176 . Chronological Table. 



On the 14th May, the collection of the Revenues in Bengal was undertaken en» 

 tirely by the Company, who now stood forth as Dewan. In 1769, Civil Servants were 

 appointed as Supervisors of the native revenue officers : and were henceforth to 

 be denominated collectors. The lands to be let for five years — Mill. 



The seat of Revenue business, and the Treasury, removed from Moorshedabad to 

 Calcutta. The chief seats of civil, and, at first, of criminal judicature, likewise 

 transferred to the Presidency, under the name of Sudder Dewanee Adawlut, com- 

 posed of Governor and two councils for civil matters ; and Sudder Nizamut Adawlut, 

 for criminal proceedings, composed of native law officers, exclusively subject to 

 review of the Governor and Council. Under these were District Courts, the 

 Collectors having, at the same time, revenue and judicial authority. — Grant. 



Mr. Hastings deposed Mahomed Reza Khan, from his high situation of Naib 

 dewan, at Moorshedabad, and Raja Shetab Ray, the same at Patna, bringing both 

 as prisoners to Calcutta, in April. Munny Begum, originally a dancing girl, appoint- 

 ed to the charge of the young Nawab, and the controul of the palace of Moor- 

 shedabad. — Mill. 

 The Mahrattas permitted to ravage Rohilcund. — Mill. 



1773. — The financial distresses of the Company increasing, they applied to the 

 British Minister for a loan. His Majesty's Government, finding the feelings of the 

 country alienated from the East India Company, by their improvidence, and stated 

 mismanagement, brought in the important Regulating Act of 1773, (13 Geo. III. 

 c. 63.) appointing a Governor General and four Members of Council, for five years, to 

 Bengal ; Mr. Hastings to be Governor; Mr. Barwell, Senior Member; and Lieute- 

 nant General Clavering, Colonel Monson. and Mr. Philip Francis, Members. The 

 constitution of the Court of Directors was altered; an annual election of six Directors 

 for four years ordained : a year to elapse before an Ex-Director could be eligible. 

 Qualification for a Proprietor now raised to £1000. The Crown also assumed, form- 

 ally, a privity and controul in the affairs, financial and political, of the Company. The 

 Mayor's Court was abolished at Calcutta, and Supreme Court of Judicature 

 established. The Judges to be sent from England. Similar steps were subsequently 

 pursued at the other Presidencies. — Grant. 



The English entered into a treaty with the Nawab of Oude, for the destruction of 

 Rohilcund ; the Nawab to support the charge of the British army. A garrison 

 thrown into Allahabad ; and a Member of Council sent to take charge of the reve- 

 nues. The Emperor of Delhi left to his fate, amidst the aggressions of the 



Mahrattas : and Corah and Allahabad handed over by the English to the Nawab 



Mill. 



In Bengal, in 1773-4, the revenues were £2,481,404 

 The Civil and Military charges were . . 1,438,435 . 



The Army, about this time consisted of Artillery, five Companies ; Cavalry one 

 Troop ; European Infantry, three Regiments ; Native Infantry, 23 Battalions ;' and 

 28 Companies of Invalids ; total, 27,000 men. 



Fort St. George, reveniie and subsidies, £887,302 



The charges were 814,992 



The Army— (1772)— European Infantry, 3,486 ; European Cavalry, 68 ; Artillery 

 581 ; Sepoys, 15,840 ; total, 19,975. " 



Bombay (1773-4), revenues, £109,163 



Charges, ... 347,387 



The Army — Artillery, 434; European Infantry, 1,620; Sepoys, 4,346; total 

 6,400. — Grant. 



War anew with Tangier ; the English and their Ally, the Nawab of the Carnatic 

 being dissatisfied with the terms obtained in 1771. On the 16th September, Tangier 

 was carried by storm, and the Rajah and family taken prisoners in the fort. He 

 wa9 dethroned, and his territories seized by the Allies. — Mill. 



1774. — Colonel Champion, Commander-in-Chief in Bengal, assumed the com- 

 mand of an army in Feb., destined to act against the Rohillas, in alliance with the 

 Nawab Vizier. On the 23rd April, (known as the battle of St. George,) he defeated 

 40,000 Rohillas, uuder their Chief Hafez, near Babul nullah. The Vizier kept aloof • 

 but after this victory, (which led to the termination in July, of the first Rohilla 

 war,) he plundered and despoiled the whole country. 



The new Counsellors, General Clavering, Mr. Monson, and Mr. Francis arrived 

 in Calcutta 19th October. Mr. Hastings assumed the title of Governor General 

 now first authorized ; but discussions immediately arose between himself and col- 

 leagues. Mr. Hastings and Mr. Barwell were in the minority; thus the new coun- 

 sellors wielded the powers of the Government. — Mill. 



Collectors' Courts abolished, and Provincial Councils established at Calcutta 

 Burdwan, Dacca, Moorshedabad, Dinagepore, and Patna, to superintend the joint 

 Departments of Revenue, Trade, and Administration of Justice.— Grant. 



