5? MEMOIRS OF 



general foe, has to this hour but little tar- 

 nifhed in the frame of fir Brooke Boothby. 



A votary to botanic fcience, a deep rea- 

 foner, and a clear-Jighted politician, is fir 

 Brooke Boothby, as his convincing refu- 

 tation of that fplendid, dazzling, and mif- 

 leading fophiftry, Burke on the French 

 Revolution, has proved. Ever to be la- 

 mented is it, that national pride, and jea- 

 loufy, made our efficient fenate, and a large 

 majority of people in thefe kingdoms, un,- 

 able to difcern the fallacy which fir Brooke's 

 anfwer unveiled. Fallacy, which has even- 

 tually overthrown the balance of power in 

 Europe ; built up, by the ftrong cement 

 of oppofition, the Republic's menacing and 

 commanding tower, and wafted in combat 

 with the phantom, Jacobirufm, the nerves 

 and finews of defence againft the time 

 when real danger may aflault Great Britain,, 



About the, period at whicli fir Brooke 

 firft fought Dr. Darwin ; fought him, alib, 



Mr. Mun- 



