...wording of it, too, was sufficiently precise— The 42d clause ran, as follows :— " And forasmuch as to pursue Schemes of Conquest and Extension of Dominion in India are Measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honor, and Policy of this Nation : Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General...

...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...are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation. Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not...

...the 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...in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honor, and the policy of Great Britain.' It was farther made unlawful for the supreme government to...

...wording of it, too, was sufficiently precise — The 42<I clause ran as follows: — " And forasmuch as to pursue Schemes of Conquest and Extension of Dominion in India are Measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honor, and Policy of this Nation. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General...

..."Notwithstanding the solemn declaration made by the Legislature in 1782, that schemes of conquest and extent of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the British nation ; they have ever since been so eagerly and successfully pursued, that our dominions...

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...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 of dominion...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, or for...

...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, either for the Governor General of India, or for the governor of any presidency,...

...when a charter was granted by Parliament to the East India Company, it was expressly declared in it, that " To pursue schemes of conquest and extension...wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation." Notwithstanding of all this repugnance to an extension of our power in the East, our movement has been...

...ago, the East India Company's charter was renewed, with this express declaration embodied in it — " That to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension...repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the nation." English aggressions upon the native powers, were, indeed, scarcely to be expected. The...