The New Hampshire Gazette

LONDON, April 21.

Copy of a Letter presented to the Right Hon. William Pitt.

SIR,

We, the Managers and Owners of the private Ship of War the Antigallican, together with the laudable Association of Antigallicans, established at the Lebeck's Head in the Strand, must think ourselves lost to all sense of Honor, Gratitude, and Concern for our Country, were we not to take the earliest Opportunity to return you our sincere Thanks for your seasonable and ready Execution of his Majesty's Orders on our Behalf, in regard to our Ship and Prize, which has been so long detained in the Bay of Cadiz, by the cruel, treacherous and partial Behaviour of the Governor, after killing and wounding several of our Men, and imprisoning our Officers and the rest of the Crew, in open Violation of the most solemn Treaties, notwithstanding she was before legally condemned to us.

The Easiness of our Access to you, and the generous Protection in our Rights, and polite Treatment in your Office, filled every Heart with a Joy rather to be conceived than expressed, as well knowing that your undertaking this Affair was more than an Omen of its success.

Your whole Behaviour in the Affair has been so noble, so steady, and uniform, that we are at a Loss when to admire you most, in the Design, the Prosecution, or the Event.

Believe us, Sir, when we say that after paying our profound Duty to his Majesty on this Occasion, we think ourselves bound in Gratitude to acknowledge you as the next immediate Cause of the Restitution of our Ship and Prize; and we do with true sincerity of Heart, most ardently wish and pray, that his Majesty may never want a Minister like you to hear with Impartiality, to advise with Candour and Judgment, and with the most steady Resolution to procure proper Redress for the Grievances of his Majesty's Subjects. We are, with the utmost Deference and Respect,

Sir, your most obliged and most obedient humble Servants.

Lebeck's Head. April 15, 1757.