Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings, Volume 2

Warren Hastings

Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1860 - Impeachments

Contents

• 42433: xii
• SUMMARY of PROCEEDINGS on the TRIAL: xlv
• SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON EDMUND BURKE MANAGER: xlviii
• the Deity by executing justice 2Complaint of cost of pro: 16
• Order for arrest of Mohammed Reza Khan 22Offices held: 24
• CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON EDMUND: 62
• SPEECH of T PLUMER Esq 23d February 1792: 73
• Reflections on the Companys: 81
• CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON EDMUND: 109
• Mr Hastings respecting the death of Nundcomar 112Apology: 122
• taken for it 134In a third account it is represented as: 136
• CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON EDMUND: 171
• mise of explanation of the bribe from the Nawab of Oude ib: 179
• SPEECH OF JOHN ASTRUTHER ESQ MANAGER FOR THE HOUSE: 210
• out their permission ib Particulars of the plan 216Rent: 229
• And guardian to the Raja 236His severities ib The: 244
• for moneys lent to the Company 255Misstatements respecting: 265
• SPEECH OF THE RT HON CHARLES JAMES FOX MANAGER: 271
• presenting the evidence 273Early corruption among the Com: 287
• Refusal to reply to particular charges 292His letter to: 294
• Begum 294Order of Directors relative to the appointment: 302
• Error in them 303Account by Mr Johnson 304 Contra: 318
• paid by him to the Government of Berar 330Partly raised: 333
• CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON CHARLES: 372
• SPEECH OF THE HON ANDREW St John Manager FOR: 425
• Question of discretion in expenditure 426Code of instructions: 431
• 445Corrupt motives: 445
• Articles of Charge ib Opium contract granted to Mr Sul: 454
• Loss on the transaction ib The bullock contract granted: 461
• Reduction of the agency ordered by the Directors 470 Offer: 476
• ADDRESS OF WARREN HASTINGS ESQ IN HIS DEFENCE UPON: 482
• Changes in the members of the Court ib Uncertainty: 488
• Cheyt Sing not an independent prince ib The Companys: 496
• visitor ib Failure of attempt to prosecute for the transac: 504
• SPEECH OF EDWARD LAW ESQ COUNSEL For the DefenDANT: 524
• sketch of Hindustan 532Brahmanical era ib Mohamme: 537
• English settlement 542Grant of free trade 543Succession: 545
• the Shah Zada ib Vindication of Mr Hastings 554: 554
• Endeavours of Mr Hastings to arrange them 558Treaty: 563
• CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF EDWARD LAW Esq: 578
• The Mahratta war 612Treaty for cession of Salsette to: 613
• Company 625Confederacy against the British 626Neces: 631
• Mr Hastings ib Conduct of Mr Francis 636Danger: 648
• Delegation of power from Council ib Visit to Benares 655: 655
• on Capt Gordon 661Troops sent to Cheyt Sing 662: 662
• Retirement of Mr Hastings from office 679Enumeration: 683
• CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECH OF THOMAS PLUMER Esq Coun: 685
• the character of Mr Hastings 686Prepossessions on the side: 689
• Impression produced by the character of the Managers ib: 695
• Charge of ruining Cheyt Sing and the province of Benares ib: 702
• Cheyt Sing ib Justification of the measures by general: 708
• CONTINUATION OF THE SPEECH OF THOMAS PLUMER ESQ: 742
• Manner of representing the contract in the Article 747: 747
• Instructions to Mr Fowke ib Notification of sovereignty: 760
• Mr Hastings humanity 773Proper occasion for adducing: 775
• Intelligence received from Mr Baldwin 781Resolution: 788
• treaty 797Cheyt Sings supposed exemption ib Imputation: 805
• the nature of the demand to Cheyt Sings vakil 806The: 811
• jority 814Question of right 815Of the ability of the Raja: 821
• demand of contribution from Cheyt Sing ib Caused by: 829
• sion ib Letter of the majority of the Board to the Directors: 835
• Apology for minuteness in answering the charge 851: 851
• State of affairs 856Invasion of Hyder Ali ib Defeat: 860
• Sing 861Ability of Cheyt Sing to supply them 862His: 870
• Payment by the Raja in bills ib Consequences of his delay: 876
• ib Tampering with the Companys troops 881Offer: 888
• affairs 900Justification of the fine ib Cheyt Sing induced: 905
• missiveness of Cheyt Sings letter to Mr Hastings ib Defiance: 924
• Treasures found in the fort 930Orders of Mr Hastings: 935
• tribute 937Grants to natives for public services 938 Pen: 942

Popular passages

Page 122 - ... person holding or exercising any civil or military office under the crown, or the said United Company in the East Indies, shall accept, receive, or take directly or indirectly, by himself, or any other person or persons on his behalf, or for his use or benefit, of and from any of the Indian princes or powers, or their ministers or agents (or any of the natives of Asia), any present, gift, donation, gratuity, or reward...

Page xiii - No holy seer of religion, no sage, no statesman, no orator, no man of any literary description whatever, has come up, in the one instance, to the pure sentiments of morality, or, in the other, to that variety of knowledge, force of imagination, propriety and vivacity...

Page 521 - I hope an everlasting one, with one great state ; and I at least afforded the efficient means by which a peace, if not so durable, more seasonable at least, was accomplished with another. I gave you all ; and you have rewarded me with confiscation, disgrace, and a life of impeachment.

Page 521 - I enlarged and gave shape and consistency to the dominion which you hold there; I preserved it: I sent forth its armies with an effectual, but an economical hand, through unknown and hostile regions, to the support of your other possessions; to the retrieval of one from degradation and dishonour; and of the other, from utter loss and subjection. I maintained the wars which were of your formation, or that of others, not of mine.

Page 521 - I maintained the wars which were of your formation or that of others, not of mine. I won one member of the great Indian confederacy from it by an act of seasonable restitution ; with another I maintained a secret intercourse, and converted him into a friend ; a third I drew off by diversion and negotiation, and employed him as the instrument of peace.

Page 137 - ... accept, receive, or take, of or from any person or persons, in any manner, or on any account whatsoever, any present, gift, donation, gratuity, or reward...

Page 147 - quia tanti quantum habeas sis' : quid facias illi? iubeas miserum esse, libenter quatenus id facit: ut quidam memoratur Athenis sordidus ac dives, populi contemnere voces 65 sic solitus : 'populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.

Page 587 - But when the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burden of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it.

Page 83 - We upon our feasts light up this whole capital city: we in our feasts invite all the world to partake them. Mr. Hastings feasts in the dark; Mr. Hastings feasts alone; Mr. Hastings feasts like a wild beast...

Page 44 - The chief of the administration, your superior, gentlemen, appointed by the legislature itself, shall I sit at this board to be arraigned in the presence of a wretch, whom you all know to be one of the basest of mankind ? I believe I need not mention his name ; but it is N undcomar.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings, Volume 2; Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings, Edward Augustus Bond
• Author: Warren Hastings
• Editor: Edward Augustus Bond
• Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1860
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 18, 2007