ABSTRACT
With the advent of Hastings in 1813 the process of bringing all India into effective dependence was resumed. The British Government had thrown off any pretence, and in the Act of 1813 renewing the Company's privileges had referred to the undoubted sovereignty of the Crown of the United Kingdom over the territories of the Company. The main structure of Indian government as laid down in the Charter Act of 1793 remained unchanged during the long period of European war, but minor measures were enacted by Parliament to meet emergent needs. The Act reduced to two the number of puisne judges of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, and provided for the creation of Recorder's Courts at Madras and Bombay. The Act of 1835 authorized the appointment of a lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces, and the Charter Act of 1853 continued the suspension.
