EAST INDIES. BOOK I. BENGAL, MADRAS, AND BOMBAY. CHAPTER I. GOVERNMENT (ENGLISH AND INDIAN) OF BENGAL, MADRAS, AGRA AND BOMBAY-THE COURTS OF DIRECTORS-AND PROPRIETORS- THEIR RELATIVE AUTHORITY-BOARD OF CONTROL-DUTIES OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS-LAW COURTS, &c. &c. THE government of the British possessions on the continent of Asia, is vested at home in two powers with co-ordinate authority,-viz. the East India Company, and a Ministerial Board, termed Her Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of India, the latter being devised by Mr. Pitt as a check upon the political proceedings of the former. A few words will be requisite to explain this complex authority. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS.-The more immediate governing power of British India, and consequently the patronage attached thereto, is vested in the Court EAST INDIES.-VOL. II. B |