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And an Historical Account of that at LaHogue, 1692: • The Ancient and Prefent State of the K ..tianmA Britijh Navies: THREE SCENES. ^Wherein are introduced. Two of thegreateft Namesin France: The Refpedive Cafes of the Highlanders and Irish Roman Catholics : The late and prefent State of the British Colowies: Observations ontheGrandeuroftheNation. its ext^nfiu. Commerce, Banks Opulent Merchants,tc 'a^d the cST Bv Mr. GROVE op RICHMOND ' Our neceflary Aftions, in the Fear 1 o cope malicious Cenfurers— _ Shakes . LONDON: PniitcdibrJ.BuRD, at the Temple-Exchange, Fleet-Street, MDCC LXr Where may be had .the First Letter on the Glorious Succefs at Quebec ft?le"Se'o/l^^^ Particulars relat. g to tne iiattle ofFBELLE-IsLE, never before publiflied. [ Price One ShiJiing. J Ml 1 ^ .*.■ rj V ■• vr^>' ^ i 5 3 SECOND LETTER. TH E extraordinary defeats and great dif* pointments the GillUcans have met with from the Britons in all quarters of the globe, during the courfe of the ever memorable year 1759, have reftoud the ancient luftre of THE British arms, and been as gldrious to his Majejiy*s reign as it has been difgraceful and tar- niihing to thofe of the French and their king. Such mortifying and grate ing ftrokes ot the re^ verfe of fortune han put that ambitious crown up- on forming feveral projefts, in order to be reveng- ed on the Briti/h nation^ and as the chief part of /jer veterant troops were thought by them to be employed in Germany, the Indies and elfewhercj France blazed abroad, that fhe was determined to Invade us with two armies, and land them at one and the fame time, and by that jueans carry fire end [word into the hearts of Great Britain and Ire- land. In a word, it was Taid they intended to lay all walle, and make defarts of thefe kingdoms, as they palled cr^ in the fame manner as thy had pro^ je6ted, to have dealt with his Majejiy*s Hanoverian dominions, h^d they not received a moft glorious B foil r ^ 1 f()il (by which the BritiJJj infantry guiiietl immor- tal honour) on the plains of Minden *. : ■ V Xhefc *The confederacy which the French entcred'into with the Kiinnre, the Auftrians, Rufl'ians, Swedes, and others againft his Majefty, ^s p:iector of Ha- nover, the King of Fraflia, nnd the Landgrave of Hefre, was ^ht moft llan^/croils that ever waS formed to deftroy the rights oi mankind, lave that atCambrayin the year 1509, againft the Vene- tians. ■ . . n • L ,i .Qne of our pihlic fpirited ^^rtters ftates m jare the caufe of that confederacy, and at the Wme^ time gives us a mafterly charatler of the Kmg oi Truffia, all which follows. '■' The checks which the PruOian arms have \mh rece^ived^ certainly deforve the attention of Britain. Hh I^mffian Majefty's alliance with us t^AS fpontaneous. He firfl; enquired the grounds qf our quarrel with France, and upon enquiry, hciAg entire!'/ fatisfted of the jnftice of our caule, embraced our friendfhip. He ibv himfelf in dan- ger from an alliance which was founded folely % ambition, and he knew that the confederacy formed againft him, had views of attacking Ha- nover, from the fame unjuft and violent fpirit, in order to make all bend before the confederates, and he judged rightly, that BriMin would not tamely fee" the eleftorate opprefled by the arms of a vin- didive monarch, who had indeed avowed he had no motive to att;ack that country, but its belong- ing to the King of Great Brii ain. Thus it appears, .tliat repelling the injuftice i^n tended by common fcocmies, wa^. the bafis of tliis alliance. Could there be a more noble conn^'ai^n ? la I 7 ] Thcfe graiul prpjcifts fcemccl for ibme time to be what the French had acTtually in view, and fh"^ more to convince all Europe, that this was really there intention, a great: many of their fhip-carpen- ters were for leveral months clofely employed in building a furprizing number of flat-bottomed boats in their ports, to be made ufe of as tranf- ports, and it was given out in September laft, that they were ready to put to fea ; and to make it ap- pear the more probable, a confiderablc number of oe<>oaocaoaaoooMoe*ac*aooaooc9a»oeecaMocoioootci«a*9coeooo3ooeaooa«so««aeaiM«o«a<OMoeaoe«ceMoaM ia " In the progrefs of the war, we have had in- numerable fpecimens of this great monarch's vi- gour and vigilance. OpprefTed by numbers, de- ferted by thofe whofe caufe he fupported, attacked on every fide, he was not difcouraged, much lefs deftroyed. His prudence fuggefted to him^ fucli • difpofitions of his forces, that, with all their fup<;- riority, the eaemit;s found themfclves every where oppolcd, and where danger prefied mdft, tliither rclbrted the King in perfon. The fliame of being not refilled only, but vanquifhed in fo unequal a diipute, kepn the allies united. Re- fentment held together thofe whom ambition ori- ginally connected. The perieverance of our hero was equal to his refolution •, their new fchemes were broken, and .that they might not reproach each other, he beat in pitched battles every one of the allies. Every pofl brought us nev/s of his im- pending dellrudion by Aullrians, French, or Rul- lians ; every fucceeding poit acquainted us with his triumphs over thefe vain-glorious invaders, till iame feemed to grow hoarie with founding the praifes of Frederick the Great. Such is tlie ally that Britain adopted, of iuch an ally. Can Britaia -ever be afhamed .?" *' ' II ■ I I ■■ m ill ■ II I 11 I M. II . ^ . .., [ 8 ] of their belt troops marched to thofe different ports, to be ready to embark upon the firft 'notice. Whilft the French were thus boafling and act- ing, the writer of tlie BrulTcls Gazette (thinking to riiie a general coniternation in Great Britain and Trehnd) publiPned ieveral magnifying accounts of the grand preparations the French were every where makings to invade thefe kingdoms i nor did he omit declaring, that the large fleets fitted out at Brcll and otl.er ports of France, were de- ligncd to convey the tranTpotcn with the troops to the places where tlicy W'-rvr to land •, and w hal in- fmuatacl, that the P-relt fleet was at kft become refolutely bent to fai',. and m the firll inllant, to fea'-ch out and. chaflife thcEngliih for their daring prefumption,in liaving hovered fomany months au the mouth of tht^ir harbours, which prevented their fieets failing to join each other during the fummer. But it is to be cbferz^cd, kornets arc mif- £hievous nvhen ilny fy droad, mid ccnj'^yacntly art hf in their v.cffs. ■ ■■ . , j As ibon as our rno(l: gracious Sovereign had Ttxeived uiidoubted intelligence of the cieiign of the French, proper ileps were in^ mediately takea without noife or bludcr, to def(at the ichemes of our inveterate enemie.% which, however, did not divert his Majejly from purluing tlie meafures that had been befo c concerted between him and jiis allies, forlhcr^codofthe^ooimoncaufe. The lords- of the adnuralty, to their honour .be it iaid, have iicen ^XTy vig'.Unt in diichargmg their dutv, and, v^hat is renurkable, they have nr)t forgot, alter ttie cxrimpie of their royal, grate- j'u:^ and iencjoknt mcjler, to reward merit (where the .parties hive been fiiendlefs) whenever it had i^ppeared, whith is a ibong evidence of their he* ■i-i<- hair' f/rJ zo^jc mii:jle'S i in X^C\ we may now, "■^ without had and * vs [ 1 without vanity, boafr, thai zuc'havf the hi'fl rnhni^ rah, the heft officers, and the hefi feamen in the •uuorU'*. The ancient and pre fent flat e <?/* //'^ Venetian and Engliili Na^jies. * In the 14th century, the Venetians made a much more confiderablc figure at fea than the t-nghni, or any other ftate, and was at the time the league at Cambray was figned in 1509 juftly, eltcemed the greatefc maritime power in Europe. ' This league will be memorable as long a-, time lalts. If is no extraordinar>- thing to fte leveral Itates combine againft one that is more powerful tlian any, or all of them, either to fet bounds to her greatnefs, or to bring down her exorbitant power,, but it very rarely happens, that feveral tovercigns Ibould confederate together, with dc- ftgn to deftroy it, which was the purport of this famous league concluded between the empero- the pope, and the kings of France and . when the Venetians thoug-ht themlelves • from any danger; but what followed oui teach allftates and kingdoms, not to be abfb. ly iccure, but to fear even where the greatefc hu man prudence tells them no change can happen riiat illuftrious and renowned repuhlic had ne- ver been in fo flourifhing a condition as at the time ot forming that league ; the fleets that the repub- lic then mamtamed v/as ftrong, and well fupported, L'ndmade, as it were, one continent, of the fi-ve- ral parts of her dcminionj. The arfenal from whence they were fitted out, might juftly have been reckoned among the wonders of the 'iz'orld 1 he carpenters, in building of thofe ihips, had a peculiar art tiiat other nations were ignorant of; (which r 10 1 One itfti, iimong in;\ny others, tl-.dt their loitl- fliiiii took to balUc, and render abortive the French . .A w .. H\. • . . fchemes, ■••s CO«C MMatMCOM c9»o«9ee»«co<»o'!*w>«MM<!i»««i"*»'> '«•••••""•"'' a^ooadooooaowotae-iaowsoeoMo* .S/rf/fc' of the Venetian and English Navies. [yt:hi(;b Heaven l/epraifed our oim has now'] infomuch, that every thing belonging to navigation was made and per/orniea there in greater perfcdion than any where cU'e; \\\6x feamen were the molt expe- rienced in Cliriftendom [as the Britijk are now moft Mh accounted-] and thole dates who formerly^ dil- put'ed the empire of the 'a with the Venetians, were fallen into decay [and fo have thofe who di- sputed that point with Britain^ nor did the 1 urks then \indcrlb\nd any tiling of lea-fights. To iuch a pitch was the flouriftiing and exten- iviii trade of Venice arrived at that tniie [as the Britijh is at this tim^] that they were commended and envied by moft of the other nations ^ ot Eu- rope \fo are the Englilh at this day] and nnmenfe lurn/wcre continually running into their treafury, ariAngfrom the duties laid on their merchandize, \md 10 decs md niuid fifms into that part of tioc BrM treajl^h, zvhich is very jtiflly and nghtly ap yrJriaicd. for .ihe better fupport of the honour and di^nitv cf the o-oicn, under the titk of the civil hfU \i^ k "thct means, it the better enahUs the ki^ig, \u.t (f his pri:vy purfc, to reward fuch faithfid fer- ImI askavidcfcrvcd wcU of lis jacred majcfly and ^'^^Sfe Urge revenues enabled the government of Venice to give Uidr fokacr^ greater pay than any other /)n;/c^i -.mil fiates lo'M do [as Great Bri- t^n cuK. at this ilmc\ and dmt made.. the beft c^i- [ M ] fclicmes, was that of fending out Commoaore lAiH, with clircaions to endeavour to dt'^.roy th^ flat- •coMMMMMMMcaceooeocasMOMtsM oaeocaMjaiioo«o«aawoaoeaaaeaaeoci«ooeM< J State of the Venetian and Enolish Navies, mandcrs and foldiers to court the fervice of St. Mark It being the higheft ambition .,f the Italiak generals to command the l^enetian forces Nor was the public rich by impoveriniing the .ubjed [^>':tch is noc, the cafe in Britain] %^ plnte, which was very rare in Europe before tht difc.ery of the Weft-Indies, was fo commoft amon^jr the Venetians, thar uieir enemies made ic t^^ fubjefl of their inveftives. The two lalt a^es have not produced mora fumptuous and nobk'palaces than^ the Venetians had at that time, fo that we mig t truly fay of the republic, wliat the poet has laiU on another occafion, This thy gay morn •, hut e're the dav decline. Clouds gather, and adverfity was thine. ' - " All the misfortunes that ufually happen to thofe ftates which fortune feemed to have abandoned, M\ heavy on the republic, whether by chance or by treucnery, is uncertain, but their nrjenal was kt on fire ana a gfeat part of it burnt down; and tholc^ who uled to take arms for their defence, lift- ed themfclves m the fervice of their ehemies /.f !!"' """"f .-''^"' ^'''?^ ''^'>' ''''' ^^^^ ^^^'s that pi being defeated in the ever memorable battle of- imnded the army in-perfon, and ibon after they loft ,a I their dominior to the nn'gic city of Venice, and in tr Jth, rhey have not to r!ii. da)' periccth' recovered thole r 12 1 nat^bottomed boats, that lay at Quiberoiiv whict^ fervice, tho' the commodore eould not accomplim owing aM«Moaoooocasaoooo«aoooco9aaaoo:o»>i lOOOoooooooooooocoooooooeooocawcoeomJoooWKJtocooooocooooooooooo State of the Vlnetian and English Navies. thofe fevere ftrokes of adverfity, feeing their do- minions are not fo large as before they loft ti(^ battle, by feveral provinces •, and it is rcmarkabR, that they have not latterly made fo confiderablc a fimir'- among the Chriftian maratime powers, as thev did in tlie 14th, and the beginning ot the 15th century •, but when the 1 urks became confi- derableat fea, they always maintained their an- cient reputation in the dififerent engagements they had with thtm and other infidels upon the ocean. England being a pcnlnfula, almoft furrounded by . the fea, there was a neceflity of having niaritime forces, as her neighbours grew potent. Die was oblio-cd to encreafe thofe forces, in order to repel anylidden attempt of an enemy, or otherwiie quit her ancient claim to th^fovereigntyof the ISar- 7o^j> Seas, and by that means fuffer her merehants U he ak'M, and'thcir tralBc to be interrupted. In ti-Pth, thof' zvho cmnumd the fea, coimands tjje trrdc of the ivorld', he that commands th trade com- mands the '■Ji-eaiih of the -iiorid, and confe^aently the ivorld itfelf t ^ V r r.^ IMcrics mention a great fleet of Julius yjar, and of King Edgar, confiiling of /^r.. / '^^^^^^^^^^ Jx hundred fail, a tiect of Lezvis, fon to Pkltp hng of France, oY fix hundred fail, that arrived at Sand- wich, to aflift tlie Englidi harons i^gamft King Tohn; but thefe, coubdci:;, were but a$ lO many cotto^es to iaflUs, I: rcfpcd to oi.r prcicnt manttm fofcei. [ 13 1 owing to their being well fccured from any at- tempt that could be nude from the fea •, yet he executed Siaie of the Venetian and English Navies. As to our nation^ her chief attention for fome ages was principally to that of preferring what Ihe infilled upon as her right, the {overeignty of the, Britifhy^^.^, which extends round the whole iflandjt^y [i. e. England and Scotland] which is now very, juftly filled Great Britain. About the reign of Edward the IVth, a book, was publiflied, in the introdudion to which, the author fhewed both the utility, and the necefTity England was under to preferve the fovereignty of tliofe feas. In this piece, he explains the device on our gold coin^ called nobles^ thus^ Four things our nobles Jheweth unto me^ Kingjjhipy and/word^ and power ofthefea. Mr. Campbell [in his Naval Hiftory] when he enters upon the reign of Henry VII, fays, We are now coming into brighter times., wherein that fpirit of commerce^ which this author fo earnefily wifhed for, began really to appear ; and when there feemed to be n conteft bct-iveen private men and thofe in the adminl- ftration, who JJjould ferve the public inoft. He ad [nits the Venetians were before that time by far the moft general traders in Europe, and had their factors in moft of the northern kingdoms and ft at es', for the better managing their affairs in England, many of them were fettled, particularly at Lo/i- don and Briflol ; and in the lafl place dwelt John Cabot, citizen of Venice, who, havmg heard C much executed his and diligence, [ H T other orders with (o much adlivitV that he blocked them up fo effec- tually Sf<!!e cf the Venetian and English Navies, much of Columbus's expedition, applied himleli- to king Heniy VII, and propofed to fail in pur- fuit of new difcoveries, in cafe he met with (hie encouragemenl : upon this, the king granted him and his tlirec fons a commijjion to difcover unknown lands, and to conquer and fettle them -, in which commiffion he allowed the adven- Hirers many privileges, but with this fmgle re- ftraint, "that the jhip they fitted cut Jhculd be oblig- ed to return to Briftol. What Cabot propofed was to find out a north-weft palTage to the Indies. Co- lumbus took the hint from the Portuguefe, as to the wav they proceeded in making their firft dif- coveries, fo that by failing eaft he came to the weft-coaft of the Indies. Cabot happily took another courfe, that was, by fteering north-weft : he had the good fortune on the 24th of June, 1497, to difcover land; this he called ;)nw^i;//?^, that is, firft fee n •, in a word, his difcoveries was of fo great confequence,, that when he came back, thj king conferred on him the honour of knighthood •, and what is very remarkable, it v/as faid he was the firft that dif- covered the continent of America. The great difcoveries that Cal ot made in this voyage, fpurred Columbus on to proceed with more expedition in what he- had in view than he firft intended, for fear the other fliould get the frarf of him. In [ ] Tuaily there, that th( luring out, and falli ■/ere deterred from !i'>, to any other port ven- Whilit oxoo<»oooo3o«)oooo30cooaoo<Jo<)<»o«ooso<»oo<>so«ooooooooo50«ooo«oaoBOOo»ooooo»o«oooeo90«0')BBoeoooec»» In State of the Veneti \n and English 'N^ivies. In four years after Cabot's firft voyage, 1502, H :^nr>^ granted his letters patent to Hugh Elliot, and Thomas Afhurit, merv:hants of Briftol, for fettling colonies in the new dijcovered countries^ and afl3.Ja'juny attended to xht promoting commerce. Experience demonllratcs, that there are certain fcafons remarkably favourable to particular arts, the fourteenth century was certainly fo, as to the 7to^ difcoveries which made the Portuguefe in pro- ccfs of time more rich and powerful than their neighbours. This naturally raifed an emulation amongd great men, inlbmuch, that the thoughts or all the wits in Europe were turned to undertak- ingn of the above kind, which has been of great ufe to poderity, and by that means, and our con- queils in the prefent war, we have now a grand empire in that part of the Indies, ftiled North America. No fooner did that magnificent prince Heniiy VHI. mount the throne in 1509, but building large fliips was brought into ufe; one in particular was of fo large and beautiful aftruc- ture, (being 1000 tuns,) that it was ftiled Henry Grace de dien, or the Great Henry, and was at that- time, the admi-ation of the people. Certain it is, that man of war was of the greateft burthen, and the largeft vefTel that had ever been before launched in England [there nczo is a print of this flumircd fjip to he fen in the London /I'fa^n'^Jnel in ^ ^ truth. [ i6 ] Whilft Dnff clofely attended to his duty, the renowned Hawke kept a watchful eye after the motions Stale of the Y Eli ET I AN ^«^ English Naz^ies. tiuth, both trade and navigation was encouraged in the beginning of this reign. Edward the Vlth fucceeded his father on the 20th of February, 1546. In his reign there was an engagement between the EngHOi and French, upon this occafion, the latter had attacked Jerfcy and Guernfey. Commodore Winter was lent to fea with a fmall force (for in fad we had no great force at that time) in order to fuccour thofe iflands; which, though he was greatly inferior to the French in number of (hips, yet he engaged them, and defeated their fleet. This fo nettled that court, that they forbad the mentioning of it, upon pain of death. Injhort, through this bold enterprizc. Winter preferved both tlioie ill.mds. Queen Mary fucceeded Edv/ard VI. During her Ihort reign, there was little or no improve- ment in our trade or navigation, and it may truely be faid, it ^ndiiiX inglorious, for in her time v/e loft Calais. CKEMZAnETH next mounted the t!u-one-, there nci-LT perhaps it\is a kingdom in a more difireljed con- dition than England on the accejjion of this^^ueen, but it foon made'a very different: figure-, her Majcfly encouraged trade botli at home and abroad, antl in her reign our colonies ^ndplantatiGns were great- ly promoted, and of courfe became beneficial to iitvisation. One of our nev/ plantations was '■ib It i le d V I R G i N 1 A , ( nczv famous for toh acco ) ou t of rdpcd to tl;e virgin ^cen. 1 lie Spaniards in jier time [ '7 ] inotions of the fo much boalted Br cji fleet, which had been ofcen reported to be failed Ion"- before it State of the Venetian and English Navies. time projeded tlie corKiucft of England, and for that end, fitted out a grand fleet, ^and named it tlie SpaniJJj Annada. The famous Sir Francis Drake commanded the Englifli fleet, who met the Spaniards, and in an engagement totally defeated them, and by that means put an end to the intend- ed invafion. This Princefs purfued the blow, and carried on the war againft Spain with fo much conducl: and fuccefs, both in Europe and America, that the Englilh became every where a terror to the Spaniards ; and the very name of our chief com- manders, fuch as Drake, Rawleigh, Cavendifh, ?nd many others, ftruck an awe upon them, as do thole of Anfon, Bofcawen, Hawke, Holmes, Saun- ders, Durel, Olborn, Broderick, Rodney, Hardy, Coates, Howe, Havvey, Keppel, Lochart, Duff; Gilchnit, Andrews, and many others, ftrike the like awe upon the French, whenever thofe gallant lea commanders names are mentioned. Still it is to be obferved, that before the above happy deliverance from the Spaniards, in the 24th of this i^ieeyi, upon a general mufter, there were iound at that time but XIII »j of war, and but one hundred and 'iiw^ fhips of confiderable bur- then belonging to the fubjeds in general ; a linall number maeed! In 1600, her Majefty had then^ but tJm'ty-fix fljips of war, md thirteen or fourteen pmices. The biggeft fiiip was then 1000 tons, earned 340 feumen, sofolJurs, and mounted 30 ri8 ] It cUirft to venture, though it was confidently af- firmed the Litter end of Oclober lail, every thing was •oeooeoo coco 00 soo90»oo»ooooooco50oo300OTOO(»oooooooooooo 0000 oooocooaoooooooooooo 0000 oooaooooo SirJe of tbe Venetian ahd English Navies. guns, the IcfTcv /hips cf'ivar were of loo tons, car- ried 40 or c^ofeamen^ and 7 or ^foldiers. The pi- naces of 30 tons, carried 18 or 10 fc amen, and 2 or 4 guns"^ So ihiall was the royal fleet in thole days. But then our neighbouring nations were wcL-.k at lea, and generally engaged in wars upon the continent. It was in this Queen's reign that Sir Francis Drake failed round the world in three years, want- ing twelve days, [and in his prefent Majefty King George the IPs reign, the right honourable the Lord'V.nron performed a very memorable voyage, t!te particulars of which were fo great and extra- ordinary, that it has furnifhed materials for a vo- lume, publiilied fome time paft]. Cavendilli and Forbiihier, tv/o others of ©ur great feamen, per- formetl very remrrkahle voyages, and made fome material difcoveries, which have proved of great fervice to their country. James I, when he came to the crown, found the nation very intent upon cncreafing her fliip- ping, and coniccjuently her trade and navigation. In the 8 th year of King James, the Londoners built a ihip of 1200 tons, and called it the r-radc's Bjicreafe, which, being loft in the Eaft- Indies, his Maiefty cauled to be built another fliip of 1400 tons, 'and gave it to Prince Henry, and v/as by him nameri the Prince. In Hiort, during this reign, our plantations abroad v/ere greatly iir.provtd, and other new colonies itly af- I thing was t 19 ] was ready, both for the embarkation and the fleet's faihng, and only waited the laft orders for that piirpole. j KdOO000O00O00« ••frtOdeooOOOtfOO 3 0000 0000 0000 0003 1 oeoaooooooooocBooeoo 0000 0000 coooodooooooooooooo: laoooooooocoooocoaoooo ivies. IS, car- The pi- , and 2 n thole IS were •s upon Francis 3, want- ty King able the voyage, d extra- br a vo- dilli and len, per- ,de ibme of great , found ler fliip- ngation. >ndoners \ it tiic the Eail- another : Henry, antations her new colonies Stale of the Venetian ^;/i English Navies. colonies planted, fo that the people found from experience the benefit that occurred to the kine- uom through thofe purfuits. King Charles I. athis accefllon to the throne, tound both the royal navy, and the trade of his peopu upon a very refpectable footing; and fo flourifhing was ^/, M^y^^^^^ ^^28, that the celebrated Waller addrcfled the following beau< tiful hnes to the King. ^ Where'er thy navy fpreads her canvas win^s . Homage to thee, and peace to all Ihe brings •' 1 ..e French and Spaniards, when thy flags appear. Forget their hatred, and confent to fear ^S^in, Sjtps, heretofore, in feas, like fiflies fpcd, Tiic mightiefl: flill upon the fmalleft fed. ^^<?«, on the deep, impofeft nobler laws, And by that>y//V^ hall remov'd the caufe Of thofe rude tempefts ; which for rapine fent 1 00 ott, alas, involved the innocent. Now Ihall the ocean, as thy Thames, be free ^rom both thofe fates, of//.m. and;>/r^ry: ' But we, moft happy, who can fearno force. But winged troops, or Pegafean horfe. 1 IS not fo hard for greedy /;<fj to fpoil Another nation, as to touch our>7. Shou'd Nature's felf invade the w/iao-ain. l\\^ centre fprcad the liquid n^ain \ Thy [ 20 ] In the mean time, the French king and his court uled every means in their power to raife the necef" 1 I State of tbe Venetian and English Navies. ^hjpw'rs were fafe, and her deltrudive hand Wou'd but enlarge the hounds of thy command. Thy dreadful/^?/ would ftile thee Lordof alU And ride in triumph o'er the drowned hall. Thofe tovfrs of oak^ o'er fertile plains might go^ Aid vifit mountains where they once did grow. During Oliver's proteaordiip, our fleets were very formidable to the different powers of Eu- rope •, in his time Jamaica was conquered., and the famous Blake was admiral, who took care that all nations Hiould pay homage to the Enghlh flag where-ever it appeared. King Charles lid, upon his reftoration, found the royal navy, and the trade, and navigation of his fuhje^s, well fecund, and in aflourifJjing condi- tion. This caufed the harmonious Denham to cele- brate the River Thames in the following lines. Thames, the m.oft lov'd of all the ocean's fons. By his old fire, to his embraces runs •, Rafting to pay his tribute to the fea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Again, Find.-- wealch where 'tis, l^eftows it where it wants. Cities in d farts, woods, in cities -plants : So that to us nothing, noplace isftrange, , While \mfair hofom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftr earn, My great example, as^ it is my theme I Tho^ deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull v Strcn^, without rage, without o'erftowing, full. King md his aife the* neceP t it ] heteiTary funds, in order to carry on with fpirit and refolutiori their projeded expeditions j and the letters ivtes. nd, ill. WlMtaeeaooiouaaoaMtoMoooaoeo aoaoa ooxooujiMBafMniinnnn ««».>««.««.. .^—...^ ^iniiiiinii Hill— 0, ts were of Eu- and the that all ifli fiag oration, wigation Yig condi" to cele- ; lines. it "jjants^ 'H earn, dull fulL King Siate of the Venetiau and Erf GLisK Navies, King James IPs reign was Ihort ; neither he nor his royal brother took that care of the navy as might have been reafonablv expedcd from them. When King William and Queen Mary came to the crown, our trade (notwithftandino- the troublefome wars thfy were immediately cnffated in) iurprizingly encrcafed. We had then, and now have a great trade to Turkey, Italy, Spain, Por- tugal, the Baltick, the eaft and weft Indies i in taet, OLir;^ trade would have been looked upon as conljderable, if the Dutch had not had a much greater However, the red-herrings at Yarmouth, the pilchards in the weft, and the cod-fifti trade in Newfoundland, and New-England, were at that time, and are now, valuable articles. Mr. i^nor celebrates thcfe ufeful bleffings thus. Let Britain's fhips export an annual fleece, gicher than Argos brought to ancient Greece : Returning k>aden with xhQjhiningftores, Which lye pi ofufe on either India's Jhom. As our high veflels pafs their watry way. Let all the naval world due homage pay ' mthhafty reverence their top-honours lower, Confeffing the afferted power. Tq whom by fate »twas given with happy fway. To calm the earth, and vindicate the fca Our prayers are heard, our mafier's fleets Ml 70. jis/ajp as winds can bear, cr waters flew. " ' ^ New [ 22 ] k-tters from Paris confidently alTerted, that th« y^enerab^ wl\o had been named for fome time» to heacl their armies, were upon the point of fetting out, ••••;N«oaMcw«ecoM.«*baoeeoooceMooeeocc«co«oTCeflM«aoooQoaMco«eoooooMscoooe«MOCMOWaciuac9ja State of the ViiNETiAN and English Navies,, ■ New lands to make, new Indies to explore. In worlds unknown to plant Britannia's powei\ Nations yet wild, by precept to reclaim, ArKl teach 'em arms, and arts in William's reign. Queen Ann, at her coming to the crown, found the nation juft entering into a new war with France. We had in 1 704 the following veflcls of war. Firft rate VII. Second rate XIV. Third rate XLIII. Fourth rate LVIII. Fifth rate XXIII. Fire-lhips XI. Yachts XIII. Befides Bomb- veflels and Cutters. 1 he line of battle Ihips, in all, CXX. So that if this lift is compared with that in 1 600, there will then appear a moft afto- nifliing encreafe of our men of war, and that in little more than a century. Now, to follow this obfervation ftill further, we fhall fee in little more than half that time, yet a more aftonilhing cn-«^ creafe of the royal navy. The laft year, 1759, we had, Firft ra-te IV. Second rate XIII. Third rate LXXIV. Fourth rate LI V. Fifth rate LXV P. skih rate L. Sloops XLVIII. Armed hired Ihips XX. Yachts VII. Bombs XVII. Fiie- ihips IX. Belldes, there are new Jhips of war now upon the /tocks. ' > • •- * . ■ ■.•■'•"' In IT thff nCj to letting out. . [ 23 ] our, to take upon them their refpeftive com- mands ; and this was in the middle of Odober laft:. The 9«McU0C9ja vtes. reign. Tannd r with veflcls rd rate <:xiii; Bomb- ips, in d with ft afto- that in iw this e more ng cn-^^ 1 759» rd rate LXVb i hire(J Firc- arnovf u SuiU of the Veseti AN ^nd Es-glish Naviet?_ In commifllon in 1759, line of battle Jhips - 129 Frigates and Cutters in commiffion - - 202 \. Out of commifTion line of battle fhips, &c. 43 ^ In all 374' . In a word. Great Britain and Ireland arejuftly; efteemed the principal countries for trade and com-' merce in F.urope : indeed, they are the Left fitu-' ated for that purpofe, becaufe they have Rich fine- ports and fafe harbours. Great Britain in particu- lar is at this time provided with fuch large quan- tities of navalitores, and conveniencies for build- ing and repairing fhips of all forts, that Ihe is not to be equalled by any nation in Europe. We trade to moft parts oi^Vt^globe^ and have cafk- and ftock enough to carry on all the commercial bu- finefs in the world, (i. e. by having fuch a grand hank and rich bankers^ and llores of mercantile goods^> yUnd fuch a prodigious number of fhips ready to put to lea at all times.) We have, befides rich companies of merchants, many private one who are vaftly rich, and have a deep knowledge in the myfteries of trade and commerce; and what is ftill very remarkable, many of thofe merchants have had fuch a noble and liberal education, both at home and abroad, that they not onjy underftand and fpeak the languages, but the interefts of kingdoms, and [as it has been faid] are well qualified to manage the af- fairs of the ftate, and confequently able^^to fpeak D 2 iji [ U ] The French being in this fituation, 1 hav« found three other Icencs in the Dramatic piect, which Liu*mn- »inli mu iM«» M «il»i m i n ii n iii mn iiii rrir iiiiiiiiimininiipiiiiMn i M iiiiiiiiin inniii i rmm SMti of ihe Veyiitias and Enclish Navies. i?i. the moft inuftrious aflemblies, whenever the fyfety and welfare of their king and country require $beir attendance. •rrMr. Campbell, fpeaking of the great difcovc* ties made by Columbus, for the benefit of the Spaniards, fums it up thus. ^* We have," fays |:^s judicious author, *' no reafon, either to *^ blame King Henry VIPs condud, or to rc* *• pine at th^it of Providence. The Spaniards *t have purchafed Mexico and Peru too dearly at ** the expence of their naval power. We are rcal% ** ly richer by virtue of our northern colonies, '* which have fo prodigioufly encreafed our induf- ^^ try, our commerce, and our (hipping — *." As this i? really the cafe, it fliews ot what im- portant conkquence it was to thelc kingdoms, The conquefts we have made from the French the laft year 1759., in regard they lye upon the back pi our valuable provinces % for whilft in polfefTion of the />/f7r^j we have conquered., they were continu-^ ,«lly, either themfelves or their confederates, the Canadian In^lins, annoying our frontiers, which by the prefenr ro* quefts, ?nd what we may yet acquire, v'-Jl be entuely prevented, and our planters there will be as fecure on the frontiers as i^iofe who live in the interior part of the pro\ nces, ^^ See the Live: of ihc Admirals, printed for Mr. Waller m Fleet fiTcct. . ■ - *- pro- pifct, which t ^5 ] whi( h will, as I take it, i'uit very well j and ai the French king is remarkably fond of hunting, t^ vtes. 'er the require ifcovc- of the " fays icr to to rc* miards arly at •e rcal% lonies, induf- • lat im- jdoms, ^ch the e back (fefTion ►ntinun^ ;s, the which : may nd our tiers as vinces, Waller pro- Stale of the Venetian and Knclish Navies, provided we have the wifdom to keep what we have purchafcd at the exi>cnce of fo much blood and trealure. For fhould they recover, by treaty or otherwife, what they have loft, we fhall again bfc cxpoled to the fame injuries and infults that we ^or many years before had met with from thofe perfidious people. We are well aflured, that the French have had for a long feries of years, a vicvir «f conquering our provinces upon the continent ;0t North America, and to have had their capitol ♦ in ^ * The dangerous ftate which fomc of our colonies v/erc m, through the encroachments of our moft inveteruc; enemies, have many years fince been reprefented in the ' ffi l^ u'T. ''" ^^ + ^ ^"^' ^y ^ ^ort»^y general officer* ""i?" 77 '^ was d.fregarded by f f f f f, fays that officer ; Hewi//:n iime find co be truth what I have uned though poftbly [which God forbid] it may he too late- fhat time has come, and the whole nation faw with horror, the dangeroiis f.tuation of our affairs in America, at laft a body of forces were fent there, to endeavour to cure, or :« leaft flop the growing evil. Tlie perfon's name who tC"r -1. '^"".! '■' ''."^^ "^ "° "^^ ^« "^^"t'"n> other than ,t will not be am.fs to remember the exnences the nation were put to, and that this commander not only >eJl jn the attempt, but the expedition mifcarried. Happy tor Britain (after two or three other miftakes) Jhere were other commanders appointed; fome were fent irotn Great Britain, and others were born in our colonies • Jhek commanders behaved with fo much prudence and va- lour, th.it they have gained immortal honours, and have in a great mcAiwrP' Ao]U,^r^-^ ^-^ \/f---/i. > * • - , icas trcin the calamities they then laboured under^ ♦ See the firjl kttir. gg. 1 J t t6 f^ic firft fcenc is laid that that prince had ap- pointed a great hunting match in a forreft, near the Oo»o>ieeeecocaeooe»0(ioooaro3Ki«aecgwe«»ooo»ejcexc9Coaoocoocoaoco»occaooec^e«cc»o«cocoai»«»oo««cco» 5/^/t' of the Venetian and Rkglish Navies. m a more convenient fituation than where Qiiebec now {lands, but God be praifed, we have, inftead of lofing any of our valuable provinces, turned tlie Several dutiful and loyal fubjeols have lately afked,'^ What has been done for one of the braveft and gallanteffc of men tlia|: ever drew a fword, we mean, fay they, lieuten- ant general James Oglethorpe. Why, fays a bye-ftaiidcr,,- the impartial hiftoria-v; in fiiturc time'; will relate, what pofkritv will fcarcely credit, i. c. the undeferved treatment, thii. gentleman ha-; met with. I have, for my own part, heard it averred, and I believe it to be truth, that the gallant retrimcnt he eommanded (which wa:, compelled of i.ngli»h, Scotch, and Ivlfh) did ^nore leal fcrvicc whiltt the general was at the hcadofthenj, than o'hcrs have dt)ne with whole a -s. How it came to be broke, and upon what occafion, fome now living (Lbelicve) well know. In the reign oi' Ferdinand of Spain, there was a gal- lant officer, named Gonfalvo, who had done the Spanifh nation intinite fervices in nipnv refpects, infomuch, that he acquired the title of the Great Captain, yet he was left at lafc without employ or re:ompence the remain- der of his days, and no other acknowledgment was made for the fignal fervices he had done the ftate, than that of a magnificent funeral, at the exnencc of his raafter after his death. So hckle and danrrcious is the nature of fortune, ai.d the favour of court:; ; ill fervices deferve })uniihnKr.t, and good services, by the envy of competitors, cfien go unrewarded. Yet the names of truly great men cannot die. Gonfalvo got immortal glory abroad, and his inemory is reverenced through the dominions of Spain, as appears from their hiftories. 1 I r 27 J llie ica-coaO:, that he might be at hand to give or- ders, as affairs lliould ariie; and which paftime was State of the Venetian and Eng l ish Navies. the tables upon them, and by conquering their chief city Quebec, and other ftrong holds, added a vaft trad of land to our former acquifitions : bo that we are now in a fair way of drivincr the French intirely out of North America, (which God grant) fome noble perfon^iges, as well as many other faithful fubje6h, are well fatisfied, as lon^ as the French have afoot of land behind our fron- tiers, the planters, who inhabit thofe parts will never be perfedly fecure in their properties _ We have an inftance ia hiftory, how danc^erous Jt is to live near powerful monarchs. The Spani- ards and French being equaUy prone to diTpof- fefs their innocent neighbours of their rights in order to aggrandize themfelves, came to a refolu- tion in the fourteenth century, upon no other mo- tive thm avarice, to conquer the kingdom of Na^ pies, which they very eafily accompliOied, after which they divided it between them Some fliort time after they fell out about one of the towns, each inhfting on a right to the place. Commif- arics were appointed to fettle the matter (much ike thofe who were appointed at the conclufion of the laft vvar, to fetde the limits between the Bn- tilh and French dominions in America, which if liirly done, the French mufl of courfe have're- ttored to us feveral trads of land they had uniuft-' Ij ufurped, bur the f.qud fl^ewed they did not in- tend I 2* ] was (according to the poet) calcutjJted purely to aUcviatt the great trouble and anxiety Madam Pomp- Stale of the V Eli ET I AS rt«^/ English Navies. tend to do either one or the other, notwithftand- ing we were fo obliging as to fend our commifla- ries to meet theirs in the city of Paris) fome time was fpent to no purpofe -, in the conrlufion, the French and Spaniards came to blows, and the latter having beat the former in three or four bat- tles, the French were drove out of the king* dom of Naples, and were never able afterwards to recover their Ihare of it. And as we are well alTured of thereftlefs and ambitious defigns of the French, and of their being the firft aggreffors in this war,, by unjuftly detaining part of our rights ; therefore I repeat it again, that many think it will be for the intereft of Britain net to fuffer the French (if po{ribie)upon any pretence whatfoever, to have one f(X)t of land in North America, leeing they have al- ready made fuch a bad ufe of what they had there. Upon the whole, the fubje^ls of thcfe kingdoms, are bound by duty, and gratitude to acknowledge his nioft facred Majefty, and his late royal father's paternal care, in caufmg a moft glorious attention CO be particularly had to the preferving and en- creafmg the royal navy, and it muft be with like duty and gratitude admitted, that thefe beloved fovereigns have always been gracioufly pleafed, not only to proteft our trade and navigation, but alio to encourage every ufeful branch of our ma- nufactures, which v/ill certainly make their names ro be revered, and refpecled by the people in ge- neral to lateil pofterity. .a irely to Madam Pomp- avies. chftand- mmiffa- tne time ion, the and the bur bat- ■ i<-ing' vards ta 1 alTured French, his war, herefore I be for ench (If lave one have al- id there, ^gdoms, owledgc I father's ittention and en- Nith like beloved pleafed, ion, but our ma- ir names le in ge- [ 29 ] ^omp— d— re was under, upon account of the" great lodes France had fullained, an-^ therefore, without further ceremony, I fliall here intro- duce it. ^. SCENE I. Aforrejl by the fea-dde. Enter L—sK—g of F-—, the D-p-n, Madam Pomp-d-r^ M—rf—lB—ifle, lords and attendants, K. L. For you, P—d-'r^ is this fport prepared, To drive all gloomy fadnefs from your mind j Beauty, like yours, fliould fuffer no eclipfe. But chear the world with one unclouded day! Where is mv fon, the D n ? P—d—r ^As your majefly Set out, I heard his horfes were preparing ; He cannot long be abfent. B--?JIe. Here he comes. [Horn founds. That is his horn ! or I am much deceived. Enter B—n. D-'-n. A day of pleafure wait my gracious fo- vereign ! [<ro the kin^i On you, lady, may every earthly blifs Attend, that Heaven can give. P—r 1 thank your highnefs, And could my humble wilh with Heaven prevail, Safety and joy fhould ever wait your (teps. V K. L. Sound to the chafe! aroufe the nimble deer. We fliall, we guefs, have pleafing paftime here. [Exeunt cmnes. E Be- ll [ 3° 1 Before this grand company fetsoiit for the chacr, FANCY makes the Breil fleet fail, which, accord- ing to dire(5lion, was only to parade along the coaft, after they had received advice that admiral Hawke was drove from thence by a llronfr rale of wind, and v/as prefumed to be then at anchor in Torbay *. Upon this, the BrufTells Gazette tells its de- luded readers, M-'-t. The Brell fleet fails triumphant on the ocean f . C--l—-d. In what ])urfuit honcfl; Monf. M—t": M—t, To fearch for, — and drub the Knglifn ; Then land their troops — and conquer Britain. C—l—d. But Hav/k e is near, he'll foon cool their boailing-. The Fox mufl: tremble at the Lyon's Roar. The Freneh have for many ages made ic their bufinefs to boafl of actions, the contrary to whicli has been fo notorioufly known, that whatever they fay makes not the leafr impreflion upon the fenfible part of mankind-, for who can be ig- norant, that France has ufurped upon all her neighbours, and that her main defign has been to enflave all Europe. But when you read her decla- rations of war, when you perufe her manifef- toes and letters, when you hear her minifters har- rangue, then who but other princes afpire to make themfelves mailer's of the v/orld ? Experi- ence has fully latisiied every confiderate man, that the French make no fcruple to difguife the truth v/hen it is for their intercft. Our nation^ fays Michael Moniaign, with his ufual freedom, has I'een a long time upbraided vSith this vice. For Sal- vianus of Marfeilles, who lived in the reign of the * November lo. t November 14, Emr- chacr, iccord- ng the .dmiral rrale cf hor in ts de- on the un. n cool ic their whicli latcver on the be ig- ill her een to dccla- lanifef- rs har-' ire to Lxperi- n, that J truth ?, fays Q, has or Sal- of the Emr- r 31 ] Emperor Valentinian,afrerts r/;^/ / ■ • what wou d he have fn,^^ 1 i ""JJP^^i^mg ;— pray to read Monfie'r M- b ?'1 ^^ ^'1 """ ='"^'-' Kcoiints, which ilv^LX'n. fr °""=' '"""'^'■^"t time to t me rela id o' f «°* ^''"•'" '"^'-' f™"^ Ai,aTian3, l-'lt ffi.n: "'"."^■■""^ °f the French, and her ,n:rhfvfSc;t:^„::;f^ ^^^'^' ^^-'" tWM:?:eis;-:e^ ^^-^^^^-^ "^^ - ^, •/ '"^^-^K^SSELS GagzeTTE. 1 .)c devil near BrufTels difriMir.^ k- Met /;?A>i>^^,/of l.r. '^^'^ (-mcnvdmg his train, X >...j.rjuuu oi late, at the o-if^^ ^-i-' r • 0/i i'.r^.v.V;, fecrnM n A , ^ ^^ Louvaine. Qr-Whether, inHeadof the /.„,«„. c,..,. ,, , ••v'^'A., he inould not be ftiled the '\<^n.U J^? "^ ^''' ^'^''"'■^ --•• and 2v. ~-' > 'fv, and difcoua.-rer ^'■^<' tnc firft Iftter, p ?- [ ^^ 3 Since people difcredit whatever you fay, Cry'd Satan, to dupe them we'll chufe a new way i Your tonf^ue, my dear Mab, a new talent muft try i Henceforward fpeak truth: they will ftill think you lie*. BritiJJoMag.. 'II I SCENE II. 1'he forrefi. 4 violent ftorm. Enter feveral hunt/men in a dif- Derfcd manner, and after them L. K. of F. thd D—n, r-d-r, M — Jh /, B / #, lords and attendants. K. L. The game has took the uplands, and efcaped, For the difcordant fls:ies forbid all chace, How loud it blows , I wifli my fleet is fafe. 2) n. Ne'er from the heavens a fairer morn- ing beam*d, Nor followed by a more tempeftuous noon. The welkin feems inflam'd, we muil retire And kek fome better Ihelter. P-.-r * This bbck genileman was in London fome time fincc, and nrofeffea an efteem for the Britifh nation, and as larae numbers of the French were entertained in the fer- vices'^of the great, I fuppofe Monfieur, havmg a mgh opinion of hinifdf, expeaed nothing lefs than an employ- ment in one of the fecretaries, or in feme other hicrative office, which, however, he could not oDtani. For our ftate miniilcrs know better than to employ any mic^r.do whatever, and by that means our affairs are now tranfvct- ed with as much fccrefv as thofe o. our neighbours. As ]VI t did not fuul the encouragement he expected, he thoucrht proper to quit the kingdom [but not till he had run mdebt, which he forgot to pay; in one place he left a note of his hand, imEnglifh, wherein he prcmifed t ) pav the debt at a certain time which his creditor would ^^,,i: J to receive] in fnort, from what has fmce happened, v/e'^mV.y truly fay, his depart^-rc from hence, was a happy Jeliveiancc to Britain indetd ! I 1 -I a [ 33 J lew way i nuil try i :ill think tijlj Mag. in a dif- of F. the _/ ;>, inds, and afe. irer morn- lon. ire I fome time nation, and jd in the fer- iving a high 1 an employ- her Uicrative lin. For our any rcncgado low tranfacl- rhbours. As expected, he ot till he had :^ne place he I he pre mi fed reditor wo'dd lice happened, was a happy M O yc powers i That watch the valiant in the hour of fate. Now fpread your wings, and guard your noble fleet. K. L. Be not fo fad. P r. We liope our fleet's return'd. For o'er the main, as far as fight can ftretch, No fail appears to view You know at parting, (Tho' our Bruflels trumpeter aiTerted otherwife) C — flans was ordered .only to coaft the Ihore For fear of Hawke. B ijle. This tempeft is ill omen — How it rages ! And howls defl:ru6lion thro' the fylvan fcene. Lo ! here appears a fragment of its ruin ! Enter admiral C flam in a taUered, wef, and mifcrahk condition. K. L. What difmal objed thus confronts our fight. Say, who art thou } Con. I am not what I was ! Oh, would the yawning earth but lend a grave 1 o hide a wretchjull refcued from the deep. K. L — C— flans! —but 'tis impoflible Thou can'ft be he — Oh, fay! where is my fleet ? Con. Go, bid me brave again the boifterous furge. Thro' which I lately ftruggled — bid me leap The rqcky cX\?i or rulh amidft the flanieT; Of burning TErna, when it blazes higheft : All would I rather chufe than give an anfwer To that iieart-piercing queftlon. fC. L. Say, is it dcftroyed ? And end m\ fears at once ? Ccn. — Many fouls are fled To lieav'nly blifs — .V j ■II •'1 r 34- 1 P^r. Where thine will never come "^ woe '^^''^ ^^^^ <^^^^troyed ! Oh heavy ftrokc of B^Jlc Deftroy'd, hcav'ns forbid, or how d-id ne elcaper Con. How much I honoured your fervice, Heav'n can witnefs. ' I cannot fpeak, - refledtion over-nowers m- And my heart fhudders at the painful thouo-hj K. /..Speak, I command thee: at thy ftronc. perfuafion ^ ^ I fent my fleet to lea— in an ill hou- 1 Con " How fliall I fpeak, when ev'ry word's a " wound ;; That Ibikes me to the foul ?^We went on board. All ruU of joy, and wafted by the breeze " We ploughed the furface of the fmiling fea • ' When iuddenly the Ikies were overcaft • ' " And from the north, the ftorm arifm^^ loud " The Englilh then appearing*.^ h?av'n ^hat " contufion, " What ghaftly terror f;t on every brow — " To fee 'em, lyons-like, tear all our fails. I'hcir cannons bord our fliips that iurk /=n ^"^^^ ^- *' While (4 if. * Drydcn makes an Indian prince defcribe ftipo lea thus. ' Pr. The cbjea I could firft diftinc^lly v^cw Wr.s,tal! ftraijrht trees, which on the wates'flcw- ^'U^Jl^ on then- fides, inftead of Jeave^ did rrrow, * \^ hich crathcr'd all the brcarh the w^nd cnu'd blow .A nd at their rcots grew flnntinp- palaces, Whofc out-b!ow'd bcHics cut the yielding fcas. hr. Came they al:ve or dead upon the fiiore ? Pr.AIas ! they Hv'c', too fure, I heard them roar. AM turn d their lides, and to each other fpoke • I ia>v their words break cut in f^re and fmoak. ' b'jre t]s thc:r voice, that thunders from on hir^h. Or thele tne youncrer brothers cA tlie iky. "^ Deal- with the noife, I took my haOy fiia-'ht ; No n.ortal courage can fupport (he h\u&. ?,t ■I •I % <( [ 3J J While fome theang,-y waves, like mountain., ^ow wh,rl d us to the .Icies, now fu„k us low ' As ^feptune s oozy bed . At length our other ihatter'd, beaten, (hips Lett to the mercy of the raging ocean ^ Were driven by the Engliflfon^rhe ftore in vam I ftrove to fave your Royal Sun\ She penfhed >n my fight _ next a wave ' ^Too m^Ih"'"''' '""P *'''■ ^°'" "'°" ''^ft f^!d 'ri?~"' P'^' what a Ihock is this I 1 his IS a day of fingular diftrefs, And awful Heaven, feems angry with us all. "iVrikes dL*;:"^ " ""'^ "'* «™f' 'he dart K. L. The fleet's deftroy'd, thou fay'ft ? Break up the meeting. '[&,^ .^^jy^. ^■^y °^°"' P°«s has furniihed Lewis XV w'th fome .mart complaints, (which FanTv iTm pofes to have been fpo1.en) ^ohJ^/Tdn^;, „ 'T^y pernicious wiles Have laid my kingdom defolate; mv crown |>ts heavy on my temples; mark ,7m7s Hummtns ^'th the rumours of my J/^"fi,, * C I5ee an account of tlie vidtorv pf t „ u t So did the oeoplc of L„L ^%"°S"^- whilft the poor iaZ rlent\^''T J'""'' ^^"^« ' itreets, were hummin<f in dSul ^V V''\ '°'"^^^ ^^ ^^-^ of Britain -but now ^he paSinllf .u^^ ""^^P^ ^°"^J^oa chaunting in melodLfvokt S/? t^ ^"^^ °?~^^^r them in praife of his minifters and^ff '"k^^"^"'- °* ^^^ Majefty, officers. folHTPrc .'f'--,- - ^^- ^'^''"y ^^ ^^^ ^JeJ. thefe unhapDv '" -t " r"' i" ^^^> ^« ^^ar no mor'e of [ 3^ ] in vain has Maube^-rt written forged lies To blind my people i Ice my merchants brok(^< My ftocks ail bankrupt, and my iinances Beyond repair, irreparably lunk •, Diforder'd my police, and fleets deftroy'd^ Oh! waywa.i fate of Paris ! late fo gay. The feat of pleafure, and the fcene of tafte ; The theatre of every thing polite -, — My noblefle, nay, the princes of the bloody Nearly afTedlied, feel the wrath of hcav'n Pour'd daily on my ilate— my foe provok'd, Judly provok'd, and irritated frefli By frothy menace, waves the angry fword. Which flalhes dire refentment in my face— Fruitlcfs a war ■ -Will they now refign, or cede, Cape-Breton, Louifbourg, or rich Quebec? My Guadaloupe, and Pondichferry too. Are in their hands •, Goree and Senegal, DuQucfne, and Niagara, are their own; Ticonderoga and Crown Point are theirs ; Marigalante owns the Britifh fway. And will they cede thefe conquefts for a peace ? Reftore thefe millions for a poor Mahon? Oh! vain prefumption! I am Britain's dupe, And muft of force, in what flie ftipulates, Soon acquiefce— Behold my very plate Forc'd from the churches, to coin ready cafli. To pay my armies, and my flying fleets ; A poor parade— mere pageantry and fhew ! Paid they muft be, tho' paid for doing nought! What will become of Paris and Verfailles ? For George will literally foon be faid To be tlie king of France in terms exprefs:^ Perhaps another Marlb'rough foon will rife, And with a cannon ball, at Paris' gates Knock boldly, and demand my throne and ftate- — Let me not think on't. {Exit in a hurry. Let (37) the Vi5lo}-y of hi.\,i.i%L^^ ly^^. Let us return and read the pleafing account of this furphfingvidlc-/,* as given by th^ • An Hifloricnl Account .J'the Vidory at La Hocrue 1092, ivith fame particular Remarks and Ob- fervations. 1 *'' Mr. Campbell obferves, " That the crown was no fooner placed on the head of the prince of Orange, than he began to feel the weight ot It, and experience tlie cares that attend°it He had not fo much as leifure to tafte in peace the firft moments of royalty, but found liim- felf obliged to embark in a war, as foon as he was feated on the throne. A war, in which all Europe were engaged, and engaged in point ofintereft; for the ambitious defignV of Lewis XIV. were now fo evident, that ev^r, the powers leaft inclined to aftion, found themfelves obliged to provide for their own laiety, by entering into a confederacy, for the more effedually oppofing the encroachments of that afpiring prince." Tho' this was really ^l V J^^^l ^ according to the cuftom ot' the l-rench) endeavoured to perfuade the world that It was a moil unjull alliance; and to fliew his chapel of St. Lewis, a beginning with .thefe words : « Principes convenerunt, ts?,.'» The kings and rulers of the earth. In deep contriz-ance hold^ Againfi the Lord and DavidV throne ' 4folemn league do hold, ' C( <c (( i( <( «( (( This ( 38 ) rrnowncd admiral Hawke, in a letter to Mr. fe- ^rctary Clcvhnd, dated from on board the Royal George ^hc Vinery at La IIogue, 1692. This gave occafion to feveral difcourfes upon the allufion of thole words of thefecond Pfalm \ as alfo to (harp and Hinging replies upon the contrary allufion. King Charles II. and king James II. held a clofe correfpondence with Lewis XIV. this oc- cafioned the French to lay hold of fo favourable :m opportunity to encrcafe their naval power •, which they fo effcftually did, that in the be- ginning of king WilUarii's reign, they were be- come very iormldable at lea. — In truth, they did not forget the contemptable figure tliey made in Oliver's time. --Even the French confefs, that they learned from the maritime powers, the benefit of having a ccnfiderable fleet on the ocean ; which was fo much im- prove \ that in the fpace of 20 years they found themfelves able to encounter cither nation. — In 1 68 1, the French had XII men of war, from 120 to 70 guns •, XXI men of war, from 70 to c^6 guns \ XXXIV men cf war, from 50 to 40 guns ; XXVI men of war, from 40 to ^^o guns-, XX from 28 to 18 guns : in all CXIII. Light frigates from 20 to 16 guns XXIV. Bomb vefiels and fireOiips VIII. Barks X. Flutes XXII. Befides rallies XXXII. In a word, their fleet was in a (till better condition Jtt the begin- ning of the v/ar in king William's reign •, fo that every one may fee v/ith what difad vantage /"ronriderinor the unfettlcd ilate of the three kino;- corns) 4 to Mr. fe- the Royal George 592. nirfes upon ond Pfahn \ , upon the II. held a f. this oc- favourable al power •, in the be- y were be- ruth, they gure tliey he French ; maritime Dnfiderable much im- ^'cars they her nation, en of war, war, from r, from 50 rom 40 to all CXIII. IS XXIV. X. Flutes word, their the begin - reign •, lb [fadvantage three kin^- dom^) (39 ) George, ofF Pcnrls-Point, November the 24rh, I 759- S I Fy 7'he Vi5Jcry at La Hocu£, 1692. doms) England entered into a fea war with France. The compafs of this note will not permit me to enter into a detail of the lollies we at firit , fuftained in our engagements with the French fleets from 16S9 to 1692, my chief defign is only to attend to what paired before and at the memorable battle at La Hogue -, which leads me once more to obferve from Mr. Campbell, — That it was evident to the whole nation^ that in rejpe5f to our honour and inte) jji in the war, ths management of affairs at fea was chiefly to he re- garded i and yet by an tinaccountahk feries of wrong councils, the management of thofe affairs was in reality lefs regarded than any thing elfe. — (But heaven be praifed, the cafe is quite otherwife now.) In the fpring of the year 1692, the king gave the chief command of the fleet to admiral Rufiel, afterwards created earl of Orford ; (who was a near relation of the duke of Bedford, ) — '• At this time, according to bifhop Burnet, he was far from being in great favour, upon the account of his attachment to the earl of Marl- borough, (afterwards the famous John, duke of Marlborough) who had then fallen under the difpleafure of the court. The Englilh af- fairs being in this unhappy fituation. Lewis XlV^ came to arefolution to employ thofe forces that were Hill left. King Jam.es, in order toanfwer a particular purpolc, that was to invade F 2 En^ .'tl ■Ill I «c ^ . ( 40 ) In my letter of the 17th, by exprefs, 1 defired you would acquaint their lordlhips with my m SJ 'S ^Si 'Hi ^ !8J'5^ v!; ^- B (§:• €• '& is) iS 585 '35 585 (85 ?85 s§5'{§S ?§:• 531 ® ^ •:95 ?SJ 'The Vinery at La Hogue, 1692. Fnghnd, by landing them and other troops oa the coaft ot SuiTex j an.d tho' this fervice made it^ neceffary to drav/ together a great number of tranfports, as v/ell as a very confiderable tieet, yet he had both in readinefs before it was fo much as fufpeded here. By the beginning of April nothing was wanting to^ the execution of this defign, but the arrival of count de Eftrees's fquadron of 12 men of wMr from the Mediterranean, which was to con- voy the embarkation, while the count de Tour- ville appeared in the channel with the grand fleet, which was ready to piii; to lea. In the mean time the friends of king James !!>• were not idle in E.ngland, v/hatever misfortunes that unhappy prince ha.i fullained, and hov/ (lender his hopes might be of a reftoration, he had at this time a great number of well- wilh- ers, who defired nothing more than his re-ef- Tablifliment ; and as every thing was jufl ready for the invafion, which he apprehended was de- figned to be in his favour ; previous to this, thai- monarch publifhed a declaration, after which he let out for La Hogue, attended by fome lords- of his party, where the troops defigned for the embarkation lay •, {confifting of 14,000, Englifh, Scots, and Irifli •, and to thefe troops^ the French king propofed to add 6000 of his oicn^ and fo make in ivhicb were 4 re^ gimcnts the 'whole army 20- Qoo inen'. ■^ ps with my oops on :e made number iderable 2 fore it wanting : arrival men of to con- : Toiir- 2 grand imes II> fortunes id hov7 tion, he ^11-wilh- s re-ef- 1 ready- was de- his, that vhich he ne lords' for the E'.nglifli, French i fo make re 4 re- gimcnts ( 41- ) my having received intelligence of eighteen (ml of the line and thne frigates <^^ t\\Q Breft fina-- "*■>* drojty 'The Vitiory at La Hogue, 1692. pnievts of horfe, avd i of dragoons) and having taken a review of them, haltened every thing for the intended expedition ; but the weather proved fo tcmpeftuous, that Eftrees's fquadron met with confiderable damage in paffing the Straits of Gibraltar, which obliged him to put into a port in Spain to refit. This, and other accidents delayed their purpofe, till in- telligence of the danger was received in Eng- land : on this emergence the queen * difcov- ered g»-eat fteadinefs and prudence. Orders were immediately iffued for equipping the fleet, and afiembling the tnilitia ; a camp was formed at Portfmouth, and a proclamation publilhed for apprehending all fufpeded perfons. The Englifh fleet, under the command of admiral Russel, confifted of two fquadrons, tlic Red and Blue. The Red confided of II firft rate, VI fecond rate, XVI third rate, and IV fourth rate •, in nil XXVIII. Russel admiral, Delaval vice, and Shovel rear-admirals. The Blue confided of III firft rate, V fecond rate, XVII third rate, and V fourth rate ; in all XXX. AsHBY admiral, R00K.E vice, and Carler rear-admirals. J I1\e Dutch confided of IX fird rate, X fecond rate, IX third rate, VIII fourth rate ; in all XXXVI. * King William was then ir. Holland, t Befides 6 frigates, 4 hoipitai fhips, 2 vatchs and Jnips, gijns4i;c>, men 27590. !0 lire •Ill ( 42 ) dron, being difcovered about ^wenty-four leagues to theN W. oi Bellijle, fteering to eaftward^^; "The Vi^ory at La Hogue, 1692. XXXVI. This fleet was commanded by admiral Allemonde, &c. ,t. ,„ The French fleet, commanded by count Tour- viLLE, conflfted as follows :-The ^:^n^f^^ fhips from 90 to 60 guns : the center ^.^ ^^''P' from 104 to 54 S"ns •, the rear XII. from 94 to ^4 guns •, in all LXIII. befides frigates, &c On the 1 9th of May thefe fleets met, and the confederates were in good order by eight m themoiaing, having the Dutch fquadron in the van, the red in the center, and the blue in the rear The French, according to their ulual way, bore do^m upon the fleet with great refolution -, about eleven TourviUe, in the Ropl Sun, be- cran the fight with admiral RufTel-, he phed his Suns very warmly for above an hour-, after that he had enough of it, and began to tow ofl in gr.at diforder. This day's action kited fix hours, md in the fecond day's engagement, ad- miral Carter and colonel Haftings were killed. In th- conclufion the victory declared for the bng- hfli and Dutch, by the French runmng away m a foo- i which was fo thick, that the enem.y coi^ld not be feen for fome time : as foon as it cleared up, the French admiral was diicovei:- c^ towing away northward. Rullel made the fianal for chafing •, Shoved got tc the windward or^Tourvilie's fquadron, and engaged tuem •, but the fo<r growing darker than before, they were ■ torced to anchor-, v%at.a i*iv. „vaai-... >- - m A leagues [Iward ; alt admiral tTouR- i XXVI K.V Hiips from 94 :es, &c. net, and eight in on in the ue in the ill al way, folution % Sun, bc- phed his after that o\v off in ailed fix nent, ad- idlled. In the Eng- g away in Lie cnem.y s foon as diicover- made the windward them ■, but thev were :icarcd up* our ^* 'i 43 ) all prifoners hovcv^i" c^-gree, that on the day we chafed themj f\-. :h- J-^uuircn confifted, according to Tie Fiufory rz/ La Hugue, 1692. our fleet difcovercd the French ckfely folkwing their flying admiral— Tkr Englifo purfued thetn the bejl they could (and fo ciid thePVench follow their flying admiral Confiar.s, in the late engagement ; and the Englifh clofely purfued them) in this purfuit the French loll four men of war, and fome of their flying fliips made for Conquet Road. The 2 1 ft of May, it proved fo dark and foggy, that it was eight of the clock before the Dutch difcovered fome of the enemy crowding away weft ward. ^n the 2 2d the Englifh continued the chace ; about eleven the French adhiiral ran afliore, and cut her mafts away, and by that means .Tour- ville efcaped to the land ; (which was the very flame flate that attended Conflans in his engagement ivith Hdwke) another part got to Cherburg ; and thofe at that place, and at La Hogue, en- deavoured to fecure themfelves, whilft others run thro' the Race of Alderney into St. Maloes. Sir Ralph Delaval burnt at Cape de Vic, the Royal Sun, of 104 guns -, the Admirable, of 102 ; and the Conquerant, of 83 guns ; with fix lefler rates. ' A gentleman at White-Hall, in a letter to his ;riend at the Hague, dated June the 9th, gives an exaa account of the burning the French ftiips (fays the letter writer) " I'he feamen employ- .^^ ed to burn the ihip:^, performed their duty " with ♦ 1 / 44 ) to the accompanying lift, of four fjjips of So, fix of^\^ three ^/yo, eight ofo^^ one frigate of ^G, om The Vi£lory at La Hogue, 1692. t " with all the bravery and refolution imagina- ** ble, tho* the enterprize was no lefs difficult *' than dangerous -," and withal he took notice, after they had made themfelves maflers of fever al of the enemfsfhips, they ufed their cannon to drive them from their platforms ; and concludes with flying, " We have deftroyed above one and <' twenty of their large men of war, befides two ** frigates, and feveral of the fmaller veflels % " and had it not been for the foggy weather, *' few of the reft had efcaped :" (and had it not been fo jhort a winter^ s day, admiral Hawke would have treated the Bred fleet in the fame manner,) — Another account fays, " That on our fide, we " did not lofe one fingle vefiel, except fireftiips *^^ that were fpent in the adlion." — (Nor did we lofe one fhip in the n5iion with the Breft fleet, fave what were deftroyed by running afhore in the do fe purr fait after the run- away enemy,) Sir Ralph Delaval, in a letter to the earl of -Nottingham, then fecretary of ftate, gives an account of the burning of that part of the jhips (before-mentioned) which was performed under his diredion ; and in that letter there are two remarkable claufes, which fhews him to be a braye officer, and a friend to thofe whp deferved well of their country. ** Indeed, fays the admiral, (Ipeaking of the captains of the fireftiips) fo brave was the at- tempt, that I think they can hardly be fitfficiently rewardi'd'^ te of ^G, om nagina- difficult Ice, after l of the ve them es with )ne and des two veflels s veather, zd it not e would mer.) — ide, we fireiliips r did we 'et, fave lofepurr- earl of ;ives an of the 'formed r there vs him 3i"e who J of the the at- tfficiently wardi'd 1 (45 ) one of 94, and one of 16 guns, wit'i a CmnV rejfel to look out. They failed from Breft the f^h inftant ; The Vi5lory at La Hogue, i 692. rewarded -and doubt not hut their majejlies will do them right r The other follows : " My Lord, I hope you will excufe me. if T pre fume to pray you well ufe-your inter cfl with the queen, that a reward may he given to the three cap- tains of the fire (hips, and fever al others ; for greater zeal, end greater hravei'y I never f aw '* The fame day, SirRaJph fo gallantly a^cd his part vice-admiral Rooke deftroyed U lliios of the hne at La Hogue. Thefe were part of lourvilles own fquadron, and who was a me- ancholy fpedatcr from the fhore of their de 1 Tudion ., as was alfo king James's army i hat pnnce wrote his ally Lewis XIV. a mov- ing letter on this fubjed ; in which he af- cribes the French king's lofs to his unlucky tar ; and adds " For which, I requell your ♦ majclty, no longer to concern yourfelf for a prince fo unfortunate as me-, but per- " mit me to retire tb fome corner of the world " \,..ere I may no longer obftrud the courle of " your ulual prcfperities and conquefisr There were fome letters from the fleet, which lay, there was not above 42 of the Eno-Iifh and very few of the Dutch engaged ; no? but that the whole fleet burned with an eager de- lire to have come to blows with the French in which they were prevented by a hafty flight (and Jo were fome of our fleet dif appointed in the late e^igagement, owing to Confians^ hafly flight) the ptiioners , ( 46 ) inrtant, the fame d'ay I failed from Torbay. Con- cluding that their firft rendezvous would be at Qiii- The Victory a / L a Ho c u e , 1692. prifoners taken in the engagement afllired the Englifh, that the French loft b^ween five and fix thoufand feamen killed and wdynded. But according to the printed relation of this i'Zttle in France, Tourville did not engage with above forty-four large fhips ; admiral Ruflcl does not make them exceed fifty : neverthelefs, their fleet was much ftronger, according to their t)\\\\ account *, for, if we believe the lift they firft pub'-iflied, it amounted to above feventy large or capital Ihips ; which they afterwards contradickd, and then they made their fleet to amount iq r.o more Chan lixty-three.— — It is no doubt but the French acted upon this oc- cafion, agreeable ti> their c?Id method of puf- fing, in giving us at tiri^ a faJfe hft of their fleet, with a view to make it appear more ter- rible to the Englifh nation. However, this is certain, if the French coukl have commanded the wind, io that Filrees coukl have joined Tourville, their fleet would have been equal, if not fuperior to the confederates i befides, they had got the ftart of them, and were in a condition to put to fea fooner than cither the Englifh or Dutch. Now, as the wind proved contrary, and otiu f unforefeen accidents happened ; pray let me afk why did Tourville engage alone without Eftrtcs, againft lo fuperior a force^ as the French talk ©f ? it was Tourville that began the attack ; and therefore. [^n^^^^i^f^^iK*^ lore ter- (47) <3^iberon, the inftant I received the imeJli gence I direfted my courfe thither with a ^ fail. The Vmory at La Hogue, 1992. tlie vanity of his heart, and the contempt he ^rench, tho fortunate to the confederates • and before (he recovered herfelf. notwithlfemSL h^ ^oaftmg that fte would then inftamly put fo fS again with feventy capital Ihips. ^ ■ Never did wS^or prove of more folid advan- «ge ; „ put an end to the fears of an Z2- he exliorbitant pride of the French leregreatlv lowered. (As it has alfi teen by the ZHmril gatnedover them by our gallant admirals.) ' accounts"';? rh- 'vT"' "^^t '° '^='<^ ** F«nch accounts of this viftory which they DublidipH ttey "adtoS™ V^^^^^^^ «"5 four^rll /?,f ^°"°«""S them ; the one with ) «.'" yet nuraiy any md V "i '* -I 9 ? ( 48 ) fail. At firft the wind blowing hard, at S. by E and S. drove us confiderably to the wei^ward. But The Victory at La Hocue, 1692. -Yet, when we recolle(5l the harm done, Frerich are the bed people in the world at ro- mancing^ then the fable may be fwallowed well enough. But, let them romance as long as they plcafe, the Englifli and Hollanders were uever a jot the lels vibtorious. It was worthy of remark, that upon the news ojf our naval viddry, king William caufed all the artillery in his camp at Bethlem to be drawn up to the top of the hill upon the right of the ;}' ny, that looked towards Namure, and placed tne Dutch artillery upon the fame hill to the left -, afcer which, the whole mim got under arms, and tlien the general jo/ was exprelled by a triple clilcharge- of all the camion and fmall arms^ upon this glorious occafion.-^ — It was obferved at that timcj, that the French king, who was then with his army, tp giqfs over the invvard per- plexity of his mind, upon hearing the roaring of the cannons, feintly faid, *' Here is a mighty V PUDDER. INDEED ! ABOUT BURJ^ING TWO " OR THREE SHIPS.'* The French would not allow the bravery and condud of the Englifli and Dutch to have any fliare in their lofs ; but attribute it all to chance. {tl is likely they may jay the farae both of Bofcazven and IJa'ii^ke^in th late engagements with their fleets.) Wc^ muft acknowledge, fays one of the wri- ters of liv^t time, that the winds did not favour fi:t "Tsurfillco Still, we may fay of the French ikct, But on the i8ch and ( 49 ) ^-^ -. uic loui ana 19th, thoiioh variable i> proved more favourable. In th°e mean thne! having Tie Viaory at La Hogue, 1692. -derftoodTo'^^aket'^dv^Jofr.'.'i^ cumftance as weJi as Sir Francis (atid )f Tourville could nnti! ic ^^.*^^s^^id» indeed had received ?om:aefe^ not happened if ?''? f '""'' ■ '^^'^ *« Poireired himfelf tChV t"^ ^:i;'"l°"? P^i-^' diought : it IS right in what he very iikdy, he hurried h im- felf (so) having been joined by the Maidftone and Cov- entry frigates, I direded their commanders to keep The Vi£lory nt La Hogue, 1692. felf into the calamity that enfued. A Dutch writer has made himfelf merry upon this occa- fion, in faying, It will be recorded^ that the French admiral had frolicked away the fortune of France ; believing his nwfier had gained over the -principal port of the Englifh {thro* his unhappy ally) and had got the winds in a bag. Since the miniftry of Richlieu, the French kings have been told, that puiffance in arms re" quires that they fhould be not only powerful by land, hit potent by fea •, and the prince that reigns at prefent followed that maxim •, yet God be praifr cd. — He has met with fo many fevere checks that it will take up many years to put his ma- rines upon the refpeftablc footing they were in at the beginning of the prefent war.* The * A gentleman fome few years Hnce, paid a vifit to a N Li " — ) who is remarkable for being of an open and communicative temper} indifcourfe, hisl fpoke with great affedtion for his native country ; and at the fame time look notice of the artful defigns of the French, a/ter this manner : '* I am, fays his 1 , lately returned from France j ," whiltl I was there I made it one part of my attention •* to gather what curious particulars I could of the then ** political fyftem of their government; and in which I ** fo far fucceedcd as to obtain a piece, in French, which I •* have now in my hand, filled ft rnemorialy (this he •- Oiewed ( 51 ) ^3'"^!,'^'*^ '^}' ^^"^'^^^^^ ^"« ^" the y?^r- ^ar^. and the other on the larl^oard bow. At rhe Victory at La Hogue, 1692 The %xz;iX.t^ politician that ever was in Franr^ was wont to fay, //.., the fea was fuT, 2 l^^ ance^ "left yoL d A. ttjZT""" '''■'''''■ ;; neighbour; I „,,„;,t fJ^^'iZl^P' P^^^ul.r :; France ha, had ch^rlL 'v"e'^fo;l;,t::„,:;;« (1. e. that of giving: laws to all Europe) inc2(Z' Soon after two pamphlets were publifhed th. /: /i/i, , r/«^.r //.. nation unable to maintain a Jar ^ ZZXLu' ' tice was taken of what his I h^A r -'a '"^^T" "°- ft'led, The ^™,/^G« i71«:lt ; and "* "" Other intereftin^rr,, »,•;,. .l. • .?^^|AIK . and amonff that is naturaUoreeJiea'J/r "''"^ "' ''» the mifchiefs -;WK,enc^X^-rr-^^^^ I .1 < 52 ) half pp.^ ttght o'clock in the morning of the 2otii, Bcllcifle by our reckoning bearing E. by N. 44 j.^<fr»»»4>4^4"t>'l>4>^'|HH>»»'l " »»'t"l"l'l'4' <"»»♦»*♦♦♦♦» ^he Victory at La Hooue, 1692. fl//f^, //&tf/ all fovereigns pretended to have the greatefi right to it •, but to fpeak all in a word fo which the dominion French at the battle of La Hogue found, and now know it from difmil elperience to be truth : fo it is hoped they will hereafter give over all thoughts of any fovereignty there •, and let Great Britain enjoy the empire of the ocean, who has, as it is plain to all Europe, the bed right' to it. Hiftory relates, that the Turks loft in the year 1571, two hundred gallies, fome taken, and fomc llink ; which was the greateft victory that had ever been heard of before that time. ^In the year 1638, all the force that Spain could croud upon the ocean, was reduced to alhes by the fleet of Lewis XIII. But the engagement of Gattari was nothing in comparifon of that which was fought in St. George's-channel, in the month of May 1692 j and fince offBellcillc in 1759. Admiral Ruflel's account of this viftory is very Ihort, but concife -, and there has been alf<J publilhed feveral relations of this memorable event, both in general hiftories, and detached pieces ; that from the admiral is contained in i letter, dated May 20, as follows : " Yefterday, about three in the morning, Canp Barflpnr bfarincr V?". bv S. diftance feven leagues, my fcouts mad the fignal for feeing an enemy ( S3 ) 9*****^^ N. -J N. the Maidftone ing a fleet. I immeaiately iiiade the fignal for fce- fpread abroad the The Vmorj at La Hocue, 1692. enemy, the wind wefterly, the French bore down to me, and at eleven engaged m, but at Come ^fance,i {French like.) We continued fic^hting till half an ho^;r part five in the evening, at which tmie the enemy towed away with all their boats, and we after them ; (the Breji fleet a^ed the fame part, when Hawke followed them. ) It was calm all day i {the cafe was otherwife when Hawke engaged.) About fix there v a frelh engagement to the weftward of me, xh I fuppofe to be the t:Jue : It contmued calm ail night : I can give no parti- cular account of things, but that the French were beaten - and I am fteering away for Conquet Road, having a frelh gale eafterly, but extreme- Jy toggy : I fuppofe that is the place they defign tor.^Ifttpleafe God to fend us a little clear weather, I doubt not but we fhall dejlroy the whole fleet —/ faw m the night thee or four floips blow up, but 1 know not what they are ; as foon as I am able to give you a more particular relation, I will not be wanting." Bilhop Burnet gives us this fingular relation or the vidory. " On the 19th of May, Ruflfel came up with the French, and was almoft twice their number, yet " not above half his Ihips could be brought into the aftion, by the winds. Rooke, one of his ^rnirals, was thought more in fault ; {in this thebtjhop was miftaken, for the admiral was in no Jcult', he behaved in the a^ion as became a faithful fubje^l and a gallant officer.) The number of ihips that engaged : our men faid, the French IT -. - Ti,. L -r^. ■" Ihewed « 1 ne brave capt. Diggs coininand«<| her. ![ I page 5 ( 54 ) fignal for a line a-breaft, in order to draw all the (hips of the jqtiadron up with me. I had before fent '■The Vicicry ^/ La Hogue, 16^2. fliewed neither courage nor flvill in the adion ; {fo they fi'.id of the French^ in the engagement off Bdleijic J and yet the French cannot help loafling of their courage^ as well as their Jkill in mart tine af- fairs.) The night and a fog fcparated the two fleets, after an engagement that had lafted three hours : the greatcft part of the French fiiips drew near their coafts •, but RulTei not cafring anchor, as the French did, was carried out by the tide fo next morning he was at fqme diftancc from them : a great part of the French fleet failed thro' a dangerous fea, called, The Race bf Alderney, Afliby was fent to purfue them, and he followed them fome leagues, but the pilots pretending danger, he came back : fo 26 of them, whom if Alhby l,ad purfued, by all ap- pear ice, he had deitroyed them all, got into St. Ma es. — (Here the Ivjhop is again mijiaken, for Afoby was afterguards qticflioned in parliament for this ftippofed offence^ and ivas very hoyioiirably acquitted. ) RufTel came up to the French admiral, and the other fhips had drawn near their coalls : Delaval burnt the admiral, and his two feconds ; and Rooke burnt 16 more before La Hogue.'* I Ihall here take the liberty to look into one part of our high critic's/////^ complcat hifioiy. Dr. you fay, " I'ourvilk might have avoided an ingagement., had he not received a pofuive order t9 fight." We %, this order came to him be- fore the Englifh and Dutch joined, and as he ^. Kad not fought before that jundion, he might "have avoided the battle, if he pleafcd : but as to that, we have already aiugned the caufe of Tour- ville's plunging himfelf'into the calamity th.it enfue.d. /I i^rit the Magnamine a-hcad, to make the /anj At three quarters paft nine flie made the fignal . Ttoe Viaory at La Hogue, 1692. l"^^^;f T.^""" V'F' 'To^i-^il^e ^^r^ eloign alonMe RujJeHflnf, and fought with great fury : but where was this hero, gdod Dr. whenhe fought in afury^ why, according to your account, it was at a fmall (ijjtance :* and then you tell us, this was a verynwrtify- ing defeat to theFrench king, who had been long flattered mth an uninterrupted feries of victories ; but if we be- heve what the Grand Monarch faid at Namure it was fo far fom being mortifying to him, that he made a meer joke of //.^Yet it was fuch a joke as to make godd che old proverb, /// jefling with edge tools. % jj & Here follows the advantages. that was faid the linglifh might have gained from tHe viftory at L.a Hogue. They might hinder the French from Jifhing ; put an ahfolutejlop to their commerce -, make their merchants pay what ditties they plea fed, by mak- tng themfehes majlers of the mouths of their great rivers -, and land, without oppofition, upon their if. lands, and upon their coafts.^ And, pray why may we not do the fame at this day. "^ ' ^ In t word, this clofe-Iaid mifchief of an in- vafion m 1692, ended with the heavieft blow the naval power of France had felt for years : and in like manner the clofe-laid mifchief of an invafion in 1759, has ended with another fevere ftroke which has reduced the naval power of France to a much lower ftate than it ever was before. H 2 T^i fome dtfiamt ; jhe page 5 3} any one may guefs at the doflar's rcafon for adding the word /.ry, and his^utclng the wo d aft?d in part a. poor Tourville h^d done before him. ^ ^ See page 4 2. si Ml ■ H -jiymff. ' ■ II ( 56 ) for an enemy. Obferving, o^ my difcovcriag them, that they made off, I threw out the fignal for ^he Victory at La Hogue, 1692. * The queen (Mary) was fo well pleafed with the gallant behaviour of the fleet, during the whole adtion, that llie was gracioufly pleafed to fend 30,000/. to be diftributed among the offi- cers and feamen, as a reward, in part, for their faithful fervices. A very laudable^' a5l indeed \ Hear the inimitable Prior upon this occafion I. The French salmoncos throws his bolts in vain, Whilft the true thunderer aflferts the main •, 'Tis done ! to fhoals and rocks his fleets retire. Swift vidory, in vengeful flames, Burns down the pride of theirprelumptuous names; I'hey run to fhipwreck to avoid our fire. And the torn vefl[els that regain their coaft. Are but fad marks to (hew the refl: are loft : All this the mild, the beauteous queen has done. And Willi AM'sfofterhalffhakes Lewis's throne H. Maria does the fea command, Whilft Galia flies her husband's arms by land ; So the fun abfent, with full fway, the moon Governs the ifles, and rules the waves alone. So Juno thunders when her Jove is gone : 16 Britannia, loofe thy ocean's chains, Whilft Rufl^el ftrikes the blow thy queen ordains : Thus refcu'd, thus rever'd, for ever ftand i And blefs the counfel, and reward the hand. 16 Britannia, thy Maria reigns. The French, after they had fuftained this memorable lofs, and finding their gafconade of putting to fea a large fleet, was laughed at in Enfl'TC" • it'Nilfl- <-iiQ»T «Tr<><.^ .^^1.: ^ A-.i»g,jv.i.u, Ttiii^tv tixcjf wviw jiiiui^mg grciit pre-" pa- r Ur n ^ ^7 ) ftr thefevenjhips, neareft them to chnje, and draw into a h„e of battle a-head of ttie, and cndeaJI our to flop them till the refi ./ the f^^uadron JhouU come up, who were alfo to form Is they haH that no tme mtgbt he loft in the purfuit. That morning they were in chafe of fhe Rochefter Chatham, Portland, Falkland, MinervarVen! cTeven'oVWlT'""'', '" ^^'^ J°'"='' ^^ ^t^""' eleven o clock ; and in the evening the Saphire from Quiberon-bay. All the day "we had very Tfh- ^ '°''^^''^}'P'Soi»g off under fuA fail .as all hts fquadron could cany, and at the fame nme keep together, while we crowded after hini with every fail our (hips could bear. At half pal /™, P. M. the firft ieginning a-hcad, 1 Ji% ^^"i f'';»!r-S'"S- We were then t > thefouth ward of Be leine, and the French admiral TelZl called) while his rear was in adion. About ^he Vidory at hA Hoov^, i6c)2. parations for carryinir on the w.,- ,i-. to tempt Old England with new offers of ne., . upon this the following lines were wrote f""^ La France lui promet beaucoup : Et pour mieux lancer le tonnerre : Le France veut la Paix, pour mieux fai: e la Gu^re Lamjh cfpromlfes, the faithlefs France fj^ythe deeper and more fur er wound ■ ' j^f^hatht^ darted thunder ,iay not crr^ ' I^^fues for peace, the better to^cu^ n war. '-^1 >T-»1 ( 58 ) four the Formidable Jlruck ; and n, little after, the Thefee and Superb were funk. About five the Heros ftruck,% and came to an anchor, but it blowing hardf no boat could be fent on board her. Night was now coine, and being on i part of the coaft, among iflands and fhoals, 6t which wc were totally ignorant, without a pilot, aS was the greateft part of the fquadron, and blowing hard on a lee fliore, / made the ftgnal to anchor^ and came to in 1 5 fathom water, the ifiand oj Du- met bearing E. by N. between two and three milesj the Cardinals W. half S. and the Steeples of Crozie S, E. as we found the next morning. In the night we heard many guns of dijlrefs firedj hut blowing hard^ want of knowledge of the coaft, and whether they were fired by a friend or an enemy, prevented all means of relief. By day-break of the 21ft, we di [covered one of our fhips difmafled afhoreon the Four, (a large fand- bank) the French Heros alfo, and the Soleil Royal, which under cover of the night had anchored among us, cut and run afhore to the wefiward of Crozie. On the latter*s moving, I made the EfTex'sy/^w^/ to flip and purfue her j* but Ihe unfortunately got upon the Four, and both fhe and the Refolution* are irrecoverably loft, notwith- ftanding we fent them all the affijlance that the weather would permit. About fourfcore of the Refolution's company, in fpite of theflrongefl re- monfirances of their captain, made rafts, and with feveral French prifoners belonging to the Formidable, put off, and 1 am afraid drove out to fea. All the Effex'*s are faved (with as many of the iR:ores as poflible) except one lieutenant and a boafs crew, who were drove on the French lliore, and have not fince been heard of : 27v remains of both fhips are % To the Maonamine^ cornmanded by the noble and brave ord Howe. • The brave capt. Obricn commanded her j as did capt. Speke the RefoUr.ion. - .f ( 59) m:c fet on fire : We found the Dorfetfhire, Re- venge and Defiance* in the night of the 20th r' T;, '""-/'^ ' ""'J^'^' ^^' Swifturef did, for fie IS fiill mtjfnig. The Dorfetfhire and Defiance returned r.ext day, and the latter faw the Re- venge Without. Thus, what lofs we have fuftain- ed has been owing to the weather not the enemy feven or eight of whofe line of battle fhips got out to fea, I believe the night of the aftion. ^ As Toon as it was broad day-light of the morning of the 2ift, / difcovered J?uen or eight of the enemy s line of battle fiips at anchor between Penri^-Point and the Villaine ; on which I made the lignal to weigh, in order to work up and attack them ; but it blowed fo hard from the N. PT that inftead of daring to caft the fqua- dron ^ook. Iwas obliged to ftrike the top^galLnt- p^A Moft of thofe fhips appeared fo be a- ground at low-water ; but on the flood, by lightening them, and the advantage of the wind under the land, alt except two got that nizht tnto the river Villaine, ^ '^^ mgof The weather being moderate on the 22d, I fent the Portland, Chatham, and Vengeancet to deftroy the Soleil Royal and Heros. The French m the approach of our fiips, fet the firfi on fire, mdfoon after the latter met the fame fate from our people. In the mean time, I got under way, and worked up within Penris-Point, as well for the Jake ot Its being a /^/^rW, as to deftroy, if ppfTible, the two fiips of the enemv which ilill \^y Without the Villaine ', hut before the fiips I knt a-head for that purpofe could get near them, being * Thefe three fhips were commanded by the captains Den- m», otort, and Baird. + -ru ^*'°'"^'' Stanhope commanded her. r 6o ) being quite light, and with the tide of flood, thay got in. All the 23d we were employed in reconnoitring the entrance of that river^ which is very narrow, md only twelve foot water at the bar at low-water. We difcovered at leafl fevcn^ if not eight of the line of battle fhips about half a rrile within,, quite light, and two frigates moored a-crnfs to defend the mouth of the river ; only the frigates appeared to have guns in. By evening, / had twelve long-boats^ fitted as firefhips., ready to attempt burning them, under cover of the Saphire and Coventry* : but the weather being bad, and the wind contrary, obliged me to defer it, till at leaft the latter fliould be favourable : if they CAN BE BV ANY MEANS DESTROYED, IT SHALL Bli DONE.^ ' In attacking a fifing enemy, it zvas impoffibky in the fpace of a fhort winter'' s day^ that all our fhips fhould be able 'to get into a5iion^ or all thofe of the enemy brought to it. 'The commanders and companies of fuch as did come up with the reqr of the French^ on the 20th ^ behaved with the great eft intripidity, and gave the ftrongeft proofs of a true ^ritifh fpirit. In the fame manner, I am fatisfied would thofe have acquitted themfelves, whofe\ bad going fhips, or the diftance they were at in the morning, prevented from getting up. Our lofs by the enemy is not confiderable ; for in the fhips which are now with me, I find only one lieutenant, and 39 feamen and marines killed, and about 203 wounded. When I confider the feafon of the ye^r^ the hard gales on the day of a^ion^ a flying enemy ^ the * Thefe were commanded by the captains Strachan and Barflem. II Thefe words fecm to be fpoke from the heart, and. well becomes fo gallaut a commander .as Sir Edward i» univerfiill/ allowed to be. (61) thejhortnefiojtheday, and the coaft Kve weveon,'! can boldly affirm, that what could fojfibly be doiif, has been done. As to the Ipfs we fuftained, let it be placed to the account of the necefTity I was under of nirmin^ all rifles to break this Itrong force of the enemy : Had we had ht two hours more day light, the whole had been to- tally deftroyed, or taken, fer we were almft up with the van when the night avertcok us, - Yefterday came in here the Pallay, Fortune Hoop, and Pluto fireniip. On the i6th I had dil^atched the Fortune to Quiberoii, with di- regions to capt. Duff, to keepjirimy on his mard. In his way thither fiie fell in with the Y{^^, a YxtViQ\i frigate of 40 guns, under jury mafis, and fought her fever al hours. During the engagement, lieutenant Stewart, 2d cf the Ramillies, whom I had appointed to command her, was unfortunately killed- the fumving officers, on confulting toeethef! refolved to leave her, as fhe proved too ftrong tor them. I have detached captain Ymns, Vo Qiuberon-bay with fivefhips, and am making up a flying fquadron to feour the eoaji to the ifle of Atx, and if praAicable, to attempt any of th^e Wiemy's ihips rijat mayl)e there. The Bnttlh fleet confifted of 24 men oi war, and that of the Freiich of ^bout 25 men of war, great ajid fmall. ^ • * w***, I iiave had the pleafure to receive feveral very remarkable and curious particulars relating to this ever memorable vi^ory, from one who was an eye-witnefs.— Some part of which, I ^^i here take the liberty to lay before yoUr The Breft fleet failed the 14th of November •beaFHie aWaV {tar Ouih^rr^n Baxr . C:.. T?J.„.„J I Hawkc ' ■ H ( 62 ) Iliiv/kc was then under fail at Torbay, and ciredcd his courfe towards Quiheron-; before which place commodore DufF lay, with his fmall iquadron. On the i6rh, at night, a vie1:ualler, difpatrh- cd by the Juno and Maidllone men of war, ftrft informed the admiraj that the Breft fleet was failed ; upon this news, capt. Campbell beine preient, our brave commander was heard to fay, •ThanV. GoDi THBY ARE OUT AT LAST; and immedjately made che fiojnal, the wind blow- ing hard S. by E. and S. directing his courfe with a preft fail. , ' The r3tjtthe fleet drove to the northward of UfhaPt. • ■ . . . ...... . ■ - T he 1 9th the fleet was fleering to the S. E, in .purtuit of the enemy; this day the Maiddonc .and Coventry frigates joined the admiral, and .■were direfled to keep a-head. - On the 20th, about ten minutes after nine iii the morning, the Maidflone made a fi-nalto- the Royal George, of feeing the enemy in tlie N; K. quarter -, this news v. s communicated as f&it as pofTible to the rcll of the fleet, with or^ ders for every fhip to get ready, for aaion.-.—^ The'trqly honourable and brave capt. Keppel, of the Torbay, was then near the Royal Geoft^e and after he had received his orders, he addreffed huufelf, as I am informed, after this manner to the fliip's" company.. ^Gentlemen, I have fail- ed wttb ycu Jome time, I believe you know me. I Jhdt tmfi ic you ; the enemy is near, if we can do mm than any ether Jhip in the fleet. I [hall he happy ; ,// falU J am convinced the next in command will uje you as T have done :— pray let me have no noise • t» your oH,-ters, r^ brave: boys.— ^K refblute failor, cried, -wy "yjiUhave a cheery which was repeatod . • - - thret? w A )rba7, and (^n- ; befoii-^ :li his fmall , difpatch- f war, ftrft fleet was >bell being ?ard to fay, -AST ; and vind blow- his coiirfe "thward of e S. E, in Maid (lone iiiral, and er nine in fvmal- to ny in tlie nicated as with or- bion. r .. >PV^l of I George, addrefled nanner to have fail- ne. IJhdt it do more ppy s if I >ill uje you OISE \ t9 ite failor, repeatod ' thret* ( ^>3 ) three times with, the greateft joy, rfnd then eVerV man returned to his duty, which be ins h^rrd by the people of the Roval George, and they taking It as compliments to them, ictnrned the lalute* Jn the, mean time, the Magnaminc was fent to make the iand,.and orders was given to the whole tieet,. nott(yquit the j}:np tl^ (Jjould faU^ in ^^ith^tiU taken ^r.^/^r^y.^.^Th,. admiral was -.on thenqar'^-' ter-deck at leven -in the morning, and Continued tnere till ftven at night, giving his orders, ^yith rne utmoit coolncl^ and rdblution-; about half an hour after one, Sir Edward feftrfor his.-ftew. ard, to bring two bottles of wine iipon fhe qudr- ter-deck, and after drinking a glafs himfelf.lvV^/ ing jiiccefs to his ra^j^fs fleet,, h^-^tdavftd. the gentlemen, ftationed there,- to have two glaffcs: The ilgnal being given for a generahchace in' the N. di quarter, and the ihips that. was head, inoft to form themfelves as they joined.-^Wheu the French law us, they were all in a duller • and feemed to be in the utmoft confternation ;'■. at firft, they made a feint, as if they were bear-^ mgdown to engage us, and formed three differ- er^t times i whilft we endeavoured to P-et ud to' them as fall as poffible: f the WarFpite, Sir John Bentley, fired the firft broadfide at the enemy, and began the engagement j and in a iew niinutes the Magnamine, Dorfetfliire, Tor-~ bay. Defiance, Refolution, and Revenue, fol- lowed his example ; being the headmoli fhips. ■:1 * At one time there was to he feen. both fleets wf;^^ »»,».. i b^fght" a .ery glor.ous fight, bccaufe, tiie^ fun then ihone vcr J 1i iiie morning of the engagement our admiral Was \a\npA hv -. •^^^ Duff, wuh .h. o,h.r^>;5«« „„d.. i^ .:"ni!:tt,'i:r; (64) of our flc*t : for the French, were obliged* in fomc fort, to engage -, bccaufe they could not run away. The admiral, in purfuit of the cnc* my, received the fire of 14 {hips, occafioncd by their tacking and attempting to get off.- r-C->nc faid to the admiral, Will you recei'Ve the fire of tbefe Jkips^ and not returtf it j he very calmly replyed. No, NO, HAVE PATIENCE ; WE WILL RETURN. IT PRESENTLY-, and then fpying the French* admiral's fhip, (Jike another Ruffel) he called out to the majiery and afked him. Do you see that SHIP WITH A WHITE FLAG AT THE MAINTOP- MAST-HEAD ? — Yes, Sir, replied the ma(ber i CARRY ME (fays our glorious admiral) a -lOno- siDE THAT ship: the maftcr inftantly endeav- Oiircd to put his orders in execution. In the interim, die Superbe, a French man of war of 70 guns, and Soo men, came (as Sir Edward was pufhing on towards the French ad- miral's ihip) along-fide the Royal George ^— Captain Campbell, commander of the fhip, en- quired of the admiral, hawdofe he wotdd pleafe to engage, Hawke gallantly faad. As close as YOU please. Sir. The above Superbe*s gims^ at that time, bore on the Royal George^ and began to fire at her, who returned the compii^ ment ; and in lefs than fix minutes (after the Royal George had given her a fecond broadfidc) Ihe went to the bottom ; or in other words, The guns fo bor'd hr^ that Jhe funk entmUd,- The Magnamine, (lord Howe) as well as the others that engaged, ftridly obeyed the. admi-- rials orders ; but as fiie wai jult engaging the LeHeros, of. 74 guns, and 81.5 men, Ihe had the misfortune of lofing her foretop-fail-yard, the Frenchman took this opportunity of gfetting away under all the fail he could carry : 'but,, my/' . ,1. 1 (65 brd, (tvuetolusccntry) immediately, followed him ., as did hkcwife the brave capt. JUockh:itc, IP the Chatham ; the Magnaminc garve the 1 1' l-Ieros two broaafidcs, whillt the Chatha^n rak- qd her i after this Hie llruck to the Maanamine ' It being near dark, and the fea.rura3inK ImrJi na boat could be lent to take poflcmoT^A^T'ana by that means, in the niglzt, fhc flipt her- c^^bks. and ran afhore.f * The 1 heiee Ihared the fame fate as tlic Su- perbe had done, by being funk entomb'd. it^ Formidable engaged the bra^^ Speke in the Refolution, and was forced to ftrike, and liie hflcx and Refolution were afterwards loll upon the rocks, in purluit of the enemy : btit; the night put an end to the chace for the then prefent time The French admiral in the Sofei^ Koyal, anchored among our fleet that night ; but in the morning, as foon as Hie was perteiv- ed, rao alhore in a fandy bay; feven or qkhr of th.,n,my;s Ihip, got/up L river VUl^ne' — H^re follows ajuft account, as it i^ affirmed, of the French lofles in. this engagement. . aaioT '"^' ^^ ^^^'''' ^ ^^^ '^^y of Eight forced up the river Villaine, wkerrof Uie Inflexible is abfolutely loft : ami h. TS ■ % T«s was cerfainly a hsft aftion in the Vr^^u t a. a.A.p ftrilw, ber colours, ami taS n Jr Jr, „I"'*'''' '" '^^^^ .^^hero and afterwards runs away, Jj WhTf tl e r„^ "*?'^' ^"d gr;»nred, f«rve no mercy when thev fall in?n »k/k !. i^\°^ '^^'' ' ^^'^*' ^'e- hi8lordftiphas;eceiv.rrdon^ knTJ /''•'^ ?'P ^"^^ «'^'- an&vcr Andrews. late ca?tam of the De/Li! ''^^^^^ ^f* '"T n<^'«r Kinfman mcntwh^readmS 'Efng comtanid'^'T^^^^^^ ^''^ ^"S^Se- ' ■ « (66 ) French acted in this engagement much rfter the old fort ; I mean that at the battle of I. a Uoguc. Two (the Jufte and Northumberland) iup- pofed to be wrecked, or at lead one of them Lord Howe, capts. Kcppel, fientley, Camp- bell, Speke, Baird, Young, and others, particu- larly diftinguifhed thcmiekes in this adion; and that to the entire Ditisfadlion of our renowned ad- miral, and were feveralJy thanked in the moft afFeftionate manner, when they came on board to pay their compliments to the admiral after the adion : in fa(5t, it would fill a volume to relate every particular, as to the officers, feamen, and marines gallant behaviour in, before, and after the aftion ; and therefore, upon this occafion^ we may juftly fay with the poet, ' But howjhalt thou defcrihe the Iravemn rounds ' Qr-foini me great, where numberlefs are found. ■ In truth, we may however fay, it was in one refpe6t, a happy circumftance for the enemy, that the battle was fought in a fhort winter's day ; for if there had been one hours daylight more, their whole fleet would have been entirely ruined The French, according to their ufu'al cuf- tom have endeavoured, as much as poffible, to make this victory appear to be a fmall and an inconfiderable affair : but thofe who are well acquainted with their old practice, laugli . at them, and treat them as they have for- merly done their neighbours. For the prefeAt let -us leave the admiral puf- fuing and diftrelTing his yanquilh'd enemy ; and- - return to the French court, which fancy pre- ' /,mics to be now at Verfailles. '" '"^'^ ^ 67 ) S C F N E III, Enter the D— n, meeting B— ifle. Tj« j"~~~ '" '''-"^^y mood He wanders thro* the palace : fudden ftarts Ofj,!H emotwn marks his trouhkd brj; {Exeunt D— n W fi— ifle. ^«.Vj- King, alone. Ohp unhappy ftatei. the wrongs Pve Mered if ''"ckfeyere ; and like a fartheaJTrt Fcjiers -wtthm my breafi, and fains me Zh ■ Since heaven -withdrew the cup of blelTm IL m, ^plunge me in a v>Ud abyfs If Ze.'"^^"^ ""' Who IS there ? (Enter Pom— d~r. ;.— ;• -—My gracious lord. A. /.. UF-^d--r! how har^smv cafe- It drives me to difpair f ^ ^ ' Evn monarches have been caji from empire "Tomnskwith the meaneft of /. J^"^"'' For your fake, I vow, Sir, a life reclufe • And ^„ a c oyfter mean to 'end my dajf ' A. /-. ralk not of vows ' It-i,/.* ^ ^, fav'riteftill/^"''- '^"" ^" ^"^ " i he ornament and glory of our court • There fhalt thou fhine in beauty's fov'reWn t,nH. A convent was nof mo^. r.,-,. ^-, ^°^ ^ign pride. ■— — . *««,wv iwwu cnarms to hide (ExitU, P-^d-lr, ((^ ) K. I J. So, npw I iind fome eafe !. returning rcaibn Relumes -her thronc,-^my fadntfs is abated. .Once more i ajn mylelf,- a king and father. ' 'Who is there? Mnter M. Brog — o. BrQg. My gracious fovereign.— v^ — K, L. Vfiii Bfog — o, ihall immediately tbr Germany. Brog.^ Witli pkalure I ernbrace this ^ com- mifllpn. £«.^fir D-r ' « *fT' -n. IPC. L. Welcome my fon, I juft ^.vas wifhingyou : L-^ d Brogr— a, by my order, is about I'o fct wtt for <5erraany. D — fl. De?.- father, give me leave to go with nim. Brc^.. Your •kig.hnefs aflcs <vhat prudence muft deny : . England lias our fleet ;— fhe has got too much. K, L. '' No, Lovis, lioldi thy fuit cannot be granted •, ** Sould any. ch^ncfe befall thee, I .we^-e hopelefs : *' \ muft not rifk my ai" -^my pafl misfortunes " Have taught mc wifdom, and have funk my piroe! Thbti -an my peopsle^^s pkdge 5. nor dare I Ime thee : . —-Oh V uiiatti feithful counfellx^r is diiarefs ! " So the fad pheafant, ,in the fecret wood ; « W4io oft by fnares or force has lo^ his brood, « Grov/s cautions ilill the more, as.more diftrcfs'd ^* ' Aiid ftarrds hlmfclf the guardian of }iis neft : *' O'er his dear offspring keeps a watchful eye; •' .Nor trulh then fi-om his fight, liH taught to fly! (Scene ckjt's. cc U« ■ >t hil m ~ — - ■ I ing rcalbn lated. ther. • lately tor i^r com- hingyou : DOUt 3 go with ;nce mnft 00 much, lit cannot hopelefs : i^fortunes ; funk my >r dare I IS diflrefs ! lod ; his bruoci, ? diftrefs'd lis neft : hful eye ; tiU taught ^cene ciojftj. I C( it Ci r % I I have, Sir, with great pleafure, in my fij-ftleC ter, mentioned many dutiful and loyal addreffes that have been prefented to his Majefty upon th" gbnous fuccefs that attended the^B^rarms! toltyear, fome of them from North Britain take of hh Ma>^ ""'' "f ^'^' '^™'' of 'hTwifdot of his IVlajefty's mmifters, in caufmg to be raifed fo many forces among the Highlfnders, wh cS has had a very happy effeft in one of thofe ad- drefc are thefe remarkable wotds : rhf. Pnf /■ ^ ■■^S"'' " "'«^ "orth parts of h,l ffA*"^"? produced moil vifible antl happy effeas, they have broke the force of an- Mo '"'T^"- ^""'^ ""^ 'he root of difaf- " tachm.'n. ,^ ""'ted your fubjecls in warm at- " men?> '"""' '^'"^ P"*""" ^'^ 6°^^™" and ekwf'Vi" T*'' J^'';"'"^ f™« 'he minitters fe,m to mf r t'*"'".! the following words, which " W^^v't '''^r ^'" 'P°'«=" »"''°'" *e heart. « fen/n.. r °"'^^'''" '^^"^ "P°n by the pre- em occafion, to congratulate your iviajefty on « fure JPJ domefticconfequencesofalLmea- " fl. A?''""n^-"'' 'he employing the inhabi- « can alf^"""®"'^',"?" 'he'^publi! fervice.we •' truthi^I!,r"'' ^T'*y> ^"h the greateft " led u'n t ' ^|":.Pi^ced confidence has pul- ed up the root of d.faffeclion in this parrot the kingdo.n, and united to your Maieftv «nd '• 1^17±-Y'\ '^t ''""' -h,chS a'nd ^^ *^'ent prejudice had eftmnged from both. We otkr up our prayers to God for the everlaft- •• fuL?!^:' P'"'^ "^ ^°"' "-■■§"' ""^^^^ did your fubjects entertam more juft and gratefol fenti- . -"^"tsof yourMajefty'sgovernmfnt. No "1ft wonicnt 13 known, no murmurs are heard, ex". (( i4 u f 70 T *' tcpt the munmurs of zeal aaid loyalty, in the " breafts of the moll faithful fubjicds. Impatient, *' while invafion is threatened, of their ov/n de^ t^ fcnceleis condition, and moll defirous of being ". furniUicd with, and trained to arms, that they; may be enabled, (if opportunity prelcnts) ta give the noblcft proofs of their attachment to yoiiir Majcfty's perfon, and to the conftitution f* and government of their country." -. I own to your honour, that I have, with pleafure, read; fomc accounts from Ireland (for a reafon I fhall inftantly mention) wherein are related the duty and loyalty which the Roman Catholics of that kingdom in their addrelfes, exprefs for h;s Majefly, and their zeal and readinefs to join with the proteftants, their fellow fubjefts, in defence ef our mofl: gracious Sovereign and their country, againil our inveterate enemies the French, and as they and we own ourlelves to be the fubjedls of one and the fame prince, the com- mon father of all his people ; howfoever, we may- differ in religious fentiments, it is incumbent upon t-he community in general, of every denomina- tion, to be united, and by that means they ftreiTgthen the. hand of government, and better enable his Majefty, (through the bleffing ofGod) to defeat the wicked projeSs and deiigns of fuch who live under an arbitrary government, who by lofies and difappointments, are become defperate,' and that makes them endeavour to dillurb the happinefs of a free people. The addrefs from the Roman Catholics of Cork to his Grac2 the Duke of Bedford, the Lord Lieutenant, has in it the two following intcrefting paragraphs. " We are truly ienfible, (lay they to his grace) of his Majefty's paternal care and tenderneis for his kingdom of Ireland ; and it is with the deepeft ^bnfe of (( (C (( " tiic y, in the mpatient, own dc"! of being that they:- ;lcnts) ta hment to nftitution i^e, with md (for a e related tholics of s for his. join with' defence id their nies the 7QS to be the com- , we may ;nt upon ■nomina- ms they id better ofGod) of fuch who by L^fperate,' :urb the Tom t\\c le Duke n it the s grace) iderneis is with " tiic f 11 i " the proteaion and indulgence we have experi- enced Under His Majefty's mbft mild and mi- cious rei^n. ^uiHj^" «4!r^'\'''' g'-^f^ft jrtdignation^, do^ehear ^^ of the threatened hoftile invafibn of thik'kino- ^^ dom, (particularly intended ag^iHrtthefet6^<l:?^ « byant^nemy who, grown dfefperate ' frdin' re, ,, Plated defeats,Vay poffibly make that attdhipt as a laft effort, vamly flattered with the iimcT. ,, "f 7 htipe of amftancc here f«)m tht former ^^ attacTimcnts ofourdt4uded predecdTors: • But ^^ fo inconfiftent are fuch fchemes with our pHn- cipies and mtentions, that we afTirreyovir skce ^^■\^i ^°^- ^°^'?^' m4rthe^==W' Villi to the 6f ins Majefty's royal perfon and go .rnment ^^ againft all mVaders whatfOever. And will be - TnTf'f^ '"^ '^"'".' ^^ ^"^^ mctifures, and « Lw ' P^''' ^'^ ^^^ ^^^e^^e of this icincr- •« rn!^'^''' common wrth the reft of his Majefty^ "'•m^^rK'' f%y7^*g^^^^ in your great wifdom Ihkll be pleafed to appoint. And we think our- ^^ felves particularly liappy, to be imder the di- „ '^;J^^ ^"^ command of fo known an aflertor of liberty, and fo important and diftiitguifhed a governor as your grace." To this addrefs his grace (agreeable to his in- natedifpofition)in a letter to a noble lord, return- « ^ ^H^^"^ ''"^^^''' w^^^^f-ein his grace expreflbd his fmcere thanks for the addrefs? nnd Jiat -he would endeavour, by all means ir^ his S'JfJ-/%''"^''''^'^' ."^''^^"2 i^is ndminifrration, their difpofmon of zeal and loyalty, of which they had fet fo proper an eJcample. ^ t J? '^^/f ^^.^^s,from Waterford are the following loyal and dutiful ^vnt-Am^n'' K2 "We I i f 72 ] :^^^ cio d^li^re, tliat we are ready, at the ha- *c J^<*°^,?wrlive«and fprunes, to repeal andfru- ^^ ftrate a^Uuch attempts (invafions) m any man- ^^...7?er, and hy^ny. means Ws-Majefty /hall be m- V., .cipufly pkafe4 to, require of us. And we hope ^Mitp4empan ourfelves fo dutifiilly to his Maiefty p. W)n every occarion, as may recommend us to ^,,^3 r(?yal cicmenry,, and conciliate the minds ^^ of our proteftant fellow-fubjeas to us, that we ...^may |iv)e l^appily united with them in Chrjftian Aa mfm ^hanty, undep the government <tf the frtmoiyQdi^gmt pnnce, the common fkdier of ^c^ atthis.p^|)%.,.,^^^the fame time that we make ^ --f iT,°'" ^^"^ Vl^feigned tender of our duty v.,and:^4eljty ^^ his Maj^fty, permit us humbly ^^■m. ti^anUufly to acknowledge the wifdom and ..^^.iWticp ot ^ypuc grace's adminiftration, which >, to't It niay be.a^^afy as itjs honourable, is =ovw .rfj.hnceire defire." .*. : V.Jo the^ month of December lafr, there was ^^ dangerous and infolent multitMde aflembledijeW^ the.parhament houfe in Ireland, which tejided-;to ,% disturbance of the public peace, which. has .been happily fuppreffcd. , V;Upon this occafion,- the fober and regular pm ,pf the Roman Catholics expreffed their abhorrence oi luch notous acfls, and in a paper which thev .guiecUo.be read in all their ci.apels in. Dublin, _, ,,, -Lelt any limong you fho.uld be TouhhapDv ....cieteiiatioq of all riotors, and diffurb^s. of xhe V public peace, and itridly fovbid you tvL to, be -V.^peaatorsoi- fuch alfeHibliesvas we aredeter^ mined to ticckreany of our communion, whoiTi jHjt can dacGver ;o join in diofe tumultuous " mobs. ti » Tt'' ^".f^'*' '° °"'' ^°^y '«)igion,and to treat f. them with the utmoft fe verity in oUr power " . "jXPS thus far humbly prefumed tbTay thefe two diftrent matters before yo-r honourf I hboe you will permit me to fpeak (though with the greateft duty and fubmiffidn) what I knw eon cernmg the Roman Catholics of IrelanS, ^ ak knS.""" ^ ^'^" '"'^^ '" ■■^'P'^ '" '^ »-gh^ \nW^ T^'' "S""^' ^''■' *''« «^<"> why I was t£j^'%^ ''i °^ ''«' R°™" Cath^oBctd! drefles was—Some ffcw years fmce my affairs called tUMl difpofition IS to converfe with all degrees of ^oZ' r ^n""'^^ ?" '" ~"'P='"y wifh many Roman .Catholic pnefn, gentlemen/merchants and traders of that profeffion. As I pkTd towards tht & 'of V '^^r™ V '^^"' '"•^ 'efpeftfully I y 1 '°^ *"* Majefty and the royal familv andof the,r readineft to^do every tSinThl' ^7% *° PfonK.te the intereft of 7hegofemmen and the welfare of their native count'ry. !-~'' .%s many of them, iie eld attachment ie badt7l Mnfa«,Uy,and,UFnnch, are nm at an Zd and as we are, from fad experience, fully colvZed cZ7f rr'^'",""" ^"'^ beenlluUZTdt u,ved by ihcfe people, mr pretended friends, it has made us detery.uned to have nothing Lore dl-^M them, ,^^ ,u ^^ arifes frontunavoidaU 7ec7f //y.--TJiey_^aho took notice of the lenity thev had met wuh from thofe whom his MaieL i7 trufted w«h the adminiftration, in refpKVe"; ^emg permitted tl>e free exercife of thdr rei inclination led them to arms, they exprefled me,.t r^^'''^ '>-yJh''uld,>e dehLeIfro:rr^'^. ..'^..mmy upon aomnt of their religim. ....that is the ! Y ■' .!». .,1 !■ I :T4 3 __ /^ <v,^, continue they, that^^„J„dfo mam of X^TT^ •"'^'^'^"•^^'^"•— When I h«rd be sny fuch law or cuftom ftill fubfiftihe Chow ever necefl-ary it rinrght have formerly bee^n) fol; «,.t"'*J ^'? '"'■7.'° '"^y *° yo"-- Honour, that our fcy It, If J<K>fing batcles Way be termed fach thrh" ^rfe unhappy menbeingimployed in the armies t<2lT'"^'^f''''' ^"'i ^hat is ftill a ™^ fZ^^ ",'^"'"ft'mce, they have. beeh oWi3 fomemea, (where the- command has fo felfS wflfrT^''°".'Sainft near rebtiw, ,M fei!^r! . "^ "f t'"' ''°'' '"'^ '"°" ^^^^"^ leverai occalions, hire Roman Catholic tromw m fight her battles and thofe of her allies, andTr? Hk to employ her own fubieds of the fam'l rdt g.«n, when ,t is *lmitted 'on all hknds ttv a« generally as good foldiers as any in the worM Now let us review the cafe of the Highlanders^ they were formerly as much difaffefted tl he pre: fent royal ram>!y as the Irilh could poffibly b^ at Why, bv emp oy,„g and encouraging them, it is now cx,ntefied by his M.jefty's rearfrfends in the r addre k-s tron, North Britai^, (as before obferved that ,t was a .«y. m.^un ofg<^crnmmt in fo dolna O' 'o' * I think b'v'the laws ofTrpIpncJ \^-\^M\cM i^^.^ c r^-«. «.ii« any Of fa. Majeg's'^W^S::;^ and i fo many of len I heard tinacoiin- lere fhotild ■ing (how- been) fo as 'anfydfhps es forthjvt r, that our fatal expe- /e lii/fered tich, thro' :he armies ftill a verv n obliged ' fell outf) ttion,^afftd ti 'againft lid, upon troops tb id yetr re- ame rdt- they ai^ orld. danders, the pre^ ly be at le cafe ? •ni, it is in their bferved) b doing, •eafon for X) foreigti and [ IS ] and we in the foudi muii .from experic;nce ac- knowkdge thefame, and the more li> becaufe ^v 1^ ^ i'.. A%?/?y a^ the rc^al fa^nly, ',whuk:Ill^^^ fln^ th.t^ 1? '^' Highlanders, they have aU alo^c fh. fi u ^/^^ \" °"' ^'"^)^ behaved bravely iS t\^^ ^eid of battle, where-ever they \ZT Z peared, and I.make no doubt, but in tdlm tSw Will be as remarkable for their loyalty and aftt^ tion to his Majefty and. the royal fLiKdtea: ■ lous Fr,* ?■" ^''"'i 'f ""' '■^^■^ •"*" Pnident, in cafe <h, FrencI, .nvafion had gone on, to have iffued a n^SL! t.<m off^rmg a pardon ,o all Iriffi officers, foK ™I fean,. let them be of what religion foever in caft 'th^ rama co.^iffirs- .f^inlu'r tz:^:i^r t had m the French ; and iikewife trXr^cnttrtat th' ioldier, and fcamen that <,uitted the French ftS^ t )a:ne manner as our own are at thl. ,l,„ j '" ™' feiaion»i but If they wiMlt , eilea^' "IrrT'^' ""' hrace thatoffer, that then if th^lfh I . u '^^''^'' '° ""'> :.gufnlUheirlaXrfoveSg„n7co:«^^^^ Tn/taitt "' ''-'-' - P>'^oner:X^;;r a°t - ' commanded the army .•nl,Sfa:d'unTr"a& earl otbtairs, there was i o■rp^^ ^.-it- *• *"' •'^'•\y^i\7 nie- •;Hg-.de3. inUuch^tt^rt S;'whn'E^/""' (ocmed to thmk it would not be amil to form f J '""' "f them, which, however, did not fce S™e 5'T" ' I'^cl paflports allowed them to go where tliev ^h'„ ' , ^^ P^r, and I alfo remember to I, ,veT.^ ■ ^ °"S'" P''''" ;b™ of there men i„ Eo^.'^^t .l." ^f ili^-T''^ lous for promoting the intereft of their feDow fub- jefts m die Lowland and South Britain, as before they were othcrwife*. — -Pray fuffcr me to afk why may wc not exped the like behaviour from -lie Xrilh, (hould they meet with the fame treatment trom the government (under proper reftric- tions, upon the account of their religion.)— I muft confefs, I like a man much better, who openly profefTes the religion he is really of. than I do thofc who pretend to be of one religion when they are fecrctly of another, which they con' * 1 he following paragraph which I read in the Gazet- teer the other day, was ib agreeable and pleafing to me, that 1 hope your honour will permit me to introduce it " Laft week that gallant old Highlander M a b c o l m M A c P H E R s o N (who, at the age of 70 went as a volun^ teer to North America) received the facrament at St. Mar- tir s church preparative to his defire of taking the caths of allegiance to his Majefty His intrepid behaviour at Louifburgh, &c, in 1758, and at Quebec, &c. laft year, where one of his grandfons was killed fighting by his fide, induced his friend, the immortal Wolfe, to give him a commiffion the very day before the adlion, in which that glorious youthful hero fell, nor was the old gentleman lefs refpeaed by the reft of the brave general officers for his cheartul ipirit, and aftivity on every occafion." For my ow.- part, fjnce the Highlanders have been em- ploved in the army, I have taken feveral opportunities, both in^Great Britain and Ireland, to cohverfe with mJ fdlow fubjeas, thofe brave and hardy men, and maiiy of them have candidly owned to me, that the good treat- mept ihey had met with had occafioned the chanoino- their former opinion, and that they were ready to lofe^the ^aftdrop of their blood in defence of his Majefty, the royal faoii y, and the.ir native country, whenever their fervlce Ihould be required, againft all its enemies, J which time hi s evinced, that what they Severally /hid were from their hearts. -Witnels their behaviour at Quebec, in Qer- many, and dk whtrc, j vi ♦ C 77 ] concca only upon the account of felMi views*. I ftali humbly take the liberty to fum up wluc "i^^etoftyonthcfe heads- -with obfervinA that my lord Clarendon takes notice, that archbifton Laud one of the minifters of ftate in the reig,. a^ J; '''■^"''^ '^ceedinyjy that the kini, %s mjjierjhould k poffiffed m much of the hearts of the people as wa, poffiMe, at kofl that they fhotdi have nojufl caufe to complain, which was very juft and noble m h,m. And as we have fuch good minil- ers at this t,me---it is not to be doubted, but they wi 1 ufe their utmoft endeavours to remove every obftade that has tlie Icaft pretext to hinder his ^^it^y, the father of his people, from reign- ing m their hearts, and by that means it will cf- ftaually dcfti-oy party-dcftinftion, and make ^he kmg the greateft monarch, and his kin.>- dom the moft flourithing in the world. T The latter end of January laft, Adm. Hawks returned to his houfe in Weftminfter, after having gone tnro a toilfome, tho' a glorious campaign" when he waited on his Majefty he was moft g°a-' uouOy received, and, as a mark of royal approba- tion, the King fettled upon him a penfion of 2000I. a year tor his own life, and for the lives of his two Ions, and the furvivor of them This was not all : one of the greateft aflemblies in the world returned Sir Edward, in a public and folemn manner, their thanks, couched in the molt elegant and polite terms, and which, one may % fully Ipoke the lentiments of the people in ^l Beral,as to the grateful fenfc thev have of the mafv and important fervices he had rendered his King and »■'* L coLin- .n^^j;l;'j;:E;i:',;^';^^f-r-^^ norconfVquentlyfbrexdudin, ' 1..W5 ar,d orivH,! rl .:'.': ^'^"''^•'^^ enemies to an equ.l participaticn of ilidr iUrh ir.or r"cn wirh both arm:, ?.nA vvclcomL' tl ilv /}i!;u!.- 'articipat 11 brace cur co j^.,. . . , ' •■"■•^ »"-«<-uiiiL- UR- rcTiirr ti.V) t9W:trds iliinr tcmnron Ux\i>:r and mother untry- K- return pf our mil^.-J brethren to tbs W\ ■\\ isj.r I I 78 ] country, particularly by the glorious vidlory ob. taincd over the Ercft fleet of^ liclle-Ille-. I repeat it again. Sir, that nothing can eivc a greater plcafure and fatisfaaion to all true Bntons than to find luch a fpirit of duty and loyalty to Uh Majefty s perfon, royal family, and governnienr as now prevails through Great Biitain, Ireland' and all lus Majefly's other dominions, in the dilfe^ rent quarters of the world -~ which, with great iubmilfion, is a Urong evidence of our mod gra- cious fovcrcign's glorious difcernment, in makino- clio.cc of fuch able miniilers, generals, admirals. t.c. w-lio, by their refpcaive clofe attention to the difierent afl'airs of the nation, both at home and V read ot m hifturyj therefore ,t is a pity any incident ^ttcndinr lb r ! ncr >' ail " To the foe his dreadful force he bend,«." Addis ^'!^ t 'Z" '!;"■ ^.":f '^^^'V'-'"!'"^ Ix^P-'" to engage tho French rear fqundron- - a 43 m.j). after oitto fignal \v:is made for the gcnr,,! e.vM-cneiit ^ '^^:J;n.nSr^" '""'' ''"' '"'■ ^•^•£--t'->-^ handed our At .j5 rni^n. after three the Frrnch rear admiral ftrnck to the Rcfulution a.id thf- I rench /hip Hero. f.r::rk to the Magnanimr. ' '^ A? 13 rmn. attrr four a Fr-nth Mp was ovnfethvthe Torbiy ^n.r;^f vj.^rn •' ^7f '"'"'■^'^ ^^S^" '^"^ e«g.2e, a^d in about fix inin. tnc i n nth mipovcrlet. At 50 min. nfccr!our left off- firing; and foon after it bccamrd<rJc .-r-Tvo tTt"""'' ^"y""<=™'^yF'-'--«ivc what aLundancc of ' work wa, t '^r.r in auout two hours. »'"»'v « js May^heavenandG thee well reward. Beneath o„r fiu.fr:.e lind our vine • rnv [,rav ,y and thy care; Thank Heav'n, thnnk Thee, and P In gmtilnd. and rra^.'r. a tribute iuilly d.r ; ^' r. ,'f ,' ''r' \ ' '",'"'■ <^°'"rl<^tc, I fing but ^^ hat true Hi >or,s f^y. .mil chofen by our King j And what thev fav of Vou t 79 ] and abroad, have gained tlicm the love and affcc- tion of the people in general, and by the above means, have raiU'd the glory and honour of the britifh Empire to a greater height throughout tlie world, than was ever known before I have before Ijioken, and I hope. Sir, with truth m refpeato the flate of the Venetian and hnglifh navies, and the prefent grandeur of the Untilh nation ; which leads me to fpeak of the temper and dilpoiition of the people of Venice to tlieir fuperiors, (when they were efteemed the greatell maritime power in Europe) and from tnence draw a lort of parallel between them and the Britifh fubjcas, as to their prefent difpofition. All thofe arts which owe their fubfiftence to che fuperduity of riches, and which cannot thrive but in the midil of opulcncy, fliined at that time m their greatell fplendor in Venice [ami Co they do at this time in our ozvn Univerftties, and other part^ of Greet Britain and Ireland.] The government, if occi^aon required, could have had an abundant and infallible fupply from tne purfes of the people, who paid a profound veneration to tJicir fuperiors, and had an entire and well grounded confidence in them, [and fo have the people of Great Britain the fame veneration for their fupenors, and from a well grounded confi- dence, have freely and williiifjyfuppliea the prefent oc^ cqfwn of the ft ate.] Their laws were wife and good ana the execution of them was committed to none but men of known juftice, probity, and goodnefs, [andfo would our laws be, if feme method could be found to reduce them into fhort and under ge- neral heads, cud at the fame time, relieve the unfor^ tunate dehors, and that of preventing bankrupts, ^pter they have made a true dfcovery, and delivered ^ip all their effeilu fiffering perpetual i^nprifmncni, ^ 2 throiiih L ?o 3 t>rcugh the ohftincicy of a fciv ttnurJwral creditors •, /;/// we can ivitb truth fay— cur courts in IVeflnivjltr Hall 'ivere never filed ixnth ^cnUcmcn of Vior^ kmiin ^ v ■> •>/• prcuity^ ciiid go c chiefs than at this day.] The fcnatc, Vv^i'.ch is the foul of the rcr-ublic, wp.s filled with men eminent for tlicir worth ;incl ability, and all their views and meafurcs were jvil and honourable, and all their cntcrprizes, to the time of the treaty of Cambray, were fiiccefsful, [^midfo is our parliament, the foul of the Brilifh nation^ * lohic'h hath been filed with gen Jemen cminentfor their ivorth and ability, and many fuch there are at pre- jrnt.] -—Subjects judge of their fuperiors accord- ing to the value foreign nations put upon them, [and fo do the Britifj.] They think tliat the dif- tance between thofe and their Mailers is a more proper llation, from whence iliey may take a view of them, than from the low fituation in which the condition offubje<^s has placed them.-- Philip de Comines afierts, that no government was ever more edeemed than that at Venice, [which is'the ppfent, ami will be ahvays the cafe, (IS to Britain, fuppefnig the fame wife meafurcs of go- roernment are piirfued, which has been latterly the means of making our nation fo refpeElabk abroad. ^^ Many authors have written concerning the p-o- vernment of Venice, in all ages and in all lan- guages, fo it is fL".d they have left nothing new for fucceeding writers [and though many have wrote con- cerning the government of Britain and its conflitution, yet feme of them are fo filled with mifiakes, and wrote by illiterate hifiorians, who have copied from partial writers, and are themfelves generally ignorant cf the three laws, the canon, the civil, the common, as well as the martial and ftattite laws of England, that a com- plete and valuable hifiory of this magnificent kingdom can never be expedid, unlefs it is dons at the espence 1 4 r Si ] <'/ lU flaU, minefs the prinlmz Rmer's F.J, 'ind tbc-jo„tn. of the H. ofCo,nm\-\ ^ ^"^""^ — 7 '.- — __^ Since to return, in l.ls oZto\n1^^P f^'^^^^^^^ mcafurcd to others. rpu^chXn- ^^V''"^"^^"^ '^« ^a, the words of his brother Rr/T ^'^V' ^"'^' ^^ "^"- reign of Hen. VIU. andditrxnritl ' "'°'°"^^'h '"''^•'^tho confers my furpri/c thnf fM k u°^^"" J'"''^' ' ^nd I mu1> of the very fame ofTence h.% ^^m ^'''"'^ ^""^'^ ^e guilty thi. diftercLe oLyfrha. no^ 'T^ "^-'^'^^ ^«^' ^'^^ work,- but has, onthecon^.; r/"'^ h'^' A^-/;;,? hiftory) feveral fcar^dJoT^ h^e ^e" o '.f^" ^^'f' ot great and v/orthv m^n • "nd F V '''"' P'" "^'^^ Doctor has too implidd" V^'^ r/ ,'? ^?"y '° ^'"^ »hc [ecing he has y/4 l^.Xt'tveTa cdf' ^^"''^?» (•fwiiruths may befoc-lled^ Lv 7 r "^-atenrds ries, and engrafted hem in^i ''"'l^^l.^^ ^^^^"^ ^ifto- ourhighcri.icia fo fr^inf] ,°'"'J' ^^^•""^' ^^at ence h^e was under by ke pit Vf/'^^^ '^' ^'^^ ^"A- ^^^s writing the rei^n o7h£ vm"'P'> ^^^" he «i-^n.ons of mankind (if thev are ver fo ,^^^^^^^^^ rercivj PcrfluUK-s of other hiiterians, and from ;h;r'^ *"■,' ""''' ''■''''''^' '^'^ <"'- Jf you ricafc, ftile it A Succinct r^Il^'"^ '•'"""'" '"'' ■^■°" '"^'v. TORY of our country :-.nut5horew'nt; r"""^ '"'' ^'''"'''-'-tk Hcs* '"crcy upon thcm.-.-s'e the kaoV'spL " ^^^''°' '^'= ^ord have Jo,ooo purchafrs. ^„arr wk I !/^" ,''"^' f" ^^c honour of Biit-in Pu«ng, and fine engr^^lT; J Whether tins laJewas not chiefly owing voton^ t SeehisCrit. Rev. theoth..P„.,;„,..r.,.,. ., . H^rr. ^.,d, r ,n, mformcd/"t];;;"LeW; /'"''u''^^^"'^ the Dolor's [ 82 ] SIrce all our afrair.s, notwirLRandinc. we ar? CJigagcd m fo expcnlive a war, l;c;ir a'^pleafing afpccr, ft ate letters, and other auili< in the public offices, libra; nicttcd pieces, preferveti ics, and private collections, materials asf iernejs he might, in all probability', }uv/e fourui Axh ........ vvouIJ have made his hiitory va.Iuablc, rmliha: thtenuc,.^^ cf his nature would probably havejhincd in its full lujire As It is, to fpcak foftly of the above part of the hiftory, it ;bou:ids with grofs errors and mill it is cftecmed rather an infamous h"bcl tl which caufed one to ar es. — As to PoJrd ore s. years ago) this character an a true hiftory, ive him and his woiks (near 200 v: rgilii duo funt altc;- Maro, tu Polidori Alter tu niendax illapoeta fait. Or, in other words, Tvvo^ Virgils in two dliT'rent ages rife ; 1- or fidion tliis renown'd *, as 'that for'l'rs f. I hope, in the end, there \\\\\ be no ciiifc to inaJrc it uand thus : Twod-£l-rs in two dl(i''n-nt ages life, The firfl: for fic?tion fam'd '■', the laf: for 1— s f . Truth is tnicft pocfy.— Co wj. k v. But after all, if the Doctor will be fo good as to quit the little office he bar lately taken i;p, of a Monthly Col- Icaor of pricked fongs, pretty acrolHcs, laics, and udiat he calls criticiims, he. and r-ivc up the Rrv/al Licence, and return to the dignity -'"an hillorian, and', in the firl't in- fiance, revife and corre^ his wor;:, — I am perfuaded there are many ready to alTnl: him, in pointii'g out the talfi- ties or niillakes as far as appears to them — by which means he will gain not a lupcrjicird but a real cfKcm in the re- public ol- letters, and evidence to the world, that what iwis paifcd in his Hiftory, was owing more to inadvertcn- CT than any malicious defigr,— for moft will allow, that (he Doctor's is a good cafy llilc (like TinJal's, to whom he !j greatly irdebted for the tranHation of K.apin, tho* i;e lias tbrgot to place Rapin's name in the margin of his hi{lr,!y.;— In fi-.ort, if he rcjccls this cordial ad\-ice, and ptihlrs in hi-, prefeirt purfuit, he may depend on it, th.it i<i\i\': are lietermined to ufe him in'tlie miim-r he ufcs- f/.hers ; that is as one famic/ fayo to anotlier, Ycu mcajurty TUM iOr;i ty y^ur b:.Jhd :, furay 1 Ihwc a rigin to jncdinre V'./vr {ivhen Mil hiijc any) by nunc. X 'L^% ntCi!l'ure aipect, ana bein!^ mvf]-lf nU,.^ c u hud the wri^lky" oo ;ir '^ ''''P""""'' ' poems, in hopi o! &"t.TS' '°"'-"f "'" °^' Aat might A!it the 'vS/r. J ""?• "^'^ meet wi'tA the fo Uov^ t ^e- wmf 1^"^^^^=°"'° pe"*. with this obfervaVn onlV th I r ' ""f ^^'''^ luch as I thought would .nar.rl '''■"^ "'""'••'' aremierted nft<'ad of wh.f ,„ • ,^'^ words are printed in it^lk ^''^^ '^^f^^" '" the original, i'^.' *-^w;/ I't^d/ldCT thro thP iro^J-,.^ r r-> While buxoni pj;^ . Glads evVv I e^rt /nH ® ^"^ '," '^-'^'' ''''^' A„d th-. poor re <•?:;' 7 """IS" """" 'lo^s%r!e, - ./.A great George, eaUiu. £h.. a., jus:^;;^:;i;;!''::;,°l,^-sjYp,ets, .he,.h: t-ns proud nati;; ; r;: ,tj'- ^^-a -''.ca- *crs ot peace. ^ 'o : ejcet our lovcreign's of ■ ^::^ % ''°:^'J) '--' S".nt ,™ to onn. , Aioyalpeople/andajX;^^-""^ 4v i.x ..n.gc, and mankind\s t]el-g!it, ( P W-^- -J E/<]; Coa- fl II } Confirm'd in vigour, and in mind mature Imager of battle, and of conqueft fure ; Yet half his ftrength he checks, half of his powV \v ith matchlels prudence, he referves in ftore • Superior to rev^enge, he feeks redrefs ' . Well-pleas'd, as heav'n firft tries th' extent of grace. To win proud nations to his terms of peace; So let them timely fliun wide-wafting war. And deprecate his thunder from afar. Or foon convinced fhall each offender know. He patient paufes to fecure his blow. And guard his fubjedls, while he ftrikcs ^ is foe The f'ulowing lines, before they were altered were addreffed to a gentleman at the head of a oriuer miniftry , -- We think, as they now Itand, they may be truly applied to a prefent wor- thy patriot. His Ibte experience, and his patriot zeal. At once upheld the crown and commonweal • Succeeding times his policy confell. And felt fair virtue flaming in his breaft: Whar time Britannia, queen of nations, pays Due vows to heav'n for great P-t's length of days : i eace, clad in robes, and fury bound in chains Convince a thankful race, a new Augustus reigns. Now to conclude what we have to fay in rela fion to rue French, they are certainly in a much rnore nulerable condition at prefent, than when thL-y loft the battle of La Hogue j for, ar that nme, tlicy had a company of merchants efr:ib- nrr.ecl at bt. Maloes, who fent lliips an: u?Uv to the bouthSea, from whence they bro- -hi h^>m- a hro;e ticaflirc; and their inland irade was very m re, his powV ftore ; xtent of I ;acej r. e altered, head of a hey now fent wor- eal 3ays of days; lains, s reigns. in rela- ' a much an wiicn at that ts efrnb- anMi?|]y bronght "ade was very i 85. ] very great, by which means they were the better enabled to mamtain their large armies* How is the cafe atprefent? Why, by fending great fums of money m fpecie to Vienna and Peteribourg, as well as to their armies in the em- fZ? ^w^'^'^uK^^ '^'^'' means are arained of their bullion ; befides, all the world knows, thev Have not at prefent the above refources :- On the contrary, their inland as well as their foreign trade are in a v^ry difmal fituation j or, in other ^ words Gen. Wolfe s father and mother, fmce which an frifh gendeman informed me, that the General's father vvas T Ir ° T gf^^i^'"^"' and born in the county of Weft- mflv 'nnVh f k' "^^ 'H '' ^^^ ^ ^^^y Mutable fa- ZrL/i''^ ^''" ^°"S Seated there.-I am alfo in- termed, that a monument will be fhortlv ereded to the memory of the General, in the towr of Weftram, in Wnp/^'^ ^' "?' \°'"' ^"^' ^hat a worthy and epitaph to be infcribed on it. From the Hawke and the French Cock, A FA B L E. ^y Mr. W Howard. Triumphant the Hawke in his ftrong Talons bore A ftout chick •clear oft, trom poor Chanticleer tore. The reft were deftroVd, or flew frigh .cd au ay, ' And left the brave Hawke to exult o'- his prey. Whde France in defpair her \^ Spirit bemoans, Anil R K^^ ^''^''J Britain's x.premacy owns, And Babes yet unborn ,'hai? with Extafy talk, <Jr fing, to the praifeof a WOLFE and a HAWKE Th Formidabh of eighty ^uns. [ S6 ] words, almofl: ruined. As this is the real truth of their cafe it certainly behoves the French court to keep the bad news they receive, from time to time, as fecret as pofTible, and make the people believe that France will Ibon be as p.ofperous as ever; though they are fenfible, that flie has not been for two centuries in fuch great diftrefs as at this junaure. The famed Tiberius affeded to anfwer, with the moil afTurance in his counte- nance, upon fuch fort of occafions, " Tanto im *' pcnfius in fecuritatem compofitus." And Ta citusfays, "A Prince is unfit to reign, that can- not conceal his fears." It is no doubt but the French would be glad to make peace with the al- lies:-^nould that be granted, we may humbly prciumc to % on the occafion, ^ If they would have a peace to hold* There's but one way, V/V h^rf/j, Uis true-, I et Juitice ciaims it as her due : Let 'em pray lefsf, reftore ten-fold. What numbers and the treachVous fword • UnjuHly le.z'd, mud now be all reftor'd ' am, With the higheft refped, R I C H M K' O S I R, &c. J. G R O V K, • The Allies. t The French. POSTSCRIPT. M.7^azine, have Xh , '^ The Genthman's part by Mr gIovp 1 ^''^, ""S^ntkman-like very great refpeft : he hovTev efthin^c?^^ '' ^ Re^eftilla ? '/''•■^^'''='' toTRS,rrX Tl b ^'">'''"^' <"• '-&'' Faithful Lovers • iniurrd by Time anrl in oil ^ ""'^' "^"^^ P?,M;' "'^" ? ftvourable Reception from he Pubhc wlio are the beft Judges of what td We :n th., as well a. other KSd, of W t nl and" to^whole Determination I willingly Su^S M Ilert 88 POSTSCRIPT. ' -», Here follows what was intended for ^i?^ Prologue, If Love can warm, or Virtue can endear, Both fhall exert their ftrongeft Influence here \ From Art novifionary Scenes we bring; Our Author pours hisStores from Nature's Spring: Like-Shakefpear, true to her direfting Laws, Rules he negleds, while Images he draws, Whofe Looks their varied Charafters impart. And fpeak the native Language of the Heart! To-night you fee a Prince betray'd and fold. And Vice triumphant by the Means of Gold ; A Monarch ftruggling with his Chains you view, A Duchefs conftant,— -and a Courtier true ! Virtue conceal'din deep Misfortune's Guife, To Woe fuperior, — and deprefs'd to rife ! Aided by Heav'n, emerging from its fhade. And fhining in the Charms of Truth difplay*d. Like fome Advent'rer from a foreign Shore, He brings you home a new-difcover'd Ore, Jn which fome Veins of Wealth you may behold •, Rough tho' the Mafs—it has its Share of Gold : 'Tis your's alone the Min'ral to refine, 3tamp*d with Applaufe— and make it current Coin! The Piece was not rejefted upon account of the Language, but its Irregularity ; yet a Gentleman of Learning belonging to one of the Theatres ex- prcfled his Approbation of the Piece and offered to modernize it, fo as to make the Play fit for the Stage, if a certain Gentleman would confent to it. However as Mr. Grove apprehended this might be attended with Trouble he laid the Piece by and thought no more of it, till th.e unfortunate Death pf tlic brave Gen. Wolfe. 3L0GUE, erej Spring: v/s, rt, sart! old, d; I view, ay'd. lore, ihold 5 lold : current X of the itleman Ltres ex- ofFered for the It to it. light be by and : Death N Preparing for the Prefs, DETACHED PIECES, I. rp HE great Utility of a well-regulated Militia, in X which are introduced many Arguments in Fa- vour of the prefent Scheme, which now ftands fair to be earned into Execution. -Hints in refpedt to the ^eaing Barracks in the different Parts of South Brita n! To which will be added, Various Inftances of thJ Great Hardship Inn-keepers, CoiFee-Houfe-KeeD-. CIS, and Viftuallers, fuffer through the prefjt Prac^ tice of Quartering Soldiers. ^ ^ ^ For the great National Bleffing in refpeft to the Mi- ferii"-? ""'r' ^'^V^^- ^"^"^'"^ ^° '^^ Honourable general 4 nf d in particular, befides other Patriots, for their conftantanS diligent' Attendance in h.r "^ * whilft the Militia Bills were depending, before they were pafled into Laws. ^ * ■ ^'^^^}l 'I^K ^'T ^°^i^^ ^"^ ^^ *^^^n «f 3" the Acts that have been pafled relating to the Militia. Mroady a Warrior in his Country's Caufe • Jt home, a Tully to defend her Laws, 'Anonym. By Mr. G R O V E, Of Richmond. N.B. Thofe who will encourage the Publication of this Piece, by fending useful Hints for Mr Grove, to be left at Mr. Burd's, Bookfeller, over- againft St. Dunftan's Church, in Fleet-ftreet may depend on their being inferted ; and thofe Kr^^^^"""""' of having the Pamphlet, when pubhflied, upon lending their Names and Places ©f Abode, It (hall be fent td them. II. A ( 90 ) II. A BRIEF of one of Mafter Griffith's Re- VIEWS ;vuh h.s Comments upon feveral wirk , and Arnwers to each ; and to which will be added a Lift of thofe who have been abufcd by the Monthly Re- views, By a Society of Gentlemen. ^ N B In this Piece will be an Enquiry into the f 1 M'^^f;'"/'"S Royal Licence's for printing other Purpofes, Whether the Perfons, who ob- cuTA n , """' ^"""^ within the Defcription of the Aa negating ufalje Tokens and PretenfeTp If any of the Perfons, who have been injured in he.r Charaaers or Properties l^y the Revi^JX^^Z Le te.F, poft-paid, direfted to Mr. G. Tavlor, to be left at the Lodge in Lyons-Inn, he will undertake to communicate the Letters to the Society, by wTc»n they will be properly confidered, and, ] necclarv Anrwers will be returned to the Parties who Tm the N. B. It is faid Perfons injured through the Prac- tices o the IVfent HighVvitics, aL the petty ones called Vdlage Curs, who bark becaufe ?hei'r J e lows do, are remediJe/s both in Law and Equity, out that has not yet been triedf. ' ■ » ■ A C A S E. MR. H~rm-~n, a Gunfmith, had invented ^ Art of making fhort Guns, in order to anfwer the pur- poie of thofe of a greater length,which he advertifed ; one of he fame ijufinefs publiftied an Advertifement, where- in he ridiculed the Invention, and faid H— rm— n was capable rf t ?."" '''" ^'""^"^ the above, one of our high Critics has beqn convlflcd tith's Re- Works, and Ided a Lift of Vlonthly Re- iry into the for printing Ufe of for IS, who ob- Defcription Pretences p I injured in 's, wiJJftate fuftained in Taylor, to I undertake 5 by whom f neceflary, lio fent the 1 the Prac- d the petty -caufe their md Equity,, ( 91 ) capable of nothlnff but thaf ^r /u , ^-; upon this alrn'o^^^^^^^ and the Caule came on to be trteht T- ^^^^^ht, S-T B- at Guildhall, London Irh^T ^/"'"^ '*" '^^ Tnal expre/Ted high RefemmeTt . "^"^S"' "P«^ ^^e Practices, and the furv wi^hT . •''S^'"^ ^"^h Evil gave the Plaintiff 50 l^bam.t' ^T^ ^'^^ '^^ Bat I>amage laid in the DeclS/"V^'^ T^ ^" ^^^ ment was affirmed upon a fef Vrf ' ^^i'^ -^"^g- fendantpaid near 100 1. coft K.r^ u ' ^"^ ^^eDe- fides, there is another In^fr,!?. a "^^1"^^ themP—fie- lers fufFer, from the prS^^^^^^ Pretenders often take n'ne o t^n and?^^^' ''' '^^^- pages out of them ; and by thll '"f ^^^t'^es more, gives Gentlemen W Lt^of an ?fl'^^'''/ J^'^^s, i niance, and too often prevents tLrl ""^c'^^ ^''^^^' which is a ereat' n;f/ '"^ ^^^ of the book - the Publifhinruref?tec?l-t to Learning,fnd Gentlemen will confider wC^ ?^''' ^'^^ ^^ped, lend a Helping-hand to bnt to'V^'^." ^'^^^ ' "^ ment thofe who injure the^rVllS^"^'^" ^""'«i- their Reputations or Pro JertL K^u^''"^'' ^'t^er in aforefairf! ^^^perties by the evil Pradlices ted an Art sr the pur- 'tifed ; one It, where- m — n was capable leen convlfltd has dcfii-veel the AJiij---! ^ I N I s. 'I'o thi P U B L I c. THE R E has beert, for fome Years, PeN fons who have aflumed to thernfelves the Charaftcrs of Critics, and whet, they aft ftrve Honour •Snrh'r-"\'^*"^"'' ""^ T^«'>. ^^^ jcrve Honour. Such Critics, fays the Brililh Steaator dwell ratUr upon Excetlencm than ImperfeSUmf a^ cmmunuate to ,h mm fuch Things Is InZh ot fervation: V^U^XrlT^^ 'l'^ Time eo Tir^e in the Re-" by the' Wi.ed w:^d"thro^ '^ '^2^1/ app'roved of, Holland ^n6. elfewhere in wh?rh .H T u "^"^^ /"' ^'^ ^°°'' '" Journal, or wrote ore^VirtaUo'n ^flt """"^"^ "'^^ ^°P^^^ ^^^' '^^^^o.7J:f;^^^^^^^ " P^'Perly conduced, think as he pleafes fnd n/blfn^ l • r ""'f ' •** ^"^^'^ ^^" '"^X proper Reftriflfon ) wi^^^^^^^^^^ Cunder from a partial Ceufor r^ nf. . r ['^ °^ ?^^*'"'"g ^ ^^'cence Governmentn Church «i3 ^^ /' • " '^^ ^'^^"^^» °* «"«■ fully convinced of thsMa^^ TT? !?''«/ Governors bein^ ^r Artifce to fupportU that b^lhTT t f o'^' T'^' ''"'^"' ^- Of the Prefs Se mnr« or^ ''"i'^ liberty of Confcicnce, and that Part of tJ^Vorid ^'" "^^ ^''^ '" ^"■'^'« '^^"^ i" «ny othef we'ha;rfotln\Tx'cS?^^^^^^ -^ ^^ P-fs, that Which have enabled us to J^ i?""''^ "k°."'' ^^"£««g^. ^n^^ provements1na"mXveJpa?tofV'''^?^'°^^^^ ^"^ ^'«- no^lfndedlo.^lortL^Jhf^^^^^ had nothing to do with Scandal o^S^ ""^ ^u"""'" ^^ ^"^^^^"^"^ on any onl's P^^f^n ^ 2 ® • ^^^^'"^ *"" ^^a^ever reflefted up, gav4| w^ ^'^^ xs.a2i ^"V, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) .A^ .«'.'<^ i- £?. Vi 7, 1.0 1.25 2.5 |50 ""^ :^ 1^ 12.0 1.4 — 6" 1.8 1.6 TtL_x l-_._ riiuiugicipiiic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 M ^X"Q ^% -b^ ^v- ^ -.<> ,.v '•^ ^f^. i/^ ^ I , • .« ;.^ 1 .* .--1 of the Frances of our prefcnt High Critics X fc dom venture to praife any Paffitr,. i„^„ a .? ° cept for certain M-^n^.kT^lCr.SVZ been before applauded by the Public _ ni Vi, ^^^ trary, the ma,n Drift aL De^oVThdr Critic^?"' L(/ 4 J ^""""^ '? f'' '''<= •^Z'"^''''"- well obferves 1 Now as to our Critics, they have !»one beyond all (by making laJle and invidious Comments) Top eTufe the I'ublic fo as to prevent the Sale of the Bookral,? confequently h s Ma efty's faithful Subjeas. whofe Pro pert,es they are, fulTer great Injuries ind Oppreffiom through to Jook upon what they fSd as rnnrln? f'^ '^^"- ^^^^^'' "^^ vate OpiLn only ^ faft tW i? '' ^ut take it as their pri- incurring the lull Dir^leafnf; 5^ ^^"^^^^ endeavoured to avoid is quite difFerent L pr£t o-^ ' the Cafe into fuch an infamous PurVn.>- ?^ .^"^ P'"^ ^"^'^ are got that it makes o rN^tion t I'r" A f^ '° ^ f ?"^ ^^"^^> ^^• wherever, what they caJl tEr v.-r"^'^ d^ragr^eable Ligl^t /-;>/!.//.;, p. 27 ^ '"^^ their Cnticifins, appear abroad. §« efi Strokes of an ir doubtful to a -ning-^ and they Critic generally that is one Part ri tics, who feJ- n Author (ex- which has not -On the Con- ;heir Criticifms Errors, which weJ] obfervcs,] ^ublijhing a new rn fever al ^af- ne beyond afl fence of criti- ' ftiie review- c an impartial leraiiy defert- r Comments, Difpofitions, IS of the Au- '^n them Jay^j * to prejudice Books, and , whofePro- Gppreflions through 'ardality j and' r Readers not it as their pri- ired to avoid las f the Cafe ritics are got J Abufe, esff. •jeable Ligl^t abroad. Sec ( 3 ) ithroughthofeevilPraaices; and all the Recompence .the Parties at prefent meet with, is that of being fneered at, and made the Ridicule of the weak and ilT-natured Part of Mankind, to the Difgrace and Reproach of the Republic of Letters*. ~ Many Inftances of the above Attempts may be produced; but the following true Narrative, it is hoped, wii] fuffice for the prefent, to fhew how bafely one in particular has proftituted the High Office he has taken upon himfelf, Mr. Grcve of Richmond, in December, ij^y, pub- lifhed a new Edition oi Shakefptar's Play of Henry VIII. with hiftorical Notes. — Several learned Gentlemen ex- pefled their Approbation of thofe Notes, — one in par- ticular was pleafed to fay in a Letter to Mr. Grove,^ *' The curious and valuable I^Iotes haiv entertair-.dand in- JlruBed me exceedingly^* Mr. Gronje had been fonte Years engaged in Work$ of different Kinds (and pubiiflied fcverarLetters in the Gazetteer upon interrefting Subjedls, particularly that of the three Laws, and the State and voiuminous Condi- tion of our Statute Laws, with no other View than to ferve his Country, and for which he has received the Thanks of many worthy Gentlemen) and as he had wrote and printed the Hipry of Henry VIIL and other detached Pieces, he propofed to pubiifh fome of them in a Volume, ^nd advertifed his Intention fo to do. ^ 2 In *v ^ ^"a T.^^ ^^!f^ Writers purfue is,— They commend, with the moft fulfome Exaggerations, fuch Boo! and Pamphlets that immediately anfwer their private Ends ,• and, on the other Hand, depreciate, with Ridicule or malicious Contempt, many good and valuable Works in which they had no Concern, (after they have ta-. kenmany Pages from theminto what they call their Reviews, j Howl ever It mull be owned, that many have declared that thefe Writers are fo abufive and contemptible that they were not worth Notice ; but. in anfwer ic may be faid, truly ferious and difpalTionate Men de- fpifc nothing ; the moft fevere ill mannered Treatment is not be- low their Contempt, or can ever be above their f orgivenefs, but m Juftice to Mankind dehxands their Reproof. » I- Mc^th, and in T €0^4™ Mr"/"''''= °^ "''^ >ifte?this unheard TTreZent IT' " "^^f *^- -nd from °hS>ce Tw: namrl^T T '° '■^" '' ' that the Sale of the ;^I '' '° ^ concluded, diced." '''^ ^°^^ '^'« g««'y preju- e'^ /*» Hiftory of the L^l-^T^ Coppir^fl-au. B, th, 2uih«- J>.6i. .B7Z,w|J:,f "4^'-"" °f Cardinal ^^^. 8vo, ttardiSy^l-^fe?;7- Jlj" '"""njrf/. P"blithed a Hiftory of ■ Notes r Lord help this po^zX?- S' \^^T^" ' »« ''«'• ii^iem in commo„'^Se«fera° d inllLo iJl^' '"^ !?"""> ''^- member ever to have mpt u,;^!, V- tj ^ '^W'^- We do not re- .ended tif. 0^^ VlT^th'lST 1 '^"'Z^' k" 'f W» in- to be made up of fih ridicS, <!„? threatens the Public, is ■ «A 175^. the Article of that rove was pcr- : then nor yet njuft Manner, 5(.T to Griffiths, eviewer of the ifwered feven| •^ World how ~-^ As foon or other was ^en Mr. Grove iro gicd, with ot to fell it I 'e concluded, jreatfy preju- ^e met with, )ubli/hed, in hopes ows the Article ar. Innuhichure Obferttatiensy in By the Author f ^olfiy- 8vo, ed a Hiftory qf 'mkefpear% Play Memory of his ifl^gcs in the ^er : But fucJi ins equaJiy de- ^e do not re- but if his in. the Public, is uch miferable ;^it!" . uiLceaea as that the Impreffion is near fold off ». - Which' w "n'o'rt:' tr tr; ^'t? "' ""^"«"s Br^; compliment or clA^Tml^^Ifr '^" •""ff^'"^' «4.r t, nonvithlanding feme "e,;! fe J^' ble iuJLrf "T^ "P'«"'<'' earned Worldfhave aniiiSted on tht Plavf t""/" '^'' Jt rather deferves the N^e bf » R^™, v^'^".*'^''"'"''™'.''"^ «/ Henry VIII Romance, than the HiJlmc,dUf, 'arty tt« «i..i„g to t'te DuiS oVS jw ""•"' "" """" »P. Vica;. bcjieves ■ i .. c ^ ) fn (iiS:, tlicfe Critics, in many Inftances, ad jn Defi- ance of Truth, Decency, Order and good Senfc ; and have Jjelieves he was right in having Recourfe to the mod anthentic Mate- rials to compile his Letter ; for the Doftor does not pretend to fay any Part of it is falfe. As to the Letter, Gro've does roc ibink it is fo much out of .Charaftcr as the Doftor would have it } (fuppofing it was addrefTed to Mi.Pitt, which in Realityitwas not *) furely he -mnft kno^v that there is prcfented yearly, a Memorial cf the Tranfadlions of the lall Year, to the States General, though it is prefumed that thefe <tvife States knew what had been tran- f^fted as well as he who penned the Memorial. -Here Groije might turn the Tables upon the Dodor, by afking him, whe- ther he has not as much Right to addrefs a Letter to Mr. Pitt as the Doftor has to dedicat? his little Hillory to him ? Cro-ve ad- mits the critical Dodor fay? very truly, that Mr. Pitt is a con- fymmatt Judge of literary Merits b,ut much doubts whether the Doftor will have the good Fortune to meet with Mr. Pitt'i entire Appro- bation of his Performance. — Therefore Qro^ue advifes him to fcear, ivithout repining, the juji Cenfure that may he pajjed oh it, and endewjour to mend his Manners Jor the future. See p. 8 1 . • Let the World therefore jud«e what Credit is to be given to fuch Sort of Critics, His unfair Treatment to the ingenious Dr. Vail, in the fixth Article, ill be- comes one who has afTnmed the ""ime Profeffion. His fuperficial Compli- ments to the learnc,, Civili.in Dr. Blachjione, in the eigj^th Article, does not . evidercB the Critic's Krio-vledge of the great Cbtrters, or that of the an- dent Conftirution of this Kingdom. But to attend a little to this high Critic s We admits, all the Hiftorianswere miftaken as to ihe Time when the Charter Forrjia v/as obtained, (by which he accidentally includes himfelf as a Copier from them, and confequentlyconfefles his Ignorance) owing to their having followed the blind Annals of Mattbtiv Paris, which Dr. Bia<kJ}one has confuted. Imi tar ores Jervum pecut ! HoR, Though the two Univevfities ha*re no Conneflion with Dr. B/acifion^s pub- lifh ing the two great Charters, yet this unacademical Critic muft throw out Ills wit Ifcfb and iinjuft Sarcafms upon theni, in the following prefumpluou» Ejaculation. " r?appy would it be for the Republic of Letters, did other Gentiemen in.both our Univerfities follow h'r Example, and exert thofe Talents. improved by Jong Study, by learned Co- .rfation, and particularly affifted by that immenfe Treafure of ancient LeaminK, ufelefily locked up in the Bodleijn and College tibriTies, for the Benefit of the Public, and Men of 'Learning, who are nof bleiFcd with the fame Advantages." — Mrugo Mcral To befure, our two Univerfities will be mightily pleafed with our Doflor, tlie high Critics prefuminr: and prefcribing to them a careful Perufal of only all the learned Volumes Iccked up in the Bodleian Lihrary, (stc. — When this new Bt>yfeian J prefcribes hti Dofes, they are fo numerous, and fo large, that we cannot heip crying out m his (and his Brother i?. G.'s) Language, ilffrcy on his Fattents * ! t A Diploma, i»/. lo^ A R--y -1 L -— to print Songs,Tales, &c. 8/. See the Table of Fees, taken by our Critics for Licence?, »Vc, * God prefr-ve the King, (be Prince, the Peen, And fend our Critics long may wear tlieir Ears |l« II See «.G.'s Sign. - ' 's, ad: in Defi- d Senfc ; and have tanthenticMate- not pretend to (Jronje does not r would have it j alityituas not*) rly, a Memorial General, though : had been tran- ■ 'Here Gteve king him, whe- tter to Mr. Pitt^ im ? C/O've ad- Ir. Pit/ is a con- ether the Doftor ''s entire Appro- advifes him to P^^eJ on it, and i.8i. uch Sort of Critics, xth Article, ill be- uperficia) Compli. I Article, does not r that of the an- te this high Critic j !\vhen the Charter himfelf as a Copier ig to their having kfionehify confuted. HoR, r. B/acifion^s pub- tic w.uil throw out ving prefuinptuou^ pentiemen in.both lentsinriproved by d by that immenfe rl/eijn and College ning, who are nof ! with our Doflor, Perufal of only all , — When this new 1 fo large, that we ;ua^e, ilffrfy on his igs,Tales, &c, S/. haw, without any Provocat on, attacliec! fhf n tersoffeveral learned Men, mlueham , "^'^' to be a Reproach to Governmentftfcff " 7'. ?' '''" be owned, n,eh Praftices raife in the C^^alk nf" "'"'' rous fp,nted Men h^gh Keftntment' W confn^""" ly may tend, in the End, to the BrlMfT"'' femg, as disaffirmed, there is no U t^ VunifC'r'L' enormous OiFences as are now commTtt^' ?„ '"'' tence of reviewing the Worfeo~ uTl '"" feally the Cafe, one would think Z^^l tl, • u County ,n the World where fuch Aa.o^: ^^ctfl^S A rnodern public fpirited Writer obftrves thirs • ' • AT- • . *' P^fC, A Lift of thoA: who have betn '}h,-,r^A - - • • c.;m.wiIlbepublifhedinapropS"^^^^^^^ >« ^^^^ ^- And herewecannotbutx)bfervpt)iit.t.I u , ~ " A Review of the Works of thTRev Mr l^T'\^r ^'''' ^^'^» ;; Profe/Tor of Poetry in the UnlverlTt; of'S? ^^""^^"'^ ^^^ " mark, made on the famein the CV L7 ^■^'^' /"^ °^ '^'' ^^- ;; intheilf.«;^^;?../,^for^l^^^^^^ and " ^^ors ofho^Re^ey. s/an imi^aSr'l^^nd^^"^-" ^^^^- - 1'^<^'"^^"%^.'>'W iis ,na,g,a Name And yelping Cntics ^,unt him out of Fame ., All that at Prefent can be faid, it is a^Tv'fw f^"' on Genius ^ »ng and good Senfc, as appears n the Lerri ^""?"^h Learn- on namelcfs Perfons ; andThofe uhofe NaT ' ^?'^ ^' ^^'^^^^^^d' thor of the Letter oight not to be furnrf^.T',"''' '^'"?^'"' '^''^^' ment the leaned Mr.^^^X ma^^^^^^^^^^ Treat- caufe It is well known that fome other hial, 5 fromthem,- b«. fers hav6 npt efcaped the paniala vJl^. ^nd valuable Chara?. upon their Work Jfrom L^Pl^t c:ll'C''?l' ^^°"'^-"^' taa every one will own that^ knows ^^52^-''^ ^rT' ^"^ mVerfeorinProfe, is /«.., eafy^Tanf inTf^ ^^'-^^ ^^'^ Stile, fore the Rr,^ie^-u:s invidious sAm^kvei ^^''"- ' """"^ '^''■^- lonal Refleftions on him will n-S^ I W"tatipns, and per- fearned World. And the A tho^oTtfe'I " ^^"^ '"^'^^ '^- ed, that if any legal Method can h/fn .'""' "^'^ ^« «fi*"r. ■;■■ < ■> ♦ ■'■ > •c <( C( «c ( 8 ) ;; m from the Dignity ot that Office, and frcquenf. Jy turn the Contempt upon themfclves, which they dcfign for others. After all, that Bock is bfti which ^^ mofi advances the Intereft of Virtue, the Welfare of our Lountry, and the general Service of Mankind, bydoinz - ^£''''''^'^^^r^^^^ofthofe, who deferve well ff tbftr FellQW'Suhje5ls, whether it will fiand the Tefi of the common Rules of Criticifm or not,'* ^ The immortal Pope fpeaks of a true Critic thus • Modeftly bold, and humanly fevere : * Whotoa Fnend iiis Faults can freely fhoW, « mi ^^.^u^y e^if^ ^^^ ^^"t of a Foe 5 « ?',? "^''^ ? ^'^^ ^^*^' y« "nconfin'd ; « A Knowledge both of Books and human Kind s Gen rous Converfe ; a Soul exempt from Pride . And love to praife, with Reafon on his Side • ^bens and i^^w^ in better A§es knew. ^cbmmd, 20t}^ of Fe&ruaty, 1760. E R A R T A. Page 5 after the Words, SecondUtttr, add the Wnr^ ? • d * for Gw/y r. G»a«y : ibid 1 i7Vnr • !? j ^''^ » P- ^' '• » *. ^'^lA'l.iox Marks X, Mori 1 jn f«.. nil » Page %i. in theiV./., 1. , ,. for *^ ^^ I. 2. forr.;>,«/r. repel yjrgilii duo funt alter Maro'*, tuPoIidore-^. Or in other Words, ""''' '* "^"^' ^^i^Poeta^. ^'^^ read. TjwoFz^ils in tcwo liferent Ages rife. For Ftaion this renonjun'Jas ttat for /or Lies I ytrgim duo funt, alter Maro, tu Potidtrt Or in Other Worda, ' '" '"'^' '^^/^'^/-V. '^^o^irgils in tivo different Ages rifi, tev T ^'"'^'^''''*^'^^''">^'"'dast%isforLi,^ e* and frequenf- ves, which they ^ock is beH which he Welfare cf our iankind^ by doing ho deferve well of Jiand the Teft of ' Critic thus : 'cil-bred finccrc j 4 \y fhow', n'dj nan Kind $ from Pride i his Side : lappy few. « r. infinuattdi p- lunhapfy State, the ^<l*"rongthey/,iftr. ^^ repeal t. repel \tuPolidore\', at. ^gesri/e, that /or Lies i '* tu Polidon ^uit. 4ges rifi, thh/orUtp, I