1792. polttical progrefs of Britain. 167. 
grading himself into a pander of afsafsination ! What 
a dreadful picture of human nature! Wath what re- 
gret might his lordfhip have looked up to the situa- 
tion of ascavenger! The duke of Newcastle, and 
his brother Mr Pelham, were the promoters of this 
revolution in the cabinet, and the leaders of the new 
ministry. As Mr Pelham’s memory is mentioned with 
respect, it is but justice to observe that he was as for- 
ward as others in squandering the treasure and the 
blood of England. Were a private person to burn 
his neighbour’s house, or cut his throat, he would. 
be hanged ; but when a scoundrel, whose understand- 
ing is unequal to the office of a post boy, drives an 
hundred thousand brave men into the field, to deso- 
late provinces, and hew nations down like oxen, we 
call it glory !_ The supplies specified in the votes for 
1744, amounted to six millions and a half, and those 
for 1745, to about the same sum, including two hun- 
dred thousand pounds to the king of Sardinia, and 
five hundred thousand pounds to the queen of Hun- 
gary. 
In the beginning of the year 1746, “ our faithful 
commons”’ settled funds for the maintenance of 
@ the Dutch and Hefsian troops who were in the 
** service of England, as well as for the subsidy. to 
*« the landgrave. They granted three hundred thou- 
*“* sand pounds to the king of Sardinia; four bua- 
dred thousand pounds to the queen of Hungary ; 
three hundred and ten thousand pounds to defray 
** the expence of eighteen thousand Hanoverians ; 
** about three and thirty thousand pounds to the elec- 
“ tors of Mentz and Cologne; and jive hundred 
