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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seui clich4, il est filmA A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant ia nombre d'images nAcessaira. Lea diagrammas suivants iiiustrant ia mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 l\ ; AN IMPARTIAL E N C^U I R Y into the C O N D U C T of A LATE MINISTER. Irfltllirnl 11 nil I p ? A N IMPARTIAL Q. I 1^ T O THE CONDUCT O F A LATE MINISTER, 3. LONDON; ?^inted for R. Davis in Sackville^Sire^^, Piccadilly, MDCCLXI. r i S-J ^ / r ■» - .* If,, f - -v AN IMPARTIAL E N Q^U I R Y, T HE Credulity of the Vulgar, who have no Opinion of their own, is not to be admired : For they are like fo much Straw, which is eafily fet on Fire with the fmallefl Spark. In the mean time, fuch is their Inflabili- ty, that they are often heard to pour out their Curfes againit thofe very People, whom, but a few Days before, they per- fedly idolized, and with their Voices ex- alted to the very Clouds. What Wonder* then, is it, that falfc Merit, uplifted by the foul Breath of little Emifiaries, who have their own pitiful Ends to purfue, Oiould A gain li ; i ( 2 ) gain an Eftcem and Reputation among a Company of Grocers, low Bookfellers, and Coblers, fuperior to real Merit? But that a Set of Men, who have Opportuni- ties of being better informed, fhould fo far decline the Ufe of their Reafon as to fuffer themfelves to be carried away by the Tide of popular Clamor, artificially raifed in favor of this or that Man, fills one with no lefs Aflonifhmcnt than Con- tempt. Public Virtue, or at leaft the Ap- pearance of it, is efTential to the Schemes of political Ambition -, for without a Mafk file would appear fo horrid hideous and defpicable, that no body could pofli- bly countenance her. He, therefore, who has formed Defigns of aggrandizing himfelf, is obliged to difguife his real Sentiments, that he might more eafily take Advantage of the fhort-fighted, ig- norant, and weak Part of Mankind, who arc eal 11 ( 3 ) are but too often abufed by a fpecious Af- fedtation of Public Spirit, and a fliam Difregard of Power and Riches, that old, trite, ftale Pretext, by which artful and afpiring Men have often gained fuch Cre- dit as has enabled them to attain to the highefl Degree of Wealth and Power 5 which, without it, they could not have attained J and which, in the End, we have never failed to find that they have had in View, however much they afFedt- cd to defpife them. But every Tree is beft known by its Fruits. Let us, then impartially examine this Great Man's Condudt who has lately refigned, and confider if he is truly that Great Man which common Fame has reprefented.^ The Eclat of one or two popular Meafures, even though attended with Succefs, is not silone fuflicient to eftablifh the Charadter A 2 of ar:: ( ■t ■ I ( 4 ) of a Great Minifter with Men of Senfe ; for thefe may be neccfliiry, not only to acquire Credit at firfl, but to open People's Hearts and Purfes on future Occafions. Ganiefters and Sharpers, we know, often- fufTer thofe, whom they are at laft fure of taking-in, and perhaps Gripping of their All, to be Gainers at the Outfet. Let us not be fo deceived ; but let us enquire what real Services he has done the Com- monwealth, and if they are fuch as might have been expedled fi*om a truly Great Miniflcr, furnifl^ied with that extraordi- nary, I had almofl fuid unlimited. Power which has been granted to Mr. P . In the mean time, it would be an Inju- flice to others not to afcribe to them the Honor of fuch Schemes as they them- felves firfl projedled; in which Mr. P — could not pofTibly have had any other Share or Merit, than in feconding them |U- the n- . mm mm ler n g ( 5 ) them in CouYicil, however he may plume himfclf on having the Tolc Cre- dit of them. We ought alfo to confider, if the Commonwealth has in any Refpcdt fuffcred, as well as been benefited, by his Guidance, that, by comparing the Good with the Bad, we may impartially deter- mine of his Merits. But, perhaps, we (hall be better able to judge of his Principles, if we take a Retrofped: of his whole Poli- tical Condudt. Mr. P , then, du- ring the Life of Sir R W , who, it was faid, knew his , continued the fame zealous and flaming Patriot as he had profefTed hirhfelf in the Time of S D of M- , who moft graeioufly bequeathed him a confiderablc Legacy, with no other View than that, being rendered independent, he would be lefs liable to become a Cv-urt-convert : But ;m I ( 6 ) But, behold, Ld O— ^ had fcarce refigned his laft Breath before he began to revere the Afhes of that very Man whofe Deflrudion he had before labored to eife, w\ \l I'A li I ' ). ( 8 ) gave Jealoufy to the reigning Admini/lra- tion. The War with France commen- cing about this Jundlure, it was imagi- ned, that a Body of BritiJJo Troops would have been employed in defence of his Majeiiy's Eledloral Dominions, which were invaded by the Enemy. Then, and not till then, Mr. P — refumed his Pa- triot-Principles, and once more manfully pppofed Continental Meafures, declaring, that, if a fingle Man was fent to Germany, he fhould look on fuch a Step as making ourfelves Principals on the Continent. Happy, thrice happy, had it been for us, if he had ftedfallly perfevered in thefe Na- tional Sentiments. Millions then would have been faved to Great- Britain : Her People, too, would have been faved ; whereas the Want of Hands has been fe- yerejy felt of laie in almoft all our Manu- factures. < 9 ) fadlures. On the other fide^ undrainc^ of that Money which has been fo profudfely fquandered, and quite ilaan^efullylavifjiea, in Germany, this Country would h^vc been in a much better Condition of tri- ■ 1 > umphing over her Enemy thaij fhe.c^n poffiblyexpedt, engaged, as ihe is, in that dangerous, ruinpus, and' all-confuming German War, by which we have already been as great Lofers as we can poflibly hope to be Gainers, even on an honor-r able Peace. But I ain lorry to fay, that the Expe tvas fo harraffed, by being embodied and, kept out from their refpedive Counties, when no Invafion threatened the King- dom, in which Cafe only the r Spirit of the A6t feenied to allow of their being kept out, that they not only became a Burthen to thePublic, but the Service was made odious to every independent Gentle- man who had the Honor to bear his Majefly's Commiflion. Nor can I herepaft over a Meafure, which nothing 4efs than the moft imminent and immediate Dan-' get thr«»atening the State can poflibly juftify ; a Meafure whicli can't fail ftri-^J i ii ! i > i ( 12 ) king cviry Lover of his Country with a ferious and jiift Concern; a Meafure which Appears to me not only unparliamentary ^ but anticonftitutional ; if not, it argues at leaft a Defeat in the Conftitution. I ihean the Pradlice of raifing new Regi-» itifcnts ivithout firft obtaining the Confent of Parliament. I am not infenfible, that the Approbation of Parliament comes after. But, iurely, there is a wide Difference between obtaining the Leave of Parlia-^ ihent at firil, and wire-drawing its Ap- probation after the Troops have been rai- {ed : For there are, give me Leave to fay, who may be induced to giv6 theil: Sundlion to fuch a Meafure after it is done, which they cduld not refufe without con- demning the Meafure itfelft and the Au- thors of it ; and yet, perhaps, would bavfe never given their Confent if they had been ' at ( *3 ) at firft confolted. I can't, therefore, look upon this Meafure in any other Light than inverting the Order of Bu-^ liriefsj and prefuming too much on^ the Pliability of Parliament. It is, how- ever, far from my Intentions to difpute the Power of the King's Prerogative on this Occafion ; but I have always been of Opinion, that this Power was vefted in the Grown when we had fewer Regular Forces than we have at prefent, with no othei^ View than as a Proviiion agaiilfl any Emergency which might happen, the Senate not fitting ; in fhort, that it was given for the • Protedion, not the Oppreflion, of the Subjeft. But the new - raifed Regiments are fo far from giving any additional StrengtH, that they are a Weaknefs- to the Ar- my, the old Corps being proportion- ably f i i! i' ^ ( H ) ably incomplete. Nor is this the great-^ eft Mifchief : Thefe raw Men cannot be taken from their feverd Trades without Trade itfelf becoming a confiderable Suf- ferer: The Officers, too> will neceflarily become a Burthen tc !S after the Peace * but, above all, the Meafure itfelf is to- tally inconfiftent with the falutary Inten- tion of a Militia, upon which, give mc Leave to fay, the Salvation of this Coun- try in a great Meafure depends : For who (under any other Government than his prefent Majefty's, whofe Paternal Affec- tion for his People will always be their Safeguard) could refledt on the late ama- zing Increafe of our Army, without being filled with the moft alarming Apprehen- fions of Military Power ? which is fo great already, that, if not timely reduced, it can't fail, fooner or later, proving deftrudtive of Briti/b Liberty. " But " Brutus b eaty t be [lout Suf-^ "arily ace J s to- iten- z mc :ouh-^ who L his kfFec- their ama- being ehen- great luced» roving « But 3rutus f* Brutus is an honorable Man ! '* If, now, w? compare the Expence of jhe War carried on under the Aufpices of the Great D — of M ■■ > which, too, was crowned with the greateft Succefs, with the Expence of the prefent War, we ihall find no fmall Difference. On Examination, \ye fhall find, that the higheft Expence which w . flood at any one Year fcaree exceeded 7,200,000/. Civil-Lifl included; and other Years not near fo much. But how muchlefs this Year will our Expences amount to than eighteen Millions ? iGood God! Is there any Man, in his fbber Seh- fes, \yho imagines that the Nation can long fupport a War carried on at this Rate ? What Advantages can we hope to gain adequate to fuch an Expence as we have already been at? Nay, will it be pofS- ble to keep even thofe which we have already gained. f i t I : ( 16 ) gained, if the War fliould be continued on the fame lavifh Footing many Years longer ? To know what a Nation can or cannot bear, in order to fquare )iis Mea- fures, either of Offence or Defence, by ^c Extent of the People's Abilities, du- ring a State of War, is undoubtedly a Minifter*s firft Duty : For if he has not well confidered thi$ Poinf, . .he mufi: Infallibly be very unequal to the fole Diredion, ^nd, ii) fleering, the Commofiwealthr^Sbip, -will be often in Danger of running her on Quickfands« If f private PerfQ.n was about ercdting a magnificent Edifice, wou}d it not be pru-r dent in hipi to take it pr^vioufly into his Thoughts, hqw well he could afford the Expence ? Aod if he foun4 that he could not well fpare the Money, would it nqt ]>c neceiTary for him to contract his Plan ? inued years :anor Mea- e, by , du- edly a 5 has he al to [ig-the ten in Lfands* Sting a >e prur ito his rd the I could it npt Plan? ( 17 ) And is not the fame Policy as requiiite to a Minifler who undertakes to plan for the Public during a Time of War, without which he is liable to involve the Nation in an Expence which may fooner or later prove its irretrievable Ruin ? Great Schemes of Oeconomy, I am fenfible, were very much talked of in the Begin- ning ; But in what did thefe fair Promifcs end ? The Reformation which was be- gun extended only to the Wine-Office, where the Commiflioners had their Sala- ries allowed them during Life, with, an Addition of as much more as their Per- quifites amounted to -, fo that the Public, inflead of being eafed in that Particular, was more heavily loaded; and all that flie gained by it was a Kind of Reverfion of thofe Places, in cafe they {hould not Jiappen in future to be re-cftabliihed. C Permit i I i f. { 1 1 I IN If li'i ( .8 ) . Permit mc here to obfervc, that, when Military Officers are laid afide, they arc reduced to Half-Pay only, even, though they have perhaps hazarded their Lives in their Country*s Service. What , Pretence, then, thefe Gentlemen could r have had to more than their Salaries, I' muft own that I am at a Lofs to conceive. ' Other Places, altogether as ufelefs, re-r i main untouched ; and, inflead of making ) fuch Savings of the public Treafure, as eafily might have been made, we feem to have been more profufely lavifh of it, in proportion as we can lefs afford if. What, fliameful and confufed Accounts of Mo^ , peys expended in Germany, fpme of it. too without proper Vouchers, have we, not known pafs a certain Place almo/l. without a fmgle Queftion being afked,- under the baneful Influence of this Gep-: tleman*s II ( '9 ) tlcman's Adminiftration ? What Num- bers of idle Expeditions have there not been planned, which could not poffibly anfwer any other End than that of weak- ening ourfelves ? And in carrying them in- to Execution, how very little Attention has there been paid to Oeconomy ? It was but laft Year, when an Expedition was forming at Port/mouth, that, though many of the Tranfports lay then in the River, which were appointed to ferve on that Expedition, yet, inftead of having the Military Stores imbarked a-board them, they were all fent by Land at an immenfe Expence. But why do I men- tion this TriRe, when the fame Want of Oeconomy prevails through every Part of Government ? What immenfe Expence, again, were we not put to in preparing an Expedition againftthc Illand of Mau- \"-\ ■4 't c 'ifitiSi m iiv' m ii 1 ; ! I ( ^0 ) Htius, which appeared at laft to have been Co ill calculated, that, before the Fleet was in readinefs, it proved too late to fend our Ships there ? Let me further afk. What Advantages have we reaped from all thofe idle Expeditions which we have fromTime to Time maae on the Coaft of France ? In fhort. What is all this, in fad, but plundering the People of their Money, and wantonly fquandering it among a Set of iniquitous Contradlors ? But, for Heaven's Sake, is it not the Part of a Minifter, efpecially one who afFeds to be called a Patriot Miniiler, and who under- takes the fole Management of the War,— is it not, I fay, his Bufinefs to fuperin- tcnd every Kind of Expencc, and to \;yhith I have to take notice, qf, in regard to Mr. P — *s Cpndud, viz. his.Reiignatibn of the Seals, leaving, it is true, the Nation covered with Honor, but covered, too, with a Debt of little lefs than * 136 Millions, inclulive of the i I I * This enormous Sum cxclufive of the many Mil- lions which have been raifed and expended within the Year ; I'll .^,■. ( 24 ) the Expences of the enfuing Year ; very near 60 Millions of which (be it < remembered) have been contra<9:- ed under Mr. P- •'$ own glorious Ad- miniftration. The avowed Reafon of this extraordinary Step, taken at this Juncture, isfaidtobe, that, being over-i' ruled by the Majority of the Council, in regard to Meafures to be taken agairift Spam^ founded oi^ what Spainh^d already done, not on what that Court may fur- ther intend to do> hq would not be ?e- fponiible for JR^cafures which he was no longer allowed to guide. But if th.'e le- as no <) had ot re-f jpeatn s* in. regard in tho. tarothw; ( 25 ) Regard to their not having received any Satisfadion on account of fuch Captures as had been made after the Time limited by Treaty, and which were acknowledged and confefled by the Court of Spain itfelf, did then any of his Warmth appear a- gainft Spain f Or did he exert himfelf in obtaining thofe injured People a proper Redrefs ? When, again, the Retention of the Antigalltcan rung in his Ears, did he then require proper Satisfad:ion, or in- fifl on an immediate Rupture with Spain f Nayj did not his Friends at that very Time take Pains to perfuade People of its being a very improper Jundlure to break with Spain f If then, on neither of thefe Occaiions, he infifted on vigorous Mea- fures, or refigned the Seals, is it very likely that he {hould do it now with any othef View but to withdraw himfelf in Time, D before SBC" if ( 26 ) before People's Eyes were open, and his Credit failed him ? But admit, for a Moment, that this was the true Caufe of his Refignation. Is it a Point fo unde- niably clear, that we ought immediately to enter into a War with Spain, as not to leave Room for any Doubt ? Might there not be thofe of a more fedate and calm Temper, who, without Offence, might think fuch a Step too precipitate, and might poffibly wifh that every jufl Ex- pedient was fird tried before War was declared, which once begun, who knows where and when it may end ? Is it fine, too, in our prefent Circumftances, which are entirely owing to this Gentle- man's Condudt, that without abandoning Germany, which I don't find that he ever intended, we could carry on fuch a War any long Time without Rifle of a Na- tional It ices, ntle- >ning ever War Na- tional ( 27 ) tional Bankruptcy ? That Spain has been much more difpofed to fhow Favor to the Enemy than to us, and that her Be- haviour to our People is, in many Inftan- ces, totally inexcufable, I make not the leaft Queftion : But, perhaps, it may be good Policy, even in Princes, fometimes to look through their Fingers ; Peace, in a Trading Country, being far more eli' gible than War. In the mean time, to prepare for War, as if War was unavoid- able, is no lefs prudent than neceflary ; and if Spairiy notwithftanding our For- bearance, fhould proceed to force us into one, by adding Infult to Infult, as we (hall have nothing to anfwer for^ in carrying on the War, to God or Man, we ought to fupport our prefent National Diftrefs with the Courage of Romans, and, if poflible, redouble our Efforts, with a Refolution of D 2 1 1 1 con- ( 28 ) convincing our unprovoked Enemy, that we are not reduced to fo low an Ebb, a& not to be able to take that ample Satisfac-i- tion of her Infolence, which injured Bri- tons have fo juft a Right to expedl and demand. The Queflion then comes in regard to this Gentleman's being made refponfible for Meafures which he him-» felf did not approve in Council : In an^ fwer to which, give me Leave to fay, if delivering his Opinion in Writing, figned with his Name, was not alone fufficient to have indemnified him, what hinderecl him, as a Member of Parliament, ^iOy ving for an humble Addrefs tp his Maje-s fty, to have peremptorily demanded Sa- tisfaction from the Court of Spam for any J^ofTes fuftained by his Britifh Subjedts, ?ind to have aflured him of his Parliar- j^Pl^nt's Readinefs to fupport him in cafe of Spaing ye- leof ( 29 ) Spain's Rofufal ? which if he had done, having had fufficient Grounds for it, who afterwards could have blamed Mr. P — on account of Spain ? But the Manner in which he profefTes quitting the Seals is perhaps unexampled ; becaufe, forfooth, he was not any longer fuffered to guide : As if they who compofed the Council were fummoned only as fo many Noughts to make this Gentleman's Unity fo much more fignificant j and that they were ad- mitted on no better Footing at that Board, than to be entirely at his Devotion in every Meafure which he pleafed to didtate to them. Good Qods ! what aftonifhing Infolence ! that one Man (hould prefume to take upon himfelf the Guidance of the reft, of equal Birth, of equal Parts and Abilities with himfelf, and to deny his Pfince that Privilege, which his Preroga- tive '<] y n r ( 30 ) tive entitles him to, efpecially in re- gard to Peace and War, of either re- ceiving or rejecting the Council which is offered ! To have fuffered this, one muft have looked on his Majefty as held in Leading- Strings, and the reft of the Council merely as this Gentleman's Attendants. TheWifdom and Excellen- cy of this Conftitution is manifeft in no- thing more than in leaving as little ablb- lute Power as poflible even in the Hands of the Crown : And (hall a Subjedt dare ufurp it; one, too, who has profefTed himfelf a Friend to Liberty and the Con- ftitution ? When a late Great Minifter was called, by his Adverfaries, a Kind of Didator, who more paflionately exclaim- ed againft his Power than Mr. P — ? And yet he would willingly now aflume to himfelf the fame Ppwcr of Didatorihip. But ( 3' ) But what Shadow of Excufe has he for taking a Penfion of 3000 1. per annum for his and his Son's Life, and that too at a Time of public Diflrefs ? L it for the Services which he has done his OWN Country ? As to them, has he not been fufficiently rewarded by the great and opulent Places which he has long en- joyed? And I will add, that whatever he has done is no more than he owes his Country in the Difcharge of his Duty, How widely different, and how much more noble, was the Condudl of the Great luock on the like Occafion ! who did infi- nitely more Honor to his Country than ever Mr. P— did. When, on account of his Health, he was obliged to refign his Place at the Board of Trade, where no Man was ever better qualified to fit than himfelf, and had a Penfion offered him. m ft 'I %m (M y u\ i Mi! ( 32 ) him, though he really wanted it, he had too much public Spirit to Ijecome a Bur- den to his Country. How different alfo was Lord Sunderland*^ Behaviour in a pa- rallel Cafe ! who declared, that, if he was riot deemed worthy of ferving his Coun- try, he would never be guilty of plunder- ing her. By thefe In fiances we may fee in what Light thefe Kinds of Favors have been always received. What avails it, then, to endeavour to glofs over this Af- fair, by calling it the fpontaneous Mark of his Majefly's Approbation of his Ser- vices, which differs not in the leaft from the meanefl Penfion? Let us now confi- der thofe eminent Services for which his Country is indebted to liim, and fee what they amount to. Ard I think, (for I fee his Merits as well as his Demerits) that he has none greater to boafl of than that ( 33 ) that Spirit which he feems to have infu- fed into the Adminiftration, who before him were as much too pacific as he is too enterprifing. To him alfo we owe the Redudlion of Canada, which, ncver- thelefs, I doubt, has cofl us more in Mo- ney and Men than the Country itfelf is worth. But the French Iflands, upon which their Fifheries depend, are un- doubtedly of the utmoft Importance, as the Lofs of them tends greatly to weaken the Enemy's Marine, and to llrengthen our own. With regard to Senegal and Gor^e^ if I am rightly informed, Mr. P — had no other Share \n the Conqueft of them, than in giving his Approbation of the Meafure which had been propofcd as an Objedt worthy our Attention. Who firft projedlcd the Conqueft of Martinico and Guadalupe^ \ know not ; but this one E - may 11 lil li^ I!' ( 34 ) may venture to fay, that, however valu- able they may be in themfelves, v/e aro much more indebted to Providence for Guadalupe, than we are to the firfl Pro- jedtors, Succefs, however, hath crowns ed this laft Adtion with Glory, and ren-- ders thofe blaipelefs who would otherwifo have been liable to Cenfure, for diflipa-? ting the public Money in aProjed: which, fromihe Beginning. Was foill contrived and provided for, that the Succefs was almoft pext to ^ Miracle, Js it, however, lefs reafonable to exped, that a Secretary of State, from the Nature of his Office, (liould have been perfedly acquainted with the Strength and We^knefs of the Enemy in all Places within his own Department | iand that, whilft he affumed the Minifterjj no Meafure would have been concerted tut il> poi^fecjuence of fuch Knowledge, without { 35 ) Without leaving the Succefs of our ArmS entirely to Chance ? Belleijle is a Kind of Make-weight added to the reft : For, notwithftanding fuch Sums as have been expended in taking it, I know of no Ufe which it has been of to us, but to teach our Military Gentlemen Experience. Lef US now look on the other Side of the Ac-- count, and we (hall find, that we are in- debted to this Gentleman for engaging us as Principals in a German War, which of late has coft us, befides the Lofs of Mem little lefs than five Millions Sterling per Annum* And, for thefe two Years paft, our Trade has been much expofed to the Enemy's Privateers, whilft many of our Ships have been idly alarming the Coaft of France, and others as idly watching the River Vilaine : Where- as, had our Fleet been employed as^ ill W< a £ E a it w ^ ( 36 ) it ought to have been, we might, with a fmall additional Expence, have made ourfelves Mafters of Marfmko, and deftroyed all the French Settlements on St, Domingo. In fhort, the Mo- ney and Men which this German War has coft us, and the Expence which we have from Time to Time put ourfelves to in forming idle Expedi- tions, amounts even to more than all that this Gentleman himfelf propofed to retain, ^Len he made his lafl Ceffions * to Monfieur BiiJ/yi is a^liidly worth ; which ' Terms, 1-; n *• Though the Goodndfs and Safety of 1 future Peace entirely depended on the Retention of the French Sugar-Iflands and Fiflieries, which alone can prevent the future Increafe cf ths Enemy's Naval Power, yet the Reftoration of them was agreed to in fetthng Pieliminaries Yi'ii\\ this Gentleman. ( 37 ) Terms, however, the Enemy is yet too haughty to accept. What mighty Caufe, then, have we to triumph ? And, more particularly, if we refledl, and furely we ought to refled, on the State of our Public Debt, which has been fo much inflamed by his Meafures, that the Nation already ftaggers under its "n:imenfe Load : A Confideration which is the more afFeding, as the Con- fequences will be much more feverely felt on the Decline of our Trade 5 which muft necefTarily be expeded when- ever the Sword is iheathed, and a happy Period put to the Rage of War ; and more efpccially as it feems to be a Point given vr (v hich, for my Country's Sake, I am forry to hear) that the French lliould be allowed the Fiihing-Trade in the Gulf of St, Laurence, and the Banks of ?i(: \.i I ( 38 ) of * Newfoundlandy almoft in as unlimited a Mariner as they before enjoyed it. \i\\ rs i J! And now, O ye Mothers ! whofe Sons have fo often enjoyed the Foils of Honour in Germany^ I appeal to you, if you have not Reafbn to extol Mr. Pr—, though fe* , very few, perhaps, of your Children, ^ ly ever return ta tell the Story of all their direful Hard- ihips ! And you. Gentlemen, who pay and not receive Taxes, give me Leave to afk you, if you have not found the higheft Satisfadion in Mr. P — 's Condudt and Management ? But, above all, you Gentlemen of the Alley, and you. ';•■ * Whatever is not mentioned in the new Trea-r ty remains good on the Footing "of the old. ■ ( 39 ) you, ye Contradors, are you not obliged in Gratitude, more than any body, to offer Incenfe to the Shrine of this Great Mini- fter ? for furely, under his Adminiftra-^ tion, you have reaped a Golden Harveft : But neverthelefs, :1iould any of you prove fo unconftiencious as to deny his great Merit, I ijiake no Doubt but that he is pnembarafTed enough to applaud him-^ felf, and to laugh at the Cits, F I N I S. il ,N\ "'T^'S"' * I ' ,. L"™^^^p -, ■ TV- i .. .,1 "I ■(■-■' K/- I ^"^ V 'i» ^;>' 'fip ■T"^^"l^""P>WI»>W a if E.'f ERRATUM. V — - • ■ '^ Jifter the Words ^ meaneft Penfior>^ Pcagc 32, ^j