» HISTORYOOR EUROPE: 
_A true critic. could easily. observe 
_a very .wide. difference, indeed, be- 
“tween the eloquence ,of ; the de- 
fenders of Mr. Hastings, and the 
studied, affected, and theatrical, de- 
_clamations of those who were. ac- 
‘counted the principal managers of 
the impeachment. The speech of 
one ,of, these, .on, the partieular 
charge committed to his.carey was 
continued.for several days. Almost 
-all the speeches of the:managers ran to 
alengthal together upprecedented in 
the history ot impeachments,; it wis 
shrewdly observed, at thetime, that 
this unusyal prolongation of speeches 
was aproof of the extreme difficulty, 
and impossibility, of the task under- 
‘enly, nor yet to the other cireum- 
more 
tars 
“stance of a tivalry between: pro- 
fessed orators, ‘before an audience of 
the first dignity and splendour, that 
the extreme, length of the speeches 
in, question »is to be attributed, 
_A revolution’ has taken place in this 
country, at least, in oratory, some- 
what analogous''to that in military 
operations: by which the com- 
manderstin-chief .of armies donot 
attempt to carryia few posts in*suc- 
cession, byedifferent detachments, 
but by an immense force, anda con- 
tinuation of aétion, to carry the 
iwhole of the enemy’s line»ofide- 
‘fence, though extended over a fron. 
tier to be measured only ‘by hun- 
vdreds. of leagues.* 
_ Every humour, spirit, custom, 
_and pursuit, almost without .exeep- 
tion, is: tinétured:in its progress, iby 
‘He confessed he was ‘ not. a-man of apathy’ _He bore his sorrows as;a man; bute 
‘also felt them a$ aman. “Aud he implor 
ed repeatedly, though too muchin vain, evenat 
othe expenée’of waving: the benefit of “most material evidence in his favour, a speedy 
termination of his trial. This too, in the eye of trué philosophical criticism, will be 
considered as'none of the léast-indications of a great as well as an amiable character. 
4 _As we have given an example of the writing that was from time to time volunteered 
*in favour of “Mr. ‘Hastings, at home, so we shall just make one quotation from_a fo- 
oreign'publidation:— . re sry iagh inet AN ecu” 
_ “ Hserait injuste de quitter ce sujet sans avouer que'ce trésordes connaissances prinni- 
‘tives mous) été ouvert par les soins d’un gouverneur zélé pour le progrés des sciencés, 
M. F astings dont la conduite, pleine de douceur,ct demoblesse, engagea les Bramines 
“a lui découvrir volontairement ce que les menaces et les moyens de seduction, employ¢s 
par une longiie’sitite de souverains dans le Mogol, n’avaient jamais puobteniz. 
, Al powrre paraitre extraordinaire que je parle si favorablement dum homme qui de- 
edge Sept, ans est en éiat diaccusation devant Ja chambre: des pairs de la Grande 
: i yoke mais on doit observer que je parle ici ‘de sa\conduite envers les Indiens, 
gui Pappelient encore leur peére, ct non des actes de rigueur_qu'il peut avoir jugés 
_ métessaires pour la conversation de I’Inde, contre quelques chefs réfractaires, dans wx 
Moment \ehitique ot nos établissemens dans POriet semblaient menacés 2 Ia fois 
des nations Européennes et par les Indiens. Peut+étre méme serait-il avanta- 
Eo, our tous les états, qu'on, tamenit séverement.a/la raison tous, les fa€tiens, 
Squé la ‘patrie se trouve dans un moment de crise.” » wvéeie 
Sten pit oer 
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Dissertations. sur Les Antiquités de Riissie;. par Matthieu Guthrie, Conseiller de Conr de Sz 
Xo foie fepiret Médecin du Corps Leap righ ides Cadets Wobles : traduites sur son oyvrage 
Anglais 3 dedié a ta Socteté Royale des Antiquaires Li cosse, Fe. Few Ste Petersbourg, 1796. 
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+ fF Atiss@bserved by our Saviour, as characteristic of hypocrites, ormeh who do 
* speak from sincerity and simplicity of heart, they that think “they  shall'be 
heard for their much speaking.” Mat. vi. 7. ond 
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