Excerpt from The Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt: In the House of Commons, on Friday, February 21, 1783I fhall begin, Sir, with a moft ln portant fubjeet, the Rate of the Bri tilh navy; and {hall refer myfelf for proofs of what I alfert, to the papers now lying on your table. This appeal, Sir, to folid and authen tic documents, will appear the more juft and necelfary, when I acquaint the Houfe, that a noble Lord, from whom the honourable gentleman profelfes to receive bis naval infor mations, has varied in his fiatements to the Cabinet, no lefs than twenty fail of the line.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.