The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) eBook

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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 478 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12).
  in contravention of treaty stipulations, burdens the Nabob
    with the continued maintenance of British troops, ix. 109, 112.
  makes unjustifiable demands on, and receives unlawful presents
    from the Nabob, ix. 110, 114.
  on his own simple allegation of indefinite offences, urges the
    Nabob to put to death Almas Ali Khan, ix. 154.
  establishes a system of disreputable and ruinous interference
    in the government of the Nabob, ix. 162.
  attempts to abandon the British army to the sole discretion of
    the Nabob, ix. 168.
  arrests and continues in long imprisonment Mahomed Reza Khan,
    without any proofs of guilt, ix. 185.
  appoints Munny Begum to be guardian to the Nabob of Bengal,
    and administratrix of the government, ix. 187.
  seeks the aggrandizement of the Mahrattas, ix. 220, 228.
  the Mogul delivered up to them through his instrumentality, ix. 221.
  he libels and asperses the Court of Directors, ix. 228.
  forces the Mahrattas into a war, by repeatedly invading
    their country, ix. 253.
  concludes a dishonorable treaty of peace and alliance with them, ix. 254.
  withholds and conceals his official correspondence and
    proceedings from the Directors and Council, ix. 267.
  his conduct with regard to Fyzoola Khan, ix. 268.
  his arbitrary principles of government, ix. 446; xi. 194.
  his corrupt system of government, x. 5.
  general farming of the lands at auction, in derogation of
    the rights of proprietors, x. 15.
  sale of offices, x. 21.
  conduct in reference to the accusations of Nundcomar, x. 24, 205.
  in the case of Munny Begum and the Nabob of Bengal,
    x. 26, 193, 278; xii. 218, 245.
  the receipt of bribes justified by an intention to apply
    them to the Company’s service, x. 43, 324.
  account given of some of these transactions to the Directors, x. 44, 338.
  delegation of the management of the revenues to a nominal
    council, with Gunga Govind Sing as agent, x. 53.
  appointment of Debi Sing to the charge of the province
    of Dinagepore, x. 65.
  the enormities of this man, mock inquiries into them, and
    Mr. Hastings’s responsibility in the premises, x. 77, 92, 186. 
  Mr. Hastings’s measures justified by himself, as producing
    an increase of revenue, x. 136.
  remarks on the testimonials of the natives in his favor,
    x. 154; xii. 356.
  proofs of personal corruption, x. 161-295.
  charged with peculation by General Clavering, x. 244.
  opinions of counsel concerning his proposed prosecution
    by the Directors, x. 257.
  his connivance in the general corruption of the Service,
    x. 296; xii. 294.
  recriminatory charges against the House of Commons, xi. 166.
  powers claimed by him, and the manner and results of their
    exercise, xi. 195, 236, 238.
  in the case of Cheyt Sing and the province
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