The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI.

The Works of the Right
Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol.
XI.

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THE WORKS
OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDMUND BURKE
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE ELEVENTH
[Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.]
LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET,
STRAND, W.C. MDCCCLXXXVII

CONTENTS OF VOL. XI.
PAGE REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS, APPOINTED TO INSPECT THE LORDS' JOURNALS
IN RELATION TO THEIR PROCEEDINGS ON THE TRIAL OF
WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE. WITH AN APPENDIX. ALSO,
REMARKS IN VINDICATION OF THE SAME FROM THE
ANIMADVERSIONS OF LORD THURLOW. 1794. 1
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS,
ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.
(CONTINUED.)
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. FIRST DAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY
28, 1794 157 SECOND DAY: FRIDAY, MAY 30 227 THIRD DAY:
TUESDAY, JUNE 3 300 FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 5 372

REPORT
FROM THE
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
APPOINTED
TO INSPECT THE LORDS' JOURNALS
IN RELATION TO THEIR PROCEEDINGS
ON THE TRIAL OF
WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE.
WITH AN APPENDIX.
ALSO,
REMARKS IN VINDICATION OF THE SAME FROM THE
ANIMADVERSIONS OF LORD THURLOW.
1794.

NOTE.
In the sixth article Mr. Burke was supported, on the 16th of February,
1790, by Mr. Anstruther, who opened the remaining part of this article
and part of the seventh article, and the evidence was summed up and
enforced by him. The rest of the evidence upon the sixth, and on part of
the seventh, eighth, and fourteenth articles, were respectively opened
and enforced by Mr. Fox and other of the Managers, on the 7th and 9th
of June, in the same session. On the 23d May, 1791, Mr. St. John
opened the fourth article of charge; and evidence was heard in support
of the same. In the following sessions of 1792, Mr. Hastings's counsel

were heard in his defence, which was continued through the whole of
the sessions of 1793.
On the 5th of March, 1794, a select committee was appointed by the
House of Commons to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to their
proceeding on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to report what
they found therein to the House, (which committee were the managers
appointed to make good the articles of impeachment against the said
Warren Hastings, Esquire,) and who were afterwards instructed to
report the several matters which had occurred since the commencement
of the prosecution, and which had, in their opinion, contributed to the
duration thereof to that time, with their observations thereupon. On the
30th of April, the following Report, written by Mr. Burke, and adopted
by the Committee, was presented to the House of Commons, and
ordered by the House to be printed.

REPORT
Made on the 30th April, 1794, from the Committee of the House of
Commons, appointed to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to their
proceeding on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to report what
they find therein to the House (which committee were the managers
appointed to make good the articles of impeachment against the said
Warren Hastings, Esquire); and who were afterwards instructed to
report the several matters which have occurred since the
commencement of the said prosecution, and which have, in their
opinion, contributed to the duration thereof to the present time, with
their observations thereupon.
Your Committee has received two powers from the House:--The first,
on the 5th of March, 1794, to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to
their proceedings on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to report
what they find therein to the House. The second is an instruction, given
on the 17th day of the same month of March, to this effect: That your
Committee do report to this House the several matters which have
occurred since the commencement of the said prosecution, and which

have, in their opinion, contributed to the duration thereof to the present
time, with their observations thereupon.
Your Committee is sensible that the duration of the said trial, and the
causes of that duration, as