England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . , with the Humours of LittleBen the Sailor, are hung up the wooden figures ofAnson with his box and dice, in the character of LittleBen; Sir George Littleton, as Gudgeon ; Fox, as ; Newcastle, as Punchs wife Joan; and Hard-wicke, as Quibble. They are all semee (to use theheraldic expression) with fleurs-de-lis, to shew the po-pular belief in their devotion to French interests. SirGeorge Littleton (created Lord Littleton in the springof 1757, by which title he obtained a distinguished
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . , with the Humours of LittleBen the Sailor, are hung up the wooden figures ofAnson with his box and dice, in the character of LittleBen; Sir George Littleton, as Gudgeon ; Fox, as ; Newcastle, as Punchs wife Joan; and Hard-wicke, as Quibble. They are all semee (to use theheraldic expression) with fleurs-de-lis, to shew the po-pular belief in their devotion to French interests. SirGeorge Littleton (created Lord Littleton in the springof 1757, by which title he obtained a distinguishedplace in English literature) had provoked the enmity ofthe popular party by deserting to the ministerial side afew months before, and his eccentric figure, as well as his weaknesses and vani-ties, oiFered a ready butt forsatire. In one print theportrait of this orator of theparty (for after Fox hewas looked upon as one oftheir better speakers inthe House of Commons) iscaricatured under the nameof Cassius. In another heis drawn at full length, prof-fering the support of histongue, and declaring that. CASSIUS. What oratory can do shall be done; But then, good sir, you know I am but one. 1757.] FRENCH INFLUENCE. 287 The influence of French councils (and even ofFrench gold) on this side of the Channel is a frequentsubject of satire in this collection of prints, and thefigures of the Duke of Newcastle and his ministersseldom appear without the characteristic mark of thefleur-de-lis. In one caricature, Newcastle, Fox, andByng are represented as entrapped into their owndestruction by golden baits laid before them by theevil one. In another, the ministers have dressedBritannia in gawdy French garments of the newestfashion, which fit so tight, that she complains of beingunable to move her arms. Newcastle, as her femme-de-chamhre^ tells her that she has no need to move herarms, since there is nothing for her to do. Fox offersher a fleur-de-lis, as a becoming ornament to placeover her bre
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