The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 7, 1763, Page 1

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The following Extrail of a Letter from a " Gentleman of Credit now in London, o bis Friend bere, containing the Subfiance of Mr. P--rt’s SPEECH in Parliament, in Anfwer toLord G...ge S..k..)le and others that [poke before bim, relating to the fup- plying bis Majefty with an additional Sum for carrying on the War in Germany and affifting the King of Portugal, we imagine needs no Apology to our Readers for bav- ling & Place in this Paper. ’ Loxvon, Tuefday May 12. 1762, “SIR, HROUGH the Introduc- tion of a worthy Gentle- man, a member of parlia- ment, I.gain’d admiffion in the houfe of commons to ' hear the debates which were to come on that day,and was furnifh’d with a very conveni- g'nt feat, fronting our late worthy patriot E;nini&er the Right Honcrable WiLLiam ““ir1, Elg; The fubftance of which de- bates I will endeavour to give you as well as my memory will allow, together with the - afliftance of a good friend who was alfo there,and has help’d me with what I could not rex -llect. Aft.ra few Vortes paffed touching fome private bill, a meflage was read from his Majetty, defiring che houfe to fupply him with one million; towarde defraying the exigenees of ftate durirg the recefs of par- liament,and to enable him to aflift Portugal. Upon which Lord B.rr..g .», Chancellor of the Exchequer open’d the debate : He was for afliting the King of Portugal, but at the fame tume mentioned the vaft ex- pence the pation had been at, and would not allow of any add.cional burthen, unlefs an end be put to the warin Germany. M. /. lks rofe up next, but fpoke fo low that much of his difcourfe was loft, tho’ enougzh was underftood to thew his aim was chiefly to expofe the prefent miniftry. Alderman B..kf..dfucceeded him on the fame defign, and in the moft bitter manner treated the miniftry with che greateft con- tempt,faying he hardly ketew what to meke - of chem ; that they were an odd medley, made up partly of the old and partly of the new miniftry ; told ’em they imagin’d no body knew any thing but themfeives, and that they had dene nothing for many years but purchafe boroughs to fend members to parliament 5 infinuated that what bad been done was by Mr. P..1¢, for that nothing had been done fince his refignation ; accus’d them of irregulasity in thewr plans, and ir- relolution and timidity in the execution of them. He f{poke like an honeft man, without fear or dread ofany one, but no- thing of that flourith and oratory which we found in fome that fpoke afrer him, . Mr.Gl.ur, a merchant of Loadon, {poke next ; he endeavoured to reprefent theKing of Portugal as having violated his engage- ments relative to the Englith merchants, efpecially in the wine trade, there having been complaints tran{mitted from faid merchants,but he had reafon to think thofe complaints had rot been attended to by Y, Janvarv* 7..1763. Containing the Frefbef! Aduices, b = *)21 {':‘ A% a2 foReTaseiete kol the late miniftry ; arguing from this breach of treaty, that the King of Portugal had no right to expet any affiftance fromEngland. Mr. L.’gg then ftood up, and faid very little, but that little was to che fame pur- pofe ; tho® he took fome paing to perfuade us of ‘the neceflity of making peace ; that the war fhould be contra€ied ; and that the difficuity of ratfing new fupplies would be, if not quite, almoft infurmountable. Mr.G..v:.lle fpoke next, and endeavoured to inforce what Mr. L..gg had faid ; that the expences the nation had been put to were {o heavy that they would not be able to raife the next year’s fupplies thgmid the war bz continued ; he denied t Mr. B..kf.d had faid of the miniltry having been idle,or done little or nothing for many years paft ; andasa proof to the contrary mentioned the many acquifitions we had made this war ; which in talt wasonly con- firming what was faid in favour of Mr. Pixt by B..kf.d. . Lord G....e §..k lle (who tho’ not the beft of men is to be reckon’d among the beft of fpeakers) ftood up next, and try’d " with all the fophiftry of the ‘ableft head, to fthew the differences in'the expence of the late Queéen Ann’s war, ‘and the prefent; that tho’ in the former we had near 18o,- ooo troops employed or the continent, and ~in the prefent not aboveone half that num- ber,yet the expence now much greater than at that time, which he faid muft be owing to want of coconemy in ' the managers of the German war, and iifinuated fomething which might be conftriied to the prejudice of Mr. P.itt ; he toid the houfe he was of the opinion with Mr. L gg, the Honorable Gentleman who fpoke laft,that the expence “the nation had been at was fo great ’twas impofiible to raife any further fupplies, and that he feared he thould fee the time when we fhould come to a full ftop for want of money to carry on the war, and that he bled to fee his country in fuch diftrefs’d circumftances, and concluded with faying he hoped we thould nek fee the time when we, as a.conquering nation, fhould be ob- lig’d to afk a peace of thofe who ought to beg it of us. Mr. P..tt, our late worthy minifter, next rofe from his feat,and like an Angel diffus’d a light throughout the whole affembly ; he fpoke for 2 miautes, which when over, feem’d like a- moment of tranfport : He made a maft gloriousSpeech 31 was charm’d with the noble fentiments, the honefty of heart, the tender regard for his King and country which breath’d forth in every word he faid 5 fuch inchanting mufick I never heard before ; 1 forgot all my palt misfor- tunes,and did not anticigate thofe to come while he was fpeakisgl was compleatly hap- py, if there be fuch en earth 3 he convinc’d every one, who was not more than an in- fidel’twas abfolutely neceffary to continue the German war, and affift the King of Portugal 3 that *twas his opinion there was no fupporting a war without a continental connection, that it had ever been found po- litical, except inthe four unhappy reigns of the Stuarts, [this exception was tho’t nota { Weeks firce this Bgp: * Uit Pablimeds 0N - Foreign and Domeflick. - lietle fevere on my Lord B..te, who is of tl‘xat‘fa‘mxly] and in 2 very jocular way sarn’d to different parts of the houfe and faid, you that are for continental meafures,] am with you ;s and you that are forafiifting theKing of Psrtugal, 1 am with you ; and you thz«.:".: are for puttingan end to the war, 1 an with you alfo ; in thort I am the enly man to be found that am with you all; (which occafion’d a general laugh throughout the houfe.) He then pointed out.the fuccefics which had attended the Britith arms in all parts of the world,and the immenfe advan- tages gain’d in our trade,which would more than compenfate for the large expences we had been at, and was a confideration (as he obferv’d)pafs’d over unnoticed by thofe who were complaining of the heavy burthen of war ; and in regard to what Mr. L. gg and G..v..lle faid,upon contra&ing the expences, he entircly agreed with them, and faid whoever fhould effeé this falutary work would deferve the higheft encomiums ; but that he hop’d a diftin@ion would be made between contrafling the expence and contralis ing the operations of the war, and defird any one prefent to thew how the latter could have been, or mighg il be-done with fafe- ty : He then told us'he did not find any lefs expence attended the nation now, than when e unworthily held the feals, or that more was dene ; and turning to the Marquis of Granby, did’ him that juftice which was his due, by telling him, he knew his zeal for the good of his country was fuch, 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 $..£../ faid, no one doubted his capacity, if his heart was but as good ; that for his part he could not tell the reafon of the continental expences eing more now, than inQueen 4nn’s time, unlefs *twas becaufe provinder and every thing elfe in Germany was dearer now than then, and wifh’d the noble Lord had ex- plain’d part of his fpeech, for that he did not properly know what to make of it it carried a fomething ! a fufpicion which he did not well underftand! but if he mednt that there had not been fair play with the money, be knew nothing of it, and then (ftretching out his hands and moving hLis fingers) told us, they were clean! there was none of it ftuck to them! and that he wou’d econd 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 houfe, 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 Majefty’s teet, and there bleed at every pore. He then reprefented that in con- fequence of withdrawing our 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, buc that he did not mean to bear Portugal on our fhoulders,bug only te fet him on his legs, and pur a fword in his hand that the French were almoft a ruin’d nation, having expendedin the lait NI