Produced by Paul Murray, Keith M. Eckrich, the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE IN TWELVE VOLUMES VOLUME THE NINTH [Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.] LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C. MDCCCLXXXVII CONTENTS OF VOL IX. ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL: PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN APRIL AND MAY, 1786.--ARTICLES VII.-XXII. ART. VII. CONTRACTS 3 VIII. PRESENTS 22 IX. RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL 42 X. SURGEON-GENERAL'S CONTRACT 60 XI. CONTRACTS FOR POOLBUNDY REPAIRS 60 XII. CONTRACTS FOR OPIUM 63 XIII. APPOINTMENT OF R.J. SULIVAN 70 XIV. RANNA OF GOHUD 72 XV. REVENUES PART I. 79 PART II. 87 XVI. MISDEMEANORS IN OUDE 95 XVII. MAHOMED REZA KHAN 179 XVIII. THE MOGUL DELIVERED UP TO THE MAHRATTAS 202 XIX. LIBEL ON THE COURT OF DIRECTORS 228 XX. MAHRATTA WAR AND PEACE 238 XXI. CORRESPONDENCE 266 XXII. FYZOOLA KHAN PART I. RIGHTS OF FYZOOLA KHAN, ETC., BEFORE THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 268 PART II. RIGHTS OF FYZOOLA KHAN UNDER THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 275 PART III. GUARANTY OF THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 278 PART IV. THANKS OF THE BOARD TO FYZOOLA KHAN 286 PART V. DEMAND OF FIVE THOUSAND HORSE 287 PART VI. TREATY OF CHUNAR 296 PART VII. CONSEQUENCES OF THE TREATY OF CHUNAR 302 PART VIII. PECUNIARY COMMUTATION OF THE STIPULATED AID 306 PART IX. FULL VINDICATION OF FYZOOLA KHAN BY MAJOR PALMER AND MR. HASTINGS 313 APPENDIX TO THE EIGHTH AND SIXTEENTH CHARGES 319 * * * * * SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. SPEECH IN OPENING THE IMPEACHMENT. FIRST DAY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1788 329