. APPENDIX .to the CHRONICLE. 
to have been made to sir Fyre 
Coote, and direéted to be paid by 
the vizier for the use of the. said sir 
Eyre Coote? 
14. 1s Warren Hastings, esq. 
guiicy, or not guilty, of high crimes 
and, misdemeanors, charged upon 
him by the commons in the fourth 
article of charge, in so far as relates 
to the appointment of James Peter 
Auriol, esq. to be agent for the 
perchase of supplies for the relief 
of the presidency of Madras, and 
all the other presidencies in India, 
with a commission of fifteen per 
cent. ? 
ts. Is Warren Hastings, esq. 
guilty, or not guilty, of high crimes 
and misdemeanors, charged upon 
him by the commons in the fourth 
article of charge, in so far as relates 
to the appointment of John Belli, 
€sq. to be agent for the supply of 
stores and provisions for the garri. 
son of Fort William in Bengal, with 
a commission of thirty per cent. ? 
16. Is Warren Hastings, esq. 
guilty, or not guilty, of the residue 
of the high crimes and misde- 
meanors, or any of them, charged 
upon him by the impeachment of 
the commons? 
Resolved, by the lords spiritual and 
temporal, in parliament assem. 
bled, that the said questions shall 
_be severally put in Westminster- 
hall to each of the lords, beginning 
with the junior baron; and that 
the only answer shall be given 
_ by each lord in these words :— 
«Guilty, upon my honour ;’’ 
or, ‘* Not guilty, upon my ho- 
*« nour;”’ laying his right hand 
on his’ breast, 
The lord chancellor held in his 
hand a list of the peers present, 
and who had taken their seats in 
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their robes before the throne. 
Those, peers who did not mean to 
vote retired behind the throne. 
The noble lord then began with 
the junior peer present, in the fol. 
lowing manner: 
George lord Douglas, is Warren 
Hastings, esq. guilty, or not guilty, 
of the high crimes and misde- 
meanors charged upon him by the 
commons in the first article of 
ehatce? _ Lord Douglas stood up, 
took off his hat, and laying his right 
hand on his heart, pronounced— 
Not guilty, upon my honour. 
James lord Fife, how say you? 
—Not guilty, upon my honour, 
Charies lord Somers, how say 
you?—Not guilty, upon my _ho- 
nour. 
Francis lord Rawdon, how say 
you ?--Not guilty, upon my ho. 
nour. ; 
Thomas lord Walsingham, how 
say you?—Nor guilty, upon my ho- 
nour. 
Fdward lord Thurlow, how 
say you?—Not guilty, upon my 
honour. 
Martin lord Hawke, how say 
you?—Not guilty, upon my_ho- 
nour. 
Frederic lord Boston, how. say 
you?—Not guilty, upon my ‘ho- 
nour, 
Edwin lord Sandys, how say 
you?—Not guilty, upon my ho. 
nonr. 
Henry lord Middleton, how say 
you?—Not guilty, upon my ho. 
nour, 
Samuel lord bishop of Rochester, 
how say you?—Not guilty, upon 
my honour. 
John lord bishop of Bangor, how 
say you'—-Not guilty, upon my 
honour. : 
I _ Thomas 
