The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 86
... ( late President , ) held two of these contracts in his own name and that of his son for considerably more than 150,000l . This dis- covery brought on a prohibition from the Court of Directors of that suspicious and dangerous dealing in ...
... ( late President , ) held two of these contracts in his own name and that of his son for considerably more than 150,000l . This dis- covery brought on a prohibition from the Court of Directors of that suspicious and dangerous dealing in ...
Page 116
... late it has been improved . This monopoly is to be traced to the very origin of our influence in Bengal . It is stated to have begun at Patna so early as the year 1761 , but it received no considerable de- gree of strength or ...
... late it has been improved . This monopoly is to be traced to the very origin of our influence in Bengal . It is stated to have begun at Patna so early as the year 1761 , but it received no considerable de- gree of strength or ...
Page 128
... late a member of the Board of Trade , on that subject , were informed , that this contract , very soon after the mak- ing , was generally understood at Calcutta to have been sold to this Mr. Benn , but he could not particu- larize the ...
... late a member of the Board of Trade , on that subject , were informed , that this contract , very soon after the mak- ing , was generally understood at Calcutta to have been sold to this Mr. Benn , but he could not particu- larize the ...
Page 142
... late Lord Clive con- stantly asserted that the salt trade in Bengal had been a monopoly time immemorial , - that it ever was and ever must be a monopoly , — and that Coja Wazid , and other merchants long before him , had given to the ...
... late Lord Clive con- stantly asserted that the salt trade in Bengal had been a monopoly time immemorial , - that it ever was and ever must be a monopoly , — and that Coja Wazid , and other merchants long before him , had given to the ...
Page 150
... late conduct of the Court of Directors tells them , in effect , that they have nothing to fear from the certainty of a discovery . On the same principle on which your Committee have generally limited their researches to the persons ...
... late conduct of the Court of Directors tells them , in effect , that they have nothing to fear from the certainty of a discovery . On the same principle on which your Committee have generally limited their researches to the persons ...
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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