Star.
London, England, 1803-08-09 00:00:00

LOYAL NORTH BRITONS.

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Yellen:lay evening, at feven o'clock, a moil nume-
rous and refpeßable meeting of this Volunteer Alto
clarion took place at the Crown anti Anchor Tavern,
purfnant to advertirement. The advertifement (teed
that James Malntolk, Efq. of Lincoln's Inn, was to
be in the Chair. _ _

The putout-es of the meeting were, to confider of
the propriety of an Addrefs from the Corps to His
Maissrv, and to receive and decide upon certain re
commendations from the Committee, relative to the
nominations of (Meets, and to feveral other matter►
of necelfary arrangement.
About twenty minutes after (even o'clock Mr.
M.lntofh, attended by feveral Gentlemen, entered the
room, and was placed in the Chair, amida the plau
dits of the Meeting.
Mr. M.lirrosa then rote, and (poke nearly in the
following terms:
Gentlemen—The firß duty I have to difcharge,
is that of returning you my thanks for the honour you
have done me in putting me in the chair. The tools-
try in which I reticle has ever been peculiarly dear to
me, and nothing would give me more heartfelt fads-
fadion, than to -fight her -battles in the ranks of a regi.
ment of Scotchmen. 'mull now call your attention
to the °Nee of our meeting, which is to frame an
addrefs to his Majefty, esprefilve of our loyalty and
attachment at the prefent crifis. I mull at the fame
time Rate to you, that doubts have been entertained,
by feveral refpedable Gentlemen, whether we, as a
military body, (and certainly we are in that capacity)
can affume any deliberative quality whatever. Un-
doubtedly the principle of the Conßitution, a prin•
ciple founded on the &idea propriety, in my op.inirn,
does interdia us from lo doing, and it is even in my
mind not a little problematical, whether we ought
even to difcufs the fubjea. Our loyalty will not be
lets ardent, it will not be lets known or lets zealous,
(hould we abllain from fo doing. My opinion is, that
we ought not to agree to any addrefs at prefent.—
Gentlemen, I feel that I cannot fit down without
making a very few obfervations on the occafion of
bur meeting at this eventful moment. I am about to
leave Great Britain in the fervice of my country,
perhaps within a very Rion time. and probably never
to return; 1 may therefore be allowed the liberty of
making a few remarks, which, as they come from a
man about to quit the great theatre of ambition, and
one who, wherever he goes. will, always chetifh the
highelt refpet for the country, may not prove alto
gether unacceptable.—(4vearfu) Delufion I efteem
as the molt contemptible of all the arts of wicked-
nefs : I (hall therefore not conceal or diffemble my
fentiments on the conteß in which we are engaged.
The means of deftrueion now colleted againll this
kingdom, are the greateft that ever were put in mo
Lion for' the annihilation of a civilized Rate. They are
of the moll comprehenfive kind, detifed by the moll
confummate (kill, conceived by the Utlnoß Rretch of
military craft. for the overturning of the only country
between the defpot of France and rniverfal empire.
(Lead Appleufir). But (halt I be told that thefe pre-
parations are to intimidate you GOD forbid. Thole
who would fay to, or allow themfelves to be carried
away by filch impreffions, arc in their hearts cowards
and flares! Men of cowardly and daftardly hearts
deferve nothing better than to be compelled to (ohmic
to tyranny. But in addrefling you, who are rational
beings and free men, I am fare that a difplay of dan-
ger will route your courage; and that what you fee
this happy ifland menaced by ferocious ratans. you
will cling to your arms, refolved to fecure the fafety
of the country, or perifh in the glorious caufe of her
defence. This, however is not the tone in which
I wills to addrefs you. I do not with to make allafion
to any man. but I mart ray, there are certain def.
criptions ofpeople, who are fo effeminate, thoughtlefs,
and giddy. as to entertain no idea of the danger.—
That I know is not your cafe-you have weighed the
fubjed well. There are men who tell us to rely on
the adivity of our navy, to rely on the interference
of foreign Powers, and to wiped an infurreetion of the
people of France againft the Government. I mod
tell you, Gentlemen, that Asell efforts as there are no-
thing more than miferable attempts to lull you into a
falfe and dangerous heathy: Ton may as well ima-
gine that a heavy body will not finks light am twine.
as that fuch expreffions are calculated for any other
purpofe. What! (ball it be (aid that soo,oon frog
men. with arms in their hands. (hall not defend thetn-
(elves ? If we are men of the u doubted blood of our
ancellors,. we (ball not only with to fee our enemies
foot to foot, but we ought to be branded with flame
and infamy V we do not pinta, theml-(Lead hew
sm)—With regard to politics, I &Main them : we
have nothing to de with them. We haws often fought
France fingla.hasided. Paovinancs has committed
CO our hands the llDOD•eigle of the county; let us
look abroad that others may be our Mends; bat. for
our individual fafety. let us rely on none but smithy&
Gentlemen, it is not fit to conceal from you. that this
great depofit, our own fafety,' is identified with the
liberties of the civilized world. That great mad fa-
eyed troll which has been repofed in Britons, is the
molt precious and invaluable repofed in men fines the
creation of the world. Gentlemen. recoiled that if
we go to meet the enemy, our matte ova be —N tea
tura vietorious, ur return no more I"—(Lsadiaaaas).
That glorious fpii it of unanimity and zeal by which I
perceive you are aenated, is the charades iitic mask
of men who Isme the liberty of rise human race. Corn-
mmi objets do not cache admit stills. Thi. unanimity.
great and powerful as it is and mud prove, is nut a on•

It s impolfiblefroln—T'the nature of theronleil that any
other exhibition than unanimity could be (hewn. If
there was it could be produced by no honed motive
or pretext. If, Gentlemen, there is any mail who
does not think our Glvetoithent democratical enough,
1,. .....a ---• •'^iv acknowledge that bmapai to i 4 no
"orl and I trust we
friend to denpolac. Alba ts.- : .
(hall forbid that our Contlitution firoesld. bp cais2,:e4s
Every man ,who d.es not agree in this prinaphonaidi
who will not fight in defence of our Conaitullons a•
coward. He man be deterred by a totaling fettle of '
danger, or by what is worre, an unnatural and impious
fpitit. I am very forty to fay that Bonaparte has
tome partifans. Tilde are the murderers of hold
Kilwarden ; they have fet on foot a rebellion, and
affatfinated an innocent unoffcnding charatter in pd.
vale life, and in public an illufli toits.,Magitts ate and
upright Judge. They have thus given us a rumple
of the fort of rule we may e :pat Ilsould this ennntrr
come tinder the dominion of France. Their. and
fuch malefatiors as their, are the only abet tots be has.
Ireland has feveral times_ been r Anal from dtbstc. '
tion by this country. An in lance tdok place in the c
reign of Queen Elizabeth, who proteded Eng' Ind.
Ireland, and Europe from the 'way of Phili,, II .If f
Spain ; and after the Rotolo:ion, (pm great delis, ter,
William iii. minded isis prottbio.s to the ii :er
country. Twice. therefore, has t%is country broug:tt
the people of Ireland hack to theii tiny, and w mutt
11 do it again, in older to relate them trine a f leer%
yoke, which a few confplrators are piepaii It fur .
them. Gentlemen, I have iiitle mot: t" add; in.
deed 1 ought to apologife fur having detained you fo
long.. I hope none of you have taken up arms but
with the determination of devoting your lives to the
cattle. ( :.oudi vale:m.B4ow obey. yai Pin all Perim.)
I believe you, Gentlemen, I fee you have come for.
ward to offs your lives on the altars of your country.
If any man feels lukewarm or indirpofed, I trust he
I will be told that he is unworthy of carrying arms in
our facred caufe, and of the crown of martydom we
thall deferve. Our duty will impore painful factifices
on us, bat every • man mull look to a glorious death
as art objtel of defire, controlled with a degraded
exiflence under a fcreign defpot. I am addiefEng
men whole ancellors never were fubdued ; I trutt
that Scotchmen, Englishmen, and Irithrnen, will
unite in preferring that union which was fo emi-
nently maintained on the plains of Egypt and Sy-
ria, where every natim was repreflnted by a hero
—Abercomby, Hutchinfon, and Sir Sidney Smith—
an union thus confurntnated we are all, I troll, ready
to ratify by our valour and feat wit). our blood.—
Countrymen, I feel that I am auth.)rifed by your
hearts to make this foletnn pledge. I (wear by the
immortal fpirit of Bruce and of Wallace—l (wear by
the glorious memory of all the heroes who have fallen
for the caufe and honour of Britain—l (wear by the
Gnu of Jußice and Liberty him fell, whole holy name
I cannot be thought to profane byempinying et on 19
facred an occation. that you, my countrymen, would
rather Peek liberty in the grave thab endure a wretched
erift once with the hideous fpeaacle of foreign tyranny
erected in a country which Liberty has fo long chnfen
as her favourite abode. [This fentiment vu followed
by peals of applaufe.)
After a paufe, Mr. M'lntofh rote, and remarking
on the talents of his countryinen, in whom fo many
fignal inßances had occurred of the union of poetical
genius with patriotic valour, obfervecr that he was
happy to inform the company. that Mr. Campbell was
about to recite a few Stanzas which he had prepared
for the occafion, and which would afford an addi-
tional proof of the happy union he had alluded to.
Mn Cssevaszt. author of the “Pleafttres of Hok," {
and other admired poems, then' rote and addrefed
the chair nearly as follows. I
Sir, Although the Ilsort and unimportant flanzaa
which you have done me the honour of mentioning
have no peculiar allufiop to North Britain, or to a
North Britills Affociation. yet I am emboldened to
bring them forward, by the great and animating eau&
which has called us together. Sir, as this is the fir&
time I have had the honour of appearing in this
meeting of my countrymen, I cannot help ezprell
ing my feelings of fatisfaation—l cannot help de-
claring, what a proud and honourable and impor-
tant era it forms to the life of an individual, when
he enrols himfelf, even as an andißinguinted member
in the ranks of this mightf nation, which is now
gathering for a combat wort eventful and fuldims I
dun human hißory hath ever defcribed, or human
imagination hub conceiired. To be one of the
innumerable thoufands who are crowding to this mot
holy warfare is an honour and a privilege. I Weft
C:oo, therefore, that I ezilt this moment to my no.
tire country, to have the pinion of witneEng a
, fpedacle the moll noble ever exhibited in human of ,
fairs--a nation of armed Freemen, undivided by fon
tion, pnenervated by pmfperity, with energies con-
centrated, renewed, rekindled by their common
danger ; affembling to fight under the banners &in-
dependence for themfelyes and for the univerfe.--.
Who would exchange fuch a fpotack for all the bitt
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Mr. Canrartt.'s Ode was beard with tellimonies
of extraordiLary 'probation.
The sisee•ing then amuoted tywninatinn of W.
Must, Efq. and of Janis M•lbrosn. F. 41 to be
Captains in the Corps ; and of low other Gentlemen
to be ILientmants. &me matters of arrangement
were decided ap-sh aad tits aiming bevke up.