THE HISTORY

OF BRITISH INDIA,

BY

MILL & WILSON.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

BRITISH INDIA.

BY JAMES MILL, ESQ.

FIFTH EDITION WITH NOTES AND CONTINUATION,

BY HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, M.A., F.R.S.

MEMPER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETIES OF PARIS, BOSTON AND CALCUTTA,
AND OF THE ORIENTAL SOCIETY OF GERMANY; OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AND THE
IMPERIAL ACADEMIES OF VIENNA AND ST. PETERSBURGH; OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES

OF BERLIN AND MUNICH, ETC., ETC.; AND BODEN PROFESSOR OF

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WERTHEIMER AND Co.,

CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS.

CONTENTS.

BOOK V.

FROM THE FIRST GREAT CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE EAST
INDIA COMPANY, AND IN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, IN 1773, TILL THE
SECOND GREAT CHANGE, BY THE ACT, COMMONLY CALLED MR. PITT'S
ACT, IN 1774.

(continued).

CHAPTER III.

Deliberations on a new Plan for collecting the Revenue, and adminis-

tering Justice Death of Colonel Monson, and recovery by

Mr. Hastings of the governing Power-Plan, by Mr. Hastings,

for inquiring into the Sources of Revenue — The Taxes levied by

Annual Settlements - Resignation of Hastings, tendered by an

Agent, whom he disowns - Transactions of Mr. Hastings, in the

Cases of Mr. Middleton, Mr. Fowke, and Munny Begum - The

Directors, ordering the Transactions to be reversed, are disobeyed

- Relations with the Mahrattas - A Detachment of the Bengal

Army sent across India to Surat - Expedition from Bombay

against Poonah - Unsuccessful - Fruitless Negotiation with the

Mahrattas - Goddard's Campaign against the Mahrattas Con-

nection with the Ranna of Gohud - Mr. Francis fights a Duel

with Mr. Hastings, and returns to Europe

CHAPTER IV.

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In the Carnatie, Relations between the English and Nabob-Plenipo-

tentiary, with independent Powers from the King-English courted

by Hyder Ali and the Mahrattas, and in danger from both

Nabob and Plenipotentiary desire Alliance with the Mahrattas

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