[302] Ibid., 261; “Parl. Hist.,” xxv, 1094–5.
[303] E.g., Malleson, op. cit., 450.
[304] “Parl. Hist.,” xxv, 1256.
[305] The debate of 26th April seems to show that Burke was acquainted with the substance of those papers.
[306] “Parl. Hist.,” xxv, 1384–94.
[307] “Parl. Hist.,” xxvi, 37–90.
[308] “Zamindar” means no more than landowner. Hastings had confirmed Cheyt Singh in his powers. Sir Alfred Lyall and Mr. G. W. Hastings in their works on Warren Hastings lay stress on the fact that Cheyt Singh was a parvenu, not one of the old hereditary princes of India. I fail to see that this has any bearing on the justice or injustice of Hastings’ treatment of him.
[309] “Auckland Journals,” i, 127.
[310] “Auckland Correspondence,” i, 127; Wraxall, iv, 336.
[311] “Parl. Hist.,” xxvi, 115.