65jO Jiclr^^jfiect of French Literature — Miscellanias. 



t+iey flionld retire with the army, fo that' 

 t-iierc now rciimins only the remcmhcr- 

 ance of an cnterpriic, the furcrl's of 

 which, in cnfo of perfevprancc, would 

 )ja\e been certain." 



We are told, trt the cnnchirion, that 

 tiie Conftitutifle AllV-nUjly, which <liir- 

 iiig the Ihort i'outi? yOf clc'von montlis an-{ 

 tuivivty flavs liad cnartcfl no fewer than 

 5.414 laws, left notalincle act hrhind it 

 which tnerili the notic*- of a wcll-inforrn- 

 ^(1 man. ■" It was hy far tof> le^irncd,'' 

 Jiiys the author, ^' and did not cxhiliit a 

 fuiiicient ck>!;r<'e of dii'cernivient ; al- 

 tiiongh a multitude of reforms were luatJf, 

 yet not a 4in2'!e itifiitution was calculated 

 to furvi\'e the experience of a tow 

 vt>ar?. 



" In line, if the Conftilutini:; Afl'embly 

 jdcfpoilcd the kin;^ ot his antliority, the 

 Jx^giflalive i\ficnd)ly deprived him of his 

 libcrtv, and the CQnvcntion of his life. 

 <)ur hair ftonds on end at the rivrollcc- 

 fion, we arc feized with alVright, and a 

 jiiortal chilincfs lei/cs on all our mem-r 

 l>crs. All llie abominations whiclj have 

 Jidlied the earth fnicc the creation, are 

 not in the Icall companihle to thofc that 

 rlefignatc the reiiin of the third alfenibly. 

 It caufcd more hlood to he ilicd than all 

 fJie harharity '>t tiic ancient < Jauls and 

 Druids, united togothcj-, fpilt during a 

 courle of A'veral aj^cs. 



■ " Let Tis lament, witli tjie prophet Je- 

 remiah, tl)ofc grand cities which are the 

 receptacles of nation*;, and more efpe- 

 tinlly of pretended philofophers : /'<e 

 tihi .Hvitas gi'nlhim et phllofujihontm ! 



■ '' Ijet us admire the wifdom of tlve 

 Emperor Domitian, who, tow.inls the 

 79th year of Jefus Chrilt, chacod tlieni 

 fVom^very part of Italy. Let ns admire 

 the fa<racity of rredoric 11., who, fifteen 

 centuri<?5 afterwards, would not permit 

 tbem to govern one of his provinces, but 

 in ord-er to pimilli them. 



" We (Miglit never to forget the uiif- 

 fortunes broudit on our own country by 

 this fpecies of !n<:n', which an evil geiuus 

 feems to have fent njuong us merely for 

 the pnrpofe of covering, u^ v\ith mourn- 

 ing. Ixt us, therefore, uuroiuir.gly corn- 

 hat the hydra (tt pliUqfop/iii'i/i, by means 

 of works in which our attachment to 

 found nior.ds and true 'cit iice fliall be 

 predominant ; in which refpcct for that 

 confolatory rehi:ion which cannot perifli 

 will be allied with the love of our fovc- 

 reign, of the laws, and thofe peaceable 

 virtues, without which there can neithcu- 

 he calm in our own coiilcieirceSj nor feli- 

 city in the ftatc," 



MISCELLANIES. 



" Tablcaus Comparatiis des Depenfe?, 

 &c." — (.'ompartitive Statements of the 

 Lxpenccs and Revenues of IVaiicc and 

 England, &c. By M. Sahatikr. 



This xvork is intended as an anfwer to 

 the publications of M. Genf/., a I'rul'iian 

 writer, luppoled to be extremely at- 

 tiichcd to the iiilerelU of (ireat britain. 

 It; detailing the rciourcce of his natue 

 couiury, this autiior maintains thr.t cuiU 

 li to be fujuui 11: mijr« than fifty depart- 

 mtnis in France, while iron ore abounds 

 ill ditVcJout pa.rts of it. 



Were w,e to give credit to the coinpa- 

 n,itivc tltinuitcs of thi<? author, we mutl 

 !i,i .the lame time reverfe tlu: known or^ 

 der of fa<^ts, and believe that England, 

 is in a liute of feeble infa;K y, while 

 Trance has attuined the very fuiuiuit of 

 human profperity. 



'' /ri'-ogiaphie Statiftit^uc, Ilydniuliqne, 

 lfiitori()ue, tVc." — ^Thc ."^tatiltical. Hy- 

 draulic, JNlineral, llilvorical. Political, 

 and Commercial Geography of all parts 

 of the World; includiiii; the Hillory of 

 the Ancient Provinces of France, an(l 

 of, tliic Coun;ri<'S conr|iLcrcd i>nd united 

 to it, fublequently to the llcvolutLon, \-c. 

 l?y JD.I,. M., formerly rrofelVor in the 

 Univeility of Paris, and Member of fc- 

 veral Academics. To winch is anne^f^d, 

 a Plate of the Planetary Syftein, by R?. 

 LnnoNNK, &c. 4 vols. 8vo. vvith lolj 

 coloured AIaj>s, and a feparat.r AtLis. " 



Thii work is calcnlatcd to inlpiif both 

 natives and foreigners with a Iiigh idea 

 of the rank whicli Ijaiicc at this jircfeiit 

 moment retains in the fcalc of Europe ; 

 and, in coufeipi/rnce of her fncci-fifs dii 

 the continent, recent circujiillMnfes sp- 

 pe.'u' to have but too firmly eliablilhcd 

 his propolition. It is the uijli of the. 

 auilior at the fanu: time to infnuiato^ 

 that tlie jiowcr and coufeqnence of 

 ('"reat Britain trc fo formidable, as trt 

 ]iveveiit her from h( ing alarmed at the 

 fiuideii ;iggrandifenient of his native 

 countrv. Our European population is 

 computed at 14v'03,0!i7 pcrfons, in Ali4 

 !ind -America we arc laid to poflcfs 

 .•^.J,! 100,000 more: fo that, in Ihort, w(> 

 reckon uji U),oi>,'..Uo7 liibjects ; whild 

 France, including the conquered coun- 

 tries, is laid to contain only 34| mil- 

 lions. 



" Memoires de I'lnrtitnt National, 

 ike." — ^Icmoirsof the National Inftiluid 

 of Arts and Sciences. 



The ?sational Iiittitute promifcd to 

 cfFetT wonders in liL'icnre ; and if nni- 

 donbtodly coniprehendcd, at one time, 



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