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assisting the Jews in any rational efforts which they may themselves be disposed to make to obtain a recognition of their rights to the protection of all governments , so long as they prove themselves good subjects , and peaceful members of society .
IV . That a copy of these Resolutions be forwarded to Mr . Levi , the Chairman of the meeting of Jews lately held at the London Tavern , and also to the various congregations of Jews in the British dominions , and that they be published in some of the public newspapers .
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Suppression of Mr . Adam ' s Newspaper . Our readers will see from the following documents , which we copy from the last number of the Oriental Herald , that the Indian Government are determined , in the exercise of their sovereignty , and in the genuine spirit of Eastern despotism ,
to put down every journal which dares to give utterance , even in the most guarded language , to liberal sentiments . We hope the ruling authorities will not act over again the tyranny that was exercised towards Mr . Buckingham and Mr . Arnot , and after destroying his property , compel Mr . Adam to quit the present scene of his useful labours .
" The late Calcutta Chronicle . " The proprietor of the late Calcutta Chronicle yesterday informed the subscribers to that paper , that a respectable [ respectful ?] application had been addressed to the Government , praying for a renewal of the license on grounds that , it was hoped , would be successful . He
has now to add , that the application has been unsuccessful , and for the information of his friends and the public , he subjoins the correspondence that has passed on the occasion , republishing the first letter of Mr . Secretary Lushington , that the whole may be presented to the reader at one view .
" To Mr . William Adam t and Mr . Villiers Holer ofty Proprietors of the Calcutta Journal . * ' General Department . " Gentlemen , " The general tenour of the contents of the Calcutta Chronicle having been for some time past highly disrespectful to the Government , and to the Honourable the Court of Directors , and that paper of the 29 th instant , in particular , comprising several paragraphs in direct violation
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of the Regulations regarding the press ; I am directed to inform you , that the Right Honourable the Vice-President in Council lias resolved , that the license granted to you on the 25 th January last ,
for the printing and publishing of the Calcutta Chronicle , be cancelled , and ift is hereby cancelled accordingly from the present date . " I am , Gentlemen , " Your obedient servant , " C . LUSHINGTON .
" Chief Secretary to the Government . " Council Chamber , 3 \ st May , 1827 /' " To Charles Lushington , Esq ., Chief Secretary to the Government . " Sir , " I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date , informing me that the license of the Calcutta Chronicle is cancelled by the Right Honourable the Vice President in Council .
" As his Lordship in Council has not seen lit to indicate the particular articles , or paragraphs that have brought upon me this heavy expression of his displeasure , I am at a loss to know wherein my offence consists , what are the violations of the Press Regulations to which his Lordship refers , or in what respects the general tenour of the paper has been considered as highly disrespectful to the Government and to the Honourable the
Court of Directors . "I beg to recall to the recollection of his Lordship in Council , that the rules attached to the Press Regulations are expressly declared to ' impose no irksome restraints on the publication and discussion of any matters of general interest relating to European and Indian affairs , provided they are conducted with
the temper and decorum which the Government has a right to expect from those living under its protection ; neither do they preclude individuals from offering , in a temperate and decorous manner , through the channels of the public newspapers , or other periodical works , their own views and sentiments
relative to matters affecting the interests of the community / With profound deference to his Lordship in Council , I beg to state , that in offering my sentiments relative to matters affecting the interests of the community , 1 am not conscious of having transgressed the bounds here presented . " I beg respectfully to submit , for the consideration of his Lordship in Council ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1828, page 140, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2557/page/68/
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