univerfal monarchy, by giving us the by giving us the opportunity to confume our finances, and then availing herfelf of the divifions and inactivity of the Germannic body.

WHEN, behold! another Marcellus rifeth up, and draws the fword of vengeance against the abettors of defpotic power. A fword that is not to be blunted by vain negociations, nor to be fheathed by fair promifes. A fword wielded for the liberty of Europe, and the Protefiant religion, and that improves every moment to ob tain a juft and equitable peace.

BEHOLD! how foon he teacheth his allies that it is poffible to vanquish the French difturbers of the public peace, and that the way to conquer is to give them no time to reft; but to ferret them out of their entrenchments. Be hold! with an army defpifed for its numbers, and deftitute of all human affiftance, the king of Pruffia provoked them to battle, and in one day overthrew the confpirators against liberty and religion: gained a compleat victory over the combined army, that bid defiance to the reft of Europe: accomplished in a few hours what Britain, with all her expenfive allies, had never dared to attempt: and has evidently demonftrated, that the means of preferving the liberties of Europe and the ballance of power, is not to feed the hungry dukes and princes of the empire, (who either have no power to act, or no defire to fee an end of thofe troubles, which bring them in fubfidies larger than the whole

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revenne of their eflates; or, when driven to the Ja extremity, may be overawed into a neutrality or flate of inaction;) but to enable the conqueror, whofe faith is not to be doubted; whofe power is not to be controuled, and whofe intereft makes him take the principal part of the war upon himself, and will not allow him to be amufd by negociations, nor furprized into any incafures, which may ferve to increase, or recruit, the frength of the enemy.

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We may boast of our exploits in Flanders, in Spain, and in Germany; a Marlborough, an Ormond, an Eugene, a Peterborough, are names that emblazon our history with acts of chivalry. We do not forget the more recent examples of Eritith valour at Fontenoy and Dettingen. Due honour is to be paid to the intrepidity of our kings, who have diftinguifhed their martial courage against our enemies: but did any of their atchievements equal the glory, or promise the happy effects, which the victory gained by the king of Pruffia, gives us reafon to expect? when did twenty thousand men, or thereabouts, rout, pursue, take and difperfe an army of feventy thousand well difciplined and inured to the fatigues of war? it is more probable, that had the fate of Germany and the Proteftant intereft refted on an army of double the number compofed of fubfidiary troops, from different flates, that have eaten British bread for many years, it would have rather followed the example of the army of obfervation; laid down

their arms, and remain'd unconcerned at the groans of the Germannic body, expiring under the Gallic yoke.

HERE then is the object of thofe councils, which would fix the ballance of power in the prefervation of the empire and of the Proteftant religion in Germany. Here is the centre, towards which all measures for a general pacification ought to be directed. This is the only power, with cur affiftance, that is able and willing to curb the ambition of France. Auftria has been always the ftaff on which we leaned. That houfe has confumed us more than fixty millions of pounds fterling. She has confpired with the common enemy to overthrow thofe liberties, which coft us fo much money to preserve at her own requeft. No other power on that continent is able to make a ftand against their united force, but Pruffia: Pruffia, therefore, deferves our utmost attention, and all the aid that can be fpared by a British parliament; till the ingratitude of the houfe of Auftria, and the perfidy of France fhall be reduced to a state of inability to abolish the Proteftant religion, and to diffolve the union of the Germannic body.

WHAT he requires of us, thus to stand alone, is but a trifle, compared to the fubfidies paid to the Danes, the Heffians, Hanoverians, Wolfenbuttleans, and other petty princes, for a rope of fand; that never did us, or the common caufe, one pennyworth of fervice: and fhould we, as we ought, take into the account the exN 3

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pence of our troops raised, maintained and tranfported to the continent, their artillery and the marching charges of our auxiliaries; we might find that, to fave all this charge to the public, by allowing the king of Pruffia eight hundred thousand pounds or a million, would be a means to cafe the nation of near three millions a year, according to a moderate computation, of the expence, to which Britain was put by the meafures taken in the laft war with France, in the fupport of the house of Austria.

ENABLE Pruflia to fland against the invaders of her liberty and religion, and you will alfo foon perceive an alteration in the conduct of fome other parts of the Germannic body. Neceffity will oblige them to fubmit to the fword of a conqueror, and to receive the impofitions of France and Auftria; if they can find no relief, nor aid, but what is too diftant to feccnd their efforts but nature and the love of liberty, their property and religion will infpire them with refolution to maintain their rights and privileges against the moft formidable power, when they have no expectations from a collufive. war; are certain that their inactivity must work their deftruction, and that the only way to extricate themselves from their misfortunes, is to unite heartily, to the utmost of their power, with that prince, who fhares in their miferies, and, by his conduct and bravery, shews them that he will not lay down the fword, until he has obtained a firm and equitable peace.

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N° 125. SATURDAY, Dec. 10, 1757.

Render to them their defert.

Pfalm xxviii. 4.

SIR,

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To the MONITOR.

HE nation has been amufed, in the midft of forrow and refentment at the mifcarriage of the late expedition against the coaft of France in the Bay, with a formal enquiry made into the conduct of the commander in chief; and from feveral circumftances, particularly from the capacity and authority, with which the members of that court, appointed to examine the evidences, acted; and from the fecrecy of their refolutions or fentence, the people are inclined to think, that this was a mere expedient to ftop their addreffes to the throne.

Is it not strange that, after fo ftrict an inquifition, nothing could be found worthy of the public attention? nothing, upon which the public might be induced to acquit the object of their difcontent, or to foften their refentment; or upon which the government might be juftified in taking vengeance on the authors of fo great a lofs and difgrace.