The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... justice in the provinces of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa , and to report the same , as it shall appear to them , to the House , with their observations thereupon ; and who were instructed to consider how the British pos- sessions in the ...
... justice in the provinces of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa , and to report the same , as it shall appear to them , to the House , with their observations thereupon ; and who were instructed to consider how the British pos- sessions in the ...
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... justice , and the state of the army . The ex- ternal regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the proceedings ...
... justice , and the state of the army . The ex- ternal regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the proceedings ...
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... justice ca- pable of protecting the natives from the oppressions of British subjects . 4thly . The establishment of a general council , to be seated in Bengal , whose authority should , in many particulars , extend over all the British ...
... justice ca- pable of protecting the natives from the oppressions of British subjects . 4thly . The establishment of a general council , to be seated in Bengal , whose authority should , in many particulars , extend over all the British ...
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... justice was by the act left to the crown , as well as the appointment of the magistrates . The de- fect in the institution seemed to be this , that no rule was laid down , either in the act or the charter , by which the court was to ...
... justice was by the act left to the crown , as well as the appointment of the magistrates . The de- fect in the institution seemed to be this , that no rule was laid down , either in the act or the charter , by which the court was to ...
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... justice left entirely to the judges . It was presumed , and not wholly without reason , that the British subjects were liable to fall into factions and combinations , in order to support themselves in the abuses of an authority of which ...
... justice left entirely to the judges . It was presumed , and not wholly without reason , that the British subjects were liable to fall into factions and combinations , in order to support themselves in the abuses of an authority of which ...
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abuse act of Parliament affairs aforesaid agent answer appear appointed asserts authority Barwell Begum Bengal Berar bonds Bristow British Calcutta cerned charge Chunar Committee Company's complaint concerning conduct consequence contract corrupt Court of Directors Dacca declared demand duty East India Company effect engagement English Esquire extorted extraordinary favor Fowke Furruckabad Fyzabad Governor-General and Council Hastings's honor hundred thousand pounds inquiry investment jaghires justice lacs of rupees letter Lucknow Mahomed Reza Khân manner means measure ment Middleton ministers monopoly mother Munny Begum Mussulmen Nabob of Oude natives nature object offence opinion opium oppressions orders paid pany payment person pounds sterling present pretended prince principles proceedings profit proposed prosecution province Rajah of Benares received regulations Resident revenue sent servants Sir Elijah Impey Sujah Sulivan sum of money taken tion trade transaction treaty ul Dowlah Vizier Warren Hastings whole zemindary