severe privations; and that though their armies are for the present beaten, and, in some cases, dispersed, yet we are fully persuaded they will quickly rally, and that with the effectual support, upon which they may rely from this country, they will be enabled to stop the ravages of the enemy; drive back his numerous hosts, and, at the foot of the Pyrenees, exclaim in the language of confidence and exultation, "Hitherto thou mayest come and no farther." From the unfortunate and baffling course of external hostility, it is often natural and wise to turn our attention for relief, to circumstances in the situation of Great Britain which may supply at once consolation and hope; and we cannot reflect without sentiments of pride and satisfaction, that, while nearly all the long-established governments of Europe have experienced subversion, the grand institutions transmitted by our ancestors continue unimpaired; that justice is no where administered in such purity; that order is no where connected with such freedom; that the exigences of war in no country ever existed to so great an extent, without considerably greater pressure; and that whatever minor differences may exist among the inhabitants of this island, all are combined with one heart and one resolve, for the protection of that constitution which is at once their birthright and their glory. The genuine patriot, while he watches, and, as far as in him lies, endeavours to counteract that natural tendency to decay which exists in our own, as well as in every other political establishment, will not fail to display to public notice what his country possesses calculated to excite veneration, to cherish attachment, and to kindle that ardent devotion to her cause