Excerpt from Letter to William Pulteney, Esq.: Concerning the Administration of Affairs in Great Britain for Several Years Passed, and the Present State Thereof, With Observations on Our Polemical Writers The Emperor and the King of Spain were firmly united againi't us, by the Treaty of Vienna, in the Year 1725; the Means by which the firft propofed to dif'trefs us was by protecting the oflend-ea/z-india-company: tat a confiderable Branch of our Trade would have been injured, if not cut off at hit, by fo powerful a Rival, every one, who has any Knowledge of our Commerce, is fenlible of and the Voice of the Nation was, and {till is, for the Prefcrvation of Gibraltar to us; by befieging which Spain annoyed us. In this dreadful Circumf'tance, thus attacked by two potent Princes, let us infpeet into the Behaviour of our Mnif'try. They wifely avoided a War with thefe two Potentates, not knowing how France might convert it to her Advantage; and at the fame Time they were fure, if we declared War, that two fruitful Branches of our Trade mufi have been a while fufpended nor could a War be profecuted without great Expence of Blood and Treafure: the Minifiry therefore chofe to {trike up an Alliance with France, as the firi't Step towards dividing the Emperor and the King of Spain which had the defired Effect; how unjui't therefore the Clamours againit fuch a Proceeding were, the Confe quence declares. The Emperor and the King of Spain were divided; what neceffary Arts were ufed I have no Occafion to enquire after; the Intent was anfwered by a Sufpenfion of the Ofiend Company; and Gibraltar, after a long and furious Siege, was freed from the Attacks of Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.