To Morrow will be publish'd aSecond Edition of The Honour and Prerogative of the Queen's Majefty Vindicated and Defended against the Unexampled Infolence of the Author of the GUARDIAN: In a Letter from a Country Whig to Mr. Steele. Printed for John Mor phew, near Stationer's Hall. Price 3 d.

You have now my Letter to the Guardian, with what the Writers of the Pamphlet, and the Examiner, have been pleafed to say upon it, at one View.

In Order to my Juftification, I fhall show more accurately the Advantages the Nation might reap from the Demolition, which will appear by Confidering what Part of our Trade has and may be annoy'd by Dunkirk.

The Port of London is allowed to carry Two Parts in Three, or Six Parts in Nine, of the Foreign Trade of England. We may give one Ninth to the Ports on the South Coasts of this ifland, which South Coaft is oppofite to the North Coaft of France; the Sea between which is what we call the Channel.

The East End of this, on our Side, is the North Foreland, which stands oppofite to Newport in Flanders; the Weft End, on our Side, is the Land's-End, overagainst Ufhant, or Breft in France; they allow one Ninth of the Trade to the East Coast washed by the German Ocean; and the other Ninth to the West Coast which looks on the Irish Seas; in this Computation, it is prefumed, there is not any great Difproportion, except from Bristol's lying on the Weft Coast, the faid Weft Coast ought to be allowed more than one Ninth.

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Dunkirk is from the South Foreland about Thirteen Leagues, and the Course from Dunkirk to the Foreland Weft, North Weft, to the Entrance of the River Thames, is North-West, about twenty Leagues; fo that any Easterly Wind, which carries our Ships down the Channel, at the fame time brings thofe of Dunkirk to meet and intercept them: The French have very frequently this laft War reaped the Advantage of this Situation, by furpriting many. rich Ships, and taking others as they lay at Anchor in the Downs; when the French are dif poffeffed of Dunkirk,the dread and danger of their Men of War, of any confiderable Force, will be removed as far as Brest, which is a hundred and twenty Leagues, or three hundred and fixty Miles; and that of their Privateers, of any Confideration, as far as St. Malo's, which is feventy eight Leagues, or two hundred and thirty four Miles.

Breft lies without the Channel, under this great Incapacity to hurt us, that the fame Wind which carries our Trade down the Channel, prevents the Ships of Breft from coming into

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The East End of the Channel which is fo much exposed to Dunkirk is but seven Leagues broad, and gives an Enemy an Opportunity of feeing our Ships from Side to Side.

The West End of the Channel, for which the greatest Fears are from Breft, is twenty eight Leagues broad, and of course, there is at that End a greater Chance of escaping the Enemy.

If Ships from Brest are appointed to Way-lay our Ships in the Channel, they must take the Opportunity of Wefterly Winds, to come in

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to it; and wait the coming of an Easterly Wind to carry our Ships down it; by this means they must all that time be at Sea, expofed to all Dangers for want of a Port in which to Harbour their Men of War, or return to Brest which they cannot do with the Wind that brought them out.

We must add to this, that if the French from Breft fhould be hovering to the Eastward of Plimouth, they are between two Fires, from thofe Ships in the Downs, and thofe from Plimouth; and our Ships from Por Snouth may chase them either Way, while they are waylaid at each End of the Channel by the others, not having the Port of Dunkirk, or any other in the Channel, to afford them Shelter. Thus, fhould they be chafed up the Channel by a too great Force, before they can return to Breft, they must either run into the German Ocean, and wait another Opportunity of coming down again, with the Hazard of meeting all our Men of War; or elle fail North about Great Britain, which is at least 550 Leagues more than they need have failed, with the Port of Dunkirk to fly to.

This Want of Dunkirk will expose them to the fame Inconveniencies, to which the Fear of it often obliged our running Ships from the South Parts of the World, as well as our EnftIndia Men, during the late War: To this Diftrefs you are to add Wages, Provifion, lofs of Time, and the dangerous Navigation of the North Seas.

From hence it plainly appears, that by the Demolition of Dunkirk, in cafe of a Rupture with France, Six Parts in Nine of our Trade,

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from the Port of London, is 330 Miles removed from the Hazards of the laft War; and tho' part of this must be expofed when it paffes through the Chopps, or Wettern Entrance of the Channel, it must be confidered, that this it was alfo liable to before, befides the Terrors of Dunkirk, and that this is only the Southern Trade; and all that go to Holland, Hamberough, and other Northern Countries, will be quite out of Danger.

The Ninth of our Trade on the East Coaft, would be ftill fafer.

From thefe diftin& Confiderations, you obferve only one Ninth of the Trade on the Irish Seas and Bristol Channel, and part of the other Ninth in the Coaft of the Channel (to come at which they are in danger from Portsmouth to Plimouth, is the whole of the British Trade, which after the Demolition of Dunkirk will lie open to the Affaults of the French. The Demolition of Dunkirk will in a great Measure secure seven Ninths of the Trade of England, from the Power of France at Sea, the French having no Port in the Channel but St. Malo's, which can harbour any great Ships, and that it felf can receive none which exceeds 30 or 40 Guns. Breft lies 35 Leag. from the Liz rd Point, which is the nearest Land of England; their Ships must have an Eafterly Wind to come out, and that will ferve them no farther than to the Chopps of the Channel, because it blows directly down it.

The Courfe to go from Breft to cruize off the Lizard Point in order to annoy Us, is first, Weft about 13 Leagues, and then North or North and by Eaft about 30 Leagues more, except they run the Hazard of going within

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the Island of Ubant, which is not practised, and therefore may be fuppofed Impracticable.

In the laft Place, our Charge in defending our felves from fuch Annoyance as we formerly had from Dunkirk will decrease in Proportion to the removal of the Danger.

Such is the Importance of the Demolition of Dunkirk, with regard to the Trade of England only; and in the prefent Conjun&ture, I think we ought to have fomething more than the Mercy of his moft Chriftian Majefty, to render the forbearing fuch Demolition lefs Hazardous to our Religion and Liberty; and yet you fee, how criminal a Thing it is to fay, The British Nation EXPECT the Demolition of it.

It is evident that the Letter to the Guardian, fubfcribed English Tory, could have no Prospect but to do Honour and Service to Her Majefty and Her Subjects; The Sieur Tuggbe himself acknowledges that he has received an Anfwer from the Queen, by Her Secretary of State, with a Negative to his Petition; upon which here appears a Memorial in Print, expoftulating with Her upon that Subject, and laying before Her the Diftreffes of a Crowd of helplefs People, whose Misfortunes are to be attributed to Her, if the fhall think fit, in behalf of Her own Subjects,to infift upon the Execution of what is ftipulated by Treaty: The Sieur Tugghe may infinuate, that it is unmerciful in the Queen to deny his Requeft, without being taken Notice of; but I muft not defend my Sovereign's Refufal from the Imputation of Cruelty, without being faid, to Infult Her Prerogative. My Adverfaries argue, That it is in Her Majefty's Power to forward or delay the Demolition as the pleases; be

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