The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... TRADE of BENGAL , Silk , • Raw Silk , • Cloths or Piece Goods , Opium , Salt , Saltpetre , British Government in India , 36 46 GO 66 70 72 90 108 128 131 → ELEVENTH REPORT , from the Select Committee ( of the house of Commons ) ap ...
... TRADE of BENGAL , Silk , • Raw Silk , • Cloths or Piece Goods , Opium , Salt , Saltpetre , British Government in India , 36 46 GO 66 70 72 90 108 128 131 → ELEVENTH REPORT , from the Select Committee ( of the house of Commons ) ap ...
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... trade between India and Europe ; and the inter- nal ; that is to say , the trade of Bengal in all the arti- cles of produce and manufacture , which furnish the com- pany's investment . The government is considered by your committee un ...
... trade between India and Europe ; and the inter- nal ; that is to say , the trade of Bengal in all the arti- cles of produce and manufacture , which furnish the com- pany's investment . The government is considered by your committee un ...
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... Trade , for the subordinate man- council agement of their commercial concerns ; and appointed 29th of eleven of their senior servants to fill the commission . March , The powers given by the act to the new governor gen- Par . 4 eral and ...
... Trade , for the subordinate man- council agement of their commercial concerns ; and appointed 29th of eleven of their senior servants to fill the commission . March , The powers given by the act to the new governor gen- Par . 4 eral and ...
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... trade to the whole council , and against all taking of pre- sents by any in authority . A right of prosecution in the king's bench was also established ; but it was a right , the exercise of which is difficult , and in many , and those ...
... trade to the whole council , and against all taking of pre- sents by any in authority . A right of prosecution in the king's bench was also established ; but it was a right , the exercise of which is difficult , and in many , and those ...
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... trade . Until the passing of the regulation act in 1773 , seniority entitled them to succeed to the council , and finally , gave them pretensions to the government of the presidency . The The above gradation of the service , your ...
... trade . Until the passing of the regulation act in 1773 , seniority entitled them to succeed to the council , and finally , gave them pretensions to the government of the presidency . The The above gradation of the service , your ...
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Page 316 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 336 - I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language, in saying, that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs and the promise of redress, with the denunciation of punishment before trial, and even before accusation.
Page 569 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Page 162 - Orissa, and to report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House...
Page 597 - Vizier, he be permitted, when time shall suit, to resume his lands, and pay him in money, through the Resident, the amount stipulated by treaty, after deducting the amount and charges of the troops he stands engaged to furnish by treaty ; which amount shall be passed to the account of the Company during the continuance of the present war.
Page 327 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.