' . • .. *< -. • r *v - - *: at --r; p fi ssw Hi %sk ;3$S • * * * Vr Lr. LETTER To an Honourable Brigadier General, &c. ac * y* k $ $ :<«>: a? o.:<* »: & & $$ $ & & [Price One Shilling.3 * n < iUL - S f * ‘-'I. . A - ' * V % f. A * LETTER To an Honourable Brigadier General, Commander in Chief of his Majefty’s Forces in CANADA, LONDON, Printed for J. Burd, oppolite St. Dunjlan's Church , Fleetjlreet . 1760. - v ‘ -* * * I t * I A LETTER To an Honourable Brigadier General* Commander in Chief of his Majefty’s Forces in CANADA. S I R, I N my religious Dotfbts I apply to the Di-» vinity of Doctor Whitfield ; in any thea¬ trical Difficulties, I confult the canonical Cri- ticifmsof a certain right Reverend; and in my polite Mifadventures the Phylician of Lud - gate-hill is my celer atque fidelis, ftcret and fpeedy. To whom therefore fhall I appeal in any military Doubts, but to the Man, whom Fortune, that never-erring Judge of Merit, in one ffiort Campaign made a Sol¬ dier, a General, and a Commander in ' Chief? Th£ B . [ - ] The Title, under which I have the Ho¬ nour of addreffing this Letter to you, will not, I confels, immediately point you out to the Eye of the Publick. It has been given, by the Compilers of the Court Ca¬ lendar to Brigadier General T—d; Or, not improbable, that fagacious Gentleman fent it to the Prefs himfelf, as an Hint to the Minifter, that luch a Command would be neceflary for his Ma—ty’s Service, al¬ though he might prudently chufe to flay at Home, when he received it. However, if Envy fhould peevifhly ob¬ ject againft the Difcernment of Fortune in the Choice of her Favourites, let it be bold¬ ly anfwered, that, independent of Fortune and her Favours, you have made' the moll diilinguifhed Honour of the prefent War, in a peculiar Manner, your own. The Goddefs of Blindnefs and Caprice had cer¬ tainly no Share in the Capitulation of Que¬ bec. Ardent in the Purfuit of Glory, and the Applaufe of your Country, You gene- * * roufly [ 3 ] xoufiy violated the Rules of Wars; Yon riik¬ ed the Refentment of your fuperior Officer; you figned the Articles of Capitulation with¬ out his knowledge, and anxious for the Pre- feryation of your Conqueft, you appointed the Staff of the Garrifon, without even alh- ing his Content. He might, indeed, fuf- peCt tlie Friendfliip you had long profefted for him, but with the Spirit of an old Ro¬ man, the Love of our Country, omnes om¬ nium cavitates compleftitur . He might have ordered you into Arreft for fuch an Outrage to his Authority. He was not infenfible of the Indignity, but you afked his Pardon, and languifhing under his Wounds, he accept¬ ed your Submiftion. Thus you carried your Point. You received into your Protection the Capital of an Empire, larger than half the Roman Conquefts; and though you had formally entered your Proteft againft at¬ tacking the Piace, you alone enjoyed the Honours of its being taken. B 2 Your t 4 ] Your Appetite for Glory being now ful¬ ly fatisfied, you defcended from the Heights pf Abraham , like Gideon —not the Gideon , who difcomfited the Hoft of Midian with the Sound of his Trumpets,— but like an¬ other Illuftrious of the Name, defending, at the Sign of his Majefty’s Arms, from a delicious Feaft of Turtle ; and as, the bet¬ ter Part of Valour is Difcretion , according to Fal/Jlajfe’s Wifdom, you difcreetly left your Regiment, whofe paultry Emoluments you had dearly purchafed by your one Cam¬ paign, and prudently quitted a Scene, where Danger would probably be too bufy. You fagacioufly forefaw, that the French would endeavour to recover their Capital, and you were convinced, that the Place was not de- fenlible. You had not entered, like a de- fperate Volunteer, into the Service. You had been prefTed into it. You had been nominated without your Knowledge or Con- fent. You were not therefore engaged by any Point of Honour or Gratitude to con¬ tinue [ 5 1 rinue in it, whenever it became dange¬ rous or difagreeable. Your Under {landing was not to be dazzled by Mr. Wolfe' s foolifh Paflion for Glory. He had precipitately "ventured beyond all Poflfibility of retreat¬ ing. He had no other Choice, but that of Death or Vidiory, efpecially after you had folemnly entered your Proteft againft his Plan for attacking the Enemy. In thefe happy Circumftances, you very wifely preferred a peaceful Walk from Wor- cefler to Norfolk at the Head of your Mili¬ tia Regiment to the Snow-Shoes Expediti¬ ons of America. Happy for the Canadians , that Nature hath cooled and tempered your Courage by this delicate. Senlibility of Cold. Happy, thrice happy for the Scots in their Rebellion ! The Highlanders would not have made fuch an cbfinate Ref/lance at the Battle of Cullodm , or rendered the Sword and Target fo juflly terrible to the Britifh Soldiery, if even your perfect Veneration for the Perfon of your royal Commander could <4 have f 6 } have prevailed over your natural Antipathy to a Northern Campaign. Although Ihavejuftly given you the foie Honour of your Capitulations of Quebec , independant of Fortune, or her Influence, yet let us not totally difclaim her Favour and Prote&ion. Among Heroes of ancient Days the Favour of the Gods was always efteem- ed a pious Proof of Merit, and fhall we not acknowledge it moft fortunate, and con- fequently meritorious, that you were necefr farily appointed to be the Hiflorian of your own Exploits? Alexander paflionately la¬ mented, that he had not, like /.ichilles , an¬ other Homer to give Immortality to his Cont quefts. I know, that our ingenious Moderns have been reproached with plundering the Shrines of Antiquity, and ranfacklng the Virtues of the Dead to ereft a lying Mo¬ nument of Fame to the Living*. I fhall not be apprehenfive of this Reproach, when I afTert [ 7 ] ^ 1 % * * * * aflert, that the nobleft Praife ever giveri to Ccefar, that of writing with the fame Spi¬ rit, with which he fought, is equally due td you for the Letter you wrote from Quebec to the Secretary of State. Some malignant Spirits, indeed, were offended at your not having paid one civil Compliment to the Memory of General Wolfe, or ufed even one kind Expreflion of Efteem or Affec¬ tion with Regard to his Perfon. Surely, fome People are never to be fatisfied. Per¬ mit me, Sir, in your Name to afk them, whether your warmeft Encomiums could have added to that univerfal good Opinion, which the Public had conceived of Mr. Wolfe' s Abilities and Courage ? Would they, unreafonable as they are, have had a Gen¬ tleman of your Birth and Breeding, imitate the foolifh Generofity of Sir William John- fon f I have only to regret the Lofs of Gene - ral Prideaux. 7 endeavoured to purfue his t vigorous Meafures, the good Effedls cj which he deferred to enjoy *J*. Impofed upon, •f- .Sir William Jabrfaus Letter to Major General Amherji. per- [ 8 J perhaps, by this fpecious Appearance of Ge¬ nerality, Lord Granby refigned the Honours of the Battle of Warbourg to General Mojlyn . Gr was it not rather from the natural Weak- nefs of his Heart, that could be fatisfied with the fecret Confcioufnefs of having per- - V- formed his Duty, without being too anxi-. ous for the. Applaufe of the public ? But they mud have known very little; of the Ex¬ pedition to Quebec , who expeded, that you would bear Tedimony to the Conduct of a General, whofe Plan of Operations you had the Honour, both in public and pri¬ vate, to oppofe j and againd whofe lad: defperate Attempt you ^proteded, in Forim True, this Attempt fucceeded ; but not the mod fortunate Succefs fhould alter an Opi¬ nion, founded like yours, in calm, delibe¬ rate Judgement. You were not prejudi- ced in Favour of this Attack by having any Share in the Execution.' You were at a lafe* and honourable Didance from the Scene of Adion, when you were told , that you t 9 ] you commanded *. The Enemy was routed before General Wolfe fell, or Monckton was wounded* You had only to temper the Ar¬ dour of the Soldiers in the Purfuit, and I dare fwear you led them on, as regularly, and as methodically according to the Rules of War, as your Friend and Favourite, Lord George, flow-marched the Cavalry at the Battle of Minden . You have been his Lordflup’s warmeft Advocate, and he has been to you an Example of military Glory. % Since I have mentioned the Minden Hero, give me Leave to afk you, for you are in his Confidence, what is become of him ? Is he retired ( Scipio -j* and others have done it) from the Hopes of Ambition, and the Views of Glory ? Retired to his late Purchafe among his faithful Friends the * Brigadier General 7- — d's Letter from Quebec, •J* Captain Bluffe in the Old Batchelor. c Scots t [ 10 ] - _ Scots ? At lead, to him they have been faithful. Is he there meditating a new Plan, fince the old one fucceeded fo un¬ fortunately, of difobeying Command with Impunity, and, if podibie, without much Sufpicion, at lead:, without an abfolute Con- ' vision of Cowardice ? It would really, Sir, be a worthy Exer- » 9 cife of his Abilities, during his Retirement, _ to x inform the Public , Why • he did not put himfelf at the Head of the Britifh In¬ fantry at Minden ? Was it, indeed, be- c&tife the Pod of Honour Wis - likely to be the Pod of Danger ? Let him account, if podibie, for Lord Granby'S making the Cavalry ma^ch almod five Miles in lets Time, than his Lordfhip took to delibe¬ rate, whether he fhould march at all; or than he took to march half a Mile, after he* found it was no longer dangerous to begin. The Marquis was not afraid of blowing his Horfes. He probably knew not the .[ ii 3 the Principles y upon ‘which Lord George thought it proper to conduct a Wing of Ca -• •ualry. He did not refled, that •whoever attempts to bring Squadrons, ajter being blown or. hurried, to an Attack , will foon find, that the Vigour and Weighty fo pecu¬ liar to the Britijh Cavalryy will be loft by their own Mifmanagement and Indifcretion *, What Pity, that all thefe Maxims, the Wifdom at once and the Glory of a Review, fhould be thus -totally deftroyed by one lhort Hour’s Experience. The French did not find thefe Squadrons un¬ fit for A&ion, who had made fuch Halle into it. They had the Happinefs to arrive in Time to Jhare the Glory of the Day , hav¬ ing fuccefsfully charged , feveral TitneSy both the Enemy s Cavalry and Infantry f. --------:- - --—F * Proceedings of a General Court-Martial upon the Trial if. Lord George SackvilUy page.65. f Lord Granby's Letter to the Earl of HoldjrneJfe. 1 . - ' - 1 C 2 When 4 When I read Lord Granby s Account of this Engagement; when I lee the Britifh Infantry fainting under the Heat of tfye. Weather ; over-jlraining themfelves to get fin, through morajfy and difficult Ground, s and juddenly dropping down on their March ; when I fee his Lordfhip, in his Impati¬ ence to enter into Adiorn, putting him?- felf at the Head of the Cavalry* and ad- vancing towards the Enemy at a full *Trot, though the Difiaiice was near five Miles , I am alrrjoft tempted to wifb .for fome other General, a f- — -d, or a S- — We, who would certainly reprefs this Ardour in our Soldiers; this Paffion, this Mad- nefs of fighting. On the contrary, Lbrd Granby animates them by his own Exam¬ ple, and that unhappy Influence he has gained over their Affedions. danger and Difficulty feem to him Motives of Obedi¬ ence to the Orders he receives, and un¬ doubtedly he wants Lord George’s pene- [ »3 ] trating Spirit, by which he fhould know, before he tried them, how many Things are impoftible. Iris acknowledged,that the BritifhTroops have gained great Honour to the Nation un¬ der his Lordfhip s Command, and no Man’s Heart exults in national Honour, more than mine.— But, Sir, I am no Friend to contir ne-nfal Meafures; a bitter Enemy to them in the Extreme, to which they are now carri¬ ed. I am not fo dazzled with the Abilities and Succefs of Duke Ferdinand , as not to fee-great Faults and great-good'Fortune. Through all the Glories, with which the ^ British Arms are environed, I can fee the Lives of our brave Countrymen, I think, much too prodigally lavifhed away : cer¬ tainly beyond all Proportion of Numbers, when compared with the reft of the army. * • •» a » ■} ^ His ferene Hiahnefs, it is confefled, has ^ \ > > not been infenf ble to their Merit, and as he I >4 } he is confcious, that Praife is the bell, indeed, the proper Reward of a Soldier’s Virtue, he has given it moll liberally. At Minden lix Britifh Regiments routed an Ar¬ my, and we are told, our Infantry performed Wonders . At Corbach the Retreat was at¬ tended with a little Confufion. In Truth, the 'HelTians and Hanoverians had given Way* Our Battalions would have fujfered confderably hereby, had it not been for the Bravery of the Hereditary Prince , who, putting himfelf at the Head of one of Bland’j Squadrons , and of Howards Regiment of Dragoons , charged the Enemy fo furuufly , as enabled our Infantry to make a fafe Re¬ treat Upon this Occafion the Britifh Troops received the ufual Compliments, which indeed they greatly well defervecL I shall trouble you with only one In- fiance more. In the Affair of Erxdorff, London Qazctte, July 2,2. Elliot’s. I [ <5 1 Elliot s Regiment fignalized tkemfehes great¬ ly* Our Trophies are nine Fair of Colours y ahnojl all of which we owe to the Intrepi¬ dity of Elliot’s Regiment , which,for its frf Appearance in the Field , has done IVonders *. Wonders indeed ! But how dearly have they purchafed thefe compli mental Ho¬ nours ! Seventy nine private Men, Infan¬ try and Cavalry, are killed in the Adtion • feventy one of them are Elliot’s Dragoons. One hundred and twenty'- one Horfe are killed; one hundred and lixteen of them are Elliot’s Dragoons. Two Officers are killed, and both of Elliot’s Dragoons. Can an Englifhman read this Account without Indignation ? Can he fee, with¬ out Horror, the Blood of his Countrymen thus laviffily poured forth in this Germa- nick Warfare ? In any decifive Adtion, let * London Gazette, Auguft 2. the [ 16 ] the Eritifh Soldier bleed; let him die—-- i f l* \ i 4 even for Hanover. His Blood may not be wholly ufelefs to his Country, nor his Death unprofitable to that common Caufe of Mankind, Liberty. But let him not be fent upon every idle Enterprise, the very Parade of fighting'; upon every Party, every Detachment, every unadvifed and defperate Attack. Let him not be obliged to fight, merely becaufe he does not know how to run away. But I willingly quit- the Subject, and lhall make only one Re¬ flexion upon it; that it would be far more honourable for the Germans to af- fid the Britifh Troops in the Day of Bat¬ tle, than to write thefe endlefs Encomi¬ ums upon their conquering without them. r- v. . - _ _ _ If however there could have remained at Doubt upon the Minds of the Public, with Regard to Lord George’s Behaviour at the Battle of Mindcn , after having read his Trial, here comes the Battle of War¬ burg. t l 7 ] burg. No Wronger Teftimony, though one ■ reje from the Dead. Or if there are any. Sir, even among the Scots, who, like you, are determined, for good Reafons, not to be convinced let them not, in the Name of Modefty, outrage the Public, with an un¬ profitable Declaration of their Opinions. The Court, which his Lordfliip, and you have paid tQ the Highlanders, has been truly of fome IJfe to both. Befides, to flatter and be flattered were the plealing Means of attaining that Protection, from which any lefs flagrant Misbehaviour, than his Lordfhip’s, would have ' found great Benefit. But this Battle of Warburg has not only laid flat all the Works they had raifed towards his, or your Defence, but fhewn your Defenders too in a Light, 1 efs advantageous, than you and their Country¬ men have fo conftantly and unreafonably placed them. We are told in a Letter from Quebec, that the Highlanders took to D their [ *8 ] their Broad Swords (no Doubt a very mi¬ litary Phrafe) and drote part into the Town, Part to the Works at their Bridge on the River St. Charles Yet, Sir, you are confcious, that the Highlanders were not fo* forward in the Purfuit at Quebec, as the forty-feventh Regiment, which would pro¬ bably have entered the Town with the flying Enemy, if not reftrained by your Sackvilhan Prudence. To what Purpofe therefore this tremendous taking to their Broad Swords , when a whole Regiment was between them and the Enemy ? £ 2 ' O'"' r , - - r * If we read Brigadier General Beckwith's Orders to his Brigade, after the Affair of Erxdorff, they will account, and not dis¬ honourably , for the general Behaviour of the Highlanders -f-. They and fome of the ' • - * - - Han- 9/ %lf -mrtrr . V * General T~—d’s Letter. + Brigadier General Beckwith'% -Orders. Camp at Sackfenhaufen. It [ >9 ] Hanoverian Infantry were ordered to fuf- tain the Britifh Grenadiers. I neither call in Queftion the Inclination of the Ger¬ mans, nor of the Scots; but they were not able, however willing, to keep Pace with them. Hence that great Deftru&ion It is with great Pleafure, that Brigadier General Btck- •with can communicate to the Brigade how highly fatisfied the Hereditary Prince is with their Behaviour in general on the 16th. The Approbation of fuch a Soldier is fure- 1y the mod flattering of all Things to a military Man. The manlike Manner, in which the Grenadiers fuftained the Fatigue of the March ('not leaving a Man - behind) is highly meritorious. This Encomium on the Grenadiers is by no Means meant, as a Reproach to the Highlanders. Troops railed in hade, three Parts infour, Officers and Soldiers, entirely raw, can¬ not be fuppofed to equal the Flower of the Britilh Army. Every candid Man mull confefs, they do all - that can be expected. That young Corps has now the faired Field before them. The Service they are now employed upon, in a Campaign of this Kind, is more indrudtive to the Officers, than ten dull, tedi¬ ous, unintereding Years, pafied in the Line, D 2 of [ 20 ] of thofe gallant Soldiers, of whom fo. ma- Tfty loft their Lives in that fuccefsful, def- perate Attack. For the fame Reafon, the Highlanders were not fo forward, as the forty-feventh Regiment at Quebec. They are a lefs, a weaker Sort of Men, than the Low-landers, But their Inability is not their Fault. They do their beft. I only blame them, that being lefs than Englifh Soldiers, they will pretend to be more. As you appear. Sir, to have made the Hero of Minden your Model of all milita¬ ry Virtue, I would encourage you, to emu¬ late his great Example, by marking a Sort of natural Refemblance of Character between you, A Refemblance far ftronger, than any in your own Colledion of Portraits, though his Royal Highnefs himfelf, your great Chef cPouvre , be there. If, for In- ftan'ce, his Lordlhip prudently refufed to advance with the Cavalry at Minden, you certainly with equal Prudence quelled the 1}\X . Spirit of the Troops at Quebec. When Mr. de Bouganville appeared, you were too prudent to quit juch advantageous Ground\ or rijk the Fate ojf Jo deeijive a Day> by feeking a fnjb Enemy. If his Lordfhip is, in general, more famed for Artifice, and that much ufeful Part of human Wifdom, called - Cunning, yet furely your tricking General M- - ton of the Capitulation was a Mafterpiece of Dexterity. If my Lord excels in that well-bred Species of Wit, known by the Name of fneering , are not you equally excellent in that good-natured Species of Painting, called C’aricatura, the Arhufement of your idle Hours ? Does North Britain pour forth the Eloquence of her hue attick Scotch in Honour of Lord George-, "and is ihe lefs grateful in her Af¬ fection for General - dt Did l^rd. Georgeimagine, that the Reputation of be¬ ing well with the great Minifter would bear him, 'without ever endangering his, Perfon, to the highefl Pinacle of military Glory [ 22 ] Glory; and arc not you, Sir, this Moment abufing your Inter'eft with that Minifier by leaving, and being fo many Months aP>- fent from your Command at Quebec? If you think, you have deferved,' or gained any Honour there, do you imagine your walking at the Head of your Militia will maintain it ? Are you not' paid for the Command of a Regiment in America ; and is not fome Officer now doing, at the Rifle of his Life, that Duty, for which you are paid? Is not yours the fingle Infiance of this Kind of Defertion in the Service f * Li - .’, uenfialvi io ?rrr - ^ These are the great Outlines Of your Characters; and if we fiiould' examine eve¬ ry tlie minuteft Feature, we fhall find, not a ftriking Refemblance only, but of fuch a peculiar Kind, as cannot be mif- taken for any one elfe. If I may be for¬ given for deviating into Poetry, Nought but yourfelves can be your Parallels -f*. f Theobald. - Here- .. ■; [ ] Hereafter, I mean in our future Hiftory, one Charader of Praife will be fufficient tor both. It will be impofiible to feparate, and difunite your Merits, or the Honours with which they are to be rewarded. In publick Life, the fame military Virtues; the fame Appetite for fighting, and the C- fame Abhorrence of retreating. The fame perplexed Paflion for Intrigue, Bufinefs, Politicks, minifterial Confidence, and par¬ liamentary Debates. In private Life, the fame Spirit of Calumny and Caricatura; the lame Infolence of Manners, and Ar¬ rogance of.Behaviour ; the fame veins injit a Jamiliez fuperbia. In thefe lafl Infiances however, you mull forgive me, Sir, if I think his Lord- fhip, whether from Genius, or fome luck¬ ier Accident, may juftly claim a fmall Degree of Superiority. He was not born indeed, but he was educated from his earlieft Infancy, in the Houfe of Royal- ty. [ 24 J ty Prima ab infantia eduSfus in domo regnatrice. Here, it is confefled, there was fome Danger of his perverting thofe precious Inftindts, with which Nature had fo liberally endowed him. He might un¬ happily have learned to become humane^ affable and condefcendlng ; to companionate the Follies; to forgive the Errors of his Fellow-Creatures, and to pay a facred Re¬ verence to human Nature. Such are the conftant Effe&s, by a thoufand Examples, indeed of all the Princes upon Earthy of a royal Education. But he totally efcaped thefe pernicious Errors, as unwoundcd, except another flight Scratch in his Reputation, as at the Battle of Minden. By a peculiar and wonderful Strength of Virtue in his Conftitution, he efcaped even the poifonous Breathings of * Duke of D-1 was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Irdandy 1731. of [ 25 ] of Flattery; that Incenfe of Courts, fo pro- fufely offered up to the young Heirs of Greatnefs, and without which no human Creature, not even a Lord, could dare to be infolent. How well he maintained the, not too humble , Confcioufnefs of his own Worth; with what a modeft Confidence he always exerted his Abilities, let his Behaviour at his Trial be an everlading Teftimony. It fhould have been a full Vindication of his Conduct at Mtnden. There, at lead:, his Complexion was un¬ varied, his Eye firm and unfhaken; his whole Deportment rather in the Extreme of Courage, than liable even to the Suf- picion of Cowardice. There he certainly Wanted not that Prefence of Mind, which » f _ % * -*/■ is the' fird great Excellence in a General. Nor did that' Weaknefs of Nerves, for which a Man is no more accountable, than for any other Error of his Condituti- on,- afffedt him on an Occafion, that would have made many a gallant Spirit tremble. E He •[ *6 ] He boldly infulted his Judge ; over-awed the Refolutions 'of the Court; gave his own Afleverations in Evidence of his Inno¬ cence (the only uncontradidled Evidence he gave) and triumphed in the Succefs of thofe Afleverations. A noble Example, and worthy of your Imitation. But you, Sir, fhould difdain the fer- vile Spirit of Imitation. It is beneath a Genius like yours. You fhould determine to be yourfelf an Original, for others to imitate. You fhould be appreheniive of the ufual Fate of Imitators, who generally copy rather Errors, than Excellencies, as indeed it is eafier to bend the Head, like Alexander or Bofcawen , than to imitate their. Courage and Intrepidity. Yet, Sir, to make even half the Pro- grefs your Ambition aims at in the Army, be aflured, there mu A: be Courage; there mu ft be Eagernefs to ferve; there muft — i b« t 2 7 ] be real Service to form a military Charader. Your Friend, Lord G-e, had all other Rcqnifites to infure his Succefs. The Con- clulion, I own, is difagreeable, but it is un¬ avoidable. Eithor go to Quebec, or refign your Commiflion. Why did I fay, una¬ voidable , when I believe you will do neither? I mean, it is the only anfwer you can give to this Letter, which will vex, not fhame you, though it fets your military Charader in its true Light, and draws your Pidure in every Refped a proper Pendant to that of Lord G—e. Aik his Lordlhip, why did not the Cavalry engage at Minden. He cannot anfwer, but he does not blufh. Aik you, why you are not at your Poll:; or why you receive the Pay of two Regiments for nothing, I know, you cannot anfwer, and I believe too you will not blulh. 1 am, S IR , &c. [ 28 j POSTGRIP T. S I R, I F you read the following Advertifement, you will find upon what Authority I have aflerted, that you were convinced, Que¬ bec was not defenfible *. The intimate Uni¬ on between you, and the Gentleman, who publifhed it, rendered it impoffible for me to conceive, there can ever be any Differ¬ ence of Sentiments between you. ... i in oppofite and unfavourable tc Lights. Geo. Townshend.” South Audley Square % June 20, 1760, You [ 3° ] You will pleafc to recoiled:, Sir, at what Time this fpirited Advertifement was publifhed. When the Nation was greatly alarmed for the Safety of Quebec ; when they knew it was belieged ; when they would have received, with Pleafure, any the lead Hopes, even this Gentleman’s Opinion, of its being fecure. No; he refents the com¬ mon Hear-fay Story of a News-paper. He will not have it inlinuated, that he thought it could hold out a Siege. He finds himfelf under a Necefli'y — fome Folks have fuch prefling Neceflities ! — until he Can proceed in another Manner with the Printer , &c. who did not tremble, under thefe Menac¬ es, for the Liberty of the Prefs ? Some there were, who rejoiced in the Hopes of feeing it reflrained. But ah! The lucklefs Printer, unrefifting, falls Beneath the Wind and Whiff oj his fell Cane, Brandifh’d aloft with huge two-handed Sway, And [•3> ] And arm athletick ; that tremendous arm. From which the French, abounded and amaz’d, In vile Capitulation hid their Fears. But whither am I wandering? Is it then impoflible to write of Heroes, and not write Heroicks? My Printer and I fhall, how¬ ever, expert the honourable Gentleman’s Compliments and Thanks for having fnatch- ed his Advertifement from the daily Morta¬ lity of a News-paper, and here defecrated- it to all Eternity. We therefore recommend it to Pofterity, not only as a Specimen of fine Writing, of clear and accurate Expref- fion ; but as an indifputable Proof of the Writer’s Abilities, Modefiy, good Senfe, Temper, and a thoufand other ct came¬ ras. FINI S. < - - f • * - c ERRATA. • % Page I. for Soldier y read Colonel ; p. 4. for paultry, read faltry. p. 15. for Horfe , read Horfeu j . r . : ■ •, / m * J \ l&S&i o y.,