16 JANUARY 1904, Page 15

WARREN HASTINGS OR CLIVE P

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Your reviewer says (Spectator, January 9th) that Dr. Sandys quotes Warren Hastings, and says : " I am astounded at my own moderation." If Warren Hastings said this, he was quoting his great predecessor. It was Clive who, when he was being examined by the Committee appointed to investi- gate his dealings with Meer Jaffir exclaimed : " By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation." At least Macaulay so states ; and Macaulay is not generally inaccurate, in spite of the charges so often brought against him on this score.—I am, Sir, &c.,