Project Gutenberg 2005-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 96 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) Produced by Paul Murray, Keith M. Eckrich, the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a collection of political writings and speeches likely written during the late 18th century. This volume primarily presents the articles of charge related to the impeachment of Warren Hastings, the former Governor-General of Bengal, addressing issues of governance, corruption, and misconduct during his administration. The opening of this volume introduces a detailed account of specific articles of charge against Warren Hastings, outlining numerous allegations of high crimes and misdemeanors, including the improper extension of contracts, acceptance of bribes, and violations of the East India Company's regulations. Burke highlights various instances where Hastings purportedly prioritized personal connections and financial interests over the duties owed to the Company and the British Crown. As the text sets the stage for the ensuing political discourse, it provides an insightful glimpse into the complexities of colonial governance and the legal repercussions faced by those in power during this period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics 928683 928720 2024-09-06T09:47:00.521140 2023-10-06T11:18:20.323187 text/html text/html 953325 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 311643 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377745 2024-09-06T09:47:11.838087 application/epub+zip 390141 2024-09-06T09:47:03.578147 application/epub+zip 390142 2024-09-06T09:47:02.000143 application/epub+zip 769392 2024-09-06T09:47:18.300061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709235 2024-09-06T09:47:10.426127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711120 2022-09-07T13:53:38.838813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 858432 858170 2024-09-06T09:46:59.419169 2023-10-06T11:18:19.278165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 857953 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 288140 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 857948 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 288072 2020-12-18T14:45:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20314 2024-09-06T09:47:18.443048 application/rdf+xml 23294 2024-09-06T09:47:02.382132 image/jpeg 4605 2024-09-06T09:47:02.192142 image/jpeg 373492 2024-09-06T09:47:00.592147 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia