THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY LORD TEIGNMOUTH. IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME VII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, PICCADILLY; CONTENTS ΤΟ THE SEVENTH VOLUME. PAGE Charge to the Grand Jury, at Calcutta, June 10, 1785 Charge to the Grand Jury, at Calcutta, June 10, 1787 Charge to the Grand Jury, at Calcutta, December 4, CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY, AT CALCUTTA, DECEMBER 4, 1783. GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY, IT might perhaps be fufficient, if my addrefs to you this day were confined to fome fhort remarks on thofe offences, of which the prifoners named in the calendar are accused; but fuch is the particularity of my own fituation, that I cannot help feeling an inclination to take a wider range. Six years have elapfed, fince the feat, which I have now the honour to fill, became vacant; and, in that interval, fo many important events have happened in India, and fo many interesting debates have been held in the parliament of Britain, on the powers and objects of this judicature, that I may naturally be expected to touch at least, though not to enlarge, |