How would Warren vote? was the great question. He would
listen to the arguments. Burke was full of confidence that he
should catch Warren. The day before the debate there was a
levee, which Mr Warren attended. The sovereign stopped him,
spoke to him, smiled on him, asked him many questions: about
himself, the House of Commons, how he liked it, how he liked
England. There was a flutter in the circle; a new favourite
at court.
The debate came off, the division took place. Mr Warren voted
for the minister. Burke denounced him; the king made him a
baronet.
Sir John Warren made a great alliance, at least for him; he
married the daughter of an Irish earl; became one of the
king's friends; supported Lord Shelburne, threw over Lord
Shelburne, had the tact early to discover that Mr Pitt was the
man to stick to, stuck to him. Sir John Warren bought another
estate, and picked up another borough. He was fast becoming a
personage. Throughout the Indian debates he kept himself
extremely quiet; once indeed in vindication of Mr Hastings,
whom he greatly admired, he ventured to correct Mr Francis on
a point of fact with which he was personally acquainted. He
thought that it was safe, but he never spoke again.
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