The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-30 00:00:00

NATIONAL MONUMENT rif SCOTLAND.

Yesterol.iy a Meeting of Noblemen and Gentle-
men of Scotland took place at the British Coffee-
house. Cockapur•strert. for the purpose of promot-
ing the erect' of a Nation:it Scottish Monument
in commemoration of the glorious Naval and Mill-
tiry Achievements of the late War. The Meeting
was attended by persmusges of the first distinction.
Soon after one o'clock his Grace the Duke of
ATNOLL took the Chair.
His Grace stated, that it was needless fur him to
take up the time of so respectable a Meeting by
expatiating on the glorious achievements of the
late war. and the great part taken therein by na•
lives of Scotland. In commemoration of the
valour of their countrymen. it lied been determined
in Edinburgh. last Februsry. to e►ect a National
Monument j it was the object of the promoters of
the present Meeting to co-operate with their corn-
trymen in the same cause. and Resolutions to that
effect would now be submitted for their consider-

•lion.

The Earl of IIaaADALSAWR rose and proposed
the best Resolution, which, as well as the rest, was
carried with unanimity:—
" That the ouparalleled victories with which the Great
Disposer of Eyeless was pleased to bine the Doltish arias,
by sea sad lied, is the late glorious sad neutral war, is
which the valour a Scotsmen was so compicuomly display-
ed is every quarter of the flobe,jeagy deserve to be cos-
rnemarate.l is the Metropolis of So:Maud, by some appro.
prime memorial uf motional gratitude."
The Earl of ROSLIIIMILY observed, that be held
in his hand a Resolution which had a threefold
object : —lt fiat went to commemorate the valour
and glory of their fellow countrymen; next, to
erect a building calculated to adorn their capital,
which was the site of improvements calculated to
make it the finest capital in Europe; and, thirdly,
to add • place of worship to their other edifices, fur
pion. purposes, worthy themselves and their coun•
try, and which would Nike do honour to the living
and the dead.—( Applarre.)...His Resolution
was—

" That • Monumental F.dilice.comprelsendiss • Church,
demised for the purposes of Divine Worship, nod ornament-
ed in sorb a simmer as may perpetrate the memory of the
prat anvil and military arhseventeNts of the .ate war, will
afford • lasting proof, wet only of ,satasesid ratite& to the
Almighty fur his proieetios, but of the afeciinsata remem-
brance of Scotland of ilium pliant dicers and mew who
fought and hied he the service of their country."
Mr. Fr LAY, in seconding this Resolution, ob-
served, that it was impossible to add to its interest
by speakirig one word, after the eloquent speech of
the Noble Proposer.
An Honourable Gentleman, whom we under.
stood to be Governor HOUSTON, proposed the
third Resolution, which
That the glorious and important services of our Army
is Asia, in the war recently mid 'successfully wrossosted, is
which British valour was so eininemily soasufewsd, shall be
commemorated in the proposed Nat West Misommeol."
Mr. WM. DUNDAS felt great pl.esure in pro.
moting an object so well calculated to do honour
to themselves mid their country. The Monument
which they meant to erect would, he was convinced,
commemorate the glory of their heroes who had so
largely contributed to shed lustre upon the British
us me.—(Applouse.l
The Earl of Rossaes*Y said he bad to propose
the fourth Resolution. from • part of which, how.
ever, he meant to dissent. He could not agree to
the latter port, which recommended two endow.
ments for Clergymen. It would be committing the
Meeting to an additional expense, perhaps equal to
the balance they wanted for the Monument.—
f Heur.)—.The Resolution was—
° That fur the purpose of accomplishing this desirable
lira GaserslSebscriptim shall immediately be opened,
beli sod effectual imeasores adopted to raise • fund, not
ouly leampletiai as edifice worthy of Scotland, but for
lbs asamruserit of two Clergymai,te officiate as Ministers of
lasesslal Church."
The CHAIRMAN observed, that there Resolu-
tions ought not to be considered final and conclu-
sive. as their progress, and the nature of their
building, must be regulated by their means. After
all. perhaps, they may not be able to have a
church, though their funds may enable them to
erect a triumphal arch, or some such ornamental
monument. By and bye, perhaps. the Govern-
ment might, as the nation ut large participated in
the benefit which the valour of their countrymen
conferred, give them some additional rid. At pre.
seat, it was certainly best trot to encumber their
object with too much, but rather to go on progres-
sively.—(lleur. hear.)
Mr. Wis. DUNDAS fully concurred with the
Nobk Chairman. The sum which they would be
obliged to mortgage, to secure 500/. for two der.
gymen (he imagined they could not well give them
less), would not be less than 20,000/. At • time
when Parliament was shout to vote 100,000/. for
churches is, Scotland, it would be as well, per-
haps, to confine themselves to the great spirit of
their object, namely, the erectiou of • great No-
tional Monument; and if, in the progress of their
efforts, their funds enabled them to swell the un-
dertaking, then it world be so much the better.
But at the outset he was decidedly averse to overlay
the undertaking.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said, that the idea of • church
war suggested on this ground at the Meeting in
Edinburgh—flat they ought to unite with the com-
memoration of their heroic countrymen, their reve-
rence and adoration of the Providence also armed
them with so much valour.
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR considered this part of the
question to be one of great importance, as well as
delicacy. The Resolution. as it stood, was agreed
to at a Meeting in Edinburgh, and among the sub-
scribers lie saw the names of a number of Clergy.
mete who perhaps co-operated under the pledge
that this church and those eurlowrhenis should form
• part of the plan; he thought therefore that the
better course would be to insert ih the Reoulution
such words as the following And if the funds
paid admit of it, to erect a building calculated
for religious purposes," &c.
Mr. Wst. DUNDAS said. that they in Londod
were not to be concluded by what had beers done
in Edinburgh; and if any misuirdersianding arose,
he thought it could easier be removed now thou
at a future period. The money hod root been paid
in, and a general understandiug ought to to he
place. so as that Fubscribers should really know
for what they contributed.
An alteration was agreed to in the 2.1 mid 4th
Resolutions, to meet the wisher of the Meeting—in
the I:sttet the lost line was omitted.
1 11r. flurcusoosi thought it would be so *ell to