The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

LONDON, August

To the PRINTER.

Volentes
Per Populos da jura,
Or Tu regere impero Populos, &c.

SIR,

What on Earth is the Matter with you all ; You are very glad Mr. Pitt is come in; and yet your Paper and all others, are fill'd with Directions to him what to do. There are many of them that are so absurd. they can't, others so wicked, they shou'dnt be complied with. What is the poor Man's to do ? One tells him that he must make the Spaniards pay the Manilla Ransom, without enquiring, or I believe knowing any more than I do, whether it is the Spanish Government or some of their Subjects who ought to pay it. Another tells him he must make France do us Justice, without giving any Instance of the Injustice they have done us. Another says he must annihilate Lord B---; I suppose get him assassinated. Another says, Have the Parliament chose by Ballot :-Convinc'd, I suppose, that in chusing the Directors of our several Companies, Bank, India. &c. &c. there is no Influence. Another says, that all Game is fera natura, and desires that whoever will, may shoot in my Manor, or fish my Royalties, whatever they are worth or whatever they have cost me. Another desires that he will save the Devil and all, by curtailing Places and Pensions ; at the same Time he would have the Half-Pay increased, and the Millions paid to the King of Prussia, which to the Dishonour of this Nation, the perfidious Thane has robbed him of. Your Correspondent indeed says, he does not know what might be sav'd out of the Pensions : I will tell him;--not the Interest of the Money claim'd by the King of Prussia. There are several who expect that he should make Provisions cheap for the Poor, and propose Methods, ineffectual, and totally, contradictory one to the other. One Person for there is but one I think,(which is Lord T---p-) advises Mr. Pitt to undo every thing he has done, unsay every thing he has said, and unravel all the Glory he has gained, by taking G---e G---lle (under the Thane, Author of all our Ills) into his Councils. But recommend me to the Man, who says you must not suffer the French to insult us : He must know much of the State of Foreign Countries. The French are so far from insulting, that they are for ever flattering the English, and every thing that is English. But, in general, he must save us from all Disputes real or imaginary, because this Nation is on the Eve of Destruction, and in the most critical Situation in the World. Thank God (no Thanks to the French, no Thanks to our worthy Peace-makers) that is not the Case; for such is the State of Europe, that We are in no Danger at present. The invidious Peace, said to be but a Truce of some Months, has now already lasted near four Years ; and neither Spain or France have the Power or Inclination to go to War, for at least four Years more, Whenever they are in a Condition to do it, the Lord have mercy upon us. But I hope Mr. Pitt will, before that Time, have put us in a Condition not to fear them. Indeed. I trust he will do us all the Good he can, and more than any body else could. He will heal our Divisions, destroy our Factonists, and enable us to act as an united People, under a most amiable King, with Vigour, to all those good Purposes that are found attainable, by all those Means that are found honourable; God bless his Pursuit and let all the People say, Amen.