an eminent
criterion
of a wise one, Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the suswhat, ii.
Edmund Burke
403.
club formed, under the auspices of
the liberties of Europe dependent on Mr. Fox, v. 20.
its being a great and preponderat- origin and character of it, v. 20.
ing power, iv. 455. Friends of the People, origin, composicharacter of its government before the Revolution, as shown by a re- so called, v. 12.
view of the condition of the king- a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47.
dom, iii 400. Frugality, founded on the principle that
its exterior splendor just before the all riches have limits, ii. 308.
Revolution, v. 236.
state of things there during the Revolution, iv. 70. Gaming, a principle inherent in human barbarous treatment of the king and nature, ii. 293.
queen at the outbreak of the Rev- a general spirit of it encouraged by
olution, iii. 325. the Revolutionists in France, iii.
eloquent description of the queen as 488.
Dauphiness, and of the revolution they who are under its influence
in her fortunes, iii. 331. treat their fortunes lightly, iv.
observations on her execution, vi. 204.
40. Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47.
degraded office to which the king Gauls, their early incursions into Greece
was appointed by the Revolution- and Italy, vii. 161.
ists, iii 496; iv. 20. reduced at last by the Romans under
with his own hand pulled down the Caesar, vii. 162.
pillars of his throne, iv. 362. policy of Caesar with regard to them,
character of the king's brothers, iv. vii. 163.
429. Geneva, possible benefits to it from state
character of the aristocracy before the granaries, v. 155.
Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39. Genghis Khan, observations on his code,
Franchise and office, difference between xi. 212.
them, iv. 252. Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
effect of separating property from Gentoo law, the primeval law of India,
franchise, iv. 256. xi. 207.
magistrates, or on the balance among the several orders of the
state, ii. 120.
from princes who were either warthe American colonies, ii. 118.
viceable in restoring order to
? tion, and proceedings of the club
? ? ? 416 INDEX.
Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin- Government - Continued.
dostan, ix. 37. 7. not subject to laws analogous to those
distribution of the people into orders of physical life, v. 124, 234.
or castes, ix. 380. restraint the great purpose of, v. 133,
origin and character of their laws, 189.
ix. 482. policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156.
extracts from Halhed's translation of important problem concerning, v. 166.
them, xi. 209. perishes only through its own weakGeorge II. , character of his reign, i. 456. ness, v. 169. George III. , advantages under which he impossible where property does not
came to the throne, i. 450. rule, v. 377.
Germanic Custumary, the source of the the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72.
polity of every country in Europe, its duty and right to attend much
v. 319. to opinions, vii. 44.
Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322. stands on opinion, vii. 91.
brief account of their manners and Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386.
institutions, vii. 291. Gracefulness, an idea belonging to posin certain of their institutions the ture and motion, i. 200. outlines of the constitution of Eng- Granaries, public, danger in erecting
land delineated, vii. 293. them, v. 153.
Germany, how likely to be affected by the fit only for a state too small for agriRevolution in France, iv. 328.
Gibraltar, the object of England in retain- Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary
ing it, iv. 383. monarch, ix. 464.
Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary Great personages, wisely provided that
wealth and splendor, vii. 245. we should interest ourselves in
Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv. their fate, xi. 308.
189. everywhere made the objects of tragtheir mode of influence, iv. 190.
Good fame of every man, ought to be Greece, its original inhabitants of the
protected by the laws, vii. 112. same race as the people of NorthGothic Custumary, the source of the pol-
ity of every country in Europe, v. situation of it from a remote period,
319. vii. 161.
Government, the forms of a free one not Greek Church, character of its secilar
altogether incompatible with the clergy, iv. 230.
ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444. Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and comproject of government devised in the
court of Frederick, Prince of Wales,. Grenville, Mr. , character of him, ii. 37.
i. 447. Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174.
the particular form of it to be de- termined by the circumstances and habits of a country, iv. 109. a theory concerning it may be as much a cause of fanaticism as a dogma in religion, iv. 192
Law, vii. 476. causes of it, vii. 476.
IIalhed's translation of the Gentoo code, remarks on it, xi. 207.
HIallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii. 301.
Grief, cause of, i. 108.
Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in
the Crusade, vii. 374.
the establishment of one a difficult Hannay, Colonel, his character and con undertaking for foreign powers to duct, xi. 418.
act in as principals, iv. 410. Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.
culture, v. 155.
ern Europe, vii. 161.
position, ii. 304.
quently the cause of its detection,
pension of it in respect to Amerireform in it should be early and
tion to himn when he appointed him
? considered, i. 450.
nature and design of it, i. 460.
name of it, i. 466.
important ends of a mixed govern- Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of
ment, i. 469. justice, iv. 466.
folly of hazarding plans of govern- expedients for concealing it, frement except from a seat of author ity, ii. 104. x. 49.
government a practical thing, ii. 227; is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.
iii. 310.
character of a free one, ii. 227.
an eminent criterion of a wise one, Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the suswhat, ii. 278.
temperate, ii. 280. Habit and use, not causes of pleasure,
without means of some change, is i. 180.
without the means of its conserva- Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declaration, iii. 259.
difficulty of forming a free one, iii. judge, iv. 13.
560. defect in his History of the Common
edy, xi. 308.
cans, ii. 190.
? ? ? INDEX. 417
Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the Hastings, Mr. - Continued.
general rule of evidence, xi. 77. tender and subsequent disavowal )f
Harrington, his opinion as to a common- his resignation, and refusal to
wealth not governed by its prop- vacate office, ix. 42.
erty, v. 377. his illegal contract with the SurgeonHastings, Mr. , articles of charge against General, ix. 60.
him presented to the House of
Commons, 1786, viii. 305- ix. 318.
appendix to the eighth and sixteenth
charges, ix. 319. his appointment of R. J. Sulivan to speeches of Mr. Burke in his im- office, ix. 70.
peachment, ix. 327 - x. 451; xi. his conduct with regard to the Ran155 - xii. 398. na of Gohud, ix. 72.
Report from the Committee appointed his frequent, violent, and unauthorto inspect the Lords' Journals, in ized changes in the revenue and jurelation to their proceedings on his dicial systems of Bengal, ix. 79, 87. trial, xi. 1. permits his own banian to hold farms
severities practised upon their minis- ters in the execution of those orders, viii. 414. ix. 168. endeavors to stifle an inquiry into
ix. 154.
attempts to abandon the British arm to the sole discretion of the Nabok'
his appointment of the Secretary of
the Council as agent for the sup-
pl, of rice, with enormous commis-
sions, ix. 19. correspon'-rce and proceedings
his corrupt receipt of presents in from the'-ectors and Council, numerous instances, ix. 23. ix. 267.
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his contracts for Poolbundy repairs, ix. 60.
his opium contracts, ix. 63.
his conduct in the treaty with the
Nabob of Oude, ii. 467.
of the Begums of Oude, ii. 476.
of the Ranny of Benares, ii. 485.
his venal agreement for the extirpa-
tion of the Rohillas, viii. 308. illegally assumes the delegation of
his fraudulent sale of the territories the whole functions of the Council, of the Mogul, viii. 322. for the purpose of making a treaty
his designs against the Rajah of Be- with the Nabob, ix. 104.
nares, viii. 339. in contravention of treaty stipulaorders the arrest of the Rajah, viii. 361. continued maintenance of British
instigates the plunder of his family troops, ix. 109, 112.
by the soldiery, viii. 368. makes unjustifiable demands on, and
usurps the government of Benarcs, receives unlawful presents from the
viii. 380. Nabob, ix. 110, 114.
his oppressive impositions and exac-
enforces the confiscation of the land-
ed estates of the Begums of Oude,
viii. 403. establishes a system of disreputable
orders the seizure of their treasures, and ruinous interference in the viii. 409. government of the Nabob, ix. 162
tricts, in violation of his own regbrief account of his treatment of the
tions, burdens the Nabob with the
definite offences, urges the Nabob
without any proofs of guilt, ix. 185. dian to the Nabob of Bengal, and
ulations, ix. 83.
to a large amount in different disMahrattas, ii. 454. refuses relief to the distresses of the
Nabob of Oude, ix. 98.
seeks to enforce unjust demands
against the Nabob, ix. 98.
? on his own simple allegation of intions, viii. 381. to put to death Almas Ali Khan,
arrests and continues in long imr
prisonment Mahomed Reza Khan,;orruptly abandons the Nabob of
his proceedings, viii. 448.
Furruckabad and his country to
Oude, viii. 472.
causes the destruction of the Rajah ix. 187.
of Sahlone, viii. 486. seeks the aggrandizement of the
sets at defiance the orders of the Com- Mahrattas, ix. 220, 228. pany with respect to contracts, ix. 4. the Mogul delivered up to them
and with respect to salaries, ix. 11.
his illegal and extravagant allow-
ances to Sir Eyre Coote, ix. 12.
and to Brigadier-General Stibbert,
ix. 13. forces the Mahrattas into a war, by
and to Sir John Day, ix. 15. repeatedly invading their country, and for the civil establishment of ix. 253.
Fort William, ix. 17. concludes a dishonorable treaty of
appoints Munny Begum to be guarthe oppressions of the Nabob of administratrix of the government,
through his instrumentality, ix.
221.
he libels and asperses the Court of
Directors, ix. 228.
peace and alliance with them, ix. 254.
withholds and conceals his official
? ? ? 418 INDEX.
Hastings, Mr. - Continued. Hawles, Sir John, extracts from his speech his conduct with regard to Fyzoola at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. Khan, ix. 268. 126, 135.
his arbitrary principles of govern- Height, less grand than depth, i. 147. ment, ix. 446; xi. 194. Helvetii, remarkable emigration of them
his corrupt system of government, related by Caesar, vii. 172.
x. 5. Henry I. of England, brief account of his
general farming of the lands at auc- reign, vii. 375.
tion, in derogation of the rights of Henry II. of England, brief account of proprietors, x. 15. his reign, vii. 394.
sale of,offices, x. 21. Henry IV. of England, severs the Duchy
intention to apply them to the Hindoo institutions, characteristics of, ix.
Company's service, x. 43, 324. 382.
account given of some of these trans- Hindoo polity, destroyed by Mr. Hastactions to the Directors, x. 44, 338. delegation of the management of the Hindostan, eras in its history, ix. 386.
revenues to a nominal council, with History, moral lessons to be drawn from
Gunga Govind Sing as agent, x. it, iii. 418, 421.
53. caution with regard to the study of
appointment of Debi Sing to the it, iv. 468.
charge of the province of Dinage- IIobbes, his view of war as the state of
pore, x. 65. Nature, i. 15.
the enormities of this man, mock in- Holland, Sir John, extracts from his
quiries into them, andi Mr. Hast- speech at the trial of Dr. Sachevings's responsibility in the prem-
ises, x. 77, 92, 186. Holy Land, view of its condition at the
Mr. Hastings's measures justified by commencement of the third Cruhimself, as producing an increase
of revenue, x. 136. Homer, his similitudes seldom exact, i. 88.
the liberties of Europe dependent on Mr. Fox, v. 20.
its being a great and preponderat- origin and character of it, v. 20.
ing power, iv. 455. Friends of the People, origin, composicharacter of its government before the Revolution, as shown by a re- so called, v. 12.
view of the condition of the king- a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47.
dom, iii 400. Frugality, founded on the principle that
its exterior splendor just before the all riches have limits, ii. 308.
Revolution, v. 236.
state of things there during the Revolution, iv. 70. Gaming, a principle inherent in human barbarous treatment of the king and nature, ii. 293.
queen at the outbreak of the Rev- a general spirit of it encouraged by
olution, iii. 325. the Revolutionists in France, iii.
eloquent description of the queen as 488.
Dauphiness, and of the revolution they who are under its influence
in her fortunes, iii. 331. treat their fortunes lightly, iv.
observations on her execution, vi. 204.
40. Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47.
degraded office to which the king Gauls, their early incursions into Greece
was appointed by the Revolution- and Italy, vii. 161.
ists, iii 496; iv. 20. reduced at last by the Romans under
with his own hand pulled down the Caesar, vii. 162.
pillars of his throne, iv. 362. policy of Caesar with regard to them,
character of the king's brothers, iv. vii. 163.
429. Geneva, possible benefits to it from state
character of the aristocracy before the granaries, v. 155.
Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39. Genghis Khan, observations on his code,
Franchise and office, difference between xi. 212.
them, iv. 252. Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
effect of separating property from Gentoo law, the primeval law of India,
franchise, iv. 256. xi. 207.
magistrates, or on the balance among the several orders of the
state, ii. 120.
from princes who were either warthe American colonies, ii. 118.
viceable in restoring order to
? tion, and proceedings of the club
? ? ? 416 INDEX.
Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin- Government - Continued.
dostan, ix. 37. 7. not subject to laws analogous to those
distribution of the people into orders of physical life, v. 124, 234.
or castes, ix. 380. restraint the great purpose of, v. 133,
origin and character of their laws, 189.
ix. 482. policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156.
extracts from Halhed's translation of important problem concerning, v. 166.
them, xi. 209. perishes only through its own weakGeorge II. , character of his reign, i. 456. ness, v. 169. George III. , advantages under which he impossible where property does not
came to the throne, i. 450. rule, v. 377.
Germanic Custumary, the source of the the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72.
polity of every country in Europe, its duty and right to attend much
v. 319. to opinions, vii. 44.
Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322. stands on opinion, vii. 91.
brief account of their manners and Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386.
institutions, vii. 291. Gracefulness, an idea belonging to posin certain of their institutions the ture and motion, i. 200. outlines of the constitution of Eng- Granaries, public, danger in erecting
land delineated, vii. 293. them, v. 153.
Germany, how likely to be affected by the fit only for a state too small for agriRevolution in France, iv. 328.
Gibraltar, the object of England in retain- Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary
ing it, iv. 383. monarch, ix. 464.
Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary Great personages, wisely provided that
wealth and splendor, vii. 245. we should interest ourselves in
Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv. their fate, xi. 308.
189. everywhere made the objects of tragtheir mode of influence, iv. 190.
Good fame of every man, ought to be Greece, its original inhabitants of the
protected by the laws, vii. 112. same race as the people of NorthGothic Custumary, the source of the pol-
ity of every country in Europe, v. situation of it from a remote period,
319. vii. 161.
Government, the forms of a free one not Greek Church, character of its secilar
altogether incompatible with the clergy, iv. 230.
ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444. Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and comproject of government devised in the
court of Frederick, Prince of Wales,. Grenville, Mr. , character of him, ii. 37.
i. 447. Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174.
the particular form of it to be de- termined by the circumstances and habits of a country, iv. 109. a theory concerning it may be as much a cause of fanaticism as a dogma in religion, iv. 192
Law, vii. 476. causes of it, vii. 476.
IIalhed's translation of the Gentoo code, remarks on it, xi. 207.
HIallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii. 301.
Grief, cause of, i. 108.
Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in
the Crusade, vii. 374.
the establishment of one a difficult Hannay, Colonel, his character and con undertaking for foreign powers to duct, xi. 418.
act in as principals, iv. 410. Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.
culture, v. 155.
ern Europe, vii. 161.
position, ii. 304.
quently the cause of its detection,
pension of it in respect to Amerireform in it should be early and
tion to himn when he appointed him
? considered, i. 450.
nature and design of it, i. 460.
name of it, i. 466.
important ends of a mixed govern- Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of
ment, i. 469. justice, iv. 466.
folly of hazarding plans of govern- expedients for concealing it, frement except from a seat of author ity, ii. 104. x. 49.
government a practical thing, ii. 227; is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.
iii. 310.
character of a free one, ii. 227.
an eminent criterion of a wise one, Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the suswhat, ii. 278.
temperate, ii. 280. Habit and use, not causes of pleasure,
without means of some change, is i. 180.
without the means of its conserva- Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declaration, iii. 259.
difficulty of forming a free one, iii. judge, iv. 13.
560. defect in his History of the Common
edy, xi. 308.
cans, ii. 190.
? ? ? INDEX. 417
Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the Hastings, Mr. - Continued.
general rule of evidence, xi. 77. tender and subsequent disavowal )f
Harrington, his opinion as to a common- his resignation, and refusal to
wealth not governed by its prop- vacate office, ix. 42.
erty, v. 377. his illegal contract with the SurgeonHastings, Mr. , articles of charge against General, ix. 60.
him presented to the House of
Commons, 1786, viii. 305- ix. 318.
appendix to the eighth and sixteenth
charges, ix. 319. his appointment of R. J. Sulivan to speeches of Mr. Burke in his im- office, ix. 70.
peachment, ix. 327 - x. 451; xi. his conduct with regard to the Ran155 - xii. 398. na of Gohud, ix. 72.
Report from the Committee appointed his frequent, violent, and unauthorto inspect the Lords' Journals, in ized changes in the revenue and jurelation to their proceedings on his dicial systems of Bengal, ix. 79, 87. trial, xi. 1. permits his own banian to hold farms
severities practised upon their minis- ters in the execution of those orders, viii. 414. ix. 168. endeavors to stifle an inquiry into
ix. 154.
attempts to abandon the British arm to the sole discretion of the Nabok'
his appointment of the Secretary of
the Council as agent for the sup-
pl, of rice, with enormous commis-
sions, ix. 19. correspon'-rce and proceedings
his corrupt receipt of presents in from the'-ectors and Council, numerous instances, ix. 23. ix. 267.
VOL. XII. 27
his contracts for Poolbundy repairs, ix. 60.
his opium contracts, ix. 63.
his conduct in the treaty with the
Nabob of Oude, ii. 467.
of the Begums of Oude, ii. 476.
of the Ranny of Benares, ii. 485.
his venal agreement for the extirpa-
tion of the Rohillas, viii. 308. illegally assumes the delegation of
his fraudulent sale of the territories the whole functions of the Council, of the Mogul, viii. 322. for the purpose of making a treaty
his designs against the Rajah of Be- with the Nabob, ix. 104.
nares, viii. 339. in contravention of treaty stipulaorders the arrest of the Rajah, viii. 361. continued maintenance of British
instigates the plunder of his family troops, ix. 109, 112.
by the soldiery, viii. 368. makes unjustifiable demands on, and
usurps the government of Benarcs, receives unlawful presents from the
viii. 380. Nabob, ix. 110, 114.
his oppressive impositions and exac-
enforces the confiscation of the land-
ed estates of the Begums of Oude,
viii. 403. establishes a system of disreputable
orders the seizure of their treasures, and ruinous interference in the viii. 409. government of the Nabob, ix. 162
tricts, in violation of his own regbrief account of his treatment of the
tions, burdens the Nabob with the
definite offences, urges the Nabob
without any proofs of guilt, ix. 185. dian to the Nabob of Bengal, and
ulations, ix. 83.
to a large amount in different disMahrattas, ii. 454. refuses relief to the distresses of the
Nabob of Oude, ix. 98.
seeks to enforce unjust demands
against the Nabob, ix. 98.
? on his own simple allegation of intions, viii. 381. to put to death Almas Ali Khan,
arrests and continues in long imr
prisonment Mahomed Reza Khan,;orruptly abandons the Nabob of
his proceedings, viii. 448.
Furruckabad and his country to
Oude, viii. 472.
causes the destruction of the Rajah ix. 187.
of Sahlone, viii. 486. seeks the aggrandizement of the
sets at defiance the orders of the Com- Mahrattas, ix. 220, 228. pany with respect to contracts, ix. 4. the Mogul delivered up to them
and with respect to salaries, ix. 11.
his illegal and extravagant allow-
ances to Sir Eyre Coote, ix. 12.
and to Brigadier-General Stibbert,
ix. 13. forces the Mahrattas into a war, by
and to Sir John Day, ix. 15. repeatedly invading their country, and for the civil establishment of ix. 253.
Fort William, ix. 17. concludes a dishonorable treaty of
appoints Munny Begum to be guarthe oppressions of the Nabob of administratrix of the government,
through his instrumentality, ix.
221.
he libels and asperses the Court of
Directors, ix. 228.
peace and alliance with them, ix. 254.
withholds and conceals his official
? ? ? 418 INDEX.
Hastings, Mr. - Continued. Hawles, Sir John, extracts from his speech his conduct with regard to Fyzoola at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. Khan, ix. 268. 126, 135.
his arbitrary principles of govern- Height, less grand than depth, i. 147. ment, ix. 446; xi. 194. Helvetii, remarkable emigration of them
his corrupt system of government, related by Caesar, vii. 172.
x. 5. Henry I. of England, brief account of his
general farming of the lands at auc- reign, vii. 375.
tion, in derogation of the rights of Henry II. of England, brief account of proprietors, x. 15. his reign, vii. 394.
sale of,offices, x. 21. Henry IV. of England, severs the Duchy
intention to apply them to the Hindoo institutions, characteristics of, ix.
Company's service, x. 43, 324. 382.
account given of some of these trans- Hindoo polity, destroyed by Mr. Hastactions to the Directors, x. 44, 338. delegation of the management of the Hindostan, eras in its history, ix. 386.
revenues to a nominal council, with History, moral lessons to be drawn from
Gunga Govind Sing as agent, x. it, iii. 418, 421.
53. caution with regard to the study of
appointment of Debi Sing to the it, iv. 468.
charge of the province of Dinage- IIobbes, his view of war as the state of
pore, x. 65. Nature, i. 15.
the enormities of this man, mock in- Holland, Sir John, extracts from his
quiries into them, andi Mr. Hast- speech at the trial of Dr. Sachevings's responsibility in the prem-
ises, x. 77, 92, 186. Holy Land, view of its condition at the
Mr. Hastings's measures justified by commencement of the third Cruhimself, as producing an increase
of revenue, x. 136. Homer, his similitudes seldom exact, i. 88.
