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And, therefore, their LORDSHIPS must not think it strange,
If he Crime-seeking MANAGERS, wander and range.
In this way, the Invincible argu'd, and reason'd,
But his language; it seems, was not properly season'd.
   Then WYNDHAM, the metaphysician profound,
Arose, and observ'd, they were trying the ground,
And by tentative instances making a trial,
To discover the grounds of their LORDSHIPS' denial;
And having remark'd, that the breaking of Rocks
Is perform'd by the quick repetition of knocks,
He repeated again all the sayings of FOX.
But in spite of their new metaphysical dress,
Old arguments fail'd of obtaining success;
For the CHANCELLOR said, that the present obtrusion
Came into the range of their former conclusion.
Then BURKE, springing up began ringing the changes,
Upon Guns, Bombs and Shells, and their different ranges;
His similitudes pleasantly tended to show,
That in battering HASTINGS, their damnable foe,
The MANAGERS ought not to narrow their plan,
But enlarge and extend it as much as they can;
That all Laws of Evidence should be abolish'd,
Or suspended, at least, till the PRIS'NER'S demolish'd.

   LAW rose, and requested permission to say,
That to answer was needless, except for delay.
FOX answer'd, and freely admitted 'twere wrong
To spin out a Trial so tediously long;
That the Public, whose hearts were not iron and steel,
For the suff'rings of HASTINGS, now visibly feel.
The LORDS and the COMMONS are ready to say,
They sincerely lament, and condemn the delay.
'Tis usual with those who are broaching of lies,
To summon that witness, who rarely replies;
So CHARLES, who the general sentiment knew,
With regard to delay, and to whom it was due,
Repeatedly call'd upon GOD to attend,
And to vouch for the truth of himself and his friend!
To bear in perpetual remembrance, that they
Were not instrumental in causing delay.
But till this appeal shall produce some effect,
The people, I fear, will be apt to suspect
That the reason of making divine invocation,
Is because there exists not one Man in the Nation,
But looks on delay, as an artful provision,
Against the effects of their LORDSHIPS' decision.

    After argument tedious, the HEROES withdraw
Their question, without a decision of LAW;
As KELLERAM fail'd, the Invincibles bring,
A new Accusation about GOVIND SING;
Whose pow'r, they maintain'd, was so very extensive,
That they trusted their LORDSHIPS would deem it offensive.

   PLUMMY wanted to know so he made a request,
To ask if the Natives were not much oppress'd:
But LAW, who for ever objects to digression,
Would consent to no question concerning oppression -
He said,'as Oppression was not in the charge,
On that 'twere incompetent now to enlarge:
Nor cou'd words of inference plac'd at the end,
To 
substantive acts of Oppression extend.
But EDMUND and CHARLES, who at some little distance
Heard the cry of distress - flew to PLUMMY's assistance:
And now was another Tongue Battle begun -
BURKE said, that the tying of Father and Son,
Was a Substantive act of Oppression, and more
Than an interference ever admitted before.
But CHARLES, who has often been known to contend
For all manner of rights as they answer his end -
Who is one day for throwing a MONARCHY down,
And the next standing up for the Rights of the CROWN -
Who we all well remember, not many months since,
Was the Advocate bold for the Rights of the PRINCE -
Who once call'd the People the Fountain, and then
Saw the Fountain of Power  in the Parliament-Men -
Now says, that the COMMONS may justly dispense
With all rules of evidence, reason, and sense;
That the COMMONS are laymen, and not men of letters,
Unus'd to be bound in Legality's fetters;
That proof by them offer'd, shou'd ne'er be rejected
But thankfully taken, and duly respected;
That the COMMONS of England not being Law Readers,
Ought not to be treated as common Law Pleaders.

   Now to settle this Question, their LORDSHIPS withdraw,
And perhaps will refer it to Men of the Law.
I have only to tell you, that BURKE is so nettled,
By the manner in which the last Question was settled,
That he's gone back to those by whom HE was appointed,
To complain that his schemes are all wreck'd, and disjointed.

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For the WORLD.

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SIMKIN to SIMON.

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   My silence, Dear BROTHER, you must not ascribe
To my want of attention, or taking a bribe;
For though to the HALL I've paid constant attention,
I have heard nothing lately of deserving mention:
E'en EDMUND, great EDMUND, began to despair,
As the JUDGES, he thinks, have decided unfair;
These grave formal Gentlemen can't be persuaded 
To admit of formality's being invaded;
They tell us, that even in HASTINGS'S cause.
Respect should be paid to old customs and laws;
And that, whether the PRIS'NER'S condemn'd or  acquitted,
No illegal evidence should be admitted.
Mean time the fine ORATOR's daily complaining,
Of necessity urgent, for twisting and straining'
Nor can he believe that law is so brittle,
As not to allow of its twisting a little;
And indeed, my Dear BROTHER, with grief I observe,
Those inflexible men never vary or swerve:
I've read how the feelings of HECTOR distrest,
Awaken'd soft pity in JUPITER's breast;
How the Son of old TELAMON miss'd of his mark,
When he hurl'd  at the TROJANS his spear in the dark;
How he pray'd to the God for renewal of light,
His petition was heard, and he conquer'd in fight:
But the JUDGES unmov'd see the ORATOR blunder,
They are equally deaf to his whisper and thunder;
That is, without pity they see him despond,
And, remorseless, prohibit his going beyond
The immoveable line they think proper to draw,
According to RULE, JURISPRUDENCE< and LAW.

Thus fetter'd and hamper'd, I can't but admire
The ORATOR's strength, perseverance and fire;
When in his metaphysical manner of speaking,
He said, though his vessel was bulging and leaking,
Nay more, notwithstanding he could not help thinking
The whole FLEET of IMPEACHMENT in danger of sinking,
He would not quit his ship, howe'er crazy or crank,
But, like Captain RIOU, would sit on a plank;
And for this, t'other day, to the HOUSE he return;d,
Where his want of success he lamented and mourn'd;
Then, to cheer up his men, he arose in his place;,
And sung them a Stanza from old CHEVY CHACE.
On their LORDSHIPS, in verse, he intreated God's blessing,
Whilst he read them, in prose, upon patience a lesson.

  When the HERO had clos'd his deplorable ditty,
He said that three parts were objects of pity;
And that, though three sessions already had run,
Since the glorious impeachment  of HASTINGS begun',
The  number of hours he precisely had counted,
To One Hundred and Eighty and Nine, they amounted,
Which being divided by MANAGERS twenty,
The public, he said, without reason complain'd,
That to answer no purpose, their pockets are drain'd;
And whilst they repine at consumption of wealth,
WARREN HASTINGS laments the decline of  his health;
But his hurt constitution he wants to repair,
By going abroad, or by changing the air;
But EDMUND supposes the place where he dwells,
Or BAGNIGGE, or TUNBRIDGE, or some other  Wells,
Might serve for the present his health to restore,
And enable his spirits to suffer much more.
Then he said, tho' the militant MANAGER's toils
Had ne'er been rewarded by honours or spolis,
Tho' disgrace had attended himself and his host,
They were pity'd the least, yet deserv'd it the most.
He clos'd with a Motion, for further extension
Of Power, and the HOUSE has encreased its dimension.

   And now of success he encreases the hope,
From this beneficial enlargement of scope;
From enlargement of scope, comes enlargement of fun,
As all his outdoings will now be outdone:
Tho' there's an old Proverb now laid on the shelf,
Which says, "Give him Rope, and a man hangs himself!"

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For the WORLD.

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SIMKIN to SIMON.

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   THIS DAY the great HEROES went on as before,
In adduction of proof, so they called upon MOORE.

 

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