The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 80
... monopolies of inland trade " were the foundation of all the bloodsheds , massacres , and confusions which have happened of late in Bengal . " Pressed in this urgent manner , the Directors came more specifically to the grievance , and at ...
... monopolies of inland trade " were the foundation of all the bloodsheds , massacres , and confusions which have happened of late in Bengal . " Pressed in this urgent manner , the Directors came more specifically to the grievance , and at ...
Page 81
... monopoly to be so inveterate and deep- ly rooted , and the just rewards of the Company's ser- vants to be so complicated with that injustice to the country , that the latter could not easily be removed without taking away the former ...
... monopoly to be so inveterate and deep- ly rooted , and the just rewards of the Company's ser- vants to be so complicated with that injustice to the country , that the latter could not easily be removed without taking away the former ...
Page 82
... monopoly . Their object is to point out the deficiencies in the system , by which restrictions were laid that could have little or no effect whilst want and power were suffered to be united . But the proceedings of the Directors at that ...
... monopoly . Their object is to point out the deficiencies in the system , by which restrictions were laid that could have little or no effect whilst want and power were suffered to be united . But the proceedings of the Directors at that ...
Page 84
... monopoly on the cul- tivators . They had the sufficiency of their mainte- nance measured out by the judgment of those who were to profit by their labor ; and this measure was not a great deal more , by their own account , than about two ...
... monopoly on the cul- tivators . They had the sufficiency of their mainte- nance measured out by the judgment of those who were to profit by their labor ; and this measure was not a great deal more , by their own account , than about two ...
Page 88
... monopolies , without any exception of those author- ized by the Company : but it does not appear that anything very material was done in consequence of it . - The trade became nominally free ; but the course of business established in ...
... monopolies , without any exception of those author- ized by the Company : but it does not appear that anything very material was done in consequence of it . - The trade became nominally free ; but the course of business established in ...
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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