and then finish with a few observations on, his work, and on the writings and speeches of people. amongst ourselves, who fight on the same side of the question.

The translator of the work observes in his preface

"The original volume was published at Paris, previous to the Moscow expedition. The exulting tone of defiance which it breathes, as well as various concomitant circumstances which daily transpire, fully demonstrate that it is one of those indirectly official, or authorized publications, which the French press has become remarkable for fulminating, previous to the developement of any important project or overture on the part of the ruler of that nation.

"It would seem that the arrival of the original copies of this work had been calculated upon as likely to take place about February or March, a period affording, (as was no doubt thought), peculiar opportunities for their introduction; and when, in addition to other important matters that might be expected to occupy the attention of the ministry, parliament would be engaged in the discussion of the subject of the scarcity of specie, and the asserted depreciation of bank notes!"

"It cannot be denied that the original volume

is the production of an acute and able writer; one who is evidently in the pay of Napoleon. It is, however, as evidently written with the palpable view of allaying the dissatisfaction of Napoleon's subjects, while its threats of the excommunication of this country is calculated to encourage the hopes of his tributaries and allies, and to effect the (to him) much more important object of disheartening the British people! In all these hopes he will assuredly fail; first, because his tyrannous career has excited a general disgust and horror, which is every where expressed in "murmurs not loud but deep;" secondly, because it is not in Britain, but in the territories of Napoleon and his allies, that "Pandora's box has been emptied even beyond hope!"

"While perusing this book, the reader will not fail to be struck with the reiteration of the cry for Peace! It is the Alpha and Omega of the author! It is no longer the wish for " ships, colonies, and commerce;" but it is the cry of "Peace, Peace! give us Peace or we die!!!" Are we to be dragooned into a peace without "indemnity for the past, and security for the future?"

That an enemy of this country should try, per fas et nefas, to ruin its resources by attacking its institutions, and to gain over its enemies hy misrepre

senting its conduct, is not to be wondered at, and is perhaps allowable; but we must blame and lament when we see men rich and respected amongst ourselves, fighting in the same cause, though, perhaps, with different intentions..

Messrs. Whitbread and Burdett, Lord King, and others, who, through a strong sense of patriotism, speak language nearly similar to the greatest enemy of England, must hesitate a little as to the wisdom of their conduct; for, though they may be conscious of rectitude of intention, they have reason to be doubtful of the prudence of those speeches which their bitterest enemy might have dictated, and certainly does approve of, as fraught with ruin to England.

Montgaillard says, "The changes which have in our age altered the whole face of Europe, ought to be attended with results equally honourable and fortunate to every nation; yet will they be incalculably disastrous to Great Britain, if the British ministry persist in violating the rights of those nations, and outraging their sovereignty. occurrences will render the degradation and disgrace of the political and commercial power of Great Britain inevitable, if its cabinet persist in the war of extermination which it has so ridiculously de

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clared against the commerce and navigation of all other countries!

"Nature has decreed that the French empire should be the centre of power and protection for all the nations of the continent: this political decree is fixed and immutable. Hence it will be evident that the momentary transfer of the sceptre of the ocean to the hands of England has been occasioned by circumstances radically false, corrupt, and unstable; and by these alone. Such adventitious circumstances on the one part, and the maritime tyranny of Great Britain on the other, have caused all the ravages, and engendered all the plagues, under which both the sovereigns and the people have groaned, down to the present hour.

"Every impartial man, of a correct understanding, whatever may be his country, profession, or political opinion, is forced to acknowledge in the conduct and will of the government of France, the fixed and liberal intention of giving freedom to the commerce and industry of the people of Europe; of protecting their sovereignty and their maritime independence, and of ensuring to them the honourable enjoyment of those commercial rights inherent in every crown. Such a man is likewise obliged to admit, that the intrigues, peculations, and cupidity of the English

ministry have been the cause of wars, of the overturning of governments, as well as of the fall and expatriation of several of the late sovereign families of Europe. Proceeding from error to error, from one disaster to another, as if infatuated by their unparalleled blindness or stupidity, the English ministers have arrived at the point of declaring, in the delirium of their tyrannical cupidity, that the people of every country ought to be the vassals of the British flag, the slaves of the commerce of Great Britain, the tributaries to its industry, and the victims of its polity."

"It is necessary to explain the naval power and the commercial riches of England, and to explode, in the face of all Europe, this phantom of prosperity which has deluded every government, which oppresses every people, and which might have enchained the universe by the most scandalous and rigid laws, if, amidst all the prodigies, and every kind of glory which can do honour to human nature, Providence, in its eternal justice, had not indicated to all nations the avenger of their rights, and the protector of their liberties—such, in short, might have been the result, if Providence had not granted to the French empire a statesman profound in his councils, a warrior invincible in the field, the