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London, England, 1804-10-05 00:00:00

LOYAL 13 4TIT I'OLUATEE RS.

ty last the regiment of Loyal Bath Volun-
Atli the Wee Company, under the command
,a.Strode,were review d by Gen. earleton. After
_se regiment had performed many manccurres with
attention itid precision, in which it was covered by
%-o Rifles with peculiar judgment and acclivity, and
--se through their firing, both in platoons and
, with great steadiness, the General did
honour to address them, as accurately as
. coiled, to the following circa :
, gives me sincere pleasure to say thus publicly
battalion of Loyal Rath Volunteers, that I am
satisfied with their appearance this clay.
is attained a degree of steadiness and disci-
that refl e 1 the -highest honour on you, as
suhjeets atid indent Volunteers. This, my
`one of praise, is above the language of corn-
, it is paid, with the highest satisfridion. to
ettention, subordination, and discipline.
Volunteers : The critical situation of the pre-
times seems fully to justify my addressing you,
1 to demand my sentiments on this eventful
as you are, by your high-spirited assumption,
military charajter, personally irro heaped in
ie. It is necessary that you should be im
, with a jus wnscof the present contest,of !he
magnitude art the means used to carry it on,
and of the en,. to which such unexamiled excr-
tidos must he expeeted to I- ad. The present is Er:
tl* contest art two ris al : atoms, on the niercanid
s4jecl of some conunercial aiivantag,.s; 'tit not a
mnestion of right to some distant settlement ;'his not
apoint of honour as a nation, or a subject of genera.
my in the well-poised balance of power. No l
i objeet is the anuiltiettion of our glorious consti-
+
tunics, the plunder of our properties, the desolatior
of -- Lod, the • •lation of all we hold dear and
1, and the final subjugation of even the free
lof a Briton. The present Ruler of France
s an to conouti t ; his power depends on success ;
lea traa? bring th ree or 100.000 into the
t of war, to ensure his power on our
denreilitin. 'Tis probable that in this great shock
he or we may finally tall; and every ap-
, on the opposite coast er.tot ees the coneiftion
will hazard this shock. I wonla wish tliis
statement to dwell on the minds of all
I elenteers, in opposition to the opiritais of many,
who enleavour to impress a different sentiment.
There are many, I well know, who publicly decry,
-wivately ridicule, the idea of invasion ; many,
. wish you to believe the invasion imprafticable.
frenithe impedimeuts ,' f tides and winds, front the
vigilance and courage of our navy, and from the
opposition of out gallant comrades in arms, who
line our coasts. That these are difficulties insur-
mountable in the little minds of such confident poli-
ticians. I can well conceive ; their objeft also, in
disseminating them so studiously, I can fairly ex-
plain. They do not mean ill to their country, by
exposing their real oe affetled confidence ; they do
not uisit to induce you to relax in your exertions;
In not desire to see you lukewarm in that com-
cause, under which they arc sheltered. No !
display their ideas of the impossibility of even
attempt being made, to justify their own inch).
the 7 excuse their own indulgence, by pro-
s disbelief of all danger ; did the occasion
their personal aftivity, they too would be
soldiers. slut, Volunteers, suffer not your ears to
J.luded by such palliatives of selfiJhriess; dee&
andeejed opinions resulting from an unmanly love
nu, overwhelming that true English courage.
should Lk- Are at the bare possibility of dm-
Great Britain. Funtiliarire not your minds
is plausible reasonings, as miglit induce you to
in your attention, though I am certain they
i not lessen ) aur ardour for your country. Con-
well the preparatiiin of our daring foe—
' men in arms. an immense extent of coast
with he stile camps, ports filled with
shipping, all on the watch fur the favourable mo-
ment to enable them to reach our shorn'. Conside.
well his means of supporting such a force ; the op-
of his allies. Consider what lie holds out to
*to stimulate them to this bold undertalt-
with danger on all sides : the plunder of Old
.ad. hissh means of support, such encourage-
Went of intrepidity, may enforce and hasten the at-
tempt. To such mighty Fcparations what have we to
oppose? A Standing army, which, though more than
'qt.' to what their numirers could pronnse, is compa-
f ratively small: a Militia, which, though as reefed as
that constitutiosal defence can be made, is still in-
adesuaie to our defence. A'J, ASKS? Englishman,
proud of the rights of ourfrec constitution, I shall ever
iexpress me ardent hope, that no necessity may ever
endanger it, by obliging us to keep up a standing
array equal too pcni: u!:h hosts as the wild ambition
I of our enemy forces into the field. How then are
tbey to he withstood? fly the: honouraLle exertions
of Viliancers ; by the spirited serviees of indivi-
daals, who, at the call of licitrour, fly to the standard
it