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Yerian army, under the Duke of Cumberland, was 

 relied upon to prevent the French, attacking Prussia, 

 with whom we had formed an alliance. England 

 felt an intense interest in the struggle, and bets 

 were made as to the result. Mr. Forester was 

 returned to the new Parliament, which met in 

 December, 1757, in time, we believe, to vote for the 

 subsidy of £670,000 asked for by the king for his 

 '^good brother and ally,'' the King of Prussia. 

 A minister like Pitt, who was then inspiring 

 the people with his spirit, and raising the martial 

 ardour of the nation to a pitch it had never 

 known before, who drew such pictures of England's 

 power and pluck as to cause the French envoy to 

 jump out of the window, was a man after the 

 Squire's own heart, and he gave him his hearty 

 '' aye," to subsidy after subsidy. As a contempo- 

 rary satirist wrote : — 



" No more they make a fiddle-faddle 

 Atout a Hessian horse or saddle. 

 No more of continental measures ; 

 No more of wasting British treasures. 

 Ten millions, and a vote of credit. 

 'Tis right. He can't be -^Tong who did it." 



Mr. Forester gave way to Cecil Forester, a few 



