 India merchants ; that of the whole one half was soon extorted from him, though part of the payments to the Company was still undischarged, and though the Company was sinking under the burden of the war, and obliged to borrow great sums of money of their...  The History of the British Empire in India - Page 182by George Robert Gleig - 1835Full view - About this book
 | James Mill - 1817 - 736 pages
...was laid aside in the manner in which payment was obtained for this sum, of which seven-eighths was for losses sustained, or said to be sustained, in...and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the India merchants ; that of the whole one half was soon extorted from him, though part of the payments to the... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 pages
...the hapless Nabob, it is the express affirmation of a Director of the Company, that ' all delicacy was laid ' aside in the manner in which payment was...to the utter 'ruin of many thousands of the India merchants; that of the ' whole, one half was soon extorted from him, though part of the ' payments... | |
 | James Mill - 1820 - 588 pages
...was laid aside in the manner in which payment was obtained for this sum, of which seven-eighths was for losses sustained, or said to be sustained, in...of the necessaries of life, carried on against the ordei.s of the Company, and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the India merchants ; that of the... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1842 - 524 pages
...and at the same time, to gratify the rapacity of individuals who claimed exorbitant compensations " for losses sustained, or said to be sustained, in...Company, and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the Indian merchants." These demands were urged, too, at a time when half of his provincial revenues had... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1850 - 232 pages
...lacs. Seven-eighths of this sum, according to the testimony of Mr. Scraftou, then an EI director, "was for losses sustained (or said to be sustained) in...the orders of the company, and to the utter ruin of the India merchants." He adds, that " half of this sum was soon extorted from the nabob, though the... | |
 | James Mill - 1858 - 474 pages
...was laid aa,ide in the manner in which payment was obtained for this sum, of which seven-eighths was for losses sustained, or said to be sustained, in...Company, and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the Indian merchants ; that of the whole one hah' was soon extorted from him, though part of the payments... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 406 pages
...continuance of the war, while private individuals demanded 'compensation for losses,' — that is, ' for losses sustained, or said to be sustained, in...Company, and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the native merchants,' — to the extent of fifty-three lakhs. At this very time the Company possessed... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 770 pages
...lacs. Seven-eighths of this sum, according to the testimony of Mr. Scraftou, then an EI director, "was for losses sustained (or said to be sustained) in...the orders of the company, and to the utter ruin of the India merchants." He adds, that " half of this sum was soon extorted from the nabob, though the... | |
 | Sir Charles William Wilson - 1890 - 262 pages
...aside in the manner in which payment was obtained for this sum, of which seven -eighths was for losses sustained in an illicit monopoly of the necessaries...and to the utter ruin of many thousands of the India merchants ; that of the whole one half was soon extorted from him, though part of the payments to the... | |
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