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(f'J / r L i " ,'i • •• • • • • • to • • • .» . * • • *- • , • » <• • • • • ••• . I I w.,..i. • * . (5) Mil I L E T T E R T O A Friend in the C 1 rN ; On the Late -Xl Expedition to Canada. •n f •iJ '! ; .' • f i . 1. ■4 T* Promis'd you when I was at — r- — ^, that I would give you & full Account of the Expeditbn to Canada^ which we pleasM our felves (b much with, and from which we escpe&sd fo much Glory and Advantag;et The I Jw and confcquentiy are moft likely to bj leaft trou-- bled ^t the Difappointment it has FeceivM by the Defeat of the Defign upon Canada ; whkb I fhall endeavour to defend agaiilft all the Cavils and Pretpnces that are now rais'd againft. it» ' 'A All Perfons that have the leaft Knowledge cf the AjSaiffc ^ ^4merica^ need not be §- fcrm'd of die Neoeffity there is for diflodg- ing the French at Canada^ to fecure our Cew>- fnerce and Colonies on the Northern Conti- nent, where the. Et^lifh in N&vihEngland and New-Twk are daily encroached upon by the fkmk:b\ and FrencM/^d Indians ; ^nd beii^ odly in PoffeiUbii of a Slip of Land on tne Cbaft, are in danger of being driven out of the Country, if the French Power encreafes, which it has continued to do thefe hundred Years ; .^nd th^ Encotiragement the FrencJ^ Government gives their Plantations, fhews that there's Iktie Kkelihood of our gaining the Ground we have loft, tf ^e can prelerve what remains. rim% at Cas^.^ ;^^re Ihey fupply'd the ''^''^- Huron - Tunyi'Mftiiifc 1 1""'"""!' *iiefign will greatly add to th^ Glory and Jntereft ^the Epglifli Crotjon (fnd ^ftiiMy hy the. *44dition ff thp 'Sever Trade y fany, j fallen if creafe Oj gaining Confequi Seamen, the Frer And two be own E) Army { QueheCy manded not Sick half of ^Sir fmall S izooo ^ the qth of Cana he arriv and wa ever at as my 1 hec. i» Cot, 4- . i I ^r I .■>'»/ e to ctm- ) venture i I Sxmbt 2i may h» y,- which ? (fmwe » than all hly offer' d eatljf add ih Croitjon ^ 'Bever Tradey (9) Trade y and fecuring the Hudfon's Bay Cont^ f^^Jt joftts (f whofe FaHories have lately fallen into the Hcnds of /-/j^- French ; and In- creafe of Englifh Shipping and Seamen^ hy gaining the hOjery of Newfoundland, and by Confequence diminijh the Number of French Seamen y and cut off- a great Revenue from the French Crown, src. And it was not long before tin's, that t^ie two before-mention'd Colonies did at their own Expencc equip a Fleet of Ships and an Army of Men, on an Expedition againft QueheCy in which Sir William Thips com- manded, and had probably fucceeded, had not Sicknefs feiz'd his Camp, and fwept away half of his fmall Army. ^Sir William Thips had \flith him but j2 fmall Ships and Tenders, no TilotSy about izooo Men, and did not fail from 'B(fion till the ()th of Auguft, 1690. nor enter the River of Canada till the 14th of September. When he arriv'd there he met with contrary Winds^ and was three W^eeks in that River. How- ever at laft, on the 5th of OHoher unpilotted, as my Author fays he was, he arriv'a at ^/d*- hec. i .1 t» Col. AlatherV Hift, of N. Engl. B IftaU ( ^o ) I fliaU now fcHow my Nei^-Etttgland Kti- il^Qrian. He had fehen but 140P Effi^ftiv^ Mei;i, which he landed under the Command of Col. WhaUey'i and expe£ied a Diverfioa to be made by 1000 Men, who march'd ayey Land to attack Mont R(^'al\ but the latter being deferted by the Indians^ and unprovided of Canaos on their Arrival 2Lt th& Great J^ke^ were fbrc'd to return : Upon which all the Strength of the French Colony was tufn'd a^gainft t-hefe 1400 Men^ who were alfo in? |b£^ed with the SmalUPox. Notwithftand- ing all which DtfficijiUies, about the loth of f^ttuheir^ the Time of our late Fleet's Return to England f Sir William brought hi;$ Ship? ■within Piftol-fhot of the Enemies Cannon^ beat them from them , and very much batter'd tlieTown of Qmhec ; but the Land Forces being fick and fcjitigufd, he order'd them aboai^d to reftefb- If theib Troops had fecondcd li«s Attack afhor^ 'tis thpughjt he had made himfelf Mafter of that Town at tile firft Affault. He now intended to renew liis Attack upon the City,, by landing lus Men uftder the Shelter of his Guik,. ha vin^, to that Purpofe provided alfo a confiderable Number of Wheel-barrows, each of them carrying two Petarrero's to advance -before the Men. * The Soldiers were ftill eager ibr theAffault, and, as my Author expvQffes him- ■ ^ felf, !etf, bn it was came or «ifelM they cc without Ihifs'd the Hid jen while hi fiillCoi Steps t< that fep the Cok pot com ifiierd fign W2 been ex EHglijhi Mtin C< with Si Small-P could .n( two PI2 Whk to jufty that the the late was {q X [land H>- i^erfioa to ch'd oyey the latt^ aprovicted 'eat Lake J h all the as tujFft'd e alfo iti^ ;rithftand- e loth o( 's Return his Ship$ Ca^non^ ry much ihe Land e order'd roops had Noughjt he Town at [ to renew nding Us s,. ha vin^ ftfiderable of them ice "before eager ibr qfTes bim- felf, ( ^o letf, b» Piifie for the Conqueft of Quebec. The it was the middle of Oirtober^ and Vinter came on fb faft, that feveral of them were ffifkbted by the Froft feizing their Limbr yet they could not think ot returning iiomc without maftering the Place ; or if tTiey had ifiiiifs'd of doing it by Storm, they hneWy fays the Hiftorian, that they mighty hy fojjejjin^* thentfehes pf the IJte of Orleans , iu a titth while haije flarv^d out the Enemy. Bute'et a full Council df ^ar could conclude the next Steps to be taken, a violent Storm arofe, that feparated the Fleet, and the Snow and the Cold became fo extreme, that they could pot continue in thofe Quarters any longer. then w^e may bbferve, that the De- fign was probable, and thaf 'it might have been executed even in O^oher^ had no^ the E^ifi frorti NeljD'f&v^k been left fey their //f- £/in Confederates', br had nbt the Soldiers with SirmiliamfhtpUtn deftroyM by the Small-Pox, and fo fbw in Nunfiber, that^e could not fpare Men to affault tl^ie Town ai; two Places at pi:^ce. Whith FaQ:s I thought fit tp mention, to juf^tfy the Enterprize againll: Canada, and that there k no manner of Pretence to accufe the late Minifters, for advifing a thing that was fb prafticableand profitable, and all due B 2 Cai'^ t-^^ ^ *- ' *':^Mrt ^K tia^ , ^^ ^ m*lmtm '^«iii*« »ifai>WW ( IC» ) Care was taken that it might fucceed in^hc Execution. It was no inconfiderable Army that was now fent againft ^^^^c ^. 7 Regiments of Foot of Regular Troops, . fome of whom had fignaliz'd themfelves in Flanders y and being compleat may amount to 4200 Men, A Batallion of Marines 600 MalJacbiifJets Regiment 6oo7 ^ , n Rhode-Ifand ^ 600 J" 1^*- 6000 A Fleet of 1 5 Men of War mann'd with above 5090 S^men, having 880 Guns, 40 Tranfports, and 6 Store-fhips, with all manner of Warlike Stores, a fine Train of Artillery, £ffr, Nor was. this Fleet without Pilot J, Englifh and French ; nor was it fo late by near a Month before it enter'd the River as Sir William *Phifs*s : For the Letter in the "Toft-man tells us. They proceeded up Tart of the River of Canada the 20th* of Auguft ; whereas Sir William ^ as has been ob(erv'd, did not enter it till the middle of Seftemher. As toth fuch ad of this i ing the done in thcToft pointmi Wind i Mather Arrival O^bobe coming NortlS* failing that IJl the Cit The " Tha « and « folio ^^ nooj " beg « Eafl " dan " Sou « Coi . " Lea ^< 9ik * Pc(l-iiian, Se^, 18. 1711, Af. + 90 ■K^i^— ^^M H ■ ed in the that was r Troops, nfelves in y^ amount Men, • ;at leaft. nn'd with 80 Guns, with all 5 Train of St without s it fo late the River etter in the '4p Tart cf ■ Auguft ; 1 obferv'd, Seftemher, As tothe>57eather, Sir WilliamThips met with fuch adverfe Winds, that, to ufe the Words of this Hiftorian, they were 7 Weeks diffatch- ing the Wau which might utherwife have been dme in 3 i)ays. The Writer of the Letter in th.€Toft'tnan gives for a Reafbn of the Difap- pointment of the late Expedition, that the wind he^an to blow hard at Eafl^ and Cottm Ma!:her gives the fame Reafon for Sir WiUiam\ Arrival at lafl: at Quebec ; it was the^th (f O^itober, continueshe f , when a frejh freeze coming up at Eafty carry* d them along by the North Shore up to the IJle of Orleans, and then failing (out herly J they fafs'*d by the Eaft End (f that ifiand with the whole fleet ^ approaching the City of Quebec. ) The Toft-man's Correfpondent informs us, That on the 21ft of e/i^g/// it prov'd foggy, and continu'd fq all Night and the Day " foUowjng, with little Wind in the After- ^' noon, when in an extreme thick Fog it " began to blow hard at Eaft and Eaft South " Eaft; they found themfelves then in a " dangerous Circumftance , having neither " Soundings nor Sight of Land to fteer any " Courfe, or any Anchorage within 60 . " Leagues, and that not fafe ; fo tliat the ^* Tilots on board the Edgar, being the beft iC i! A? + Popk II. p. 49. ^ in f -''^'»«f.t;a*"'w_ '»' ^ i^ „m rx m- mms!ri -ii;,?a i n I (H) « in the Fleet, •were of Opinion, the Adrfii- ^ ral fhould make a Signal to bring to, which ** he did -with their Heads to the Southward, * judging by that they might efca];)e any Dan- *« ger, and ve drawn by the Stream in.thd <* Mid« Se;as fought againft us, they wickedly imjMv ted it to the Judgments of the Almighty, and no^; without Infinuations* that we were thereby punifh'd for the abominable Siu of die Aevcjlution, Wl>odoqs not know what odious Refleaions they made on the deplarabk Fate of Sit Chudefiy Shovel, whom they could n©. ver forgive for his Hatred to the Brencb, and the wonderful tilings he had done againft thew ? Did they not hand about an infamous Libe) on fo diikial an Occafion, abufing thp ArchbiQiop ofdfnterhuirjf ; and drolling on the Shipwreck of tllat Admiral and loo Emlifi Gentlemen, the Flower of all thofe deftuvM tathe Sea Service? 'Tis too horrid to recite itj but there is hardly any one wha has not heard it ^ they taking a particular Pleafure in repeating it over their Cups, and heigbt- ning their lewd Mirth with the unfpeakable Grief of all true Lovers of their Country, for the untimely Death qf a Man, who^ Me- rit najide mmi lamented evej nans *. hf Let not fuch a bafe Example provoke thofe who may be out of Humour with the pre^- fent: Affairs,, to take any Satisfaftion in the Mifcarriage of an Enterprize, which was .^ Tbt Mufcovite Jdmirsl And Stamen, 5 f . fofol'd r i lTl li n I > ' » ■i«l V i» » in « «KMMmiiit ■■ fofm'd on fucH reafonable and neceflary Grounds : For whoever Or whatever is the Caufe.of any Misfortune to our Country, *tis the Duty of all that are Well-wifhers to her, to grieve when fhe grieves, and to be heartily iprry for every ill hap that attends her. Neither fhould any one malicioufly re- fled on the Execution of a Projeft:, becaufe fuch and fuch had the Conduft of it-; not flatter themfelves when it has been unfuc- cefsful, that it would have fucceeded better in other Hands : But judge with Candor, and always fuppofe, that whatever was done, wag done for the be0", and that there are none fo much in favour with Heaven as to engage the "^inds on rheir fidcy or who could like Jojhua ftop the 6>» then ha- fl:ening to its Equinox , which is ever the Seafon of St oftns. i aiil fure you are not fo infenfible of the jjubfi' k Welfare, as to wifh ill to it whenever your own Friends have not the Management of it : And the Pleafure we took in . our hopes to hear daily of the Conquefl of Ca- nada^ was the fureft fign of our Sincerity in our Prayers for the Conquerors, That which is reprefented now as imprafticable, was by us thought not only feafible, but ac- compUfli'd. Nor were we Tingle in our Opinions; for the greateft of our Weekly PoU- .t I a Mitk Letter St. I "1 may fu EM&ff ^Mccep "ve arc nc? r ^ Provifi Murw Vfacem ineiits thofe T gerous : 20 Ye fmn ti ocrFoi my Hi Aiheri Which :v«itur r Quebec, and that having hut 10 Weeks • Provifion^ tfe, it was unanimoufi/ agreed to Muirf^home^ without ftopping by the way at Tlacentiay and' attempting the French Settle- ments iti Newfoundland J the Navigation in tbofe Tarts cf the World being fo bad and dan^ gerous ; wliich was certainly as well known 20 Years ago as 'tis now. All we infer fitxn the Event In this Expedition is, that oor Fortune in ^America is not like Jto change fWm what it has hitherto been ; and, as my Hiftorfan obferves, even to this *Day the general ^ifafiefj which has attended ahwfi atjety ttAJttefi^ft i/ /A^^ European Colonies in AifaericaV is a matter of fome chfe ReJkBioH: Which 'lofth grave Authors as hinfifelf may venture to difeufs ; but it is by no means and tke iigegsaiiy Fiibi9gTi:eat. inanjr otW Advaatsigei^ thac^ the Mines d" Mfxke or evefl oJf *m»riire to the Spcnutrdy.^ V V^i -j/^Ti^ge^Qttily kiiDwni. tlifet.rfieije'a itotltjog feopifite: to that Trade; bilt;oQur <«wti /Sl^ ping, KDurSeanaen andOProvffiohsv *witli, fe ftiing^TTacfcle^: and fome other Necefftrje% it^ that die Produft of ^thq FijCh krmgs a% l^fides idie bc^rjComitnfidit^ of riiA ^f %^j^ theBQ)ii6h4^^jM»i^^d^3^i^j^4 tp^Ae£l^ ^t3eare''4}f dur :Mal^ Stis^crxnbre th^ 600000 L a Year*; Nb\^ if -^^c "wene «!■ die ienttreFOi&ffioaof tl^ Traidc^ it. -wculdiM^ Y-oraUy-^loixrf tha^^rexikXuld, domoxaitd .idK Mrfejgife5i^ a:ljr^fareK)£*3[jwoMiHiatis \«aTly, and. at tilicj jfame tirric ideprivsEi uor •?fettlsiwks of aji oieans ofiieneoeafiyig.adidliirc- / J ferving iBhrii feiuchf feemji ^•Wch nius tc fhoft V not a^ 1U<^ lelTt Sft that BB pirtf in the Cl< fot Bai Crafty fhey ijflt wayy\ Englan UMMiaMMl r i«*BW-*'*!!3**^ ei^ tksm Litotluog 9C^ftrfe% ere in. die Ktctildna^ vli4ifpdlb DMiHkkts privt^iuur ferving Efvii^ t^ Maritirtfc StrehgHi and Na- v#iit»Sn, and fete the titter Ruih of thcfr cSmte^, ' Air th-r ^^ a Voyage of Wrffecj Veelte ot- a' MortthV anrf -with as feiuctt Eafi! iihtf e^aihty, as thcte is Un- feeH^JAy Ind DiiScitfty in (itlier PWjeas, ^-Wch 6^^W is inrfru«ed by his evil Ge- nius to pletrlai^ at fo many MUl^ions, than wRji^H' ndtMAg eaft'T^ More itleriy but hh nel'^^dH 2iiiii TtMicks ; the ds Wretched ai 1^^ atfe, hid doubtleft has more tliail one ile^d to help him. But as profitable as the l^;!g Traae'"WK)tfd be, we feem to defpife it fbt if^ Eaie, and to be fond of what is fhoflf viflOttiTy and chimerifckl, br we flicrald not ajteeaF fo ttncojicerti*df as we do at the ill Cntiim-x^nccs it is left in by cmr Balk at €and3a^ from wfewiCc thfe Frefich have often fbftt SJte to *ftrby otir Settlements at Neiv^ fimdlkm; i$ may be feen by the Hrftory of that ' rflaiid, in i mbk caH'd TO^ ^Ws?//^ £/»f fire in America, wherein is this paffage, iii the Clofe of what relates to Newfoundland ; They threMeH fiilt a new Invafhh^ exfeBir^ Shi^T M'nwreTro^s if Q^bfec frlhn France fot Bat ffttfoje : Thi^y^efircfd M the Fii^nft^ Craft j» d0 left no^e f the' Englifh Tonth fhey ^id li^t m ihere wZ>3?;/ they vottit a- way \ fome they fent to France, who came to fengland ih Exciangf ; others y for want c/ heif^ extm^d^i em^i hit^ ?.6(? Frenciv6'fr4 V-'. ' ' ii \ If ' C 2 xue. ■ t mfsa*" —- V!k«!^"'^N ( 3Q ) vice J and fme are Slaves at Quebec, By which it appears plainly, of whatConfe- giience it would have been to our Nexvfc^mdr land Trade and Settlements if wo coutd have made our {elves Maft ^ Canada, I enlarge on tJ^is Fifhery, becaufe the general Advantage of it is m'oft apparent, and that tho^ who know little of Bufinefs, whp are new to Affairs of Commerce, may have the quicker Senfe of the Lpfe we have fviftain'd, and the Concernment it was to us to have reduc'd that French Colony, and have fecur'd our Fifliery; This amply juftifies the late Minifters m that part of their Adminiflra-» tion, for which they are now accus'd, the ta-» king the Affair of Canada into Confideration, and firft forming a Proje6i, the Execution of which they were not entrufted with, and fo cannot juftly be charg'd with any thing mpre than the Defign ; and that, I tnink, I have fufficiently prov'd to be greatly fof th^ Pub^ }ick Good, * There are fome melancholy People, who on all unhappy Accidents are apt to multiply Loflfes and Dangers ; apd tliefe Men are in great Pain for General Nicholfon 2iT\d.th& iooq Men that march'd by Land to favour the Enterprize agalnfl Quebec \ They could fcarce be ftiore troubled if they were already devour'd t)y ^he CanaiaUx which ^re reported to be - i ' ' ' ^ ■ ■ •. ' -• the the Inl truth tl except Jjlands^ to be c dians y for an themj4 Thegi fglisy J many^ to hop dare t( J)Ut: th; if they own C §ot to er an ing fo of^the fatisfy' good an Off queft Gener; him t( be vei do noi likely got fr( rather ;*,:^ ^ )GC, By t Confe- 70 cQutd nada. I I general and that wh|0 are have the fuftaln'dy to have vt fecur'd the late miniftra-t d, theta-' [deration, cutxon of h, and fb ling mpre k, I have th^ Pub-. e, who on multiply en are in I the ipoQ ivour the >uldfcarce ^devour'd rted to be the (»i ) tlie Inhabitants of thofe Parts ; whereas in truth there are no fuch Monflers in ^Amertca^ except fome are ^ill left in the Qbar'tbhee*^ IJlandsy far enough fron) Quebec ; and 'lis not to be doubted, but the French and their /»- diam' would rather make a Bridge of Gold for an Enemy that fo lately triumph'd over them, than venture to intercept his Retreat, The great things that General did at qAmmO' folisy of which our News-Papers were for many Weeks full, give us fufficient ground to hope, they will be too much frighten'd to dare to diflurb him ; and I cannot queftion, but that both the (General and the four Kings, if they were with him, arrivM fafely in their own Country again long htk>rt%iv Hovenden cot to St. Helens. I confefs I was never un- der any vain Terrors on his Account, know- ing fo much of the Brench Prowefs, and that of^the Hurons their Confederates, that I'm fatisfy'd they could as foon eat as beat looo good Englipnten , commanded by fb famous an Officer as that General ; whofe new Con- queft in eAcadia has been taken care of by General Hilly who left a Detachment behind him to garrifon eAnnafoUs ; which Port will be very commodious for our Fifhery, if we do not part with it on a Peace, as it is not likely we fhall, riorwith any thing w 2 have got from the French in the Ji^fi'Indies ; but rather that we fhall have Ports and Places laid A... • _i J .? r. i ii ) hidopfiH eo ti5, t9k> I am vetf if#acft afraid fifehee wM not be of t^ NmTK)er. If there "wet^ any'hCjpbs that fuch a thing nikHfe hap- Kn, I wpukf e^j^alge td Wing^d^ MiHiom erllngftom thence, (boner thaixA/JA^ftdiitt lone ftocA any Place bttween the fWb Pbtes. the Loft of Sir /F— fT-^-^'s Sh^ the Ufi^y which was blown np a^ St. tmenx^ wM at the IfviAg^ dotds in hien Has addeii tc the Conoerii of atl gootf StiDjem, ani madto it a common Reflmlbn, that me c^ Epod Fortune whi fanemfs, TheF ted from A Dei Politicks Printe W4ruflck 'V/'XI oo^y i-iJ^H ?a: :*u> not'' • . ^ "i ' ' 1 • ;;,;■. finis: bi.',. ' <».».v 0ch afraid If there ikHfe hap- Shjjp the addea aii^ JAdttiiral ^ to favi^ b hatujj^ Juft PublifliM, T'HE Nation vindicated from the Afperfions caft on it in a late Pamphlet, entitled, A Refrejen- tation of the frefent State of Religien, with regard to the late excefftve Growth of Infidelity y Here/}, and Pro* fanenefs, as it fafs'd the Lower Houje ofCmvocation, The Hiftory of Dr. Sacheverell, faithfully tranfla- ted from the Paris-Gazette ; with Remarks. 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