On the 30th of April, the following
Report, written by Mr. Burke, and adopted by the Committee, was
presented to the House of Commons, and ordered by the House to be
printed.
REPORT
Made on the 30th April, 1794, from the Committee of the House of
Commons, appointed to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to
their proceeding on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to
report what they find therein to the House (which committee were
the managers appointed to make good the articles of impeachment
against the said Warren Hastings, Esquire); and who were afterwards
instructed to report the several matters which have occurred since
the commencement of the said prosecution, and which have, in their
opinion, contributed to the duration thereof to the present time,
with their observations thereupon.
Your Committee has received two powers from the House:--The first, on
the 5th of March, 1794, to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to
their proceedings on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to
report what they find therein to the House. The second is an
instruction, given on the 17th day of the same month of March, to this
effect: That your Committee do report to this House the several matters
which have occurred since the commencement of the said prosecution, and
which have, in their opinion, contributed to the duration thereof to the
present time, with their observations thereupon.
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