Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . ed the Elector ofHanover from a state of obscurity to the Crown, is con-demned to hire the troops of that Electorate to fighttheir own cause; to hire them at a rate which was neverdemanded before ; and to pay levy - money for them,though it was known to all Europe that they were notraised for this occasion. Such an indecorous attack uponthe throne had exactly the opposite effect to what heaimed at. All the partisans of the old Ministry joinedin opposing th
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . ed the Elector ofHanover from a state of obscurity to the Crown, is con-demned to hire the troops of that Electorate to fighttheir own cause; to hire them at a rate which was neverdemanded before ; and to pay levy - money for them,though it was known to all Europe that they were notraised for this occasion. Such an indecorous attack uponthe throne had exactly the opposite effect to what heaimed at. All the partisans of the old Ministry joinedin opposing the motion, and it was accordingly lost on adivision. Four-and-twenty peers, however, signed a protestagainst the address of approval which followed ; and inheading the list of signatories Chesterfield appended tothat document a statement of the reasons which had in-fluenced him. Further, he appealed from the House tothe country at large in what is the best known of hismany political writings, a pamphlet bearing the title ofThe Case of the Ha?wver Forces. It was trenchant, logical,and witty enough to hit the popular taste, and attained. VOLTAIRE AND MLLE. CLAIROXFrom a rare contemporary French engraving in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
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