' nor General in Council , enactiag ^ tfeat a daily , weekly , or any periodical paper

    shouldnotb © published in this < iity > without an affidavit beiag made byita proprietor in the police bffic& , and ' without a licence being procured for such publication from the Chief Secretary to Government ; and that after such licence being obtained , it is optiotiai with the

    Governor General' to recall the same , whenever his Exct $ Ueiicy may be dissatiSr fled- with any part o ^ the pa p £ i \ Be it known , that on the 31 st of JVl ' ar ^ h ^ ih 6 Houourable Sir Fraticia Ma (; nagriteri > Judge of the Supreme Court , expressed his approbation of-the- Rule aud ^ Ordi-

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    ntece so pk «§ e * . Widfer theie cSrcufn ^ 9 taiices > f ; tftfe fe ^ t cHPail th ^ buman t ^ eej it » cdfwidera ^ bii ojf seterMi difficulti ^ i have , wkh rhiich regret and- reluctance , relifiquislie ^ tfife ^^ pUbli ^ tfoia ^ df this paper ( Mirk-ool-UkhbaiO . * TM dipculties ate these V ¦

    First . Although H is yeiy ea ^ y for those European getttfeweri ^ whty ha ve the hofldur to be acquailhtedl with the Chief Secretary to 06 vevnment , to obtain a licence according to the prescribed form ; yet to an humble individual like

    myself , it is very hard td make his way through the porters and attendants of a great personage ; or to enter thfe , doors 6 f the police court , crowded with people ofalt ; classes ^ for the purpose of obtain-In ^ what rs , iti fact , already in Toiy own option ! As it is

    written—Aiappe kih bu-sud "khoon i ? jigur dust B m oomed i k uvum-e kli ^ 'j uh , bu-durbanr . ixiu furosh . The respect which is purchasfedt with fc hundred drops of heart ' sblbocl Do not tjion , in the hope of a favour , coiiiniit ; to the mercy of a pprter .

    Secondly . Tamake affidavit voluntarily in an open etfurt' , in presence of respecta * ble magistrates ^ is looked upon as ve ?* y mean and censurable by those who watch the conduct of thefir neighbours . ' Besides ,

    the publication of a . newspaper is not incumbent upon ^ every person , so that he musfc resort to the eva ^ idh of Establish in g fictitious proprietors , which is contrary to law and- repugnant to conscience .

    Thirdly . After incurring the disrepute of solicitation , abd' siiffering the dishonour of marking affidavit , the constant apprehension of th ^ e licence being- recalled by Gclvetumeht > which would disgrace Hie persbn in the eyes off the world , must

    create such anxiety as entirely to destroy his peace of mind . Because a mvm by riature liable to err , in telling the real truth , caunot heljj sbnietitnes ^ making use of vyords an 4 selecting phra ? seS ( that rqight b& unpleasant tb feoyernmvixi . f ± however > here prefer silence to speaking out :

    Guda-e goshuh nushceuee to Khafiza , ninkhuro . sh .. ' ¦ .. - * * Rqo mooz mwslubut i khesh fchoos > -rowan « danund , , Thoit , O Haiiz , art a poor retired man , be silent : princes kixow the secrets of their own policy .

    I now entreat those kibd and liberal geBtFemen of Persia and Hiiadoostau , who Have honoured the Mirat-ooKUkhbar

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    W MteViffenee ^ M ^ rrictimi mi tM ^^ se i& Incite .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/58/