...king undertook to oppose his own ministers by authorizing Temple, Pitt's cousin, "to say that wnoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him an enemy."8 Under that pressure the bill was first postponed and then finally rejected by the upper...

...India Bill, the king made Lord Temple show to each peer a card on which he had written the message that ' ' whoever voted for the India Bill was not...friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy", and as a result the bill was thrown out. The growth of this royal power by which Parliament was moulded...

...passing the Bills." — Daily papers. " His Majesty (George III. of Great Britain) allows Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not...friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy . . . The King's tactics prevailed." — Erskine May : Constitutional History (an. 1783). BORIS, the...

...determined, therefore, to strike a blow in the Lords. The King gave Lord Temple a card, authorizing him to say that " whoever voted for the India Bill was...friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger...

...unconstitutional method of opposing the Bill. He sent Lord Temple to each peer with a written message stating, " That whoever voted for the India Bill was not only...friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy." The result was that the Bill was thrown out by the Lords. The King immediately dismissed the " Coalition...

...proceeding, " allows Mr. FOX'S Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was ™ Bi" in not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger,...

...to his commission, the following words were written upon a card:— ' His Majesty allows Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill, was...not his friend, but would be considered by him as an t-nemy; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem...

...majority of 144 (293 to 149). George III. authorizes Earl Temple to say that "whoever voted (in the Lords) for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy." The Lords reject the bill. "William Pitt becomes Prime Minister, forming a governmentfrommembersof...

...King saw in it a curtailment of his powers. So he caused a statement to be circulated in the House that " whoever voted for the India Bill was not only...friend but would be considered by him as an enemy." The ministry was forced to resign. 350 (4) Pitt's India Act 1784. (Lecky v. (4) Impeachment of ' Hastings....

...Lord Temple, Pitt's first cousin, to make it known that whoever voted for the Bill of his ministers was " not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy." This hint, undeniably broad, did its work. The Bill was thrown out by ninety-five to seventysix, and the...