The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-10
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! reinforcing them if necenary The mean.
Which the country atforde9 for effetting this
OBJECT were great. The number of Carriages
IN Great Britain was immenle and the meet.
ing perhaps would be furprzed when he infor
med them that the number % hor!es of I'll forts
exceeded three millions. With thot; refources,
and with that fpirit, which the country polef-
ed, 1t was not to be doubted but that the enc
my would.be prevented from iettiny a foot on
our ihore: riff he did effect landing, Il would
only be to receive the chaGiiemert his pre-
iumpton merited. lie fouid fay TO more or
this iu6iect, becauie he knew that the zeal g.
ipirt or thoie who heard him did not REQUIRE
to be animated in 10 great cauie rs the defence
or their own country, and the confeouent fall
walton or all Europe. He then proceeded TO
the immediate bu6nefs of the meeting, witch
waste arrange the means OF collecting, with fa-
cllity all the horteS and carriages which might
be wanted, in the event of an invaiion. This
power the government poiieffed by law, and the
practice or the contribution but it was certain
~ more advifable to carry fuch meaiure into
effect by voluntary offers than by compullion,
1t was thought proper that the metropolis and
its envlrons fhould fet an example 10 the fef of
the country In this laudable proceeding in or.
der that every thing might be in reatiinefs when
wanted. A machine had lately been invented.
on very imple principle, which would be
found extremely uieful in transporting troops.
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on the wheels of any carriage, with the Freateff
cafe. Theie machines could be conftr,lcted with
great expedition, and he had It in his power
to iuppiy a iufficent number in a ihort time
/ Government intended alto to accept oftbe oTers
or the nobility and gentry OF the country
VINO were anxious to give up the ufe of their
carriages tor the public fervice.--With reiDea
10 the carriages, 1t was not their fplendd bodies,
with iine painted pannels, that were wanted,
but merely the wheel part, for the purpofe Of
Importing the machines he had mentioned.
No man who felt for the honor and indepen
dence o his country or valued his own intertff,.
would neglecttogive the aid in hispowerto the
operations otgovernment on the appearance Of
an enemy. L here was to be a meeting of the
nobility, clergy, and gentry, in the wet end
OF the Town, onFrday, at the Thatched4hoiife
tavern and thofe who refided towards the eaft
end OF the town, would on Thurfday afFenbJe
at the mantlon-hou!e, where the lord MAYOR
would Prehde Much might be expected from
theie meetings but it was upon the prefcnt he
depended for the mott effcGtual afiiffance.
1 ne ouiineis OF the gentlemen who competed
tniS meeting enabled them to afford eliential
AID. They had already been extremely liberal
IN their fubfcriptions, but it was not to he ex.
Pected that every one could afford the afiiftancc
they were detirous of giving, gratis He world
therefore propoie, that fuch perfons fhouid be
paid areaonable allowance for the ufe of their
hories and carriages /; and he wifhed commit
zee OF the pre1ent meeting TO fix Il rate for that
ahowance.--He had therefore prepared two
iuoicrption papers, one for the names of fuch
gentlemen as ihould with to give the uf, of tbe;t
hories and carriages, without any reward and an
othertor thofe who required payment. He oh.
1erved, that the fubfcrbers would be required
to iupPy the drivers and horfes with provifiohs
and forage for rs hours this wa. neceifarv
on account of the difficulty there would other.
ri limit E,Ec
moment 1t is wanted.--When the gentlemen
preient formed themielves into corprnittee.
they would conflder whether it would be pru.
per to leave paper at the Tavern for fubCcrin
tons, or whether it would not he better to III.
vide themtelves into diviions, and collef the
subscriptions of the individuals OF the fame trade
in their REFLECTIVE neighbourhoods. In the 1at6
, ter cafe, the names ofthe fubfcribers ought 70
be lent to him as fpcedily as pofibIe, that he
might know where to call for the horfesand car.
ridges.
He would now leave the bufineis entireIv 70
the gentlemen prefent, being confident fhat
they would make the hef poflibIe arrangements
tor the public fervice. He fllould only add that
If any accident happened to the hor(es or car.
rages furniihed to government, or ifany 1ofs
was incurred, he pledged himftlf that the own
ers mould have full compensation under the di.
recton of the committee.
Agood deal of conversation then occurred ON
the nature of the refolutions TO be adopted.-
One gentleman obferved, that he had num-
Der of horfes oNt on lob. which he would
with TO iubicribe. In. confequence of this re-.
mark it was agreed, that one of the refolutions
ihoud declare, that thofe dealers who had hor-
les out on job would allow thofe who po(IeGed
them to fubfcribe them.
Mr.. Fagg obferved, that he was contractor
tor forwarding the mails; thefe horfes would
be much impaired by. being employed in anv
other kind of work; but what he particularly
wihed TO know was, whether he fhould be La
bic to pay the very heavy penalty under which
he was bound tn the Pot-OHice, if his borfes
were employed in conveying the troops. He
ALTO obierved, that HISTORIES were all to the wef
ward of London.
Sir Brooke Walton fad, that he had already
tated that compensation would be made for any
lois which might be incurred. He could Cay
nothing respecting the poh-ofice, becaufe he
did not with to make any promiies for which he
had no authority but he ihould take care TO pro-
cure an anfwer to Mr.. Faggs quetion.-As the
attack would mott probably be made bv the enc.
myto the eat, he would rather have the horfes
to the wet of London, as they would be more
conveniently ftuated for bringing I'D the trooDs.
committee was then formed TO draw nm
revolutions TO be iDferfed I'm thp t,i,t;c $780,