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Excerpt from Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time, Vol. 3 of 3 So pointed an animadversion called up Fox, who, while he deprecated any expression which might disturb the desirable unanimity, nevertheless added, "I remain now as much convinced that the motion was necessary, as I am persuaded at this moment of its being no longer necessary." The Chancellor of the Exchequer having justified the King's conduct throughout every part of the transaction, as "uniform and consistent, departing in no one instance from the principles which always directed him, " Fox made a similar declaration or protest on the part of the Prince. [9th May 1787.] The proceedings in the prosecution of Hastings, which seemed to have been suspended during near three weeks while the application of the Prince of Wales to Parliament occupied the public mind, were resumed and terminated, as far as they related to the House of Commons, at this time. A debate of great interest took place on the second reading of the articles of impeachment. Lord Hood, with the feelings of a man to whom the command of fleets had been delegated under circumstances of the greatest personal responsibility, made a short and plain appeal in favour of an individual, who, whatever errors he might have committed, had unquestionably rescued that valuable portion of the empire intrusted to his care from almost inevitable subversion. Wilkes, though during the two or three last sessions he had rarely taken any active part, and though he already began to feel the infirmities of approaching age, came forward on this occasion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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