| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 894 pàgines
...been studiously repressed, it having a"*0*'" Io" been declared that " to pursue schemes of conquest or extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the nation." But this declaration, in appearance so just and practicable,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1842 - 742 pàgines
...were so moderate as even to legislate — or rather to declare by act of Parliament in 1784, " That to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion...in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and tin policy of the nation." In defiance, however, of this moderation, our empire has fulfilled... | |
| Edward Thornton - 1842 - 604 pàgines
...passed not long* before the departure of Lord Cornwallis for his government,* after reciting that " to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation," it was declared that it should not be lawful for the governor-general... | |
| Encyclopaedias, William Waterston - 1843 - 724 pàgines
...supposed to have arisen ; in particular, to renounce all schemes of war and conquest, declaring that " schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the interest of this nation." In order to fulfil the objects of the act, Lord Cornwallis... | |
| 1846 - 626 pàgines
...spiritof the Charter act,* but the instructions * The wording of it, too, was sufficiently precise—The 42d clause ran as follows :— " And forasmuch as...Measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honor, and Policy of thi» Nation. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General in Council... | |
| Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 472 pàgines
...court of directors coincided fully with a clause in the new act of our legislature, declaring, ' that to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion...are measures repugnant to the wish, the honor, and the policy of Great Britain.' It was farther made unlawful for the supreme government to engage in... | |
| Robert Rouiere Pearce - 1846 - 488 pàgines
...twenty-fourth year of the reign of his present Majesty, it was declared and enacted, that, ' Whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation. Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That... | |
| William Waterston - 1847 - 886 pàgines
[ El contingut d’aquesta pàgina està restringit ] | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1848 - 516 pàgines
...and void, when tried by that law. By the 33rd Geo. HI., chap. 52. sect. 48, it is enacted — " That forasmuch as to pursue schemes of conquest and extension...dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and tbe policy of this nation, it shall not he lawful, either for the Governor General of India,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1848 - 568 pàgines
...and void, when tried by that law. By the 33rd Gco. HI., chap. 52. sect. 48, it is enacted — " That forasmuch as to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India arc measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation, it shall not ho lawful,... | |
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