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T O LORD GEORGE GERMAIN- My Lordj AS you have undertaken the conduft of the American war^ I beg leave to fubmit to your confi- deration fome circumftanccb relative to that country, of which perhaps you have not as yet been fully in- formed : I confefs, my Lord, that I am no friend to the caufe in which you are engaged, and it is not with a view to facilitate your operations, that I write this letter ; it is in hopes to divert you from the moft ruinous proje<3: (in my humble opinion) that this nation was ever engaged in ; I fhall not enter upon the fubjeft of ways and means, I am not convcr- B fant C 6 ] fant in the bufinefs of finance, nor do I know all the refources of Bri- tain or America ; but I know (what every body knowsj that Britain owes 140,000000 1, and that Ame- merica owes little or nothing ; that the body of the people of England are averfe to the American war, a very inconfiderable part only having offered their lives and fortunes (upon paper) in fupport of it j whilft Ame- rica is unanimous and determined, hona Jide^ to expend the laft far- thing of her property, and the laft drop of her blood in defence of her liberty, I (hall confine myfelf to the naval and military force of the Colonies, and confider how far they are equal, upon an offenfive and a defenfive plan, to a conteft with the mother country. And firft, I think I cannot give you a better idea of the [ 7 ] the naval force of North America, than by a lift of the privateers which the fingle province of New York fitted out in the laft war. At a time too when they had a large body of foldiers in the field, looo Battoe men employed upon the rivers and lakes, and carried on an extenfive commerce to every part of the world. Ships Names. No. of Guns. No. of Men. Ships. Sturdy Beggar 26 Wolfe 24 Blakeney 20 Hercules 1 8 Colonel Prevoft 20 Royal Hunter 20 King of Pruffia 1 8 Duke of Cumberland 16 Oliver Cromwell St. George General Johnfon Tartar 12 16 16. 16 16 226 b1 200 200 150 140 150 15a 140 140 140 140 140 140 183Q Ships [8 1 No. of Gum. 12 226 t6 16 H 14 14 .^4 14 14 Ships Names. Snows. Brought over Bofcawen Royal Efther Cicero Prince Ferdinand Abercrombic Greyhound Revenge J^eptunp Hornet Brigantmes. Earl of Loudon Johnfon True Briton King George Hawke prince of Orange pe Lancey Mary Hope Charming Sally DukeofMarlbojoughia George Prince George ** 53^ Ko. of MeiW 1830 130 130 120 120 120 130 130 120 120 14 H 14 14 H IZ 12 12 12 12 120 120 120 120 120 110 IIQ lio 110 XIQ 100 100 1 00 4520 Ships '% i.' L 9 ] Ships Names. No. of Quns. No. of liau Brigaiitines. Brought over 35 New York 536 12 4520 100 Columbine 12 100 Schooner, Sampfon ] I :oo Barque, Decoy 6 12 ^0 Sloops. Goldiinch 100 Squirrel Fox la 14 100 100 Catharine la 109 Hardy Prince Edward 12 10 109 40 Harlequin Bradftreet 10 8 40 Tyger 8 40 Veffels 48 G. 675 M. 5530 F^'om the above ftate your Lord- (hip will obferve, that the fingle pro- vince of New York equipt an arma- ment ■ .v..v;»..<,w,f■v^^).^n»|^^..-^w.w. — „ 4 ^ 3' 1 1 [lo] xnent confifting of 48 veflels, which carried 675 guns, and 5530 feamen. It is near 20 years fince they made this figure at fea ; I believe I may venture to aflert, that fince that pe- riod their number of fhips and fea- men have been nearly doubled, and as their coafting and foreign trade is now retrained by adl of parliament^ it may be prefumed, that they will have a body of 11,060 feamen rea- dy to ad againft Great Britain : if to theie be added the failors and fi{her-> men of the whole continent, whom our oppreflive ads have deprived of employment, and confequently given to the defence of their feveral pro- vinces ; I believe I fpeak within compafs, when I fay, that the num- ber will exceed 40,000. My Lord, I aflert, that the Americans can fend 40^000 feamen to fea j but that is not ^ [" ] not all, they will all be volunteers, and they will fight without pay, or, what is the fame thing, they will pay themfels^es ; for thofe who fit out privateers do it at their own rifk, and for their own profit, and thofe who man them receive no wages; the owners and the crews will be amply rewarded by the prizes they will take. For it cannot be fuppofed, that a people, whom you have de • prived of their trade, will leave your's unmolefted ; they will attack you in every part of the world, and your whole fleet diftributed in con- voys, will not fecure your com- merce. In the Weft Indies particu- larly, they will annoy you, where every French and Spanifli port will be open to the reception of their vefliels and your fpoils. If this war ihould continue a few years, I fhould not be v. ■\li C "] be furprizcd if we Were obliged tor purchafe our own rum and fugar from the French and Spaniards. You arc not tofuppofe that your fleet will be mafters of all the harbours in North America, and that their cruif* crs cannot put to fca ; there are ma- ny which y our Oaipa cannot enter for want of a fufficient depth of watery and many, which ha^e not a natu-^ ral bar to your entrance, a;re very fufficiently fortified by art. And b^re I mud obferve, that you are imder a great error, if you think the Americans want artillery ; they were well provided with great guns even before they took your ordnance ftore- fhipsin fight of your fleet ; and they have made a moft judicious difpofi-' tfon of thi^m. In feveral harbouH thty have batteries of 24 poundeir^^ ftrffidently retired from the flidfe ttiol to . 1^31 1 to be domineered from the., tops of your fliips, and fuificiently near it tp make ^ cullender of their huUs^ Lord Howe himfelf, brave as l\Q is« has too much judgment to attack fuch ?A battery, he knows there is no fort of comparifon between an oak plank and an eighteen foot ramp^^rt ; thefe batteries are ,^11 defended by redoubts infinifiely more formidably than that which coft you o/ilj a tboufand men upon Bunker*s hill. Upon this fort of fortification I ihall fay a word or two before I fipifli this letter, which may poflibly de^*- fsrve your Lordfhip's attention ;. in the mean time I would advife ypu to ftop Colonel James and his bopib ketches ; they will a^fyver no end, very efFedual meafufes ar^ talqea tp prevent thofe vejfl^l^ ffom arriving at Philadelphiajior laying before GJi^^tes- ii C town r > ! town or New York ; in every place that is acceflible to this paltry piece of miichief, the houfes that are worth prcferving are (hoared from the cellar to the garret, covered with dung or earth, and will fufFer little daniage ; indeed, the owner of every wooden houfe, which you may pof- fibly deftroy, after a whole day's bombardment, would be glad to fave you the trouble, and fet fire to it himfelf for one-tenth part of the mo- ney it will coft you to burn it j but I dare fay this abominable projed will be laid afide; it would difgrace us, in the eyes of the world, we fhould be execrated like Lewis XIV. for burning the Palatinate, with this difFerence, that the Palatines^ were not his own fubjects. ■ But, whatever naay be the plan of your naval operations, it mult necef- farily .11 'ill C's] fariljr be fufpended during the winter; in the courfe of which I concludei tha^ the Americans will have equipt and fent to fea from diiFerent parts above 250 fail of privateers, many of them little inferior to your frigates, and all of them much better manned in proportion to their fize ; fince, then, you have provoked this neft of hor- nets, be affured, they will commit all forts of depredations on your t|:ade, and woe be to your merchant {hips in every part of the world* — In Africa, in the Weft Indies, ♦and even in the Eaft, in the Mediterranean, \^,^ the Channel, perhaps upon your own coafts, and on the Balcick : you have no fleet in the Baltick, France hais once forbid your fending one there, and they will again forbid you ^ ^ Sweden is the friend of France, mJ'te^f ^ ^^^"^' ^^ Spanifh, Mi [ '6 ] or a Sweedifli port is to be found, the Americans are at home — Will they fuffer your Pruflian' allies to fend you naval ftores, and will you be able to import any from Sweden, except in Swedifli bottoms and at their own price ? — So much for the naval ar^- mament of the Americans. Let us examine their ftrength on fliore : I have been favoured, by an American, with the following account of the: numbers which each province can furnifli, vvhich I believe is by ho means* Exaggerated ; they are ef- feftive men with arms in their hands, not in buckram or upon paper, as a certain army I could mention. Provinces. Men h( ^ring Armii 189OOO 88,000 llhode Ifland an4 Providence ' i4,096_ '40J New New Hamfhjrc Maffachufet'l Cbiine&icut ^,00 o i .1 t 17) New York . The Jcrfeys , ,^^j Pcnfylvania . , Virr^nia North Carolina South Carolina 40,000 24*000 J 00,000 34»ooo 34,000 18,000 1 2,000 2,400 Georgia Nova Scotia (fuppofed to be \ revolted) about i t* 000 ■'' • / V : . • 428,400 J Here then are four huadred and twenty- eight thoufand four hundred freemen in a^ms, united i^ one great phalanx, to figbt pro oris et fecis. What a treqiendous . band of yeo^ manry ! Europe, degenerate Europe, nay, I may fay the old world can* not exhibit fuch a fpe£jt^cl^ ; anfi fliaU haughty Britain^ the ihadoi^ pf Jjf^r ^former grcatnefs j fhall Bri* tain^ [i8] tain, with her mercenaries and her miferable fubftituted militiai pretend ta look this formidable power in the face ? But they are an undifciplined rabble, and you'll fend 50,000 men to fubdue them : that is fooner iaid than done, my Led ; they are no- thing lefs than an undifciplined rab* blc, and fo far from fubduing the continent with your 50,000 men (if you could fend that number) you will find fuiHcient employment for them in the fingle province of Maf- faehufet's Bay. You will credit what I fay when I aiTure you, that, ex* clufive of the lines with which they hav^e invefted Bofton, the continen- tal army have conftru£l;ed an odkgon at Cambridge, which you would not be able tx> inveft with lefs than too,ooo men. It is built upon Marlhal Saxe's plan ; it is fraifed and [ '9 ] rnhd pallifaded, has a ditcli» covered* way, and glacis, and is ivell provid* ed with heavy artillery ; at the foot of the glacis is an abbatis de bois ; the rantparts are cafemated with legs ; ai: the diftance of a cannon^ flidt from the cover'd-way is a circle t^ thirty^fix fquare wooden towers thirty feet diameter, the outward lialf of which are folid and cannon proof. Between thefe towers, which are five hundred yards afunder^ is ^hbther abbatis, and on the top of tach are placed five or fix rifle bar- reled ball- pieces, which carry a half pound ball; each of thefe towers will require a little fiege to knocks it down, and woe be to thofe who ierve your guns when you approach? near -^hem. Your batteries will be plun- ged, and neitho* mantelets nor mm %bhtlets will proted your gunness, Hm - and . ' 'I \u- t [ao ] and yet under the fcdifadvfthtagesyo^ mtift ruin ten ait leaQrof febefe tpyftt9, beibre you can form u fyi^h%nick upod the body of th^ pkde^ vAikh wUl be defended by ten'thouiiaiid men> whilft you may e^ped tbirty or forty tboufaod more in the ficAd ready to faU upon y()u ahd raife the fiege ; but I (hall fay no more of t^s fort, except that you will never take it) or» if by a miracle you (hould, your army will be fo weakened, that ;you willnot t^eandtheirin the fame campaign ; perhaps there is not in JMorth America another place (b firoog as this, but there are maivy :lhkt are by no means corttemptible. oOld Gridlcy (the fame whd condu New London. New jHaven, Rye, (•; New »t -^ [ «3 1 New York, ^ . Elizabeth Town Point. Brunfwick^ Prince Town,' Trcntown, Philadelphia, .. Chefter, Newcaftlei < nr!r>a I Gunpowder Ferry, Palapfco Ferry, AnnapaH89 Port Tobacco, Hoes Ferry, Mofs's Ferry, Southern's Ferry, Nanfemond, Bennet's Creek, Edentown, Bill's Ferry, Bath, New River, White Oak River, D a New :\ 1" Jl!ial«i4.Js**i,>A ■'%■ II'. i 1 ; I m (;i ■III I ill! 1 ^+ ] New River Fief ry, f^ i ; fj f^P^f Cnpe Fear R iv^r^ ■\ ihuoi (i Shallot River,' I>^ < » • •"'^ fiox rA njr'Wingaw Feriy,* <'^ r?io^ iioqii Santie Perry,' -' • ami Sewee Ferry, , Ti Charles Town, ^-^i Parifburgh, o.i^ Jofeph's Town, -<'>» Savanna, Darien. .-.^ Here then are forty-four redoubts, will you take them all^^ ^ or will you let them alpne ? If you take them, you will not ha\^e.,.a, j:|ian_left of all your fifty thoufajid.; The redoubt upon Bunker's h^l coft you a tliou- f^nd» but that wa^j a bicoque in comparifon of thefe rr^^ Well then leave them bej^indjyou j penetrate into the , • cpHnti-y j , without oxen, without isi V k [25] without horfcs, drag your cannon^ your ammunition, your bread wag- gons, and y€>ur baggage through the woods, a cloud of rifle men in your front, in your rear, and upon your flanks, you will make a great pro- grefs, every pafs, every defile will be a coupe gorge for you, which ever way you pdint 5 they will down with the trees and up with the breaft- works, you muft win your march by inches, and before you have advan- ced twenty miles, your whole army will be an hofpitah How will you carry your wounded mfen, how will ydu^^nd them back ? Will you leave them to the mercy of an enraged enemy, whofe country you are at* tempting to deftroy with fire and fword, or will you ftay to proted them ? I flioiild write a volume be- fore I had' exhauft^d the difiiculties w you !"li I- !f!i [ 26 ] yoii wi^l meet j witbi qfit^ refources of yftUT pnen^esf . Imu tj^^n interior p^f ts of AiQc^irica every man's houfe is literally : sbii paftle, ... / They ar« built of logs, and are znufquet- proof ; they have loop holes cut in themj and if they are garrifoned by half a dozen men you cannot take them without artillery. £ very ^illagie that has a meeting- houfe and. a burying'^ ground wiU have a barrack and a fortified poft. The minifter, with, his bible in one hand and hi& rifle gun ia the Qtber, will harrangue and exhort his enthufiaftic parifhioners ; he will tell them there are bifhops in your army, and they will die by ?his^ fide, and be buried under the ruins of his pulpit (by the by^ you will not perfuade the highlanders, a$ii^ al as they are, to meddtoiwith mi^ pifters or meeting-honfes^ : ai I wm , fpeaking [ ^7 1 fpeaking of the difficulties of pene-» trating into thecountty, it may not be amifs to obferve, that from the river Delaware (the channel of which is fufficiently fortified) to the extre- mity of New England north- eaft- ward, there is not a fingle river na. vigable for a king's frigate ; if there- fore you mean to make ufe of the rivers, it can only be by boats and fmali craft, and with fuch you will be oppofed in the proportion of ten to one, amply provided with wall- pieces and rifle guns, and accompa- nied with fire ftages, to burn and dcftroy whatever they find a-float ; add, that all the grain iq the country will be lock'd up in redoubts, that th^ cattle will be drove ofl^, and that there will be no fubfiftance left for nt^ or bead : but you will have commiffaries, who will contradt t& mv^i' fupply I>'1. >! [28] fijpplyVbur iriitly in all'^a^es^^ith moment at the word lorag^, arid wonder, now any man could ever . -< ■ ].4 ^1 A-"^ •< dream of feqding cavalry (o A meri* ca ; only conceive, a dragoon ^tti his bags, his bucket, hiS boots, his :.H beks^ his havrc'-fack, his cloak, his can tine, ifiis broad fword and Kts ' carbine, galloping round a tree *f6i" catch a rifleman or an Indian, %i a cow catching a hare, one mignt laugh at it, if one was at liberty'lfo - •*.. . ^7v>.va v'i err '^'-?M '^-^ "t- JOit laugh at any part or lo fcnous a luB-* je»S). Whoever makes this contraffj' let hini confider who is to be his pay^^ mafter, for fureJ am, that rieitHef the civil Hft^ nor four ThillinW noiP fourteen {linings in tllie^jhotind, wift*''' make good fo enormous ap expehce; I viToura ad vile your Lordffiip to aik^ General Gage what it is to condua: 'S aa [29] an .?irmy thij^pgh ^ wood in Amerf. ca, ,,,and , Jfihkt 4s the^ confequence of a defeat in a delart : he commanded Bpddock's advanced guard, and he well remembers the peal that was rung m his ears upon the banks of the Monangahela ; he knows too, at from the moment they were op- 4t\ ■' t they were op pofed they ceafed to advance* that they left their baggage, their can- non, and their wounded behind them : and if they were not exter- minated, it was becaufe they were not purfued. But, my Lord, the truth IS, that thele countries are im- practicable to an army : nature, and a conibination of circumftances, are againid you ; fata objiant 'Ootoque iuo Natura repumat. Neither the in- tredit^ of an Howe, ndr the mtelh- eence of a Burgoyne, nor the perie* verance 01 an Amherlt will avail; whoeye^^ ijubau«» V.J -y;uw • J^iV. >^ ii., ."t .*• ^ miajBiL fj-i ^i sBg ;!l C 30 ] Whoever attempts the conqueft of Al intrtci'\^ar lofe «is legiotis, his life *b8 tcputatioh, as Craflus, V^tus and Brad dock have done before hitn« Yoii Will fay that your fleets and trahl fports have Chefapeak Bay open io them, and tHat the fouthern proVifi- cts are acdefllble from that quarter : my Lord it is ftill the fame thing, the fhores of Chefapeak are ftill a« coa(l» and woe be to your troops if they quit "itl^tfiey will find bbftacles e- nough in marching in fight of their ifliips, as long as there are axes and fpades, and men and fire-arms in the country ; they will not make a ^ffio^^' %ith impunity ; attacked in landing, attacked in reimbarkiiig, they will fritter away thfeir ftreiigth in impotent efforts, and without any advantage beyond that of fometitxlte burning a houfe or a tobacco maga- zine I «* J. * V USii' «■■..■ [ 3M cine! Tl^e Ai^habi^pt?^, #ft?4nfcijr tbdr flavcs, will |^*vp .canO/ud^qd ,fi Pfilijltitud^ of redQubt;^, J?(l^jc^ ypu omft cither take or leave jpchip^lXQVli ^ dj^ftruftioa muft follpw .ei)Jl!i9r fpeafure, whether you carry oa the war coUedivcly or detached ;, you will be oppofed in every quartef , and your force will melt away in the fputbern provinces, no Jefs by fic^- nefs than the fword, ^ ^^^^^ .^ My Lordt I repeat it again and again, you cannot conquer the Apiericans. They hive got faft hold of the country, and you. will ;^s foon tear up their forrefts by the joots, a^ dlifpoflejs theip* I have f^id nothing yet of the Indians, Tbefc peopje in general are;^t|t;acHe4 tp./jl?^ ^folomfts by a continual and ff ien^ly g jntieccpurfe of trade ; jfinceL S\^ J^fs .j9|,^,Canada they arc abfglvjtejy ^^e- ' -itau ^ 2 pendent M I 32 3 pendent upon them for tfedr guhg^ tfaekf ^npfiwddf, thefr4)lanketslitfadlr iomabawks^ltheit rum}' and'^ih^ vfarmiKqn; and with thefe guns and thefetom^awks in their hands, tfade bkihkets upon their (houlders, and dii» vermilion upon their cheekii ihefe terrible allies in every provindte will join the provincial armies. Gefa- demen of the guards take carerof your toupees ; if once your heads fhould fall under the hands of thefe mercilefs hair-dreflersy you muft never appear in a fide box again**^ But to be ferious/ for there is no part x)f this fubje£b that will admit of a J|9lap>: Ibt^fae^ oncfe more intr^dat your ^^lidfhtpl^ whilft it is yet time to r^- fiQtince this Quixotic prc^ei^ ; follow fltiQldr Chatham's advice, i " Projice [fjeip f^muhhi^he fpcar bi|t if it 4oiiI^ he^ thfortrn l^^ith tbt ^ilccngtb >(rf Adkilleo^ it' would 6nly peooil wttk a dreadful repiercuf&on upon the head of this infatuated couhtry. Your Lordfhip is a young minift^r, and you are not yet callous to die jfeelings of humanity ; you are a fii^ ther and a hufband, coniider haw ' many widows and orphans will lie Jeft deftitute by this deftrpf^ive war- imongft the various wretdl^i^s it will make, I think there are none molt deferving of compaflion than yoOr brother foidiers ; thofe bravemen vAk> have fought and bled for m in evdry part of the world, and till this fi^I period have only fotight ^^ ighsii^. Alas ! how^ 6badged^ls?f|lhdf ^?t^dfii- dition ! ' Forced intbo^Biifi^bfOr&l msivf ftatvdl, and ilaigKteiied^ 4teid flttp^ Wrecked di a diflant^ fiid^^y^y^. M\A^v thanked i!r 'ii. 1 1 !)i (-1. 11:1' [34] thanked for cooqueft, uapitted for defeat** Hi. i;;(juiu i j^ jUhh nuhii.^' '^;aJ "iiui Ammst vilet inbumata infietaque iurb4 St{ernentur campis. .^hUj biu. * .> /b B* Once more, my Lord, let me conjure you, put up your bright fword^ you (hall command more with words than weapons. -^Speak reafon to the Americans and they wiU hearken. ; If you profecute this cruel and vindi&ive war, you will basuUh peace from your breafti and ilumr bcr^ from your pillow ; confult your reafon and your confcience, take their advice if i you will not take mine ; delcend geqtly from that giddy height to whiqh your ambition has mount- ed j ibrifiyou fall, remember, nul mtombe innocent d'qu Pmvous^mit \flm^h If^ppy ftjiJLl be if any .^thing Ij Jj^^ve faid may jpdiice you IP grange your ojrinion. ; i Apdi: iftal^ name [ 3S 1 name of Goui why all tbefe efforts^ this wanton wafte of blood and tre»^ furc ? The moment you have fub- dued and enflaved the Americans (was the thing pofUble) you muft knock ofF their fetters, and reftore them to their liberty. Whatever tem- porary inconvenience Great jj^itain tnay fulFer, i do infift upon it» that henceforward all her dependencies tnuft be as free as herfelf, or (he will have no dependencies at all 'T nf I cannot finifli this fetter withotit (aying a word or two^boutthe ftate of Bofton and the army* there. I heiar, that General Howe dinilbt muftfer more than fix thoufand men fit fdt duty; The town is full k)f Wooden • houfes, and has not 1^ iin^fe cafe • mate. The pibvinciaU a^ in polfef- fion of the proper Imptehients fofa iximbardttient, atid they have alirea- '«*. '^M■,tJm i::? !>& i>!i C 36] 6y annoyed the town from a ricochet battery ; Creditis ave£lo$ hqftes P Do you think they have raifed the block* ade ? Sic fioius Ulyjfes P Do you think Lee fuch a blockhead ? Whe- ther in mercy they may fpare their fellow fubjeds lives, and chufe to prefer'!^ the town from deftrudion, is a queftion ; that they may deftroy the town, and confequently give law to the army, is beyond a doubt. I need not fay any thing of Canaddi my Lord, but that, like the other pr<;>vinces, it is loft; it is no longer between two fires^ it is defended by double the numbers that it was in 1759; twenty thoufand men, and twenty fkips of the line will make no impreflion in that quarter ; and though Saunders and Wolfe (hould rife reludant from their graves to adift you, you could not recover it ; ftxall It ! r 37 1 }it If iiT K rno ^ '^ ' ' {h9\\ wc gri^ye, or fhaU we rejoic^j that. thefe heroes are no more ? Wc mud lament them> but their friends haxip, at leaft this confolationi that they have died, with all their full blown honours on their heads, and h^ve not furvived their own and their country's glory. Fortunati ambo / Nulla dies unquam memori vos eximet a%w. VJl It is fcarce worth while to add to this letter the capture of St. John*s ifland and the defection of Nova Scotia, they are circumftances well knovirh ; all is loft ; but all may be recovered by^ a finele fiat, Pjeace and Liberty. That lenient meafures may foon produce this happy event i ; ' F and El I: mi! I'; !■ f'^i ml m I: ■: .'iJ'l, [ 38 ] and that your Lordftiip, and every honeft man may contribute to it, is the fincere wifti of, My Lord, Your mofl: obedient. Humble Servant, An englishman. P. S. If the Canadians fliould ac- cede to the grand alliance of the united colonies (which is more than probable) there will be an acceflion of forty thoufand men to the Ame- rican caufe. ms Day is Puhlijhed, Price Two Shillings, 1"^HE Cafe of Nicholas Nugent, Efq; . late Lieutenant in the Firft Regiment of Foot Guards ; with Copies of the Letters which paiTed between him and General Craig, Lord Barrington, and the Judge Advocate, on Mr. Nugel^t's Application for a Court Martial on himfelf, upon a Charge made againfl him by Major General Craig, while under Arreft, the Refufal of which has obliged him to re(ign his CommifTion. AddrefTed to the Officers of the Firft Regiment of Foot Guards. ALSO ^his Day is Puhli/bed^ Price One Shilling, An Essay upon the King's Friends, with an Account of fome Difcoveries made in Italy, and found in a Virgil, concerning the Tories. Both printed for J. Almon, oppofite Burlinglon- Houfe, in Piccadilly,