...regulate the Eaft-lndia Company, the King was impowered to appoint fix privy-counfellors, of whom, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the Secretaries of State are to be two, as commifiioners to fuperintend and controul all meafures of the Court of Directors,...

...regulate the Eaft-India Company, the King was impowered to appoint fix privy-counfellors, of whom, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the Secretaries of State are to be two, as commifConers to fuperintend and controul all roeafures of the Court of Directors,...

...operations, involved in studied mystery. A Board was ertablished, composed of four members, (besides the Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the Secretaries of State), the duties of which were defined, or, as Mr Mill says, ' not defined at all, but rather adumbrated,...

...board may send instructions to India in commercial matters, where they think the revenue is concerned. The chancellor of the exchequer, and one of the secretaries of state may do this. But if the company should conceive that the subject of the instructions is merely commercial,...

...Oh ! but, says he, the company may appeal. Appeal ! — To whom, and from whom ? Is such a pretended appeal anything except a fallacy and a farce ? Will...of the country ?" Sheridan exposed the measure to derision, as being not only drawn up in the most slovenly manner, but deficient in all the qualities...

...Oh ! but, says he, the company may appeal. Appeal! — To whom, and from whom? Is such a pretended appeal anything except a fallacy and a farce? Will...of the country ?" Sheridan exposed the measure to derision, as being not only drawn up in the most slovenly manner, but deficient in all the qualities...

...introduction of the Board of Control, composed of six members of the privy council, named by the king (of whom the chancellor of the exchequer and one of the secretaries of state were always to be two), to whom the court of directors were to communicate all their correspondence...

...appointment of the governor-general, so that his appointment rests substantially with the government. The chancellor of the exchequer, and one of the secretaries of state, are, by virtue of office, members of the board. Of the other four members, the senior is president...

...institution of the Board of Control, a body composed of six members of the Privy Council, chosen by the King; the chancellor of the exchequer and one of the secretaries of state being two, in whom the power ef directing and controlling the proceedings of the Indian empire were...

...concerned. Oh ! but, says he, the company may appeal. Appeal! — To whom, and from whom? Is sucha pretended appeal anything except a fallacy and a farce ? Will...opinions of those ministers ? Or does the bill mean to insinúale that the company may appeal from the ostensible cabinet, to the secret junto, who constitute...