“Let us raise our Bonfires As high as the spires, And ring ev’ry Bell in the Steeple; All the Art we defy, Of the whole Ministry, To run VERNON down with the people. “Stand round, and appear, All ye Hearts of Oak here, And set the proud _Don_ at defiance, To VERNON let’s drink, who made Spain and France slink, And BOB, who’s with both in Alliance. “A true lad won’t flinch, Now we’re at this sad pinch, But old England, on VERNON rely on, For this honest Fellow, who took _Porto Bello_, Shall find BOB a Gibbet to die on. “Stop not VERNON’S career, Thro’ Folly and Fear, Lest the _French_, or the _Spaniards_ should beat ye; Nor let _Don Geraldino_, Busy _Horace_, or _Keen_ O Bamboozle you with a new Treaty. “This time then be bold, Be not bought and sold, Nor let _Monsieur’s_ old Tricks still seduce ye, Like our Forefathers try, Or to conquer or die, Ere _France_ to a province reduce ye. “_Hessian_ Troops are all sham, The Neutrality damn, The _Convention_, and ev’ry Vagary; The money they’ve got, All is now gone to pot, And so is the Queen of Hungary. “But send Ships and Food, TO VERNON, that’s good, For unless Heaven feed him with _Manna_, His designs they’ll defeat, For without men and meat, How can he e’er take the _Havanna_. “Besides, let us send, a true militant Friend, Nor longer be Bob’s, or Spain’s dupe a; They there would agree,--Both by Land and by Sea, And soon be the masters of Cuba.” The managers of what was called the “Country party” consisted of those who entitled themselves “patriots,” and were active in promoting the “good cause.” The victory which in 1741 unseated Wager and Sundon, and moreover inflicted so heavy a blow upon Walpole’s influence that he lost his corrupt majority, and subsequently retired from the struggle, was annually commemorated by an association of members of the constituency which had been the first to assert its independence. An invitation was issued to the voters to meet together to celebrate this anniversary; a copperplate, neatly engraved, surmounted by an allegorical design, and surrounded by an elegant frame or border, formed the ticket:-- “The Independent Electors of Westminster Are desired to meet at Vintners’ Hall, Thames Street, On Friday, the 15 Feb. 1744, At 3 o’clock, to Dine together, in order to Commemorate their Success on the 22nd of December, 1741, and further to promote the same Public Spirit. GEORGE DODINGTON, Esq. } { LORD GEORGE GRAHAM. CHARLES EDWIN, Esq. } Stewards { GEORGE GRENVILLE, Esq. THOMAS GORE, Esq. } { SIR JOHN PHILLIPS, Bart. Pray Pay the Bearer 5 shil^s.”