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A letter to a countrey-gentleman, setting forth the cause of the decay and ruin of trade to which is annexed a list of the names of some gentlemen who were members of the last Parliament, and now are (or lately were) in publick employments.
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G. W.
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1698
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Debt and in danger of being involv'd in a New War about the Succession of Spain in which according to the present Circumstance and Management of Affairs we are in no Condition to engage So you may see the Fatal Consequence that Attends the Actions of Men when they leave the Paths of Vertue and go along with the Multitude to do Evil. I am Sir his Majesty's Faithful Subject a true Lover of my Country and London July 16th 98. Your most Humble Servant G. W. A LIST of the NAMES of some Gentlemen who were Members of the Last Parliament and now are or lately were in Publick Employment or Trust A. SIR Edw. Askew Knt. Commissioner of the Prizes for Grimsby Lincolnshire Sir Mat. Andrews Kt. Gent. of the King's Bed-Chamber and Mr. of Trinity-House Shafton Dorsetshire Math. Aylmer Esq a Flag-Officer in the Fleet Dover Cinque-Port B The Honourable Peregrine Berty Vice-Chamberlain Boston Linc. The Honourable Hugh Boscawen Governour of St. Maws Castle c. County of Cornwall Will. Blaithwait Esq Secretary of War one of the Council of Trade and one of the Clerks of the Council Bath Sommers Nath. Bond the King's Serjeant at Law Dorchester Will. Bridges Esq Secretary to the Commissioners for Paper and Parchment Liscard Cornwall John Burrard Esq Governour of Hurst Castle Limington Southampton John Burington Esq Commissioner of the Victualing Oakhampton Devon Tho. Blofield Esq Receiver Gen. of the Excise for the County of Norfolk Norwich The Honourable George Booth Esq late Commissioner of the Customs Bostney Cornwall The Honourable Ch. Bertie Esq Treasurer of the Office of the Ordnance Stanford Lincolns C The Right Honourable Lord Coningsby late Lord Justice of Ireland Lemster Herefords John Conyers Esq one of his Majesty's Council at Law East-Grimsted Snssex Sir Robert Clayton Kt. late one of the Commissioners of the Customs London Edw. Clark Esq Commissioner of the Excise Taunton Sommersets The Honourable John Lord Cuts Baron Gouram Governour of the Isle of Wight and Colonel of Foot Cambridgshire Sir Robert Cotton Kt. Post-Master-General Newport Isle of Wight Will. Culliford Esq Surveyor General of his Majesties Customs Corfe-Castle Dorsetshire Will. Coward Esq King's Serjeant at Law Wells Somersets William Cooper Esq King's Council Hertford C Edw. Dummer Esq Surveyor of the Navy Arundel Sussex Tho. Done Esq Auditor of the Imprest of the Exchequer Tho. Dore Esq Lieut. Col. to Col. Gibsons Regiment Limington Southampton Sir Robert Dashwood Kt. and Bar. Commissioner of the Excise Banbury Oxfordshire Sir Ralph Delaval late a Flag-Officer in the Fleet Great Bedmin Wilts E Sir Stephen Evans Kt. Commissioner of the Excise and Commissioner for Wine Licences Bridgport Dorsetshire Tho. Earle Esq Major Gen of the Army Governour of Portsmouth and Col. of two Regiments of Foot Warhaw Dorsetshire F Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Lord of the Treasury Westminster Sir Tho. Felton Bar. Master of his Maj. Houshold Orford Suffolk Sir Will. Forrister one of the Commissioners of the Greencloth Nortdumberland Will. Farrer Esq one of the King's Council Bedford The Right Honourable Viscount Fitzharding a Teller in the Exchequer VVinsor Barkshire Sir Tho. Frankland Bar. Post Master General Heydon Yorkshire The Right Honourable Lord Fairfax Col. of a Regiment of Dragoons York Char. Fox Esq Pay-Master to the Army Cricklade VViltshire G Sir Henry Goodrick Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance Burrow Brig York John Gauntlet Esq Clerk of the Signet Wilton Wilts Charles Godolphin Esq Commissioner of the Customs Helston Cornwall Sir Rowland Gwyn late Treasurer of the Kings Chamber Tiverton Devonshire Francis Gardner Esq an Employ in the Mint at Norwich Norwich The Honourable Ralph Gray Esq Auditor of the Exchequer Barwick Sir Bevil Granvil Governour of Pendennis-Castle and Col. of Foot Fowey Cornwall John Gibson Esq Col. of a Regiment of Foot and Deputy-Governour of Portsmouth Portsmouth H The Honourable Sir Robert Howard Kt. Auditor of the Exchequer Castle-rising Norfolk Henry Haveningham Lieut. of the Band of Pentioners Dunwich Suffolk Robert Henly Esq Commissioner of Customs Lime Regis Dorsetshire Tho. Howard Esq a Teller of the Exchequer Bleching in Surry Sir Joseph Herne Patentee for Copper Half-pence and Trustee for circulating Exchequer-Bills Dartmouth Devon Sir John Hawles Kt. Solicitor Gen. Wilton Wiltshire Sir Henry Hobart Bar. Commissioner of Customs County of Norfolk James Herbert Esq Treasurer of the Prize-Office Alesbury Bucks Simon Hartcourt Esq Secondary in the Crown-Office Abington Barks I Sir Henry Johnson Kt. a great Builder of Ships for the King by Contract Aldborough Suffolk Sir Jonathan Jenings Commissioner of the Prize-Office Ripon Yorkshire K James Kendal Esq Lord of the Admiralty Port-Pighom alias West Loe Cornwall John Knight Esq late Auditor of the first Fruit Weysmouth Dorsetshire Sir Tho. Littleton Bar. Lord of the Treasury New Woodstock Oxfords James Lowther Esq Clerk of the Stores of the Tower Carlisle Cumberland Will. Lounds Esq Secretary to the Lords of th 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sury Seaford Cinque-Port Sir John Lowther Bar. for many years past Lord of the Admiralty Cumberland Ch. Mountague Esq Chancellor of the Exchenger Under-Treasurer of the same one of the Lords of the Treasury c. Westminster Sir Tho. Mompesson Kt. one of the Commissioners of the Privy-Seal in the absence of the Earl of Fembrook New Sarum Wilts John Methwin Esq Lord Chancellor of Ireland Devizes Wilts Chr. Mountague Esq Commissioner for Paper and Parchment Northampton Sir Chr. Musgrave Bar. Master of the Robes to Q Dawager Appleby Westmorland Tho. Neale Esq Master of the Mint and Groom-Porter Lurgeshall Wilts Foot Onslow Esq Commissioner of the Excise Guilford Surry Ch. Osbourn Esq Lieut. Governour of Hull Hull Yorks Tho. Pitt Esq Master in Chancery Old Sarum Wilts Tho. Pelham Esq Lord of the Treasury Leâ—viâ— Sussex The Honourable Henry Priestman Esq Lord of the Admiralty Shorum Sussex Th. Papillon Esq Commissioner of the Victualing Lond. The Right Hon. Lord Edw. Russel Treasurer of the Chamber County of Bedford Sir Rob. Rich Lord of the Admiralty Dunwich Suffolk The Right Hon. Lord Rob. Russel Clerk of the Pipe Tavistock Devons The Right Hon. Rich Lord Râ—â—elagh Pay-master Gen. to the Army and Governour of Chelsey-Colledg Chichâ—stâ—r Sussex The Right Hon. John Smith Esq Lord of the Treasury Andover Southâ—mpton G. Sayer Esq Lieut. of the Yeoman of the Guards Canterb. Sir Cloudsly Shovel Admiral of the Blue Commis of the Navy and Col. of a Marine Regiment Rochester Kâ—nt James Slone Secretary to the Chief Justice in Eyre Thetford Norf. The Hon. James Stanly Esq Groom of the Kings Bed Chamber Secretary to the Houshold and Col of Foot County of Lancaster Sir W. Trumhall Kt. late Principal Secretary of State Oxford-Vniversity Sir Tho. Trevor Kt. Attorney Gen. Plimton Devon John Taylor Esq Book-keeper to the Treasurer of the Navy and Usher of the Receipt of Exch. Sandwich Kent Charles Trelawney Esq a Major Gen. in the Army and Col. of a Redgement of Foot East-Low Cornwall Henry Trelawney Esq a Col. in the Army
having all along supported their Officers in all their Evil Actions as Corresponding with known Papists and others disaffected to the Government stopping the King's Mail breaking open Persons of Qualities Letters all along Countenancing and Supporting a smugling Trade by bringing in the Mail and other ways vast quantities of Flanders Lace c. being resolved it seems to make as plentiful an Harvest as they could so long as the War lasted Withal they were not wanting to use all indirect means to Ruin such of their Officers or others that detected the Crimes All these Matters relating to the foregoing Articles and the Commissioners of the Post-Office were long since published in Print by divers hands wherein a more large and ample account has been given of them and they were Dedicated and Presented to our late Representatives in Parliament who took no more notice thereof than if these things had been acted and done in the Great Moguls Country Moreover there appears to have been laid before our Late Representatives many other matters of the greatest Importance 1 st In reference to the Touloun Squadron getting into Brest It having been declar'd by the House the Government had timely notice given whereby the said Fleet might have been intercepted 2dly In Relation to the Mint it did appear to the House the Monyers in the Tower had committed foul Crimes and that several Dies had been Convey'd away for Coyning false Mony abroad 3dly In reference to the Disbanded Troopers that serv'd in Ireland and Flanders who by their Petition appear to have been most Barbarously treated contrary to His Majesties express Commands 4thly In reference to the Evil Actions of the Commissioners of the Victualling Office 5thly In relation to the 27 Sail of Victuallers being taken by the Dunkerkers the House having declar'd the Lords of the Admiralty had timely notice given them whereby they might have prevented their falling into the Enemies hand These with a Multitude of other matters that lay before the House were dropt by our Late Representatives who took no manner of Care to do the People Justice Indeed the House appear'd vety zealous in the prosecution of Mr. Duncomb who as they alledg'd wrong'd the King of about 360 l. by the False Endorsement of Exchequer-Bills though at the same time it plainly appear'd the King and Kingdom had been wrong'd by means of the Treasury to the value of 20000 l. in relation to Exchequer-Bills Yet all they did therein was to take care how to wash them white and while the War was on foot our late Representatives seem'd to be very zealous for an Act to be made against the buying and selling of Employments but when once we had obtain'd an Honourable Peace they soon dropt the Matter as conceiving the People then better able to bear their Pack than they were before There 's a matter wherein it appears the King has been wrong'd several Thousand Pounds that was design'd to have been laid before the Late House of Commons but the Gentleman who intended to have done it was diswaded from doing it by a Member of the House who plainly told him of all their Members they could not make above 100 or 110 at most in the whole House that seem'd to have any regard to the wellfare of the Nation Saying one had one Employment another another touch one and touch all and said they did and would support one another and so by all means advis'd him to decline it Now I conceive it 's obvious by what means and by whom the Trade of the Nation has been brought to so Low an Ebb and so many Publick Debts Contracted by the Consequence of which many Thousands of Honest Industrious Families in London c. Are reduced to extream Poverty at the same time not knowing the true Cause from whence their Evils have risen These things are very harsh to Flesh and Blood when we consider how all our Calamity appears to have been brought upon us by those very Persons in whose hands we entrusted our Lives Liberties and Estates We find King David Complain'd he could not do the Justice he would have done the Sons of Zurviah were too strong for him no wonder then if we see our Prince under the same Circumstance who has had so many Sons of Zurviah to deall withal who were sensible of the great Interest they and their Friends had in the several Corporations and how they were able thereby to support one another in whatever they should act or do and put it out of the Power of any even the King himself to call them to an account for their Actions It 's evident ours is a mixt Government wherein the People have a large share and if we will not Act our Part in reference to the Chusing of Members of Parliament great Pity it is we should ever be relieved but remain as we are By this we may see what a great Duty there lies upon all Gentlemen that live in or near any Corporation and the Principal Inhabitants thereof to inform the meaner sort of People therein who in most Corporations have Votes the absolute necessity there is of Chusing Gentlemen of good Estates to be their Representatives as have not been in any or long since declin'd Publick Employment during the late War there being no other means possible whereby to make them sensible of these past Miscarriages or we to have such Members as will be able to rectify them and do the King and Kingdom Justice Publick Leaks being not to be stopt by the hands that made them It 's sufficient to make any Englishman blush to consider how strenuously our Fore-fathers withstood those who made a Breach of the Law and how indifferent and careless we appear to have been therein ever since the late happy Revolution not at all considering how Mankind are generally more liable and in greater danger of being Ruin'd by the Falshood and Treachery of Friends than open Enemies and that those who lay the Foundation of great Estates for the most part Raise themselves by Fraud Oppression and Injustice And how in all Ages them that were in Publick Employments or Ambitious of Honour and Preferment likewise generally have been found too ready to abuse their Prince's Ear and trample the Laws under their Feet We may see by the Bishop of Salisbury's Pastoral-Letter burnt by the Common Hangman what Sycophants these sort of men are who care not what Evils they bring upon the rest of Mankind so they may but Advance themselves and Weeds commonly are apt to grow so fast as to over-top the Corn. Thus Sir have I given you a short Relation of such Matters of Fact which plainly appear as I conceive to have been the true Cause all the Blood and Treasure spent in the late War for want of Justice in a manner has been lost like Water spilt on the ground Our Trade being in great measure Ruin'd and the Nation miserably plung'd in