164 political progress of Briiata; June 6s. 
among statesmen for superlative treachery, defend- 
ed‘ the measures of government by a series of eva-. 
sions not worth repeating. They were answered ~ 
by the-earl of Chesterfield. His lordfhip observed. 
‘« that his majesty had.taken into Britifh pay, six- 
‘© teen thousand Hanoverians, without consulting par- 
«* Jiament ; that this step was highly derogatory to» 
‘¢ the rights and dignity of the great council of the 
<¢ nation, and a very dangerous precedent to future 
“« times; that while Britain exhausted herself, al= 
‘¢ most to ruin, in pursuance of engagements to the 
‘*‘ queen of Hungary, the electorate of Hanover, _ 
*¢ though under the same engagements, and govern- . 
«<.ed by the same prince, appeared to contribute no~ 
‘¢ thing as an ally to her afsistance ; but was paid by - 
‘¢ Britain, and at a very exorbitant price, for all the - 
“‘ forces they had sent into the field.” His lordfhip . 
concluded in these words: ‘* It-may be proper to re- . 
‘é peat what may be forgotten in:the multitude ofother 
« objects, that this nation, after having exalted the 
*¢ elector of Hanover from a state of obscurity, to the. 
crown, is condemned to hire the troops of that 
electorate to fight their own cause ; to hire them . 
“ at a rate which was never demanded before, and to . 
** pay levy-money for them; though it is known to 
all Europe that they were. not raised for this oc- 
casion*.”? In spite of these remonstrances the 
motion for discharging the mercenaries was rejected ; 
and we cannot be surprised to hear, that ‘* the new 
‘“‘ ministers became more odious than, their predecef- 
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