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Title:  The speech of R. B. Sheridan: ... on Wednesday, the 7th of February, 1787, in bringing forward the fourth charge against Warren Hastings, Esq. relative to the Begums of Oude.
Author: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
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had given the subject a new and serious consideration.Mr. Fox argued against the adjourn|ment.Major Scott rose, and accused Mr. She|ridan of having been guilty of most gross misrepresentations; that in referring to se|veral parts of the correspondence relative to the Begums, he had omitted several parts of the letters, and offered to proceed to the proof, whenThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a very candid and liberal manner, passed many deserving and high encomiums on Mr. Sheridan's speech, and was strenuous for the adjournment.Mr. Fox replied to Mr. Pitt, and in a speech of some length, still opposed any adjournment:—this brought upMr. Wilberforce, who, for similar rea|sons with Mr. Pitt, Sir William Dolben, and Mr. Stanhope, was anxious to ad|journ.0