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 with expectations that ome initrous accident, or erroneous conduct, might diffue dicontent and inflame malignity. Their hope is malevolence, and their good is evil.

their zeal for their country we have already had a pecimen. While they were terrifying the nation with doubts whether it was any longer to exit; while they repreented invaive armies as hovering in the clouds, and hotile fleets as emerging from the deeps; they obtructed our levies of eamen, and embarraed our endeavours of defence. Of uch men he thinks with unneceary candour who does not believe them likely to have promoted the micarriage which they deired, by intimidating our troops or betraying our counels.

is conidered as an injury to the Publick by thoe anguinary tatemen, that though the fleet has been refitted and ,