(VOL. I.) AND GENERAL A D V E R T I S'E R, ^ EDNESDAY,' July i6, 1788. MISCELLANY. Mr. HASTINGS’S TRIAL. t,xtra5fed from a late London newffaper. (“Perhaps a fcene of greater enormities never was exhibited to ITiankind, ihan is unfolded in the charges againft Mr. Haftings, Mr. Purke Hiles, “ the Heady Chiefyond Soul j the Com- rtarJer and Captain General cf the enormities, of ir.dia.'*—To give fjmeiii'.i ^'1 his cruelties—{*jr Wis p.cu/at: ns are without num ber, anri Cae d’^rcriptioA would lack in the recital—-we Ihall lay hi Lie cur «x-.rJcri ron'.c cxtradls fioin tiie fpeechet of Mr. Tarke, made on the nrft three days of the trial. After deferib- ir.g the vill-ilnifs of the infant 115 Congo Burwant Sing, a Secre tary employed by Mr. Haftings to affift him in his wicked vorks—a p.-fon whom thr friend.-, as well as enemies of Mr. H. agreed was the moft attrcciuus villain India ever produced^Mr. Bu.keproccccds ij TV TEXT in In“2my to Congo Eunr.'artt Sing, and fecond 01 ly to him in villainy, was Devi Sing, one cf the moll (hocking monllt rs that ever Ifalned the page of h.iftcry. This villain, driven on account of his infamous adminlftnation, from one important llation which he held, was able to obtain, tlirough Ms partner in iniquity, Cengo Burwant Sing, a moft lucritive ffjaticn under thecontpany ; he was .dmitted at a time when he svas a bankrupt, and owed iio oool, to farm the revenue cf 3 very large diftrift. One p-'.rt of his inftra£lions was, that he /hculd n" t raife the rents or impofc new taxes upon the in- habitmts; but fuch inftru.'lions did not weigh much with a ni2n, who knew that if he broke through them, he was fvre of impunity, through the powerful influence of Congo Burwant Sing. He therefore refolved, by plunder and rapine cf e^ery fort, to make the rnoft of his bargain. He immediately raifed the rents b» rH—— ornpl« j»r qualify as. vve.l as ethers, into prifon, ai.u mere made them give bonds to what aiTicuT t he pleafed, as the purchafe of their liberty. Thefe bore’s he altirwards put in force—f.rft, he put their demenfe lands up toai:->ion, and they were kn« cited down at one year’s purchafe, thnurh the ufual price of land in that country it ten.— 7herer.! purchaferwashiniLlf; next the lands given by the then own rs or their anceUors, for the pious and humane pur- poft of pr.avidlng for tlie ficlc and infirm—laftjy, he fold even t) very ground defined for the burialof the owners ; and this was to them, from the nature of their education and religion, the mofi heart rtrdirg cf all their Ioffes. This however, was not all; he made ufeof a fjaecles of/.i//orjr, which in India is m.re dread.ul than death, bccaufe it drives peopi^^m their ca/f • theft w ho have been dlfgracctl b ■’ ther with or without a juft cauf. cated ; i!iey arc difowned by th; r.ea cfl relations, and are driven eafls of fociety. '1 his pi./rrjf is fide, and the peifon who is onc' and degraded, and his pofterity. bullock walking through the villa habitants fled , and fo general v igU^kman trav f houfe. huroand belief, if id Mr. Bur! lips for the would be obliged to harrow 1 Cc'TirnifrionerPrftlerfon, who had aulhenticat^ the particulars 0. this r-^laM jn,^ad wifhed, that, for the credit of human na. ture, hem ght have drawn a veil over them ; but as he had been tatiers, that ^ tng a fire or lig 1 he tint vculd n the cornpai ciz; to t eir Lo a tnaniAer records irjr to apolo- icb which The worthy of his duty, ftate hit feelings, lefs than a es ! The Tom ufurers, unjuftly and fent to erqnlrc into them, he muft, in dife t'loff pirticulcfs, liowtver (hocking they 'I .he cat.le and corn of the hufbiTOnien qu .rterof their vJue, and their huts un'ortunate owners were obligal to bo that th'.y might difeharge their bonds, w„.^^_„ illegally betn exterted from them while they were in confine- jnent} and fijch was tbe determination of the infernal fiend, Devi Sine, to have thefe bonds difeharged, that the wretched hufbaridmen wue obliged to borrow money, not at zo, 30,40, cr 50 per cent, but at J(x hundred per ce»t. to fatisfy him ! — Thoft who could nat raife the money, were mod cruelly tor- tmed. Cords were drawn right round the fingers, until the flelh cf the four on eanh hand wasa-Sually incorporated and become wefolidmafs; the fingers were then feparated by wedges of iron and wood driven in between .them. Others were tied two and two by the feet, and thrown acrofs a wooden bar, upon ^Hich they hung with their feet uppermoft j they were then beat ®n the folts cf their feet, until their toe nails dropped off. fhey were .iftcpwards beat about the head until the blood fuihcd out at the mouth, rofe, and ears ; were aifo flogged tiie na^ed body wi'h ba.'fiboo cares and prickly bulhcs, aoovc ah, with feme pt ifunous weeds, wH’ch are of a moft c uftic nature, and burnt at every touch. 'I he cruelty of the tti&nfter who had ordered ail this, had Contrived how to tear the ttiind as Well as the body ; he frequently had a father and a fon fied naked to ore another by theftet and arms, and then flogged VutiltheIkinwas torn from the fislli; and he had .the devii- on and ilhfatisfadllontoknow thatevery blow muft hurt} for If one efcapud the Ton, his fenfibility was wounded by the knowledge he had, that the blow had fallen upon his father j when the fame torture was felt by the lather, wfien- he knew that every blow that miffed him had fallen upon his fon. I he treatment ,f the fcnralss cooM not be defcribed. Drag ged forth from the inmoft reetirc» of their boufes, wiiich the religion ofthe country had made fo many fanLuaries, they were expoftd naked to the public view ; the virgins were carried to the Court of Jufttcs, where they might naturally have looked for proteflion ; but now they looked for it in vain, for in the faceoi tlie minifters of jtifticc, in the face cf the fpedlators, in the face of the fun, thofe tender and movfcft virgins, were brutally violated. The only difference between their treatment and that of the mothers, was, that the fdrmer were dillionored in the face of day—the latter in ihe^j^my receffes of their dun geons. Other females had the r.ip^va of their breafis put mto acliftof bamboo and torn cff. What modefty in all nations moft carefully conceals, this rnonftcr revealed to view, and con- fumed by flow fires } i.ay, feme of the tnonftrous tools of this rnonftcr, Devi Sing, had, horrid to ic;i! carr’^-d their unnatural brutality fo far as to drink in the fource ol generation and life. The power of ?v'IUSIC on Mice and "'pidcTS. Sp ** JHuJlc has charms to foot be tie fan-are leajfy Tt joften rocks—urd >.s.-id lie kn^,.,a cak.'' ^ C.apt3in cf the* regimerit of N.iyare, bairg • confined fix mwntiis in piifoo, ior bavinj fjpoken tro tree'y to M. Luc .'ojs, (ll.e liir.*) begged Is'ave ot the guvtr- ncr tc fend for his lute, to fjUcn b^s coKfiren'-ent. He was greatly aft.m.dhcd, after lome hours, to fee the mice come out of their heies, .and the fniders dfi'cend from tiicir vv. bs, wllo came and (ornied .1 c'rrlc round i’tm, lo hear him wit’.i attention. This at firil ft mucl\, lurprlftd him, that he ft-ol IL'il »vii'-.i.'ut inctlon, wh'.i'; i.j^I g tea-'-d to a!! thofe irftdls and animals retired quietly into t! eir LdViu’S.— Such an aftltnbly in.ide the oincer lail into rej^cthotls upon wliat tne ancients have toid us ot Orpheus, Aricnf, and Anfphion.— Heaf.u'-cd me, that lie remained fix days withe ut ’>layin.t, hav ing with diir.culiy recovcied from his aftonlfh -nent, r ot to nicu- tion tlie naiural averficj^ he had for thofe infedls : ncverch .lefs, be began again to give a concert to thoft ar.iinals anc inficis, who Itemed to come every day in greater numbers, as if they had invited others; ft t'iat, inprocefs of time, he found an hundred of them about him. In order toridhimftlf of them, he defired oneof the jailors to give him a cat, which he ftme- thmes (hut up in a cage, when h * chefe to have their ci>mpany, and let her loofe when he had a mind to diunifs thc.m—inakin" it a comedy, which alleviated his contiren-ieht. The above ftcry was confirmed by Mr. P—Tntcndent of theDuciiefs of V , a man cf merit and probity, who play ed upon feveral inftrutiients v;ith the utmoft exctilence. he told me, that being at ——, he went up into his clra.mbcr to rcfrelh himfeli till fupper time.fetting a light upon the tabic before him. He had not played a quarter of an hour, be ore he faw feveral fpiders defeepd from the ceiling, who came and rang ed thenifelves about the table to hear him playj at which he was greatly furprifed ; but t'fts did not interrupt him, being willing to fee the end of ft Angular an occurrence, i hey re mained upon the table till ftmebody came to tell iiim fupper was ready, when, having ceafed to play, he told me, thefe infefts re-® mounted to their webs, to which he would not lufftr any inju ry to be done. It was a diverfi^ which he often entertained himfslf with, out of curiofity. ■ ' Hawkins's Hift. Mulic. The Univerfal Farce dilplayed. T he world is a theatre—Mankind ar« the comedians— Chance compufes the piece, and fortune diftributes the parts—Theologifts and politicians govern the machines, and philofophcrs are the fpe^latois. T he rich take their places in the pit an .Upper boxes—tlie powerful in the f ont and (ides— and the galleries are for the poor. The vo.ctn diftribute fruits and refrefhments, and the unfortunate fnuff the candles. Fc.l!y compofes the ove; ture, and time draws the curtain. The title ot the piece is, Mundus vult dedpiy etrgo dedpiatur—l f the world will be deceived, let it be fo. a he opening of the farce be gins with fighs and tears. The firft aft abounds vifith tlie C’li- merical projefts of jmcn. 7 he frantic teftify their applaufe with rc-cchoed bravoes, whilft the fagaoious bring tht’r cat-calls into play to damn the performance. At going in a fort of mo ney is paid, called T»c’jsi.z ; and in exchange a ticket is given called UNEASINESS, in order to obfain Xflace. The variety of objefts which appear, fbra (hort timt divert the fpeftators ; but the unravelling of tliep(gtar.d intrigues, well cr ill conceit ed, force the rifiblc mufclesof the philofophers. Vt e fee giants who preftntly become pigmies—and dwarfs, who impcrc .pti- bly attain a monltrous height, 'i'here we fee men exerting all tbeir effort* ia the jmrfuit of the moft eligible plans, guided by prudence, armed with predation, who are neverth-lersclrcutn- venied in all their pmfaits, and fruftrated in all their endeavors ; whilft here we obferve a group ef indolent, careltfs fellows, who attain thehigheft mundane lellcity.—Such is the farce of this world ; and he who would choofe to divert himfelf with it at bis leifure, ihould take his place in Tome obfeure corner, where he may, unnbfevved, be a fpeftatorof the Whole performance, and in fafety laugh at it as it deferves. D The joUoisdlng turious advertifemeHt is taken Jrom a late Exeter paper, D V E R T I S E M E N T. P ERDITED on ah inufpeious noc turnal hour, fublequepit to the day lately autlioiitatively devoted to humiLiaiiOiz zrApenitencey from the/ii^;;/- iean acme of the hypoiciiptoraiilt, a leucepbeated ^adriipcdy of the jnmen- ian order, cqnejlrian gt\VA\Sy feminine gcnder—cnpital'y jdjeated, ajiirically marked in eincif ut—in iiaturc accord ing to eqiiipioc admcnfuration, fourteen and an half clenched falls—in the qiiindedmnl year of exillence—tdlutates wiHi celerity—fuccnfjates with agility, in a coiirfc conciiaitd^f, elegantly gace- ful, and all in the Superlative degree. Whoever from the icomfmy by pcf^ccntaticny deamhulqtiGny perfeuka- iicHy orother.vile, Ihall gain intelligence of the nonparicly sad will apport or communicate the fame to me, (hall be come reciprocal of a remuneration ade quate to the emolument, from JOHN HOPKINSON. Exeter, April i8. For Charter^ To Charleston, or a Northern Port, A flout Sloopy burthen 200 barrels. Apply to EDWARD JONES. -- July 2, 1788. 18 1 A FEW QUARTER CASKS OF Madeira Wine, For Sale, 'BY EDWARD JONES. May 21. 12—