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Containing the Frefbefi Aduices,
From the BOSTON Evening Post Dec. 13.
The following Extrali of a Letter from a
Gentleman of Credit- now in London, 70
bis Friend bere, containing the Subfiance of
Mr. P--«t’s SPEECH in Parliament, in
Answer toLord G...ge 5..k..11e and others
that [poke before bim, relating 1o the sup
plying bis Majesty with an additional Sum
for carrying on the War in Germany and
assisting the King of Portugal, we imagine
meeds no Apology to our Readers for bav
ing & Place in this Paper.—
. Loxpon, Tu¢fday May 12, 1762,
13S: IRy
66 HROUGH the Introduc
| tion of a worthy Gentle
] ! man, a member of parlia
) Lens Ol ment, I.gain’d admission in
bl the house of commons to
' hear the debates which were to come on that
flay,and was furnifh’d with a very conveni
int feat, fionting our late worthy patriot
E;.?ninifier the Right Honcrable WiLriam
171, Elq; The substance of which de
bates I will endeavour to give you as well
as my memory will allow, together with the
-assistance of a good friend who was also
there,and has help’d me with what I could
not rex-llett,
* Astra few Votes passed touching some
private bill;, a meflage was read from his
Majesty, desiring he house to supply him
with one million; tewarde defraying the
exigenees of state during the recess of par
liament,and to enable him to assist Portugal.
Upon which Lord B.rr..g .n, Chancellor
of the Exchequer open’d the debate : He
was for afliting the King of Portugal, but
at the fame tume mentioned the vast ex
pence the nation had been at, and would
not allow of any add.tional burthen, unless
an end be put to the warin Germany.
M. /. lks rose up next, but spoke folow
that much of his discourse was loft, tho’
enough was understood to shew his aim was
chiefly to expose the present ministry.
Alderman B..kf.d succeeded him on the
fame design, and in the most bitter manner
treated the ministry with che greatest con
tempt,faying he hardly ktew what to mzke
of them ; that they were an odd medley,
made up partly of the old and partly of the
new ministry 5 told ’em they imagin’d no
body knew any thing but themfeives, and
that they had done nothing for many years
but purchase boroughs to fend members
to parliament ; insinuated that what bad
been done was byMr.P..l¢, for that nothing
had been done since his resignation ; accus’d
them of irregularity in thewr plans, and ir
relolution and tirmidity in the execution of
them. He spoke like an honest man,
without fear or dread ofany one, but no
thing of that flourith and oratory which we
found in some that spoke after him,
_ Mr.Gl.vr, a merchant of Loondon, fpske
next ; he endeavoured to reprelent theKing
of Portugalas having violated his engage
ments relative to the Erolith merchants,
elpecially in the wine trade, there having
been complaints tran{muted frem said
merchants,but he had reason to think those
complaints had not been attended to by
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the late ministry ; arguing from this breach
of treaty, that the King of Portugal had no
right to expect any assistance from England.
‘Mr. Lgg then stood up, and said very
little, but that little was to the famc pur
pose ; tho® he took feme paing to persuade
us of ‘the neceflity of making peace ; that
the war thould be contrzéied ; and that the
difficulty of raising néw supplies would be,
if not quite, almolt insurmountable. - -
Mr.G..v:.lle spoke next, and endeavoured
to inforce what Mr. L..gg had said ; that
the expences the nation had been put to
were so heavy that they would not be able
“to raise the next year’s supplies mfighe ’
“war be continued ; he denied what Mr.
B..kf.d had said of the miniltry having
been idle,or done little or nothing for many
years past ; andasa preof to the contrary
‘mentioned the many acquisitions we had
made this war ; which in tat wasonly con
firming what was faid‘in favour of Mr. Piut
by 8..4/.d. ¥
Lord G....e B.k lle (who tho’ not the
best of men is to be reckon’d among the
best of speakers) stood up next, and try’d
with all the sophistry of the ‘ableft head, to
shew the differences in'the expence ot the
late Queen Ann’s war, ‘and the present;
that tho’ in the former we had near 180,-
000 treops employed o the continent, and
in the present not aboveone half that num
ber,yet the expence now much greater than
at that time, which he said must be owing
to want of coconemy in " the managers of
the German war, and iifinuated {omething
which might be confirired to the prejudice
of Mr. P..tt 5 he toid ¢hie house he was of
the opinion with Mr. L. gg, the Honorable
Gentleman who spoke last, that the expence
“the nation ‘had been at was so great “twas
impoflible to raise any further supplies, and
that he feared he thould fee the time when
we should come to a full stop for want of |
money to carry on the war, and that he
bled to fee his country in such diftrefs’d
circumstances, and concluded with faying
he hoped we should nek fee the time when
we, as a conquering nation, should be ob
lig’d to ask a peace of those who ought to
beg it of us. |
Mr. P..#t, our late worthy minister, next
rose from his fear,and like an Angel diffus’d
a hight throughout the whole assembly ; he
spoke for 2 miautes, which when over,
feem’d like a- moment of transport ¢ Fe
made a mast glorious Speech 31 was charm’d
with the noble sentiments, the honelty of
heart, the tender regard for his King and
country which breath’d forth in every word
he said ; such inchanting mufick I pever
heard before ; I forgot all my palt misfor
tunes,and did not anticipate those to come ;
while he was {peakingl was compleatly hap
py, if there be such cn earth ; he convine’d
every one, who was not more than an in
fidel *twas absolutely necessary to continue
the German war, and affit the King of
Portugal 5 that twas his opinion there was
no {upporting a war without a continental
connection, that it had ever been found po
litical, except inthe four unhappy reigns of
the Ssuarts, [this exception was tho’t nota
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little severe on my Lord B..ze, who is of
that family] and in 2 very jocular way sarn’d
to different parts of the house and said, you
that are for continental meafures,| am with
you ; and you that are foraffifting theKing
of Pertugal, | am with you ; and you that
are for puttingan end to the war, I z2m
with you also ; in thort I am the enly man
to be found that am with you all; (which
occafion’d a general laugh throughout the
house.) He then pointed out.the fuccefics
which had attended the Britith arms i all
parts of the world,and the immense advan
tages gain’d in our trade,which would more
than compensate for the large expences we
had been at, and was a consideration (as he
obferv’d)pafs’d ever unnoticed by those who
were complaining of the heavy burthen of
war 3 and in regard to what Mr. L. gg and
G..v..11e faid,upon contraling the expences,
he entirely agreed with them, and said
whoever should effe@ this salutary work
would deserve the highest encomiums ; but
that he hop’d a diftin@ion would be made
between contralling the expence and contrali
ing the eperations of the war, and defird
any one present to thew how the latter could
have been, or mighgftill be-done with fafe
ty : He then told us'he did not find any
less expence attended the nation now, than
when be unworthily held the seals, or that
more was dene ; and turning to the Marquis
of Granby, did him that justice which was
his due, by telling him, he knew his zeal for
the good of his country was such, that if he
had receiv’d his orders, he was {ure he
would not then be where he was ; and as to
what that noble Lord G....e §..k../¢ {aid, no
one doubted his capacity, if his heart was
but as good ; that for his part he could not
tell the reason of the continental expences
being more now, than inQueen 4nn’s time,
unle(s *twas because provinder and every
thing else in Germany was dearer now than
then, and wifh’d the noble Lord had ex
plain’d part of hisfpeech, for that he did
not properly know what to make of it ;
1t carried a something ! a -suspicion which
he did not well understand! but if he mednt
that there bad not been fair play with the
money, he knew nothing of it; and then
(stretching out his hands and moving his
fingers) told us, they were clean! there was
none of it stuck to them! and that he wou’d
second any member of the houfe,who fhou’d
move for an enquiry into the money mat
ters,he wanted to know how’twas appropri
ated, that the whole truth might come out
He obferv’d the noble Lord had told the
house, that he bled for his country, and he
did not wonder at it 3 that *twas his opini
on, he ought to throw his body at his
Majesty’s teet, and there bleed at every
pore.~—He then represented that in con
sequence of withdrawing cur troops from
Germany, Portugaland the low countries
would become a prey to theFrench & Spani
ards, that in point of policy, we were oblis
ged to maintain them, but that he did not
mean to bear Portugal on our fhoulders,bug
only te {et him on his legs, and put a sword
in his hand 5 that the French were almost a
ruin’d nation, having expendedin the last