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PARLIAMENT'S HOSTILITY TO THE COMPANY
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ing up and reconstituting themselves into new groups under fresh leaders, when the famous Coalition Ministry was in process of formation, and when the bitter contentions between hostile factions were at their height. In these resolutions the whole recent administration of the Company was severely condemned, the directors were required to recall Warren Hastings, and it was further resolved that the powers given to the Governor-General and Council must be more distinctly ascertained.
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A VILLAGE GOD IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
When the Coalition Ministry took office, Fox introduced a bill altering the whole of the Company's constitution, which was supported by Burke in a speech loaded with furious invective against Hastings and the