IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I ■^ ^ 12.2 2.0 us I IL25 i 1.4 6" 1.6 Corporation .«v.V* 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ^ ^'v^' '^A^ t^^, CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for l^istorical IVIicroreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibiiographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibiiographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. D D D D Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur I I Covers damaged/ Couverture endommagde Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurde et/ou peliicuide Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture menque Coloured maps/ Cartes g^ographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur D Bound with other material/ Reii6 avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La re liure serrde peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge intirieure Blank leaves added during restoration mav appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout6es lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte. mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6t6 film^es. Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppl^mentaires: Tl to L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger hub modification dans la m^thode normale de f 11 mage sont indiqu6s ci-dessous. D D D D n Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagdes Pages restored and/or laminated/ Pages restaur^es et/ou peilicul6es Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages ddcolor^es, tachetdes ou piqu6es Pages detached/ Pages ddtachdes Showthrough/ Transparence Tl P« o1 fil O b< th si oi fil si OI I I Quality of print varies/ Quality indgale de I'impression Includes supplementary material/ Comprend du materiel suppldmentaire Tl si Tl w M di er b( ri! re m Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, etc., ont At6 fiimies d nouveau de fapon d obtenir la meilleure image possible. This item Is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est film6 au taux de reduction indiquA ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X J 12X 16X 20X 26X 30X 24X 28X n 32X The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks to the generosity of: Library of the Public Archives of Canada L'exemplaij'e filmi fut reproduit grAce A la g*nArosit6 de: La bibliothdque des Archives publiques du Canada The images appearing heire are the best quality possible considering the condition and legibility of the original copy and in Iteeping with the filming contract specifications. Original copies in printec paper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol ^^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Les images suivantes ont At6 reproduites avec le plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et de la nettet* de I'exemplaire filmi, et en conformity avec les conditions du contrat de filmage. Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en papier est imprimie sont filmAs en commenpant par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la derniire page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration. solt par le second plat, salon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sent fiim^s en commenpant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminan: par la derniire page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboies suivants apparaftra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbile — ► signifie "A SUIVRE ', le symbole V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent dtre filmte d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6, 11 est film6 A partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche it droite. et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivanx? illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 WORD T O A I Right Honourable COMMONER. «« A Word to the Wife is enough.'* Trite proverb. LONDON: Printed for J. Dixwell, in St. Martln's-lane, near Charing Crofs : And M. Cooper, in Pater-nofter-row. MDCCLXI. S#^-^#^«^##^^ i B T O T - n o I }] t-\ I i i ¥/■ 3t'>38 Lnrrbni-rl - ^ I C' iO /J^JD/S^f. f >iaMi;5j4 :*^J^X>C^*^ :t^•l|)^fi/5 S' f * #Mf^^t^^ ^'"^i T O T H E RiGiiT Honourable WILLIAM PITT, Principal Secretary of State. / .: S I R. jinaOaQopwl Prefumc not to approach you a^ 1 I H ^ Minifte.r or a Senator, but aS ( S a private Man; independent of ^)e()e()G(ji ^1 PQ^g and Employments. I fpeak the free unbiafled Sentiments of my own Confcience; I defire no Man to be of my Opinion who thinks I am wrong; nor do I vvilh to continue in any of them longer A 2 ' than ! I . (iy) ..... than I may be removed to better ones : but until that Time I mufl beg to remain as I am. It is by that inellimable, I had almofl iaid Cicred, Liberty of the Prefs, which every Briton enjoys, that I am en- abled to make this Addrefs to you ; nor am I forry that i have no other Means j: becaufe Addrefies made in public are fure to be feen, while thofe delivered privately are not always certain of gaining Admit- tance, ^, . II fil It is reported, upon how fure a Foun-'' dation I know not, that Diffeienees have lately arole among the M-= , if it be true, I tremble for the ponfequences of fa great a Misfortune to this Nation, at aTim^ when its Ai*ms have been attended ,widi Succefs and Vicloiy in every Qjiarter of the Globe. That happy Unanimity which has fo eminently diftinguiflied the Years X758 and 1759, is iai4 to be broken in t^f f * »• > 1 I the Year 1760, and its Members divided among ihemfelves in the Year 1 76 1 . •. "iWe are induced to give Credit to thefe TaleSy becaufe our Fleets and Armies have been ahnoft totally inaftive during the whole lail Year. It is a Myftery why the, grand Armament failed before it was car- ried into Execution ; the Caufc we are but too apt to attribute to fome Difagreement in the M . The People whofe Gene- rofity has lately feemed to know no Bounds, have certainly a Right by the Laws of our excellent Conftitution, to expedl an Ac- count how their Millions are expended. If the Caufe is owins: to the Machinations of your Enemies j you have Friends -, the Friends of their Country, who it is hoped are more numerous, aiid who will not fee you degraded with Impunfty, We remember the Time when yon cla- moured againil the Mifmanagcment of a weak \ ' ( vi ) v/5ak and ddrriipted Miniftry ; wie remem- ber the Time when you moft happily united thofe Divilions, which were fatal to ffie^'Intereft of your Country; but now unfortunately we are told the Seeds of Party are again Ipringing up, thefe Caufes arc unknown; but their Confequences are evident ; and no Man fteps in to turn thefe two Extremes into their medium Courfe* "^ We have had it confirmed on all Hands, that the French have been vigilant in equipping a Fleet at Breft, which is faid to have taken on board a body of Troops, and a Quantity of Warlike Stores, and to be deftined for the Ifle of Martinico; in or- der to prevent our becoming Mailers of it. Surely, Sir, you are not fo great a Sceptic as to doiibt the authenticity of this IntcJ- "" ligence: nay, Suggeftion itfelf, is fuffi- cLent to convince us, that a Nation lefs ^ politic than France, would not fuffer its '^"'- ■ ■ ,. . laft 4 ( vii ) kft valuable Plantation to fall into the Hands ofher Enemies, and rivals in Com^ merce, if they could any way prevent it. And muft this Fleet arrive at the irapofw tant Place of its Deflination before we attempt to take it ? Or, are we to fpend a Million of Money in making this Con- queft ? Or, Sir, are we to have it at all ? We remember, that when the French were equipping an Armament at Toulon for the Gonqueftof Minorca, it was ow- ing to a difbelief of it in the late M , that we loft that valuable Ifland; and have we, or are we to lofe the fairefl Opportu- nity of taking Martinico, from the fame Caufe ? rw}^ , "'' ^Whatever occafxoned the Failure of the grand Expedition, or where was the Ob- jcdi of its deftination, I enquire not; they , : are, perhaps, Secrets only fit to be dif- jiClQfed to proper Heads: but it mufl be fui obferved. •Sv ( v»ii ) ©bfcrvcd, that another Year's War, carried on in the fame expcnfivc and inadtivc manner as that in 1760, will be injurious, almofl fatally injurious, to this Nation; public Credit will not have that influence it has had; and the People will ceafe to give when they fee no ufe made of their Money: therefore, Sir, we muft-in earneft, have either Peac^ or Warj this mediuni between them, is extremely prejudicial to the Nation: if our Enemies will not grant us the former upon honourable Terms, we muft vigoroufly purfue the latter by Sea. '-*; e ■•5 '> f. '' f-rr tA. Your Admirer, '. j; 4 I Friend, and Servant, FIVE MILLIONS! ti'. i i }^ %^^ .0^ )3i' W ^f."**^^ "^V '^'^w "trJ^r "Jtfwr "WW lijjf -Mri WO R D V- w To a Right Honourable COMMONER. vsiSi:^ c S 1 R, ^,>^)^,XJHK Eyes of the People are now fo )*( T 5 ^'^^ opened, as to fee the Evils at- ^;^ ^ tending a Continental War ; they k.)^)«(^JHf ft-e that our fupporting it is quite foreign to our i.iterefts, and therefore injurious ro ourfelvcs. That Tide of Popularity, and B moil f( if ' lit .r.r ,1 moH egregious Affront on commort IfJndei*- ftanding, has changed its Courfe-, inftead of run- ing v/ith an impetuous Precipitation among Rocks and Shoals, it has made a Channel on a much founder and lefs dangerous Bottom. Thofe fanguine Friends of the German War, who urged the entering upon it with fo much Violence, begin now to retraft in their Compli- ments beftowed on Frederick and Ferdinand ; they now fay, ihey were never fuch very great 'Admirers of thofe Men -, they liked them indeed^ he- caiife they are fine Generals. The mighty Probus, that remarkable Foreman of the Mob, is moft defervedly funk into a State of Q)n tempt : his ' ftiff and fulfomc Adulation on the Union of two Proteflant Powers, to defend their Religion and fight it to the laft, is now clearly difcovered to be only the Product of blind Enthufiafm, a ■weak and ignorant Mind. It has been propofed, that he colle(51: into the Fields his loyal and zea- lous Followers \ Followers in Opinion, fuch as cannot but fee the Proteflant Religion is adually in Danger from theUnion of twoRomanPowers, and harangue them on this favourite Point j in order •o-o .'k. > ( a a 1 » < ( " ) order to prove the Falfity andDifloyalty of that feditious Libel, entitled, Conjiderations on ''the -prefent CermanJVar\ and indeed in this Cafe he would aft fo like the Oracle at the Tottenham- Court Tabernacle, who lately harangued his eager-believing' Flock, on that irreligious and blafphemous Piece, the Minor ^ that the liiftory of the two Inlpoftors would well deferve beinp; .recorded in our Annals. '/>(.• bfif-t^'^^"' f OV hi o: rib m 'bi6 ft n?ay be obferved in moft public Com- panies, that the hot Friends of the German War are alhamed of the abfurd and ridiculous Opinions they once fb eagerly embraced, ^'hey avoid talking on Politics, becaufc^that it is a Subjefl which would expofe their Weaknefs. The Noife of the Tower Guns, the Bonfires and Rockets, had fo effedtually lulled all their Senfes afleep, they were not able, of themfelves, to diftinguifh what were real and folid Advan- tages to their Country, from thofe which were entirely foreign to its Interefts. They made more Rejoicings at the Birth-day of the King of Prufiia, than for the taking of Louifbourg and ;Qiiebec ', and teflified in a more noify Manner B 'i their )r- U" 11 ( 12 ) their Approbation of the little. Skirmifh at •Corbach, than the Taking of Gnadalupc. Tin:ie has decovered v/hat fhallowPoliticians thefc are-, •iind hov/ infenfibly and blindly they have fol- lowed that Tgmis luiitfus, called the Balance of Power •, a Balance which Great-Britain has la- vished Millions of Pounds and Lives to equili- brate ; and yet it is as doubtful and precarious as ever ; an Affair which no fcnfible Man could ever prove us to hzve any interefling or proper Concei n in -, an Abfurdity fo clearly laid open, by the Author of the Ccnjiderations on the pre fait German War, that furely, hereafter, no honeft EngliHiman will attempt drawing his Country into a Conne6tion with the Quarrels of German Princes-, Meafu res which common Difcernment may fee are defiruftive of the true Interellsr^of thefe Km^doms. ^ . • r. to rnii. r..y^'^^ ,iilii V England, by purlumg her real rnterefls on . her natural Element, may bid Defiance to tliQ.-^ Machinations of her Enemies on the Continent; they may threaten to invade her; but tney . will be only 1 hreats ; for while' fhcicdvefs the Seas with her Fleets, none, nor all of them, \ )t i ( 13 ) ^. J.-,. ^.-» L -ii'i»f(* w 1 -ts'ill proceed on (o hazardous an Enterprizc*; which mud be attended wkh certain Deftrvic- tion, either before they can attempt to land, er before theycan return to \heir own Country. *^* The Continental Powers very well know, that while we have a H to maintain, fupport and preferve, it is tb re they mufl attack ou^ Vitais; th.re we fhall feel them mod fenfibly; they can double our Number, and at half the Expence j and if they fuffer a defeat, it is eafily repaired, and all the loft Advantage regained. Whereas, Ihould they meet us at Sea, we can double their Number, and give them a total Deteat. To attack us by Land has been always the great Aim of France-, H er only was the deftined Mai*k of her Force to Ihoot at : For it was never intended, becaufe it is not con- fiftent with the true Intereft of France, to (ro any further than H . We have a very con- vincing Proof of this, only three Years ago ; when Marechal D'Etrees defeated the Duke of Cumberland at Haftenbeck, the French en- tered I I 30 ir ti K H ) tered Hanover immediately ; but though they had above half a Campaign to piifh on their Conquefls in, they never fo much as once en- tered Magdebourg, to favour the Defigns of the Emprefs-Queen ; they ftaid only in Hanover. TheReafon of this is plain-, becaufe it is not for the Interefl: of France to fee the King of Pruflia crufhed i for he will always be a Rival to her natural Enemy, the Houfe ofAuftria. '^ '''^" -'r^'^ If theEngliflh fuffered the French to go into Hanover, and even to plunder it, did (he but ceafe to defend it, the French would feek an Opportunity of reftoring it •, and make an At- tenement for all the Damages they committed in it -, provided Great Britain, in the Interim, heartily attacked them by Sea. It is evident that France only threatens to conquer Hanover, becaufe fhe knows England will at all H vents defend it, however inconfillent it is with her real Intereft. While we fpend millions in this uncertain Defence, we feed the Politics of France; and fhe by putting us to. this Expence, is playing a winning Game for hedelf. Surely every ^ / ( ts ) every fenfibl': M-in who is acquainted with the Strength of France will allow, that fiic can conquer H^povcr if Die heartily fets about it, againft all the Defence which England is able to make for it j but were llie to do this, Great-Bricdin muft in confequence be obliged to fpend her Millions elfewhere : A Meafure which France moft dreads. If France, at this . tirtie, wanted to make Conquefts in the Empire, why does fhe not attack the other States, who are lefs able to defend themfelves ? Her Friendlhip for the Emprefs-Queen can be no Obftacle. The Truth is, it would not now fo .efTedbually anfwer her prefcnt Purpofes ; which are only to diftrefs England, and wbich i^iiihc can only do by drawing our Men and Money into Germany, and protrading the •War till our Coffers are drained of the laft Guinea in fupporting it. A.N - ^^^ If we reflcft a Moment on what are the true Interefts of France, Reafon will point out to us that new Acquifitions in the Empire, at this Time, would prove burthenfome to her -, Ihe therefore docs not feek them, becaufe the Ex- pence :•« i ( i6) l-vr- yi.- ..,;,,'i.»+ ^i,H»^,,j'l pence of garrifoning their fortified To^vna'' wotild be greater than her Finances can at prt^-t "^i fcnt fuppty ; hefides, fhe is afraid left England ., fhould vigoronfly arrack her by Sea, and then:! (ht would not luve a fufficicnt Force at hand f to defend her Maritime Towns land oppofe th« I Invader-, whereas an Army can with muchv^ greater Facility, and much lefs Expence, ' be moved about, than thole Troops in Gar- ^ rifon. •'.'>■ The State of the Intercfts of the Belligerant i Powers is fuch, that it is not for the Interefts V of all the Confederates on either Side, to fee ? all their Enemies deftroyed ; therefore thefe • t are impolitic Unions • fmce the Powers, for i the Sake of themfelves, will never I^artily I affift their Allies. The old Proverb, ff^'bcfr / ? Jjcive ferved myfelf^ I will help my Friend^ is un- deirftood in all Nations. -For the Reafon already affigned, France will never fuffer the Downfall of Pruflia ; and fe- vcrai States in the Empire will join with her in this Caufe.. The two Emprcfles are the only Powers i m 0i ( 17 ) Powers who can defirefuch an important Stroke. The lower the Houfc of Auftria is kept, the ftrong' - will be thePov/er of France. Again, it is the Intereft of Pruflia and Auftria to keep Rufsia out of the Empire: But if PrufTia flioiuld . ever become too powerful for the Imperial j,. Force, and (hould overthrow it, Rufsia muft expedl to be next attacked by the Conqueror. Therefore a Balance of Power is eflentially ne-. cefiary between thefe four Potentates. '■■'^ France and Auftria areOppofites by Intereft; but the Interefts of France and PrufTia are fy- nonimous, viz. to check the Ambition of the Houfe of Auftria: Rufsia indeed can no way af- fed the Interefts ofFrance, except by ftrength- ening the Hands of the Emprefs Queen againft: her. It is the Intereft of Pruflia to keep the Ruflians at a Diftance, and to humble the Pride of the Houfe of Auftria. Ruflla is confultino: and purfuing her own Advantage in the moft certain Manner •, flie has gained a Footing in Germany, and will doubtlefs keep it : She can be no otherwife ferviceable to Auftria, than by giving her AlTiftance in cafe of an Attack C from ( i8 ) frot;i^ the Infidels. The Emi^refs Queen, it is evident, has fufFercd her PaHlon to carry iicr beyond herRcafon: it was a wrong Step to bring the Czarina into the Confederacy againd Prunia, for fne has thereby got footing in Germany, ai ' may, in future, become her moil dangerous Enemy: She has done right in mak-^ ing War witli PrufTia, becaufe it is Iier Interefl to crufli that Monarch-, but then France will not fee that done-, therefore here again fiie hns chofen a wroiig Ally.^ PrufTia andAuftria may be faid to be Principals in the prefent Quarrel, becaufe it is their Interefl to humble one ano- ther -, but their Allies are unfkllfully chofen. The German Allies of Prufsia can e'ive him no A uiRance, except they neglect to defend them- felves ; and his Treaty with Great-Britain, wlio has fypported him with Money, will expire at tlie Clofe of the pr^feht Year ; and fae now feeing the injurious Effe^ls of it^ to hei^v'lf, win hardly renew that Treaty. As for the Allies, or Audria, France will never fcncl a* helping Hand' towards dtthronmo- the Prufsian Monarch i nor was*it for the interefc of AuHria to invite the C'/arina to fuch ( 19 ) fuch a Mealui'c, as fhewill thereby become too near and powerful a Neighbour to the Impe- rial Dominionn. Tlie King of PrufTia tbrefaw the Impropriety and dangerous Confequence of fufiering the Ru/fians to come into the Empire : when Great Britain made a fubfidary Treaty with RufTia, whereby a numerous Army of that Crown were to march into Hanover for its Protection, he boldly declared, ]\e would I;ccp all fjrc*p;n Troops out of the Empire. Thi.:; Declaration' was founded on the Principles of trvie Germarr Policy i and thereby he fhev/ed, he was in the Intereft of himfelf. Had England not been concerned in the German Qiiarrel, which, whatever partiiii Writers fay to the contary, v/as entirely inde- pendent of the Bifpiites in America*, it is * If it fliould be thought this Aficrtion is falfe, becaufe of our Connexion with Hanover; I beg to obfcrve, that a Rupture was unavoidable between Pruflla and Auftria, in which, I hope, it will be allowed, our Affairs in America had no Concern. C 2 certain '•t ,il ( 20 ) certiin that Pruflla and France would have united againft Auftria and Riiffia: a convincing Proof of which intended Union h in a Letter which the K— of P — fent to the late K — of Gi B in the Year 1757, juft after the Battle of Colhn (June 18); aTranflation of it,- ) from the French, in which Language it was written, you will find in the Note f . If thir : Letter was not authentic, it would have been contradided by the fuppofed Receiver; but fo far from that,a Declaration was delivered to the Hil. f ** I am informed, that the Defign ofaTreaty of Neu- trality, for the Eledorate of H- is not yet laid afide. - Is it pclnble that your M can have fo little For-< titude and Conftancy, as to be difpirited by a fnwU Reverfe of Fortune ? Are Affairs fo ruinous, that they cannot be repaired ? I hope your M — ^ will confider.. . the Step you have made me hazard ; and remember, that you are the fole Caufe of thcfe Misfortunes, which now impend over my Head. 1 Jhould never havt abarr~ ^ dcnedthc Alliance of France, but for your fiattcring,^J[uy,': ranees. I do not now repent of the Treaty I have CQn-, eluded with your M ; but I expedl you will m ,. in-" glorioufly leave me at the Mercy of my EiiemJes, ^ft^i'--^ having brought upon me all the Forces of Europe. Ide^ji, pend upon your adhering to your repeated Engagements .., of the twenty-fixth of lalt Month, arid' that you williilVeff ' to no Treaty, in which I. am not comprehended.'* <( << it << «( << (( <( «( <( (( «( K i( (( ■ m il I If ( 2r ) P*- ReficWnt in London, which appears t#D have been calculated as an Anfwer to it. \y,Mnu On the prefentPlan of fighting, France andgy RulTia are the only Powers who can be foli43 Gainers; and, except the Emprefs-Quecn geti'l Silef-S for which, it mull be acknowledged, ^ file has already fpent more Money than it is '/ worth, and even this Advantage may be over- X 'balanced by the dangerous Nearnefs of her > new Neighbour, the Rufsians, all the reft of .t the Powers are wafting their Subftance on dc- fenfive Meafures; by which they can have no Hopes of being Gainers. While Auftria ex- haufts herfelf in ftriving to regain Poffeflfion of Silefia, ftie is, in the moft effectual Manner, ferving the Intereft of France •, for the weaker fhc makes herfelf, with the greater Facility- can France over-run the Empire on fome fu- ture Occafion. France has already got Pof- feflion of Oftend and Nieuport, as Keys to the A uftrian Netherlands; and when ftie has tired the Patience of England, or exhaufted its Treafure, in defending Hanover, Ihe will next attack »i ( 22 ) •track the Houfc of Auftria, her old and na- tural Enemy. Jii France would beconic formidable by tlic Hum of tlie Houfc of Audria, and RufTia by rliat of Brandenburgh; for obfcrvc, the In- tcrcfts of France and Prufsia only agree in humbling the Floufc of Auilria; and when that is fuffiiciently done, France will not care wheUier the Czarina dethrones tlie Monarch of Prufsia, C)r he drives her to the Gates of iVIofcow. I'he Rul^rians having footing in the limpire, will not fo much affe6l France, as Auftria's be- coming too formidable for her to enter the Empire hereafter-, becaufe the principal Strength of the former will always be too far diflant-, whereas that of the latter may be brought, at a fmall Expence, to her own Frontiers, as Hie hath often experienced. w 4 If the Emprefs of Rufsia fteadily purfue^ her own Intereft, as, hitherto, her Condu6l in the prefent War hath plainly evinced, there is no room for the King of Prufsia to hope Ihe will ever accede to a general Peace, without retaining I ^ • ( ^3 ) rfctainii'.g PruHiia in her I lands •, nor will this perhaps content her : it iy now her grand Aim to Icizc Pomerania, not fo much becaufe it is coiitiguoLis to Prui^ia, a:; the Empire. It is not a Malfpenny M.irtcrtohcr, wlicthcr Prufliia or Aiillria pofTefll-s Silefiai fhe does not IV much endeavour at wrelHng Silciia out of the Hands of the Prufsian Monarch, as Pomerania; therefore (lie may be faid to be figlitin;^ lier czjv Battles, not thole of her Ally the Kmpreis-' Qiieen. The Situation cf Prufsia and Pomerania is' Rich, that if they were annexed to the KufsiaJi Crown, that Empire would tiiereby become one of the mod formidable Potentates in Eiv^ rope •, for thefe Acquifitions wouid in the moll: cffcflual Manner pave her a Way into die veiT Bowels of the Empire. They are not of that' ImpT)rtance to the King of Pnifbin, becaufe they border on the Sea ; therefore all their maritirne Advantages are lofb to him, through the Want of a mercantile Trade, and a FJeec to over-awe the Swedes and Danes, who air by Intcrert jealous of hisS ambitious Pafsion. Riif^ii I; ( 24 ) Rufsia having a large mercantile Trade, and a Fleet the moft formidable in the Baltick, can make them produdtive of infinite Advantages. * Iff Having endeavoured to explain the fcveral Interefls of the belligerant Powers, will any. fenfible and unprejudiced Englifhman fay, it is for the Service of his Country to intermeddle with the Concerns of thefe foreign Princes ? Or, that England has any natural or advan- tageous Connection with fuch Concerns ; Would it be one Penny a Year D' ference to Enorland, whether Auftria pofTefTed Silefia or Prufsia ? whether the Prufsian Monarch was circumfcribed within the original Bounds of his Dominions, or permitted to conquer as far as he had Troops to garrifon ? Whether Saxony is indemnified for the Ravages committed in it by the King of Prufsia, fince the Quarrel was purely his own ? Whether Prufsia reverts to its Monarch, or is retained by the Czarina? or whether fhe or he pofTefTes Pomerania ? If any of thefe can afFc6t the Intereft of Great-Britain, it is what I cannot perceive ; if not, why arcr wc ( ^5 ) we to expend Millions on the Continent in ad-». jafting Difpntcs which, are none of our own ? ^ ^. ':;0 If there is a NecefTity for our being con- ne6led witli the Continent for the fake of de- fending Hanover, and the Treaty with thc^ King of Pruflia was made with that View y would not the fending a Britifli Fleet into the Baltic Sea, have been a lefs expenfive Meafure to England, than fending our Men into Ger- many, and more effeftually anfwering all the Furpdfes of this continental Alliance ? '^^Had England two Years ago fent a Fleet Into the Baltic, fhe hadafsifted her Ally in a Man- ner which was confillent with her own natural Strength. But unhappily, there were a Party who oppofed this falutary Meafure with their utmoft Force. They alledged, that the King of Denmark would fend Thirty-fix Thoufand to join the Swedes, in order to plunder Hano- ver, as ibon as a Britifh Fleet fhould appear in the Baltic •, which would alfo draw upon \is tlie Refentmcnt of the Ruflians and Swedes ; wlio mmht with their combined Fleets, fail D out I if r jput of the j^^ltic, and land upon the Coall of Ireland or Scotland, Tweniy-thoufand Men. Such were the Reafons againft our fending a ]^\c^l into the Ealtic \ which, you will eafily perceive, are far from being founded on JVI^xims of true Policy. -. AsfQoiia? the King of Denmark heard it ^.}).^(^\^Qi\ propofed in P^ngland to fend a Fkec into, the Bpiltic, he concluded a Treaty with Jlufsia and Sv^dcn -, whereby tjiey agreed to proted the Commerce of the Baltic from all '1 Moleftation. The King of Denmark, it fnuft be acknowledged, moft prudently confuked the Interefts of his People by this Meafure -, ftnd while thi^ir Gornmerce flourilhes without Interruption, he receives large Subfidies in .Confidcration of his Neutrality j therefore his Kingdom will in all probability, become fo enriched and powerful, as tp be the Wonder of a future Age.— But if a ifritifli Fleet com- pelled him to a Neutrality, he woujd no longer receive large Subfidies in confideration of his Forbearance. Upon what Account ..I - is England Tq tacitly obliged to iconfult the Intereft ff •-. 1> ( i7 ) Intercft of this Monarch ? Is it becaufe when r the Rebels had penetrated . as far as Derby, in the Year 1 746, flie demanded of hhn the Number of Troops ftipulated by Treaty, and he refufed to corpply with this equitable Re- queft, though then aSon-in-law to thelateKing ? Had England as prudently confulted her own Intereftjlhe would not have negleded fendlng'a Fleet into the Baltic. The v/eakeft Reafons urged againft this moft neceflary Meafure, by the weakeft Men, filled the Northern Powers with art Apprehenfion that we were afraid of giving them Umbrage j therefore the Court of Peterfburgh behaved with a haugjity Infolence to the Britilh ^inifter. It was an Error in the Condud of the B G 1, to fuffer a few fallacious Reafons againft fending a Fleet into the Baltic^ to over-rule Common Senfe, and Common Policy. The united na- val Strength of Denmark, Rufsia and Sweden, is not fufBcient to oppofe a Fleet which Eng- land could fpare for this Purpofe. If the Danes refufed it Admittance, their Maritime Towns and Fortifications might foon be de- molifhed and razed to the Ground j their Troops D 2 alfo V- :l ( 28 X would then findEmployment enough at Home ta-pfeverit theirjoining the Swedes j who would ^Ifo feel fuch a fevere Scourge from, a vigilant Englifh Admiral, as not to be able to invade Pdmerania again during the prefent War; Rufsia would no longer be able to ke ep poiTel- fion of Prufsia, nor to harrafs its Monarch ; if her numerous Armies had net Work enough to proteft Peterfburgh and Cronftadt, the reft would ftarve on the Weft Side of the Vji^ tula, for want of Provifions, which are always brought to them by their Fleet y a Navigation which would be totally deftroyed, as foon as the; Britifli Fleet appeared in the Baltic : and, is it not reafonable to urge, that tlie King of Pruf; , fia would, if he acted the Part of an honeft Ally, in Confideration of fuL> material Af- fiftance, fend thofe Troops to join the Allied Afmy, whom he now Employs againft the Rufsians and Swedes : the Britilh Troops in . Germany might then be brought Home, and employed on Services purely Enclifh. ,ii [yhr. "XL I know, and am extremely forry for it^.thaC.- the K — of P can refuie, by the Tenor : ' of 'iT of thcTre'aty, of rather Convention^ whichEng^ r;;,%f.nn'i :'fi'jfo'7H>t^V''--^'^,^' land has concluded with.him^ to Tend or lend a finglc Man, either for the Protciflion of Han- over, or any Service which is not purely ; hii own. We have bound pyrfelves to pay hinil annually, and at one Time, Six Hundred and Seventy Thoufand Pounds Sterling -, but we have only bound him to employ it in tlie moflr advantaecousMannerfor himfelf. What Britifli Subjed could be fo very erroneous, as to alTert^ luch a Stipulation was to the Honour of his King? w'hatBntilhSubjed: could befo ignorant," astothinkfuch astipulation was for thelnterells of his Country ? Will it be faid, in Oppofition even to common Reafun, it is for our Advan^ tage to fend Millions to Germany to fupport a Conteft, which no Matter who gets the better; will not make a Penny Difference to us? I faid^r if tljie King of Prufsiaaded the Part of an honeft Ally, he would fend his froops againfl: the French, in cafe a Britifn Fleet found the Swedes and Rufsians E^iiployment enough at Home.; hi^ not being obliged to do this, nor any thing elfe, witliout he pleafes, induces me to hope he would ad", at ieait, upon the Principles of Gratitude ; ic |;ij Gratitude ; but to confefs my real Sentiments, I doubt his Gratitude. ■ f ^d Thfe real Intention of our Alliance with JPnlfsia, was the Prefcrvation of Hanover -, par- ticularly, the keeping the French out of it ; or, as it Was termed, the keeping of Foreign Troops out of the Empire ; wliich he, v/ith our Afsiftance, /!ri;»w/>f/ to do; but he has not ful- filled this Promife : nay, fo far from it, what . has he contributed towards it ? A feW of his Troops have been in the Allied Army, and it was expeded they would have afsifted in driving the French to their own Frontiers ; but how great muft our Surprize be, when we arc told, that thefe fewPrufsians in theAlliedArmy, aflually rcfufed to charge the French in the Battle of Crevclt i and, it is faid, the faireft Opportunity of defeating the French was thereby loft. Why was that Affair ilifled up, which, had it not been for the Author of the Confiderations on the prefent German War, Nine Tenths of our ho- neft Englifhmen had never heard of it ? Are we to pay immenfe Sums to a foreigrrPrince, and fuffer with Impunity fuch manifeft Ingra- titude ? ' V i JL'mKM^ *-..:-/• • ( 3' ) ■ '■ tltude ? I fay Ingratitude, bccaufc we rannot chlige him to give ns any Afsiftance j that Treaty, which is perhaps the moft eminent Demonftration of EngliJJj Sagacity and Prufsian Policy^ that ever was laid before the Eyes of the World, now Subfilling between him and us, allows of no fuch Thing: and ought we not to be as greatly Surprized, to fee your Name at the bottom of this more famous Con- vention, than that of Clofter-Severn ? Is it becaufe he wants to be Friends with France, that his Troops would not attack thofe of that Nation ? or to what fliall we impute this ftranoie Piece of Mifcondud, which for three Years has been fo carefully huddled up ? Though it might be thought injurious to the future Credit of England to break offher Alhance with Prufsia, yet furely it will be al- lowed, by all reafonable Men, that he has not fulfilled his Promife in keeping all foreign Troops out of the Empire. Had he done this, he had been the Defender of Hanover; which, according to the prefent Syitem of Pohtics, (however- Inconnftent it may appear to un- prejudiced X III: m C 3^ ) prejudiced t'yes) is the fame as afsifting Eng- land i but this being ncglefled, and his Troops rcftijing to give Afsiftance in an Adtion, partly on an Englilh Caulc, leaves in our Minds a veiy difTerent Idea to that which we would Entertain of an Ally of Great Britain. ■ism i si f'4 The Friends of this German War will fay, that the King of Prufsia attacked and defeated the Troops of France in the Battle of Rofbach. I admit it: but need we be long at aLofs to Account for this Proceeding? Had he not done this, he would have found it a difficult Matter to get fo much Money from England as he does. If the Hanoverians and their Allies, who had laid down their Arms by the Convention of Cloiter-Severn, had not been enabled torefume them, England would not, nay, could not, have defended Hanover; and except Eng- land would enter upon that Step, no plaufible Reafon could be given for fupporting Prufsia : Therefore he fought the French becaufe they were joined with the Troops of the Empire ', and all the World knows, the Hanoverians re- lumed their Arras in confequence of the Battle of %: rf %■ ( 33 ) of Rolbach. • For their further Enc6urage-^ ment-he gave them a Prufsian General, which, it muft be owned, pleafed the EngliQi mightily ; who were by this Time become fo fond of every Thing that bore theNaiT«e of PruHian,, that our Bakers, in Order to Acquire* a greater Cufl:om,Jiiade Prullian Loaves, Pmnian Cakes, &c. The Habcrdafliers, in Order ro pleufeour. Ladies, who bore a Targe Share in the Torrent, for the Prufiian Demi-God, invented PruflTan Flics, Pruffiark Caps, &c. and there was Pruf- fian Purl, and Pruflian Ale, for the IVJob to. Drinks But to return to our Argument; did the Prufsian Troops in any other Aftion at- tack the French when they were al6n6 ? Dicl^ they not in the firft Battle they were in, when the French were fingly oppofed to them, ab- folutely refufe to charge the Enemy ? . '. > ' ■ . ■ J ' ^ •' Thus it appears the King of Prufsia, wheq it was in his Power, and when there Was an Op- portunity, has not even afsifted to keep the foreign Troops out of the Empire. Would, not this afford a Nation, lefs Honcft and more Politic than oarlelves, the mofl: plaufible Rea- E fons ^' h4 '\ '^ iSil! ftft's tot* abkncfohin <▼ (li'dh 'Alliance ?" and woliiTd not any Nation but ourfelves, have feized that Opportunity, if its Intereft were as fbreign to it as ours are ? So wbiild England perhaps, had not H - ^^ ■ been fituated where it is ; which is fo convenient for the Prufsian Monarch to over-run and ravage it, that, however great the Expence be, we mufl purchafe his Fricrid- Ihip." ^^ ^"' '^' ' ' '' ^'^^ ^''^-^ ^^ fif^UMf Milhons of Ehglifh Money' nave^'^beeri' T£-* viiiied away, in defence and on accourit of this Eiedorate. The Earl of Sandv^ich, in the Year 1743, with great Propriety "faid, ** It " was vain and endlefs to exJiauH: the national " Treafure, in enriching a hungry and barren ** Eleaorate." And the Duke of Bedforcf, the Year before, with as great Jufticeobferved, "Tliat thefe Ele6toral Territories had long '/ been confidered as a Gulph into which the " Treafure of Great Britain had been thrown : *' That the State of Hanover had been changed *« without any vifible Caufe, fince the Accef- " fion of its Princes to the Throne of Ensr- ** land : AAluence had begun to wanton in " their ^ ^ M (( ti (fc ( 35 ) their Towns, and Gold to gUtter In their;^, Cottages, without the Difcoyery of Mines, •' or the Increafe of Commerce •, and new Do- minions had b( ;n purchafed, of which the Value was never paid from the Revenues of '* Hanover." . , \' ***•">'»'-•• ,jf,^t^ -J ■■ I have already obferved, it is the tntereil of Prufsia to keep the Rufsians out of the Empire v therefore thefe Troops he has frequently at- tacked i whether in conjundtion with the Auf- trians or , fingly. Both thefe Powers are his Enemies, and it is his Intereft to humble thcni both ; when he attacks the Rufsians, it may. be faid, he is endeavouring to fulfil tlie Treaty he made with England, the keeping foreign Troops out of the Empire ; but it is not material to Engjland, whether the Rufsians are in the Empire or not •, they will never attack Hanover, becaufe of its great Diilance from their Dominions. England is afraid of France attacking itj which Prufsia did not in the leaft attempt to prevent ; he only ftrove at keeping thofe Troops out of the Empire, whicli jMH iiis Intereit fhould have footing in it. K If'^'fr;' E 2 »i ^ifiif X rf i'i ( ,5< ) I have but one Thing more to mention, be- fore I iqint the Aflfkirs of the Continent. It ir, concerning the Condud of D ' F -— , in his Capacity of Co- of the Al Army, which has not of late extorted from us ' the ulual Exp rcfs ions of Adoration, it formerly did. Great Faults have been found with him v and it has been obferved that thefe Cenfur«rs, are not the MiHinthrope^r of a difcontented' Party, but the Friends of their Country. They have obferved that it tarnifhes tht Gk>ry of this Nation to fufi^er its Troops to iW cbmmanded by a Foreigner, hired by their own Money to Command them j who was r^^ commended to this eminent Port: by the King of PruiTia,'.whom we t-acidypermited to give us Law: That fuch a Step, before it was taken, mull by ar Patriot Minifter be well known to be Diftaileful to the People: That hehaiaDif^ like to feveral of thr: Officers of this Nation; and that not being zn Englifh General, whether Ke can, by us,' be ealkd to anAccounrt for his Con- dud, inGafc it {hould be fouad neccilairy^ TJieftj are the Objcflions which havenot been Aniweredj (even by thofe who have avowed thcmfvlves his Friends, There :lf ■'Mm ( 37 y There arc another ftring of Allegations, which have been printed in the common. News- papers, with Anfwers to them > and fccm to have be^n collefted by one of the Admirers of this German General. But, as I do not ap- prove of thefe Anfwers as fqfHcientiy refutaryj and, denying Heathen Mythology, cannoc deify him in his mortal Capacity, I fhall make a Reply to them : Perhaps it is becaule I have never been made drunk, with the pompous. Taks of a Party, the Admirers of this German General and Germanic Warfare, tior my Eyes yet dazzled with his varnilhed Pi£burc» that I cannot join wjth the Mob in his Defencc*f> ALLEGATION I. " The Britifh Generals have not been per-« *' mittpd to command feparate corps, or dc- *' tachments. ANSWER. ■' It is fufficiently known they arc Strangers ^' to the Country and the Language ; therefore f it would be highly imprudent to give them a, P: i ( 38 ) " a feparate Co)r>mand whhy they are not able '<^ toconverfe wirh Spies and Guides.",, ;i .Hdh c»i Jov •, R E P L Y. -f^ff-j hi)rnf«ib *> If the Adnnirers of this German GeneraJl had itudied feven Years for an Anfwer, they could not have made one more weak and ridiculous. The Allegation is a Fad, and can be -^nfwered no other Way, than becaufe he ehuicF to beftow, fuch Poftb of Honour and Profit on his necefli- tated Countrymen, who, want to enrich them-^* felves. The not being able to converfe with^ Spies andGuides is ajeft ; thv'=;re are Interpretersj but French is fpoke by almoft all of them, and it furely will be acknowledged that moft of our Officers can fpeak French. It might very pro- perly be afked, why the Britifh Generals, '1 the iamc Country, were permitted to hold feparate Commands in the Duke of Marlbo- rough's Time ? And it might as very properly be anfwered, becauie there was an Englilh Commander in Chief. -•fU.1 -'M ■.7s-':.A ^M. «.( it ALTEGATION II. " There has been iMifunderflandihg amdng the Officers and private Men, which has cn- creafed to an Animofity." ANSWER. k- .'A " It Ihould be^ Gonfidefed, who firft treated *' the German Officers with Contempt, and *' defpifed them becaiife they were not fo rich, *^ nor their Pay fo great as themfelves." ^^ "The brutifh Behaviour of the Germrn^OifH- cers is alone fufficient to make them defpifed, even by the juft-civilized Indian. They are dead to every generou.< Sentiment, and un- tin<5lured with the leaft Spirit of Affabilhjr;' that broody Morofenefs and fullen Selfiflinefs, fo confpicuous even in their very Countenances, fetting afide all external Marks of Difguft in their Condu6t, renders iiieir Company fcarcc endurable 5 fo very far is it from being agree- able. If they were Objects of Contempt in the Eyes of the Englifh, the Commander, had he afted prudently, would, inflead of foment- ing this Animofity, have endeavoured to check it in its Infancy, and united the Divifions in his Army. The Truth is, the two Parties were headed by their Commanders in Chief, who heartily hated each other. .>[. ^.. ,,ALLE- -A rf ( 46 ) . ALLEGATION lit « Vr,Thi'. firitiOi Troops have always be^ft placed in the warijieit Parts of every A(ilioft/*it j> A N S \y E R. . " It was agreeable to their Requeft, which has always bccn^ to haye the Poft of **- -Honour.'*^ (( :■> iV- 1, I ':':'? REPLY.- . If the Troops defire to faGriike themfelve:~. miiffc the General grant them that Requefl? Or isit bcc^ufe they know" not how to run away, tkat^hey are plaG€4 # ^^s warmeft Parts: of the A^c«i ? Are the Germans fo eager for the Poft of Honour ? If joj why are tliey not pit in it I If not (whieii is mofl likely) are the Germans only placed there to write endlefs Encomiunwi on the- Britifli Troops conquering without them ? ■ An impp^-tial Perfon wi*o has. read xho. AccpuQts from the AJlied Army, will fay^ the Germans have never rbeen very forward; in aA fiiting the Bi-itifh Troops in the Day of A6tion> but i>ther on the contrar)^ Wiiat Honoun does fuch Conduct refled on thofe Men, who . . ' ' niay i ( 41 ) may be faid to be the Principals ? The Britilli Troops fight their Battles, and have been fa- crificed, that they may retreat iri Safety*, in their ownCaufe j for it is inDcfente cf Hanover, not England, that tliey are fightiiig. iv ALLEGATION IV. " There has been a Scarcity of Forage and " Provifion in the Army, which has been fre- " quently in great Want." - i ANSWER. " This is true ; but the Purveyors, and hot " the General, are to be blamed and called to " Account for it. This Scarcity has prevented " his making feveral bold Strokes, whereby he *' might have gained fome folid Advantages." ,. '^^ • It is acknowledged, even in the London G^ette, July 22, 1760, That, at the Sldrmifh at Corbach, the Retreat was attended with a little Confufion. The Truth is, the Heffians and Hanoverians had given Way ; and a Squadron of Bland's, and another of Howard's Regi* , ment of Dragoons, were allowed to fuiFer, that the others REPLY. m f M k; ) m ! I 'I i la- -.1.1 . m at leaft^ allow to be equal to him, *V That it (hould be, ^nd always was, the firft and principal Care of a prudent General, to proidde Proviflons and Forage for his Army, and tO" provide for its Health and Prefervation.'* The Purveyors may indeed be blamed; they may be indolent ; they :'^^v be villainous •, but all this will not cxtenu. :he Commander in Chief : He is to fuperintend them, and, where they are faulty, to punifh them according to their Delertsi/ If . this is not his Bufinefs, he istrobbed of h?ilf* ' the Refped that is due to him. If it is, ^^d there is no Precedent to the contrary, is not he to be called to an Account for fu,ch a Dearth in his Camp ? The Money fent froni England is Sufficient to provide continual Plenty for that Army, and there is Provifion enough in Ger- many to be had for Money, exclufive of the large Exports made to it from England, which ouc^ht to be confidered as an Overplus, or at ieaft given in at the Bargain. , iU. •/<;a 3fi e^ ALLE- » r K 1 '.'o'i T 3 JJ ^iuQ lo A L L' E G A 1 1 6 N V. c?/w(»i-*Thfc Erigli-fh liavefceen 'obliged to {5ay i)Tf» double tbr every thing tlie'y bouglit.'^ \\ ., bnc ?nqnr/:.iV ^ANSWER. 211 ;:c^ :It is well known that wherever the Enprliih '•'^••^: come they fpoil the Market." , '•', :o« fliwriH r REPLY. *^^^ Admitting them to have fpoiled the Market, ■ , . . . . , . ^ . . f /..does thzt oblige them to pay them double? ^IWhyis'not ttie Market alfo fpoiled for the Ger- ^^feans ? The Englifh can fcarQe fpoif ,it for -^'thenifelves only, why are not the -Germans ■'t)briged to pay double by tlie famq Rule ? Such i iiirange Partiality can never be accounteci for^ ^^by the Engliih endeavouring tamake theii: SI /: ,< ..;.;4iS:^\rrt ..?-■ t-i ALLEGATION VI. «,-•-:« j.ja(j ^j^g General not been fo fond to put *' the Money in his Pocket, fome important Action had been performed with fuch an cc a as he now commands. )> F 2 ANSWER if C( cc (( ( 44 ) • £iu^ruuYi.r-\^A. N S W E Kar'^i'i- . [-i ^*' H^ has' not' had the Fingering of the <^ Money, confcquehtly could not put any ofv it int6 hisFocktt. He has^ften fcprefented that the Enemies were twice the Nuniber of his Army ; and he has not received a IJein- forcement that might enable him tp &d Of- fenfively." - • ^fiirn ■> - 11. Ill |i i REPLY. A Falfity is here propofed to invalid • a iTuppofed l^ad. He is by right of his fqp. io^], Command allowed to have th^ .Fingering ofrr the Money :^ And has he , hot then an Oppor- tunity of putting what he pleafes into Hjs tocl^ett Is he not Avaritious ? Are.thert any^ Proofs to the contrary ? What :^hejj muft wc fhihk 6f' a General who has evtr^vagaat Re-/] mittances of Money, receives Prpvifions and Forage, from^ England befi^es,^ arjd yet fufFer^ ^ his Army j:o be on the Ppmt of ftajcvi/ig? The : Enemies were never twice hijs Number : A^ this Time the Arrnie§ are nea^e;* ^quaU tjian ever they were. It is well known, tjiat the ^un^ t of Twelve Hundred Forty-four Thoufand, one .' Hundred ( 45 ) ) Hundred and Seventy-fevon Pounds, Niru:teea Shillings, and Nine-pence Thr^e Farrfiriigs, was granted by the BritiH^ Parliament for Main- taining, in the. Year 1759, Fifty-feven ; Thou- fand and Twehrd Germans. Ta which- Num- ber we may add. Twenty Thoufand Eno-Ii(H^ and was it ever known ths^C the French >n Ger- many during the prefent War wqr^ twke chat Number ? u It may be very juftly aflced, why Puke Fer- dinand, with iiich an Army- a^ he iiow Com- mands, was inaiftive almoft the whole laft CamJ)aign ? And what Anfwer caii be given; that he is defirous of protrafting > the War, only that he may enrich himfelf by it ? And let it be obferved that he has with him a greater Number of Bfitifh Tfroops than ever the great Duke of Matiborough had> who it mufl be allowed fi;equ<&ntly did mor^ iaone Campaign than he has done in three. -'-v t) • ■ ' ^; After fuch api/cuffion of Circumfliances an4 Llterefts, will it be faid it is our Concernf who is Emperor of Germany, gf Ruffia, .of J ■ J^r.Ji. I King •1 ir » liH-l '■ i J ! I!"' II I I ill' i • ■■ i ( u ) tftiig of Pniwa ? If they Quarrel it is am^Mjgll tliemlelves •, which ever are Gainers by it \wjll « . . . ' - ■ ' hot d-ffeft our Intercfts •, but ifw^ intermeddle •we are fare to be lolers by it. ,Cpmtnerce ilone is the Wealt;h of thefe, Kingdoms, aad tommerce alone ought to b|e theObjcft of their Attention -, and whatever Power attejftpts to mtef nipt us, it becomes our immediate Con- cern and Intereft to repel Force by Foiice* 10 It is a weak, abfurd, and fallacious Argu- ment^ made up to ferve the Purpofes of a Party, which endeavours to provi?, tjjat our Cqnquefts in Alia, Africa, and America, ^re in fx)ni^- quence of our drawing the French into Germa- ny 1 firft let it be obferved, that we have i>ot drawn the French into Germany -^ but all the World knt)ws they have drawn us thither : the French art 4t this Time only profecuting their original Intention ; namely, the caufing us to fpendMillionsin deftndingHanover, and dying the German Plains with Britifh piopd. H^ .wc fuffered the French to go into Hanover, aod further if they chofe it, would that have pre- vented our making Conquefts of the French ' ^ . Settle- ( 47 ) Settlements, in the more diftant Parts of the "World ? Surely not, but rather have facjl' tated ir, at our Troops might have been cpi- ployed there *, while how they are flaughtered in defending what is foreign to our Intereft. Had the French never marched into Germany it all, but employed their whole Force in de- fending their Settlements^ could not we have nken them ? the hood-winked Friends of the Getman War fay no : but the difcerning Part of MSi; cind, and the Friends of their Country, anfwer in the Aifirmitive. -[fni/v ?f.'»^'« •''^*-^ ''•"■ r' ' As this is the main Pillar of our Argument, it is proper to wave all other Things till this Point is cleared. The Admirers of a Ger- manic Warfare fay, the French out-did us in America before we made our Alliance with the King of PrufTia., The Aflertion, literally, is tfiie-, but our Alliance with the King of. Pruflia, a Power entirely foreign to us, and our Affairs in America, was not the Caufe of their difcontinuing victorious there. Until Admiral Bofcawen, and the Generals Amhcrll and Wolfe, took the Iflc of Cape-Breton, al^ '•nti-^/ our V • I i ( 4S ) Otir Commanders were either imprudent or In- dolcht. The Raflinefs of Braddock and Aber- crortibie excited Difpleafure. The Condu(5\: o^'^' Mt. Shirley and Lord Loudon was far firbnt '' being Satisfa(5tOry. It \Vould be ih invidious '^ Tafk to enquire into the Caufes of their Mii-;'^ carriages and Ina(5livity ; but it may be ,ob- •' fenred, that the Affairs of thq Britifh Nation were not attended w^ith Succefs during their'- fevcral Commands. PruITia nor Hanover had nothing to do with this. — ^Wq come now to' another Article in our main Argument ; that had we not found Employ for the French Troops in Germany, they would liave fcnt-' them to America. The Aflertors of this muft * deny our Sovereignty over the Sea ; or, at leaft, aver, that the French muft btibe our Admirals and Captains to connive at fuch a Tranlporta- tion. How abfurd muft ^is Notion appear, to thofe who do but for a Moment confider ^' the formidable Strength of the Britifh Navy, and the ruined State of that of France ; whofe . very Commerce' is almoft totally deftfoyed -, whofe Ports have been fo blocked up, that eten a fmglc Cfyi^ef Or Advice Boat could not* (49) not get in or out without the greateft Daiiger of being taken by (qiu^ of r^/e Britilh Navy, ftationed before them, i Tow then could they fend Troops to America ? Had but one Third of pur Money been expended in America, that , is annually exported to Germany, the French- would not, at this Time, have in their Hands thai raft and important Province, Louifiana ; nor the IQe of Martinico. But while wc wafte Millions in fupporting a German War, from which, all impartial and fenfible Men will readily allow, we can reap no real Advantage; we cannot afford Thoufands to be expended in enlarging our Commerce, without being loaded with the moft grievous and infu^portable Im-. pofiuons. It ought to be a Maxim with the Englifh Government, that whenever they are determined to attack France by Land, they muft engage in a powerful Confederacy again (I; her •, for when we take Pruflia alone, or Auftria alone, the throwing the other into the Arms of France is the certain Confequence; and the Interefts of Pruflia and Auilria are fo different, they ^an never fee, brought to unite agajiift France. Therefore we, in (lead of having an G ufeful 1 I ! ■ ; ' I t * ( 5'^ ) ufeful Friencl, have only a needful Ally ; whicfi turns the Scale againft iii\ ' ' --- -^^^-a •'^'^ ^^ ' • i Having cleared myfelf of Continenta^ Con- nexions, I will next fpcak of Hiings nearer o 0. . .;, u.i;f ..,; Our late intended Expedition has brouglit upon us the Ridicule of all Europe. The fp^. reign Gaz .CCS tell us, with a Sneer, " The Englifli Admiral at length found the con-- trary Wind he was ordered to look out ^' for'* J and apply the trite Proverb with at^, uncoffimon Satisfadion, " The Mountain " in Labour has brought forth a Moufe." Is it not owing to fome ftrange Mifcondud in our M , that we are expofed to thefe, and many other fuch-like Infults? Shall a Na- tion, whofe Arms have been vidorious in the four Quarters of tlie World, be the Scoff and Laughing-flock of its Enemies ? Have we not national Pride that difdains the very TJioughts of it? . . ^ , C( cc It has been conje(5lurcd, that tlie grand Ar- mament was deflincd to make a Conqueft of the ( 51 ) the Ifland of Bclleiflc -, the Importance of it, and the great Service it would be to England, put a Probability on the Conjecture. It is af- lirmed, the I (land has one good Harbour, can afford plenty of Provifions to a Fl^ct itationcd in the Bay, and fliould it be conquered, may be held as eafy as we do tlie Iflands of Jerfey aftd'Cuernfcy. France would fu{lai|i an in- finite Lofs by it ; her naval Communication between all her northern and fouthern Ports would he entirely cut off, or at leall rendered extremely hazardous and diflknk. A further, and fuller Account of its Importance was In- ferred in one of the public Papers ; an Ac-»' count, which fo evidently fhews the NccefTity of taking i:, by pointing out its real Ufe and Advantage, to either France or Kngland, that I cannot omit the Inferting it. *' The Attacking the Ifleof Bellein-e,at this *^ Time, would put the French into as great ' " an Alarm, and draw as many of their Troops ** that Way, as if we were to Attack any " Part of their main Land, becaufe it lies " in the Center of their principal trading " Towns, and almofl as near the main Land as G 2 " tLe (( I"' '*' h ;i m ■ '''■iv m (5* ) « the Ifle of Wight is toPortfmouth, arid vkhld ^^ confequently put them into as great aCon- ^'' ftertlation as wefhould be in, if they Were ^< MaftersofthdSea and the Ifle of Wight; from " not knowing which Part of our Coaff might " be attacked next: for which Reafon they " mull fend for a large Body of Troops '* from the Rhine or eifewhere, to cov^r all *' their Weftem Coaft; and they muft fend* a " great Number of Troops to guard the Iflands *« of Dieu; Rhee, and Olcron, which li&t6 the " Southward of Belleifle, and to Uflianf.'^arid '•^ Groce, which lie to the Northward, m order ^* to prevent, if they can, our becoming Maf- " ters of thernal-^/'*'^^ " '*'''^'''^^" ' -'-^>»^^j' f'i«*'"j' 2^ "As the Ifland of Belleifle lies direftly op- *' polite to Fori: Louis and, L'Orlent, none of *'' their Eaft-India Ships could ever get in br " out of thofe Ports, if it Was in our Poflef- " fion J and as Breft has no inland INavi^ " gation to it, nor any Materials whitfoever in it, for the buiklnig, repairing;* 'or lif- ting out Ships, but what are bnotJght to' it ^* by Sea, Trom fiayonnevBoUrdeaux, Nantz, " Rochforts <( «( 7i. v L f r r t. ■0 ( 53 ) ** Rochfprt-,? Port LokM.s* &c, and which tliey* *^, c-^rry. iJuther in the T'me of W^tr with great **,,, Safety, between this Ifland and the main f f. iion^ ixi fpite of' our Ships of War, who ^f(,Jcnow nothing of that Navigation i the tukr .^^^,,ing of it would. put an End to fudvCona- *,'. merce; fo that the French would not be iible j*| to fit put a fmgle Ship froni. Bred:, after "l-their prefent Store3 are exhauiVed. Belleiflc *^is the iargeftlfland on the French Cpaft, *f and moft comnnodious of all to Annoy them: ?*t, It is capable of ^[jaintaining a great maay .^IjTrojps by ita own Produce; who, ifrtlicy ;^^T were lodged there, might as Occafion fliould offer, make further Attempts upon the other Iflands •, • thus keep the French conftantly alarmed, a^d ftnally ruin the little Remains " of their Trade. The Road of Bellifliq is as .^f .good as that of St. Helen's, and our Ships .•tr of W?.r might lie as fafe there, as they do at Spithead i and if we Ihould ereft on it Arf- nels and Magazines, our Ships, Rationed in the Bay, might be fupplied with every Thing ,.*f.^ the Year round, without combing home, V*; as they have hitherto donej which has al- C( « cc «c f no more than- TV'o Hundred: and Tliircy-fi* private Men and Fourteen Officers ; they had Ibr their Subfiftehce, fays he^ only Ond Wtin- dred Barrels of Beef, and vdry little Water xa their Cifterhs. It was a J«^6nfy between the Officers .c: ( 57) ^ Officers that did the Mifchief ; therefore tfie Troops wert re-embarked, when the Garrif m were beginning to think of capitulating. Had Unanimity fubfifted, or fome other Perfons been fcnt on this Enterprize, Martinico had prol)ably, long jfgo been in our Poflefllon. *' • The Mifchieft Its Privateers have done our Trade are inconceivable. At only Six Months after die taking of Guadalupe there were '>6nery Privateers belonging to Martinico, which in that Time had taken not lefs than Two Himdred Sail of Merchant Ships, vallied, at feaft, at Six hundred Thoufand Pounds! This is a convincing Proof that our Trade has fuf- fefcdmorc, the firft half Year only, after the taking Guadalupe, than it had done before, du- ring* the whole Wah It is now two Years fince the taking 6£ Guadalupe -, and our Trade has continued to fuffer in Proportion to the preceding Account. To what ftiall wc at- tribute this unaccountable, pay, almoll ruinous Suffrage? To theNegleft of the Fleet and Cruizers on that Station .? Or to the Obfti- nacy of thatOHicerwhothought hehad done H cnoup-li /' 4' f fill (.58) (?nough for his Country at the taking of Qua- .d^lypc.? Had tlie brave and vigilant Captain Tyrrel been.jxrmitt^d to carry a broa^Pendant on this Station, will it be believed our Trade would have fuft^incd the imn-ienre Damages it has ? — ^Never — It muft be alloweil too, that there are very few, if any Captains in theBritilh ;,;Nay7, better acquainted with the Wind^^ Gur- rents,Creeks, &c. than he, In the earlier Ages . of the World, thathonefl: Maxim, of Reward- ing and Promoting Merit was fteadily.ob- ferved. Now-a-days Rewards and Promotions are only to be had by Intrigues and Intereft ; by being a Great Man's Tool, his Dupe, or Bully. If a Man has too much Pride and Honefty, to fmk beneath himfelf, to fiiwn, to cringe, to lye, to flatter^ he gets no Promo- *^'tion. — So much for tlie unfucceiijful andpaltry Attempt on Martinicov which, like that on Quebec, in the Year 1711, has brought Dif- grace on our Nation, and Rtiin on our Trade. In Europe we fare no better j every Day ai*e Advices brought, of Six, Eight, or Ten, of ^*our Merchants Ships being carried into the diiTerent ( S9 ) ditFcrent Ports bf France, The French Mer- chants firtding their Trade deflroyed, have Re- courfe to fitting but Privateers j which if they indreafe another Year with the fame Rapidity they did the laft, there will be very little Pror bability of any of our Ships getting fafe home from our Colonies. Our Trade is now more cxtenfive than ever, and our Merchant Vefiels are more numerous than ever •, therefore the more Diligent his Ma}$?fty*s Cruizers ought to be, in clearing the Se^s of ^hofe Swarms of the Enemy's Privateers, The French Merchants, notwithftanxiing wc boaft of having ruined them, will, if we allow the great Succefs of their Privateering to continue, foon accumu- late large Fortunes j while ours, of Courfe, muft be reduced to Bankruptv':y. It would be a vain Thing for the Englifii Merchants to equip Privateers, becaufe the Enemies have very little Trade, and Privateers are frldom willing to Attack each other, fince it is the very End of their Errand to Attack the defence- lefs trading Veffels. It is in yourWifdom, that we mull exped an Expedient to prevent this Ruin of our Trade ; we rely on your known H 2 Abilities, •■«.« f, m it u ''.■■('■ t ?K' ( 60) Abilities, Pa»iotic Z&l, and Ihtcgrity, ibr rirary good M^afurc that is conducive^ of Advantage to both King und Pcopk. How- jDvef, we catinot but demur at feeing our Men of War, nailed as it were on the Coaft of France, and the Enenrjy's Ships ^fcaping x)ut of the River Villaine, where they have hctn blocked up fourteen Months, at an Expence to England of more than they are worth -, and efcaping opt of Ilrcft and elfcwhere, with Fa- cility. Had we taken the IHe of Belleifle, the Enemy's Ships could not have efcapcd out of their Weftern Ports •, and all the winter, and difinal Horrors of a Bay Station, had been removed •, our Men, and Ships of War, would have found Refreihments and Security in it$ Harbour and Lee Shore. Thefe are Fads which attract Public At- tention. From the Opinion which we enter- tain of your Wiflies, and unwearied Endea- vours for th&Good of your Country, we at- tribute thefe Caufes of general Complaint, partly, to a Ncgleft in the executive Part of your well laid Deftgnsj but principally, to the malicious .V ( 6i ) tnalidous Machinations of a Party, who ale envious of your Efteem among honeft Engli(b- tnth, who hdvd left no Static unturned,' Ao Step lintaken, nor no Meafurc unpurfocd, however dangfcroi«, nay ruinous to their GoUn- -tVy, to degrade the Man who is its great Sup- port. ^'^^'^ "(^^^ ^'''■'''' ^-itiilU'r !^vlg^^> iXU.;.Hnov. . y.,.,^ .,,„^, ,:u-u: iv .lyr^.^nt '^^^^'^ . ^-Kn^ ^: >' yatirlfrfendaridAdnTirer r^^dhA Mc.h.i?: .rH FIVE MILLIONS! ,. ■ ' ^■' ' ' ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ •:tjf) ijfter- ■nil 117 ' ' »') IV. % >,! ;! 13 .V M ( 61 ) UJ!in i ibiv/ j^ruiTion^ tux r»/^» i3woH (i POSTSCRIPT, .ilW.i-i.lvJ. ^l«iHiJ>S ^JtJyc"^ Few Minutes ago. Report brought M ''A yC ^^^ difagreeable News to my Ear, j5r_,_y«l that England had renewed her p.'&£jmJK Treaty with PrufTia. Surely this cannot be true. Is it poflible, that England can be fo blind to her own Interefts, as to fup- portthis German War, which Pi-ufTia and Auf. tria have kindled up in the Empire ? What Millions have we already fpent on this conti- nential Service ! and are we to Spend more ? Are we to exhauft our national Treafure, nay impoverifh ourfelves, in fupporting a foreign Prince to fight his own Battles ? Whofe Interefl: is no way connefted with ours ; who owes us no more Friendfhip, than while we pay him im- fhenfe Sums i and who, in all probability, as fobn as the prefent War is ended, will join in League with France, our natural Enemy. I ! ( 63 ) I will admit, that his joining with France cannot afFeft England-, fmce the Dcfign of fuch a Jun^ion would be only to deftroy the Houfc of Auftria : but if it was his Intcrcft, he would perhaps as foon join with any Power againft England. His Condudl at the E ve of the prefentGerman War, when the K — of EngJi! nd was afraid of his entering Hanover, which oc- cafioned his calling the. RulTians to its Relief, is alone fufEcient to convince us of this. The ,undcrrhand Dealings of Tradefmen, are not i^orc common than the Perfidy of Princes, - '-•• ' . »*vn f?r»:^ If the pruflian Treaty is adhially renewed, I think it argues fome radical Fault, in: the Confultations on the Interefts of thefe King- doms; fome pernicious Partiality of prpft;<:ui- ing a Continental War, becaufe it is foi:.thc Benefit of a few who hold lucrative Ppfe, .W"e may very well aflure ov velves, that D F , and the reft of the German Officers, in the Allied Army, are not defirous of pra- curing a Peace immediately j their Conduct during the whole laft Campaign, is a ftriking Proof of this ; It is th^ir Inteteft to pro- trad l. s f Iff II-.i: tivft thie War, )»rc3uie they ans^tfil paid vwtlv^ Efigkifll Moaey. Nor would th« ^nifllMr M^ ' ' nincti fcafc to nfhac IcRgth f?he Wir was ^on-A timiedt Mrbsie ius Army ia {>ai<> Upon tke ^refent Plan of carry iag on tl^ Wiir, .nothmg U more evident, -tiiafi that thr^ Bricifli Subjects are loaded wkh (ncorbitalit Taxes, to prevent thofe^fFpuflla paying moifcs' than their ordinary Revenues, as they are in the tfane of Peace *, for it is well known, that the Tpruflian^ Motia^h, has not, fmce the brejdting Outof the prefent War, impofird one , new Taix on his Siitgcfts. s ^ fi. ' Rcijjeding the Interelts of thefe Kingdoms, 1 ha^e but one Thing more to mention •, that a ftanding Army is, of all Things, one of the molt i Prejudicial to them. Little need be faid on a Subjeft fo Ofteh handled. In general Terms, itisYuffitienf to obferve, thata ftandingArniy isincbnMent with the nature of EngliTn Ser-t .~,-i. vices •, 'i K. ( 6s) vkes I had Wc no Connexion with the Conti#. nertC, wc ftiould have very littleEmplOy for an Arnoy, and probably one third of that Num* bcr wc now mainuin, would be fuificient to gtffifon all the neceflkry Places in the Bi^tifh Dominions. But it will be aflcedj what muft become of the other two Thirds, fince they arc ;drcady raifed ? Allow them certain Pro- portions of Land in North America, which they may cultivate, and, with Induftry, accu- mulate Fortunes. Some fuch Meafure ought to be confidered, immcdifitely after figning the nextP^ace. Our Artceltof s, for many Generations, fafely relied on what they called their two great Bul- warks, the Navy and the Militia : Even during the Wars between the Houfes of York and Lancaiber^ the Party that prevailed dilbandcd their Army as footi as the Aftion wa» over, and fcorncd to feaire themfelves by a military government. But now the Times are fo altered, it is judged almoft an unfafe Meafure to put Arms into the Hands'' of the People, left tlidy Ihoiild thereby, bectfttfe enabled to affert their 1 rights, [M m \i ■ Mr it- ■'W ( SC) rights, dilcover the corrupted Machines of the . pafe ai)ci . unworthy ; check the Iiu'luencei or perhaps feize the Tools of unlawful and arbi- trary Power. If this is not the Cafe, whj'' is the Militia for the County of ■' ". ■> ' not yet raifed? , ,. ' ■'^- . ,.- - ^ 1 am aware of a private Objedion (which by the bye is a great one) that will be made to difbanding the grcateft Part of the Army : JVbai JImII be done with all our Toung 'Nobility I Many of them have not Fortunes to fupport their Dignity, therefore it is necellary they fliould have Pofts in the Army? Either put them into I'Taval (in which I include the Ma- rine) or jn,tQ Civil Employments. ^ 1^,-,. As Great Britain is more Refpe61:able hi confequence of her formidable Navy, than the intrepidity of her Troops,- our naval Force , can hardly be too frrcng. It were to be wiflied that fo many King's Sliips were not put out of Commifiion at the End of- a War, -as fre- ^ucutly are; for our continuing to be fonni- dable on the Ocean, ^r. fuch a Check on the .kii-. ■ Ambition / 4 f.JT U. •il i]i\l]n \, Artibltloii ' of^ our Enemies, that they "%ift not hiailily prefume to break the Ties o£ Fri€>iidfliip-, in either attempting to difturb our Trade, or Plantations ; when our natural Strength is fo ready to reward their Treachery. The Inhabitants of this Kingdom reap fome . Advantage from a Flqet in Commifiion, which they ;do not from a ftarjding Army. The King's Ships are always paid at home -, there- fore the Money is IHII among us ; and it is well known that non.e are more ready-'to circulate it,vthan tlxe Sailors: but an Army is frequently paid abroad -, therefore the Money is exported from us, to the great DetrimeiU. of cveiy Maji in Trade. e It would be prefumptious in me to affert how far the haval Strength of this Nation might, or ought to be exerted : But it muft be obferved, it is the only natural Strength which we have ; and ought to be tiae principal Strength on which we fhould rely. Hence arifes the important Queftions, why this natural and principal Strength has not been lately employed ? And I 2 why I 1 *t4' .J ■"H ( 68 ) ^jrMiefiMdnths hive htth (Kffertfd wnfepfe, WftlraTmoft the whole Royal Navy in Cdrtmif- fibn arid nothing done ? WE^scini ta bii 4ink iiitdi State of Lethargy, like thit 'tiit^56t wh^n We |)emiittcd the French^ ^6 take Mi- norca, and to make ConqdeH;s'in Anlcrica agamft a fiiferior Force, - <^^v^> *; -> y.^^, ^ . -r-All attention, in fpite of common Senfe and common Honel'v, is warped to the Affairs K^ . and receiving Advice that the " Garrifon ./.^ .Qy\ kt- om%rtO ^d.' :■: .It H Auack, be vefit thkhcTy with ^kwB^Xf^- lions, in Hppc? of being alplc to carjythJit 5^.. Place at once. He attacked if with great ffViSpifit, byt the Enemy defending itjcfgH^te- ^h.^tj^ni taking all Advantages th^if Situation *' afforded tbemy the Hereditary Prii^cc thPjLight it advifeable to defift from the' Attempt.*" (C brjj) T'fD: 10, ever 'ctoubted their taking all Advan- ' tages ttieir Situation afforded them ? Did the , Hereditary I*ririce ? To be fure, it is rieceflary to tell the Mob, that the French, by taking all " "Advantages (which they ought not to have V dor\e) and which was dealing very unfairly ' 'with u^, held the little town of Fritzlar, and baffled the Defign which the Hereditaiy' Prince ''j had formed a^alnft it. This Ai*t is tofcrefen a ^ badCaufe from a weak Mind, and encourage Xhe Rabble ftill to adore Prince" F*— — , get *r 3r.unk at the News of his Vl(5i:ory, and run mad pa the ry Dicing Night. ^-^ ^^- '^♦'^^ irbr^v; An Englifliman, who knows nothing of mi- ^T^iitaiy Affairs, Wduld take thefe German Genc- fiHl T ft'l? '■' ■ ' . .. . ' , ■' ' ., ' .M ■ ■ I . .1 I, 5 i.j n nothif.xy • See the Gazette of Feb. 24. rats ♦ 'ft; (70 ) V . : . . ^ . ^. ! . . •, ,^ ral$ to be lis ignorant as himfelf, when he comes to the following Part of the fame Extra* crdinary Gazette, ■ . • . ..^.^-..^^ ^,jj ^ " TheHereditaryPrince cantoned hisTroops *' about Hademar, not far from.Fritzhr. Lieut. *' Gen. Breidenbach took Pofleflion of a Ma- " gazine of 40,000 Rations at Rofenthal, and' " advanced towards Marpurg. The Attempt " he made upon that Town did not iucce,tdy " the Enemy being upon their Guard. He himfelf " was even killtfd in the Attack " m: m^. \ Mii' • ' ';(V?.' ' ■ * * ■■.•;'=• \ ■^ i'lJ ' 4t r It is not to be imagined that General Brejdea- bach expedted to find the Enemy upon their Guard ; no, he expected they would furrender immediately on his Appearance before the Town» He was fuch an experienced Officer, that he could not apprehend the Enemy would be upon their Guard while he was marching thro' a Countiy which they poflefled. — ^Did he be- Eeve they would open their Gates and ftrew Fipwers in tl>e Roads where he marched? Un- fortunately, on this little Town he made an Tinfuccefsful Attack -, in which even he himfelf was ' ( 71 ) was killed : But tlie Writer of the Gazette has fomot to teUus even how many more are killed. This extraordinc.ry Gazette has another a'/r^- crdinary Paffage, the moft puzzling of. any 3 for it- furpaflcs all the Logic of Maubcrt> The Bruffels Gazette Ihall no longer be famed for falfe Reafoning and unintelligible Accounts; Maubert fiiall no longer enjoy Pre-eminence in the Temple of Dulnefs, Ignorance, and FaliV hood. His Rival on the contrary Side of the Water will totally eclipfe him in his Harveit of Laurels. How fair this audacious Rival ftands for pulling him down from all his Dignities, take the follov/ing Scrap of his own Rhetoric^ and you will difcover without any Information. " In the mean while, my Lord Granby " made iomQ;X)ema}ijfrr4i(ms towards Gudcrf- '' berg." The Writer of the Gazette would x'erv ^ much oblige the Public, if he v/ould, in his next Number, demoyifirGte what is the Meaning of the Word Demo-nftrations \\\ this Senfe ; or, if he cannot, whether he was of Opinion, or wliethei- iilf m i^ 1^: ^Sether he wis'irtibrmed, and tfionght it im- prudencr td tea ie-itefby Length, that Lord Granby had loft himfclf in the Woods ot HeBfc, and iras therefore obliged' traJ^ijkw^iz/^ by the son and Jiars, m± i Quadrant, wher^ abbutshewas; w^ Z^z/Tttife^he'Win, ^5 4hd Ldnpiude % and-whar Diftanie Gudifdbcrg i^^from him, Wefti, Ealt;»oiifc WSb^.'^ (^ ; y . •> " T - .. ;. . . 13 » I • « . w « -.M.*^ ** ^ r ' ■ » 4? 1 it. 1 ^- i) f ' - <»• C ' \r « 1- • • C-?1Ja« 1 1 1--'. t * • ijr «e» it ',#'. ♦* m ^ «» n