...Bengal extracted from another letter, I am grieved to say, falls short of the life. Will you believe that the boys of the service are the sovereigns of...rulers of the people ? They are said to be under the control of the Board of Revenue at Murshedabad and Patna, who are lords of those capitals, and of the...

...give him credit for that part of his plan to which the Directors refused their consent — the fair remuneration of their servants. Of Clive, in afterlife,.../ and Patna ;" — which Mr. Hastings proceeds to de- ' scribe, as superior in power, though nominally subject, to the Governor and Council. The importance...

...one at Moorshedabad, for the province of Bengal, and the other at Patna, for that of Behar — Sir. Shore was nominated assistant to the former, in September...justice, and rulers, heavy rulers, of the people?' " The importance of the charge called forth the energy of Mr. Shore's character. The court being distant...

...opportunities of tyranny and malversation placed within his reach. ' Will you believe," observes Air. Hastings, in a lately published letter, ' that the...justice, and rulers, heavy rulers, of the people?' " The importance of the charge called forth the energy of Mr. Shore's character. The court being distant...

...compensated them for the parsimony of their masters. In a letter of March, 1 772, Warren Hastings says : " The boys of the service are the sovereigns of the...of justice and rulers, heavy rulers of the people." At the beginning of the next year he says, " Who would rest satisfied with a handsome salary of Three...

...or property anywhere in Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, except at Calcutta; the boys of the service being sovereigns of the country, under the unmeaning title...justice, and rulers, heavy rulers, of the people." These youths — whom Hastings elsewhere describes as " most of them the agents of their own banyans...

...or Orissa." i Tlie " boys of the service being sovereigns of the company, under the unmeaning titles of supervisors, collectors of the revenue, administrators...justice, and rulers, heavy rulers, of the people." — The company at j home resolved to remedy this state of things in their possessions abroad ; and...

...or property anywhere in Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, except at Calcutta; the boys of the service being sovereigns of the country, under the unmeaning title...justice, and rulers, heavy rulers, of the people." These youths — whom Hastings elsewhere describes as " most of them the agents of their own banyans...

...the collection of revenue and in the administration of justice, he thus expressed his opinion : — " The boys of the service are the sovereigns of the country under the unmeaning title of supervisors, or collectors of revenue, administrators of justice, and rulers — heavy rulers — of the people....

...second. " Will you believe," wrote Warren Hastings, alluding to the work of the young Civilians, " that the boys of the Service are the Sovereigns of the country ? " He threw himself heartily into this work. As the Court was some distance from his place of residence,...