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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from France reports political instability, with the ministry tottering and Bernis's exile seen as a farce to appease public anger over France's distressed state. Trade is ruined, colonies endangered, and the public wishes for peace on British terms amid gathering storms.
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You have turned the tables upon us; your ministry seem to be well established; you have a fixed point in view; which you steadily pursue: Our affairs are in a tottering condition; No Minister, or General, on whom we can rely.--The exile of Bernis is look'd upon as a political farce, to appease the minds of the people, who charge him as the sole author of the distressed condition of France; but as his Patroness continues in high credit, it is probable he may be soon recalled, which will occasion strange murmurings, as they think him by no means equal to the high office he filled.-Our designs are baffled in the empire; our trade ruined; our colonies in danger of being starved: and this is all the effects of his pernicious councils: In short, we make but a scurvy figure; and I am afraid we shall be obliged to leave our new friends to fight their own battles, as we see a storm gathering in the South.-- The people here wish for peace, and I believe you must have it on your own terms.
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France
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french affairs tottering; designs baffled in the empire; trade ruined; colonies in danger of being starved; potential abandonment of allies; public wish for peace on british terms.
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The French ministry is unstable with no reliable minister or general; Bernis's exile is viewed as a political farce to calm public blame for France's distress, though his recall is likely due to his patroness's influence, causing murmurings; French designs in the empire are thwarted, trade destroyed, and colonies at risk; France may leave allies to fight alone amid southern storms; people desire peace on England's terms.