bly induced to Sign the Treaty with France 'from this Confideration, That the Town and Harbour of Dunkirk fhould be deftroyed.

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That the Situation of Dunkirk is fuch, as that it may always keep Runners to obferve all Ships failing on the Thames and Medway.. That all the Suggeftions, which the Sieur Tuggbe brings concerning the Dutch, are falle. and fcandalous.

That whether it may be advantagious to the Trade of Holland or not, that Dunkirk 'fhould be demolish'd, it is neceffary for the • Safety, Honour and Liberty of England that 'it fhould be fo.

That when Dunkirk is demolished, the 'Power of France, on that fide, fhould it e• ver be turned against us, will be removed • feveral hundred Miles further off of Great • Britain than it is at prefent.

• That after the Demolition there can be no • confiderable Preparation made at Sea by the • French in all the Channel but at Brest; and that Great Britain being an Ifland, which cannot be attacked but by a Naval Power, we may esteem France effectually removed by the Demolition from Great Britain as far as the Distance from Dunkirk to Breft.

Pray, Mr. IRONSIDE, repeat this laftParticular, and put it in a different Letter, • That the Demolition of Dunkirk will remove • France many hundred Miles further off from 6 us; and then repeat again, That the British • Nation expects the Demolition of Dunkirk.

I demand of you, as you Love and Honour your Queen and Country, that you infert this Letter, or fpeak, to this Purpose,

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your own way; for in this all Parties must agree, that however bound in Friendship one Nation is with another, it is but prudent, that, in cafe of a Rupture, they should be, if poffible, upon equal Terms.

Be Honeft, old NESTOR, and fay all this; for what-ever half-witted hot Whigs may think, we all value our Eftates and Liberties, and every true Man of each Party muft think himself concerned that Dunkirk 'fhould be Demolished.

It lies upon all who have the Honour to be in the Miniftry to haften this Matter, and, not let the Credulity of an honeft brave People be thus infamously abused in our open Streets.

I cannot go on for Indignation; but pray God that our Mercy to France may not expofe us to the Mercy of France.

Your Humble Servant,

English Tory.

This Letter happened to difoblige fome People, and the Day before I went out of Town came out the Pamphlet, Entituled,

The Honour and Prerogative of the Queen's Majefty Vindicated and Defended against the unexampled Infolence of the Author of the Guar dian: In a Letter from a Country Whig to Mr.. Steele. You may read the whole at your Leifure; but the Ninth and Tenth Pages are enough for Me, and I think there is nothing eife in the whole Pamphlet but Repetition of the fame thing.

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See how the Villain treats the best of Sovereigns,. the best Miftrefs to bim, whofe Bread he has eaten, and who has kept him from a Goal! Read it again, fay they: Put it into English, faid a Neighbour of mine to me, come make the best of it! then he reads the abominable Language as. follows;

The British Nation EXPECT, &c. And. again, The British Nation EXPECT the immediate Demolition of Dunkirk. And a. third time, with a Tone of threatning, The 'British Nation EXPECT it. See the Guar dian, August 7, 1713.

I would fain have pleaded for you, that this was not to be understood to be spoken to or pointed at the Queen, but to the People of Dunkirk,, and I fearch'd the whole Paper for fomething to have brought you off with that way.

But it would not do, they laugh'd at me... How could it be spoken to him, say they? his Memorial is to the Queen, and if it should be. directed to Monfieur Tugghe it would be fill worfe; for that would be to talk thus to him, viz. What do ye Petition the Queen for? We tell you, The British Nation will not fuffer it, the Queen dares not do it, for the British Nation EXPECT it be immediately Demolish'd.. This ftop'd my Mouth indeed, with respect to. that part of the Excufe, and then they went on with me: Come, fays my Neighbour, if you cane not put it into Words, I'll do it for you.

The British Nation EXPECT the imme diate Demolition of Dunkirk.

We all know Her Majefty has Poffeffion of Qunkirk, and tho' the Work is to be done by the

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French, Her Majesty may appoint the Day. Now, fays be, read the Words.

What is it but thus?

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Look you, Madam, Your Majefty bad beft Care that Dunkirk be Demolish'd, or elfe, &c.

And again;

Madam! WE EXPECT, and we would have you take Notice that we expect it, that Dunkirk be Demolish'd, and that immediately. Just thus an Imperious Planter at Barbadoes Speaks to a Negro Slave, Look you, Sirrab, I expect this Sugar to be ground, and look to it that it be done forthwith. Tis enough to tell you I EXPECT it, or elfe, &c. and then he holds up his Stick at him, Take what føl• lows.

The Examiner, in a Style quite as polite as that of this Pamphleteer, in his Paper of Auguft the 21ft has it thus,

I believe I may challenge all the Nations of the World, and all the Hiftories of this Nation for a thoufand Years paft, to fhew us an Inftance fo flagrant as what we have now before us, (viz.) When ever a Subject, nay a Servant under a Salary, and favoured in Spight of ill Behaviour paft, with a confiderable Employment in the Government, 'treated his Sovereign in fuch a manner as the 'GUARDIAN has done the Perfon of the 'Queen; and went Unpunished.

If the Clemency of the Queen prevails to 'fave fuch a Man; if her Majefty thinks it below Her to refent an Injury from fo contemptible a Wretch, by fo much the rather fhould every Subject refent it; and fhew

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their Duty and Refpect to their Sovereign, · by trampling under their Feet the very Name and Memory of the Man that can have Boldnefs enough to Infult bis Prince in a Printed, and for that Reafon Scandalous, Libel, and can have INGRATITUDE enough to 'do it while he is eating Her Bread.

'How can any Man fhew himself a faith'ful Subject to Her Majefty, and not refent 'fuch a piece of Conduct! to fee a Subject. 'hold up a Rod at his Prince! and openly 'threaten the Queen, if She does not cause 'Dunkirk to be demolished! to threaten her. Majefty with the Nation's Refentment if it 'be not forthwith entered upon, and Command Her to do it IMMEDIATELY; it ought to fill every faithful Subject with Abhorrence, and cause them either fhun the Man, or let • him know they Deteft his Behaviour..

And yet this Man was never fo dear to the Whigs as fince he let them know that he • durft affault his Queen; this has made him, their Favourite, and one of their Authors has ⚫ made his dull Panegyrick upon him already 'for it; while another Sett of them are endeavouring to get him chofen for the next Parliament, that he may carry on his Infult there, and obtain the Honour, as another of. their haughty Leaders has already done, of being expelled the Houfe.

I have not Room to enlarge, in this Cafe,. as fo unexampled a Piece of Ingratitude de'ferves; he has been handfomely, only too favourably, expofed in this very Cafe, by a Book juft published, and which I recommend. for that reafon in the following Advertise

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