...French Company, forced upon them the conclusion of treaties, although Parliament in 1793 declared that " to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the nation." But the Company, which desired earnestly...

...French Company, forced upon them the conclusion of treaties, although Parliament in 1793 declared that " to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the nation." But the Company, which desired earnestly...

...territories acquired by Clive and consolidated by Hastings. The wording of the Act was peremptory : " Whereas to pursue schemes of Conquest and Extension of Dominion...in India, are measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honour, and the Policy of this Nation . . . it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General and Council...

...subject " — no wonder, indeed, for the very first words of the preamble are these : " And 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 enacted — " Further quotation is unnecessary;...

...expansion, there was also a reluctance to extend territorial control. The India Act of 1784 declared that 'schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation'. 133 Three years later, Carmarthen complained that in the Lords...

...magistrate. In addition, the Company militia was "Europeanized."3 Although the India Act had announced that "to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion...India . . . are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation," Cornwallis performed with equal vigor militarily.4 He resumed...

...Ocean (VII. 71). Nevertheless, the India Act passed by the British Parliament in 1784 declared that 'schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation'.63 The European powers were more concerned with fighting each other,...

...most marked in the case of Britain, the leading imperial power. The India Act of 1 784 declared that 'schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation'. Even so, in the ten years prior to Britain's entry into the French...

...the trading aspects of its operation. Pitt went so far as to insert a clause in the act stating that "to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion...in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation."40 Cornwallis, who went to India as governor-general in 1786,...

...interests. 7 This was especially the case after 1784 when a clause in Pitt's India Act had declared that 'schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation', and decreed that all wars other than those of self-defence...