_Europe_ on fire; _France, Germany, Spain,_ in flames, which are extending to _Great Britain_. This desolation continued and assisted by Mr. _Pitt_, under the figure of King _Henry_ VIII. with bellows increasing the mischief which others are striving to abate. He is mounted on the stilts of the populace. A _Cheshire_ cheese depends from his neck, with 3000 _l._ on it. This alludes to what he had said in Parliament--that he would sooner live on a _Cheshire_ cheese and a shoulder of mutton, than submit to the enemies of _Great Britain_. Lord _Bute_, attended by _English_ soldiers, sailors, and _Highlanders_, manages an engine for extinguishing the flames, but is impeded by the Duke of _Newcastle_, with a wheel-barrow full of _Monitors_ and _North Britons_, for the purpose of feeding the blaze. The respectable body under Mr. _Pitt_ are the aldermen of _London_, worshiping the idol they had set up; whilst the musical King of _Prussia_, who alone is sure to gain by the war, is amusing himself with a violin amongst his miserable countrywomen. The picture of the _Indian_ alludes to the advocates for retaining our _West Indian_ conquests, which, it was said, would only increase excess and debauchery. The breaking down of the _Newcastle_-arms, and the drawing up the patriotic ones, refer to the resignation of that noble Duke, and the appointment of his successor. The _Dutchman_ smoking his pipe, and a _Fox_ peeping out behind him, and waiting the issue; the Waggon, with the treasures of the _Hermione_; the unnecessary marching of the _Militia_, signified by the _Norfolk_ jig; the Dove with the olive-branch, and the miseries of war; are all obvious, and perhaps need no explication. To those already given, however, may be added the following doggrel verses: Devouring flames with fury roll Their curling spires from Pole to Pole, Wide-spreading devastation dire, Three kingdoms ready to expire; Here realms convulsive pant for breath, And quiver in the arms of death. Ill-fated isle! _Britannia_ bleeds; The flames her trait'rous offspring feeds: Now, now, they seize her vital parts-- O save her from his murd'rous arts!