The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-27 00:00:00

"46iy-L. Breu;o.dt,

A aurrtermis knd mnst reopethil?le 11/I,..ering oP the
Men:it:vitt, Bankers, Trades, 4x. of• London, was
ye,rerclay held,on the Royal Exchange,' for the pur:
•.
oi. .expresling their tentiments at the present
ruport.iiit crisis io support of the Honour and In-
dert:istknee of ifieieCount qr.
~fit upe.o!clock JAcob BOSANQUET, itsq. was
called to the Chair. • •

Mr. V.ActaElo.k, the Secretary" of the twit.
India CoMpany, having 'read the Advertisement
oader whiely the Weting had been convened,
TheCHA tit :40' addressed the Mee:ring.. .
" 'When, he said, she 'looked r and •upon those
walk, ',Alia had so often witnessed the Honour and
good Fiith of the Merchants.of ,the-"British`
pire when he• saw those 'persons under whom the
country had been made almost the etnporitim'of the
world ; when he locked-round and saw himself sur_
rounded on all sides, by those among whom he had
lived, he flattered himself that what he should have
the honour of proposing that day, would meet their
unanimous approbatiotry knowing, as he-did,- that
.their honour, ind4endenee, sWitt, anti' integrity;
had t arried'itte.British name from-Pole to 'Pole. -An,
Enemy, a prcui and i'Mperions Enemy, -wai at
.s,:tor.
doors—an Eneniy who thought that nothing stood
between hint and universal tlorisinion but this Coon.
try—an Enemy who panted to-aCt over in this
Country those scenes which had- been realized in
every Country. to Which his arms and power had
reached.. That Enemy was now burning with im.
patience to extend his ravages to this happy land,
and should he succeed, they would see those scenes
again transaCted, which had spread desolation and
havoc in so many parts of the world. They would
see their wives and daughters violated, and put to
shame before their eyes : they would see their dear.
est friends assassinated in' the public streets, their
altars profaned, and the land polluted with rapine,
violence, slaughter, and blood. When Rome and
Constantinople, the two greatest Cities the world
ever saw, were Sacked, the one by the Saracens, and
the other by the Barbarians from the North,. it' was
reported, that, though every ()ling abroad bore
the appearance of War, every thing • Within -retained
the semblance of peaCe, traoquillity, and quiet.—
it was said the Merchants were seen as usual, in
their pUblic wines, attending'lo their affairs, and
that the Motley...changers sOere Caleuldting their sper
•nulations with the indiPrence of aterfett security.
'What was the consequencel- They tog the whole
of that wealth, in the accumulation of which their
hearts and souls Were concentrated ; whereas, had
they but sacrificed a part of what they possessed,
and had they gone out themselvea to Meet thetne.
my, instead of trusting to others,. Whom t hey .had
hired to defend them, Rome: and Constantinople
Might have reMained to this day, what Eng.
land is, • the Protestors of themselves anti other
Countries front unjust violeke and tppressioti.—
Fee want of.their own
,exertions they fell—two
of the greatest Cities. the world ever saw flourish,
perished. God send their fate might never he out's!
But, God send, if it was to be so, that he and his
children might perish in the first ranks, and not live
to witness the ruin 'Hid desolation that would ensue.
It world be wrong at a time like this, to;deceive
'themselves. They had a numerous, bold, hardy, and
determined Enemy at their doors, and if that Enemy
ever dhould reach this Country, there remained
nothinic for them hot to conquer or die. He could
not believe it of Britons that they would be.coment
to be the:slaves of those who were themselves the
„vilest of, slaves. Jr was in their power to be safe—
exert themselves, 'and it was ins.
should fall ; for the HistorY of. the
ptwhoesoysrilbdhia,cddidtohnnelyoy to t
produce an example of a free and de.
termined Nation ever having been conquered. It
might be asked, What was to be done ?• Let theM
join in an unanimous determination, if neces.
sary,"to conquer or to die ; and 'when that had. beep
done let each man p to his proper place, and endea.
'your with hand, headl.and hearrto support a,he.pub.
lic'CaOse. Should a proud lawless.banditti—men
who are fighting„ fur plunder and for ptin,—"should
.they be, prodigal., Of,' their lives .and fortunes, and
Should' Britons, who had every thing .to, save and
defend, shew cowardice, where they ought to shesv
the most determined resolution ? 13tit it.their
Mies were to reach this. Country, though they might
fill the land with ruin andalesolation,-great Would
be their disappointmeot. They,would expect to
,firni the riches of the Country in the pockets of the
individualsi and in the coffers of the State ; but it
Was not there our richesresideil—they resided in
the heads, the hearts., the commerce, and the induS.
try of the People, and in the proteetiott afforded
them by the Laws, Constitution anti Government of.
this happy Land, He hoped and trusted that before
they parted they should all unite in an imartintOus
Declaration to stand or fall with their Country and
their,King. Hehoped when that 'had been done,
they would determine to throw col' other cares
except .those for the defence of their Country ; that
they would 0130 determine to consider as public
enemies those !Ina would divide and turn their at.
tention to other objets. in short, that they should
consider theniselves as having done nothing-till they
had placed their Country out of the reach of -danger.
He was persuaded they had anticipated what he had
stared ; he had only to add that he should be ready
to appear the foremost in the ranks, resolved to
stand or tall in the glorious canse of his Country."
(Ittrestant applattles tome mintatt. tuccettlea7,
patriotic speech.)
Mr. D'ALMEIDA then read a Declaration (for
which see the front of put Paper). lie,was repeat.
edly interrupted by bursts of applause.
Mr. FoasTaa -seconded the Motion.. He coo.
sidered the Declaration to he as pathetic and erter.
getic appeal,toakir feelings as Men and Britons,
as could have been made ; he had only td call upon
each -of them to play the man in d4ence rif their
gitates, their liontiitcs,.theirCoontry and their God;
he had only to call upon them to recolleft that an
the ground of 'France Englishmen had triumphed
witness the glorious achievements in the Fields of
Crecy, Agincourt, and BlerMeint and the
case of conquest Britons hat prevailed, never let-it
be said they were Unable to cbottNid iiicessrOTly
with their Roraima upon . their own native soil.—
Abroad they had vanquished their foe,; 'and' oT their
exertions at house he cod.; never despair,

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