W923. political pongrek of Britains 165; 
** sors, and that people nani to consider public 
* virtue as an empty name.” The supplies for. 
17-43,.amounted to six millions. Among these were~ 
five hundred and thirty-four thousand pounds, for the 
support of sixteen thousand men in Flanders ; two 
hundred and sixty-five thousand pounds, for the pay- 
ment of sixteen thousand Hanoverians in the service 
of Britain, from the 31st of August to the 25th of 
December 1742; three hundred and ninety-two thou 
sand pounds, for the same troops, from 26th of De-. 
eember 1742 to 25th December 1743; and one hun-. 
dred and sixty-one thousand. pounds, for the payment - 
of six thousand Hefsians during the same period *. 
The parliament met again, in December 1743; . 
and the same debates were renewed in both houses, . 
but the torrent of corruption swept all before it. 
The following grants may serve as 2 specimen of the 
prodigality of a degraded and infetuated nation. Sto. 
hundred and thirty-four thousand pounds were voted~ 
by the commons, for. the support of an army of twenty~. 
one thousand men, who were to.be employed in. 
Flanders; and three hundred and ninety-three thousand. 
pounds, for the payment of szxteen thousand Hano-- 
vertans, from the 26th of December 1743, to the 25th. 
of December 1744; two hundred: thousand pounds. 
for the king of Sardinia; three. hundred. thousand 
pounds for the queen: of Hungary ;. an hundred and 
twenty thousand pounds to make good the deficiency - 
of grants for the service of the year.1743 ;- and forty» 
* Scots Magazine for 1742. In stating the supplies for 1742, in my 
Tast letter, 1 omitted five hundred thougind poynds, voted in confidence. 
to his majesty. 
