like a discontented opponent, determined to oppofe implicitly, but on this occafion nobly fupported the cause of his country, and its ally the King of Portugal. He wished to fave Portugal, not by an illtimed and penurious, but by a most efficacious and adequate affiftance.

There was one gentleman indeed,[Mr. GLOVER] who endeavoured to represent the King of Portugal as having violated his engagements with the English merchants, in the wine trade, who had made fome complaints, which he apprehended had not been attended to, by the late minister, therefore he thought the King of Portugal had no right to expect any affistance from England.—And there was a noble Lord [Lord GEORGE SACKVILLE] who aimed at fhewing the difference in the expence of Queen Anne's war and the prefent; that tho' in the former he faid, we had near 180,000 troops employed on the continent, and in the prefent not above one half the number, yet the expence now was much greater than at that time, which he thought must be

owing to a want of œconomy in the managers of the German war. He was of opinion, that the expence the nation had been at, was fo great, it was impoffible to raise any further fupplies; that therefore, he feared he fhould fee the time when we should come to a full stop for want of money to carry on the war; that he bled to fee his country in fuch diftreffed circumstances; and concluded with hoping he should not fee the time, when we, as a conquering nation, fhould be obliged to afk a peace of those, who ought to beg it of us.

But these sparks of oppofition were extinguished in an inftant, by Mr. PITT, who pointed out the neceffity of continuing the German war, and of affifting the King of Portugal. And he ob ferved, that in times of war, connexions with the continent had always been found political, except in the four unhappy reigns of theStuarts. Then, turning about to feveral perfons, he very jocularly faid, you who are for continental measures, I am with you; and you who are for affifting

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the King of Portugal, I am with you; and who are for putting an end to the war, I am with you alfo; in fhort, I am the only man to be found that am with you all. He then enumerated the fucceffes which had attended the British arms in all parts of the world, and the immense advantages gained in our trade, which would more than compensate the great expence we had been at; and which he observed was a confideration that had been overlooked by those who were complaining of the heavy burthen of the war; and in regard to contracting the expences, he entirely agreed with those who were for it, and urged, that who ever would effect this falutary work, would deserve the highest encomiums; but he hoped a distinction would be made between contracting the expence, and contracting the operations of the war, and defired any one present to fhew how the latter could have been, or might still be done with fafety: He then remarked, that he did not find any lefs expence attended the nation now, than when he unworthily held the feals, or that

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that more was done; and turning to the Marquis of GRANBY, he obferved, that he knew his zeal for the service of his country was fuch, that if he had received his orders, he was fure he would not then be where he was. And as to what the noble Lord had faid, no one doubted his capacity, if his heart was but as good; that for his own part, he could not tell the reafon of the continental expences being greater now than in Queen Anne's time, unless it was because provender and every thing else in Germany was dearer now than then, and wished the noble Lord had explained that part of his fpeech, for he did not properly know what to make of it; it carried a fomething! a fufpicion he did not well understand! but if he meant that there had not been fair play with the money, he knew nothing of it; and then ftretching out his hands, and moving his fingers, faid they were clean, there was none of it ftuck to them! and that he would fecond any perfon, who should move for an enquiry into the money-matters; he was anxious to know how it was

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appropriated, that the whole truth might come out : He obferved, that the noble Lord had faid, he bled for his country, and he did not wonder at it; that it was his opinion, he ought to throw his body at his Majefty's feet, and there bleed at every pore. He then reprefented, that in confequence of our withdrawing our troops from Germany, Portugal, and the Low Countries, would become a prey to the French and Spaniards; that in point of policy we ought not to fuffer it; but that he did not mean to bear Portugal on our shoulders, but only to fet him on his legs, and put a fword in his hand. He affirmed, that France was almoft a ruined nation, having expended in the last year upwards of eight millions, and had been ftill lofing that he knew the finances of France, as well as any man in England; and that we, by our fucceffes, were repaid for our expence; that it was wrong and unjuft to represent Great Britain in fo deplorable a state, as unable to carry on the war (for there were always ftrangers in the gallery, who wrote to their friends in

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