The political, commercial, & financial condition of the Anglo-eastern empire, by the author of 'The past and present state of the tea trade of England, &c.'.1832 - 403 páginas |
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... extent and freedom of the Indian press ; -education of the natives of India compared with those of Europe ; -the clerical establishment of India adequate to its duties ; —Mr . Poynder's motion for three Indian bishops , and his ...
... extent and freedom of the Indian press ; -education of the natives of India compared with those of Europe ; -the clerical establishment of India adequate to its duties ; —Mr . Poynder's motion for three Indian bishops , and his ...
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... extent of his jurisdiction and power , had forts and military retainers , and exercised within his own limits all the powers of an Asiatic despot . In the history of the Pollams ( the districts governed by the Poligars ) , anarchy ...
... extent of his jurisdiction and power , had forts and military retainers , and exercised within his own limits all the powers of an Asiatic despot . In the history of the Pollams ( the districts governed by the Poligars ) , anarchy ...
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... extent , says , " I must confess that the characters I heard of the generality , both from Europeans and * Mr. Mill says , that the " Hindoo system of law in certain cases makes perjury a virtue ! " - Vol . i . p . 644 . natives , were ...
... extent , says , " I must confess that the characters I heard of the generality , both from Europeans and * Mr. Mill says , that the " Hindoo system of law in certain cases makes perjury a virtue ! " - Vol . i . p . 644 . natives , were ...
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... extent of their power to try causes from £ 50 to £ 500 . They are partly paid by a salary and * The native judge at Poonah receives about 800 rupees ( £ 80 ) a month , and the subordinates from 200 to 400 per month . In the revenue ...
... extent of their power to try causes from £ 50 to £ 500 . They are partly paid by a salary and * The native judge at Poonah receives about 800 rupees ( £ 80 ) a month , and the subordinates from 200 to 400 per month . In the revenue ...
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... extent . It is unnecessary to dilate longer on a subject on which so many are agreed ; which is avowed as well in India as at the India House and Board of Control ; I therefore close a chapter which to me has been a most disagreeable ...
... extent . It is unnecessary to dilate longer on a subject on which so many are agreed ; which is avowed as well in India as at the India House and Board of Control ; I therefore close a chapter which to me has been a most disagreeable ...
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amount assertion authority beegah Benares Bengal Bishop Board of Control Bombay British Calcutta cent civil colonization commercial Committee Company's government cotton Court of Directors Crawfurd crime cultivation Cuttack cwts Dacca Decrease despotism districts Ditto of last duty East-India Company empire England English establishment European existing expense exported foregoing free-trader government of India Hindoos Hindostan Honourable House hundred important improvement increased Indian army indigo inhabitants instance James Cobbett judge King's labour lacs land last ditto Lord William Bentinck Lords Madras Mahomedan Mahrattas manufacture maunds ment merchants military million Molunghees native officers natives of India observed opinion oppression Patna period persons Petitioners political population possession Poynder present presidencies principles produce proprietors provinces racter Rajah respect revenue Rickards road rupees ryots salt monopoly says servants shew square miles sugar talent territories tion Total trade troops village Westminster Review zemindars
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Página 246 - undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you maybe invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of government, as of other human institutions;—that experience is the surest standard,* by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a
Página 245 - but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you
Página 343 - I desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live;" yet I say men—Englishmen— calling themselves Christians, make a mockery of their professions by spilling the blood of the divine image, when acting on the inhuman Jewish code, which declares (as all savage or pagan nations do)
Página 246 - as of other human institutions;—that experience is the surest standard,* by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country;
Página 72 - THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. The power vested in the crown and its ministers over the government of India, has been exercised since 1784 by a Board, which consists of such members of the Privy Council as his Majesty may be pleased to appoint,* of whom the two principal secretaries of state and the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall always,
Página v - THE DOCTRINES OF FREE TRADE AND COLONIZATION, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RENEWAL OR MODIFICATION OF THE HON. EAST-INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. BY THE AUTHOR OF " The Past and Present State of the Tea Trade of England and of the Continents of Europe and America, Sfc.
Página 343 - is the avowed object of capital punishments ? The prevention of crime alone; for all hopes of the reformation of the offender is cut off, by man impiously daring to disobey the command of his Creator, who emphatically declared, " As I live,* saith the Lord God,
Página 165 - How far any change in the distribution of officers might be made, is another question. of a well regulated standing army.* It is the instrument which executes and maintains all his other regula* At a moment when so much attention is turned to the Russian army, the following recent statistical detail,
Página 231 - indigo is a fine thing to put money in the purse of the baboo (gentleman), but we poor people do not want to see it. It raises the price of rice and the rent of land."—Remark of a small cultivator to Bishop Heber on the Ganges. With respect to India cotton, Mr.
Página 360 - code, then the measure is practicable; but the attempted formation of a general civil code would be as * It appears that even in Ireland impartial justice is not administered, according to the following announcement:—" Mr. Stanley rose to move for a bill' to provide for the more impartial trial of offences in certain cases in Ireland.'"—Times,