[xxxvi. 59]

1821. July 3.

Constitut Code

England

First Lines

Constitutional

1. Army in 1753, 20,000. Army in 1821, 100,000.

2. Navy in 1753, 15,000. Navy in 1821, 60,000

So far as aggressive power is concerned, to say that it is no greater now than it was in 1753 is to say that one hundred thousand is no more than twenty thousand: or that sixty thousand is no more than fifteen thousand.