Ontario High School History of England . system lasted until it was shown to be inadequate atthe time of the terrible mutiny in 1857. In his bill Pittestablished the principle, so detested by the king, thatParliament should have authority in India. The Whigs,however, were angry that the more thorough-going bill ofFox had been rejected. Francis was now in England withdark tales of the misdoings of Hastings in India, and this alleged tyranny inflamed themind of Edmund Burke, themost eloquent and fervid of theWhig leaders. It was decidedto bring charges against Hastingsin Parliament. Accordingly,
Ontario High School History of England . system lasted until it was shown to be inadequate atthe time of the terrible mutiny in 1857. In his bill Pittestablished the principle, so detested by the king, thatParliament should have authority in India. The Whigs,however, were angry that the more thorough-going bill ofFox had been rejected. Francis was now in England withdark tales of the misdoings of Hastings in India, and this alleged tyranny inflamed themind of Edmund Burke, themost eloquent and fervid of theWhig leaders. It was decidedto bring charges against Hastingsin Parliament. Accordingly,soon after he returned to Eng-land, he was impeached by anoverwhelming vote of the Houseof Commons, even Pitt sup-porting the attack. The trialbefore the House of Lordsbegan in 1788 and lasted forseven 3^ears. Hastings wasacquitted. But the long trialhad a good effect; above all,it made clear that those who went out to rule India wouldbe sternly judged at home for their conduct. India was tohave the best that British justice could Edmund Burke (1729-17!)7) 2. The Outbreak of Revolution in France Revolution in France, 1789.—Just at this time it became THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 437 clear that the mind of George III was unbalanced, and in1788 his son George was appointed to act as regent when-ever the king could not attend to public affairs. Soon afterthis Europe was convulsed by the French Revolution. Francewas the greatest monarchy in Europe. She had a popula-tion three times as great as England, and had just emergedvictorious from the war in which Britain lost her Americancolonies (p. 407). None the less had this war causeddistress to France. It had cost great sums of money, and,in 1788, M. Necker, the minister in charge of the finances,told the king, Louis XVI, that some means of raising largerrevenues must be devised. It was not easy to find a fairsystem. Nobles and clergy still claimed that they mustremain, as of old, exempt from some of the taxes paidby the common peop
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