SPEECHES
IN
THE IMPEACHMENT
OF
WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE
LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.
SPEECH IN OPENING.
(CONTINUED.)
FEBRUARY, 1788.
SPEECH
IN
OPENING THE IMPEACHMENT.
THIRD DAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1788.
My Lords,—The gentlemen who are appointed by the Commons to manage this prosecution, have directed me to inform your Lordships, that they have very carefully and attentively weighed the magnitude of the subject which they bring before you with the time which the nature and circumstances of affairs allow for their conducting it.