Life of William Earl of Shelburne Afterwards First Marquess of Landsdowne Vol
Life of William Earl of Shelburne Afterwards First Marquess of Landsdowne Vol
Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice Fitzmaurice
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The Coalition indeed had no choice as to dealing with the question. Committees of the House of Commons had sat and reported, and as in the time of Clive, so now in 1783 it became clear that gross oppression and cruelty had accompanied the progress of the English arms. Shelburne had recalled Sir Elijah Impey the Chief Justice of Bengal to reply at home to the charges made against him, and had sent out Sir William Jones to discharge his duties until the post was permanently filled. The King's spe...ech in December 1782 had called the attention of Parliament to the necessity of framing some fundamental laws which might make the connec- tion with Great Britain a blessing instead of a curse to India. In April 1783, shortly after the fall of the Ministry, Dundas brought forward a Bill appointing a new Governor-General, and giving him full powers to remedy abuses, and authority to overrule his Council. The new Governor-General was to be Lord Cornwallis, to whom profligate people. " Carlisle Papers, 613, March 3Oth, 1783.
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