§ 654. 
the part of the aggreffor  Notwith- 
ftanding (adds he,) the late.extraordi- 
hary efforts of the’ French’ armies in 
the four of the globe feem to 
eemonitrate that'they might he enabled 
#o overcome far greater dificulties than 
thofe which would occur during a 
march from Devonfhire to the capi- 
tal.” 
Mr. Grofbert, inftead of a project lia- 
‘ple to fo many objections, propofes 
thatan enemy fhould effect a deicent 
between Margate and Beachy Head — 
He fuppofes the expedition to confilt of 
fifty thoufand effective men, including 
pioneers and thofe attached to the ar- 
tillery and engineers, embarked on 
quarters 
board fix hundred tranfports; the con-- 
fumption of thefe, with the addition of 
ten thouiand fervants, camp followers, 
&c. is calculated at fixty thoufand ra- 
tions of bifcuit, and two days being 
allowed for the paflage, three for the 
debarkation, and five for the march to 
Tondon, 620,000 rations of bread will 
be all that is neceflary for ten days, 
while only forty-fix waggons are re- 
quired to carry this quantum of pro- 
vifions. 
«* Thus, (fays he,) one bold effort, 
alucky paffage, a favourable interpo- 
fition of the elements, a fingle chance, 
would enable us to throw a body of 
troops into England, which’ might 
march along the fhorteft line of opera- 
tion, with the advantage of having 
its fubfiftence rendered certazin all the 
way from the coaft to the capital. 
«¢ Although thefe ideas do not form 
the bafis of any project which may 
be hereafter carried into execution, and 
notwithftanding they are merely ha- 
zarded on purpofe to demonftrate the 
advantage of taking the neareft road to 
the capital, in oppofition to the hypo- 
thefis of General Lloyd, who has ar- 
gued in refpect to the longeft, yet it is 
plain that many of the difficulties in- 
herent to the former are obviated by 
the plan here propofed, of feeding the 
army independent of local refources.—- 
Undoubtedly it would not be proper to 
Yeave Dover Caftle and the forts at 
Gravefend, as wellas that of Tilbury, 
behind. It would even perhaps be ufe- 
ful to effect a fecond debarkation on 
the left bank of the Thames; but the 
attack of the places juft mentioned 
would’ not ftop the march of the 
French,’ as twenty thoufand men 
might be employed to keep up the 
¢ommunication, as well as to under- 
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Retrofpee of French Literature,—Mifcellaneous; 
take fieges, while the thirty thou~ 
fand that remain would prove moré 
than fufficient to obtain poffeffion o 
the capital of England, which is only 
about twenty-three leagues diftant 
from the place of debarkation.” 
We ‘have mentioned this work 
merely becaufe the fubject is inte- 
refting ; but it is evident that it: 
abounds with a number of abfurdities, 
and betrays an aftonifhing ignorance 
of the fituation and refources of Eng- 
jand, Reverfing the fimple fact, the 
author fuppofes the French provided 
with a formidable navy and an abun- 
dance of tranfports, enabled to land on 
the open coaft ina triumphant manner, 
and to march in ten days to the capi- 
tal, while the Englith fleet is either dif- 
perfed or intimidated, and an army of 
three hundred thoufand files im a cow- 
ardly manner before a detachment of 
thirty thoufand men ! idk § oe 
‘ Voyage pittorefque et hiftorique 
de la Iftric, de ia Dalmatie,”’ &c.—The 
Tour, both hiftorical and pitturefque, 
of Iftria and Dalmatia, drawn yp from 
the Itinerary of L. F.Cassas, by Jo- 
SEPH LavaLTE, of the Philotechnieal 
Society, the Society of Sciences, Let-. 
ters, and Arts, &c. &c. adorned with — 
Land{capes, Charts, and Plans, ps ta 
ed and formed on the {pot by Caflas 
Painter and Architeét, Author and 
Editor of the Pi€turefque Tour of Sy- 
ria, Pheenicia, Paleftine, and Lower 
Ber pt at. 19 bia en 
This beautiful work. contaims no 
lefs than fixty-four engravings, befides 
a number of vignettes, and. is fold at. 
two different prices, the common-paper 
edition being difpofed of at 210 franks 
and the vellum at 350. V ; 
_ready taken notice of this undertaking; 
but as it is now complete, we fhall here 
endeavour to prefenta fummary. 
A fociety attached’ to the arts, ad- 
diéted to the ftudy of nature, and pal- 
fionately devoted to antiquity, had 
conceived the project of pbtaining <a- 
gravings of the picturefque environs of 
Triefte. 
ecuted and publifhed at Vienna, and 
the Emperor Jofeph II. noi only inte- 
refted himfelf im, but actually patron- 
ized thofe who had formed, the plan. 
Caflas, who at that time happened to 
refide at Rome, was felefted, in 1732 
We have al-. 
Thele defigns were to be ex-— 
al 
to execute the defigns alluded to; but — 
this diftinguifhed arti did not confine 
himfelf to the views in the neighbour- 
hood of Triefte; he thought that he 
would 
