The destruction of the French ships and transports by Admiral G. Martin, under the orders of Lord Collingwood, as given in our Letters on Service (page 500) must have proved a severe blow to the enemy, and have given renewed spirit to the exertions of the Spanish patriots, whose cause, however desperate, still preserves a prolonged character of determined resistance, which but ill agrees with the vaunting threats of the Corsican. Nor does the defeat of the army of La Mancha, under General Areizaga, however great his loss, tend to destroy the hopes we have so long cherished, that the cause of liberty will eventually triumph in the noblest part of Continental Europe.

The protests of the Princess of the Brazils, and of her cousin, the Spanish Prince, with the Declaration of Don Pedro Carlos de Bourbon y Braganza, the Portuguese Great Admiral, are inserted (page 34–42) and are interesting documents: to our worthy Correspondent that transmitted them, and was at the trouble of translating the same, we are under particular obligations.

The death of the Duke of Portland during the period this Volume embraces, has certainly been a great loss to the country: he was a nobleman of upright integrity, and of a most amiable character.