force, he may regain it on the first reverse of his adversary's fortune, of which he cites several instances. Hence, how lamentable it is that we are doomed to add to the list Prussia, Spain, Austria, &c. for the kings of Prussia, Spain, and Austria, are merely nominal. Buonaparte reigns as much at Berlin, Madrid, and Vienna, as in Paris itself. But it may be said, that Spain is not yet conquered. One would imagine that her fate must easily be foreseen, when, with the aid of 50,000 of the flower of the British army, a population of nine millions could not repel 100,000 at most, of the enemy. This is too heart-rending a scene for me to dwell upon. Let those gallant heroes who survive the sword of the enemy and the dagger of the friend, in hunger, and many other privations, paint the scene of Spanish lethargy and ingratitude, for
"They best can paint it who have felt it most."
Our author's conclusion of this chapter brings all the horrors of the French Revolution before our eyes, and leads us to pray
