The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 6, 1757, Page 1

Friday, May 6. 1757. § TMNM'HW@M%M R e bbb bbb papapudebidapepibide drptd SoeRRRnn Y Advices With the Frefbeft (Gmrr e From a late MAGAZINE. o the Right Honourable WI1LLIAM PIDT, L/y; His Majefly’s Principal Secretary of State. S1R, > UR - Gracious Sovereign hath committed to you O and your Friends the Adminiftration of public Affairs, for the Relief of an injured Pecple. We believe you are not above Advice and Admo- nition, efpecially from thofe whofe Benefit and Weltare you have undertaken to procure. On this Account we make Ufe of our natvral Right, in fetting before you wherein, and in what Manoer, we expefi to be ferved. Some of our Grievances we lately mention’d in one of the London Papers, in “ The Inftraftions to thofe Members of Parliament to whom no particular Inftractions had been given. We repeat our earneit Defire to have thofe Matters confidered and redrefled ; adding, that if we are allowed to carry Arms for our own Defence, we beg that this may not encroach upon the Obfervation of the Lord’s Day, foas to have the Violation of a pofitive Command of God (already very. frequent ) emjoined by Law. , We are perfuaded that Diligence and Frugality in the Managers of the Revenue, and other Officers,would be more than Half the prefent Land-Tax. The Cuf- toms themfelves, if under as good a Regulation as the Excife, would be near one Half of this Sum ; and. the firiking off ufele(s Places and Penfions, and a Reduétion of the exorbitant Salaries and Gains of others, will raife the other Half. Or, if there be any Deficiency, it might be fupplied by applying to the Sinking Fund one Half of all Merchant Ships, taken from the Enemy by our Men of War. This Jaft will really be of Benefit to the Service, for Experience hath abundantly fhewed that nothing fpoils an Officer fo much as growing rich. And with Refpect to the other Part of the Requelt, we would hope that Pity to our Diftreffes will incline you and your Friends to endeavour to reftrain the Number of Placemen, that the great Ones may no longer riot _Aa Idlenefs, Debauclicry, Gamige and Gluttony, apng - the Spoils of an impoverifhed People. We flatter our- felves too that the Proteétion given to Smuggling will - now ceafe, fince He no longer rules, to oblige whofe Tenants, it hath been faid, this Countenance hath been iven. . As we are now engaged in War, which is an Appeal to God, and the Succefs entirely depends on his Favor, we hope fome Methods will be taken, by difcouraging the national Sins, to regain his Favor who is the Lord of Hof's. But we caonot hope that God will blefs the Counfels of thofe that are the avowed Defpifers of his Laws, and live in open Contempt of Religion ; who {pend that Time in Gaming and Debauchery, which fhou!d be devoted to Ged in religious Duties, as well as that which is due to the Service of their Couatry. Neither.can we expect God will go forth with our Fleets and Armies, whileour Regiments are filled with Prophanenefs in Men and Officers, and every Man of War is a little Hell of Impiety. Nor can we hope Things will be better until great Gaming. Houfes are fupprefled, and Magiftrates are thereby encouraged to do the fame by little Ones, until profeflfed Irreligion and open Wickednefs be made a Bar to civil and mili- tary Promotions ; untilthe Cuftom be broken of {elling Chaplainthips of Regiments to wealthy Clergymen, who entirely negleé the Duty ; until the Chaplains of the Men of War are on a ftill more refpettable Foot- ing than at prefent, in Dignity and Refpe(t at lealt, though not in Power and Pay, next to the Captains, and until more Care is taken in chufing them and other Minifters. Indecd a Reformation thro'out the whole is highly defirable, as by keeping out- the idle and ig- norant, fo by utterly abolithing thofe Scandals of the Church, Pluralities and Non. Refidence, and by apply- ing the overgrown Wealth of fome to the Relief of the pooreft. That any Bifhop fhould have more than 1000l. per Annum, any parochial Clergyman more than 2z or 3001. or lefs than 1001, is not at all for the Good of Religion. ~ We are not fo fanguine as to imagine that our many #nd great Corruptions and Diftrefles can be cured eafi- i/, fuddenly, or entirely. Yet we charge you to con- fider by what Kind of Conduttyour Predeceflors have caufed our prefent Diftrefles, and by contrary Meafures to endeavour what you can to give fome Relief. Ong who fat many Yearsat the Helm of Affairs,and every Year forwarded Britain’s Ruin, fecured himfelfin Power by Bribary and Corruption. This was his diftin- guithing Talent, to know the Price of every Man, and dv B i (NI OONRMALS " and Perjury, ftill rémained” i full Vigor. G buy him off from oppofiny LisAdminiftration: His Un- derlings copied his Examp'e, and introduced Corroption into every Cornes of the Land, cftabiifhing a K nd of Syftem for buying and felling Votes in P = t, Bo- roughs, Managers, and Vores in Boroughs, The Eife& of this was a heavy Burdes ow the Natioo, by new and needlefs Places bringing o heavy Taxes ; it alfo cover- ed the Land with an intelerable Load of Guilt; the Guilt of Perjury, and man~ other Crimes, which have drawn on us the Evils we mow. fuffer. Thefle deftrultiveand v’ edMealures wwere expofed. thwarted and at laf.difcopee-ted, by angrher W P, and his Friends. But when tt .. great Man {eemed to have it in his Power to relievr, iis injured Country, he fud- denly ftopped fhort. Whe::er unable to accomplith his Intentions by Reafon of thie prevailing Power of other Corruptars,or whether he . *ver had fach worthy Views, he feemed to reft contenté! with having {oiled his Ad- verfary, and Rivalin Elesuence ; and hath ever fince lain buried under a Title “ad publick Repioach. If he ever defired and really intended a bappy Change, now is his Time to recover bi¢ iaft Credit, by raifing and firengthening your Hand: The fucceeding Miniftzy trod in the (ame Path, with fome Improvemeitt. Intefizable Places and Penfions, foreign Uonnedtions, puyick Hxtravagance, Bribery Corraption became more powerfu!, and gut on additional Charms, The leading Man, by 2 “yeoch Cook and vaft Ex- pence, bribed the Bellies ¢~ L ds and M rs of P —t,and led them by the T'ooth. Under Ma- nagers imitated their Lea%:r, and now a good Table s kept by mott refiding Botg:gh Rulers ; elegant Enter- tainments, caofing Gfu:cjuny and Drunkennefs, are joined with Money and ¥ icesin fecaring Fl 5 This heightened cur forns, Evils, increafed our Debt, multiplied our Sivs,and [ ¢h provoked the Holy God ftill more. Luxury mad-flj ien needy, Need expofed them to Corruption, Perju. &c, and thus Soul, Body, and Fortuna herame aPrgd hie taiohty Deflrover —. Savior armis luxuria incublet. - _ Thefe, great Sir, are fome of our Sufferings. By thefe Means they have been broughton. Rife, and be a glorious Deliverer. Shew yourlelf ready to relieve us, and there are many that will gladly join and fupport you. Begin; you will find more Afliftance, and per- haps lefs Oppofition than you expect. Strike at the greatell Evils firft, and fear not; Gop, and the People, are on your Side. T'o reitrain Sin, is fighting theCaufe of God; to endeavour to relieve a bardened Nation will engage the Love of Millions. As foon as you begin, you may depend on the Affift- ance of all the Virtuous, and Lovers of their Country, in both Houofes. Thefe that are chofen by popular Ele&ions will join you too, except perhaps a very few that cannot live without Prey. As for the bargaining Borough Men, wha fpend Half their Fortunes to get a Seat by bribing the Voters, or purchale it of fome great Men, thefe will follow wherever they fee the Loaves and Fithes. Hopes of Half a Place, properly reduced, will be more prevalent with thele needy Ones, than a diftant Profpe&t of rioting in fuch high Penfions as are now given, by difconcerting your good Endeavours. The greateft Oppofition you have to expet is from another Affembly. They have, before now, defeated an Attempt to reduce Placemen, and very lately refufed to confent to fuffer us to be armed for our own De- fence. But here too are {ome Men of Virtue, and Friends to Britain ; thele will readily efpoule the glo- rious Caufe. ~ Befides, Czzsar ison your Side : He 1s willing to reftore Profperity to Britain ; he earneftly defires it ; with this Intention he fixed on you. They that were created by his Favor, will not buzz or fting when the royal Beams are withdrawn. And who ever faw them oppofe the Man that held the Keys of the ftrong Box'? When they, or any others, fee that on Account of their Oppofition to falatary Methods, they are pointed out as the Foes of Liberty, and averfe to their Country’s Welfare, they will not venture to ftand the Tide of Univerfal Odiam, they will cail to Mind, perhaps, what happened about 116 Years ago. As the Condu@ we recommend to ybu is pradlicable, it is alfo neceflary even to f{upport your own Power. The unnatural Methods of -Bribery and debauching Feafls, have eat ont the Bowels of the Nation. The Debt isrun too high: to fupport thefe anylonger. The Times now demand no fuch Quackery, but wholfome Medicine, or Death muft follow. Necefity and Vir- tue join to point you out your Way, Your Duty to 7 { / . NuMz. ‘318 RZETTE ™ s IR TCLE LDV BT BETL FRREBLILRNNPLES Foreign and Domeflick. e et = W— God, and the Defires, the Demands of the pecp'eare here the fame. Never was that moré trne thau 20w, Vox Populi, Fox Dei. If you don’t improve the Opportunityno® putinto your Hands, Jbut foliow the Ways of thole who have been Britain’s ceadly Foes; if a Tite, Lové of Mon .»“ will fall, from the higheit Refpet an v to as low and univerialfo nominy and Coniemni. orher BEdeéts wil , we cannot fay. ; not impoveritheld, opyreiled, earaged Mi But if your Heart is honett, the Love for Britain, that hath o Tongue, be now fhewsd 0 Profpect is before you ? Whli, 120 t ftoo nity, reward the Maa that and overflowing Ruain # And if prefent Gilory be ds able, neither he that is diltinguithed by the Title Conqueror, will appear greates in our Liteem, nor thar greater WiLLiam that delivered ns from Popery and arbitrary Power, will be dearer to cur [Jearts than Yov. Forit is lefs glorious to conquer a Nation by Arms, than to overcome Luxury and Corruption, which had led that Nation Captive. It isalefls Benefit to bede- livered even from Popery, than from over(preading Iniquities, Mifery, and a threatening infulting Foe. How glorious will it appeéar in the Annals of Britain, That in the 30th Year of George Il. by the Com- mand of that beloved King, and by the Wifdom and Diligence of W. P. and his Friends, Liberty began to be eftablithed, Corruption and Debauchery and Impi- ety to be checked, Eafe, Welfare and Profperity, to be reftored to Five Mirrions! % sk ok ok sk sk sk sk Kook Sk R K K kR koK %k ok TouLoN,(a firong and populous City of France) Fan. 14: Commodore de la Clue will fail in a few days with four men of war to intercept a'convoy of Englith mer- chantmen which are to affemble from the different ports of Italy at Leghorn, and proceed from thence under the copvoy of three frigates, A Captain of a_mer- allow, feaven, in Erer- n his Country chantman lateiy arrived trom Legliorh teils us,” thay among thisfleet are five rich Turkey thips. PETERSBURG, (the Metropolis of Ruffia) Fan. 15. We hear from Mofcow, that a great Fire lately hap- pened there, which hath deftroyed feveral hundred houfes ; and, among others, the magnificent ftruture which belonged to Count de Rafumoufki, NarLEs,(a rich magnificent City, the Capital of the Kingdomefubjeited to the K. of the tawo Sicilies) Jan. 16. It is faid, that 12,000 of our troops have received orders to hold themfelves in Readinefs to embark for Spain, and that tranfports will foon come from that kingdom to take them on board. The mafter of a Felucea, juft arrived from Mefiina, brings advice, that the inhabitants of divers places in the neizhbourhood of that city have all quitted their habi- tations, for fear of being deftroyed by the eruptions of Mount Ztna,which have totally ruin’d feveral villages; and that the inhabitants of Mefiina, terrified by the {ub- terraneous noifes, had not courage enough to ftay in town ; for when the Felucca came away, they wers fhill lying in the fields under tents and huts erected in hafle. Macr1p, (the Metropolis of Spain ) Fan. 18. Allthe foreign families fettled at Gibraltar being . ordered to lay up provifions for two years or leave the place, many are gone to Cadiz. ViENNa, ( the Metropolis of Germany) Jan. 19. It is fettled that Marfhal Browne’s army fhall confift of 80,000 men, and that of Prince Piccolominia of a- bout 70,000. We lzarn from Buda, that 6000 horfes are arrived there for. Belgrade to remount the cavalry. The s5th Inft. in the night it was colder by two degrees than ever it was in 1740,& as cold asin the year 1709. Fan. 30. We hear from Konigfberg, that the Pruf- fian troops are affembled for opening the campaign in thofe parts, and are aflually on their march towards the frontiers of Poland. Feb. 4. They write from Pragne, that General Browne had given orders to all his officers for their refpedlive regiment to be ready to march at 24 hours notice, which had caufed an expectation that the cam- paign would be opened fooner than ordinary. Lztesic, (a, Arong City of Germany ) Jan. 26. His Pruffian Majefty, by the augmentations he has made in his troops, by his fuccefs in raifing recruits in the Empire, by the addition of the Saxon troops incor- porated with his own, and by the recruits he has de- manded from Saxony, has aflually on foot upwards 6f 200,000 men, Fan,