The stockholders, to all appearance, will not be induced to subscribe any thing additional before Brazil be recovered, and, as already stated, placed in its previous condition ; because it is the principal pledge on which their money has been invested ; and even though restored, no assurance can be given them, that the ancient difficulty would not hereafter return, so long as the burthen of the military continues to hang around their neck therefore, your High ;

Mightinesses ought, above all things, vote the extraordinary aid for Brazil, as requested and already consented to by some provinces; and, consequently, after the accomplishment of the principal design in Brazil, reduce the military which are required there for the defence and maintenance of the garrisons in that quarter, to a smaller number, to be continued and supported at the public expense, at least until Brazil again recovers itself, and the excise and tenths and similar public revenues, produce sufficient to defray the military expenses. Should the inhabitants of Brazil, considered as the subjects of this State, receive in this way that protection and benefit from your High Mightinesses which they might enjoy in this country, freemen would be encouraged to settle down there quietly under your High Mightinesses' guardianship, and Brazil being riveted to this country, might not only afford trade and support for many thousand people in time of peace, but serve as a bulwark for the security of this State in time of war, and as a point from which the enemy in the vicinity of his West Indies could be harrassed and kept always more effectually in check. The fifteen tons of gold receivable from the East India Company would serve to stock Brazil and Angola with provisions, munitions of war, stores and general supplies, and lit out ships and yachts both for the conveyance thereof and the defence of the coasts.