The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... Council made an ostensible order by which no collector , or person concerned in the revenue , should have any connection with these farms . This order did not include the Governor - General in the words of it , but more than included ...
... Council made an ostensible order by which no collector , or person concerned in the revenue , should have any connection with these farms . This order did not include the Governor - General in the words of it , but more than included ...
Page 22
... Council consisted of two parties : Mr. Hast- ings and Mr. Barwell , who were chosen and kept there upon the idea of their local knowledge ; and the other three , who were appointed on account of their great parts and known integrity ...
... Council consisted of two parties : Mr. Hast- ings and Mr. Barwell , who were chosen and kept there upon the idea of their local knowledge ; and the other three , who were appointed on account of their great parts and known integrity ...
Page 23
... Council was ready , as is the first duty of all governors , even when there is no express order , to receive complaints against the oppressions and cor- ruptions of government in any part of it , they found such a body ( and that body ...
... Council was ready , as is the first duty of all governors , even when there is no express order , to receive complaints against the oppressions and cor- ruptions of government in any part of it , they found such a body ( and that body ...
Page 24
... Council , directly against his colleagues , directly against the authority of the East India Com- pany and the authority of the act of Parliament , to put a dead stop to all these inquiries . He broke up the Council , the moment they ...
... Council , directly against his colleagues , directly against the authority of the East India Com- pany and the authority of the act of Parliament , to put a dead stop to all these inquiries . He broke up the Council , the moment they ...
Page 27
... Council , commands his banian not to attend . The Council , however , goes on , examines to the bottom , and resolves that the charge was proved , and that the money ought to go to the Company . Mr. Hastings then broke up the Council ...
... Council , commands his banian not to attend . The Council , however , goes on , examines to the bottom , and resolves that the charge was proved , and that the money ought to go to the Company . Mr. Hastings then broke up the Council ...
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