Chapter XXII: Section 12: (1788.) the Trial of Warren Hastings

WESTMINSTER HALL AT THE OPENING OF THE HASTINGS TRIAL.

WARREN HASTINGS APPEARS AT THE BAR.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH.

THE READING OF THE CHARGES COMMENCED.

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

WILLIAM WINDHAM ESQ., M.P.

WINDHAM INVEIGHS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS. Somewhat sarcastic, this—but

MISS BURNEY BATTLES FOR THE ACCUSED.

A WEARIED M.P.—MR. CRUTCHLEY REAPPEARS.

MR. WINDHAM DISCUSSES THE IMPEACHMENT.

WINDHAM AFFECTS TO COMMISERATE HASTINGS.

MISS BURNEY IS AGAIN PRESENT AT HASTINGS’S TRIAL.

BURKE’.S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARGES. At length the peers’

FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH MR. WINDHAM.

MISS FUZILIER LIKELY TO RECONCILE MRS. FAIRLY.

THE HASTINGS TRIAL AGAIN: MR. FOX IN A RAGE. And now for my third

MRS. CREWE, MR. BURKE, AND MR. WINDHAM.

MISS BURNEY’S UNBIASED SENTIMENTS.

BURKE AND SHERIDAN MEET WITH COLD RECEPTIONS.

AT WINDSOR AGAIN.

DEATH OF MRS. DELANY.

THE HASTINGS TRIAL AND MR. WINDHAM AGAIN. The part of this month in

“THE QUEEN IS SO KIND.”

PERSONAL RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN WINDHAM AND HASTINGS.

AGAIN AT WINDSOR.

ANOTHER MEETING WITH MR. CRUTCHLEY.

MR. TURBULENT’S TROUBLESOME PLEASANTRIES.

COLONEL FAIRLY AND SECOND ATTACHMENTS.