i52 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



approbation ; for thcmgh accounts 

 had been received of the reduction 

 of Bastia, previous to those of the 

 victoiy obtained by the fleet under 

 the comrrand of earl Howe, no in- 

 tention was announced of moving 

 9 vote of thanks to lord Hood, till 

 this house had paid the just tribute 

 of gralitudeandhonourfor that most 

 important and splendid victory. 

 Bfdford, 



Derby, 



Thanet, 



Albemarle. 



Speech of the speaher of the house of 

 of covimons, wheji he gave the 

 thanks (if the house to the mana- 

 gers of the impcachmettt against 

 tVarren Hastings, esquire, June 

 20. 



Gentlemen, 



IT is my duty to communicate to 

 you the thanks of this house for 

 the manner in which you have dis- 

 charged a most arduous trust, on 

 an occasion highly interesting to 

 the honour and justice of the na- 

 tion. 



The subject to which your at- 

 tention has been directed, was in- 

 tricate and extensive beyond ex- 

 ample ; you have proved, that it was 

 well suited to your industry and elo- 

 quence, the txertions pf which 

 haye conferred honour, npt on 

 yourselves only, but on this house, 

 whose credit is intimately connect- 

 edwiih your own. A forcible ad- 

 anonition has been given, on this 

 occasion, to all persons in situations 

 cf high and important national trust, 

 that they can neither be removed 

 by distance nor sheltered by power, 

 from the vigilance and authority pf 



this house, which is possessed of no 

 privilege more important than thi»t 

 by which it is enabled to bring pulv 

 lie delinquents to the bar of public 

 justice, and thus to preserve, cr res- 

 cue from dishonour, the British 

 name and character. 



But in addressing you on this oc*' 

 casion, and in considering tht be- 

 neficial consequences to be expect- 

 ed from lliis proceeding, it is im- 

 possible npi to advert to the increase 

 ed security, which the conslitu'iou 

 has derived in the course of it from 

 the recognition and full confiruia-. 

 tion of the principle, that f'U iui- 

 peachmeiit is not discontinued by ^ 

 dissolution of parlian;ent ; a princi- 

 ple essential to the privileges of this 

 house, and to the independent and 

 effectual administration of public 

 justice. 



Under these impressions, suggest- 

 ed by the nature and importance of 

 your trust, and by the naanner in, 

 which you have discharged, 1 obev;, 

 with the utmost satisfaction, the 

 cominands af this kousc, by stating 

 to you their resolution. 



" That the thanks of this house 

 " be given to the members who, 

 •' were appointed the managers of 

 " the impeachment against Warren 

 "Hastings, esq. for their faithful 

 " maua^emeiit in their discharge of 

 •♦ the trust reposed iq them. " 



His viajestfs speech to loth houses of 

 parliament, Dec. 30. 



IVIy lords and gentlenien, 



AF'i'ER the uniformexperience 

 which 1 have had of your 

 zealous regard for the imprests of 

 my people, it is a great satisfaction 

 to me, to recur to your advice and 

 assistance, at a perio^i which calU 



for 



