borne to Imhoff. A paragraph, omitted in the revision, followed: "We are not inclined to judge either Hastings or the baroness severely. There was undoubtedly much to extenuate their fault. But we can by no means concur with the Rev. Mr. Gleig, who carries his partiality to so injudicious an extreme as to describe the conduct of Imhoff- conduct the baseness of which is the best ex

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cuse for the lovers- as wise and judicious.""

20. on the same plan, 'on the same wise and judicious plan' (we quote the words of Mr. Gleig).

24. to send protests to England, to send home protests.

25. about which, with which.

were almost entirely neglected, they almost entirely neglected. the internal administration of a whole presidency, the departments of finance, revenue, and justice.

26. The personal allowance of the nabob, The civil list of the nabobs. The collection of the revenue, The administration of justice, the

collection of the revenue, the superintendence of the household of the prince, the administration of justice.

28. One of these was, The one was.

29. will sometimes shriek, will shriek.

31. Mohammed Reza Khan. When Hastings, etc., Mohammed Reza Khan, who had held his high office seven years when Hastings became Governor.

32. a poorer country, a much poorer country.

than Ireland, for example, or than Portugal, than Ireland, for example, than Portugal, or than Sweden.

33. was removed from office, was deprived of his government. 35. robe of state, robe of honor.

sent back to his government at Patna, sent back in state to Patna.

38. The directors, it is true, etc., It is perfectly true that the directors, etc.

their letters written at that time, their letters at that time.

an admirable code of political ethics, an admirable circle of

political ethics.

vicegerent at Calcutta, lieutenant at Calcutta.

41. beyond their passes, beyond the passes.

42. courage in war, valor in war.

guardianship of valor, guardianship of courage.

45. Says Mr. Gleig, Says the Rev. Mr. Gleig.

We are almost ashamed to notice Major Scott's absurd plea, etc.,
Mr. Gleig repeats Major Scott's absurd plea, etc.

47. the biographer, the reverend biographer.

48. Yet is the injured nation not extinct, Yet is the injured nation not yet extinct.

53. The evidence is, etc., The external evidence is, etc.

these speeches, those speeches.

54. with the single exception of Burke; and it would be a waste of time to prove that Burke was not Junius, with the single exception of Burke, who certainly was not Junius.

Nay, it is certain that Junius, etc., Nay, it is certain the Man in the Mask, etc.

59. into the hands of the new Councillors, into the hands of his opponents.

62. against a clerk from the war-office, against a war-office clerk. 63. The villainous Brahmin had induced, He had induced.

a perilous game, a desperate game.

into action, in action.

66. That Impey ought, etc. A paragraph, omitted in the revision, followed: "Mr. Gleig is so strangely ignorant as to imagine that the Judges had no further discretion in the case; and that the power of extending mercy to Nuncomar resided with the Council. He therefore throws on Francis, and Francis's party, the whole blame of what followed. We should have thought that a gentleman who has published five or six bulky volumes on Indian affairs, might have taken the trouble to inform himself as to the fundamental principles of the Indian Government. The

Supreme Court had, under the Regulating Act, the power to respite criminals till the pleasure of the Crown should be known. The Council had, at that time, no power to interfere."

68. The Mussulmans alone, etc., The Mahommedans alone, etc. 72. even a good man, etc., even good men cannot be trusted to decide causes in which they are themselves concerned.

73. a lesson not to be forgotten, one not to be forgotten.

74. natural productions of India. In the original, the sentence closed with an exclamation point.

75. But they entirely forgot, But they utterly forgot.

76. above a hundred votes over, above a hundred over.

77. of securing an honorable retreat, of a secure and honorable

retreat.

78. on one side, on the one side.

subsidiary alliances, subordinary alliances.

79. Had Hastings still been in a minority, Had Monson been still alive.

the steps taken at home, the steps which had been taken.

80. the keys of the fort and of the treasury, the keys of the fort and the treasury.

should solemnly pronounce, had solemnly pronounced.

83. The great and victorious empire, That great and victorious empire.

84. The danger was, etc. In the original, dashes were used instead of commas after "power" and "ammunition." Similar changes in punctuation occurring elsewhere in the essay are numerous and will not be noted.

85. though really independent of each other, pretended etc., though really independent, pretended.

They all acknowledged, And acknowledged.

91. Coote though he did not, etc. Coote did not, like Barwell, vote constantly with the Governor-General; but he was by no means inclined, etc.

92. while his help was needed in Council, while Hastings wanted

his help.

94. for the emoluments, for the same emoluments.

the fees at Calcutta, the fees in Calcutta.

95. judges not one of whom was familiar, judges not one of whom spoke the language or was familiar.

100. with having deceived him and with having induced, with having deceived him and induced.

could not consent to, must decline.

103. he became a sovereign, he became a prince.

105. The white villas to which our countrymen retire, The white villas, embosomed in little groves of tulip-trees, to which

our countrymen retire.

prowling among the tulip trees and near the gay verandas, prowling near those gay verandas.

106. assembling an army, forming an army.

111. of St. James's and of Versailles, of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon.

and engaged to send, and sent.

This tribute, These duties.

had paid, had fulfilled.

114. or could plead, or plead.

a government, a single government.

116. though it may be grossly abused. This clause does not appear in the original.

the stronger must prevail, the strongest must prevail.

117. in the general chaos, in that general chaos.

less perhaps, less we believe.

118. at last determined him, however determined him.

He added to the requisition another, He added another.

122. It is possible that, It is probable that.

123. lest the precious metal should tempt, lest they should tempt. 126. seized by the army and divided as prize-money, seized and divided as prize-money by the army.

132. not ashamed to instigate the spoiler, etc. In the original the sentence stops with the word "spoiler."

133. act of confiscation, measure of confiscation.

134. the Vizier began to reflect, he began to reflect.

It was necessary to use violence, It was necessary to use force. 138. their coffers, their revenue.

English warriors who stood by. A paragraph, omitted in the
revision, follows: "There is a man to whom the conduct
of Hastings, through the whole of these proceedings, ap-
pears not only excusable but laudable. There is a man
who tells us that he must really be pardoned if he ven-
tures to characterize as something pre-eminently ridiculous
and wicked the sensibility which would balance against
the preservation of British India a little personal suffering
which was applied only so long as the sufferers refused to
deliver up a portion of that wealth, the whole of which
their own and their mistresses' treason had forfeited.'
We cannot, we must own, envy the reverend biographer
either his singular notion of what constitutes pre-eminent
wickedness or his equally singular perception of the pre-
eminently ridiculous. Is this the generosity of an English
soldier? Is this the charity of a Christian priest? Could
neither of Mr. Gleig's professions teach him the
very rudi-
ments of morality? Or is morality a thing which may be
well enough in sermons, but which has nothing to do with
biography?"

139. Some of them, The greater part.

in the dialects of northern India, in Persian and Hindoostanee. crimes committed by Asiatics in Oude, crimes committed by natives in Oude.

141. summoned home, ordered home.

145. formed and superintended, created and superintended. his creation, his work.

152. The Brahminical religion, Their religion.

153. What the Hindoos knew, What they knew.

it is probable that the oldest man in Bengal could not recollect, the oldest man in Bengal could probably not recollect.