Hastings, Mr., articles of charge against him presented
to
the House of Commons, 1786,
viii. 305-ix. 318.
appendix to the eighth and sixteenth charges,
ix. 319.
speeches of Mr. Burke in his impeachment,
ix. 327-x. 451;
xi. 155-xii. 398.
Report from the Committee appointed to
inspect the Lords’
Journals, in relation to their
proceedings on his trial, xi. 1.
his conduct in the treaty with the Mahrattas,
ii. 454.
brief account of his treatment of the
Nabob of Oude, ii. 467.
of the Begums of Oude, ii. 476.
of the Ranny of Benares, ii. 485.
his venal agreement for the extirpation
of the Rohillas, viii. 308.
his fraudulent sale of the territories
of the Mogul, viii. 322.
his designs against the Rajah of Benares,
viii. 339.
orders the arrest of the Rajah, viii.
361.
instigates the plunder of his family by
the soldiery, viii. 368.
usurps the government of Benares, viii.
380.
his oppressive impositions and exactions,
viii. 381.
enforces the confiscation of the landed
estates of the
Begums of Oude, viii. 403.
orders the seizure of their treasures,
viii. 409.
severities practised upon their ministers
in the execution of
those orders, viii. 414.
endeavors to stifle an inquiry into his
proceedings, viii. 448.
corruptly abandons the Nabob of Furruckabad
and his country
to the oppressions of the
Nabob of Oude, viii. 472.
causes the destruction of the Rajah of
Sahlone, viii. 486.
sets at defiance the orders of the Company
with respect to
contracts, ix. 4.
and with respect to salaries, ix. 11.
his illegal and extravagant allowances
to Sir Eyre Coote, ix. 12.
and to Brigadier-General Stibbert, ix.
13.
and to Sir John Day, ix. 15.
and for the civil establishment of Fort
William, ix. 17.
his appointment of the Secretary of the
Council as agent for
the supply of rice, with enormous
commissions, ix. 19.
his corrupt receipt of presents in numerous
instances, ix. 23.
tender and subsequent disavowal of his
resignation, and
refusal to vacate office,
ix. 42.
his illegal contract with the Surgeon-General,
ix. 60.
his contracts for Poolbundy repairs, ix.
60.
his opium contracts, ix. 63.
his appointment of R.J. Sulivan to
office, ix. 70.
his conduct with regard to the Ranna of
Gohud, ix. 72.
his frequent, violent, and unauthorized
changes in the
revenue and judicial systems
of Bengal, ix. 79, 87.
permits his own banian to hold farms to
a large amount in
different districts, in violation
of his own regulations, ix. 83.
refuses relief to the distresses of the
Nabob of Oude, ix. 98.
seeks to enforce unjust demands against
the Nabob, ix. 98.
illegally assumes the delegation of the
whole functions of the
Council, for the purpose of
making a treaty with the Nabob, ix. 104.