The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-02 00:00:00

Dr. IOOKER's SPEECII

ON TH E DEFENCE OF TIIE COUNTIt ; LATELY
'DELIVERED AT A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE
'INHABITANTS IN THE NOWN.HALLik AT DUD.
LEY;

The Hon. WASH INGTQN Sli RL EV, in the Chair;

MR. CHAIRMAN,

I ,believe, Sir, the objea of this Meeting is as
important as at.:y that ever engaged the attention
of a civilized people. In. common, therefore, with
my fellow' Britons of air descriptions, I naturally
feel a 'desire'to render myself useful, in contribtit.
ing all can to avert the' tremendous evils which'
now threaten us. Not knowing whether I shall
be allowed to serve my Countrrin any capacity Or
degree Out of the particular sphere' of my profession,
I now rise to address a few wools to the resoeaa...
ble assemblage of persons I see before me :7-7per;
sons," am convinced, who require not one word
from Inc, or from any other tongue more eloquent
than mine, ,to stimulate them to prorea their
King and his Government , the hour of danger,
or to die in their defence.

Yes, Gentlemen, know your hearts ; and I
know them to be warmed with genuine patriotism
with reSpen to real love of our admirable Consti.
tution, :I know them to be as 'sound as the Oak that
lends its strength to bear the. thunders of Britain
over the billows of the deep. You need no Jeanie
to be pronounced in your ears to make you -sensi-
ble of the blessings we enjoy : or tio.convince you
that those blessings are,now in danger. For, if the!
open declarations of enemies'themselves (from whom
it is advisable at all times .to receive instrutlion)
contain any truth, or if theitpresent unrainitted anti
formidable preparations against us merit any no-
tice, incredulity itself must, be constrained to own
that even onr.political and natural existence is io
most iogitfort danger. : The; undeviating and un-
divided object of a Nation gigantic in bulk, and
inured, to the business of war, is Otra. TOTAL
OVERTHROW AND DESTRUCTION.

The happiness and, prosperity with which a pe.
culiarly kind Providence has blessed us through a
series of ages, seem tO',hlrceit the proud Despot of
that Nation, as the Monarch of Hell was atieded.
when he contemplated the felicity of our First. Pa.,
rents in the Confines of Eden. And 'the language
of the Falle.R_Spirit,,iscribtd to him by our inunor.
tai Milton, may naturally be supposed to issue from
the lips of the desolating Tyrant that meditates our
ruin:

" The rncne I see
Pleasures nhout Inc, so much:more I feel
Torment within. All good to me becomes
Bane ; • ,
• Nor hope,tabo myself less miserable
ll}c.wtiat l Berk; 'but others to imike catch
As It—though thereby Witgoe to me redound.
For only. in clestroying I tiud ease
• To my relentless 010606."
YAK:. .1...05.r, Book ix. linerl9, f‘c.
Rendered wretched hinistlf by the perpetratioo of
deeas at huminity blushes; •and iinparting
nu sin;4 portion of that wretchedness .to -the
,salt he rules, " with a rod of scorpionS,"— he is
uneeaSingler end'eavouring to plunge us, the hap.,
piest of Nations; into naineless woe--I say 'witless
woe—For, what has he erotic 'in 'Other ,countries,
whose people have either voluntarily 'boWed their
necks to his yoke, or Wave been forcibly subjugated'
to his tyrannic power ; what plunder and oppfet.,
Sion,what, massacre of Men, what violation of WO-
'tnenitas he perthitted to be wrought by the slaves
of his will,? all Theie: atrocities, though'anough` to
veil yon Sun .with horror, 'form no criterion by
which 'zee are enabled to judge. of the extent of:
misery and slaughter 'with Which lie would deluge
this. Nation. 4,Nation, the only one upon earth
that has baffled his towering 'hopes, and interposed
a barrier to his mad ainhitihnit This modern Car.:
thage, a's he terms it, .be vows shall be cut off ; its
race Of. warriors, and ofrrien eminently distinguish.
ed in;every department of life, he declores shall be
exterminated ; its female inhah taints, thilitsands..and
ten thousands of whom are virtuous as 'they' are:
fair, this Arbitrator of Mortals and of States pro.
mises to his abandoned legions'oo fa6ate their ions
eafter the toils .of vidory l alter they have stained
themselves 'with the blood of the husbands, the
brothers, the fathers, and sons .of those. females.
Horrible consideration ! What son, or Whit father,:
what brother, or what husband, can ponder. it only
tin mind, 4rtci nbt feel all the_tnan, all the hero rise '
wiihin hint.

It' is "to-avert such mighty mischiefs, my ,Coup_
.trymen,' that. you are about to buckle on,the sword.
It is: to drive these plunderers of the world, these
polluters or fcmale chastity to,the waves they shall
have the hardihood to cross should, they escape the
vigilance (for I cannot for a moment ,suppose .they
will prove, victorious .over the 'valour) of our Naval
Delendefsi

That the call is loud .and inipreisive X 'need 'not
tell You.: that it should .aroUSe.every.atie 'who has
"Strength in his arm to exert 'tint st,rength in the
"momentous common cause; is equally manifest. Let
there be few .exemptions ; ;ma I. wish not to be
aiming that . few ; but will'
_gladlY.,..front danger,
with my. friends ands feliow 'Britons', in tieferictt of
niy'Country, and will' cheerfittly hail death if
witness its 141.

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Et.opsmENT.----Tnesday'''lVlr: Jour,: 'Lockirt,;
formerly an eminent gOldsthith in Dublin,'•but. Who
has retiredfrorn business some years sinc4.a'-ttenderl
the Might l%n, the Lord Chancellor, at. the house.
of his'Secretary in Linculn's'-inn.ritids, when the
fast of his running ai'ay.wiih,a Ward of Chaicery,
and intermarrying with retry nisi at Gretna Green,
and since that by'banns,
.pobli•.,hed in the parish
church of Si.' Lukes, Old-streer, being emibtisbed,
he was forthwith comniittea to the custody of, the
Warden Of, the Fleet Prison, and the bride, together
with all others concerned in the said marriage, Were.
dire led to attend 'Hi LordThip on Friday next, to-
awAt.his further orders..--,—The Lady is not quite
20 years 'of ag,e , she is entitled to a very handsome'
fortune the Gtritletnan is between Go and 70 years;
old.

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