::^.#«r .'"--v\ '&•■«■ # ■4\d\ * ^i■■' THE ANTI-GALLICAN; OR STANDARD OF British Loyalty^ Religion and Liberty ; INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL PAPERS, TRACTS, SPEECHES, POEMS, AND SONGS, THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED Olf THE THMEATENED IMYASIONj TOGETHER WITH MANY ORIGINAL PIECES ON THE SAME SUBJECT. «^ A Descent I am determined to st' empt, by putting myself at the Head of the Expedition, fend with 480,000 men at command, army after army will be found for the Enterprize." Bonaparte^ i Speech to Lord Whitworth, Gallus suo Sterquilinio plurimum potest, PRINTED FOR VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY; AND J. ASPERNE, CORNHILI*, BY J, AND E. HODSON, CROSS-STREET, HATTON-CARDEN. 18C4. f^.L ■fc TO TM^ rOLUJVTEEES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHO WITH AN IMPULSE OF GENUINE PATRIOTISM, HAFE OFFERED THEIR SERVICES TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THEIR COUNTRY, FROM THE VIOLATION THREATENED BY AN IMPLACABLE FOE; ^^ THIS VOLUME INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE SAME OBJECT, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, Let come three corners of the Worll in Arms, And we shall shock them -.—NOUGHT SHALL MAKE US RUE, IF ENGLAND TO HERSELF DO REST BUT TRUE. Sh.^kespeare. mBDlDS THE NUMBER I. ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH NJTIOX. X HE expiring embers of War being again re-lumed by the vengeance of an implacable enemy, and its flame directed against the dearest liberties of onr Native Laxd, it becomes no less the INTEREST, than the duty, of every Englishman, to lend his aid in rescuing his Country from the impending danger. The storm excited by the most imperious of our foes, is driven onward with a celerity proportioned to the magnitude of the pur- posed mischief. Not content with the subjugation of the greatest part of Europe, the First Consul of France directs every pngine of his malice to the overthrov/ and destruction of this Island. The firm and digTiified resistance which it has opposed to the extension of his tyranny, has raised his hatred, and given force to his malignity. Intoxicated by the more than regal splendours .of the state he has usurped^ he would bend the world to his will_, ^.nd force it to stoop beneath the footstool of his power. Dazzled by success, and blinded by flattery, his judgment has become jnorbid, and every opposition to his purposes is followed by deep and lasting displeasure. Hence his enmity to Britain ; for daring tQ raise barriers to the overwhelming progress of his destructive influence. >1 c ; ; c T H ;E A N T I - G A L L TC A N . Influence;; he has vowed her ruin; and every artifice that \ engearice can in^-pire, is pursue .1 to acconi] lish his dire in- I'v-iii- His Legions^ already versed in the completion of haman misery^ are excited to the charge by the proi.i.'se of un- limited plunder. The spoils and thciiches of tlie Country ar? to be at: Jheir disposal^ their hccntiousncss is to be unbridled, and their |;:«ssions glutied to satiety. The promised Canaan is po'ii-jj out to their view; and tl»e land flowing wiih miik and honey, is at the ^. ill of the proud Conqueror^ to become to its inhabitants^ a scene irt desolation and of bitlerness. Britons! the Danger is imminent. The ferocious bands of Gau! liave been too long nurtuied in blood and rapine to resist the in- •f aence of the allurements thus displayed. Like rapacious wolves they advance to the conquest-as reckless of danger, as divested of iMimanity. The ^^ compunctious \isitin2S of nature," are stifled 111 their bosoms. In iheir hearts, mercy is not an inmate; and so r.e]'} dr,es tins Ijcrceness of temper accord with the disposition of tlieir despotic Rider, that a Fiitlic Edict; directs them to Lhq ivvissacre of ei'eri/ Man uhose lovalty or whose bravery has it-ijpelk'd him to arm in dcleuce of ihe menaced hberties of ihis Country 1 Tlie security v^hi h results from ignorance, or confidence ■v:n founded in rcalitv, is <:he sleep of delirium on the precipice of dijaih. The n;eans employed for our destruction, are great and extensive; and aided as they are by every kind of Machiavclian ^Ldifiee;, the only way of preventing their success, is by a kindred preparation. l^Ve knoiu, and we feel ^ that death is preferable to j>f:FEAT; yet let ns n-vVi supinely neglect the precautions which \^oA to conquest, till llie inomcnf. when the leinpest burs's upon our heads. Let us prove tliat we deserve to live; not mo;e by our contempt of an existence^ which reproach or shame would imbiuer, than by making the sacriiices which prudence dictates, jcj preserve that existence nncontaminated. Let us prove to i>.-.iOpe and to the World, that the insulting vaunt of the Usurper t:i Gaid, that Britain could not con^?nd " sh/gle handed'* with ].'•- enslaved Republic, was nothing more than the vapid ebullition ■■: ' ".ntoxicaicd pride. The run ANtl-GALLICAN, 7 The bravery of Britons is proverhial; yet it rests not on the shal- low basis of report. The roll of History has rccordid the triumphs of our country in unfading colours. Adn)i»"ing nations have beheUi our victories, and wondered at the greatness of thr ^i)irit displayed in atchieving tliem. Can it be^ that the de.'xendauts of the flerve'* that oiitained the Battle of Cressi/, of Poicffcn, and of AghicoiirL should have degenerated^ and beconje unworthy of tlieir sires ? Oh I No. No. The pages of modern times sutKciently illustrate the false- hood of the supposition . Li n cf.i. l e s , Vv\ l e n c i e n n e s, Eg y pt.. Acres, all^ demonstrate tha: British Courage is still unconqiTcr- abk. But not to courage a^one must we look for security : iH ri*- sourcL'5 must be marsSialled Iry Discretion, and directed by Wis- dom, The foe with whom we ccmteud, has all ilie subilety of hi^ country, and it behoves us to be v/ary : even tiie magna niniouj Lion may be caught in the toils, should his generous spirit occa- sion him to despise the craft of the hunters. Once more, Britons, permit us to assert, tjiat the danger is im- minent ! Your courage v\ant3 not animation ; but the idea of the folly of an Invasion of this Country^, which too many enterlaji?, must not be suffered to paralyze your efforts, and render that coii^ rase nugatory. We must prepare for the worst. Your Foe, who never yet shrunk from a merciless deed, has told YOU, that army after army will I's found for the eiiler prize. Lev us remember, that these arm.ies are inured to warfare, and must be opposed by discipline. It is not the mere register of names that can make Soli>iers. We ruust be practistd in the use of arms; we must learn to mank; to sustain priralion -and fatigue ; to act in €07icert; to oppose an imskahen firm>ie^s to ihi^exli'enie ofikaigerr, and so to embody ourselves (if the expre'<:sion may be, allowed)' with the threatened fate of our Coiintry. thai every other idea may hi absorbed in a determined resolution to dik^ or coinql'-er. E. \V. B, ..Tn THE ANTI-GALLICANc THE SPEECH OF ROLL A TO THE PERUVIANS, Fro7n Sher'idajis Play of Fizarro. This anhnated Address is so peculiarly appUcaile to the present Situatlo'it of this Country y that ire think no piece can be better adapted to commence the present Selection, M- Y brave Associates — partners of my toil, my feelingrg, and my fame!— can words add vigour to the'VlRTUOUS ENERGIES which inspire your hearts? — No — YOU have judged as I have, the foulness of the crafty plea by which these bold INVADERS would delude you— your generous spirit has compared, as mine has, the motives which in 'a war like this, can animate their minds, and OURS. — They, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power/ for plunder, and extended rule— We, for our Country^ our Altars, and our Ho'iies. — They follow an ADVENTURER whom they fear — anH obey a power Vv'hom they hate — We serve a Monarch whom we love — a God whom we adore. — Whene'er they move in anger, Desolation tracks their progress ! Where'er they pause in amity, Affliction mourns their friendship! — They boast, they come but to improve our state, enlarge our thoughts, and free us from the yoke of Error! — Yes — they will give enlightened freedom to our minds, who are themselves the slaves of passion, avarice, and pride. — They offer us their protection, — Yes, such protection asf vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them ! — They call upon us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise. — Be our plain answer this: The Throne we honour is the People's choice — the Laws we reverence are our brave Fathers' legacy — — the Faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your Invaders this ; and tell them too, we seek no change 3 and,^ least of all, such change as ikey would bring us. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. THE TENDER MERCIES or BONAPARTE IN EGYPT I As the avowed purpose oF BONA- PARTE, is the subjugation of this Country, it becomes a maiter of con- siderable interest to know his actual Character, and to what extent his pro- mises may be confided in, and his hu- manity trusted, should he ever obtain footing in England. The ensuing re- lations will enable us to form a tolera- ble idea of these circumstances : — 01 R Robert Wilson, in his *' History of the British Expedition to Egypt," gives the following Narrative of the cruelties committed bv order of Ge n e ral BONAPARTE,' now First Consul of France. *' The Turks justified tliemselves for the massacre of the French by the massa- cre at Jaffa. As this act, and the poison- ing of t; e sick, have never been credited, because of such enormities being so in- credibly atrocious, a digression to authen- ticate them may not be deemed intrusively tedious; and, had not the influence of power interfered, the act of accusation would have been preferred in a more so- lemn manner, and the damning proofs produced by penitent agents of these mur- ders; but neither menaces, recompence, nor promises, can altogether stifle the cries of outraged humanity, and the day for retribution of justice is only delayed. Bonaparte having carried the town of Jaf- fa by assault, many of the garrison were put to the sword, but the greater part flying into the mosque, and imploring mercy from their pursuers, were granted tiieir lives ; and let it be well remembered, that an exasperated army in the moment of revenge, when the laws of war justified the rage, yet .heard the voice of pity, received its impression, and proudly re- fused to be any longer the executioners of an unresisting enemy. Soldiers of the Italian army, this is a laurel wreath wor- thy of your fame, a trophy of which the subsequent treason of an individual shall not deprive you ! Bonaparte, who had expressed much resentment at the com« passion manifested by his troops, and de- termined to relieve himself from tha m-^intenance and care of 3800 prisoners*^ ordered them to be marched to a rising ground near Jaffa, v;here a division of French infantry formed against themi When the Turks had entered into their fatal alignment, and the manifold prepa- rations were completed, the signal gun fired. Vollies of musquetry and grape instantly played against them ; and Bona- parte, who had been regarding the scene through a telescope, when he saw the smoke ascending, could not restrain his joy, but broke out into exclamations of approval. Indeed, he had just reason to dread the refusal of his troops thus to dis- honour themselves. Kleber had remon- * " Bonaparte had in person Inspected, previously, the whole body, amounting to near 5000 men, with the object of saving those who belonged to the towns he wa$ preparing to attack. The age and noble physiognomy of a veteran Janissary attracted his observation, and he asked him sharply ' Old man, what did you do here ?' The Janissary, undauntedly replied, '• I must answer that question by asking you the same; your answer will be, that you come to serve your Sultan ; so did I mine." The intrepid frankness of this reply excited universal interest in his favour. Bonaparte even smiled. *• He is saved," whispered some of the aids-du-camp. ' You know not Bonaparte,' ob-. "served one vv^ho had served under him in Italy ; ' that sjnile, I speak from experience, docs not proceed from the sentiment of benevolence; remember what I say.' The opinion was too true : the Janissary v/as left in the rank<:, doomed to d?athj ^nd suffered," Vol. I, JJ itratgd 10 THE ANTI-GALLICAN strated in the most strenuous manner; and the officer of the etat-rnajor w ho com- manded, (for the General to whom the division belonged was absent,) even re- fused, to execute the order without a written instruction; but Bonaparte was too cautious, and sent Berthier to euforce obedience. When the Turks had all fallen, the French troops humaiiely en- deavoured to put a period to the sufferings of the wounded ; but some time elapsed before the bayonet could finish what the iire had not destroyed, and probably many languished days in agony. Several French officers, by whom partly these details are furnished, declared this was a scene, the retrospect of which tormented their recol- lection; and that they could not reflect on it without horror, accustomed as they had been to sights of cruelty. These were the prisoners whom Assalini, in his very able work on the plague, alludes to, when he says, that for three days the Turks shewed no sympton^sof that dis- ease, and it was their putrifying remains which produced the pestilential malady which he describes as afterwards making such ravages in the French army. Their bones still lie in heaps, and are shown to every traveller who arrives ; nor can they be confounded with those who perished in the assault, since this field of butchery lies a mile from the town. Such a fact should not, however, be alledged with- out some proof or leading circumstance, Stronger than assertion, being produced to_support it; but there would be a want of generosity in naming individuals, and , branding them to the latest posterity, for obeying a command when their submis- sion became an art of necessity, since the whole army did not mutiny, against the execution.: therefore, to establish further the authenticity of the relation, this can only be mentioned, that it ,was Bonn's division which fired : and thus every one is afforded the opportunity of satisfying themselves respecting the truth, by CR- quiring of officers serving in the dilTsrent brigades composing this division. •' I he next circumstance is of a nature which requires', indeed, the most particu- lar details to establish ; since the idea can scarce be entertained, that the commandt.'r of an army should order his own coun- trymen (or, if not immediately such, those amongst whom he had been naturalized) to be deprived of existence when in a state which required the kindest consider- ation. But the annals of France record the frightful crimes of a Robertspiere, a Carriere ; and historical truth must now reci'e one equal to any which has black- ened its p'.ge. Bonaparte, findip.g tliat his hospitals at Jaffa were crowded with sick, sePxt for a physician, whose name shou'd be inscribed in letters of gold, but which, from weighty reasons, cannot be here inserted: on his arrival, he entered in- to a long conversation with him respecting the dangerous contagion, concludingiat last with the remark; that something must be done to remedy the evil, and that the de- struction of the sick in the hospital was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehe- mently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder ; but, find- ing that Bonaparte persevered and me- naced, he indignantly left the tent with this m.emorable observation : " Neither mv principles, nor the character of my profession, will allow me to become a human butcher; and, General, if such qualities are necessary to form a great man, I thank my God that I do not pos- sess them."' Bonaparte was not to be di- verted from his object by moral consider-, ations. He persevered, and found an apothecary, who, dreading the weight of power, (but who has since made an atone- ment to his mind by unequivocally con- fessin g THE ANTI-GALLICAN. n fessing the fact,) consented to become his agent, afid to administer poison to the sick. Opium at night was administered in gratifying food ; the wretched, unsus- pecting victims banquetted ; and in a few hours, 58a soldiers, who had suffered so , much for their country, perished thus mi- serably by order of its Idol. Is there a Frenchman whose blood does not chill with-horror at the jecital of such a fact ? Surely, the manes of these murdered, un- offending people must be now hovenng round the seat of government and If a doubt should still exist as to the ve- racity of this statement, let the members of the Institute at Cairo, be asked what passed in their sitting after the return of Bonaparte from Syria; they will relate that the same virtuous physician, who refused to become the destroyer of those committed to his protection, accused Bonaparte of high treason, in the full assembly, against the honour of France, her children, and humanity ; that he entered into the full details of the poisoning of the sick, and the massacre of the garrison ; aggravating these crimes by charging Bonaparte with strangling previously at Rosetta, a num- ber of French and Copts, who weieill of the plague ; thus proving, that th.is dispo- sal of his sick was a premeditated plan, which he wished to introduce into general practice. In" vain Bonaparte attempted to justify himself. The members sat petrified with terror, and almost doubted whether the scene passing before their eyes was not illusion. Assuredly, all these proceedings will not be found in the minutes of the Institute 1 -No 1 Bonaparte's policy foresaw the danger, and pov.-er produced the erasure : — but let no man calculate on the force of circumstances which may prevent such an avowal as is solicited, presum.c on this to deny the whole ; there are records which remain, and v/hlch in due season will be produced. In the ijitedm, this represen- B a tation will be sufficient to stimulate cn- quiry; and, Frenchmen, your honour is indeed interested in the examination." in the OfFicial Correspondence between Lord Hawkesbury and General Andreossi, the latter terms the above relation '* a most atrocious and disgusting calumny.'* Sir Robert has since written the follow- ing letter to the Editors of the public Newspapers, which \vc consider as con- clusive on the subject. TO THE EDITOR., &c.^ - "Sir, '* In the official correspondence lately published, there appears some remarks, which the French Ambassador was in- structed to make on my History of the Expedition to Egypt, and of which I feel called jipon to take notice ; not in personal controversy with General An- dreossi, for, conscious of the superior virtue of my cause, I find myself neither aggrieved nor irritated by the language he has used ; but that the public may not attribute my silence to a desire of evading further discussion, and thus the shallow mode of contradiction adopted by the Chief Consul acquire an unmerited con- sideration. "The Ambassador observes, 'That a Colonel in the English army has pub- lished a work in England, filled with the most atrocious and disgusting calum- nies against the French army and" its Ge- neral. The lies it contains have been contradicted by the reception which Co- lonel Sebastian! experienced* The pub- licity of his report was at once a refuta- tion and reparation, which the French army had a right to expect.* " Bat surely a new signification must have been attached in France to the word calumny, when such a term is applied to my account of the conduct of the French troops in Egypt, and the consequent dis- position of the inhabitants toweuds them I ** Independent, 1^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN, ** Independent, however of the proofs to be adduced in corroboration of my statement, Europe may justly appreciate the probable truth of what I have written, vhen she recollects the \inparallellcd suf- ferings endured by the unoffending coun- tries, into which, during the last war, a French army penetrated ; and she will at least hesitate to believe that the same ar- mies should voluntarily ameliorate their conduct, in a country more remote, where the atrocities they might com- mit w-ould be less liable to publicity, and that this extraordinary change should be in favour of a people, whose principles and resistance might have excited the re- sentment of more generous invaders. *' I will not enter into any unnecessary detail of the numerous facts which I could urge ; but I appeal to the honour of every British officer employed in Egypt, whether those observations are not sacredly true, which describe the French as being hateful to the inhabitants of that country, v.-hich represent them as having merited that hatred from the ruin and devastation with which their progress through it has been marked ; and I am ready, if there be one who refuses to sanction this relation, to resign for ever every pretension to honourable reputa- tion, and submit, without farther strug- gle, to that odium which should attach to calumny, and a wilful perversion of truth. ** But, Sir, I feel confident there is no individual, wlio will not amply confirm all that I have written en this "subject j and perhaps Europe has a right to con- demn me for not having made the accusa- tions still stronger, when I can prodnce general orders of the French array, for the destruction of villages and their in- habitants ; v/hen I can prove, that above 20,000 of the natives perished by the swords of the French soldiery ; and that every act of violence was committed, and particularly iu ^ Upper Egypt, which could outrage humanity, and disgrace the character of civilized nations. When writing a history of the campaign, was it possible not to express indignation against the authors of such calamities ? Would it have been natural not to have felt the animation of that virtuous pride, which a reflection on the different conduct of the British soldiery must inspire in the breast of every Briton ? I have asserted that a British soldier could* traverse alone through any part of Egypt, or even pe- netrate through the Desert, secure fron» injury or insult. I have described the natives as considering the British as their benefactors and protectors, soliciting op- portunities to manifest their gratitude, and esteeming thei; uniform as sacred as the turban of Mahometanisra j and I may venture to predict, that hereafter the French traveller \v:ll be compelled to conceal the name o: his nation, and owe his security to the assumption of the British character, " But, Sir, does the effect of Colonel Sebastiani's report justify the Chief Con- sul's conclusion, that it is *♦ z complete refutation of what I have advanced," even if we attach to that report implicit belief in its candour and veracity ? Is it possible that the Chief Consul can sup- pose the world w^ill trace respect for the French name in the circumstance which occurred to Colonel Sebastiani at Cairo, and which rendered it necessary for him to demand protection from the Vizir ? or v/ould he imagine that the apologue of d'Ghezzar Pacha was not intelligible even previous to the instructions being pub- lished which M. Talleyrand sent to the French commercial agents ? *' That illustrious senator, to whose virtues and stupenduous talents England owe:- so much of her prosperity, has de- clared, that this report of Colonel Sebas- tiani in no case contradicts my statement; and I should consider that high opinion as THE ANTI-GAtLlCA^. io rs amply sufficient to removq any impres- sion which the French Ambassador's note might otheVwise have made, did I not think it a daty to press some observa- tions on that part of the paragraph which alludes to the direct accusation against General Bonaparte, that the pub- lic may know 1 was fully aware of the important responsibility which I had vo- luntarily undertaken, and in Vi'hich much national honour was involved. I would wish the world seriously to examine, whether the accuser or accused have shrunk from the investigation, and then hold him as guilty who has withdravvn from the tribunal of enquiry. "I avowed that I was his public accuser ; I stood prepared to support the charge. The courts of my country were open to that mode of trial, which, as an inno- cent man, he could alone have required, but of which he did not dare to avail himself. It was no anonymous libeller against whom he was to have filed his an- swer, but against one (and without any indecent vanity I m^y say it) whose rank and character would have jusrificd his most serious attention. *' The charges were too awful to be treated with neglect, and we know that they, have not been read with indifference. Nor is it possible that the First Consul can imagine the fame of General Bona- parte 'is lesi sullied, because a few snuff- boxes bearing his portrait were received by some abject or avaricious individuals with expressions of esteem. Or ean he hope, that the contemptible, but not less unworthy insinuation, directed against the gallant and estimable Eriiish General^ will divert maokind from a reflection of the crimes with which he stands ar- raigned ? " Fortunately for Europe, she is daily becoming more intimately acquainted with the character of this hiihsrto miscon- ceived man ; and I confess that I feel consider able gratification when I indulge the thought that 1 have contributed to its dcvclopenient. *' Success may, for inscrutable pur- poses, continue to attend him ; abject se- nates may decree him a Throne, or the Pantheon ; but history shall render ii>- jured humanity justice, and an indignant posterity inscribe on his cenotaph — <' Ille venena Colchia Et quidquid usquam concipltur nefas, Tractavit. *' I am, Sir, yours, ROBERT WILSON, K. M. T. Lieutenant-Colonel." Conjii-uiation of the Tender Mercies ef BOxXAPARTE in EgypU As a proof of the veracity of Sir Ro- bert Wilson's account of the tremen- dously inhuman -murders perpetrated at Jaffa by order of that most sanguinary monster, and detestable tyrant, Bona- parte, Dr. ^^'ittman, who was physician to the British Military Mission which accompanied the army of the Grand Vi- zir in its route through Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, daring the late campaign in that country, in his Narrative of his Tra- vels, page 128, thus speaks: ^^^ Four " thoumnd of the wretched inhabitants who had surrendered, and who had in vain implored the mercy of their con- querors, were, together with a part of the late Turkish garrison of El-Arish, (amounting, it has been said, to five or six hundred,) dragged out in cold'bleod^ four days after the French had obtained possession of Jaffa, to the sand hills, about a league distant, in the way to Gaza, and there most inhumanly put to death. I have seen the skeletons of these unfortunatt victims, which He scattered over the liills, a modern 14 THE ANTI-GALLICAN a modern Golgotha, which remains a last- ing disgrace to a nation calling itself civi- lized. Indeed, I am sorry to add, that the charge of cruelty against the French General does not rest here. It having been reported thar, previously to tlie re- treat of the French army from Syria, their commander in chief (Bonaparte) had ordered all the Freucli sick at Jaffa to he poisonedy I was led to make the e:i- quiryi to which every one who bad visited the spot would naturally be di- rected, respecting an act of such singular, and, it should scan, ivayiton inJiumanity . It concerns m.e to have to stste, not only that such a, circumstance was positively asserted to have happened, but that while in Egypt, an individual was pointed out to vs as having been the executioner of these diabolical Commands.'^' ! ! ! E N G 1, 1 S II M£ N, can you possibly read this account without horror? Can you read it, and not wish for the most con- summate vengeance on the head of the wretch who caused it? Not only in cold blood to murder Four Thousand Five Hundred o[ his captives, but to destroy, by poison, his unfortunate comrades — his -own sick soldiers ! — Never was there an action committed in the world — so barbarous, so horribly cruel. And it is this execrable hcnd who menaces your shores with invasion, who has presump- tuously ordered a general massacre of Britons, and the unlimited pillage and plunder of your Metropolis, as a reward to his recreant army ! That he will at- tempt to invade you, ought not for one moment to be doubted — That he will fail in his attempt, cannot for one moment be disputed. — You have only with heart and hand to rally round the throne of your King, and the Constitution of your country, and, with the blessing of Godj "which you may most confidently expect on so excellent a cause, the proud, the insulting foe, should he come, will, to his eternal dismay, prove that the descen4- ants of the heroes of Cressy, Agincourt, &c. (some of whom are the Heroes of Aboukir, of Acre, and of Alexandria,) are anim^ated with the sam.e soul, possess the same courage and unshaken zeal for their country, v^hich glowed in the breasts of their Forefathers. INSCRIPTION. Partly Historical, partly Prophetical, which, for the sake of the moral order of the world, and of the tranquillity of man-, mind, it is hoped m.ay not, ere long, be wholly consigned to a marble Monu» rnent to be erected at Jaifa. To hand dawn for ages to come to the just execration of posterity, the Name and Memory of N N B — p — E ; this Charncl House, filled with the bones of our Fathers and Brethren in Arms, was erected by us, the Survivors, at Jaffa, in thds very field, where that atrocious Tyrant tritimphed in the cold-blooded massacre of near four thousand of our race. Reader! take good heed, and know, that it was reserved for Jacobin France to prove that there could exist, upon the face of tjie earth, a human being so completely bereft of all the sympathies our nature, as to be capable, ilrst to conceive, next to command^ and, at last, after the basest simulation till the fatal moment, to witness, as he did, THE ANTI-GALLICAN 15 with hellish exultation, so horrible a^vork of perhdy and munler. The relentless butchery of that day almost glutted the ruthless satellites of his power. The Jacobin soluiery o f t h e Yk n ch i\ e | > u I) 1 i c, a set of wretches truly abandoned, and alone worthy of such a commander; wlio, in point of talents and genius, and in spite of the false glare of his name, as a minion of fortune, ' proved fortune to be blind. Estimated by the pretensions of his person, he was a pigmy ; by the propensities of his soul, and the magnitude of his crimes, a Giant of wrath and destruction, who over-ran the e^rth ; till, iTjolesting the forest of the BRITISH LIOX, he courted his fate, and was torn to pieces. ANECDOTE OF FREDERIC THE GREAT, KING OF PRUSSIA. iL HE day before the bloody but deci- sive batde at Leuthen, in which the Aus- trian army, commanded by Prince Charles of Lorrain, was greatly superior to the Prussian forces, the king ordered all his officers to arltend hlm^ and made to them the following speech. *' Gentlemen, " I Intend to march against the enemy to-morrow, and to give him battle. As the successcf the whole campaign depends entirely upon the event of this battle, and as it will decide M'ho Is to be the future master of Silesia, I have ordered you to attend me, in order to tell you, that I expect every one of you to do /lis duty in the strictest majiner, and to exert himself to the utmost of his power, " I desire that every one of you in his particular post, attend to the word of command, and lead on his troops with, -undaunted courage and bravery ; in shorty that every one approach the enemy with FIXED RESOLUTION TO^CON- X2UER OR DIE ! If all of you, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, are of my 7ntnd—l AM SURE OF VICTORY! *' I am perfectly well Informed where the strengrh an^ where the weakness of the enemy lies; and I shall therefore placa every corps in a situadon In which It will fight with advantage to Itself; It will then only depend on you to fight with manly courage and old Pnissian bravery. " If any one ofyouis a coward — if any one is not DETERMINED TO SAC- RIFICE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY;— /f^ him step farward, b fore he ?nakcs others A.^ COWARDLY AS HIMSELF ! 11— Let him step for. ward, and he shall immediately receive his discharge, without ceremony or reproach. '* After a short pause, one of the stafF- ofFicers said, with enthusiasm, in the name of all the rest, "WE ARE ALL READY TO SACRIFICE OUR LIVES FOR YOUR MAJESTY"! ! " On this reply the King proceeded as follows, with apparent com.posure and satisfaction : " I see there is none amongst you who does not possess true heroism ! — But though I am convinced of this, I shall take particular notice whether each of you fulfills his promise and does his duty faithfully. I shall be in the front, and in the rear. I shall fly from one wing to the other 16 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. other. No squadron, no company shall 'self before MK !" Let the animated escape my strictest attention; and whom- sentiments contained in the former part soever I then find exerting himself, and of this address, be fully impressed on the doing his duty to the utmost of his power, hearts of Britons, and the effects will be upon him 1 will heap honour and favour, the same: — our efforts will be crov/ned and 1 shall never forget it:— hut whotV£r with conquest, and the presumptuous 7iegkcts hh charge^ may go about kis Imsi- vauntings of a proud eneniy for ever si-^ ncss^ and never again skew him lenced. TIIEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLAND. In Rehearsal;, and irjcaiu to be speedily attempted, A FARCE IN ONE ACT, CALLED THE IKYASIOM OF ENO-jLAMjD. Principal BufFo, M. BONAPARTE : Being his FIRST (and most likely his Last) Appearance on this Stage. — -»«e©l<;gg>i©®««-«^- — JNTICIPATED CRITIQUE. THE Structure of this Farce is very loose, and there is moral and radical Defect in the Ground-Work. It boasts however consider- able Novelty, for tlie Characters are ALL MAD. It is probable that it will not be played in the COUNTRY, but vvill certainly never be acted in TOWN ; wherecver it may be represented, we will do it the Justice to ?ay, it will be received Vvith loud and rei^ terafcd bursts of CANNON ! 1 ! but we will venture to affirm, v/ill never have the vS access of JOHN BULL. It Is however likely that the Piece may yet be put off on account of the INDLSPOSITION of the Princital PerfofxMER, Mr. BONAPARTE. We don't know^ exactly what this Gentleman's Merits may be on the Tragic Boards of France, but he will never succeed here ; his Figure is very Diminutive, he Struts a great deal, seem.s to have no conception of his Character, and treads the Statue very badly ; notwithstanding w^hieh Defects, we think if he comes here, he will get an ENGAGEMENT, though it is pro- bable that he will shortly after be reduced to the Situation of a SCENE-SHTFTER. As for the Farce, we recommend the Whole to be Cut down^ as it is the Opinion of all a'ood Critics, that it will certainly be DAMN'D. Vivov.i Rex &' Repna., TflE ANTI-GALLTCAX. 17 PHOCEEDTNGS JT THE YORK MEETING, CDm Thursday July 28, 1803, a Gene- ral Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentle- men, Clergy and Freeholders, of the three Ridings of this extensive and populous couniv, wp.-^ held at the Cast'e at York, agrt^eable to the notice of the High She- ritl, for the purpose of addrcssi'-ig His Ma- jesty on the present situation of the coun- try. The Meeting was the first for res- pectability and number from all parts of the county, that was ever wit- nessed. Sir Henry Carr ibbcfson, Bart, the High Sheritf, was in the Chair. A most loyal, spirited, and patriotic Address was produced to the Meeting by Bacon Frank, Esq one of the Magistrates for the West Riding, which was seconded by Walter Fawkes, Esq. unanimously adopt- ed by the Meeting, and ordered to be pre- sented to His Majesty by the Members for the county. The unanimity which was manifested by the thousands who at- tended, of their determination to support their beloved Sovereign, and enviable Constitution, with their fortunes, and with their lives, must be gratifying to every Briton. Their enthusiasm was unbounded —they felt like Britons, the energetic and truly patriotic speeches of the Gentlemen who addressed them- One and all seemed anxious to have the glorious opportunity of rneeting face to face, the Ruler of France and his legions. Indeed the true flame of British patriotism never shone with greater effulgence than at this Meet- ing ; and we have presented to our readers as full a detail of the speeches of the dif- ferent Gentlemen who spoke, as our limits %vlll permit; and which we doubt not will be highly worthy of attention ^t this Iin- portant period. Mr. Frank, having moved the Ad- dress, said: *'I stand forward upon the present moment to address you, and as the tyiover '>ftho Address, for the purpose of which this Meeting is called: I should stand forward v/ith great diffidence upon business of such publicity and importance, were I not in the almost constant habit of usually discharging my duty to the pub?* lie. Assisted as I am by those habits; feeling, as I do, what I owe to the charac- ter of an Englishman, much of that diffi- dence is naturally destroyed. I address you at a period the most awful and important that wc ever heard or read of; at a period when we are to fight with the strongest, and the greatest power that ever existed, for the preservation of that valuable Constitution, whence we have derived every happiness; for our lives, our fami- lies, and our religion. I say, when the strength of that great power is called out by the Inordinate ambition of the greatest tyrant that ever lived upon the face of the earth, and the greatest enemy that this country ever had to contend with ; I have no doubt but every man will think with me, that this country is not unnecessarily called upon for its exertion When we know that this tyrant has satiated his am- bition upon every thing but this country, and that its destruction is the only thing left here to satiate his ambition upon : When we know that it is, and has long been the admiration and envy of the world, and is now the only stumbling block in the way to the full gratification of all his desires ; I trust, that under these conside- rations you will perceive that this meet- ing is called for no common purpose. When we look back to the page of our history, I trust the lesson of our fore- fathers will be instructive to us; that we will take their examples; and, like them, come forward with our lives and fortunes in support of our invaluable Constitution, and of every thing that is dear to us. Though this Address be signed by the Sheriff only, I doubt not it will be seale4 by the hearts pf the people; that they are determined 18 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. determined to bs true to each other; for if Englishmen unite with one heart and one soul, they have nothing to dread. The stake to fight for, does not merely concern us as a collective body, but concerns us all as individuals in the preservation of our property, our wives, and our dauohters ; but if Englishmen come forth with uniu ed energy, England will stand against the whole world. Mr. Fawkes seconded the motion, and spoke as follows :—" V/hen I con- sider the great importance of the subject which has this day called us together — a subject perhaps the most serious upon which Englishmen ever deliberated. Feel- iing how absolutely necessary it is that as many as possible should give their opi- nion, where all are so deeply and mo- mentuously concerned. I cannot help expressing the hi-hestsatisfaction, when I observe, and have the honour of addressing myself to so numerous and so very res- pectable an assemblage of my fellow free- holders. The question. Gentlemen, which you are this day called upon to decide, is.one upon which, happily, little differ- ence of opinion appears to exist. Your Ministers have thought it expedient once more to have recourse to hostilities; and, if you think, upon a fair and candid ex- amination, that His Majesty's Ministers had no other choice left them, 1 trust you will cordially support the motion of my worthy friend, Mr. Frank, which if car. ried into effect, cannot fail to encourage His Majesty to prosecute the contest in which he is engaged with confidence and vlo-our.— Gentlemen, I can v;ith great sincerity say, that no man present regrets more than myself the interruption which the waste, disorder, and the unsocial pas- sions of war threaten to that rapid march of improvement, whicU the state of soci- ety in Europe for the last certury has so powerfully promoted: ho man more sin- cerely laments that situation of affairs, which especially In a commercial country, tends to check the exchange of com- modities ; which paralyzes industry, and which may eventually occasion an expen- diture of blood and treasure, sufficiently prodigal to appal any mind ; any mind, Gentlemen, not conscious of the tremen- dous evils we are preparing to avert, and the mighty advantages which- we have to defend. Gentlemen, notwith-? standing all the miseries, all the incon* veniences, attendant upon such a situa- tion, still circumstances may arise, which may renJer war a necessary evil ; and we may fairly conclude that such necessity has actually taken place. When we fiiwl a great and powerful people absolutely compelled forcibly to contend for that character, without which nations cannot be great, and that security without which they cannot be prosperous. It has, I know, been said by many, and objected to by cur enemies, that Malta is the sole cause of the present dispute ; it is con* tended that we are expending our blood and our treasure, upon an object of incon^^ siderable value ; a mere barren rock, which, even if it were ceded to us to- morrow, would not afford protection to those dominions, which, we conceive, would be endangered by its being left in the occupation of the enemy. But Gen-^ tlemen, this is not the point of view In which I look at the present war ; I regard Malta merely as the point upon which the two Governments, irritated against each other, have chosen to take their stand; I feel convinced that this struggle must have taken place, even though the name of Malta had never once occured in the treaty ; and I consider as the real cause of war, the unconquerable antipathy to this country v.'hich appears to have taken possession of the mind of Bonaparte. Gentlemen, firmly convinced that his Ma- jesty's Ministers made peace in the true spirit of peace; after the great sacrifices we THE ANTI-GALLICAN 19 we made to obtain it ; after the very libe- ral treatment which Frenchmen of all descriptions experienced in this country at the cessation of hostilities, I must own, I did expect a suitable return from the First Consul : I did hope, that for the fu- ture, he would have left his neighbours at rest, and that the return of peace might have soothed his animosity to this country in particular. But Gentlemen, instead of this, what do we find at this period, on his part, but one continued series of inju- ries and insults; any of them, in my opi- nion, amounts to a just cause of war, even separately considered ; but taken collec- tively, forming the strongest case ever yet exhibited to rouse the indignation, and to exasperate the manly feeling of a great and powerful people. Had the First Con- sul, Gentlemen, been suffered to proceed in his career with impunity, eveiy thing sacred, every thing dear to*us, must have been swept away ; not only the honest fruits of our industry, but our Constitu- tion, our private feelings, and our public character; every thing would have been put in requisition to gratify his malice and his mischief; and nothing would have remained to us but the miserable and me- lancholy remembrance of what we once were." Here Mr. Fawkes enumerated all the causes of the war, which we are sorry want of room obliges us to omit, Mr. Fawkes then continued " These, Gentlemen, are the gross injuries and the wanton insults you have received, and it is your province to determine, whether your feelings will permit you to put up with those wrongs ; whether you will tamely and patiently await the destruction with which you are menaced by your in- veterate foe; or whether by parting with a portion of your wealth, and sacrificing, for the moment, a few of your comforts, you will make one generous, one tre- mendous effort, to secure to yourselves and your posterity, that, for which alone C % an honest man would wish to live — the independence of the country which gave him birth. Did I believe, Gentlemen, that this war was occasioned by private ambition; did I believe that it had been commenced merely that this country might wreak vengeance, and satiate her vindictive passion, upon a country which had offended her: Did I not believe that His Majesty's Ministers had most reluc- tantly drawn the sword, and that they would return it to the scabbard as soon as they can do it with security to the coun- try, and credit to themselves; you would not find me the advocate of violent mea- sures. But, Gentlemen, this is not a common war, these are not common times ; we are not now contending for any of those ordinary objects which have so often and so unfortunately urged the human species to their mutual destruction; but against the entl-re ascendancy of that mon- strous power which has already trampled upon one half of Europe, and which would now dictate to the other." Mr. Fawkes here exhibited to the meeting, in the most energetic language, and which we are unable to follow, the dangers to which all our institutions are exposed.—' In his mention of the audacious attack upon the liberty of the press by the First Consul, Mr. Fawkes called it that glori- ous privilege which had made his coun- trymen powerful, in proportion as it had rendered them enlightened. — "That en* gine (he said) could alone tend to huma- nize and break the bonds of those who still groaned under the dominion of igno- rance, tyranny, and superstition, that right which nOne but despots disturbed ; and for the establishment of which, the blood of Britons was not considered by those v/ho maintained the glorious strug- gle, as too- precious a sacrifice. In the First Consul's attack upon this privilege^ I say, Gentlemen, he urged you, and that with threats, to alter the Constitution of 20 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, of your countfy in his favour. Gracious God ! what does he take us for ? What ! at his mere pleasure, are we to alter a constitution, for the establishment of which our ancestors did so much.'' Mr. Fawkes then noticed the Commercial Commis- sioners sent over to this country by France ; not for any commercial purpose, but as accredited spies : and lastly that Bonaparte accused the Kino; as the rewardcr and en- courager of assassins, and wished to m.ike the people of this countrry believe that they are nothing more or less than a nation of cowards and shopkeepers. The coun- try was, the-efore, called upon to consider of these aggravated injuries and insults. Mr. Fawkes said, if the war had been en- tered into from Ordinary causes ; if it had been the offspring of private ambition ; he, for one, '^hould have withheld his support; but when we have to contend with a Colossal Power, that has trampled under its feet every other nation in Eu- rope; when the choice is before us, whe- ther we shall enjoy the benefit of that constitution, which has stood the test of ages ; whether we shall enjoy that reli- gion whi( h has afforded to us and our fore- fathers a consolation under all the misR^r- tunes of life, and an exalted hope in death; or whether we shall sit under the pestilential shade of the tree of liberty ; no choice is left us but war or slavery. Our lands are allotted out to his follow- ers : our property consigned to plunder, our children to ruin, and our wives to dis- honour. Mr. Fawkes then forcibly said, <« Gentlemen, I must confess, that till very lately, the apathy and indifference of my countrymen to their present danger- ous situation, perplexed, astonished, and terrified me. I began, to use the language of our immortal Bard, to — Quake, lest my country A fevcribh life should entertain, And half a dozen winters more respect Than her perpetual honcur. Bat now, Gentlemen, I trust that the country is roused ; and I feel confident, that there is not a man present who would not sooner suffer death than part with one jot of that independence by which he lives, moves, and has his being.'* Mr. F.. said, if exertions were made suitable ta the great occasion which gave them birth, that it would not merely be ungrateful, but criminal, to despond. *' Why are we (he exclaimed) to forget the various exploits of our ancestors upon the plain of Blenheim ? Why are we so suddenly to overlook their exertions on the sum- rait of the heights of Abraham : but. Gentlemen, (he added) there is little rea- son to recur to examples of so remote a date, when they are abundantly supplied bv the events of the last war; and when the First Consul vauntingly tells us, rhat we are unable to contend against him sin- gle-handed : I do maintain, that the field of Lincelles, the plains of Catux, the for- tress of A' re, and the shores of Aboukir, are full and convincing proofs of the weakness of his assertion. Let us but consider; let us lay aside all our political differences at this moment; let us trust la God and a good cause ; let us be united, active, and firm ; and let us proclaim t® the world, when the independence of the country is threatened, in the language of the Poet, which of the two to chuse • »* Slavery or Death. '^ Mr. Fawkes made many more observations, which we regret our room will not suffer us to detail ; and drew towards a conclusion, by strongly expressing his hope, that as no circum- sunce yet had, so no event in the womb of time, would ever tend either to blast or to wither those laurels, which, he trusted, with a deathless verdure, would encircle the proud records of his envied and magnificent country. In his appeal to the lover classes, Mr. F. said — '* Gen- tlemen it has been reported, but I trust without foundation, for I should be deeply- concerned to think so meanly, even of the THE ANTI-GALLICAN- 21 the meane!?tormy countrymen, thatsome few individuals, in the great mass of our population, imagine, that the arrival and success of the French would put an end to all their toils, to all their cares, and to all thei?- burthens. Gentlemen, if any person of that description now stands before me, if there yet remain any so perfectly infatuated, after the dire warn- ings they have received, I do beg, I do conjure them most earnestly to con- sider what has been the melancholy lot of those unfortunate countries which have fallen victims either to the arms or to the artifice of our enemies. Oh! Gentle- men, could we summon to our bar, at this awful moment, the poor miserable, half-starved, and devoted inhabitants of Italy, Switzerland, and Holland ; could we put to them this simple question, « Whether in trampling upon the rights of their superiors, the French army had respected theirs!' depend upon it, to this plain question we should receive a gene- ral, an affecting, a tremendous negative : they would tell us, that they experienced neither safety nor protection, either in respect to their property or their persons ; they would tell us, that owing to French plunder, to the want of work, to the want of encouragement to industry ; they were steeped in poverty to the very lips ; and that, preferring exile to scenes so dreadful and so disgusting, they were preparing to fiy to the utmost extremities of the earth, from so cruel, so abominable, and so in- comprehensible a change." — Mr. Fawkes concluded with seconding the Address. Mr. La s c E l le s. — This country hav- ing already, as I conceive, expressed its unanimous opinion of the justice and ne- cessity of the war, in which we have been reluctantly compelled to engage, I should deem it a waste of your time to enter at large into the transactions between this country and France, subsequent to the Treaty «f Amiens, Although doubt? may have occurred upon particular poin's, the covmtry had admitted, that, upon the whole, there was such a clear erv'idence of views of aggression and hostil ty on the part of France, as to justify our going to war. I consider the conduct of France, since the treaty of Amiens, to the renewal o[ hostilities, as one contnual series of insult and aggression. Circumstances re- peatedly occurred during that period, which inordinary times would, separatel)', have been considered as declarations of war. I do not blame the spirit of for- bearance, which, under all the circum- stances of the country, actuated our coun- cils; but, bevond a certain point, for- bearance, degenerates into cowardice. When once a country, which has ranked high among i he powers of Europe, fteh itself degraded by the adoption of a weak and timid policy, from that period may- be dated the commencement of its down- fall. Circumstanced as we are at present, it behoves us therefore to look forward with steadiness to the dangers which threaten us. The Chief Consul has an- nounced his determination to invade thi$ country; the obsequious and blasphemous addresses extorted from the suffering people of France, appear to encourage him to the attempt. However disgusted they may l)e v/ith the violence a!id tyranny of their ruler, yet I am persuaded, that stimulated as they are by every sort of artifice, wlrat they would not undertake from attachment to their own Govern- ment, they would readily undertake in the hope of plunder. This leads me to com- bat what I consider a most dangerous pre- judice, too generally entertained by th? people of this country, namely, the im- practicability of invasion. Such an opi- inion is calculated to lull the people into a state of false security, and to affc^rd to the indolent a plausible pretence for in- activity. Butj be assured, an invasion, however difficult, is by no mpa's im- practicable. fi^ TH2 ANTI-GALl ICAN. practicable. 1 value, as much as any man, ward to dcfe.:d them^elveSj their families, the skill and bravery of our na\ y ; but and property, from the murders, vlola- ^vhen we take Into contemplation the vast tions, plundering and devastation that at- extent of coast occupi-^d by the enemy : tend upon, and mark the progress of the their immense armies, their alacrity, and, French arms. The deluded inhabitants shove all, their rooted hatred and animo- of some countries have been taught to sity to this country, there is every reason belicive, that to relinquish their indepen- to concliKle the attempt will be made ; dence without a struggle, would be the circumstances, over which we can have no means of securing to them at least some controul, may so far favour the enemv, as favour from the enemy j but instead to admit-of his reaching our shores. I do of mercy, acts of humanity have not contemplate even this event v.'lth de- been denied them. They have been spondency, but it behoves every man to wantonly raas5acred, their property plun- rouse himself from a state of false security, ^ered, their wives and daughters violated and bring his mind to bear upon the ut- before their eyes, and their country left a most conseqaences of the dangers which prey to a merciless banditti. Do not let threaten this country ; in order that he us deceive ourselves ; the time is come may be prepared to resist, defeat, and that when the voice of the country calls Im- in the most speedy and exemplary man- perlously upon every man to stand for- ner, the most bloody and insatiable ward, cheerfully and vigorously in its de- cnemy with which this country had ever fence. Every day, nay, every hour, is of to contend. Whatever may have been consequence. We have the means of the melancholy fate of other countries effectual defence within ourselves ; let over which the intregaes or arm.s of every man who has a heart to defend his France have prevailed; whatever may property, his family, his country, and have been the outrages and violence to every thing dear to him, step forward at which the defenceless Inhabitants may this Important crisis, with a voluntary have been exposed, they may be deemed offer of his services to repel an invading trifling, in comparison to those we must enemy. We must either defeat his pro- be prepared to experience, should the jects, or we must fall a prey to his mer- enemy be permitted to advance into the ciless ambition and cruelty. There never country. What mercy is to be expected ^vas a moment whicli called more loudly from the man, who not only ordered, but for unanimity and exertion than the pre- Wjis an exulting eye-witness of the n^urder sent. If the Country be true to itself, and of 3,800 defenceless prisoners? What mi- 1 verily believe it will prove itself so, the ligation from the horrors of war, Is to be enemy must be hardy indeed, should be looked for from the man who barbarously m.ake the attempt at invasion ; but even ordered to be poisoned 5S0 of his soldiers, should he succeed in eluding the vigilance disabled fighting under his comma'id ?— of our fleets and cruizers, and effect a These are facts known to many of our landing, I think with such a disposition, brave countrymen, who so gloriously de- supported by active cxei tions, we may feated, and ultimately expelled the French look forward with confidence to success, armies with disgrace from Fgypt. I wish and to the total defeat and disgrace of his to rouse my fellow countrymen to a sense armies. If I may be allowed to anticipate of what they may expect if the French the feelings of the people of all descrip- were among them ; and to impress upon tions of this great county, I think I may them the necess'iy of their coming for- look for unanimity upon the present oc- casion. THE ANTI-GALUCAN. Ccislon, In giving assurances to His Ma- jesty of our cordial support and co-opera- tion, I trust, we all feel impressed with the same sense of the awful importance of the engagement; that we do not consider these assurances as formal words of cere- mony or custom, but as a solemm pledge on behalf of ourselves and the county, that we feel to the fullest extent the real difficulties and dangers of our situation ; the arduous straggle which this country is compelled to endure ; and the saci ifices which the unexampled circumstances of the times render indispensably necessary for the public safety. With such senti- ments, assisted by prompt and vigorous exertions, we may bid defiance to our enemies. The time which remains to us for preparation may be short, let us there- fore employ it with effect, as upoa that may depend the future destiny of England ^nd the world. Mr. Stanhope . — I had no doubt that upon your summons to call us all here together on this day, to consider on the conduct that becomes this great coun- ty, to hold in the present perilous crisis of cur country, I had not the smallest doubt but you would be attended by a very numerous and very respectable meetr ing ; but one so numerous, so highly respectable as the present, haa as much exceeded my expectations, as it gives comfort and satisfaction to my heart. When I signed my name to the requisi- tion that was sent to you, from. Leeds, I I did it under the impression that the feelings of the country were not suffici^ eiitly awakened ; that they were not enough apprised of tlie danger, the im- mediate, pressing, actual, and hourly danger of an invasion of this island, with such a force as was never before drawn up against it. What has since passed in the senate, in the metropolis, and in al- most every part of the kingdom, must have awakened and joused it as with the shrill call of the trumpet, when it sounds every man to <\xms. It is therefore the, mure satisfact ry to see so large a meet- ing, because I am sure there is not a man that hears me, who thinks, that in hold- ing up his hand for the Addres>, that has been so ably moved and seconded, he is holding it up to a common address at the beginning of a common war; that he will have nothing further to do but to meet a roomJ'ul of his neighbours to dinner ; to drink " the King's health," " the Woo- den Walls of Old England with three times thret ;" to join the chorus of " Rule Britannia," and to pay his taxes with as little grumbling as may be. — No, Sir ! — we by this address publicly and soiemnly, before God and our country, pledge our fortunes, per^ns, and lives, in defence of our Sovereign and all the b]esr,in,^:i of our glorious Constitution. There js iiot a man that hears me, I ara persuaded, v.-ho is not prompt and eager to redeem that pledge ; there is not, there cannot be, a man here who would leave undefended our good, tried, and brave old King in the hour of danger. — No, Sir ! — - we need now no warning voice ; no strinf^ of eloquence ; no thoughts that heat, and words that burn, are necessary to raise a host of hardy men, when the King, the Parliam.enr, and the Country is in distress. Call out to YOKKSHIREMEN, " ComS forth to bait.'e'^ — our answer will be, one and all, " I'l^'e. are ready — shezo ns ike eneray— lead en."' — Sir, that enemy is not far off; a very numerous, well-appointed, ably commanded anny, to whom is pro- mised the plunder of England, are now hovering round, and part of them in d illy sight of the promised land. They view it like so many famished wolves, cruel as death and hungry as the grave, panting for an opportunity, at any risk, to come into our sheepfold; — but, if they should, is it not cur business, our first duty, to have such a guard of our faithful English Mastiffs, 21 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Mastiffs, of the oM ^^rced, as shaM make them quickly repent of tht'ir temeity. The Ckief Consul of Francs tells us, that ve arc but a nation of Shophecpm ; let us Shopkeepers then melt our weights in our scales, and return him the compliment in bullets. Sir, we mav have a firm reUancc on the exertions of as gallant a Fleet as ever sailed ; but that fleet cannot perform impossibilities ; it cannot be in two places at or.ce ; it cannot conquer the winds and subdue the srorms: ihough our old Tubs can do much, they cannot do every thing ; and it would be unsafe and dastardly to lye skulking behind them. With the blessing of God, a::d agcod cause, we can do wonders; but if we depc.id upon our naval prowess only, we have much to fear. — No, Sir! — England will never be perfectly safe, until she Cvin defend herself, as well by land as by sea ; until she can defy the haughty foe, if there was even a bridge between Calais and Dover, and that bridge in possession of the enemy; till she can say in the language of a good English boxing match, " a fair field and no favour;" or in the language of Mac- duff in the play, " within our sword*' length set him, if he escape, then heaven forgive him," all his lies, his blasphemies, and his murders. Mr. Stanhope then took notice of the various characters Bonaparte had assumed; his treatment to the Turkish prisoners, and to his own bounded soldiers in Egypt ; and last of all, the slow lingering death in the vapour of a damp dungeon, of the gallant black chief Toussaint, whom he treated with villainy, kidnapped, and miserably de- stroyed. Mr. Wrights ON, in a short, but energetic speech, highly recommended that spirit of unanimity which appeared among his fellow countrymen; that spirit of true British liberty which would be fully able to repel the Invader. — He said, that after the eloquence and abilities which h-'i been disp'ayed by the gentle- men who hid al'.eady spoken on the oc- casion, it would be vain in him to trouble the Meeting any further, than by giving his most sincere and hearty sanction to the present address in support of our King and Country. Mr. T)KELL, of Barningham-Hall, near Greta-Bndge, affer stating the dis< advantages which he laboured under in addressing the Meetincr, after thit display of eloquence which they had just heard, observed, that nothing but a sense • f that duty he owed to his Country and himself at this most important period, could have called forth any talents which he posses- sed; but feeling- as he did, the arduous contest in which we \*ere scK)n to be en- gaged, he assorted it to be the sacred duty of every Englishman, to step forward *in whatever way he should consider himself of any use to his Country. Mr. T. fhen stated the purpose for which the m.ceii :g was called; namely, to Address his Ma- jesty, and pledge themselves, that with hand and heart they would join to defeat the ambitious projects of an inveterate eiieniy, against the very existence of our Country, After expressing his belief in the loyalty and courage of Biitons, he said, *' Our Liberties, our Constitution, our National Independence liave been me- naced;— and he that will meanly skulk beliind the common danger, — he -that will not shed his blood in such a cause, must either be a traitor, or stand confessed as a wretch whose soul was never animated by a single spark of that pure flame which led cur ancestors to glory. — If such a wretch the^e be, may he sink into obli- vion. — If such a traitor lives among us — may his fate be proportioned to his crime ; — may he enjoy the object of his wishes ; — may he taste the baneful fruits of the tree of Gallic liberty — may its poisonous juice corrode his very heart — and its ac- cursed venom dry up the springs of life ; —•may THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 25 •—may he wither like the oak that is blasted by lightning, — and like it, be a proof to the world, that the thunders of heaven roll not in vain. — France, since the Commencement of her revolution, has ap-. peared in the world like a great confla- gration. It is to quench that fire that we are now called upon, which threatens to consume in its progress the whole civilized world ; or that we are basely to submit till we behold the fair fabric of our Con- stitution tottering to its foundation. It is to decide the great question of Liberty : Or Slavery : — It is to decide whether we will preserve that which our ancestors have handed down to us as a sacred depo- sit, or servilely give it up to French Ambition. — No! — let us convince them that we will not j let us rush on ; let us strike some blow that may spread a terror to the whole of France, and shake the very throne of her usuiper; let us convince France that she is not invulnerable ; let us by our example, arouse the lost spirit of Europe, and lead them on the way that will pull down this Colossal Statue : — let us not forget the character of our enemy, of him who under the specious guise of a popular title, has usurped the diadem of France, and has assumed the Royal Purple, stained with the blood of his murdered Sovereign : — for be assured, he stands prepared to hurl the torch of discord on our shores. — Let us not only faise our shield to award off the blow, but. draw our sword to avenge the insult that is offered ; and let us rather perish amidst the ruins of our constitution, than live under the polluting air of slavery. Mr. WiLBER FORCE began with apologizing for having absented himself from the House of Commons while it was still sitting, but he trusted that he should be excused on account of the strong desire he felt to join in the solemn act in which they were now engaged, of assuring His Majesty, in the present Vol. L D critical circumstances of the country, that the Freeholders of this great county were deeply impressed with a sense of the dan- ger which now threatened us, but that they felt themselves bound also to declare their firm determination to stand forth with becoming resolution, in defence of their King, their Constitution, and their Country. This was no ordinary occa- sion, nor the war in which we were now engaged, a common war ; war was always an evil ; but the present, dangerous be- yond all in former example. W e have to contend, not for some distant posses- sion of the value of which persons might entertain different opinions ; not for some dubious point of honour, or for some real but secondary interest, but for the very body and substance of our Island ; — not for tjie foliage or even the branches, but even for the very trunk of that British oak ; that oak, so different in all re- spects from the tree of liberty of which the Gentleman before him had spoken ; that oak, beneath which a grateful and a happy people had so long sheltered, and under which the distressed of other coun- tries had often found a refuge, when driven to seek protection from the stormy blasts in their own less happy land. — Let us consider the crisis — We live in times teeming with events of such pro- digious magnitude, that they seem to laugh to scorn all that we used to call important in our former history. Let us not deceive ourselves. It is no petty danger that threatens us ; it is great be- yond all precedent : I would not hide from you our situation — I trust you are not of that wretched race of beings who w^ould seek consolation by concealing from themselves their real danger; but, that like Brltofis you will look it in the face. Yet while on the one hand I state that your dangers are thus great and nu- merous, yet on the other, I trust I am not deceived in declaring, that, under the Divine S6 THK ANTl-GALLICAN Divine bicsiing which has so long fa- voured us, you may still transmit unim- paired to your posterity, those rights and that civil happiness you received from your forefathers. — Gentlemen, we are at war with Frar.ce ; a great and powerful country ; — and it has been truly remark- ed, that all countries, after times of re- volution and civil war, are capable of more energetic efforts, because they are then habituated to labours, burthens, and dangers, estranged from the quiet and comfort of tranquil life, and peaceful industry. But we have not France only to contend with, but with a great part of Europe ; many are the vassal states which are now forced to supply all that is required by their powerful taskmaster, France; and even all the other great powers seem to bow to the ascendant of their domineering superior. From' the coast of Denmark to the centre of the Adriatic, with the exception of Portugal, we behold only a hostile shore; but It will be said, our navy will protect u?, It will do all that a navy can effect : But the most skilful naval m.en are the most for- ward to declare, that from the uncertainty of intercepting an enemy, from the various circumstances of winds, of currents, of calms, and other such accidents, we must not depend on our navy, for preventing invasion; and happily for us, justly as we are partial to our naval defence, our attention to it has not so engrossed us, as to prevent our gaining many splendid trophies In the field of military honour. I might appeal to ancient timas; 1 might remind you of Crcssy and Agincourt; but let us look to still later times, when our brave soldiers have humbled the pride of France, and conquered with inferior force hejk boasted armies ; look 6o the last war, and especially to Egypt : The First Consul might there be convinced, that the present race of Briitons inherit tils gallantry of their brave ancestors; and look above all at Acre, where the First Consul himself, with every possible advantage, was compelled to yield to the commandmg energy of our brave country- mail, Sir Sidney Smith. Whilst we have such heroes as him to defend us, with Uic blessings of Providence, we need not fear. Even my friend at my side, Lord Mul- grave, reminds me of the eminent gal- lantry of British troops in the last war; gallantry which it was his honourable office to inspire and lead, and which was increased by the consciousness that they were under his military guidance.— Gentlemen, let me confess to you, I am most afraid of language I sometimes hear, that the enemy will not dare to attack us. Let me assure you, that all who are best informed, agree that the First Consul is determined on invasion. In truth, he has been able to excite in his countrymen, as well as in his army, such an ardent spirit and presumptuous confidence of conquer- ing this country, that he could not now repress It if he would ; but these violent paroxysms of passion, as they are more easily raised In our neighbours the French, so they more quickly subside again. My countrymen are of an opposite character and quality ; and if they are more slowly excited, their feelings, when once roused, ar« more fixed and durable. Shallow streams are easily moved into a rippling; but we English are more like the ocean we are used to traverse ; not so soon raised into a storm, but when once raised, raging with billows of tremendous magnitude. Ye^s Gentlemen, the attempt will be made, and we all, and each of us, in our several situations, should resolve to use our utmost efforts to repel it. The wealthy must contribute their wealth, the strong their bodily strength, all their spirit, and every one must act as if all depended on his own individual exertion.; If thus we act, wc cannot be defeated. With our triumphant navy, to every singlo THE ANTl-GALLICAN, single ship of which we might almost point for some act of superior valour. With our army, with our militia, we are now going to join the mass and body of our people. We shall be an armed nation: this is what our enemy cannot bring against us. He may transport suc- cessive armies ; but an armed nation like this will not be overcome. If these ex- ertions req'u're, as they will, great bur- thens and labours, lay them to the right account; they are borne to preserve all that is dear to you ; they are laid on you, in fact, not by your own rulers, but by the French Government. Oh ! my friends, could I but represent to you the dreadful state to which you would be reduced, if the enemy should succeed in his attempt, it would be sufficient to call forth all your exertions, and make you feel as nothing the greatest labours and sufferings you will have to bear. Every conquered country is reduced to a state of wretchedness ; its population be- come hewers of wood and dravv'ers of water to their imperious lords ; but, in the case of France, we should not only be enslaved by a nation, foreign to us in language, in religion, in manners, in habits, but the long rivakhip and hostility between the two countries, would serve greatly to aggravate our misery. They would have to revenge upon us all the victories we had gained over them j and happily there is a long score to be paid off, which now recorded in history to our distinction, w'ould then only be remembered in order to add bitterness to our bondage, and heap up insult upon injury ; besides they v;ouId know that we could not but intend to - take the first opportunity of shaking off the yoke, and therefore fear would ex- asperafe cruelty, and they would see no hope but in grinding us down into sordid vassalage, that the slavish mind might be confirmed in us, and every remaining spark of British spiiit be extinguished from our bosoms. G-ntlcmen, look abroad, and see how the Frecch have conducted themselves towards other countries, even where this spirit of rival- ship has not existed. Look to the French conduct in countries where they came with professed intentions of freeing the inhabitants from oppression. They ex- torted from the wretched natives all their property, and threatened them with every possible mark of cruelty and outrage. The very decencies of language foibid my mentioning to you the enormous brutality of their conduct towards the female sex ; but will any one sav, this was at the beginning of the Revolution ; things are now changed, — *< No." — Their conduct in Eg)'pt was no less atrocious, and with which they had no quarrel, and which they professed to come to, in order to do good to the inhabitants ; even the other day, in Han- over, the same unutterable abominations prevailed, and in the broad face of day, shameless indecencies were perpetrated, which, while the decoritms of civilized society prevent my naming,, so I trust, there is not present a single bosom so foul as that the idea of their abominations can be suggested by your own minds. All this and worse you would have to suffer. Can you then hesitate ? I draw a good omen from the general animation that I see around me. We ihust remem- ber, however, that it is only by vigorous and steady exertions that our country can be saved; but we are prompted to these exertions by every motive of interest, as well as of honour, and of feeling ; and as I own I look forward with desire to the restoration of the blessings of peace ; remember that in proportion as your preparations for war are more vigorous and decisive, your hopes of peace may bo more sanguine ; so long as the enemy hopes to conquer you, you cannot hopR C 2 tor ts TK ANTI'GALLICAN. For security m peace ; but when he is at length convinced, that all his efforts must be. vain, we may then hope ^ov a cessa- tion of hostilities ; meanwhile it is a satisfaction to my mind, that while I am urging you to war, it is not for the pur- pose of conquering or enslaving others, but of defending yourselves. It is not to impose fetters on your neighbours, but to vindicate your own liberties and equal laws. It is a contest in which Eu- rope, the world, human nature itself, is interested ; only guard against the de- lusion — excuse my once more repeating the warning, that the enemy will not at- tack you. Remember Switzerland, un- happy country, that calls forth the feel- ings of all, to whom the name of liberty is dear ; while she hesitated, the enemy matured his strength, until at length he became irresistible ; but you, I trust, will afford an Instance of a different kind, and the other nations of Europe now bending under the yoke of France, may learn from you a lesson of successful - resistance, and feel their own degradation more galling, by being contrasted with your independence ; know then your own state ; make efforts worthy of your- selves, and then as we consult together in this season of danger, so we may hereafter rejoice in the hour of vic- tory. Lord MuLGR AVE said, that he felt himself called upon by what had fallen from his honourable friend who had last spoken, to say something of the charac- ter of a British soldier. His l^ordship said, he felt a pride as an Englishman ; he felt a pride as a fellow-soldier, in do- ing them justice. Called by his Sovereign to exert his best zeal and his best abilities in the defence of his country, he wi-shtd }us abilities could bear any proportion at that time to the zeal he felt displayed. It was a matter of particular gratification to be called to the defence c^ his native country, where every tie of personal con- nection and local habits v/ould add a spur to every exertion. He felt the weight of the charge he had undenaken ; but he felt also the advantage of being supported by such feelings, and assisted by such energy as had been manifested by those to whom he w^as addressing himself. He saw with the pride of a Briton and a soldier, the spirit of his country coming forth into action. He said, the effects of French conquest, the cruelty of French power, and the devastation of French rapacity, had been painted, in glaring terms, by the Gentlemen who had pre- ceded him, from the reports they have heard. " It has been a painful part of my duty (said he) to have travelled through some of those fine countries con- quered by France; I have seen them almost desolate; I have seen the inhabi- tant driven from his peaceful and happy abode, where the fruits of his industry have suffered devastation by the v/anton and destructive fury of French fraternity, and French devastation; and also the wretched and ruined farmers, and their industrious, and till then, innocent labou- rers, driven to the desperate and precarious existence of robbers and banditti. I have seen those countries where the females have become the object for the gratification of Fiench lust. Such a picture, in wjiich we, as a nation, are not concerned, is of Itself sufficient to rouse the spirit of Eng- lishmen ; but when we are told that we are not able to cope single-handed with France, who that has a grain of English spirit, but feels himself challenged to the contest. We have conte-nded single- handed with France, and those times mark the proudest page of our history. Acrincourt, Blenheim, and the conclusion of the last war, ought to teach France what single-handed w^e can do with her; and, now we are again single-handed, we v.'ill convince them that we can do more. iC THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 2D If they dare oppose themselves to freemen, freeme^ will eonvince them with whom they have to encounter. I have with pride, seen the spirit this day displayed in this great and opulent county ; I con- sider it as a pledge for the spirit of the vhole kingdom. I feel now no doubt of the Issue of the contest. We must, and I 'kee we shall follow up with spirit, those wise provisions made by Parliament. I have seen the effect of British discipline, as well as British spirit. If Englishmen are armed, there is no doubt what they can do. Most Englishmen know some- thing of the management of a fowling- piece. If the practke of discipline, which I have recommended to voii, for the pur- pose of rendering your efforts more effec- tual ao-ainst the enemv, with the least pos- sible sacrifice of British blood, and with the least possible mixture of individual lamentation in the general triumph of his country; if this degree of discipline should not be perfect when the enemy ar- rives, as it cannot be general ; yet, let every m^.nwho hears me, feel a pride and satisfaction in the reflection that his indi- vidual exertion may conduce to the final truim.ph of his countrymen. Make use of your knowledge of the country; bar. ass his flanks; press on his rear; check his detachments ; cut off his supplies ; a swarm of zealous Englishmen fighting for their country, will impede every step of his progress, and lessen the work of the disciplined force. 1 call upon yon all yiere the meeting zoith one voice replied^ ** All'f xcc will all.'"'\ I will lead you as a soldiery I will fight with you as a fellow countryman ; I will endeavour to turn my efforts where they may best second your spirit; and nothing shall be v.'anting on my part that I am capable of, to lead vou on to victory. I have seen an equal con- test between Eoglishrsen and Frei;ch:ncn. I have seen what Englishmen can do. I have seen five htmdred Englishmen sur- rounded by anenem.y, occupying a coun- try ten miles around them. I have seen these handful of men multiply themselves by their zeal and energy, and check the efforts of that enemy, with the patient endurance of fatigue, the cheerful sacrifice of comforts, and the ready encounter of danger, which particularly marks the character of Englishmen in times of dif- ficulty and danger. When Our prepa- rations shall have been matured, and the spirit this day shown, shall have been marshalled; so ftir from thinking the country in danger if the enemy lands, I think it will be a happy circumstance, not only for this country, but for Europe, if the enemy does land. I could almost persuade myself, that it would be wis- dom to withdraw our fleets, and encou- rage the enemy to come ; the fate they would meet with upon British gionnd, would, I doubt not, rouse Europe from her lethargy, and afford them the oppor- tunity of shaking off their oppressive chains. It is not a contest between France and England alone, but a contest for the slavery or freedom of the world. If the enemy should land, let Englishmen bear this in their hearts, that they are not fighting for them.selves alone, but for the whole world, which is deeply interested in the triumph of Britain." Mr. Frank again came forward — when the Address was universally voted, and the Meeting adjourned." York Herald. Extract from the eloquent, patriotic, and ivipres^vc. Charge made by LORD ELLENBOROUGH, Chief Jus- T I c E OF England, to the G r a. n d Jury oJ" the County of Sussex, " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, ** At a period like the present, so cri- tical and important, when so large a pro- pOition of your valuable time, attention, and so THE ANTI-GALLICi^X. and labour, h so necessarily and so lau- dably occupied in arranging and pre- paring the means of defence for your country, it cannot but occur ^s a matter of just commendation, that you appear here disposed and ready to sacrifice still more abundantly a portion of your conve- nience to the demands of public duty, by bearing also your very important and no less useful share in the administration of that public justice we are this day respec- tively called upon to administer. Your occasional attendance to these duties, and still more the exercise, by many of you, of the functions of local Magistracy, assisted by that information, antecedently derived from a liberal and expanded edu- cation, renders it in a degree unnecessary forme to dwell minutely on their import- ance, as such avocations must have in- structed most of you, not only in the general principles, biU in the particular provisions of that vholesome and salu- tar)' system of laws, by which this coun- try has the happiness of being governed j a system of laws, in the formation of vhich the people, it is our pride and boa!}, have a large individual share, as well as a more effective share in the ad- xninistration of them, both in our Civil and Criminal Courts, than belong to the Members of any Civil Community, that has hitherto existed in the history of mankind. If, therefore, you inherit, as assuredly you do, that spirit, and those honourable feelings your forefathers did for the Rights and Constitution handed down to them ; the knowledge you must have received from such sources of in- formation, cannot fail to have produced jn your minds a corresponding veneration for the wisdom that fram.ed and sug- gested such laws, and the' characteristic good .sense and firmness of your country- men which has continued, matured, and given effect to thtcn ; and also to have produced in you (which is sncst fsseniial at the present crisis) a constant^ im." novabley and fearless detcrminaUon ^ at whatever perils and under the pressure of whatever difficulties and inconveniences^ to maintain and to perpetuate to succeeding generations, the blessings thus derived to you from that svstem of wise and equal laws, under which you and your ancestors have so long and happily Jlourished. Be- reath the protecting shade of those law?, and under the mild and beneficent cha- racter of a succession of excellent Sove- reigns, especially under that of his pre- sent Majesty, and the Princes of hrs illustrious House, this country has for a long series of years enjoyed a greater proportion of civil and political liberty, znA oi real happiness, than has fallen to the lot of any other community in the known world. A country great in arnls, in arts, and in commerce ; in the dis> covcrv and perfection of every kind of human science, and in the improvement of every comfort and convenience that gladdeviS and adorns social life; and above all attached to the pure reformed religion establilhed amongst us, which exhibits generally the good effects of the Christian dispensation, from the morality it inculcates, and which in comparison is infinitely more chaste and correct, and better calculated to promote happiness, than the religion of other nations that surround us. In this happy and en- viable condition of human affairs, it has, however, pleased God, - from the my- sterious and inscrutable ends of his Di- vine Wisdom, to permit for a time a great part of the world to be visited and ravaged by a revolutionary storm, which, arising in foreign lands, has at last swept away before it all the barriers of conti- nental strength and security ; has anni- hilated all former alliances and asso- ciations for the common protection of states and kirigdoms; has extinguished every spirit of resistance in heretofore manly r H n A ->i T I - G A L LI C A N . 31 manly and martial nations, and stunned and alFrighted Europe into a meiancholy rotate of passiv-e and desponding expecta- tion and endurance of whatever thraldom and disgrace the malignant pest and scourge of the human race may have in store for them. In such a state oF de- spondency and submission, you will feel with me, this gaiiant, high-minded, and powerful nation, cannot endure to sis^nd . The blessings which, under God's provi- dence, it enjoys, are too many and too valuable ; the resources it possesses, in wealth and in arms, and in an active and undaunted population, are too extensive slid effective, not to afford at once both the motive and the means for the most energetic and successful resistance to those, \v»'nom no treaty can bind, no sincerity and liberality of conduct can conciliate, and whose mad lust of domination and con- e in- duced to resume some active and ho- hourable measures of co-operation and union for the attainment of the genera? and permanent interests of manlund; which means will be best afforded, ^n(i example best displayed, by a generous andi prudent sacrifice of our present ease, comfort, and indulgences, for the attain- ment of lasting and honourable security. Whatever then in such a case is expend- ed, Is cheaply laid out in the rederaptioa of all that remains. It Is a pru, To prevail in the cause that is dearer than life. Or crush'd in its ruins, to ilie. Then rise,- fellow freemen, and stretch the right iiand. And swear to prevail in your dear native land. nis the home we hold sacred is laid to our trust, God bless the green isle of the bravcL^ Should a conqueror tread on our forefathers' dust. It would rouse the old dead from ti^eir gr<.i\ o. Then rise, fellow freemen, and stretch the right hand. And swear to prevail in your dear native land. In a Briton's sweet home sjball the spoiler abide, Prophaning its loves and his charms? Shall a Frenchmn insult the lov'd-fair at our side? To arms ! Oh, my country to arms ! Then rise, fellow freemen, and stretch the right hand. And swear to prevail in your dear native land. Shall Tyrants enslave us, my countrymen? — No! Their heads to the sword shall be given: — Let a death bed repentance be taught the proud foe. And his blood be an offering to Heaven. One and all then we rise, and stretch the right hand. And swear to prevail in our dear native land. Campbell. THE NUMBER IT, THE OLD ENGLISH LION, By the Author of " THE HERO OF THE NORTH,'' JL HE Old Lion of England grows youthful again j He rouses — he rises — he bristles his mane. His eye-balls flash fire, his terrible roar. Like thunder bursts awfully over our shore ! We, Sons of the Lion, inspir'd by the sound. Devoted to Liberty, gather around. And indignantly hurl the false olive away. Vain symbol of peace, only meant to betray ; Our high temper'd spirits, fresh touch'd with those fires^ Which glow'd in the hearts of our free-bosom'd sires j To conquer or perish — an emulous band. The natural Rampart of Albion we stand ; Our banners unfurl'd, O'ershadow the world. Waving wide from those cliffs whence our rights are proclaim'dl. The arms which they bear Still proudly declare. The Old English Lion will never be tam'd. We fight for the Altar, and Tlirone we revere, And the hearths that our home-born affections endear i On Heaven's high favor then fearlessly trust. For God arms with nations whose quarrel is just I The oak, that was planted by Druids of yore. Its mystical branches still flings round our shore, ToL. L E Oy^t. 34 THE AM 1-GALLICAN". Great parent of na\ ies I it spreads o'er the waves. Strikes deeper its roots, and Time's enmity braves 1 Our life-streams unsullied flow down from those vein5r Which fed Fame on Cressy's and Agincourt's plains. Gur Edwards and Henrys 'tis true, are no more. But George lives their glory and worth to restore -, On him we depend. Our Father — our Friend, The King whom we honour I— the Man ivhom we love ! By him now renewed. Its nen'es fresh endued. The Old English Lion immortal shall prore. From the sail-crowded bays and throng'd havens of France, Let the boastful Invader his legions advance. Ah ! vainly ^^^th numbers he threatens our coast. One heart, bracM by Freedom, will combat an host. The Lion disdainfully pants for the fray ; The greater his foes, the more noble his prey. Too late shall France learn on the blood-floated field. That Britons can perish, but never can yield. We'll grant her rash crew, should they 'scape from the waves, No more English earth than will cover their graves. Then let them embark— let the winds waft them o'er. For Fate tolls their knell when they land on our shore ; In front, sure defeat. Behind, no retreat ; Denied to advance, yet forbidden to f?y : While dreadfully round. Our thunders resound, " The Old English Lion will conquer or die." WILLIAM DIMOND. AN ADDRJESS prosperity, and greatness. Behold the To those Bravey Gallant, and Loyal shores of that enemy's country covered Hearts, the ^^ith numerous bands of fierce, blood* Commanders, Officers, Seamen, thirsty, and rapacious Assassins, ready AND Marines, OF to seize the first opportunity of invasion, THE BRITISH NAVY. f <> P''.'""?'''^^ '° *' "">!' ^^'^']f\ ""J ———. dertakings, by the promises iield forth My Fellow-Countrymen ! to them, by their imprinclplcd Leader, BEHOLD, after a short and preca- of universal pillage, rapine, and confii- Xious interval of peace, your Countr>- cation. All who are found in arms aaain involved in war with the ancient are to be put to the sword, m order to a^d implacable e^cmy cf her liberties, make the booty richer ; and our wive* ^ and THE ANTI-GALLICAN 35 and daiis;hters are to be delivered up to gratify the brutal appetites of the French Soldiers. So cordially are Britons hated by Bonaparte, that he does not deign to offer them FRENCH FllATER. NITY, but avows, that nothing short of their utter destruction as a nation will satisfy the measure of his ambition, or gratify the insatiable spirit of hatred and revenge with which he is animated against us. Glorious distinction ! to be hated by this CORSICAN MU- LATTO and his BLOOD-STAINED SLAVES ! As we are the only nation that has hitherto successfully opposed the progress of his destructive arms, so he dreads us no less for our valour, than he detests us for the fatal experi- ence he has had of it. Nobly have YOU fought on former occasions! What obligations docs your Country owe to YOU, HER GAL- LANT HEARTS OF OAK, HER FIRM, INVINCIBLE DEFEND- ERS ! She calls on you again to pro- tect her : and shall she call in vain? No! BRITISH SEAiMliN can never prove false to the Land that gave them birth! It is a principle deeply imprinted in their hearts to fight for OLD ENG- LAND while they have a drop of blood in their veins, as long as they are able to point a musket, or to handle a cutlass! And will they degenerate in these perilous times, when a MUR- DEROUS TYRANT, the Despoiler and Ravager pf every Country he has visited, whether in amity or vya^fare, menaces the shores of their native land with his hostile bands, and threatens its Inhabitants with erery atrocity which the wickedness of his heart can devise, or the iniquity of his career has rendered familiar to his imagination? No! BRI- TISH SEAMEN will never suffer that their Native Country should become a prey to any Foreign Invader, much less to an insolent CORSICAN USUR- PER, who has established with the point of the Bayonet, a power over a na- tion fitted only to be Slaves, British Seamen ! At this important crisis you have arduous duties to perform : you must submit to many privations, and encoun- ter many hardships and dangers. If you display the same valour and perseverance you have ever shewn, it is scarcely possi- ble that Bonaparte and Ms Myrmidons should ever be able to land in Britain ; and It would be more to the honour and interest of 3'our country, that he and his soldiers should be sunk in the Ocean, than that a single Frenchman should effect a hostile landing in our happy country. Every Tar who has a siveet' heart on shore, or a ivife, or a daugh- ter, or a lister that Is dear to him, must feel how much it is his interest and duty to make every exertion in his power, to defeat the infamous designs of the ene- my, and to hold all danger trifling, and all labour cheaj), which may conduce to place these tender and valued connec- tions in a state of security. British Seamen ! By the love yoit bear your countn,-, and the honour in which you hold your mild and pareiital Sovereign; by the affection you bear your families, your friends, and your homes ; by the here- ditary and unconquerable attachment to liberty, for which the men of your na- tion have always been distinguished, and for which they have conquered and bled ; by the hatred of tyranny, blood- shed, and oppression which animated your Ancestors; and by die spirit of in- dignation which at this momcr.t fires ever^- British bosom on shore, and arms every hand to retort on >the Corsican Tyrant his own atrocious thi;eats-— Let not your Countr)- call in vain hr you at this moment to display your wonted 2 ener- 36 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. energies, and the valour so well known and so justly dreaded by our foes. Then will Britain triumphantly surmount every danger, and shew to the Corsican Despot and his affrighted Slaves, that BRITAIN STILL IS MISTllESS OF TPIE SEAS, and that he;: }Foode7i IValls are her impregnahlc hulwarks. AN ENGLISHMAN. Naval Chronicle. PEOPLE OF THE BRITISH ISLES! J_dET none affect to despise the idea that WE SHALL SHORTLY BE INVADED. Our foe has pledged him- self to it. He is at this moment disen- gaged from every Continental enemy- he is supported, he exists only by war- fare and plunder. Our Naval Victories have sufficiently taught him to despair of ever withstanding us on the Watery Element, and consequently the only possibility of any success rests in con- veying his Land Forces on our Shores ; and that that is by no means impracti- cable, is the opinion of the first Military Characters. Let us therefore make known to Frenchmen that whatever difference in Political Opinions may arise among ourselves, that when our beloved Conn- try is menaced In/ Invasion, we will AND HAVE RESOLVED ONE AND ALL, to defend with bravery and vigor its honour, freedom, and independence. •^ Death is the worst, a fate which all must try, But for our Country 'tis a bliss to die. The gallant man, tho' slain in light he be, Yet leaves his Children safe, his Country free. Entails a debt on all the grateful state, His own brave friends shall glory in his fate; His wife live honor'd, all his race succeed, And late posterity enjoy the deed." But let us pause, and contemplate for a moment what we have to defend. We have to defend from brutal via- lation the British Fair, whose unrival- led beauty so for from protecting them, will add proportionably to their misery. We have to defend, (and transmit un- impaired to our children) those Rights and Liberties for which our Ancestors have so often bled, from time to time, and even sacrificed their lives to preserve. We have to defend and to maintain, such glorious privileges as collectively no other nation on the earth can boast of possessing. We have a Magna Charta and a Free Press ; but above all, our glorious and invaluable Consti- tution, the admiration and the wonder of the world. What ardour vvill not the first consi« deration alone inspire in the breasts of our British Youths ? What hitherto uidieard of prodigies of valour, what feats of Courage may we not expect, in A CAUSE, SO TRULY GRx\ND-= SO TRULY JUST. «' Rely on fate, whose out-stretch'-d hand Shall still preserve thee from the hostile steel, For scenes of future bliss. — Think on the day When with a victor's emulation swoln, Thine arms shall clasp a mistress' throbbing brea.st, When tear:, of joy shall grace thy mother's eye, And rapt'rous smiles, to view a conquering son, Play on her aged brow ! O think — And let the contemplation chear thy heart." It is hoped and trusted therefore, that every individual, in proportion to his mearis, will imitate the glorious exam- ple of the Merchants and others of the City of London: '• Those generous traders who alike sustain Their nation's glory on th' obedient main. And bounteous rr/ue Affliction';, drooping pain" A VOLUNTEER. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. sr DECLARATION OF THE Merchants, Bankers, Traders, AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. At a very numerous n7eetlng of Me.- chants. Bankers, Traders, and other Inhabitants of London and its neigh- bourhood, held on the Royal Exchange this da)', July theSGth, 18.03, in con- sequence of pubhc advertisement. The following Declaration ^^'a3 pro- posed, and UNANIMOUSLY resolv- ed upon : *' WE the Merchants, Bankers, Tra- ders, and other inhabitants of London and its neighbourhood, deem it our boimden duty, at tlie present momcn- tuous period, tq make public our una- ?22;H02mmented on the motive and tendenc}- of such insiniiaitions. He condemneti ihem strongly as a gross insult to the pride and consequence of the country, independently of the otlier effects which he had already described. What, w-as it to be endured, that a nation which had so often fought the battles of Europe, which had so often sigrjalized itself in the contest for h-uman liberty, should now be led to look for its safety in the capiice of any foreign CabiiTet, or to seek its escape from hostility in the interpositk)n of Courts, Avhich are so often swayed by the insinuations of a valet de cham- bre, or the influence of a prostitute ? (Applause.) God forbid it ! We shall prevent it. That we should indulge such dependent idea-s would be degrad- ing to oinr character, ^vould be incon- sistent with our natiiT^. Let us not look abroad for our safety, least it should diminish f>Hr exertions at home to secure it. . Let us rely on none but ourselves for security, and then we could not be disappointed. It was not fit to conceal the nature of our situa- tion — it was dangerous, bat it was pregnant with the highest honour. We were placed as the guardians, the only reiiuiining guardians of human liberty. Tlie sacred trust was coiimiitted to our care, and Englishrfien seenu-d chosen by Providence as the persons be-^t qualified to defend this inestimable right. Li ©rdcr to disciwse die duty which bo longed to them, however, he points^ out the necessity of practising the hij^TCst virtues. Their present situation partlcidarly required it. b^vcry nsar* should go to the battle with a di >;nitic(l elevation of feeling juited to tlie occa* sion, with a resolution to return victo- rious, or to return no more. (Ap- plauses). It was with pride and pjleasurc he ob^rred the ajjpearance of this resohuion among his country- men. Indeed the spectacle of una- nimity whidi the whole nation ex- hibited was matter of consolation not only to Englishmen, but to all the friends of mankind, for he had the satisfaction of recentl}- hearing the sen- timents of foreigners upon this subject. They spoke of our public spirit with an enthusiasm much beyoml any thing felt among ourselves, as objects which are fiimiliar to the imagination are not apt to excite so much surprise. This unanimity was not new nor wonderful to us, considering the peculiar circum- stances in which we are placed. It was impossible, indeed, that discord could be encouraged, not only from any honest motive, but from any honest pretext, for if therewcre any persons in this country who disapproved of our Government, because it was not suffi- ciently democratic, and wished, there- fore, for a change fovourable to their principles, they could not purely sup- pose tliat Bonaparte was a patron of democracy. The Government of this country was in reality the only Govern- ment in Europe which tolerated demr»- cratie principles, which fostered th* sentiments of freedom, or was subject to the influence of popular opinion. If, therefore, this Govt-rnment should be destroyed, which God tbrbid, and which we will forbid, (applauses) the the hope ot" human ha|:)piness would \yQ extinguished, every vestige of liberty would THE ANTI-GALLICANV •43 woiilfl be gone, and a military tyranny would Gvcrwhehii Europe. To guard and preserve liberty then, England was now most forcibly called upon. U any man could be so stupid as to suppose, that Bonaparte would tolerate a liberal system of goverment in this country — one by any means comparable to that which now prevails, he would advise such a man to reflect but a moment on the conduct which the First Consul had pursued towards all the countries which have submitted to his authority, or con- fided in his assurances. From this review, a conviction must arise in the mind, that no one could se- cond the views of the enemy — could shrink from the most active endeavours lo oppose him, but a coward, a robber, a mercenary or a parasite ; a coward who would decline to fight through fear of danger — a robber, who looks for the spoils of his neighbour, or is actuated bv an unnatural, impious hatred of his own country — a mercenary, who has basely accepted the bribe of the enenjy —-or a ])arasite, who wishes to concili- tate his fa\ our ; no other motive coidd be well conceived for such a conduct, unless indeed that perversion of under- standing which borders on insanity. Such characters, he trusted, were not numerous in this country. The una- nimity which prevailed throughout the whole empire rendered it imposible to ■think so. To this unanimity there was indeed, an exception, but one not very honourable to the enemy. The mur- derers of Lord Kilwarden were the only allies that he could boast among us. Those sanguinary wretches, who ii^l fully betrayed the atrocity of their cha- racters, by selecting a defenceless and -pacific Magistrate as the first victim of their designs, and as it were for no other purpose than that of forewarning their country of what it had to expect from their barbarous ferocity — mc\\ assasi^s were, he hoped, the ouly friends whicli the enemy had in the British lunpire. It was remarkable that Great Britaio had, at two of the most critical and, glo- rious periods of its existence, to contend with a faction in Ireland favourable to the views of the enemy : when attacked bv Philip the lid. and at the memo- rable Revolution of lC88. At each lime Britain was victorious, and Ireland was saved ; its tranquillity was re-establish- ed. Twice, then, was Ireland rescued from the agents of a foreign enemy by the efforts of this countrv". Twice was it brcaght back to the community with England, and now again, he trusted, that Great Britain would restore Ireland to peace and security, and would pre- serve it from the horrible yoke to which a faction was struggling to reduce it. In order to aid in this important object, in conjunction with the others he had already alluded to, respecting their own liberty and safety, he conjured his coun- trymen to come forward, and hoped that none would take up arms, who did not seriously look to the.event of their semces in the field being actually called for, and who were not prepared to meet the contest with vigour and resolution • that they would not ofier themselves merely from a love of bustle and parade, from a wish for the disjday of holiday soldiers — but that they would determine to encounter all the diOlculties of war, if necessary — to expose their live* to all its dangers, (i/es 2ve will, resounded from ever}' part of the room). Consider, added the learned Gentleman, the high objects you have in view, and the im- portant duties you have to perform. The rights of mankind are committed to your care 3 the dignity and existence of your countrj- are at stake, and men who in such a cause could be luke-warm, gr faint-hearted^ would be unworthy to per* ^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN perform the sacred duties of the religion of patriotismv--to aspire to the honour of martyrdom — to ofier up their Uyes at the :dtar of their country. If any such a])pear, let them be told that they are not deserving of a place in your ranks. He that does not look for a glorious death, or even desire it; who does not feel his mind equal to the occasion, should pause before he enrols his name among you, I ani confident that none such can be found a)nong my countrj men. This confidence arises from the recol- lection that I am addressing Scotchmen, the descendants of a. Bruce and a Wal- lace^ the natives of a country which was never svihducd, but who entered vo- luntarily into a union with this great nation, which I trust will lac: for ever. As indissoluble may that be which has lately taken place with Ireland ! I be- lieve that this is a sentiment in which e- very honest man, whether Knglishman, Irishman, or Scotchman, will heartily concur; that they will wish perma- nence and stability to that noble vmion which was consummated on the plains of Egypt and Syria, where each iration was represented, by iierhero; when Sir Ralph Abercrombie ^vas secpnded by Xord Hutchinson and aided by Sir Sid- ney Smith; an union which, we are all, I tmst, ready to ratify by our valour ?ind seal with our blood. Countrymen, I feel that I am av,thorised by your hearts to niake this solemn pledge. I swe^r by the immortal spirit of Bjuee jind of Wallace : I swear by the glori- ous memory of all the heroes who have fallen for the cau?e and honour of Bri- tain: I swear by the God of Justice and Liberty hiixiself, whose holy nanie I cannot be thought to prophane by em- ploying it on so sacred an occasion, that you, my countr}'men, would rather geek liberty in the grave, than endure a wretched existence wiUi the hideous spectacle of foreign tyranny erected in a country which Liberty has so long cho- sen as her favourite abode. (This sen-^ timenf teas followed ly peals of ap^ plause.J Glohc. SPEECH of tie Ficv, GERRARP ANDREWS, Hector of Si. James's, IVcstminstcr^ at a meeting of the In-^ habitants of that parish, held at JFillis's Rooms, on the Wfh of Au^ gust, f(M' the purpose of forn^ivg i^ t'oluntccr Corps under the Dejlnce. Jets. *' PLACED, as I am, in one of the moat important of all stations, that of your Parish Minister, I think I shoul(i appear luke-warm in the cause Avhich it is mv indispensible duty to sen'e, di(i not I exhort you to a most cheerful discharge of your duty at this singular crisis ; I enter not into political discus- sions, for I do not understand them-^- and if I did, they would ill become mej I say nothing of the enemy v.'ith whon^ you will probably have to engage, for it is needless — v/e meet with none like him in the annals of universal history ; but I most earnestly recommend to you, upon all oceasiens, energy, activity, prompt obedience, steady nerseverance, and that cool infrepidifij which best distinguish- es a Christian Soldier, and which parti- cularl}- belongs to men who are consci- ous th.at they are discharging their duty to God, by a strict adherence to that heavenly law \vhich'camn)andsus to do \mto others a? we- wish ih.em to do tnir to us : a law, which I conceive to be most c\idcntly violated by every mar< who refuses to. give that aid and su})- port to his King", his country, his Avife, his chiklicji, his friends, and fellow- suiyects, which in the hour of his own necessitv, he vvould expect to receive from tjicr.i. Believe me, everij man is concerned iu Uiis contest ; the loicest indif THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 45 rndkidual is interestct^, for taut share of the prosperity of this country to which the poor are by law entitled, would, if once we were a conquered nation, vanish in an instant ; not an hospital, not an inlirniary, not a charity school would remain ; the aged and the sick would be left to perish as they might, and the young left untaught, or rather*be trained in every kind of evil (arising from a want of religious princi- ples) to become the future scourges of the world. With an humble conti- dence, therefore, in that Almighty Be- ing who has never deserted the people of this happy land in the time of their distress, let us go forth, not rashly, but chearfuUij and resolutely, against cur boasting foe. Even in the hour of ex- treme distress (should it arrive) let us Never DESPAIR!— It is a word un- known to Britons it is a conduct which, to a Christian, is expressly for- lidden, and we (thanks be to God) are both. xVs such let nothing deter us from the faithful discharge of our duty, but on every occasion, and in every si- tuation in life, and in death (if death should be our lot) let us remain true to our Country, true to our King (than laliom a letter never existed) and faith- ful to our God." Mornirig Advertiser. Sulsfance of the SPEECH of EORD MOIRA, on the 8th of March, 1803, in the Dchafesfor addressing his Majesty on the Message concern- ing military preparatio7is in the ports of France and Holland. HIS Lordship commence4 by ob- serving that he could not siuiply give a silent acquiescence to a motion like the present. The more he considered the inordinate ambition which the First Consul of the French Republic had uiyfofmly displayed, the aaore was Uq convinced that nothing was to be ef- fected by a pusillanimous forbearance on the part of this country. Whatever some noble Eords may think of the re- spect that ought to be shewn to the Chief Magistrate of a neighbouring na- tion, with vvliich we were at peace, he did not consider this at least to be a tim>e for the language of complaisance and courtesy. \\(t had too long seen the irtBolence and aggression with which this country had been uniformly treat- ed. We saw hostile preparations on all that extent of coast with which we were in a great measure surrounded. Our enemy, for we would not now he- sitate to bestow that apellation on the First Consul, had presumed to threaten Great Britain witl^ an army of 500,000 men. He had further the vanity and audacity to boast, that this country was no longer able to contend single-handed against France, He, on the other hand, trusted that the answer to this insolent representation would be a proof that this united realm was able, in a just cause, to contend against the world in arms. "What, he asked, must be the feelings cf their Lordships, as well as of all the inhabitants of this country, if insults of that kind were to be received without resentment? France had al- ready experienced, at the hands of some of our naval and military leaders, some of who«i he had the jjleasure of seeing then in their places, (Lords Nelson and Hutchinson, who were present, were supposed to be here alluded to) that England was never so much to be dreaded, as when single-handed, and left to its own native and valorous ex- ertions. It was still able to shew itself equal to every emergency, and, per^. haps, inexliaustible in all its resources. We had still the same gallant Officers and troops, whose services had already atclucved so many laurels for their oun^ 46 THE ANTI-GALLICAN', cowntry. Tlie spirit of th"c coimtry was still unbroken, and, notwithstand- ing any recent eircunislance ,, he was sar!sftecl there remained very little, if any dissatisfaction in the nation. It was, idle to disguise our situation, at a time when w^e \vere likely to contend, not for the honour only, but for the ercistence of the countn". Iliose were mistaken who 3ii})posed tliat this coun- tr\' was secured agains^t that invasion wliich oiur enenrry Avas evidently me- ditatiiig ; secxne, indeed, we. were in some respects on that head, with any view of subjugation, the very contemp- lation of w hich would be too hvuni- liaiiag ; but let no man deceive him- self v.ith the idea that an invasion of this country was not to be elTected. He made little doubt that we should have to fight the enenn; upon the soil of England, and wc should, therefore, be T&idy to meet any such event. I'he first object of tiie invaders would, un- questionably, be to push for the capital In that case, the General opposed to them ought, in his opinion, to forfeit his head if he sutfered the enemy to ad\^nee from the coast witliout giving bim battle. The government and the nation had a right to consider any troops so stationed as a fortitication, or an out-work between the ntetropolis and its invaders. Such a project would, no doubt, he a desperate one on the part of the French llepublic, but that, in all probability, would be no great object to Bonaparte. Not a man of the invading army, would, probably, ever return to his native countrv. But the First Consul, care- less of that, calculated between the de- struction of a number of Frenchmen and the confusion which an event of that kind might be capable of produo- ino- in Great Britain. It was, however, Iqng i,ince manifested tQ France, and to all Europe, that England had, by reiterated aggressions, been forced into this struggle, which it could not de- cline without dishonour. He wished the language of his Majesty's Ministers to have been more energetic, in order that it may appear as somewhat in the light of an appeal to the French people, whether they would consent to be again involved in all the horrors of war, and suffer the world to be again de- luged with blood, merely to gratify the restless and turbulent spirit of an inor- dinately ambitious and implacable indi- vidual. With respect to Bonaparte himself, his views could not be mista- ken ;. all the opposite shores resounded with the din of preparation. His ha-, tred to England was implacable and persevering. He has afforded too many proofs of his daring and enterprising spirit to admit a doubt of his attempt- ing to execute any thing, however ar- duous or desperate, which he was re- solved upon, and by that enterprising genius had more than once .'succeeded in accomplishing objects and atehieve- ments which to ordinary men might seem unpracUcable. Against a man of that descrij.tion, who had so frequently and felicitously for his viev.s left every tlnng to fortune, with dominioiis va^tK- extended, and at the head of one of the most powerful nations that ever exi-;tcd in the world, England had to relv on its own rj-^sources^ its intrepi- dity, and the tri'^d valour- of its warriors. It should now, to use tlie language oC Shakespeare, " Be stirring as the tiinc; be fired widi f-iK ; Threaten the threat 'ner, and outface the brov^r Of bragging horror ; so shall inferior eyes. That barrow their behaviour from ths great, Grow great by your exampie, and put on The dauntlesi spirit of Reiulutiou." Sugh TIT^ ANfl-GALLICAN* 47 Such should now be the conduct of this country, The proud pretensions of the enemy had left — had removed the veil, and let us see what we have to ex- pect from a demeanor of foib: anuicc . FortLMKitely these oncroachnicnts and aacrrcssions were not long in revealing themselves, and were now telt and eve- ry where displayed. lie knew not whut iiiiii;ht be the nature of the ncgociations alluded to in his Majesty's IMcssage, but that was of the less consequence when he could conceive no symptoms of a pTicitic disposition on the part of the French Government, It was time to a- rouse the nation to its proper bent, and to an exertion of all its resources. We should say to France in the terms which one manly Englishman would say to another; ** It is my wish to remain with you on terms of friendship and tranquillity ; but here are the limits upon which that amity depends. Be- yond this spot you are not to set your foot; if you attempt it, the alternative is war." That alternative, though we might wish to avoid it, he saw no reason to dread, and though the terms of the Address might not include all that he coidd wish for, he was happy to be one tof the foremost in giving his most cor- dL.d support to the present ]Motiom RESOLUTIONS 0/ the InhahitauiS of the Parish of St. Mary', Lambeth, held at the Royal Oak, Vauxhall, July Q6th, 180.1. Ih'sob-cd, " THAT it appears to this Meeting, 4hat the First Consul of France, having enslaved the people whom he under- took to set free, and plundered and sub- jugated all orders of the inhabitants^ rich and poor, o^ Holland, Sicitzerlaud, and Italy, under the most solemn as- ^jirances of fraternity and fritudihiu; is now determined on the Invasion of tliia United Kingdom, and is making the most formidable preparations for tliat purpose, *' That altliough this Meeting agree with Bonaparte himself, that the suc- cess of such an undertaking is liighlv improbable, and that he must sacrifici; ai'mv afu-r army, if he pers€\ere in tii© attempt, vet the tlireat having been de- nounced, nothing can sustain the ho- nour of our country, but the most energetic and universal exertion. It is not enougli for our reputation, tliat. hi-j success should be improbable, it ought by the nuuibers and gallantry of our Volunteers, under the blessings of Di- vine Providence, to be rendered im|X)s- sible. By such a conduct only can this nation continue to enjoy tranqidl- lity, and have a disposable force in the hands of Government for oflensive ope- rations, and share the glory of avenging the wrongs of Europe, against the de- stroyer of its liberty, its ha])piness, and its honour. *' That this Meeting, in thus calling upon its fellow-citizens to arm, hope they shall be excused for rejniuding tliera, tliey are invited to come fonvard in dcionce of the happiest and wisest Constitution known to the world ; in defence of a Sovereign, who, for a pe- riod of mor* than forty years, has shewn himself to be tlie father of all those who have the happiness to live under the British Government. In da* fending objects' thus sacred and dear, \ve deplore that our country is called upon to encounter a people with whom England wishes to live in amity, but who, unhappily for themselves and the civilized world, have submitted to the degradation of being made subseivient to the aggrandisement and ambition , of one man, an obscure Corsicant who began his rourdeious career with turn^ ii)2 48 THK A?sTI-GALLICA^^. hvy his artiller/ upon the citizen'^ of Paris ; who boasted, in his public let- ter from Pavia, of having shot the whole municipality ; who put the help- less, innocent, and unoffending inhabi- jtants of Alexandria, man, woman, and child, to the sword, till slaughter was tired of its work ; who, against all the laws of war, put near 4000 Turks to death, in cold blood, after their sur- render ; who destroyed his own com- rades by poison, when lying sick and wounded, in hospitals, because they were unable to further the plan of pil- lage which carried him to St. Jean D'Acre ; v. ha having thus stained the profession of arms, and solemnly and publicly renounced the religious faith of Christendom, and embraced Maho- metanism, again pretended to embrace the Christian religion ; who, on his re- turn to France, destroyed the represen- tative system ; who, after seducing the Polish legion into the senice of his pretended Republic, treacherously trans- ferred it to Sf. Domingo, where it has perished to a man, either by disease or the swotd ; and who, finally, as it were, to fill the measure of his arrogance, Ws dared to attack what is most dear and useful to civilized society, the fror- dom of the press, and the freedom of speech, by proposing to restrict the British press, and the deliberations of the Britisli Senate. Such is the Tyrant we are called upon to oppose ; and such is the fate which awaits England, should we suffer hhn and his degraded slaves to pollute our soil. ** With these sentiments, this Meet- ing Kesolve unanimously, that they will use their utmost endeavours to carry into its fullest effect, the Bill now depending in Parliament, for the better Defence of the Country. Jlesolced, *' That it is the duty of every inhabi- tant of this parish, capable of bearing arms, to come forward at this important crisis, and voluntarily enrol himself for the purpose of being traiiied to the use of them ; — thataCommlttee be appoint- ed to carry the above Resolutions into immediate effect ; — and that every able- bodied inhabitant be earnestly exhorted immediately to enrol his name for the defence of his country, in the book ilbw prepared for that purpose." ROBERT SLADE, Chairman, SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST! OUR immortal Bard, who was as good an Englishman as a Pocf ; whose breast glowed as much with Enthusiastic LO\^E OF HIS COUNTRY, as his Fancy with Poetic Fir«, addresses his COUNTRY iNlEN in the following ani- mated Strain : BRITONS! HE stirring as the time-) left re icithfire, Threaten the Threatener, and out-f\ice the brow Of bragging horror ; so shall Inferior eyes. That borrow their behaviour from the grcat> Grow great by vour example, and put on THE DAUNTLESS SPIRIT OF RESOLUTION. Away ; and glister like the God of War When he intendeth to become the field : Shew boldness, and aspiring confidence. WTiatr THE ANTI-GALLIGAN. 4^ What ! SHALL THEY SEEK THE LION IN HIS DEN ? And fright him there ; and make him tremble there ? Oh, let it not be said !— Forage, and ruu To meet displeasure further from the doors j AND GRAPPLE WITH HIM, ERE HE COME SO NIGIL-p Shall we, upon the footing of our I.iand, Send fair-play orders, and moke con\proniii»e, Lisinuaticm, parley, and base truce To Anns Invasive ? Shall a recreant Knave, With Murder in his van, approach our fields, And flash his spirit in a warlike soil. Mocking the air with colours idly spread. And find no check ?— LET US TO ARMS ! Now on, you NOBLFJST ENGLISH. Whose blood is fetched from Fathers of war-proof ; Fathers, that, like so many Alej^anders, Have on French soil from morn till even fought. And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. — Dishonour not your Llothers 5 now attest. That those, whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood. And telch them how to war. AND YOU GOOD YEOMEN, Whose limbs were made in England, shew us now The metal of your Pasture : Let us know That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not : For there is none of you so mean and low That hath not noble lustre in your eyes j I see you stand like Greyhounds in the slips. Straining upon the start. THE GAME's A-FOOT ; FOLLOW YOUR SPIRIT ; and, upon this Charge, Cry GOD FOR US! For ENGLAND I and KING GEORGE, J^RITONSi . . vw?.' THIS ENGLAND NEVER DID (NOR NEVER SH^L). LIE AT THEPROUDFOOTOFACONQUEROR,;[,3v/,- t But when it first doth heij) to wound itself. — . . Let come three corners of the world in Arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us RuEi If England to itself do rest but true. SHAKESPEARE often delights us on the Stage in the-Hour of Amusement, —let him noAv in the HOUR OF PERIL inspire us with that PATRIOTISM and COURAGE which animated our foreflithers to those DEEDS OF GLORY wiiich he describes.— SHAIOiSPEARE now speaks in the character of A TRUE ENGLISHMAN and A STURDY JOHN BULL, indignant that a FRENCH ARMY shauld WAGE WAR IN OUR ISLE : And in the character of the heroic Harry the Fifth, who led our forefathers to DEEDS OF GLORY in the HEART OF FRANCE— Deeds which no achievements have )-'et excelled, ancf which will ever honour our National Character, unless O'ER CLOUDED BY Vol. L q qx;R 60 THE AN'TI-GALLICAN. OUR WANT OF SPIRIT. Shall France, who acknowledged this Prince their Lord, now impose her yoke upon Us ? Need it be told that, led bv this Royal Hero, an intrepid Band of TweKe Thousand Men, encountered and vanquisiied a Mighty Host of Sixty Thousand ? — ^These courageous men were BRITONS — AVe too are BRITONS ; — Let, then, all who claim that title, and whose veins flow with BRITISH BLOOD, emulate the ARDOUR, the COURAGE, the GLORY of their Ancestors, and strive to preserve that Renown for their Poste- rity, which the Heroes of Agincourt and Cressy have transmitted to us.— « AND MAY WK EQUALLY DESERVE THE ADMIRATION OF AFFER ages 1 H, BONAPARTE'S CONFESSION OF THE MASSACRE OF JAFFA. Europe might, with great reason, rely on the assertions of Mr. Morier*, Sir Rohcrt mison and Dr. Witimany respecting the Massacre of Jaff'a. The minute particulars, the undaunted frank- ness, and the solemn chi"Ilenge of con- tradicti#n, which Sir Rohert has given to the world, claim the highest respect, not for his veracity, for that is not to be doubted, bat for the responsibility he evidently feels himself liable to in bringing forward the Qiarge ; the ex- treme temperateness of Dr. Wittman's language, and the tenor of "his expres- sions 'manifest his veneration fortruOr, and repugnance to hasty reports j but after aU, is it not of the highest im- portance to consult Bonaparte himself, who so well knows whether, and in what degree, the story be true ? Certainly it is ; and yet Bonaparte's tvidence has never been called for 1 Is it totally forgotten that he him.self, with that cold indifference so visible in ever}' thmg he writes, arid so characteristic oT. cruelty , in its most emphatic sense ; he hinaself, distinctly apd unpi^ervediy, was the first to publish the fact ? ' Bonaparte did first publish it; he published it in all its essential features ; our countrymen have only collected the minute circumstances. We refer to his official letter, dated Head Quarters, Jaffa, 23 Ventose, 7th Year (Uth March, MQ^). Bonaparte's account helps us to cor- rect, in some less essential points, the accounts of the English wTiters ', while ihe latter help us to expand and illu- strate his. We regret that the length of his letter wtU not allow us to insert it entire ; but we shall extract all that relates to Jaffa, and refer for its au- thenticity to the Mon'iteur and other publications of the dav, and to Pieces Officielle£ dc rArviee d'Egypte, printed at Paris, in the year 8, premier partic, p. 140". Siege of Jaffa (Yaffa). " Kleber's division at first invested Jaffa, and afterwards threw itself on the river Hhayha, to cover the siege. Bonn's division invested the right front of the town, and Lasne's division the left. *« The enemy opened forty pieces of cannon from all points of the walls, from which he poured upon us a vigor- ous and continued fire. " On the 16th Ventose (7th March^ « Mr. Morier was secretary to Lord Elgin, whom Bonaparte, for that reason, with pe iuUar ci^Ulnity, detauis 'in Trance, ngtwithstoding the unfortuaat^ sUte of his h.al;h, Yaa- two THE ANTI-GALLICilN'. ^\ two batteries of approach, a batter}^ in breach, and one of the mortars were made ready to play. The garrison, a multitude of men, variously clothed, and of all colours (Maugrabins, Al- banians, Curds, Natolians, Caramani- ans, Damascenes, Allepins, and blacks of Tekrur), made a sortie, and attacked the battery in breach. They were strongly repulsed, and sent back more quickly than they wished. Mv Aid- de->Camp, Durock, an oiHcer in whom I have the greatest confidence, par- ticularly distinguished himself. *' Ai day-break on the 17th, I caused the commandant to be sum- moned. He cut off my messenger's head, and gave me no reply. At seven, Jlie fire began. At one, I conceived the breacif practicable. General Lasne prepared for the assault. Netherwood, adjunct of tlie Adjutant Generals, with ten carbiniers, mounted the first, and yras followed by three companies of grenadiers of the 13th, and of the 69th demi-brigade, commanded by adjutant- o;eneral Rambaud, for whom I request the rank of Brigadier General. At five o'clock, we were masters of the town, which, dnrm^' hvenfy-J'our hours, was was given up to all the horrors of ivar, which never appeared to me so hideous. Tour thousand of Djezzar's troops, among whom were eight hnndred can- noneers, were put fo the sword; part of the inhabitants were massacred. ** In the course of the following days, several vessels came from Saint- Jean-d'Acre, with food and ammuni- tion. They were taken in the port. They were greatly astonished at seeing the town in our power. The opinion had been that it would have detained us six months. " A'bd-uliah, Djezzar's General, had the address to conceal himself among 4ie Egyptians, from among whom he came and threw himself at my feet. — I have sent home more than five hundred persons of Damascus and Aleppo, as well as from four to five hundred Egyptians. I have pardoned the Ma- melukes and Cashefs whom I took at lil-rish J I have pardoned O'mar Mak- ram. Sheik of Cairo ; I have been merciful with the Egyptians, as well as as with the people of Jafta, hit severe with the gurrisoji, which was takcii ivlth arms in its hands. *' We have taken at Jaffa fifty pieces of cannon, of which thirty are field pieces, after the European model 5 am- munition ; more than four hundred thousand rations of biscuit, two thou- sand quintals of rice, and some maga- zines of soap." Bonaparte, then, did, beyond a doubt, put/o2fr thousand of Djezzar's troops, composing the garrison, to death. The only questions are, WHEN and HOW were they put to death ? As to the manner HOW, Mf. IMorier, Sir Robert Wilson, and Dr. Wittman, have described it. As to the time WHEN, Berlhier describes the garrison as fighting to the last, and falling in the assault ; but is this consistent with Bonaparte's own words (severe enucrs la garmso7i, qui s'cst laisse prendre les amies a la main), as above translated? Does the term severe, and its opposition to mer- ciful, aj)ply to the killed in battle? Do not Bonaparte's words shew a total absence of inclination to conceal that he put them to death after he had them in his power ; and that he did this by way of punishment for their not having laid down their arms I Punish soldiers for not having laid down their arms ! ! ! When did a civilized warrior do this? When was ever a general, among those whom we e 2 c^ $!? ^the-antigallicAn. call (and God grant we always may call) illustrious, -backward to applaud the honourable resistance of his enemy ? Punish soldiers for not laying down their arms ! ! ! Bonaparte is a stranger to all that has rendered soldievship hon- ourable, to all that has placed it among the most dignified of human pursuits ! His enemy's soldiers he regards as malefactors ! ! ! Britons ! This is a consideration that comejhome to you. Were Bona- parte as covered with virtues as he is with vices, were he as glorious as he is infamous, v^ere he the best, were he better than the best of men, his subjugation of your country must be a calamity which you Vv^ould resist as long &s you had an arm to lift against it. His situation forces him to be de- spotic ; liberty grows out of an old and secure government ; a new government must support itself with tlie bayonet ; if your government were shaken, your liberty would be gone : all this is in the -nature of things. Whether or not Bonaparte, therefore, is to subjugate your country, Is out of the question. You do not think of it for a moment. You swear that while you live he shall not. But the consideration is, with what a Barbarian you have to figlit ! ! ! His word is nothing. He has no emo- tions. He is not a man, but a monster. Read over again the above letter — see . with what indifference he tells of blood- shed ! nothing moves him. With what a Barbarian yor. have to fight j You carmot accept qiiarter ; he will hang vou for having attempted to oppose him ! You cannot surrender at his approach ; he Vv-ill hang you for having threatened to oppose him ; he will hang you because he has not prisons in which .to keep you, or poison you, because he wants the bread vou would eat! You cannot listen to his promises, you cannot trust in his word. Enquire concerning him in every v.'ay, and you will find, at every step, that contempt for truth, an utter disregard of what he says, a deception upon principle, are the resources to which he uniformly flies. With what a Barbarian you have to fight ! You must remember this. You must break yourself of the habit of trusting in the word of a soldier : his uniform, indeed, is the uniform of a soldier,, but his weapons are the wea- pons of an assassin. You must believe him, only when you have deprived him of the power to lie. You must lay down your arms, only when you can no longer hold them. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. ENGLISHiiEN! you have been unjustly charged with supineness and despondency. The enemies of Govern- ment, and the admirers of the Corsi- CAN Tyrant, have interpreted your silent confidence, into despair and dis^ may. They aliedge against you, that, although the union, courage, and pa- triotic spirit, which you displayed in the late contest, deterred the enemy from tlie design of invading you, your pre- sent inactivity bespeaks your disappro- bation of the war, a;id raises in the mind of your insolent AGGREt-soR. the hope of success. Let not, how- ever, a well-founded confidence in your strength, bravery, and resources, be misconstrued into distrust by an artful enemy, v.ith ^vhom bravado and cla- mour are held as the only indications of courage, and ^aIio observes silence only under the influence of terror and op- pression. ^_ EXAMPLE THE ANTI-GALLICAN. .53 Example Is but wanting to embattle the nation — system only is required to call forth HALF A million of Bri- tons to avenge the insults they have too long endarecl irom a love of peace, and to shew themseh^es the avengers of their own rights, and of humanity herself, so grievously outraged in every other corner of the civilized world! Your Counties and Shires are now assembling for the purpose of local DEFENCE, under a system, wliich will be found as formidable to the enemy as efhcacious towards your security and internal peace. Hasten then to de- monstrate to your DARING INVADER, how high your national spirit rises at the insult, and that olthou2;h his dis- comfiture and RUIN be certain in the attempt, let your strenuous and un- ceasing efforts in GENERAL ARMAMENT manifest to the foe, a firm appearance of the same^jnanly vigour in defence of every thing dear to Englishmen, which purchased with so much blood, your envied liberty and glorious con- stitution, and which can cinanate only from the spirit of Britons ! The final overthrow of France will be the reward of }-our courage, and the certain consequence of her temerity and mndness. Hear the prophetic words of General Dumourikz, the natural enemy of England, and the most san- guine officer who ever conmiandcd the armies of France : ** Should this expedition, however, be unsuccessful, which is very possible ; should the Invincihle Brihsh Fleet gain a decisive victory over the Frencli, Spanish, and Dutch, I'ieets, whether combined or separate ; should the English nation, proud and energetic as the Frencli, equally animated by pa- triotism and national dislike, repulse tha French army soon after it has landf^d j should they destroy it, force it to re- embark with loss, or cut off its c(>n\- muuication vvith the sea; should they v/eaken, harrass, or reduce it to famine, and render this great expedition abor- tive, which, on a large scale can only be attempted, and may partially or alto- together fail in the execution, then France is totally ruined ; all her laurels are withered ; her Allies WILL abandon her AND TURN A- GAINST her; the other PoM^ers of Eu- rope will attack her on every side ; she •svill have lost the flower of her war- riors and the reputation of her arms ; she will be without money, and in- ternal Discord will compleat her DESTRUCTION. " It is at PARIS HER DISAP- POINTED and INDIGNANT SOL- DIEPvY, will seek the Rcwanh and PLUNDER PROMISED THEM IN LONDON. The Generals themsehes will either be the hrst Victims of the excusable fury of the Troops, or will ])artake of their Indignation, and their Revolt I" Such, ENGLTSTIMEN, will be the fruits of your Activity, your Steadiness, your UNION, and Valour. Lose not therefore a Moment in preparing the means of a Achieving so m.uch Glory for yoijr COUNTRY, of gaining so much Honour for YOURSELVES, ajid youc proud POSTERITY!!'. TIMOLEON. EPIGRAM. SAYS Boney to Johnny, I'll soon be at Dover ; Says Johnny to Boney, That's doubted by some : Says Boney, B\it what if I really come over ? Say.i Johnny, I'hcu really you'll be over-come ! Mornhig Post. 54 THE A^•TI- GALLICAN, -BRITONS! TO i\RMS ! ! ! Written hj W. T. Fitzgerald, Esq; and rented hy him, at the Meeting nf the Literary Fund, July 14, 1803. ^RTTONf^, to Arms ! of apathy beware. And let your COUNTRY be your dearest care : Protect your Altars ! guard your monarch's Throne^ Ttie Cause of George and Freedom is your own ! What I sludl that ENGLAND want her SONS' support. Whose HEROES fought at CRESSY*— A GINCOUHTt ? And when Great MARLBORonGnt led the English van. In FRANCE, o'er FRENCHMEN, triumph'd to a man 1 Bv ALFRED'S great and ever hoziOur'd name ! By EDWiVRD's prowess, and by HENRY's fame I Bv all the gcn'rous blood for freedom shed. And by the Ashes of the patriot deail ! By the bright glory BRITONS lately \vo« On EGYPT'S plaiiis, beneath the burning Sun, BRrrONS, to Arms! defend your country's causey Fight for your King, your Liberties, and Laws \ Be France defied, her slavish Y0KF3 abhorr'd. And place your safety only on your sword. Th3 GallicDESPOT, sworn your mortal FOE, Now aims his last, but his most deadly blow j With FJ^^GLAND's PLUNDER;tempts his hungry SIa%T5^ And dares to brave yon on your native waves ! Jf Britain's rights be worth a Briton's c^tre. To shield thrm from the son«: of rapine — swear ! 'I'hen to INVASION be den i nee given, Xo-ax cause is just, approv'd by earth and heaven I Should adverse winds our gallant fleet restrain. To sweep his " bawbling§" vessels from the main ; An(\ fate permit him on our shores t'advance TheTYP.ANT never shall return to FRANCE ', Fortune herself shall be no more his Friend, And here the history of his crimes shcill end — His slaughter'd legions shall manure our Shore, And ENGLAND never know Invasion more ! ! * Intheye?ir 1316, Edv/ard, Prince of Wales, (commonly called the Block Prince), sfln of our King Edward ill, gained the famous battle of Cressy, in which thirty thousand of the French were killed upon the field. + In the year 1415, HtXRV V. King of England invaded Fr.nnce, and gamed the memorable batde of Agincourt, when ten thousand of the French were sla^n, and fourteen thousand were takai prisoners. The prisoners were more in number than the victorious English army ! . j , + In Oueen Anne'-s reign, A. D. 1706, the great Duke of Marlborough gamed the renou-nedbatdc of BlknheIm. Twelve thousand French were slrin, and thirteen thousand ■ taken prisoners, together with the French general, Marshal Tai.lard. L " A bawbling vessel was he captain of, »' For shallow draught, and bulk unprizable." Shakj.sP5AR?= THE AXTI-GALLTCAN, 55 THOUGHTS ON THE FRENCH INVASION, Or'iginallif addrvsicd to the Clergy of hh Dhcexe, By H. WATSON, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Llundaff. J\-T no period since I have been your diocesan, have I interfered with your political opinions, or shewn the least anxiety to direct them to the support of any particular party in the state- Had I followed a contrary conduct, I should have acted in a nianner unbecoming the nature of ujy office ; ill suited to the character I %vish to maintain, and dis- respectful to yourselves. I have un- questionably my political principles, as well as other men have theirs ; and, liow unilishionable soever they may have become, I have never scrupled, and never shall scrupk, to confess that those on which the Revohition was founded, and the present reigning family seated -Oil the throne of these kingdoms, are, ill my judgment, principles best Ccdcu- lated to protect the liberty and property of the sui)ject, and to secure tlie honour and happiness of the sovereign. You will not, I think, be guilty of a breach of Christian charity in tlie use of even harsh language, when you e.x}jlam to vour confrresations the cruelties in every which the French have use* country they have invaded j for no lan- guage can reach the atrocity of the fact. They every where promise protection to the pooref sort, and they every where strip the poorest of every thing thev pos- sess ; they plunder their cottages, and they set them on fire when the plunder is exhausted ; they torture the owners to discover their wealth/ and they put them to death when they have none to discover; they violate feiu^es of all ages ; they insult the hoary head, and trample on all the decencies'of life. Tiiii is no exagg'erated picture ; ^vhoe^ er iiui read the accoimt -of the proceedings of tiic French in .Swabia, in HoiJand, iu Italy, in Switzerland, knows that it is not. And, can there be men in Great Britain, of so base a temper, so maddeii- ed by malignity, so cankered by enw, so besotted, by folly, so stupifiol as to their own safety, as to abet the designs of such an enemy .> It is said there Ire such men j but I have too firax a cou- fidence in tlie general good sense -of the people of Great Britain to believe, tbii such men are either many in number, or respectable for character, or formi- dable ibr connexion. The men of dtis principality, at least, liave nobly sliewii. in a late instance, that they inherit the spirit of their ancestors, and liave too ardent a love of their country to submit to a foreign yoke, under whatever spe- cious promises of suj)porling *' tiie rights of men," of introducing "liberie and equality,"' the invaders may attempt to deceive theni, What are these rights of men, this liberty, this equality, of which evciv. man hath heard so much, ;ind of which few liave any proper conception ? — Let us see what they are in France itself. — There no man has any right in his per- son, or in his property; both are ab- solutely at the dis})osal of the fevv per- sons who have usurped the government. — ^I'here no man has any libertv, except the liberty of submitting to the worst of slavery ; for what slavery can be worsts- than that of being subject to laws wliicli are perpetually clianged, according to the caprice of the ruling faction ? — UU jus inccrtum. Hi jus mJ.luvi. Are the French coming hitlier to en- rich \X\k nation I Will they pay atten- tion to the poor of tiiis country, v.hea they have bO many thousando of niii- uiteJv 5(y THE AXTI-GALLICAN-. riiU'lv poor<*r persons in tlieir own? — Will they reward their seditious adhe- rents amongst us : — Yes, they will re- ward them as all history' informs us such traitors ever have been rewarded — they will reward them with contempt, pil- lage, beggar\', slavery and death. The nation will be ruined by exorbitant im- positions — our naval power will be de- stroyed — our commerce transferred to France — our lands will be divided (not amongst those who wickedly covet their neighbours' goods), but amongst French -soldiers, who will be every where sta- tioned, as the Roman soldiers were of old, to awe the people and collect the taxes— the flower of our vouth will be compelled to serve in foreign countries, to promote the wicked projects of French ambition — Great Britain will be made an appendage to continental despotism. I would say to the most violent De- mocrat in the kingdom — Suppose the business done : after seas of blood have been shed, millions of lives lost, towns phmdered, villages burned, the Roval Family eK.tenninated, and unutterable calamity ha*; been endured by persons of all ranks : — ^aftcr all this has been done, what advantages will you ha^•e obtained beyond what vou now pos- sess ? Will your property be better pro- tected ? Will your personal libertv be more respected ? Will our code ofjurls- pvLidence be improved ? Will our laws be more impaitially administered r — • Quite the contrary of all this now takes place in France. I do not say that when things are settled there, the pre- sent wretched condition of its inhabi- tants will be continued, and I hope it will not J but I am sincerely of opinion, that few of us will live to see such a system established in France as will procure to its inhabitants half the bless- ings whicli our ancestors have enjoyed. wbicli we do enjov, and which it is our interest to take care that our poste- rity shall enjoy, under the constitution, of Great Britain. FRENCH TREACHERY IN SJriTZERLJND. 3- HE wanton and unprovoked barba- rity, with which Switzerland was at- tacked by the French in 1798, is too well known, and the English nation has too deeply commiserated the situa- tion to which the brave Helvctii have been reduced, to make It necessary again to bring those scenes of horror to public vie-.v ; yet, in the present shuation of this countr\^, when threat- ened with an invasion from the same unprincipled and inveterate enemy ; a few circumstances, perhaps not gene- rally known, cannot have too m.uch publicity. The French, for a long time before they entered Switzerland, sent enjis- saries over all that country to sow dis- cord, disscntion and mistrust, and. to disseminate their invidious princijdes among the people ; they succeeded but too effectually %\'ith some, but the great- est part of the inhabitants remaining firmly attached to their liberties and to their laws, were detrrmined not to sur- vive the loss of either. The French pretended, at first, to aim only at chanG;ing the Constitution of the Can- ton of Berne, and to w-age %i-ar against what they termed the aristocracy of that Canton, professing the greatest friend- ship to the others, and to the people at large, offering them protection, and what they were pleased to term true Liher/j/ ! Some of the Cantons were thus lulled into security, and did not afford that assistance which they ought to have done ; so that the whole force of the Swiss army did not exceed SO, 00© THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 57 50,000 men. These men, however, though composed only of the militia of the country, were full of zcul, and eager to encounter the enemy. The most judicious dispositions were made by their venerable leader. General d'Erlach, then upwards of seventy years bf age. At the same time, the French General, Brunc, was advancing with iiis army, stlU pretending to negociate, still offering peace, protection and friendship. At last, it was agreed by the senate of Berne, that the General should attack the French linej every preparation was made for that purpose j the day, the hour, was fixed, and the attack had actually been made by the right wing and attended with success, when the treacherous and unprincipled Frenchman sent to the Senate to re- quest an armistice for" three days, undef }>retence that he had offers to make which could not be rejected. Tliis armistice was unfortunately agreed upon much against General d'Erlach's wish, and to the discontent of the army, who began to suspect that they were betrayed by their leaders. Lulled into seciu-ity, many of the soldiers had even returned to their homes ; and the very next morning, before day-break, tlie in- famous Le Brune attacked the Swiss in all directions. Taking them unawares, they were obliged to retreat ; they ral- lied again and again, and it was but on the third day of an almost uninterrupted battle» that they were dispersed and defeated. Enraged at their defeat, these brave men, prompted by the insinua- tions of the French themselves, that they had been betrayed by their offi- cers, massacred several of them, a- mongst whom was the brave and veteran d'Erlach, whose innocence was afterwards fully proved, as well as that of every other officer of the army. The Conflict was terrible, and the loss on both sides very great. Three hundred Swiss, all young men, who had sworn to conquer or die together, having taken possession of a pass which they had orders to defend, overpowered by numbers, were all, to a man, cithec killed or drowned in an adjacent lake* Six hundred brave women were found killed on the field of battle, after hav- ing fought by the side of their husbands or their brothers. A father, two sons, and a daughter were found dead upon a cannon they had bravely defended. The loss of the French must have been immense, if we may judge from the state of one of their regiments of cavalry, who, on passing through Lau- sanne, was 850 men strong, arid on their return through the same town, only amounted to 156. The first Swiss General that bled in his countr}'s cause was najned Le Gros. In honour of his heroism, a young lady in London wtote the fol- lowing verses, which, I trust, w-ill not be unacceptable to your readers. ANTI-GALLICUS. * LE GROS' GHOST. Pensive by the glimmering taper, \'\'"hile the March winds loudly blow^ And the storm, with blasting vapour. Drives along the fleecy snow j Sa* I, musing on the dangers Which environ us around, FrOm receiving GalUc strangers, And some English faithless found. A form majestic rose before me, Hack'd with the sabre's cruel stroke ; Sudden chills at once fell o'er me ? Faint, yet vauntingly I spoke :— * i» Le Gros, tlie Swiss general^, eighty years old, v;^-ls killed at the head of the army. 58 THE ANTI-GAL LIC.^^^. What art tlion who thus appals nie, Wherefore dost thou thus appear? Wretclied spectre, vanisli tiom me ! Know, I was not born to fear.-— * I come not, mortal, to afTright you, Hearken to a tale of woe ; Alas ! my story can't delight you, I'm the ghost of dead Le Gros. Old Le Gros now stands before ye. Listen or my powers may fiiil ; Mark, oh mark ! the piteous story. And to thy country tell the tale. Insulted was my peaceful nation By the French, that barbarous crew ! Torn by grief, and sad vexation. To their arms my country flew. On that f plain, where once so gal- lant, " We fought and conqucr'd Charles th« bold ; On that plain we still were valiant j There three thousand men lie cold. Did I ambillon ever fire us ? Returning inj'ries we were slow. Till our country's wrongs inspir'd us. Then bravely fighting, died Le Gros. No riches had we for their plunder. Our lives supported by our hands 3 Our country's peace they tear asun- der, And ravage all our fertile lands. Our brave § youth, with hearts high beating, Swore to keep the dangerous pass; + On the same plain was fought a battle^ 22d June, 1476, between Charles the Bold, City, and Parochial Meetings; it gives new force to the eloquence of religion ; the venerable oracles of the Law pro- pagate it in every corner of the kingdom where their duty calls them to adminis- ter justice; it blends with all our public amusements ; it cheers domestic society ; and beauty is heightened, when deco- rated with its symbols. In short, it has given the country the ver}^ tone which fits it for superior enterprize, which makes Bonaparte tremble while he threatens, and qualifies En- glishmen to tell him and his i;ost3 to come and be conquered. Prepared then as we are, to confront every danger which may threaten our constitution and our dearest interests, ive should never dismiss from our minds the important consideration, that it is to ourselves alone we must be in- debted for the re-establishmcnt of tran- quillity, and the attainment of an ho- nourable and permanent peace. The absurdity of placing any reliance on the mediation of Russia, Austria,, or Prus- sia, is too obvious to require illustra- tion. After the shameful apathy with which these powers have witnessed the fresh insults and aggressions of France, can there be any man so besotted as not to know that jiothingjust or honourable can be expected from their interference? Our best, and indeed our only friends, are our resolution and our strength. We must owe our salvation to t)ie vi- gour of our own protectipn. In the prosecution of this plan we have, no doubt, many sacrifices to make, many privations to undergo j but is it not bet- ter to incur, for a short period, a great inconvenience, than to be exposed, for a long space of time, to what in the onset would be comparatively lighter, \^t which, by contjnually increasing in Weight, would ultimately become a burthen too hea\y for us to bear? The actual conjuncture of affairs forms an sera which must perpetuate our glory, and consolidate our happiness, or blot us for ever from the map of nations. In the contest which we now wage, single-handed, with France, and which is, in reality, a defensive, colonial, and naval war, we v>ant no allies, we wish for no allies, and the means it might be necessary to afford them, must now be all concentered in our government, and give a proportionate increase of energy to our own exertions. If, however, the despotism and boundless ambition of Bonaparte bhould, and it does not appear altogetlier improbable, excite a firm and decided confederac}' against France, which may promise the eman- cipation of the Continent, our assist- ance would not be rfijsapplied in giving vigour to an alliance, which might, with more promptitude, }ead to a per- manent period of peace. From the state pf war, evils of the first magnitude are inseparable, and the struggle in which we are engaged, docs not promise to be marked by forbear- ance, or the want of daring enterprize on the part of theeneni}'; but we have the consolation of seeing the noblest and iiiost cheering display of public spirit. All ranks evince an unshaken disposi- tion to resist the encroachments of a foreign tvraat on the rights, the libera ties, and the property of the nation, vm-f mingled with those effusions of violence which are sometimes the result of ex- aggerated h«pe, or the fore-runners of deep despair. This disposition can on- ly be maintained by a conduct that must secure to it the uniform Aoav of public opmlon. All persons must con- tinue convinced, that the conflict in which they are involved, is jnst, ho- nourable, inevitable; that tlie go^ern- THE ANTI-GALLICAN 61 mcnt, however eager to re-est^\ljlish -the blessings of peace, has not iV'arcd to seek redress and security in war, and tjiat the public honour and public inte- rest were both duly appreciated before both were committed to the issue of the contest. Animated by temperate re- flection and firm conviction to meet such a crisis, we have nothing to fear from the efforts of a state greater, and, if possible, more rancorous and invete- rate in its hatred than France. For her lionour, her freedom, her security. Great Britain, armed and on her guard, has no reason to dread any foe, how- ever powerful and daring. She can, appeal with confidence, to that test, and claim that superintendance which the French Government has the blas- phemy to invoke, the justice of her CAUSE, and the God of Armies, ENORTsIITIES Committed ly the French Troops in the Electorate of Hanover^ during the xjcar 1759. THAT Cruelty and Depredation are not new in tlie French National Character, will be evident from the following particulars} which are in- serted from the London Chronicle, vol. vi. p. 415. Translation of a Letter from a Gentle- man at Hanover to his friend at Lon-' don, dated Hanover, Oct. 12, 17.59. *' If ever the French troops, in contem])t of the laws of war, gave tha lie to their nation's boast of surpassing all Europe iar humanity, it was on oc- casion of the retreat or Hight which they were forced to mSke after the memorable battle of Minden or Tonhausen. ** The greatest part of the principal lities of Calenberg, Gottingen and Griibenliagenj Vv'iil bear for many ycai-s the melancholy marks of violence com- mitted by the French troops; wliich shew too plainly what the King s other dominions would have suffered, luid not Providence emplo}cd the unparalleled valour and mighty arm of the worthy Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and the troops under his command, to hinder the execution of instructions given by a Minister respectable for his rank and for his years; but highly to be Idamed for his sentiments of inhumanltv; proofs of \\\\\q\i have fiillen into the hands of tliose whose countr\', according to him, loas to he made a desart. — But let ui come to the fact, or rather to the fiicts, the recital of which makes my hair stand an end; I should be inclined to question the truth of them, if I had not made the strictest enqrjry into the facts. ** To constrain the Inhabitants on this rout to furnish all tlie provisions they had in their houses, without leavinsr any for the subsistence of themselves and their catde, would have been in some measure excusable in an armv; ^vhich after losing a battle, and a great part of its baggage, was retiring pre- cipitately, having at its heels the brave Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, the guardian angel of the poor people whose li\es and effects were heavily threatened. " To burn what was not used, and to search for that end, the vaults, gra- naries and fields, is but little in com-' parison of the cruelty of those ruo- aways, in forcing the inhabitants with- out regard to age, i)y healing them with sticks, b\^ blows with swords, bayonets and muskets, and evcnby such torture* as are employed only to condenuied malefactors put to the (j^ucstion, to de- clarewhether they had any money, and where it was laid. — ^This was done at Espcrode in Grohndo Bailiwick. *^T» C2 THE ANTI-GAI.LICAK. " To pillage and take a'.vay all they could carry 3 to destroy the rest ; to set fi^e to the towns of Eimbeck, Nord- heinn, Saltzderhelden, &c. as well as the villages of I^itFute, in the bailiwick of Grohnde ; at Luethorst in the baili- wick of Ehrichsbxiry, and many others; to drive away, wound, and even kill those who came to extinguish the flames 3 to ravish women and maids who were unfortunate enough to be in fheir way, and to drive aw^ay, with blows of swords or muskets, fathers, mothers, husbands or relations, who ran to save them bv tears and entreaties, from the brutalities of a fugitive enemy without discipline. ** These, Sir, are exploits of which I could give you a melancholy detail, mentioning the places and persons who have been threatened : But the length of my letter w-ould fatigue you, and the subject be too much for your humanity. We miistdo the justice to some officers, in w-liose presence the like violences were attempted, to acknowledge that they were at great pains to curb the licentiousness of the men under their command ; but these gentlemen were Tcry few in nximber : many others dis- covered great indifference at the sight of those abominable scenes, or shewed by their looks and behaviour that they did rot disapprove them. ** Don't imagine, Sir, that this mal- treatment was" confined to the conmion people : no, persons of distinction were not spared. ** At Hastenbeck, a Lady of quality received many blows with a stick after she had opened herself ail I?br bureaus, which they pillaged, as well as her whole house ; and she would certainly have h.'^en left dead on the spot, with all her family, had not an officer inter- posed. Ai this place the fugitives carried tlieir rage to the greatest height. saying, * Prince Ferdinand, who had just beat and belaboured them, and had taken their baggage, warlike stores, provisions and artiller\-, forced them to cross the field of Hastenbeck, (wdiere two years before D'Estrecs triumphed over the Duke of Cumberland,) looking as silly as fools and as bare as beggars.' " The iMagistrates of some towns being unable to procure the enormous quantity of provisions and forage which was demanded, were bound with ropes, and carried to the market place, then thrown down on straw and beat so un- mercifully, that some of them will be lame as long as they live. " In Gottingen, an advocate, a burgher and a woman with child, without having given any offence, were through mere wantonness killed in the public street ; and the first Magistrates \vere insulted even on the seat of judg- ment. ** But what they made Colonel Landsberg and Major-General Hugo suffer, would put even the most brutal troops to the blush : Both are veterans, who have lived many years retired in the country, with a pension from the King. But this did not hinder the first f.om being treated in a most shocking manner : to personal insult thev added the barbarities of robbing him of all his money, furniture, linen and clothes; insomuch that had it not been for a peasants old coat, which he had the good luck to procure, he would have been for some days without enough to cover his nakedness. *' Major-General Hugo met with no better treatment at Wickershaugen, the place of bis retirement, when notwith- standing the pitiable situation he was in by a painful illness, they took every thing from him, not excepting the shirt on his lack and the led on which he lay, — They even carried their brutalities so THE ANTI-GALLTCAN. 63 so Far «i to want fo cut off one of his Jhiv^rrs that had a ring on it', which tbev would aolaally have clone, had he not luid the ^ood fortune, by the ex- traordhiaTy effoiU he made, to get the finger Iroiu thtni which they wanted to cut ofT. " (,'oukl vou imagine. Sir, that, with all this, the troops who had rendered themselves so odious by so many acts of crueltv, bhould carry their gallantry so far, as to euiV)loy the protection of the fair sex! What happened at Hach- muler in the bailiv/ick of Springe, will prove and explain what I mean. A body of the King's hunters having come up with a body of the French troops near that village, and being on the point of charging them, the latter carried ofl' from the village a reinforce^ raent of icoracn and maids, whom they placed in their first rank, whether it was to excite the humanity or complaisance of the hunters, or to give a turn to the action of which they feared the issue. " The ready money extorted by the runav/ays, and the value of the other tilings which they carried oft' and de- stroyed, amount to innnense sums. }3ut 1 will not enlarge on this head, but shall end this faithful narrative, sup- ported by incontestible proofs, without adding any of those reflexions which your good sense and probity will easily suggest. " Amidst the unfeigned grief v/ith which I am overwhelmed for the suftcr- ings of a multitude of my Countrymen, I ever remain, Yours, &c. Such is the boasted HUMANITY OF THE GREAT NATION— c««f such is the treatment that Britons may EXPECT SHOULt) WE EVER BE CURSED BY A VISIT FROM THE B0NAPART1A>« rilATERNITV. BRITONS ! TO ARMS ! TO YOU THE AVENGER DELEGATES HIS POWEH. THE Dogs of JJ'ar, again in blood. Their iron fangs prepare to dye ; And Mars impending o'er the flood. His crimson banner waves on high. Britons, arise : to Arm.'j ! To you in charge is given. To dart the lightnings of avenging Heaven. Through tlie blue vault the cannons roar. Spreads wide the dreadful note of death ; The peal resounds from Gallia's sliore. Issued by'mad Ambition's breath. Britons, arise: to Arms! To you in charge is criven. To show'r destruction on the cura'd of Hk^vbn. The blood-stain'd E^gions of the foe^ Advance their standards higli in air; And steei'd to pity hunian w^oe. Fervent, the work of Hell prei^are. Britons, arise: to Arms I To you in cliarge is fiytn. To blast tiis projects of the vursd of Heaven. 64 THE AXTl-GALLlCAl^r, High towVing o'er their marshall'd ho;;t. The Cormorant marks his dcstin'd prey; The Vulture hovers rotind the coast. Wheeling impatient for the fray. BKtTONS, akise: to 7\kms! To you the charge is givcrjj T:) luivl the avenging thunderbolt of Heaven. The storm comes on I— the battle roars I Britannia's Sons will never yield: And seel the wide destruction pours On encry foe who dared thcjicld! tr ii¥. Fight i^ o'er! The charge to Britain givo?», A?cend^> accouqdhlCd, to tlie God or Heaveij. E. W, IITE WAR WHOOP OF VICTORY. A lATRTOTIC SONG ON THE THREATENED IN^^ASION, O Never shall a foreign foe> Isle of the Brave:! thy Ilighta destroy j Tho' men shoivld meditate the blow. And fiends their damned arts employ. For, guardians of thy spotless fame To thee tlie Kmg of Kings has givea The rapid lightnings vengeful flame. The avvlul thunderbolt of hea\en. Should Gallic legions e'er invade, And recreant-like thy sons retire. Then shall tiie grave*, give up tlieir dead> To form for thee a wall cf fire ! i'ear, Albion! fear no Tyrant's pow'r. On thee the God of Hosts shall smile 5 Thv martial spirit rouse once more, And gTiard thy highly-favour'd Isle. For rever^hall a foreign foe, l.;.-.!d of the Brave, thy Rights destroy j Tho' men shoiild meditate the blow. Ami fiends thch damned aits employ. U^QQ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 65 Lingo drawn for the militia. NUNQUAM audivi such terrible news, As at this present tevipus my senses confuse j I'm drawn for a miles — I must go cum mart?^ And, comminus ease, engage Bonaparte. Such tempore nunqiiQ,7)i videbatit majores. For then their opponents had different mores i But we will soon prove to the Corsican vauntefj Tho' times may be chang'd — Britons never mutantur. Me Herclc! this Consul noyi potest be quiet. His word must be /ex— and when he says Jiat'^ Quasi Deus, he thinks we must run at his word: What! runaway Britons!!! — the thought is absurd. Per mare, I rather am led to opine, To meet British naves he would not incline 3 Lest he should fw mafe profimdum be drown'd^ Et cum Algtty non Lauro, his caput be crown'd. But allow that this Boaster in Britain could land> Multis cum atiis at his command : Here's lads who will meet, aye and properly work 'em, And a hundred to one but they sink them in orcum. Nunc, let us, amic'i, join jna7ius et cordes. And use well the vires Di Bom afford us; Then let nations combine, Britain never can fall j She's multuyn in parvo-^ a match for them alL A. Z. THE CORSICAN PIRATE, As written ly Mr. Cross, and sung hj Jack Junk, in the Military Spectacle of that Name. DID you never hear of the Corsican Pirate? A self-set-up-scarecfow to frighten mankind? A braggodocio bully, and such a nation liar that Half he assart.^ is but falsehood you'll find ! He says, " as how he's valiant," but that's all my eye J A brave man ne'er }?ielded to cruelty's sway : And because for his own wants he'd not a supply. By poison he doom'd his poor ivou7ided to die! And then hke a lubber the s^vab sneak'd away. As for me, I'm a Briton, and only desire that I yard arm and yard arm may grapple this Pirate, With tcl (i€.rol, &:c. ToL, L BkcJi 66 THE ANTI-GALLICAK. Black Barnaby savs, (d'ye see he's our chaplain) The wickedest sometimes mav prosper o'er worth ; Biit conscience so oft with his black heart's a grappling, The Devil himself would not be in his birth 1 He offers protection to the vassels he subdues, A Murderer's protection, he has practis'd it oft ; Tlien boasts his religion, why dash my old shoes. The Atheist is any one's, Turks, Christians, or Jewsl How dares the blasphemer "ere look up aloft ! As to me, I'm a Briton, the upstart to fire at ; 111 die but I'll sink this damn'd Corsican Pirate. With tol de rol, &:c. A stop must be put to his murders and robbing. His blood-hounds no longer prowl o'er land or main ', A bra%-e British Tar gave the thief once a drubbing! And a brave British Tar soon will drub him again ! He thinks himself invincible, but let the s^vub alone. Zounds ! only give him rope enough! — the flag of fate's unturl'd. Our army and our na\-y have invincibles o'erthrown. And we've a few invincibles, my hearties, of our own. Who wi 1 gladly overthrow this disturber of the world, Invincible Britons ! who only desire, that They die maij, or sink this damnd Corsican Pirate I With tol de rol, ^'c. FRENCH INVASION, Tune — •* To Anacreon in Heaven." TO teach Johnny Bull a la mode de Pari. 9. Some half-starv'd Republicans made declaration, That thev wo ild instruct him like them to be free. When this answer was made from our loyal old nation: ** Ye racgel banditti, 3-our freedom we pity, And mean to live happy, while frantic you sing Your famd Ca Ira, and Hymn Marseillois, For the true Brit ou"s «ong shall be, • (jOD save the KlKG '" *' Our forefathers bled on the scaffold and plain. To ejiablish a government wise, just, and p\ircj We '11 defend it till death, and reject with disdain A Corsican quack, who our laws can't endure. Shall your dire guillotine in Okl England be seen? No! we mean to live happy, while frantic you sing Your fiim'd Ca Ira, and Hymn Marseillois^ For the true Briton's song shall be, * Goi> save the King V This THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 67 •] "Tins wiswcr of England to Gaul su'iftly flew, r When Bony protended to give himself airs: I •* Soon, soon," he exclaim"d, " shall that proud Island lue, i And yen/ Carthage be humbled, defend it \vho dares : They freedom abuse and my kindness refuse; * I '11 c/riighten their noddles; with us they shall siog i Our fam'd Ca Ira, whilst our Hymn IVIarseillois j Shall re-echo instead of their * God save the King!' But shall resolate Britons by threats be dismay'd! ' No! we 're ready to meet them, though twenty to one. From our scabbards leap forth every sword ! Who's afraid, i Though they 're joined by the Dutchman and blustering Don ? i In Battle we '11 she^v to our sa/is a/lot fe foe, i That in spite of their efforts we ncwr will sing j Their fam'd Ca Ira, or Hymn Murseillois; , For the true Briton's song shall be, * God save the KikgT If we fall in the conflict, how noble the cause! I The stone shall record it that staiids on our grave j Here lies one who defended his eountn/ and laics, ' And died his rclipon and monarch to save, ] This and more might be said, but, we are not yet dead, | 4.nd can all of us yet, with one heart and voice, sing, j Not the French Ca Ira, nor Hymn Marseiliois, ] But the true Britons loval sonc;;, * God save the KingT ! SONG. WHEN' Britons of old were unpolish'd and poor, Surroundtd by labour and strife ; Yet Liberty guarded the latch of their door, And they lov'd her as dear as their life; She season'd the cap which Industrv bestovv'd. She smil'd on the manlv repast, And the Peasant, who tasted her benefits, vow'd Her honours for ever should last. To his King, and his Country, his children and wife. His fondest afl'ections were given. And the blessings he held as the comforts of life, Hexleem'd the best favours of Heaven; lie fought, and he suffer'd, he toil'd, aiid he b\ed. Till Peace was the fruit of his pains. Till the laurel of Victory shaded his head, And Plenty beam'd over his plains. I ? Now 68 THE ANTI-GALIICAX. Now grac*d with the blessings our forefathers won. Of Europe and Asia the pride, -Oh ne'er be it said a degenerate son. The place of his sire has supply'd. As Britons be hardy, — as Britons be bold. Maintain your old Empire, '* the waves,'^ «* The Snug little Island" be liberty's hold^ Thei'e laugh at a nation of Slaves ! NAPOLEON'S CONFERENCE. Quidimvierentes hospites vexas^ Canis? Hqr. NAPOLEON, tho' a pigmy-sprite Was freakish as a mule 5 Th' ambassador was twice as stout. And more than twice as cool. With this great little man to talk. He came from fViir Whitehall ; But word he put to none, for why? The Httle man taik'd all. * ' The wind is west,"— The Consul cried. And fierce as ilame he grew ; " That cursed wind ne'er blew me good^ And now it blows me you. Tell vour friend Addington, from me. If he's a man of Peace, To clap a muzzle on the Press, And stop his cackling geese. JCick out my rascal renegades j Then let ttiem starve and rot ; For your John Bull, if he must roar. Let him; I heed him not. And where is :Malta ? By my soul, I hold that place so deeu*. Where I to choose 'twixt this and that, I'd sooner see you here. Tuin to your Treaty!— Here It is— To section, number ten : — If rightly you have conn'd it not. Here, con it o'ef again ! Etll and damnation 1 am I fobb'd Of this, and Egypt too? _^Wliat says your Minister to that? Let's hear it ;— What say you ?" No^v reason good there Is to think His Lordship here had spoke. If this loud little nlan his thread Of reason had riot broke. ** Egvpt!" he cried, "I could have seiz'd^ That curst ill-omen'd shore; With five and twenty thousand mer^. Though you were there with four. But Egj'pt soon or late is mine; So take a Prophet's word , And Nile thro' all his sev'n wide mouths. Shall hail me for his Lord. Sehastiani scour'd the coast. And well I chose my man j For sure, if any can ride post^ Sehastiani can. If soon the Turkish Em,pire falls My portion shall be this ; If still it totters, I'll arrange With Sultari as with Swiss. Whfit, tho' a Mussulman I wa^. While interest was in view ; WYitm I have made the bargain sure, I'll let him call me Jew. And now you know my plan, submit! Secrets of Stale I scorn ; Strike, or expect me on your shores. As sure as you were born. One Hundred though it be, to onq. The odds alarm not me; What v/ere the odds that little I, Great Lord of France should be! Tho' army after army sink. Yet sink or swim I'll do't, Of t\ieir pil'd bodies make a bridge. And then march o'er on foot. THE ANTI-GALLIC.\N, €9 Tliey're not my countn-men, but slaves. Whose blood I freely spill ; They're used to slaughter — and if you Won't kill them off, I will." This snid, his little fist he clench'd. And smote the board full sore — f'Hum!" cried my Lord, then strode aw'ay. And word spake never more! Joannes Gilfinus Londinensis, British Neptune. HARLEQUIN'S INVASION. LADIES and Gentlemen, to-day With scenes adapted to th' occasion, A grand new Pantomime we play. Entitled — Harlequins Invasion. No comic Pantomime before Could ever boast sucli tricks surpris- ing; The Hero capers Europe o'er, — But hush ! behold the curtain rising. And first, that little Lsle survey, Where sleeps a peasant boy so hearty ; That little Isle is Corsica, That peasant boy is Bonaparte. Now lightnings flash, and thunders roar. Daemons of witchcraft hover o'er him : And rising thro' the stage trap-door. An evil Genius stands before hiift. His arms ia solemn state are cross'd. His voice appals tli' amaz'd beholders. His head in circling clouds is lost, And crimson pinions shade his shoul- ders. ** T^Iortal, awake," the phantom cries, *♦ And burst the bands of fear asun- der! My name is Anarchj : — arise ! ^Thy futuie fortunes teem with v/on- der. To spread my reign the earth around. Here take this sword, whose magic pow'r Shall sense, and right, and wrong, con- found. And work new wonders ev'ry hour. Throw oft that peasant garb, begin T' assume the party-colour d rover. And, as a sprightly Harlequin, Trip, lightly trip, all Europe over." He spoke, and instant to the view Begins the curious transformation — • His mask assumes a sable hue. His dress a pantomimic fashion. No^v round the stage In gaudy pride. Capers the renovated varlet. Shakes the lath weapon at his side. And shines In blue, and white, and scarlet. High on a rock, his cunning eye Surveys half Europe at a glance. Fat Holland, fcnile Italy, Old SpLun, nud ga-if, regenVate France. He strikes with wooden sword the earth, ** Wliich heaves with motion necro- mantic ; The nations own a scecond l)ir;h. And trace his steps with gestures antic. The Pope prepares for war, but soon Ail pow'rful Harlequin disarms him. And clianging into Pan/a/oon, Each motion frets, each noise alarms him. With trembling haste he seeks to join His daughter Gallia^, lovely rover! But she transform'd to ColuuihiiiCy Her father scorns, and seeks her lover. The Dutchman next his magic feels, Chang'd to the Clown, he hobbles after ; Blund'Hng persues the light of heels. Convulsing friends and foes with laughter. r» THE ANTI-GALLICAX. But all their valiou? clpcds of sin. What mortal man has ever reckon'd The mischiet plann'd by Harlequin, Fair Columbine is sure to second. Tliey quickly kill poor Pantaloon, — And now our drama's plot grows riper. Whene'er they frisk it to oome tune, Tlie clown is forc'd ^o pay the piper. Each foreign land he dances through. In some new garb behold the hero ; Pagan and Christian, Turk, and 5c\Vy Cromwell, Caligula, and Nero. A Butcher, Harlequin appears, llie rapid scene to Egypt flying. O'er captive Turks his steel up rears. The stage is strew'd with dead and dying. Xext by the crafty genius taught, Sportive he tries Sangrado's trick ; Presents a bowl with poison fraught. And kills his own unconscious sick ; Hey, pass ! he's back to Europe flown. His hosliie toU'wers disappointed : Kicks five old women from the throne, Anddubs himself the Lord's Anointed In close embrace with Columbine, Pass, gaily pass, the flving hours ; While prostrate at their blood-stained shrine. Low bow the European po\s'*r>. Tonch'd by his sword, the morals fly. The -virtues, into vices dwindling : Courage is turn'd to cruelty, And public faith, to private swind- ling. With Atheist Bishops, Jockey Peers, His hurly-burly Court is graced ; Contractors, Brewers, Charioteers, Mad Lords, and Duchesses dis- graced. And now th' Invasion scene comes on j The patch'd and pyeball'd renegado. Hurls at Britannia's lofty throne, Full many an insolent bravado. The trembling Clo^vn dissuades in vain. And finds too late there's no retreat- ing; Wliatever Harlequin may gain, The Clown is sure to get a beating. They tempt the main, the canvas raise, A storm destroys his valiant legions; And lo! our closing scene displavs A grand view of th' infernal regions. Thus have we, gentlefolks to dav. With pains proportion'd to th* occa- sion. Our piece perform'd; then further say. How like you Harlequin's Invasion ? . Morning Post. THE GHOST OF ABERCRO.AIBIE. " E'en in our ashes live their inonfed ^fires.'' Gray, BRITAIN ! exert thy lion might. Thy wonted bruverv recall ; Hark ! honour calls ihee to the fight ! Arise, and crush the coward Gaul. March on — for Abercroaibie's Ghost To Vict'ry shall lead thy martial host. His g\iardian spirit hovers round, Sr.ill mindful of his country's weal : Behold his brows with laurel bound ! Aud, hark ! he bids thee grasp the steel. March on — &:c. Commission'd from the gracious skies To be the saviour of this land ; Downward the angel-hero flies. The wreath ofOonquest in his hand. I^Iarch on — Sec. Britain, arouse thy dreadful ire. And strike the all-tremendous blow ; Grasp the red bolts of vengeance dire. Wave high thine arm, and blast th(3 foe. ;March on — ccc. Loud THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 71 Loud let thy deadly anger roar, As when it shook th' ]iji;yptian shore i As when, witli high impurpled flood, The Nile ran red with GaUic blood. ]\Iarch on — &c. Know, thou art heaven's peculiar love! Success shall all thy actions guide. Triumphant shall thine armies move — Triumphant shall thy navies ride ! March on — &c. WAR SONG; FOR THE EDINBURGH CAVALRY ASSOCL\TION. BY MR. WALTER SCOTT. TO horse ! to horse ! the standard flies, The bugles sound the call ; The GaUic Navy stem the seas. The voice of battle's on the breeze, — • Arouse ye one and all ! From high Dunedln's towers we come, A band of brothers true ; Our casques the leopard's spoils sur- round. With Scotland's hardy tlu'stlc crown'd, We boast the red and blue. Though tamely crouch to Gallia's frown. Dull Holland's hardy train. Their ravish'd toys, though Roman's mourn, Though galhint Switzers vainlyspurn. And foaming gnaw the chain : Oh ! had they mark'd the avenging call. Their Brethren's murder gave, Dis-union ne'er their ranks had mown, Nor Patriot Valour, desperate grown. Sought Freedom in the grave. Shall we too bend the stubborn head. In Freedom's Temple born ; Dress our pale cheek in timid smile. To hail a Master in our Isle, Or brook a Victor's scorn ? No, tho' destruction o'er the land Come pouring as a flood — The Sun that sees our falling day, Shall nuuk our sabre's deadly 3 way, And set that night in blood. For gold let Gallia's legions fight. Or plunder's bloody gain ; Unbrib'd, unbought, our swords we draw. To guard our King, to fence our Lawj Nor shall their edge be vain. If ever breath of British gale Shall fun the tri-colour ; Or footstep.s of Invaders rude. With rapine foul, and red with blood;- Pollute our happy shore — Then, farewell Home, and farewell Friends ! Adieu each tender tie ; Resolved we mingle in the tide, Where charging squadrons furious ride. To conquer or to die! To horse 1 to horse ! the sabres gleam. High sounds our bugle's call ; Combin'd bv honour's sacred tie, Our word ia " Laivs and Liberty T — IMarch forward, one and all ! MARK on the brink of Gallia's coast. Rapine on tip-toe stand j Aiul eager hordes with ev'ry gale. In foncy hear the matron's wail, From Britain's flited land. But know, ye fierce rapacious cre%v ! A bloody spoil ye gain ; The British youth must low be laid ! Before ye grasp one shrieking maid, Each lover must be slain. The 72 THE ANTl-GALLtCAN. TheToad to vonder cottr.ge house Lies ci'er a f\uher's b-east; And see impatient by his side, StMids a brave son in armed pride. The Thistle on his crest. This emblem of his country dear, Fbct by a sister's hand ; Shall fire his soul to deeds of n^ght, And drive him furious m the fight. Through many a hostile b:md. But if, with glorious wovvnds all gash'd. Fainting he yield his breath. This sacred pledge shall meet his eye3; On the green sod as pale he'lies. And cheer the bed of death. Liverpool Chronicle. INVOCATION BRITISH VALOUR. ARDENT spirit of the brave ! Scorning danger, spurning fear. Up the rock, or o'er the vvave. Keenly urging their career. TIiou, that erst o;i Crcssi/^s field. Thou, who late by NHiis' tide. Flaming from Britannia's shield, Scath'dst the flow'r of Gallic pride I On thy powerful aid, once more,* Freedom's favoured Champion calls Rouse her sons from shore to shore — Thunder from her wooden walla 1 Blast again the Tyrant's boast, Her domiiiions to enslare— ^ Whelm Invasion's haughty host Deep beneath the bellowing wate. Or, triumphant, into port All the crowd of capti\*es bring; Whilst our Tars enjoy the sport, And our wi\'es and daughters siiig-^^ " Rule, Biiiannial rule the waves! " Brilcns never will be Slaves!" HAFIZ. As a proof f hat the love of Liberty is in<^ digenous to our soil, we present our Readers with the folloiving Lines, ivriffen luj a Boij of this town, now only \S years of age. Impeifectiona, v)c trusty will le readily ovcr-^ looked. LIBERTY. O LIBERTY '! thou sacred flr.me. To every Briton truly dear ; , Noble and ever honour'd name! Without thee'we have all to fear. 'Tis thy celestial glow bestows Encouragement to Britons brave; 'Tis thou that conquerest Albion's foe*. And ne'er a Briton mak'st a slave. Though hostile forests fill the waves. Still shall Britain rule the sea; While Gallia's navies, mann d by slaves^ Can only boast that they arc free. In vain of liberty they boast. The cruel slaves of despot s-.vay; From Gallia's ever ruin'd coast They've scar d her sacfed form away f Ne'er shall their sly insidious arts, Tainted with false and base alarms, Subdue our bfaVe unvanquish'd hearts. Tire dauntless breasts they dread irj arms. Manchester Telegraphs -^-.w^ THE AjYTI^ G.IEL ICAM. NUMBER III. BRITANNIA TO HER SONS. ^WAKE! awake I my warlike sons. Prepare to meet your subtle foe: Gird oa your arms ; bestride your steeds. And forward to the battle go. ' Beware of sleep, my sons, beware. And net on conscious strength rely; The lordly Monarch of the plains By a weak child, surpris'd, may die. Arise ! my sons, arise ! To battle go, and crush the foe : Rush forward, and he dies. Stern Bonaparte, dark fiend of hell. His gloomy thoughts foil well I know: On equal terms, he will not dare Encounter with a British foe. He fondly hopes, some traitor fools Will take him, viper, to their breast ; Or, lull'd in false security. To slab you in the bed of rest. But^ Britons, know, death waits On those who vipers nurse, or sleep,. While France is at their gates. Hail, glorious sight! What visions bright Upon my soul, prophetic, pour! A Gallic Host by stealth is come. And foes in thousand t line my shore : When lo I a gallant wakeful band Th' alarm has sounded iar and wide: My warlike sons, throughout the land. Rush forth array'd in martial pride. Th' Invaclcrr., pale" with fear. See death assail their battle's front. And ruin in their rear. Vol. I. K 74 THE ANTI-GALLICAX, . E'en hoarv age, and beardless youth, Inspired with martial ardour burn: On ev'ry side the foe is press'd— ^ In vain he wishes to return. In awful pomp, behind him pfac'd, Mv sea-borne thunc Emperor can forget the injuries and insidts he has received? Of the North- ern Powers it would be premature at pr&jt-i.t to say any thing. The Liberty of the Press (which in France is annihilated) has efiecied won- ders in exciting the spirit o^ this Coiai'- /ry, and has made u§ an annea Js'ation. Saushed with their good and venerable Sovereign, and with an honest Consti- tutional Mmistry, there is no sacrifice which the People of England are not prepared lo makej and if the enemy could poss'dlj effect the landing even of the inimese force we have menion- ed, (200,000) they would still be una* ble to effect the Conquest. OBSERVATIONS ON MI LIT A R V SPIRIT. .IMfUGH at present is said abo-at creating a inilitar)^ spirit in the people -of. this cpuntry. Not sadsfied with , taking measures for our present security, we carry our views to a distance, and propiose to -place the nation beyond ; ^he reach of all ' future danger, by treating for it an impregnable defence in the disposition of its inhabitants. .A country is indeed poorly secured jeTiyhichAvants, this, defence; and v^e j.l^houtd Jbave little confidence in the v'.ineasurea pursued to preserve us^ if we - thq\ight that the spirit of courage and • Of manhood remained to be created v^ftmoRg us. It js undoubtedly true, . , that in no countrr', and" at no time, ought effectual means be omitted to cherish and direct that spirit, not merely against foreign aggression, but as one important part of the moral culture, which it is one of the first duties of the government to provixle for the people. The man who is 4 coward, who wants the spirit to de- fend himself, and the country which feeds him, and which contains ail those who have benefited or v.'ho love him, is deficient in as essential a qua- lity of a good man, as he who wants theessense of justice or of gratitude. And we may lay it down as a position, that in whate^'^r country any con- siderable proportion of the inhabitants is thus depraved, a bad government, and' a "bad education, have produced their last and most fat^l effects, the corruption of the moral seBtiitients of the people. ^ ' ., . . As is usual on all occas1ori^;"we 'fin4 crude ideas, notions taken up with scarce any considerations of the subject, by THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 77 by far"th€ most frequent, even among those presented to the public in the present case. The necessity of the military spirit is a fine popular topic, and pcopie advance any thing \inder protectioa oi its fascinating in^ucyice, withoui tiavuig ever pat the questi<;n ^0 themselves \diat the mditary spirit me^us. Tiiey of course propose many things for raising the miUiary spirit which liave nothing to do with that spirit. ., According to some speculators, a great part of the military spirit con- sists in the contempt of riches ; and we have lost our military spirit, they sav, from the love of stocks, and of manufactures. It would seem from these representations, that the fiist step toward obtaining that desired spint ^vould be to strip ourselves of our riches and nianufacturcs- In that case we sho"uld think a French invasion by no means lo be resisted ; since we are fully persuaihd that of ail possiuie means to that end, this v/ould be the most expeditious, and the most eliec" ttial. We should ■ after ^rards be nobly secure against ' an v' future' invaiiion ; giace We woald be sure to have all the heroism arid ail die npirit which poverty jcould bestow upon us. We are of opinion", on the otlier hand, that the jxiore a rrian has to def-Snd, the more eager will he be to rlefend it, and the greater number of resoiirces v/ill he be able to find lo assist liim in the defence. We should be sorry to think, that, twenty years hence, our country should not.be richer than it is at present j and we have no apprehension that courage will not, as it has hitherto done, keep pace with the knowledge and morality which shall be disseminated amongst the people- Most of those who taHc' about the Ti^Utary spiiit coufound^^lwo- things. which are very distmct, the spirit of manhood, of independence, of heroic defence, with the spirit of restless or needy adventure. The greater part of the military bands, who make a Mgure in history, are of the latter description. Of course their spirit ana their habits come very naturally to be regarded by superficial observers, as exclusively the military spirit and habits. The object of these bands has nuich more fre- quenily been to htrrass and molest their neighbours from the desire of plunder, or from what they call the love of glory, than to defend themselves from unjust aggression. Undoubtetlly men rich and happy at home, are not the fittest for this occupation. And the story of Lucullus's soldier, who fought like a madman when he had lost his purse, but wished to be cjuiet when he had filled his pocket with rewards, applies to them accurate^ ly. But though Lucullus's soldier did not care for lighting to gain a purse, when he had got one already, no doubt he would have fought iis^ desperately a» ever to preserve what he had. The spirltCof i\i;iiihood ind inde.i pendence is much more naturally and much more nece^.aVily"t1ieresnltorthci habits of social life ' in a state of fiee- dom, thai! of the habits of" military discipline, or military entefprize ; and no people, associating together under eqiial and generous la^^'S, ' e\'er yet w^anted the noblest spirit of courage and 'magiianimity. Undoubtedly the feelings and ideas habitually silggested from the first to' the 'last ' period of a man's lifei'by theriature'of the society m which he is placed, are the nlost deeply rooted"* in his mlhdlatid have the most decisivtj influehce on his con- duct. But in'a state of society, wherfe the laws" ^iv^ no oiie any Advantage ''■.' 'A' Tj :,; "Jj .-•:,Vv: , . ■ •• rwnr over ' h'j^iuno 78 T»K-\XTI-GALL1CA>;» rver anotl;icr, v.'h*re men j^trugi^Ic to- gjfther on equal terms a£'\in?i aggrcsr Shoii, and for }>re-tmine!ice in wealth, power, or fame, the spirit of self-de- fence, the spirit of cniulationt, the spirit of independence, and of enteqirize, is the natural tentjK-r of the people. The aaperiority of this force. of iniud to any. spirit artifieially created by military exercises may be proved by a A-ery der cisive instance. We send our sons to public .schools, and are deeply impressed, with a sense of the advantages clerhed. fef«n the manly character generated by. i^e contention of boys wiih their 4-q>ials. I-ot a boy from his infancy be lnbiiuated> as much as you pka;ie, ia the softness of his fatjher's house, to wiiLtary exercises, you v/ili not pretend to say that this will compensate for tlie sjiirit created at school. The same gKiVtjrous discipline which creates the Kianly cb-aracter of the boy at school, ©p-erates upon the man who lives in a free and wellTgoverned nation, through the whole course of his lite ; through tite whole course of his life he is engpixcd in animating contention with bis equals. Let us suppose that the boy who is to be habiiuaied to military e,>cerciscs in his father's house has, at the same time, inrxttad of ecjuals with" ^•hom to contend, a number of un- fortunp.te boys, who are comp^*lIed to look up to him as their superior, to be sybjtct to his caprices, and over whom lie is permitted lo tyrannize ; would not ^his association corrupt and ruin th? inaahood of both parties ? Anfl would j^ay dexterity in military ej^ercises give |h«)[i the worth ojf Jboys educated a? jct^u^ls at a public sc'pool ? X^e truth ia* , that riftllit^ary exercises pre not necessary to freemen to give them the Kiilitary spirit, but to teach them the ;use ,of tiieir arms, and to act together .with unitv and order. Thouah disci- plined .slaves may^ sometimes, by thif. knowledge, obtain advantages over un- disciplined freemen, they have not so. much of the military spirit. An un-' derling clerk at a merchant's desk.^ riiight cast up figures rnore rapid thaa. Sir Isaac Newton, but would he have mpre of the arithmetical spirit than Sir Isaac Newton ? The Romans were never a com- mercial, but a military people, and their education v/as as completely military under the Emperors as in the age of Scipio ; yet the. military spirit of Rome, disappeared ; and disappeared witu the. freedom of Rome. The military spirit of Sparta itself was lost, while the miliiary education remained unaltered. The Dutch, we are told, grew dasiardly, who were oiice so brave. The Dutch^. grew dastardly, however,, when their, government gre^v corrupt, and they had not been habituated to. military ex- ercises, when they shewed such pro- digies of courage. The Carthaginians, ^ it is siud, were subdued by the Romans. We know too liule of the history Of state of Cartilage to be entitled to draw, any conclusions from that history. One thing we know, that its government when it fell was extremely corrupt j and this \vas sufficient to subject it tq the Ronrtans, whether it possessed or wanted commerce, . Of all the nations v,-hich have yet appeared upon the face of the earth, the niost commercial and the most rich is the British nation. Scarcely ever was any nation so destitute of military habits, for ffom the time of Olive? Cron^well, they have hardly beeri Itnown among the people ; and yet wq have no hesitation to aflirra that by n^ people was real courage and intrepidity ever possessed in a more, perfect degree than by the collective body of th.^ British people at this moment. To what THE ANTI-GALL IC;^N, 79 '%ha{'ls this owing ? To the same Cause to %vhich our unexampled riches are •owing; to the free and Cfjual laws, which, givlns"; full scope to the exercise of a man's faculties among his fellow creatures, allow none of the virtue be- longing to his nature to lie dormant. We affirm that this intrepidity is on the increase. The happy situation of our country, which removes the fear of violent death from every set of people but the worst, obliges us reluctantly to appeal to the behaviour of them. It will be allowed, however, that no remarkable change could take place in the character of them, without some- thing correspondent in the rest of the people. Now it is known that for- merly a very great proportion of crimi- nals came to the place of execution under extreme dejection, and shedding tears. It is now equally well known that nothing is so rare. It is always found that British troops in point of daring boldness, as well as firm courage, take the lead of the troops of every nation with whom they are mixed. We have thought it of importance to state these truths at this time, in op- position to some contradictor}' ideas which are disseminatetl ; that both the people themselves, and they v»ho are to marshal them, may know what they are worth, and what is necessary to prepare them to meet a danger ten-fold greater than all that can be offered them by light and ciiangeable, though daring and presumptuous French meu. Let us be a little practised in the me of our iveapoTis, and let us be conducted lif intelligent men, and we are safe against the world m arms. '' ~Briti:ih Press, At a meeting of the Inhal'itants of the - \ Ward 0/ " Aldgate, on, Monday ^ the ISth of July, at Jrojimongcr's Hall in FehckurclhStfiet ; (»nvemd for the purpose cf tuJiing into con" sideration the then recent resohi- tions of the Court of Aldermen^ recommending the reneival of Vo- luntary Associations, tUe fbl- lowing Speech was spoken by Mr- Pc S. Sharpe, immediately after the purport of the meeting had hern declared hy 3L\ Alderman Cotwhe, Gentlemek, IN rising thus early to deKver my sentiments on this occasion, in the pre- sence of so many older and of abler judgment, I entreat to be considered as oiYering my humble services merely towards gathering materials for those more skilful than myself to work with. The occasion of this meeting haymg been so distinctly stated from the chair, it niight perhaps become me to add but little on the subject, yet this is a matter so seriously important, the ceremony of silent compliance is not sufficient ; it becomes every man who thinks that by the blessing of Providence he may be enabled to propose any measure likely to be of service to the cause, to come forward and state the suggestions of his mind, trusting that he may be an humble instrument of benefit to las Country. Actuated by a sense of duty 1 therefore rise, convinced . that too much cannot be oifTered on a ^puLjjcct that so affects our dearest intere^l.-;.. I hope and trust that my priacipks are so well known to all who.heai' m^, that should I proceed to advance anv. thing that might seem to'ca;;j;-vyir)i it discouragement, they will , ijot^ t<;^ ,a moment impute to me sol umyQrtUy a design ; but' agree with ,nie, th^it i^i proportion as our danger increases j ^o should be the cners^y of ourtxert.'ojis. That . an invasion of this laud i» Iritended by' that Son of Kapiae, the T) ruiit 1 So THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Tyrant of France — (this htippy land ! the blessed object of his envy) i,s, 1 believe, undou'oted by far the srciter part of our couiitrv'men. I have heard from good authority, that a plan has been seen of the methods to be adopted by the enemy as most likely to ensure success ; and the consequences that ■would attend such success are openly avowed. — Consequences most dreadful, but not more so than we can easily conceive that man to be capable of, who has given rr^ent proofs that the guide of his ccJhduct is a heart from which were early driven every soft feeling with which our merciful Cre- ator enriches the human mind ; a heart now become the vile abode of trcacherv, cruelty and impiety. — We are threatened with the total annihila- tion of our glorious Constitution ! — a Constitution under which we enjoy blessings unequalled by any nation in the known world ! — We are threatened with the loss of our liljerty and our independence ! — c>ur dearest and most valuable privileges; our pride as Bri- tons. — ^We are threatened with the overthrow of our blessed religion ! — a religion, our firmest support as a na- tion, the rock on which, as Christians, we build our best hopes of everlasting happiness. Shall we not then, one and all, advance, and unite our utmost efforts in a steady perseverance towards the attainment of our great object, the pcrmanc7it security of the country? Shall we not immediately acquiesce in a cordial support of that Government, under which we are protected, and under which we have attained, and can alone preser\^e our present enviable ilignity as a people ? A people known t6 the world, to be ever true to their Countr}^ ever loyal to their King, and ever i-^-sling their hopes of success on that all-powerful atm w'liieh haS hitherto so signally, preserved them. There are various si*:uations, the duties oi which may stem to preclude those cngrjged in them from the possi- bility of attaining that knowledge re- quisite to enable them to decide en subjects like that we now contemplate j but it is most sure that every breast inheriting a spark of that patriotic fire that characterizes our nation will now proudly evince .t. Let us then be extremely cautious against indulging a prejudice not un frequent, nor think that the sudden and unexpected glow of loyalty is assumed ; but when the urgency of the times is considered, Jet us generously pronounce it real, and hail the honesi impulse of a noble and loyal nature ! — as the opposite act is illiberal, so may the effect be fatal ; an over-exerted loyally ^vill soon find its beneficial level, but it is cruel to de- pre^s it; and, when depressed, most difficult to revive it. I hope the time is now arrived when every- such j^re- judice as that to which I have just alluded shall cease, never to be revived ; and that as the present cause calls for the united efforts of our arms, so one sentiment of Patriotism, Loyalty apd Unanimity may perv'ade our hearts ; in v.hich case, under the blessing of Divine Providence, we need not doubt the complete disc;.uifiture of otir restless and implaca'jie enemy, and the pre- servation of our rights, our lav.s and our religion. I cannot better conclude than in the words of a most em.phatic modem writer ; who, speaking of our foe ob- screes : Fortune herself ;hall he no mere his frieiiJ, But krrc the hl>t'i"y of his crimes shall end ; His slaughter'd Icgionsihall manure oursborc, And Env-l.^no never know invaiion more. THB ANTI-GALUCAN, SI IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE VEOPLEoF ENGLAND. Drawn up and puUbhed hy order of Government. At a moment, when we are entering a scene deeply interesting, not only to this nation, but to the whole civilized world; at a moment, when we all, without distinction of rank or degree, are called upon to rally round, and to range ourselves be^eath the banners of that Sovereign, under whose long, mild, and fostering reign, the far greater part of us, capable of bearing arms, have been born and reared up to manhood ; at a moment, when we are, by his truly royal and pa- ternal example, incited to make every sacrifice and every exertion in a war, the event of which is to decide, whether we are still to enjoy, and to bequeath to our children, the possessions, the comforts, the liberties, and the national honours, handed down to us from ge- neration to generation, by our gallant forefathers ; or whether we are, at once, to fall from this favoured and Iionour- able station, and to become the miserable crouching slaves, ** the hewers of wood, and the drawers of water," of those very Frenchmen, whom the valour of our fleets and armies has hitherto taught US to despise ; at such a moment, it be- hoves us calmly and without dismay, to examine our situation, to consider what are the grounds of the av.-ful con- test in which ^ve arc engaged ; what arc the wishes, the designs, and ihe preten- sions of our enemies; what would be the consequences, if those enemies \vere to triumph over us; what are pur means, and what ought to be our mo- tives, not only for frustrating their ma- licious intentions, but for inflicting just and memorable chastisement on their Insolent and E^uiltv heads. Vol. I. ". ' I- The grounds of the war are, by np means, as our enemies preieud, to be sought for in a desire entertained by his Majesty to keep the Island of Malta, contrary to the Treaty of Peace, or to leave unfulfilled any other part of his sacriid engagements; they are to be sought for in the ambition of the First Consul of France, and in his impla- cable hatred of Britain, because, in the power and valour of Britain alone, he finds a check to that ambition, which aims at nothing short of the conquest of the world. His Majesty, ever anx- ious to procure for his people prosperity and ease, eagerly seized the first oppor- tunity that offered itself for the restora- tion of Pea'ce; but not without remem- bering, at the same tln)e, that their safety, for %vhich it was his peculiar du- ty to provide, was not to be sacrificed to any other consideration. This peace he concluded with tlie most sincere de- sire, that it might be durable, and the conduct of France would be such as to authorise him to execute, with scrupu- lous punctuallity, every one of the sti- pulations of the Tyeaty. But scarcely was that compact concluded, when the First Consul, at the very time that his Majesty was surrendering to France and Holland, tlie great and numerous con- quests he had made from theui during the war, began a nev/ sort of hostility upon the weak and defenceless states on the Continent of Europe; Piedmont, a country equal to ail Scotland, was added to France; Holland, which had at the making of the Peace, been recognized as an independent nation, became, more than ever, the object of French rapacity and. deopotism; was compelled to/ur- nish ships and stores for French expe- ditions, and to feed and clothe French armies: the only use of which was to keep her in a sti^.te of slavish subjection, and to render her shores an object of seriou:- % THE ANTl-GALtKCAN. ' serious alarm and n-al danjiier to Great l^ritain; Switzerland \vas iLVadcdbya "French amiy, which cornpcllcdthe peo- ple of that once Irec .'.ndlmppy conntr>-, to submit to a go%'ernmenL framed at Paris, the members of \vliich government were chiefly couiposcd of men, who had betrayed the liberties of their coun- tr|j', and who were nominated by th€ Consiil himself. Notmthstanding, how- ever, all these and several other acts of aggression and tyranny, some of which were highly injurious to Great Britain, and were shainoful violations of the Treaty of Peace, still his Majesty ear- nestly endeavoured to avoid a recurrence to arms; but the Consul, emboldened "by our forbearance, and imputing to a dread of his power, that rvhich he ought to have imputed solely to our desire to live at peace, manifested his perfidious intentions, again to take possession of Egypt, whence we had driven him in disgrace ; again to open a road to our possessions in India, there to destroy one of the principal sources of our wealth and cur greatness. Not contented with thus preparing for our destruction from wlihout, en- (deavouring to cut off our intercourse with the rest of the world, shutting, as far as he was able, tdl the ports of otlier countries against us j gradually destroy- ing our navigation, commerce, and trade; heniining iis up in our own Island, and exposing our maiuifuctu- rers, artizans, and labourers, to the dan- ger of star%-ing for want of employment ; "not contented with these malignant en- deavours, and seeming to regard us as already within his grasp, he audaciously interfered in the management of o-ar do- ;nestic concerns ; required us to violate •out laws by banishing those subjects of -the French Monarch, ^vho had lied hi- ther for shelter from his unjust and ty- T^tnnical po>f fnmcnt ; domand^d pf us the suppression of the Liberty of Speedi and of the Press ; and, in a word, clear- ly demonstrated his resolution not to leave us a moment's tranquillity, till we had surrendered our Constitution, till we had laid all our liberties at his feet, and titf, hke the Dtuch, the Italians, and tTie Swi-js, we had submitted to be governed by Decrees sent t2S from France. Besides the motives of ambition, the desire to domineer over, and to trample upon all the rest of mankind, the First Consul has a reason, peculiar to him- self, for wishing to reduce us to a state of poverty, weakness, submission and silence: which reason will atoneebe evi- dent when we consider the origin of his authority, an-d the nature of his govcrn- meut. Having succeeded, through a long course of perfidious and blfeody deeds, in usurpmg the throne of his lawful Sovereign; having, under the name of Equality, established in his own person and family, a government the most pompous and exjiensivc, while the people are j)ining v/ith hun- ger, and in rags ; having with the word LilfTfy continually on his lips, erected a despotism the most oppressive, the most capricious and the most cruel that the Almighty, in his wrath, ever suf- fered to exist ; liaving, by such means, obtained such an end, he feared, that while tlwve remained upon the earth, and especially within a few leagues of France, a people enjoying, vmderamild and legitimate Sovereign, all the bles- sings of freedom; while there remained such a people, so situated, he dreaded, and not without reason, that their sen- •timents and their example vKJukl, by degrees, p-.cnetrate through his forest of bavoncts, his myriads of ■spies, and w^ould, first or last, sliake the founda- tion of his ill-gotten' power. He could not-. indvHxl, impute either to. ©ur Sove- reign, HE AJJTI-GAM.ICAN. iff! -feign, cr to his subjects, any design, much kss any attempt, to disturb hini in the exercise of his usurpetl authority. "\Ve never have interfered, nor iiuve vvc ever shown any desire to interfere in concerns of the Consul or his Re- public •, and his Majesty, even after all the acts of provocation, all the injuries and insults committed against himj»e]f and his people, has now solemnly re- newed his declaration, that his object is not to destroy or change any thing in the internal state of other countries, h\it solely to preserve, in his o\yn do- ■minions, every, thing dear to himself and to his subjects- Tiiis, however, is not sufficient ♦'o satisf/ the Consul of France ; it is not •sufficiont that we abstain, both by ac- ;tions and by words, from exciting dis- .contcnt amOQgst those who have the .misfortune to be subjected to his sway ; we must not uflt».a theni an example, •we ma5t not remalri free, lest tliey should learn lessons of f.cedom ; we ^ust destroy our aiieieat ;i they threw open their gates, they laid down their arms, they rec^hcd the Gallic Serpent to their bosom, apd fatal indeed were the eftects of tb^ir credulity ! His reverence for their re- ligion he displayed by givmg up tb^ir places .of worsliip io iiidiscrinainate plurider, and by defining, them -vnth . every species of sarnlags ; his respect for the jaws y/as evinced, not only by the abrogation of those lavi-s, hut by the arbitrary enforcement of an v.ncon- ditional submission to tb-^i mandates of himself and his generals ; the security which he promiaed -to their property was exhibited in enormous cOQiribnu- tions, in tlie seirure of. alj the public funds, a? well as those of ' IFur io the Palace, hut peace to the Cottage." They came to deliver tlie people from their rulers, and from the burthens vvhich those rulers imposed. The Dutch, like the Italians, lent an €ar to these artful and perfidious de- clarations, beUeving. that their cottages would be spared, and careless of the fate of the palace. But, alas ! they soon found, that F'rench rapacity, like the hail and the thnnder, fell alike on the thatched roof, and the gilded donie. The palaces once seized on, the cot- tages soon followed ; while all those who were found ia tlie intermediate -apace, the merchant and the manu- facturer, the farmer and the tradesman, wer* sunk in one common ruin ; happy, if, by the loss of their property, they had the good fortune to preserve their lives. Bonaparte is, indeed, now, not only the sovcrei^ oi* the countcy, not onlv does he exercise the powers of dominion, but he is>..as.to every prac- tical effect, the master and the owner of all the property and of all the people in Holland. These miser- able beings possess nothing of their own J tltey can acquire notiiing with the hope of, enjoying, or bequeath- ing it ; they can make no provision for the weakisess of disease, the feeblenea* of old age, or the helplessness of in- fancy; they are, the mere political drudges of a hard hearted tyrant, wh<> suffers them to live only while their labours administer to his project>s of ambition, and who, when his purposes demand it, puts an end at Once to their toils and their existeree. In Switzerland, where high rank and great riciies were unknown, where mea were nearer upon an equality than in any other country ia the world j in a country having no commerce, scarcely any manufacturers, and possessing few of the sources of wealth and distinc- tion J a country of shepherds and labourers ; a country which might be truly said to contain a nation of poor men j in such a country to cry ** war to Palaces," seemed useless and ab- surd. Yet did the French find a pre- text for war with this poor and harmless race, and for invading and laying waste their territory. The Swiss, from their an.xiety to presen'e peace, consented to every sacrifice demanded of them by JFrance : they exposed themselves to the hostility of other nations, by sending away the ambassadors of those nations ; they broke off their connexion with some of their most power i'ul allies ; they banished the loyal subjects of their ancient protector tlie King of France, men whom the tics of gratitude and th« ■ laws of hospitality , boui^d them i6 cherish ; and when tliey had tlaus ex- hausted tlie source Q.f concession, when .they, could .grant uo laore, bex:aij&e \, France THE AN ri-&ALLICAN. i^rance couiQ iiud noi.hir.'!: more to Cc- raand; when, they had humhlcd the;n- seives in the dust, and degraded the character of their country in the eyes of all Kurope; when they had thus done and thus suffered, rather than see their country the scene of war, then did the French invadv". their territor)' j then «lid these restless disturbers of the world march an army into the heart of Switzerland, in order to compel the people to chanrre the nature and the form of their Government, and to commit It to the hands of traitors, n-ho had been chosen by France, and by the assistance of whose treachery the French invasion had been effected. - . After having, by means ofan armistice, joined to the most solemn promise of respect for persons and property, lulled the people into a state of iinaginary secucitv, the armistice was broken, and the French pushed on their forces, •when those cfthe Swiss v/tre di perstd. -Resistance on the part of the latter, whose, numbers did not amount to a tenth of t,ho3e of their flagitious enem.y, How became ho}>eless: and though the liitle army was brave, though the peo- ple were faithful ?,nd active, though the last battle was long, obstinate, and l>loodv; thouo^h the Swiss achieved wonders, and though the women fouglu by the sides of their husbands, inciting them to victory or death, all ■was in vain ; hundreds and thousands perished by the sabres of the French, and while the earth was strewed with their dead bodies, Jmd while the flames ascended from the once happy dwellings of this valiant and innocent people, the hfird-e;^rned and long-preserved liberiies /of Switzerland, expired. • .^ Germany, which cioges this awful •lesson, was invaded by the F'rench in 1796 f^nd 1798- Titese invasions were alttndod with crimes too atrocious t>be credited, were they not prc%Td hj indisputable evidence, and did they not accord with the general practice of the inhuman wretches by v\ horn they were committed. In adverting to these de- testable acts of oppre3s;on and cruelty, we m.ust recollect, that they were per- petrated upon a peof.le, who had made no resi:tance of atiy sort against the invaders, and who in every instance had entered, into an agreement with the French Generals, to pay them great sums of money, in order to preserve their country from plunder, m con- sequence of the ransom thus wrung from the people, the invaders declared, by public proclamaiion, thai the ptrsons and property of the inhabitants should be sirictly respected j and liiat their rights, usages, laws, and religion siiould rerruain inviolate and undistuiLtd. On thc:,e assurances,, thus soienudy made, tho credulous people all implicidy relied, while some c^f the poorer classes regarded the French, not as enemies, but as their deliverers from taxes and labour, No sooner, however, had the invasion taken place, no sooner had the French become masters of the country, than they spread tliemselves over it like beasts of prey, devouring and destroying every thing before them. They spared nei- ther cities nor towns, neidier villages nor hamlets, nor soiitar}' houses ; from the church to the cell, from the castle to the cottage; no state of life, how- ever lofty or however humble, escaped their rapacious assaults 5 no sanctity excited their venejfation; no grandeur their respect; no misery their forbear- ance or their pity. After having plun- dered the houses of the gemr)-, the clcr^v, and the tradesmen; after having pilkged the shops, warehouses, and manufactories, they proceeded to the farm houses, and cottages, they rifted the pockets and chests of the inhabi- tmtSv THE ANTI-GALLICAN, sr tants, cut open iLeir beds, tore up tire Hoors of their rooms, dng'up their cel- liXYS, searched the n* Such arc the barbarities wlli8H- ha^' been infiici*! on other nations. The recollection of them will never be ef- faced ; the melancholy story will bC handed down from generation lo gene- ration, to the everlasting in^imy of the republicans of France, and as an awful warning to all those nations whom they may liereafter attempt to invade. Wc are one of those nations ; wc are tht people wlmm they are now prejarin^ 10 invade : i-wfui, indeed, is the \vAm- ' ing, and, if we despise it, tfcmciidous will be the judgment. The samt ^efifc- '' rals, the ^ame commissaries, the ?amtf odicers, the slme soldifers, - the 'very' same r.^pacious and sanguin'ary ho'fe't^' that now hold Hf)lland'and Swit?'^rhiji^^ in chi^.ins, that dcsohted EgVpt, ftAly/ and Garmany/'are "at this ni6mxiit','pr<>' pirihg to^ riiake EiigJaiidV IreMti'cl," fcrf Scotfand, tli^' sbefies^'of their' ,afrocHtfe7^ For some time past, they have had tit- tle opportunity'' to pldird6i\:' \>eace,' 'for, jture:^ ts TJIE ANTI-GALLIC AN*. pastures of Britain : already we hear their threatening howl; arid if, like ihcep, vre stand bleating for mercy, ncitlicr our innocence nor our tiniidity wili save us from being torn in jiieces and dcvouredv The rofet>eries, the bar- bariti«:^% the brLitallties they- have com- fniticU in other couiilries, though, at the thought of them the heart sinks and the blood run? cold, will be mere tcitks to '' what they will commit here, if we suf- fer them to tniimph over us. The Swiss and the Saabi:!n:j were never ob- j^ts of their envy ; they were never the rivals of Frenchmen, cither on the land or on the sea j they had never discon- cttted or checked their an>bitious pro- jtjcts, never humbled their pride, never defeated either their armies or their ileets. We have been, and we have *!one all this: they have long entertain- td against us a hatred e:i«;endered by the mixture of envy atul of fear ^ and they are now about to make a great and desperate effort to gratiiy this turions, this unquenchable, this deadly hatred. What, tb.en, can ws expect at their . Ii^nds ? What but torments, even sur- Jiessimg those which tlsey have inflicted on other riationo.— They remained but ikf^c m-oiiths in Germany j Itere they . would reiiiain. tor ererj there, their Cxtotllons and their atrocities were, for want of time, confined to a part of the {>eoplcj llere they would \ye universal : tiO sort, no part, no particle of property would remain unseiT^ed ; no man, wo- Ibari or child would escape violence of fOJfie kind or other. Such of our ma- AitCtCtorieS as are moveable, they ^vouId transport to France, together with the jitost ingenious of the manufacturers, Whose -tvives and children would be left ''^►:&ve! -'■-'-■^'- ^--^ - --^v;.a^ ■ Having stripped us of every thing, even to the stoutest of our sons, and the most beautiful of pur daughters, over all that remained they w ould establish and exercise a tyranny, siwh as the world never before witnessed. All the estates, all the farms, all the mines, all the land and the houses, all the shops^ and magazines, all the remaininrg ma- ni^factories, and all work-shops of eve- ry kind and description, from the great- est to the smallest ; all these they vvoakl bring over Frenchmen to possess \ making us their servants aiid their la- bourers. To prevent us from uniting and ris- ing against them, they Avould crowd ever)- town and village with their bru- tal soldiers, -who would devour all the best part of the produce of the earth, leaving us not half a sufficiency of bread. They would, bcsie shines not on a spot so blessed as this gurat and now united kingdom; gay and productive fields and gardens, lefty and extensive woods, innumerable fiocks and herds, rich and mexhanstible ntihes, a mild and wholesome climate, giving liealth, vif!;6ur, and activity, to fourteen mil- lions of people ; and shall we, who are thus finoured and endowed; shall* we %vho THE ANTI-GALLICAK. «9 who are abunciantly supplied with Iron and steel, powder and lead; shall we, who have a flc::t superior to the mari- time force of all the world, and who are able to bring two niillions oF hy;hting men into the field ; shall we yield up this dear and happy land, tojrether with all the llbc'rties and honours, to pre- serve vvliich our fathers so often d\ed the ^.ind and sea with their blood ; shall "tve, thus, at once dishonour their graves, and stamp disgrace and infamy on the briws of our children? and shall we, too, make this base and das- tardly surrender to an enemy, whom, within these twelve years our country- men have defeated in every quarter of the world? Noj we are not so miser- ably fallen ; we cannot in so short a space of time have become so detestably degenei;ate; we have the strength and the will to repel the hostility, to chas- tise the insolence of the foe. Mighty, indeed, must be our efforts, but mighty also is the need. Singly engaged against the Tyrant of the earth, Britain now at- tracts the eyes and hearts of mankind : groahing nations look to her for deli- verance; justice, liberty, and religion are inscribed on her banners ; her suc- cess will be hailed with the shouts of the universe, while tears of admiration and gratitude will bedew the heads of her sons who fall in the glorious con- test. JOHNSON, THE SMUGGLER. 7^he example of English Heroism dis- p!a//ed by the subject of the Jolloia- ing AnecdotCt is wort hi/ of the highest praise. ,. It furnishes proof of the truly patriotic spirit which re- sides i?i the heart of every Briton; end may convince the enemy of the . .' M - ^firm and deterlnhrcd -resistance he tvill meet ivitli in this island; since even a violater of the laivs, and a smuggler, refuses the offer of Libera : ty and Fortu?te, luhen proffered him on terms destructive to the interests of his country. A MAN of notorious celebrity in the annals of smuggling, and whose name is Johnson, had by some extraordinary exertions escaped from a prison in Lon- don about eight or ten months ago. He fted to the Continent, and principally resided at Flushing. On the com- mencement of hostilities this man was arrested by order of the French govern- ment, and conveyed to a prison at Bou- logne. He was accused of having pi- loted the English fleet to the Heldci' during the late war, when our army invaded Holland under the command of the ever to be lamented Abercrom- bie. In a few days after Johnson was lodged in confinement, a marine offi- cer (who for some time past has been sedulously employed in obtaining En- glish pilots) called upon him, and after some })reliminaiy observations, entered upon the chief object of his mission. " I am told," said the ofhcer, " you are well acquainted with the opposite coast." — ** I know every sounding and creek," replied Johnson, " and What then?" — *' Why my good friend " con- tinued the visitor, " if you will engage to pilot a certain division of the French fleet to the English coast, and conduct yourself on that occasion with fdel ft yy i am directed to say, a general pardon w ill not only be granted you, but an ample provision settled upon you dur- ing the remainder of your life." The answer of this virtuous delinquent, should never be forgotten. ** Sir," re- plied Johnson, ** I have not been kindly treated by my country, but not- ' with- g© THE ANTI-GALLICAN, ^vithstan<^in«: tljat, / cannot he a trai^ tor. I consider your proposal, Sir, as an insult, and treat it with the disdain it merits," — Tiie officer admirin-i; his principles and resolution, endeavoured to soothe him into compliance, which Johnson obser\ing, very calmly said to him — "Do not endeavour. Sir, to ren- der me a villain in my own estimation ; indeed, were I to undertake the treason you propose, I am confident, that in the hour of trial my heart would guide me to my duty, and / should letray yo7i" — ^This roused the Frenchman, who exclaimed, " Then, Villain, you shall die." — ** TVilh all my heart, said Johnson, and in a tone of voice highly expressive of his determination, " the sooner the better — I am prepared — I have no favour to ask but one — over my grave let it be written in legible cha- racters — Here lies an honourahle En- glish Stnuggler, ivho scorned to let ray his country r — ^Thus ended the con- versation; and the hero now remains in prison at Boulogne, with no other chance for life than his acquiescing in the above proposal. Liverpool Chronicle. * BARLOW'S GHOST. ' ' Countrymen: 'A.FrER my spirit had rested in peace more than t^vo hundred vears, I was in a maimer, called from mv grave by a report in circulation, that the French intended to invade the now United King(:k)ms of Kngland and Ire- land. Presamj>tuGus as thev ahvays were, they would not have dared to have thought of such an exploit in my time! Why? -you mv^y probably ask. - The^ aosWer'is e^y : Because,- from'-oiii^aci?' live efxeJrtioiis-j'wew'ere always m i -state of -preparation to receive them. However, hearing this report, I re- visited earth, and soon found that there was more truth in it than attends reports in general. The French about to in- vade this kingdom! I said to myself; then the inhabitants of every district, particularly that which 1 still call my own, are ready to meet them. But, how great was my surprise to find, that the exercise ofarms had been long laid a*lde. except vipon particular emergencies ; and that it was no longer considered as a sport and pastime, as we used to make it, in the district where I formerly re- sided! I remember that in my time, every one capable of using them, was provided with a bow and arrows, the weapons then most in request. All the tradesmen, and manufacturing hands, used to parade in Finsbury Fields, on Thursday and Saturday Afternoons, Butts to shoot at were erected : the in- habitants of the adjacent parishes flock- ed to behold our military sports ; the place was like a fair. We soon became so expert at our exercise, that the fame of the Fi7ishury Archers reached the cars of his Majesty, King Henry the Eight. Tlie English Archers in gene- ral had long been celebrated all over Europe, as France had frequently found to her cost. Well ; we were summon- ed to Windsor, and had the honour to be revicA^cd by the King, who was so pleased with our performance of the ex- ercise, that he gave great praise and re- wards to the whole company. And when he came to me, he said, ** My good fellow, you have handfed your arms like a Duke : you shall be the Cap- tain of this warlike band, and be called tlie Duke of Shoreditch." Which was the title that the Captain of the Fins- buiy' Archers ever aftex assumed, uiitrl, upon the introduction of fire-arms, the company was dissolved. ♦Barlow was a Shopkeeper in Shored itch THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 91 I Jo not, counhymen, remind you of these things oui of vanity; for vanity cannot exist beyond the grave j but merely to stimulate you to the same en- deavours, for which you have still great- er occasion. I understand that our an- cient enemy, the French, are now more formidable than ever; that a faction among them barbarously murdered their good_ King, Queen, and part of their family, with numbers of the nobility; that they have ransacked Europe from oneendto the other; and not only plun- dered the estates, and destroyed the lives, of the great, but, which must naturally follow, cut up by the roots, and total- ly annihilated, the comforts and happi- ness of die middle and lower orders of the people: Moreover, that they are now govern^'d by the iron rod of a Ty- rant and Usurper, who truly an enemy to the human race, has spread destruc- tion from Egypt to Switzerland. He has, I am informed, stepped so far into blood, that he cannot retreat, either with safety to his person, or ease to his conscience. The first will be sa- crificed to the fury of a licentious sol- dier)', hardened in scenes of devastation and carnage, if he refuses to lead them on to future depredation : and with regard to the latter, if his body remains inactive, it will present such horrors, such real Hue devils to bis mind, as will lead him to destroy himself. He there- fore means to send, perhaps to conduct, these savages of Europe, these modern barbarians across the channel, which I hope and trust, will prove the Red Sea to them; and s®, under providence, it certainly will, brave Englishmen, if you do what, my valiant companions and self used to do; namely, make your- selves masters of the manual exercise, by which we acquired such fame and honour, not only, as I told you, from the King and Court, but from the ladies of London; who used, as avc marclted along, to wave their handkerchiefs, and call us their heroes, their brave defenders. Nav, many a fair hand, which lias so %vaved in approbation of our exploits, has been the reward of different youths who had borne aw ay prizes in the field. I remeniber It was then the saying, that ** the Archers of Finsbury took good aim, for they con- quered both in Love and War." I hope and believe, my valiant com- patriots, for 60, though our alliance is distant, you certainly are, that neither your gallajitry nor your courage is les* than they ^vere in my time. The in- habitants of Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Finsbviry, Clerkenwell, and other con- tiguous places, that used to compose our companies, were tradesmen and manufacturing hands, the most uspfujl hands in the kingdom ; as it was .frp^- those it derived its commercial opu- lence; and to those it looked for the support of its honor, and independence, as a nation, in which support their own independence, their glorious Constitu- tiou, every thing dear to Britons, as men, as legal subjects, as valuable members of society, as husbands, fa- thers, sons, and brothers, was involved. If such, my friends, was bur situa- tion, and such our exertions to pre- sen e our Monarch and Constitution, how much dearer must your present beloved Monarch and gloi;ious Consti- tution be to you, who, under their bc-»: nign influence, enjoy all the blessings I have enumerated ; all those blessings of which the rest of Europe, through the operation of French principles, is at this moment deprived, in a still greatr;- er degree. How anxious, thefcfort;, must you be to defend your country against the danger of subjugation with which it is threatened by an enemy more wicked, unprincipled, ferocious. 02 THE ANTI-GALLICAxN. and, let mc add, powerful, than any that ever before threatened or assailed it! To do this, tf) he enabled to def^nd- } our country with effect, let me advise you to repair to the places which will be soon appointed in each of ) our respec- tive parishes ; there enroll your names in the honourable lists of heroes. Sa- crifice all frivolous amusements, take up your arms ; the time will be but tri- fling, if you make proper arrangements, that need be taken from your different pursuits : Yet, if you engage with xeal and ardour, of which I have no doubt, (fori do not believe that the charac- ter of Englishmen has degenerated since my time,) you will soon be perfect. This kingdom may then bid defiance to " the World in Arms." You will desen-e, and receive, the approbation pf your Sovereign, of your country, of your own hearts : And, if I shall have had the good fortune, in the smallest degree, to have stimulated your endea- vours, I shall rejoice that, upon this arduous occasion, the perfidy of the Corsic(f.n Usurper BosfAPART?. has raised THE GHOST OF BARLOW. ^hf Friends and Country mcyu AN Old Whip begs to address you at this crisis, a crisis unexampled in the history of tliese kingdoms — not as a "partizan — not to stlnmlate you to party prejudices— but to aw.iken/that bold, that intrepid, that stirring spirit, \vhich. in earlier times led dii to daring deeds — to victory and to fame. No man svirely can hesitate. His country calls upon him to cast aside every prejtutice, eve ry,;paTty pique;, and gladly, joyfully to'cq-operatejiand and 'heart, witli every -fcinew steairted, to maintain h?r'digat^^ 'n7id iiKlependence ; it cannot be possible for him |a remain indolently su})ine . ,when thes<3 Are as.- : bailed/ - ' •• Shall we, Aviih whom the sacred flame of liberty, of real rational liberty, has re-mained ibr ages unextinguished ; shall we crouch to a foreign yoke; shall we bow the neck to a despot, submit otirselves to a Corsican Usurper? — Forbid it. Honour ! Forbid it, F^reedom I Forbid it, A'alour! The determination of the French to invade this Island, is no longer proble- matical; and though our fleets are nu- merous, our seamen brave, our army large and well disciplined, there still re- mains a great space for the exertions of individuals. Every man possessing pro- perty, ought freely to supply a part to protect the remainder. It behoves us to be liberal : Let us shew to the world that we can give our fortunes to pre- serve our rights.— Let the young men — let us all arm; let us live a nation — or die : And let us exhibit to the ad- miring world, the grand spectacle of an armed, unanimous nation, at once eager to protect our coast or annoy ©ur foes; "then Ave can safely bid defiance to the proud and; haughty Gaul, and teach him his expectation oi assistance here, w*ill serve but to render his defeat more certain, more perfect. Let us look up, my friends, to the higher walks of life. Thev beckon us bv their example to unanimity. Let •us not tarry for conipuliion. Press on, my friends, to the first rank. Be ready with your bayonet for the first hostile foot upon } our shore. Tiie Romans do^Tceda civic crown for tlie man who saved his comrade's life. Arise> my .countrymen. JFe have a •,glqriaus^ci-owii^ before us — a crowii of hoi)Oji^j;-;-j\Y.§ shall save our wives, our -sUter!i,'anfJloar daughters from shame: our Ill^er ties*;, our religion from viola- -1^^.jjqacKcft\|s4ves from rlaughter. I -oMu-.u ^. An OLD -WHIG. ADDRESS THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 53 ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND^S oi> r TV"e gen'rous Youths who boast a Briton's iiame.*^ir,o Alive to honour, and the blush of shame:; ;-3 ni fx^iiriir: Shall Gallia's slaves, who trcmblingly;®.b»?yorf-^\^ )/ic. ; The haughty Corsican's relentless sway— r-j,- oioViK • < ' ^.: Who meanly cringe before his upstart throne. Nor life, nor liberty, can call Iheir own — Dare to invade your smiling, happy Isle, ,t ffr.( {i ,vr While Lust and Rapine at their victims smile?.i to.., , Dare to insult you with tlieir vengeful ire, Menace your harvests and your towns with fire? To wrest from you the sceptre of the main. Who basely kiss tiieir Despot's iron chain? lUx-ali those iicroes fam'd in days of old, Your great Forefathers, hardy, free, and bold; Eecail those Chiefs, who nobly dar'd withstand The buse Oppressors of their Native Land; Eecail Caractacus's scythed car, ^! '-.v m Who brav'd the terrors of a Cjesar's war; //<1 loor Recall great Alfred's wise and awful ghost; .-; Recall great Wallace, in himself a host; Recall the Barons from fair Runniniede, Resolv'd to conquer, or resign'd to bleed; Recall the triumphs of Eliza's reign, 'Hie scourge of Philip and of h.1ughty Spain! Let not those Chieftains in oblivion lie, Who oft have made the Gallic squadrons fly — . Vrho oft have made their trembling standards yield. And dv'd with gore the long-remember'd field. ^ %'ie\v your brave Prince, with sable shield ai.v4 A^u.C;Q, Whose feats surpass tiie pages of romance; i:,n— xrcsir ^Vhen Poictiers rivall'd Cressy's far-fam'd plains. And hapless John almost forgot his chains;' Let the fifth LIesry, drawn by Fancy's hand, X-ead on his martial and heroic band; Let Agincourt each British heart inspire. And embryo Patriots catch the Warrior's fire. Sec your lov'd daughters, beauteous as the morn^ A prey to infamy, to lust, and scorn; :' vjrrlv See curst Bastiles o'er ev'ry hamlet, tower-^'' -'f?i See vengeful harpies glut their love of power; See the poor peasant plunder'd of his all. And if he murmur^-— meet the hostile ball; See 0 CoTJiewhcn he-will — elate in frantic pride, With vassal kingdoms crouching by his side— Deck'd with the pageantry of Eastern State, Tortur'd with restless and malignant hate — Diunk with success, array'd in hostile form, Old Emglakd's Genius fearless meet the storm. Tho' prostate Senates their anath'ma's pour — Tho' abject Priests their impious flatt'rics sliow'r — Tho' dastard Courts the gen'rous strife forbear, The plunder'd dole of guiltless neighbours share — She spreads her /Egis o'r a sinking world. Firm and erect, while all in ruin's hurl'd ; Calls her brave sons to grasp the shining spear. Arrest the tyrant in his wild career — Calls her bold Youth to train the martial steed, >sod the pluni'd helmet, and the plalanx lead; To grace the Poet and Historian's page, Renown'd and honour'd to the latest age ; Again to rival Blenheim's glorious plain ^v While future Marlbro's equal tropies gain; Again immortalize in iiist'ry's fight, Boyn's rapid stream, or Calpe's tow'ring height. Still shall your Nelsons guide tlie Hardy Tar, Teach him to wield the thunders of your war; Extend the triumphs of your sea-girt Isle, ^ From frozen Denmark to the s iltry Nile. , .. j>j;f^ Still shall your shores a safe retreat afford, .. '4- From the wide havock of the Gallic sv»ord; Grant an asylum to Distress and Woe, And shield each suffrer from his ruthless foe ; ,i Still shall your Merchants distant seas explore^ v,^of>€ And at your feet the wealth of India pour; .. ^.^if: Still shall your Press, that bulwark of your Lawa, Protect, as ever, injur'd Virtue's cause; , _ - ^. Admir'd, while envied, by surroundjng SlaveSjj^ .,^^'// The dread of Despots, and the scourge of Knaiisj^ ^^ But if decreed by Heav'xV that fall we must,, qii v;j And what she wills, is ever right and just ; . ; If doom'd to swell (ordain'd by angry Fate), This modern Attila's revengeful hate; Then Europe's sun is set in endless night — Then Faith, then Honour, wingtheirhasty flight— « *^hen all the Ties of social life are o'er^ From Moscow's snows, to fair Ausqni;V*s shore-« 1 • ' Then 96. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Tlien Gothic Darkness spreads its baleful shade- Then Art, them'.EARNiKG, Laws, and Fkep.dom, fade! Tor happier dimes they hoist 'th indignant sail, AVhile savage Force and Anarchy prevai! — While all the Science po!i^h'd Greece bestow'd Of everv Muse the once adinir'd abode — With ail that Gekius, all that Ta-.te inspire, Sink in the llames to please a Despot's ire. Lonii ere that moment let me meet my doom; Grant wif Great God, the refuge oj the tomb! AV. J. DENISON Esd. A W^ORD OF ADVICE TO THE SELF-CREATED CONSUL. j^S a plain man, pen-nit me to give yon a word of advise, if your arrogance and presumption have not put you above it. I was one of the number, who, but a few years back, was de- ceived bv 3/our alluring and specious pretensions, and then thought you a friend to mankind. I wihh I could have found your conduct such as would have made me continue so 3 but your cruehies, your insatiable thirst for r.r- tensice dojfiinicn, and arlitrary and- uvcrl'cnrlng pojver, has raised up a- gainst you cncniics in ei-cnj friend to rirtuc. Truth, Religion, Moralitij, Order, Freedom and Independence. You set forn-ard promising freedom to the world — Look at Holland, Swit- zerland, ilelvctia. You caused ilie Tree of Lihevty to be planted; but wherever it has taken root, it has pro- duced the most baneful and deadly fruit. You promised, wherever you went, to treat the people with humnnihj and mercy — Look at ib.e Massacre of your Prisoners, and the Poisoning of many (f your oivn Troops; the re- mainder of whom you, in the most ivu;ardly and dastardly manner, aban- doned, in an ungerual and unheahhy clime. Your Treachery, in this in- stance, will be an eternal stigma upon you; and while your own minions may fawningly applaud your conduct, the Patriot Sv^ldier will ever view itwhh in- fanu' and disgrace. You threaten to invade our country — vou promise your soldiers the pillage of our property — to load them with the spoils of Englishmen — to abrogate our laws — to give us French fraternity — and to gratify their lustful passions with the violation of the chastity of our wives and daughters.— But here, THOU DE- SPOILER OF THE REPOSE OF THE WORLD, hast thou raised the dagger against thyself; the bloody wea- pon which thou wouldst carry to other nations, must (dtieadful to huma- nity) recoil upon vours : and would to God upon YOU ONLY might be the fatal stroke. The tameness, the tardy negligence of other nations, will not be found among Englishmen : they will ever be thund at the post at the hour of danger ; they will present to vour fiont a T.HL- LIOX OF FREE PEOPLE, armed in the cause of virtue, order, and MORALITY; acting as one man, and g\tided by one heart, in defence of that KiXG, that GoNSTiT'dTiON which givei THE AMtl-OALLlCAN. 97 with the TYRANNIC HAND o/* ARBi- «d Periods, anticipating the deserts of TRARY and DESPOTIC POWER; a peo- his oppressive conduct. ^Think ot pie who have nothing left to fight for, this, and know, wliat viust he the fact, and who are kept in order by the Coer- of your rffceiycf^arwy seeking in France cive Mandates of an Usurper — the that Plunder which was 7iot to he oh" point of a bayonet, or the fcifir of being tainedfrom a free people. immured in loathsome dungeons. Look ^,Y,,y{,^a ypu an ^arly enjoyment of at a mild and hencfcent Sovereign, ^j ^^^ happi^ss you may desen-^ ia reignmg m the hearts of ^free people, ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ j ^^^^^^^^ who are rallying round his St^mdard for his defence-^ndi i\ien see the One of the OLD M^>JORITYi horrid reverse of your own Case— ^ M^l»^^" ''^'^ "if ^''' ^^^o^'^ Majority ForeignUsurper,?^y\ng\7 98 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Ytsl from Invasion's deep disgrace Our Land shall still be free : The ancient maxim of our race. Was — Death or Liberty, Our Harrys, Edwards, call each soh To gallant feats of arms ; We'll eye the trophies they have won. And give France fresh alarms. By all those mighty chiefs, long dea(i. By those our fathers knew ; By valiant INLvrlbro's laurel'd head. We swear our foes shall nie. By him*, who fell on Egv^at's shore. By himf, with vict'ry crown'd, We swear to tread the path once more Where martial fame is found, Still in the British bosom burn The noblest, w^armest fires ; Our youths inglorious ease we'll spurn. And emulate our sires. Then let us drink " God save the King, And bless the land we love" And may each voice their honours sings, Each arm their buckler pro\ e. * Sir Ralph Abcrcrombie. + Lord Nchon. PARODY. Adap/cd to the times, J-y Mr. Baliouh. WIIA wad at Bonaparte's nod, Gl'e Malta up, an' a' that ; J lis conscript slaves we laugh to scorn. An' dare be free for a' that. For a' that, an a' that. Republic law, an a'tliat. In Britain's vales her hainis find Mair freedoni far than a' chat. MoRV.^i Wli*t THE ANTI-GALLICAN, QQ What tho' the Swiss ha'e hunker'd down. An' kiss'd their looves an' a' that. Let Dutch an' Don faint at his iVown, A Scot's a Scot for a' that. For a' that, an a' that. His Hamburg Squibs m" a* that, John Ball has breath to bla' a blast Will answer him an a' that. Yon little man, First Consul ca'd. Frets, fumes, an' raves, an' a' that; Tho' Frenchmen tremble at his word. He's Corsica n for a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, Revie\\'s, Levees, an' a' that. The free-born brave o' Britain's isle. Can look an' laugh at a' that. Tho' he can mak' Etrurian kings. Popes, Cardinals, an a' that. To rule the sea 's aboon his might, Gucie faith he maunna fa' that. For a' that an a' that. Flat bottom'd boats an a' that. Our wooden wa's an' British Tars^ Are nobler far than a' that. Yet let us pray to see the da)*. When Commerce smiles an a' that; When War shall cease, an' gentle Peace Shall bcas the gree an a' that. For a' that, an a' that, 'Tis comin' yet for a' that. When bluidy blades an' broken headi,> Shall banish d be an a' that. SELECTED POETRY. THE CALENDAR OF VICTORY, jBy Mr. T. Dibdin. YE Son's of Old Albion, though humble my Muse, To her theme your attention 'twere wrong to refuse ; Scarce a day in the month, nor a month in the year. But your yictojies proudly recorded appear. Dcrrj- down, &:c. They 100 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. The first in the Year is a month rather cold. When Langara was warm'd by our Rodney so bold ; And the next month to that may be proud that its name Stands with Vincent and Blake in the Temple of Fame. In March Aberckomby's great deeds we review. With those of brave Hotham, and valiant Pellew ; And Sir Sid, who from Egypt made Bonaparte mn. And clear'd a whole Acre often plagues in one ! In April all London waS pleas'd at the News, That the foe were well beaten by Admiral HuGtiES ; While the very same day Rodney open'd a school. To prove ev'ry Frenchman an April fool. BoscAWEN, CclRNWALLis, and BridJ-ort, in June, Taught ouf cap'ring neighbours to frisk to some tune ; And though well they got thrash'd, yet that wasn't the worst. For by Howe they were lather'd at last on the first. With fervour to equal July may I sing. How indebted for drubbing they stood to George Byng ; This, too, was the month the Armada's fond brag, Shar'd the fate of poor Bos y's invincible flag. Of laurels, in August, the crop is so vast. And heroes and victories follow so fast -, ' To match Cressy and Blenheim in vain might we strive. Were not Mitchell, and Nelson, and Parker alive. It well mav behove British hearts to remember. The battle of Poictiers was fought in September 5 And then, if for joy they can keep them'selves sober. Let Asiincourt season each heart in October. October, besides, the great valour proclaims. Of Bembow, Hawke, Kepple, most glorious nam.es : You may think I miss Warren, indeed but J don't ; And if we forget Duncan, I'm sure tlie Dutch won t. In November Earl Warwick, a mettlesome fellow, Beat the foe, just like Vernon, at fam'd Porto Bcllo ; - And York's Duke in December, to keep up the sport. Brought one hundred and thirty French sail into port. As I've sung a full twelvemonth you'll think it too lo.n.g. If your names I should add, or more verse to my song j Than crly to say, that since glory has crown'd Ev'ry month, may we still beat 'em all the year round. THE THE ANTI-GALLICA^N. il;^1t: TIIE^SONS OLD ENGLAND. Tune — *^ To Anacrcon in Heaven.''' YE Sons of Old England, w^o bravely have for ght For those rights, which, unstained, From your Sires had descended, May you long taste the blessings your valour has bought. And your sons reap the soil which tiieir f.-.theis defended! Though robb'd of mild peace. May qur nation Increase With the glory of Rcine and the wisdoin of Greece. CHORUS. For no Son of Old England shall e'er be a slavq. While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls a wave. Whilst France her hnge limbs bathes recumbent hi blood, And Society's base threats with wide dissolution j Mav Peace, like the dove that return'd from the flood. Find an ark of abode in our mild Constiludon. For though peace is our aim. Yet the boon we disclaim. If bought by our Sov'reignty, Justice, or Fame: For no Son, &:c. The fame of oiur arms, of onr laws the mild sway. Has justly ennobled our nation in story ; But a proud haugiity foe would obscure our bright day. And blot out the sun of Britannia's glory. Let invaders be told, Tho' the Tyrant h:.is sold Our country to murder, and rob of its gold. That no Son, &c. Should the tempest of v/nrfare continue to blow, Its blasts can ne'er rend Freedom's temple asunder; Cornwadis and Nelson, like our late gallant; Howe, \Yith our Tars will repulse all assaults of its tiiuader. Foes assail us in vain, Our fleets rule the main. And our altars and laws with our lives we'll maintain. For no Son, &c. Our plains they are crov/n'd with imperial oak. Whose roots, like our li'^^erties, agesh.ave nourished; And long ere our nation submits to the yoke. Not a tree shall be left on the land where it floarish'd, Shoiild invasion impend, Britain's Sons would descend From the plains and the mountains, their shores to defend. For no Soil, See, M TJ?E ANTI-GALLICAiV* J^et Fame to the world sound Britannia's voice. No intrigue can her Sons from their liberties so\cr; A Kin.G; is their pride, and the laws are their choice. Which will nourish till Liberty slumbers for ever. Then unite heart and hand, Like Leon 'das' band. And swear to the God of all ocean and land. That no Son of Old England will e'er be a slave. While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls a wave. ODE ON THE PROSPECT OF WAR, HxVRK! the battle's n^ingled hun\ Ec'iioed from the Gallic shore.j.. Sounds the ** Spirit-surring drum," Neighing steed, and cannon's roar, Lo I what tempests gather round. Black, and big with England's fate! Ent^land, rouse thee at the sounds Lo ! the Gaul i? at the galej Ere the shaft of War be sped, r Meet it, and prevent the blow: Pow'rs of Europe, lend your aid To destroy the common foe. Bv the festering heaps that lie Stretch'd on liohenlinden's plain. Haste to join tlune old allvj Austria, be thyself again. Bv the ghosts of those that bled On Marengo's fatal day, Austria rise, revenge the dead ! Austria, wipe thy shame av,-ay. Is Italiii's sun of glery Set; and shall it lise no more? Romans, think o/ your proud story; Era Lilate the deeds cf ) ore. See your temples by thie foe * Pkmder'd, nodding to their fall; Red with blood your rivers flow : . Desolation covers all. Sons of Othmau's ancient line Lift your crescents high in air: Arabs, Copts, your squadrons join; Swell the glittering ranks of war I See t'ne bones of Jaffa's slain Ileap'd and bleaching to the sky : Sidney "s povvress shall again Guide your arms to victory. Think Bata^•ians, how your sires Once their chains of bondage broke : Rouse, O rouse your ancient Eres, And shake off a heavier yoke. Humbled Spain, where is thy pride ? Canst tlpu bend the vassal-knee? See the nations all deride Thy peerage and thy chivalry. Russ', and thou his neighbour king. Flourish high your flaming brand. Each his dusky eagles bring To pounce upon the guilty land. Hear THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 103 Hear an exil'd iSIonardi grr)un — (Life your waving banners high) Hurl a tyrant froni. his throne, And succour fallen Maieit\-. Nations — Britain leads ye on — Each to johi the lists prepare : Rouse ye, ere the fight be done — Hurry, hurry to the v.ar. Mr, :i I ft ly J lag u-ine. BONAPARTE & TALLEYRAND. Said Bonaparte to Talleyrand, "• I England will invade Sir, I will despoil that hated land. And seize upon their trade, Sir; Of plunder to my soldiers brave, I will be very lavish. And all the men I will enskue. Their wives and daughters ravish.'' With a fid lal, kc. Said Talleyrand to Bonaparte, *' l^eware how you go over. For John Bull is so stout of heart. Hell meet you Sir, at Dover; And only think how he will fight. For ^vhat he holds so dear Sir, You'll find the advice I give is rls;ht. Oh ! do not venture there. Sir," Said Bonaparte — " why han't I beat The German and the Dutchmen," Said Talleyrand — <* full well you kuov.'. The English are not such men; That gallant land, witli single hanrf, Defies your power to shake her, - And e er you step your foot on shore. Pray think, good Sir, on Acre." Said Bonaparte, all in a rage. " I will wipe out that 'bJot Sir, T will once more tlieir troops engage," Said Tal — '* you"d better not Sir; I rather fear they 11 seek in lier^. My council pray rely ou, J'lic GaUlc (Jock has croiv'dno hud, }l>-'s -"'"'-''/tl.e British LioN:" ** Methinks I hear his dreadful roiir. And see iiim shake. his mane Sir^ And wi\ere he is — to go on shore. Will. prove you are insane Sir; Li ev'ry age we've been his sport. Ah ! go not, let me prees ye. Oh! think of Egypt, Agincourt, Of Poictiers, and of Cressy." But Bonaparte's resolv'd to brave. And meet the British thunder. And if he can't come 6 cr the waves, -He swears he will dive under; Then Englishmen his vengeance dare. And when he comes on land. Sirs, W'e'il give the tyrant British cheer, And meet him Sword in Hand, Sirs. THE BANTAM COCK. COME listen every Lord and Lady, Squire, Gentleman, and Statesman, I've got a little song to sing, A])Out a very great man! And if the name of Bo:mapartb Should mingle in my story, 'Tis with all due submission. To his honour's worships glorv- Bow^ wow, wow. Sec. The kindness of this philanthropic Gentleman attending, From shore to shore, Colossus like. Their grievances amending, To Britain would reach, if he could. From fancied ills to save ye ; 15ut tho' Ire likes us vastly ueil, lie does not like our Navy ! Bow, v/ow, wow, Zee. With Egypt once he (ell in love, ]5ecause it was a high road To India, for himself and friends To travel bv a nigh road; And afier making mighrs^ fus , And fighting night and day there, 'Twas vasdy ungcnteel of us, ffHio taould not let hia: ::tau (here. Bow, v.-ow, wow, ijc. 2 -A No- lOi THE ANTI-GALLICA?ow, wow, wow, ^c. With Beliea and Beaux the drawings room One morning it was quite fall. And Bona, like a lautam-coclc, Csixie crowing rather spiteful; Ke then began to hufF and i)krff. To sl-ew that war his trade is j lie scolded all the Englishmen, And frigliten'd all the Ladies ! 1 1 Bow, wow, wow, &:e. From Malta next he took his text, M\ Lord look'd rather blue on't . "For every trick tlae Consul had. My Lord had one worth two on't : Why, General, says he, s'death and fire. Unless you cease these capers. They'll publish e.\-ftVY word yon say In all the English papers. Bow, wow, %vow, &c. ^ly Lord, says he, you needs must see, I pity British biinilntss. And wish to open all your eyes, Out of pure love and kindness; Tg make a ^^enerous [)coj)le free, ]My legions shall pell mell come, What uilak you then? Why, Sir I think, Theij'a be more free than welcome. Bow, wow, wov/, &c. When I conie o'at, I'll mrike ail Britons Live in perfect cliso, Sir, Tm sure they will receive me just As kindly as the Swiss, Sir, Tlie odds a hundred are to one 1 fail, tho' Fortuu4''s minion; Says our Ambassador to him, 1' rn quite of ijour opinion. Bov . vowj woWj &:c. ]My Lord, says he. III take the field; You'd better take the ocean, !My plans are deep — JVhy yes thai' It reach The lottora I've a notion. What would the English think to see- Me 'twixt Boulogne and Dover? Whij, General, they'd surely think. Your Worship half seas over! Bow, wow, wow, 8lC» Your Governmeiit, 111 tame, says he. Since war you are so fond on ; I've gvX my will in Paris here. And wish the same in London ; 111 rule your great John Bull! says he, I have him in the' ring. Sir. Sav3 John, I'll not be n.d'd by you. Nor any such a thing. Sir. Bov/, wow, wow, ^c. Then bring me flag invincible, A Scot took it long ago, Sir, For now, I think, your ships I'll sink. And never strike a blow. Sir. A clever man has found a plan, A plan he's surely right in. For if you bea.t the British fleet. It must not be atfghting. Bow, wow, wow, &:c. Ouite frai"itic now, he vows revenge The moment that he"s landed ; And proudly boasts we cannot hope To fight him single handed. What, single handed, vve can do, Kis troops shall knov/ full well soon. For him, he learn'd it long ago. From single handed Nelson. Bow, wow, wow. Sec. Now, since their minds are quite made up, Let me, on this occasion, ]Make one reqviest to Neptune, should They dream of an Invasion : To Irinrr them safely out of port. On gentle billoivs guide them. To icherf c^ set of British boys May anchor close beside them. Bow, wow, wow, Sjc. THE NUMBER IV. ODE TO THE HERO OF JAFFA. -his muster'd hosts . Shall be roU'd back in thousands, and the surge Bury them! — W. L. BOWLES« C'OME, ruffian Chief! advance •Thy triple ensign o'er the rushing wave. That roars around thy frantic vessel's keeJ* Impatient of its prey! •-♦. ' Before thee Rapine glares ; j And coward Murder, with the lurid smile 1 Of fiendish Malice, meditates his aim, j And snuffs the scent of blood. j Lo! to thy gloating eyes The scene of desolation wide unfolds, ' And gilded palaces and moated tow'rs , Cmmble beneath thy niight. ' The harvest's blazing spires \ ■." Rise on the murky air; the hamlet rings With shrieks commingling wild in horror strange, ' And yeUs of savage joy, j For there the hoary Sire, | With agonis'd lamentings, clasps tjie form \ Of the pale cutrag'd maid; and there the babe \ Bleeds at its mother's breast i - ' i YPL. I. 106 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, The monstrous triumph soothes Thy fell revenge ; a ?Joloch God, thou sit'st In ghastly solitude, 'midst tears and blood, Ahd smoak of victim fires, Go, to the couch of sleep. And when the nightly darkness hovers round, And when thine eye in silent slumber sinks. If slumber e'er is thine: A voice, a searchihg toice. Shall strike in thunder on thy inmost heart; Go^, God descend Upon thy test, and fix Hit, terrors on thy soul I Hark ! whence those harrowing groans? What deep torivt curses rend thy deafen'd ear! What livid phantoms round thy night-bed glide^ And raise the threatening hand! The cold dew fearful st^arts — And he that sprinkled Jaifa's tow'rs -with gore, That shook chill poisons from th' insidious bowl,, Now feels the weight of blood I Or have the furies arm'd With icy mail that breast iinpregnable? Then rise, the trumpets clang resounds to arms. Shrill neighs the boastful steed. And now thy whit'hing sails Fmbrace the winds j and n6w fhy backwar<3 glance Views the rtx^eding shore! the harbouring sttarid To which is no return I And dar'st thou itrrdgant Hope to return ? He lives whose vaVrous arm t Drove hack thy chosen myriads from the breach, And qiiell'd thy pride of soul I He lives, t>hdse ihun'm the Grecian Orator, whose admonitory voice being too much neglected, the daring in\ader, by u subtle sciieme, gained a passage into Attica, and the liberties of Greece were Inst Jo r ever ! Felix queiu faciunta'.tcna periculacnutarn ■ Tile verse is trite, but its sense well deserves to be weiK^hcd" by those who do not wish the country at Old Nick. DEMOSTHENES AGAINST PHILIP THE INVADER. ** O ye men of Athens, I pass over many things; for it is not my design to §Ive a detail of Philip's* ads of outrage l-.«r aiid injustice; but to convince you that the properlif and libertt/ of munkinxi ivill never he secure from hi7ii, until Aev ■^meets icith some effectual opposition. *^ First, tlien, Athenians! be firmly persuaded of this, that Philip is conr-' mittiiig hostilities against us, and has realhj violated the peace; that he has the most iniplacahlc enmity to this whole city; to the ground on which- this city stands ; to the very Gods of this city; (may their vengeam-e fall upon him!) but, against our Co.v- STITUTION is his force principally di- rected; the destruction of this is, of all other things, the most inmiediate object of his secret schemes and maclnnalions. And there is, in some sort, a necessity that it should be so. Consider, hk AIMS AT UNIVERSAL POWER; and vou he regards as the only persons to dis- pute his pretensions. He has long iji- jured you:, and of this he himself is full if conscious. He is then sensible that he entertains designs against you, and tii.-'.t you perccice them; and iis he thiiiks highly of 30ur v/isdom, he judges you hold him in the abhorrence he deserves. To these things (and these of buch iniporlance") add, that he is perfectly convinced, tiiat althuuti'h he were master of all other 'places, vet it is impost^ible for him to be secure, wl'.ile your popiihr (rovernjucnt snUiitt-^-, but that if any accident should happen t« hi 111 (and every man is subjeot lo many) all tliose' who now submit to i'orcv, would seize the opjxjrfunity, atul lly to you i'ur protection; fur vou arc nof naturally disposed to grasp at pov\«'r, or to usurp dominion ; but to prt-verii usurpation, to wrest their -uniu.st ac- quisitions from the hainds' of others;- to curb the violence of ambition, and to preserve the 'liberty of manhind, is your pccuHar cjictllencc. " And auartj'i. IJO THE A^Tl-GALLICAN. *' And v.hat can be .the reason thathc troais you with insolence (for I cannot call his present conduct by another name?) that he utfcra menaces again.:t ypuy while he at leant condeseends to dhiiemhle with other people? Because of all the Grecian states, our's is the only one in which haraugucs in favour of enemies are pronunced with im- punity, and the venal wretch may utter his falsehoods with security y even ■ii?hile you are losing your domini- ons. «* They who have lived with him assure us, that his ambition is so in- satiable, that he will have the glory of every exploit ascribed ivholly to hiviself\ and is much more incensed against such Commanders as have performed any thing worthy of honour, than against those whose misconduct has ruined his enterprises. But, if this be the case, how is it that they have persevered so lon^ in their attachment to his cause? It is for this reason, Athenians! lecause .lucccss throws a shade on all his odious qualities j (for nothing veils men's faults from observation so etfectually as suc- cess;) but let any accident happen, and they will all be perfectly dis- covered" *' There is no medium ! Nor is your danger the same with that of other states. Philip's desiga is not to enslave, but to exi-irpate Athens. He ?inows that a state like yours, accus- tomed to command, will not, or, \f it were indhied, c.-^nnot submit to slavery; he knows, that, if you have an opportunity, you can give him more distorl)ance than any other people; and, therefore, if ever he conquers fcPj \VE >1AY BE SURE Ol' FINDIXG NO 1>EGilE£ Oi" MERC v." Brifiik press. ADVICE SUGGESTED "BY THE STATE OF THE TIMJfiS, By William Wilberforce, Esq. Me mher of Parliament for the County of York, jIT has been maintained, and w^ll not be disputed by any sound or experi- enced politician, that they who really deserve the appellation of true Chris- tians are alwavs most important mem* ber6 of the commuuity. But we mayr boldly assert, that there never was a period wherein, more justly than in tlie present, this could be alhrmed of them, whether the situation, m ail its circum^ stances, of our own country be atten- tively coiisidered, or the general state of society m Europe. Let them on their part seriously weigii the important sta- tion which they fill, and the various duties which it now peculiarly enforces on them. If we consult the most in- telligent accounts of foreign countries, which have been recently published, and compare them with the reports of former travellers, we must be con- vinced, that Religion and the standard of morals are every where declining, abroad even more rapidly than in ouf own country. Bat still, the progress of irreligion, and the decay of morals at home, is such as to alarm every con- siderate mind, and to forebode the worst consequence- s, uuless some remedy can be applied to the growing evil. We can depend only- upon true Christians for effecting, in any degree, this im- portant service. Zeal is required in the cause of Religion; thv-y only can fee! it. The charge of singularity naist be incurred; ti»ey only will dare to en- counier it. Uniformity of conduct, and perseverance in exertion, will be requisite; among ao others can we- iouk J^ur lliose qualities. Lei THC ANTI-GALLICAN. Ill Let true Christians then, with be- coming carnci^tness, strive m all things things to recommend their profession, and to put to silence the vain scotVs of ignorant objectors. l,et them boldly assert the cause of Christ in an age wlien so many, who bear the name of Christians, are ashamed of Him : let them consider as devolved on Them the important duty of suspending for a while the fall of their country, and, perhaps, of performing a still more ex- tensive service to society at large ; not by busy interference in politics, in which it miist be confessed there is much un- certainty, but rather by that sure and radical benefit of restoring the influence of Religion, and of raising the standard of morality. Let them cultivate a catholic spirit 6f universal good vvili and amicable fellowship towards all those, of what- ever sect or denomination, who, differ- ing from them in non-essentials, agree with them in the grand fundamentals of Religion. Let them countenance taen of real piety wherever they are fottnd, and encourage in others escry Attempt to repress the progress of vice, ind to i-evive and diffuse the influence ef Religion dnd virtue. Let their Earnest prayers be constantly offered, that such eiideavours may be success- ful, and that the abused long-sufier- ing of God iuay still continue to us the invaluable privilege of vital Chris- tianity. Let them pray continually for their Country in this seiuear the smallest comj>ari3on. In. the ancient Government of France, the right of petilionhig the throne was del).irrcd. Taxation was imposed by the monarch wkliout the consent of the people. The judges bought their places, and were venal. The noblesse never vindicated the rights of the peo- ple. . The s\ibjects were restrained from lea%ing the kingdoiB. Tlie liber- tv of the press was not pvTinitted. Trie gloriou? iustitxition of trial by jury was vmkno%vn. The criminrl ictiui was kep; in dreadful iusnense until his fate was announced to hi.m by the goaler, when he was immediately to prepare for execution. In short, the extremes of luxury and poverty, oppression and wretchedness, perv:ided tu^enty-four millions of subjects, iu an extensive kingdom full of rc^ources. Great, however, as the ajrlevances •were formerly in France, under the mo- narchical government^ they are not to be compared with those that have, and still continue to exist in tliat desolated country since the Revolution. Have we not seen tlie successive Revolutionary Rulers in France playing their parts of villany, sacrilege, .and rapine, under the mask of liberti/ and equalitrj. Where murder and plunder are now constituted freedom, and anarchy and confusion established law. "Where a kingdom once fiourlshlng in arts and sciences has been drenched in the best blood of its subjects. There we find commerce and industry, the parents of wealth, annihilated. Her agriculture and manufactures, stagnated. Forced loans, oppressive taxes, and violent conscriptions, arc adopted to support the iniquitous rulers, each rising in a climax of wickedness, and the jjrcsent Corsican Usurper out-heroding Herod. All the horrors of war, insarrectlon and flunine, are now staring her deluded people In the face. A most exemplary truth here presents itself, which ouglit, as an awful lesson, to be kept constantly in view bv other nations not yet convulsed ■sviih revolutionary doctrines, nair.ely, that afier eleven years of crimes and blood and slaughter, and after erecting on the ruins of their ancient thrones and altars an ambitious and rapacious Republic, under tlio specious pretext of reforming abuses and remed\ing the expences of the former government; these infatuated Republicans lind, that their burthens ins-ead of bciiirj lessened, TIIEf ANTI-GALLICAN. 115 arc considerably mcreased, and that the resources of the Grand Nation, (ex- cept the expectation of phmdering other counLries) if not dried up; are nearly exhausted. Let Britons take the converse of the abo\-e cataiog.'ie of horrible grievances, and it will at once alford coasoling and gratifying.answors to the question ; and will at the same time, demonstrate the superlative advantages and happiness of ' this country compared v.'ith France, or any other in the known world.. We ought therefore, to appreciate the bles- , sings under Divine Providence we enjoy in this country, under a happy Govern- menti where our rights are protected by the administration of mild laws; and wjiere rational freedom And civil liberty are more generally diffuseci than in any other nation upon earth — Shall v.-e then, as lovers of our country^ allow our iibertiea to be destroyed by a Corsican Usurper, v/ho has threatened to subjugate the British Eujpire, to dis- tribute our pro'x;rties, as plunder to his troops ; to lay vvraste our lands, to com- mit similar violations and hprrors wii-h our Avives, daughters, i^nd sisters, as have been done i^nd sanctioned by him in the vanquished countries on the Continent, and eventually to make tills fertile kingdom a dr(jary waste bringing on famine, contagious diseases, and all the evils fo^: many years experienced after the Nornian Conquest?* — ■ — No ; v;ould it not be a thousand times pre- ferable for every true Briton, glowing with a spark of patriotism for his country, to emulate the glorious ex- ample of Leonidas, and lus chosen baud, at the battle of Thermopyire; 4nd like him, resolve either tO conquer an invading foe, or to die to .the laKt; man "n atlenipting to (lefeu^l our Re-, ligion, o.ur,;Laws, our Country, and a. Constitution seeded with the blood of our aiicestors. A Constitution " take it for all and all, the JFnrld will tiQccr sec its lUce agahi," which . has been reared on a firm basis by the aggregate wisdom of r.gcs, and stands displayed >to.\ie\v the envy and admiration of surrounding nations; and we hope and trust, as {Iir as any mortal fabric can, it will be unmortal. We may there-^ fore close the Brii ish Patriots Catechisni with the expiring wish of the fiunous father Paul to his Country — " Esto rERPETUAl" British Nrplune. INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRENCH PRESS. The follov.'ing particulars of trie li- berty, licentiousness, and siaver\- of the French Press, and of its great influence in the dilTerent French Revolutions dnce 1739, vyill shew, tliat the present tyranpicvtl Usurper, as well as his jirc- decessors, the already dethroned Kings of factions, has every thing to apprch.end from, a press publishing the accusation oftrutl:, the claiins of royalty, the in- justice of usurpation, the exhibition of guilt, the glory of liberty, the degrada- tion of slavery, and the horrors of ty- ranny. The revolutionary ^.var of the French Press is of older date than the revolu- tionary war of the French Bayonets ; the one dates its origin from May, l7Sg, the other only from March, 17D2. In the hr-'t three months of the French Revolution, no less than fiSivc * In lOGC', the beglrning of King William the Corqueror's rc-ign, there v^'-as so prc3t a. fhrnine in England, that the people were b'igcd to eat horse^, cats, Aryrc^^ and even hiimaa fiesh; and all the land between Durham nnd York lay wast:, without irdiabitants to Cultiva the ground for,tli£ space of nine years !! I ' ' *■ ■ ' Pf? 110 THE A^:TI-GALLICA^-. newspapers made their appearance, all of which, except the MonUeur, have ceased with tlie factions, or with the factious, whose principles, passions, vices, and crimes, they attempted to propagate, palliate and defend ; and as new factions have continued to succeed each other, so the French Press has produced a succession of newspapers, all hostile to each other, but all agreeing to calumniate or to disturb those regu- lar Governments, which had spirit or dignity enough to resist the endeavours of French rebels and Atheists, to un- dermine or pervert all social, moral, and religious principles. When, in the course of the Ilevolu- tion, interest joined the revolutionary fanaticism, and it became an advanta- geous speculation to be the proprietor of a favoured newspaper, one of the first acts of a victorious faction was tc de- stroy the presses of its rivals, or opposers, to proscribe, arrest, and often guillotine their proprietors. La Fayette, in 179O, seized the presses of Marat, who in Au- gust, 1792, revenged himself by con- fiscating the presses of his opposers, and sending to th,.e scaffold Duthosoy, the Editor of tlie Gazette de Paris, a Roy- alist Paper. Bat the revenge and ini- quity of the factious did not stop here ; the list of subscribers to condemned papers, became lists of proscriptions, and few, who in 1792 subscribed to Royalist Papers, have escaped impris(m- ment, as suspected j outlawry, as Emi- grants; or death, as. Christians and Royalists. Kach faction bad commonl^^ its ofli- pial paper. In 1789, the true Royalist fiad L\Ami du llois., by Abbe Roy en; His Constitutional Rebels, Le Courier dejr'rovrace^ by ?»'lirabcau; the Repub- licans, La Chron'ujue de Paris, by Ccn- dofcet; and the Jacobins, i>' yhni du, feuplc, by Marat. In 179 13 Th Get zette TJmversdh. had succeeded the^ Conner de Provence ; and Lc Patriot Franfais, by Brissot, the Clironi(jne de Paris, succeeded in their turn in 1793, by Z' Ami du Sans Culotte, byTallienj and Le-Pere Duchesne, by Hebert. When the Director)-, in 1795, as- cended to the Republican Throne of France, it declared Le Redacfeur its official paper; and the Quo/idicn wrote in favour of pure Loyalty; the L' Eclair for Constitutional Royalty; the L' Ami de Lois, for the Democrats; and X? Journal dcs Hom7nes Litres, for the Jacobins and Anarchists. x\fter the R-evolution of the 4th Sep- tember, 1797, the 'Editors and Pro- prietors of the Quotidien, and the U Eclair, were, without a trial, con- demned to transportation, with 30 other Editors of newspapers, v/ho had pub- lished the crimes of the Republican Rulers, and exposed or derided the anar- chy and slavery of Republican France. During ail these difierenl ne-vvspaper- revolutions, the Moniteur had escaped the hatred of fanaticism, and the envy of cupidity, because its sale was but small, and its contents but debates, without any remarks, either to offend or interest. Amongst the papers of Robespierre, which, in 1795, wer« ordered to be printed, was, however, found, a. letter tVom the Editor of the Moniteur to Robespierre, demanding a reward for always, inserting liis and his fiiends speeches at |ull length, and only a short extract fpm those of his op- posers and.enemics. When Bonaparte, in 179P, decreed the Mouiieurlv.s olhcial Gazette, it sur- prised ajl those wlio did not remember, that the Moniteur o'i- r/Sg, 1790, and - 1791> h^ shewn the same favour to Talle3'rand, as it had done m 1793 and 1794 to Robespierre, and that Talley- randj theriifgi^, act ooly paid his own debts. THE ■ AXTI-GALLICAN. iir flebts, but those of lu.s revolutionary Jtccomplice Robeapicrre. Accordinj:; to report, this act of jastice is not quite disiulerested, because Cifizen Agnsse, the present proprietor of the Moniieurf pays an annual douceur of one thousand loui^ d'ors, to one of Tallev rand's mis- tresses. Until Bonaparte had usunjed the suprerne power in France, neither pri- son, plunder, proscription, or the guillo- tine, had been able to intimidate the French writers ; and if the French press was not always free, it never continued lorig enslaved; with the asistance of those virtuous citizens and liberal pa- triots, the appstate Talleyrand, and the regicide Fouche, Bonaparte organized, jn l/f/D, the slavery of the French press; and as the successes of the French arms in 1800, extended the French power over Italy and Germany, the freedom of writing and printing in those countries was annihilated, as in France, and at present Bonaparte com- mands as much the presses of Aladrld, Rome, ai^d Vienna, as those of Stut- gard, Berlin, and Hamburgh ; and se- veral persons, who lately have beeri imprudent enough to publish upon the Continent some unpleasant truths of the great Man, and of hh great Ministers, have in the dungeons of Toledo, St. Angelo, Qimutz, and Spandau, had time to learn, that the Corsicall dis- poses as much of the key to those fo- reign state prijous, as of the key to his own Temple bastile. When peace was made v/ith England, Bonaparte Q^xpected from Iingljshmea what he had commanded Irom the Ita- Jians and Germans, an aciiuiratiun of Ids great power, a forgetfuiness or a si- lence as to the means he h;id used to obtain it, and that a rebellion, began in tlic name of liberty, had finished in tiie most abject slavery. Being disap- pointed in hi<5 expectations, and con* founding the limited Governmciit of Great Britain with his o^vn xmiirnitod despotism, and judging the character* " office Britouo after t!u)se of his French slaves, ho has offended and abused His • Majesty's Ministers for what they haA ~ no' power to prevent, and calumniated Englishmen, because he could not otherwise resent the use they made of their liberty, in defiance of him and hi? 500,000 bayonets. Since every thing printed in France, either in books, pamphlets, newspapers, or magazines, is submitted to the strict- est censure, and a pointed oflence is immediately followed by transportation without trial, the French press cannot publish any thing which is not ofiicial; ' and therefore such a political monster as the ofiicial Monifeur was unnecesv sary, had not the Corsican policy thought it useful to express its com- mands to enslaved nations, to frighten weak nations, to insult and trouble free nations, and to assist its political and firiancial emissaries in their plots and intrigues to undermine the indepeu^ dence, or to jruin the finances of Great Britain. Unfortunately, such is yet the de- graded situation of Europe, that tha fortunes of thousands, and the quiet of millions, often depend upon a paragraph dictated by tyranny, passion, or capr4ce, and published in the official Moniteur. All the different revolutions, by dif- ferent rival rebels and rebel parties, ham ' been indicated, prepar^\i, and effectea;^ by the liberty or lictntiousness of the press; iLcoj:t Louis X\T. his throne and his Uje; it formed and ruined 'the' plots of Orleann, La' Fareti6, 'Brissoi,' ' and Piobcspierrej it uhderniined^ tlie"'"* directorial throiie, and it may sooner or ' later annihilate the unnaturrd powet '.'' and pretcrt^^idn-: ol^lhe Cofiritlan;' hi^c^'i ' Ui3 I!S THE AXTI-GALL!GAN> his anxiety, hence his anger, intrigues, and conspiracyagainst. the British press ; which, no; withstanding his censers, )us pa4.ice, his spies, his Temple, ar.d his CavAnna, reminds Frenchmen of what they were, of vvlial tliey jnteniled to be, and of what thev are. Bluish Press. AN EXHORTATION To clir up the minch of all her Mh- . jeshj s faithful Suljecis, t6 defend their Country in this dangerous time from the Invasion of Enemies. • JFrnthfulhj and zealou.-i'ii compiled hi Aafhomj Martin, senior, of her • Mojesfi/s most Ilortcurahle Cham- ler. — Mellora Spero. IN the first volume of the Jia-Iciai MisccUarAi, is a tract which bears the above title, and was written on the 'Spanish Invasion in the year 15 S3, ^lany passages in it come home to the present situation of this country; arxd as they appear well calculated to rnuse its rne?;gies, and to call forth its martial spirit, I the more re^idily select them, not doubting but they will in some measure conduce to expedite the visit of the Gallic host to the abode of their much esteemed, and very active friend, Otd Nick. EIIXOirTATION. Though the Dragon (the Enemy) i)c driven into his den, yet is his sting -and pois'-in ptili in fircc. Tb.oi^gh vlP^me of their ships and men be s\mk m the sea, vet the sinews of their com- mon wealth remain. Neither will they crer come to any peace and dtcneyncnt with you, till yc have plucked those sinews in sunder I Arm yohyselres, thcrrfore, again finii a;iain, ye Lords and Gentlemen, ys pTiucip&l Cap'ains, Citizens, and ivcalth'j snljects] ye that have shewed yourselves so courageous and forward in these late enterprises. Cleanse your armours, make ready yonr iveapons, renew your fiirniture, redouble ycur pro\isions, slack no opportunity, look FOR A SPEEDY RETURN OF YOUR ENE- MIES; foresee the dangers, provide all necessaries. O! that Englishmen were so sliarpened at this day «^gainst the enemies of God and her Mojestv, as were the Romans agains.t the Cartha- genians ! 1 that they A\'ould join their j)ursos and hearts together, as did tlie wealthy men of that Commonwealth, in any danger of the sanie ! Ye good men of the Realm! be strong- and hardy, Comfort yourselves IN THE JUSTICE OF YOLR CAUSE, Convert your ploughs into spears, and yo7ir scythes into sieoi'ds. Turn your howls into bows, and all your pastimes into musojuet shot. Abandon all your yain delights, and idle games. //' ever ye deserved fame, or honour, or ghrrj to the Natian, now is the time! Noiv. is /he time, that cither SY shameful COWARDICE, YOU SHALL BRING YOURSELVES INTO CAPTIVITY, OR EY STOUT AND COURAGEOUS MINDS, OC- TAIN A NQBLE VICTORY ! Remember! Q! think c/ the valour of our aatient Britons, the enterprises of King Ait,liur, both at home, against the Saxons, and abroad Avilh other nations; tlvvi battle of Cressy, of Poicr tiers, and of x^gincourt! I vyotdd that we did chiefly follow these noble acts of our own progenitors, in all their wars, fought for the defence bf this kingdom ^ and i^^r the- perpetual honour and re- nown of themselves; jchnse cc.u.se rnev,erthcless) leing nothing compara- lie unto ours, yet they spared neither the hionry i/i their purse, nor the blood in their ladies, to honour and defend their country. And f hi: ANTI-GALLICA?f. ii9 And we lliat have done so valiantly ixi other ilmcs, when the quarrel was but for money, or other sniall matters, IS It possible but vvc should be i7iuch more forward' how' iii so great and Vvelghty causes ? JFhcn had tocf- I'^-'ig- lanil so just a cause to Jighi i's now ? J J lien did she cdbr more injmitchj feci the mercies of God than nvlt'f IVhcii had ice ever a, more loving Prince to her suljccls tJian 710 ic f V/hcn iVero there ever so pccr/rj lusty and gallant Ccn'lerncn' to defend the rcah.i j.v now? \Vlicn were \vC: at any tune better acquainted Willi flic sltiglits and cun- ning of our enerhies than liow ? When had we ever more skill in martial actions aiid traiiiings tlian' now ? But Jinalli/, and alove all, zchcn had ever Our enemies raore nnjiisi cause lo deal against us, and ivc more lawjul cause to defend 'ourselves thdn now f And, therefore, iChen should we ever have greater hope of victory than now? Brilish Press. PHILIP OF MACEDON. AND BONAPARTE OF COKSICA. I have selected from the Philippics ©f Demosthenes, some passages v/hich I feel applicable to the present time ; and vviih a *' mutalo nomine" which the reader will readily make, by putting the English in the place of the Atheul- •an&, and Bonaparte in that of Philip, it v/ill, I think, be imiversally expe- rienced. Old Nick. DEMOSTHENES tn the ATHENIANS. " If duly vigilant, O Alheniau:, ! ^c eauiiol have any tiring to fear ; ii' once remiss, not any thing can happen agreeable to'yuUr desires. * ■S.vyoi'j.n- f.'oHTohiu.xi'^;, — Arrii?.s tok' mand tium ..>ii one p;«-t, aiid' to prorniic ■■ije '' And now, my ccuntn-mcn, if each 6f you, renuuncirig all cvasidncj', will be ready to approve himself ?n useful chizen, to the utmost that his statid-n and abilities demand ; •// the rich will he ready to contrihute, and the young to tahc the fdd ; in one Ivord, if you will be yourselves, and banish those vain hopes, Which every single person entertains, that ivhilc so many others are engaged in public i-usincsy, /.?.? service zcill not he re- quired; vou then (ifheavcu so pleases) sliall uiaintain your dominions, recall and cha.-^'ise the insolence of this vian'. Eor you are libt to imagine, that, like a God,' he is {q- enjoy his present great- ness for ever, fixed and unchungeahle: No, Athenians, there are who hatd him, icho fear him, ivhb envy him, even aniong those seemingly the most attached to his cause. Let us shake off our indolence ! for you see how we are situated ; you sec the oiitrageom arrogance of this viani who does noi leave it to your choice, whether ycu shall act, or remain quiet; but braves you with l-.is menaces, aadaalks (as Wvj are lufvimicd) in a strain of the highest extrvagance ; anc is not able to rest satisfied with his present acquisi- tions, but is ever in pursuit of yi/^2f/i£T conquests ; and wh.lk. we sit dowu inactive and iiTcsjluie, incloses us oii all sid'es v.ith his toilj. ♦' Talk not of. par ten thousaz:id3 or twenty thousands of foreigners ; of those armies which ■' appear so mag* nilicent on paper ;* cutlet them he tks •natural forces of the state. *-' What rs your aim? Liberty! And do ye not perceive that xiodiing can he pwrc adeirse to 4^s. than Philip? — Evv^ry tyrant is an enemy to iiicrtv, ani V. ,. ' ■ , ' . ' ihc '. h €xi;t:d only in letters : -leJxr. writtei^ to ae- ni on the ether. 1€0 THE ANTI-GAtLICAT^I. the Opposer oHaws. Will ye not then be careful lesl, vj/iiie yc seek to be freed from IVar, ye find YOURSEi^viiS ins SLAVES. " Alyn:hus, and ]Methone and Apol- Jonb.*' (The Reader ivill easily suh- ititute modern names of places for these) y and the other two and thirty cities of Thi'ace, I pass all over ; eoery one of which fell suck severe effects of Ms cnieltij, that an observer could not tasihj determine whether an) of them HAD EVER BEEN INHABITED OR NOT. The destruction of the Pliocians, a people so considerable, shall also pass imnoticcd. But think on the condi" tioii of the Thessalians. Has he not subverted their states and cities ? Has he not established his Tetrarchs over them, that not only single towns, hut whole countries miglU pay him vasssa- lage ? ** Who has done these actions, so worthy of your indignation ? Philip ! He who is not only no Greekf, no way allied to GreeceJ, but sjirung from a part of the barbarian world, unworthy tQ le namcd'y a vile Macedonian !"§ British Press. britonsTto arms ! _AmONG the various threats used by the tyrcuiical and insidious erjemy, who is attempting our Dastruclic^ and Oerchrow, the Plunder op our G-ountryI is held out as the reward to tiie Armies whicii are to invade us, and the m urder ofthk inhabitants i to gratify the revenge of the Cor^ican Usurper, whose diabolical and restless $pirit cannot endure to see ns in the enjoyment of the fruits of our honest industry and the I^erties of our happy Constituliou. That this is the avowed intention of the inuasion of Bonaparte, he has toid us iu a hundred dilferent wavs — he t PrcEchm?.!:. J France, has moreover insultingly called lis ft nation of shopkeepers, tradesmen, mechanics, and manufacturers, — too fond of our ease to engage in the hard- ships of a soldier's life ; and that as we depend for our safety upon our Fleets he will attempt various landings hotk here and in Ireland, at thfe same tirne^ relying on the success of one of theiu to carry his point — such are his plans. Be it ours to turn them into defeat and disgrace: It is no wonder he should wish to escape the vigilance of our Brave Tars who have so often made France feel the power of their thunder, and will again v»'henever they meet them. But, Brother Countrymen ! ! the present moment calls to us who inhabit this happy Island, to perform, our duty oji shore, w^hile our Fleets are ertiployed on the Ocean. It is probable, that, from the various points that France cani make her attacks, she will succeed in effectino: a landing somewhere. — Let us then be prepared, not only to meet it with vigilance, but repel it with success. Let us shew France and al^ the leorld, that there arc Britons on Shore spread over every part of the United Kingdom, ready to meet them at ihc point of the bayonet, and resolTed not to allow one to return to France to tell the tale of their overthrow. Let every man among us, who h capable of bearing arms, repair to the spot nearest to his home, and give up a portion of his time to learn the use of them, and hov/ most to annoy the cncmv with success, who shall have dared to set his foot on British Ground. This is the moment to give a bright example to the world, as we have often done in times past, by uniting as one man for the defence of our famihes, and every thing that is dear to us. Ivever was the appeal so strong to JBritODS ^ C-oisican, THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 121 !^iiions as at present. But strong as it is, never will our national Character shine forth with greater strengtli and energy. We will shew the world what tliey have never before seen — one MILLION OF FREE-MEN IN ARMS ; resolved to defend their Country- to the last drop of their blood. — In such a cause, success will attend our cxertioni^. And those who survive the conflict, will be rewarded by a happy and joyful old age, and teach their children, and "their children's children, tb.at all the sacrifices they made of time, exertion, or fatigue, are nothing compared to the comforts they have thereby transmitted down to them, in having saved their Country, and all that was dear to them, from a cruel and bloody Tyrant. Bold and determined in oar conduct, let \t be our unremitting care to be vigilant and active at the present momen-":, and shew France that justly as we value our Navy, for its vigilance and its prowess, the hihalitants of the Unitei Kingdom arc one and all at their posts ready, not only to meet them on British Ground, but to avenge the in- salt of any army, however numerous it may be, that dares to land. , Fellow countrymen ! Do not be de- ceived ! ! It is only by being thus pre- pared to repel by force of amis every attack that can be made upon us, that we are to look for a secure and honour- able peace — Let the world see this, and she will be your friend, and ally. — Let France know this is your internal state, and she will compel Bonaparte to seek for Peace with you. — ^You know the man against whom you have to contend — He has written his own per- fidious and blasphemous character iii letters of Hood, in every country where the tleluded people have listened to his promises. — ^To compromise the question betv/een him and us, would Vol. L ^ Q be to surrender pur independence and even our Existence as a ncdion — and shall this happen in our daysi Shall we give up what our ancestors pur- chased with their blood, and what has raised this Country to the highest pitch of greatness and prosperity ? — Banish the idea from our hearts — We will, by our umccaricd exertions, at this present important moment, give the lie to all the libels which Bonaparte published, even during the short period we were at peace with him, and which, in fact, were all hatched from this one im- pudent and insulting menace, that •* JVe dared not contend against France single handed." Away with such French bombast ! — We not only dare to contend, but we dare to CONQUER ! SUCH IS BONAPARTE 1 The following is extracted from a Pamphlet, enfituled the " Atrocities of the Corsican Demon.'' ' Such is Bonaparte [ — Romany and so great are the Atrocities ^f that proud, insolent Usurper of a foreign throne, luho seems to sway the sceptre of the greatest part of the European loorld ; who ly his crimes, treachery, and l-loody at- chicvement», having suhjugated so 7nauy'ofits Princes andPotentate's, has parcelled out their several States and Principalities according 'to hts own arbitrary loilt, and Us if test grdtifcd the various schemis bf his cruelty, wdnionneh, of opp'rissiori ! lie now threatens to' invade our peaceful shores, to let loose his Dogs of War upon oUr fertile and plcti'- r 'stint fields — to ravage' aiid id dc" " "i^roy ! ''' ■ ■ ■ ^ -'-'^ '' ^-y- ■■'■ Men and Britons J vL/ll, if there be- any more ajiimafin^ appellation, let me use it, to awaken vou 122 rut anti-gallican ,yp\\ to a due sense of your situation ; upon yourselves it mvist depend whe- ther your hnplacalle Foe shall he enabled to realize his insolent menaces. You are called upon by your lawful KultTs, to arm in your own defence. We trust they fvUl not call in vain. Kouae your native vigour I Be firm, UNITED, and FAITHFUL to yourselves ; and prove to the whole world that you 'are tcortky of the signal blessings ''which, under Divine Providence, you have' so long enjoyed. The surround- ing Nations of the civilised earth are attentive spectators of your conduct : let them behold nnd admire the glorious efforts you shall make in that mo- mcntous conflict, the awful issue of A\ uich must establish you Freemen, or Slaves ! — Perliapr- these degraded Na- tions may catch, from your exertions, some bright spark of the hallowed flame of Liberty, which may renovate hi them the true qnrit and dignity of " man ! Too long has the bold Usurper and his bloody Myrmidons, the iniscrcant instruments and executioners of his will, tilumphed in the spoils of these coward, fallen Nations — too hng has this pitiless Destroyer, with wild and boundless ambiiion desolated half the Continent ; murders, rapes, confisca- tion, merciless tjranny, and the most com})ticatcd sufferings have marked his walk through all those countries, '.vhdse wretched pusillanimity, oj trea- sonable di?sentioris, exposed them ^first . to his ?.,2sression, and delivered them tip an almost nnre:i.''ii}ij^ prey to his arms. Look at Italy I — Her fertile lands lie a« yet ahiidst uncultivated ; hardly /yet cleared of the ruins of her shat- t'ered villai^es, 'stormed towns, sacked Oiurehes,''. with their cloud-capped iimugh thewlioleeirthly system: there rfi'ust, therefore, arise A'arions Inequa- fities in thV social tondiiion; some iCffust^be ricAy-and others poor, among the 'difterent menjbers of a large com- -v'W^hz[Ve-^eeH, indeed, a few adven- turous spilirts in the regions of Philo* sophy, presumptuously attempting to snatch from the hands of Heaven the reins of Universal administration, pro- fessing to regenerate political life, and Exterminate these' inequalities of the Social State: but, alas! presuming thus to mount the " Chariot of the Sun,'* they ha've succeeded only — - — in setting the World on Fire." That country certainly enjoys the greatest possible quantum of happiness where these irregularities are most sof- tened and corrected by the mild provi- sions of its Government, and the severity of the adverse lot mitigated by the most humane and benevolent Institutions. It is the unrivalled, the proud superiority of Britons, to possess such a country; for in no Christian Nation under Hea- ven's s})acious canopy have the manifold and multiform evils of penury and ca- lamitous distress, had their numerous claiiiis provided for by so many Express and Positive Laws and obligations of public ami. parochial contributions j while private beneficence pours fordi the unsolicited aims raid oblations of Charrtv, through a thousand sluices, to the supply of the Poor and Needy. I'he Laws and Constitution under which you, my Countr^'m-en, live, have ever been, indeed, the Em^and Admi- ration of surrounding nations; under their benign influence your country has risen to a high pitch-.of honour Abroad, and to a very distinguished state of wealth and happiness At Home. It is in the dominions of the British" Isles alone, where "Liberty and Equa- lity of Pa ghts," those subUme objects which your vain-glorious enemies, in their rival Rej:ublic, have theoretically contemplated, or ' chimerically prose- cuted, have been, through a lo«g series of yx?avs, substantially, rationally, and pernxanently enjoyed. Your Laws and Con- THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 125 Constitution extend their Protecting, l^ostering Care to all ranks alike, from, the Palace to the Cottage j and in this fortunate Isiand, security and hai)piness may as often be met with bleeps! ng the humble hut of the honest and industri- ous peasant and mechanic, and crown- ing their simple board with smiles and contentment, as the more splendid dome and sumptuous fiire of the most highly tlecorated Noble. Tliis is not rhapsody . — no rant of declamation, but attested fact — attested by the happy experience of thousands of the sons and daughters of this Blessed Isle ! Happy, Happy Englishmen ! did you all but know your own blessings! — - did you but justly Compare, Discrimi- nate, and Feel your proud pre-emi- nence! Your highly distinguished coun- try well desen-es your guardian carej and whilst you have hearts to feel and VTnderstand its Blessings, ghow, in the hour of insult or invasion, that you have spirits to defend and maintain its Rights. Let not your enemies suppose, from any appearance of Faint-Hear^- edness among you, that Englishmen have lost any thing of their Pristine Courage or Magnanimity; let it not be arg-ued, that from the long period of internal peace and tranquility you have enjoyed within your o'svn borders, there- fore the great body of your people have exchanged their native character for har- dihood and valorous '* feats of Arms," for drowsy indolence, supine indul- gence, and all the unmannhi^ cliarrrjs ©f the ** piping times of P^ace." — JS^o, when everv thing that can be dear 1o man is at stake, it would be Criminal in the extreme-^it would be Dastardly, it would be High Treaso^ Against Na- ture, to barter, to comprdrmse a single privilege of your Birdnight for the Love of Ease and Inglorious Sloth- It has Ucen also insinuated by ) our insulting Foe, that even your Trained Soldiers, Loyal Yeomanry, and Militia, not hav- ing been Familiarised with Battle Ar- rays, and all the " Din of War," their firm ncr^ es would tremble at the actual presence of the dangers of the ♦• tented field," iUid when opposed Front U> Front against ids stanch Blood-Hounds -—his retcrar^ in Carnage. You are deeply interested in falsifying these hu- miliating aspersions upon your Name and Nation. Let your enemies rather know, that when necessity demands, when the independence, the glory, th& very existence of your country are thus threatened with destruction, ihe looms, the miftes, the shopy, and the ploughs* longfurrGics will pour foith their thou- sands and ten thousands of Sel,f-Cre- ATED Heroes, armed with Spirits IijviNGiBLE, and bosoms glowing with all that ardour which, in the more glc- rious annals of your history, fired your forefathers' breasts, and utterly dhcom- fifed this same Gasconading foe in the fomed fields of Agincourt, Cresi^y, and Poicciers. And ?/.7?o is this ?ame boast- ful hero, that is to lead theiu on to Your conquest and annihilation?— whonas already promised to parcel out your lands among bis desperate Banditti? — Is not this the Doughty Hero, who fled before & Handjul of Britons in the toL::ering fortress of Acre? Know — know Britons, that your land abounds with Heroes, who will not ; .eld to this hraggaxtCoxsicaii^ though, iiaviag never dared his crimes, their names may not be so blazoned v^'ith miiitarg atchievements, nor their brows so siiadowcd with Ill-Reaped Laurels. Fear Him Not, Couuiiymeii! on British gr«?und he may meet hi% fate! — T\\i, outraged earth cries loudly for his Blood I Ye Mu.':'crcd shades of Jaffa and Rosetta, noc aiid a^'pal the bloody ty- rant's J26 THE ANTl-GALLlCA>t. rant's heart, and, in thf mvadiv:^ hour, let him pay to Brifish swords the mur- t Iiis aspiring hopes, and sooner or later bring down deserved destruction upon the devoted head of the man who shall iluis prove a. Traitor to his God, his King, his Country, and Himseli-. Let your sacred duties to yqur God and your King, and the love of your Country, dissipate all private or sinister views. Assist, co-operate in all mea- sures that tend to establish True Lil)er- ty. Loyalty, Justice, and Good Order; the^ ygu shall see the salvation of God -r-then you maybe strong, and go forth t9 right the just battles of your countrv —rtlie Almighty God of A^rmies will be with you! for his high will has ordaiu- BRITON.S> ATl'Jb:ND!— If vou are 1 ed, his Superintending Providence has directed, this island to be Free! — Why then doth this vaunting adversary ima- gine such " Vain Things" against us? Let us hurl defiance and destruction at his ill-gotten power. Let us crush to the earth all the followers of his for- tune, the wretched tools of his oppres- sions. Let us teach that duped nation of his ambition, that Britain will never suffer any bold Invader's foot to tread even snftli/ by the den of her Sleeping Lion! — Rouse! Rouse then, Britons! To Arms! To Arms! Strike Home I Repel the Invaders, and avenge your Wrongs ! Could your Ancestors now speak to you from' their tombs, they would crj- aloud to you, in this glorious struggle, to Conquer or to Die ! — They would tell us of the Oceans of Blood they themselves have shed, through the successive periods of their history, to procure, preserve, and transmit to U3 those invaluable blessings we are now called upon to Defend. Let us prove that we are no degenerate ofi'spring from this gallant stock of heroes ;'but arc irorfhij to inherit those glorious rights and privileges foy v.'hiqh thcij lied and died J and if, through the fiat of the AhnightvGod of Hosts, we are dooi\i- ed to.y«// in the awful contest—- for x\ll ]-lmpires of this Earth must end, and Time itself expire- — let the astonished surviving world record our '* high deeds in amis" upon our Native Shores; let them rehearse, in the ears o( future lisv tening ages, this conclusion of our Nut tions story, that " Britons ceased TO Live, because they icever Vv'ouLD LIVE Slaves." -OST,YOU LOSE YOURSELVES! ROUSE, and avert vour DISCRACE and UIUETRIEVABLE RUIN. IN% rUE AS'TI-GALMCAX. 127 INVASlONl Rejlcctions on the terrors of if : In which arc clearly shown the numc" Tous Difficulties and Dangers of such an Enterprizc; with the lest mode of Defe?ice, should our JUnc- -^nies le able to effect a Landing. — Bif the late Kev.Dr. Tucker, Vcuji if (Jloueester. IN times of imimnent danger, or uni- versal panic, an honest man,%vlio really moans to sorvc his country, may easily be distingnislied from a ministerial sycophant on one extreme, and from a seditious RcpulUican on tlie other, by the following circumstance : he will neither applaud nor censure the actions of either side for what Is past (what- ever room there may have been given) but will look directly forward, in order to point out, if he can, the means of preventinij those evils, with which we are now threatened. This he may en- deavour to do (for he has an ample field before him) by animating the timorous and faint hearted, who are afraid with every little cause; and also by inspiring the bold and intrepid with those max- ims of prudence and sagacity, that may direct their courage to a proper end. We are now threatened M'lth an in- vasion: but, humanly speaking, and under favour of the general Providence of God, we have as little to fear In that respect as any peoi)le upon eartli. This is uiy strong assertion ; this is my firni belief; — and, reader, whosoever thou art, If an honest man, thou -vvill not disdain to listen candidly to my reasond, which are the follo\ving: — All inva- sions, by which the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland c^n be at all affected, are to be considered in four diflereiit points of view: — the embar- kiitlou of tiie troops Intendsd for ihi:i •invasion, both horse and foot, their ar- tillery and carriages, waggojis, draught horses, tents, baggage, implements, in- trenching tools, &c. — and after these are all embarked, the sallilig of such a };rodigIoils fleet of transports, together with their convoys, tiilhcr at once, or in small divisions ; — after a successful voy- age, their debarkation, or landing on our shore; — and, lastly, their march on land, in order cithei^ to subdue the country, or to convert it into a con- gress government, similar to that in America, under the protection and guarantee-ship of France and Spain. First, therefore. The embarkation of the troops. An armv to be embarked from France for the conquest of Great Britain or Ireland, could not Ixi less than thirty thousand of the best troops, and the best appointed, which France could pro- duce. [To cany any reasonable degree of success, it ought to be twice as ma- ny.] Now this army nnist bring with them as much provisions, both for themselves and their horses, as would last them a whole month after landing; because it could not be supposed, that the English would open markets for their enemies, aiid bring supplies to them as soon as they landed, Gn'the contrary, they ' must know, ffom the nature ,of the case, that whereVer the/ landed, they would find the country stripped and destitute of alj fiiiids bf provisions, of horse^, c:itt!^," Vvdieel- carriages, and every implement fit 'f6r their use.— Now this cirqumstArice .'of the invadlVig army being' enciinibered with such vast quantities of draught- horses, provisions, 8;c. over and abbVe their otiier loads, "will ' req'iii'ipti 'a '^f' greiitcr nunibei- of transports thanriirght otherwise iiave been sufri-Ment. — ^^Nay, wafc wi; to compare tlio number of trans- •■• - port's. J $8 THE ANTI-GALLICA ports, to he employed on this occasion, •wilh those which were used by our glori- ous deliverer, the Prince of Orange (see the account of this matter in Kapin's history, vol, ii. page 1770 ^'-'^ should find that they could not be so few as one thousand sail. Indeed, they ought to be a great many itiore, because the Princti- did not bring that quar^lity of provisions and draught-horses, even in proportion, along with him, which the French must, both becaus^e he intended a nfiuch shorter passage than they have to make — especially if they have a view of iri\-ading Ireland — and also as he knew he should be received with open arms, whenever he should land. For these reasons our enemies must supply themselves with a prodigious fleet of transports, and a large squadron, or squadrons, of frigates, cutters, and other small ships, suiEcient to coi'er arid protect those transports from the fury of the English frigates, cutters, and privateers. — Now, humanly speaking, and considering the great exertions which our enemies have already made, this is impossible to be done. But granting even that it is possible, then it is to be observed, that such a fleet of transports and convoys, as here sup- posed, cannot rendezvous in any one port in all France (I mean with safely) except, perhaps, in tlie harbour of . Brest. And, as so large a number would necessarily breed great confusion, even there, they could no^come out all at once, but must sail in difTercnt di- visions, wilh convoys attending each . division. This circumstance, as it would necessarily divide their strength, • would give the English fist-sailing fri- gates, ciUters, cruizers, cvc. great ad- ,. vantage ovej: them. The very siune thing would happen, were they to sail from (Afferent ports, with this additional disadvantage, tjiat the di&rent squa- drons would be less able to act in concert, and that the troops on board one division would be more at a loss to know what had become of their coni- panions in the expedition, where to look fi^r them, or when to join them. Secondly, the sailing of this grand armament. Let us now suppose the above-men- tioned difficulties, someway or other, all got over; and we are to inquire what would naturally ensue. ** A most prodigious number, at least one thousand vessels, for different kinds of transports, together with fifty or sixty frigates, cutters, advice boats. Sec. are gone out of port, and are now under sail." Granted. *' And whilst they are steering their course towards England, thiC grand navy of France is keeping the grand navy of England at bay; or, having beaten it, is riding triumphant on the English seas." For argument sake, and in order to treat our croakers in their ov.m way, let this be granted also. But then, we have a right tOi ask. What kind of sailors ran you suppose it possible for our enemies to procure for navigating these transports, and these cor.voys, after having pro- vided so amply before for their great ships of war? This is a new difficulty, which requires a solution: for tite French mariners, at the very best, are not expert on their ovon coast, much less on ours : and in the present case, their best are supposed to be already- placed on board their grand fleet ; so that the residue must be verv- bad, if indeed any sailors at all. And yet, with a fleet of transports manned with such insignificant creatures as these, poor. England and Ireland are to be in- vaded, and to be conquered! Nay, what is still more extraordinary, this fleet, manned with such ignorant sai- lors, and filled v/ith sea-sick soldiers, and THE ANft-GALLICAN. 129 »nd sea-sick affrighted horses, are never to run foul of each other, night or day, uor are their conunanders to, mis- take one signal fpr another, nor com- iTiit any material blunder whatsoever! These things arc surely very strange and new; the like u not to be found in the "history of mankind. Besides, when this numerous fleet is out at sea, a most uncommon dexterity, and the most skilful manoeuvres, become necessary on ajuother account. Transports, of every kind, are unfit for fighting; and the njore crowded they are, the less ca- pable of making a good defence. There- fore, when they are attacked, their business is to fly, and to leave the battle to be fought by those frigates, cutters, &:c. A\'hich were appointed to conduct, guard, and protect them. Now, in such scenes of distraction and confusion, it is hardly possible, even •for the most exi)ert sdt of sailors, and .the coolest commanders, not to make some fotal mistake, though only in a fleet of fifty or sixty sail of common merchantmen. Judge, therefore, what ,must be . the case among a fleet of one thousand sail of transports, where the cargo consists of soldiers, and of horses, the one sick, and the other both sick and frightened; and where the sailors .themselves are so ignorant and unskilful as to add greatly to the general con- fusion, instead of remedying it ! Indeed j some of our patriotic news-v/riters, speech-rnakers, and pamphleteers, have been pleased to inform us, that our enemies will avoid, or have avoided, all these difficulties and dangers, by em- barking the troops, stores, ammunition, tv"c. designed to invade us, on board their great ships of war. But let all such persons, whose business it is to intimidate and misrepresent^ be plainly told, that a great shij) of war, if turned into a transport, ox.fiate, as the French Vol. I. ]i term it ; that is, if loadcct or crowded with troops, horses, carriages. Sec. is no longer able to use its lower tier of guns, and to act as a great ship of warj and, therefore, that a good frigat^, of thirty or forty guns, is cleniv-eight thousand foot, and two thousand horse [for a less number than two thovisand horse cannot in this case he rationally supposed] with about 1000 draught horses for the artillery, provision wag- gons, baggage, Sec. are quitting those in- trenchments they threw upon theirland- ing, and beginning their march (say, if you please) towards the metropolis. Then the place of their landing would probably be somewhere on the coasts of Kssex, Suffolk, or Norfolk, on one side of the Tharwes, or on the coasts of Kent, Sussex, Hants, or Dorset, on tlie other; that is, as nearly as they could come with safety to the capital of the kingdom, and as opposite to their own shores (with which they must keep up a constant communication) as the na- ture of the case would permit. Now after they have begun their march, a re- markable difference in the manner of carrying on the war will ensue. For while the invaders were at sea, their bu- siness was to avoid fighting : but now that they have landed, and have began their march, it is their interest to fight as soon as possible ; and our interest is just the reverse. To explain this matter in^such a manner as to make the most ignorant comprehend it, and at the same time to remove all apprehensions front the ti- mid, that we are flying befcjre our ene- mies, I would beg leave to observe, eveii from our English history, that had Ha- rold not given battle to William Duke of Normandy, almost as soon as he had landed, and had he, instead of fighting, only skirmished with the invader, send- Higa few choice troops to dispute some particular posts, and at the same time harassing him perpetually, cutting oft' his convoys, strcightening his quarters, and not giving liim a moment's res])ite, niglit or dav ; Willirciii the Norman must have been obliged to return home without THE ANTl-GALLtCAN. 15^ nithout the style and title of William the Conqueror, it he vould ha\e been able to rtturii at all. Much tiie same thing would have happened to our great flehverer^ the Prince of Or;aige, had lie not been joined, in his progress from Kxeter to London, by great numbers of the English, who wisely preferred the mild government of a limited monar- chy to that v/hich his rival endeas ourcd to establish, viz. an arbitrary and des- potic one- Tlwrefore it is plainly our interest not to fight the invader on his first landing, unless we have cause to surmise, (which I think we have not, notwithstanding the madness of the times) that our patriotic republicans will join the French in any considera- ble niAibers, in order to set up a tyran- nical form of governip.ent, similar to that of France. But I rely more on their fears to keep them quiet, than on their principles of loyalty or of honour. And therefore I press the maxim again, that if the French should make good their landing, it is our interest not im- mediately to fight tihem. It has been observed before, that the invaders would endeavour to land as near the capital as they could, and as opposite to their own coasts (with which they must keep up a constant correspon- dence) as the nature of the case would permit -, consequently the place or places of their debarkation could not he less than seventy miles, and ought not to be much more than 140 miles distant from the Metropohs. Suppose a medium between those, viz. 105 miles. Now, in that sjjace of countrv, there certauily might be found at least ten, perhaps twenty, or thirty places, strong by nature, and quicklv to be for- tified by art, so far as to enable three or fpur battalions at ^£;ch' place, aided by tlnee or four companies of light horse and of light infantry, to hold out a- gainst tlie whole invading army for a fe\v days. This method of carrying on the war by various posts, or redoubts, instead of coming to a pitched decisive battle, is what cfi^tt-esses an invading c- nemy the mo'st' of any thing, because he knows that at last' he nuist be' ruined by it. Therefore, let us now proceed in this view of things: the few English batta- lions, before mentioned, being dislodged from the first post or redoubt, retire to a second, perhaps at the distance often or twelve miles farther ; the light hot^e and light infantry bringing up their rear, and covering their retreat. The troops stationed in the seeciid post being thus joined by the retreating battallions, and by the light horse and light infantry of the first, become proportionably stron- ger, and therefore make more vigorous resistance ; from the second, we will sup- pose, that a retreat is made in the sariie manner to the third, and al^o to the fourth, the fifth, and so on, their num-^ bcrs and their strength still increasing, whilst the numbers and strength of the invaders are diminishing every hour r till at last, tired by pcrpatual fatigues, har- rassed by the continual incursions, of the light troops, dispirited by seeing no end to their labours, satlering from the want of provisions, enfeebled by ihe losses sustained in so many bloody encounters, thinned by desertions, by sickness a»d by e\ery other calamity attending a sinking cause, the few R*mains of this grand and formidable army are obligv;4 to surrender themselves prisoners 'of war, much after the same' ihahnef as the. army nnder the fan"t6us ChaTles XI i . of Siyifden whs cornpelled' to tlo at l^iitoAva, Hiid as General BurgoVne l.attJy did at Saratoga. - . ■'■ ^ " ■ ■ ' ' \N 1S2 THE ANTI-GALLICAX AN INVASION-SKETCH. Jl_F there be one Person so lost to all Love for his Country, and the British Constitution, as to suppose that his Person cr his Property, his Rights and his Freedom, would be respected under a Foreign Yoke, let him contemplate the following Picture— not overcharg- ed, but drawn from Scenes afforded by every Country ; Italy, Holland, Swit- zerland, Germany, Spain, Hanover, &c. which has been exposed to the Miseries of a French Invasion, London, 10 Thermdor, yeai—* General Bonaparte made his public entrance into the Capital over Lomlon Bridge, upon a charger from His Britannic Majesty's stables at Hanover, preceded by a detachment of Mamelukes. He stopped upon the bridge a few seconds to sur\^ey the number of ships in the river ; and beckoning to one of his Ald-de-camps, ordered the French flag to be hoisted above the English — the English sailors on board, who attempted to resist the execution of this order, -were bayon- etted, and thrown overboard, When he came to the Bank, he smiled with complaisance upon a de- tachment of French grenadiers who had been sent to load all the bullion in waggons, v/hich had been previously put in requisition by the prefect of London, Citizen Mengaud, for the purpose of being conveyed to France. The directors of the Bank were placed under a strong guard of French soldiers in the Bank parlour. From the Bank the First Consul proceeded in grand procession along Cheapside, St. Paul's, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, and the Strand, to St. James's Palace. He i\\cx& held a grand Circle, which was attended bv all las Officers, whose congratulations he re- ceived upon his entrance into the Capital of these once proud islanders. Bonaparte, previously to his arrival, appointed tAvo Prefects, one for Lon- don and one for Westminster. Citi^ zen Mengaud, late Commissary at Calais, is the Prefect of London, and Citizen Rap? of Westminster. He also nominated Citizen Fouche to the office of Minister of Police. The jMan- sicn-hovioC has been selected for the residence of the Prefect of London, and Northumberland-House for the re^-. dence of the Prefect of Westminster. As it has been deemed necessary to have tlie INIinister of Police always near the person of the First Consul, Marlboro' House has been given to Citizen Fouche. I^odgings haive been prepar- ed elsewhere for the late owners of that splendid palace. London was ordered to be illumi- nated, and detachments of French dra- goons paraded tlie principal streets and squares, all night. 11 Thcruiulor. Bonaparte, at five o'clock in the morning, re\iewed the French trcmps on the Esplanade at the Horse Guards, A Council was afternards held, at which the following Proclamations were drawn up, and ordered to be posted in everv part of the city : By ORDER of '.be FIRST CONSUL. PROCLAMATION. Si, James a Palace, *' Inhabitants of London, be iranqud. The Hero, the Pacificator, is come among vou. His moderation and his mercy arc too v/eU known to you. He delights in restoring peace and liberty to all mankind. Banish all alarms. Pursue yournsuaF occupa- tions. Put on the habit of joy aiid gladness." The THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 133 Tne First Co\^s-:l orucrs, *'That all the Inliabifants of London, and Westtiiin^-ter, rcinuiii iu their own houses for three days. ** That no molestation be o'Tored to the measure which the French Soldiers \vill be required to execute. *' All Persons disobeying these Orders tvill be immediately carried beiure the Minister of Police." (Signed) BONAPARTE. The Minister of Police, FO UCli E. J^roc'amation to the Frenck Soldiers. Soldiers ! Bonaparte has led you to the Shores and the Capital of this proud island. He promised to reward his brave companions in arms. He promised to give up the capital of the British Empire to 'pillage. Brave com-^ rades, take your reward. London, the second Carthage, is given up to pillage for three days. (Signed) BONAPARTE. Tiie jMjniste-r of War, par inlcr'un, AXGEREAU, Tlie acclamations of tlie French wl- 'dk'lj—r-rivc BonujHirfc — le Ifrroi-^lc Pariftcatcur—^ — le Magna/ujiic- — -re- ' sound through every street, 13///, IS'/iy 14///, Thcrniidor. LOXDON PILLAGED, The doOfS of private houses forced. Bands of drunk- en soldiers dragging wives and daugh- ters froin the arms of husbands and fa- thers. Many husbands, who had had the tcmcrltij to resist, butchered in t}]e presence of their chvldren — Flames seen in a hundred different places bursting from houses which had been set (ire to, by the viiaciti/ of ihe troops — churoheo broken open, xmd the church plate plvuidered — The pew.s and altars con- vened into *ir.aL;ling-— four Bishops niurdertd, who had taken refuge in Westminster Abbey — the screi\:rj3 of *voxiien and of children mix with the cries o^ the soldiers— /^'ii-t? la licpub^ St. Martin's cliurcli converted into a depot for th.e pro}:eny acquired by the pillage of the soidic?y. 1.5th Thenrudor. A proclamation published by the First Consul, promi:iing proicciio7t to the inhabitants. The houses of the principal Kobilily and Gentry appropriated to the use of the French Generals. Every house is required to furnisli so many rations of -bread and meat for the troops. At a Council of State, presided by BoxAPARTE, the two Houses of Par- Uament are solemnly abolished, and ordered to be replaced by a Senate and a Council of State, General j\Ias&ena appointed Provisional President of the former, and General Dessolles of the latter. The Courts of Lavv^ are directed to discontinue their sittings, and are replaced by military tribunals. 17tli llicrmidGr. A j)lot discovered by FoLfciiH against the First Coksll, and ihrer" hundred, supposed to be implicaled in it, sent to the Tower. Insurrections in diuerent parts of thr, capital on account of the excesses of the soldiers and the contribution of twenty millions. Cannon planted at all the prin- cipal avenues, and a heavy nre of ipe- shnt kept up ag^-.inal the insurgents. Lords Nelson, St, Vincent, ami iMELviLLE, Messrs. Addimgton, Prn% Sheridax, Grey, twenty Peers, and Comnioners, among the latter Sir Sn).\'£Y Smith, tried by the Military Tribunals, for having been concerned in the msurrectivn against France, and sentenced to be i^ho.t. Sentence was ina- mediateiy carried into execution in li\x\& Pari:. l/th Thertniunr. The Dock-yards yrdered to send all the timber, hcnip, anchors, masts, c\;<'. to 134 THE AXTr-GALLIC-\N. to France. The relations of the British sailors at sea sent to prison till ib.c ships are brought into port, and plaecd at the disposal of the French. Detach- ments dispatched to tlie diifercnt couu- lies to disarm tlie people. I'he Island ordered to be divided in- to departments and military sections — the name of London to be chans»;ed for JBoufipari—opoIis — and the appellation o{ the country to be altered from Great Britain to that of La France insida'rrc — Edinburgh to take the jiame o^ Lucie n- i}Ulc — Dublin, that oi Masscn-opolis. BRITONS! can this be endured?— Shall v/e suffer ourselves thus to be par- relied off? — I hear you one and all say Jso \ To vour tents, O Israel! BRITONS ^sEVER WILL BE SLAVES ! PIlOCL/UIxVTION Made to cvcTij man hi the united Icing- dur-n of Great Britain and Ireland, th'isjirst day of August y in the year of our Lord One Thousand Light Hundred and Thrccy and in the for- ty-foiirtk year of the reign of our especially dear Son King George /he Third. WIIHRFAS by the blessing of God, the patriotism, courage and industry of Engiishmeu, the natural advantages of our situation, the excellence of our c'onstitution, and the wise administra- tion of our government, we are a glory to ourselves, the seat oF freedom., the empire of happiness and wealth, and Mistress of the Seas :^— And whereas iit the h.ead of the corri pt and despotic «!;overnment of the neighl curing realm of France, there is a LTsurper, a Gjr- siran by birth, and called by the name of Napoleone Bonaparte, who hav- ing subjugated to the most abject sla- very the whole of the vast empire over which he unjustlv reigns, and on the continent of Fluropc, as well as in Asia, Egypt, Syria, and divers other places, spread ]\Iurdcr, Rapine, Slavery and Death, in cruel a\id horrible wanton- ness; and not having the tear of God before his eyes, but being thereto mov- ed by the instigation of the Devil, and filled with envy, malice, and hatred to L^s for the aforesaid blessings We en- joy, as well as at our magnanimous resolution to resent effectually his out- rages and insults, hath presumptuously threatened, aiad doth actuallv intend to attempt an INVASION OF OUR LAND, and for which said diabolical purpose he hath been, and at present is collecting a vast Armed Force, whose orders are to murder all inhabitants bearing arms in our defence, violate the ivivcs and daughters of our people, and plunder our ff/.'rA-,..aiKUiri this to reduce this happy and independent em- p'ire lo a mere province under his vile d.onruiion: We liave therefore thought fit to ad- dress this proclamation unto you, call- ing upon you as you v.ould express y)nr love tons, and your wish to trans- mit to posterity your Country as you received it from the hands of your fore- fathers, and to preserve yourselves and yours from the aforesaid barbarovis and sanguinary measures, that you, with one heart, immediately give effect to the wise and salutary proceedings of our governn)eat, thereby exhibiting to those who would destroy You, an ARMED HOST OF BRITISH FREE-^ MEN^ READY TO DIE IN OUR DE- FENCE — And although in oar reliance on God, we know the blood and utter discomfiture of tlie enemy will be the price of ins temerity, yet it is your du- ty so to arouse and prepare yourseh es, and so \igorously and unainmoush to joiii ill tlie common cause, that yo,u iiu\y TlTF. AN'Tr-GALT.lOAN". 135 mny he able not oruy to Inflict an nwfal punislimcnt 0!i the legions of nuirder- ^rs who mav assail vou, but by a grand and dreadful direction of your ven- geance, strike deadly terror and confu- sion in^o the hcaitsof all your enemies: —And as our brave Seamem, should ihcy meet them, will save you on land great part of the trouble, if not the whole, yet as in the nature of things our fleets may niiss thcui, have no oth.cr reliance for your safety than wliat a- arises from TRUST ' IN ]T.()\T- I)]:NCE, CONMDh:NCE, UXA- XIMITV, AKD VIGOUR AMONG YOURSELVES. Civeu at our .^letropolis of London. BRITANNIA! The folloichi^ is an extract from the ani)itated SPEECH of Lord Moira, at the Countif Meeting held at Lei- cester, on FridaUy August the frst. THE Legislature has required the services of ever\- man m the country, presumed from his age and particular circumstances to be fit to carry arms; vet it has wiselv left an option to the several districts to eonunute that ser- vice, by turninj2; out a certain number of volunteers. It is highlv d:?sirable tiiat you should avail yourselves of that option, and- that such a number of volunteers mav be encouraged to take arms, as may exonerate the county from the operation of the General Dei'eace Act; for otherwise, the lot of service must inevitably full upon many indi- viduals, whose residence at honie is so iridispeiisable for the support of their families, that evcrv motive of policy and humanity should make you eager to exempt them, by spontaneou;;lv dis- ,<'harging that (iuty, which you would be conscious did not the ies^ rest uprn v«u as honcit men, cvuii-if thev also were forced into tlie- field. They who turn outru'pon this principle ought to be indefatigable in learning that ])ractice' \vith the firelock, which is rffjuisite to make them useful upon' service, not so much from the magnitude of any irn- pendi;ig danger, as because it would be unworiliy in anv one not to fi: himself for the senice he professed to undertake. There was an hour when I thou-;ht danger (but even then danger of a lijuited nature) verv j)robable; it was whilst an erroneous belief appeared to be entertained that it was impossible for the enemy to make any landing at all, under which fallacioussecurity it semed to me very feasible for the French to throw ashore five or six thousand men, upon some part of the coast not remote from London, and by a forced march to push for the capital, in the hope of being joined by that profligate rabble, which must be found in greater or less nund^er in eveiy debauched metropolis, and which, having no real national at- tachment, must be ever rcadv to seize any opportunity for riot or pillage. That danger you perceive exists only in our refusing to believe invasion impracti- cable, and consequently oiu" being un- prej)arcd for it ; now, th;U w<- are upon our guard, the Itazard is dispelled; still, as some attempt will almost cenahdy ho made, it is right to be j)repared, not only to meet it, but so to meet it as that tlie foe shall l»e crushed before he can have had time to do nmch mischief. Were Bonaparte (though tl'e.sup- ]wsit!on is beyond the possibilily of realization) in the heart of this country, at the liead of 40,000 men with all the, stores, artillery, and aippcndagcs he could wish, I sliould not liave a mo- ment's uneasiness as to tfie result ; for, I should be confident, that, beRire the end of fjie montli, ihat araiv vvoukl be ii, ikied : thai conii(iCK«' 136 THE AKTI-GALLICAN. is built upon the npr.nmption, that the enemy -.vould be judiciously encountered ; but to enable any General so to encoun- ter them, Voii must put yourselves into a state of discipline, buch as would render you Capable of comprehentling and fulfilling the orders of your leader. Obsefve this too, that, although it ap- pears to iTie impracticable for the enemy tvcr to have any very serious force united in this country, you must always ill war provide against dcuigcrs that, seem beyond ordinary calculation. Ii is not to diminish tlie apprehensions of those who are listening to me, that I state the presumed inability of the enemy to assemble a large army on our territory, because I can %vell sec that no apprehension exists among you. On the contrary, I read in every counie- n:mce the gallant eagerness with which you anticipate the contest with those, whose forefathers your forefathers were wont to seek and conquer in the heart of i'^rance, whore eveiy disparity of num- ber was of course to be against cur countrymen. Yet I cannot but feel an avarice v^ith regard to every drop of precious Euglish blood that is to be exposed in such a coiitest, and I must be anxious that the extinction of the enemy's force should be obtained v/ith- out the unneceesary loss of one of those ejtimable lives, which I see you are so willing to hazard in the struggle. Now if you prepare yourselves by i)ropcr discipline, you will enable the General commanding you to turn this })]an If, and I Con- ine encmv nimse against gratulate vou on this perfect p'ound of confidence, that the Generals now ap- pointed to lead our army are of such a stamp in skill as insures to you that your valour will be employed upon the terms that will give it every possible advantage. It is not probable tliat it would ev^ be. thought requisite to lead you in battalions against the enemy : this I mention that the sshort time you have for discipline mav not be unpro-r iitubly employtd in learning evolutions, which you are tiot likely to be called upon to practice in the field j a ready habit of priming and loading, and a ic'ic'.livy of understanding and obeying the orders of your immediate officers, are the ]K)ints which I deem the most essential for you to attain j I should injagine that the General under -whom you serve would wish to detach you in .small bodies, to hang upon the flanks and rear of the enemy, bidding you avail yourselves of. every little bank of inequality of groimd behind which you would cover yourselves, whilst your shot would do execution at its utmost range in the columns of th« enemy> una\-oidai:.ly obliged to keep in a compact body, instructing you to retire whensoever the enemy should advance in considerable strength against vou, and to return to harrass them ,whensoever that detachment fell hack to its main body ; you must not think this is unworthy of your courage. ' If the safety of your country demanded the sacrifice of your lives, I should be the last to check tl.e devotion which I know vou would deliberately feel ; but if that necessity did not re;dly exist, it would be absurdity to prefer even a dignified death to the honest triumph of consciously participating in the glory of having crushed the invader of youf country : were I to propose to you a principle fcr vour conduct, it should be that which was held so praiseworthy by the Gl•eek^ of old, and which has been thus happily described : *' They fought, but not as prodigal ofbloo>J, Or thinking death itself was .simply good ; Bill, in their Country's weal they plac'd their pride, iind as tiiat bide, they eitker Uv'dor died," THE ANTI-GALLICAN^ 137 ORIGINAL POETRY. AVAR SONG, OX THE -THREATENED, FIIENCH INVASION, In the manner of the Old Ballads, vT HO shall impede the Tyrant dread. With desolating brand. And flag unfurl'd, bestriding the world. From the Pole to the Nilus' strand? Who but they, whom the waves obey. The Lords of Nature styl'd ! With bosoms steel'd, in the battling field. But mild, in Mercy, mild! Whose conquering sires, at Cressy their fire? Assuag'd in the purple stream ; Who with Lion-port, at Agincourt^ Held revelry supreme. And this is the foe, whose children ilov\r. To blast thy laurels strive j And thy rights betray, which, Albion, say. Shall a Mortal dare, and live! By the sacrifice dread, at Poictiers made, Britannia shall be free ! By the charter'd deed of Runnymede, We'll stand for Liberty! By the hecatombs slain, on Blenheim's plain. The Tyrant he shall die! Lead, lead the way, bid the « battle bray," The shout and the revelry! KEBELLION DEFEATED. AN ODE. Ecspectfully inscribed to those Irave Defenders of their Country, wh(t quelled the late alarming Insurrection in the City of Dublin, By a Brother Soldier. THOU, thy horrid shape still mantling In the gloomy garb of night, Treach'ry's blackest, basest bantling, Nurs'd upon the lap of Spite ! '^'<^i- 1- ^ S Gorgooi 158 THE AKTI-GALLICAX, Gorgon-visag'd, bloody minded. On the viper's venom fedj By guilt harden'd, by zeal blinded. By He\engs and Murder led. Imp of bell ! How unsuspected Hast thou sprung to hght again. Rushing onjthe unprotected. With ihy worse than tyger train I Save us, Heav'n! See mild Kilwarden Bleeds beneath the monster's fangs i— Mercy shuts the gates of pardon. As she views the Martyr's pangs. Save us, Heav'n! the tumult thickens. Savage shouts in air resound; Massacre his mad pace quickens. Loyal cor'ses strew the ground. Valour, tho' surprls'd, undaunted Grasps his sword with hasty handj Flies where'er his aid is wanted — Terror strikes the Rebel band. On! ye hearts of sterling value I Let the red-wing'd vengeance flyj Round, your loyal standard rally. Conquer now, or nobly die! e ! the Rebel horde disperses, Baftled in their dire intent! Cod be praised for all his mercies! May, Qur cruel foes repent. SELECTED POETRY. HAF12;. CONQUEST OR DEATH. LET the Chrisiianiz'd Mnssulman-Papist* of France, With his Myrmidon Host of Invaders advance ; Tlie loud vaunts of Usurpers and Slaves we defie. For the Motto of Britons is ** Conquer or Die.'* Can a lawless Marauder to Freedcyn pretend? ' Or a faithless Apostate Religion befriend ? The vain threats of an Atheist we Christians defie, When the voice of our God bids us ** Conquer vr Die." * Formerly AH-Bosatarti. : now the hypocrite cr.lls himself the TJirice-Chrijiian Head «? tUe Catholic French Church : — a MahovMan in Egypt — a Christian in France. THE AKTI-GALLICANi 1^ Both our Thoughts and our Souls are in battle-array. Which no Hell-begot Judas can strike with dismay. Since all Ranks and all Scc/s the Impostor defie. For. the Motto of Christians is " Conquer or Die." Here no Tyrant, no Autocrat poisons our Laws, Or enervates the will, which gives life to our cause : With our Swords bright with Freedom, French threats wc defie— For the Motto of Britain is ** Conquer or Die,'* Let the Strutter come forth, nor be longer remiss. On our Shores we'll avenge all the wrongs "'of the Swiss, Gallic Slaves and Enslavers wc scorn and defie, For the Motto of Freemen is " Conquer or Die."* RICHARD LLWYD, THE BARD OF SNOWDEN, TO HIS COUNTRYMEN. YE, (1) whom Britain's earliest day Saw among her meadows play; Unconscious yet that Ocean's waves Form'd the isle it loves and laves ! Lords of realms, as yet unknovvm, A blest creation all your own ; ^ A region yet by blood unstain'd. Where Peace unbroke, unrufil'd reign'd. Ere \-et, the icy rocky North (3) Had pour'd her hungry myriads forth. The hordes that ravag'd guiltless lands. And forc'd to arm^s your past'ral bands. Decreed to sliare a restless doom, A world, in vain, resisted Rome : Yet Claudius (S) heard, on Eaipire's throne, A voice ihen greater than bis own. Led by rapine, fraud and spoil, Saxons, Normans, trod your soil ; And Bards in strains of sorrow tell. That Britain's offspring, fought, and fell. (1) Aborigines. (2) Invasion of the Danes and Norv^egians. (3) See an elegant version of the speech of Caractacus, bfefoltr Claudius, in the Juvenilia •f my accomplished friend J. H. L. Hunt, Esq, S 2 Lost I40 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Lost your own paternal plains. Florid fields, and wide domains ; Fair Cambria saw with beckoning eyes. And bade Eryri's (4) ramparts rise. Here amid her cliffs of snow. Ages saw you brave the foe ; Till Concord came, with efforts blest. And sooth'd Contention's roar to rest ! United now to Britain's throne. Your Sirv*s (5) return, resume their own; Chiefs of your country's antient days, Bri;annia's wider sceptre sways! O'er Britain's fair extended face. One brave, one rich , and potent race ; — High in honour— high in fame — The first of nations — Boasts your ^-AME! Britons hear, that 7iames a host. And forms a bulwark round your coast : And Fame shall tell, in records fair. You're worthy of the name you bear ! The foe that racks a suffering world. At you the bolt of war has hurl'd ; And dares in language loud and high Your warriors to the field defy : Pares, and hopes, by threats and wiles. To ravage, rule — the Queen of Isles : Her sons shall check his thirst of blood, ;3y all that's great, and all that's good I By genuine Freedom's holy flame. By your own Arthur, Alfred's name ; By Deva's (G) waves, when Ida fled. By Mona's sons, when Merfyn (7) led. Py llodri's (8) bright and vengeful sword. That gleam'd in Conway's lucid ford ; By Euloe's (9) forests, Berwyn's heath. Where Owen gain'd th' unfading wreath. (4) The ridge of Snowdonia. (5) The restoration of the British line, in Henry the 7th, of the House of Tu( (6) The battle of Bangor, upon the Dee. (7) That of Llanfaes in Anglesey. (8) DialRodri, or Roderick's Revenge at Cymryd, upon the River Conway. (9) In the forests of Euloe, in Flintshire, and on the mountain of Berwyn, the fortunes of Henry II. the Power of England, aided by a diversion from Ireland, upon the coast of Wales, and a full exertion of the old maxim, Divide et. i^ln'r^, gave way to a comhiuatioa of elemental warfare, an inaccessible country, and the prowess of Owen Gwynedd. idor. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Ml By Jorwerth (10)— Cynan — Howel's name, Bv all that fills the roils of fame, I'nfold voiir b\nners, rend tf.e air, Aiul prouflly sliow the shields (11) you bear I Sons (12) of Snowden, j-onrs the meed. Nobly live, or nobly bleed ; Your Country, Parents, Children, save. Or Jill one great and glurious grave ! (10) Llewllyn ap Jorwerth, Gryflydi ap Cynan, and Howcl Dda (or the gooclj Princes of Wales. (11) In the ages of contention and discord, before the incorporation hy which we became one great and happy people, the now neglected language of Shields, of Chivalry*, and Anns, was that which symbolically recorded the actions t,i those to whom their coui.try was indebted for safety in the hour of danger: whose names it is honourable to recollect, and whose exploits it is glorious to emulate. Of those of Gwyerd ap Rhys Goch, Ednyfed Vychan, Carwed of Twrcelyn, Meurig, from Hedd Moelwynog, Howe! y Fwyall Dafydd Gam (see History, battle of Cressy and Poictiersj and that cf tie Lloyds of Bod Idris in lal, are particulaiiy Instructing and entertaining. (12) Llangciau'r Eryri. RD. LLWYD. ' THE ORACLE CONSULTED. WHAT'S a Frenchman? — Slaceri/'s fool. _ What's a Briton? — Freedom's fool, Form'd to curb despolie ru^ — Fit vAsh any foe to cope. W^hat's the Frenchman's view ? — Invasion — If he find ajair occasion. What's the Briton's? — Full nrrs^'asinn- That he'll blast the Frenchman's hope. What's- the Frenchman's pleasure? — Plunder. Wliat's the Briton's ?-—iYi7."«/ f //under, That shall make the Frenchman won- der. If he dare insult our strand. What's the end? — To Frenchmen — madness y Disappoint meni, shame, and sadness: But to Britons — glorr/, gladness, Safety in their native land. Morning Post.~\ HAFIZ, WAR ADDRESS. RISE, ye Britons, march to glor,'. Dauntless stand 'midst war's alarms ; Tell the Youth of future storv. That their Sires were great in arms. What, tho' Despot Frenzy threaten Louder than the raging waves; Free born Warriors fight for Britain ; Gallia's Soldiers are but Slaves. Tyrant! tho'. thy troops victorious. Darken yonder distant shore; Here you'll find a contest glorious; Come, but you return no mora. Here, no Turkisli liost parading. Here, no tame Italian hand. Views afar the Foe invading, March resistless o'er the land. Here, each virtuous feeling tender. Here, each dear domestic tie. Arms our every brave Defender, Arms, to Conquer, or to Die. Come, 43 THE A^'TI-GALLICAN. Come, ye Bands Inur'd to plunder. Come, and find a narro\v bed ; Vengeance soon shall point her th.undcr On your Daapot's guilLy head. Sure the ghost of many a Hero, Wand'ring o'er the Syrian plains, !Miirder'd by this modem Nero, Of your faithless Chief complains. Hear the bloody Foe declaring Rome's fam'd motto now his own; Hear him vow, with front all daring, Carthage must be overthrown. Rise, ye Britons ! every mother, . Spouses, Sisters, Daughters call : Rise, each Husband, Father, Brother, ]Nor Uve to weep your Country's fall. Thnes. THE SWISS EMIGRANT. Farewell, farewell, my native land, A long farewell to life and thee! On thy last rock I lingering stand. Thy last rude rock how dear to me ! Once more I view thv vallies fair. But dimly view v.'ith tearful eye; Once more I breathe thy healthful air. But breathe it in how deep a sigh ! Ye vales with downy verdure spread. Ye gi'oves that drijik the spajrkliug stream. As bursting from the mountain's head Its foaming waves in sih er gleam. Ye lakes that catch the golden beam That floods with fire von peak of snow. As evening vapours bh^cly steam And stilly roll their volumes slow; — Scenes, on this bursting heart impress'd By ev'ry thriHof joy, of woe; The bliss of childhood's vacant breast. Of warmer youth's impassiond glow i The tears by filial dmy shed, Upon the low^ the peaceful tomb; "\^'herc sleep, too blest, the rev'rend dead, Unconscious of their countrs.'s doom. Sav I can Ilehetia's patriot child, A wretched exije, bear to roam. Nor sink upon the lonely wild. Nor die to leave his native home? His native home! — no home has he— - He scorns in the vile yoke to bow. He scorns the land no longer free, Alas — he has no country nowl Ye snow-clad Alps whose nightly momid. Great Nature's adamantine wall. In vain opposed your awful bound To check the prone-descending Gaul. What Hunter now with daring leaps Shall chase the Ibex o'er your rocks, Wbo clothe with vines your craggy steeps. Who guard from wolves your ramb- ling {locks ? "^'^Hiiie low the free-born sons of toil Lie sunk amid the slaughter'd brave. To freedom true, the stubborn soil Shall pine, and starve the puny slave. Spoilers, v.ho pour'dyour rav'ning bands To gorge on Latium's fertile plains. And tili"d your gold-rapacious hands From regal ds^nies and sculptured fanes. What seek ye here ? our niggard earth. Nor gold, nor sculptur'd trophies owns ; Our wealth was peace, and guileless mirth. Our trophies are our tyrants bones I Burst not my heart, as dimly swell MoRAT*s proud glories on my viexv; Heroic scenes a long farewell, I fly from madness and from vou ! Bs* T n E A NT I- G A L L I C A N. 143 Beyond the dread Atlantic deep. One gleam of comfort shines for mcj There sludl these bones untroubled sleep. And press the earth of Liberty. Wide, wide, that waste of waters rolls. And sadlv smiles that distant land. Yet ttiore I hail congenial Souls, And Freemen give the Brother's hand. Columbia hear the Exile's prayer! To him thy fostering love impart. So shall he watch with patriot care. So guard thee with a filial heart. Yet O! forgive, with anguish fraught. If sometimes start th' unbidden tear, As tyrant iNIemory wakes the thought, " Still, still, I am a stranger here." Thou vanquish'd land, once proud and i'ree, Where first this fleeting breath I drew. This heart must ever beat for thee, In absence near-::— in misery true ! BRAVURA SONG. Written hy Mr. Cross of the Royal CircuSf and sung in the Burletta Spectacle of John Bull and Bona- parte. THE British Lion's rous'd! Ids grov.l. Appals the sons of plunder. Biting the dust, with hideous howl. Their knells we'll knoll in thunder! With the dangers that threaten our efforts shall tally. Temerity's legions indignant we'll scourge, •And while round the standard imperial we rally ! Crify God for us, for England, and King George. A Tyrant leads the impious horde^ The slaves ! defeat's decreed 'em, A King belov'd, a God ador'd ! We serve ! oiir cause is freedom ! InP.ated with rage, from their ports let tlu'in sallv, Temerity's legions indignant we'll scourge. And while round the standard imperial we rally, C/j/, God for us, for England, and King George. GARLAND FOR BONAPARTE. TO rear the Tree of Liberty In vain have Frenchmen tried. Unfit, ungenial, was the soil, Th' exotic droop'd and died. A Lr.urel next they thought upon. And planted in its stead. And steep 'd in Blood, a Crown they made For Bonaparte's head. To those who would this plant assail, He promises noi quarter; But w£t may laugh his threat to scorn. His Laurels die in water. Grieve not, thou Corse, should fortune frown, Or leave thee in the lurch ; Thy laurels here may be supplv'd By wholesome British Birch. This plant is fraught with magic pow'r On children spoilt and naughtv ; So we a rod in pickle keep For thee, oh ! Bonaparte. And tho' the Tree of Freedom die. Thy Laurels lose their hue, We iiave a Gard'ner to supply Enough of Hue for you. Morning Post. BRITONS STRIKE HOME. HARK ! the devoted foe's afloat ! Hark! 'twas the cannon's brazen throat. And the shrill clarion's piercing note. That struck mine ear ! la li TIIE ANTI-GALLICAN, Jn terr.'!)!?. amy advance, Britons, to meet the sons of Frai>ce; Teach theiu to c-arsc the s:id mischance Tiiat brouglit tbiem heix'. Ve generous youth-, who guard the land AVhere i'Tcedoni takes her awfid stand. To crush with her resistless hand ' Fell Tyranny, • Suike home : nor spare your trusty steel. Till every Caitiff foeman feci Wliat 'tis to violate the weal Of Liberty. Monstrous: Shall miscreant French- men dare Base chains for Britons to prepare. Or hope our guileless hearts t' ensnare By Perfidy? Gascons, your threats and wiles we .scorn. You come but. to a hope forlorn. For never yet \tas Briton born For Slavery! Slrlke lioiTie, ye gen^Toas youth, strike home ; That unborn ages vet to come, May ever, when they hear the drum Beat h'iclory. Exclaim, " 'Twas thus our Fathers fou7,ht, 'Tuas thus our Fathers' Fathers ]:)Ovight The Laurels, which they proudly thought Gave Lnmortalitv." General Evemr,", Po^L THE INVASION; OR, THE BRITISH WAR SOKG. WHILST liappy in our native Land, So great, so fam'd in story, Let's join, my friends, with heart and hand, To raise our Country's Glory; When Britain calls, her valiant Sons Will rush In crovyds to aid her — Snatch, snatch your muskets, prime your guns, And crush the fierce Invader 1 Whilst ev'ry Briton's song shall be, ** O give us Death — or Victory 1" Long had this favour'd Isle enjov'd True comforts, past expressing. When France her hellish arts employ 'd To rob us of each blessing : These from our hearths by force to tear (Which long we've learn'd to clie- risii) Our frantic foes shall vainly dare ; We'll keep 'em, or we'll perish — And ev'ry day our song shall be, *' O give us Death — or Victory 1" Let France in savage accents sing Her bloody Revolution; We prize our Country, love our King, Adore our Constitution : For these we'll every danger face. And quit our rustic labours ; Our ploughs to firelocks shall give place. Our scythes be chang'd to sabres. And clad in arms, our song shall be, *' O give us Death — or Victory l" Soon shall the proud Invaders learn, Wlieu bent on Blood and Plunder^, That British bosoms nobly burn. To brave their cannon's thunder : Low lie those heads, .whose wily arts Have plann'd the World's undoing ! Our 'vengeful blades shall reach those hearts Which seek our Country's ruin; And night and morn our song shall be, " O give us Death — or Victory !" When, with French blood our fields manur'd. The glorious struggle's ended, We'll sing the dangers we've endur'd. The blessings we've defended : O'er the full bowl our feats we'll tell. Each gallant deed reciting ; And weep o'er those who nobly fell, . Their V-ountry's battle fighting— And ever thence our song shall be, *' 'Tis Valour leads to Victory." Anti'Jacalhu THE 'AJVTI-G^LILICAJV, NUMBER y. ODE TO MY COUNTRY, ]BrITONS! hands and hearts prepare j The angry tempest threatens nigh. Peep-toned thunders roll in air. Lightnings thwart the Uvid sky; Thron'd upon the winged stoym. Fell Desolation; rears her ghastly form. Waves her black signal to her hell-born brood; And lures them thus with promis'd blood : ^* Drive, my sons, the storm amain ! Lo, the hated, envied land^, Where Piety *and Order reign. And Freedom dares maintain her stand, Bbive you not sworn, by night and liell. These from the earth for ever to expell? Rush on, resistless, to your destin'd piey,-^ Death and rapine point ihe way." Britons! stand firm! with stout, and dauntless heart Meet unappall'd the threatening Bouaters rage; Yours is the great, the unconquerable part For your lov'd hearths and altars to engage, And sacred Liberty, more dear than life— Voiirs be the triumph in the glorious strife. Shall theft and murder braver deeds excite Than honest i-corn of shame and heavenly love of right ? ToL.L T Tura 145 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Turn the bright historic page ! Still in Glory's tented field Albion's arms for many An age Have taught proud Gallia's bands to yield. Are not We the sons of those Whose steel-clad sires pursued the insulting foes E'en to the centre of their wide domain. And bow'd them to a Briton's reign?* Kings in modest triumph led, Graced the sable Victor's arms; f His conquering lance, the battle's dread; — His courtesy the conquer'd charms, The hon heart soft pity knows. To raise with soothing cares his prostrate foesj The vanquish'd head true valour ne'er opprest, ■ Nor shunn'd to succour the distrest. Spirit of great Elizabeth 1 inspire High thoughts, high deeds, worthy our ancient fame -| Breathe through our ardent ranks the patriot fiue Kindled at Freedom's ever hallow'd flame ; Baffled and scorn'd, the Iberian tyrant found. Though half a world his iron sceptre bound. The gallant Amazon could sweep away, A rm'd with her people's love, the ^* /?<{'inr/7'/^" array.;} The ROLD Usurper! firmly held The sword, by splendid treasons gain'dj And Gallia's fiv^ry genius quell'd. And Spain's presumptuous claims restrain'd: When lust of sway by flatterv' fed. To vent'rous deeds the youthful Monarch** led. In the full flow of victory's swelling tide Britain check'd his power and pride. To the great Batavian's name *t* Ceaseless hymns of triumph raise! Scourge of tyrants ! let his fome Live in songs of grateful praise. Thy turrets, Blenheim, gUttering to the sun. Tell of bright fields*§* from warlike Gallia won) 1\-11 tiow the mighty Monarch mourn'd in vaii^ His impious wish the world to chain. * Men. VI. crowned at Paris. + The Black Prince. I The Spanish Armada, {j Oliver Cromwell. ** Louis XIV. *t* William II L *^-?_Bleiihcim, Ramiliesj &e. Ana THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 14/ . And ye fam'd Heroes, late retir'd to heaven, ] Whose setting glories still the skies illume, ! Bend from the blissful seats to virtue given— Avert your long-defended country's doom. ] Earth from her utmost bounds shall wondering tell \ How victory's meed ye gain'd, or conquering fell; ] Britain's dread thunders bore from pole to pole. Wherever man is found, or refluent oceans roll. i Names embalm'd in honour's shrine, ] Sacred to inimortal praise, Patterns of glory, born to shine [ In breathing arts or pictur'd lays: i See Wolfe, by yielding numbers prest. Expiring smile, and sink on Victory's breast ! I :j See Minden's plains and Biscay's § billowT bay ; Deeds of deathless fame display. ■ O! tread with awe the sacred gloom ** j Patriot Virtue's last retreat; j Where Glory, on the trophied tomb i Joys their merit lo repeat ; i There Chatham lies, whose master-hand i Guided, through seven bright years, the mighty bancJ That round Ins urn, where grateful memory weeps, j Each in his hajlow'd marble sleeps. | Her brand. accurs'd when civil discord hurl'd, *f * Britain alone th' united world withstood, | Rodney his fortune-favour'd sails unfurl'd. And led three nation's chiefs to Thames's flood. i Firm on his rock the Veteran Hero*§* stands 3 ; Beneath his feet miheeded thunders roar; ■ Smiling in scorn he sees the glittering bands : Fly with repulse and shame old Calpe's hopeless shore* | Heirs or partners of their toils, ' Matchless heroes* still we own; Crown'd with honourable spoils I From the leagued nations won. .| On their high prows they proudly stand * .' 'I'lie god-like guardians of their native land; Lords of the mighty deep triumphant ride, ; Wealth and victory at their side. ] ^ At Quebec. § Hawke. ** Westminster Ab'bey. * + * American War; *5* Lord HeathfieJd. ^Covnwallis; Ndsonj imhh; Warren; &c. . T^ Loval, ; us 1HE ANTI-GALLICAN. Lo\a], boldj and generous bands, f Strenuous in their country's cause. Guard their cuUivated lands. Their aUars, liberties, and laws. On his firm deep-founded throne Great Brunswick sits, a name to fear unknown; With brow erect commands the glorious strife, Unaw'd, and prodigal of life. Sons of fair Freedom's long-descended line. To Gallia's yoke shall Britons bend the neck — • No : in her cause though fate and hell combine To bury all in universal wreck. Of this fair isle to make one dreary waste. Her greatness in her ruins only traced: Arts^ commerce, arms, sunk in one common grave- The man ivho dares to die, will never live a slave! Anti-Jacolin^ f Volunteers. BONAPARTE'S WILL. J-N the name ofmyTRiNiTY the God- dess of Reason, Mahomet the Prophet, and Pius the Pope, we the most great, most magnanimous, and most puis- sant, Brutus Ali Napoleone Bona- parte, son to a Spy, grandson to a Butchert and great grandson to a Gal- ley Slave, Emperor Ot the Giiuis,, First Consul of France, President of Italy, Landamman of Switzerland, Director of Holland, King of Etruria, Protecter of Emperors, Dictator and Creator of Kings, Electors, Princes, Cardinals, ScTtatcrs, Generals, Bishops, Prefects, Actors, Schoolmasters, 5cc. kc. &cc, do declare, that notwithstanding the adulation of our Slaves, and their assu- rances of our immortality, the pangs of our conscience, the decay of our body, the fear of recoiling daggers, the dreadful anticipation of infernal machines emit- ihig fire and smoke invented at Jaffa> and the hissing breath of the poisonous serpents generated at El Arish, remind lis that we soon must die, and that out power must die with us. We therefore, according to the Senatus Consultiim of our "free senate, to declare this to b^ our last ^Wiil and Testament, as fol- lows : IMPRIMIS. THE ANTl-GALLtCAl^* 149 To our most beloved and dearest Ibrahim Rostan, Mameluke, we give and bequeath after ouV decease, the crown of Henry IV. the sceptre of St. Louis, and th^ throne of France and Navarre, the sovereignty and sove- reign disposal of th-e lives and fortunes of thirty millions of Frenchmen^ of six millions of Ital:ans> of seven mil- lions of Spaniards, of two millions of Helvetians, and of three millions of Batavians (except as is hereafter except- ed) ; and we enjoin and charge all the world to acknowledge, adore and res- pect this Mameluke, Ibrahim Ros- tan, the African, as the natural an.d legal succesi^or of us Brutus Alt Na- POLEoxE Bonaparte, the Corsican. We give and bccpieutli in reversion, to Citizen Barr.as^, our dear Consort, much improved and more enriohed, but reserving to ourselves the disposal of her virtuous Maids of Honour, wiioni we give and bequeath to our Legion of Honour, as a reward due as well to the \^irtues of the one, as to the valour of the other. We give and bequeath to our dearly beloved brother Joseph, the President cy of the Italian Republic, together with our dearly bought Minister Tal- leyrand, to be disposed of as his own property in all future negociations. To our dearly beloved brother Luci- EN, we give and bequeath our Batavian > Re|)ublic, and our Minister Chaptal, who hereafter shall write his speeches, dictate his letters, and correct his spel- ling. To our dearly beloved brother Louis, we bequeath our Helvetian Republic, and our Minister Berthier, accom- panied with the sense of his Secretary Achambau, whose instructions in some .time may enable him to become a good corporal of grenadiers. To our dearly beloved brother Je- rome, we bequeath, in pelio, the sove- reignty of the seas, with our ministers of marine, and all the admirals of our navy, doubting, however, if their united efibrts will mid-:c him a good midship- inan. To our dearly beloved ^Mother, wc give and be(iueath his Holiness the Pope, and our uncle our Cardinal Frerc; with a Pope and a Cardinal in her pos- session, her stay in purgatory must be short, and in Heaven long. To our dearly beloved sisters, Mis- tresses Bacchiochi, MuRAT, Santa, Cruce, and Le Clerc, we give and bequeath our familv honours, chastity, modesty, and moderation. To our dear son-in-law Eugenius Beauharnois, we give and bequeath Parma and Placenza, with our dear countryman Sebastiani, who will in- struct him to drive like a coachman, and to ride like a postillion. To our much beloved daughter-in- law, Madame Fanny Beauharnois, as a reward for her loyalty, we bequeath a representation in wax of the scaffold of her father and the throne of her mo- ther, both designed by the revolutionary modellers, Barras and Co. To our dear uncle, our Cardinal Frere, we give and bequeath tiie triple crown and kevs of St. Peter, i?i petto. and to all our nameless known and un- known relatives, we give and bequeath the kingdom of Etruria, to be disposed of to the highest bidder, and its value laid out in mourning; rings, to be equally distributed amongst them and certain Continental Princes hereafter mention'^ ed. ■ We give and bequeath to our dear friend the King of Spain, an Etrurian mourning ring, and four flunily pic- tures, representing the Bourbons de- tjjroiied, tlie Bourbons degraded, the Bour- J 59 THE A>:TI-GALLTC-II?, BoiirbGns repenting, and the Bourbons for2;iving. We give and bequeath to the King cf Nap/.es, three marble statues after a model by his Queen, representing Faith, loyalty, and Consfancv ; and to the Kings of Sardinia, A\e be- queath oi^r promises- of honour, to be equally divided amongst them. We give and bequeath to his Holi- ness the Pope, the doctrine of the Goddess of Re.'^son, tlie Alcoran of Mahomet, and the Atheism of our Institute 5 all true relics j besides to himself, to his successors, and college of Cardinals, we bequeath concordant mourning rings, from the manufactory of our Counsellor of State Portalis. We give and bequeath to his Im- perial Majesty the Emperor of Ger- many, two drawings representing Hope ainongst the ruins of Turkey, and De- sire contemplating Bavaria, designed by Citizen Dupe, and sold by Citizen Plot. We give and bequeath to bis Im- perial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, three pictures, representing Louis X V I. upon the thrcnp, Louis XYI. in the Temple, and Louis XVI. upon the Scaffold; by Citizens Loyalty, Mo- >w^\RciiY, and \Varnikg. We give and bequeath 10 our dearest friend the King of Prt'Ssia, the land- scape of Hanover, with an Imperial Crown in perspective ; by Citizens Roy- alty, Jacobin, andRsBYiL. We give and bequeath to our nitviral Ally the Emperor of the Turkish Empire, the description of our con- quests of Egypt, our flight from Egypt, and our future return to Egyiit, by Citizen Treacheri', Cowardice, and Design. We give and bequeath to iiis ]\la- jestv the King of the United Kingdom ©f Great Britaik ami Irelakj.', the United Navy of Hollarwl and France^ comm-anded by Citizen Envy, manned bv Citizen Coalition, and lost by Citizen Ikvasion. We give and bequeath to his Ma- jeslv the King of Sweden, the French, original representation of the assassina- tion of Gustatus III. to remind him of vengeance, honour, and duty. "We give to our dear friend the King of Denmark, an original painting cvf the insults, torments, and death of his Queen Carolina ]\Iatilda ; designed and executed by two celebrated French artists. Citizens Intrigue and Crime. We give and bequeath to the Regent of Portugal, a code of our Revoluti- onary- Lav/s of Nations, and a chapter of the Rebel Etiquette of Grenadier Ambassadors, explained and illustrated by Citizens Sans Culotte,Rudeness, and Impudence. We give and bequeath to our friend the Elector of Bavaria, the Bible of the Tbeopbilanthropes, and the Con- cordat of Portalis, as an assistance to his patriotic illuminated ministers, in their political reformations and religious innovations. "VVe give and bequeath to our chosen Grand Master of jMalta, the ]Musical Opera of the- capture of Malta, per- formed in 1798, with a Concerto by Citizen Treason, and in 1800 with a Bravura, by Citizen Valour, with the farcical after-piece of the liccap/ure, performed at Amiens, by Citizens Fraud and Treaty. To all other Continental Sove- reigns, who have accepted more or less of our bountiful indemnities, we give and bequeath our mourning rings of honour, and to all other ambassadors, ministers, agents and deputies, who have negociated, intrigued, bribed or begged indemnities ; we give and be- queath with our consciences of honour,. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 151 tlie revolutionary pnncl])lcs of Neckcr llie ex-minister, the probity and dis- interestedness of Talleyrand our mini- ster, and the honour and virtues of Fouchc our senator, to be equally di- vided amongst them, share and tshare alike. We give and bequeath to all So- vereigns upon earth, who have ac- knowledged our Corsican Kingdom of Etruria, and to their ministers and counsellors. Iron mourning-rings, from the Axe of the Guillotine of the Lunc- ville manufactory, bearing the follow- ing inscriptton : — '* Monarchy de- graded, and Monarchij dishonourcdf Fch. 1801." We give and bequeath to the Citi- zens of the Republics in Italy, Switzerland, and Holland, our Corsican mourning-rings, with an in- scription, " Lilcrti/ lost, 1801, and unavenged 1803,'* N. B. We give and bequeath to the Citizens of the United States of America, the funeral speeches on the tombs of the liberty of France, Ger- many, Switzerland, Italy, and Holland, translated and published In' Citizen Plot, in Louisiana, To all our SENATORS; Legislators, Tribunes, Counsellors, Minis- ters, Generals, Cardinals, Bi- shops, Prefects, &:c. &c. SCc. and to all other of our Slaves of every de- nomination or description, wliether Hebel, Royalist, or Regicide Ja- cobins; either Traitors, Apos- tates, Murderers, or Plunderers; we give and bequeath the Cannon of St. Napoleone, thcdagger of St. Brutus, the poison of St. Ali, the Guillotine of St. Robespierre, and the halter of St. Judas; all true relics, tQ be efpudlv 4ivided amongst thciu, We give and bequeath to tlie Manes of all the Citizens butchered Ijy^ us at Toulon, murdered by us at Paris, and poisoned by us in Egypt; our Con- fession to our Cardinal Bishop at Paris, and our Absolulion from his Holiness the Pope. Wc command and desire most ear- nestly not to be buried in any churcli or church-yard, in any mosque or pan- theon, but in the' common sewer of Montmarte, where the corses of our worthy predecessors, Marat and Ro- bespierre, were deposited : but for tlie quiet of our soul we do order and put into requisition. La llevallicre, ingii priest to the Goddess of Reason, Mer- cier, the atheist of the Institute, Ama- rat, the mufty of Constantinople, and Pius, the pope of Rome, to say prayers over our tomb, and to read *' Uomhte salvumfac Co?2suIcm," sic transit Gio- r'la mundi! Lastly, to Louis the XVIII. com- i/ionly called the Pretender, and to all the Princes of the House of Bourbon, their heirs, CKCcutors, administrators, and a=;signs, we. give and bequeath our JRi'crlas/hig bate; and it is our further will and pleasure, that if any potentate or power shall harbour the said Louis XVIII. or any of the said princes, snch harbouring shall be a good cause of war : and the potentate or power guilty of such humanity and hospitality, sluUl be punished by a coalition of all Europe, as a violater of the law of nations, and contrary to the rights of man. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal the 25th day of Prairial, in the eleventh year of the French Republic, one and indivisible, B, A, Napoleone Bonaparte. ADnCE 152 TJIK ANTI-GALLICAN ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE of Ireland ; delivered in the Speech of Earl MoiRA, at the Meeting of the Soeiefy of St. Patrick^ March 17, IB03. ICall to thcrcnection of my country the fatal examples of all continental Europe aX this moment, from Avhich they will see, that every advantage gained by the French nation over others, in the conrse of the late war, has been principally eflected by hold- ing out delusive advantages, and sow- ing dissensions among those whom they wished to subjugate, I say then to the people of Ireland, ** From what has passed, my countrymen, learn to dread the future, and to spurn those specious arliiices which have already lure'd so many other nations to ruin." I would ask the people of Ireland, " Wliat goods iii the name of heaven, can any portion or class of you expect from the French ?" — (None, none, none, resounded from evert/ quarter of the room.) *' Is it possible-, that after all which has passed in other parts of Europe, there can yet remain any portion of the inhabitants of Ireland such miserable dupes of perverted judg- ment as still to look towards French fraternity? Or upon what rational ground can such an inclination for one m.oment exist ? Is it with a view to maintain Catholicism? — Advert to the conduct of the First Consul who, boasted (and truly boasted) to the Mussulmans in h^gypt, that he had overthrown thepov.-er and dorainio\i of the Pope ; and who advanced (but did not justly advance) that fact as en- titling him to confidence from all the followers of Mahomet. Is it then the support of Protestantism? — The French army destroyed in Egypt by my gallant and noble friend (Lord IIuichinsGu) , did not satisfy itself v.-ith triumphing over the com- munion of the Pope : it was the subversion of his religion, it 'i\';,s the defeat of Christianity, -wliich they urged as proving their qualification for union v.ith the mussulmans. Is it the security of property ? — Turn your eyes tb Holland, and see her first squeezed almost to exhaustion by contributions, and now for her last stivers, as a forced loan, by French amity. ^'^ Is it independence you seek ? Look at Sv^itzerland ; contemplate the state of that gallant and onee happy people, ^nd let their misery and abasement proclaim how the object would be. answered. Is it civil liberty that you have in view ?— Look at France her- self. Judge if she could have under^ stood its value, when, after the sacrifice of one of the best of kings that ever, jjraccd her throne, and of the most illustrious statesmen and nobles which she possessed ; after seas of blood shed in all the varied forms of revolution, after having carried devastation into every country around her, she now crouches under arbitrary sway, and groans beneath a military despotisnij, the most undisguised that ever insultec\ a nation ; then ponder how she is ta ha>-e tha disposition, or the skill, to, secure to another country that which she has not known how to establish for herself; Is it from the bounty of such a nation, that Britisli subjects would hope the improvemeiit of thcit fOi;tunate condition ? Is it possible thai any one heart, nurtured in the blessed air of these free and happy islands, can wish to hold freedom by the pre- carious tenure of French good-will ?— (No ! no ! 710 ! no I-^Bnr.sts of ap-- plause.) Is it possible there can be ONE HEAD SO wretchedly organized (if it can be capable cf retvsoplng s^t all>a THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 153 as not to be convinced, from the pal- pable evidence of glaring facts, within the last few years, that all the profes- sions of succour f of alliance, of pro- tection to Ireland, are but invitations to SUBJUGATION, OPPRESSION, and ABJECT SLAVERY ? Read the proof in the history of every other nation which has submitted to the pollution of French embraces, or the curse of her insidious and destructive friendship.^ — (Loud and repeated peals of appro^ laf'ion.) An original Letter to the People of England^ on the threatened In^ vasion: Z-j/ a« Englishman. Without a sign, his sword the good man draws, And asks no omea but his country's cause. Aug, 15, 1803. Felloiv-Coimtrymen, JLT is no news to tell you that youi country stands threatened with an inva- iion from a powerful and exasperated enemy, stimulated by the. double mo- tives of the hope of plunder and a thirst for revenge: an enemy, who considers you as opposing the only check to his system of universal conquest, and as preventing him by your single arm from extending his ambitious projects over the whole world. In a contest therefore such as the pre- sent, which is for the defence of every thing that is near and dear to us, there cannot be the least distinction of inter- est — we must all conquer, or we must all fall together. It is not the cause of the rich and the great alone; it is the common cause of every class and de- scription of society, who are equally called upon to stand forth in their own defeiice. Consider then, I entreat you, the Biagnitude of the stake for" which we Vol. I. U are to contend. No visionary scheme of conquest — no idle dream of self-ag- grandizement, has led us into the pre- sent contest. But we have been com- pelled to take up arms to defend our country, our property, and our lives, against the threatened attacks of a dar- ing and insolent invader, who envies our boasted independence, and has promised that the ))lunder of us all shall be the reward of a licentious soldiery. Such is the situation in which we stand. Nothing can be more ridiculous than to suppose that the great would be the only sufferers from a measure of this nature. A moment's reflection will shew the fallacy of such an Idea. There is no class of men who have not some- thing to lose. The lower orders have an equally interesting stake with the highest; for a man cannot lose more than his all, and whether it consists of much or little, that all is equally dear to him. Is not the cottage of the pea- sant as valuable to its owner, as the proudest palace of the prince is to itg more exalted occupier? I know you have not all of you great fortunes to lose; but you live upon what you have, whe* ther it be the fruits of your labour or the amount of your independent in- come. Be it which it will, and small as it may be, you live upon it : it keeps you and your family : and I will only ask whether you could live without it? Is it not then the height of folly to say, that *' because my Income Is small, and because my neiglibour possesses an am- ple revenue, that tlierefore mine is less valuable to me?" No, you will say, mine is of more value for this reason, because his is so great, that if you take much away you will still leave much behind; but if my small and only supr. port ceases, inevitable ruin is the con- sequence. But I go still further than this j for I wiaiiitaij;. 154 THE AxNTI-GALLICAN. maintain tlie grrrit coukl not become Ivsers \vitho\it rendering the lower or- ders sufferers by it. You may be told tliat Iheir luxuries would bt diminished ; but remember then tiiat your neccs- saries would be lopped off. It may be a luxury to maintain a pack of hounds or keep a carriage; but it gives bread to the man who hunts the one, or who drives the other. Thus the very lux- uries of the mail of fortune contribute to your support. How are the work- ing orders maintained but by the em- ployment of the rich? How does the labourer gain his twelve shillings a. week but in the service of the man of opulence ? " This is no great sum," I may be told. But small as it is, it supports him and his family, and he could not livevvithout it. Do you think he could make as good a living if the French were here? Suppose them alrea- dy in possession of the country, and suppose at the sanie time (for the one could not take place without the other), that all the great and rich men were destroyed. How are the poorer class to subsist? They could no longer get em- ployment in business as mechanics, ar- tificers, and labourers, in, the various trades they had been bred to ; for there would be no ^vealthy men to employ them. And you cannot believe that the French would come to encourage trade and business, and add to that commerce ^vhich they already view with envy. There is one wav indeed in which vou . might expect to deri\e a living through their assistance, andbut^Dne: they would draft your young men ainojigst their f«rces, and send them to the continent: they would seize every opportunily to arm you one against another ; and when both parties had become sufficienrly weakt^ned, they would make slaves of you all I This is the change of situation fijix would experience: and whether it be for the better or worse I le'ave you to determine. When the Romans l>ad obtained a footing on this island, it was their con-^ stant policy to recruit their legions with the flower of the British j^outh, and send them to Italy j by which means those that remained were more easily kept in subjection. This is the very plan that the French would adopt : and by the same step recruit their own strength and exhaust yours. How ridiculous the idea therefore (to say no more), that every class of people would not be equally injured by ajri in- vasion r If your situation were to become benefited, it must necessarily add to the importance of the countr\ ; and is it likely that the French would do any thing to add to that power which is al- ready so obnoxious to them . I know well that contrary arguments have been employed. I am aware that the emissaries of the enemy, ever on the watch to make a tool of the ignorant, and seduce the unwary from their duty, have in more than one instance at- tempted to poison your minds, in order to effect your easy destruction. I knovr the most horrid doctrines have, at times been broached by those incendkiries^ who have, however, I am hap})y to say, been generally discomfited by your su- perior judgment and good sense. It is impossible for you not to perceive, in the horrid outrages which have just taken place in a sister kingdom, the finger of the arch fiend endeavouring to plan your ruin. It is impossible not to he sensible from what has already hap- pened how nuich you would have to thank him for, if Ids schemes had not been detected. These incendiaries (if any remaiu amongst you), watching like the tempt- er at die ear of our first parent, may tell you that '^ if the prGsent ^reat men THK ANTI-GALLICAN, 155 ftf the kingdom were dcprlwd of their estates, they would he divided amoi)ii;st you." But can you for a moment suf- fer yourschcs to be the dupes of «uclia shallow artifice? What cojistitutes jiow- er, but possession? And if their estates wiere actually transferred to you, you would become just as powerful as the former possessors were, and conse- quently as much an object of dread to your invaders. No: I will tell you what they would do with them. They would divide your estates amongst their own people, m order to keep you in good order anfl control. You might not like this treatment, it is true. But 1m)w could you alter it? You would find you must kiss the rod that was held over you, without daring to repine. Your cottage would be the habitation of your conqueror — your wife and daughters would be selected for the gra- tification of his lust — ^^iud yourself and your sons might serve hiin as slaves. It is impossible, therefore, but you iiiust perceive that the poorest and lowest individual must suffer in the event of a successful invasion, Tlic support of labour, and the encourage- jjient q{ trade, must come through the rich ; and if they fall, the poor must fall likewise : for how is the labourer to li\e by his work, when there is no Jongcr any body to employ him ? But example is better than a nml- titude of words. The French tell \ ou ** they will come as your friends." Let us see what has been their conduct ^n similar instaijces before. I.ook at Belgium, look at Italy : are the Bel- gians, or the Italians, profited by their interposition ? It is true thtjv paid taxes before ; but what were those iu comparison of the extortions put upon them by the French ? Look again at the poor Swiss ; and if you wish for a ^tjji more recent cxan)}>lc, rccolJe^l the 'J"'urks ; or behold even now the Hano- verians, and then ask yourselves how you would feel as F^nglishmen in their situation ? And yet the French have the hardihood to style themselves the ** friends of freedom, and of the human race." This is the proof of their friend- ship which they arc so desirous of ext:ending to you. They would en* courage you to massacre one another, that they might plunder you all the more easily, I will lay before you, from history, a proof of their readiness to assist us on any internal difference, arid the views with which they offer it. French perfidy has been notorious and pro- verbial for ages, and their coiKluct has ever proved the appellation just. During the contest which took place in this country between King John and the Barons, the latter being re- duced at one period to great straits, applied to the King of France for assistance ; at the same time informing him that if he v/ould send the Prince Lewis his son with a sufficient force to liberate them from the oppression of John, they would set the crown of England upon his head. In pur- suance of tliis invitation Lewis arrived in England with a considerable force, and, by the assistance of the Barons who had invited him, quickly became possessed not only of the metropolis, btit of the greater part of England. The Englii-h however soon perceived that they were excluded from every place of trust, and the rewards distri- buted amongst tiie foreigners, who alone engrossed the coahdence and aiVection of the l^rlnce. Their own lawful inheritances were conferred upon tlie followers of Lewis, whom they-had sent for to their assistance, as if the English had ]io right to the con- quests they were mukics. tlic 15ff THE JiNTI-GALLIOAN, The suspicions of treachery which these circumstances could not fail to occasion, received a confirmation from a discovery that was made shortly after, and which forced the Barons to think of their own safety. The Viscount PE Melun, one of Lewis's prime confidents, being seized with a mortal disorder In London, caused such of the Barons as were posted there for the security of the city to be sent for. When they came, he told them he could not forbear discovering to them a secret which lay heavy upon his con- science, and if longer concealed from the English would infallibly occasion their utter destruction. Then he dis- closed to them that the Prince was resolved to l^.mish all the Barons who had given him an invitation to come over. This resolution, he added, was taken in a council of sixteen French Lords (of whom he was one), and confirmed by the Prince with an oath I This secret being known had the greater eflect, as it agreed with the suspicions they had already conceived of the French. Thenceforth many began to repent of calling in the foreigners, and seriously to think of returning to the obedience of their Sovereign. No less than forty gave the King assurance of their good in- tention i and Lewis's party becoming daily more and more weakened, he was compelled to quit the kingdom after experiencing some considerable defeats. We have also another and a later instance of the kindness of the French towards us, in their behaviour to the house of Stuart, who were banished this country for their endeavours to subvert the Constitution, and introduce a despotic government in the room of it* How ofieii did they assist the ' Pieiendej: in his attempts upoa tliis countr)-, and give him every encourage^* ment in their power ? Will this too be urged as a proof of their friendship ? It certainly was a part of the same policy that would induce their inter- ference now, namely, to foment divi- sions among us, and aggrandize them- selves at our expence. These instances I urge not to stimu- late a national hatred, but in order to shew us that we ought to be upon our guard. I would distrust their pro- fessions, as I would take precautions against their threats. I would be sus- picious of a Frenchman even with a flag of truce in his hand. I know that they regard us with jealousy, and I would not give them an opportunity tQ do us any harm. Asa further instance of their perfidy/ I will mention to you a circumstance not generally known, but certainly true. Before our Ambassador Lord Whitworth had left Paris, an4 whilst Bonaparte was endeavouring to cajole him to stay there, that crafty tyrant was not only making active preparations for the very invasion with which we are now • menaced, but had really sent dispatches to some of his foreign possessions with instructions for them how to act. The object of France, and it may be politic for them, is to crush the power of Great Britain j for they know if they could once succeed in that point they innst become masters of the world. They would deprive her of all influence as a state, annihilate her trade and commerce, and impoverish her people. This is the point they are striving at, and will strain every nerve to accomplish. They would deprive us cf our so long enjoyed dominion over the sea, which as they cannot effect by a contest upon that element, they are now attempting by other jiieans. THE AKTI-vorld. We aye likclv to have a se^•crc struggle, it is true; but, as 1 said before, we are not contesting now for the limits of an empire, or the semb- • lance of autlioriiy 5 we are to contend for our countn,-, our constitution, our property, and our existence ; we are to defend every thing that is near and dear to us: and we are to decide whether we will continue free, or become slaves. This is no contemptible stake ; and as long as we are unanimous in our de- fence, we need not be appalled at any danger- We must resist a cruel and overbearing enemy, who is exerting himself to crush us entirely. Such a contest cannot be maintained without great exertions ; the burdens it im- poses on us we feel full sore ; and perhaps we may have many additional ones before it is ended ; but it is no longer a question of policy, but a matter of dire necessity. Self-defence must be our watchword. Besides, it is not to last for ever 5 such is the nature of our present exertions^ that they will cease when the cause that now requires them no longer exists. Our contribu- tions, though excessive, are only ,for the time of danger -, and our firmness in the present instance may be the means of procuring a peace that will enable us to rise superior to the calami- ties which now oppress us j and we mv^y become once more flouribhing und But depend upon itj if we suffer France once to gain an ascendancy over us, the sun of British indepeu' dence is set for ever 5 the richest and the poorest from that instant are entire- ly ruined ; the very character of an Englishman would be lost, and Eng- land, which is now the envy and admiration of the world, would dwindle into a degraded province, subject to every indignity that her haughty con- queror might chuse to put upon her, and become a mere cypher in the poli- tical scale 1 AN ENGT,ISHM.iN* LoyaHst. Union and IVaiclifuhiesSf BRITAIN'S TRUE AND ONLY SECURITY : A few worih to every British Suh" ject inculcating this very iniportuni idea. ^T E are fearless in War when hap-* py in a King who reigns in the hearts of his People ; and wiiiie he is beloved, honoured, and revered for his bene- volence and clemency, we exclaim with M. Aurelius, *^ Tlvit where virtue hath acquired the lo\ e and aiicctions of the subjects, there can be no u ant of men or treasure.'* Self-interest, the bane of all gre'at, and patriotic measures, must not be known, not even by name ; for a King is never so rii-it as when he hath his People's hearts, nor they so happy as when for the Public good thev chccf- fully tender their persons and purses. When menaced by an enemy, it be« comes the duty of the threatened, to ba on their guard and to strengthen them- selves by every act ofianipn against tlie common oppressor; especially iiiM nliosc characteaslic is never to want pretence* 160 THE AKTI-GALLICAN. pretences of offence when they serve the purpose of insuring pkmder^ especially HIM who cannot err, but yet is never true to his promises, and is never des- titute of insidious arts to inveigle the unsuspecting; especially him, who is like the wily foK and ravening wolf, that subject all to their devouring fangs they can either beguile or surprise. Therefore I say, by union and by coun- eel strengthen each other; for Union is the strongest Fortification, and Councel surpasses Numbers.^ Being thus mar- shalled, and equipped with confidence and resolution, which are the best ar- mour, we shall march on to success and prosperity. Gallia's Arch Usurper is a declared tyrant over consciences, and is there- fore a Usurper of God's prerogative ; consequently his career will be but short. This Usurper, like the father of usur- pers, Satan, perseveres in fomenting discords, and makes the entire conclave resound with projected invasions, mas- sacres, and violations; and in perspec- tive feasts himself with the enormities to be inflicted upon those that his san- guinary mind has destined for his prey. Tiie vvould-bs Grande Nalion, like a herd of voracioiis wolves, have seized on their enfeebled neighbours' flocks; and while their hands are still dyed with iinhallo\ved blood, hug themselves v.dth the impious notion, that wicked enter- prises change their n.*are with their names, and hence are basely led to think that every proceeding is virtuous when attended with success. How lost to recison and ever\- thing great or good, and how forsaken by Providence, thus to be permitted to de- base tliemselves lower than the irrational * animals; for the generous lion disdains to make the mouse his prey; neither will the eagle catch flics. It cannot be doubted, that a King is entitled to arm all for his own and his People's rights. The laws of God, of Man, and of Reason, which are en- couragers of self-preservation, sanction - him, even to the using of extremities. Now is the momentous time, while threatened by an unprincipled marauder, for the defence of our King, our Coun- trv, our Altars, our Homes, our Fami- lies, our Property, and all that is near and dear to us. To suffer or to die in such a cause, is ovir first duty, and our highest honor. We should be fortified against dis- appointments; for the most virtuous cause is not always crowned with im- mediate success ; but patiently persevere and endeavour to deserte success, and ultimately your wishes will be reahzedj and your enemy discomfited. As the long brooding storm cannot be dispelled, my Countrymen stand prepared. Rally round the standard of Honour with alacrity. To be early in the field completely equipped, with minds cordially engaged in the cause, is a prominent advantage, for under such circumstances he that gives the first blov/ is more likely to renew his stroke, than he who is brought into the field bv surprise and in disorder. Thus let us, brave Britons, meet the danger, or it will ferret us out, and be a mock to our reputation for courage and poiv- cr : while the enemy may be embol- dened to consider, that a War fho' founded in injustice, if directed against a lethargic power cannot endanger his own success. But inspired by the glo- rious deeds of our brave ancestors, by our manly vigour, and by our heredi- tary spirit, let us rise up as one man to resist and conquer him, who vaun- tingly boasts, and ignorantly prides him- self in his might, situation, numbers, riches, and above all in his past suc- cesses^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 161 Cesses. Many lierelofore who thought they stood have fallen. K either success nor victory always serve the same mas- ter. Bi-ave and generous heiirted Britons! promptly decide to die gloriously rather than Lamely and igUvmiiniously to crouch to the grand Enslaver, to be enfettered by his galling chains; — sa- crifice every comfort, undergo any, or every privation, rather than subject yourselves to the fraternal hug of those infernal miscreants, who can set no bounds to their ambition, nor impose any restraint upon their love of violence, plunder and desolation. _ Remember all lies at stake, LIFE, LIBERTY, and SAFETY, and remember these bless- ings of Providence, are threatened by those that have long since discarded Ho'^^ouR, disbanded Mercy, and who look upon Justice, and the obser- vance of Good Faith, as Plebeian vir- tues, deserving no place in ike glorious new order of things. Self defence is a dictate of nature, as is manifested among irrational creatures, so is it also in man; even the laws of nations will, that force be rcr.eiled I'-y force. Tiie hedge hog is ever arrncd against assailants j and there are but few animals that bear not their offensive weapon about them* The ox his liorn j the boar his tusk, and the lion his paw. — LetthevindictiveenemiesofEiigland, beware of the Lion's pnw. Lose no lime was C'a:sar's motto. I3elays are dangerous. It is the secu- rity of a State always to be watchful; and in a mou:ient like the present, it is the greatest wisdom in all to be in rea- diness, and to have our magazines well stored with warlike implements, that in the hour of trial no7ie maij ie to seek, nor a)vj thhig he luanfed- A THOUGHT ON BONAPARTE. Vol. L X Xt is said, with o^reat truth, that flat- tery never loves the man, but courts his fortune, it is at once false and selfish* and is only produced by fear or favour; and having itself only in view, it observes no rule of equity or merit, but praises or calumniates according as men are raised or depressed. It isT)esicles, so insidious, that it will sometimes win its way against every precaution. The emperor Galba, who was thought to be proof against flatterers (ad versus blandentes incorruptos) was fatally driven by them ; and Mazeray, the French historian, tells us, that so long as Henry III. o£ France, built magnificent monasleries> and practised the mummeries of devo- tion, the monks revered him as a saint; bu t no sooner was the religion of seditious league formed against him, than those very people called him a tyrant, an hypocrite, and a murderer. Having represented him as possessing divine virtvies, they afterwards described him as being instigated by diabolic views, and at length butchered lilm as an heretic. Bonaparte must know enough of v.hat has passed in tlie world, to be fullv aware of the possibility of such events; and he must see enough of what is passing in it, to weigh the pro- bability of their being repeated. He cannot be ignorant that the peo- ple of France, if they are not surrounded witli so many armed instruments of despotism, would exclaim, as the peo- ple of Rome did, at the portentous elevation of their consul Vertidius Bass us: Concurrlte opines Augures, auruspices! Portentum, inusitatam, conflatum est recens, Non mulos qui fricabat, Consul factus est. The words will hardly bear a transla- tion, and the generality of our readers will 16B THE ANTI-GALLICAX. will ^ot need it. "We ma}', however, venture to predict, that this upstart charioteer drives too fast for his ov.n safety. He has heen already thrown out of his seat, tho' fortune cast him upon soft ground ; hut the coast of Alhion is rugged, and the cannon of its ships are loaded with balls of a very rude material: so let him be aware how he sets his foot upon the one, or puts himself in the way of the other. He has met Sir Sidney Smith before, and he may chance to meet him again. That brave officer is now afloat, and on his own element. He has also heard of Nelsok, and has seen a sample of his performance. That hero lives, and is ^ .^one forth again, — Shorn of his limb, but iri his heart entire. Tlie Corslcan well knows, that he is not that idol of popularity which he has been painted by hireling idolaters, and subjugated vassals ^ and the French .must know, if they are capable of re- flection, that they heretofore have had, -nay, that at the present moment, they possess, better men than him. Is it possible that his own soldiers v.ill not occasionally wonder at the kind of hospital he has provided for those who are disabled, and that it is as unlike the h«tel Dieii, as he iiimself is to the magniliceiit INIonarch who founded that splendid asylum for the aged and wounded soldier, and, after all, is it not more thun probable, that those who made him what he is, by a kind of galvanic process, are sick of the experi- ment, now that they find him capering and prancing about to the annoyance of every body round him. Tiberius thought himself safe in Caprce, for never tyrant was so guarded. Even the precautions of St. Cloud do «ot exceed the vigilance of the Roman -Despot. But was Tiberius happy? ■Read his letter to the Senate, His sleep was not sweet, nor was his heart at rest: nor can Bonaparte luive a cpiiet hour. Xecesse est multos tlnieat, quern nuiUi timcat. Times, Aug. 27, 1S03. MR. JUSTICE HARDINGE'S CHARGE, AT CARDIFF, AUGUST 22, 1803. Printed and puhiished at the request of those to whom it was addressed; a request which theij dcUcered in opeti. Court, August 23d. '' GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAXD JURV, *' WHEN I contemplate the general fertility of your soil, and the unex- ampled return of its present harvest, I cannot forbear to exclaim, in the words of the Roman Poet, (stripping them of their poetical habit, and retaining the sentiment unimpaired) <= Shall an impious army take possession of land so cultivated ! " Shall a barbarian be the reaper of this com ? '• See, for whom we have sown our fields! Here the Poet has left us — but we can fill up the canvas, and -^ve can give the ansvv-er to his questions. " For whom!" are we asked? His- tory will tell us — and put her seal upon it. For those, who will tear from your peasants, under the mask of tribute, or subsidy, the indefinite claims of un- bounded avarice; will rifle their cot- tages — and, when plunder has been satiated, will set them on fire, com- mit outrages upon their daughters, and their matrons, too shocking to be named — set their foot upon age — and pollute, with savage insult, all the de- cencies of life. " I give you this picture, to antici- pate your abhorrence of the features : and your deterruiiiation, that with ene- mies THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 163 mies like these, you will bear of no comprouiise, till e\ery musket, sword, and pike, shall be wrested from those gallant volunteers (the hardy and spi- rited birth-right of your soil) whom y'ou are in the act of arming for the defence of all that is dear and sacred in human life. ** Turning from your lands to your manufactures, and your commerce, I feel no less indignation at the humiliat- ing image of mercantile instruction to a victorious tyrant, by the surrender of your implements, and prostitution of the artificers. ** A'^^hen I explore, and with grate- ful respect, the diversities of religious opinion, which have separated, but without enmity, our Protestant Faith, m this part of the world, into Church- men, Dissenters, and other Sectaries, competitors in zeal for their God and their King, and I shudder at the ex- change of that noble independence upon so critical a subject, for His religion, who was an Atheist at Paris; at Rome, a Papist; in Egypt, a Mahometan; a Military Pope at Paris again; a Jew in that Synagogue, whose iniprecations against this island, he has gratefully accepted ; and a kind of Demi-god at the city gates upon the coast, which have told him, " that after he was created. Providence became super- fluous!" *' When I look at the old families of this country, I am too proud, for even, to endure the idea, that hirlhy like theirs, can be ever bound in chains, to a foreign despotism, or can ever grace the wheel of its triumph here. " When! look at new men, w^iom I revere no less, and whose talents, or labours, have invested them with claims upon the soil, as well as the ir.arket; 1 call upon tlum to sustain their double interest, with undivided energy and spirit, ' X ^ ** You have an extent of coast which exposes you in a peculiar degree, to the invader's attempt; but I am confident that he will not find one inch of that coast unfortified. I am not pointing at those barriers of military art upon which intelligent officers may have diflered; but my allusion is to the forts and the redoubts of British valour^, erected in the shape of that valour alone, by men who determine to be Ihe last of ihe conquered, and who are sworn by a tacit oath to refuse a gift so despi- cable as that of life, at the expence of liberty and of honour. ** I have been much gratified in read- ing your address to the King. It was prepared (as I am told) by a gentleman, who does this Court the honour to be one of its officers — your present High Sheriff. It is, in my conception of it, most eloquent, animated, and consti- tutional. It reflects the highest honour upon tile pen, by which it was framed, and upon the sense of the county by wliich it was adopted into their signa- ture. *' I a])prove and commend your de- tern lination to raise the military com- ])lt;iaent of your volunteers, required by the law, to exempt you from its compulsory measures. *' As to a subscription for the general purposes of countenance and supply to this national object, and for special exigencies that may bear upon it (whether contemplated or unforeseen), you are the best judges of all ^uch ar- rangements, and it would be imperti- nent in me to ofter advice. But with every due submission to your better means of knowledge, I cannot help suggesting, whether it may not be deemed eligible, that a general fund should be put into honourwable hands, for the support of the cause; and that a more special one should be appropri* ated 164: THE ANTI-GALLICAN. ated. for the purpose of relief to the widows and children of those, born in this county, xvho die in the field; of reUef to the wounded and their lamihes, or of encouragement and recompence to extraordinary jiK-rits and- services — an expedient adopted in Westmoreland, by the sagacious and spirited mind of your diocesan, the Bishop of Llandaff — my view of it is, that of considering it as an additional s})ur to the volunteers. *' We are all speculators and poli- ticians at a moment like this, on the subject of that coast which the Invader is most likely to select. It appears to me the safest conjecture, that his first impression will be upon the sister island. " But there he will find an impreg- nable fortress in the memory of that recent outrage, which robbed an able and virtuous Magistrate of his life, " The ways of Providence in this world are too mysterious to be fathomed by the humani intellect, but we know they are, because they must be, wise and good. History will tell us, that visitations upon the innocent and meri- torious, are often approved, in their effect, blessings of incalculable utility. The sword that was dipped mLvcrelias blood, gave Rome its liberty. The massacre of the Hugonots at Paris, gave new energy to our Protestant faith in all parts of the world. ** Thejudicial murder of Sidney and " Jeftries' Campaign," gave us the Re- volution. l"he infernal outrage of that night in Dublin will be an army of champions against the foe, who was base enough to co-operate in the assas- sins' work. *' Where, Gentlemen, is my cajendar ! — It is not in my hand; it is a perfect blank. — There is not one prisoner for trial. It is another and sigiial proof, in which your merit is a most brilliant proof of the evidence, that oiir Con- stitution, which is the envy of the world, has the charm, (for I can give it no other name) of reconciling political independence with legal mo- rality, and the discipline of exemplary obedience to legitimate government, with high spirit, no less exemplar}^, when the national voice of honour calls it forth." ENGLISHMEN ! BE ready! j^i cruel and unprincipled Ups-tart, whom Providence permits to rage with savage tvranny over the people of France, declares in the face of the World, that the rights liberties of Englishmen shall speedily be no more ! ! ! " They may reap," he has Insolently said to his desperate and abandoned fol- lowers, *' but we shall enjoy their har\'est. — ^They may talk of their safety from the Sea that surrounds them — we shall watch our occasion, give the Slip to their Fleets, and pour mto their Country. Their troops can never guard the whole line of their shores; and the people, incumbered with arms ichich fhcy know not how to use, will fly be^ fore us in every direction. The spoil must be inmiense — their wives and daughters v. ill fall Avithin our j:'ower — - and EVERY F"rench Soldier may HAVE AN ExGLISHftiAN FOR HIS slave!" " Apd sltall this be so? — No — never, — Let the Riiffians come, — aroused by the warning voice of our good and virtuous Sovereign, they shall find us— EVERY MAN OF US, prepared — prepared to make them feel the force of British vengeance — to hurl destruc- tion on their heads; and shew the World what Englishmen, whose deeds in distant parts have covered them with renown — what Enghshmen can do on their own native land. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 165 IN REHEARSAL. Theatre Royal of the United Kingdoms. ■Some dark, foggv. Night, about November next, will be attempted, by a Strolling Company of French Vagrants, an old Pantomimic Farce, called IIAJRJLIEQUIK^S INYASIOM, OR, THB DISAPPOINrED BANDITTI. With New Machinery, Music, Dresses and Decorations. Harlequin Butcher, by Mr. BONAPARTE, from Corsica, (Who performed that Character in Egypt, I/ali/, Switzerland, Holland, Sec.) THE QTHER PARTS BY Messrs. Sieves, Le Brun, Talleyrand, Marat, Angereau, Massena, and THE REST OF THE GANG. In the Course of the Piece vail be introduced, a Distant View of Uarlcqiufis Flat-Boftomed Boats ' WARMLY ENGAGED BY THE AVOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND. To which will be added (b)j command of his Majcsfij, and at the particular recjuest of all good Citizens) the favorite Comic-Tragic-Uproar of THE REPULSE^ Or, Britons Triumphaiit, Tlie Parts of John Bull, Paddy Whack, Sawnev Mac Snaish, and Shone-ap- INIorgan, bv Messsrs. NELSON, MOIRA, St. VINCENT, GARDNER, HUTCHINSON, WARREN, Pl^XEW, S. SMITH, &c. The Chorus of *' Hearls of Oal,:," by the JOLLY TARS and x\RMY of OLD ENGLAND. Assisted by a Namerons Company of Provincial Performers, Who have VOLUNTEERED their Services on this Occasion. The Overture to consist of * Britons Strike Home — * Stand to your Guns," — » * Rule Britannia,' and GOD SAVE THE KING. The Dresses vy^ill be Splendid ; the Band Numerous and Compleat. The whole to conclude with a GRAND ILLUMINATION, and a TRANSPARENCY displaying BRITANNIA receiving,the Fl-omage of GALLIC PRISONERSi *^* No Room for Lobby Loungers. Vivant Rex et Regina. 166 THK ANTI-GALLICAX, EXHORTATION OF A BEDFORDSHiilE CLERGY3.IAN TO HIS PARISHIONERS. - " Friends and Neighbours, ** AS superintenclant of this Parish, I have just read to yoxi the Letter of the Lord Lieutenant" of Division. — You will observe that he has requested me to explain to you the stiite of the Country and the inotiivs which she \irges vipon vou for yoar hearty con- currence in her plans of Defence. *' That the stitte of the Country is a state of danger there can he no doubt. You are threatened by an insolent and ambitious enemy \vith Invasion. — He has in a stale of preparation 200,000 men within sight of your Coasts, and innumerable Vessels tinishecU or nearly so, to transport tliem to youi Shores. He oifers to his followers the plunder of our Country, and the prostration of all that can distinguish us as an inde- pendent nation. — Tiie man w;io com- mands this force, has seen the blood of his lawful Sovereign shed upon a scaffold — His Queen and Sister mur- dered, the Heir to the throne, a de- f-.'nceless youth, poisojied. — l^his man has cpntrived by a ferocious courjge to raise himself amidst the couvalsion and ruin of the State, to Sovereign Power. — Having waded througlj blood in Germany and ludy, having v.icriiiccd at the bridge of Lodi G,OLiO ol' his own troops, he gave precise orders to bury the dead and the woimded in the same grave that he might have no useless Soldiers. — ^This man having triumphed on the Continent of Europe, by th.e terror which his name inspired, by the ferociousness of his troops, by their Plunder, Rapes and jNlassacres, passed to Egypt, there he avo^vcd himself a Turk and commenced a new career with his infamous Banditti, the al^et- tors of his ambition, of his rapine and cruelty. *' Observe his entrance into Alex- andria, a city which could offer him no serious resistance to justify deliberate Myirder. You shall hear the account given of this affair by one of his Officers.* " The Turks repulsed on every side betake themsehes to God and their Prophet, and fill their Mosques. — Men, Women, old and young — Child- ren at the breast, all are massacred. — At the end of four hours the fury of our Troops ceases." Let us dwell on this horrible picture a monient — 40,000 Men four hours engaged in the work of indiscriminate butchery ! — Do you see the husband shot whilst kneeling before the altar of his God ? — This is the work of Bonaparte. — Do you see the wife stabbed ^vhilst she endeiivours to shield tliat husbaml with her body ? Tills is the work of Bonaparte. Do vou view the infant at her breast wreathing on the point of a French bayonet ? That too is the work of Bonaparte. I see neighbours you arc in an agony — the tears burst from your e\Ts. — I only relate these things to^ ^ou, Bonaparte has done them, — Whom did Providence appoint to stop the career of this Mon.sa-r ? You vv'ish then to see Egyp' " ^ ' '!, oar brave countrymen hav-' SV?- Sidvei/ S.'vitli beat this nu^liU ilero from the \^'alls of Acre — Beat him wath an handfull of Englishmen, and filled the Trenches with the dead bodies of liis ruffian followers. — Bonaparte the re- doultalle, turned his back on the con- flict with rage and disappointment, and like the fierce Bajazci wreaked his vengeance where there was no re- slsiancc Bov.-ycr— See intercepted Corie^poiidencc THE ANTI-GALLICAK. 167 ^'srance — He robbed the poor Inhabi- tants in his retreat — lie lived their \'illages — He cat their throats. His PriiOJiers who surrendered upon pro- mise of quarter to the number oi"4,0U0, }ie in cold blood ordered to be shot. -Four hundred oi^ h'n own sick Troops, t}ie sharers of tiis dangers, cmd the dupes of his aaibilicn, he dehberately ordered to be poisonal. -Defeated in his enterprize in Egypt, the Fleet of the Republic destroyed by the irresi- stible bravery of our gallant Seamen, led to the conflict by the undaunted Nelson. — Hopeless of becoming a second Alexander, and like him of sub- jecting the world, he shrunk from the contest, and leaving his deluded Army to their fiite, he skulked back to France. Alexandria falls before the arms of the brave Ahercromhy, and the people of Egypt are avenged by Englishmen. — This Usurper of the Sovereign Power in France, imable to bear like a n)an the mortification of his m.orc dibumt and disgraceful defeats, suiTers his rage to overcome hi.s cunning, and Lo tear the veil of hypocrisy from tlic angry soul of the Corsican. — He insults the Ambassador of the King of England, and surrounded by tlie host of Free- booters who have desolated and ini- poverishcd Europe, Bonaparte has the insolence to menace a country, an handful of whose Soldiers have covered him and his Egyptian Adventures with infamy and disgrace. — ^The JVoIfnow dares to howl at the Lion's dQx\. — Friends and neighbours, but -for this disturber of mankind, you might still have rested in your peaceful vilki'^e, your attention would not liave been called to the sound of the trumpet, to the roaring of cannon, and the shouts of contending armies. — But now we must lead your thoughts to war— we 1 ' must carry your imaginations to our own shores, wiiere thousands of o"ur countrymen are bristling our coasts with their baVonets, presenting a r?.m- part of genuine valour — Estranged to rai)inc, and cold-hearted murder, op- posing the honest hearts of Brlions to the p:diid ravishers of defenceless ^^■omen, the murderer of l.elpless in- fonts.— If the God of Rattle shoulc! permit such Enemies to pollute out- Shores, we are ready to punish their temerity, by teaching them the dif- ference between the high beating pulse of Freedom, and the tremulous and inflam.ed movement of Gallic blood. " You see then the nature of the claims which your Country has upon you, she calls for your voluntary aid, she expects the firm and ardent advance of her youngest Sons first— To be the defenders of the best of Kings from a host of Regicides, to defend their aged Parents, their Wives, their Sisters from the violence and foul embraces of French men. If I could imagine that any Vv-ho hear me this day could be such dcislards as to refuse voluntarily to protect and defend all that can be dear to Man, his Religion, his Laws, and his Liberties, and every endearment that constitutes the happiness of human hie— I v\o\ild then call an assembly of Women — I would urge them to cover you with ignominy by their reproaches, and then to arm themselves in defence of their Infants and their honour — they should chase you from the cottages v.hich you refuse to protect, and brraii!h--iou for ever from a Country which yo!i disgraced by your cowardice. But I have another opinion of you — I see the fire of patriotism glow upon your cheeks — I see )ou are ready— you will fdl again and again the ranks of our brave defenders if tha enemy i6d THE ANtl-GALLICAN. enemy should make any impression on them. You will obey the call of your Sovereign and your Countr}-- — Yes, my Frieuds> we shall render our- selves worthy of our Ancestors, and of the esteem of future ages, i will lake your resolutions immediately — \ our names arc all enrolled, but the question I shall put is. Will you FolunteerT' The People quitted the Church, the Minister followed — He stood upon a Tomh-stone in the midd of them, and said aloud, *' Yon that Folunteer to defend your KING fl«d COUNTRY. hold up your hands" — (all did so to a man) " Let us say then, God save the King with three cheats" — GOD SAVE THE KING was on all sides heard, and three cheers closed the voluntary offers of the Villagers of RiseJy — TO BEAT THE FRENCH. Mr. ERSKINE's ADDRESS TO THK LAWYERS CORPS. A meeting of the Lawyers Corps u:as held on Saturday August the '27fh, in that noble and vcneral-le apart- ment, the Middle Temple Hall; when Mr. Erskike, k'Jio had the day lefore been elected the Colonel of the Law Association, addressed the Corps nearly to the following effect — '* Gentlemen, — <* WREN I recollect the occasion %vhich requirel me to present myself to vour notice, when I look round also and perceive the enlightened and lui- merous audience before whom I appear, I do declare to you, that whatever ha- bit J may have acquired of making pub- lic addresses, must give way to those sensations, which I feel in making an address to vou. You have called nie to a post of great confidence in a most arduous and critical season; to be your commander at such a time, and in such a crisis of affairs, would be honour enough- — but there is sc mething more than honour, something more congenial to my mind, something which more nearly touches my sensibility in its ac- companiment. I have been told, my ap-^ puintment was absolutely unanimous. That one circumstance is the spring of all my feelings — your unanimous suf- frages, vou know I could not have, un- less I had with them your unanimous attachment. That thought it is which pervades me to the dej.th of my heart. Gentlemen, I am apprehensive (and I haAC no other fear) that you will ex- pect too great things from me; you may, perhaps, suppose that I shall bring into the field the accomplish-* ments and talents of an experienced officer, because I have been formerly in actual service, Tme it is, that I once had the honour to serve the King in both the military professions. There was a time w hen some military attain- ments I trust were mine; but time has eftaced a gi-eat deal of what I had learnt. Give me leave, however, to say, that if I find I have forgot every thing I for- merly knew, I shall think it no trouble, on your account, to go back again to my rudiments, and learn over again what was heretofore familiar to me in practice. — Gentlemen, the most exten- sive measures have been taken, and no doubt, necessarily, by our Government, to call out the strength of the countr}^ There have been several opinions as to the most efficient mode of arming. I profess myself a great friend to the Volunteer system. I think it, upon the whole, more energetic than the ie- vif en Masse. I beg pardon for using this expression, for I hate even a word bor- THE ANTI-GALLICAK. 169 'borrowed from that country with which we are at war. (Loud applauses) — • It is not numbers alone, that I look for in defence J it is the spirit which ani- mates, more than the numbers which compose, our military corps, that forms the bulwark of defence. I know the spirit \.i;h which we are animated : It is enougii far us to recollect in what country we are living — that our free Consritution, which has stood the shock of ages; that the whole of our establishment and institutions, and among them, that invaluable treasury of legal maxims which secures the free- dom of the land for us and is trans- mittal to our posterity; that every thing which is to you and me sacred, is to be ravaged by the destroying hand of ^an invading usurper — to think of such things for an instant is enough to fill your bosoms to the full; such senti- ments as these ideas must generate ; such sentiments as must light up the mind of every man, and invigorate every nerve in his frame, M'hen he knows, that the political existence of the coun- try is at stake, are the mass which I wish to see opposed to tiie invader — a mass, which it will be madness for any invader to attempt to penetrate. — Gentlemen, I will hazard most confi- dently my opinion, that I do not think this Invader will venture to land upon our coast — But what if he does? I will suppose him lartded — what of that? I say we are impregnable. What is landing unless he can shake the spirit ef thecomitry? If the mind of the coun- try is impregnable, it is ruin for that man who oilers it violence. But if we are to look to such an event, let us also look to the sort of force we sliall have to rest upon. Here again I advert to the Volunteers ; there will be no mis- trust among them; no " confusion worse confounded." The Ofiiccr M'ill know his men aiid the men their Com- mander; there w^ill be no treachery, when there is a mutual confidence. ** Gentlemen, I shall trouble you only with a few words more: though I am myself within a week or two oC arriving at that age, when the Legisla- ture would suppose me beyond the pe- riod of military duty, instead of filling the situation of a Commander; tliough I know also that my strength is not what it has been ; still I must say, that any man to whom nature has left any strength, would be a traitor to his coun- try, did he not cdhie forward in such, times as these. Placed as I am, at your head, by your unanimous suffrages, whatever I have left of energy, either of m.ind or bodily strength, is yours. Whatever exertions I am master of will with the most sincere zeal, be devoted to your service. Called to be your head, I will act as such as long as I can fulfil the duties of my command with efficiency, with honour to myself, and satisfaction to you. And I do most faithfully promise you, that the mo- ment I shall find myself to be deficient in those respects I will no longer con- tinue in the post which yt)UY partiality has conferred upon me." EPIGRAM. JoHTsrBuLL to his Countrijmen. THOUGH the world how the neck to the Corsican Chief, We Britons will ever resist hand and heart; And die, e'er we'll barter our English Roast Beef For Soup Maigre, and Frogs, or a d-mn'd Bony-part. E. W. B. TOL.J. ^ Y irO THE ANTI-GALLICAN. DURING BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. In a commodious Booth, erected for the occasion, A Company of real French and Italian Performers, will exhibit for Pablic Amusement, IIAM.LEQUIN KEi^'EGABOi ' OR, VANDEMONIUM IN AN UPROAR. In which will be represented in a Picturesque, and Pantomimic manner. The Tricks of Scapin, in France, Italy, Germany, and Egypt, accom- panied by various Tragi-comic Amusements never before exhibited. The wonderful celebrity which SIGNIOR NAPOLEONE and his Company V.avG gained throughout the Globe, by their unparalleled performances for the entertainment of the curious 3 gives him a hope that he may be permitted to show some of his °slight-of-hand tricks in London: (and though the Lord Mayor was very circumspect how he granted full licence, and particularly ordered the peace to le Iccpt, which SIgnior Napoleone considers as a great derogation of his known abilities ;) yet, willing to oblige all that lies in his power, he will inform those who favour him with their company, of certain manoeuvres in Pantomime ^hich have never been exhibited in this Country. The First range of scener\' wull exhibit an interesting viciv of Rome, in which will be represented a Dinner with the Pope^ or Jflio pays the Piper, by MonS. BERTPifiR. Scene II. The Shores of Alexandria. An Arab Hui^-t; showing in the true comic stile, how to make three thousand Avals bite the dust. In this masterly performance, Signior Napoleone w^ill perform a principal Character. Scene III. An interesfing spectacle of the Military Hospital at Jaffa. A philosophical dissertation on the most effectual method of destroying sickness, by means of soporific pills, with a representation of their wonder- working effects; which will convey a laughable idea of grimace in the various countenances of the patients. A certain Englishman, c?tlling himself Wilson, has .attempted to describe this in a hand-bill, for his own benefit; but Signior Napoleone hereby publicly avows tl)at his account, however he may puff it off for veracity, cannot come up to the Slgnlor's real performances, whether at J a [fa cr elsewhere. Scene IV. The hanks of Lodi. In this part of the performance will be saen bow to pass abridge in the true heroic stile; and how to sacrifice, in the most pleasing and entertaining manner, 6U00 men, to gain your object. ^N. B. Never pass a river at a Ford, for though you save blood, you make no Eclat. Scene V. The Swiss Cantons. A lively representation of the Fraternal Hug, to conclude with the address of the Ghost of William Tell to his country. This will be introduced with an original Song to the tune of " Liberty to the dole" by M. Talleyrand; and an entertaining view of the Massacre of THE Peasantry of iV/ar^Vr, Vri, and UiiicrwaUhu, fov iixmiii^ in tliQ Defence qF Liberty. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 171 ScEN^E VI. Aivsfcrdani. Tree of Liberty hoisted before the Stadt- HOUSE; which in a famlHar manner, will transtbmi itself into a number of Guillo- tine tricks, producing a very laughable eflect^ 1st. in squeezing the hard dollars of the Mynheers into French Assignats ; and 2dly in loppmg off a number of u^/elcss excrescences. These tricks to be exhibited every dav. Scene VII. The Thuilleries. Shadows, representing in a lively manner. The bloody hand pointing to the Temple : The demolition of Jlcnry IV's. statue : And a number of other ^•iews too numerous to mention in a haiuj»bill. The whole to conclude v/ith a Farce, called HARLEQUIN EVERY- WHERE. In which Signior Napoleone will exhibit a singular piece of Activitjf^ comprised in a Hop, Step, and Jump, from Italy to Egypt, from Egypt to Paris, and from Paris to the Coast of England; including a Divertiseiije^t of Scenery and Song, in alternate succession, representing THE SIEGE OF ACRE. With, '' Now the Battle's fought and icon,'' by Mr. S. Smith. THE COUNCIL OF ANCIENTS, With, *' Doicn, Tyrant, Down,'" by M. Arena. AND THE CLIFFS OF DOVER, With, *' Britons Strike Home," by ^Messrs, Keith, Cornwallis, S. Smith, Frederick York, Moira, Hutchinson, and a full Chorus of British Tars, Soldiers, and V^olunteers; accompanied by Drums, Trumpets, Bassoons, Clarionets, and continued discharges of Musketry and Cannon. The Finale will represent THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA REVIVED, OR, THE DESTRUCTION OF AN INVADING FLEET. The Scenery and Machinery similar to that employed in the defeat of the Spanish Floating Batteries, before Gibraltar ; With the Glee of ** Sulphur, Smoke, and Eire," from the Old Song of Admiral Russel. To prevent confusion, the LORD MAYOR will place Volunteers and Peace Officers to keep the doors, so that the Public can entertain no suspicion of having their Property invaded or their pockets picked. Signiors Napoleone, Talleyrand, Bertheir, &c. inform their customers tliat all the profits of the performances are for their own sole leneft-y as was clearly evinced when they settled the accounts of the Theatre with Don Sancho Pancha, Signior Etruria, M. Von Pruss, and others. Admittance, Front Places One Guinea : Back Seats, One Shilling. Baijk Paper will not not be accepted. — N. B. No change aftej the Curtain is drawn. Y 2 ORIGiNAI^ 1**^. THE AXTI-GALLICAN. ORIGINJL POETRY, THE CASTLE BUILDER; OR, THE FRENCH AT THKIR JOURNEVs END. IVritten hy Mr. C. Dibdikt, Jan. And sung itt ile Burletta Spectacle of Barbara AUen, at Sadlers JfYLh WE'RE told that the French to invade us intend. And no wonder if Boktaparte's madness thus end. For that man is most likely, it must be &ilovv'd. In the air to huild castles who lives at St. Cloud. To I de rol. They'll come, we are told, or fame makes a faux pas. In balloons to be filrd with the smoke of burnt straw. And its quite a-pro-pos that a plan, without joke, Vv hich is founded in vapour should finish in smoke. Tol de rol ' Then some say they'll come here in flat-bottom'd boats. To reap a good harvest, and sow their wild oatsj But the harvest they fancy to reap will be smaslid. And their oats and tiiemselues get confoundedly thraslid, Tol de rol. But how to get here the French need'nt take pains. To project this or that way, or puzzle their brains j Let them once put to sea, and they'll sson find escorts^ For our sailors ivill pilot thcra into our ports. Tol dc roh As a proof that they'll come, tlie French ev'ry day toast *' That Frenchman whojirst sets his foot on our coast " But he'll not keep his footing, I'll wager a crown. So let us toast *' The Briton that first knocks him dovm^* Tol dc rol. SELECTED POETRY. STANZAS TO THE BRITISH OAK. WHE^ vegetation from the new-form'd earth Caird forth her first green progeny to thee. She gave distinguish'd eminence of birth — She mark'd thee for the forest's Kingly tree. She THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 173 She gave thee vigor, weakness to protect. She gave thee beauty, valowr to engage ; She gave thee dignity^ to gain respect, , And courage to control Confusion's rage. Hence thou abhor'st the cfhnes wliere Tyrants reign. And cringing slaves ignoble homage pay ; Hence at the sighi of loath'd Oppression's chain. Thy verdure sickens, and thy nerves decay. But, in the land where Liberty and Lav/ Their wholesome influence happily unite. Where Justice keeps Enorniity in awe. And weighs with equal scale the wrong and right :— • There thou delight'st to fix thy stable seat ; Luxuriant tliere t\\y native honours spread. The Muses consecrate the iov'd retreat And Taste and Genius round it lustre shed. Then rear thy green head to the summer gale. And all thy tow'ring branches proudly wave For, till the pow'rs of vegetation fail. No Tyrant Freedom's Fay'rite shall enslave. Morning Post, HAFIZ. PATRIOTIC EPILOGUE • To the Maid of Bristol, By George Colmaist, Jun. Esq. IN times like these, the Sailor of our Play, Much more than common sailors has to sayj For Frenchmen, now, the British Tars provoke^ And doubly tough is every Heart of Oak ; Ready to die or conquer, at command. While all are Soldiers who are left on land. Each English soul's on fire to strike the blow That curbs the French, and lays a Tyriint low.-— Sweet wolf! how lamb-like ! how^, in his designs, ** The maiden modesty of Grimbald" shines: Strifes he concludes 'twixt nations who agree: Freedom bestows on states already free -, Forcing redress on each contented town. The loving Ruffian burns whole districts down ; Clasps the whole world, like Death, in his embrace. Stalks Guardian Butcher of the human race; And, aping the fraternity of Cain, Man is his brother only to be slain. And I7i> THE ANTI-GALLICAN. And must Religion's mantle be profan'd. To cloak the crimes wish which an Atheist's stain'd? Yesj — the Mock Saint, in holy motley dress'd. Devotion's Fnllic Ledger stands confesd'd 3 — Of e\ 'ry, and no faith, beneath the sua — ** Open to all, and itiHuenc'd by none;" Heady he waits, to be, or not to be, Hank Unbeliever, or staunch Devotee. Now Ciirisfians death in Christ laji zeal lie works. Now worships Malio)net to murder Turks; Now tears the Creeds aud gives Free-thinking scope. Now dubb'd ** Thrice Catholic," he strips a Pope! A mongrel IMussuhiian, of Papal growth. Mufti and Monk, now neither, or now lotli ; At Mosgue, at Church, by turns, as crafr thinks good. Each day, in each, — and every day in blood J God; mvist this Mushroom Despot of the hour. The spacious world encircle with his power? Stretciiing his baneful feet from pole to pole. Stride Corsican Colossus of the whole. Forbid it. Heaven! — and forbid it Man! Can !\ I en forbid it? — Ye^; the /■:nglish cnn. I'is their's, av length, to fight the workrs great cause. Defend their own, and rescue other's laws. What BiaTOXs would rot, were their hairs alllivesy Fight for their Charter, un their Babes and Wives; And htirl a Twar-t fro)n his upstart Throne, To Giuard their Kina, sccurelv on his own ? BANNOCK BURN. Bolcrt Bruce's Address to his Army. SCOTS, wha hae wi' Yv^allace bled ; Scots, wham Bruce has aften led; Welcome to your gor}^ bed. Or to glorious victory. Now's the day, and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour ; See approach proud Edward's pow'r — Edward ! chains and slaverie ! Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Traitor 1 Coward! turn and flee! Wlia for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw. Free-man, or Free-man fa', Caledonian! on %vi mee! By oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins. But they shall be — shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low ! , Tyrants fall in ev'ry foe ; Liberty's in every blow ! Forward! let us do, or die! THE ANTI-GALLICAN 175 SONG, BY CAPTAIN MORRIS, WHILE deeds of Hell deface the v.-oild, And GallLvs Throne in ruhi lies, Wiiile round the world Revolt is hurl'd. And Discord's b;ineful banner flies. Loud shall the loyal Briton sing To arms ; to Arms ! your bucklers bring. To shield our Country, guard our King, And George and England save. Ne'er shall the desolating woe. That shades with horror Europe o'er. To us his hideous image show. Or steep in blood this happy shore : Firm as our rock-bound Isle we'll stand. With watchful eye and iron hand. To wield the might of Britain's land. And George and England save. While wide the threat'ning frenzy burns. And prostrate nations mourn its rage. Sternly his eye the Briton turns To EDWARij's andto Henry's page : As o'er their conquering urn he sighs, Touch'd by their fame's proud fire, he cries, *' Thus o'er our foes we'll ever rise. And George and England save." Oft fancy views them on the deep. And turning, as their squadrons roll. Where great Eliza's ashes sleep. With triumph fills the Briton's soul. As Drake and Raleigh catch the glance : ^' xA^dv^ance ! he cries, rash fools, advance ! The grave of Spain shall ope for France, And George and England save." What prompts these restless foes of life To dare our dreaded arms again What, but the hope that party strife Has broke Britannia's shield in twain ? But, know they not, when France js near, Tlie loar of tongues is silent he^e. That all may grasp Britannia's spear. And George aiKl England save. Ne'er in the pinch of Britain's fate Shall Statesmen's rival feuds be l;no\vn. Or faction strive, Avith thwarting hale. To break the British bulwark down: No ! round the Altar of our Land, Link'd in one soul, the British Band Shall firm in sacred union stand. And George and England save. Though moral order sink to ground. Though all the virtues trodden lie. Though fury tear the nations round. And blood and rapine fill each eye j Ne'er shall the storm here turn its flight. While British hearts at Home unite To guide our thoughts, to guard our' right. And George and England save. O, happy Isle ' wise-order'd State ! Well-lemper'd work of Freedom's hand ! No shock of realms can touch thv fate. If Union binds thy sea-girt land : Vainly the storms shall round thee ring. While Britain's Sons in concord sing, JfVll shield our Cou?itrij, guard our King, And George and Eno-Iand save! BONAPARTE'S ANSWER TO JOHN BULL'S CARD, Invlling him to England, with a Fci» Lines concerning his Brothers, Taffy, Sawney, and Paddy. Tune — Jiere wc go up, up, up. MY dear Johnny Bull, the last mall Brought over your kind invitation. And strongly it tempts us to sail In our boats, to your flourisliing na- tion. But J 76 THE AKTI-GALLICA.vr. But pmdence she whispers, '* Beware, Don't ) ovx see, that his fleets arc in motion; He'll play you some d — d Ruse de Guerre. If he catches you out on the ocean." CHORUS. Onr fears they mount up, up, up. Our hopes they sink dovvn-y down-y. Our hearts they beat backwards and forwards. Our heads they turn round-y round-y. You say that pof-Iuck shall be mine, Je fi entens pas ces motSj Monsieur Bull, But think I can guess your design. When you talk of a good heUy-full. I have promis'd my men with rich food. Their courage and faith to reward; I tell them your puddings arc good, Tho' your dumplings are rather too hard. O my Johnny, my Johnny,, And O my Johnny, my deary — Let a few of us come over To taste of your beef and beer-y. I've read, and I've heard much of Wales; Its mines, its meadows, and foun- tains, Of black cattle fed in the vales. And goats skipping wild on the mountains. "Were I but once safe landed there, Wliat hnprocements I'd make in the place ! I'd prattle and kiss with the fair. Give the men the fraternal embrace. O my TafEy, my Taffy, Soon ril come, if if please ye. To riot on delicate mutton, Cood ale, and toasted cheese-v. Caledonia I long to see. And if the stout fleet in the Xcrlh Will let me go by quietly. Then I'll sail up" the Firth of Forth '. Her sons, I must owri, they are dashing. Yet Johnny, between m.eand you, I owe them a grudge for the thrashing. They gave that poor devil Menou, my Sawney, my Sawney, Your bagpipes will make us all friskey. We'll dance with your lasses so bon- ny. Eat haggis, and tipple your whis- key. Hibernia's another snug place, 1 hope to get there too some day, Tho' our ship's they got into disgrace. With Warren, near Donegall Bay. Tho' my good friends at Vinegar Hill, They fail'd, be assured Jack, of this, III give them French Liherly still. As I have to the Dutch and tlie Swiss: O my Paddies, my Paddies, You are all of you honest crea- tures. And I loqg to be with you at Cork, To sup upon fish and potatoes, '^ A fair wind arid thirty-six hours,'' Would bring us all over from Brest, Tell your ships to let alone ours. And we'll manage all the rest. Adieu ! my dear boy, 'till we meet ; Take care of your gold, my honey. And ichen 1 reach Thrcadncedlestrcef, I'll help you count over your money. But n\y fears they mount up, up,, up. My //oy;e5 they sink down-y, down-y. My heart it beats backwards and forwards. My head it nans round-y, round-y. THE NUMBER Vr. BRITANNIA. JTi UlN seize thee. Consul King, Destruction on tliy banners wait ; Though f^mn'd by Conquest's crimson wing. They mock the air with idle state. Thy fearful vigilance shall fall. And nought thy Mam'luke guards avail. To save thy secret soul from restless fears. From Holland's curse, Helvetia's tears." Such were the sounds that o'er the crested pridv'- Of Bonaparte scatter'd wild dismay. As Albion's tow'ring cliii's in wrath he ey'd. And vow'd to mark v.ith blood his vengeful wav. Massena stood aghast in speechless trance ! To iumsy cried Angereau, and crush the foes of France I High on a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Ocean's foaming flood. And mocks the wave that chafes belo^v, With awful front Britannia stood j Rais'd her shield, and pois'd Iter spear. That oft have shaken realms with fear; Her fliv'rite lion's eye-balls glare Like meteors on the troubled air; Then with prophetic voice of thunder loud. She shouted terror to the hostile crowd: — Vol.. I, Z «'Hark I/S the AN'TI-GALLICAN. ** Hark! how the beetling cliflPand sca-Avorn cnve Groan to old Ocean's hollow note beneatli j Tyrant, they nod to crush thee to thy grave ! Revenge on thee the mnrna'riug surges breathe. My sea already yawns for half thy host, And half shall feed the corrn'rants ofmv coast. Cold Is my fav'rite 11 owe, Who shook th' affrighted main 3 My Douglas too lies low, — _ Britons, ye mourn in vain Brave Abercrombie's fall, Wiio delug'd Egypt with the gore Of the fierce squadrons of the murd'rous Gaul, On Alexandria's shore. Yet cease to weep : they do not sleep — Through the briglit sky, a heavenly bnnd I see them sit, they linger yet, Avengers of their native land. But Nelson still is mine. Who shook the Libyan coast; A thousand heroes guide my navy's line. The dread of Gallia's scattered host. Still gallant Sidney ploughs the deep. Who chas'd thee. Consul fell! from Acre's wail. And soon his force my waves shall steep W^ith thy base blood, thou shame of abject Gaul." She spoke — and stamping on the rocky height. Pale Gallia's utmost shores re-ccho"d with affright. Caml-,'ul, , ^ ^ press It, if It mtertered with the Beso- Countni. 1 • ' 1 • 1 , , lutions, but Avished that those who AFTER the papers were read, Sir framed the Resolutions, would adopt John Dalrymple moved. That as an the substance of it in some way or addition to the Resolutions of the Com- other. mittee, the following clause should be He had been the first man in the added, " Resolved, That this Meeting three kingdoms- (for the truth of which recommend that Volunteer and Armed he appealed to his speech printed at the. time) THE AXTI-GALLICAN. 3/9 time) to propose, at a meeting of the coLiiitv, in this very room, that the nation should be raised in a mass, si- milar to that which the French had at that time raised; and he would now give the reasons which weighed with iihn then, and weigh with him still more now J wh.ich reasons will consist in applving to the present actual cir- cumstiinces of the war between Bri- tain and France, the circumstances of the three greatest wars in their conse- quences that ever existed; the war of Hannibal, the war of America, and the late war of nine Powers against France. Much of his studies had been applied m tracing the causes of the rise and fall of Nations, and on that account he hoped for the indulgence of this meet- ing. The War of Ilannihal. It appears from Livy, that Hannibal entered Italy w^ith 100,000 men, and til at the Roman Army was equally nu- merous, but weakened by detaching 30,000 to the defence of . different parts of Italy. The consequence voas, that Hannibal, in all his first battles, defeated, with a large army, troops that were less numerous. But the loss of oO,"000 men, at the battle of Canna?, opened the eyes of ihe jlomans to their danger, and they raised all the Roinan citizens in a mass. Livy says, that in the first sub- sequent lustrum, the number of Roman chizens was 108,000 and the legions about twenty-live. A legion consisted of near 5,000 men; but by the addi- tion of an equal number of Allies to it, it consisted of nearly 10,000; so that the lloman Army, when the mass was raised, consisted of about 250,000. This vras not all. The Romans did what they had never done before, they added 8,000 slaves to supply the place of the Prisoners taken at Canuae, and Z 2 called the seamen from the coasts to the army, which by these means came then to consist of above 300,000 men. The state of the war then came to be an army of above 300,000 against an army of 50, or Go,000. I fix upon that number because the Allies of Rome did not revolt till late in the war. With the raising of the mass the fate of the war turned, till Hannibal was driven out of Italy. Look at Africa, a short time after. When Hannibal was driven into Africa, the Romans sent agreatarmy after him; but the Carthaginians, instead of rais- ing their people in a mass, trusted their fate to mercenaries and auxiliaries, and to a single battle, instead of making the war a war of posts in their own coun» try, as they ought to have done then, and England ought to do now. Thus Rome saved Italyby raising their people in a mass, and Carthage lost Africa by not following the example. American War. AVhen that war began, the Ameri- cans had not one regiment, one ship, one fort — I had almost said one shil* ling, because they had only a revenue of 75,000l. to defend their sea-coast, 1800 miles in length, exposed to the fleets of England, and the armies of England and Germany; yet they were victorious in the war, and by a singu- larity unparalleled in history, took one army prisoners in the North, and ano- ther in the South, that were sent to conquer them. What was the cause? The cause was, that they raised their people in a mass, instead of raising a partial Militia, or a partial Army, an# forming them into regiments and squa- drons : they formed their whole people into one great regiment, and from that great regiment formed as Bjany smaU ones as thev pleased, Wat )8o THE AXTI-GALLICAN. ff^ar of 2\27ie Poivcrs against France. Wlicn the French Monarchy was cverturned, nine Pov/ers joined against France, whose atniies amounlccl to 700,000 men ; France had only fTEER Corps. THE Inahbitants of the Parish of EaUng, including Old Brentford, being met together for the purpose of taking into consideration the steps they shall pursue, in order to strengthen the Arm of Government at this important Cri;;is, think it their duty to make a Declara- tion of their Sentiments on the Subject. They therefore declare, that they feel themselves imperiously called lapon to use their most strenuous exertions in defence of their King and Country. — They see with the utmost indignation the Great disturber of the world's peace, preparing to cast Ujjon tlie British Shores his infanious marauders. And they view with unspeakable pleasure the British Lion ready to repel his inglorious attempts. Tliey view the measures adopted by Parlia- ment for a General Arming of the People, as pregnant with the most important blessings, and anxiously aalicipate the glories of that npt far distant day, when the whole BrltlsH nation shall be armed in its own defence, with one heart ani* one HAND. This measure will ailord to Europe, and to the world, a sublime spectacle, and an illustrious example. It will tell all the world, that Britons have not lost the Spirit, nor abandoned the ))rinciples of their forefathers, and it will teach that part of Europe which remains unsubdued, the njeans by which they may support their In- dependence. It will disconcert the CoRsicAN Usurper, and his blood- stained I^EGiONS, in their fond desire for general pillage, and in their lust for universal domination. — It will belong to Britons to subvert the ambitious projects of the haughty tyrant, and to overthrow his plans of desolation. — It will be for Britons, under divine pro- vidence, to chastize him for his inso- lence, and to punish his temerity, — And in order to effect this most de- sirable purpose, the inhabitants of the parish of Ealing, are determined by every privation, and by every exertion, to co-operate with the Government and the Country in the present glorious struggle, in which they are contending, for all that is dear and valuable, for their families and fire-sides, for their beloved King, for the liberty and in- dcpcndance of the nation, ami for ccmiinuing to themselves the pre-emin- ence, prosperity and happiness, the people of this country have for ages enjoyed, under its most excellent Constitution. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND Friends and C'ountrymen, AS Bonaparte and his Army seem determined to attempt an Inva- sion of this Country, it becomes the Governmaat 18' THE ANTI-GALLICAN <,'orf'rnincnt nnd tlu- People to consider seriously of the prohubility of such an event, and propcrlv to estimate the con- setinentyvis ; to consider well the senti- ments of the people, and to guard aciinst internal as well as external cuen)ios. Some peor)lc aflect to donht whether I><)nap/artc has any such intention, and others, who believe that he may make the i^ttempt, sav, it is impossible he fan succeed, and eontcniplaic his tiuvats without emotion. These o])i- iiions proceed either froni a hope of tlie success of an Invasion, or ignorance of the character of the Entmv ; and both of them have one tendencv, that is, to produce supinencss and indifler- cnce. Nothing, surely, can tend so effectu- ally to serve the Jinemy's cause, as an opinion that tlic French cannot iiurt us. — Let every man in the Kingdom entertain this notion, and tfie Coun- try WOULD BECOME AN" EASY PREY. A proper sense of danger, when danger threatens, is the first thing that moves towards averting the danger. Wiicre there is no sense of" danger, or but little, there will be but little or no exertion ; and these are the conside- rations which lead ' me to suspect tlial tlur-e who are jterpetually crying out, '* Bonaparte won't attempt an iiivasioi! ; (;r, " If he docs, it is ini- posbible ho should succeed," are either fool-, or scoiuulrels. It jn ay be boldly eaid, ihat'no iVicnd to liis counnv, no one who propcrlv estimates the bles- sings we enjov, no man who does not wish success to the arch-fikxdBoma- PA-RTK, wiji say, that there is no pro- bat/illtv of an Invasion ; indc&s he is so bciortcfi ^vi•h ignorance of the pre- sent state (if liuKian afiairs, and of the character of that GREAT SIIKDDER i' HUMAN BLOOD, as to be pro- lieriy deiiORiiiuacd a fool. During the late war Tlonapartc made a number of desperate attempts, he oxercauie obstifcles apparently insnr- mouiUable, and astonished Euroj^e hv the promptitude and decision of hi» measures. r\c has often been success- ful merely because his attempts have been desperate, and his advances un- expcctetl ; and those who have op- posed him have been overcome, not because they were destitute of the meims of resistance, but because they A\-ere appalled and confounded by the rashness of his enterprizcs. His adventurer liave been of such a nature as are sufficient to justify an apprehension that he will make the attempt, and that he may possiblv suc- ceed in landing an army in Britain. But if we are to be told, that he dare not attempt it, or, if he does, that his success is impossible, we shall be led into a state of indifference, which will be fatal to us. It is not in human nature to make such great exertions to avert danger, where there is only a cool calculation of the propability of an event, and the mind is in a state of considerable doubt about that proba- bility, as are made when the mind is sensibly affected by a danger, which is seen to be impending. It is, there- fore, tlie duty of every Friend to his Countrv, to rucg the bell of alaum, to excite in the minds of men OF ALL RA-vKS, a Strong feeling of the danger to which we are exposed, and oi" the iunn iluit would follow, if that danger should be. consummated 1 But vet in such a w^ay as not to excite fear. — To impress on their minds a strong sense of the necessity of great, exertion, and in that case of the certainty of ultimate success. This* is the point to which Britons should be broiight, — They should be con- vinced, that the French army is no\r coiieciing for the avowed purpose of THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 3 83 invading us, and that ere long, the bold attempt will be inade. — '^rhcy should be lauglit, that if we slight and contemn the danger, THE COUN- TRY IS LOST; but that if the reiifford. SPEECFI BY Dr. BOOKER, On Hie Dvfence of the Country ; laleli) delh'crcd at a piillic meeting of the inhulilants in the Town-hall at Dudley^ H'oreesteihirc. THE object of this meeting is as im- portant as any that ever engaged the at- tention of a civilized people. In com- mon, therefore, with my fellow Britons of all descriptions, I naturally feel a desire to render myself useful, in con- tributing all I can to avert the tremen- dous evils which now threaten us. Not knowing whether I shall be allowed to serve my Countiy in any capacity or degree out of the }Ku-licular sphere of my profession, I now rise to address a few words to the resp"cia;jk' assei)il)lage of persons I see beibre me: — persons, I am convinced, who require not one word from me, or from anv other tongue more eloquent than mine, to stimulate them to protect their King and his GoTCrnment in the hour of danger, or to die in their defence. Yes, Gentlemen, I know your hearts; and I know them to !>e warmed with genuine ])atriotism : with respect to. real love of our admirable Constitution, \ know them to be as sound as the oak that lends its strength to bear the thun- ders of Britain over the billows of the deep. You need no lecture to be pro- nounced in your ears to make you sen- sible of the blessings we enjoy : or to convince you that those blessings are now in danger. For, if the open de- clarations of enemies themsei\es (from it is advisable at all times to receive in- 1S4 THE ANTI-GALLICAN 5trLi(tion) contain any truth, or if their }!rcNcnt imremittetl and formidable ]ne- jiarations against us merit any notice, incitdulity itself must be consirained to o\\n that even our political and natural existence is in most imminent danger. The imdeviating and vnidivided oljject of a Nation s;iji;anlic in bulk, and in- \irgcd to the business of war, is our TOTAL Overthrow and Destruc- TK K. 'Ihe happiness and prosperity with which a peculiarly kind Providence has blessed us through a series of ages, seem to aftect the proud Despot of that Na- tion, as the Monarch of Hell was alFected when he contemplatetl the feli- city of our First Parents in the Confines of Eden. And the laugviagc of the Palien Spirit, ascribed to him b^^ our immortal Milton, may naturally be su]-)- posed to issue from the hj;s of the desolating Tyrant that mediates our ruin : '•' The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more 1 feci Torment within. AH good to mc becomes Nor do I hope to be myself less m;>eral>le By what I seek; but others to make such As I, — though thereby worse to ine redound. For only in destroying I find ease To my relentless thoughts." Rendered wretched himself by the per- petration of deeds at v,hich humanity blushes, and imparting no small poriion of that wretchedness to the vassals he rules, *' with a rod of scorpions," — he is unceasingly endeavouring to plunge iiSy the happiest of nations, into nameless woe — I say nameless woe — For, what has he done in other coun- tries, ^^"hose people have either volun- fcirily bowed tb.eir necks to his yoke, or have been forcibly subjugated to his tymnnic power; what plunder and op- pression, what massacre of men, what violation of women has he permitted to be wrought by the slaves of his will? all these atrocitlcr?, tliough eno;]gh io veil yon Sun with horror, from no crherion by which n;e are enabled to judge of the extent of misery and slaugh- ter with which he would deluge this Nation. A Nation, the only one upon earth that has baflled his towering ho^)es, and interposed a barrier to his mad ambiiion. Tlds modern Carthage, as he terms it, he vows shall be cut oti ; its race of warriors, and of men emi- nently distinguished in every depart- ment of life, he declares shall be exter- minated ; its female inhabitants, thou- sands and ten thousands of whom are virtuous as they are fair, this Arbitrator of Mortals and of States promises to his abandoned legions, to satiate their lusts after the toils of victory ! after they have stained themselves with the blood of the husbands, the brothers, the fathers, and sons of those females. Horrible consideration! What son, or what fadicr, V. hat brother, or what husband. Can portdcr it only in uiind, and not feel all the man, all the hero rise with- in him. It is to avert such mighty mischiefs, mv Countrymen, that you are about to buckle on the sword. It is to drive tb.ese plunderers of tiie world, these poUuters of female chastity to the waves they shall have the hardihood to cross, should tliex escape tiie vigilance (for I cannot for a nioment suppose they will prove victoviaus over the valour) of ourNa\al Defenders. That the call is loud and inipressive, I need not tell .you : that it should arouse every one who has strength in his arm to exert that strength in the momentuous common cause, is equally manifest. Lot there be few exemp-^ tions; and I wish not to be among thafc few J but will gladly front ckinger, with my friend and fellow Britons, in defence of my Country, and will cheerfully hail death if I \vitnc3£ its ^»x]X, THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 185 THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA O RDINARY. Published by Anlicipatif)n. Tuesday, November 8, 1803. Admirall if- Office, Nocemhcr 8, 1803. JL HIS morning, at half-past four o'clock, Capt. Briton, of his Majesty's ship tlie Invincible, arrived at this office, with ilispatcaes from the Right Honourable Lord Guard'em, Ad- miral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet, to the Right Hon. Lord Finisterre, of which the following are Copies : Royal Sovereign, St. Helens, Nov. 7, 1803. My Lord, I have the honor, by this, the earliest opportunity, to inform your Lordship, that on Thursday, the 3d Instant, Capt. Lynx, of the Eagle Frigate, com- municated to me a letter from Lieut. Piercer, of the hired armed cutter L'Espion, stationed to watch the ope- rations of the French off Brest, &:c. stating, that from the motions of their gun boats, fishing vessels, and other small frify which had, for some time, both singly and (as opportunitv oG'ered) in fleets, been skylkino; along the coast, from their small ports and inlets, to avoid our cruisers j nay, this letter adds, that some of them have even been put iipon wheels, and drawn to their place of grand rendezvous by horses, there- fore there was reason to believe that the long-expected expedition, was on the point of sailing. These movements, and also some which were made by the men of war, in the harbour, Avhich, I had intelligence v/ere no longer c/zainec? to the ground, induced me also to suspect, that the enemy m.eant to take the advantage of the length and darkness of the nights, and of the fogs, which even at this early period of the winter Vol. I. ' Aa hang o\ er the Chanuel in the day, and attempt, witli their collected force, the invasion of our coast. This suspicion was in some degree confirmed, by ad- vices which I received from Capt. Oak of the Fury Bomb, Lieut. Sting, of the Ant Cutter, and from other quar- ters, all agreeing that similar operations were carrying on at St. MaLes, and other ports, which led me to conclude, that the diiferent flotillas acted in con- cert, and that the bustle in every place, indicated a general movement at the same time. Fearful that the appear- ance of an English vessel should thwart their intention, and two or three gathered together frighten them back to their ports, and resolved, at the same time, to give them plenty of sea-room, I ordered all the brigs, cutters, sloops, luggers, launches, and even skiffs, v/itli which we had hitherto opposed them, to join the fleet, w^hich I judged to be the only means to put an end to the vaporing on their parts, which every gale had conveyed to our shores, and impatience on ours at the delay of ven- geance which the brave fellows under my command seemed to consider as the only hardships of the expedition. As I expected, on Friday morning the 4th inst. the signal was made from the Resolute, Captain Takeall, that the enemy had sailed, and were at that time about eighty leagues S. E. of Cape Barfleur, collecting their force, which was stated to consist of twenty-eight ships of the line and some frigate?. The small craft, which issued from the creeks on the opposite side of the Chan- nel, 1 understood to be innumerable. I immediately ordered the signal to be made for the fleet under my command, to make all sail in chace, and endeavour to cut them off" their own coast; this we happily effected. Favored by the wind^ vs-e fouudj, oa tlie moroing of 111© 1S6 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, the fifth of November instant, the day on which they had proudly vaunted, that they intended to make a descent on our coast, that they were about IVi id- channel, incumbered with their im- mense flotillas, which appeared to be scattered in all directions, and which, it seemed by the frequent signals of the flag-ship, and the anxiety of the re- peating frigates, the Admiral was en- deavouring to collect, and, as much as in his power, to concentrate. A ci: - cumstance happened at this period (nine o'clock, A. M.) which the enemy pro- bably considered as fortunate, though in the event it was attended with serious consequences to them. Namely, about half an hour after we had discovered them, and just as I had made the signal for the ships as they advanced to attack them singly, for against such an irre- gular and disorderly like foe, it was im- possible to form a regular line of battle : just at this moment when the True Briton, Capt. Steady, who led the van, was within pistol-shot of L'As- SASSiN, Capt. Sang, it came on so foggy, that for some time. It shrouded the whole fleet from our sight. The enemy taking advantage of this circum- stance, crowded all the sail they could carry, and as I have since been informed, in their hurry to bear av/ay from us, not only run foul of each other, but run down many of their flat-bottomed boats and small vessels. About eleven A. M. the fog cleared away, and, as Vv'C had still kept on the same tack^ v»'e again discovered them: Capt. Steady, reso- lute in his purpose, soon came up with and attacked L'Assassin, with an alacrity and intrepidity that does honor to himself, officers, and crew: the other ships, as they came up, went gallantly into action, which was continued with uniform success on our part till four •'clock, P. M. During the contest, L'EoYPTiEy, Admiral Jaffa, a near relatic-n of the First Consul, struck to the Boyal Sovereign, on board of vvhich I had hoisted my flag; the Admiral and crew were consequently made prisoners of war. Le Cataline was sunk by a broadside from the Tremendous, Cap- tain Dart. La Gasconade, blew up early in the action. Le Brutus, struck to the Caesar, Captain Phar- SALiA. Le Pet, (bomb) also blew up, v/ith a terrible explosion, when along- side Le Regicide, which from this circumstance caught fire, and burnt to the water's edge. Never was accla- mation so general as that from our sur- rounding ships, when Le Cataline went 'down. This I mention with the more satisfaction, as the greater part of the crew were saved by the gallantry of the British seamen. The contest betwixt the Lion and Le Cog, both first rates, was, while it lasted, extremely severe; but it was de- cided in favour of the former. While the capture of the latter seems to have been the signal for a general retreat, on the part of the enemy, who immedi- ately after appeared to have forgone the intention of invading our island, and, in consequence, taking advantage of a gale which sprung up in their favour, to have borne away for their own coast, Le Marat, Le Santerre, L'Ega- lite. La Bastille, which they in- tended for a prison ship, with several others, flew to escape our fleet, with all the canvas they could croud. In this, however, they had little success. Le ]Marat was forced into action by the Terrible, Captain Conde, and soon after struck. Of the other I have not 3'el received a correct account, but have reason to believe that several were either burnt, sunk^ or taken, and that those few which had the good ibrtune THE ANTI-GALLTCAN. 187 to escape, were In so crip))lcd a state, as to prevent the French Ciovernnient from ii second attempt at invasion for at least many years. Thus ended this glorious and menio- rahle day, in the course of which, and, in attending to its consequences, your Lordship will perceive, that I have been too much engaged to be more particular. — One observation you will j)ermit me to make with respect to the oihcers and sailors under my command, that they have upon this, as upon former occa- sions, acted like True Britons. Where all have been so meritorious, it would appear invidious to mention par- ticular individuals 3 but it is with plea- sure and pride I boast, that they have in every respect deserved the rewards, the applauses, the honors, which their king and country, whom they have so ably defended and avenged, have pre- pared for them. I have the honor to be. With the greatest respect. My Lord, Your Lordship's - iMost obedient humble servant, GUARD EM. (SECOND LETTER.) Royal Sovereigri, St. Helens, Nov. 7, 1803. MY LORD, I v/ould not close my dispatches un- til I had communicated to your Lord- ship, as accurately as it is in my power to collect it, an account of the grand flotilla of transports, flat-bottomed boats, &c. &c. which was destined to cenvey the invading forces, which have been arrogantly termed, '< The Army of England," to this kingdom. I have already intimated to your Lordship the manner in which, under the convoy of the fleet, they sailed; but it is impossi- ble to convey to your mind an adequate idea of the confusion that ensued in consequence of our attack. Impelled . by their guardian men of M\ar to follow them, while they endeavoured as fast as possible to make their escape, as they were crowded with troops, horse and foot, the former of which they termed * Marine Cavalry, ' you will be little surprised to learn that many of them fell foul of each other, and that the far greater number of them are gone to the bottom. Humanity shudders at the reflection of so many brave, but mis- guided men, being sacrificed to the caprice of a cowardly tyrant, who, I understand, so far from sharing with his companions in arms, as he called them, the dangers of the expedition, of which he was well apprized, kept himself safe on shore, furnished, in- stead oT weapons, with the best TelC' scopes he could procure, with which he surveyed the Channel, and although his distance from the principal scene of action was too great for tlie events of it to come within the scope of his vision, he had, probably, the gr a fi/i cation to behold some of his battered ;md dis- mantled vessels pursued to their own ports by our ships. He may now also congratulate himself, that his grand intention in projecting this expedition is answered, as it has enabled him to dispose of many, both officers and sol- diers, whom he feared, and consequently hated. It is a curious circumstance that the crew of the Terrible, in overhauling the hold of Le IVIarat, that struck to her, found among the other articles, 50,128 thumb-screws, 10,005 iron cellars, 44,201 toe vices, 12,500 1S8 THE ANTI-GALLICAN 1-?,500 pair of handcuffs, 25,040 pair of felter:^, and 47S nicks. Many of those instruments of torture, which were unquestionably intended to facilitate the discovery of property, had the word LIBERTY at full length, and others the initials L. E. i. e. liberty and equalitv, stamped upon them. There was also found several packages of opium, probably the remains of the Egyptian expedition; and a vast nvim- ber of daggers : the use for which these articles were intended, it is easy to con- jecture. On a farther search, the sailors also discovered a number of strong iron- bound chests and casks, intended for the reception of money, and som.e of the same nature, evidently formed for the conveyance of plate, and other valuable articles : these had all tlie name of BON APAl'TE stamped upon their lids, and were under the care of a confidential commissary appointed for that purpose, as soon asjilled, to have been sent to Paris. Several reams of proclamaliofis, printed in English, and dated ' from our Court of St. James's,' and signed * Bonaparte,' together with other papers, the intention of which were to discover and apprehend the publishers, and to write down the loyal productions of the present times, were also discovered, of which I shall, the first opportunitv, transmit specimens to your Lordship. In conclusion, it gives me great plea- sure to state, that this arduous contest has ended witii little loss in killed or wounded on our part, and little damage to his Majesty's ships under my com- mand, while that of the enemy must have been enormous. And here, I cannot help congratulating my country on the characteristic generosity which every action displays in her soldiers and sailors. In this, the far greater number of the latter who have fallen, lost their lives in consequence of their sedulous endeavours to save those of their ene- mies, who, abandoned by their officers, fell martyrs to the confusion which the unseam.anlike conduct of the conduc- tors of their fleet occasioned; and had it not been for the intrepidity of those for whom they were preparing tortures, the whole must have perished. I have the honor to be. With the greatest respect, iMy Lord, Your Lordship's !Most obedient humble servant, GUAPiDEM. NARRATIVE Of the Situation and Treatment of the English now detained in France.— BY W. WRIGHT. The following account, which must be rtad with great allowances for the inexperience of the writer, furnishes another proof, if such were wanting, of the rancour towards Englishmen, the bad faith, and the folly, of him-, who rules republican France. Intelligence of Plostillties being likely to take place between England and France, agitated the minds of every one, more particularly the English who were in France ; for, whether pleasure, curiosity, trade, or necessity, had placed them in that part of the globe, all were in a great degree interested in the event. Tlie vessels from England in a short time ceased to come, and the mail packets were the only importers of news we had ; these were anxiously looked for. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. ISO for, and frohi the raptc.ln to llie lowest on board, the crews teazed with quei^tions to which tliey could give no satisfac- tory answers : many thought them- sehx's happy to creep into the favour of the captains or mates, to get a ghmpse of the state of things on the English side. Day after day thus passed; a stagnation of trade was the consequence oi' aiiairs being so unsettled ; families from all parts of the Continent were daily arriving at Calais, deprecating, as it were prophetically, the event of a new war. A report was soon circulated, that tlie Ambassadors were ordered mutu- ally to return, and a degree of credit appeared attached to it, as two mail- packets were stationed in the harbour to convey our Ambassador and his suite to Dover. The day of his arrival was often fixed, and his non-appearance ac- counted for bv the supposition, that the First Consul had agreed to the proposi- tions of the British Government. Earnestly was such a circumstance wished for by the majority of the French people. '* We wish not for war (said they) : what have we gained by the last ? What have we gain'd by the seas of blood which have been spilt ? Nothing, but that the most of us have to lameat a friend or relatiA-e. That war we sought not, it came to us. Now our rulers will not be at peace, nor let otliers be so. All the devils out of the infernal regions, were let loose among the unfortunate French at the Revolution ; and every man, so soon as he gets into power, proves he has a devil revelling in his heart, whicli urges him to ravage and tor- ture his feiiow-creatures." Such is the language 1 have re}ieatedly heard. Daily, nay hourly, the postillion's whip resounded in Calais streets, every one hastening to his native laud, or waiting-; at the port of embarkation, the result of what, at tliat moment, was suppositious. The hotels, l^rge as they are, were so filled, their owners knew not where to place fresh corner^.— jNIany, whose fears overcame every other consideration, hired vessels at any price, and happily saved them- selves from an unjust and inhuman caj)tlvity. At length the Ambassador arrived at the Hotel of Dcssein, and the same day the town was filled with persons of the first disvinclion. It was now ru" mourcd the Ambassador would wait at Calais until he received dispatches from the Court of I^ondon ; accordingly, after a few days, tlie dispatches arrived, and his Lordship prepared to sail. All the French packets and bye-boats were hired by the families in town, but such were the fears of the captains and crews, that none v^-ould sail without papers under his lordship's hand : and the day after tlie departure of the Am- bassador, a vessel which had on board the body of Sir Robert Chambers, v.ith ba'';.'ynp;e, and a carriage, would not prtass- ports, and send them to General Braba- con, the Commandant of Calais ; whereas before it was the custom to register the passports at the gate, and give them again to the parties to wliom t}.iey THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 191 they belonged. About the same time, the great man, M. jMengaud, either was, or rather pretended to be, absent, ar.cl no passports could be obtained until he returned ; this first step of paltry management created some little uneasiness j still no one imagined wliat was shortly to happen. Judge, if possible, the consternation and astonishment which pervaded all ranks, the day the creature Mcngaud again became visible, to hear the drum beating in all the principal streets, (the usual way of notifying any thing to the public in France), and the town Serjeant reading the orders for all Eng- lishmen between the ages of eighteen and sixty, instantly to repair to the General's house. Accordingly, every one went, when having signed his name, mentioned his age, profession, &c. he was politely told, *' That in consequence of the English Govern- ment having made prizes of many French vessels, previously to their having formally declared war against the Republic, the French Government had decreed, that all Jinglishmen within their territories from the age of eighteen to sixty, were prisoners of war on parole ; that those in Calais had that town for "their prison j but if they should have the misfortune to be tempted to pass the gates, they would be ordered into close confinement ; tliat women, children, the aged, and those who had been patentees* tu'che months, were not recjuired to sign tlieir names, and the former were at liberty to go to England, or in fact where they chose." Words can but imperfectly paint the distraction and distress apparent among the thus unjustly-made prisoners : some, by this unforeseen event preying upon their spirits, were seriously in- disposed, while uidignation burnt In the breast of most against a govern- ment, who, in a manner totidly un- precedented, rendered captives indiscri- mina'.ely, the gentleman and the senant, tlie merchant and the mechanic, the tutor and the student, who had entered their country under the protection of their laws, and the liand and seal of their ambassador. Such is French faith ; such the protection afforded to those, who, uiider the idea of improv- ing their fortunes by commerce, or their minds by travel, trust to the per- fidious guarantee of France : that guarantee, which has been so eminently made to suit the views of its Govern- ment on a large scale, descends also to the weakest individual within its grasp. After thus remaining a short time, every one in eager expectation somes arrangement would be made I'br their release, and we had become somewhat more tranquil from that persuasion, information was received we were to be sent to Valenciennes, about one hundred miles from Calais ; and again by the drum was it notified all the English must repair to Mengaud'a office for passports. Accordingly, those whose finances enabled them to be above :suing for f.ivours at the hands of that Go^'ernment which had thus entrapped them 3 or who had no par- * Every person carrying on any kind of bir.inens whr^tsver. must takeout a patent ; If a merchant, or more properly a negociaut (as all ate merchants in France, even the man ■vvh<> cries vinegar or brooms), he is stated to be in the first class, and pays a certain sum according to his concerns yearly ; others are eitircatcd according to their rental about 10 per cent. 2nd z trifie for fees, stamps. ble. as ti'.c task 1 had to pcrforn) was inviduous in tlic exlrcinc. Hov.-cver, it gave jne an opportuniiy of observing closely the tapaciousness of a Jack in olHcc, and his satellites. lower THE ANTI-GA.LLICAN, 103 lower class at its o\vn expcnce, but it afterwards appeared tiie General was actuated by a different motive, in thus ascertaining who where possessed of money. All the persons remaining at Calais not having jiaid a visit to the Ge- neral the second day, and the third day they appearing rather tardy in coming, the General sent the names of those he conceived were wanting in this mark of respect, to the commandant of the gendarmerie, ordering gens d'armes to search for, and bring before him all the persons mentioned in the list. All were thus publickly brought through the streets, when the same question was put to them in the most severe and austere manner, *' Why they were not gone?" — Most had their passports sign- ed by the General to depart the next day ; he at the same declaring, if they were found in the town after the follow- ing day, he would commit them to pri- son, and send them up the country in custody of the gendarmerie. I know of many artificers and manufacturers, who went into France seduced with the prom.isses and hopes of encourage- ment, that they were absolutely obliged to sell or pledge their tools and cloaths for a mere nothing, to obtain money for their journey, and to pay three shil- lings and four-pence for the passport they were thus forced to take,; and some ac- tually departed from Calais with no more than two shillings in their pockets, therefore were forced to depend on the assistance of their countrymen, who were travelling the same road. No adequate idea can be formed of the peculation carried on by those placed in office: needy, avaricious, and unprincipled, they, in the most bare- faced manner, prey on those who are so unfortunate as to fall into their power. Some instances came within the scope of my knowledge, from the Vol I. Bb situation I wius placed in with the Ge- neral. — One poor gentleman, of the name of Mallison, a cripple, who had repaired to Calais for the benefit of sand- baths, and wlmse removal to the interior would probably shorten his life, peti- tioned to remain, as having an abscess removeable by no other method in the opinion of his surgeons. I. was sent to him, (not immediatelv from the Gene- ral, but through his orders) to return him his petition, and to tell him sinless he paid ten guineas into the hands of a person named to him he would be sent off. I could not make an offer of the kind to him, but pointed out to him the person alluded to ; and who, I told him, could ol)tain him the permission so necessary for his health; he settled it with him, I believe, for he was not sent off. Another gentlemen, of the name of Patlejrsim, to whom I was also sent, offered two guineas for permissiou to stay a short time. He was also in- troduced to this friend of the General's, and five guineas v/ere demanded; this he w^ith proper spirit refused to give, and departed for Valenciennes the next morning. An iinglish merciiant also gave three dozen of the best l^ourdeaux wine, value six guineas, to gain permis- sion for himself to go to England, while his brother took care of his house. All these iiad reason to repent of their cre- dulity, as will appear by the subsequent transactions. French rapacity, and French faith, followed these apparently friendly agreements, and prove that they are as arrrant cheats in the detail, as they are in national transactions. In this manner were our countrymen treated; thus were the ties of consan- guinity burst asunder. The parent, who had sent the son to study foreigu manners, and thereby improve his own, hears of his detention, and sinks into the grave denied the prop of declining yearsi J 94 THE ANTJ-GALLICAN-. j-ear? ; and the son is thus prevented paying the hisi sid duly to a foud in- dulgent parent. The njerchantwho byextended com- merce sought to improve liis fortune, is torn from wife, children, and connec- ti«ns; is ruined in circumstances. — Want and misery are the portion of a fmiily, that, but for this cruel stroke, niight have been happy. The lover's hopes are blasted, and torturing fancy conunually paints to his view the dear idol of his tenderest affec- tions, while anxious doubts and fond alarms, distract his breast : a knowledge of the intended invasion — preparation for the descent, and the horrid threats of worse than death, to the justly cele- brated beauties of this fiivoured isle, add agonizing poignancy to his feelings ; under the reflection that he is unable to fly, to defend, or of proving his love, by dying in defence of the adored object, of his country, and of his friends. The sons of glory, whose courage has often made the insolent foe yield the palm of victory, now basely en- trapped, doubly feel the insults offered to their King, and the threatened de- struction of their country 3 they burn to revenge their monarch's cause, and defend the dear distinction purchased by their blood, and that of their ances- tors. Manufacturers and mechanics, how do they now repsnt being seduced by the promises of a faithless govern- ment ; in the interior of an enemy's country, reduced from subsisting by honest labour, to living on charlu- of their unfortunate countrymen j sepa- rated from their families, and never again able to re-visit their native shore — they pine in misery, and stand the sad mementoes of the folly of trusting to the protection of Frencli laws ; and, as a warning to all manufacturers and mc- vhftiiics, te be content with the eom- parative affluence their native land af- fords. Such were the scenes presenting themsehes to view at Calais; similar ones were practised at Boulogne, Dun- kirk, St. Omers, and all parts in the vicinity. I ain inadequate' to the task of describing every scene of wretched- ness and misery to which I was witness, and none but those who were actually present, would credit that siich could be inflicted by a government calling it- self civilized. The same day that the English were thus dragged through the strcets'of Ca- lais, by French thief-takers, an engage- ment took place on the coast, about a league from the town, so cleariv dis- cernable, that the holes made by the shot in the sails were visible to' the naked eve. Two French gun-brigs, the crews having ran them ashore under the pro- tection of the forts, which kept up an incessant fire, trusted to their situation for safety; but, when they saw our tars aj^proach in small boats, they forsook their ships, and a detachment from tlie garrison, who were marched down on the sands, about two hours after the commencement of the engagemenf, ar- rived in time to see the triumphs of the British arms, the two vessels being gallantly cut out, and carried off: al- thoiigh the English balls rolled on the sands, and even passed, their forts, I heard not of above two persons wound- ed : in the forts they had some con- scripts, who never having seen service, fell down at the noise of every ball that passed. The intention of Bonaparte to visit Calais being made known, the in- habitants were repeatedly invited by publications read to them and stuck up in the streets, to manifest their joy at the ajiproaching honour; they were farther told^ that from that point should be THE ANTI-GALLICA^^. 195 be maJe the attack on the procul people who daily insu.'ed their coasts, culling to mind their ancestor Eustace St. Pierre, styling ihe people of Boulogne the brave, and observing wh;C' glory they had accpnrcJ by the !.' -feat of Nel- 'son. They painted in all the pompous language of the Revolution, the failh, honour, and glory of the republic, and its First Consul, a;.cribing tyranny to to our king, want of faith to our go- verament, representing vis as a band of pirates "and robbers, and in the end de- nouncing on our heads a vengeance which should make all the nations of the earth shudder by its severity. In rather milder terms -a succeeding publi- cation desired them to behave with de- cency and good order, and requested if they knew of any disaffected to de- nounce him or then), for the good of the nation : again in humbler mode the people were addressed, and Invited to display flags from the windows, to keep the streets clean, and to illuminate the houses on 9th or 10th of Messldor, be- ing the days appointed for the visit, to nsc their words, *' of the greatest man in the world." ' Meantime the advanced guard of about two hundred and fifty . men had arrived on fine horses, and were good proportioned well dressed men; they were quartered in thehouses of the better sort of inhabitants, and behaved witii propriety. With them also came nine Mamahikcs, as they are called, although in {act, tl-tere are not more than one quarter of them who are so, the rest being slaves. These are armed vvith a scymeter, a dagger, 11 brace of pistols in their belt, a brace on their saddle, and a short fusee; to be admit- ted into the guard of Bonaparte the person must be of the exact neiglit of SIX feet English measure; he must liave served six years without reproach, and in every particular deserve the name of ». good soldier. The Town Hall was decorated with boughs of trees, the windows and ima- ges newly painted, and a range of fh-7,3 of all nations prettily displaye^^from the balcony over the entrance ; the market place was strewed with fine sand, and all the princij)id streets tastefully adorn- ed witii rows of trees, made artificially- with boughs. Festoon, and garlands of leaves and flowers, lengthways and across, were suspended, with a pleasing effect; and in some parts of the towa white linen neatly bordered with gilt paper, and tied in festoons with flowers, the whole length of the street, added to the appearance of the other decora- tions. In the street leading to the church were several triumphal arches, with the temple of Concord, and medallions in- scribed with the names of those nations with whom France considers herself at peace; the whole being executed in paper, and that not very neatly, only rendered it an object to be viewed at a distance with any advantage. The gates of the town were also ornamented with v/reaths and flo^vers ; an inscrip- tion was placed in the street leading to the port, "The Liberty of the Seas," and over the gate through which the passage lays for embarkation, was " The Road to London:" thereby meaning, ** The Road of Bonaparte to London;" but the writer, a German, contented himself with the first and shortest, pro- bably thinking it also the most true inscription, las it certaihly is the road for passengers; but I trust the una- nimity and courage of Britons will de- feat this hostile vaunt, and prevent him ever reaching that emporium of the wortd, unless indeed as a captive. From every window depended flags j lines were stretched across the street froin window to window, and on these were hung sheets ornamented with gilt and coloured paper, flags of all nations; and bed 195 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, bed curtains, of all colours, slices, and sorts, some clean, but more dirty, filled up the motley decorations of Calais- Streets. Some of the young men of the town, having provided li-.emselves with dresses and arms, upon the report of the First Colisiil making this tour twelve months since, again came f :)rvvard as a guard of hr)nour to receive him, and the morn- ing of the 1 2th of Messidor, the day of his arrival, received tlieir flag of light blue silk, a white fringe, the national scarfe tied on the top, the two ends serving as tassels, and inscribed in gold letters, BONAPARTE AMIDPT THE DESCEXDANTS OF EUSTACE ST. PIERRE, 1 2th of Messidor, ye^u: 11. About four o'clock in the afternoon ar- rived this long expected man: he vras met at the gates by the officers of the town, where the keys were presented to him. Tlie head of the clergy also attended with a canopy, under which he hoped to introduce him into the town , but Bonapatte noticed hijii not, and entered in company v/ith the ofn- cers of the regiment, and of the muiii- clpaUty. He was attended by about one hundred and fifty guards, mama- iukes, &c. and went to the Hotel of Dessein ; he tlien, in company with four or five officers of note, one favourite mamaluke near him, and nearly tweuty guards, mamalukes, and gens d'armes, went on tlie port, where none were suffered to follow, and in a boat crossed to the Red Fort, at the mouth of the Iiavbour, when having inspected that and the port, for nearly three hours, he returned to his hotel, the boys and tabbk shouting, '- riue Bonaparte.'" So 30on as it was dark, in obedieiice to orders issued in the form of an in- vitatio]"!, all the windows of the first storv had more or less candles ; tlie hottl of Dessein was neatly orna- mented with lamps, forming in the front a star with R. F above, and *' vivc Bonaparte' below : the windows of the Town-hall were filled with candlesticks, and a transparent cypher of N. B. surrounded by lamps, was in the middle over the entrance ; the house of the Mayor w^as also illumi- nated with lamps, and an inscription expressive of his attachment and good opinion of his chief. Balls were given by the Muncipallty at the Town-hall, and two large rooms to the inhabitants ; Bonaparte in dis- guise viewed the town, and some little gallantry took ]>lace, by a lady asking him a question, respecting the First Consul visiting the ball. In the street so neatlv decorated with linen, flowers, &c. no lights were dis- played from the windows, but festoons of lanthorns made of different coloured paper and oiled, supplied the place and produced a good effect. At one o'clock most people had quitted the streets, and the candles were out ; no symptom.s of disorder took place during the whole of the day, or night ; but the inhabitants having satisfied thfeir curiosity, retired quietly to their beds. Bonaparte, after a verv- slight supper, about twelve o'clock retired to his; room, and continued some time writ- ing ; and at four o'clock in the morn- ing was again at the Red Fort, where having remained some time, he re- turned to his hotel. On his way out in the morning I had an opportunity of noticing his countenance most par- ticularly, as he crossed the market- place. He was advancing with a sullen THE ANTT-GALLICAN. 197 siiHeh look, and as he came neai? the spot I occupied, he seemed to recognize an Enghshman, and a storm gathered on his brow, which I wished to shun. At ten he made another visit to the port, when on his return he was soH- citt'd to eater the Town Hall by the jMuuicipality ; he dismounted, and staid some considerable time, in the course of which he expressed liis satisfaction at the reception he liad met with, his high approbation of the Mayor's conduct : and since his departure the Miuisier has written from Paris, to assure the citizens of Calais no request they can make, which can be complied with, shall ever be denied them. Whilst the First Consul was at Bou- logne an English frigate fired among the workmen, and drove tliein from their work ; shot were fired in return, but not reaching half way, excited a degree of suspicion, and on v/eighing cartridges which should contain eight pounds of powder, they were found three pounds deficient ; such an act of treachery so enraged him, that with a ferociousness natural to his character, he tore the epaulet from the shoulder of the responsible officer, put him m prison, and every one any way con- cerned v/ith him shared the same fate ; finding also the works not executed ac- cording to the orders he had given, he broke all the oflScers in fault, and suspended the operations in hand. A considerable sum of money was expended to prepare the town of Dun- kirk for the reception of Bouaparte ; and we understand f.-om thence many English were put in prison during his stay, and afterwards were, as well as those at Boulogne, ordered to quit the coast immediately. We tlierefore naturally supposed similar orders would be given to the remaining few at Calais, and so it eventually proved : within two or three days after this/ httle great mtm's de-' parture, men, women and children w.ere obliged to visit the general, when patentees pleaded their right as French citizens to remain, tiiose who had been patentees a twelve-month being pro- tected by the French laws from re- moval as foreigners ; and those who had been so seven years, having by those laws the same privileges as natives; but it did not matter, they were indiscriminately told they must sell their property, or remove it with tliem in a few days. The same species of protection was given to men who have been established twenty or thirty yetu-s in France; all must rem.ove : patentees had the indul- gence of not being ostensibly made prisoners of war, but they really were so, as unless they were aged, no per- mission could be granted for them to return to the country which gave them birth ; women, children, and aged, were permitted to have passports for England, and six leagues was the dis- tance from the coast for those who were not in the number sent to Valen- ciennes, and w^ho wished to remain in the country. The nati\e3 were astonished at the uniust detention of the English, and tlie subsequent measures of cruelty to- wards them : it excited pitv ; but awed as they are by the military, they almost cease to think of their rights as men, much less of tlie sufferings of foreign- ers ; for tlie dread of experiencing the repetifion of similar scenes of horror they had so lately v.-itnessed, in fight- ing for a shadow of liberty, deters them from emancipating themselves from a lower state of slavery than they endured in time of royalty. The lower; as well as ihe higher orders among IQ9 THE AXTI-GALLICAN among them, say, " formerly the per- sons in office being by birtl\, education, and nnmners, gentlemen, were ci\il and courteous in discharge of their fluties ; but now how widely ditTcfcnt ! those in power support and enrich thcrn- ielves by exloriion of every kind, and the most nnjirincipled, unfeeling con- duct, evidently evince the origin of their manners." Happily for the inhahitimts of Calais, M. i\icngaud is stripped of a great part of his power, and w'ill most probably lose tiie remainder ; it is now vested in the ]\Iayor and Corporation. It was a change long seriously wished for, as all persons, whether French orEngliidi, were insulted by Ins language, beat with his hands, cane, or \^hip, some- times m his office, in the street, or at the theatre, and afterwards put in prison at his pleasure, without reason or remedy. From the moment 1 was so unjustly detained, 1 determined to escape the first o{)portunity that presented itself, and to facilitate its execution, I sent my wife and family to England. After their departure I revolved many p!an&, and at last thoiiglit of escaping by means of a trnni:; I therefore marked with a pencil the size I could compress mysilf into, and n(;ting the measure, waited for an opportunity to put it into execution ; a fortnight nearly el"ai>s«d before a vessel was about to sail, and in that time not being able to hear of those I had sent before me, my anxiety increased to a stale unbearable; three other persons opened their mirids to me, as wisl/mg also to escape. Be- ing then four, our plan was to take a- small boat, and go to sea in the night ; finding there was a small boaV King near the pier head with stones in her io lepair a broken part in the pier, \vc resolved to secrete ourselves among the wood work, and drop out with the tide ; this however was found imprac- ticable by a centinel's being placed near the spot ; and for all four to hide on board of a ve£;:cl ^vas impossible, frc/ui the search made by the custom-house officers j for large as are the neutral vessels, yei their going out in ballast leaves no place but what is easily explored. Fully confident I could trust my partners in trouble, I mentioned my plan of a trunk ; they did not approve of it ; and two, discouraged, gave up ail thoughts of eifecting their escape at that time, the other depended on being secreted in the vessel, and I dcierniined to act according to my original inten- tion. As the i)anish brig the St. Anna was to sail the following day, I \vent with a friend to all the dealers in trunks, to find one to my purpose, and curious to relate, was shewn a trunk in which a man had escaped from England ; at length my friend bought one as for himself, and on trial it answered very Avell ; holes were made to admit air, and havirig loosely put my cloaths, ^c. in, it was sent to llie custom-house with other baggage, and being ex- amined was conveyed on board. Mean- time I went down on the port dressed as a sailor, and within ten yards of the vessel overtook tlie Conmiissary of Police, who in war time, attended by to vva-serj cants and a guard, takes all the passports. Well knowing if he went on board, it would be in)j)0ssi- ble for me to efj ct my purpose, I asked him if he was going on board ? He replied in the affirmative. I told him it was too soon, as we had not got all the baggage from the custom-house, and none of the passengers were yet come THE ANTI -GALLIC AN. 199 tome down ; he returned, imagininfi; probablv I belonged to the vessel, and I passed the oentincl [)laced at the side, and descended into the cabin. 1 then ordered my trunk down there, saying it was a gentleman's who desired I would see it placed there ; they on board believing I was authorised so to do, instantly lowered it it down. The Captain being a man I could not trust, it was necessary to have him out of the way ; this also was accomplished by a little finesse, when my friend entered and held the cabin door, while I tumbled every thing out of the trunk into a bag I had ready for the jnirpose, then stripping off my jacket and waist- coat, I leaped in. Agitated and hurried, not ha^ing a moment's time, 1 could not compress myself suthciently to allow the trunk to be locked at the first or second trial, and mv friend being terrified, was on the point of quitting me, saving, our lives were forfeited. At that moment, determination enabled me to compress myself as mucli as possible, and I begged him to junip on the lid, which forced it do^vn, and I was locked up. He had scarcely done so, when the custom-house officers came on board, also the commissary j when the vessel having undergone the search, joyfullv did 1 liear the order to cast oft", and still more happy to feel the vessel under weigh. The heat of a very warm day was so increased from my confined situation, as to be scarcely bearable, and the cramp seized my legs in about ten minutes after I Vv'as locked in. Great as was the \mn, I dared not -breathe hard, fearful of being heard 3 the pain at last subsided, and from my knees downwards, I lost all sense of feeling, and, even at the moment I am writina;, I feel tlie effects of that confinement. \^'ell con\ inred, if detected, mv life would be sacrificed to tlieir vengeance, under the pretence that 1 was carrvin«; over intelligence to the English, but in reality as an example to others, and to gratif\ the avarice of individuals in power, J had made up my mind fully to succe'.'d, or perish in the attempt. My s])iri;s being so harrassed by anxiety, that death would have been far prefer- able to a state like mine, separated as I was from those so dear to me, for whom and for my country I would again hazard my life, or bleed in defending. On gaining the roads, an anchor was let go, to wait for the turn of tide, which ruus to the eastw^ard about three hours after high-water, and the wind bciug \A'estcrly would have taken us out of our course for Dover. The key of my trunk had b'"!i given to a gentleman on board, who, fearful I should be suffocated, came down into the cabin, and finding by the mark which was the riglit, opened it in the presence of the captain, when I. naturally thinking all was sale, lii'ie-d up my head. The captain Avas terrified bevond expression, as ths pilot-boat had not quitted the vessel. However, I got out of my confinement; and, though at first not able to Stand, put on another dress. Scarcely had I so done, when tlie })ilots came down into the cabin for their money, one of them the greatest villain in Calais. Another person also came down with them who knew me at Calais; and, whether I am to attribute to his good.oflaces the pilot's not giving information respecting me, or whether it was owing to the pilot's being em- ployed in taking out the passengers of the mail packet. Captain Dell, which came into the roads just at this time, I am at a loss to determine. Be it which it may, providence favoured m.e; and, after suffering the most uneasy sensa- tions :oo THE ANTI-GAL Lie AN tions for two or three hours, the pas- sengers urged ihe Captain to get under weigh j when, as we were on the point of getting the anchor up, a boat came out of Calais harhiHir, and made di- lectly for us. It was to me a subject of alarm; but seeing only three persons, I remained tolerably capy, until we ascertained it was not after me. The boat came aboard just as we were under sail, and there jumped upon deck ano- ther unfortunate prisoner, of the name of Estill, now in London. He had walked down on, the pier, when two voung men who had been waiting for him seized the opportunity^ when no one was observing, of placing their boat so as to receive him: he sprung mto it, and was saved. The young man who had pei-fonned this friendly office, on "iiis return was denounced ; and, to escape from de.ah t'uit aAvailed him, was under the necessity of flying to Dover to save his life. Being an ^ien, he of course was there stopped ; but application being made for his liber- ation, I have reason to bdieve he is. come to London. His name is Lutz. To Mrs. i\nn Pucland, of yUy. 42, Manchester-street, 1 am indebted for mv conveyance to town in her carriage, and for other civilities in a strange place. SPIRIT OF PUBLIC OPINION. ji N this pause of action and of in- telligence from abroad, a new torpor begins, in some manner, to steal upon the public mind. We would persuade ourselves — that Russia hastes to inter- pose for the restoration of peace — that Sweden — that Denmark — that Austria — that Prussia, are, with a sudden change of humours and of counsels, to take part with us — that France is to change Bonaparte -for MoREAumerclv for our quiet and convenience — that friendly armies are, as it were, to de- scend, on a sudden, from the skies, or to burst forth fron) 'the bosom of the fearth — and all — tb.at oar volunteers, our militia, our troops of the line, our reserve, may save their bacon. By the influence of such dreams ^f fear and indolence, our stocks rise, our nsartial elTorts are relaxed, our courage cools, and w^begin to talk wistfully of the return of peace, without an}' great so- licitude about its terms, if it would only return b^ore we can know more of war than the mere show of clothes and arms, and the miserable bustle of mere pre- paration. How long will mankind thus suiler indolence and the delusions of corrupted fancv to pre\ ail over every generous re- sol ui ion, tuid everv heroip efiortr Hmv long ib it, that we are thus to listers with greedy devouring ears, to every fiilse prophet who calls out — " Peace 1 P ile there is no Peace? How long shall we suffer the arts of the secret traitor, and the sordid delusions of the s'uii;y;ish to prevail over all the better energies of the good? Is it so miehtv a matter to steel our hearts with generous resolution but for one six or eight months? Is it so hard a thing for Britifh free:ncn to labour with the sword c-.rJ, buckler, sustained by one arm, wl.ile, with the other, they handle the trowel, the shuttle, or the axe? And what if Bonaparte should, indeed, offer terms of peace? what if he should be suddenly hurled from his usurped throne? — ^W-'hat if the monar- chy of the Bourbons should, ere to- morrow, be restored in France^:—' Would this alone give us security? — Know we not the ancient ambition of France? Know we not, that the PtC- public, that the Consulate has but in- herited THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 20^ lierited the designs of the monarchy? A republican General succeeding to the power of Bonaparte, wovdd aspire, like liini, to triumph over the only rival that is formidable to France. A King of the House of Bourbon would natu- rally strive to shew, that he was not less able than a Consul, to advance the power and glory of his country. It was the veice of Demosthenes to the Athenians, amidst their enquiries, if Philip were dead? — were sick? — in recovery? — that, th-ough he were dead a thousand times, their fears, their indolence, then: levity of resolution would as often raise up new Philips to themselves. And it may be said, that, as long as Britons siiall so eagerly indulge every pretence for the relaxation of their energies of patriotism and courage, so long shall no death nor revolution have power to deprive Franc-e of some Bonaparte to annoy them. Britons! awake! arise! Danger wm.'j^ be faced! Blood >««\/ be shed! Children must be left fatherless ! Widows must mourn! But, if we shall prevail in the strife, we become the first nation in the world — the saviours of the com- mon libcriies of mankind. And never can we contend with such odds in our favour, as when we contend to repulse an invading foe. Away, then! a^'ay Avith every ten- dency to dreams of reconciliation with France, till we shall have evinced, upon trial, \\\^t there arc 7ionewYion\ we may not conquer, none upon earth BY WHOM WE CAN BE SUBDUEI>! OrdGINAL POETRY. THE BRITONS MARCH, Ory the Marche des Marseillois Parodied; BY OLD NICK. aL E Sons of Briton 'wake to glorv. Hark, Hark I what myriads bid you rise! Your Children, Wives, and Grandsires hoary. Behold their tears and hear their cries ; Sh<; France's Tyrant mischief breeding. With hireling hosts a rvjjian band, AfiVight and desolate our land. While Peace and Liberty lie Bleeding? To ARMS, to arms, ye Brave! Th' avenging sword unsheath, March on, all hearts resolv'd on Victory or Death ! Now, now the dang'rous Storm is rolling, W^hich treach'rous foes, confederate raise ; The dogs of war let loose are howling. And lo ! our fields and cities blaze ! And shall we hascly vieic the ruin, While Bonaparte's guilty stride Spreads desolation Jar and wide, fFith crimes a?id hlood his ha?ids imlruing? Vol, I. Cc To Arms! &:.c. f^Q^^ THE AXTI-GAL-LICAX. O Liberty! can IVIan resign thee. Once having felt thy gen'rous flan:ie; Can dungeons bolts and bars confine thee Or whips thy noble spirit tame? 7 00 Lng the world has wept bewailing That lawles.f France should brave the field, Bui Freedom is our Sword arid Shield, And all her Arts are unavailing! To Arms! to arms! ve Brave! &:c. The Birthj Parentage and Educafion, Life, Character, and Beliavioury of the Consul Bonaparte. '. A TALE FOR JOHN BULL. \ To the tunc of Good Queen Bess. Jl 'LL tell you such a story nf>w as never has been told, John, « By modern novel-writers, or by fiibulists of old, John, ; And what is wonderful in these romancing times, John, You'll find as much of truth, as of wonder in my rhimes, John. j Oh! the melancholy days of Tyrant Bonaparte, ; Cursed be the memory of Tyrant Bonaparte. 1 In the middle of that sea, whero Nelson spread your fame, John, ■ A little Island shews its head, and Corsica's its name, John, j Where a pettifogging Lawyer and a vixen of a Wife, John, I Contriv'd by liook or crook to bring an urchin into life, John, | Oh ! the melancholy days, isfc. '■ Oh curs'd for ever be the night, with cur?es deep and hearty. When this urchin saw the light, this Devil Bonaparte ! Lawyers as you know, are ever mischief brooding o'er, John, But mischief such as this, never Lawyer hatchVi before, John. ' Oh! the 7nclanc]iQly days, Isfc. j Young Boney soon was sent to France, and got his education, 1 At a free-school which the good old Xing, had founded for the nation, \ For whicii to shew his gratitude, he kindly did contrive, John, ■ To iielp the rascal Robespierre, to take away his life, John. \ Oil ! the melancholy days, &'c. \ At T-^ulon next he chanc'd to meet a villain called Barras, John, Who c -as had slied of human blood, and wish'd to shed still more, John, j Young Boaey wa as covetous of murder to the full, Jolm, . i And got by way of recompence, his master's cast-off Trull, John, ^' Ohl the tnclancholii days, &'c. So i THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 203 So band in hand to Paris went, these Spoilers of Creation, And every place with murder filTd, and endless desolation, By grape-shot from the cannon's mouth in one devoted day, John, All weltering in their own hearts blood, two thousand bodies lay, John. Oh I ihc melanchohj days, isfc^ To Italv lie now repair'd as General in Chief, John, And murders there committed such as almost pass belief, John, Where'er he set his-cloven foot, the marks of blood appear, John, Destruction went before his face, and curses in his rear, John. Oh ! the 7nelancholy days, isfc. And next to Egypt's coasts he led his rapine flitted train, John, And with depopulation wild he fiU'd each fertile plain, John, And quick through Alexandria which he had ta'en by storm, John, Murder, rapes, and pillage, stalk'd in ev'ry frightful form, John. Oh ! ihe melancholy days, isfc. Old Nile drew back his hoary head and in dread horror stood, John, But Carnage soon fiU'd up his bed with streams of human blood, John, The Crocodiles were choaked with gore, and soon it did appear, John, iSo monster coidd in thirst ©f blood with Bonaparte compare, John. Oh ! the melancholy days, is'c. But Oh! what tongue can justly paint the horrors of that day, John, When Jaffa's sons all prisoners before his forces lay, John, His troops aroimd the captives drawn had orders giv'n to fire, John, W"hile spying through a glass he griun'd to see the Turks expire, John* Oh I ihe melancholy days, is'c. But not content Five Thousand Foes to murder in cold blood, John, His own troops next were sacrificed to his ensanguin'd mood, Jolin, Near t^vice three hundred Soldiers who were wounded by his side, Johnj Were serv'd with draughts of Opium, and agonized died, John. Oh ! ihe melancholy days, isfc. W^ith conquest proud 'fore Acre next, he muster'd all his force, John, But soon was by Sir Sidney Smith compelled to change his course, John, A handful of your Soldiers there defeated all his host, John, And forced the vengeful murderer to sculk from off the coast, John. Oh ! the melancholy days, &c^ Then sneaking back to France again he seiz'd the sword of state, John, And sla\ery has now become the Frenchman's darling fate, John,' And well it were if France alone composed the slavish train, John, But ah ! the Dutch, Italians, Swiss, all groan beneath his chain, Johjl, Oh! the melancholy days, isfc, C c 2 Ajid 204 THE AXTI-GALLICAN And now he swears vour valiant son's he'll shortly add to these, John, And make the boldest, mercy ask, upon his bended knees, John, And hmnbly praise his clemency, and prostrate sue for grace, John, While wife and daughters ravish'd are before his tortur'd face, John. Oh ! the mcl ichohj days, i^c. But never sure could you survive such aggravated ill, John, Nor bear to see your females yield to his accursed will, John, Then quick prepare with ardent zeal to meet him on the Strand, John, And make each Frenchman s grave the spot on ivhich he dares to land, John. Oh ! the melancholy days, ^c. SELECTED POETRY. SONG FOR THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS. ] BY JOHN o'kEEFE, ESQ. 1 Air, '' With Swords on their thighs the bold Yeomen arc seen.'' I ^^HEN swell'd with ambition Old Satan rebell'd, ■ When angel apostates from bliss were expell'd, •; And jMercy indignant, set seal on their doom. Then Man was created to fdl up their room. I But ere his election, desert he must prove. As justice divine is co-equal with lovej j A place of probation this earth was assign'd, - And Reason's bright lamp to illumine his mind. : His terms of existence by T^lan should be known ; : The land hefrst hreathes in, that land be his ovvnj That dear spot invaded, the foe from it driven. Our tenure securd by a charter from Heaven. i For midwav in skies a fair temple is plac'd, ^ To Liberty sacred! By her we 're embrac'd, : She cries J j^/y locd Children, remain ever free! ; Fight! conquer! 'tis glory to conquer for me. . The demon cast downwards now ranges below ; Etenial his rancour, as endless his woe. To chain us in thraldom his pride and his boast, In hopes we may forfeit those joys which he lost. : Tho' Father of Lies, we believe now his word, \ Why wait for his coming? all 1 gird on the sword 1 \ And shew, that by guarding our house and our field, j A Briton deserves the sweet comforts they yield. i Morning Post. ., THE ANTI-GALLICAX. 203 A PATRIOTIC SONG, OX THE P RES EXT CRfSIS. By Martin Arthur Shee, Esq. COME, fill the goblets to the brim. In wine the sentiment shall swim. Which all true Briions cherish. The patriot, as the bumpers ])ass, Will pledge his heart uj)on his gluss. And, ere he flinches, perish. CHORUS. Xoiv lei the peal of Bacchus ritig^ Our Cause, our conntri/, and our King, In so}inds of triumph swelling; May Britons still, while life remains. Defend the land, where Freedom reigns, Hit h peace and order dwelling. Look round the globe in evVy clime, Trace back the troubled stream of time. From Adam, as it flows : And say, ye sages, can you find More real bliss to man assign'd Than Albion's Isle bestows ? Bless'd spot ! that 'mid life's drearv waste. Seems like a second Eden placed. For peace and freedom plannd. O ! ne'er may fiend nor serpent there. Disturb the holy, ha))pv pair. Of drive tlicm from the land. Xow let the peal, &c. Tho' rous'd rchiclant, from repose. Again to combat freedom's foes. Still eager to degrade us ; We'll teach the stilted pride of Frutice, Tho' single handed w'e advance, W^e need no force to aid us. And should the foe, his fate allow, To touch our coast with hosule prow. And wafr. his minions o'er : He'll find tocheck his vain career, Ti*? hard to gain an Acre here, \^ ciii oa Egypt's shore. Then Ut the peal, Sec. In peace, tho' parly may prevail, And each at rights invaded rail. Thro' every rank and station ; If once the foe approach the gate, He'll find no faction in the state. No party but the Natiox. Whene'er his sword his country claims. Her cause the Briton's soul inilamcs. Each minor care suspending. For Pitt or Fox, no matter, each Whh etjual zeal will mount the breacli. And die her rights defending. T/ten let the peal, &:c. Shall despots dare their crimes confess. And bid the indignant British Press Be silent, or dissemble ? No ! loud on ev'ry shore around. Let Freedom's sacred voice lesound "While Tyrants hear and tremble. Alike assertors of his cause, -His sword, his pen, the Briton draws, Who ne'er abus'd or sold them ; x\likc for freedom they contend. And each the other shall defend \'\'}iile we have hands to liold them. Then let the peal, &c. Shall we, to soothe a Tyrant's swav, 'i'he hapless exile here betray, And t'rom our shores expel him ? There's not aheart with honour fraught. But swells indignant at the thought, And so our swords shall tell hiui. %Vliate'er the stranger's praise or blame. His sufTerinfTs are sullicieut claim, Vor Britons to befriend lilm ; \Y\\o, 'gainst ungen'rous passion proof, Hespect a foe beneath their roof, Aiivl uliile he's there defend him. Then let the peal, Sec, What tho* degenerate Europe groan. And crouching 'nciith an upstart throne. Submit her plains to plunder ; In glory's. gap shall Britain stand, x^nd shew the foe her single-hand Can hurl th' avenging thuuder. Agai» 206 THE A.NTI-Gx\LLICAN, wAualn let Xclson, Sulnev, strike. Or gallant Moira, p:rac"(l alike FfT c-an\\) or council, aiii(llameless wives, ' Kinsfolk and Kings, and Country dear: Rise, rise ye husbandmen and swains j Arm, arm, ye rich, and arm ye poor j Detenders of your native plains, Spurn the invader from your door. Or should he to your isle advance, O let your sc\ tlies to saljres tiu-n. Convert the sickle to the lance, 'J'ill e'en the crook shall laurels gain. So shall the loud and jovial laugh. Still gaily spread from sheaf to sheaf; And PEACH reiurn, as proud you quaff Tiic DOWNFALL of the Gallic Chief! So shall your villages p.nd plains, \'our farms and cots be still your thrones. So thrive your dan)sels, dames, and swains. And quiet rest poor Anna's bones. Tiien rise! ve husbandmen and swairrs ; Arm, arm, ye rich, and arm ye poor; Defend, your dear and native plains. And spurn th' Invader from your door. THE NUMBER VII. PROPHETIC ODE. .iriilGH where yon rock aspiring tow'r3,| Britain, thy Holy Guardian stands. First his prophetic prayer he pours. Then views with lofty scorn thy foe's audacious bands. O Thou, by whom the chosen race With feet un wetted passed the sand. While wat'ry walls around them hung. Upheld by thy all-powerfu] hand j Guard witlvthy shield Britannia's patriot train. O'er whelm yon fiercer Pharaoh in the mainl Eager to meet the Fiend of France, See Britain's fiery sons advance I Tyrant avaunt ! no land of slaves Before thy haggard glance appear? ; No sad Egyptian race to stoop, And shed unpitied tears* In yon green Isle's protected ground Heav'n spreads its choicest sweets around ; There Liberty In triumph reigns. Fresh as the verdure of the plains. Ko tribes like thine unhallow'd must Intrude ; Or welter round her sea-girt coast, and tinge the waves with blood. View on her shores yon proud arrav. And measure back thy wat'ry way:- O'er crouds of slaves, a fell Usurper, reign. While ruin'd millions gnaw the galling chaiju. Vol. L Dd ^Xoiister! 210 THE ANTI-GALLICA^T, Monster! bv Heav'n's mysterious will, Perchance one fatal glory waits thee siiil : Than fits thy crimes a brighter destiny ! To fall on England/s shore ! by Briiisii hands to die ! See o'er the gloomy Tyrant's face The vellow paleness paler grow ! See, thro' the change of mad despair. Yon cheek assume a feeble glow f "Tis done! — thy doom is seal'dj thy race is run; Thy laurels blasted, and thy trophies gone ! Thus may Ambition's sons accurs'd For ever fall and die ! Thus Britain's sons for ever guard Their land of Liberty I G. S, TPIE SPEECH O/'Thomas Macdonald, Esq. at (he General Meeting of the Inhahitanis of Ealing and Brentfordy on Mon- day, the 8ih of August, 1803, fo consider the most effectual means of forming a Volunteer Corps. AFFER stating in detail the proceed- ings of the Vestry, held at Ealing, on the 28th of Juli/ ; of the Committee ap- pointed at that Vestry, and the Sub- Committee by them chosen; in the course of which detail he took occasion to do justice to the zeal and known merits of the Officers and Gentlemen of the late Brenford Armed Associa- tion ; and after reading the Resolutions of the Committee for the immediate formation of a strong VOLUNTEER CORPS, conform^ably to the Act lately passed for the Defence of the R^talm, Mr. Macdo:n"ai-d proceeded nearly as foUov/s : These, Sir. are the Proceedings and Resolutions I have undertaken to sub- mit to the consideration of this General ]\Ieeting of the Parish of Ealing, and Townshm of Nciv-Brentford, which it gratifies me to see so verv respectably and numerously attended — and in ex- ecuting the duty with which I have thus been honoured, I feel the most sensible satisfaction; not only because these Resolutions have met with my own cordial and hearty Approbation, but because I am thus enabled to bear public testimony to the Zeal, the steady spirit of Determination, the perfect Concord and Unanimity which have distinguished all our various i\Ieeting3 on this most momentous business. The same Unanimity, I hope and tmst, will prevail on the present occasion, and I do not hesitate to say with perfect confidei^ce, that if that same spirit pre- vails, as we have reason to believe that it does, throughout the kingdom at large — the country is safe. — ^The conduct of the people here is anxiously observed in France; and speedy preparation, with the determined purpose of a brave re- sistance, if it do not prevent, will ena- ble us, under Heaven, to surmount the threatened evil. ** I have said that in every instance we have been unanimous — and indeed were we not unanimous at 'the preseixt cdsis» THE AKTI-GALLICAN 211 crisis, I would asl<, where, and on what occasion is unanimity to be looked for? • — Is not the cause a common cause? — What rank, what station, what occu- })ation can claim exemption from the impending danger? — The rich man would be robbed of his wealth, the earnings perhaps of a life of industry, or the inheritance of his fathers; — but v.'ould the poor man be protected by his poverty? — If such were his thoughts, he would quickly find himself most wretchedly disappointed. The Prince would be driven from his palace; but would not the peasant be dragged from his cottage? — dragged from his helpless and distracted family, to be the tor- tured drudge of a ruffian foreigner — to be kept alive for the base uses lo which his remaining strength might be applied — to be fed, in the bondage of a slave, from the offals of a Fi'enciiman's tabic! — His body wasting under oppression, his mind would fee! all the agony of despair, while he tliought, full many a thankless and unprofitable hour of la- bour, on the family he had lost — the collage he once could call his own— - the security which, under the cherish- ing care of a good and gracious Sove- reign, he had possessed — the liberty of equal law he had enjoyed. Perhaps, to compleat his woe, he might feel, with bitter remorse, that he had but ill estimated the value of those gifts of Heaven when ihey were in his posses^ sion — that when called upon to defend his country he had kept back, and thus, alas! deserved the dreadful punishment he suffered. " These are not the paintings of imagination. In those wretched coun- tries which from weakness, from want of preparation, from internal disseniion, from treachery, or from cowardice, have submitted to the iron power of tliat fierce and iahumaii Usurper who now, Dd,3 with insolence unparalleled, dares to think of appalling this mighty Empire: — in those wretched countries there are thousands now pining under the mise- ries I have described. They hear the threats against England, and h.carthem, not without hope. The glories of Bri- tish liberty ha\e long shone brightly through the gloom — the renown of Bri- tish valour pervades the world. The world looks on, and hopes for deliver- ance and relief. — The world, I say, looks on, and that world shall see, that if the mad attempt is made, the fierce Invader and his horde of slaves will pe- rish in the tempest which they them- selves have raised. '* But that our vengeance may be sure, we must not forget that courage and determination, however strong, will not avail without the aid of order and control ! — our indignation, to be dread- fid, must receive its aim from skill and system. Spirit without precau- tion would lead to destruction — would plunge us into danger without the means of safety. It is the characteristic of English courage to be uiuiuunied ra- ther tiian fierce — to bear down widi the coiiecttd force of steady movement— lo be Jii:*gaanimously firm, and so, invin- cible. — Let us maintain this character} and wliile we sufter not s^n hour to elaspe without advancing in preparation, let all our preparations have the quality of order — the means of speedy practice and instruction in the use of arms. Who that reflects for one moment can refuse to sacrifice some small portion of personal ease for permanent safety? — "Who would not cheerfully bestow some h®urs, or days, or weeks, to maintain a whole fife of security — the glorious security of old English indepen- dence? *' Stand forward then, my friends, and rally round the pillar of your ■Country's 212 THE ANTI-GALLICAX. Country's safety! — Our Sovereign calls, and who can brook the thought of one moment's delay? — Wliat! — are we pre- pared to see this fair land — the seat of oar Forefathers — the scene of so many glorious acts of Patriotism and Courage torn from our possession, and made the haunt of Frenchmen ; or despoiled of all that the work of ages has pro- duced, and by rancorous desolation reduced to that dreary waste which would effectually prevent the revival of our former greatness ? — Are we pre- pared to suffer our sacred Constitution, our pure Religion, our just and efjiial Laws, our noble Charities, and all our boasted Institutions to be at once thrown down ?— To see the remains of life in our aged and infirm parents extinguished under the the pressure of contumely and abuse ? — Our wi^ es and daughters violated, and scenes of blood- shed and rapine practised with cruelty proportioned to the envy which our former liappiness produced? Shall we submit to this — shall we pnuse one in- stant in providing for the means of sure, resistance? It cannot be! — We will ever bear in mind those royal mot- tos, so. nobly expressive of the Just and vigorous spirit, which distinguish the Southern and the Northern parts of this happy Island 5 the one — " God axd my RioiiTi" the ctlicr, '^ None shall injure us, and go lnpunished." We ivill stand forth, without fear or hesitation — There is no cause for fear. — Every circumstance is ])ro- pitious. — No internal discontents di- vide us. — Here all is tranquil, and an abundant har^'est with favourable skies, augurs plenty to the land. — ^The God of Nature smiles upon our purpoi^el" SPEECH OF JOHN HARRIOTT, ESQ. At a General Meeting of I he /»- hal-'itauts of the Parish (f Saint John of Wapping, held in the Ve.dry Room on Monday the 2bth day of July lasty to consider of forniiw. nud Association in the Parish. PERMIT an Old Officer who has seen some service, both by sea and land, thus to address you : — Should there be no invasion, it is of little consequence how, or in what manner the In- habitants of every Parish are trained to resist an enemy. But, as it is admitted, by the first authorities, that a most daring, powerful, and inveterate foe is strongly determined to make an attemi)t to inrade, snldue, and enslave this Country, I conceive, that in order to be able to make the best defence, the wisest way would be first to suppose the enemy really landed, and oursehes called upon to oj^pcsc and resist an immediate attack. At such an awful time, how earnestly v.ould every one, (men of spirit jn particular) lament that the most ejjcclive means were not prepared, v.ithout any regard to parade and shew. ' If this be admitted, and the most capable inhabitants were formed and trained on this principle, England — brave happy England, the luhole united Kingdom might bid de- fiance to every threatening foe, how^ ever numerous, rash, and inveterate. It requires but a small conij-arative learning to become a useful soldier, to what is wanted for a showy manoeuver- ing parade, and the expencc is jjro- portionate. It is the bold energy with which it is conceived and determined to carry into effect, CONQUER T H E A X TI - G A L LT C A X. 213 CONQUER on DIE! Should be the Sacred Pledge given to each other, sooner tlian submit to the horrid sliivery of Frencii |)rluci]>ks or foreign power. Yo die is easy, but to con(|uer we must be well prepared. Your King, your JIouscs of Farlia- meni — In fact, your own glorious and envied Constilulion, invite and say to you, mcd-e a choice — I'ohinfcer }0ur services effectually and satis factoiily, or abide the consequence or^Consti'LUtional compulsion — JF/io can hesitate ? — ^vly age would exonerate me, but my wounds, formerly obtained in the ser- vice of my Country, would bleed afresh M'here I to remain inactive, and not freely volunteer the best services I am capable of. If I conceived there were any whose n])athy wanted rousing, I would say, ** Sons of Britons, the day of glory is arrived to prove your title to Freedoin, as descended from your ancestors. The bloody standard of despotic tyranny is raised to enslave you. Do ye not already hear the hoarse threatening niurmars of the Soldiers to n;\; ■:, . ' \ : . :i (destroy your Wives, \:, ,. , , . and infant Children r l'\)rgiag ignolle fetters to enslave those wb.o are dastardly enough to survive the loss of Freedom. Britons ! will ye bend your necks to the insulting cruel Corsican Tyrant ? To the Gallic yoke he is preparing for you. Already has he dared to boast he will make himself master of your destinies,' 'Tis false, never ! never ! so long as Britons are true to tliemselves. To arms! therefore to arms! and hurl ilriions proud defiance on her foes. Consecrate your voluntary service in defence of your King and Country, by a Religious vow, by laying your hand upon the altar, and there firmly de- dicating and pledging yourselves to CoiK^ucr or Die in defence of your RcUla- cahle is his hatred ! lie invites and stimulates his Soldiers to the present War, by promising to afford, , ** No Quarter to the Etigluh, who defend their Countrij ;" And if you do but once receive the Invader, forget not the CHAINS lie has prepared for Your- selves, your Wives, and your Children, Remember the Swiss, the Dutch, and the Hanoverians, whose lives be has spared to make them his obedient vassals. But, especially, my Country- men, recollect that Bonaparte so envies your Liberty, your Commerce, your Trade, your Privllegef, yoi\r Happiness, your Greatness, and your PATERNAL KING, that r;othing short of utter Ruin, arMl inevitable Death, is liekl out as our Portion, . Awake, then, my Friends j be roused, and sheiv yourselves MEN. Who -can decline to meet such an Eneniy on our own Shores ? Who does not burn to repel thisCorsican Invader? If he da.re to send his armies, and to head those deluded Slaves, let the BIUTISH LION arise to devour them. GOD HELPING US, we WILL arise, and unite as one Man :' Like our Fathers of old, ice will unite and Conquer. A TRUE BRITON. MONODY ON GENERAL TOUSA INT. By W. J. Denison, Esq. '^^'''lIEN Tyre's proud daughter, fam'd in days of j'ore^ Whose empire reach'd I Iberia's distant shore, '^^' hose boiisted gallies stretch'd their dailliig sail To blest Arabia's soft and balmy gale 3 Tho' dauntless Hannibal delay 'd her foil With his brave vetrans, and her lofty Vvall; Tho' many a year, he shone, her boast and pride^ In peace her guardian, and in war her guide; Wb.en she ordain'd to *' strut, her little hour;' Svsiik beneath Rome's all-conqu'ring, haughty power. Sunk by her restless, her Yindictive liate; Oppress'd, beat down, but still in ruin great; The world's stern mistress, e'en in triumph cries, ** A.ll, all is lost— till Canna's victor dies." So brave Toussaint, torn from his native plain, Coiidemn'd to cross the stormy western main; Condcmn'd to bear some cruel master's sway And toil unpitled thro' the sultr}- day ; [Made one bold effort for his hapless race. As the bright meteor leaves a short-livVl trace; Form'd to command, " and in the luhirlwind ride,'" Tho' nurs'd by Ign'rance on tho Niger s side; Tho' rear'd by Priestcraft in a barb'rous land. And damp'd by Poverty's cold wint'ry hand; THE ANTI-GALLICAN, ft? He shew'd .unktterd, and untaught by Art, The genius slumb'rinG; in a peasant's heart; Shew'd that a negro could the sce[)tre wield. Or guide the phalixnx in th' embattled field. ADDRESS THE ANTI- GALLICAN, 217 ADDRESS To the People of Great Biitain and Ireland. Ji T has pleased the Ahnighty Disposer of events, to deprive this country of that repose which it hoped to enjoy, in con- sequence of the treaty of peace with France 5 and we are again com]5elled to a contest, with that implacable spirit, whose ambition and rapacity know no bounds* It behoves us then, in the first place, under a deep sense of this awful dispensation, to humble ourselves before the Majesty of an offended God, .and suing to him for pardon of our sins, devoutly to implore his aid and protec- tion against the dangers with which we are threatened. In a firm and continued reliance upon his support, and with becoming dispositions, let us then prepare with unanimity, vigour, and promptitude, to repel the aggression of an enemy, who, trusting solely to **■ an arm of flesh," vauntingly antici- pates the conquest of an empire, whose subjects have already successfully op- posed the progress of his victories. Bonaparte has announced to the v/orld his determination to invade England. Let us not indulge the fatal delusion, that by this declaration he only means to alarm, because, on former occasions, we have seen similar menaces professed and abandoned. What occasioned their abandonment ? The spirit and resolution of this coun- try, displayed in vigorous and active preparations to meet and chastise the aggressors. It has been the character of the rulers of France, under every form of usurpation, since the destruction of its ancient government, with scarcely any exception, to act up to the spirit, and even to the letter of its denuncia- tions against the peace and liberty of Other nations. Let us look to the VoE. I. E^ present state of that country. The press is a mere instrument in the hands ' of the First Consul, to delude the people into an adoiition of his senti- ments and approbation of his plans : all public discussions are interdicted, and a writer who should dare to censure his measures, or intimate a suspicion of his infallibility, would find, not the Eastile indeed, but a prison still more dreadful, or a banishment to the noxious swamps of Guiana, as a rev/ard for his spe- culations. Bonaparte is despotic in France : his will is there the only law, and the people must obey his man- dates. The apparent f6lly and mad- ness of the attempt will not induce him to lay it aside. We know him to be capable of the most rash and hazardous enterprizes, and unsusceptible of feel- ing for the lives of thousands who may be sacrificed in the prosecution of them, or for the miseries of mankind. But, above all, we know him to be actuated by inveterate enmity against this coun- tr}"-, which alone has opposed a barrier to his insatiable ambition ; which has humanely granted an asylum to the objects of Kis hatred, jealousy, and persecution ; which has displayed the atrocity of his conduct at Jaffa ; and which, by affording the contrast of the blessings of a free constitution, with the despotism of his antiiority, is at once the subject of his envy and detestation. Surrounded with legions, w^ho have already rioted in the s])oil of kingdoms, he stimulates their habits of rapacity, by a promise of ufiiversal pillage to the invader f-, and rouses their avarice and ferocity, by an ass\uance that no quarter is to he given to the base English^ who fight for their peifidious governnient , that they are to be put to the sword, and their property distributed among the victorious armij. Will the hazard of 21$ THE ANTI-GALLICAK-, of interception by our fleets deter him from making the attempt ? No ! he has calculated the risk and mearts to try it. Whatever can be done by the British navy in defence of its native shores, and for augmenting the glory which it has acquired, will be accomplished. Its deeds have already transcended the utmost limits of probability and enlo- gium. But it would be folly and im- providence in the ejctreme, to trust the iate of the empire to the sole chance of intercepting the armament which is destined to attack it. Providence has, perhaps, determined that this C(juntry is to feel the scourge of war, and that the invaders shall perish on British ground ; and we must be prepared to maintain the contest by land, as well as by sea, under a constant and humble reliance upon the God of victory. We ought then, without hesitation, to assume, tiuit the threatened inva- sion will be attempted. A just appre- hension of danger is a solid foundation of that wise precaution, which antici- pates security and promises success. The spirit, which animated the de- fenders of Acre and the conquerors of the invincible legions in Egypt, still inspires thousands and tens of thou- sands, who only require to be con- vinced -that danger threatens their -country, that they may rush forward and def}^ it. Supineness is more to be dreaded than all the host of France, inured as they are to slaughter and lapine : it, might ps^ove fatal, and, at all events, would have the effect' of pro- tracting a contest,, which energy, ac- tivity, and resolution, may decide in a week or a day. The armies of in- vasion are arrayed, the vessels which are to convey them to the British shores are collecting, and the troops seduced by fallacious hopes of an easy victory " aiid immense booty, are anxiously waiting the signal to embark. AmongiL them we may, perhaps, see 'he mise?- able remains of bands escaped from the vengeance of the negroes at St. Do- mmgo, on whom they had attempted to replace the fetters of slavery, which the French themselves had broken. It is necessary to point out an in- stance of the fatal eff(jct& of indecision and supineness at the prospect of danger ? Behold it in Switzerland. Ignorant of the real character of the French, un- willing to believe that an assrcssioii would be made where no provocation had been offered, and hesitating be- tween negociation and resistance, the period of preparation was irrecoverably lost ; and a people who had nobly ex- torted their freedom from the hands of tyranny, who had maintained it in- violate for five centuries, and who almost rivalled the subjects of the British em- pire in a high idea of national spirit, lost in a few months their independence, and are now wholly under the controul of France. During the fatal intenal of indecision, intrigue and treachery, the constant precursors and inseparabld attendants of French invasion, were actively employed in disseminating sus- picion, treason, and disunion, and in preparing the way for the enemy. Tlie vallies of Switzerland, once the pride and envy of Europe, the seat of inno- cence, peace, industry, independence, and happiness, were overrun by feroci- ous invaders, whose progress through them was marked with tlie blood of the inhabitants. Poverty afforded no se- curity against depredation, and the echoes of the hills reverberated the cries of violated chastity, and the lamenta- tions of a virtuous and laborious j)ea- santry over the ruins of their villages and the ashes of their huts. Every man who had dared to speak, write, or arm, in defence of his country, was proscribed, banished. THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 210 banished, or destroyed : awful and in- structive 'examples, which, betlei than a thousand arguments, shews us our tlanger and our duty. If Switzerland had listened to the warning voice of prudent admonition, if she had adopted the precaution of arming her sons in her defence, tlie hosts of France woidd have assailed ii>. vain her liberty and inde- pendence, and she would have remained the admiration, instead of being the object of the pity of all Europe. Death to the defenders of their xountry ! This is the denunciation of France against Britons. The First Consul well knows that no true Briton would wish to survive the liberty of his country 5 and wanting no subjects, who are not his slaves, he does not call for our submission, but denounces our extermination, Ixt us thank him for this involuntary compliment to the spirit of a free, a loyal, and a brave nation. lie may hereafter, i:>erhaps, in the usual style of French dissimulation, vary his language, thunder his anathe- mas against the great only, and invite the poor to participate vv^iih him the spoils of the opulent. Such artifices, unfortunately for mankind, have had their effects : thousands have fallen a sacrifice to them, and there are thou- sands now living, a prey to ceaseless remorse, for having listened to them. If a ftarther instance be required of the conduct of the French towards those with whom they profess to fraternize, Egypt will aflbrd it*. * Take it accurately translated from Denon's Travels into Egypt; it is one instance out of many which might be quoted from the same author. This book was published under tlie piitro7iage.cf the (hi f Consul. «* The situation of the inhabitants, for whose happiness and prosperity we were, no doubt^ come to Egypt, was no better. If through terror, they had been obliged to quit their houses on our approach, on their return, after we v/erc withdrawn, they could find nothnig biitthe mud of which the walls were formed. Utensils, ploughs, doors, rocfs^ every thing, in short, of a combustible nature, had been burned for cooking ; and the earthea pots broken, the corn consumed, and the fowls and pigeons roasted and devoured. No- thing was to be found except the bodies of their dogs, killed in endeavouring to defend the property of their masters. If we made any stay in a v;ila;-e, the unfortunate ir.h'.bitants, who had fled on our app joii roach, were summoned to return, under penalty of being treated as rebels who had led the enemy, and of being made to pay double contributions. When they submitted to these threats, and came to pay the miri, 'it sometimes happened that they were so numer- ou'S, as to be mistaken for a body of men in arms, and their clubs considered as muskets ; in which case, they were sure of being assailed by several discharges from the riflemen and patroles, before an explanation could take place. Those who were killed were interred; and the survivors remained friends with us, until a proper opportunity presented itself for jetaliatlon. «' It is true, that provided they did not quit their dwellings, but paid the miri, and supplied the wants of the army, they not only spared themselves the troyble of a journey, and avoided the unpleasaat abode of the desert, hut saw their provisions eaten with regu'urilyt and might come in for a portion of them, preserving apart of their doors, selling their eggs to the scldiers, a.id having few of their wives and davghters ravished.*' Vol. II. p. 44 — 46. lit would be difficult to find a Wronger initance of combined inhumanity, cruelty, and iasult. 220 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. If I were capable of wishing the destructioa of mv native country, I would endeavour to lull my country- men into a fatal security, by telling them that the a{)})rehension of an in- vasion is gioundl.'ss ; I would endea- vour to seduce their generous passions, by exclaiming, that desperate as France miv be, she will not be so mad as to make an atteinpt, that must end in disajjpointment, defeat, and disgrace: I would amuse them with, false hopes, and high sounding declaration. bucti language may be uttered by indolence, ignorvince, or folly, but if ever heard, should be recei^ed with distrust ; but let suspicion attach to every voice that murmurs at the mea- sures adopted for general security, or arraigns the indispensible impositions for J'ifraying tne expences of prepara- lioa, and of just and de^'usive v/ar. Sacrifices of .social ccjnforts, domestic co::v8n!ence,i and personal ease, must be made : but for what ? To repel an enemy, whose ext(;nion, if unresisted, \Vv;ald ieavt: us noljiing; who professes to arm for vengeance^ and offers to us the choice of slavery or extermination. Burthens are inevitable, and musi: be borne 3 butreniember iinit weowe them to Frrnce a.id Bonaparte. Under the pressure of every exigc:Vcy, let this considention perpetually remain, and direct n ,r resen'meu': to the proper objects of it: i v/cukl say vengeance, but i tiare not art-ogate a dispensation which the Almighty reserves for him- self. I see wiih joy the sjirli: of my coun- trymen rising w'n'ii alacrity to repel the liireatened invasion of a foe, who insults us with the language of intimi- dation. 1 hear them with pleasure applaud the prudence of ministers in having anticipated the hostility of France. This spirit proclaims the af- fections of Britons for their king, their country, its laws, constitution, and, religion, and I hail it as a happy omen of victory, and security. But let us not forget that to give it force and effect, it must be embodied, and as- sume the form of actual preparation and array. Administration, with a proper sense of the impending danger, and with a wuse confidence, trusts the defence of the nation, to (he nat'wji at large. The., same administration that made the peace and so anxiously laboured to pre- serve it, disappointed in their hopes by the restless spirit of French hostility and ambition, ajjpeal to the loyalty and principles of the country, to second their measures and arrangements to chastise the foe. Let every man then be prepared to perform his share of duty, that he may repair vvith alacrity to his post, at the first notice of ap- proaching danger. The robber selects the unguarded hour of repose for his assault. Vigilance with due prepara- tion, will alone prevent or defeat the schemes of the enemy ; witlicui these, alarm, confusion, and dismay will en- sue, and the period of preparation once neglected, might never be recovered, l^et the plunderers of nations then learn that the people ^vhom they affect to despise are ready to oppose them, by day or by night, aingle handed, and that devoutly imploring the blessing of God upon their arms, they will employ them with unabating resolution to the destruction of the invaders of their country. AN ENGLISHMAN. Christian Ohservcr, GRAND THE ANTI-GALLIC AN, 221 GRAND EXHIBITION. i\Ir. yp2RITAS begs leave to infon-n the Inhabitants of Norwich, that he is about to Exhibit in their City, a suj)erb and valuable Collection of Pictures, illustrating the 'Character of the First Consul of France; and having had the honor of exhibiting his Collection in the Cities of London and York, and many- other places with the most unbounded applause, he doubts not of giving equal satisfaction to the inhabitants of tliis ancient city. The following; are among the most striking scenes : View of Toulon after its Evacuation by the English. Bonaparte is here seen directing the slaughter of One Thousand Five Hundred jNIerchants and Tradesmen, who were brought into the open Streets, and Fired at with Grape Shot on Cluistmas Day, 179-3 • SECOND. THE DUNGEON IN THE GAOL OF NICE. In which Bonaparte was coiifmed Jhr Murder, until released through the friendship of Barras, whose quondam iVlistress, Bonaparte had lately m.arried. THIRD. The Massacre at Paris on the 4th of October, 1794. Bv the Order of Bonaparte, Grape Sliot were fired in the prlnci:nd Streets, by which Seven Thousand Citizens of the Metropolis v.ere murdere;, f r during to exercise a Constitutional Right by the Election of their own Representativeo. FOURTH AND FIFTH. Views oF the Town of Pavia and Lugo in Italy. At the former of these places, the people were massacred \yy order of Bona- parte, their churches plundered of the Gold and Silver Ornamenis, Pictures, &c. At the latter. One Thousand of the Inhabitants were put to the Sword, and the town given up to pillage. SIXTH. THE DESTRUCTION OF TFIE VILLAGE OF TENASGO, BY FIRE. *' One of Bonaparte's Soldiers instigated by brutal lust, (in the unconstrained gratification of which, his troops were, and sfitt are systematically indu'ged,) entered the Cottage of a Peasant, and proceeded to take the most scandalous liberties with his Daughter, scarcely arrived at years of maturity: the resentment of which by the Father, produced a scuffle that ended in the deadi of the military Ruffian — Bonaparte whose head quarters were close by, revenged this (^'ilson's History of the Expedition to Egy'|)t/' TEXTIl. The Scene which occurred at tlie French [hospitals at Jaffa. " Bonaparte f]ndii}g that the Hospitals at, JalTa were crouded with sick, sent for a Piiysician, whose name should be inscribed in Letters of Gold, but %\liich from twenty reasons, carmot be here inserted: on his arrival, he entered into a lonij convcreation with him respecting the danger of Contagion,- concluding at last vvitii the remark, tliat something must be done to rensedy the evil, and that the destruction of tl.e sick in the Hospital, was the only measure which could be adopted. The Physician alarmed at the proposal, l;old in the confidence of Tiriue and llic cause of humanity, remonstrated vehemently, representing the craelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder; but find.ing that Bonaparte jjersevercd and menaced, he indignantly left the tent vviih this memorable obser- vaiion: *' Neither my Principles, nor the Character of my Profession, will allow me to become a human ^Butcher; and General, if such qualities are ne- cessary to form a great Man, 1 thank my God that I do not possess them." Bonaparte was not to be diverted from his object by moral considerations — he persevered, and found an Apothecary, who dreading the weight of power, (but •who has since made an atonement to his mind by unequivocally confessing the fact) consented to become his agent, and to administer Poison to the Sick- Opium, at Night, was administered in gratifying food — the wretched unsus- pecting victims banqueted; and in a few hours Five Hundred and Eighty Soldiers, who had suffered so much for their Country, perished thus m:serably by ordep of its idol." Sir B. WiIi-on"s History of the British Exnedition to Egypt," THE anti-jgallica::*. 5C3 NAKED' TRUTH. Bon. S^APAIITE says '' En-land cannot fi^ht France single-handed." WE have ever maintained that One Englishman is equal to Three Frencli- nian, and it is a fact, clearly established by the histories of hoUi countries. Head the following proofs: At the glorious Baffle of Creasy y won the l?6th of August, I3l6, Philip the French King, had 133,000 men 3 King Edward only 30,000, Odds more than Four to One. In this battle, 2 Kings, (the King of Bohemia, and the King of Majorca, the French King's brother) 15 Princes, 1^200 Knights, 1,500 Gentlemen, and S(i,000 French soldiers were slain. It took the English army Three ivhole Hays to bury the Frenchmen they had slain. At the Battle ofPoictiers, won the 19th of September, 135G, John the French King, had 80,000 men; Edward the Black Prince, only 8;,000; Odds Ten to One. Yet, -with this handful of men, posted among bushes, hedges, ditches, and vineyards, did the Black Prince so entirely beat the French p.rmv, that he took the French Kino; prisoner, and brought him 4;o England; slew 52 of the greatest men in France, 1,700 Gentlemen, and above 30,000 commaa men ; and ail titis witlioiit the loss of a man of distinction, on the side of the English, and scarce any soldiers. Eight days together were spent through- out all England, in giving Glcrv and Thanks to God. At the Buttle of Aglncourt, won the 25th of October, 1513, French and English historians agree, thai the French army amounted to nearly 1 50,000 men ; Henry V. had only 9,000 ; Odds iuore than Sixteen lo 0//f.-— T}i0UG:h the English army was much wealvcned by famine and disease; yet their spirits were roused to the highest pitch ; they wholly disreganled , the superiority of mere numbers, and wished only for the ojiportunity of signalizing their courage, and of proving themselves Englishmen, lliis was evinced in the answer giveu by David Gam, (a Welsh Captain) to the King, who had sent him to take a view of the enemy, and bring an ac- count of their numbers. W^hen Gam returned, the King asked him the ques- tion : he replied, ** there were enough to le liilled, enough to be ialien prison- ers, and enough to run away^ which pleased theKmg mightily. The French mode wonderous merrv in their camp, holding themselves sure of their victor} j and so vainly confident were they la. their numbers, (like as they are with tis now) — that they even played at dice for the English prisoners, before they were taken ; and on the morning of the en- gagement, their insolence and presump- tion rose to such a height, that they sent an herald to King Henry, to know \Nhal he proposed to give for his ran- som? What answer our noble King made is uncertain; for '' all who were privy thereunto (saith a French histo- rian) were slain, except the Due D"Or- leans, who was carried prisoner to Eng- land." Yetafter all this vain boasting, the brave English killed the French Com- mander, witli one Prince*, three Dukes, six Earls, 90 B;irons,. L3C0 Knights, and 10,000 Priv.ites, taking also 14,000 Prisoners. The iinglish lost only tlia 1 Juke of York, the Earl of SuiTolk, 4 Knights, 1 Esquire, and 40 soldiers. The King's first care was to render Goil thanks for so signal a viccory, and. to publickly acknov.iedge that it was wlioily owing to his ali-powerful arm. It would be endless to recite ail the numerous battles, in which for the most part, the Enghsh have- constantly beareji 224: THE ANTI-GALLICAN. tcaten the French, in all quarters of the JVorldy for the last Five Hundred Yearsy notwlthstrauUng their great su- ]jcrioruy in numbers. It is impossible, iiowever, to pass over a few. entirely, without nam.ing them 5 they were S'uch distinguished victories. For instance the BaJlJe of Verneiiil, where the French had scarce an officer left to head them, the English having killed them all ; and but for night com- ing on, would have destroyed the French army. The Batf.Ic of Guincgaste, humorously called the Battle of the Spurs, because the French were so frightened that they made more use of their spurs than of their swords. The famous Battle of Blenheim, where all Marshall Tallard's army was either killed in the action, drowned in the Danube, or taken prisoners, to the amount of 40,000 Frenchmen; the Duke of Marlborough had only 4,485 killed. The Battle of JVinnedale, won by General Webb, 1708, was so signal a victon, it must a little be dwelt upon. The French army amounted to 24,000, and 40 pieces of cannon. Ge- neral Vv'ebb only 6,300, not a Gun. Odds in numlerfonr to one, General Webb posted Ins men in coppices which he lined well. The French can- nonaded them with forty pieces of can- non. General AVebb, not having any, njade His men lie flat upon the ground. As soon as the connonade was over, and the French advanced, our soldiers sprung up, and fired from the coj)pices, with such a close fire, and v.ith such success, that the French soon began to run, notwithstanding their great supe- riority in numbers ; leaving between 6 and TvOCO, men killed in the field of Battle. General Webb had only about 900 killed and wounded. The Glorious Battle of Minden, was gained by only six English Kegi- ments of Infantry, the 12th, 20th, 23d, 25th, 37th, and 51st, aided by two Hanoverian Battalions. This small body (not more than 5,000 men) with- stood the repeated charges of the whole French army, of 100,000, with stea- diness and expertness in their manoeu- vres, never exceeded, and perhaps never equalled. OddsTiventy to One. They cut to pieces or endrely routed, all the French troops that opposed them, wdro seemed (as it were.) to vanish before the English Infantry. The French army lost 8,000 men killed, and considerable numbers taken ; the Six English Regi- ments, onlv 966 killed and wounded. Tlie Battles which have been fought between the English and French since ihe Revolution, fully prove the truth of the saying that One Englishmen is equal to Three Frenchmen. They are so fresh in our memories, it must be unnecessarv to enumerate them. There Is one contest however, of so very ex- traordinary, and so ver)' gallant a de- scription and nature, tliat it cannofbe passed over without some notice : not only from its being an iristance of the French having been more humhled by the Englisli of the present day, than they have ever been at any other period; but as it Vv-ill stand in proof to posterity, that En.o;land m the nineteenth century, gloriously niaintained her great distin- guished heroic pre-eminence and supe- riority over France, for valorous con- duct in every clime. — France, unhappy wretched France! by her mad and wicked revolution, by the murder of all her best men and citizens had fallen so low, tbat she could not produce one man able to cope whh England, by land tHfi ANTr-GALLICAN. 225 hmct or sea. She has been, therefore, driven into the hard and cruel situation of suilerin^ a poor native of Corsica to trample down all her rights, privileges, and liberties; to wanton and sport with the lives and happuiess of her whole people ; and at length has been com- jpelled to bend beneath the tyrannous weight of his iron yoke. Yet this Cor- sican, too strong for France, exhibited nothing but weakness itself when op- posed to Sir Sidney Smith, an English naval officer. This English hero put an absolute stop to the infamous march of this boasted — boasting — Corsican — Gallican — ^lahometan — Bonaparte, to Palestine; avIio was going upon the avowed profime project and wicked pur^ pose of taking possession of Jeiaisalem, in order to rebuild the Temple, that he might, as he daringly and impiously said,** give the lie to the prophecies of the Divine Founder of the Christian Religion!" At the head of a chosen band, ex- ceeding 12,000 men, the Mahometan Bonaparte arrived at the small Town of Acre y which was wretchedly fortified, and had in it only a few ]Masselmen, Bo- naparte laid siege to Acre, in form ; and the Governor would have surrendered it uncoaditionaliy, as upon all calcula- tion it seemed utterly impossible to witlistand such a force. But the En- glisli Hero, Sir Sidney Smith, prevented him from yielding, and gallantly under- took to repel Bonaparte, his 12,000 men, and all his artillery! Our Coun- tryman was not to be bribed with mo- ney, nor corrupted with French philo- sophy, which had been the principal weapons by which Bonaparte had got hold of Holland, JMalta, Italy, Sec. Ctaft and intrigue could here avail him naught. Military qualifications, were alone to decide. Sir f^ney Smith with Vol. I. Ff no armv at all, only a part of the fatig;.ied crevrs of one line of battle ship, and a single frigate, a few Mus- sulmen, (in all 2,000, not one-half English) so kept at bay for Go days, so harrassed, and so beat that Mahometan Bonaparte, at the head of 12,000 men, and an immense well serve^ train of artillery, in 12 different assaults, (one of which he actually made, during a truce, which he had himself solicited the Enghsh hero to grant him, under the pious pretence of burying the dead — so great is the Corsican's craft, and so little his faith to be trusted) — that at length, the English Hero obliged the Corsican to run awav, having killed 8 of his Generals, 85 of his Officers, and one half of his chosen army. When our Edward IH. crossed the Channel in 1340, the French attempt- ed to intercept him with a fleet of 400 sail; but the English so fell upon the French, that they sunk and de- stroyed 230 of their ships, with 30,000 men, most of whom were drowned; for not being able to abide the vollies of the English arrows, great multitudes of them jumped into the sea and perished; the news of which great loss, the French King's courtiers being perplexed how to communicate to him, his jester took upon him to do it, and going into his presence, breaks out in the most vio- lent exclamations of — '* O the cowardly English ! Paltry English ! faint- hearted English!' vvhereupon the King inquiiing why such cowards, what had they done? why, replied the jester, for not daring io jump mto the sea, as / your Majesty's hrave Frenchmen liave done. iVIay such French bravery be always opposed by such iinglish Cowardice! ALFKED. Bath Jhrald. ADDRESS 226 THE ANTI-GALLICA^' ADDRESS TO THE VOLUNTEER CORPS, By Mr. Wickes. IM-Y brave Brethren in Arms, it is you wliom I ha. c .~;sch heartfelt pleasure in addressing, the Faithful Guardians of (7 that is lield dear and sacred by thfc sons of Albion — you, whose ex- alted souls can feel the great effects that must result from a real love of England's truly boasted and unequalled Liberty. — You who are the brave defenders of this stubborn rock, firm as itself; you, who to preserve its ancient glory, and its honour by your arms, against the vain ambition of an inveterate foe, would, like the salamander, exist but by fire,- and even dare to live in flames, to hurl a justly deserved and tenfold vengeance on all who would dare attempt to usurp your dearest rights, or in an hostile posture approach your envied shores. — It is now ye Britons that your injured and much insulted country calls on you, aud now the proudest days of England's brightest glory is at hand, reserved and singled out for you to share the glorious combat, and the casting honors of a great and general display of Britain's martial ardor in the awful moment of tremendous warfare, — Your manly fortitude, your native ardour, and your generous glowing soul, bespeak the terrors which you will incessantly hurl on Albion's, nay, on Nature's impious and universal foe — the bounden duty which is owing to your Maker, as a grateful return for your preservation ai>d all the innumerable blessings you so happily enjoy, is alone sufiicient to inspire a British soldier to deeds of endless fame — the honor that is due from us all to our good old King, and the sacred love you owe to your native country, and every thing that is dear and valuable to voursclves as husbands, as fath-ers and as sons, as pillars of xhe nation's wealth and com- merce, and the noblest protectors of all who glory in the happy enjovment of British Freedom. Surely these sacred- duties will fire your willing souls with emulation in the da\ of trial, should the unhallowed tyrant ever vainly dare attempt to invade on Britain's peaceful land. — To you is every Briton's eye Avith conn-lence directed — to you, in- s})ired with all that can enliven and endear the soul of man — to you, who most eminently inherit all tiiose virtues which so nobly adorned our victorious Sires in former days of dreadful j.-eril, does this exalted nation look with con- fident success — to you, who pant for glorious conquest, the Briton's great and sure reward — to this great and desirable end (under heaven's all-Riling guidance) vou will })rove to surrounding nations how illustriously your exertions shine as the happy instruments in endeavour- ing to yield to bleediag Europe, an universal repose. — Where is, where can be left one single ray of hope of the treacherous and most degenerated ene- my's successful stand in the event of an invasion ? — Surely with British sol- diers it is lost in the recollection of a thousand former victories in every quarter of the globe: and cannot Britons now again, with all the "Cloud capp'd towers" their deadly bomb-proof bul- warks, and their well formed Vi/zr, like the laws of the Medes and Persians never to he Iroken — Cannot these, with every heart and hand united and in terrible array, boldly exhibit an invulnerable defiance, competent to awe the most terrible of invading foes. — Thus hap- pily n>ay you, the pride of every Joyal Briton, spare an immense effusion of human blood. But if compelled at last to brave the conflict dire, and hurl your THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 227 5-mir s:ul destrnclive woes of endless terror on their devoted heads, then with impetuous fury hurl them wilh ten times double energy in well directed fire, till heaven forbids the impious host to live, and leaves the murderous foe a sacritice to Briton's mighty power. A. foe, whose blood-stained soul would sacrifice one half of wide extended France, to have complete possession of your native land. — Britons be ready! fly to your arms with native fervor, nor cease to hre, till fire rewards your glorious toil with universal peace. — Thus while I boast of such exalted British valour, and bring to recollection those vast atchievements and recoiuit the matchless deeds of our venerable forefathers, the heroes of those im- mortal days of peril and of blood, let me view the many invaluable ser^ ices which is rendered, in the present most auspicious \nclior, his well placed hope, his rallying point in the moment of most immenent danger, ^nd in supporting which, his animating and irrei^is'iable courage, in boldly repell- mg force by force, will shine forth with the most resplendent and imparelleled lustre, nobly enblazon those wreaths %vhic' ' have for so many ages decorated the brilliant and victorious laurels that ad of Pro- iisbmcnt en so eminently dignify hi'? hallowed brow, and leave surrounding nations ever after, awfully to contemi)late on the fearful and insurmountable danger, ever attached to the resistless fury of Albion's ever memorable bulwarks and proudest ])illars of her well earned fime, vvhencver her honor, her in- dependence, her commerce, her ».v ealth, her religion, her liberty and her laws, her every thing that is held so sacredly dear, shall be attempted to be sullied, invaded or disgraced, by the daring menaces of an implacable, perfidious, execrable and deadlv foe ? A LESSON FOR LABOURERS. ii. HERE are sonie labouring people so deluded, as to think they have no- thing to lose if the French should con- quer this Island. Money, they say, thev have none; their goods are not worih an enemy's taking; work must be had, \vhocver is master; ploughing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, must go on; tliere mast be carpenters, masons, smiths, taylors, and shoemakers, in villages, manufacturers in towns; so' that their case will be the same as be- fore; and the wisest thing they can do, is to keep in a whole skin, a.id lea^'e the rich to fight it out, if they will, in defence of their property. What is a day-labourer's condition at present? If he is industrious and careful, he ha? always a little money beforehand. He can afford to subscribe to a benefit ckib, and secure a comfortable provision for sickness and old age. Jf he chooses rather to throw himself upon the parish, the laws provide for itenance, whenever he is un- his a^ble to maintain himself. It THE ANTI-GALLIC. \N. t^29 ll 13 his own fav.lt if lie has not a light dwelling over his head, warm cloathbio-, and plenty of wholesome food. If lie is a good manager in the main, he can afibrd a i)ot of beer on a holy-day upon occasion, without need- ing to go luuigry for it afterwards. , If one master treats hlai amiss, he has his liberty, and can go to another. If a rich man uses him ill, he can make him pay damages. lie can sit down at night with his wife and children, and nobody to mo- lest or disturb him : he can breed them lip In dutv and affection to him, and look forward to seeing them married and settled round him, for the comfort of his old age. These -are things worth defending: they are all that tiii.s world has to givej the rest is fancy and vanity, not happi- ness ; as those know too vv eli who have tried it. But wherever the French come, no- thing escapes them. Wliat is not worth taking, they destroy out of wan- tonness and mischief. If a poor mi'n has money, they seize it. If be has none, they think he has buried it, ;,iul torture him to make him tell, -where. The cettage is set on fire, the inhabi- tants pushed back with pikes into the flames : if they escape, who is to relieve them ? the invaders mock their distress. Their former rich neighbours, who used to relieve them, are as distressed as themselves. Emp-Ioyment there will be, no doubt ; but of what kind, and how [)aid? The manufactures will he carried to France, but the manufacturer will be left behind, that their own people may have all the profit. The English will be forced to turn out, and work like galley-slaves, in gangs, wllh a guard to keep them to it. The weak and Infirm will be goaded ©n v/ltli the bayonet 3 and whoever dares to look surly, knocked down wltli riia butt-end of a musket. For wages, they wlUhave abuse, insults, blows, bailed horse beans, jnst enough to support life, with water from the nearest ditch. ]\l:iny will die of /bad feeding, many of hard labour. *' So much the better," the Frencii will say, *' the rest will be more easy kept In order." For fear English blood should rebel, the prime of our sons win l)e draughted Into their armies, placed everv wlicre In the front of dan- ger, but without hope of promotion; and those that escape tlie sword, trans- porred to perish like rotten sheep, by the climate of St. Domingo. Our wives and daughters — ak^sl what lias been the practice of these monsters where^.'cr their arms have penetrated? — a complication of lust and cruelty too horrid, and too well known, to be re- cited here. Is this cxaggeralion? Is any man, after tv.'eive }ears experience, duped by the insidious cry of " Peace to the Cottage ?" But put the ?viiseries of Invasion out of the question !^ suppose only \\r^t want of energy In the m-iss of the people at ii;is moiueutous c;i- >.!.:.; -I France to impose a peace wLich cjaou.d cripple our commerce j \vao would be the sufTerer? every artliicer, every plough- man, and shepherd, throughout the kingdom. For what, but the tide of wealth, that flows into this island from everv (juarter of the globe, sui)plles the labourer with real and substantial com- forts, unknown to persons of the same rank In any other country under Heaven. Does France enjoy these, after all her boasted victories ? So far, at least, she is what she always has been — frippery without, and beggaiy within. But she is perfectly acquainted with the sources of our prosperity, and ail her move- ments are directed to wrest them from u$, and transfer them to herself. In England, 930 THE A^T1-GAL'LICAN\ Englanrl, the merchant finds, capital, the anjficer fields hands, the farmer and husbandman provides food; s\\ share the profit. Wages are at a height un- heard of in former periods. All mast crmnble to nothing, all be reduced to indigence, unless the efibrts to preserve sucii advantages are redoubled in pro- portion to the treachery and violence emploved to deprive us of them. What the emissaries of our enemies inculcate most earnestly, because it in- volves the irretrievable ruin of a country they hate and fear, is equality of pos- sessions, a specious name for univcsal plunder. Thank God! they address tliemselves to Britons, to men neither ignorant nor unprincipled enough to adopt a scheme, of which it is hard to say the wickedness or folly is the greatest. It is the boy whose impatience led him to kill the goose that produced him a golden egg. every morning. The men \vith great capitals are the goose; the millions whom they employ directly or indirectly, partake daily of the golden egg; wnthout great capitals, no gainful or extensive trade cr.n exist for a single year. The credit that attaches to them, attracts an abundant and unceasing supply of riches; divide them among a r_u4kitude, your crwlit is gone;>lradc lakes another course, regain it if you can . Lei us forget for a moment theenor- inltv of the crime, and inquire only what the poorest man has to get by plunder and confusion. To an invader, whatever he can carry off is gain. Mischief is gain ; for if it does not en- Fich him, it dlstresce;-. you, whom he hates : but where a uian is to pass Iris life, the case is dilTerent. What can he o>:ncrt to fmd in thr. richest hou^^e in London! Notes, perhaps, and bills of exchange, of. immense value while the circulation of them is supported by credit and social order; but the instant that a tumtdt is begun, not worth the paper on which they are written. Plenty of ready money, suppose; but certainly not a week's waoes^a piece for the planderf rs ; and vvhen it is gone, where will they look for more? A cellar full of wine, a larder full of provision; two days at roost will see the epd of them. When the plirenzy of pillage is over, they will look dismayed and aghast onthedesolation they have made; they will regret, but in vain, that quiet constant supply of all that is really necessary to ha})piness, which is un- "attainable without industry, patience, and subordination. The mischief mav be done in a week, ages will not repair it; it would never be re})aired. Bonupurfe will take care of that. If we are false to ourselves, and fall, he will keep us down. While all ranks are zealous and unanimous, he has nothing to hope : when they cease to be so, the poorest mechanic in Eng- land has every thing to fear. What keeps the people of France, who are wrctclied, whom he harrasses and rules with a rod of iron, in suhiection to him? ' — The army and the ba\onet. What makes the arnsy obey bin)? — llie j;ro- mise of being led across tiie Cliannel to uncontrolled plunder and carnage. The danger to which the poorest man can be exposed in resisting liscm, bears no proportion to what he has to sutfer from their success. EPIGRxVM. ?i()me tlunk the Invasion will take plac«% I deem it all a joke: — Yet, if it prove a serious case, 'Twill sureh- end in sucokel--* rJlK ANTl-GALLICAN. 231 IN BRITAIN'S FAM'D ISLE, jU the Theatre Koijal^ Where ACTOllS of SPIRIT are found True and Loijall A m.KY JVILL BE ACTED, . BRITONS STRIKE SURE! Fam'd DOCrok BULLET'S ly: FA LIABLE CVRK. A Nosiru»i, whose TOUCH will at once ease the Pain, WHICH FRENCH GASCO NADERS Alay feel in the Brain! AND MAKE GAjLZJV jDk spots, Who think themselves clever, REMEMBER THE ARMY OF ENGLAND FOR EVER! At the End of the Pla//, when the French are struck mute, British Cannons will then fire — a Boi/al Salute ! And 7iew Martial Airs, whose Effect must be grand ! Will be play'd quite in Style — by the Duke of York's Band. INSTEAD. OF A- F A K C E, When the French are laid low, BRITONS TRIUMPHANT Have vanquish: d the FOEl Returning from CONQUEST— they'll all do their Dufi/, And join with their Monarch, and each British Beauty! To Heaven a Tribute of Incense they'll raise, Ascribing to GOD— all the Honor and Praise ! TE D E UM V.'itli Fervor, by Old and by Young, In all Brilish Churches — with Zeal will be sung. AND THEN, TO CONCLUDE, ALL OUR RRAVE VOLUNTEERS, WILL JOIN ENGLISH SAILORS in iliree Loyal CJieers! THE WHOLE JBEITISH M^IFJMM In CHORUS will sing. The Blessings of Freedom ! and *^ God Save the King." 0^ AdmisiiQU gratii to British Patriots ; but none, except Privy Cou,7isdbn. y»ill ht- ad-niittid kihirid tha Scenes. 535 THE AKTI-GALLiCAS^ A BUITISH FAPt:\.]ER'S LETFER JUS COUl^rnTMLN- ViY countrymen! IT may seem tQ^yoU somewhat ex- traordinary that a man, Avho holds the plouglj with one hand, should presume to take up the pen with the other; but occasion wlU make the illiterate elo- quent. We are now threatened with a po^ver- ful Invasion; and, wete it po?sible for the Enemy to succeed, the consequence to VvS would be the same as if the whole frame of Heaven and Earth was thrown into its first darkness and confusion. When I walk abroad, and behold the lands that I have so diligently fenced and improved j when I reflect that the lordliest 'Squire in the land dares not touch my person^ my character, or my property, with impunity: when I re- turn home and am met by my wife; when my children spread their arms around me, and pledges of my happi- ness, — is it possible that I can ihhik with patience on the threatened ruinr To see my fields destroyed; my house a heap of rubbish; my wife torn from my bosom, and my children murdered: I will never survive "such a day of hor- ror; and I onlv wish for s. thousand lives, that T nilght die as many deaths in their dcfeace. Have you, then, my cmititrymen, no such property to preserve ?.jlave you . no parents to ptoteet; no y/iyes to che- rish ; no children to defend? Your properties, and Liberties depend. Under C«iD, u}K)n yourselves: they may be weakened by Luxury, or destroyed by corruption, but not by ai-ms: they ma}; be undermined by treach.ery, but cannot be \>res;ed uom you by force. Let the nation be numbered ; let that Buuiber be divided inio three parts; leave (incredible as the supposition may be) two thirds to the timid ; but sever to us one? third as the jwotectors of the count«:y : again divide that third, and one half of it shall be amply sufficient to crush Invasion. Fear ye to die, my countrymen? It is a necessary debt to nature? and nature, has made nothing necessary that is to be feared. It is in ourselves alone to make death dreadful, or desirable: to make it desirable by a life of virtue, or dreadful indeed b}- a death of dishonour. Would ye be safe, my countrymen? Be valiant. Danger pursues the wretch that flies from it, but flies itself from a courage that dares the 'encounter. Life is short; death is certain ; tiu>e is no^ ' thing; Action and virtue are all : it is by these alone that hfe ought to be measured, and his is the longest who falls for his country. But, if there are any of vou who fear to die, behold von gathered armies, and learn that the only means to save life is to slay the enemy. Is any one a coward? Let self-j)re* servation inspu'e him with courage. Is any man a patriot ? Let him fight for his Country. Is any man a parent? Let him fight for his family. Has any one afTcction? Let him fight for his friends. Docs any man feel in his bosom the glow of loyalty? Let him fight for a King Avho is the faUior of his people. Observe, nsv c-;untr\-men, the de- , gree of ascent lo public happiness. A single person-; a family society — ■ governmeri t — lav> — security —perfection of liberty. Here should be our rest: this is like the sun rising from the first dawn lo his meridian ; but mark well the descent: usurj^ation — tyraifny — slavery. This is hke the sun declining from his meridian, 'till he sets in utter darkness. This it is wiih which we are threatened. T» THE ANTI-GALLICAN» 233 *ro Britons tlie love of their king and it is dearer than life, and 'till death we country, and of tliat liberty the ex- will retain it. tinction of which is the object of our Then let invasion come, we will im))lac:d)leenemy, are subjects to which stand its utmost fury. The eyes of tlie ear Mould listen untired; but ac- mankiiid are upon us, and they expect tiou is instatit, and cuts expression their safety from our valour. Look short: be it sufliclent that liberty in- back, my countrymen, to your fore- eludes all that is estimable; wliich no fathers; look round to your families; power shall take from us, or invade look onward to posterity: We will live vmpunished: it Is ingrafted lu our with honour, or fall with our country ; nature; it is supported by our Govern- DIE WE MAY, BUT WE WILL ment, and confirmed by our Const!- NOT BE DEFEATED, tution; it is the source of happiness; G. ORIGINAL POETRY. BRITISH RESOLUTION. jLET Nations crouch beneath the Tyrant's sway, Where proud ambition soars above all bound ; The Sons of Britain wait the wish'd-for day To check him on their coasts or native ground. On hostile shores in distant burning climes Their ancient valour hath been fully tried; On desert sands ensanguln'd by French crimes. Where Abercromby fought and bravely died. This might a lesson teach to Mankind's foe. If pity could find entrance in his breast. How vain th' attempt if he the gauntlet throw, From them their Laws or Liberties to wrest. Id such a strife unaided and alone They may with confidence on Ileav'n relv. Where power now shields their much-lov'd Monarcli's throne And dares the ailcjity Vaunter's hosts defv. A PATRIOTIC SONG. BY GEORGE BIGGS. llOL'SE! Rouse I ev'ry Briton! awake at the call, 'Tis your Country invites you to arms one and all. In a contest so glorious we all must unite. Nor regard what our foes may attempt in their might. %'OL. I. G a Sh;dl 234 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Shall a Plebeian Usurper our coast dare invade And wc not repel the foe that would degrade? Ko ! No ! cries each Briton our country we'll save And his legions of slaves beat like Englishmen brave. CHaRUS. Magna Charta ice loasf, Brilish Laws will maintain^ And ride still triumphanfy the Lords of the Main. Shall the French now come here and our laws abrogate. Make a province of Britain, and bondage our fate ? Shall we crouch to a Despot, a Corsican knave. Whose ambition now prompts him the v/orld to enslave ? Shall the load British thunder for e'er cease to roar. All our prowess be gone and a nation no nvore? Ko! No! cries each Briton; our King well tu; port. And fight as our sires fought at fam'd Agincourt. Magna Cbartay £fc. Bonaparte, we know, could he gain his desire. Would plunder us all and our towns set on fire; Our wives, sisters, daughters, his armies defilej No quarter afford — at destruction would smile; Lay waste the whole nation, our race extirpate. And thus glut his spite, so inveterate his hate : But Britain on God and true veJor relies And will gloriously fall or triumphantly rise. Magna Charta, ^c. Without resolution our all is at stake. Then shall we neglect our best efforts to make? Be supinely remiss, and believe all secure? No, no 1 cries each Briton, prepare and he sure. Rank and file let's together as brethren unite, ¥or our King, fur our laws, for our country to fight : We'll transmit to our children the rights we possess,. And n\illioiiS unborn will our memories bless. Mas:na Charta, Sj'c, FRENCH INVASION. THOUGH haughty Gaul invasion threat,. And boast shell make us slaves. With due contempt her wiles we'll treat. For stili we rule the waves. And if in m Inter's mist and rain. By stealth they pass our fleet. Still will they find their boast is vain, For Britons here they'll meet: — > Wh^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 235 Who true to Liberty's fair laws. True to their country's good. Will fight till death in Freedom's cause, For it will spill their blood. Then Britons rouse your martial fires. The tyrant to oppose j Be brave as were your ancient sires. Like them receive your foes. Arouse, then, Britons, rouse to arms ! And never be it said That Gallia, by her vain alarms. E'er made our isle afraid. SELECTED POETRY. SONG OF DEATH. By the celebrated Robert Burns. TVhen tl'.e pressinf^ nature of public Affairs called in 1795, for a general Arming of tlia People. Mr. Burns appeared in ihe Ranks of the Dumfries Volunteers, and employed his poetical talents in stimulating their patriotism ; and at this season of alarm, he brought forward the following Hymn, which he had originally composed in 1791, worthy of the Grecian Muse, when Greece was most conspicuous for genius and valour. Scene — a field of battle — time of the daj/, evening — the luoimded and di/ing of the victorious armyy are supposed to join in the foUoicing Song : FAREWELl., thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies Now gay with the bright setting sun j Farewell love and friendship, ye dear tender ties. Our race of existence is run ! Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, Go, frighten the coward and slave , Go, teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! but know^ No terrors hast thou for the brave ! Thou strlks't the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark. Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name -, Thou strik'st the young hero — a glorious mark I lie fiills in the blaze of his fame I f36 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. In the field of proud honour — our swords in our hands,. Our King and our Country to save — While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands. Oh ! who would not rest with tlie brave ! THE FROGS AND CRANE. I XSOP, strlmge fabulist ! what tiny frog Dares leap the giant bulk ; with lying prate Seduce the squalid multitude — elate To crush distinction and contemn King Log? Like lunatics, bid Stranger rule the bog ; Themselves, allies, subscrib'd to anger sate— Whose subjects, deaf, dumb, blind, sculk round in-cog. Sees human sacrifices wait his word ; Crippling, from Holland's dykes to Egypt's springs, Stadthclders, Pope, Electors, Beys and Kings j IVIocks half the globe, a self-created lord ? W^hy on such man her cap would Folly place. With, '■ Hail, dread Emperor of Ike croaking racer J. 11. DEFIANCE TO BONAPARTE. To subdue the Armadas of France and of Spain, Neptune gave us his trident as lords of the Mam ; Bade our cannon s dread thunder in loud peals to roll. From the banks of the Tham.es, to the furthermost pole : Then enrol, my brave Lads ! to chastise them prepare. And the Corsican Tyrant may come, if he dare 1 Though by slaughter or threats, from the Elbe to tlie Po, W^ith his Iron and Gold, he has silenc'd each foe j Both his Gold and his Iron he soon shall g?e broke, By the all-conc^uering force of our fim Heart of Oak. Then arouse, my brave Lads l^ their destruction prepare. And the Corsican Tyrant may come, ii' he dare 1 Not content with the Blood which in Europe he shed. Still he hop'd to advance, where the Nile hides his head : But x\boukir and Acre, beheld his dismay. When defeated, he fled, and his fleet was our prey ; Then let Nelson and Sidney new triumphs prepare. And the Corsican Tvrant may come, if he dare ! Yet THE ANTI-GALLICAN. £3/ Yet against us, he vaunts bis base myriads to bring. Who obey an Ustirj>cv, — who niurdei'cl their Kn:g ; Impious wretches ! in terror, who kiss the vile n>d — But we fight for our Laws, for our King, and our Godi Let us all t-hen, united, for Battle jirepare ; Let the C'orsican Tyrant then come, if he dare ! From their coasts, by the winds, sliould our Navy be toss'd. And in spite of our Tars, should the Channel be crossed ; frenchmen never our dear native land shall explore ; If not sunk in tlie Sea, they shall die on the shore ! Sec ! already we march, and to crush them prepare; Let the Corsican Tyrant then come, if he dare ! Of our Wives and our Daugb.ters, protecting the charms ; And our Country defending, our cr3iis '* To Arms 1" To blasphemers and slaves, Britons never will yield. For Religion's our Bulwark and Freedom our Shield. Our Invincible Banner they wave higli in air. And the Corsican Tyrant n:iay come, if he dare I As a Comet descends, that has blaz'd from afar, While he scatters around desolation and war ; So this merciless Despot who makes the Earth groan, Let her v/ake from her trance, shall be hurl'd from his throne Wake the earth at our call' — rise, our glory to share ; A lid the Coriican Tyrant o'erwhehu with despair ! Mormu": Herald. ENGLLSH, SCOTS, AND IRLSblMEN. A PAriilOTIC ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. To the tune of King Ttolerl (he Bruce s March, at the Battle of Bannock- lurn. By John Mayne, Author of Glasgow, a Poem Just Published. English, Scots, and Irishmen, AH that are in Valour's ken! Shield your King 5 and flock agen Where his sacred banners flee I Now's the day, and now's the hour, Frenchn>en wou'd the Land devour — Will ye wait till they come o'er To give ye Chains and Slavery? Who wou'd be a Frenchman's slave? Who wou'd truckle to the knave? Who wou'd shun a glorious grave For worse than death — for infayiy ? To see your Liberties expire — Your Temples smoke, your Fleets on fire! That's a Frenchman's sole desire — That's your futCj or — Liberty I THE ANTI-G ALLICAX. JRobl)'d of all tliat sweetens litV, Tranquil home, and hap»;y witel Reeking from ihe villain's knife, Yonder haruiless Peasant $ec — Prostrate near hiiii on the iieath, A riiin'd Daup;hter grasps for breath! Frenchmen riot in their death — That's to them a hixnryl In nmc\'d conquest over yon. The Tyrant tells his tygcr-crew — If chains will not your minds subdue. Nor exile, stripes, and poverty, Theiv when the Land is all detil'd He'll butcher woman, man and child — He'll turn your gardens to a wild — Your Courts to caves of misery I Mathers, Sisters, Sweethearts dear. All that Virtu e gives us here 1 Can your Sons or Lovers fear When Frenchmen threaten slavery? QT no'. — ]n hosts of Volunteers, The Geniu.-^ of the Isle appears! With dauntless breast, Britann i a rears Her arm, and points to Victory ! Irish, Scots, and Englishmen, All that Worth and Valour ken I Shield your Ki^^g; and flock agcn Where iiis sacred Banners fleel ^Jow's the day, anrl now's the hoar, frenchmen vvou'd the Land devour — ■ To arms ' to arms ! and make them cow'r. Or meet their certain ciesiinv 1 CONQUEST OR DEATH; Vv^ritien on the Return of War. i^ARKl 'tis the cannons' horrid roar ITie friglited Earth again alarms; The martial bands tiom Gallia's shore Excite all England's sons to urms I The thund'ring tube was scarcely cold. The fatal hail ^^carce ceas'd to fly, When Mars — " To arms, ye brave and bold ; ** Tis your's to conquer, or to did" Scarce had the soldier and the tar Inhal'd a breeze of native air. Or mother v/ept o'er Henry's scar. Or lover kiss'd his constant fair. Or wife enjoy 'd a mate's e'mbrace. Or child a fathers beaming eye. When thro' the airs unbounded space Th' alarm v.as — " Conquer, orwedie." Scarce had the ** Drum's discordant sound" Forborne the ambient air to rend. Or lovely Peace, with olive cro-svn'd. Been Vvclcom'd as a long-lost friend : Commerce again, with fav'ring gales. Had scarcely brought her treasures nigh, Wlicn cruel war again assails ; And we must fight, or basely die. The sword scarce sheatlf d from bloodv fight, Again meets sword with hideous clang;. Again maintaining England's right. The soldier feels the dying pang. Ceres' rich stores, that stre^^'d theplains. Now mangled heaps of slain supply; And hills, re-echoing shepherds' strains. Resound—*- Well conquer, or we'll die." Then since 'tis by the faks decreed. That war shall fill th' ensanguin'd plahi. Let us not tamely drooping bleed. But figlU, and beat them onqe again. Rous'd bv a Howe's^a Nelson's fame. Let's scorn from Gallic slaves to flyl Wliile- England's shores shall still pro- claim, <* Well conquer, or we'll nobly die/ THE THE ANTI- GALLICAN-. THE DUMFRIES VOLUNTEERS, Tune, '' Puih ahout the Jurum. DOES haughty Gaul invasion th.reat? Then let the loons beware. Sir, There's wooden walls upon our seas, And volunteers on shore, Sir, The NIth shall run to Corsincon* The Crifielf sink in Solway, E'er we jjerniit a foreign foe On British ground to rally! Fa I de rail, fefc. O let us not like snarling tykes In wrayling be divided; Till slap come in an unco loon And wi' a rung decide it. Be Britain still to Britain true. Among ourselves united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrongs be righted. Fal de rail, &c. The kettle o* the kirk and state. Perhaps a claut may fail in'tj But deil a foreign tinkler loon Shall ever ca' a nail in't. Our fathers blude the kettle bright. And wha wad dare to spoil it; By heaven the sacrilegious dog Shall fuel be to boil it. Fal derail, ^c. The wretch that wad a tyrant own. And the wretch his 1 rue-born brother, Who would set the vioh aboon the throne^ May they be damned together. Who will not sing '* God save the king," Shall hang as high's the steeple; But, while we sing '•' God save the k'^ig," We'll ne'er forget the' people. Fal de rail, iS'c BURNS. * A high hl!l at the ^ A vve'il-kr.ov/r. niOLU'.taiu a; THE GENIUS OF BRITAIN. Tune, The Marseilles IJymiu YE British Sons awake to glory. Hark! hark! what myriads round yoa rise. Your Children, Wives, and Grandsires hoary, Beliold their Tears and hear tlieir Cries. Shall Bonaparte mischief brecdins;. With hireling hosts a rufiian band AfiVight and desolate our land Our peace and liberty lie bleeding. By a Savage Tyrant's hand." To Arms, to Arms I ye hmv'et 7"%' avenging Sword unsheath, March on, march on, all Jiearts resciv i On victory or death. Kow, now the threaten'd storm is rolling, "WTiich our foes have dar'd to raise; The Dogs of War let loose are howling. And in their ivish our cities blaze. And shall we basely view the ruin. While lawless force with guilty stride Spreads desolation far and wide, . With crimes and l)lood his hands em'» bruing? To Arms ! To Arms, (Sfc. With Uixury and pride surrounded. The vile insatiate despot dare His thirst of power, and gold unbounded, T' invade a jieople free as air. As beasts of burden he would jade us. Like God would bid us him adore! But Mai^ is Man — and who is more? Then shall he longer threat t' invade us ? To Arms ! To Anns ! t£fc. O Liberty! can we resign thee. Once having felt thy gen'rous flame? Can a Ty'"^'^^^ threats confine thee. Or whip thy noble spirit tame? source oi the Nith. : i>he mouth of the same river. Toe 240 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Too long the world has wept, bewailing lliat rvlurder's Dagger Tyrants wield : But Freedom is our sword and shield. And all their threats are unavailing. To Arms ! To Anns I &:c. ON ins MAJESTVs SHIP BRITANNIA.* Tune — " Rule Britannia." WHEN first thefam'd Britannia's prow Dash'd thro' the foaming waves along, Sea-Gods, and Nereids round her bow, Swell'd lovely this inspiring song : ** Long, Britannia I shaltthou reign, Tlie pride and terror of the main !" Tho" squadrons — tho' the hostile force Of Nations — thy career impede. Resistless stilb tliy daring course To conquest and renown shall lead : *' Long, Britannia ! shalt thou reign, - The pride and terror of the main !" France, Spain, th' united naval world, Oneird by -thy pow'r shall yield alike ; While your imperial flag unfurl'd. No human force shall ever strike ; ** Long, Britannia ! shalt thou reign. The pride and terror of the main !" Still sliall some gallant Chieftain lead To Victury , thy fearless baud j Heroes to Heroes shall succeed. And each a braver crew command j •' Long, Britannia ! shalt thon reign. The pride and terror of ihe main !" Von sacred Isle, whose name \ou bear, Si-.all ever " gicatand free'" survive j Aati Liiou, her uoblesi guardian, share Tiie glories Lliy achievements give ; ** Long, Britannia! shalt thfju reign. The pride and terror of die main I" x\nd when (a day the fates design,) A proud Usurper threats her coasts, Thou, foremost of the British line, Shalt hull destruction on his hosts ; *' Long, Britannia! shalt thou reign> The pride and terror of the main !" Then shall thy rescued country breathe To thy brave chie.fs her grateful vows ; And Britain's fiiirest daughters wreathe Fresh laurels to adorn their brows j " Long, Britannia ! shalt thon reign. The pride and terror of the main 1" But when at length, the solid oak. That fornf s rliy beauteous fabric, lie* Consumed by Time's resistless stroke. From thee a Phoenix shall arise; ** Who thro' succeeding years shall reign, Tlie pride and terror of the main !" PHILO-NAUTICUS. Morning Post. MENACES TO TALLE\T.AND. Thou perjur'd priest that mock'st th/ God, Thou traitor to a virtuous king, Hop'st thou beneath the iron rod Of thy dread sway this land to bring: Dost hope proud Briton's e'er will give- Their daughters fair to feed thy lust. Or pay thee gold to let them live. When low they're trampled in the dust ? No, l-cisc Traitor ! No ! ' To guard a Brifo7is sacred rights. His dearest blood shall fiow. No Briton that a sword can wield Vv'ill ever liom the fight retire ; The sniilinj^ infant frpm the field His father's manly'breast will fire ;• The lover for his lovely ma id, The husband for his blooming wFfe, The children in their parent's aid. Will burn to join the glorious strife. Weak slave, then, dread oui annSy For Britons iciU their rights maintain, JVhile Life their Icsoin warms. * Coimr.?.\.dattle roars. Derides Invasion's haitghtv boast. Safe in her wave-encircl'd Shores; Still safer in her dauntless Band, Lords of her Seas, and Guardians of her LanDj,' Whose patriot zeal, whose bold emprise. Rise, a/ the storms of danger rise; Yet,, temp'ring Glory's ardent Hame With gentle Mercy's milder claim. She bends imm scenes of blood th' averted eye. And courts the charms of Peace mid shouts of Victory. Hh III. She 242 THE ANTI-GALLICAN III. Siic roiirt? In vain—ip.c riulilea: Foe, Dtep dreiiHi'd vvitii Wood, yet liuroiing still for more. Deaf to the shrieks, of agonizing woe, Views with rapacious eve each Neigiibour-Shorej ** Mine be th' internal swny, ' a'i nul he cries, '* Wliere'er my Sword j^rcvails, my conqa"ring Banner flies. Genius of Albion, bear! Grasp the strong Shield, and lift th' avenging Spear, B\ wreaths thy dauntless Sorw of yore. From Gallia's Crest victorious tore. By Edward's Ijlly-blazon'd Shield, By Agincourt's high-trophied Field; By rash Iberia's Naval pride, , Whelm'd bv Eliza's Barks beneath the stormy tide; Call forth thy Warrior Race again. Breathing, to ancient mood, tb.c soul-inspiring strain; -" To arms, to arms, yo-ar I/iisigns straight display 1 Now set the baitle in array ; The Oracle for War declares. Success depends upon our hearts and spears! Britons strike home, revenge your Country's wrongs, Fiffht and record yourselves in Druids' Songs 1" ORDERS OF BONAPARTE TO THE ARMY OF ENGLAND, Respecting their Conduct when thcij shidl have captured London, and subdued Brilain. SOLTIIERS! In ser. !mg yo\i to Britain I send heroes to cope with raw pedlcrs and shopkeepers. History bcar^ that whenever French and Bri.;. ;: 1 ., :• met, that British effeminacy has always yielded lo Gallic prowesr.. If ever the French appeared to have tlie worst of the baide, it was from a great sclicme of policv, QS may be seen in detail in the admirable productions which have issued from the pens of Gascon hI?tori- ans. Tiie battle of the Nile was iost^ by my express orders; tliat, deprived of cur ships, we might the more ener- getically display our military heroism; and inEg\ pt wonderful v.ere our works. Thtre we overthrew those renowned lieroes the.Copts; tbicre we ;'.dventured to irieet the wandering x\rabs; there we batiercd down tlie avails of mud; there we made the inhabitants slaves; there vou; w.y soldiers, had the full and un- rmand of all the wives : - of the country, unmo- lested by your General — whose pursuits do not lie that way; there you made yourselves greater than Romans and Macedonians, and exalted mc far be- ypnd a Ca?sar and an Alexander. At Acre we could liave been victorious; but a General should, sometimes, con- sult the case and accommodation of the soldiers; T H ill A N T I - G <\ L 1. 1 C A N , 243 soldiers; I tncrcfore, chose to bring vou back to Jigvpt, to your favourite . pastimes, thai if either women, or other moveables, had before ekided your search, vou might now have them in possession; and, to diminish the num- ber of your competitors, I emjjloyed a short recipe at the hospital. But, why boast of mv own atchievcments? These — Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, ami Holland can attest; and, for a true and impartial account, read the Moniteurs, and addresses. On my general cha- racter I need not expatiate — for v.rf beneficence and piety I appeal to the bishops — those devout and disinterested wors'nippers of the powers that be. They, good men, liken me to the Saviour of the World; and bear testi- mony that I am the right hand of God, for effecting the regeneration of mankind. To complete this purpose of my mis- sion Uj>on earti), it is necessary that I should subjugate those intkicl Britons who dare to question my authority to dispose of all liberty, property, and power, as shall seem good in my eyes. ■ — 'These islanders I cuiploy you to conquer, or rather aulhori/.e you to reap the spoils; since there Avill be no contest. The great body of you is to land in Sussex, Kent, and Essex, that you may be near London ; within two days of your landing you are to reach the metropolis. There are two articles in which England is before France — money and women — and these were two %vith which you have always been ac- customed to mal^e free in every expe- Y W. KEEGAN. Ordered to be Suvg in all Plaecs of TJ'orship tlnmighovf Franec, Spain, ItaJy> Sifitzcrland, Holunid, E'jupt, &c. Iv, B. No ]\Ionk or Xun should close tlieir Eyes, but after a Repetition of tliis Devout Offering. TE Consulem Gallicum damnamiis. OH Chief Consul of France we curse thee! Te Tvrannum confiteniur. Te coedis et hseresis Patrcm omnis Terra detestatur. Tibi onnies DiaboH, et Scrpentes iiicessabili voce proclamant : Satan, Satan, Satan, terribilis es Domino Deo tuo. Pleni sunt Coeli and Terra horrend?e stragis et vastationis tua?. Te Dominum et infcrnorum chorus, Te in)])iorun'. sordidus Nunierus, Te Dia'nolorum acclaniant exercitus. Te per orliem Terrarum saiicta ana- theniatizat Ecclesia, Patrem imnienssc Tenieritatis, Execranduni tuum rcruni Sc unicum Komen, Tetruni (^uonue Spirituni tuum. Tu Rex glorin^ Draboli. Tu Satan jr scmpitcrnus cs Eilins Tu ad perdondas Naturae Eegcs non horruisti tollere veneno iniscros. Tu dcvicto mortis acaieo apcruisti credentibus portas infernoruni. Tu ad (icxtciain Luciil-ri scdes in gloria sua : We acknowledge thee to beaTvrant. Thou Murderinglnfidel all the World detest thee. To tliee all Nations cry aloud, Bon- nev, Bonnev, Bonnev. Thou art universally execrated ! Holland, Italy, and Swhzerland are full of the ?.Ieasure of thv Crimes. To thee the infernal Host of Hell, And the whole Arniv of Sinners and Devils Raise their hideous Notes. Tlie Army of Jaffa damn thee! The Pope, Cardinals and Catalogue of Bishops excommunicate thee; For thou art the Parent of infinite Sin. Thy fictitious and thy true Name are equally accursed; And thy black S;jirit maketh jNIan- kind to sJi udder. Th.ou art the Kernel of Infiuny O N;>p:)y. I'l-.ou art the everlasting Son of Ty- ranny and A^ arice. Thou hast uot scrujded to violate tha Laws of God, of Nature, and of iNIan.- Having unha]:(pily, escaped the Dan- gers that have awaited thee, thou hast opened thy Prison Doors to shut theni again on iJie Innocent. Judiccin TIIK ANTI-GALLICAN. 247 Jvuliccm crcdls non esse veuturum. Te ergo, qunesunuis, tuls fainulis sulneni, quorum sanguinciu iiii(^ac efludisti. ilLtcrna fac cum Diabolis tuis in gloria numcrari. Salvum iacPopulum tuumGallicum, et maledic Hoereditati iv.x ; Efc damua eum, et obrue eum in aeternum. Per singulos dies, maledicimus te, Et blasphemamvxs Nomea tuum in scculum, 6c in seculum secali. Dignare, Diabole, die isto cum pecato eum custodire. Miserere ej us, Satan, quoniam spcravit in te. - In te, Diabole, spcravit, crucietur in a?ternum. Thou sbalt sit at the Ptiglit Hand of Lucifer, ornan)euled with thy impious Spoils, where thou shalt judge in Fa- Aor of tliose who })ay thee best. We therefore reconunend to thee to have some Mercy on those whom thou hast robbed of their Peace and Pro- perty. Let thy Ministers be numbered v\ith thee in eternal Danmalion. May thy Subjects guillotine thee, and thereby spare the People whom thou opjiressest with thy Corsican Yoke; And may thy Heritage suu'er in a like Way. ' May d ley be not simply damned, but, damned to all Eternity. Day by Day all Nations reproach thee, and adjudge thy Name to be dcv tested fr;)iu Generation to Generation- Deign, O Nappy, to Iea\e the World in Peace and Quiet ; and at least spare those Fools who have put iheir Trust in thee. Oil Satan give him a good vi'arm Cor- ner in Hell, for he has been thy faithful Servant. And as he has relied on thee, let him partake of thy Torments now and for evermore. PATRIOTIC ADDRESS iFuiENDS and Neighbours, you ai'e threatened with Invasion by a Ty- rant, who is known, bv experlei-ice, to be cruel and revengeful, sparing n, itlier age nor sex. Is your Life? is your l^roperty? are your Wives and Cb.iidren dear to you ? Tirey may, and most likely will, be sacrificed, if the enemv sh(.)uld reach your home. Do you not i)urn ^vilh indignation at an attempt to violate such precious rights? The government, it is true, has wisely provided defence against the first attempt; but shall we, who remain, be still and inactive tdl the cnemv comes to our doors? All \NOuld tlien be lost! No! rather let us rouse our courage, and give our aid to the efibrts of government. That govern- ment might enforce its right to prockaini Martial Lavv', which wouki dri\e every iiKin to the battle; but it has, with ii prudential regard to our comfort, de* vised a milder plan for The defence of the Country, Let us tlien second its intentions, and enroll ourselves, for our mutual de- fence, in parties of neighbours, under a neighbour of our own choice for out officer, all knowing and having confi- dence in each othei ; that in case the enemy should (contrary to all expecta- 24 9 THE ANTI- lion) get an absolute footing on out shores, we may do all in our power to stop his progress. This we may help to eftcct, by firing on his advanced guard or straggling parties ; and then, from our belter knowledge of the coun- try and of the roads, we may retire with ver\- little hazard to ourselves, bvit with great annoyance to the foe. We ma}' also, by conveying away the women and children, the aged and in- firm, to a place of security 3 by remov- ing property of any kind, in case of need; by carrying provisions to the armv, either by waggons or barges, do essential service; so that no one, of even the lowest degree, should think himself of no consequence, but may, by the exertion of his strength and abi- litv, in some way be useful, and prove himself, in so alarming a moment, A True Friend to his Conninj. THE MENACES OF .BONAPARTE. What Strange Things are come to pass! A little insignificant Man, not more than fifty inches high, with an half- starved Army, that would faint at the sight of an English Bull, has dared to say that he v/ill Conquer Four Millions of' E1ng/ish)utnl Englishmen, whom the brave Romans themselves, that sub- dued the rest of the World, could hardly conquer!! Englishmen, v. hose name is feared and respected over the- wiiolc I'niverse. Conquer Four ^Millions of English- men!! What can this mean? "Why it means that this prcsnmptur>us littlt man, conceives that Englishmen are dead to everv sense of Virluc; that the love of their Countn", no longer ani- mates their breasts; that the courage for which heretofore they have been so pre-eiiiinent, has forsaken their hearts: and that, without a struggle, they will tamelv and ba-ely lay down their arms upon the Tyrant's approach. In short, \hat tlie British Lion is become as GALLICAN*. docile and tame as a Lady's Lap-Do<:^, and that he will allow himself to be kicked, buffeted, and trampled upon, without even a growl to shew that he feels the foot of his oppressor. Good Heavens what an iniputation' ! Can you set down with an appetite to your meals, can you retire quietly to rest, can you follow your daily occupations, under such a cliarge, and not move one step to express your indignation? Does not vour blood boil at the very idea of Englishmen's patriotism being so questioned? Can you indifferently allow voursclves to be accused of for- getting the enjoyments of your mild laws, which equally affords to every man protection to his property and person ; of your fertile soil which re- wards the labourer's toil with plenty ; of your extensive commerce which con- ve\ s to \om hands riches, and all the luxuries of the world ; and of your beautiful Women, who to every do- mestic comiX)rt, bring you strong and virtuous children, to hand down to posterity the honourable name and qua- lifications of Englishmen? All these, and a great many more blessings will vou lose, if you do i20t hastily step for- ward to prove, that you have hearts ta vindicate the ch;irge, and hands to pro- tect vour country, and its rights, against all aggressors. But if you can quie'ly sit down with such glaring insults, then shall I sav that Englishmen are cox-Q-J'iRED ? then niav ilie Usurpf.k sheath iiis sword, and put by the im- ])lenie.nts of destruction, with all the p n-aiihernalia of war, and v. hh a few of HIS BANDITTI Oulv, COUIC 0\ Cr tO receive the degraded sid)mi3sion of Conquered Briiaix ! ! But. this shall ncN'er hapjjen. Sooner u.iy the avenging hand of heaven avert tl;e disgrace, and by one grand concussion destrey every vestige, that could hand down to pos- terity, the name, or recollection of such a race, as Englishmen. The British Liok. ^HE ANTI-GALLICM^"". 24 Q AN ADDRESS TO THE MECHANICS, ARTIFICERS, Manufacturers, and Labourers of En-gland, on the siiljcct of the THREATENED INVASION. By George Clark, Esq. Brentford. There is an opinion unbapj)ily pre- vailing among some persons, as to the probable consequences of this countiy being overcome by France, w^hich opinion has a flital tendency, and ought to be done away. It is most prevalent amongst those whose lot it is to gain their daily subsistence by the suxat of their brows, such as manufacturers, mechanics, and labourers. The opinion alluded to is, that men of this descrip- tion would be in no worse situation, if the conquest of this country should take place, than they are at present. This is indeed a most dangerous opi- nion, and one that should be opposed with all the zeal, the importance of the subject demands. It is certainly right, that before an Opinion is opposed, or those who hold it are condemned, it should be made certain that the opinion is fl\Ise. If it were indeed true, that such an altera- tion conld not possibly make the situa- tion of the labouring part of the com- munity worse, but might possibly better it, then nothing would be left to anove them to defend their country, but mere patriotism. It would in that ease be ridiculous to urge them to it, by any other motive than a love of their country. , And if the high and in- dependent spirit of Englishmen, and their ardent and distinguished patriotism be considered, we may, I conceive, even upon this principle, look for their most strenuous exertions to save it. Englishmen love liberty, and they love 'their country. They love their country. Vol. I, ' I i because it is the parent and .nurse of liberty, and because its constitution and government secure to them the enjoyment of it. The good sense of the peoj)lc of this country will convince them, that its laws and constitution give to the peo])le as great a share of Liberty, as is really and truly useful to them. Every man li\'ingnmst know and be satisfied, that ten or fifteen millions of people cannot be kept in order, without lawa to restrain and regulate their passions^, and puTiishments to deter them from doing mischief. Let any man who is the father of a family look into his own house, and say, whether he can preserve order in it without exercising the authority, which his situation, as the head and governor of that little society, intitles him to use. He is obliged to admonish, to restrain, and to punish. If then laws and punish- ments are necessary to keep a family in subordination, how much more must they be necessary to the govern- ment of a country ! How much more to govern millions of families, millions of persons ! Persons, who would other- wise be the destroyers and the victims of each other. It is by the law and its punishments that the peace and hap- piness of the people are preserved. It is by those they are saved from the violence of tlieir stronger neighbours, and from the snares laid for them by •their weaker but more designing ones. It is the law that saves our proi-erty from rapine, our persons from assas- sination, and our wives and daugh- ters from ruin; Having thus gone a little out of the way, in order to shew how necessary laws and punishments are for the wel- flire and happiness of society, we will proceed to shew, first, that the labour- ing part of the British community would. ejo THE A-NTI-GALLICAN would, in all , human probability, be in no better condition under a French, than they are under an English govern- ment ; and secondly, that there is every reason to believe, that their situation would be much worse. And both these points appear to be so evident, that A'erv little pains will be necessary, to convince the most obstinate of the truth of them. First tlien, v.e v.-ill shew, tliat it is by no means probable, that our mechanics, manufacturers, and labourers, wonld be in a better condition under the government of Bonaparte, than they are at jiresent under that of George the Third. And here let it be asked, what is the situa- tion of the people under the govern- ment of this country, and what just cause they have to complain ? The answer will be, that the dearness of provisions makes them unhappy and dissatisfied ; that the taxes they pay render tKeir situation miserable j and that both of those circumstances united, render them unable to maintain them- selves and their families. This, it is admitted, is in some m.easure, and in some instances true, but it is net wniversalH" so. In many instances, ■^vherc there arc families of children, the pressure of the present times is necessarily heavy, and grievous to be borne. The present high price of all the necessary articles of life, is greatly to be lamented ; but it must be ad- mitted, that generally ' speaking, tl^e price of labour has been in some mea- sure increased. But independent of that fact, two tlup.gs ought to be con- sidered. 1. That it is not the fault of government, that articles of the first necessity are so dear. Government (it is well known) has used its most strenuous exertions to prevent it; but it . has appeared after the fullest in- res ligation, that the evil ha« arisen. nnich more from the natural course and order of things, than from any combinations to injure the communltv. 2. It should be recollected, that tlse burden complained of, is not exclusively an evil to the persons who are the ob- jects of this address. It is not an evil suffered by them alone. It is an evil in which other ranks of society in great measure partake, and particularly petty tradesmen and shopkeepers, and persons whose means of support are derived from small annual incomes. These persons are in a situation far more de- plorable than the labourer and manu- facturer. They are much more pressed by taxes, arid are obliged to contribute to the church and the poor, when they themselves would be proper objects of charity. But the grand question is what probability there is, that, if those who complain, were under a French governm.ent, they would be in a better situation? Whether it is likely, that under the tyranny of Bonaparte, they would be better clothed, or better fed ? It is to this point the mechanic and the labourer should direct tlieir attention. Let them honestly and fairly put Jthe question home to their own hearts, and say, whether they realty think, that if Bonaparte were to wield the sceptre of this great nation, their situation ^vould be bettered? Whether in that case, there is any reason to believe, that the quantity of food would be in- creased, or money become more abun- dant. Whether they think that if an hundred thousand French soldiers were quartered in this country, in order to rivet our chains, it would have a tendency to make bread and beef cheaper ? They would doubtless take the plunder to themselves, and every article of life would rapidly increase in price, by its quantity being lessened. And of that which should remain, out' THE ANTI-GALLICAK", 251 cncinie? wonid take the best for tnclr own use. They would live upbn the flit of the land, cind leave poor Johu Bull to be satisfied, if he could, with that which they would deem not good enough for themselves. Agiiin, if the French were to possess themselves of this countr}-, (which God forbid !) one of their fust steps would be, to destroy our commerce, and ruin our trade, by transrerrmg them to France. It is to our trade and com- ^merce that we are indebted (under Pro- vidence) for the liigh rank we hold among the nations of the world. It is to' these we owe our superior prosperity and our national glory. And it is this that has excited the jealousy and spleen of our enemies. It is in order that they may transfer to France the manu- factures of this country, by destroying our naval and commercial superiority, that they wish to possess t^iemselves of this great and happy country. And what mbst and would be the conse- quence ? They would first remove from tiiis country just as many manufac- turers as would be sufiicicn!:. io teich Frenchmen our arts and iaar..uiactui\:s, aiid then the whole bvody remaining of them, would be turned adrift, to starve, or to get their living by some oilier mcaTis. It cannot then be denied, that a change such as we are speaking of, would be fatal to our manufacturers and ARTis.ANS. The DAY LABOURER mav, on reading this, bless himself, that the evil does not reach him. He may fancy that if the manufuCturer is ruined, he will be safe, i'iind that if the mechanic is out of employment, he shall quietly cul- tivate the fields. But he is miserably mistaken. The very contrary would be the case. Is it not plain, that if two or three hundred thousand manu- facturers are turned loose, they will be looking out for other means ofprovid- ins; for themselves and their families ? Would they submit to be starved, or would they not rather turn from ihe loom to the plougJ: P Would not this great mcrease of hands low^erthe price of labour ? And. would not in this case the present fifdd labourers partake of the ruin attendant upon the loss of our eommerce ? Beyond all doubt these would be the dreadful consequences, tliere is therefore no hope that their condition would be bettered. But there is another class of work- men, who may say, those evils would not affect them : I mean journeymen' CARPENTERS, JOURNEYMEN BRICK- LAYERS, JOURNEYMEN MASONS, and other ARTIFICERS, who certainly form a respectable and valuable part of the community. Bvxt this is equally a mistake. Let it ordy be asked, what it is that gi\es to tliem employment ? The answer is the riches of the country. — And what is the cause of those riches? The a; -■ir ri^ADB and COMMERCE. — :n what woukJ 1 ■• th- CO-.:-. ;U. :;:■.: . ' -^-^■•'ving that irauo, ana :: ' - • ■ ■ to France? They v. ;0-d. NATI02^AL BANKRUPTCY, rOYERTY and RUIN. — Who then will there in that case be, to build palaces, to raise mansions, to enlani,-? o-ii- c'- o asd our . Where ikelihood, laochauics :sv/er is, no towns ! The an'awci th-r.'t—v he .-:;-.,. that :;;.■ ' .:\\- • '■; would be bciteied t Th WHERE I How wretchedly then are those men misled and mistaken, who sap[-or.e that tlieir condition coidd be bettered, if the change should take place! Or 'vho.arG even careless whether a change takes place or not ! Kov/ necessiiry is i&r that they should rouse theiTiselves from th© madness into which they have been H'J bctrayedj^ 252 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. betra3-ecl, ])y the artful insinuations of desperate men ! With what zeal and energy ought every English heart to beat against those, who would, lender pretence of doing them a service, lead them on with false hopes to certain and most horrible ruin ! There are two regulations existing in this country arising out of its happy constitution, which place the labour- ing part of the community in a situa- tion much to be preferred to that ,of the poor of any other country in Europe, By the one of these I mean, the pro- vision that the law makes for the help- less poor. In England we have es- tablishments for the poor which are unknown to every othc^r country, and which are unkno'wn even in a |)ortion of the united kingdom. For in Ireland no such thing as a poor's rate is known, and those who are poor and wfetched, must pine away in want, unless the voluntary bounty of their neighbours should perchance relieve them. God grant, that the day may not be f\r distant when that country shall be blessed with a like establishment. Let Tis look at Old England with an eye to this circumstance, and then say, what would be the probable conse- quence, if Bonaparte were to govern us. From what has been said, it is evident, that there would be a great increase of poor, and a great decrease of the means of supporting them. The fact then is, pot only that this country is honourably and happily distinguished from all other countries in Europe, by the care it takes in providing for those who are unable to provide for themselves ; but the truth also is, that the fatal change woukl, at one stroke, destroy all the blessed effects of this kind and hinr.ane institution, by taking away from the people the ability to support it. The other regulation I allude to as distinguishing the poor of this country from those of every other, is, the pro- tection the laws afford to them. I mean the equal distribution of its flivours, and its severities, to the poor and to the rich. And in another circumstanf^e calculated to give full effect to this protection, which perhaps mav not be generally known ; but which ouglit to be known to every individual in the kingdom, which is, that if a man is so poor that he cannot eitiier prosecute a claim, or defend a right, the courts will take such a man under their own immediate care, and will actually appoint an able attorney and an able counsel to undertake the nianagement of his cause, and they are bound to perform it without fee or reward. This is a fact within the knowledge of every professional man, and is frequently practised. Having in this manner, as shortly as possible, pointed out the great impro- bability there is, that tlie condition of the manufaLtvu-er or labourer would be benefited by a change of the go\ern- ment of this country, we will no\v take a sliort \iew of the probability there is, that such a change would produce to them an infinite sum of evil. This has alreadv in some measure appeared in the foregoing observations, but wdiat has been said gives a faint and iniperfect view indeed of the evils which such a change w'ould produce ; and in order to a further view of it, let us look to the conduct of Bonaparte and the French troops in the countries they have un- happily conquered. In a commercial view of this part of the subject, let us for a moment turn our eyes upon the once rich and happy, but now poor and distressed States of Holland. Before the French revolution, the Dutch nation was amongst the most rich, prosperous^ and important of European. states^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 253 states; but if we look at them since the conquest of the country by the French, we shall see it redueed to a state of comparative be^^^ary, and most deplo- rable misery. Who then that loves himself, that loves his family, that loves his friends and his country, could endure to see this happy island in like manner de- pressed and degraded? But such would be the wretched state of it, if the am- bition, the malice, and the indignation of Bonaparte, shojild be glutted with the conquest of it. The conduct of the French In the countries they ha^'e conquered; }}nr- ticulavly where they have conquered after having been opposed, will hold up to our eyes a spectacle so shocking, so inhuman, and so distressing, tliat the heart sickens with a view of it. So horrid have they been, that the bene- volent heart of an Englishmen need only hear tliem recited to be roused to the highest pitch of indignation. I shall present those v;ho either wish for, or ai«e indifferent about the Invasion of this countrv by the French, ^^ith a short detail of their cruelties, founded on the most unquestionable authorities. We will begin with an observation or two concerning the want vS good faith in the Chief Consul, to shew that there is no reliance to be made on his pro- mises. So notorious is he for giving by his actions the lie to liis words, that his name and that of liar might v. ell become convertible terms. No man living is more free to promise; no man living more ready to deceive. There is scarcely a country thathe has entered, where lie has not proclaimed his deter- miiiation to protect the persons and properties of the inhabitants ; and there is not a country he has entered where he has not most grossly and most infa- niously acted in direct opposition to it. The people of Milan, of Genoa, of jMo- dena, of Tuscany, of Rome, and of Ve- nice, of Holland, and of Egypt, can bear full wirpess to the fact of his never ceasing to violate the solemn pledges he has made. Their persons have been BUTCHERED, their properties seized, their wives and daughters violat- ed. In the small territory of 31/ Ian he broke ih rough the liiost solemn assur- ances, lie promised " respect fcr [)ro- pertv," but he exacted from them near six millions sterling! The churches were plundered, and every charitable fund was confiscated. And because the people were roused by these oppres- sions to shew an inclination to dejnand justice, he poured out upon tliat un- hapnv countrv fitr .•iais of I:h wrafli. The to'vn of Bcr.;isro \\-os burnt, and eight hiuKlred of lis !iihab!;;^nts bnr- chered. * Tie tlien naichffi to Pavia, took it by storm, and delivered it over to general plunder; and publisb.ed at the same moment a proclr.mation^ ordering his troops to shoot all those who had not laid down their arois and taken an oath of obedience, and to burn everv village wliere the tocsin sh.ould be sounded, and put its inhabitants to death.' On his entry into Venice he solemn- ly proclaimed that he ' came to deli^ er the finest country in Europe from tho iron yoke of the proud House of Austria.' But alas! how hard wasi their fate. A revolution took place j the infiuence of the House of Auslriii was destroyed. Bonaparte entered into a treaty, which he sanctioned by his own seal, signed in May 1797. Venice, as the price of this boon, paid tjiree millions of livres in money, three mil- lions more in naval stores, and agreed to furnish three ships of the line. * Im- mediately after the signature of the treaty, tiie arsenal, the library, and the palace 154 THE ANTI-GALLTCAN. palace of St. i\I:irk, were raiiGncked and plundered, and heavy additional con- iribujions were imposed upon tlie Inlia- bilants. And in not mq^c than four months afterwards, this very republic of Venice was by Bonaparte given up to that iron yoke of the proud House of Austria, as they were pleased to tcnn it^ to deliver it from which he had represented in his proclamation, to be the great object of all Iris opera- tions.' So much for his good rAiTii, for his PERFORMANCE OF PROMISE?, and RESPECT for -TREATIES. We will now put his character into a true light, by adding to the atrocities already enuine- rated, some instances of his conduct in Eg\"pt. And in order to this we will consult thebook of a Frenchman named Dejion, v,ho was an eye-witness of vvhat he relates. And his testimony vail not be doubted, when it is known, that Dcnon was, one of Bonaparte's great admirers,^ that he accompanied him on his Egyp- tian expedition, and that the very book in which it appears, has had the sanction and approbation of Bonaparte liini- self. Afier liaving spoken of the treatment cf those who were found in arms, lie goes on to state, that the situation of the unresisting, defenceless inhabitants was no letter. He tell us, that Avhen they returned to their villagCo they found nothing of their Ikriscs but the mud of wliich their walls l:ad been formed. Utensils, planks,' doors, roofs, every thing, in short, capable of being burnt, was burned. The earth pots broken, the corn consumed, and the fowls and pigeons roasted and devoured. Nothing was found but the dead bodies of fkeir ' dogs,^ killed in defending the properties of their masters. Jf, says he, we made «ny slay in a village, anU the mhabi-. tants fled, they were called'upon under the penalty of rebels who h.ad joined the cnemv, and were made to pay double contributions. But if they re- turned and subniitted, and paid what was demanded, connng in a body, they were sometimes - mistaken for armed men, and killed by the rifle men and patrolesj but if they remained, paid their contributions, and supplied the wants of tiie army, they saw their victuals eaten with regularity, and had liitfew of their wives and daughters ravished. This detail is sufficiently dreadful, but we may be assured, bad as it is, that it has been told with as much favour to the French as possible. We w^ill now hear what our countryman Sir Robert Wilson has to say as to his conduct iji Syria. ,He tells us, thai Bonaparte having carried the toxvn of Jaffa by assault, many of the garrison were put to the svv'ord, and three thousand eight hundred were taken prisoners. Bonaparte being deteruiined to relieve himself from the maintenance and care of so great a number, ordered them to be marched to a rising ground near Jaffa, where a division f)i the French infantry formed against them. Vv''hen the Turks liad been put into a proper situation, and the mournful pre-: paralious were completed, ^he signal gun fred, VoUics of nmsquetry and- grape shot instantly played against themj. :}:m\ Bonaparte, ^^ho i)ad been viewmg the scene through a telescope, when he saw the smoke ascending, could not restrain his joy, but broke cut into ex- clamations of approval. When the. Turks had all fiillen, the Frencii troopt endeavoured to put a period to the sufferings of the weun4ed, but some time elapsed before the bayonet could finish what the fire had not destroyed, aud probably many languished v.-hol* da^j-l THE ANTI-GALLICAN. ays in agony. Tlie bones still lie in sit slill and be told by a Corslcan, that heaps, and are shewn to every traveller >vli(> arrives*. ^ / But we jiave not done, one more instance of- the abandoned cruelty of this monster in human shape, shall close the account. — Bonaparte finding in a few weeks England shall bf. NO MORE? The French call you proud is/a7idcr:>, and sav, they will de- stroy YOUf. But BRAVE ISLANDERS, if you are united, your country is saved. If vou look on carciesslv and uncon- that his hospitals at Jffjfa were crowded ccrned, the country is ruined: but wiih the sick of his own army, sent Englishmen united, may brave the for an apothecary, and gwe him direc- world.. By your present^exertions you tions to dispose of them. In conse- niay save yourselves, your wives, and quence of this command (which tjie your children from destruction. Ke i» apothecary dared not refuse) opium was unworthy of the name of an Englisii- , put at night into pleasant food in such man : ^He is unworthy of the name quantities, that in a few hours Jive of a man: He is unworthy of the hundred and ciglity of his own sol- diers, became the victims of his villainy, and died. Judge then my countrymen, what chance there is of bettering your con- dition under the government of Bona- parte. Judge what trust can be placed name of a father, of a husband, of a brother, who does not at this important moment, step eorward to save his wife, his daughters, HIS SISTERS, HIS COUNTRY, AND HIS KING. AN ENGUSH.MAN. in his promises; what hope can be Jidij 8, 1803. founded on his humanity. He Is alike P. S. In addition to what I have the enemy of truth, and of human already stated, one more circumstance has occurred to me, and though last, will certainly not be found the hast. It is tills — admit for a moment, (though God forbid that so dreadful and im- probable an event should ever happen) nature. Think for a moment, what the dreadful consequences would be, if he should succeed in his threatened invasion! U enough has not been «aid already, let the threats that he has bellov/ed out against this country that this country, or even the smallest awaken you to a resolution, with one part of it, should be ccnnucred, what hand and one heart to 0})po3e his de- would be the inevitable consequence, iigns, and to overturn his plans of de- in addition to the horrid miseries I have eolation. Can you endure that French- before described? It would, bevond till men shall threaten, and insult you with doubt, be this : Bonaparte's first object impunity ? Can you bear to liear them would necessarily be to recruit his armv, threaten destruction to the country and in order to replace tlie many thousands your families, and not step forvvard to that he m.ust iiave lost. For, should meet the boasting tyrant ? Can you the tyrant have conquere^d but part of •* Sir Robert Wilson tells us, that it w?5 Bonn's Division that executed this bloody order. If the charge is false, why h?:ve not the officers of that division rescued the chabcter of their general from so foul an aspefiion ? Their not havhig done so is an cvideat proof of its truth. + He has been base enough to declare, that no quarter shall be given to the soldiers who Jliay fall into his. hands, and that the co'iiiitry shall be given up to ,^e.".cral pillage. Eagland, «j6 THE ANTI'GALLICAN, England, he will feci the absolute ne- cessity of raising fresh troops to in- corporate with liis own, in the hope of being enabled to sulxluethe remainder; and should he have conquered the whole, what finer troops could tlie world afford to this cruel and insatiable monster of ambition, for the conquest of Austria and Prussia, than an army composed of Britons — a nation which experience has taught him is the bravest nnd most formidable he ever had to cope with. Here then would be no volunteering, no hallotting, unless, in- deed, such volunteers as were raised in France for the conquest of St. Domingo. And how were these raised ? Why by every man having a ba^ronct p\it to his breast, being seized by force, and then chained in couples like' dogs, and drove down in a string to the toast for em- barkation, like so many galley-slaves. This, though it may sound incredible to an Englishman's ear, is a fact known to all Europe. Such, my brave Countrymen, would be your dreadful fate, could this blessed island be once subjugated to that haughty and merciless Tyrant, the Corsican Bonaparte. Where then is the man who would not die a thousand and a thousand deaths sooner than sub- mit to so cruel and unnatural a fate ? Think well of this, brave Britons, ere it be too late; and if it be our lot to fall individual! V in this glorious cause, let us remember that we shall have, at least, contributed our part to save our Country, and that ^ve shall die with the blcssinjis of our dear Countrvmen. COMPARISON. A HE difference of national character is strongly illustrated by the different expressions of feeling in this country and in France since the declaration o( hostilities. In France the people, with- out reasoning for a moment on the svd)ject, but yielding to the force of mere prejudice and passion, entered into the views of the Government. The conquest of England was a prospect which dazzled their fancv. They never passed a thought on the difficulties and dangers of such an enterprize. In imagination they beheld our independ- ence destroyed, and had added England to the immense territories already under the dominion of the Great Nation. They hastened with their addresses of congratulation to the Government, and besought tlicir illustrious Ruler to lead the armies of the Republic to this last and greatest of the French victories. In this country the course pursued by the nation v.as of a verv different de- scription. Hardly relieved from the pressure of a long war, they looked forward to the renewal of hostilities with the utmost anxiety and regret. Their feelingS; their interests, and their reason, were all enlisted on the side of peace. When they were informed that war had become inevitable; when they were assured that it was essential to the pre- servation of our existence to have re- course to arms, th.ey did not rashly de- clare their assent, or form any resolution till after very mature deliberation. It Avas observed accordingly that while addresses were pouring in from all quarters in France, the evidences of public spirit here were neither frequent nor aniniated. When the public voice began to be heard, it was at first com- paratively feeble. It extended itself gradually through the country. The language of the people Vv'as the result of reflection, and all ranks joined in the expression of their determination to stand by the country at a crisis when its ind«- THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 257 independence was tlueatcned by an enemy, who had given the most un- equivocal evidences of his unconquerable (malignity. This spirit A-.-as constantly receiving new accessions of strength, till it became..the soul which animates the mass of the people. In France the j)iciure is now reversed. The agitation ])roduccd iii the first Instance has ceased. The delusion wliich gave rise to it has vanished J and the conquest of Eng- land no longer appears an enterprise unattended with diihculty. The present is not, and cannot, in the nature of things, be a popular war with the great body of the French people. It is for them without object or utility. Here, on the other hand, the %var has become a national one, because every man feels that on the issue of it depends the safety of national independence, personal 'liberty, and domestic comfort. The French fight to gratify the ambition of one individual. The English fight as the champions of the liberties of tixis country and of tire world. The Courier. PRATT'S ADDRESS TO •" ins COUNTRYMEN ON THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN'S CASTLE. WHICH of you, my Countrymen, does not feel, that you have property in your good old Castle upon the English rock, encircled by the sea? And, while the idle foam dashes against it, every billow adds to its 'security ; and the Ocean, wliich is your own also, my brave Friends, is at once its pride and protector. Which of you does not Tcel, that, in this sacred edifice, von have au intersst, and an Vql.'l Kk inheritance ? Which of you does not exult in the thought mat it is your home, and, that it remains, amidst the convulsions of the earth, an object of glory to its friends — so of despair to its foes ? And were the arrogant enemy to take a survey of it, he would find that the foundation is good, and that the fabric still stands majestically on the rock, whereon our ancestors hav« placed it ! That Castle, my Countrymen, holds whatever in life is most precious to you ; it contains the cradle of your infant bales, whose slumbers are un- disturbed and sweet ; it contains your iciiolesome heds, unpolluted by the RAPINE OF invasion; it receives you, after the honest labours of the dd\, whether of body or of soul ; and not even the battle and thnrder of other nations y nor any thing but gtiilt, or the visitation of heaven, which happens to all men, can prevent your enjoyment of unbroken repose. The apartment individually allotted to you, whether spacious or otherwise, incloses a thou- sand ble^ings ; which, if you that duly appreciate these, will not, as with one voice, exclaim, I will live or DIE, fight or fall, IN DEFENCE OF MY Castle ? Under these happy emotions, look, then, -my dear Countrymen, at your still-peaceful cottage, and chcari.cg hearth, and at your beloved children, playing innocently round it — cherish vour little gardens — dress your smiling fields — or if you have none of the latter, consider what your culture of them for others j)roduces to you, in confort, healthy and social love -^ and, as you survey these objects of the social and kindred heart, with numberless others, that twine, like its fibres around them, you will be proud of your jCountrv ; will Q'>S THE ANTI-GALLICA^r. xy'\]\ TtI vonrse1'.c«, more tluin ever plodded to support her; you will bless ller fruitful soil, v/nicii so many envy 5 and detach your thoughts from every thing that would annoy your comfort in your good old Castle on the ROCK. And shall a daring Thl-eatener sup- pose it is in his power to lay this, your venerable pile, in ashes ? — Sliall the general Devourer think you will permit him to take possession of the sacred ground, tliat surrounds your Castlf r — Shall he vainly suppose, that you will barter your wives, your children, your friends, your neighbours, your country, your reason, your religion, your good fuiili, and vour freedom, for disho- noured poverty, and infamous slavery ? And, shall the crimson banner of ty- ranny erer be reared, where the real Tree of Liberty has been planted? — O, no! pride 1 shame! glory! lovel friendship ! and duty ! forbid ! ! My Countrymen ! an honest ex- ertion shall preserve your CASTLE and Inheritance. UNION shall make your fixed and floating Castles indeed triumphant ; but the union must not only be GENERAL, aa, praise be to the British character, it now is—it must be UNIVERSAL — the whole pa- triot SOUL INFORMING AND ANIMAT- ING THE WHOLE PATRIOT BODY. The best, bravest, and most wise amoa^st you, of ALL parties, agree to call the defence of your native land, against -an invading foe, whether io- reign or^doniestic — true patriotism. In the nanie of the Patriot, then, 1 con- jure you to encourage it. JMy friends, it is the ardent, active, and sacred prin- ciple, that has already Ixjd.you to sus- pend all your accustomed pleasures ; all gainful pursuits ; or, at least, toxon- iider them as secondary. The more you ce would chuse, O ! But he'll lose his character, and get a big beating. All for his desperate cmize — O I He humbug'd the Dutchmen, the Swiss, and Italians, And got them all fast in his noose — O ! But if e'er he comes heve with his Taiter-demaUions , We'll make him repent of bis cruize — O ! His loud threats of massacre, plunder, and rape. His meagre Baboons may amuse — O ! If they come vv^e will not let one Monkey escape. To tell the sad end of their cruize — O ! He thinks he can bully by Gallic bravado Our brave Volunteers, and True Blurs — O I But we'll lip him the fate of the Spanish Armado, And soon put a stop to his cruize — O ! This Corsican Chief and ilis grim Sa?is CuUottes, Tiieir iil-gotten fume shall soon lose — O ! If they dare venture here with their fiat-bottom'd boats. Sweet Sonow they'll sup for their er^iize — O ! Bear a han'd then my lads, and about push the jug. And cheerily each take the booze — O ! But the rascally French we will heartily Hog, If e'er on our our shores they dare ciuize — O ' The Thus. THE ANTI-GALLICAfT. ^60 A PITIFUL BALLAD, OF ENGLISH DEFEA TS AND FRENCH VICTORIES. SJioio'uig how EngUskmen ought io stnud still and suffer themselves to be beatcfiy after the example of their forefathers. WOULD you bear what deeds of wonder Once by British Arms -^vere donej How the Briash Sons of Thunder Made the Gallic squadrons run 3 Deeds I singrcnown'd in story j Listen, every Briton's Son, Hark to your forefathers^ glory. And match it, match it with your own. Edward* first his English Bowmen Pour'd upon the plains-of France; Full twice sixty thousand Foemen 'Gainst him rais'd the Gallic lance. Five to one the French men. vaunted. To one Briton five Moimseers •, — But }>y that was Edward daunted? Cressi/, say ; and say, Poictien;. Cressy saw him single-handed Make the nimble Frenchmen fl}', Widi half his troops against litem banded. While the other half stood lauo-hin^; by. When proudly sunimon'd to surrender Poictiers saw him bold advance. Hurl back Defiance on the sender. And captive lead the Crown of France. Rival of Eward's fame and power. Next young HARRvf show'd them sport; LiOng did Frenchmen rue the hour. When they met at Agincourt. * The Biack Prince. Tho' Dukes and Counts and Princes muster'd 'Gainst our troops with sickness worn; Tho' the vaunting Dauphin bluster'd. And our Harry iaugli'd to scorn; Soon his threats and mockery fail him, Soon his lofty spirit slacks. Nor Princes, Dukes, and Counts avail him, 'Gainst the English battle-axe. Of his vaunting Nobles plenty- Are by English force down borne; But not of Englishmen twice twenty Perish'd on that glorious Morn. But v/hen many an age succeeding Now had changed the face of fight. Yet still they saw our Foemen bleeding. And still they saw our conquering might. Danuhe, thy waves behold and won- defd. With heaps of slaughter'd Frenchmen swohi ; V/hileas Marlb'rough onward taun- der'd, Louis trembled on his Throne Such was of old the daring spirit That our great forefathers bore; Their gallant Sons the same inherit — ^ Tiiis Egi/pi knows, and Syria s shore. TJicre Abercrombie Iriumpli'd over Our unconquerable foe; (Brave Chief! thtyBays, thy brow that cover. Bathed in thy own blood brighter show 1) Here Smith, a second heart of liou. Saw Gallia's haughty Lord advance. Met him v/ith fury onward hieing, And sent him skulking back to France- f Henry V. Mi 270 THE AKTI-GALLICAN. And nov.- ?hnll that thrice hoatcn Nation, Who oft at home has felt our might, Menace our coa<;ts with fell invasion. And find us lag,gavts in the fight? Shall her prond Lord vv'ith ruinthreatus, Kor we arise his threats to n^eet? Ami shall he on our own land beat us. Whom we on foreign lands have beat ? And shall our stately towns be shattcr'd. Our hamlet's spoil'd by this dire foe. By him our gather'd wealth be scatter' d, Bv him our holy fanes laid low ? And prey to lawless violation Shall our lov'd Vv'ives and daughters lie? And shall the dogs of desolation Roam through the land in reveln,- ? And to a Despot Tyrant bending, Shall we our freedom yield, and laws?. And shall we tamely fail defending Alike our King's and Country's cause? O ! let it not be told in story, That fwlic.i a fierce invader came) Forgetful of th.eir father's ^glory. To ijiterest dead, and dead to fame, Britons by sordid fear disbanded. Or stupid with indifference lay. Saw unprepared their foemen landed. And fell dlsjoin'd an easy prey! Nav rather let the bloody quarrel. Which throats our Realm with over- throw, Crown us with, wreathsi^ffresher laurel, W'llh fouler rout o"erwhelm tlie foe. Then onward, onward to the battle 1 Hark the shrill-voiced clarions call! Hark the drums loud thunders rattle! Rise, ve Britons, one and all! Now let the vauntu^g foe Invade us: — Tlius prepared, our word shall be, **' With God and cur good arms to aid us. United Britons will be free." A SONG, On the threatciicd Invuiion lij Bonaparte. BRITONS, have you heard their boast ? Frenchmen will invade our coast. Nav, to rob you quite of rest. From his lolly Alpine nest, Bonaparte himself shall come, And fright you w ith his Fe, Fa, Fum. W'antley's Dragon crack'd the stones Like hazel nuts? just so your bones This redoubtable Italian, With his x*rmy, all Rapscallion, Swears he'll crack, when he can come. To fright you vvith his Fe, Fa, Fum, Like the mighty Hannibal, "Marching on with great and small. He shall sweep away thro' France, And come to lead you such a dance. As soon shall make you cry — he's come To eat us up ! — Great Fe, Fa, Fum! ! Xerxes' army drank a river, Tho' but arni'd with bow and quiver j W'hat. then, with his thund'ring cannon. To Bona parte is Thames or Shannon t '\yoe betide us, slwuld he come. This blusfring Blue-Beard, Fe, Fa, Fum. From his vengeance, tho' to screen. The pathless ocean roll between, Tho' its bil|ov,s vainly roar. Broken by a rocky shore ; Yet SECURE, he sv/ears, hell come. To scare us ^vith his Fe, Fa, Fum. True that FIowe their naval pride Humbled on the briny tide; True that Bridport too his dance Taught the vapouring fleet of France; Bonaparte they vow shall come, A.nd grind us with bis Fe, Fa, Fum. Say, THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 271 Say, ye Dons, can naval story Kival brave St. Vincent s glory? Own, ye Dutch, that all your spirit Strove in vain vith Duncan's merit; Yet both must crouch, when he shall come, This Giant Grim, this Fe, Fa, Fum. Such the vaunt of Frenchmen vain, Conquer'd on the boundless main ; Such the projects they are brewing, Reeking with iheir country's ruin; But, Assassins, let him come. Your Corsican, your Fe, Fa, Fum. Let him come! — He soon shall know Britain rises to the blow : Let him come! — He soon shall feel Our hearts of oak, our hands of steel! Yes, ye Atheists ! let him come. And do his worst, your Fe, Fa, Fum. The laurels he so long, has worn. From his brow shall soon be torn : Soon sliall sink, to rise no more. His fame, upon our favour'd shore ! We are ready! — Let him come. This fierce Italian, Fe, Fa, Fum. L'INVASION DE L'ANGLETERRE : Couplets, sur VAW de MarscUo'is. ALLONS, enfans du fier Neptune, Voguez, braves Marins, vogues. Pour vengep la cause commune, Voguez, frapper et triomphez ; Bis. Contre votre chere Patrie L'Etendart Sarglant est ]e\e I Entendez-vous de toute Cole Deja mugir la tyrannic I Aux amies, fiers Anglois, Arretez leurs complots, Marv?hez, voguez, Qu'un sang impur rougissc au loin nos flots. Ah ! oui, combattez pour la Gloire, Pour vos Loix ct pour voire Roi, \o\cv. au Champ de la Victoire, I^oin de vous la crainte et rcflVoi ; Jj'ts Un vil cnnemi vous outrage, Et vous defiez au champ d'honneur, Sachez rejjrimer sa fureur, Et dans fon sang noyez la rage. Aux amies, fiers Anglois, Sec. Cui, vaillant peuple Britanniqne, Peuple outrage, resemblez vous, De votre renommee antique Plus quejanuiis soyczjaloux; Bis. Fouciroyez Ics hommes feroles ; Deiendez \os proprietes ; Vos femmes, vos fils ^gorges ! I ! — Prevenez les forfalts atroles. Aux armes, fiers Anglois, &c- Ouand on combat'pour sa patrie. Pour les fiens, et pour ses foyers, Et que la force est reunie, L'on marche a travers les brasiers ; Bis, Des lors on devient invincible : Couverib de honte et de mepris L'on foule aux pieds ses ennemis ; A leurs yeux on devient terrible. Aux armes, fiers Anglois, &:c. Ouand pour nous le Ciel se declare, Contre Toppresseur de nos Rois, Contre cetie horde barbare, Contre leurs barbares e:q)loits ; Bis. Ciiantonb, chantons, a pleine gorge, Victoire au bon Roi des Anglois, Au diL.ble, au diable; les Francois, Vive a jamais le bon Roi George ! ! 1 Aux armes, fiers Anglois, Sec. Far iin Ami de l'Ordre. The Traveller, LOYAL 2172 THE. ANTI-GALLICJ^N. THE WAR ODE. LOYAL BRITON'S SONG. t Tune — ** Cease rude Boreas." BRITONS ! fam'd in antient story. For vour -.variike deeds of old. Now maintain your Country's glory. Like your great forefathers bold : \yhen for Battle ^//^y assertibied, Rang'd along the tented field. At their presence Frenchmen trembled, Forc'd to bend their necks and yield. Dare they threaten to in^-ade us, Fir'd with rage, with fury armVl ? All the world shall ne'er persuade us, British hearts ca- be-alarm'd. From our fathers we inherit. Love to Country, King, and Laws j Show we then a martial spirit ; lu tiie juot and righteous cause. Should the foe, with malice burning. Venture near our native shore. All their wild endeavours spurning, ' Let the BritisWcannons roar. If their proutk^^''^^' sweeping O'er the seas^ insult our coast ; , Thcv shall find us. far from sleeping, Lach atiriiiixe at his post. When die English balls can reacii them. Thing o'er the ruffled waves ; Tlie\, In Language strong, shall teach;, thf^m, :*' Bi-'itons never shall Ic slaves.'" - Our presumptuous foes defving, jLet us draw the conqu'iing swcrdj 7'c our lo\:d standard's flving, " Rule BriJcwiia," is the word. MARK, on the brink of Galllas coa;i Rapine on tip-tge stand ; -And eager liordes, with ev'ry gale. In fancy bear the matron's wail From Britain's fated land. But know, ye fierce rapacious crew. Ere the red spoil ye gain. The British youth must low be laid : Before ye grasp one shrieking maid. Each must be slain. The road to yonder cottage-house Lies o'er a father's breast ; And see. impatient by his side. Stands a brave sen in armed pride, Ti)c tliistle on his crest. This emblem of his country dear,, Fix'd by a sister's hand. Shall fire his soul to deeds of might. And drive him furious in the fight. Through many an hostile band. But if with glorious wounds all gash'd^ Fainting.lo yield his breath ; This sacred pledge — shall meet hiseyeSj^ On the green sod as pale he lies. And cheer the bed of death. The helmets gleam along our sliore. Each Briion gras])s 'the spear ; He longs to meet th' insulting foe. To dare the field, tolay him lov.-. To make the sands his bier. The [ddves may thrcf;t — the British hear* Disdains to feel alarms ; Inspir'd bv Freedom's sacred flam.e. We dare defend the FSritish name Against a v,orld in arras. The Th!<:^. m^v58R THE VPHll O T or Tim l~N VAS 1 ON , I^Muhcd. for Tcrmr kOxid TciMy. f. I" Tbesf ^^^^ THE NUMBER IX. YOL 1. BRITISH VOLUNTEERS. Pairice volumes vit'cre car?. Jr REEDOM, all hail, encleariuLi; name. Thou soul of bliss, and standard of renown: Thy charter to each warlike ear proclaim, Xet ev'ry tongue thy sacred influence own. And all thyself the patriot heart inflame j And ever o'er our favoured clime Let thy protecting sceptre wave sublime. And triumph o'er the storm and mock the rage of time. To thee we consecrate our arms; To thee, oar hope, oin* guardian, and our guide: For while we gaze on thine auspicious charms, The life-blood marches in majestic j)ride, li4jsponsive to the sound of fierce ps that are more subject to panic than any other, viz. Troops who lu\ye never been in action, and men ac- customed to be beaten. It has been my lot to have been in three armies that have been beaten, that at Saratoga, that at Brabant, where we had 40,000 mert, and not a man could be made to halt and form, in :i retreat of SO miles, also in the annv under Dmiiouriez, in Champaigne, and nothir.g but the con- fidence they received from the junction of 80,000 men, under Kelleramn, pre* ▼ented them from disbanding alto- gether. These are reasons. Gentlemen, why I say this is an awful moment, should the enemy effect a landin.g in force. Do you wish to have others ? I will give you them. Look at our regiments, in both Cavalry and Infaniry, and you will not see a man scarcely above 25 yoars of age, except th.cse in foreign garrisons ; most of them who had served in Flanders, .?cc. &:c. are dis- charged 3 a man of thirty or five and thirty, has been and is considered an old man, and he is sent about his business to make room for a boy of 17- Believe me 10,OCO old soldiers, or such as are now called so, are better tlian 20,000 young ones. — I am no alarmist, Gentlenien, or I could point out other causes of alarm of as great a magnitude ; I wish only to confirm what has already been said in and put of parliament, that we are in a situa- tion truly perilous, and probably on the eve of ^-eat cvcnis; but, Gentle- men, I wish to do awav, in part, th? alarm such a description of our military force may occasion ; yet at the same time I wish to make vou sensible of your danger. I have to tell you, that many of the French regiments I saw last summer in* France and Flanders, were no better than ours; the enemy has also discharged most of those men who had been long on service, and claimed their iliscliarge ; many of their regiments were composed only of boys.. Do not. Gentlemen, flatter yourselves with the notion that we are perfectly safe Vv'bile we are masters of the sea; that is oi:ily one anchor, and who v/ould think himself safe in a gale of wind, \vhen he knew* that there was not another to let go, if that, by which the vessel was held, gave way. What is there to prevent the enemy from com- ing over when the wind~ blows fresh from the east or south east, and your fleet is off the Helder ? That wind that will bring the enemy from Fkishing, from the Scheldt, will prevent your fleet working up the channel; but would it be safe for them to quit their station off the Helder, and let another division of the enemy's forces out ? Having in some respect coTroborated the fl-oating rumour, that this Country is in great danger from the enterprizing and determined spirit of the enemy, it v.'ould be great folly, Gentlemen, in us, patiently to wait till the roofs of our houses vv-ere on fire, before w^e thought of extinguishing the flames. — If I lived in the interior part of England, pro- bably I should not liave given my thoughts on this subject ; not that I could justify myself in resting a quiet spectator of a public calamity; bat we here in a very different situation fioni an inland country. Do not fancy that the sand banks off the coast, and our navy, is a sufficient protection : the enemy THE ANTI-GALLICAN. enemy are rjot ignorant of tlie sea banks or of all the soundings. How many Captains of vessels were there brought into Yarmonth last war ? They know all the coast as .well as we do, what perhaps Gentlemen, you may think a lillle extraordinary, to my knov/ledge a plan of Yarmouth and all the environs, were sent to France by a Mons. Semon- viilc, who was seven or eight years there: his description of Yarmouth was worth to him a recall from Hamburgh, where he then was when he sent it, and he not only recovered, afler the absence of eight or nine years, all his property, but was made a Member of the Institute, &c. &c. This Emigre I saw at Paris, and there he did not deny but he obtained his recal, from the report and description he had given to the French Government of our llarbours, &c. Now Gentlemen, to open your eyes to your danger, I shall bring prof-jable events nearer your own doors. This Mons. Semonviile was a naval officer, and of course not ignorant of those parts of the coast, where a l;i!idlng might be eiTected ; adniitting tliat which cannot be doubted, he coiikl not b-Mgnoraiit that any body of men njight land at Pakcfield or South v.old Bav, commonly called Sole Bay, famous for the engagement in Cliarles the Second's time. I am aware, Gentle- mt-n, you will ask me what are they to do there? mv answer is, any thing they please^ but march to London. l( th.eir force consists of 15 or lC,(J(:0 men, one half of them may the next day reach Norwich, the other half Lowestoft, which is or may be made the strongest military position in all England j here eight or ten thousand men m;iy in a few days bid defiance to any force, that could be brought against them. Is there any force williin sixty miles of us capable m preventing it ? you may say what are thev to do at Norwich ? What they have done every where, carry off every thing portable and valuable, and host- ages for any sum of money they choose to dejnand ; then retire to Acle, which is nearly as strong a position as that at Lov.estoft; of course Yarmouth would be theirs, and all the shipping in the harbour ; all this we ought to consider is probably in the report of Mons, Semonviile. Look, Gentlemen, at the present situation of your moveable force in this and the adjoining counties, and then say if you think there is a number of men sufficient to prevent such an armv landing, and doing what I have represented them capable of doing. This descent on our coast would be ordy a secondary object to an invasion in force in order to draw vour attention from an object of greater importanf-ef but v/h.at mischief, Gentle- n:en, what devastation, may not this country suffer, if left to the mercy of 15 or 1 6,000 Frenchmen ? The object. Gentlemen, of mv ad- ^dressihg myself to you, is, if possible, to convince vou of your present situa- tion, by tiio picture 1 have di'awn of the state of the Country^ and the power of the enemy, and to infuse into your minds a due sense of the danger we are now in, and that nothing short of our own exertions can prevent great evils befidling us, that you may impress tiie farmers and all persons capable of bearing arms with the same idoa ; tell them the enemy is hourly expected j tell fh.em to put their fowling-pieces in the best repair, to lay in a stock of gunpowder, to run a quantity of ball, to practice daily with ball at marks 3 tell them to associate and hold them- selves ready to mo\'e to such place of rendezvous,, as may be thought proper for them to assemblcf at. It is said, Cgnilemen, ^rs THE ANTI-GALLICAN Gentlemen, this Vv-oulcl be linlawfal ; that you have no power lo do it ; I Iiave heard of a vigour beyond tb.e law ; and if ever there was a period in the history of this country that called for energv beyond the law, this is that period. Ixt us arm — subscribe— as- sociate— for the defence of this county, snd leave to a future time the discussion on the legality of our proceedings. Necessity has no law, now I see that necessity; fur troops that cover tlie capital cannot be spared to cover us, or ])rudently removed for our protection — if vou see this in the same point of view it strikes me, yon also sec tliat necessity. Arc we. Gentlemen, to wait for the Attorney General's opinion, after the Frencli are landed, to know: if ^a'c may associate and arm to defend our pro- perty before we can act ? And can v.-e act. Gentlemen, till we have associated, armed, and prepared, to meet die enemy ? There is no losing time to argue points of law; necessity is our law, and on that ground, with hand and heart let us act : to burn a house or village is not lawful, hut this, if the. enemy were landed, I should make no scruple, to do, to sto]) an enemy's march — but this is dry argument, and losing time; convince but the farmers, if you are convinced of thfc danger this coimtry is in, and we shall fmd men and amis siiflicient for our purp.ose — call to their recollection, Crcntlemen, that the Americans, by their ov, n ex- ertions, established their independence, and they had not a single regiment formed when the ^Ministers here at- tempted to compel Ihem to submission. K(.pr!.-.scnt to tlscra. Gentlemen, the present situation of the /Bralxmters, yiamauds, Italians, Swiss, Hancveri- a'.is, ln:c. had they risen r?i wvrr.s.vf, Avhen thev liad a friendly arm.y in their CoMHtrv, tlicv vpuld never have been in their degraded miserable situation^ imder a French Governuicui. Tell them, that had the Dutch y.rmed and acted with zeal and sjjirit, such as men shew when they 4k fighting for liberty and every thing that is dcar^to them and valuably, they would not be now in so h.umiliating a situation, viz. a province of France — not an indi' '.dual is there to be seen in these conquered countries, wdio is not mortified and concerned for the evils they have brought on themselves and their pos erity ; lamenting, but too late, tliat they had not turned out t;o prevent the country- falling into the hairas of the F-rench, who are beheld amongst them wif^i horror — with detestation — what is lif© without comfort, or property v, itiiout security ? These are lessons. Gentle- men, worth voar attention — the mis- fortunes and imprudence of our neigh- bours otight to stimulate us to a lively sense of our present situation. Though I believe it in. possible for R-ance to conquer this country, yei they luay do it a mortal injury, but how and where is not for me to point out — I shall con- fine my observab'ons to our own. local situation — let us prevent Norfolk being a theatre of war, at least for as short a duration as possible; and what can more effectually prevent it than our being united and ail in arms. Though a great deal depend on our Generals, not only in their abilities, but in tlic opinioi) the army entertains of them, vet a o-rcat deal depends on ourselves — what are the calamities attendant on the coimtry, that is the Theatre of War r Tiie imagination can scarce describe tliem — every outrage is committed on property, and but too often by friends as well as by foes^— every thing is in requisi'ian, every thing is considered as belonging to the enemy which tliey can lay their hands on, your corn, your cattle^ THE ANTI-G ALLICAN, S?79 cattle, your horses, your hay, your let us he prepared to defend our fu'o s'h.eep, in shori all that is dear to you. sides. Though 1 have been an olhcer To i)e witiv out of season is certainly a before half your Generals were born, species of felly, but I have known mstances were no respect has been shewn the s^-x j where neither age or \igliness nave been their protection. Tiie French are like monkies in some respects and tygers in others, as Voltaire I have no objection to receive iheir orders and serve under them ; this is not a time to be nice ; but why need we look for a chief to our association, the Noble Marquis, who is the Lord Lieutenant of our Countv, is a Field justly describes them j and who would Marshall, and age has not impaired bis like 10 have, even for an hour, such mental abilities, who has seen much monkies to gambol*' with their wives service, and till lately commanded this and daughters, or such tygers even before this falls into yoiu" hands, therefore I shall repeat it, that there is no time to be lost — 1st tliis county set an example to all the uKuitime in their district ; he will point out to us what sheep-fold. Von hav^e heard of the is to be done ; he will tell iis how we fohle of the Llle Boy, who was coil- can -most effectually annoy the enemy, stantly alarming the neighbourhood I have told you what is likel\- to happen with the cry of the Wolf, the \YoK, when there was not one. I am not that boy, Gentlemen ; I tell you there is every reason to believe that ihe Wolf is coming, and I only exhort you to be counties in England. I am perfectly prepared, and on your guard, that you aware of what may be said, that such may destroy him when he does come. Though, Gentlemen, I have no mighty stake, such as men of large landed property, yet I have the welfare of mv Country as much at heart as any man. I am a farmer, have my fat bullocks and sheep, which I do not wish should be at the mercy of a French General ; for having been one myself before the last war, I know well what you have to. Norwich or tlic neigh!>ourlu;od, io be a expect from them ; I know that troops protection to so large a tov/n as Nor- will be fed if there is the werewithall wich, when we are associated and in this country to feed them. armed, on a representation made by Driving this country is an absurdity, the Lord Lieutenant, Deputy Lieuten- becanse it is impracticable, and is raiely ants, &:c. &x. of their apprehensions attempted in any case — let us defend it, for the safety of the place and die men, so dispersed, or even In a body, could not prevent the enemy, alter having n.iade their landing good at Pakcfield or Soulhwold, reaching Nor- wich; true, fur without cannon the enemv cannot be stepped on Ecccles Dam; this I agree to : but I will not suppose, Gentlemen, for a moment^' that cannon will not be sent either to for we can never drive it. In God's nam.e, Gentlemen, let us start up like men awakened with the alarm of fire — let us arm; let us associate, for the protection of our property, the safety of pur country, and credit of ourselves — county at large — 1st. From its vicinitv to the enemy's coast — 2dly.- As no troops of any description seem to cover it or can be spared for that purpose — > Sdly. As we have entered into sub- scriptions, and formed resolutions to * What feats theLa^ly in the tree might do, I pass as gambols ngvcr known to you. ■POPE- arm s?so THE ANTI-GALLICAX. arm and enrol men, in the view to aid and assist in defending t]ie coxintry, and ^y^JK'JXd.in|g fiour pieces of cannon here, 8t this monient, to be at the disriosal of trie I^>rd Lieutenant, would give great animation to their plan of arming and training persons of all descriptions capable of bearing arms, v/ho are to hokl themselves ready to rise en n^asse, when occasion may require such a measure to be adopted — 4ihly. That as there are two principal passes leading to this town from the coast, that cannot fee defended for any length of time witliout cannon, an address to this efiect would certainly be attended to at such a time as this, and if. Gentlemen, it be not, yet ways and means may be fountl to give a check to and retard the enemy's march ; I mean at those passes, for some hours, as I shall shew here- after. A great deal may be done, in a short time if you will set about it with heart and good will, having a due sense of your danger. I know very well, Gentlemen-, that I shall be censured for the steps I am taking, and tliat it will be considered as an impertinent interference ^vii:h tlie military arrangements of the troops of this country; but if I had thought any one had picked Bonaparles pocket trf his plan of invasion, and sent it to bis Majesty's Ministers, and they knew it to u mile, wl>ere he iiilended to land, ■ which one might think the)- (K;!, you shf)uld not have had any opinion from inc. Having, gentlemen, examined the coast, of England, from beyond Plvmouth to Berwick on Tweed, wl.ich l-'behcve fc^v or none of his Majesty's Gen-c-rah ever did, it niay not be any -great presan^ipiiou^ in me, to say, tliat ■ J am capableof :giving as near a guess, (without picking Bonaparte's pocket) whcri3- .he will , land as any m an ; and I have no scruple of telling you^ that the County of Norfolk is more in. danger ofbeing invaded ^first, than any part of T"!ngland, if Monsieur Semon- Aiile has actually made thi\t report of Yarmouth and its environs, as he said he had ; and what indeed can fiicililate the enemy's grand object of an invasion, in force, more than obliging you to v\ilhdraw your troops from the cajVital, or occupying a large portion of your troops, at a distance from the posts, where he means to land in force, than by landing and occupying that strong position, at Lowestoft ? By effecting it, his purpose would be fujiy answered. It may be said, wliat use can three, four, or five thou-^ sand peasants do with their fowling- pieces, since it is acknowledged they are not callable of stopping the enemy at Beccles ? I will tell you what use -^ we mast sulTer them first to pass with- out firing a shot, but the moment they cnter the inclosed country, you must keep up a constant fire on their rear, and both Hanks,, till they reach' Nor- ■^'ich, and by such a fire you will greatly retard their maich, and give time for otlicr troops to join, wc may then pass tlje diiTerent ferries, on the Yare, and arrive at Acle before them ; and while the enemy are a rh using themselves with levvlng contributions, Bcc. &c. at ivor- wich, we may iKive time to break down the bridge, at Aclc, and cut the cause- way, and by dispersing all the vcs,s.'ls on the ncrlh river, the enemy, if hard pressed, would not easily form a jn.nc- tion with the troops, on the island of Lothingland; such essential service aa this performed by our rangers, would be of more importaiice than if vve had killed hundreds' of the enemy. — On this, march, and witli cannon now and then firing on them in their rear, and by our rangers on their flcin.ks, it might produce a capitulation at Acle. Y^^Tiat a glory. THE ANTI-GALLIC^JJ, 281 k glory, Gc-ntlcmen, for the County -of Norfolk, to have ejected this without a red coat amongst us? Be it remembered^ that at Saratoga, the finest army in the world, laid down their arms to an ** undisciplined rabble." The enemy's cannon will not avail them between Bcccles and Norwich ; cannon and cavalry' are of little use in an extremely inclosed country, for if they do use cannon, they may probably lose them, as we did, in our action near Saratoga ; but that will depend on yourselves and on the spirit of your men j and if the enemy are much fired on during this march, they will not be fond of making any excursion to the right or left, from the main body, to j)Iunder and commit depredations. — It would shew them that the country is armed, and convince them that the sooner they form a j auction with the other part of their force, the better. I have now given -you. Gentlemen, my opinion of the danger this Country is iri, and you rnay act, or not act upon it, as vou think proper. I have already informed the Commander in Chief, " That I neither ercpected nor wished to be employed -, that I am now too Oid, and have infirmities that prevent me making those exertions tliat will be required of a General on actual service 5" yet up-3n this occasion, if only one hundred ■ brave and loyal subjects, will follow me, I will annoy the enemy as far as I am able j but if I see no energy in the Country, and no steps taken to rouse the spirit of the people to a sense of their dangeir; no associations formed for our mutual defence, I shall begin to think we are all paralized by the in- fluence of that same demon, that has brought Flanders and Holland under the dominion of the French Go- vernment, and I shall remain^ with Vol. I. X n. mv arms crossed, and patiently wait events. When Gentlemen, I had the honour of meeting you on the Qth of July, I endeavoured to impress you with a due sense of our situation j and the Marquis Townshend was also of an opinion, that this county was more in danger of being invaded than any other part of England. — The little ardour that ap- peared at your meeting, was paralized by some observations, thrown out from high authoritv. This address to you was then in my pocket, and it should ha'.-e gone forth to the public before, if I had thought it w'ould have produced any effect; now 1 think it may, as " the plot begins to thicken," and we may have still time enough to associate and arm; and, surely, there is no law to prevent it, under the immediate di- rection of the Lord Lieutenant, and ia that persuasion I have written an Ad- dress to the Norfolk Farmers. To the Norfolk Farmers^ and persons of all dcscnplio?is, capalle of hear- ing arms. IMY aropertv? Will the cxpence be so great that vou dare not engage to arm? Thirty rounds of balls and half a pouml of powder will not cost you five shillings; -the balls you carry loose in a leather pocket, and your powder in a^uisk. No drilling is required; no facing to the right, nor facing to the left, is neccssiiry ; if a man has sense enough to know a Frenchman when he sees him, and to kill him w^hen he can. 1 shall make ti^e same observation that Sir Andrew Agnew made to his men, in tlie year L745, before he engaged the rebels, at the battle of Culloden: — " There said he, are your enemies, if you do na kill them, by G , they will kill you." If this. Gentlemen, should stimulate vou to arm and associate for your own protection, which 1 hope in God it will, iind out all the old soldiers there are in your neighbourhood, bring them into the Association, such men as those are invaluable; they have heard shot pass them ; thev will not mind the ^vhistiing of a ball ; they will keep young men firm that have never been in action. The sort of Avar wx have to make is iiring from hedge-row^ to hedge-row, and waylay- inglhe enemy in every direction they are likely to pass. When I see, Gendeuien, vou are animated with the same senti- ments with myself, viz. that I had rather lose my life iadie contest, than live to see our government overturned, and this country becon^c a province of France, I will then say the country is no longer in danger. Jiut, Gentlemen, there is no lime to lose, vou may be told the enemy will not be here yet , that they are not prepared, do not believe it, they may be here this very niglit — there are many instance* of people breakfasting in Yarmouth and supping in Rotterdam — bcheve me this is as likely a moment for them to come as any; they know you are not yet pre- pared for them, either by sea or land. And you know too, the enemy have now 14(),()0() men on the coast opposite to you — what are they there for? Is it for the protection of tliat coast against any probahlc I?i>jad-&n by us? No, be- rieve mc, their object is this -country; and if you had the whole navy of En- gland in the British channel, yet may the enemy make a landing good ; they are at this hour making preparations all along the coast, your navy cannot watch every port that it is probable they may come from, nor can we lay at all times off their coast without the risque of losing our whole iieet. I'here are times, wlien it blows hard, tUat we must make for a safe harbour, what then will there be to prevent them crossing the channel, when your fleets are driven to the Downs, or into the North Seas? Lord Duncan, the im- mortal Ford Diaican, had not left Ids station but a few hours when the Dutch came out, and boldly riL-:qucd an action. While your fleet is off the Helder, the enemy, with an easterly wind, may sail from various ports in Holland and Flanders, and at the same time some of these ports are 100 miles, some 2 and 800 miles from the Helder, that wind which would bring them over will be an impediment to our fleet beating uj) channel to attack ihe envmy iufore thfij are landed^ and it will take sovne hours before the Adudral at die Helder can know the enemy are out. T am not singular Gentlemen, in thinking, that this county is more in danger than any other part ofEngloiidi 2S4 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. if you. believe me, wIjo, if I coiuuft boast'of- any thing else, may yet pride myself in being an old odlcer, and one who has at least endeavoured-to gain experience from service, you cannot hesitate a moment to arm in defence of your property; if yon stay till you hear the enemy are landed, it will be too late to do any thing; you have nothing then to do, but to drive your cattle, if you can, and passively obey the orders given vou by those^ who at such a moment, will be compelled, no't only to Issue them, but to see them executed, how- ever harsh and severe, or to be huml'le spectators of all the calamity that wiil then inevitably bcfal you; I must then, like yourselves, be also an humble spec- tator; but if you arm, I will attend you in a different canacitv, not as your Ge- neral, Jor thai 1 dare not presume to le, but as pne of your comrades, my rifle in my hand, to hglit for my Countiy, my King, and our happy Conslitution ; to oppose the enemy as far as an individijal is capiible of doing it^ and, till I have orders tp the con- trarv, I v.ill shew you how and where you can most effectually annoy them; and I will venture to say, that with one thousand well armed inhabitants of this county, having the sabalion of the rountPy-, at heart, and stimulated with e::thusiastjc arcour to destroy the ene- mv, 1 would beat two thousand of the highest disciplined troops, in Europe, . who are bent upon penetrating twenty miles into tlie county of Norfolk, and I wHl give them all the cannon they choose to have. In America, when Gen. Burgoyhe's army, composed of some of Xhr- best regiments in the Bri- tish semce, were taken prisoners, a foreigner, (Kbschiuskn) asked me why we brought cannon with us into the woodsVWhat, said he, did you think to fri";hteu us with your noise? And of what was the army ofGates composed? IMcn trained to fight behind trees, inha-. bitants of the country, armed with fowling-pieces; they did not, it is true, dare to shew themselves in an open field ; what is Norfolk, from the pointjj an enemy may be expected, and mnst come, but inclosure and thick hedge ro\vs, as well calculated for bush fight- ing as the woods of America; and therefore, T maintain, that one thou- sand good marksmen, which you may all be in one week's time, are more than a match for two thousand highly dressed 'regiments, who were never trained to act as irregulars ; and, I pledge mvself, would, in the same proportion, beat as many men as you pleased to name, placed in the same pedicament, nanielv, obliged to penetrate twenty miles in so inclosed a country as this part of Norfolk. You would not, it is true, beat them in a position clear of hedge rows and trees; but leave that to the troops of the line, with artillery, to defend positions.—- Prepare then for this service, for which you are so \\q\\ calculated, from a perfect knowledge of the country : set the example. Gen- tlemen, to all-England; put your fowl- ing pieces in the, best order po'^ible ; run balls; practise with them at mr.rksi train all the boys in the parish, above 16 years of age, to be marksmen'-r-? Boys, in irregular fighting, are infinitely more daring, and sooner learn to disre- gard shot than men unaccustomed to it, as boys a hunting will take more dcgj)e- rale leaps than men dare venture at. — Wait for no orders, but do it, and then report whiit you have done, and your number to the Deputy Lieutenants nearest to you. — Let no paltry consider- ation retard the operation an hour; do not wait for one another; praise worthy \N ill he be, and much will he merit the tliaiiks of his country, who begins first; but THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 285 bat T hope not to hear that any man began first ; I hope to hear . that witli one accord, y«u all begin together: do not run for advice from one gentleman to another. — Some of the ftrst people in this country, think we shall be invaded j let that suffice, and that this county too, will be the first object, and this for reasons I ha\e already given you. It is a folly to suppose, the enemy will not attempt it, who are now in posses- sion of all Brabant and Holland. Good God ! do not let such a foolish notion enter your heads, that our navy is ja sufficient protection to you. I shall now say to you, what the judge says to a jury, exercise your own judgment upon all that I have urged, and upon the reasons which I have given you, and ifyovi then think that we are not likely to be visited soon by the enemy, go home to your wives and families, and tell them if you please, that I am a mad-man, in supposing that the enemy will soon be here, and you will tell them true in saying that I am mad — not in thinking we are likely to be invaded, but at see- ing a supineness amounting almost to indifference to the situation'this country is now actually in, though it is evident w^e are at the eve of a great e\'ent, and nothing but people feeling as I do, and acting as I vyould wish them to do, can save it ! I shall console myself with having done my duty ; I have shewn you your situation, if you do not sec it in the same point of view, go home and make your arrangements for driving off your cattle ; it is a pity the frogs were not included, for a Frenchman can eat frogs as well as roast beef. I advised at the Meeting of the Deputy Lieute- nants, on the gth of July, fighting for our roast beef, not driving it, nor do I pee how it is to be effected, unless you arm and press on the enemy, \vhile the Yeomanry Cavalry drive the Coun'ry in your rear, then it may be done, and not otherwise. It is not necessary for me to add a single syllable more, I am a plain man, and write plain language, and sue'' as you can understand ; but if you attend to your ease, your present comforts, your natural disinclination to stir out of your old beaten path in life, ijou icon't understand me, — you must then remain in your torpid state, till some of you are awakened iu liie dead of niu^ht by a Frencli patrole at your door, and then you will say that I am neither a mad man nor an alarmist. ENGLISH BRAVERY. i%.T a time when many persons seem to stand doubting and weighing the value, the utility of their own exenions, it may be useful to lay before your rea- ders an account of the conduct of a column of EngU<;h Infantry, in the Battle of Fontenoy, in vrhich they were deserted by their allies, and with no other assistance than their own valour. The account is given by Vallaine, a Frenchman, who never lost any oppor- tunity of traducing or vilifyiag the English. " Notwithstanding this disappoint- ment, the Fnglish marched boldly over the ravin, keepingtheir ranks, and draw- ing their cannon with them ; tliay formed themselves into three lines close-wedged, and advanced towards batteries of can- non which kept a tremendous fire uppn them j whole ranks dropped on the right and left, which were immediately re- placed, and the cannon which they had brought with them ag;tiast Fontenoy and the redoubts, returned the fire of the French artillery. In this order they marched undauntedly, preceded by six pieces- 2S5 T HE A -M'l-G A L L I C A >:. pseces Oi cnnnoDj liaMnc; six mora in the niiddle of their lines. /'■Over against them were four batta- lions of French Guards, Avith two bat- talions of Swiss Guards on their left, the Regiment of Courten on their riglit, near which was that of D' Au- beterre, and, a little further on, the Kegiment Du Roy, along the edge of the hollow way to Fontenoy: it was a n.nng ground from the place the French Guards stood to where the English were forming thenvselves. The officers of the French Guards said to each other, *' let us- go take, the EngHsh cannon;" tovt^^rds which th^y ran up with tlieir grenadiers, and were astonished to find an army drawn up before them ; and having lost by their artillery and mus- quetry sixty, the rest returned to their ranks with precipitation. The English continued their march, and seemed a Eioving body of fire to the French, whose sight was dazzled with the conti- nued, blaze, and hearing deafened. Sec. with the uninterrupted- noise. Nineteen ofScers of the French Gujirds were killed attlf« first general discharge, and ninety- five soldiers ; two hundred and eighty-fire Ti-ete wounded j great havock was made amongst t!ie Swiss. The Colonel, Lieu- teoant-Colonel, four ofhc^rs arid scvcnty- fiA^e soldiers of the Regiment of ComMcr., tlropped, . besides fom1,een officers and t^vo hundred soldiers wfiunded, llie first line of the French being thus swept away, the three remaining looked behind, and seeing no cavalry near enough to them, they fled. The I)uke ofGraiumont, their Coloacl, and the first Lileu tenant- General, who might have kept them to their dutv, were dead. 'Yhb English still marched slowly "on, fts if they were only exercising; th.e Ma- jors w-ere seen levellin"- the soldiers musf[uets with their canes, tliat tiiey flight shoot low (ind straight, The English army had now goc clear of Fonlenoy and the redoubt, though they had moved in three lines before: being here pinched by the dispositioti of the ground, they v.edged themsehes into a long and thick column, impene- trable by its mass, and mCich 'more so by its courage. This dreadful column marched towards the Regiment JX Au- bcicrre. M. de Lutteaux advanced with the Duke of Birou^ at the head of the Regiment of D'Aubeterre, led on- by the Colonel of the same name. The unfortunate Lutteaux rcceive.inng this disorder, th-c Brigades of the Guards de Corps, who had been in reserve, moved off tl'em selves to the enemy. The Ciie\ahcr de Suzi, and Sauuieri, were killed. Four scjuudrous of the Gens d'Arms arrived at the same tiiue from Douay ; and, notwithstand- ing the fatigue they had undergone in a march of seven leii.gues, they %vent to attack the enemy ; but all those fresh succours, like those which preceded them, were received by the enemy with the eame intrepidity, and the same con- tinued fire. The English faced about to the several regiments,- presenting themselves one after the other, pointed their cannon apropos, and, firing by divisions, still fed their fire while at- tacked, and ceased It with the attack ceasing. — ^What cannot English troops attempt, let them be but -well com- manded r" Manch ester Telegraph . WHAT HAVE WE TO FIGHT FOR r iL HERE Is one question put to the unthinking and stupid, at this serious juncture, which exceeds all others in wickedness : " What have we to fight for ?" Such a question miglvt be ex- pected from the most ignorant and besotted of the human species. It might come from idiots or traitors ; from bravocs, smugglers, swindlers, and the whole tribe of public marauders, bankrupts in all honest hope, and de- stitute of all morals arvd of all character. What have we to' fight for I We have to fight for the preservation of a great community, which exhibits a finer spectacle of intellectual and moral worth, than has ever been exhibited, from the first *' syllable oi' recorded time." A gre^it communltv of labour, skill, industry, and enterprise, of intel- lect, learning, and science, of honour, courage, morals and virtue, which h;is transformed a little Island, once covered with impervious forests, and peopled by rude, naked, painted savages, into a scene of cultivation and transcend^it beauty ; thrown bridges over all its rivers ; worked its mines ; cut canals from stream to stream j filled it with populous cities 3 enriched it with manu- factories ; adorned it with palaces 5 sanctified it with schools, hospitals, and churches ; formed harbours all ro\md its coast, where almost all the vess<^^ds of the globe pour into Its bosom the treasures of the equator and of the poles ; framed for itself a constitution of peculiar excellence ; laws more just and equal than those of the neiglilwur- ing states ; obtained liberties and bless- ii}gs both civil and religious ; a com- munity that has produced men, the benefactors and ornaments of their species, in every branch of human attain- ment — Bacons, Newtons and Lockcs, ?iIlItons and Shakespeares, llusscls and Sidneys, and a host of worthies froni all parts of the empire, iimurnerable as the stars in the firmament ; a com- munity, In whose fate every quarter of the globe is essentially interested ;• sovert ign of the East, and great part of "the \Ve:,t ; coloniser of half the mtw world, and at this n)omeiit nursing ai* infant state, near the antarctic circle j- a conimunliy whose language, habits, manners, and principles, from their u-nexam pled diffusion , m.ust afi'ect and influence the destinies of milhons of human beings through all agesj a- eomm unity 288 THE ANTI-GALLICAN' couimunUv row existing in the full suQsliin^ of its excellence ; with all the means of self-tlafen^c, from the iiunlber of. individuals capable of bearing arms, from unbound" 1 wealth, and honour- able prlcie, and public spirit ; from the ocean as a barrier, and from a navy, coinpiired to vvhich all others, in ancient or motlern times, are as nothing; a cbmmunitv ffoai which all of us have received our different advantages, be they more or less, of which every one of us is an integral part, and may be- come a distinguished feature : — for such a community v/e have to arm and to fi^ht — for Its protection, for Its pre- ser\'ation. i\nd what if, by your criminal hidifference or traitorous dls- alTection, your njighty adversary should succeed in his daring attack upon this nation? What Englishman can bear to anticipate a detail of miseries and hor- rors, beyond all that orators, poet§, and painters have described, of the extent of human woes? I dare scarcely touch on scenes "* that beii;g:ar all description." Rat look at your wives, ybur sisters, and vour daugliters, as yet inviolate from the brutality of ruffian French soldiers; at vour sons, as vet unde- spoiled of the fair prospect of in- heritance, vvhich fatherly cafe has pro- vided for their future happiness ; at vour aged, your sick, and your poor, yet able to solace their infirmities with many consolations: look at your friends and neigl^bonrs, yet decent and creditable, diffusing around yoti the charms of social intercourse : look at your dwellings, c^s yet sacred to 'do- mestic comforts; at all the varioils secufities for your different' kinds of property, and means of existence, as yet safe and nntoivched : look at yoiir markets yet open ; at your^temples not yet profaned by wicked braggadocios and atheists 5 at your rivers yet un- polluted with English blood : look af vonr ships and bo.its, vet in voiu owjI harliours ; atthetre.es in yov^r hedges not yet marked for foreign uses; at thd goods in your shops ; at the coats on your backs, the shoes on }=^ur feet, and- the food on yonr tables, not yet' pitt' into French requisition : and wheii you have looked' at all these,- and at" vonr enemy, and pondered them wtrll *' then, if you are not blinder than battf -^ and moles, you will have a tolerably'' correct notion of the nature and'cou'*'' sequences of a French invasion. You have all read the History of England. You have there dwelt, with patriotic delight, on the noble exploits of j-our illustrious forefathersi Yoii have seen the progressive steps by which, during so many ages, this great country has advanced' In her career of prosperity and glory; through what ** hair-breadth 'scapes," and awful' dangers, the British constitution ha^ been handed down to us : how many w^ise and good men have laboured to frame it; how many brave men have bled for it. In what you afe novr doing, you are deciding (as" far as in ^-ou lies) whether your history is to bd closed for ever, as the history of aii independent nation, in one short and last volume. , With your own hands, you' are now filling up tlie record of national honour, or national shame.. You are perpetuating a people, which is to be an example and glory lo the human race, or consigning your pos- terity to everlasting disgrace, and your- selves to indelible infamy. Arc 3/OU really tired and surfeited of" the good thini^s of this world ; of riches, and oreatness, and power? Will you hasten ' to conclude your splendid annals, with ■ a brief and melancholy accouqt of vour disgraceful Submission, your _ polliieial ^ suicide ? It THt- AKTI-GAI.I.ICAX. !S9 It is true, Uiis Island has been con- quered before : bat it was in the days *»f rudeness, and in the infancy of its history. Our barbarous forefathers had only the love of independence to ani- mate them against the Romans ; but they made nevertheless a glorious stand ; and we can scarcely hear of Cjesar and Agricola, v/ithout thinking of Cassi- belan and Galgacus. In the Norman invasion their situation was far different, indeed from ours. But when assailed by the Invincible Armada of Philip, our ancestors fought with a courage, and a success, for their liberties, in- dependence, and religion, such as we are now called upon to exhibit : though, even then, great and awful as the crisis vvas, there was less to fight for, than vvc have, at this most exigent of all mo- ments. The emancipation of Europe from Papal tyranny did not, then, de- pend upon them in the same degree, as the emancipation of Europe and of the world, from existing and threatened subjugation, depeiids upon us, at pre- sent. There were, at that time, other great powers ready to take the field for the human race. But now, we are tlie only nation remaining, who dare to make a stand in arms against the worse than barbarian ambition of Gaul. Not even the conquest of Rome herself, by the northern nations, produced more rSiiseries to the rest of the world, tlian would flow from our destruction. Ail their Attilas, and AlaHcs, and Gon- serics, w^ould he fully equalled Ijy the Massenas, and Augereaus, and Bona- partes of modern France, by the Lu- ciens and others ©f the Consul's own family, by hosts of rapacious proconsuls and commissaries, by the iiitoxicatcd pride and incurable vanity of French- men, by their contempt of all other nations, and their wolfish appetite for ■spoliation and blood. Jiven that, vvl\jch VOJL. I, • O o men have been a(?cu?tou^ed to think the great securiiy of ci\iiii:aLion, know-^ ledge, and freedom, the press itself, ^voald tail into dairgcr of being exlin- guislicd, of being thrown back into the mass of long- forgotten inventions, v/hich our anti([uarics in vnih explore among the remains of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. This mode of mental communication, which to pioua minds has often appeared so w-onderful, that they could attribute its discovery only to the benign and miraculous in* terposition of the Great Being who made and governs us, has in a peculiar degree attracted the hatred of him, with whom truth can never be accepted, till the monster casts his skin, regenerates his savage nature, and offers some aton* ing sacrifices on the altar of tliat hu* inanity he has so dreadfully scourged. Literature, wherever moral or political" truths are concerned, would be in as low and fallen a state, as during the darkest periods of Papal superstition. Soldiers would be substituted for priests } and the bayonet usurp the old dominion' of the crucifix. Mankind, always more disposed to blame others than them- selves, would then look back to the Inglorious submission of a people, to whom the-y had before looked up for' encouragement and protection, as,' next to France, tlie cause of the general ■ ruin : or, if ihey revived from their apa- thy and slavery, hold us up as a warn- ing to others; putting our history into the hands of their youth, and pointing to our fate, as the natural and merited consequence of the most flagrant abuse of the clioicest gifis of Providence to a people — numbers and wealth, strength and libertv. In this unprecedented state of public ' affairs, the people of Great B: itain must ' not hesitate to do. themselves that jus- tice wiii'.'h their situation demands;' Tills 290 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. This .country is, at present, the last fetreat of the liberty of Europe. It is the citadel of the civihzation and order of all nations. It musl Be defended against the universal robber, for our own sakes, ai:id for all nations. We are the Arjni/ of Bescroe, In the caufe of national independence, freedom of discussion, and public right. We must go to battle, exclaiming. Liberty, Britain, and the World! against Despotisin, Ani- bition, and France. We have, though the reserve, the post of honour; for we alone are left on the field, to fight the battle of civil society. The interests of millions unborn are bound up in the issue of this great quarrel. It must be speedily decided : we must shrink from no perils by sea or by land. We are acting a part in the greatest public drama ever represented. . We are placed on an exalted stage. "'iVVe . have for spectators all the kings, g(%r- nors, and people of Europe. Never , ^as any public spectacle so august, and so awful. They are not looking at .. us for their amusement j but in the true spirit, and for the true object of tlie drama — for their instruction. The subject resembles one of ancient times. You have heard of Leonidas, the Greek, and of the narrow pass called Thermo- pylae, which he defended against an immense hosf of Persian invaders ; and that, in defending that pass, he defended the whole country. We are in a similar situation now. We are now defending Europe. Before us we have a countless host of armed and diaciplined plunder- ers and murderers. Behind us, and in keeping, we have a greater treasure than all the rights and liberties of ancient Greece: we have the freedom, the honour, the laws, the morality, of Europe, perhaps of all mankind. We must play onr parts well, wlien St) much dc^.euds upon us 3 or we are, one and ail, ruined, past rcdemptian. It is not by putting on fine clothes, and strutting across the proscenium, that we shall obtain applause. We must not merely appear heroes and con- querors ; we must he heroes, and lecome conquerors. The reward of our success is glorious beyond measure. Not temporary approbation, not filthy lucre, net a petty suspension of danger- ous rivalry. No! It comprehends every thing that can be worth having — PRAISE, PROFIT, security! For all are contained in the glorious recompense and prize that awaits the successful exertions of the preservers of the civil, political, and moral order of the world 1 Loyalist.. Extract from the SPEECH of Robert Emmet, a late leader of the Rebellion in Ireland, and Member of thcProvisionary Govern- ment. THE detestable nature of French .. Politics, French Liberty, and French Alliances, is so extremely apparent, that even the partizans of insurrection themselves, regard it with abhorrence. This is fully evinced by the following extract, which may be considered as expressing the dving sentiments of a zealous and determined enemy to the British Government. Though the senti- ments above expressed, so far as they concern France, must be congenial to the feelings of every true born English- man. When called upon to know if he liad any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, thi3 unfortunate Gentleman addressed the Court and Jury nearly in the following terms : " I am asked if I hare any thing to say why sentence of death sliould not be prenounced upon me. Was I to suffer THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 201 5u{Ter only death, after being afljudged ■giiilty, I should bow in silence — but ii man in my situation has not only to combat with the diflkulties of fortune, but also the difiicuUios of prejudice — the sentence of the law, which delivers over his body to the executioner, con- signs his character to obloquy. The _ man dies, but his memory lives ; and that mine may not forfeit all claim to the respect of my countrymen, I use this occasion to vindicate myself from some of the charges advanced against me. I am charged with being an emissary of France ; 'tis false ! I am no emissary. I did not wish to deliver up my country to a foreign power, and least o{ all to France. — No ! never did I entertain the idea of establishing French power in Ireland — God forbid ! On the contrarv, it Is evident, from the introductory paragraph of the address of the Provincial Government, that ever}- hazard attending an independent effort was deemed preferable to the more fatal risk of introducing a French army into the country — small would he our claims to patriotism and to sense, and palpable our afiectiou of the love of liberty, if we were to encourage tlie profanation of our shores by a pc6})le who are slaves themselves, and the un- principled and abandoned instruments of imposing slavery on others. — If such r.u inference is drawn from any part of the Proclamation of the Provisional Government, it calumniates their vlexys; and is not warranted by the fact. — ilovv could they speak of freedom to their countrymen— how assume such an exalted motive, and meditate the in- troduction of c to see a Fr?ncU '002 • armv *93 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. army appron^h tVii« count n-, I would raze e\-ery house ; contend to the last meet it on the shore, -vviih n torch in for every inch of ground, and the last one hand and a sword in the other; I spot in which the hope of freedom would receive them with all the de^ should desert me, that spot I would struction of war! I would animate make my grave! — What 1 cannot do, my country to immolate them in I leave a legacy to my country, because their very boats, and before our native I feel conscious that my death were soil should be polluted bv a foreign foe. unprofitable, and all hope of liberty If they succeeded in landing, I would extinct, the moment a French army burn every blade of grass before them ; obtained a footing in this island." Imifafion of the Epitaph loritten hj Dr. Arhufhnot on Colonel Chart res-, ittscribed (hij Anticlpi>tion) on a Gibbet, erected over a Dunghill, near Jiasliugs^ close by the Sea Beach, Underneath this dunghill Is all that remains of a mighty conqueror, NAPOLEONE BONAPARTE; Who, with inflexible crnchy of heart. And unexampled depravity of mind. Was permitted to scourge the earth, for a time. With all the horrors of war: Too ignorant and incapable to do good to mankind. The ^vhole force of his mind was employed In oppressing the weak and plundering the industrious. He was equally detested by all; His enemies he butchered in cold blood; And, fearing to leave incomplete the catalogue of his crimes, liis friends he rewarded with a poi^soned chalice. He was an epitome or all that was vicious in the worst of tyrants: ^'"^^''•He possessed their cruelty without their talents; fih ■■ : • Their madness without their genius; The baseness of one, and the inbecility of another. Providence at last, wearied out with his crimes. Returned him to the dunghill froi« which he sprung; After having held him forth on the neighbouring gibbet. As a scarecrow to the invaders of the British coast: This beach, The only spot in our isle polluted by his footsteps; This dunghill. All that remains to him of his boasted conquest, Briton 1 Ere you pass by, kneel, and thank thy God For all the blessings of thy glorious Con&titutlon; Tlien return into the p.eaceful bosom of thy family, and continue In the practice of those virtues By which thy ancestors Kerit ih^ favoi; of the Almighty, THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 293 ORIGINAL POETMf. , SLY REYNARD. ^« o/c/ Songy Icing a Say wpon THE THREATENED INVASION. THE Carsican Nero That terrible Hero Swears soon now to dve us a call. Bv mv soul. 5lad, To get sight of the Lad, And we'll welcome him here one and all. He'll come with his floats. And his fiat-bottomed boats To visit our snug little Island, But lest that should be. We will drown him at sea. And there he may dive to get dry- land. *' Poor mat? he's iifraid - --oj: ofi- -v- •* That some trick will be.pIa\-Q Can a Briton with freedom and property blcst^ Uitconcem'd, scehis country by Frenchmen jiossest} Cftn he tamely the thought of Invasion endure. Without fighting, his freedom and wealth to secure? ' Nof noy tSfc. Can a Briton, who knows what it is to be fi-ee. For his slowness to fight, urge a plausible plea; And to iadolence wedde'd a sluggard remain, When French blusterers threaten fair freedom to chain? No, ?iOt ^c. Can a Briton, who wishes throughout this rich Isle, To see plenty and peace join'd with liberty, smile. His resentment suppress, rising up against those. Who with insolence aim to disturb his repose! jSlof no, t^c* Can a Briton, regarding his child or his wife. Who derive from liis aid every comfort of life. See his sword in his scabbard inactively sleep, And tiie fruits of his labour French cormorants reap? No, tcf/ Can a Briton, supporting a feeble old sire. Who, deserted by him, in ajail might expire. Bear the thougiu of a Frenchinan invading his land. Which produces supplies to his bountiful hand? • No, no, &'c. 'TIS enough, my brave comrades, whilst this is our song. We may laugh at our foes, be they c^'er so strong; We may laugh at their threats and their thunder defy. For the valiant can alwa)-s,; or conquer or die — ]Ve tvill laugh at their threats, for the French we defy. We mil face them and f'^d them, and conqueror rdie. A NEW SONG. - Tune — " To Anacreon in Heaven''' WHEN from chaos profound, this bright orbit Was form'd. As Britannia triumphantly rose from tlie sea. The Gods thus declar d (as with freedom they warm'd) That her sons should be valiant, her shores should be free. The 2g6 THE ANTI-GALLICAN* Tlie cliarter was hall'd, And this (mler prevail'd. Thro' the world ho. it trtld, nor ;:'cr yd has it fuilM, TiuJt IVitons (or ever shall freely entwine Tlic iViiits of their Commerce round Liberty's shrinev Thus thro' ages unrivaird our country hath shone. To th.c World brav'd defiance, oppos'd all alarms; Let each bosfmi then glow, and each heart nobly oun, Thiit Britons i:imUed can still fly to arms. Yes — to Freedom we'll raise Still our chorus of praise. And shame to the man that should tarnish her rays ; For BritonSy'iS'c. Shall Britannia submit Gallic Laws to confess? Shall her honour be sullied, her sons basely fly? No, bv Heavens, she shall not, while Britons possess . ilearts of Oak, that can conquer, can rescue, or die'. Be vour swords quickly hurrd. Your banners unfurl'd. An emblem of Freedom — a sign to the vrorld. That Brlions,^ &c. Come sonls, tk.en, let's rouse, with one heart and one band, 'Tis tilt cau^se not of nations, 'tis your's, and 'tis mine:, Tl.-s a caii-e which e'en cowards must rise to command, Tiiia cau.v.- in which parties must meet and conjoui. Let ei^ch Lnglishman's toast Be — Success to the Host, Who have boldly ct.g-ag'd to })rotect Britain's coast; For Britons, for ever, shall freely entwine Tiic fVuils of their Commerce round Liberty's shrink. Manchester Gaze fie. 'HIE VOICE OF THE BRITISH ISLES. Tune — " Hearts of Oak."* AV/AY, mybra\eboy! ha^ste away to the shore: Our foes, the i>aso French, boast they're strai;iht coming o'er. To murder, and plunder, and ravish, and burn — Let thtincome — we'll take care they shall never return; For around all our shoi-es, hark! tiic i^otea loudly ring, Un'Uedt we re ready., Sicddji, loijs, stead J/, Tbfi^htforourhriiEiiTY, Lav.'S, andGurliiisG. Ther THE ANTI-GALLICAN. They boast in the dark they will give us the slip: The attempt may procure them^a di^ngerous clip ; Our bold Tars are watching in Ocean's ^reen lap. To give them a long Jacohmical nap. But should they steal over, with one voice we'll sing— United ive're ready, iS>'c. They knew that united, we sons of the waves Would ne'er bow to Frenchmen, nor grovel like slaves; So ere they durst venture to touch on our strand. They sent black Sedition to poison our land. But around all our shores now, the notes loudly ring. United, were ready^ isfc. They swore we were slaves, were all lost and undone j That a Jacobin nostrum, as sure as a gun. Would make us all equal, and happy, and free; Twas only to dance round their Liberty's tree. No, no ! round our shores let the notes loudly ring, United, we're ready, isfc. Twas only to grant them the kiss cali'd fraternal— A 'kiss which all Europe has found most infernal; And then they maintain'd the effect could not miss— We should all be as blest as the'Dulch and the Swiss I Ko, no ! round our shores let the notes loudly ring, United, were ready, &c. With lies, and with many a Gallican wile, They spread their dire poison oer Erin's green Islej But now each shillalah is ready to thwack. And baste the lean ribs of the Gallican Quack. AH around Erin's shores, hark! the notes loudly ring, United, ive're ready, &"€. Stout Sandy, our brother, with heart and with hand. And his well-try'd Glaymore, joins the patriot band. Now Jack, Pat, and Sandy thus cordial agree. We sons of the waves shall for ever be free, While around all our shores, hark ! the notes loudly ring, United, ive're ready, ^c* As they could not deceive, they now threaten to pour Their hosts on our land, to lay waste and devour j To drench our fair fields and our cities in gore. Nor cease to destroy till Britannia's no more. Let them come, if they dare— hark ! the notes loudly ring. United, we're ready, tsfc. Pp S9? Sd8 THE ANTI-GALL I CAN. My 5v/*'et rosy Nan is a true British wife. And loves her dear Jack as she loves her own hfe; Yet she girds on my sword, and smiles while I glow. To meet the proud French, and to lay their heads low; And chants 'tween each huss, while the notes loudly ring. My Jacky tJiou art reacbj ! Sleadt/, hoys, steady^ Gojight ^nr thy Lilerhjy Laics, and thy King. And Ned, my brave lad, with a true British heart. Has forsaken his plough, has forsaken his cart; E'en Dolly has quitted, to dig in a trench. All, all for the sake of a cut at the French ; While he sings all day long, and the notes loudly ring, Fm ready, I'm ready.' Steady, hoys, steady, Tojight for my Liberty, Laws, and my King. Away then, my boys! haste away to the shore. Our foes, the base French, boast they're straight coming o'er. To murder, and plunder, and ravish, and burn — They may come — but, by Jove, they shall never return; For around all our shores, hark ! the notes loudly ring. United, ive're ready. Steady, hoiis, steady. To Jx^ht for our Lihcrfy, Laws, and our King. THE SCOTCH VOLUNTEER. O Wha will bleed for our king's right. His crown and kingdoms thrie! For France, wi' meikle povv'rand pride. Is coming o'er the sea. O we. will fight for our king's sake. As lang as life remains. As lang 's the tide o' Scottish blade Flows frae our ebbing veins 1 We'll march to England, ane an' a', Tho' 'twere as far again, Never to seeblythe Scotland mair. If out gude king be ta en ! Tho* faes on faes our king surround, We'll cut a way out through! We'll bring him haine to Scotland safe, Tho' foot and horse pursue. We'll set him on yon castle tower. And on his head the crown, Wi' ranked spears and faithfu' breasts. We'll form a rampart roun'. And there, for Scotland's crown and king. We'll dig a noble grave. Ere our king die a traitor's death. Or live an exil'd slave. CALEDONIA'S ADDRESS TO BONAPARTE. STRANGE mortal o' the human race. That cause sic din in ilka plsfce, Ye're surply void o' sense an' grace As well as feelin ; But now ye 've nearly ran your race I'll wad a shillin. Invasion's THE ANT1-GALLICAN< 299 Invasion's unco easy said. An' a' ve're gan-boats 'maist are made; Wliat tho wi' Dutch an'd Spanish aid Ye shou'd come ore. Each loon will meet a reeking blade Upo' our shore. We ken qui te weel what ye ve been doin, In lands ye've laid in vvaste an' ruinj Ye'rc mad career ye' re still pursuin Wi' eager speed j Ye're vengeful head is a' constrain Some wicked deed. At Jaffi ^vhat did ye do there-— Poor sickly Turks ye' did no spare. But each of poison had his share, Bv ve're command ; An' thousands sacrificed were Upo the sand. Yc also ken, on Egypt's plains. When ye ran o'er wi' bluidy stains ; Poor widows, wives, an' helpless weans. Did no escape What feelln mortals a' disdain — A lastjiil rape. Tliere ye went on in wanton plight. Committing outrage day and night ; Wi' chiefs invincible to fight . Y'e cut a swagger. Till Highland lads gie ye a fright Wi' sword an' dagger. An' if ye'd no run awa ye're sell. Ye ne'er wou'd ha' got lieve to tell. How Highland Laddies bore the bell Upo yoii heaih. Where Abercromby nobly fell A glorious death. That's just a snatch o' highland game ; An should ye once more try their fame, I'll wad a great ye'll be more tame, No quite so hearty ; 'T will end' in thy Imm.ortajl shan\e, Oh Bonaparte ! Manchester Ccizeite. W.W, THE VOLUNTEER. Written by the Rev. W. Botle r, M. A. P'iucii amor palricc, Jaudumque vn- mensa cupido* HARK! hark! the martial trumpets sound. And one and all the notes obey j Undaunted myriads throng around : Yes! We shall fight the foe to-day!" Thy Soldier parts. — But, why so wan. So pensive grows my love with fear? What ! would'st thou have a loyal man Refuse to prove a Volunteer? Oh ! 'tis a glorious call to strife ! Each indivi(hial fights the cause Of parents, chil Iren, self, and wife. Of friends, King, country, faith and laws. What! would'st thou have a Briton bold Consent the name of ** Slave" to hear? Ah ! sooner fur shall tliou behold Eow laid in earth a Volunteer. For, what were England but a jail. Encircled with her chain — the sea. If, though I liv'd, I must bev/ail Trie loss of Liberty and theei Say, what is life, w^hen bondinco gToaiii Bereft of all tlieir souls hold dear? I covet freedom and renown. And, therefore, rise a, Volunteer. The purilv thy truth dis.jiay'd Shall anmiate my constant heart; Then, let the Battle rage I sweet Maid!^ For thee I'll dare the foremost dan. Oh ! 'lis a gallant thia^ to die. Preserving all we \c\\\t here. Come, dry thy sorrows; — here stand I, i\iy Susan's loyal Volunteer. With Pp2 300 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. \A'ith steady looks, and breasts elate, Marching our native plains to guard. We leave to Heavn the chance of fate 3 But claim ihe hero's last reward : For, trust me, love, howe'er we speed, (Or victory or deafh is near) Fame's greenest v/rcaih shall 'oe the meed Of every British Volunteer. Whoever meets the stroke of death, Siiall sleep recorded 'midst the brave ; His friends shall bless his parting breath. And warriors deck a soldier's grave. If SusAN' close my clay-cotd eyes. If Susan tend mv humble bier, Ko Monarch's gorgeous obsequies Can equal mine, her Volunteer. In life, in death, my love is thine: But now our Country calls to arms, I feel an energy divine Add to that love ten thousand charms. Now, S 7san's sinks in England's name; Now, private, public ties appear; My Io\alty is all on flame. Dear girl ! I'm England's Volunteer. Hark ! hark ! the martial trumpets sound. And one and all the notes obey; Undaunted myriads throng around : Yes! we shall fight the foe to-day! Never their standard tn-cclor Shall Boxaparte's legions rear In triunjph on fair Freedom's shore, WhilstALBio.N boasts one Volunteer. ENGLISHMEN h FRENCHMEN. Our Englishmen they stood On Egypt's burning sands. And there the Frenchmen stood. The bravest of t'neir bands. They had conquer 'd Egypt's land When Bonaparte was there. But the sight of the English band Made the Frenchmen pale with fear. Our Englishmen they fought. Our Englishmen they bled; But our Englishmen they fought. Till they left the Frenchmen dead. Ami to those they did not slay. When the battle raged sore. Our Englishmen did say. We are enemies no more. So they rais'd the wounded men. And set the pris'ners free; And thus did our Englishmen, In the land beyond the sea. But the Frenchmen, what did they. When Jaffa's town they won? Three thousand men, next day. They murder'd every one. And now these base Frenchmen Are coming here to fight;- So let the battle rage. And God defend the right ! They have conquer'd the Swiss and Dutch, They have conquer'd the nations around; But, they never yet have seen A battle on English ground. And never shall they say. And never ^hall they boast, That a battle on English ground^ By Englishmen was lost. For we are the sons of men. Who fought on Cressy's plain ; * And what our fathers did, Thtix sons can do agiin. Morn'mg Post, H. B. TO THE ANTI-GALLTCAN. 301 TO ARMS ; OR A CALL TO THE VOLUNTEERS. By Mr. Courtekay. YE Volunteers, hark to my Song, And the Spirit of Britons proclaim. To the standard of loyalty throng. And rival your ancestor's fume. CHORUS. Then wield the sword, and load the gun. And hurry to thejiel.dy We'll soon e.ompel the French to run — John Bull iv'dl never yield. The Tyrant may embark his host His ski^ish Conscript cheer ; With blood we've often dy'd their coast. Bat when were Frenchmen here ? Then wield, &c. And dare thev venture now to come. Or touch the British shore ; Awake tlie fife, and beat the drum. And bid the cannon roar. Then wieldj &:c. Arra\'d in arms, rush on the foe. Compel the slaves to flv 3 For British hearts with Freedom glow; Well conquer, or will die. TJien loield, Sec. To rob and murder is their trade. Such is the war they wage, , The matron and the beauteous maid. Are victims of their rage. Ill en icield, &c. For all that's dear thy soldier fights. His country calls to arms; To guard her ancient glorious rights. And beauty's sacred charms. Then wield, Sec, The hardy Swiss, on Freedom's rock, Defy"d the treacherous foe; Out-number'd, brav'd the battle's shook, And dc:>,lt til' avenging blow. Thetp wieldj &:c, Britain! in arms a million shine. Your fertile phiius to shield ; To guard }t>ar daughter's blooming cliarms. And win the bloody field. Then wield, 8:0,. While Vict'ry crowns our glorious toil. Triumphantly we'll sing, Our Lil)erty and native soil. And England's glorious King. CHORUS. Then Hueld the swordjjand had the gun. And hurry to the field; We II soon compel the French to run — JoKN Bull will never yield. Morninrr Posf. THE SPIRIT OF BRITAIN. I See, as ih the days of old, Britannia's warlike Sj)irit rise ; I see him vio;orous and bold r he '* Defy the ravening power of France : Her threat'ning and her guile defy : Bold in \our steady ranks advance ; - And on your righteous cause rclv. Widi you no nation can compare. For freedom and for upright laws : Ye know your rights, and knowing dare Be valiant in }X3ur rigliteous cause. Ye will, with ready ht^irt and hand. Immediate to your shores descend : Ye will, your rights, and native land. Your roofs and families defend. _ From every hill and dale around, ,My Britons! h(>irs of endless fame, I hear your martial clangor sound; I hear, with joy your" loud acclaim. My military yoiith beholcl! V, iiom no assailant shall dismay ; How firm ! how resolute and bold ! How graceful iu tiieir bright arra^ How S02 THK ANTI-GALLICAX. IIov.' frrncernl is the {rnllantyomh, Who.ci heart wiih martial ardour jrtows ! 'Th'6 Champion of a nation's truth ! Th' avenger of our wrongs and woes I On him our expectations wait, His clear, clear country's hope and stay, A pilb:- ia our peerless state : In glory's crown a brilliant ray. Now while the martial danger sounds. And wide the waving banners fly. How eagerly his bosom bounds L Wh^ * ligbt'ning flashes' in liis eye! Awake, ye minstrels, wahe the lyre; Full let the mighty doscant flow, For him wh(> breathes heroic fire ; And hurls dcfiavi(>2 at the foe. A gentler breath pervades the sky! And sou the beam of orient day ! Was it a maiden s tender sigh? Her melting blue-eye's dewy ray ? Cease, gentle maiden, cease to mourn ; Let no alarm your bosom move : Soon will the valiant youth return. Victorious, to your faithful lave. Go forth my g:illant sons ! and save Vour country from a cruel foe,: Tiie rage of bloody conflict brave; Aad lay the proud oppressor low. Despise his menace; scorn his wiles; And lay him spuming in the dust ! . lE'or Heavex on your encleavoc smiles : 'lo Heaven for timcty succour trust I" ^ SCOTCH SOXG. By J.H. INI. O Vv'aiit an Tinco noise ftu diuiiicre is thro' a the land maa, . An' greater wark to face a foe auUl Eng- land's fouks iie'tr lund man ; Bat they the Deil a bit need car^*. Nor a their wives an' weanics scare. For if ihev come they'll rue it sair : We'll gar them jump, Wi' monv a lump. An clumsy thump. An' steer their rump, Anither road that day man. An' do ye think that Scotland's lads will Stan' an' see them come man, • An' file their breeks wi' scornfu' fear, or hide them up the L.m man ? Anither story faili they'll tell, I ken o' » :■?, "hree lads mysell, 'i iieie's Andrew Smith and Tammy Bell, An' Geordie Rae — sic lads as thae Wad gar wee Bonny dance iQan. Then Scotia's and England's lads mafV tiilv their cog an' gill man. For while they hand the gither firm, let come what foe there will vmw ; Guld faith he'll prove a scabbv tyke. That puts his nose in till our bike. Ilk bee wad be in sic a fyke. That a' wad rin, wi' sword and cun, Thewark begun, 'twad be but fun To Scotch an' English lads man. Then come sit down, ncer fash your thumb', let's siiig our sang at ease man. An' let v\ ec Bonaparte come \vhenever he shall please man ; The j-resent n)oment still is nurs, Thf n let's before dame fortune lours Strive to enjoy't we a' our powers ; An' if by chance, the diaps a France, Shori'd huher prance, we'll gar them dance The Cameronian's Rant man. ifjci n c h eyt er Gazetteer. FRENCH THE ANtl-GALLICAN, 303 FRENCH FOLLY. Tunc, Come all Hands a-hoy to the Anchor. French boasters by way of false cover, Sjsne desperate jMOJect to aid 5 Would fain make it seem Europe over. Old England they mean to invade j As Madness is folly's aitendant, IJovviiver bv plunder allur'd ; If e'er they attempt it, depend on't, 7'hey"ll tiien of their madness be curM. CHORUS. fFiih ourselves let ivhaf icill he the mattery At the helm ivhosoer.er mav sit ; *Tis not in an Englishman s nature. To Galilean Laws to submit. What rock we soever mav split on, Wi^atever the Fates iv.ixy decre-e ; He can't in his heart be a Lriton, French Rulers who wants here to see ; About their huge Rafts 'ct 'em vapour, And flourish away on dry grouijd 3 But trust me 'tis only on jjaper These terrible things can be found. Tf'^it/i oursehesy &c. The Army of England — sochristen'd, To storm us pretensions may make. Bat those who to secrets have listen'd. Think Ireland they n)can to attack; Tho' some have w*ith confidence said it. Let who will sit down at the loss, I ne'er to the tale can give credit. That ever the Channel they'll cross. JVIiJl ourselves, Sec. *Tis said, those who know their pre- scriptions. No soul that has tasted reveres. Are going to plague the Egyptians, And humble the Dey of Algiers. The banks of the Nile they may scour. And plant what ihey please on tha soil ; Like locusts the country devour. But ne'er shall subdue Britain's isle, /f 7/A ourselves, &cc. This odd whim just now seems to seize 'cm, , To India thev cast aside look ; Tlie gaine which most highly wouM please 'em, A'\^ould be, a few Nabobs to pluck. The Popedom they've root and branch ript up; Of conquest their hopes stiil are full; And when the Grand Turk's heeis they've Iript up. They'll then set about the Mogul. A SONG OF PITY ON BONAPARTE. . Tune. — ** Cease rude Bor-eas.*^ Ceask, brave Britons, from invective- Spare a wretch, so mean and low! See, with'torments more effective, Conscience comes, his deadly foe! Though with high-ilou'n, blustering speeches, Bonaparte's tongue may swell; His every action plainly teaches. That his bosom is a hell! Heavenly Freedom's hallow'd flowers. To this isle their sweets impart; Whilst, iviihout, the tempest lower^s. Sun-beams play upon the heart. yi&vk the contrast, I adjure ye! The Tyrant's breast with torture wrings — Passion's sk-ve — v/ho, like a Fury, ■ Goads him with her scorpion stings! To others Providence dispenses. When with care or toil opprcst, Celestial balm to lull the senses, And lock them in the arms of rest. Gallia's Despo*: ne'er reposes : Painful vigils doooi'd to keep. His eyes no friendly slumber closes For " Macbeth h: murder'd sleep If 804 THE ANTI-GALLICAN Banquo's ghosts in thousands rise ! Does he seek domestic quiet ? lilood-stain'd daggers meet bis eyes ! la the tent, (or -^var preparing^. He's with JaftVs scenes nrcurst ! Vultures fierce his vitals tearing — Hark I his very heart-strings burst ! Can you o'er so w^eak a creature. The flag of scorn in triumph bear ; Tis repugnant to your nature — Rather i;bed the pitying tear. Cease, then, Britons, frq^jii in\ ective> Sj)iire a wretch sunk deep in woe : A prey to torments more effective-— Conscience, his eternal foe. S. British prcsi\ CA N'IRA PAS. A SEQUEL TO CA IRA By Mr. Dibdin. Monselnr, mon ge.ieral, f.rst Consul, I vill not tell no lie ; I come de ErigUsh /onny Bull And all his trick to spy. First, ven I get from sea-sick free. Just after Dover cliff, I spy, vat I have never see. One charniant piece rost bif. Ta ra la, la, la, Arrette ton bras Ca n'ira pas, <;a n'ira pas — Ma foi 9c n'ira pas ! I spv von people grand, so good The lamb Is no so mild If unprovoke — put up his blood-— The tyger's no sr> \vil T' other vill be drown'd. So, if in France he's all go mad. He may expect to come ; If in his vit, he v/ould be glad. Better to stay at liome. Ta, ra, la, la, la, Arrette ton bras,' Ca n'ira pas. 9a n'ira pas — Oh ! diablc, 9:1 n'ira pas ! Britii^h Press. ^.4 l^m THE NUMBER X, ODE TO PATRIOTISM. Dulce e decorum est pro patria mori. HoR. MrITONS, whose firm avenging arm | Thro' Gallia's Legions struck dismay, , ' When fraught with plaught-r and alarm, , ' Prcud Edward march'd in dread array ;— . ' When Poictiers' memorable plain, | The grave of thousands nobly slain, j J^eheld her glittering bannets won By Valour's pride, his daring Son, Arise, Ambition's host oppose. And hurl, with giant strength, desttuction on your foes, , Ifbrilliant deeds, if deathless fimie, I The soul heroic can inspire, ^ j Reflect on Henry's hallow'd name, ; And glow with his unrivall'd firej \ Again in hestile troops advance, ' And crush the base designs of France ; Muse, Chieftains, muse with fond delight, On Agincourt's tremendous fight; ; Nobly a Tyrant's power subdue. And in illustrious York another Henry \iew. ,^. Our pomp, our commerce to confound, ^Syxiiw erst, her floating terrors bore i . , Drake bade the British thunder sound, Abash'd they hurried from our shore. ] Cherhirgh, alike of haughty Gaul, : Thy chffs beheld the mighty fall; - ■ But why in ancient records trace ; Their baffled schemes, their unredeemed disgraces i j VolL Qq Thj^ ; I i '\4ntipa2h'can Tape 1 1 (i. ^ ?r/lf^//^//y?f^. '€€/iy 0. \a$( ^^.^^F^^ THE NUMBER X, ODE TO PATRIOTISM. Duke e decorum est pro patria inori. HoR. MpJTONS, whose firm avenging arm Thro' Gallia's Legions struck dismay, When fraught with slaughter and alarm. Proud Edward mardi'd in dread array;—* When Poictiers' memorable plain, The grave of thousands nobly slain. Beheld her glittering bannefs won By Valour's pride, his daring Son, Arise, Ambition's host oppose. And hurl, with giant strength, destruction on your foes. If brilliant deeds, if deathless fame. The soul heroic can inspire. Reflect on Henry's hallow'd name. And glow with his unrivall'd fire j Again in hostile troops advance. And crush the base desig-ns of France ; jNIuse, Chieftains, muse with fond delight. On x\gincourt's tremendous fight j Nobly a Tyrant's power subdue. And in illustrious York another Henry view. Our pomp, our commerce to confound, *§;;«/« erst, her floating terrors bore i Drake bade the British thunder sound, Abash'd they hurried from our shore. Cherlmrgh, alike of haughty Gaul, ' ■ Thy cliffs beheld the mighty fall ; But why in ancient records trace Their baffled schemes, their unredeem'd disgrace} Vol I. Qq Thy »06 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Thy annals, George, with victories teem, ' On Rodney's tomb what trophies gleam : IlowE liv'ci to prove their efforts vain, And Kelson guides our fleets, dread Sov'reign of the Main! But late impeird by lawless pride. Fierce Locklin\s* soi^s to arms prcpar'd, And leaguYl with hostile bands, defied Our native prowess, long declar'd. Lock'd in their icy realms, with rage Each bosom warfare burn'd to wage; But when to the auspicious gale. Our fleet triumphant spread the sail, Briiarmia made them rue the day. They rouz'd her lion port and scorn'd her naval sway. Britona, the sword of valour wueld ! Advance, ye brave, in Freedom's Cause! Your Country calls ye to the field. To gnard her charter and her laws. Shall ye, whom Europe's treasures crown With wealth, with splendour and renown. Bid War's inspiring trumpet cease. When mad Ambition bursts the bonds of Peace? Let France with feuds embroil the land. And crouch when Despots would command r — Sooner may Heaven desert the just. And all Augusta's Towers lie level with the dust= Bound by the ties of social love, Ifrne in the conflict join: Thine is the giant broil; we prove Britain's prosperity is thine. No more with hands in blood imbued. Let Discord strain vv'ide Shannon's flood : Sedition revelling in her chains. With devastation fill your plains : Bravely your recreant train defy. With Britain conquer, or with Britain die. Lo! where the Gallic streamers fly. And mock, in triumph borne, the aLr^^ Religion mourns with dov/ncast eye. Her rites profan'd, her altars bare! Their track the great and good deplore. From Belgiimi's coast to Afric's shore; * Denmark. Where'^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 307 Where'er they rove, seo terror flings Her shafts, unfolds her baleful wings j Oppression raves u'ith poisonous breath. And ghastly Famine stalks, and agonizing Death. Genius o^ Albion s Isle draw near! Ye Muses strike tlie living lyre! Shades of illustrious Chiefs appear. And every bi;east with zeal inspire! Tho' restless Pow'r tlie base enslave, Unaw'd her minions view the brave. No prowess Britons shall subdue, ** li Britons to themselves prove just and true," Sooji shall the clouds that bear affright Be set in shades of endless night. Fame o'er Britannia s weal preside. And George, m triumph, reign, a Nation's hope and pride. J. B. Extract from Mr. Justice Hard- inge's address to the Grand Jurij, at Prcsteign, iu the Coimty of Radnor J August fjtii, 1S03. Cnnllcntcn of tlie Grand Junj, THE Island which it is oar glory to inhabit, (and prouder of it no time has ever made us) will soon present a very singular aspect. The whole nation is to be in arms — for each — and for all. It will no longer be the doubt of a reasofang mind, that " sef-looe and social are the same." We shall perish ourselves unless we dcft;nd those aroimd us in every direc- tion. But that is not all. The moit animated energies of public suiiit, and the domestic endearments of the heart, give a giant's force to this national host. Party is at an end — though it is to that proud independence of political sen- timent, which has given birth to parties, iu their dav, that \ve are indebted for the individual sinews of the public nnnd. at this hour. Slaves to a tyrant are sure to abandon him in their difficulties. JFe are united, because our spirit is free, — and because power has interested affection. We are U7iifed, because we have the sense to discern, that in the want of uyion alone, was the Invader's hope to rivet his chain. We are -united by the nature of the peril, and by the sid-jectsoi'iX.^ interest. Tile nature of that peril is compressed into a very narrow corhpass. It is — the inordinate ambition (stun"- by i)assions that border upon delirium) of an individual, the ablest for mischief — the best armed with power to accom- plish it — and the most unprincipled, that perhaps ever appeared in the world ; The subjects at stake are these. 1 . We are now to keep, or now to lose, and for ever, a Constitution of Government- — the wisdom of ages, and the best calculated ,of any, that ever blessed the world, for the Rights oj Man, 309 THE A NTI- GAL LI CAN. Man, — \vd) untlcrstood: — not those of an Indian Savage, but of a moral agent, ■ — enlipch tcned — civilized — and social. 2. \Ve have a King to defend, v/ho is a model of all the virlues that are the bonds of domestic life — whose banners of conquest are placed upon the altars of his God — and who is a living record of that principle by which alone he reigns — ** That all power is a solemn covenant of trust, for the liappiness of the governed." 3. We are to save and cherish the estate, which is our inheritance, and those acquisitions which our industry or talents have produced. 4. But above all, we are to assert and vindicate that spirit of honor, the ruling feature of British char. - :tfcr, which every one of us in some degree adopts Jind personates. In place of these what is offered ? -~A Government of terror and caprice, at the best. It is to-day a Goverrimcnt ly thcmoh •i-of all tyrants the worst. It is to-morrow a Gocernmciit ly the si'jord. What is to be our Freedom? Let us interrogate that odious mis- creant, who told the Invader, that ** God, after he had created /*/«?, rested from his labors" — with blasphemies like these, •** imV?g"b\it '* not sa/iafhig' his ear! What Beligion is the Invader's creed ? We may learn it in F.aypf, and from ^25 banner there, which proclaimed one God, a7id Mahomet Ms prophet '. — a religion well selected by him who exter- minated, in cold blood, thousands of the inr'.occiiX. Alexandrians y without respect of age or sex, b&cause they were barriers to liis arjgresston — a religion well selected hy him \w\\o poisoned the hospital of his own wounded soldiers, to be rid of t^e ijcicvinibi;ance. I trust you will not sqiaratc before you address the King, or give in some authentic shape, a test or pledge to your neighbours, that you are votaries of Religion — that you are champions of your King — that you devote your lives and your fortunes to the contest — that you determine to survive it wiih hberties unimpaired, or to perish upon liie bed of honor, and with arms in vour hands. THE SHADE OF WOLFE. TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN. Jrll.AVING particular means of be- coming acquainted with what is passing in the lower world, and of what is going on in that still dear and much beloved Country which was once my own, I would fain address you on the momentous and difficult crisis upon which you are called upon to suffer and to act, \ have beheld the firm stand which vou have made to, support the liberties of Europe; I behold you at this moment willing to die in the bed of honor rather than receive the yoke of a Tyrant. I see, with feeling of pride and glory, that the genuine spirit of freedom distinguishes still that 'Island in which I was born, and in de?ence of which I died. I exult to perceive that you have the good sense to detect the guilr, and defeat the treachery of THE Oppkessor OF Europe. He has duped the credulity, as he has destroyed the freedom, of every nation that his ruthan power has over-nrnj but the va- lour and unanimity expressed through- out every class and description in this nation will defeat his projects and de- stroy his hopes. He plans your in-. vasion, and could he be successful, he would fill with widows and with orphans THE ANTI-GAlLICAN, 309 orphans that Country which has so long been the oliject of his reven<2;e. The Freetlom of your Constitution shames his system of miUtary tyranny; the freedom of your Press excites his indignation, as it unveils and exposes the secrecy of guih; as an Atlieist he would cancel your religious institutions; as an Usurper he Avould break down the throne; as a Despot he would plunder your wealth, and put your commerce in fetters. — But it is not for Frenchmen to inspire fear in the breast of a Briton. Trusting to that God whom it is your glory to serve, you have the means of effectual defence were vour danger even ten times greater than it is- The fate qf your children and of posterity is entrusted to your care; their interests are in your keep- ing, and you will protect them to the last. The tyrant thcvt threatens you has no scheme so cruel that he cannot plan ; no plan so inl'ernal that he can- not execute: — His progress is a train of terror and blood:— The expulsion of princes, the desolation of kingdoms, the slaughter of unoffonding provinces, are acts familiar to his rapacity; and his soldiery, cruel as himself, such the blood their General has spared. His hypocrisy is greater, still than his am- bition, and his cruelty is even beyond his hypocrisy. Unawed by justice, iniappalled by remorse, his pcrfidv has slaughtered those whom his treachery could not corrupt. But when his mad presumption dares aspire to triumph in the fall of England, he will find his proud menaces treated with contempt. Come when he may, he will be taught that Britons are never unprepared to fight the cause of their Country; and, that, disdaining the example of their enemy, they will never dishonour their fciice.stors or disgrace themselves. THE SHADE OF ABERCROAHUE TO THE BlUTHSfl SOLDIERS. prepare! LET the Usurper and his liorde of barbarians know the difference between slaves and freemen, between a French- man and a Briton! Let him see the strong and lofty ])osition we take. Wc call Heaven to witntss, no passion for vain-glorv, no thirst of ambition, no desire of power, wealth, and dominion, points the edge of our swords. No, our bosoms are fired with motives more worthy of men and of Englishmen! The defence of our lives and liberties, the preservation of our wives and chil- dren, tiic security of civil order, and the maintenance of religions liberlv, sanctify our cause an;] bi'acc oiu" sinevvsl Your country's frcodon) souniis tlie trumpet, and beseeches von, in the name of the tl:roi-;e, the altar, and your families, to stand at tise breacli between them and a horde of savages, who inscribe on tlieir banners, ruin, ravishment, and massacre. Whilst one spark of fire remains in the British bosom, whilst (he warm current of life circles in his veins, who would not sooner welcome death than behold those scenes of miser\^ renewed in his native lard which have been ex- hibited in other couuiiesr Nay, is \\ not to suffer a thousand deaths, to sec. your aged and v. nerabic parents dragg.-cV from the bosom of their families, bleed- ing at your feet beneath, the dagger of the unfeeling assassin; your wives and sisters seized by the insulting conqueror^ for the victims of his brutal passion; and your darling infants torn from your affectionate embraces, and made the sport of wanton barbarity and re- fined torture? Thank God, the smiles of 310 TITK ANTI- GALLIC AN. of delusion whirli at one tiuic over- spread your inuids, an; now disjiorscd. The proicssians of a (leceilt'ul and u\\- prirtcipled i'oe no longer impose on vour oinderstandings. Yoar eyes are open. The scasr of oia^ cojnuipp danger draws yau toji^'ihei by one common and indissoluble band. His ilourisliing lucnacos, instead of appalling, serve only to anijnate your courage and in- flame your pat r loii s; u . You r spirit s are iii proportion to your danger. Your energies,, xeid, and fcriityde, keep pace witli his vaunting note of preparation. You shew yourselves at this important crisis., worthy of the nanje of KritonsI The shade, of Abercrouibic, thetienius of Nelson, is proud to oun you! 'riie page of historv records not at anv period such an example of pairior titiui as that wiiich has burst through the land. Never did the love of our country iKirn '.virh a puicr and stronger •£:nne; never did .he character of Britons saline so bright for h-i^rdy virtues. Vv'idi a:n invincilde independence, you Johi lieart and hand, 'jnd;.T a solcinn protL-st that Britain, the isle of ircedoni, shall nevor bend her licck iKijc^alh tlie voke cf France j but since vovu" hop^c is in cnion, and your liberty in vic'Ory, you will jdacc your faithful Avives, your hnary parents, and helpless children, bt^hli'd th*e protection of your swords. Ve=, ye brave and virtuous defenders of your couiV^rv, acccp't the homage of her ;j,r,utilude. ' Regardless of your ease and conveniences, you fee! yoursehes born, the , soldiers of your native spot, your bouses, your casiles. Yes, yc j^allant heroes, buckle on your armour, obedient to the call of honour and of dutv> rantrje in front of tse throne, the aliar, aijd ypuridxyeliings. Hark! the enemy lands I' tjie trumpet sound;-! tlje ro)al standard yond':;r v.^aves its stream- ers. Haste, to arms ! to the coast ! march, face the foe ! pux-suo liiin tflf lie, bile tb.e fiust, or meet a watery grave. Hark! victory! victory! Yes, Jiritons, you havecalmed the fears of vourcoun- try, frustrated the hopes of vour ene- mies : retire to your homes! Youi^ wives, your chihhen are in)j)atient to clasp you in their embraces. You have saved your country! the rewardcr^ of your courage are ready to heap on you wealth and honours! to inscribe your names on the roll of fame, to take you from the ranks, and liold you up- to your country, to Europe, to poste- rity, the theme of admiration and gra- titude 1 CHARJCTERS OF ROBKSPIEimE isf BONAPARTE COMPARED. IN 1793, France suffered, and Europe was disturbed by the revohw tionary anarchy of Rob'espierrc ; in 1803, France is enslaved, and Europe dishonoured, by the revolutionary t}- rany of Bonaparte. Robespierre and Bonaparte are botli children of the sauie parent, the French Revolution : they are brother san.^- cufof.fcs ; brother jacobins ; fellow sub- jects of the sovereign people ; fellow pro- pagators of fraternity ; fellow apostles of equality ; and felknv destroyers of libertv in the name of Liberty itself. Fellow rebels to their King, they have both usurped his throne ; and fellow apostates of their religion, they Kave both used religion as an instrument to support their usurpation. Robespierre bad but little revolution- ary experience ; Bonaparte has a per- fect revohitionary education. That the same blood runs in the veins of them both, the equally bloody mea- sures THK ANTI-GALLICAN. 311 siires eniployed to obtain power, and the equally bloody deeds to preserve power, jiroves beyond contradiction ; but the iinpolitical terror employed by the one, has strengthened and con- firmed the political oppression of the other. The murder and massacre of the Parisians in die prisons, Septeinbcr 17i)2, laid the tbundaiion of the great- ness of Robespierre ; the murder and massacre of the Parisiaris in the slree-s, October, 1795, hiid the foundation of the greatness of Bonaparte. Boili were, however, previously known in the bloody annals of the Revolution ; both had already given proofs of their revolutionary civism. Robespierre plan- ned the massacre at Avignon, October, 1791 ; and Bonaparte performed the massacre at Toulon, in December, 1793. Robespierre had his Danton ; Bona- parte his Barras. The advice of Danton assisted Robespierre ; the protection of Barras advanced Bonaparte. Robes- pierre, to become Dictator, espoused the interest of Danton ; Bonaparte, to become a General, married the mistress of Bar.-as. Robespierre sent Danton to the scaffold ; Bonaparte sent Barras into exile. The one murdered an ac- complice ; the other disgraced a bene- factor he dared not murder. . At the head of tlie Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre crouded th.e prisons with suspected Frenciancn ; at the head of the army in Egyj)t, Bona- parte poisoned the wounded French:i!cn who crouded his hospitals. Robes- pierre guilloiined cn-mcuse I'rench Aristocrats ; Bonaparte poisoned en- masse Freneli soldiers. Fear moved the axe of Robespierre's guilloiine ; cruelty distributed the poisonous draught of Bonaparte. Cowardice miiilQ Robitspierre a murder .^r ; calcul.'.- tion made Bonaparte a poisoner. Tk« one destroyed those he feared as ene- mies ; the other poisoned those friends who had served him as soldiers. Ro- bespierre gave no quarter to Ins enemies ; Bonaparte massacred, in cold bJood> enemies to whom he had given quarter. Robespierre declared wur of exter- mination against La Vendee; Bonaparte, by a pertitlious peace, exterminated the Royalists of La W'ndee. Tlie one burned and plundered their property as enemies; the other imprisoned, trans- ported, and murdered their persons wlien friends. Robespierre, in his proclamation, threatened all Europe with a -Revolu- tion; Bonaparte, by his negotiations, has revolutionised the whole Continent of Europe. Robespierre, with his guil- lotine, proposed to establish an universal anarchy ; Bonaparte, ^vith his bayon- ets, proposes to establish an univer£,dl slaverv. Robespierre spoke of humanits" in sending hundreds every day to the scaf- fold; ]>onaparte speaks of generosity m sending to prison thousands of in;iocent traveller?, j;rotected by the laws of na- tions and of hospitality. . Robespierre /'/c'je/^l ordered no quar- ter to be given to British soldiers: Eona- parte r.ot/y iuipriions Britons who are no soldiers. Lnder KolKspIevre, thoiisatKls of Freudimen v/ere in fetters; under Bo- - naparte, the \\ hole French nation i» enslaved. Robesj)ierrc called all Princes tyrants; Bonaj;arte wisiics to tyrannize over all iega! Princes. Robespierre, in his speeches, abused and insulted all Monarchs; Bonaparte, by \m 2u:goliai.iOiV3, ha^ degraded Mo- narchy. iiobc-p:<.'rr'j prut-cilbeJ cohimei-cfe ixi, France, bv e-^iabbsbin'r a nia^i&iuiri; 312 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Bonaparte expects to revive commerce, by establishing a niaximuin upon thrones. Robespierre, when a Dictator, to undermine thrones, continued to use the manners and language of a citizen sans-culottc'y Bonaparte, when a Con- sul, to crush thrones, siieaks to kings as if they were sana-adottesy and to emperors as if they nere his fellow citizens. Robespierre was a revolutionary fa- natic; l^onaparte is a revolutionary hypocrite- The one was blood- tbirsty tlirougb fear and fanaticism ; theolheris cruel from nature, from ambition, and self-interest. The one boldly told all mankind, that he was ivs enemy; the other acts as the enemy to all mankind in pretending to be its frleud. The •one decreed death to any one who should speak of peace; the other medi- tates slaverv', plots ruin, and prepares death by his pacifications. The names of the victims who pe- rished bv Robespierrean cruelty, ^v-ere published in the daily papers ; the names of those victims of Bonaparte's cruelty, who perish by the arms of Ids military commissions, by poison in his dun- geons, by sufTeriags during transiX)rta- tion, and by misery in the wilds of Cnvcnne, are only known to himself, to his accomplices, and to his execu- tioners. Robespierre's victinis were tried and condemned before tiiey were executed; the victims of Bonaparte are condetnned without a trial, and exe- cuted without a condemnation. The rcvoUuionarv fanaticism of Ro- bespierre, like tb.e religi-ous one ofCrom- well, sent his king to the scaffold; the revolutionary hypocrisy and andation of Bonaparte, like that of Cromwell, keeps his legal king from his hereditary ihrone. The ffiends of Robespierre pretend he died a martyr to his cause, as a revoln* tionary enthusiast. Bon.vparte is a revo- lutionary sophist, who, probably, will perish the martyr of his maehiavelisn). Robespierre was a Fleming; Bona" parte is a Corsican; the one born at Arras, in Flanders, the other at Ajanio, in Corsica ; the one in the northern, the other in the southern part of tlie French emj)ire ; neither of them was a French- man. Robespierre has only been seen du* ring foreign wars, civil troubles, and domestic factions ; Bonaparte is firmly- seated upon the throne of the Bourbons, all enemies are vanquished, all troubles are quieted, and all factions dissolved. What Robespierre would have done in bis situation it is impossible to say, but we have all witnessed, and witness yet, the proscription of liberty, the subvep- sion of laws, the incertitude of property, and the organized military despotism of Bonaparte. The first Consul of the French Republic, and the sovereign of thirty millions of slaves, shews every- day the low whirns, the mean caprices^ the degrading vices, and the unbecom- ing passions of a Corsican Adventurer^ and the little soul of a fortunate upstart. British Press. The following spirited ADDRESS icos spoken h/f Baron George, when passirig sentence on Waller Clare^ and others ivho hud been concerned in the late Insurrection in the capital of Ireland. << UNHAPPY men ! before I pro-^ nounce that awful sentence of the law which }-bur horrible crimes haVe drawn down upon you ; while yet in this v.orld }ou can use those powers of thought and reflection which you have abused to the contemplation of those abominable crimes which you have acted upon, I feel it my duty to address a fevf THE ANTI-aALLTCAN-. 313 a few words to you : and I earncslly hope that what 1 shall say, vvill be received bv you with that humble and contrite disposition, befitting men in your awful and unhappy situation. You have all, in a peculiar, and, per- haps, unprecedented degree, experienced the mildness and perfection of those laws, and the moderation of that go^•ern- ment, against which you had arrayed yourselves. You who have aggravated tile foul crime of rebellion by barbari- ties unheard of, and a ferocity that covers your country with shame ; you who would have deluged this metropolis with blood, and hurried thousands of your unoffending fellovy'-creatures, with- out a moment's preparation, into thepre- sence of their Maker ; you who were in- accessible to the slightest feeling of com- punction J who rejected from your hard hearts every impression of humanity; and whose savage rage was but height- ened by the voice of imploring goodness and virtue ; you who stifled that voice in its own sacred blood, and answered the calls of mercy with innumerable wounds ; even you, in the operation of the law, have been taken under its pro- tection — exposed to no vindictive feel- ing — hurried by no angry impulse of Justice, you have had that calm con- sideration yielded to you, and that time for reflection and preparation which you fefuscd to some' of the best men which ^•our afflicted country could boast of. Justice has taken a temperate and dig- nified course, and the laws of the hud, secure in their strength, and despising the impotent assaults of a profligate rabble, have not found it necessary to quicken their pace in order to overtake your crimes. ' All' the forms, all the advantages of Justice have been yours ; and, after a ftifl and patient investiga- tion, you have been convicted in the 'dearest "^manrfer-by that deliberate judg- ' Vol. I. R ment of your peers, that proud bulwark of civil liberty which is jveculiarly tlie possession of these countries, and whicll you would have cvcrthrowh', and buried in the ruins of social security and order. • '•■'^''''■' " Wretched infatuated meh ! V\'hat could you have hoped everi from the success of your treason- — but' ^tilT less how could it, by aiiy tJelusioti 6f the human miud, by any pen-ersion of common sense, have once entered into your heads that you could have been successful ? How cbuld tiie moStsan- guine among you have calculated on any other result than what has' fol- lowed ? But now, when too late fot you, Ihougli not for such as have hitherto escaped your delusions and your crimes, you are fatally convinced of the idiot folly, as well as flagrant wickedness of your attempt. Two Lieutenants of the army, Avith two small parties under their command, defeated all your force, and scattered you like chafl" before the wind; and so will it ever be, should there remain within this land auy so foolish, so wicked, and so uninstructcd of the past as to meditate or attempt future insur- rection. Those gallant men have earned well of their countrv — they have rendered most essential service to the puuHc — -nay, even you are' indebted to them, for their bravery has abridged the extent of your crimes ; it has pre- vented you frorrt adding to the dreadful murders which weigh upon your giiilty spirits ; and while the effusion of loyal blood has been saved, those who might have been forced or seduced In' your example into a participation of your offence^ have been spared from c^Min destruction, and' live to partake, with those who Better deservfe thfem, the blessings of our admirable and protect- ing constitution. If you are irr that r frame 314 THE ANTI-GALI-TCAN, frame af mind becoming your situation. Sovereign, and the safety and hajjpines* you will feel it an inestimable advantage of his j)eople. that you did not meet in the midst of " While discharging that duty which your rebellion, that instant punishment justice and the public welfare imposes, which befel many of your associates; I cannot but lament the misfortune of you have lived to fall under tlie law, and to reflect upon your crimes ; you have lived to illustrate the splendid principles of. the constitution which you would have overturned. Vaiu fancy ! sopported as that Constitution is by the armed strength, the loyalty, the affections of the country— sustained Donelly and Tyrrell, so lost to the best you who have been led into your present situation by the seduction of others^; for those seducers the same feelings cannot be excited 5 and while a general commiseration embraces you all, it cannot but be peculiarly, distress- ing to see two young men among you. prmciples of our nature, and to the influences of morality and religion, a3 to begin their career- of life with wan- tonly and cruelly depriving other and innocent men of existence, and plung- ing into the most dreadful and savage ing under the orders of that enemy scenes of blood and massacre. _ without knowing it; you have lived to But even in the worst crimes, there find that the admirable and excellent may be a distinction of guilt and enor- order of things which you would have mity, arising out of the degrees of destroyed, has been the care of a vigilant obligation attaching to those by whom Providence, and you will soon be better they may have been committed 3 and informed that what God's providence considered thus, you John Hayes, ha\ e protects, man cannot injure. You your offence grievously aggravated ; you have seen that, notwithstanding the served your king in a regiment of by all that is virtuous, and only at- tacked by all that is vicious. You have found that the mischiefs which our mortal enemy had prepar«d for us have faHen upon his instruments ; and you, unfortunate men, have been act- horrors of that guilty night which could not veil your deeds from the eye of justice, and however calamitous those savage murders which every good man mourns, yet have they been pro- ductive of the greatest good — you find militia ; for several years, you cat the bread of the public, and ought, there- fore, to have been one of the last to turn your arms against your Sovereign. You further appear to have thrust, with vour own hand, a pike into the that they have thickened the ranks of heart of a man, whom, your having loyalty, and aroused all the virtuous energies of the country, so that it can •ecurely set at defiance that impious enemy of which you were the monstrous mstrumentsj and I tell you, and I tell ^c auditory who hear me, that all such attempts to alarm or distract this once been a soldier, should have led you to protect — you who knew the soldier's duty and the soldier's worth, were among the foremost, basely and cowardly, to put a gallant soldier, alone and unaided to death ! But, it is to the dorv of the soldier — it is a distinction country wui defeat the wicked purpose of which they ought to be proud, that which is intended, make the ranks of you directed your peculiar enmity honour full, and assist but the more against them, because you and all your .fimj^y-rta -est^^^ tjie throne of our wicked associates well, know, that th^ '"-/■■'""_ '^ " ' bravery THE ANTI-GALtlCAN, 315 bravery, discipline, and loyalty of His Majesty's troops, must ever defeat your rebvliioLis designs, and that while they and a c^,allant yeomanry assist the Throne they lovo, the Constitution they revere, the Soil they were born to d?fv*n:l, your treasons, and the etTorts of vour foreign instigators, nnist close in disappointment and death. To a rebellion the most base, un- provokedi and wicked in the records of human turbulence, some, or all of ybu. have added the most cowardly Jind cruel murders — and although you might have fancied yourselves shielded from discovery by the darkness and confusion of the scene, your conviction fdrjushes new proof tliat God's justice, 'OoriCr or latter, overtakes every mur- derer ; he is converted into the instru- ment of se!f-inflicting justice; tortur- ing memory holds to his constant view thj record of his crime, and the mirror wlierein are figured the monstrous shapes created by a guilty conscience ; ho carries a hell within him; and ahliough the secret of his offence were i'oiitined even to his own bosom, the tortures of liis soul, anticipating eternal judgnjent, would convince him that there is no way of. enjoying happiness in this life but by treading in the paths of virtue, and obeying the ordinances of religion, love, and charity in our social intercourse, subjection to legal authority, and the fear of God, keej)ing us void of offence towards him and to- wards each other. Weare instructed by our Divine Faith in the absolute necessity of a sincere repentance of our sins he^e, in order to obtain grace and mercy hereafter. How terrible then must it be to quit this world in the hardihood of guilt — how^ lamentable is it to find unfortunate creatures sometimes going out of the world with a lie in their mouths ! As R r ynu value your eternal welfare — as you would free your immortal souls of the sin you have heaped upon them, do "not imitate such an abandoned and dreadful example — though you cannot escape the consequences of your crimes in this world, for pity's sake — for your soul's sake — try to avert the punish- ments of eternal condemnation. You may have been told by your cruel and depraved tempters — by those men who have seduced and destroyed you, that the victims who fell beneath your re- morseless fury on the night of the 23d of July, were not murdered but kiiied in battle — believe them not, nor suffer yourselves, at this awful moment, to be further deluded by those fallacious ar- guments, and destructive principles, which have caused your date of life to be cut short in this world, and would commit you to utter perdition in the next — know, unhappy men, for it should be known by all of you, that the murder of everv man on that fatal night rests upon the soul of every one of you ; not only those who inflicted the wounds of deiuh with their own hands, but also they who were present, or in any manner co-operatii^, are guilty, to all Intents and purposes, not only in the construction of the law, but in the eye of God, of every murder periietrated on that horrid night. Shake off tiien the tranunels of error — reject the quibbling sophistication of guilt. — cast away from you that vain glory, which cannot save your memories here, nor impose upon one good or sensible man, but must bear evidence against you where trutli shall be mad« manifest, and falsehood cannot enter. The bad, your associates in crime, know you to be guilty ; the good will not believe you innocent; to what pur- pose, then, do you close your eyes in the darkness of guilt, and taint your, 2 h^ 316 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, last breath with a deliberate and studied lie ? Why will 3-011, in that hour when grace and /ei catance are known to subdue the heart until then invulner- able to their power — why »n that awful hour, will you heap profitless perdition Upon your souls ? I earnestly exhort you to p.se the short time allotted you in this life in reflecting seriously on all your sins, but particularly, the last great and grievous crimes for which yoa die — make the most ample atonement to (offended society that remains in your power. In the solemn interval be- tween this and the execution of your sentence, humble yourselves before man, and before God. Dare not to impose upon the one, for you know you canndt deceive the other — let not tile consideration of any thing in this world, from which you are so soon to part, interfere with those dispositions tvhich alone can prepare you for that to ivhich you are going — thai your re- pentance may be clleciual, let it be sin- cere and full, and unqualiHed — nor render it an additional charge upon your souls, by the frauds of subterfuge and reservation. — I have fuKilied my dutv in endeavouring to point out your's, and it is, at this niouicnt, my most anxious and hcart-fVl' prayer, that you may reconcile yourselves' to your offended God, by devoting what is left you of a perishable work! in cultivatins: that grace and repentance which alone can fit you for the bless- ings of eternal life. 'BMa^!^pom,'llie SPliU^CIl of Mr. ' "Cuft'RAN, on the trial of Given Kir- ''^' 'v}ans ill Ireland, for Nigh Treason. ;; 1 111 -is; clear there ^re but tv.'O modes •of holding Statis, or the Mcmbecs of . the saine State, together, uaxuciy com- munity of interest or predominance of force; the former is the natural bond of the British empire; their interest their hopes, their danger, can be no other than one and the same, if they are not stupidly blind to their own situation; and stupidly blind mdeeci must they be, and j usiiy mitist thev incur the inevitable consequence of that blindness and stu- pidiiv, if they have not fortitude and magnanimity enough to lay aside those, mean and narrow jealousies, which have hitherto prevented that community of interest and unity of effort, by which alone we can stand, and without which Ave must fall. But force only can hold the acquisitions of the French Con- sul; what community of interest can he have with the different nations that he has subdued and plundered : Clearly none. Can he venture to establish any regular and protected system of religion amonpjst them? Wherever he erected, an altar, he would set up a monument of condemnation and reproach, upon those wild and fantastic speculations, which he is pleased to dignify with the name of Piiilosophy, but which other men, perhaps, because they are endowed with a Il'ss aspiring intellect, conceive to be a desperate, anarchical Atheism, givliig to every man a dispensing power for the gratification of his passions, teaching him that he mav be a rebel to his conscience with advantage, and to his God with impunity. Just as soon would the Government of Britain ven- ture to display the Crescent in their Churches, as an honorary member of all faiths to shew any reverence to the Cross ia his dominions. Apply the same reasoning to liberty ; — can he ven- ture to give any reasonable portion of it to his subjects at home, or his vassals abroad? The answer is obvious; sus- tained merely by military force, -his un- avoidable poUcy is to make the Annij everij THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Sir errrn filing, and fhr People no! Iihii;? If lie ventured to elevate his soldiers into eltizens, and his wretched subjeets into treemeu, he avouIJ form a confe- deracy of mutual interest between both, agiiinst which he could not exist a nio- nient. If he relaxec from the fitults or errors of his political situation ; I would put a few cpiestions to their candid and unadulterated sense; 1 would ask them, do you think that you have made no advance to civil prosperity within the last twenty years? — Are yoiir oji^inions of modern and subjugated ^France the same 31S THE ANTI-GALLICAN. same that you entertained of pop'ilar n;id revolutionary France fovirleen yc^srs af?o? Have you any hope that if the I'ivst Consul got possession of your islaijd, he would treat you half so well 33 he docs those countries at his door, Avhom he must respect more than he ccixi respect or regard you? And do you know how he treats those imliappy nations? You know that in Ireland there is little personal wcaiih to plunder —that tlierc are few churches to rob. C an vou then doubt that he would re- ward hisraj)aciou3 Generals a.id Soldiers hv p,;\rceHia-: out the soil of the island among then), and by dividing you inio lots of serfs to till the respective lands to which they belonged? Can you sup])05C that the perfidy and treason of surrendering your country to an invader, would to your new master be any pledge of your allegiance? Can you suppose, tfi:ti while a single French soldier was willingtoaccept an acre of Irish ground, that he would leave that acre in the possession of a man, who had shewn himself so wickedly and so stnpidly o|ishcd Protestants with Christianity. Arr vou Catholics? Do you think he will raise you to the level of the Pope? Perhaps, and I think he would not— but if he did, could you hope more privilege that he has left his Holiness? anU what privilege has he left him? He has reduced his religion to be a mendicantfor contemptuous toleration, and he has reduced his person to beg- gary and to rags. I/:t me ask you a A further ^ question-^Do you thing he would feel any kind-li'earted sympathy for vou? Answer yourselves by asking — what '>yinpalhy doen he fed for Frenchmen, whom he is ready bv thou- sand r^ to br.ry in the ocean, in the bar- bnrons garhly^iing of his wild amhition ? What svmpathv then could bind him to '.our lie is not vour countryman — - the scene of vcur birth and your child- hood is not endeared to his heart by ilie reHcctioh, that it was also the scene of his. He is not your fello\v Christian — lie is not, iher'/fore, hound to vi>u by an\- similarity of duty in this world, or bv any union of hope beyond the grave. What then coidd vou suppose the oh- ject of his \i5it, or the consequence oC his success? Can you be so foolish as not to see that he would use you as slaves, wlnle he held vou? and that w^hea he grew wearv, ^vhich he soon would beconjcof such a worthless and precarious possession, he would carrv vou to market in some treaty of peace, barter you for some more valuable con- cession, and surrender you, to expiate bv vour punishment and degradation, the advantage }0u had given him by vour follies and vour crimes. ADDRESS TO BRri'ONS. Bi" i\iR. B. AuKLE or Liverpool. " Calm is my soul, nor apt to rise in arm.';, Except v,hen fast approaching danger warms, When I behold a Gallic host agree To fetter yrcedom and crush Liberty — ■ Fear, pity, justice, indignation start, Tear off reserve and bare my swelling heart." JdRITONS attend — your Country calls — it is not the voice of despair— it is the trumpet of glory. Mark the heroism of former times — contemplate the genius, and iuibibe the spirit of Ancient. THE ANTI-GAXLICAN. sm Aut'l^MiL Rome. When uiistress of Uie world and giving laws to mankind, this \va\i the motto of her gallant and warlike sons : *' Life has no charms, nor any ter- rors fate, if Rome and rjorti call." Such was the lan^^uage of a people who loved their country to cnthiujiasiii, and these, I trust, are the scnriaionts which at this, time animate and inspire every British bosom. You are told by a perfidious and restless foe, tliat the dawa is overcrot, that the great the important day, big with the fate of freedom and of Britaiii, is at hand — tliat the time in which she 'J> is to perish in the struggle draws r.i -when the sua of her glory sliall be set, }ior consequence in the scale of nations destroyed, and her very n:wiie ex- tinguished for ever. Such are the mighty boasts of the C'orsican Ajax,. master of the Mama- lukes of Egypt, and of the seven-fold shield of France! — Boxaparte, the xisurper, turbulent and faithless, v.]io lias neither reverence for. God, nor pity for mankind, has threatened to depriNe 3v'ou of every blessing, and to exter- minate yourselves and your children with the sword. If mv words have no weight, learn part of tiie liistury of this implacable tyrant : On his landing in Egypt, he attempted to conciliate the affections of the natives, by vilifying and degrading the Christian Religion — that Religion v/liich has brougiu peace and happinegs to miilions, and on Ivhich we rest for our salvation — that Religion, whose intiuences, were they to terminate with life, it would be higldy proiltable for mankind tu cul- tivate. At Jatfa lie caused 4000 Turks, who had taken refuge in a temple, Lo be brought out and butchered by the Frtjii-ch boldiiifv. the bloody tvran feasting his eyes on the horrid sj>ec- tacie. l''rom such Instances of irix-ligion ant! cruelty, l<*t VIS ler\rn what we may ex- pect. On England he has set his eye, and on England he wishes to fasten his fangs. He has snwrn by the goddess of reason, and he has convnujidcd \ui Cardinals to prav. At the rage of the tyrant, Britons be not dismayed, and as his Cardinals prav from con>piihion, you have very little to fear. The desponding Trojans of ol*! exclaimed, they liad bcoi Trojans, but were so no more ! Britoxs we are, and Briton'S we will be. Shall I call to your remem- brance the chosen few, who, witli Leon IDAS their magnanimous leader^ gloriously fell at the pai^s of 'J'hervnc- pyke in defence of their country ? It was a tyrant who roused their indigna- tion, and to curb his ambition they sacrificed their lives. It was tlxTrt tht.-y sealed the love of th.cir country with their blood, and on that sj3ot tht'j iinmortali/ed tiieir names. But whj go abroad to find heroes worthy your imitation, when so many illustrious examples are recorded in the histoiv of Britain. Mow oi'teu has the same foe who now threatens our destruction, been as^:ailed in his own country with signal success, and conij)elled to yield ! Look back oa the battles of Poictiers, of Agincourt, andof Cressy ! A handful of Britons rejidered for ever illusti'ious l)y their valour! O.Wauwick, and Talj'.ot, how dear to your country! Have you, my countrymen, forgolteu Eiizabeih's reign ? liave you forgolteu tlie swelliiig word^ and gigantic ^jrc- parallons >.f, proud Spain ? The iiice of the deep vvas covered—the ocean groaned under her nn'ghty lleetj TijE isvracu'.Li'. aumada ! But ho\y soori was, lier prid^; hun^Ucd aiid lier glory laid 320 THE ANTI-GAtLICAN. laid waste, " I.ct not him that ptUteth on his armour boust an he wiio putteih it ofi\" Shall we forget the sigii-tl goodness of Provid/nce, and those gallant sous of Britain who were instruments in his hand, to chastise the proud and insulting foe ? Shall we forget a Drake, who made our happy Island ^IisTRKSS of the deep, and bore her name in thunder round the world? Vv''hat laurels were torn from the French, hv the illustrious •Marlborough, to adorn the brows, and encircle the temples of British Heroes ! Shall the gallant V.'oLFE, the British Kpaminon- das escape our observation, and not live in our memory? His temples are covered with laurels that shall ncA-er fiide — O how I venerate his ashes ! — But let us come down to modern times, and examine if the courage of our countrymen be degenerated, if our soldiers and sailors be honourable \\ ith- out the stamp of merit, or our dignities undeserved. From such an examina- tion we have nothing to fear. The atthlevements of our ancestors, al- though great and splendid, would evidently lose by a coniparison with those of modern times. Tell uk-, ye who love your country, and whose hearts beat high In her cause, if ihere be in the annals of the world an atchievement moresplendid in its nature, or more honourable to the British name than than that of recent date, performed by your countryman, Sir Sidxey Smith, and his gallant combatants at the siege of St. John D'Acre". Never was British valour more conspicuously • displayed, and never was triumph more complete. A British Hero, with a handful of marines, supported by a regiment of effeminate and undiscip- lined Turks, held out a siege of more than sitxv days, in a place little forti- fied, either bv nature or by art, against the veteran legions of France — nay, the very ilower of her armv, with her most Popular General at their l;e;id, and at last compelled them to retire, var.cpiished and covered with disgrace. Here is a trophy n'ore brilliant than any furnished either by ancient or modern history. Mark the discomfi- ture of the mighty Consul ! Of him with whom we have now to contend, atid who, till that hour, had made his boast, that thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice had killed the slain. But in what language shall 1 in- troduce to vour notice a Hero and Statesman, who is the ornament of his country and the delight of mankind. Whose life has been one series of services to Britain, and whose actions are at once, dignified, virtuous, and splendid. Serene in tiie midst of danger, calm and collected in the rage of battle ; the resources of his mind are adequate to every change in the scale, and to every turn of fortune, equally qualified to give counsel \n the senate, or inspire courage in the field ; even in misfortune commanding our esteem and admiration— In victory modest, temperate, and humane — Such is tlie character of the Noble Marquis CoRNWALLis. His conduct in the East Indies merits the warmest panegy- ric, and in Ireland his services will never be forgotten. <■' Fama MarccUi id Inna inter mi 71 ores." The gieat Earl of Chatham, at whose eloquence and wisdom all Enrope stood astor.ished, said he had sought men to fight the battles of his country, and he found them in the mountains of the North. Sweet be thy repose, O Abercrombie, de- scendant of Fingal ! born to serve thy country, to bleed, nay to die in her cause. Thy handful was op>i)osed to aa THK AxNTI-GALLICAN 321 an host — but such was thy name that it inspired thine own with courage to perfornn prodigies of valour, and to tear the standards from troops flushed with victory — troops who had vainly styled themsch'es the invincible. Long, long shall the sons of Morven lament thy fall ! and never shall thy country forget to applaud. Like the heroes of Mantinea and Quebec, be- loved and honoured in life — Like them too, fallen in the field of glory, thv country weeps over thy ashes. Suffice it to say — that the names of Nelson, Duncan, Howe, St. Vincent, Hood, 8:c. 8cc. will be transmitted with honour to posterity. Wherever they have carried their arms they have distinguished themselves, and added fresh lustre to the British nam.e. They have disputed the palm of merit with the greatest heroes of antiquity, and covered their country with laurels, which neither envy caa blast nor time destroy. The characters I have here presented to your view are confessedly illustrious; I conjure you, therefore, my countrymen, seriously to consider from whom you are descended — from ancestors ennobled by their matchless atchievcments, from a race of men who have never either sullied the honour or tarnished the glory of Britain. To you, the guardians of this island, they have transmitted and bequeathed every manly vh-tue, a glowing patriotism, a sacred love of liberty, honour unstained, faith inviolate, and reverence for Re- ligion, the cement by which mankind are held together, and the very essence oi" all social order in the world. What island has ever been so highly favoured of Heaven ; The Gospel preached in simplicity and purity — no fetters on the mind — the conscience at liberty — laws Vol. L S s framed bv the aggregate wisdom of ages, impartially executed, justice tem- pered with mercy, the security of the cottage equal to ihiit of the palace — Honour and reward wherever merit is conspicuous, and a King the pattern of every virtue. *' Ofortunatos, nhnium sua si hona norint, Agricolas T O happy people did you but know your own felicity. These are blessings and privileges which I consider as your birth-right, which you have sworn to guard and convey down, unimpaired to your posterity, v/ith pure and undimi- nished lustre — convinced that one day of virtuous liberty is worth an eternity of bondage. The tyrant has reviewed his troops. — Your courage increases with your danger. — Li hostile array he approaches the banks of the Rubicon preparing to pass. — But you are resting on your arms on the opposite shores^^ready to conquer or to die. *' Aut vincc'iuhi.m ant onoricndum." Armed with resolution, animated with a love of liberty, and aspiring after true glory, you are prepared for every event, dead "^or alive to be re- nowned, and- to stand or fall with Britain. Un terrified at the swelling words of the outrageous despot, you challenge him and his robbers to battle. You burn to enter the lists ; and to convince theCoRSicAN Gresler, that in every British rank he shall meet with a William Tell. You arc de- termined to bring down the lofty looks of the arch-tyrant, of this Colossus, who bestrides Europe, and enslaves her sons ; and to convince him that some British-arm shall reach his heart, and rid the world from Bondage. THE ►2 3 THE ANTI-GALLICAN-. niC PATRIOT. /In Address to fha People of Great BRITAI^r, hy the Editor of the Ma nchesfer Telegraph . THE storm which for some time past lias bcca gathering over our heads dailv assumes a more gloomy asj;>ect, ?.ricl requires all the energies we possess as Britons, Freemen and Patriots, to guard against its fury and avert its effects. We are menaced by an enemy whose power and resources are truly formidable; an insurrection, like a volcano, has burst forth in one of the capitals of the empire; and yet we do not seem fully awake to the dangers and difficulties that surround us. I repeat, we do not seem fully awake; for if we were, all considerations but those of defending our King,Country, Wives and Children, and punishing the aggressions of our internal as well as external foes, with promptitude, would be laid aside. It is ill our power to prove to the world at once, by a sudden elrort of British cou- rage, that Old England cidi stand, will stand (bv the blessing of Omnipotence) against the united attempts of the whole world. It mav be said. Is not the cnuntrv arming iis fast as possible? Arc we not forming corps in every town to act, in case of invasion, in any part of the empire? Admitted. Great praise is due to the promoters and members of such valuable bodies. But there must be something more done before any signal example can be manifested to the world, that we are determined, to a man, to stand or fall with our insxdled country, and maintain those blessuigs which. Once lost, will never more return. To you, ye rich! do I now particu- larly address myself. Consider well the crisis, at which yovi are arrived ! Re- member that the misfortunes of a rival State are in a great measure e-a Ing io the refusal of the higher classes to sup- ply funds, to keep the wheels of Go- vernment in motion; that by not grant- ing a little they have lost all, and are now miserably wandering, like the seed of Abraham, in every quarter of the habitable globe. Pour forth vour trea- sures into the coffers of the State 1 give that vigour to the arm of Government, by your voluntary contrihutions, on which, in great measure, you must rely for safety; and place yourselves at the head of the strong and faithful cultivators of your fields, your artizans and mechanics, who would be proud and happy to shed their last blood in protecting their benefactors and homes. In no nation does example act more forcibly than in Britain, on all ranks. The criterion of pul, ic manners is formed by the nobility and gentry, and in general the middling classes become their imitators, even in folly and vice. Our bankrupt lists are increased by at- tempts at luxury and vain shew, and the social virtues are too often sacrificed to mistaken notions of honour and right: In proportion as religion and mo-' ralily lose ground, the bonds of society are slackened ; and if the false and de- lusive philosophv of the new school be not counteracted by the most active ex- ertions of the professors of our holy faith, it is impossible to imagine what evil effects may shortly ensue. \n times like the present, extrava- gance of every sort, must tend to weaken the state, and luxury must un- nerve the arm that should be raised in the country's defence. If our race- courses were co\'ered with tents^ they would at this moment have a more be- coming appearance than the white di- rection-posts, which often serve to point the way t<^ individual ruin and national disgrace i THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 323 clisgrace; and public breakfiists, routs, i^alas, with thelongcatalogiio of fashion- able amusements, nuv • S i 2 every most abject state of vassalage and de- pendence. Were the French to suc- ceed in their attempts on this country, their first cbjest wouki be to burn our navy in the ports, and annihilate our trade. The name of Great Britain would soon be forgotten among tlie nations of tlie earth; and we should be left to retire within the dreary ruins of our once cheerful dwellings, unj.'iiied and deserted bv the world, which now we hold in awe. . House then now, or \?our future ex- ertions will be ineffectual! rally round the standard of your Sovereign! raise altars in your market places, to receive the vows of every man, to live or ence, and by those wild and dark pro- dnciioui of fancy to which his gloomy mind was natmally atti^cted. fermented by a few crude notions pf antient re- publicaiiism, vvlach he imbibe during S?6 THE ANTI-GALLICAX. his scanty education, cnflamed by all the scenes ofrajnneand blood, in which he has been a principalactor for the last leu years, has been wrought to a {litch of phrenzy by this sudden elevalion to unbounded and iiresistable power. He has lived in an age in which notbing can any longer be considered as iuj pro- bable. — His own past history is more wonderfrl than any thing that he can cflect in future. It was infinitely more improbable that a Corsican charity- schoolboy should be placed on the throne of Charlemagne than it now can be that the despotic master of the great- est part of Europe should become thie master of the world. " All that is dif- ficult and all that is dire ' have become child's play to his imagination. His fierce passions, which submit with the greatest impatience to the common decencies of civilised life, are inflamed to ungovern- able madness by the restraint which he must sometimes Impose on them. He adopts only enough of the arts and manners of civilization to cheat. He retains enough of his native barbarism to destroy. In siiort he is the murderer of Jaffa ! — ^To all this distempered and malignant ambition, he adds that stern pride which is its natural companion, and which has been copiously nourished bv the cowardice of that base age which he is doubtless employed by the justice of Heaven to punisb. He has pledged himself to invade England, and he has never vet failed to redeem a pledge of mischief. The vow of enmitv to man- kind, which resounded through Pan- demonium, was not more irrevocable than his vows of destruction. As to the danger of invasion, his whole life has been that of a desperate gambler accustomed to stake his existence upon z single cast. Indeed he cannot retreat. He has held out the phinclor of Eiigluridl Good God! What words! Into what limes are we fallen when an insolent tyrant dares to ulter them! But out these words have Hown, he cannot recall then). It is but too true that he has represented us to his barbarians a race of rich cowards who ofl'er an easy booty! It is but too true that they solicit employment in the army of England as an easy and almost bloodless road to an immense fortune! It is but too true that they dare to look on this great and gal- lant nation as a race of efleminate Asi- atic slaves! An Englishman carinot speak of such execrable insolence with- out feeling his blood boil in his veins. And if anv man bearing that honour- able name can read of it without burn- ing with impatience to inflict the most signal punishment on the ipsolent bar- barians, and to w^ash out such an in- tolerable afiront in their blood, may the- infiimous dastard be accursed to the last generations of mankind ! — In one word, his policy leads him to attempt invasion, his furious passions goad him to it, his public pledges compel him to it. — The chances are not so much against his be- ing able to land as he said they w-erc, nor did he believe what he said. But the chances are, no doubt, considerably against a landing. So are the chances* in any single evening, against a man being robbed on Hounsiow-heath. But the man would certainly be mad, who, if he w^ere obliged to travel on tiiat n)Sid, and to carry his whole fortune with him, did not prepare himself ff)r an attack, and in every respect act as if he were sure of being attacked. It is childish to talk of guarding every point of such a sea, and of such a coast. The navy of England is the bravest and greatest that e\'er rode the ocean. But it cannot work miracles. Whatever depends on the winds and waves must be matter of chance. It is worse than childish to encourage a nation to trust her TllB ANTI-GALLICAN, 327 hfX existence to clnuce, when it may be secured by valour. Those who prate of our safety behind wooden walls, are either drivellers, whose idiot chatter ought to be silenced at so serious a mo- ment; or thev are traitors, who sing the lullaby of death to the peo})lc. There is not, there never was, there never will be, there never can be, any safety for the people of England, but in their own right arms. They are lost, if they do not act, as if there Vvcre a bridge from Cidais to Dover. If there were, Englancb could not be conquered, unless her people were as base cowards, as the tyrant dares to call them. If the conquerors of Cressy, of Blenheim, of Acre, of Alexandria, are content to pass for if they confirm by their baseness, all that the tyi'ant has said of tliem to his slaves; if our soldiers, our peasants, our yeomen, our manufacturers, be willing to surrender the whole of the national spirit to our sailors ; if Englishmen be such das- tards that they tremble to handle a musket on shore, and dare not face an enemy without the advantage of superior seamanship, then they ought to know that all the forests of Scandinavia will not make wooden walls firm enough to guard them. — They, their wives, and their children, will be the slaves, the drudges, the scorn and mockery of the most hellish banditti that ever were let loose to scourge mankind. They will deserve it. They will not fall like the brave Swiss, amidst the tears snd blessings of the world. They will not, like them, leave a name which will anhnate freemen against tvrants, as long as the globe exists. They will fall unpitied, unlamentcd, unrespected, like wretches, vv^ho have dared to look back on the glory of tjieir fathers, to look in the faces of their smiling iiifants, and yet be cowards ! — But God forbid that the impious vows of the tyrant should he thus accomplished. — No! The hearts of Englishmen are as stout, and their arms are as strong as they were at Cressy and Blenheim 1 The hero of Acre will not witness such disgrace ! The conquerors of Alexandria will not be the slaves of au upstart C'orsican and his enslaved bar* barised Frenchmen ! SPEECH Of ihc DUKE OF RUTLAND, at the meetwg on Slafhenie Hill, near Belvoir Cnafle, August the 2oth, 1803. ** Friends, Neighlours, cnid Fellow CouutriiDien, *' YOU are now assembled upon an occasion the most solemn, the most awful, and the most important that ever yet occurred, or that probably ever can again occur, to animate and to in- terest the feelings of Englishmen. We have been goaded and driven into the present war, by the malignant and am- bitious spirit of tliat savage Barbarian, for to call him a Man were to degrade humanity) whose usunjing hand now grasps the sceptre of France. His cha- racter is stained by crimes of suck enormity, that at the bare recital of them the generous mind of an English- man would recoil with horror., Pam- pered with the blood of thousands of his fellow creatures, having tran)pled upon the liberties of almost every natioix in Europe, he has now directed his im- pious machinations towards the con- quest of this free and flourishing island. The better to accomydish this favourite, object, he has inflamed the passioris q^ his brutal soldiery by the promise of rewards \mknown amongst civiliiied. nations — the unlimited pillage of tife Country, 32» THE AXTI-GALLI'tA' Country, and the inriiscriininate mas- sacre of its inhabitants ! It is not pos- -siblc to iind language snfficicnUy de- scriptive of the scenes of atrocity and oppression which have" uniformly at- tended his conquests In other countries < — the poor equally witii the rich have been the objects of his rapacious cruelty. They have been plundered &.nd mur- dered, their wives and their daughters have been violated, and their old men znd their infants have been butchered, without distinction or mercy. And yet this is the man who has dared to imagine the conquest of Free-bovn Britons ! This is the man who has pictured to himself the possibihty of contaminating these realms of genuine Liberty, by the banners of his tyrannic Despotism! This, lastly, is the man who has threatened to extirpate us from the Nations of the world by a mighty and overwhelming Invasjon ! 1 ! And well indeed may he entertain against us the most deadly hatred. While the crooked and mistaken policy of. some nations has induced them to purchase tem- porary security by abject submission to bis domineering authority, while the weakness of other nations has exposed them an unresisting prey to his inor- dinate ambition, England alone has had the spirit, as she- possesses the pov^^er, successfully to . resist him: England alone, amidst the wreck of nations, has maintained her dignity unobscured, her pov.-er undiminished, her resources imimpairedl Already does he smart under the recollection of former de- feats; again shall he experience the sriperior and irresistable energy of united Britons ! ** My Friends, I wish not needlessly to alarm you, or to interrupt you with- out a cause in the prosecution of your peaceable pursuits ; but the njoment is now arrived when every exertion that the mit-td can devise,' or thnt tlie arm can execute, must be made to j)rcsciye our native land. In comparison with the present, all former contests appear but as a school-ljoy hght. The alternative i-ov/ before us is, either to establish for ourselves and for our posterity the undisturbed, enjoyment of happiness and of liberty, or to drag out a miserable and enslaved existence, dependent upon the will of the most arbitrary and iron-lianded Tyrant that ever disgraced the human species. Under our glorious Constitution we have b^en Icni I'reemen, v,-e have Hoed Freemen, it remains with .ourselves to determine vvliether we shall coiifimir FVeemen. The Sovereign upon his throne, the Peasant in his cottage, the palace of the Prince, and tlic dwelling of the poor man, are alike marked for indiscrimin- ate plunder. Let then ail ranks and classes of persons, actuated by the same iu:ipulse, unite in one determined band' Let the British Lion be thoroughly roused, and where is the Intruder who shall with impunity insult him in his den ? *' Believe not, my Friends, that I preach a doctrine to you, of which I will not be the first to set an example : The British blood that flows within my veins, the British Heart that throbs within my breast, glow in perfect vmison with the sentiments of my mind. There is not one single drop of blood vvithia me that I will not most cheerfully and willingly shed in the defence and pre- servation of those Bights and Liberties, which, by the blessing of our inestim- able Constitution, belong aUke to the highest Nobleman in the land and to the meanest Peasant — are youre as well as mine 1 His Majesty has been graci- ously pleased to place me at the head of a thousand bra"ve Leicestershire Men : — Impelled by an unplicit coufidcnce in tlieir THE ANTI-GALLICAIi. 329 their intrepidity and loyalty, I do most solemnly pledge myself to you, that when the hour of danger arrives, you shall find me most anxious to prove my professions by my actions. ** Attached, as I am, by the strongest ties, to the county of Leicester at large ; admiring, as I most cordially do, the sentiments of enthusiastic Patriotism which animate every description of persons therein, I may nevertheless be permitted, without incurring the charge of partiality or prejudice, to avow my superior attachment to that particular part of it in which I live. Constantly resident among you, I have had ample opportunity of studying your dispositions ; and have received the sincerest sa'tisfaction in witnessing your steadiness, your patience, and your good cbnduct, during times of the most trying and unexampled difficulties. I know you to be men both loyal, good, hnd true ; and I speak from my heart, when I assert, that there is no object so grateful to me as the advancement of \our prosperity and welf^ire ; and that it is the heiglu of my ambition to live and die possessed of your attachment and esteem. x\ctuated by a Jcnowledge of your patriotic sentiments at this crisis of danger and alarm, I have tlvought it mv Indispcnsible duty to give effectto those sentiments by calling you together, and proposing the for- mation of a Volunteer Corps of In- fantry. — Having stated thus much to you, I will detain you no longer than to observe, that I place the most de- cided reliance up®n your Loyalty and Zeal. I feell confident there is not a man among you who does not burn with eagerness and anxiety to add his individual co-operation and assistance Vol. L Tt in preserving this most dear country from the threatened attack of a merciless Enemy. 1 beseech you all to recollect, that should that Enemy, deterred by the impregnable Union of a great and powerful Nation, abandon his boasted design of Invasion, you Will then have the satisfaction to think, that each and every one of you, by your jBrmness and determination in rallying round the Standard of Loyalty, have been in- strumental in averting the general calamity. If, on the contrary, our Enemy should persevere in his hostile attempt, we shall go forth to battle under this consolatory reflection — that should we fall in the struggle, we shall perish in a cause worthy to be con- tended for by Englishmen — in a cause* for which the blood of our Foi'efathers has been cheerfully and profusely shed ■ — in a cause, which has for its sacred object the support of a mild and bene- ficent Sovereign upon his throne — the maintenance of a Constitiltion, which h:is been matured, and perfected by tlie wisdom and experience of successive ages — and the preservation of those Rights and Pri\ilcges which are the exclusive and peculiar property of Eng- lishmen. Should we succeed, (and who is there so pusillanimous as to doubt it), we shall confirm and esta,b]isli to ourselves and to our latest posterity, for ever and fi)r ever, an unmolested and undisturbed existence in that State, in which alone existence can be either acceptable or desirable to FREE BORN BRITONS — existence as a Nation, UNITED, HAPPV, FREE, and INDEPP:NDENT. The terror and the dread of our Enemies, the admira- tion and the glory of the Good and the Wise." THj£ 330 THE ^NTI-G.4LLICA T'HE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION Jddrcssed Inj Bonaparte, to the Inhahtants of Ca'iroy Dec. 28, 1798> <7/?(^r a 'partial insurrcctwn, occasio7icd hy the exactions and cruelty of the French, furnishes a complete proof of the impiety, hlas^ phcmy, and presumption, of that illustrious Citizen, 7cho scents de^ serving of his prc-oninence as First Consul of the Great Nation, not more by his atheism than his crimes. *' PERVERSE men had succcerled in misleading a party amongst you. They have perished. God has ordered me to be merciful towards the people ; and / have been clement and merciful towards you. / have been incensed against you on accoimt of your revolt — I have deprived you for two months of your Divan. — But this day I restore it to you — Your good conduct has effaced the stains of your rebellion. — Scheriss, Nlemas, Orators of the Mosqnes, cause the people well to understand, that those who, through any levity, shall become my enemies, shall find no refage, either in this world or in the next — Shall there be a man so blind as not to see that all my ojierations are conducted by destiny? Can there be a man so in- credulous fts to doubt that every thing in this vast Uuiverse is subjected to the empire of destiny? — ^Instruct the peoj)le, that since the. v.-orld has existed, it was written, that, after having destroyed the enemies of Islamism (^^lahometaniim) and destrot/ed the Cross, I should come from the furthest part of the West to fulfil the task which was imposed upon me. Make the people sec, that, in the sacred book of ihe. Koran, Iti more than twenty pasbu-^es, that which iias hap- pened was foreseen, and thuL which shall take place has also been explained* — Let those then, whom the fear of oirf arms alone prevents from pronouncing imprecations upon us, now change their dispositions: for in offering prayers to heaven against us, they solicit their own condemnation. — Let the True' Believers then offer their vows to heaven for the success of our arms. — / could call to account each individual aynongst you for the most secret senti- ments of his heart : for I know every thing — even that ivhich you never com- municated to any person. — But the day will come when all the world shall see it proved, that I am comrnayided by orders from above, and that all human efforts are of no avail against me. — Happy those who in good faith shall be the first to attach themselves to me. (Signed) BONAPARTE.' BONAPARTE'S ADDRESS To his Army encamped on the plains of Calais N. B. 1 . Advance Guard 1 00,000 men. 2. Centre ditto 200,000 men. 3. Rear 100,000 men. Total 400,000 men. Soldiers, BEHOLD before }oti that Island, see the white cliffs "of Albion present themselves to your view, that Island mistress of the ocean, but soldiers, doom'd to fall before your invincible arms. Here then, and upon her shores, must you prepare to encounter yoTjr enemies, and either conquer or die^ The same fortune which has reduced us to this alternative, has plated be- fu n; you the most splendid rewards of your Victory. I; THE ANTI-GALT.ICAX 331 It is not, fellow soldiers, for India and her tributary nations that ^ve arc now to contend, but for the wealth of modern Carthage, the riches of Eng- land, that she possesses from the com- merce of the world and the accumulated wealth of successive ages of industry, ad- ded to the incredible spoils of the Indian world, which are offered as the rc- conipencc of }our constancy. — The time is now come when at peoce with all the world beside, to reap the rich harvest of your toils and conquest over so many nations, and this is the spot, that the God of battles hath marked as the utmost limits of your labours. — For I would not have you imagine that victory will prove as difficult as the name of a British war has been esteemed tremendous. Except in that name, in what can the Britons be compared to you? — To you, who have pursued your victorious course through so many war- like nations whom you have vanquished, and who are now to fight with a raw and undisciplined army, and to cope with a nation enervated by their riches, and whose only reliance has hithereto been in their victorious navy. — But soldiers, the trident of Britain must be broken bv the Gallic sword upon British ground. T will not, soldiers, compare myself to more experienced generals ; but lestcv'^m it no small advantage, tliat there is not one amongst you, who has not been frequent witnesses of my exploits, not one of whose achievements I myself have not been a spectator of^ and that with soldiers whom I have a thousand times praised and rewarded, and wlurie pupil I was before I became their general. — 1 shall march against an army totally Strangers to one another, equally ignorant of their General, as t^eir General is of them. Tt 3 On Avhatever side I turn my eyes, I behold all full of courage and vigour. — A veteran canq) Infantry, a gallant Cavalry, and ;illies bold and faithful. To you, O Frenchmen, in particular. I address myself, to whom grief, in- juries and indignations have com- pelkd to pour your arms on England : What Insults, what injustice have we not suffered from Britain ! civil war, destruction of our ports, famine, com- merce annihilated and every evil that avarice could possibly inflict on a people fighting for freedom. O brave and in'iplacable people, every thing must be your's, and at your disposal! Frenchmen the Chief Consul of the Gallic nation leads you to certain victory. Soldiers, there is nothing left us but what we can vindicate with our swords. Advance then and be calm, and the gales of freedom will land us on their soil. The English indeed may fly, who have behind them strong holds and fortified towns, but for you there is no middle coarse between death and victory, let this be' constantly present to your thoughts and I repeat again you arc conquerors. And O ! Frenchmen, once possessed of this malignant Isle, once masters of this sordi«d and avaricious nation, we will colonize it as Cie: ar did fnjm our native land ; we expel a perfidious race to wander over the face of , the earth the scorn of the world. We will, O ! Frenchmen, enjoy their riches, their power, their lands, tlieir palaces and their women. These are tie splendid rewards I promise you. No English bosoni shall once again breathe British air. — her commerce, her navy, her riches shall be transferred to France. France then indeed will be mistress of the world as she will be then of the ' ocean 1 1 1 A CAUr 33^' THE AXTI-GALLICAN. A CALM ADDIIK SS hilh :ij£li.-i -iifTO THE pWPt^^C^iLLED QVAKERS, Triends and Felloiv Comifryhieriy ITHERE never was a pojiod of our Country so big with awful and iujpor- tant circumstances as the present; cir- cumstances that applv to persons of all ranks and descriptions; and which are urgent and imperious calls upon them, to aid the pleasures of governinent by every personal and pecuniary.assistance in their power ; for on those measures the present and future prosperity or adversity of oiir Country, the individual and domestic security, peace and com- fort, or misery and ruin of every inha.. bitant of it depend. — Upon what prin- ciples, therefore, let me ask, are you, iny'I^'ellow-Countrymen, so apparently indifferent to these things ; and so averse to unite your personal and pecuniary assistance, and to arm to repel the hos- tile attacks that may so soon be made lipon usr — Is the security of your pror perty, of your own and families' lives pf consequence to you? — Have you no dread of the bayonet that mav be plunged into your own and families' bo- goms, ami of the brutal lust that may ]>rapcl to the violation of vour w Ives and daughters? — Can you (andWithout the gfeatesL horror) suppose, that before the ^Dioody bayonet of the savage and mer- ciless soldier has -robbed you and your families of your lives, your- wives and daughters may be a prey to their brutal lusts, and in the bitter pangs of distress, and in the excruciating agonies of des- paFri call iipon you for rescue and relief, but 'which' nothing but tiieir deaths can alTord ; can you, I say, but even sup- pose- that this may be the case, that this bloody, horrid, and lustful scene may be realized, and not be roused aet-ively and strcnu6u?rv to unite with your Fellow-Countrymen to prevent it ? -—That such horrid scenes have been presented in those countries which have been invaded by the rapacious, merci^ less, and lustful enemies, who are nowr active and assiduous in their exertions and preparations to invade our present happy land, is a melancholy and pain- ful truth. — But I leave these sad things to vour -own feelings and reflections; and I proceed to consider the plea under which you shelter yourselves, and which you make your excuse for not obc^'ing that call, which the awful and pressing circumstances of our Country make upon every citizen of it to arni for its defence, for the protection and preservation of one of the best of Kings, of oyr religious and civil rights, of our liberties, of our property and lives, in short of every thing that can be dear and \aluable to us? — Your plea is your religion, that it forbids you taking up arms. — The Christian religion, I pre-, sume. — But does that religion forbid sslf-defence, the great and just law of nature? — Hpw^ is it that you read? — The divine author of the christian reli- gion, ai;!d those whom he commissioned to preach and to establish it in the world, do not forbid the use of aruis, for just and lawful purposes ; and there can be no purpose more just and lavv-ful than self-defence. — But we will examine and see from what Christ and his Apohiles said and did, whether your opinions and conduct, as christians, are right. ■ — Christ, in his exhortation to Soldiers to be content v»-Ith their wages, and to do no violence, evidently shews that so'-'.Iers were lawful characters, and that they were to discharge the duties of sol- diers, but not to use their arms for any unlawful or inhuman purposes. — And when, as related by St. Luke, Christ asked, " What King going to war, siti. teth i\oi do\vn lirst and consuiteth h(nv he THE ANTI-GALUCAN- 333 ht may carry it on w ith a^lvuntage and Buccess?" evidently shcvv> iis, that war, upon some occasions, was not unlaw- ful. — And iVom the character of Cor- nelius, in the Acts of the Apostles, who we read was a soldier and devout man, we must see and acknowledge, that the religious and military character were not incompatihle and inconsistent. — And it is so obvious, that it is scarcely necessary to observe, that in the Old Testament, war is both sanctioned and commanded by God himself; but 1 do this to shew you, both from the Old and New Testament, that war is justifi- able. — I therefore now proceed to exa- mine (for it is connected with my present subject) what, as christians, we Are to observe towards the government jinder which we live. — Christ and his Apostles, according to the history which we have of their., teach and enforce, both by precept and axample, due pbedience to government. — Christ, in particular, worked a miracle to enable himself and one of his disciples to pay TrihutCi or Tax, as it ma^• be called, to the government under which they lived ; not questioning hov*' it v.'as to be applied, but leaving the application of it to the lawful rulers of the govern- ment; who, no doubt, among other necessary public purposes, applied it towards the payment and support of that military force which was necessary for its protection and defence. — And you must recollect that the Apostles exhorted all christians to be subject to the lawful constituted authorities and powers of that government under which they lived, by due obedience to the laws, and by payment of tribute; for this reason, that those powers were ordained of God, and that those who resisted them, re- sisted the ordinances of God, and would be subject to condemnation, or, in other words, to punishment. — And one pf the A[)ostles exhorts all christians to fear God and to honour the Kioij;; and what can you suppose that fear and that honour to be, but due obedience to the divine will and comnumds of tiie one, and to the constituted hrws and ordi- nances of the other? — I beseech you, therefore, my Fellow-Cyuutrvmen, to consider these things with that unpre- judiced coolness that they deserve; "^md that you will no longer sufier your mis- taken prejudices to prevent your uniting in arms, and your contributing, in other respects with your Fellow-Citizens, in our Country'sdefencc.— If whati have said is just, yonr religions plea for not uniting with them in these respects, will periiaps be deemed impiety towards God, disaiiection and disloxalty towards ■ our Country and our King, and that peaceableness of disposition which y.ou.; arrogate and protess, selhshness and a crime.— You claim, and you have the protection of government; and govern-, ment, no\v so hosiily threatened and attacked, lias a strong and just claim of assistance, in return, fromvou: and in that way in wiiich it is given hv other subjects of it; and it is what vour Fel- low-Citizens, who, witii becoming rea- diness, submit to the heat, the burdens*, and the dangers of the day, may in strict: justice, require and expect. — For vvhv, under such pressing exigencies, such awful and perilous ci/cumstances of our Countrv, you should be exempt from any personal services, to which your Fellow-Count r3men are subject,- can- not be satisfactorily answered or ex* plained. — That you are exempt in any degree, is an instance of partial lenity in government towards you, that merits a most grateful return; and as you are a very o[)ulent body, your Country has a just riglit to expect that you wi'l gi^e her a voluntary and very liberal pecu- niary aid. — Recommending theae things to 334 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, to youF serious and unprejudiced con- sideration, 1 conclude, witli the hope, tiiat you-will believe, thatAvhat 1 l»a\e said. is neither ia_ wrath or anger, but igLchristian love and kindness towards y.au-, ,^n^l in,, loyalty and love towards %Ml Cemttry and our King. ,, , ; J iim your's, 3riiH A BRITON. ^^'i ADDRESS JDeUvired to ^//cClerkenwell Loy- al Volunteer Infantry, hij the jiev. Richard Lendon, A. M. Chaplain to the Corps; and printed €Lt its unanimous request. Major^ and Genllemcny J Beg leave to assure you that I am fully sensible of the honour that has been conferred upon me by this ap- pointment. "With respect to the thities of the office to which your go«xl opi- nions have raised me, I conceive them at the present momentous crisis to be placed in that awful relation as to be the means by which your public prayers and adda-sses are to be offered to the tiirone of that Almighty Being (who is able to save by a few as well as by an host of men), to protect you Irom the machinations of such a tyrant as scarcely ever before appeared in the world, and to draw down a blessiiig upon the cause in w^hich vou are cngoged. With hum- ble conndcuce in that Supreme Power, and in the justn.css of your cause, which lt earnestacss, zeal, and sincerity, *' When I forsake my King (and, 1 might add, such a King as I have faithfally represented him to be), may my God forsake me." — May (rod save the King, and let all the peo- ple buy. Amen. PHANTOMS. NEW, FANCIFUL, AND FARCICAL. THE Public are respectfully informed that M. Df. Napoleone alias Buona- CoRSiCA alias Malta-mad, from Ger- many, Italy and Egypt (where his ex- hibitions have had such a wonderful etiect as to surprize and astonish the whole world) intends shortly to pay a visit to Old England, as he is deter- mined to convince the inhabitants of that liappy kingdom that his Phantoms are reallv of an unsubstantial nature, yet so curiously contrived as occasion- ally to deceive the most minute investi- gator; and as he humbly presumes he has by long practice and experience brought the art of deception to a stale of perfection never before attained, he trusts his endeavours v/ill ha\e a proper effect on the optics of an eniighleiied British J^ation, and n^ect wiih tliat ^aeouragement and patronage for v.liich he has ever laboured. It is proposed by a process, hitherto unpractised, either to pinion JoiiN Bull to a post — or lull lum to y.lvvp, while the manager and his myrmidons take possession of his property, ruin his tarnily, and enslave his frieiuh. The whole process of this Grand- Exhibition consists of Conjugation, Abjuration, Devastation, Subjugation, Magic, Hypocrisy, Falsehood, Slig'ht of Hand> bcc. but the particulars wouid be too tedieus to describe in a hand- bill. ■ •' ]^r. De Napoleone l>as spared neither "^ time, labour, nor expence, to make himself mastei" of tlit Subject, and has' prepared as a relaxation between the Acts, a great variety and valuable at^-"' sortment of Egyptian mnmmiciii, in high prcsiervatlon, and well worth the inspection of the curious, every care having 'been taken to render them original in desigri and elegant in their execution — having been ** killed oV* expressly at the desire of the preserver, whoso treatment is peculiar, and who cliallengcs the world to produce au equal number of Men, Women, and Cliildren, mum'd together In the earth. He has also several beautiful models of Castles, Fortresses, Picture Galleries, Libraries, Pyraniids, Churches, &c. &c. the originals of which were formerly to' be seen in Germany, Italy, Flanders, and Egypt, collected at a considerable expsnce ■ dufing his excursions to those- countrles, where he has left lasting im- pressions of his abilities and his name to be transmitted to posterity. — ^These models he can assure the public are exact representations of the Originals w^hich can be seen no more. He conld produce several highly finished spectres/, of poisoned soldiers, djc. but as hefears the peoj.^le of Juigland are rather incHned' to be superstitions, antl i^iight think them real, and miglu fancy he wrould shortly raise the Devil amongst them, he thinks it better to suppress such^ex- liibitions lest they should Operate to his projudice. The whole entertainment will coii- • elude with a splendid Pageant, /which ?vl, I>3 Napoleone would not have liad represented but for the Invincible Ob*^' stinaey of the British Beef-Eaten^' who insist on tlie performance -of. j^^ r-i'.iw Pi.i:cc, entitled - j^ -•//-.. i.. VOLUNTAiiT S3e THK ANTI-GALLICAN. VOLUNTAllV LOYALTY OR THE VNirFJiSAL SJ^yTIjIEXT, With new Sccncrv, Mach'uKTy, Dresses, l>c(>ratioiiS> Embellislmients and Illu' niiiKitioiis, partly specUiral, partly real.— • Ti'is is expected to be the nvost l)nUiant, and by far the most j4;eneral entertain- ment ever brought tbrvvard in Great Britain. , The Spectoral part will chiefly con- sist of the Artist and his assistants, at- tended by a band of haggard French- men, shouting aloud '' Vive la Re- publique," floating towards the Empire of Great Britain in flat-bottomed boats — as they approach near the shore they will change their tune to ♦« C!a ira," when a tremendous salute from a British battery, will convey to them an idea of the harmony that prevails in an old established tune called " Britons never will be slaves." The flat-bot- tomed boats will now be seen stragling in all directions, and while the nume- rous bands on shore are shouting, « Britons strike home, revenge your I'ountry's wrongs," numbers will be seen proving that *' Britons but con- tpiertosave." After this tl.eir appearance will be vorv short, and only those who can obtain front situations on our shores will be able to understand the intention of the spectacle, as it is suppofsed the greater part will vanish into the sea, only to be called again into action by that gigantic Demon mentioned by Milton, M'ho made »• Hell tremble as he strode " N.B, The Phraseology of the .latter . part of this Bill is not perfectly agreeable - to the sentiments of Mr. D. Naj>oleonc, ; yet as he is at present distressed both for time and money, he is willing that it , should reniaia unaltered. DAYS OF VORi:. About the year of Christ 100^ when the Romans and their followers had conquered a great part of this Island, and were committing every kind of ravage, devastation, and spoil, Gal- GAcus, a Caledonian general, raised a considerable army of natives, with the laudable determination of driving the Invaders from his Country, 'and before . a battle, that was to give his country- men lil>erty, addressed them as follows : «* When I reflect on the causes of the war, and the circumstances of our situation, I feel a strong persuasion that our united eflPorts on the present day will prove the beginning of universal liberty to Britain. For none of us are hitherto debased by slavery; and we have no prospect of a secure retreat behind us, either by land or sea, whilst the Roman fleet hovers around. Thus the use ©f arms, which is at all times honourable to the brave, here offejs the only safety- even to cowards. In all the battles which have yet been fought with various success against the Romans, the re-/ sources of hope and aid were in our hands ; for we, the noblest inhabitants of Britain, and therefore stationed in its deepest recesses, far from the view of servile shores, liave preserved even our eves unpolluted by the contact of subiection. We, at the furthest limits botii of land and liberty, have been defended to this day by the obscurity of our situation apd of"our fame. The extretnity of Britain is now disclosed; and whatever is unknown becomes an object of importance. But there is no ftation bevondus; nothing but waves and rocks; and the Romans are before us. The arrogance of these invadera it will be in vain to encounter by ob- sequiousness and submission. 7'hes» plundtrers THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 337 flnndercrs of the world, after cx- haaUin^thc land hy t.hcir)dcvasfnfions, are rifing the ocean ; stimulated hi/ avariee, if their enemy be r'teh ; hij aml-'ition, if poor : unsafiated hu the Ea^it andbij the JVvst; the only people 7rho lehold ivealfh and indigence with rqual avidity. To racagey to slanifh- tcry to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and ichen they make a dcxert, they call it peace. *' Our children and relations are, b)- the appointment of nature, rendered the dearest of all things to us. These are torn away by levies to foreign servi- tude. Our wives and sisters, though thcv should escape the violation of hos- tile force, are polluted under the names of friendship, and hospitality. Our estates and possessions are consumed in tributes J our grain in contributions. Kven the powers of our bodies arc worn liown amidst stripes and insults, in clearing woods and draining marshes. Wretches born to slavery are first bought, and afterwards fed by their masters : Britain continually.buys, con- tinually feeds her own servitude. And as among domestic slaves every new- comer serves for the scorn and derision of his fellows j so, in this ancient house- hold of the world, we, as the last and . vilest, arc sought out for destruction. For v,e have neither cultivated lands, nor mines, nor harbours, wdiich can induce them to preserve us for our labours J. and our valour and unsub- niitting spirit will only render us more obnoxious to our imperious masters; while the yer}- remoteness and secrecy of -our situation, in proportion as it con- duces to security, will tend to inspire suspicion. Since then all hopes of for- giveness are- vain, let those at length assume courage, to whom glory, to "whom safety is dear. The Brigantes, . even under a female leader, liad force enough to burn the enemy's settlements, to storm their camps; and, if success had not introduced negligence and in- activity, U'^ould ha*fc been able entirely to throw off the toke: And shall Hot we, untouxilied, uivsubdued, and strug- gling not for the acquisluon, but the continuance of liberty, declare at the very first onset what kind of men Bri- tain has reserved for her- defence? " Every incitement to victory is On our side. The Romans have no wives to animate them ; no parents to upbraid their flight. Most of them have either no habitation, or a distant one. Few in number, ignorant of the countrv, looking around in silciu liorrror at the woods, seas, and a liaven itself un- known to them, tliey are delivered by the gods, as it were, imprisoned and bound, into ou.r hands. Be not terri- fied with an idle shew, and the glitter of silver and gold, which can . neither protect nor wound. In the very ranks of the enemy we shall find our .ovi'n bands. The Britons will acknowledge their own cause. March then to battle, and think of your ancestor^,^erties : to subvert the present go- Kingdoms might i>e obtained as well as vernment thcyliretend LIBERTY for the Jfcncen. But what foundation have peo|)]e. When the -• government is we for reliance on those professions? \ii'i than the j^overnmeiit of thi; s'.vord. His eon<;eientions dischariie of the aniiious duties according to his prin- ciples, and leucficcncc nf kearfy he so proudly boasts of, can ne\er fear death from the tekroks of a ntisponf life. He will then be beyond the reach of malice, nor suffer the torments arising from faction or displeasure more to perplex his mind, or give disquiet to his hour--. lint should providence, for reasons luiknown to us, still prolong the life of this SCOURGE, (to make his downfall more remarkable and impressive on present and future ages) he will, when he perceives an unfa\ourable aspect in liis afiairs, again try his success by PEL'usioN, or atteiijpt to lull this nation to forbearance by cuters of peace; the former for his own safet\ , the latter to recover his lost advantages, and making a more sudden attack on the nation's i>rosj)critv ; does he sup- pose ihe guardians of our nation's lionour will rehx from their ardour, by any artifice lie can adopt r No V they are too much alive to the welfare of the peo[)le, and disdain to listen to his delusive ovcrtura : and in return for which, and to accomplish the views of our PATRK^T GOVKRNMKNT, 1 am confident no luaglishman will refuse to make the greatest sacrifices, but manfully come forward with personal service, and chearfuUy bear every burthen for the defence of his King, Jviws, Country's good, and while a TYRANT exists. P'or the world in general, and the happiness of France, the dowrdul of a tyrant is devoutly tu be wished, producing the gratifying return of order — the restoration of religicm — tlie exercise of nioral duties — real liberty — and the various blessings so valuable iti life. With an earnest hope that these truths may perchance meet the eyes of the Tyrant, 1 have been induced to ofler my real signature, preferring to be recorded in the list of his hatreds, than enrolled in the catalogue of havin^- been introduced to the court of the Usurper — imd enemy to iny countrv. June 4, 1803. 6'. //■■. ORIGINAL POETRY \KRSKS OX ^riTE THEA1TNED INVASION. ]\y -*'^VILS0 5^, Esq. .'« O I in order of IJatrle the Eegions of France O'er Freedoms domain to d(;struction advance ; "^I'he 'J'rumpet is sijinided, Aud bursts from afar , From aa ho-t of j,i-,aders the thunder of War, '] o the fiery (,'oiub;it they rush in despair. While the groan-, of tlie dying rise wild on the air. And vheir blood -dropping baimers ail-dreadfully wave O'er the spot that is iii.-iik'd for the Plunderer's gravel Do THE. AKTI-GALL-ICAV^-. 343 Do tbcy hope to j)rov;ulf oh how empty tlic boast! The Angel oi death has devoted their host, And when night spreads her darkness, the uioon-beain will ihcd A gli'.muerlng liir;ht on the jnoniitains of dead! A Phalanx of Freen^en moves on to the fis^ht. The spoiler is vancpiished, and witliered liis uii<;hi! His waited i)attaIlions like snow melt away And ruin and horror reign Lords of the day! The Heroes of luigland, the heralds of fear. Pursue the pale scpiadrons and press on thtir rear ; Beneath their firm tread tlie I«vaders expire, And they flame o'er the field like a colunm of fire! They had sworn at the Ahar of God lo be free Yesl Leader of Armies! they trusted in Thek! FJated with conquest, vvliat honors await The brave bv whom battle was turned from the gaip' A rAihon of i)atriols, regardless of life, Tlicit crushed the fierce foe in the glorious strife? Tiie oM man whose course of existence is run Gives a last placid smile to the Hero his son/ While the virgin unable from raj>turc to speak, . . Heclines on his breast with a tear on her cheek. And fearing no more from her lover to part . In teiiderness breathes a soft sigh from the hciul] ^ On their soul speaking features all gaze with delij^Up And to bless the defenders of freedom unke! Kach heart leap'S with joy at the soup(.^,..e ]mdQ of Britannia, her Sons, lag behind. Of wish from the Battle to -stay ? Ease thought, no the spirit of Briions remains. Its artiour still glows in each breast. Of Agincourt, Poictiels, and Cressy's fam'd plains. The glorious rcncwn is caress'*!. The THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 349 The Sons of those Heroes of old Ave advance, 'Tis (Jonquest or Death we demand ; But Providence surely will sniiie on the lance. That's liurl'd in defence of our land. Jf glory, if honour, ambition can raise. And lead to the strife of the held. The warrior who combats for fame's empty praise. And for this grasps the falchion and shield j JIow (piick should our bosoms the impulse invade. And swell evVy nerve to tlxi fight : For our country insulted, should glc^imi cv'ry blad-e. Her redress will our valour requite* To gain siich rev^ard let us instantly fly. Let us strive who the laurels ah-dl wear ; The. Providence ruling the regions on high. Will Patriots bless with his care. Tho' Switzerland, Italy, Holland have she\vri They could not their int'rests defend. To the universe Englislimen cry, " tho' alone We ne'er will to conquerors bend." Brave boys, -v/e have more to defend than them all, A King we respect and adore. Our laws and a Countrv, the first on the ball. For Liberty dwells on its shore : Her spirit she breathes into each British heart. She inspires us bravely to fight ; And Providence ne'er from our cause will depart. Which Justice proclaims in the right. !My Laura adieu, hark the drum calls to arins, With a smile check the tear that would flow ; For the battle I seek to secure me thy charms. To win thee my fairest I go. Oh fear not to lose me, should vict'ry entwine My brow whh her garland so fair. My heart will become more deserving of thine. The reward of each danger and care. But trust in that bountiful j)ower my love. Who may please to cond ict me to thee; ]( otherwise, in the glad mansions above My Laura oar iiieeting will be. L. INVA. 3iO THE AyTI-GALLICA^^ INVASION. AS when tempestuous winds the main tlcform. And low'ring douds foretell th' approacliing stormy, The undaunted irnirlncrs its fnrv dares. And, all collected, for tlie v/orst prepares ; So our brhve Islanders their valour shew ; And hate the th.reats of their insulting foe! Disdaining tear, tho' wrapp'd in big suspence, ^nd calndy planning measures of defence. Genius of Britain! high advance thy spear. And on the hoary cliffs thy sTkndard rear; Glory sits pcrch'd upon thy beaming crest. And fills with fortitude the patriot breast : While pleas'd remembrance, in bright honor's blazcy Presents to view the deeds of former davs. When on fiim'd Agincourt, and Cressv's field. Where vanquish'd Gaul dropp'd low her useless shieM, Our brave forefathers were with vict'ry crown 'd. And round their brows unfading laurels bound. Now when once more their banners are unfurl'd, Wiiose power of late disorgani/'d the world ; When dreaded war's discordant thunticrs roll. And vivid lightnings flash fl-om pole to \>o\c: Europe, indignant, turns her sick'ning eyes On hini from \vhom the kindling horrors rise.-- ^ <• In Gallia's upstart Chief, whose restless njind Would forge eternal fetters for mankind ; Who boasts to set the world from slav'r\ free. Yet dares expect that world to i>end the knee. And yield up ev'rv inde}>endent (daim To Freedom's blessing, the' in Freedom's name ; In him the t) rant of the Gallic race, Tlie peopled earrh the direful source may trace. Of woes that shall the bleeding bosom read Of meek humanity, sweet Nature's fricvid. In hosts unnumher'd let the slaves of France. Prompted by hope, t' wards Albion's shores advi-nce ^ Let the vain crew their Despot's call obev, And o'er the ocean urge their watVy way ; With golden dreams of vict'ry elate, Commit then)sehcs to an micextain fat^.— ^ n.f THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 551 The God of Armies can -.\lone secure The Warrior's fortune, ar.d make vengeance surej And who can tell ih' Omnipotent's decree Or dare exclaim — " This shall or shall not be ?" Who kno'.vs but Heaven the Corsican dcsign'd Its potent instrument to scourge mankind ? And with surround'ng state the war to wage. The stern chastiser of a sinking age? The soul, where Honor's genuine feelings glow. Would scorn to steal a covquest from a foe j And would regard success as a disgrace, W^hate'er the intention, if the means are base. Yet must the brave, howe'er they hate the theme. With Care a\oid a contrary extreme. Blind to the future, men too rashly dare Neglect to guard against the coming Avar ; The proud contempt with which they danger view. Makes conquest e:isy even to a few. Natives of Britain's w?.rlike Isle aris6 ; Exalt your flag iinperiul to the skies I In weil-ray'd cohorts seize the pointed lance. And hurl defiance to the power of France. No common cause now wages to the strife. The prize is Honor — Liberti/ — and Life ! Freedom and Bondage now before us stand, 1'he last a stranger to the English land ; Tiien while in Gallia's view the patriot host Undaunted stand, to guard their sea-girt coast. Loud let the shout thro' heaven's wide concave ring — • ** Our God i ouj; God ! our Country ! and our King !" Mot /lift sr Post. G, Buttler, THE DEVOTED AND VICTOHIOUS BRITISH SOEDTER. Bi" Mr. CouRTEXAY, M. l\ TO- battle let despots compel tlie poor slave. His country for him has no charms. But the voice of fair Freedom is heard by the bruve, And calls her own Britons to arms. Our Country, and King, may triumphantly rest Encircled by Loyalty's bands, Por the spirit oT Liberty glows in each breast. And her sword shall ne'er drop from our hands. In 352 THit ANTI-GALLICANi ; ,i 111 tlic bright race of glory Britannia still rurt?, ■ And her foes shall shrink back in despair j i "W'liat nation in valour can rival her arms, ; Or vie with the ciiarnis of her fair. How glorious to fall in youth's early bloom. For Britain life's joys to resign ; i llie voice of loud fame will be heard in each tomb,. i And our names be enroll'd in her shrine. | Kaise the song to the heroes of Freedom's proud isle, ,' While in strains of exultance we tell, i How the soldier's lov'd chief, by the blood-streaming Nil^, i Triumphantly conquer'd and fell. : Then, Britons, strike home — to the French on our shore^ > > Their Invincible standard display ; ^ By MoiRA array 'd, on their vain legions pour, j And rival fam'd Aboukir's da v. \ While proudly the banners of victory wave. The Soldier exultingly dies. The trophies of glory shine over his grave. And his spirit ascends to the skies* DEFIANCE TO THE CORSICAN- TO subdue the Armadas of France and of Spai^, Neptune gave us his Trident, as Lords of the Main; Bade our Cannon s dread thunder, in loud peals to roll. From the banks of the Thames to the furlhermost polej Then enroll, my brave lads! to chastise them, prepare. And the Corsican Tyrant may come, if he dare! Though by slaughter or threats, from the Elbe to the Po, With his iron and gold, he has silenced each foe ; Both his gold and his iron he soon shall see broke By tiie all-conqu'ring force, of our firm Hearts of Oak. Then arouse, my brave lads 1 their destruction prepare. And the Corsican Tyrant may come, if he dare! Not content with the blood, which in Europe he shed, Siiii he hop'd to advance, where the Nile hides his head. But Aboukir and Acre beheld his dismay — When defeated, he fled, and his fleet was our prey ; Then let Nelson, and Sidney new triumphs prepare. And the Corsican Tyrant nuiy come, if hs-darel Yet THE ANTI-G'ALLICAN, |>53 Yet agiiinst us, he vaunts, his base myriads to bring, , Who obey an Usurper, who murder d their Kmg; | impious wretches! in terror, who kiss the vile rod- Bur We fight for our Laws, for our King, and our God I j Let us all then, united, for battle prepare, | And the Corsican Tyrant may come, if he dare'. From their coasts, by the winds, should our navy be tossed, | And, in spite of our tars, should the Channel be crossed: | Frenchmen never our dear native land shall explore : — ; If not StJNK IN THE SeA, THEY SHALL DIE ON OUR SHORE! j See! already we march, and to crush them prepare; | Let the Corsican Tyrant then come, if he dare! j Of our wives, and our daughters, protecting the charms ; ! And our country defending, our cry is— *^ To arms 1" j To Blasphemers and Slaves, Britons never will yield, j For Religion s our Bulwark, and Freedom our Shield! j Our Invincible Banner then wave high in air, j And the Corsican Tyrant may come, if he dare! j i As a Comet descends, that has blazed from afar — j While he scatters around desolation, and war : ' So this merciless Despot, who makes the earth groan, | Let her wake from her trance, shall be hurled from his throne. j Wake then, Earth ! at our call— rise, our glory to share. And the Corsican. Tyrant o'erwhelm with despair! PATRIOTIC SONG. Tune, The Prince and Old England for ever, THE day. Fellow Soldiers, is nearly at hand, ; On which is suspended your own. And th8/a^id will always le ready, isfc. Yy s THE \56 THE ANTI-GALLICAX. THE BRITISH OAK. A SONG. THE Gods and the Goddesses once were Incliii'd To select each a tree, as best suited their mind ; Tlie myrtle, chose Venus — for the vine, Bacchus spoke — But Britannia, with eagerness, seized on the Oak. *' Tis an emblem," she said, " of my own darling isle. To the clime best adapted, as well as the soil. In virtue, %verth, character, both coincide — Thai, the chief of the wood — this, of nations, the pride. The Kmg, Lords, and Commons, fam'd union of threcj, What are they, but the heiid, trunk, and root of my tree? With the sap of pure freedom dlffus'd through each pore. Giving vigour and heakh to the heart's very core. As the wide-spreading branches luxuriant shoot, British commerce extends, yielding plenty of fruii. And my sons, like the bark, in appearance are rough. But within, fojm'd by nature of good solid stuff. Then with freedom and bravery, this honest band. Make Mercy and Loyalty go hand in hand ; — Kings and Princes dlra-es^'d, to.^ their bosoms shall flee. And be shelter'd by them, as Charles was by my tree. This likeness throughout will be found to pervade ; Britain's 'a.vs are the leaves, yielding shelter and shade. Of tier church, too, my oak as a type may be given. Deep-rooted in earth — ^but with head rais'd to heaven 5 Of this tree of my choice, Britons ever shall boast— And should foreign invaders dare threaten their coast. Wooden-walls she'll provide, a^ their bulwark by sea. And Neptuna hath promis'd their guardian to be. A brave race, call'd my tars, a peculiar tribe. Shall be nurs'd in my tree, and her nature imbibe. Undaunted shall they meet the enemy's stroke. And Nelsons and Thompsons be true hearts of oak. Though the dsemon of Discord should stalk through the world. And state after state into chaos be hurl'd — Though the blast of destruction should ravage the land. Like MY o-a-ic, 'midst the storm, firm, gre.\t britai:^ shall stand!" S. British Neptune. TIIE THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 35/ THE PEASANT OF NORMANDY. The IJncs under-written occurred from a circnmtance that renlly hap- pened of the Conscription-Soldiers stahhing a poor old ivonian who ivas praying theij would not take her son from her. The Jnan who stahbcd her with his bayonet was sentenced to he guillotined, but ivas afterwards pardoned lif the First Consul. HERE, on Domingo's scorcblng, acrid shore, Fiir from from a wife belo^■'(l, and children dear^ IVIy counlr3''s crimes and errors I de|)lore. While down my clieck fast flows the scalding tear. Can I forget the horror of that hour, When by Conscription rudely dragg'd awa\ ! Such were the orders of despotic pow'r; The Corsican commands ! — I must obey ! These hands with labour hard, toil'd to support A mother sunk with sickness and with age: ■ Ah! me! — her span of life, already short. Was finisn'd by a cruel soldier's rage. *' Die — Beldam — die," th' infernal villain said. While she, in vain, essay 'd to bless her son; Deep In her breast he sheath'd the fatal blade. And driv'n by madding fury dragg'd meon. Sorrows like mine must teach a foe to weep ; Ye gen'rous Britons! Freedom's Sons alone. Guard well your Monarch's Rights, that svslem keep; Nor copy what mistaken France has done. For ah ! I add to mis'ry's bitter woes Heart-felt remorse, at deeds I blush to tell. Too well, alas! this tortur'd bosom knows That peace of mind can never with it dwell. When virtuous Louis did a victim fall. How did my heart exult! — how shout my voice ! Now France, I cried, is free! her children allj O darling Liberty ! sweet Nature's choice 1 When Maria-Antoinette — peerless Queen, That beautious fair resign'd her feeling breath. Wretch that I was — more gay I ne'er was seen. Ne'er triumph'd more than in these scenes of death. Stern Robespierre soon shew'd me my mistake. Five hundred tyrants next in turn opprest. My wounded conscience smote — my heart would ake, Aud heave with sorrow, hard to be supprest. Last 35S THE A Nil -GALLIC AN, Last Bonaparte rami; in Mercy's dress. And seem'd of blood to check th' eftusion dirCj But, oh I beware ! — the wolf is wolf no less, Tho' for disguise he seeks the sheej)'s attire. Yet T seem'd happy — near I\07clles sweet seat. In humble pca< e mv little cottage rose; No other cares xnv labour would defeat. But fear to lose it — when the Despot chose. A plenteous harvest as I gather'd in. Half-bound my sheaves — my wife and children ga)-, — In rush'd the soldier— with malicious grin. They said *' 'tis honour calls — you surely will obey!'* Flow fast, ye tears! flow fast for my misdeeds. For these with anguish keen assail my mind j While for a tender wife my bosom bleeds, Mv children dear, and all I've left behind I A CONSCRIPT, JBrUish Neptune. JOHN BULL AND D^ CTOR FRENCH. JOHN BULL was once sick, or he thought himself so. Some people have whimsical fancies you know ; He muttcr'd and murmur'd throughout the long day. Seeming rather to court than to drive care away ; Now taxes perplex— then the high price of beef, Dull weather — the Stocks— serve as food to his grief: Tho' talents he had both for humour,, and glee. His stars so ovdain'd, tliat a grumbler was he. Two Sisters had John, who his friendship possest. One dwelt in the North, and one hv'd in the West, Who chose, being each of them wond'rous wise. Their Brother to caution, instruct, and advise; But distant apart all could not be exprest. At least with that poiut that it should be addrest; So the Sisters embark'd and to England they came. Where Arts, Arms, and Beauty, are well known to Fame, The hr\ Northern Lassie her theme first began, «' Out awa, what the de"el is it ails you geud man; You've siller enow, with full sacks in the barn, Muckle store in the house, then why all this concern? Sic a loon ne'er was seen, ken you weel, nay tis sure. You cause your own sel half the ills you endure; T'oiVi-i half some geud cheild may remove in a trice. Consult PocTOR FRiiNCH, and respect his advice-" Scarce Times. THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 359 Scarce had she thus said to the purpose so clear. When fresh from the West her fair Sister drew near, Crying, " Arragh, now Brother, why take so much pains For nothing at all but to bodder your brains: To be sure I don't know what the matter should be. Fait and trot you are hip'd, be persuaded by me; F"or the great Doctor French let me instantly run. He'll kill — I mane cure 3'ou, as sure as a gun." With some hesitation John Bull thus replied, *' What you wish me to do is but seldom denied; Dear Sisters I love you, and this very day Will prove my regard for what both of you say: 'Tis needless, I think, after this to say more, Ouly when the flim'd Doctor shall come to my door. By the most tempting Sirloin in England, I swear. For his cordial reception I soon will prepare." Doctor French was call'd In, and his strictures among Told John, that his system was all in the wrong; That his whole Constitution, from long wear and tear. Required strong means to produce a repair. *' Be gar you must purge vid my pill, and indeed, Bevar much biister'd — mean time I vil bleed: So ril send you de leech, d;it vil suck var deep; But first Monsieur Bull I must lull you to sleep." Thus far things went on, wlien this impudent quack Attempted to throw honest John on his back: W^ho, rous'd to resistance, and using his strength. Gave the Doctor a sudden sit dovv^n at full length : Then turning to Moggy and Kathlene, he said, *' Behold where Death's principal Agent is laid," Now let us ail sing — " While united and free. No more Doctor French, or French Doctors for me." P. J. M, A FIG FOR THE GRAND BONAPARTE. TUNE—" O, the Roast Beef of Old England:' SINCE our Harry's and Ned's three to one we are told, Beat the Frenchmen upon their own dunghill of old. Why should we not now boys, as brave and as bold. Sing a fg for the grand Bonaparte, ^'Ij^'sfor t^ie grand Bonaparte What 360 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. "What th.o' since a new Grand Monarque ihcy h^sxQfoimdi He has hulhed and plunder'd the Nations all rovnid. He ne'er fairly met Freemen upon their own groui'id, Then a Jig for the grand Bonaparle, &C» Tho' he has robbVi the Pope's church, and the Dutchman's strong bojf^ And skinn'd all the fiints on poor Switzerland's rocks. Let him get nothing here^ boys, excepting hard knocks. Sing afg, kc. >Jo — in vain has he cast his thief's eye on our pelf, We will put it on Freedom and V' alour's high shelf, If he gets it he must be the Devil himself, Bui a Jig, Sec. If the Devil he be^-give the Devil his due. Would the fiend that in cold blood his prisoners slew. And poison'd his own slaves, be kinder to you ? . Bid afg, &c. Will ve figlU then like men for your sweethearts and wives ? For vour country — your honour — your freedom — your lives ; Or lay bare your sheep's throats to the French butcher's knives No — a fg, Sec, For our rich he's to bring over thumbscrews and racks. For our poor, wooden shoe's, and a v^hip for their backs. To make them like asses drudge under his packs. But a fg, Sec, Sure each Briton must feel in his veins the blood boil. At a menace like this, to our free, liappy soil. Then to arms, bovs, and doubt not the braggart to foil, Afg, &c. S!\ould he 'scape Smith at sca—he fled from him on shore- He 11 fmd ready to beat him whene'er he gets o'er. Those wlio beat his In\ incible army before. So a fg, &:e. Can the wretcli who has every god worshipped, but GOD, Be icivour'd of heaven, unless as its rod? Let's not leave him till on lijs proud neck we have trod. Then afg, &c. Oh, Britons, beware, how again ye endirace Him who struck at your heart while he suul'd in your face. No, drub him first soundly, before you shew grace, Afg, S:c. Then let's join hand and heart round our Senate and Throne, W' ith an ardour to slaves and to tyrants unknown. And they'll not threaten our coast, but look to their o^vn. Sing, afg for the grand Bonaparte, Afg for the grand Bonaparte. Scorn THE ANTI-GALLICAN. S6i SCORN BBITANJSflA, SCORN THE SLAVES, Britons still shall rule the waves. Tune, '" Rule Brilannia,''* WAKE! Britons wake r To Arms! Tx> Arms! Wit]-. Freedom fix'd to stand or fall! Hurl! Hurl! in. thunder his alarms , Back on the Tyrant-Chief of Gaul. Scorn Britannia, Scorn the Slaves^ Britons still shall rule the waves. What, shall we FEAR the braggart race. Our Kings, nay. Queens so oft have beat>, 'Or Him who lately with disgrace. From us at Acre made retreat? Sconi Britati?iiag &c« Yet Britons let us not despise This wily, fierce, rapacious foe; With equal skill and courage rise. Be quick- to fire, but level low„ Scorn Britannia, ^c, iih valoi\r! No — His numbers tame The poor, unhapp}', gallant Swiss— The Dutch, the Italian, woe and shame He wrought, like Judas, with a kiss. Scorn Britannia^ fe'c. Through every palace, 'every cot, The friends of death, lust, rapine, flew. And this would be our dreadful lot Were Britons to themselves untrue. Scorn Briiannia, ©*(]f}Jt Your conquering Jlag unfurl. The cross victorious wave o)t. high And veng,ef(l thunder hurl. LINES, JVntfen on a hlank leaf of a Ilisrorit of the French ReDolution, during the late struggle for Freedom, in Switzerhmd, I hate mock Freedom's frantic noise^ Her canting, philanthropic voice. Those crocodile effusions ! Practis'd upon the Rights of Man, By every Gallic Charlatan With magical delusions. Amid the necromantic glare. Deceit conceals a hidden snare, Envelop'd deep in gloom ; Proscriptions, dungeons, and the cord. The axe, the dagger, and the sword, A Royal Martyr's tomb ! While hearts shall beat, and tears shaji flow^ For public wrong, and private woe. We weep those savage crimes : Thy brood, atrocious France ! alone. Before unheard of, and unknown, Reserv'd for modern times. Cresar's anibition, Nero's wrath, Marius, and Syllas \vorks of death. Their blush of guilt turns pale, B<-fore the sanguinary blaze, Tnat crimsons thy degeneraic days. And stains thy coat of mail. * In vain the nations have cotiipk'd her fall, Her trench the' sea, aiid fle-ti her floa'ing wall. Thousands THE ANTI-GALLICAX. 367 Thousands m horrid caverns pine. Or crnsh'd in pits then- breath resign. Or sink beneath the wave J Blown from the cannon thousands fly: Are these the fruits of Hberty, Or, deeds that mark the brave? When nations, independent, free. By arms subdued, must bend the knee. Thy pride, and povyer, to swell ; Sure Heaven in wrath shall l)last the deed. And launch the frc^dom-fealher'd reed. That flew from \A'illiam Tell. Ye powers ! from your- unerring hand. To that devoted, guilty land. Where Freedom bleeding lies j Direct the patrielic dart. And lodge it in the monster's heart. Who scorns -her tears and sighs. Avenge a murder'd Monarcli's catise. And F.urope's violated laws, The world to peace restore ; Ambition, treachery, fraud, and spoil. May vengeance grasp tliem in his toil, — Their reign of blood be o'er. British Neptune, BRITAIN'S WAR-SONG. SOUXD the startling trump of battle. Bid the c-rimsond banner ^\■.ave ; Bid the cannons thundcrliii: r.ittle Wake to war the Good and Brave. Britons to arms ! Drunk with blood, whh conquer, daring, See yon rav'ning hordes advance j Albion's ruin hear them swearing, Crush'd, enslav'd, by slavish France. Britons to arms ! Sons of Freedom, Sons of Glory! • Shall they, shall they threat and live > Vengeance waits them, grim and gory j Vengeance such as Heroes give! Britons to arms I Ouenchless through the peace of ages. Brooding o'er these blissful plains, High the ilame of Valour rages^ Boils the blood in British veins. Britons to arms ! Idly, spoilers, have ye vaunted; Firm our Patriot Legions stand j Hands united, hearts undaunted. Guardians of their native land. Britons to arms t ]M(:>ihers, virgins, calm and tearless Hear the trumpet's loud alarms ! Know, that Britons, free and fearless. Dare defy the World in arms. Britons to arms I JNADbPiESS TO A SHILLING, WKICH THE AUTHOR GAVE TO THE SUB- SCiinniON FOR THE SUP^ POliT OF HIS COUNTRY. GO forth, my mite ! and join the heap. That Loyalty bestows ; Go guaid our coast, go rule the deep. And thunder on our foes. Be. iiot abash'd — resign thy fear. That weak and poor thou art ; 'Twas honest labour brought thee here. And freedom bids us part. Go forth — and when ami Lest thy prediction should prove tm^. And Bonaparte his ]:)rc»iect rue, JFellput it off till Ma!/" BRITANNIA, EMPPvESS OF THE SEA. Tune.— ^'* Rule Britannia.^' ON snowy wings angelic Peace, To bless the world tlelig'nted came 5 She bad discordant tumults cease. And cherish'd Friendship's dying flame. CHORUS. jlnd p/rat Britannia, favnte of th¥ skies. Knew how to estimate the prize. Now Gallic breasts, by envy own'd, To curb her glory and renown. Have hateful war again enthron'd. And redemand the Tyrant's frown. But famd Britanniuy mistress of tli?. 7ravesy Despises threats from aljcct slaves. Her fleets already dare the main. Their flags triumj)hant o'er it swell i Th.e noblest freedom 10 maintain. Whose loss \tt poor Helvetia tell, Ghrioiis Britannia, lilcrty-is thinC'^ And ever round thy throne shall shine^, Oh ! union fill each British heart ; When nerv'd by thee we matchless stand. To execute the grateful part. Defence of King, of laws, and lahd. Britons resolo'd, Britannia still shall he, Vnrivaird Empress of the seat THE NUMBER XI.. O D E. % Dr. GEORGE SHAjr. jTlilGH where yon rock aspiring towers, Britain, thy holy guardian stands. First his prophetic prayer he poiirs, ^rhen views with lofty scorn thy foe's audacious bands. O Thou, by whorii the chosen race With feet v.nwetted pass'd the sand. While wat'ry walls around them hung. Upheld by Thy all-powerful hand j ' Guard v/ith Thy shield Britannia's patriot train^ Or whelm yon fifercer Pharaoh in the main I Eager to meet the fiend of France, See Britain's fiery sons advance; Tyrant, avauut ! no land of slaves Before thy haggard glance appears ; No sad Egyptian race to stoop. And shed unpitied tears. In this green isle's protected gfound ; Heav'n spreads its choicest sweets around. *rhere Liberty in triumph reigns. Fresh as the verdure of the plains. . Ko tribes like thine unlialiovv''d must intrude^ Or welter round her sea-girt coast, and tinge tjie waves with blood» View on her shores yon ptoud arrays And measure back thy wat'ry way ; O'er crowds of slaves, a fell usurper, reigri. While ruin'd-millidns gnaw the 'galling chaia". Vol. 1, -8 A 37© THE AXTI-G ALLICAN',, Monster! by Heaven's mysterious will, Perchance one fatal glory waits thee still: Than fits thy crimes a brighter destinv! To frJl on England's shore! by British hands to die! See o'er the gloomy tyrant's face ^The yellow paleness paler grow ! See, thro' the change of mad despair. Yon cheek assumes a feeble glow ! Tis done! — thy doom is seal'd; thy race is runj Thy laurels blasted, and thy trophies gone! Thus may Ambition's sons accurs'd For ever fall and die; Thus Britain's sons for ever guard Their land of Liberty ! INSTRUCTIONS Tor the conduct of Volunteers dur- ing Invasion; extracted from the Regimental Orders, issued hy Lieut. Col. Hope, to the first regiment of Hoyal Edinhurgh Volunteers. IN the view of the regiment being called into actual service, the Lieute- nant Colonel thinks it necessary to issue ©rders applicable to that event. — As it is the first duty of a commanding officer to attend to the health of those under his charge, the Lieutenant-Colonel assures the regiment, that he will not permit a single gentleman, officer, or private, to march out of Edinburgh on service, unless he is provided with a flannel under-dress. This is at all times the best clothing for a soldier; but for a winter campaign, in such a climate as this, and with constitutions not ac- customed to hardships, it is essentially necessary, and on no account to be dispensed with. In this' regiment, the officers cannot be permitted to have any indulgences or accommodation beyond the privates. They aiust therefore march Avith their whole baggage on their backs, of which the Lieutenant-Colonel shall set the example, never mounting his horse, but for the purpose of command. In camp or quarters no distinction of tents or rooms will be permitted. Officers and privates must fare alike, but the officers will mess together, as it will give opportunhies, not otherwise to be easily obtained, of conversing on many- points of regimeutal duty. The horses, which by the King's regulations, are allowed to the officers, will be appropriated to general purposes. The only exception to this is to be in favour of the chaplain, adjutant, and surgeons. Every officer and private, therefore, W'ill immediately provide himself with the following articles, and keep them constantly packed up in the neatest and most compact manner. 1 Worsted or flannel night-cap to tie under the chin. 2 Flannel undcrwaistcoats, with sleeves, or at least half sleeves to the elbows, and to come well down over the loins. 2 Pair of flannel drawers. 2 Paif THE ANTI-GALLICAN". 371 ancle socks. 2 Pair of strong shoes, [One of these to be on the body, and the other in the knapsack.] 1 Pair of worsted gloves. 1 Good warm blanket — one blanket easily covers two men, and to be so used, if the cold requires it. Comb, brush, and implenjcnts for shaving, but as few as possible. A piece of pipe clay and blacking ball. A few needles, and worsted and thread. Each gentleman may also bring with him his ordinary great coat, as the blan- ket renders it le5s necessary to have proper watch coats. Each officer and private will also provide himself, and repair lo the alarm post (on the north side of St. Andrew's Square, unless differently ordered), with lour pound and a half of biscuit or bread. Haversacks, canteens, camp kettles, and bill-hooks, are to be issued to the regiment from the King's stores. Knapsacks will be furnished out of tlie jregimental fund. On halting for the da}*' or night, the Lieutenant Colonel earnestly recom- mends, that no gentleman shall lie down to sleep while w?.rm, or with wet feet — but, however fatigued, always to take time to cool gradually, and to put on his dry stockings and shoes. In case of being very wet, it is highly use- ful to rub the body and limbs with spirits, warm if possible, taking at the same time a mouthful, and not more, inwardly, diluted with warm water. If to be had. Gentlemen will see the propriety of not taking too much money with them. One or two guineas at most, part in silver, will be suf- ficient. As to the field, the Lieutenant- Colonel has little to say. Much will 3, be expected by their country from such a regiment. The Lieutenant-Colonel has no anxiety on the subject, except from its impetuosity. If the regiment were acting singly against another small body, this might produce no bad effect. — But acting in combination with other troops, perhaps in the centre of a line or chain of posts, all movements must be relative, and by rushing forward prematurely, the line may be broken, other regiments or posts exposed to be taken in flank, and the whole plans of the Commander disconcerted, by the necessity of supporting a body which has improperly pushed forward, or re- inforcing the post it has quitted. The regiment, therefore, will recollect, that true courage consists as much in suffer- ing as in acting — as much, or more, in coolly facing danger, as in furiously rushing on it. There is little probability that the General will allow young and high spirited troops to be long galled by distant fire. The regiment may be assured, that tliey will be allowed to close with the enemy, whenever it caa be done to advantage. Whenever that moment conies, the Lieutenant-Colonel reminds the regi*- meat of the instructions he has been inculcating pn them at drill, to make their charge with the utmost steadiness and precision, so that all parts of the line, by coming in contact with the enemy at the same instant, may sup- port one another. The leading com- pany will take care not to hurry toQ much, but to carry on the line, so that each individual may preserve the entirtt command of his person ; that he nuiy be able freely to use his bavonet^ not only to thrust, but to parry. . If the charge is made with too greajr rapidity, the line will be broke, one part of the regiment will be cut to pieces before another cyoics up, and the whole v/ill '^ 5 ' yu?H 372 THE ATsTI-GALLICAN. rush on certain destruction; whereas, if the charge is made steadily and cor- rectly, the superior strength and im- petus of this regiment must bear down tvhatever is in its way. If the force of the enemy, in im- mediate contact with this regiment, be broken, the pursuit is by no means to be made without orders. It may be necessary to wheel to the right or left to support other parts of the line. In firing, the regiment will see the folly and danger of firing at random. If their fire is ineffectual, they may as well stand to be shot at with ordered arms. Every individual must take a steady aim, so as to be certain that his shot will take place in some part of the platoon opposite to hion. If the smoke prevents the regiment from seeing the enemy's line distictly, they will always see the flash from the muzzles of their muskets, by which the regiment can direct its own fire. In short, let the object rather be to keep up a well- directed, than a very quick fire — always remembering, that as little time be lost in loading as possible. It will be the business of the supernumerary rank in the rear to look over the shoulders of the ranks in front, and to correct any CHor in the aim. When prisoners are taken they are to be immediately disarmed and passed to the rear. If the regiment (which is not likely) should be charged in front by cavalry, they will on no account fire till ordered, and then only the two front ranks; the front rank taking aim at the horses, and the centre rank at the men. If the fire is reversal, and then given, within a few yardsj in the faces of the cavalry, one half will drop, and the horses, in all probability, will carry the other half to the right about; — and, at all events, if the ivsgirnent will only receive them steadily, without breaking, thougli the whole may be overthrown, very few v/ill be killed or hurt. Receiving a charge from cavalry, each rank will charge their bayonets,' One over the other. The supernumerary rank to close well up to the' rear, so that the cavalry may have no time to make a cut at them. Should the regiment be drawn up on a beach to oppose the landing of the enemy, it will probably be ordered to reserve its fire — as the horizontal fire of musquetry, against men well covered in boats, must be very ineffectual. la such cases, it is only cannon which can play on tlie enemy with effect. — The battalion, therefore, will reser^•e its fire till the boats take the ground, when each officer commanding a platoon will pour in his fire on the boat opposite to him, at the instant the enemy oppose themselves, by rising up in the boat in order to leap on shore — a well-directed fire against men so huddled together must be destructive, and the battalion will instandy give them the bayonet, before they have time to form and re- co\ er from their confusion. It is hardly possible that any troops can withstand this mode of attack; whereas, if met only by a disUmt fire from the heights, they will sufier little — will inftdlibly land and form, and press on with all the spirit and advantage which usually attend the assailants. This was pre- cisely the error which the French com- mitted, when opposing the landing of our troops in Egypt. Should the boats of the enemy be fitted with guns in their bows, thq battalion will endeavour to shelter itself behind sand-hills, w^alls, or broken ground, while the enemy pull for the shore; and it will not be advanced to the beach, till the boats are nearly agroundj when, of course, the enemy caimot THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 373 cannot give above'one discharge of their guns, which becoming useless the moment they attempt to land, the regi- ment uill attack them as already di- rected. Adhering to these hints— steadily obeying orders, restraining impetuosity, and fighting n-ith the cool determined courage of their native minds, instead of imitating the intoxicated and blind fury of their enemy, and, above all, calling on the God of Battles to aid them in the preservation of those bles- sings which He has conferred upon them, this regimefit may hope to render essential service, and to merit a large share of that glory which shall be ac- quired by all the forces of their country, in repelling the threatened Invasion. ]By order of the Commanding Officer, Bain Whyt, Capt. and .\dj. IstKegt. R. E.V. WARNING TO BRITONS; Or a faint dcscripliGn of the lar-. barities, rapacUics, (aid cruellies comm'illed ly the French, in those Countries which they have entered, either as friends or foes, ITALY. IN 1796, Bonaparte, at the head of a numerous French army, invaded Italy, declaring to the people, that he came as their friend and their brother, to deliver them from taxes and slavery, and promising them safety for their persons, security for their property, resp?ct for their laws, and reverence for their religion. They listened, they believed j they threw open their gates, thev laid down their arms, they received the Gallic Serpent to their bosom ! and fatal indeed were the effects of their credulity ! His reverence for their religion lie di^pl^yed by giving up all their places of worship to indiscriminate plunder, and by defiling ihcm witk every species of sacrilege ; his respect for their laws was eviwced, not only by the abrogation of those laws, but by the arbitrary enforcements of an un-- conditional submission to the mandates of himself and his generals ; the security which he promised to their property was exhibited in, enormous contribu- tions, in the seizure of all public fundsi, as ^^•ell as ihose of every charitable foundation, not excepting schools, ho.spitids, or any other resource for the support of the poor, the aged an4 the helpless ; and as to the persons of the unibrtunate jicople, he provided for their safety by laying the whole country under the severest military execution; by giving up their towns and villages (o fire and sword, and by exposing the inhabitants to be pillaged and murdered by his rapacious and inhuman soldiers, vviiom he authorized and even ordered to shoot every man that attempted to resist them, whatever might be the crimes in which they were engaged. E G Y P T, Bo AN PARTE invaded Egypt, where he repeated his promises to respect religion, property, and persons; and where, the more effectually to disguise his pur- poses, he issued a proclamation, de- claring himself and his army to be true Mahometans ; and boasting of liaving made war upon the Christians, and d'.'stroyed their religion. One of his first deeds, after this act of apostacy, v/as to massacre almost all the inhabi- tants of the populous city of Alexandria. ** The people," says one of his generals, *' betake themselves to their Prophet, and fill their mosques j but men and womenj old and young, and even babes at the breast, are all massacred 1" Some time after this sanguinary transaction, Bonaparte, having made prisoners of three 374 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. three thousand eight hundred Turks, in the fortress of Jaffa, and wishing to relieve himself from the trouble and expence of guarding and supporting them, ordered them to be marched to an open place, where part of his army fired on them with musketry and grope shot, stabbing and cutting to death the lew who escaped the fire, while he himself looked on and rejoiced at the horrid scene. Nor were his cruelties, while in Egypt, confined to those whom he called his enemies i for -Ending his hospitals at Jaffa crowded with sick soldiers, and desiring to disencumber himself of them, he ordered one of his physicians to destroy them by poison ; the pbvsician refused to obey ; but an apothecary was found willing to per- petrate the deed ; opium was mixed with the food, and thus five hundred and eighty Frenchmen perished by the order of the General, under whose banners they had fought ; by the order of that very man, to whose despotic sway the whole French nation now patiently submit. Let them so submit j hut let us not think of such shameful, such degrading submission. Such was the treatment which the erountry experienced under Bonai)arte, But when he had disgracefully fled from the land which he had thus ravaged, fleeced and scourged, his vile ftrmv still continued to commit those abominable excesses which had marked their progress in every country ^o un- fortunate as to fall under their tyranny. The following extract from a book, written by the desire of, and dedicated to, Bonaparte, sufficiently speaks for itself: — *'Tb,e fate of the people for whose happiness we no doubt came to Egypt, was iiO_ belter. If, at our ap- proach, terror made ihcm leave their houses, they found, cri their return, nothing but the mud of which the walls were composed : utensils, ploughs, gates, roofs, every thing served to boil our soup ; their pots were broken, their grainwa?; eaten, their fov.h and pigeons roasted, and nothingwas left but the car- cases of their dogs, when they defended the property of their masters. If we remained in their villages the wretches were summoned to return, under pain of being treated as rebels, and, in con- sequence, doubly taxed ; and when they yielded to these menaces, and came to pav their tax, it sometimes happisnerl that from their great number, they were taken for a body of revolters, their sticks for arms, and tliCy received some dis- charges of musketry before there was time for explaining the mastake ; the dead were interred, and we remained friends till a safe opportunity for revengQ occured," SfriTZERLAND. In Switzerland, where high rank and great riches were unknown, where men were nearest upon an equality than m any other country in the world ; in a, country having no commerce, scarcchj any inanufacturcr^ and possessing few of the sources of wealth and distinc- tion ; a country of shepherds and labourers ; a country which might be trulv said to contain a nation of poor men ; in such a counfry to cry *^ \^'ar to Palaces" seemed useless and absurd. Yet did the French find a pretext for war with this poor and harn^.less race^ and for invading and laying v/aste their territory. After having, by means of an armi- stice, joined to the most solemn pro- mise of respect for persons and property, lulled the people into a state of Ima- ginary security, the armistice was broken, and the French pushed on their forces, v,-hen those of the Swiss were dispersed. Resistance on the part of the THE ANTI-GALLIOAN. 375 tlie latter, ivhose numbers did not amount to a tenth of those of their flagitious enemy, now became hopeless : and though the httle army was brave, though the people were faithful and active, though the last battle was long, obstinate and bloody; though the Swiss achieved wonders, and though the women fought by the sides of their husbands, inciting them to victory or death, all was in vain ! Hundreds and thousands perished by the sabres of the French, and while the earth was strewed with their dead bedies, and while the flames ascended from the once liappy dwellings of this valiant and innocent people, the hard-earned and long preserved liberties of Switzer- land expired. HOLLAND, When the French Armies entered the territories of Holland, her motto was, ** War to the Palace, but Peace to the Cottage." Thev came to deliver tlie people from tl\eir rulers, and from the burthens which those rulers itnposcd. The Dutch, like the Ital- ;n ear to their artful and peri.. . Jii- rations, believing that their cottages •would be spared, and careless ~of the fate of the pahce. But, alas I they soon found, that French rapacity, like the hail and the thunder, fell alike on the thatched rocf and the gilded doom. The palaces once seized on, the cottages soon follov.'cd; while all those who were found in the intermediate space, the merchants, the manufacturer, the farmer and the tradesman, were sunk in tlie common ruin : happy, if by the loss of their property, they had the good fur- tune to preserve their lives I These miserable beings possess no- thing of their own; they can acquire nothing with the hope of enjoying or bec^ueathing it; they can make no pro- vision for the weakness of disease, the feebleness of old age, or the helpless- ness of infancy; they are the mere political drudges of a hard-hearted ty- rant, who sutlers them to live only while their labours administer to his projects of ambition, and who, when his pur- poses demand it, puts an end at once t^ their toils and their existence. GERMANY. The invasions of this country were attended with crimes too atrocious to be credited, w^ere they not proved by in- disputable evidence, and did they not accord with the general practice of the inhuman wretches by whom they were committed. In adverting to these de- testable acts of oppression and cruelty, we must recollect, that they were per- petrated upon a people who had matk no resistance of any sort against th-e invaders, aud who, in every instance, had entered into an agreement with the French Generals, to pay them great sums of money, in order to preserve their country from plunder. In con- ccqiieiioc of liic ransom thus wrung from the people, the invaders declared, by public proclamation, that the person* and property of the inhabitants shordd be strictly rt;=i)ectcd; and that their rights, usages, lavvS and religion, should remain inviolate and undisturbed. On thess assurances, thus solemnly made, the credulous people all implicitiv re- lied, while sotne of the poorer classea regarded tlie French, not as enemies, but as their deliverers from taxes and labour. No sooner had the invasion taken place, no sooner had the French become niasters of the Corntry, than they spread themselves over it like beasts of prey, devouring and destroying every thing before them. They spared neither cities nor tovvus, neither villages not hamlets, nor solitary houses; from the church ^ra TII fe ANTI-GALLfCA^- church to the cell, fioin the castle to the cottage, no state of life, hosvevef rofiy, or hovv'ever humble, escaped their rapacious assaults ^ no sanctity escaped tiieir veneration; rio grandeur their re- »pect ; no misery their forbearance or their pity. After having plundered the hoiises of the gentry, the clergy, and the tradesman 3 after having pillaged the shops, warehouses and manufactories, they proceeded to the flirni-houses and cottages, they rifled the pockets and chests of tfie inhabitants, cut open tlieir beds, took up the floors of the rooms, dug up their cellars, searched the newly made graves, and broke open the coffins, in hopes of finding secreted money. They sometimes threatened people with immediate death, sometimes put them to the torture, sometimes lacerated and crippled them, in order to ■tearing from them a discovery of their little pittance of ready money. The deepest and most apparent poverty was BO protection against their rapacity; grey hairs and lisping infancy, the sick, tlie (lying, women in child bed, were alikeexposed to the mosi inhuman treat- ment; dragged from their beds, kicked^ wounded, and frequently killed, under the pretence that they were the keepers of secreted treasure. The tcatns and flocks, cattle of every kind, the niau- rauders drove off, cut to pieces on the spot, or left in a state of mutilation; corn, hay and straw, they wasted or burnt! they demolished thehoushold furniture; destroyed the utensils of the dairies, the barns and the stabk's; tore clown the gates; levelled the fenceSi In many places they strijjped the clothes from the backs of the people, set their Uquor flowing in the cellar, burnt their provisions to ashes. The churches, whether Romish or Protestant, they Tendered a scene of indiscriminate rob- bery, of sacrilege and blasphemy, too shocking to describe. Towards won-jeU of all ages and all conditions, they were guilty of brutality never before heard of: neither extitme youth nor extreme age; neither weakness nor deformity, nor the most loathsome diseases; neither the pangs of labour nor the agonies of death Could restrain them; shrieks, tears^. supplications, vv-ere- of no avail; and where fathers, husbands or brothers interfered, murder seldom foiled to close the horrible scene. Such are the barbarities which have b^en inflicted on other nations. The recollection of them will never be effaced ; the melaricholy story will be handed down from generation to gene- ration, to the everlasting infamy of the Republicans of France, and as an awful warning to all those nations whom they may hereafter attempt to invade. We are one of those nations; we are the people whom they are now preparing to invade; awful, indeed, is the warning, and, if we despise it, tremendous will be the judgment! J"ORMIDABLE SITUATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AT THIS DAY. jTn the midst of the immense pre- parations that are hourly making to resist the attack of France, that cir- cumstance which deserves most con- sideration, is the order and regularity with which they are conducted, and the devotion expressed by all men and ail parties to the cause of their country. Every class of society seems unanim- ously to correspond in one idea. This idea is to fix their chief attention upon the necessity of suspending the pro- secution of all avocations interfering with the great duty of national defence^ and THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 37? 6n(! of sacrlfiGing to that alone the pursuit of every other species of bu- siness, howt'ver lucrative, however tempting. It is not certainly a com- mon effort of resolution, that has brought forward the prodigious num- bers, that are now vying with each other who shall produce the noblest exertions, for the service and honour of the state. Since the celebrated trans- actions that took place at Rome, dur- ing the second Punic War, when, after the defeat of tlie Romans at the battle of CannK, where seventy thou- sand of their bravest men were slain, all orders of citizens determined to bury themselves under the ruins of Rome, rather than yield to the enemy. No pre'cedents of national resolution have equalled those that are now dis- played in every part of Great Britain. It was not surprising, that :•. people wholly devoted to arms, hardly con- versant in any other occupation; a hatiorr, in short, composed entirely of Soldiers, should ,come to a determina- tion to perish sooner than submit to a conqueror. Such were the Romans : inured from their infancy to all the hardships of a military life, and bred up to suller all manner of toil» and to ■encounter "every description of danger, it would have been inconsistent with their character, to act otherwise than thev did. But in a country like Great Britain, inhabited by a nation used from childhood to plenty and ease, and educated in the arts of peace, nothing can prove more demonstratively the native elevation of soul with which they are endowed, than the readiness they have exhibited, in renouncing at once all their habitual pursuits, and giving up every gratification, not only without reluctance, but with as much alacrity, as if the greatest emoluments that usually attract the cupility of YOL. I. 3 mrmkind were set before their eyes. The trutli is, that the prj-ervation of the British name from disgrace, and of the rink and dignity which their courl- try has enjoyed during so many ages, is an allurement that has at all times attracted them more powerfully than any other. Every circumstance and transaction of social life, whether of a serious or a pleasurable nature, is ac- cordingly at this critical season, con- verted to the furtherance of that pur- pose. The importance of it occuj)ies all their attention, and has absorbed those various objects that previously employed a people, whose active turn of mind led them continually into every species of exertion, both of body and intellect. Instead of dedicating their time to that multiplicity of em- ployments, arising from commercial speculations, and from a long and pros- perous application to the arts of in- dustry, they listen only to the call of national honour; laying cheerfully aside all other business, as secondary and adventitious; or rendering it con- ducive to the great and capital end they have now in view — the resistance and overthrow of the enemy. This now engrosses all their thoughts, and oc- cupies all their ingenuity. The divers instances of useful discoveries and in- ventions daily produced by men of talents> in many parts of the land, fully countenance the persuasion of those who have carefully examined the genius of the natives of Britain ; which is^ that though they are super-eminent in adopting and Improving whatever comes from abroad, they are also hardly at all less excellent In the pro* duction of original proofs of an in- ventive disposition. The daily papers swarm in a manner Vv'Ith advertisements, that shew the creative talents of many of our countrymen. We hear, from B almost srft %HE ANTI-GALLICAm almost c^'cry port, of new devices in the maritime department, far superior to those that are brougiit forward in foreign parts, where the desire of serv- ing our enemies, or rather the fear of displeasing them, sets all heads aiid hands at work to that intent. France, with all the genius ascribed to her for novelty of contrivance, and all the helps she constantly receives ircia those tvhom she holds in subjection, has not yet been able to equal either the art or the solidity, of the multifarious con- trivances, which tiie indefotigable in- dustry of our people is incessantly framing for the the public service, by faa or by land. ADDRESS Xo the Farmers, and Brave Inhalit- unts of the Weald of Sussex. *'■ Countrymen, <* IN the invasion with which Eng- liind is threatened, the enemy intend jKarching, in two columns, through OUR COUNTY, not from choice, for thev certainly would wish to avoid our gtrong wooded positions of defence, but that they cannot otherwise move tip to the capital, without taking a road too long to enable these columns to co-operate with those they propose to march there, through Suffolk and Essex— Many of you, I know, do not believe this invasion v/ill take place, and many who do believe it, from the nature of their business, think they cannot spare the time necessary to enable them to j oin the volunteer corps, which are forming in their neighbour- hood. To these two classes I par- ticularly address myself, being con- Tinced that these opinions will, shortly, by the appearance of the enemy, be removed j and that then every one will Strive who shall most distress him, and who shall best do his duty to his countvv To point out the ready mode- -JL so doing, in your power, is my intention. Each, then, of you lose no time in buying a stock of powder, and lead sufficient to make balls or slugs for 20 or SO discharges of yOur fowling- pieces : make these slugs immediately, and then lay them in a bag, with half a dozen Hints, a turnscrew, and a pricker. Clean your gun, and see that the lock does its duty, and koep it so. Learn the range of the sliot, try it at 100, 150, 200, and 250 yards, and en- deavour to fix these distances in your eye.' — x\ppoint some particular waggon, and driver to earry away your family, and make him acquainted with the road by which he is to move, .avoiding the turnpike as much as possible, as otherwise the march of the troops tO" wards the enemy will either be im- peded, or it may prevent the removal. Name persons to drive off your horses and cattle; horses being of most service to the enemy, must be moved first, oxen next, and sheep last. Should a party of the enemy be moving in such a direction as to mi^ke it doubtful you will be able to carrjr off your horses, fail not to kill them. Kecoilect that Government will pay amply for every thing destroyed ; and that if you do your utmost to distress the enemy, vou will be paid even for a broken plate. — The enemy will generally move bv night, more j)articularly of a stormy one. If )0u believe him within ten or twelve miles of you, and you have not left your house (of course your cattle have been moved on the first alarm), place a person to watch on the road betwixt you and him, at such a dis- tance, as to give you notice, in time, of the approach of any of the parties. In this case set fire to your barn or stack yard, which will point out their situation to the Kingi troops, and be ^e THK ANTI-GALT.ICAN. z:9 the means of their being cut ofi", and quickly take your station behind some wall or tree, from whence you may have a view of the door of your houses they will make to this of course, when you w^ill take your aim, and ^We a shot ; knowing the roads, there can be no doubt of your escape. If any of their parlies approach by day, set fire, as before, as the smoke will direct our troops ; but take your station near some shaw or coppice, from whence, with- out being seen, you may leisurely take aim ; rest always the point of your gun ; a gimblet screwed into a tree makes an excellent rest. ** Ten or twelve determined marks- men, knowing the country, will do more service than ten times their num- ber of regular infantry ; they will find *a coppice a safe retreat from either infantry or cavalry ; as it hides their numbers, no infantry will dare enter it t© drive them out, and cavalry cannot. — Observe where the enemy lakes up his quarters, approach at night as near as possible, and nre' at the centinel ; this will make the whole parly stand to their arms, and by breaking their rest will distress them. A pony formed for this laudable purpose, should, when they halt, post a centinel in a tree to discover the enemy. At night, should the centinel be doubtful of any one's approach, let him put his ear lo the ground. Every person going towards the enemy, or being where he has no obvious business, should be arrested, and sent to head-quarters. *' Persons who may be, froni various causes, unable to take the field against the foe, may yet do much service j such as watching, and giving infor- mation of the motions of the enemy ; by felling a tree across the road, by which he perceives the enemy are /tjomeyipg storesj or by carrying to 3 b2 or pointing out to our army, pro- visions. «« Let me repeat, lose no time in laying by a stock of ammunition, an4 practise at a mark every opportunity. A Sussex YjiOMAif."' QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PRAYER FOR THE SUCCESS OF HER ARMS. MOST Omnipotent Maker and Guider of all this world's mass ! that alone searchest and fathomest the bot- tom of all hearts, and in them seest the true original of all actions intended. Thou, that by thy foresight dost truly discern, how no malice of revenge, nor quittance of injury, nor desire of blood- shed, nor greediness of lucre, hath bred the resolution of our new collected Army ; but a heedful care and a wary watch, that no neglect of foes, nor over-surety of harm, might breed either danger to us, or glory to them. We crave, with bowed knees and hearts of humility, thy large hand of helping power to assist our just cause ; not founded on pride's motion, nor begun on malice stock, but (as thou best knowest to whom nought is hid) grounded on just defence from wrongs, from hate, and bloody desires of con- quest. These being the grotmds, O God! (of our present warfure) since thoa hast imparted means to defend that which thou hast given, we humbly beseech thee, with bended knees, to prosper the work, speed the jonrney, give the victory, and make the return — the advancement of thy glory, the triumph of thy fame, and surety of the realm, with the least loss of English blood, to such as despise their hves for 3S0 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. their country's good, in a good cause ; that all foreign lands may laud and admire the ouuiipotcncy of the work for thee only to perform. So shall thy name be spread, for wonders wrought, and the tailhful encouraged to repose in thy unfellowed grace ; and we be enchained in thy bond for per- petual slavery, and live and die the sacrificers of our souls, for such ob- tained favour. To these devout peti- tions. Lord, give thy blessed grant. — Amen. ADDRESS To the inhaUtants of Manchester and Salfordy proposed ly George Philips, Esq. at the meeting of the First Battalion of Manchester and Salford FoIunteerSf August ISlhy 1803. Fellow Townsmen, AT a time when a powerful and merciless enemy, inflamed with a deadly hatred of this country, threatens us with an invasion on a more extended scale than was ever attempted in the history of the world, it is incumbent on every man who prizes the free Constitution bequeathed to us by our ancestors, and who would provide at the same time for its preservation, and for the security of himself and his family, to take advantage of sqch opportunities as his peculiar circumstances aiford him of learning the use pf arms, and of pre- paring to render to the state all the assistance in his power, in case of emergency. It is no common danger that assails us ; nor will common means of resistance enable us to sur- mount it. We must not now trust for safety to our navy alone, matchless as it is in power, and skill, and valour ; we must not now rest alone on our regular troops, though they have so lately won immortal glory for themselves and their country in Syria, and in Egypt j but we must place our dependence on ourselves, on our own strength, and on our own courage. We must become an armed nation, if we would not be an enslaved one; if we would not crouch to a bloody tyrant, w-hom sub- mission canuot appease, who spares neither sex nor age; who murders, as Jaffa can tell, with unrelenting fury, the defenceless and unoffending; and who has even poisoned without remorse, his fellow soldiers, when disabled by wounds received under his own conimand. — Such, fellow towns- men, is the man who threatens (o desolate our happy isle with his savage hordes; who would let them loose, to plunder us of our property, to masacre^i in our presence, our helpless children and aged parents, and to violate, as they have done in other countries, wives before their husbands, daughters before their fathers, and sisters before theii; brothers. Where is the Briton w-ho w^ould not be ready to. repel the ruffian swarms, and to inflict on them a ter- rible and memorable revenge ! Where is the man among us who would not prefer certain death to the loss of our native freedom, to a base and precarious existence, at the will of a foreign Usurper I A large body of the inhabitants of these towns has now an opportunity of being taught the use of arms, in this* battalion^ as well as in other volunteer corps w^hich are already assembling. To Arms, then, fellow Townsmen ! let us have recourse Lo whatever manner is most consistent with our respective situations, and will tend most effectu- ally to our common advantage and security. In this sacred warfare, all ought to take a part, whose circum- stances do not make it impossible for tlie»i( THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 381 iliem to become soldiers. In arms alone, under Providence, is our security ; ^nd he who is unacquainted with the use of them, must expect, in the event of an invasion, to feel as helpless as the women and children whom it is his duty to protect. A Summarif view of the lAjc and Ac- lions 0/ Napoleon Buonaparte, alias BONx\PARTfi (at present) FIRST CONSUL of FRANCE, President of the Italian Republic, «' If ihe cha:-ges are not founded, the man yet .ivtb to exonerate his injured character. If lie cannot refute them, then must he sink into his grave loaded vAth the heavy weight of such offences, and the miserable prescience that execration shall attach to his memory, instead of the fame he co- veted ; that, on his cenotaph, posterity will inscribe, Jlle veneiia Colcha et quu~ quid usquam concipitur ncjas tractaiit." Birth.— A. D. 1769. I¥aPOLEON BONAPARTE was born on the 15th of August, I769, in the city of Ajaccio, in Corsica. His father was a lawyer. His grandfather, Joseph Buona, was originally a but- cher. His great grandfather, Charles Buona, ' kept a sort of tavern. — Charles Buona was convicted of robbery and murder, and condemned to the gallics, where he died, in 17~'i. His wife La Birba, Joseph's mother, died in the House of Correction at Geneva. It was the fate of Joseph, in some degree, to ra}se his family. During the civil wars of Corsica, he attached him- self to Count Nieuhoff, better known by the name of King Theodore. On the 3d of May, 1736, when l^orto- Veccio was attacked, he brought his followers to the assistance of the King, who in rpturn created him a noble, and added to his name the tcrmi nation PARTE. After the conquest of the island hj the French, Jose{)h's son, bred as has been intimated to the law, apjiears ta have been a parasite of Count Marboeaf, the Governor. He is accused of having acted as a spy upon the Corsicans, and his wife is represented as a mistress of the Count, who, from ^vhatever mo- tive, was the patron of the family. The two eldest boys. Napoleon and Joseph, he sent to the Vicar-General of Autun, to be placed in the free school ther^ whence Napoleon was removed to the Royal Military school at Brienne. Entrance into the Army. After having been received into the Royal Military School at Paris, he ob- tained, at an early age, a commission in the artillery service. lievolutionury Exploits. A. D. 1793. Age, 24. In 1793, in consequence of the situ- ation of the King, many officers were prompted by their loyalty to resign their Gomaiissions. Bonaparte, who was v/ithout any such obstacle to advance- ment, became a captain in Lafere's regiment. Treachery at Corsica. — A. D. 1793. Being appointed to the comm.md of the Battalion of Ajaccio, he ofii;red to betray that place to Lord Hood, by whosc squadron it was then blockaded. The offer was rejected, as coming from too low a quarter ; but it having reached the ears of the French commander in chief, Bonaparte was casliiered, and sent to France, where Le rtuiained iu obscurity and poverty till the evacuation of Toulon. The Massacre of Toulon— A. D. 1793, After the English had withdrawn, Bonaparte, in concerl with Barras and Freron, collected fifteen hundred of the Toulonese, accused of having favoured the ss^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. tiie designs of the Royalists; inarched ihem, men, women, and children, of all. ranks, into the pubhc square; and foed upon them, with grape shot Af- ter the first discharge had taken ])lace, and when those who were not killed irad fallen through fear, Bonaparte called to them, saving, that the ii>ing might n'se, for that the national ^engeance was satisfied. The miserable remnant of these pitiable victims, the aged, the wounded, raving mothers, and mang- led chikiren, accordingly arose, to proftt hy the mercy offered them ; but no sooner had they, by quitting the earth, Hiade themselves marks for the guns, tiian he ordered a second discharge, and thus couipleted their destruction.* The followiiig is a translation of Bonaparte's fefliciid letter on this occasion : Tculony Dec. \lCj3. Citizens Hepresentatives, — Upon the Jield of glory, my feet inundated with the blood (f traitors, I announce to you, ivith a heart heating with joy, that your orders are ejpeciifed, and France reveiiged. Neither sex nor age have heen spared, those who escaped, «tr were only muiilatedLy the discharges iff our Hepullican cannon, ivcre dis- pateked by the swords of liberty and $he bayonets of equality. Health and admiration, BRUTUS BONAPABTE, Citizen Sans-Cidotlc. Arrest of Bonaparte. This act of hellish barbarity rendered Bonaparte a favorite with Kobespierre ; but that destroyer being at length, him- 'onaparte, with those self destroyed, with whom \\i acted, became exj to public vengeance. Joining a party in arms against the existing government he marched to attack IVIarseflles, but, being beaten at Cujes, he fled to Nice, where he was apprehended, and com- mitted to prison, by the Lieutenant- Colonel, who commanded the gend^ crmerie there, by the order of Ik^iTroi, the Deputy of the Convention, sent to arrest the leaders of the Terrorists : he was afterwards sent to Piu-is, where re- ceiving the benefit of an amnesty, or act of grace, he was set at large. The Masiacre of Paris. — A. D. I7g4 Age 25. Bonaparte remained for some time concealed in Paris, living with Baptiste, an actor at the ThUtre de la Ripuhli' que. At length, the spirit of JRobespierre revhing in Barras and his associates, it was determined on forcing the people of Paris to submit to those v.ho called themselves their repyesentatives. Barras had seen the abilities of Bonaparte at Toulon ; and he therefore singled him out for the exploit of dragooning the Parisians. On the fourth of October, 1794 (a day commonly known in France by the name of the ISth Fen- demiaire), Bonaparte swept the streets near the Pont-Neuf, with his artillery, covered the steps of the church of St. B.och with heaps of slaujilitered bodies, and massacred in the whole about eight thousand persons. Plunder and Ravage of Italy. So satisfied was Barras with the hor- rible success of the IS/A J^endemiaire, that he gave Bonaparte, in reward, his cas.t-ofF mistress for a wife, and ap^ pointed him to the command of the troops in Italy. At their head the new- General carried universal devastation, not only through the Austrian domi- nions but through neutr^il states, as * This dreadful transaction has furnished Mr, R. K. Porter with a subject for one of the four interest ng and truly seasonable prints, which have been published by Hatchard, &c. representing the crimes of Bf;napavte, and "whichj for patriotic purposes, are sold at a price so much beneath thcii value. •Gerjpa^ THE ANTI-GALLICAIS'*. S9S Oenoa> Venice, Lucca, Parma, ISio- co, Lugo, and Pavia ; the breach of faith with the Dukes of Par- ma and Tuscany. But what becaaie of the plunder? Bonaparte and the other Generals disagreed upon their several shares in the plunder. A French Com- »issary wa» i^ni by the Directory to reconcile the parties. Bonaparte an4 Bv-r.'hier were comjiclled to write two letters, in which they disavowed all ihft motives of division which were said to exist between thorn. It was only the positive commands of thel)irectors, and the rapidity of the military events which followed, that kept within bounds the passionate hatred witli which the impe- rious character of Bonaparte, and tli« cold indliference with which he lavishdl the blood of his men, had animated the more virtuous chiefs of the armieji el* the Republic. At Venice, according to authentic documents, now in tbs hands of the late British Anibassatior, Bonaparte privately stole a diamond necklace of immense value, which 19 now worn by Madame Bonaparte. At Pavia, the Magistrates having interfered, to save the people from llic bayonet, they were bound together and shot. " 1 had them shot," says Bo- naj-arte, with brevity, in his oiHcial letter. He burnt the tov/n of Benasco, and massacred eight ivundied of lu ini!abiiants. Tile Duke of Parii;-; vv.v ih it he had not a moment to lose ui bc-curing theEa from the revokrdor.ary principles and rapacity of the French General. He so- liciied a suspension of arms : Bonaparte received his Envoy, a nobleman of the first rank, with insult. Spai/i inter- fered, and it was found prudent to p-jnii, him his request. Bonaparte, however, was resolved that he sould pay a suitable price: he accordingly made a demand of two millions of lures, one thoa.^and seven hundred horses, two thousand oxen, an immense quantity ofprovisions, and twenty paintings to be chosen by the French. The Duke was conqjclled to submit. By dint of these unrelenting crimes, by the assertion of falshoods, and the couimissioa ^84 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. commission of murders, by destroying the bold, and terriiyiiig the fearful, he rendered his campaign victorious. Oilier Causes of his Success. There were other causes which con- tributed to his success ; one of these was, the diflerent situations of Bona- PARTE and the Archduke : — the former being wholly independent, and left to his own discretion ; the laiter being under restraint, even in his simplest motion. The Council of War at Vienna had the imprudence not only to form the general plan of the campaign, but also to assume to itself the charge of directing the ex- ecution and local application of it. The Austrian Generals, bound by positive instructions, not daring to un- dertake any thing contrary to them, and being less responsible for events than for their obedience to the orders which they had received, were often induced to sacrifice opportunities of probable success, and to consider less how to deseiTC applause, than how to escape censure. The first dispositions of the Austrians being made with care, and the General executing them \%nth scrupulous fidelity, they were almost always crowned with success ; but when the chance of war produced anv unforeseen events which reduced the Austrian Generals to the impos- ^i)ilit.y of executing the plan which hud been dictated to iheni, then, being compelled to rely on their own dis- cretion, not being in the habit of taking it for their guide, and fearing to com- mit themselves^- they neiiher dared, or were capable of acting independently, and did not hazard any of those de- cisive atrokes which in certain circum- stances, can alone give victory. Bonaparte was m.uch more ad- vantageously situated : the necessity in which the Directory found itself of paying and maintaining the armies 6f the Republic at the expence of the countries which they occupied, did not admit of its limiting the power of its generals j and as those had €very thing, to do, it was necessary that they should have the power to do etery thing; To this alone is to be imputed the greater part of the success of Bona- parte. Falsehood. There remaiils yet another trait in the character of Bonaparte, as dedu- clble from his Italian campaigns, which it would be unpardonable altogether to omit : this is, the palpable falsehood in all his military returns. In fact, if we took the trouble to cast up the number of Austrians whom Bonaparte has successively declared to be killed, wounded, and made prisoners, from the opening of the campaign to its conclusion in the capture of Mantua, we shall find that the killed and Avounded amount to near fifty thou- sand men, and the prisoners to mor* than an hundred thousand. In order to enable the reader to judge of the degree of credit due to this enumera- tion, we here present him with an official account of the number of Austrian troops sent into Italy from the month of March I79G, to the month of January I797. The army of M. Beaulieu at tlie opening of tbi campaign - - SOjOOO Troops which tame from the Upper Rhine with M, Wurmser 30,000 Reinforcements sent to M. D'Al- vinzy during the months of Septeuriber, October, and Nov. 25,000 Troops detached from the corps of Frail ich and the armed Tyro- lese 11,000 New re-nforcements to D'Alvinzy in December .----- 9,000 Total 105,000 FroHR THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 385 From tills statement, according t6 the accounts sent by General Bonaparte, he must have taken, killed, or wounded forty-five thousand men more tiian the Austrians employed in Italy during this campaign ; not to mention, that, after the capture of M. De Provera, ;md the defeat of M. D'Alvinzy, at Ilivoli, there still remained to the latter about thirty thousand men, either in the Tyrol, or on the Brcnta. Waste of Blood. It may in some degree explain the value of the victories of Bonaparte, to .compare the statement just given with ihat of the forces sent also by the French into Italy, and wkh that of the Joss which they sustained. The army of Bonaparte before the opeaii-g of the campaign - r TTrcop ■; drawn from the two armies ■which had made \yar in Spain, and which were sent into Italy in March, April, and May Army of Kellerman, which, after the peace widi the King of Sardinia, was incorporated with that of Boiisparte _ - - - Reinforcemer.ts which arrived from the Interior _ - _ - Xroops raised in Italy - - - - :30,000 r. 35,000 5,C00 18,000 iy,ooo Tctal 150,000 Now Bonaparte found himself, at the end of January, , at the head of about sixty thousand men. He had therefore lost at that period an equal number — that is to say, only fifteen thousand less than the Austrians. Such were the admired victories of this conqueror ! Such was the indifference with which he lavished the blood of his soldiers. The Inoaaion of EgupL—A.B. 1798. Age 29 Having concluded with the Ministers (vf the Emperor the treaty of Campo- Vql. h Formio, he returned to Paris. Now it was tliat he planned the invasion of Egypt, ait act by whicVi he set at defiance every principle of right and wrong; and to accomplish which, he loaded himself with the guilt of all that is mean as well a« all that is detestable, nay .frightful, in wicked- ness. Egypt is part of the Turkish empire, and with that empire France was in alliance. If therefore we are to aljow, that because France wished to possess Egypt, she had a right to seize it, we must distinctly and barefacedly ac- knowledge that we liold in contempt every principle of fidelity, sincerity, and honesty. Bonaparte, however, did seize on. Egypt, and the sickening variety of falshoods which he invented for every, occasion, show the abyss of infamy into ^vhich, in so doing, he plunged. He told the soldiers that his aim was the ruin of England ; he told the Tttrks that it was the ruin of the Mamelukes ; he told the Egyptians that it v.'as the ruin of the Turks. On landing at Alexandria, he declared that God and Mahomet had sent him to destroy the Mamelukes and restore Egypt totlieTurks; on reaching Cairo, he declared that the Turks should no longer possess Egypt. In France, the Directory were instructed tb tell the Turkish Ambassador that they knew nothing of his having gone to Egypt ; in Egypt, he said^ that the Emperor of the Turks had given him leave to come there. Menou' afterwards said, that France had taken possession of Egypt, only in consequence of having obtained information of the design of other powers to do so. Bonaparte reached the coast qf Eg^ pt on the ISth July, 1798, with an army of twenty-five thousand men. a g Oa 386 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, On the 14lh, he stormed tlie city of Alexandria, which he gave up to mas- sacre for four hours, and which (ac- cording to the statement of his Adju- tant-General, Boyer), if it had been summoned, would have surrendered. The old people, the women, and children, flew to the mosques, where they were all massacred, even to the infants at their mother's breasts. The massacre of Alexander was followed by that of Edko, a little village without a wall, and whose scanty inhabitants were wholly at the mercy of Bona- parte. He next marched vi'ith almost his whole army towards Cairo, at a short distance, in front of which city, three or four thousand Manielukes were, on the 22d of July, foolish enough to risk a pitched battle. They v/ere routed of course, and, though far from conquer- ed, compelled to leave Bonaparte in possession of Cairo. Massacre in Egypt. — A. D. 1799, Jged 30. After a general massacre of the in- habitants of Cairo, on the 24th of October, 1798? Bonaparte commenced an expedition into Syria. Ahmed-el- Djezzar, the Pashah of Acre, had been appointed to the additional Pashahiic of Syria, and was advancing against the French in Egypt, while, when the season served, they were to be attacked by the English, Russians, and Turks, by sea. Bonaparte could not, therefore, make a more skilful movement than that of the Syrian expedition. It was certainly better to contend with Djezzar before he was thoroughly prepared, and before any diversion could be effected by the allies, than to wait for the com- bined attack; and, in the event of a euccessful issue lo that contest, he could at least promise himself to detach Djez^ar from the aiiiance, while, if he should totally defeat him, he m^ght purchase Egypt in exchange for the luo Pashah lies, or threaten Constanti- nople itself, and force the Porte -to re- linquish its claims, and to abandon its new alliance with England and Russia. In the more moderate of these calcu- lations, Bonaparte was entirely success- ful. The troops of the Paaiiah were driven back to the walls of Acre, and when the allies m.ade their descent at Aboukir, Bonaparte, relieved from all danger on the side of Syria, was able to defeat them. Siege of Acre. In Syria, however, though thus far victorious, he received a check the most severe he has known, from the un- daunted and glorious resistance of Sir Sydney Smith, at Acre; and his con- duct was marked by atrocities which must never be forgotten. Massacre of Jaffa. Leaving Cairo on the 22d of Decem- ber, he took possession of Suez on the 6th of January. On the 21st he made himself master of El-x\rish. On the 3 St of jMarch, 1799, ^he head-quarters of the army maved tov.-ards Jaffa. On the 7th, that town was taken by assault. This affair is on all hands allowed to have been bloody in the extreme ; but a tale has been brought to light, and attested by persons of undoubted credit, so bloody, so diabolical, as to outstrip every thing which such an ex})ression is calculated to describe. It is asserted that three days after tlie capture of tlio town, three thousand eight hundred prisoners wi::e m arched to a rising ground, and there massacred by means of musquetry, grape-shot, and the bayonet. Tliis fact was first made known in Europe by Sir Sydney Smith, and Mr. IMorier, Secretary to Lord Elgin, jiow a prisoner in Paris: its history THE ANTI-GALLICAN, lilstory lias been minutely given by Colonel Sir ilobcrt Wilson, of lloni- pescli's hussars, and its truth has-been attested by Dr. Wittman, who accom- panied the army of the Grand Vizir. We have seen, also, that it is asserted by Bonaparte himself, or by his autho- rity, in more places than one. Poisoning the Soldiers. Compelled, after the most vigorous attempts during sixty days, to abandon the hope of reducing Acre, Bonaparte effected his retreat, sending word, at the same time, to Cairo, that he had destroyed the walls and castle of the place, and left not one stone upon another, in so much that strangers, as they passed, enquired if ever a city stood there! In his return to Egypt, the crimes of Bonaparte crowd them- selves fast into our history. They were committed at er\'ery step. We have related such particulars of many, as, from so remote a country, and under thfe peculiar circumstances, we have been able to procure j but that which stands pre-eminent is the poisoning his own wounded saldicrs. This fact is authenticated by the testimony of Mr, Morier, Sir Robert Wilson, and Dr. W^iiiman. The Devastation of Syria. Of Bonaparte's retreat through Syria, we are in possession of but few par- ticulars. His friend Berthier's account, however, sufficiently describes it as one of the most frightful scenes that e^ er ferocious power created. *' On the 4th Prairlal, at tVie post of Ahuhabura, some wretched Naplusians, whose ob- ject was to pick up the picquets left by the army on its march, were taken and shot." — " On the oth, parties were sent into the villages; the houses were reduced to ashes, the sheep carried off, the corn burnt." — '* On the same day the army reached Jaffa^ where it re- mained till the 8th. The time was employed in destroying the villages.'* — " On the 9th it marched. General ^ Regnier'? column, and that of tliQ centre, were ordered-to burn the villages and all the harvests." — ** The army marched in this order; the plain was one conflagration." — *' On the 13th It entered the desert, followed by a con-< siderable number of cattle, taken from the enemy. The desert, between EI* Arish and Kan- Junes, is eleven leagues in extent. It is inhabited by Arabs against whom Bonaparte had subjects of complaint. We desolated theif fields, we carried off their sheep and their camels, and burnt the scanty harvests which are obtained in some parts of the Desert." — Expedition ci' Egypt e, p. 114, 115, 116. Escape from Egypt. — A.D. 1799- After his return to Cairo, and the de« feat of the Turks at Aboukir, Bonaparte prepared to crown his campaign in Egypt, by flying from the dangers which surrounded the array he had led there. To effect his escape, it was neces- sary that not an individual of the army should become acquainted with his in- tention; but as he could not move without being observed, and as it was uiiavoidable to give some explanation, if only to elude suspicion, he was re« duced to the necessity of inventing the several falsehoods best adapted to the persons on whom they were to be im- pcTsed. At Cairo, he wrote to the Divan, and no doubt published to the army, that he was setting out for Menouf, whence he proposed making different excursion? in Louver Egy^Jt; and under this pretence he arrived at Alexandria, where he ordered xVdmiral Ganteume to prepare two frigates, who knew nothing of their destination. To the few persons whom Bonaparte de- - z 2 signed 398 THE AXTI-GALLICAN. signed to make the companions of liis desertion, he sent sealed notes, vyith orders not to be opened till the L'od of August, at a certain hour of llie night, and on the sea shore. Arrival in France. On the 2'3c\, accordingly, these per- sons assembled i and at midnight a message from Bonaparte informed them that he waited for thein in the road. They left their baggage at their quarters, and their horses on the btach ; ami, within an hour, cleared the port. At day-break, a north wind put them in their course j and, in two days, to their excessive joy, they got out of the latitude of the British cruizers. Throughout their passage, their whole care was to steer such courses as might most effectually conceal them from the British. After being some days weather- bound at Ajaccio, the wind became favourable, and they put to sea. On the second day, with a fair breeze, and within sight of the coast of France, they were congratulating each other on their good fortune, when, to wind- ward, they discovered seven sail. They lowered their top-sails, and still trusted to concealment. They heard the sig- nals of the British iie&t, w-hich formed a semi-circle on the coast. It was de- bated whether they should return to Corsica, which was still in sight; but Bonaparte decided that' they should proceed. At day-break, they saw Frej us, on the coast of Provence, where Bona- parte immediately landed. Assassination of Kleler. Before he quitted Egypt, he had a secret conference with General Menou, in which he informed him Kleber, to whom he could not avoid leaving the command of the army, was inclined to evacuate the country, in the event of an hoiiourable capitulation being to be obtained ; and he ordered him, if Klebef should capitulate, to rid himself of him, and to lake the command himst-lf. Kleber did capitulate; and iVIenou ex- ecuted his orders. The Janissary, who . assassinated Kleber, did not know his employer; but it was Menou, under the orders of Bonaparte, who enabled Ivim to enter the house of the General. Usurpation of the Government. A. D. 1799. There can be little reason to doubt that Bonaparte had long aimed at the Sovereignty of France. When he went to Fgypt, he designed only to make the conquest, and then leave it to be maintained by others. The scheme of the usurpation had been deliberated upon. Perhaps the time for its exe- cution had been thought not yet come. Perhaps Bonaparte considered the lustre of so extraordinary an enterprize as useful, if not necessary, to the desired degree of his popularity. These and other conjectures appear rational; but what chiefly assisted him, were events over which, it must be supposed, he could have no direction, and which yet went the course his most selfish wishes could have sought. These were the reverses of the French arms during his absence. But, be all this as it may, immediately on landing at Frej us, he proceeded to Paris, and there concerted with a party oC the Council of An- cients, and two of the Directors (S^yes and Ducos), the usurpation of the Go- Aernment. Being commissioned provisionally First Consul of France, he confirmed himself in that situation for ten years, and has since procured it to be granted to him for life, with the privilege of chusing his successor. After the assumption of the Con- sulate, he obtained a decisive victory over TitE ANTI-GALLICAN. 38^ over the Austrians, and succeeded in negociating a general Peace, the terms of which were settled by tlie Trcahf of Amiens.-^ A. D. 1801.— On the consummation of this event, Bonaparte, pretended habitually to place his chief glory in deserving th'e title of Pacificator; but •Euro])e was soon destined to discover the deceitful sense in which he used the word. By Pacificator, it was ftjund that he meant Master; by the Peace of Nations, it was fou«d that he meant the Silence OF THE Subdued. Doubtlessly, there null be Peace where the injured are afraid to resist or murmur', and this is that Paace of which Tyrants always think, and of the breach of which they vvhiningly coaiplaiit] Had the English submitted to tlic dominion of Bonajiarte, and would they never resist his vvill, they might have iiad Peace, and they might jiro- niise it themselves for the future. But to preserve their Constitution, their Laws, their Wealth, their Liberty, and their Independence, they wage with Bonaparte one of the most just wars that ever called forth the energies of a People. They are intimidatefl by no threats. They swear that while they hve the}^ will be free : " O you th:.t boast ihchonour'd name of Sire, '• Go. call your Sons; instruct them what a debt " They owe their countrv!" ^« Address to the Timhridge JVells i^oluntecrsy deliuered nt' their Pa- uidc,Aug.8, 1803. By the lice. jNjartin Benson. ** Gcntlcjnen Fulunlccrs, andJMejt of - Kcntf *♦' YOU mu.st all of you, I am per- suaded, deeply feel the importance of the occasion, which thus calls yom together. Your feelings will howcvei* be gratifying, as they are honourable to your j>rincij)les. When danger for- merly threatened^ your country froia domestic traitors, you took up arms in defence of your liberty and most excel- lent Constitution. Having saved your country (for, under Providence, it was by the Volunteers of Great Britxiin that our country was saved) as good and faithful subjects, you laid down your arms, and retired to your several private occupations. But a foreign enemv> who sici;ens at the view of happiness and prosperity in other countries, en- \ies you what you have done : and even now threatens by dint of rash adventure and the numbers he csn command, to (k-^troy your country; and as one of the commanders, actually a])pointedfor tb.e expedition has avowed, * if he can- not conquer and keep England as a province to France, ho will at least, by sword, fire, atul ravage, render it so miscrjble a coiintrv, that no English- naen siiall IjiT.'sAcr uish to inhabit it/ Tliese threats, backed by immense pre- parations, call 30U again to arms. And I am happy to notice that so many others testily the laudable spiiit of k:n"- glishmen by uniting with vou in your patriotic engagement. This voiunlury assumption of an arduous service is highly creditable to all the panics ; and impresses you, I am sure, wV^\ feel- ings, v>hich constituue no mean part of your reward: final suOcess will, I trust, by favour of a good Providence^ afford you the full sum of it, " You h.ave heard, Men of Kent, from your venerable and truly patriotic commander, the opinion which is en- tertained of your proffered services. Jf Old England is to be saved from the gripe of the direst monster with which the 3 DO THE ANTI-GALLICAN. the Avorkl was ever cursed, it is to he done onlv 1)V the hearty, cordial, I will add, rehgious union of every hand and heart. Hands and hearts arc here I trust, united. For have we not a coui- inon cause? On certain ponits some of us possibly may differ. la the main, howevever, we are most assuredly agreed. Our God we fear, we love, and adore; our king we honour, and will fliitlifully serve; our liberty we cherish, and with the last drop of our blood we will defend. The enemy says we shall do neither. Animated by the love of liberty and in the name of our God, we will boldly meet tliese Philis- tines; and prove to them that hearts thus actuated are not to b-e appalled, that the loyal will ever be brave. To this efiect Iprav, I most earnestly entreat you, be ye well and cordially united : let your only contention be, who shall best ser\e the common cause. " But some possibly ma}- doubt tlie existence of the danger; — the pro- bability of an invasion. It is of im- portance that this point sliould be pro- perly explained. Our preparations, our active spirit, our determined resolution may possibly induce the enen)y to forego the threatened attack ; vdiicli is the very best argument with us for unremitted perseverance. — Many reasons, however, might be assigned, in proof of the re- ality of the intention; but none, 1 think, more convincing than the following. «* Bonaparte, detested by his op- pressed subjects, lives and maintains his usurped power only by the permission of ins numerous army : and that army allow him to live, only as he has pro- mised tbem the riches of lingland to satisfy their avarice, the blood of Eng- land to gratify their revenge, and the women of England to satiate theirJust. If he does not keep his w^ord, his life answers for it. So that either way he must make the attempt; to maititairt hh power and prop his fallen popularity by their success; or lo save his own life by the destruction of his army at sea, or their being made to fatten our soil by the influence cf your bayonet. " He hates our nation, because we have hitherto beaten him: for -whenever he has met with British soldiers, there led: and he is'now attempting he hi by numbers.^ what he has never been able to do by valour. It is onlv by union and vigorous exertiwns that we shall thwart him. His soldiers have lately had a whet to their appetites in tianover; where, because it was the dominion of our beloved sovereign, they have rioted over defenceless women> and men, wlio had too tamely yielded to their affected moderation ; and they are preparing for a better meal here. Let us prepare for them the only meal they deserve: British steel the substance — British spirit the well-flavoured sauce* " Bonaj^arte and his slaves have ia otiier pafts of the Vv-urld had some little specimen of English valour : but they have never yet coped with Britons on British ground : he has never yet op- posed his forces to Men of Kent— Men of Kent, whenever yet were vanquished . When William, improperly termed the Conqueror, availed himself of the dis- tractions of this country, to establish his dominion here, history tells us that the men of Kent never yielded to his arms. Our old Kentish laws, our Gavel- kiiid, which we still retain, is the evi- dence that we never were conquered, — is the earnest that we never will sub- mit to a foreign yoke. Recollect, Men of Kent, you are the descendants of those ioval and brave fellows; recollect,, tiiat as we now talk of them, and bless their memorv, so will your sons and daughters hereafter talk of you. And you may be called upon for the first brush ; THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 391 brush; for your coast Is threatened. You will acquit yourselves as men, as Men of Kent should do. 1 would congratulate you on your fate, even, if others were to fight over a rampart of vour man,)rmy kingdom, ar.d for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust, I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, faul I have the heart of a king, and of a king of Eng'and too ; and think foul scorn, tliat Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the border-, of my realms . to v/hich, rather than any dishonour v/ill grow by roe, I myse'f will take up arms ; I my- self vi-i}l be your i^eneral. jud^e, and rewarder of every one of ; our v rtue. m the field^ i kii . w 395 TtlE ANTl-GALLICAff. havioar she revived the tcnderncHS aiid udmuTttion of" the soldiery ; an attachii^ent to her pei*son became a ki)Kl of enthusiasm among them ; and they asked one anoiher. Whether it were possible that^ Kng^lishmea could abandon this glorious cause, could display less fortitude than appeared in the female sex, or could ever, by any tlangers, be induced to relinquish the defence of fheir heroic princess ? " The Spanish armada was ready in the beginning of May, but the mo- ment it was prr^paring to sail, the !Mar- quis of Santa Croce, the admiral, was seized with a fever of which he soon after died. The vice-admiral, the Duke of Paliano, ly a strange cg7i- -currence of accidenls, at the very same time suffered the same fate ; and the king appointed for admiral the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a nobleman of great family, but unexeperienced in action and entirely unacquainted with sea jiffairs. This misfortune retarded the sailing of the armada, and gave the English more time for tlicir pre- parations to oppose them. At last the Spanish fleet, full of hopes and ala- crity, set sail for Lisbon ; but next day met with a violent tempest^ which scattered the ships, sunk some of the smallest, and forced the rest to take shelter in the Groiiie, where they waited till they could be refitted. The damages of the armada having been repaired, the Spaniards, with fresh hopes, set out again to sea in prosecu- tion of their enterprize. The fleet consi'^^ted of one hundred and tbir(y vessels, of which near one hundred were galleons, and were of greater size than any ever before used in Eu^- rope. It carried on board 19,2g5 soldiers, 8,456 mariners^ 2,088 galley slaves, and 2,630 great pieces of brass ordnance. It was victualled for six months, and was attended by twenty less ships called caravals, and ten gallies with six oars a-piece. ** The plan formed by the king of Spain was, that the armacja should sail to the coast opposite to Dunkirk and Nicuport, and having joined themselves to the' Duke of Parma, should thence make sail to the Thames, and having landed the whole Spanish army, thus complete at one blow the entire conquest of England. After the armada was under sail they took a fisherman, who informed them that the English admiral had been lately at sea, had heard of the tempest which scattered the armada, had retired back into Plymouth, and no longer expecting an invasion this season, had laid up his ships and discharged most of the seamen. From this false intel- ligence, the Duke of Medina con- ceived the great facility of attacking and destroying the English ships in harbour j and he was tempted, by the prospec. of so decisive an advantage, to break his orders, and make sail di- rectly for Plymouth J a resolution which proved the safety of England. The Lizard was the first land made by the armada about sunset j and a3 I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you, on thf; word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean- time, my lieutenant-gci-eral (the Earl of Leicester) shall be in my stead ; than whom never prince commanded a more noble and worthy subject ; not doubting by your obedience to mv general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour In the field, we shall shortly have A taiiiaus victoiy over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people." the THE ANTI-GALLICAN. ^99 the "Spaniards took it for the TRamhead near Plymouth, they bore out to sea with an intention of returning next day and attackiug the Enghsh navy. Ti.ey were descried by Fleming, a Scottish pirate, who was roving in those seas, and who immediately set sail to inform the Hnglish admiral of their approach ; another fortunate event which contributed extremely to the safety of the fleet. Effingham had just time to get out of port, when he saw the Spanish armada coming full sail towards him, disposed in the form of a crescent, and stretchin[>: the distance of seven miles from the ex- tremity of one division to that of the Other. ** EtTingham gave orders not to come to close fight with the Spaniards, but to cannonade them at a distance, and to wait the opportunity wliich winds, currents, or various accidents must afforJ[.oye./or Love, i« like the gallant and gay Lothario, armed for either field, and prepared to give Measure for Measure j and to convert the Agreeable Surprize, which the Acre Runaway anticipates in the Camp, from the Beaux Stratagem into a Tale of Mystery. Appearances are against Him, as well the Chances ; but he is a desperate Gamester ; and, although his schemes of conquest will end in Much ado about Nothing, like a Midsummer Night's Dream, or a JFi)ttcr's Tale, yet he is the Heir at Law to our hale ; and Every one has his Fault, if he does not unite to revive the Splendid scenes of Edward the Black Prince and Henry the Fftk, when France tremblt*! beneath our arms at Cressy and Agincourt ; and give to this unprincipled Bajaiet an exit corresponding with his crimes. Eg ■ NQ 40% THE ANTI-GALLICAK. NO CHANGE FOR THE WORSE, A MISTAKEN NOTION j Or a Irief and Jarni liar Address to those among the Poorer CIosscs in this Counfrif, ivho suppose it unimportart to their ifiterests^ whether the plans of the French miscarry or succeed. MY rELI.OW-COUN'TRYMEN ) SOME of you, I understand, are ready to believe that the French, should thev get possession of this country, can do you no injury, and that no alteration in public affairs can make your situation the worse. Be assured that this is widely different from the truth. The necessaries of life are so dear, you cry, that many of you can barely manage to provide for yourselves and families. How then are you toTje hurt by a change of government? We live at an extraordinary day, my friends, and the expence we are at, in keeping our inveterate and enterprising enemy within bounds, is very great. Whenever, by our activity and spirit, we shall be enabled to . settle peace upon a secure footing, times will be better, nor shall we then regret that we have struggled with some difficulties to obtain so desirable an object. But believe not that any little hard3hi})S you now ex- perience are at all to be compared with those which you would suffer, were Bonaparte's threatened attempt to prove •successful. Do you flatter yourselves that you would then be permitted to go forth to your several, labours in peace and. quietness, to sit down to your meals undisturbed, and to rest in your beds with security, as you do at present? Jv^o — you would be turned out of your houses and lodgings to make room for the plundering army, the m.asters for whom vou now work would be ruined men and cease to have any employ for you, and you and your iamilies would. ,^.oit of you be wanderers in the streets^ begging your bread from the people whom you expect to improve ^ our con- dition. Supposing the very beet — even sup- posing that after the introduction into the country of so many additional hands for work, all of them, cltiimi.ig a preference to the English, you should be fortunate enough to find en}ploy- ment and earn a scanty pittance of wages — do you consider what you would have to pay for the quartern loaf, after the burning of thousands of our stacks of corn, and what would be the price of meat, after the loss of the numberless head of catile, which, upon the landing of the French, we shouk} be obliged to destroy? And, however dreadful the scarcity, who (do 3rou ap- prehend) w^ould have the first, and a full suj^ply — you, or the invaders ? This would be a temporary pressure only, vou may say. It might probably be a pressure which would last you- your lives. And, if you should survive it, you would li\e but to encounter heavier evils. Hcv.-, let me ask you, would the proud conqueror expect the immense force to be led, clothc-d, and supported, which he would constamly station here to keep the country in sub- * jection ? Kow, but by the contributions of the wretched inhabitants? — contri- butions which would be levied with the hardest and most barbarous oppression — from the necessity of imiting to afford which no plea of poverty would be admitted as an exemption, for he, who miglu have no money, would be told to earn the sum demanded of him by acldiMonal THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 405 additional and Incessant labour, or to save it up by denying himself a portion of his daily food. Would not this *se, brother-countrymen ? You love, with fond affection, your wives and children. To be surrounded by them, to receive their little endear- ing attentions, and to enjoy their chear- ful society, is your sweetest relief after a day of labour. Nothing is such a aouree of comfort to you as tlieir hap- piness — nothing could give you greater pain than their distress. Then ima- gine you see (what you must prepare to behold if our foe should prevail against us, for it is no more than too tiiany fathers have witnessed with bleeding hearts in the countries he has overrun) fancy that vou see those ob- jects of your iDOst anxious concern — the wives of your bosoms, and your tender, innocent daughters — torn from your protecting arms by the brutal Repub- lican soldiery, with circunistances of wanton insult too inceh'catc to bfl mentioned — too shocking even to think upon! Would not the change he for the ivorsc, were such misery as this to come upon us ? You are no great scholars, perhaps, and would not m.uch like the trouble of learning a neiv language. But hava you considered that you must labour, day and nig; it, to be able to splutter French, if Bonaparte should get the better af us, for then we should no longer be a nation of Englishmen I How would you form your lips to Monnseer every .fellow you might meet ? How grating to your ear* would it be, to be called foreigners in your own country! How provoking, to be laugl;cd at perpetually for being unable to speak any language w-ell, but plain English ! Would not this be a change for the worse ? Once more — you are used to English living, and think that with less nou- rishing food you could not go thro" the work to which you are now equal. But English ale and porter, and English bread and cheese would be out of fashion, nor would all your exertion* procure a slice of English roast beef, if the enemy should be allowed to order what is good for us. You would be forced to live npon things which, instead of heartening and strengthen- ing you, would reduce yqu to skin and griff: vv'ould soiip-maigre or frogs think you, suit an English constitu- tionf: Would your stomachs feel sa- tisfied with the thin, sour, rot-gut liquor which contents a Frenchman s^ Would not this change too be a httlti. for the iconcl' • Bonsnarte irideed has 3 nc\y way of re^ievirig the sick and .setting free the prisoner— by culars of his plan in Sir R. Wilson's Accouut poison ar.d the musket. i^ee the part «f the Expedition to Egypt.- •f See the Plst? Givs THK ANTI-GALLIC AX. 407 Give no credit then — my friends and' fellow-countrymen — atttend not for a moment to those deluded or evil-mind- ed persons who fain would persuade you that you would not he worse off than you are, were Bonaparte to give laws to us — and determine to join heart ■und hand to avoid making the experi- nient. Let us stand hy one another, as we are bound to do by every law of honour and interest, arid vain will be the tyrant's attempt to take from us the advantages v/e enjoy — ad\ -mtages supe- rior to those of any other people in the world — advantages of which it wounds him to the very soul to hear our boast. Nouo-ht bhall mai'.e us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. The enemy has no hope of success, but from our internal divisions. These his spies and agents are most artfully and busily labouring to excite, and their favourite plan is to suggest, most falsely and wickedly, that the poor of this country would be benefited by French interference. Re upon your guard — Inliabitanti of tfci* favoure« landl Let not kins, dis- unite you (if a time liJce tht present*' Judge for yoiirsclves only, and listen not to every idle, ale-house prater, but to common senses that sense for which linglishmen have always been distin- guished. Who are they, poor or afflu- ent, to whom Bonaparte has done good? Why then sliould uny of us dream of advantage from him ; might we not rather expect (were we unhappilj under his controul) to find him tii« severest of oppressors ? If he has robbed of every thing dear and valuable to them people to whom he has proffered friendship — how would he, in all pro- bability behave to us, against whom h« has openly voiced vengeance? WHa* return shouLl ^-'t' receive, vvho hav« constantly painted him in his tru« colours, been most active in exposing his cruelties and perfid\-, and alona have had the courage to bid him defi.- ance? \jc\. common sense reply! Ougiit we then to withold anv sacrifice, grud^ any expence, or spare any exertion, to keep the invader from our shores? Let coni^mon aanss reply 1 P. JX ORIGINAL POETRY, THE INVASION. Tune, *' The Siormr C>EASE rude boaster, base marauder 1 Listen heroes all to me I Britons tell the bold invader. You for ever will be free. From Jaffa's plains with murder cover*^. When the poisoa'd bowl was pourM, When hellish lust and rapine hover'd. Sec. he wave* the threat'oinfj sword !■ Hark, 403 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Hark, your Monarch loudly calling! '* In this hour of clanger stand. Up vour Union Jack be hawling. Guns and bayonets hand boys handl**" Hark, the thund'rhig dram resounding, Shrill-ton'd fifes the, soul inspire! 71irlils each nerve, each bosom bounding. Burning with a patriot fire. Now all ye who pjrizc the pleasures Wealth and Peace, and Freedom brir'^g, Freelv pour your well w^on treasures. For your Country and your King: Around our coast is spread the dai:»;er. Proudly boasts the desp'rate crew^ Prompted by a varlet stranger. Who never King nor Country knew. Form the phalanx deep and longer. Draw the line from coast to coarit, .Tho' his threats are strong and stronger^ Scorn the gasconading boast : Hight and left see all in motion. Old and young in arms appear; Hearts of oak still guard the Ocean ; Freedom guides us — cheer lads, cheer! Now the dreadful preparation Darkens Galliirs blopd-stain'd shore: Carnage, death and desolation. On our heads they rnean to pour. Heard you not the Coj-tsul's thunder^ Call the slaves of rapine out ? Blood-hounds, train'd to saA-age plunder-. Hark, what means the Suiting-shout? ««^ See the fog our Navy cover,* ' Seize the moment — fortune's tide! One short breeze shall waft us over. Ere our motions are descried : Landed — Egypts hero leads us, Wayes our flag on Londoisi's wall. Fire behind — and fear precedes usj t Triumph France — and Britain falU" * TheFrench in this rhodomontade are made to calculate upon the fortuitous circum- stances of a fog and a favourable wind as the only probsble means that can enable them to eUi.^Ctthe vigiknce of our Navy and carry into «H'e<;t their bcasted descent upon our happy shores. While THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 40© Willie they pour this dreaming bluster. We for wives and children arm ; A nation round their King will muster, Ev'ry breast with ardour warm. Freedom, Wealth and Peace possessing, Equal rights and equal laws. Religion still a nation's blessing. Who would faint in such a cause? Kindred blood and filial duty Call each Briton to the field j The smile of love, the blush of beauty. In each bosom boast a shield : Helpless age and infant prattle. Anxious wait our safe return — These shall nerve our arms in battle—* These shall bless the Soldier's urn ! By the blood our Fathers wasted. For blest Freedom's fiiv'rite isle! Bv the joys their Sons have tasted, Underneath her fost'ring smile— W^e, a tyrant's chain disdaining. Only live the freeborn brave 1 When no other hope's remaining. We will full on Freedom's grave! ScoT^ Britannos. BRITISH WAR SONGS. By Mr. DJBDIN, ^Selected (hij permisaio?! of the author) frvm the popular entertainment of Britons Strike Home* now performing at the Sans Souci. THE CALL .OF HONOUR. COME, brother soldiers, join the cause. At Honour's call your swords display; And swear, till Freedom bids you pause. The scabbard shall be thrown away. Bright Glory's ensign streams in air; Yet, ere proud Gallia bite the dust. To heaven prefer a fervent prayer. To conquer, as our cause is just. * The motives which induced Mr. Dibdln to compose this respectable Entertainment, appear to be truly commendable; as it is equally calculated to conciliate the minds of the Natives of the different quarters of the United Kingdom, ?s to animate the general »pirit against the proud menaces of an invading Foe. Vol. I. 3F la *iO THE ANTI-GALLICAN. In Honour's quarrel, ob, how sweet To taste the joys that Victory brings! Trampling indignant under feet Those sii.ves who threat to tread on kings, Come, brother soldiers, give the word. Fate lures them here to find their graves; The sword is drawn, fair Freedom's sword^. And fatal ruav It fall on slaves. Hark ! how, witli loud arid horrid yell^ They seek destruction on on? shore? Bat pallid fear their din shall quel!. Wolves cease to liowl vvlicn lions roar. Kot then to fight, but to chastise. Arm, arm, at Liberty's command: Britons, at Freedom's bidding rise. And lash the cowanis from the land ! Come, brothfr soldiers, give the word; While shouts victorious rend tlie air; The sword is drawn, fair Freedom's sword—? Let Frenchmen tremble at its glare. High Heav'n in this may ruin urge; And Britain, eminentlv great. Vile Slav'rv from the world to scouffre, May be the instrument of fate. Come on, to fill Fame's ample page Ee Vengeance on these miscreants hurl'd; The dav that gives them to our rage Shall Peace restore to all the world. Come, brother soldiers, , seek tlie trench, To hostile hearts be vengeance driven; Your foes are the insidious French, Yovir quarrel i& the cause of Heaven. A WELCO?vIE TO THE FRENCH. SINCE united we are, one and all. hand and heart. And our union nor French nor t'ne devil can pavt. Come on, plagues of Egypt, and lean kine of Pharaoh; The Irish shelaly, Scotch Andrew farara. An English oak towel, shall hodderyour breath Wid a hug saij-aternal, 'twill hug you to death. (.'onie 071, fhick as locusts and stcarms r:f mus-uaioca', iSince we're &ne land of hrofhers aid true to our trothy You're rne.hontr, tnounseerSy^ to ike land of potatoes, ^oast heef and plumt-pu^din^, and Scotch larlcy broth THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 4U Is it mad th.itthe French are? but, honey, 'he asy; Falt-and conscience dere not only ni;id but dere crazy j And, as kirned physicians^ long life to ensure ^ew. Prescribe bleeding to inadnien to kill cm or cure 'em. So, pvepar'd well to physic their whole connnouvvealth. We'll bleed ''em to death for the good of llicir health. Cume on, ^c. See their t^lippet of State, full of sin unexampled. At Boulogne kiss that cross which in Egypt he trampled 5 Wid their'vive Bonaparte, and my dear iVIislvJi May'r Vou shall plander de English; moshe oblige to you Sare! Thus Jack Ketch to the taef, as the mob he harangued. Cried long life to you Paddy, come here and be hanged. Come an, &^c. We 're in arms, little Boney, and, as for the rest. Fait when we're in earnest we're not Used to jest; Besides, were a bridge built from Calais to Dover, The devil a Frenchman alive should con\e over; Tiien turn men and good christians, repenting what's past. Or the very first word that you speak is your last. Come on, iS'c, tl4E SOLDIER'S OATH OE ALLEGIANCE. TtlE standard of Freedom's displayed, Ye Britons your all is at stake! Then sacredly, under its shade. The firm oath of allegiance take. While angels strong zeal shall impart Let these words through the ranks loudly rlngj " I swear, and may heav'n judge my heart, '" To fight for my country and king." By the shades of those heroes of old. While inspiring the deeds of the brave. With benignity now that behold This struggle our country to save. In their glorious career to take part. So that fame my achievemerits may sing, «* I swear, and may heav'n judge my heart, " To fight for my country aQtlkins-" » F 2 F©r 412 THE ANTl-GALLlCAN. For those friends that commend me and sigh. Those dear comforts, my children and wife. And every relative tie That invigorates the springs of my life; In a word, that our deeds may impart Those joys peace and liberty bring: " I swear, and may heav'n judge my heart, ** To fight for my country and king.' ERIN GO BRA. SINCE Erin go bra is the song of the sod. And adds zest to each Irishman's toast; T-X;t our land in proud duty be consciously trod. And be -patriot virtue our boast. United and firm, each attempt to oppose From allegiance our minds that would draw; Of duty the friends, of sedition the foes. So shall honour sing Erin go bra. Than in Ireland, where nobler accomplisliments meet. Let them shew me the country who can ; Tis the region of wit, hospitality's seat, And for courage they'll fight to a man. But as health breeds excrescences, spots dim the sun^ And the diamond exhibits a flasv; By indulgence to errors our hearts shall be won. While old England sings Erin go bra. Ye deluded turn back ; in a proHigate crew Who seek misery and shame without end; Sliake off disaffection, to duty be true. And cherish your natural friend. Be vour only contention which fortunate isle Shall our mutual enemies awe; True glory shall court you, gay commerce ghall smile. And the world shall sing Erin go bra. THE SUBSCRIPTION AT LLOYD'S. IF the world ever saw a munificent act. That Time might on adamant write. Sons of Commerce 'tis yours — that mankind shall attract— Astonishment mix'd with delight. With THE ANTI-GALLIC.Vy. 413 W'lih a spirit so noble, so lionouiably given, That all ostentation avoids : Oh, of thousand, the prayers shall be put up to heaven For the generous subscribers at Lloyd's ! — When the Briton stands forth for each Englishman's right. Such encouragement misery beguiles; And, though crippled and maimed in the glorious figlit. Pain's appeased and calamity smiles. In his country's defence, though he risk limb and life. He uneasy reflection avoids ; Ensured every wish of his children and wife By the generous subscription at Lloyti's. Then France, drunk with rage, to thy destiny start. For plunder and riot grown warn). Benevolence' voice shall appal every heart- x\nd humanity wither each arm. Though thy turbulent leader no bounds can controul. Though all reason and truth he avoids ; Let him consciously dread, and be struck to the soid By the glorious subscription at Lloyd's. ANTIENT BRITONS. IF you of ancient Pritons speak. The hardy sons of Gaul Is of all Pritons vou ^viii seek. Most ancientest of all. And Komans, Saxons, Danes and Picts, And Norman eke also. Ne'er from their mountains could unfix So tough and prave a foe. As pards, and priests, and seers of old. With crowdies, harps, and lyres. Have sung, and have moreover told About their kitchen fires. And when at last, by Longshanks won. For sureties and for pails. They bO'ved not till he made hur son. Got pless hur Prince of Wales. You've peradventure heard, with choys. At Cressy, and at France, That many hardy Monmouth bovs Made Frenchmen ski[) and prance, 'Twas in a garden greens did crow. And plumbs and pears, perhaps. And leeks most peautiful also. To grace their Monmouth caps; Quivers of arrows they let fly. And also us'd the sling, As you shall hear, and by and by Took j)ris'ner the French king. Why was the tay I pray you won? \Vhy turned the French their tails > Because black Edward led them on. The gallant Prince of Wales. At Agincourt was laurels worn. When Henry took the field, Henry,] a Welchman pred and porn. That thousands made to yield. But 414 TTIE ANTI-GALL I CAN But Henry, as with rage he purned. Did fall, and also lay. When David Gam came m and turned The fortune of the tay. Then should the French put up our blood, I We're sons of David Gam, And they'll find they might provoke as good The devil and his tarn. Then strike the harp, and peat the siring. The French shall turn their tails ; For George, Got bless hur, ishurKing, And hur son is Prince of Wales. THE BRITISH HEROES. THE wear's began, the Britibh fair All weakness overcome ; The harp and lyre benealPi their care. Now hail the sprightly drum. like Sparta's matrons noWy great. Wives, mothers, daughter \ie Who most shall heroes animate To conquer or to die, Sound the trumpet loud ! Bid- the minstrel join The prayer of yonder lovely crowds For our sons of fame. In sounds divine , Invoicing each auspicious name In hattle to defend them. Hail! they exclaim.y rending the air, O listen to our fervent prayer^ May victory attend them ! See, with delight, some lovely fair Her parting hero deck, A laurel wreath adorn his hair. Her portrait grace his neck. Thus armed, he pants to join th' attack j She fir/mly bids him go, And warns him soon to bring her back Some trophy from the foe. iSound the trumpet loud. Ice. A mother cries, '* My lovb's first joy/ Go, f:unie and honour bring; From me thou hold'st thy life, dear boy# In trust, to serve thy king: Yet, from the reeking slaughter comey Whatever chance betide, In safety bring thy father home. Or perish by his side." Sound the truynpet loud, &<; Thus shall the lovely British dame To latest times be sung; Great, brave, and noble, as the fame^ And honour whence she sprung. Thus heroes perils shall survive. Shall love and glory share ; And, angel-guarded, shall derive Protection from the fair. Sound the trumpet loud, ^:c. THE AULD PIBROUGH. ALLAN Hamsey and Burns, , Ha cheerl} sujig, by turns. The deeds of the crouse, bonny, brat Scottisli man, Wi his aruis awe sae sheen. As they glistened in the een; While the canty pipe, sae gay. The auld pibrough did play — *' There never was a Scot but was true to his clau." Fr-13 Ossian to Bruce, The bra deeds to produce. Would take monny and monny a long hour to scan ; For mickle were the bairds. Sung the feats of Scottish lairds,- When the swankies in array. The cantv pipes did play — . *< There never vvas a Scot but was true to his cldn."' With THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 415 \VIlh the bonnet aw so blue, ^nd the nimble dirk in view, Willie t!ie Andrew Farraro each arm shall brawlv span ; For the cause each bosom worms. And they're awsome in arms. While the foe to dismay The warlike pipe shall play — *' There never was a Scot but was true to his clan." From Egypt's burning sands. Made red by Scottish hands -The invincible Slcybalds fled av/ lo a man; For the standard that they bore From its keeper's grasp we tore, ^\nd the French were all dismayed. As the pibrough we played — " There never was a Scot but was true to his clan!" Of that tune the second part Shall fash each bangster's heart. For if they d^re approach we'll their rear inake their van ; Sons of Wallace and Bruce Mighty vengeance let loose; Ancient courage display, "VVhile the canty pipes shall play — " There never \vas a Scot but was true to his clan." VICTORY AMD GEORGE III. WnENDrydcn wrote, and Purcel suiig Britons strike home! The patriot-sounds re-echoing rung 'I'he vaulted dome. To George, a soldier and a saint. To consecrate' his lay. The poet prayed; his numbers paint Our prayer of this day. To George, our theme, a Briton bona. No less be honours given; Whose various virtues might adorn The registers of heaven. Rise all who hear jne, rise, and sing Our hearts' dear chorus, God save the King ! Since heaven first bade Britannia sway The ample main. And vv illed the wondering world to obc/ Her mighty reign. From pov>^er to power, the great behest,. By time was handed down ; That fame and glory might invest The splendid British crown. George was the boon by nature willed. Now sovereign of the waves. Who the conditions well fulfilled Britons should ne'er be slaves! Rise all who hear me, fefc. Ye Britons bear in soul and mind The glorious term ; And what your ancestors enjoin'd Do you confirm. Steady, in Freedom's glorious cause. United heart and band. Fighting for honour and the laws. Chase slavery from the land. In Arthur's reign theirswords they dreWj, Heaven and St. George the word. Arm, arm, and be the word from you Victory and George the third. llise all who hear me, &:c. ON SEEING A MINIATURE OF BONAPARTE, Pendant fuoM the Neck of a Woman of Quality. '* WHAT, hang from the neck of a Lady?" cries Bill— '' Were ever such Folly and Impudence shewn ?" ** Far hcinging indeed, he may hang where he will, *' But as to. the rieck, let it be (■!/ his own J'" Traveller, SELECTED -iil^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. SELECTED POETRY. THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. % Mr. CAMPBELL. Ol-'R bugles bad sung, for the uight-cioud had lowcr'dj, And the ccntinal stars set them watch in the sky. And thousands had sunk on the ground overpower'd. The weary to sleep and the wounded to die ! When reposing tliat night on my pallet of straw. By the wolf-scaring faggot that gtiarded the slain. At the dead of the night, a sweet vision I saw, And twice ere the cock crew, 1 dreamt it again. Methought, from the battle field's dreadful array. Far, far I had roam'd on a desolate track, Till nature and sunshine disclos'd the svi-eet way To the house of my Father that welcom'd me back. I flew to the pleasant fields travcll'd so oft. In life's morning's march when my bosom was voung, I heard my own mountain-goats bleatiiig aloft. And well knew the strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the cup, and fondly wc swore. From my home, and my weeping friends never to part; Mv little ones miss'd me a thousand times o'er, And mv wife sobb'd aloud in the fulness of heart! Stay ! stay with us ! rest ! thou art weary and worn ; And fain was the war-broken soldier to stay; But sorrow returned with the daw ning of morn. And tiie voice iu my dre;iniing ear uielted away. Morning Herald* SONG. ARISE Brother Britons, in valour arise, Tiie Banner of Freedom's unfurled ; The day-spring^of Victory beams from the skies^ The thunder of vengeance is hurled. AVith our swords in our hands upraised to Heaven, We swear we will never be Slaves; And the Altar on which this proud promise is given Is tlie turf of om- forefathers graves. Foi- THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 4lf For a King, our fond fiitliers, for laws we adore. The dear tender lies of our lo\e; Like a band of true brothers we'll rush to the shore» Our arms :uid our valour to prove. Shall our sweet native Isle, so long Freedom's abods^ Be a prey to the Tyrant of Gaul? No, no, by our honour, our fatliers, our God, AV'e vvill save it or die at its fall. Kark, hark, tis the bugle each warrior calls Who shrinks not at Death's awful name 3 To arms, haste to arms! every Hero that fails, Shall die in the blaze of his fame. A NEW SONG OF OLD SAYINGS. BONAPARTE, the bully, resolv'd to come over, Widi flat-boitom'd wherries, from Calais to Dover j No perils to him in the billows are found, ' For if horn to he hangd he can never he drown d: From, a Corsican dunghill this fungus did spring. He was soon made a Caj)tain and would be a idngj But the higher he rises the more he does evil, * For a Beggar on Horseback will ride to the Devil: To seize all that we have and then clap u3 in jail. To devour all our victuals and drink all our ale. And to grind us to dust is the Corsican's will For we know all is grist Ikac e'er comes to his mill: To stay quiet at home the First Consul can't bear. Or mayhap he loould have other Jish to fry tker So as iish of tiiat sort does not suit his desire, • He leaps out rf thefijing-pan into the fir. re.; re. 'OL, L He builds barges and cock-boats, and craft without end, And numbers the boats which to England he'll send But in spite of his craft, and his barges and boats, * He still reckons, 1 think, without one of his hosts: He rid -s upon France and he tramples on Spain, And holds Holland and Italy tight in a chain ; Tliese he hazards for more, though I can't understand, ' How one hird in the hush is worth two in the hand: 8G He 416 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. He trusts that his luck will all danger expel, ' B?ii the pitcher is broke (hat goes oft to the tvell;" And when our brave soldiers this bully surround, ' Though hcs thought penny-wise, he'll look foolish hi pound/ France can never forget that our fathers of yore. Used to pepper and baste her at sea and at shore ; And we'll speedily prove to this Mock- Alexander, ' JFhat loas sauce for the goose, ivill he sauce for the gander.' I have heard and have read in a great many books. Half the Frenchmen are tailors, and t'other half cooks ; — We've fine trimmings in store for the Knights of the Cloth, « And the Cooks that come here will hut spoil their own broth.* It is said that the French are a numerous race, A^d perhaps it is true, * for ill iveeds grotu a-pace ;' But come when they willj and as many as dare, • / expect the f II arrive a day after the fair.' To invade us more safely these warriors boast They will wait till a storm drives our fleet from the coast. That t'will ' be an ill ivind, will be soon understood. For a wind that blows Frenchmen blows nobody good.' They would treat Britain worse than they've treated Mynheer, But they'll find, * they have got a wrong sow by the ear; Let them come then in swarms by this Corsican led. And I warrant, « well hit the right nail on the head.* A HUNDRED TO ONE, or the Odds against Bonaparte, By IF. C. EMPSOK Esq. SINCE the Gallic Ambassador's taken French leave, And returned in high dudgeon to France, At the loss of one Frenchman we never will grieve. Though we care not how many advance. As war is their fancy, why let them come on. And attempt their long threaten'd Invasion; To Arms, then to Arms! every Briton's brave Son, Can we arm on a better occasion ? Bonaparte has confessed lis * a hundred to one* Britain's tars will not let them come over-. Let him try, should he dare. But he'd better beware'. For should he elude 'em, she's many a brave Son, JVlio would ivarmly receive him at Dover, Now THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 41J| Now for once the Chief Consul speaks truth I confess. Though it seldom has happened before. For him than no one living adheres to truth less. Or to falsehood and perfidy more. He declares to his Slaves through the Gallic domaia ' Single-handedy we never can beat 'em, But we've proved the boast false, and will prove it again. As often as Nelson can meet 'em. Still Ike Corsican owns 'tis ' a Hundred to One,' &c. Then collect, Bonaparte, all the troops you can bring, And invade us at once if you can. But remember we're true to our Country and King^ And are loyal and brave to a man. We invite you to come, and we'll soon let you know. When insulted, what Britons can do; For we always were ready at facing a foe. And are anxious to meet him in you. Then Jmzza, my hravc Iwys, 'lis a Hundred to One, St'p, THE FURY OF DISCORD : A war song. By John Carr, Esq. IN a chariot of fire through hell's flaming arch^ The Fury of Discord appear'd, A myriad of daemons attended her march. And in Gallia her standard she rear'd. Thy name so enchanting, sweet Freedom ! she took. But in vain did she try to assume Thy smile of content, thy enlivening look. And thy roseate, mountainous bloom. For wan was her visage, and frenzied her eye; At her girdle a poniard she wore; Her bosom and limbs were expos'd to the sky. And her robe was besprinkled with gore. Nature shudder'd and sigh'd, as the wild rabble past; Each flow'r hung its beautiful head; The groves became dusky, and moan'd in the blast, ;■ And Virtue and Innocence tied. She rose from her car, 'midst the yell of her crew; Emblazon'd, a scroll she unfurl d. And on it, the dreams of Philosophy drew — " 'Tis the charter," she cried, ** of the world." ^ G 3 Plunder^ 420 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Plunder, kecn-ev'd and lean, rang uiih plaudits the skyj Murder grinn'd, as he wiietttd his steeJ ; Wtiile Blasphemy swore the iledcejner on high \Va.s tlie creature of foUy and zeal. The scaffold grew red with the blood oi' the brave. Kings turn'd pale on their thrones at h.er nodj While Loyalty flew to the gloom ot the cave. And Piety knelt to her God. At length, after changing her cliiefs at her will. As their mischievous zeal grew remiss, She songht a new fav'rite with dexterous skill. From Obscurity's darkest abyss : The powers of her monstrous adoption to try, ']\Jidst, Egypt, thy waterless waste! She I lule him the blast of thv desert outvie. And defile all thy relics of taste. The hero obey'd — with a merciful air. He rung from thy natives a tear; Btit tJie justice and valour of Britain e'en there Shook his legions recoiling with fear. Well pleas'd with his crimes, the Furv, with flight. To her empire safe wafted him oer; V^'hile the spectres of Jaffa, with ghastly delight. The murd'rer pursu'd to the shore. Arriv'd — for his brow, lo ! a turban she made. Bright with gems pluck'd from Gallia's crown ; To give him a name, she Rome's hist'ry survey 'd. In the days of her early renown. To embellish his guilt, or to soften its shade. The Arts m.ournful captives she kept ; And the plund'rer and plunder of Europe display 'd To the wand'rer, who wonder'd and wej)t. To support this apostate imperial shade. This impious mock'ry of good. She rais'd a banditti, to whom she comey'd His spirit for plunder and blood. The chiefs of the earth in a panic beheld The flash of his sabre afar ; They enter'd — but pensively mov'd from the fiel4» Aod bow'd to tills Idol of war j TUl THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 421 Till funi'd with the incense of slavish applause. O'er the globe's fairest portion he trod; And spurning it's liberty, spirit, and laws, Conceiv'd himself raised to a God. Bvit England disdain'd to the Tyrant to bend; Still erect, undisrnay'd she was found ; Infuriate, he swore that his bolt should descend. And her temples should fall to tlie ground. Yes, here, if his banner be deslin'd to wave. It shall float o'er her temples laid low; Over piles of her children, who, loyal and brave. Such a victoiy never will know. Oh ! banisii the thought — for learn 'tis in vain. Thus, thou nianiac Tyrant, to boast ; As soon shall her base be remov'd by the main. As her empire by thee and thy host. The sound Is gone forth — 'tis recorded above: To the mountain It spread from the vale; ** Our God, and our King, and our Country we love. And for them we will die, or prevail." Then hasten the day, if thy threat be sincere. Let the winds blow t'ny myriads along; Then soon may thy boasted Armada appear. Soon our rocjvs catch the militant song. Thy guardian, foul deity! hideous with crime. Shall view, as she moves to our shore. The Genius of Britain, mild, brave, and sublime. And shall boast her achievements no more. Oh! direful and strange will the contest appear. Big with freedom to nations afar: The good who confide, and the guilty who fear. Shall join in the conflict of war. In heaven, with smiles, shall the happy and blest Lean over its bright-beaming walls. To guide and support to the regions of rest The soul of the patriot who falls. Britannia ! thy muse, on a rock high and steep. The fate of the fight shall proclaim ; The strings of her lyre Inspiration shall sweep. Recording each hero by name. The world to its centre shall shake with delight. As thus she announces their fall ; '* They sink — our invaders submit to our might. The ocean has buried them all." \LoijalisU 422 THE ANTl-GALLICAN. BRITISH THUNDER ! Perish fhr 7nan whose mind is hackward noia. — Shakespeare. O'ER Albion's happy land again Blood-thirsty Mars resumes his reign. His crimson flag unfurls -, Bellona, in her iron car. Sounds the tremendous trump of War, Her direful vengeance hurls. To arms ! ye gallant hearts of steel. And make these bold invaders feel The force of British thunder; Quick pour destruction on the foe. And let proud Bonaparte know He ne'er shall Britain plunder. To scourge the pride of haughty France, >Sec, see, Britannia's sons advance. And grasp the shining spear; To guard their liberty and lives. Their laws, their children, and their wives, Briive Evitons know no fear. Should they e'er tempt the foaming wave> Meet them, ye British seamen brave. With true old English thunder : Shew the vain-glorious sOns of France, Though unassisted we'll advance. And save our land from plunder. J^ut should the base, the murd'ring band On Albion's sliore iu darkness land. And brave the British lion, No cowards on our shore they'll meet. No slaves to crouch beneath their feet ; This tmth they may rely on. The Frenchmen boast they'll freedom grant. And on Albion's shore will plant Their tree of liberty ; But here does freedom smiling live. Such freedom Frenchmen ne'er can give: Tiien to its standard fly. Shall Britons bow to Gallia's lord? Obey a tyrant Consul's word ? *' No, no," they loudly cry ; *' We'll guard our sacred shore from spoil. From tyranny and Gallic wile 3 And freely live, or die," Thcjv LoyaUi THE ANTI-GALLICAN. , Then o'er this land shall George still reign, Britannia still shall rule the main. Of future days the Wonder : While Freedom's flag remains unfuri'd. We'll bid defiance to the world. And hurl Lli avenging thunder. «i2S T, P. H. AMOR PATRIAE. AN ADDRESS TO OLD ENGLAND'S VOLUNTEERS. ROUSE, Volunteers, your warlike souls to arms^ Undaunted Heroes to the fight advance, I.et ev'ry breast be free from vain alarms And bid defiance to aspiring France. Invasion's threaten'd : hated Gallia boasts She'll send her myrmidons with dreadful ire. To strew vour much-lov'd Albion's happy coasts. With heaps of dead and desolation dire. Then, fellow men, unite with heart and hand. And fight with vigour in your country's cause: Bold, meritorious, patriotic band. Defend your rights, your liberties and laws. Let ev'ry heart with lively ardour glow. To guard its Sovereign, and its native land ; Let Justice point, and Vengeance strike the blow. And hurl destruction on the lawless band. Shall Britons sleep when Bonaparte invades Their Country's envied, but unconquered, plains? Shall monsters ravish England's fariest maids. And fix her sons in everlasting chains ? To a curs'd Tyrant's yoke shall Britons bend. And Freedom's sons in bonds of slavery groan ! Shall independent souls with slaves contend And Albion kneel at haughty Gallia's throne. No ! not till Nature's laws shall cease to reign. Not till the Sun for ever stays its course ; Not till the Heav'ns shall lose their starry train. Or the loud tempest cease its boist'rous force. Rise then Old England's Loyal Volunteers, For hark ! The God of War to glory calls ; Unite those hearts ne'er yet appall'd by fears — And boasting Galha's vile Usurper falls. Regulus. 424 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, A NEW SONG AND A TRUE SONG ; Or, the Character of the Wretches who threaten to conquer THE SONS OF LIBERTY. DO you hear, my brave boys, what these scoundrels advance : That Briiain shall soon be a province to France j That they'll do such exploks as shall make the world wonder. And give up the nation to rapine and plunder? Derry doivn, <3^c. They are hoarse, these vain boasters, with teariiig their tliroats About their invasions and Jiai-hottomd boats ; I don't think they Ml venture to stir now they've got 'em. If they should, they shall all go downjiat to the bottom. ■ Derry down, &c. Would you know who they are, with their threats to invade ? Who for ^ges have made of vain-boasting their trade ? A Frenchman* himself calls them beasts in our shape, A marvellous union of tiger and ape. Derry down, fefe. Like fi^rers, they tear all they reach with their claws j Like -monkeys, they chatter with impudent jaws : Like tigers, deceitful and cruel, they slay All they get in their power, and devour them as prey. Derry down, ^c. Like monkeys, they grin with a thousand grimaces. And hold out their paws hr fraternal embraces ! No offers of friendship. Monsieur, if you please; For your softest embrace is a bloody hard squeeze. Derry doicn, isfc^ But who 19 the Hero that leads them this dance ? A Corslcan stroller that stroli'd hno France ; And as nirtue in France for the most part miscarries, T" insure his promotion, a harlotf he marries. Derry down, ^c- The honours thus purchas'd, the miscreant has sullied, ' Has pronns'd, deceiv'd, intrigu'd, brib'd, and bullied ; Turns Atheist, turns Turk, and turns Christian at will. His ambition. to feed, and his coders to fill. Derry dotvn^ Sfc. * Voltaire. r , , r t The renowned Mudan.'c Bonaparte was ennobled by the more thanfralm^l cmlraus oj Barris, in the pleatitude of his power, after she had bcca eml'Tu.ed by General Delhas, wha relieved her from the eml>ra.,s of ^oovi:.henier the poet. The Usurper, iu conwqueucs o£ this marriai^c, couimanded the army in Egypt. TITK ANTI-GALLICAN. 4Q5 Destruction attends every step that he goes, For he poisons alike both h\s friends and his foes ; He leaves his inv/nril/r troops to he beat. And makes the French Slaves, as he steals a retreat. Derry downy Ss'c, Where now, ye mean vassals, has Liberty fled? Her cap ye have turn, ye hag chains in her stead ; Ye rattle these chains, and are proud of disgrace ! You've Equality still— for you're equally hase ! Derry down, Sfc, THE BRITISH MEDLEY. IN wild confusion's lawless reign. When raadden'd France, like chaos, rose— Contemn'd the Monarch of the main. And breath'd around unnumber'd woes r To England's coast her blood-staln'd arms she turn'd. Britannia cried, whilst her embrace she spurn'd, Britons, strike home! Avenge your country's wrongs 1 Fight, and record yourselves in Druids' songs. From ev'ry port, the willing crew l.auncb"d forth, to cut the buoyant tide. Their floating walls ; as fav'ring blew Each zephyr on old Neptune's pride. What tho' the foe did vainly dare the fight ! He loud exclaim'd, and sunk in whelming night. Rule, Britannia 1 Britannia rule the waves I Britons never shall be slaves. Then coward treason dark combin'd. And met the dastard traitor's doom. United ev'ry Briton's mind. Whose lifted sword shone through the gloom. Peace gladd'ning echo'd o'er the tented fields. Each voice proclaim'd, while rung the clanging shields, God save great George our King 1 Long live our noble King I God save the King 1 Send him victorious, Happy and glorious ! Long to reign over us ! God save the Kjng i yoL.-*. SH Yet, 420 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Yet, as the dining foe provoke. By" deeds of harsh aggressive war ; jAgain shall thund'ring hearts of oak Their missive horrors spread afar. The valiant seamen, scouring tlieir domain, Shall sing in myriads on their wat'ry reign — - We always are ready. Steady hoys, steady. We'll fight., and well conquer again and again. ANTICIPATION. A SOXNET. By \Vm. Wordsworth, Esq. SHOUT, for a mighty victory is won ! On British ground the Invaders arc laid low. The hreath of Heaven has drifted them like snow. And left them lying in the silent sun Never to rise again : The work is done. Come forth ye Old Men now in peaceful show. And greet your Sons! Drums beat, and Trumpets blow ! Make merry Wives, ye little Children stun Your Grandam's ears with pleasure of your noise! Clap Infants, clap your hands ! Divine must he That trium))h when the very worst, the pain. The I0.-.S, and e'en the prospect of the slain. Hath something in it which the heart enjoys — True glory, everlasting sanctity. ^VAR ADDRESS. Rl§E, ve Britons, march to glory. Dauntless stand 'midst war's alarms j Tell the Youth of future story. That their Sires were great in arms, W' hat, tho' despot frenzy threaten Eouder than the raging waves : Free-born warriors fight for Britain ; Gallia's sokliers are but slaves. T} rant ! tho' thy troops victorious. Darken yonder distant shore ; Here you'll find defeat Inglorious ; Cvimy^hut you return no niorc. Plere, no Turkish host parading, Plerc no tame Italian band. Views afar the foe invading March resistless o'er the land. Here, each virtuous feeling tender. Here, each dear domestic tie Arms our every brave defender. Arms to conquer, or to die. Come, ye bands inurd to plunder, ConiC, and find a narrow bed ; Ven2;eance soon shall point henhunder On your Despot'? guilty head. BONA- THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 427 BONAPARTE'S WILL. AS I am on a vo\age bent. That mav prove good or ill, I thus confusion to prevent Think fit to make iiiy will. And first Madame, my lo\ing wife, {'V\\o sorrv to fcn-sake licr), 1 leave, siiould I depart this hfc. To Barkas — if he 11 take her. She of imfruitful vines \vas one ! I wish he still had kept her : Then, happv, to a duteous son I now might leave — my sceptre. But not a needle do I care \\'ho wields it after nie. Provided he be no proud heir Of Bourbon's fainlly. Then to my Fellow Consuls, next, I leave their titled iuhhle — To Talleyrand, this wholesome tcxf, " A man is born to trouble." To my dear Brothers I bequeath All thev can get by rapine ! Tliat is, provided that mi/ death. Ere I return, shall happen. To my companions, brave in arms (If they get safely over), I give up all tlie wealth and charms, Brijond the Ci'tffs of Dover. Mv friends, tlic Italians, Dutch, and Swiss, To nie so true and steady, I leave mv hnd.frnternal hhs — So now to die I'm read v. IIafiz. Translated from the original Morning Post. WAR SONG. BRITONS cease your long forbearing Let insults fire your gcn'rous blood ; Arouse, arouse, to n)artial daring, And deeds of noble hardihood. 3 H Proud Frenchmen brave us — (juick assemble — Join Britamiia's patriot band ; i\lake these boasting Frenchmen trend)le, Jf they dare invade our land. r'reedom ever held her station On this happy favour'd isle ; Freedom calls ye, rouse, brave nation. Cease the works of Peace awhile. Shall Frenchmen threaten our enslav- ing ? Shall slaves in Britain e'er be found ; Shall Gallic banners, proudly waving. E'er be fix'd on British ground ? Now I mark your heart's quick motion j Yes, let them come, I hear you cry; Yes, let them pass our subject ocean ! Yes, let them come, they come to die. Come, Bonaparte, tyrant savage. Thy armies marshal on our coast ; Awhile thy slaves our fields may ravage. But ruin soon shall 'whelm thy host. Gallant comrades, think of Cressv, And Aboukir's well fought field. Departed heroes shades will bless ye, ^ V'hilst the avenging sword you wield. Quick, ye gen'rous youths, assemble. Join Britannia's patriot band, Make those boasting iM-tnchmeu tremble. If they dare invade our land. THE CHALLENGE. A NEW SONG. Tune — '* Jll Trades." YE Gallic gasconaders. Prepare your tools of war. And prove yourselves invaders Of Britain — if ye dare. All eager, arm'd, and steady, On shore, and on the seas. Her gallant sons are ready To meet you when you please, 'i September'^ 428 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. September's reign is ended. Oar harvest safely home ; Then why, if you intend it. Do you delay to come? The nights are long and dark enough, Yo'ur passage to secure ; But, lest the wealhcr should pvove rougJi Your fleet of boats — ins7ire. Brltanla though a small land. Possesses wcnd'rous wealth : Old Italy and Holland, And ail you gain'd by stealthy And all you got by dint of force, With it cannot compare — Here you may fill each empty ]>urse. And live on princely faie. Bat mark 1 in this same speck of earth A native plant is found. Which from the A?.y that gave it birih. Has bloom'd all seasons round ; Tis deadly poison to the touch Of Tyrants and of Slaves — And sure as fate, ye French and Dutch I Will send you to your graves. Then come, ye gasconaders ! Vv^lth all your tools of war. And prove yourselves mvaders Of Britain — if }e dare. All eag^r, arttiM, and steady. On shore and on the seas, ~ Her gallant son? arc ready To meet yon when you please, Mormiio; Post. WAB SONG. Tune — '* God save the King BRITONS prepare, prepare, Bellona mounts her car, And cries ** To arm.-, 1" Her standard now unfuri'd, Strikes terror thro' the world. Her darts v\'ith vengeance hurl'dj Spread wjde alarms Sweet peace, once wont to smile On this Heav'n-favor'd isle, Alas! is fled! A haugl'.ty tv rant's frown InsuUs her fair renown; Torn is tlie olive crown From Beauty's head. Envy, that hag accnr?t. Of all the vices worst, liis b.eart inflames ; His threat Britannia heard t Hark I plunder' Is the word ! Lnsheath'd his murd'ring sword At distance gleams : Coi: e on, thou vaunting foe, Brit(ms shall let thee know Where freedom shines. Tlieir bullets, vving'd with fate, Sr.all teach thee, tho' too late, V. hat vengeance (Toes await Thy rash debigns. Gcd of our fathers, hear Thy sui;uliant ciii'dren's prayer, Their cause defend. So si all Britannia's sons Def'. his mirmydons, A"d England's tliund'ring guns His pr<)jects end. Iheir country's call inspires Her sons with niartial fire.^ ''T(; amis!""" they cry. S e wnere her legions go I'-; mec/ ih'- invading foe, • Tbe onlv word they know, COxN'OI 'Eli or DH- I J. S. A SOiNG For tie VoLtNTF.FRS in fhe Nfigh- kourhood of Woburn xVbbey, Bv JoMES Willis, Tisc]. AKOl*ND the land the din of arms. Each heart with martial ardour warnis' We'll join the patiiot band , THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 429 PetermlnVl to be free or fall. We 11 danatl^^ss meet ihe bra2;tiart Gaul, And Russel shall cotnniai.d. Illuslrioas chief! to Bri*ons dear, Heir to that name vvhicii all revere, Of Albion's isle the pVide ! 'Tvvus to assert bis coanivy's cause. Our rights, our liberty, our ]:\s-:£. His !;reat forei'ather died. A, patriot king now fills the throne. Whose 3ac:-xl sway with joy vv-e own, Our safeguard and our shield. In his defence all hearts unite, Each bosom burns with fierce delight, And rushes to th.e field. Lo 1 where our free-born peasants join. With ])rinces in th' embattled linej One soul ins))ires them all. French spoilers from the eartli to sweep. Or whelm them in the rathless d-cc^ : To conquer or to fall. Though nations crouching to his sway, W'lih unavailing groans obey The despot's iron reign ; This soil no .ruffian's bloody band, No Gallic robbers grasping hand, Unpiuiislted, shall profane. Here, if the tyrant dare to tread, Swift vengeance on his guilty head. In thunder shall be hurl'd. High notes shall swell the trump of fr.ne, A:id nations hail, with loud acclaim. The a>-eii2,er of the world. DUET AND CHORUS roR Four VOKKS, Compos d iif Dr. G. Kaker of Derhj, STAND round iuv bra\e bo\s. With heart and vvuh voice. And all in full chorus agree j We'll fight for our King, /^nd as io\allv sing, Aud let the >vor!d know w^'ll be fice. The Frenchmen shall flij. As with shouts we draw nigh. And echo shall victory ring; Then safe from alarms. We'll rest on our arm.y. Arid chorus it Long live the King, W^ith hearts firm and stout. We'll repel the bold rout, And fo'low fair Liberty's call; We'll rush on the foe, And deal death in each blow, 'Till concu'est and honour crown all. The Frenchtnen shall fy, &c. Then Commerce once n\ore. Shall bring w-e.-dth to our shore. And Plenty and Peace bless our Isle; The peasant shall quaff Of his bowl will) a laugh. And reap the sweet f.uits of his toil. The Frenchmen shall fly, &:c. Kind love shall repay. The fatigues of the day. And melt us to softer alarms j Cov Phillis shall burn, At her Soldier's return. And bless the brave youth in herarma. The Frenchmen shall fy, ^rc THE MAMMOTH, SOON as the deluge ceas'd to pour The Hood of death from shore to shoro^ And verdure smiTd again; Hatch'd amidst elemental strife, I sought the upper vealn-is of life, The tyrant of the plain. Ow India's shores my dwelling lay, Gij£,antic, as I roam'd for prey. All nature took to fiigni ! At my approach the lofty woods. Submissive bow'd, the trembling floods Drew backward with affright, Creation 430 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. Creation fell a gcnornl shock : The screaming eagle sou|2;ht the rock. The elephant was slain ; Affrighted, nren to caves reircat. Tigers and Leopards lick'd my feet. And oua'd my loriliy reifzii. Thus many moons my course I ran. The general foe of beast and man. Till on one fiital day, Tlie Lion led the bestial train, Audi, alas' was quiekly slain, Ar gwrg'd wiili food I lay. With light'ning's speed the rumours spread, "Rejoice! Rejoice! the ]\Iamnioth's dead," ' Res(uuuls from shore to shore. Pomona, Ceres, tlirive again. And laughing join the choral strain, *' The ALaiumoih is no more." In earth's deei> caverns lonp; iiumuv'd, AIv skeleton from view secur'd, In dull oblivion lay; Till late, with industry and toil, A vouth subdu'd the stubborn soil. And draggM me forlh to day. In London now rn\ bod}"? sho\vn, And while' »hecrovv-d o'er e\t'ry bone Incline the curious head. They yiew my form v.itb woudring eye, And pleas'd in faiuied safft\ cry, " 'i'hank Hcav n, liic UMJUs'ser's dead 1" Ob mortals, b-'nd to future ill, jSI\ race \ei lives, il prospers still; Navr— start not with surprize; 'Behohl, from Corsica's small isle, T'wiu-born in cruehv and guile, A second Mammoth rise! He >eel5s; , OM^i fortjune's bi ! U a\ s born , A land bv revolutions toni, A prev to civil liale; And, seizing on a lucky time. Of (jalhc hvn/y, Gallic criine, A^-^Ujiies tat regal stale, Batavian freedom floats in air. The patriot Swiss, in deep despair. Deserts his native land; While luuighry Spain her tiionarch sees Submis-ive .^vait, on bended knees, 'i'he tA rani's dread coumiand. AH Kiu-ope o'er ihc o;iant stalks, ^\'ilole nations tremble as he \\ alks. Extinct their uiartial fire; The Northern Hear lies dovrn to rest. The Prussian Eagle seeks her nest, I'he Austrian bands retire. Yet ah I a storm begins to low'r. Satiate with cruelty and pow'r. At ease tlie monster lies; Lion of Britain, led by you. If Euro|X''s sons the fight renew, A second ^lammoth dies. Culiucf, O D E. Awu'Kf! arise! or be for ever fall'n WHEN C.*csar, bv ambition led. Our circumambient seas o'er?])read ^^'it1l liis all-conquering host. Think how our bold forefathers pour'd Where'er the storm of danger lour'd Around their native coast! Ignited in one common cause. Their flaming vengeance knew no pause. Their naked breasts no fear: Rude were their arms, but firm their hearts — UnskilPd in military arts — Their blessings fe%v, but dear. Bv their heroic deeds inspir'd. Shall not their prouder sons be fir'd. And death or victory chuse? When now a more rapacious foe Aims at your isle a deadlier blow. Think what r^'ou haAC to lose. A THE ANTI-G ALLICAN. 43 i AU >brit Is dear in polishM life, All that is worth the niurtial strife, V/hlch iu'Vt your latlicrs kt'.e\v: O rnusel aiul guard your bi^st delights : — Your couniry's liopcs — your country's rights "^'our country looks to yoal Bv Virtue's prayers, l>y Age's fcars^ B\ Childhood's charms, by Beauty's tears, Unsheath the vengeful sword! O spurn a faithless tvrant's voko ;" With spirits unsubdued — n!i])roke — Nor trust his treach'rou.s woid! Will HK, who've desolatin Where join'd with Labour, thou dost love to dwell i Kg longer loiter on the wood-fring'd green — 'Tis time to strike thy foes— to break the spell— Which hell prepar'd, and dipt in Stygian flood. Has delug'd Europe in a sea of blood. Goddess, raise thine eye, and see What horrid scenes prevail around; Hark ! how pale-fac'd Misery Mourns her fate in plaintive sound: IVlark what piteous groupes appear. Bound in chains, and pale with fear; Mark their shrieks, their piercing cries. Their looks deprest, their deep-drawn sighs j Young orphans, widows, virgins craz'd, bewail. And raise their clasped hands to heav'n in pray'r; Their grief-bent forms relate their dismal tale. And say — behold the children of Despair: Now see where Tyranny ascends her throne. All stain'd with blood— and mocks them as they groaa, 31 <^^ THE ANTI-G\LLICAN. In thund'ring voice she gives the word — *' Soldiers," the monster cries, ** away"— No sooner is the mandate heard. Than out they rush to seize their preyj With rav'nous speed the legions haste. And lay the groaning nations waste j On, on, they hold their vengeful course. Nor staid by pity nor remorse. The swain beholds the produce of his toil. His wife, his children, all which gave delight; Behold them all the dread invader's spoil, L And will not deign to shun their fate by flight: He stays — they strike the blow — and as he dies. He hears his ravish'd daughter's anguish'd cries. Switzerland— once happy spot. Where peace and joy did once reside; How altered now thy hapless lot ! How chang'd thy noble free-born prid No more the voice of joy prevails [ Amid thy rocks and atiadowy dales ; No more thy peasants dance the round, Cheer'd by intxry Music's sound ; Gay smiles are seen no more — but, wrapt in gloom. Each youth in silence mourns thy hapless doom ; And «is he blushing eyes the honour'd graves. Where, safe from all tlieir country's woes. His patriot ancestors repose. He cries — " I love — yet dare I now, *' Tile passion of my soul avow ?— A\i ! no — 1 will not be the Sire of slaves ; Till I am free — let vengeance be my cry — ii iitit I cannot be — 'tis time to die." Holland, whose bold and hardy race Hrtd fenced out the raging gea ; Behold her foul and sad disgrace ; Behold her bound in slavery; Down the massy bulwarks strike- Quick, destroy the lofty dyke ; And where rich lands are seen — once more Let Ocean's whelming waters roar ; Of rather thou their drooping souls inspire. And fill their breasts with thine avenging fire. Nor there alone in base subjection pine; Low — ^low arc laid the nations of the Khine; Voot THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 435 Poor Spain and Italy have felt the stroke. And bow'd their heads benea':h the galling yoke. Say how were all these nations won? How was Europe thus o'er-run? Freedom, to effect their shame. Tyranny assum'd thy name ; The masked fiend exclaim'd " I come to bless- To fix your rights, and give you happiness." 'Twas thus deceiv'd by words the nations fell. And found too late the promis'd heav'n a hell. And now the monster, conquest-proud. And jealous of our rival pow'r; Would hither lead his hireling crowd. To murder, ravage, and devour : Let him come — nor force nor wile Can e'er subdue thy fav'rite isle ; Let him come — still led by thee. We haste to certain victory: We shouting haste — and, form"d in martial Ihie, The dread avengers of the world we stand; Whilst children, virgins, wives, surround thy shrine. And call down blessings on their native land. Yes, yes, their patriot pray'r is heard. Their pray'r to heav'u and thee preferr'd— Now the rival hosts engage. Far resounds the battle's ragej And now the work of death is done. Hark ! Britons shout — the day is won. The day is won — War's murd'rous horrors cease. And Freedom's sons resume the works of peace. The impressive sfyhi the importance of sembly upon earth, convened by the the subjecty and the lUghf Reverend most gracious Monarch that ever sat Author s desire that its contents upon a throne, and required to delibe- should he generally promulgated^ rate upon the most important subjects induce the Editors of the Anti- that ever occupied your Lordships' at- gallican, to give to their readers the tention, or that of any of your prede- following Extracts from the Lord qessors in this house. Bishop of Llandajf's Intended I, my Lords, could have been well Speech to the House of Lord,s on contented to spend the little remainder the opening of the jyre sent Session. of my life in retirement, and buried in My Lords, obscurity; indifferent, alike, to the call* TT of professional emolument, and profes- Ji JSJ obedience to his Majesty's com- sional ambition : but I cannot be con- mauds, and m compliance with my tented to remain indifferent to the sum- own sense of public duty, I this day monsof my Sovereign, in a time of dis. app^ III my place in the noblest as- tress ? deaf to the caUs of my country, 3 1 2 whea 436 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. when Its exlstcnre is endangered. — En- , dangered we all know it to be : but where is the dastardly soul (none such 1 am confident, is to be met with a- mongst your Lordships; none such, I hope, is to be met with amongst any of those in whose hearing I now speak) • — where is the dastardly soul, who ac- companies his prospect of danger, with a feeling of despair ? Without laying claim to any extra- ordinary degree of courage, any man, of an advanced age, who has well con- templated the siiort and slippery course of this world's concerns, may acquire such a firmness of mind, as will enable him to sustain with stoical fortitude all the vicissitudes of fortune, which may await him J or, (to speak in language more appropriate, 1 am sensible, to your Lordships' principles, more con- sonant to your feelings, as well as to my own,) to acquiesce, with Christian resignation, in every dispensation of God. What cause can such a man ever have for terror and despair ? On such a man (I here see many such) — Manca ru'it semper fortuna. — ^The worst that can happen to any individual amongst \i3 is Death; and he who fears to die in the just defence of his country, does not deserve to live in it. I put the matter at the very worst, and that worst is nothing: good men do not dread it, brave men do not shun it, wise men hourly think of it; it terrifies none but fead men and cowards. What ground then for our despair ? our cause is good, our conscience on this point is clear — we are not fighting to plunder other men's property, but to protect our own .—we are not fighting to subvert the Li- * bertv of other nations, but to prevent the yoke of slavery from being fastened on our necks and on those of our posr terity — wt- are not fighting in contempt of national character, in despite of the civil order of the world, in derision of Religion, in mockery of Heaven — No ! we are fighting to preserve this happy land from Atheism, from Despotism, or Anarchy, from that moral contami- nation of principle and practice, Avhich outrages the very nature of human kind. But why speak of the worst, when there is little probability of the worst happening? To some, indeed, it must happen ; some gallant men must fall in the noble conflict; but that the nation will be subdued is not to me a pro- bnble event. The. events of war, we acknowledge it with humility, and we have abundant reason to acknowledge it with gratitude and piety, are in the hands of God. — Our duly is to trust the issue of the contest to him, as if we were not concerned in bringing it about — but it is our duty also to exert our own energy, as if every thing de- pended on ourselves. And are we not doing this, in a manner and to an ex- tent unheard of in former times, in our own Country, and unprecedented in the most illustrious nations of antiquity? We read of a law in Spar/a which made it death for a man to refuse hazarding his lift in the defence of his Country. — We have no such lav/; but we have something a thousand times better than such a law — we have a, British spirit. — That spirit is now rous- ed, it pervades the whole country, it animates the nobility, gentry, yeomanry, all orders and descriptions of men, to do that voluntarily, which even Spar^ tans were compelled to do by the fear of Punishment. Every city, town, and village, from the Land's End to the Orkney islands, pours forth its voluntary legions, in defence of their Coup-try and of their King. Glorious and unexampled on the, surface of the earth i§ his Majesty's situation I-^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 437 Mtuation 1 — Other princes there are who reign over more extensive rejiions — other Princes there are wlio su})port their tlirones, in times of peace, hy more nu- merous armies J and exercise over their suhjects a more unlimited sway. — But where is the Prince, in Eurojje, or in the worhl, who, in the day ot" danger, sees himself protected as his jNIajesty is, by the united cHorts of all his people — by th*^ persons of those who are able to wield a weapon; — by the j:)rayers of the aged and of the Sex; — by the purses of the rich ; — and bv the hearts of all ?— Surely all this is well — it does honour to the King, it docs equal honour to the people. They know for whom and for what they expose their lives — they know that they are not miserable Con- scripls, driven in chains to be sacrificed on the altar of an ambitious leader, whom they detest; but loyal subjects, voluntarily encountering danger for a legal and beloved monarch ; and not for him only, but for themselves; for the preservation of that limited monarchy, which is the primary source of all the blessings they enjoy, as members of civil society. Is any one ignorant of these bles- sings ? does any one think that he has nothing to fight for, that his conduion is so mean and uncomfortable that, let what will happen, it cannot become worse under any constitution which may take place? Mistaken man! go and see if thou canst find in France— a trial by jury — an Habeas Corpus act — an incorrupt administration of justice — an equality of la%v — a security of lile and property — a parochial maintenance for thy orphans and thy widow — and for thyself, when age or accident shall have unnerved the arm of industry ? Bles- sings these ! w|nch the meanest Eng- Jishman so liberally enjoys, that he is apt to overlook them ; which the greatest Frcnchnien so eagerly desiic, that they will ere long with swords ia their liands demand ihem. The sol- diery of France, of Holland, Switzer- land, Italy, glutted at length witli slaughter, satiated at length with piuQ- der, will, ere long, begin to be ashamed, olhcers and men, of the part ihey have acted in this revolutionary tragedy of the world ; they will at length make an atonement for the mischief th^y have done, and snap, at onc6, the 4espotic chains, which in a fit of faction, pas- sion, and insanity, they have con- tributed to Impose on their respective countries. But be this as it may, — for there is little certainty in any political predic- tipn, and least of all in mine, — permit me to congratulate your Lordship's and the nation on that mijitar)" ardour which is erery where excited. It is every where excited to such a pitch, that were our Generals conunissioned to say to their troops, asthe Jevvish officers were obliged, by the law of Moses, to say to tlieir soldiers before they engaged in battle — "^ Wiiat man is there that is fearful and fainthearted, let him go and retire unto his house" — Not one in an hundred, I think, would retire from their ranks. It has been said of Carthage — thot all her citizens vv ere merchants, mindful of nothing but of the acquisition of wealth : — and it has been said of Rome — that all her citizens were sol- diers, mindful of nothing but of the acquisition of Military Glory. — The issue of our present struggle will, I trust, teach all future Historians to say of Britain, that she united characters hitherto esteemed discordant, and in- compatible, and combined for her de- fence the strength of Carthage and of Rome— 438 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, Rome — that her scliliers were ruer- chantsaiid her iD^ichants were soldiers. Hrid Carthage been, after the second Punic war, what Great Briiain now is, the exclnniatioT) of iJat9 (which our modrrn Cains, forsooth, have so vorife- Toasiy adopted) the — dclenda est Car- thago — would have been considered by the Roman Senate as an itnj>u(ient gasconade, unworthy of its attention. Let our enemies mark the diderence between Great Britain and Carthage, to say nothing of that between Rome and France. We are not defende(i, as Carthage was, by mercenaries, seldom faithful, always uninterested in the event of war, and sparing of their blood. — We are not supported, as she was, by tributary states, impatient of our yoke, and watching ior an op- portunity to throw it otf. — We are not assisted, as she was, by allies, envious of our prosperity, and secretly hoping to benefit themselves by oar downfall — better none than such allies !— No ! we have no mercenary forces, no tributary states, no alliances : bat we have nH>ve than an equivalent for thou ail. — A free constitution— the work of ages ! the wonder of the ^^ol•ld! tiie wish of surrounding stales 1 ihepnlladiinn which our ancestors have committed to our custody; which, whilst we possess it, will render us invincible, and which, whilst we have life, we have to a man determined to defend. Europe, already subdued b}-' her fears, or dishonoured by her hopes, or maddened by resentment for, per- haiis, some real, for many fancied, in- sults on the ocean — on any suppo- sition, Europe now stands aloof, leaves us to ourselves, deserted at our utmost need — -So v/as Corsica Jeft ; so was Poland left ; and so, if we are conquered, will every European state be left, in its turn, till the gigantic military despotism of one nation shall overspread the globe. This idea is so forcibly impressed on my mind, that, M^ere I this day stand- ing in tlie midst of all the cabinets of Euroj:)e, I would not scruj)le to ex- claim — Infatuated are your Councils ! You are all jealous of each other> all envious of us, all occupied in paltry considerations of your own particular interests, unmindful of the general safety, blind to the subtle progress of a mighty power, equal already to the strongest of you, daily increasing in strength, and, for a century past, deter- mined to annihilate you all. — Vv'^hat a Frenchman said of the Romans is so peculiarly characteristic of his countrymen at this time, that I cannot forbear applying it. *' Enemies to the Uberty of all nations ; having the utmost contempt for Kings and Monarchy, they grasped with insatiable ambition the concjuest of the world, they sei'.ced indiscriminately all pro- vinces and kingdoms, and extended their enspire over all nations." But enough of these tragical fore- bodings with respect to the mischief impending over other nations : — I beg your Lordship's patience whilst I shortly mention some of the means vvhich, in addition to our present ex- ertions, may help to avert the catas- trophe from ourselves. In the first place then, my Lords, I am of opinion, that the first class of the people, adopting the division pre- scribed by a late Act of Parliament, should be called out and taught the use of arms, not merely as a temporary expedient to answer the present exi- wencv, but annually continued as a permanent measure of the Executiv: Government. Unwise and defective is that policy, which is occupied in devis-^ ing remedies for the present evilsj with= out THE ANTI-GALLIOAN. 43^ onl extending Its views to prevent the recurrence of danger. I readily join in the general praise so justly given to Volunteers ; but this commercial nation ought so far to become a military na- tion, as always to have v\'ithin itself a sufRciency of men ready disciplincil for its defence. This may be completely eifected for the present occasion in a short time : and when the pressure of the present occasion is removed, it may be established as a peruianent measure in the course of six years, without giving any sensible interruption to our agriculture, our manufactures, or our commerce. The population of the countrywould annually supply, at least, fifty thou- sand youths, who in the preceding twelve months had attained the seven- teenth year of their age ; In six years we should have three hundred thou- sand young men suiTiciently instructed in tlie use of arms. In the seventh year, fifty thousand of them might be dismissed, as emerifi, from further at- tendance on military duty, except when tlie country was invaded. Thus by a slight service of a few days annu- ally for six years, the whole nation (for no substitutes should in this ar- rangement be allowed) would at length become a nation, not of warriors, but of peaceful citizens, of all occupations and denominations, ready to become warriors, whenever the safety of tlieir country should require the exertion of their skill and courage. Neither France alone, nor France with all Europe in her vassalage, would venture to set a foot on this island thus prepared to receive them : — Great Britain, single handed, would defy the world. I own I prefer this Militia Rotation, d I may so call it, which I have sub- mitted to your Lordships' consideration, not only to the Volunteering System, but to every other mode of exfraordinary defence. It would not supersede the Standing Army, it would be subsidiary to it, and might greatly assist in re- cruiting the ranks of the regular forces, and p-rhaps in diminishing their num- ber. Some men are apt to speak of every species of Militia Force with con- tempt j this has been always the case. Lord Clarendon in one part of his History speaks in a most disparaging style of the London T'rained-bands ; but he is forced to do them justice in another, where he informs us, that they courageously resisted with their pikes the cavalry of Prince Rupert, though led on by himself, and thereby saved the army at the battle of Newbury, It was by a force of this kind that the Romans first conquered Italy, and then the world. And, in our time, a force of this kind captured a most gallant army at Saratoga, and thereby acquired independence for America. 1 forbear, my Lords, entering Into any detail on this subject ; the very mention of which may appear to some to be a going beyond my province. But the — ne sutor ultra crepidam — the, tractfut fahrUia fahri — the, let \\\- shops mind their Bibles — these, and sarcasms such as thc<^e, from whatever mouth tlicy may proceed, affect not me: nor ought they to affect any honest man, who is desin^us to serve his coun- try by his advice. — The advice may be worth nothing, but your Lordship's candour will, -I am persuaded, suffer the rectitude of the Speaker's intention to sanctify the imbecility of liis judg- ment. With respect to Ireland, I declared my opinion of its situation when the Union was debated in this House. 1 said then, and I have seen no reason since to chant-e my opinion, that the Union would be moie advantageous to Ireland 440 'THE ANTI-GALtICAlS% Ireland than it would be to Great Bri- tain, and that it would be eminently useful to iheai both. And notwith- standing the treasonable conibinartions which exist in Ireland, 1 believe this to be the opinion of a grt at majority of the Irish people: and that France will be exceedingly disappointed in her expectations of a general rising of the Catholics in her favour, should She land any forces in that country. One of the most able and active in- stigators of rebellion amongst them, declared, at a time when men are most disposed to disguise nothing, that he deprecated all connexion with France, and 1 give full credit to his declaration. Whatever might have been the designs of him and others, when they first tmited for the pupose of Rebellion, thev could not be ignorant of, or in- sensible to what had happened to Hol- land, Switzerland, Italy, — to every country which had received the frater- nal embrace of France — they could not but know, that it chilled, like the em- brace of death, those whom it touched ; that it stiffened with horror and suspi- cion all the mild charities, and paralys- ed all the noble energies of social life. What was it then that moved these nnhappv men to undertake so wicked and so dangerous an enterprlze ? Was it a mistaken sense of honour (to speak of it in the gentlest terms) ? Did they wish to render themselves illustrious, by rendering their country independent, and unconnected with us or any other nation? V/ild Ambition.! Idle Expec- tation 1 Improvident Policy! which aimed at an object not attainable, in the present suite of Europe, and disadvan- tai-eous to Ireland, if attained. Did they unite to redress the grievances un- der which they imagined their country laboured? They ought to have remem- bered, that Ireland has been treated with more indulgence (T do not sajT with more than She deserved) but with more indulgence during the present reign, than during any other equal pe- riod of time since her connexion with Great Britain ; and they ought particu- larly to have considered that the Union; Avas intended (and its intention will, I do not doubt, be finally accomplish- ed) to remove every shadow of griev- ance which rem.ained, jMy Lords, churchmen and dissen- ters of every denomination, are equally zealous in the common cause — they ^ seem to me to emulate the patriotism of the Patricians and Plebeians at Rome ^ who, for five hundred years, waged an eternal war of words about their respective rights, claims, oppressions, privileges, — but when their country was in danger, when an enemy invaded their territory, they laid aside their dis- putes ; their only contention then was which of them could show the greates courage in repulsing the enemy of them both. I have spoken with confidence, but not, I hope, with arrogance — with confidence, because my mind was made up j without arrogance, because I am extremely sensible, that the fal- libility of judgement which belongs, in some degree to most men, belongs in a great degree, to myself. I am ashamed, my Lords, to speak of the- personal service of a man in his 67th year; he could render none to his country. Yet if the last extremity should arrive, we must all of us do what we can. All professional immunities must o-ive way t© public necessity j all ex- emptions from military duty must cease. — ^They ceased in Corsica, when, at the call of their country, five hun» dred priests took up arms to resist Gal- lic oppression— They ceased in ancient Rome, whenever the Romans were ihieateiied;^ THK ANTI-GAlLICAN, 441 threatened, n.s we .are noAv, with a ;j;al- lic invasion; and they must cease with us, before we cease to be an indepen- dent people. Speaking of Oaeen Elizabeth, his Lordship proceeds:— What would this Princess have said, had siie wittieosed that colossal aggrandizement of France, whicli it is ourmisfortune to behold? Siie would have cadled uj^on all the powers of Europe to unite in reduchig it ; and, had she found the powers of Euro{>e as deaf to her exhortations as they are to ours, she would have done, wiiat a monarch, as beloved as herself, (and none was ever more beloved,) is now doing— She would have called out her own people, and relied, under God> on their loyalty and bravery for suc- cess. Some of your Lordships are old enough Lo remember the time, when, in the latter part of the reig'n of George IL immense preparations were made by France at Toulon, at Brest, and in every other port of that kingdom, for the invasion of this. The alarm of the nation was extreme; Government was panic struck; the milida was called out, and Getman auxiliaries were brought into the country to defend it. 1 shall never forget the phrenzy of joy which seized the whole nation, when news was brought, that Boscawcn had destroyed the Toulon fleet ; and when news was brought, three months af- terwards, that Ilawhe had destroyed the Brest fleet. Without disturbing the ashes of the dead, without distressing the modejty of the living, by comparisons, may I not be allowed to state my firm expec- tation, that the commanders of the fleets which now watch the inotions of the enemy at Toulon, at Brest, and in every other part of the world wheie they are to be found, will on no dis- Vol. L tant day, aff'ord their country equal causes for similar triumph and exulta- tion? Inhere is not an Admiral, an of- ficer, a sai'or, in the British navy, who does not burn with impatience to have an opportunity of att eking the enemy: who is not ready to exclaim with Mac- duff, Within my sv.'ord's length set him, it he Then Heav'n forgive him too. The navy will think itself unfortu- nate, if not dishonoured, should the safety of the country be left to the pro- tection of the army alone. The army, though it unites with the whole na- tion in a just estimate of the skill and courage of the liavy, is eager to gather unfading laurels, from finishing what the navy inay, by some unlucky chance, be obliged to leave undone. The preparations of France may, for ought I know, my Lords, be greater now than they were in 17^9; but I am certain of this, that there never was a time, in the history of Great Britain, when our preparations were so exten- sive, when the nation was so united within itself, i'^s spirit so high, its sense of danger so strong, its indignation so roused, its detestation of French prin-^ ciples, French cruelties, French rapa* city, French ambition, so general and sincere as at this moment. We have not, it must be confessed, and I am proud to confess it, a few thousands of Hessians and Hanoverians to defend us-^but we have a whole na- tion of loyal and brave subjects in arms. It is not in my power to animate the country, uor do I speak so warmly of our preparations, with any view to at- tempt itj as aplairi man I plainly speak my mind. I know that the wh(jle country, from the throne to the cot- tage, is animated with the noblest ar- dour; and I know too, that if there is 442 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, a man in the empire whom the occasion does not aniaiate, in vain will you at- tempt, by the most ardent worJs, to warm the frigid cowardice or disaffec- tion of such a man's heart. The occasion is extraordinary 3 and we meet it, as we ought to do, with extraordinary resolution and exertion. A successful invasion, had it ever been accomplished during the monarchy of France, would have been terminated b:, perhaps, a disadvantageous peace ; but we should have retained our rank in the scale of nations. A successful invasion by the republic of France (heaven avert so great an evil ! ) will never be terminated but in complete national degradation, in public bank- ruptcy, and individual beggary. This limited monarchy, the glory of civilized society ! will be overthrown — our aged monarch (God protect him !) and his numerous sons, will be buried, such is the acknowledged bravery of his race ! in the last ruins of their native land. — Your rank, my Lords, by which, for the benefit of all, you are new dis- tinguished from the rest, v.'ill be heard of no more. — The landed gentry will be obliged to become farmers, and be compelled, b)' unlieard of, unthooght of. Exactions, to give up the lamented produce of their own lands and of their own labour, to feed the luxury of a foreign country. — ^The farmers will be made labourers, and the labourers will be made slaves — And, in addition to all these calamities, the youth of every class will be made conscript^'—CLnd dragged from their country and their fathers' house, to fight the battles of violent and unjust ambition in every part of the world. — Sooner than all this should happen, I would say (did Christianity permit such a v/ish) may the fate of the i:>aguntine$ become the fate of Britons I Such, ray Lords, would be \]\e. final event of a successful invasion of this country by the republic of France. I have in some degree described it, but I do not in any degree expect it 3 I expect the direct contrary. My hope and my firm expectation is, that, instead of success, the enemy will experience defeat; instead of triumph, disgrace and ruin — that under the good pro- vidence of God, the arms of Great Britain will not onlv preserve our own independence, but be instrumental in exciting the spirit of other nations to recover theirs, and eventually contribute to the establishing the true liberty, and promoting the true prosperity, of France itself— but on this subject I forbear. EXTRACTS From the Pamphlet entitled the COUNTRY IN ARMS; or, no DANGER from INVASION. Cozosrds alone Jear death — men of honour zvi/c ahoays be foimd at the post of danger ; and then a nation in arms becomes invia- ciulc. THE immediate consideration npon the subject of invasion, is not the number of chances there are, for and against a landing of the enemv in sufficient force to endanger the safety of the country, since there is no doubt of its being twenty to one against it ; and for the sake of argument, we should have no hesitation in allowing that there was a million to one ; but we ought to admit, or-at least to act as if, they would invade us, whh one hundred or one hundred and fifty thousand veteran troops. — This is the point to which we must look with steadiness and resolution : fur it is better THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 443 U^tter to take apparently superfluous precaution, than leave that to accicicat, a^xainst wliich reason may prepare to act ; and which at such a momentous crisis, after the revolutionary madness has shaken the foundation of civiHzed Kurope, would be a Colly disgraceful even to inexperience; — and these are not times when one ought to treat with ceremony the prattle of theorists ; — no, we nmst look to the worst of events which it is possible for the enemy to prepare for ns : — we must prepare oui .elves to act as becomes a free and independent nation, which has sutiicient of physical strength, if called into action and properly directed, to repel the efforts of the barbarous and civilized world united ; — "nd it >vould be equally reprehensible in tlie meanest or most exalted individual, to waver between the alternative of risking in any extent of chance in our favour, the possibility of becoming an enslaved people. Rather let us bestir ourselves like the lion crouching in his lair, prepared to dart upon the enemy, and with cou- rage peculiar to BRITONS, chastize him for his audacity. Let us shew to the universe, tl;at Britain is at once the NURSERY of the arts, the school of SCIENCE and philosophy, and the FIRM PROTECTRESS of FREEDOM! and the CAUSE of HUMANITY, giving a viviuing colouring to social and intellectiial harmony. In this sea-girt regu,:), where the elements are softened by tiie bland touches of nature;, it seems ihat destiny has irrevocably fixed the ExMPIRE of FREEDOM, leaving its defence to the wisdom and courage of British Heroes j and while approxi- mate and remote nations are con-; templating the coilossal strides of au ambitious chief, let it be recollected. that if by any chance his army should . elude the vigilance of our brave olncers and men of the navy, and Nvhich n'.jthing but the event of a continued calm could c:iable him to do, who are upon the ocean what the Romans were by land, in aeras illustrious of their greatness, invincible and incor- ruptible ; there is the same spirit and and game-like resolution stimulating every description of Englishmen, and, if brought into action, would perform the same heroic part. Flighting, we are aware. Is a business that few persons prefer to pa- ific pursuits, or ease and retirement ; but if the battle must be fought ; or, rather than endure years of public inquietude, and the enemy may render their undertaking more formidable, by taking time for preparation, and kept upon the alert from an apprehension of invasion, it certainly would be pre- ferable to prepare ourselves for the event, and court the issue, %vhile our foe calculates upjn the mm of our funding system, by his procrastinaticn, which he iguoraniiy supposes would prove the ruin cf our national pros- perity-^at all events, li^;' sp" •( pro- perly and unequivocally ui.'hiK. .ed, IMadness itself would be appalled at the undertaking ; and which we- have no doubt, would prove the effectual means of lowering the ambitious tone of the First Constd, and thus afford tiie Continent an opportunity of re- covering its due equipoise. 1 o knov/ that ihe leader of our enemy is the avowed advocate of military despotispi, ought to be s^ffici- cient to rouse us into action ; tor if he is permitted to fix the lever of his ambition, he would then qui'^tly mo've the machines of his tyranny, tn the destruction of all that is sublime and beautiful in the arrangement of social K 2 »«4 444 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. and commercial intercourse between men and nations ; and knowing that he is our det-rmined enemVj we cannot be too solicitous of gaarding national independence, and providing security for the present and future blessings which we enjoy pre-eminently over all surrounding nations — and which is not more owing to the acquirement of exertion, than it is to the fortunate situation which we inhabit upon the face of the globe. These blessings which have been the atchievement of ages, the happy propitiation of phy- sical, moral, and political causes, ap- pear to be the grand desideratum of the human race. We judge not by comparison, for there is a paramount distinction : — W e feel that we are happy, and we have abundant reason to suppose that the inhabitants of other parts of the European world, live in a state of uncertainty anci comparative wretched- ness ; and which 's sufiicient to inspire every British bosom with increasing love for his HOME, his KING, and ^is COUNTRY ; and glowing with enthusiasm, what privation is he not desirous of imposing upori himself, which is essential to the object of pre- serving a good so supreme? And fired with that enthusiasm, which has proved the ultimate sahation of all independent states j — that enthusiasm which consolidated the freedom of the British Empire ; and which alone can preserve it from the fangs of a desperate and enterprising foe. — This is the object for which we have to fight. Where is the man who is insensible enough not to feel an arduous disposi- tion hurrying him tp preparation ? Where is the dastard that, at such a crisis, would prefer indulgence and dishonour, to crowns of glory and perroament security for the future? WIk'H Philip of Macedon threatened the Athenian people with destruction, the admonitions of Demcstliencs were given in vain — the eloquence of that sublime orator was in vain exerted to rouse them from, their fatal security — in vain did he tell his countrymen that ** If each of you renauncing all evasions will be ready fo approve him- self an useful citizen, io ilie utmqst that his station and abilities ivill de- mand — if the rick will b^ ready to. contribrite, and the yovng io take the field — in one word, if yoti ivill be yourselves, andb.amsh those vain hopes tvtiich every single person entertains,^ that irliile so many others are engaged in business, his services icill nut be retjnired, you v:ill then recall those cpporiuuities your supineness hath neglected, and chastise the insolence of this man.'' But the people of Athens wxre dead to all the calls of honour, patriotism, and independence; their apathy was incorrigible, and Demonsthenes, wearied with re-iterat- ing his arguments, breathed in strains of the most captivating eloquence, told them in full senate, that " The candidates for office and employment, ga about soliciting your voices the slaves of popular favour , To gain the ranlc of general, is each man's great concern, not to fill his station ivith TRUE MAN-LIKE INTREPIDITY COU- rage if he possesses it, he deems un- necessary : — for thus he reasons : He has the honour and renoivn of this city to support him ; he finds himself free from oppression and controiil ; he needs but to amuse you loith fair hopes ; and' thus he gains a kind of inheritance in your emoluments." Do not let our hopes of peace, or too much reliance upon our navy, produce a fatal security. Let it not be said, that men in pov^er only look for emolument — let THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 445 let not our arming be coiiverted into a commission brokerage — or fuvoriti':.m controul the liberal plan of givina; pre- ference to nicril; txtraordinary ii^i.^s discover latent capacity — p;ivvf it a chance of being unfolded. Draw into action all your energy; and it will prove the aera truly illustrious of British glory; Look round the globe, and you will perceive invidious governments anjcious to circumscribe our power and influence; that power, and that in- fluence, which aloiie has so materi- ailv contributed to the convenience, and given embellishment to three-fourths of the nations on the face of the earth. — Let every Briton be found at at his post. — Let the idea of the illustri- ous Lord Chatham be realized. — Let the aggregate inhabitants of the united kingdom be trained to the use of arms*. This measure properly conceived, and carried into effect, we might carry on an offensive war with every prospect of success : and the nation secure at home, commerce would lose nothing jn activity, nor the country be checked in its rising progress. • War, conducted as a business of parade, is very different from the kind in which we are engaged ; and it is trusted that men who have most at stake, will be the hrst to set the ex- au)ple ; and not act like the field officer, w lu), placing his men behind a stone wall, ordering them not to fire upon the enemy, who were approaching, until, they should pass a bridge which was over a rivulet a small distance from the wall, and then conduct themselves as brave soldiers ; and alter giving this officer-like advice, ride off, leaving his regiment to act as their fear or courage might dictate ; the con^^equence was that, before the enemy ^vere within one hundred paces of the v.all, tb.ese men, regardless of the commands received from their Hudibrastic Colonel, dis- chdrged their pieces, and then fled in every direction. Such examples we believe are rare ; but if there is any importance attached to this anecdote, (and we pledge our- selves for its authenticity) it is im- portant to know, however, that the rich must set theexamj^le to the middle classes of society, and we have no doubt, that men of honour will every where be found ready to give up every consideration, and life itself, in sup- port of the cause in which we are engaged; * Men, trained to the use of arms, very soonfight as well as veteran troops. It is a fact well known in the history of of thc-An',erican war, that there was a company of gentlemen of Philafclelphia, caKe ' the Silk Stocking Company, and in the campaign of 1776 and 1777, they were called ijito actual service, at the affair of Pnnce Tovv-n, New Jersey, when the American army fell upon the rear of Earl Cornwallis's troops ; those gentlemen, led on the attack, and though it was the first time of their beiqg brought into action, they acquitted themselves like veteran troops ; — and we have still a more remarkable illustration of this in an instance of a new raised troop, in the late war in Ireland ; every military man must have applauded the acti m ; and it is remarkable that no public notice has been, taken of the circumstance : we alluc'c to the affair of Kilala, where Colonel Verekor, commander of the Limerick militia and yeomanry of the country, gave the f.rst check to the French general Humbert, who was m.aiching in victorious career in the high road to Dublin; having overcome* in his march every obstacle, though he had been opposed by. troops of the line and others ; until this band of men — men, who were alive to the sup- posed danger with which their country was threatened, (for it was not then known with •what force the enemy might invade), put an end to their march. engaged >, 4iG THE ANTI-GALLICAN engaged ; everv man vvho has seen actual service, will agree in opmioii, that if war must be midcrlakLii, it must not be considered as amusement, aud that it is only by superior bravery, it can be rt-udered successful. We might illustrate liiis from iiuiunicrable examples, selected from our own iiis- tovy, — GeneralWolfewas only desirous of gaining the heights of Abraham, which he considered as defeating; his enemy. That hero, whose name lives in the memory of a grateful country — whose fame is imfcvibed with living branches of the never iltd ing laurel, addressed his solditrs in these tcnns : ♦•^ I cQngratuicJe my hrave countrymen, and fellow soldiers, on the. spirit and success icith ivhich you have effected ike important part of thii>' enterprize, theformidahle heights of Abraham are noiu surmounted, and the city e/' Qitehec, the object of our toils, now stands in full vieiv before you/' The ardour of Ins army scarcely allowing him time to proceed, the enemy every where attacked, when the French were routed in every direction. — Such is the spirit of British soldiers when they have confidence in their commander, such influence had these cb.cering words from a general, '^^ho shared ia all their toils, that the battle was con- sidered as won ; and the world admir- ing the atchievcment, has done juLt'.ce to British va! Let the command- ing officers of our army obtain similar comidcnce. It might be asked, what is tlicrc in one man superior to another as a soldier but physical energy ? Compare Englishmen to the nations of any other country, and their superiority of strength is strikingly apparent ; and this supe- riority has been acknowledged from the period of the first invader, the usurper Julius Ci-esar, who was treated so roughly by the Aborigines of the country, as obliged him to form a pretext for abandoning the island ; and, if William 1. obtained a battle over Harold, it was because tlie tyranny of the latter, who had no kgal or legiti- mate })retensi(>iis to the tiirone, had rendered hiius'.^lf odious to the nation by his tyranny aiui cruelty j and all subsequent changes in the reigning order of tiungs in our country, has originated in cuvc? somewhat similar. As to n]i!it:n-y tactics, ih'j great object is celerity, by which the French, and the skill of their arLUIer.-men, directing their actions by a spirit of enthusiasm, winch has long since evaporated, established the superiority over the Austrian troops, and it would be uncandid not to admit that supe- rioriiy. Knglishmtn hov>ever, are capable of moving with the same celerity ; liaving more steadiness than the French, are stronger men, con- sequently have more frrnmess in charg- ing with the bavonetj and it is with that weapon, the fate of the enemy ought to be decided. In this mode of fighting, our superi- ority consists 3 if we abandon it de- pending upon expedients, we may leave that to chance which our courage would reduce to certainty. — Honour- able death, statues, and rewards await the brave soldier — servitude, chains and ignominy are the lot of the pusil- lanimous. GENERAL WOLFE's INSTRUCTIONS IN CASE OF INVASION. The following instructions were drawn up by General JVolfe, iii 1755, when Britain ivas threatened loith an invasion by the French. They were designed for the use of the 2()tk rcgi^ THE ANTI-GALLIC AN' 447 enemy, tlie olTicer coinmanaiiig a platixtn is to be at the head of liia men, looking frequently back u])on them, to see that they are in order j the serjeant, in tlie meanwhile, taking his place in the interval ; and the oiiicers are not to go to the platoon till they have their y, seems to be partkularhj pro- orders, or a signal so to do, from the commandin oiiictr ot' the battalion; ^\e-nt of foot, then stationed at Cantcrhurij ; and as theij are calcu- lated to he of infnifc seU-ice to the armij in general and to taw troops in particular, the publication of them at the present juncture, when our coasts are again menaced by the enemy ' '"" '■""'^ "■ per. Coming from so high an authorit!/, and recommended by a name ichich every British officer must hold in veneration, lue have and this will onlv be j^iven a little be- If the battalion should be crowded not a doubt but they will experience at any time, or confined in their ground, that attention to which they are the captain or officer, commanding a unquestionably entitled. grand division, may order his centre „,^,. platoon to fall back, till the battalion ,:, . can extend itself again, so as to take up its usual ground- All the officers upon the lefl of the colours are to be upon the left of tlieir WHOEVER shall throw away 1 arms in action, whether officer, non- commissioned officer, or soldier, unless it aopears that they are so damaged as ... to be useless: eitlier under pretence of P^^^^^'^^"^ > ^^'^^ ^'^'P'^'-^"^ °^ '^'^ P^^^^^' ^' taking up others of a beUer sort, or for '"^ '^^ "P«" ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^"''^^ P^^^'t' any cause whatsoever, must expect to be tried by a general court martial- for the crime. If a serjeant leaves the platoon he is appointed to, or does not take upon him the immediate command of it, in case the officer falls, such serjeant will be tried for his life, as soon as a court- niartlal can be conveniently assembled. Neither officer, non-commissioned offi- cer, nor soldier, is to leave his platoon, or abandon the colours for a slight wound. While a man is able to do his duty and can stand, and hold his arms, it is infamous to retire. The battalion is not to hallow, or cry out, upon any account wliatsoever, although the rest of the troops should do it, till they are ordered to charge with their bayonets : in that case, and when they are upon the point of rush- ing- upon the enemyj the battalion may give a warlike shout, and rush in. Before the battle begins, and whilst the battalion is marching towards the tiie ensign m trie cenrre. Every grand division, consisting of two com- panies as they now are, is to be told ofiP into three platoons, to be com- manded by a captain, a lieutenant, and an ensign, with a serjeant to each. The rest of the oflicers, and non- commissioned officers, are to be distri- buted in the rear, to complete the files, to keep the men to their duty, and to supply the place of the officers and Serjeants that may be killed, or danger- ously wounded. Every nmsqueteer is to have a couple of spare balls, an excellent .flint in his piece, another or tu-o in his pouch, and as much ammunition as he can carry. A soldier that quits his rank, or offers to fly, is to be instantly put to death by the officer who commands the platoon, or by the officer or ser- jeant in 'the rear of that platoon. A soldier does not deserve to live who wirl not fight fur his king and country. if us THE ANTI-GALLICAN. If a non-comint';sl()nepen to be, is to fall back immediately, wiiliout any confusion, to protect that. iiank of the regiment. If the order of battle be such (and the country admits of it) that it is necessarj- to make breaches in i.he enemy's line, for the' cavalry to fall in upon them, the grand divisions of the regiment are to form a firing column of three platoons in depth, which are to march forward, and pierce the enemy's battalion in fctn" places, that thecavahy bchind us may get in an-ongst them and destroy ihem. In such an attack, only the first of the three platoons should fire, and immediately present their bayonets and charge. These four bodies are to be careful not to run into one another in their attack, but to pre- serve the intervals at a proper distance- All the attacks in the night are to be made with the bayonet, unless wheii troops are posted with no other design than to alarm, harrass or fiulgue the enemy. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 449 cnemv, bv firing at their out posts, or into their camp. All parties that arc intended to fire ujion the enemy's columns of march, upon their advanced guard, or their rear, are to post themselves so as to be abletoannoy the enemy without danger, and to cover themselves with slight breast works of sod behind the hedges, or with trees, and walls or ditches, or any other protection, that, if the enemy return the fire, it may do no mischief. — These little parties to keep their posts till tiie enemy prepares to at- tack with a superiority ; upon which they are to retire to some other place of the same kind, and lire in the same manner ; constantly retiring when they are pushed. But when a considerable detachment of fool is posted to annoy the enemy in their march, with orders to retire when attacked jay a superior force, the country behind is to be care- fully examined, and some parties sent off early to post themselves in the most advantageous manner to cover the re- treat of the rest — this is always to be done in all situations when a consider- able body is ordered to retire. If an entrenchment is to be attacked, the troops should move as quick as possible towards the place, not in line, but in little firing columns of. three or or four platoons in depth, with small parties between each column, who are to fire at the top of the parapet, when the coluums approach, to divert the enemy's fire, and to iacilitate their pass- ing the ditch, and scrambling over the parapet, which they must oidcavour to do without loss of time. It is to very little purpose to fire at men who are covered with an entrenchment ; but, by attacking in the manner above- mentioned, one may hope to succeed. If the battalion attacks another of nearly equal extent, whosq Hanks are Vol, L not covered, the grenadiers and plcquet may be ordered to detach themselves, and surround the enemy, by attacking the flank and rear, while the light companies charge in front. The grena- diers and picquet should therefore bfe accustomed to these sort of movements, that they may execute their orders with a great deal of expedition. If the centre of the battalion is at- tacked by a column, the wings must be extrenjely careful to fire obliquely, and that part of the battalion, against which the column marches, must reserve their fire, and if they have time to put two or three bullets in their pieces it must be done. When the column is within about twenty yards, they must fire with a good aim, which will necessarily stop them a little. This body may then open from the centre, and retire by files to- wards the wings of the regiment, while the neighbouring platoons wheel to the right and left, and either fire, if they are loaded, or close up, and charge with their bayonets. The loss of the field ofRcers will be supplied (if it should happen) by the captains, who will execute the plan of the regiment with honour. If the battalion should have the misfortune to be Invested in their quarters (or in a post which they are not commanded to defend) by a great superiority, they have but one remedy, which is to pierce the enemy's lines in the night, and get off. In this case, the battalion attacks with their ranks and files closed, and with their bay- onets fixed, and without firing a shot. They will be formed in order of attack, suited to the place they are ii^, the troops they are to charge, and the nature of the country through which they are to pass. If the battalion attacks the enemy's camp or quarters in the night, all posf 3 L sibla 450 THE ANTI-GALLICAN, «ihle means \v\\\ be use.:], no doubt, to surprise them j but if ihey are found in arms, they are to be vigorously attacked with the bayonet. It is needless to think of firing in the night, because of the cdnfusion it creates, and the un- certainty of hitting any object in the dark. A column that receives the enemy's fire, and falls immediately in among theni, must necessarily defeat them, and create very great disorder in tiieir army. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, Bui vfore especially that numerous and valuable class of mij Fdloio-Suh- jecfs, the ingenious and industrious ^wrking iviANUFACTURErxS, of large toicns ; and the lalorious and vir- tuous POOR throughout England, %cho may unhappily ima^ gi)ie an In- vasion of il, and a change of go- vernment, would letter their present condition. Friends and Countrymen, THOUGH the title which I have prefixed to this letter is general, and embraces every class and description of men, from the highest to the lowest, yet I would wish it to be understood on the present occasion, that I am not addressing persons of rank and property, for those who have a large and obvious stake in the couniry, are sufficiently convinced of their danger from the threatened invasion. it is that de- scription of persons who are really the People, and who constitute the great mass of every society, those who exist ^v their daily labour, whom J would wish to convince of the danger that besets them, and to satisfy them, that they have also something at stair, which is of infinitely more value and importance than a little property; that their honour, their liberties, their in- dependence, their wives, their children, their means of existence, and their existence itself, is threatened by a cruel and savage enemy. T shall not ajjpeal to your passions, though the indignation of every Eng-. lishman (a nation famed for humanity and honour) must be most powerfully excited by the perfidy and the cruelties of the Tyrant of France. There is not an Englishman who would not be ashamed to unite with or to rank under the banner of the Murderer of Jaffa i the man who massacres in cold blood prisoners, children, and women; the man who poisons his felloiu soldiers i the desolator of nations; vvdiose steps are marked with horror, rapine, and murder, wherever his ferocious and plundering bands have erected his standard. But it is not to this or any other pas- sion I would wish to appeal. It is to your reason, and to your interests. I would show you, as I think I can, that it is as much \ our interest to oppose the plunderers and assassins of Bonaparte, as that of any man of property among us. Those who vvish to betray you will insinuate " that jour lot is poverty; you exist by your labour from day to day; that you can but work hard and gain little in whatever hands tlie govern- ment of this country is vested." But this is not true, for you would find, that if this country was subdued by the PVench, you could not gain an exist- ence by your labour, if indeed existence would be allowed you at all. No man feels more sincerely for the hardships of the poor than the writer of this Address . That they have many THE ANTt-GAtLICAN. 451 lo encounter is too true, and such has been the case from the beginning of time, and it is to be feared ever w\\\. Yet the condition of the poor in this country is infinitely preferable to their condition in any other country in Eu- rope. Though individuals may occa- sionally have much to suffer, yet there are many alleviations of their hardships, and their condition may be bettered by many more circumstances than are to be found in any other country. This is a great, opulent and trading nation ; erci-y man who is willing to work can find omplovment, and certain and rea- dy pay. This is not the case in any Other country in Europe, and particu- larly in France, where the poor are no\y literally starving; where the high- ways are croivded with beggars : where, notwithstanding the thousands who have been massacred, many other thou- sands have actually perished for want iat differciit times, since the commence- tnent of the Revolution. Should th6 French successfully in- ^a.de this country, its trade arid manu- factures must be inevitably ruined. Tbiat wealth which enables your em- ployers to pav and maintain you will all be plundered, and you will find too late, that vou cannot " work and live:" — that vou can neither get employment hor subsistence. The condition of the poor, however deplorable as it may seem, is still better in this country than in any other, in the prospects which are opened to industry and enterpri/.e. It is perhaps the only country in Europe where a poor man by application or invention can enter- tain the hope of becoming rich. I could enumerate almost thousands of instances within my own knowledge, where men by diligence or ingenuity have risen from the very lowest stations ■Xo %it among the Grandees and Legis- lators of their country, llie late most ingenious, most respectable Mr. JFrdg^ icood, was a po«r boy, and even in his maturer vears worked as a common journeyman potter. Sir Richard Ark- ivright-y was an obscure country barber^ till his ingenious invention raised him to a princely fortune. The story of Whittington is every day reahzed in the metropolis, by pej-sons who have not indeed risen by the casual aid of a Cat, but by surer means— by activity and industry^ A late most respectable, and most respected Chief Magistrate of London, is not ashamed to own that he rose from one of the lowest situations in life, and that the streets through which he rode in state he had formerly tra- versed loithout Shoe or Slocking. Now shew me any thing like this in Fi-ance! and yet more; if the French were unfortunately ever to come among us, all this would be at an end ; thchopes of the poor man would be for ever crushed, for our trade would be ruined. However humanity may be disposed to comniiserate the hardships to which many of the ]>oor are exposed, still in this happy country there are some cir- cumstances that serve greatly to allevi- ate them. That noble, that honourable, and humane institution, the parochial provision which is made for them, must be a great source of comfort to every poor old man ; it must be a consolation to know, that in old age and infirmity he will not be left to perish for want in the iiighway ; to know that he has a right to a maintenance from his country} that he can claim, and need not beg it. This too, -would be destroyed by a successful invasion, and the last hope and solace of the poor man, would thus be taken from him. Besides the parochial provision, what country can boast such noble institu- tions for the relief of poverty and distress 2 « 452 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. as- this? In sickness, you are. taken care dfj there are ahu-houses for old age; and your children are clothed and edu- ca^ted by the spirited contributions of your fellow citizens.— Alas 1 ..were those desolators of the earth to come among us, every hospital and alms-house would be razed to ihe ground, and that which supported them would be the prey o^ivolves and tigers. Under the horrid reign of the Cor- sican Tyrant, you would not only be poory but you would be slaves. You would not be tried by your Peers, your equals, your fellow-citizens, men of like passions and feelings with your- selves : you would be tried by a Mili- tary Tribunal, or worse, by his sordid, venal, cruel Judges j for he has au inveterate hatred to the Trial hy Jury. You would not be called upon to serve your country as volunteers, or enrolled in a national militia, which even the King himself cannot order on foreFgu service. You would be dragged in chains as conscripts, and transported to ser\'e as something worse thiui slaves in St. Domingo, Guiana, Africa, and the most umvholesome climates upon earth. The condition, too, of a French soldier, is the most miserable that can be conceived, and their valour is in most cases the effect of despair in men to whom death is a release! They are allowed not half the pay of an English soldier, and yet this miserable pittance is always in arrear. They are .9/art'- ingand in rags, unless tliey have the good luck to be sent into Holland to be cloathed at the expence of that un- fortunate people, whom the First Consul insults and derides under the title of Allies. But under ail these horrible and humi- liating circumstances, perhaps a dastardly conduct will not even secure to you the wretched boon ot existence. He will not eoen let you starve in quiet. Do you think that he murders only the rich? Alasj it is a melancholy truth, that -the hardships and insults inflicted on a conquered country by an invading eneniy, fall chiefly on the poor. The rich can find means to fly, or have something to oiler that may save or redeem tlteir persons. When he desolated Franconia, Suabia, and Piedmont, do vou suppose that he cut off only the opulent? No such thing, it was the harmless peasants, their wives, and children, that experienced his cruelty. — When he stormed Alex- andria, and massacred the wretched inhabitants, who fled for protection to the house of God, did he make any distinction Ix-tween the rich and the poor? No! man, woman, and child, were indiscriminately put to the sword. When he murdered in cold blood 4000 peroons of all ages and sexes on the sand hills of Jaflh, were they all rick people? They were the poor inhabi- tants of a poor Turkish village. — Vv'hat does the French historian of their ex- ploits relate of the conduct of Bona- parte's Army in Egypt? '* If the miserable inhabitants of any village quitted it through terror on the ap- proach of the French, on their return they found nothing but the mud of which the walls were formed," the roofs and all the utensils being burnt and destroyed. — " Nothing was found either of com or of animals, but the bodies of their faitliful dogs, killed in at empting to defend their masters' pro- perty." If the French made any stay in a village, *' such of the inhabitants as fled were treated as rebels'." When they submitted and came in a body to pay the heavy contributions, amount- ing y^enerally to their all, they were often shot at by the riflemen (through mistake. THK ANTI-GALLtC.\^^ 433 mistake, so careless arc the French of human blood,) and most of thmn slauditcrcd. *' When they staid qui- etly in their villages, or joined the French, they were only compelled to supply the wants of the army, saw itieir provisions eaten with regularity, and had a few of their wives and daughters ravislied." — Sec Denon's Travels in EgVjJt, published under the patronage of the First Consul. To do the First Consul justice, his impartial cruelty is equally dealt out to both friend and foe. Those who have betrayed and deserted their cc^m- try, receive in return only insult and indignity. Ask the unfortunate Irish, many of whom are now starving in the streets of Paris, for their love of French principles, and their admiration of Bo- napartti? The mutineers of the IJcr- mione, however, one would think by their atrocity and cruelty, would have jnerited his esteem; tiiey were " of the siune kidney" with himself j yet what was th.eir reward? — Only the miser ill .• pr v lege of re-slsippins; them-, selves, and coining home to be hanged on gibbets- My countrymen, let me intreat you to make use of the native, plain good ^ense of Englishmen. The person who now addresses you is one of your- seloes. ile is neither a person of rank nor fortune, he knows that it is in)pos- tiible jn any country tliat euery man can be rich ; but in this country he knows and feels, that he enjoys many advantages which he could not have under the present execrable tyranny exercised in France, where people can neither write nor speak their thoughts, where every social pleasure is destroyed by the suspicions of a jealous and cruel government, where every thing is dc- <;ide.d by the point of the JJunonet, and where the nuserable inhabitants exist in perpetual fear of their lives. Your forcfatluTs detested the Slavery of 2-)ance, and boldly resisted all their attempts to enslave Britain. If you will eufjuire and examine into the truth, you will find that France now exists in a more abject state of :>lavery tlian under, the worst of its Kin'TS. Bonaparte hates yow, he may, per- haps, atfect to smile upon a traitor, but if that traitor is an Englishman, ** his smile is death," as was remarked by one of his own attendants at JafTa; and let it not be forgotten, that the very General appointed to command the ex- pedition against you, has declared, *' that if he comes, he will make Eng- land such a country that it will not be fit for Englishmen to live In." These, my friends, are serious facts; and i am not deluding you by fine words; and could you, however un- pleasant your present condition, bear to see that country that gave you birth, that country, the nurse of Libertv; tliat has produced a race of heroes, flie terror iii tyrants, who made ihe prcnd Loiil'i tremble on his throne; could \oubear to see that country made a desart? — Perish the wretch who says ** because v/e are poor we must be re- bels /" Why cannot a poor man have in his heart the same sentiments of honour and of patriotism as his rich.est neigh- bour? I detest the villain that would dare to lell me the contrary ; and wlien the Agents of France utter such sen- timents, they insult and mock us, and would lead us to our ruin. We will however teach them a different lesson. It is only by acting as'men that %ve caa be respected even by an enemy. Cow^ ards and traitors are always despised ; but Enghshmen, thank God! are nei- tiier ; they will be found to resist tyranny 451 THE ANTI-GALLICAN', tiiranmj in CAcrv form, let the t' rant te whom lie may. They \vill shew tiu-ir enttnk-s that virtvc and valour, and hoRour and pafrwflsm, arc the lot, not njerely of the rich, but of the poor; and that to be rich in these c^uahtie?, h to he rcallv greater than the posscosor of niilUons. VALERIUS. SPEECHES O/'Lady Milbanke, and Sir IlALrpr jVIlLBANKE, fo the SUXDERLAXD Volunteer Infaxtry, onMonuaij INovembcr the 2d, 1803. AT nine o'clock in the morning the regiuient paraded inVillers-street, where thcv look the oath of allegiance, dress- ed in tlieir new uiwform. During which time,. Lady Milbanke gave a breakfast to the ladies at the George Inn. — Ai ten the men >vere marclied down to St. John's chapel, preceded by their band. — The new colours were placed one on each side of the reading desk during prayers, and an excellent sennou >\"as delivered from P:jalni Ivili. verse ]0: " Doubtless there is a (iod," by the Rev. G. Stephenson, A. M. chap- lain to the corps. The colours were borne to the akar table, one sup])orted bv R, Lambton, Ksq. M. P. the other by ijrook Rit;hniond, Est], where they were dulv consecrated l)y the chr.plain ; ' the standards were then taken to a ten^porary building erected on the town moor for the occasion, where ;hev were delivered by her ladvphip to Col. Sir Raljjh 'Milbanke, Avith the fullowiiig • Speech: r • 'WhettI look around on the pre^nil scsp-ne, and beljold this loyal and pa- tfiotk'*"cor[is in arms for the defence of our native land, and reflect that vou arc honoured by beiiig called to the com- mand of it, I freely avow my bosom 5?-Jows with honest pride — I must be insensible to every feeling which ought to animate the heart of a wife and an Englishwoman, if this was not to me a moment of enthusiastic exultation, ^lany of those I have now the honour to address, were Volunteers also in the former war ; — return and increase of their country's danger has again brought them forward, and added to their nnm> hers. Thus will the spirit of Britons ever rise in pro^^ortion to the cause which may call it forth. During the late confiict, out in- veterate antagonists wete more dis*- tracted in their councils, more unsettled in their government — thev were op- posed by other powers ; but, at this crisis, Bonaparte, iTnder the title of First Consul, has established a syste- matic tyranny of the European nations : some have tamely submitted to his yoke ; some, like unhappy, deluded Switzerland, confiding in his faithless promises, have sunk beneath his iron rule; while others meanlv stand aloof, to bctiold, wiih calm inditierence, his ' desolating sway I Bonaparte has now concentrated all his force to aitack the Briiish Isles, and msolently boasts that we are unequal to the fight ! He vainly expects ere long his arm will efFecl universal conquest: but, " there is a step which he must overleap, or else fiill down," — a step (00 lofty for even his vaulting ambition to overleap; — it is the British empire. On that step will he fall. Our fleets sv.eep front the seas his tri-coloured Hag, insult his coasts, and interrupt his preparations for invasion : but should his transports elude the vigilance of our naval commanders, and reach these sl.'ores, his Gallic legions will again ex- perience THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 45 5 pencnce tliey are not invincible when opposed to Britons. Should Bonajiarte obtain asecndancy over the country, as the barbarous hordes of fbraicr ages, who, whc^n Uiey overran more civiHsed nations, de- lighted to destroy the beautiful pro- ductions of art and learning they \vere too rude to imitate or value — so would that remorseless tyrant, with malignant joy and savage fury, destroy our glorious constitution, the object of his hatred, the monument of his shame. Tlint beloved monarch, so justly dear to us, would be torn from his throne, our senators degraded, our equal laws an- nulled, the ministers of our pure re- ligion reviled and i)erseeuted, the cele- bration of our holy rites forbid ! Lives there, my countrymen, one who would not shed his blood to avert these scen.'s of horror ? I know there does not ; ^' for honour's thought dv/ells solely in the breast of every man:"' — Nor is Inhere one among you who would stoop to drag on a wretched and humiliating existence, dejjrived of liberty, the sub- ject of a foreign power, the slave of Bonaparte ? My sex, weak and defenceless, is hicapable of active exertion ; but it remains for us to testify, by every inethocT in our power, the respect and gratitude we entertain for all the gallant champions of our safety. As a proof of min^, for the Sunderland Volunteers, I have presumed to offer these colours, and hold myself greatly honoured that they are accepted. I flatter myself no one here needs any assurance of my attachment to this place j gratitude demands it warm- ly, nor is the call unanswered. The situation of Sunderlai!d, as a sea-port of very considerable com- merce — its importance in the national scalej as a nursery for Gcamen, dis- tinguished for skill and courage, eveu in a navy where all are brave — must interest every one in its j)rosperity and safety. But should our presumptuous foes direct their attack to any other quarter^ I am bold to s;iy all local interests would be disreg;irded, and the first and only wish o-f the Sund^rlandVoluntccrs, uould be to face tlie invaders where danger threatened most. Tile very generous manner In whicli the inhabitants and others have con- tributed to equip this corps, demands our best acknowledgments; but I am certain they will derive more satisfac- tion i'rom the consciousness of their patrioiic liberality, thyn from my thanks. I am commissioned by Nathaniel Atcheson, ]i,sq ; to request the Sunder- land Volunteers will accept from him llieir camp colours, as a token of his high regard, and the interest he talvcs in their success. Sir Ralph iMilbanke, receive these banners ; you and your gallant com- rades may speedily be called forth under theni, to fight vour country's battles; should it prove so, I will pray Almighty God to crown you and your fellow- soldiers with happy, glorious victory. But should you fldl, a weeping widow will yet proudly say — ** He was ever faitliiul to his King and Country, and in tlu'ir cause he fell !" ii'ir Ralph Milhanhes Rcphj. IMadam, If ever there was a moment ofmy- life in which my feelings were strongly agitated, they are still niore so at this present time. The circumstances of receiving these colours from you, with whom I have been coryiected, by the tenderest and dearest ties, for many yeafs, and to whoui I am attached by the strongest seuiutioas of gratitude and affection, must 456 THE AN TI- GAL LI CAN. mnst deeply affect my mind. llie I now appear, by the inhabitant? of a circumstances, also, of the times in ton n and vicinity to whom I am bound whic"h they are presented, must awaken and devoted by reiterated obligations; my feelings, in conjunction n-ith those happy to uaiie %vith you, who have of all present — in conjanclion with come forward with so much zeal and Ibnseof all true Britons. alacrity, in the present crisis, to join We are now engaged in a war, differ- yow in every exertion, to share your ent from all preceding wars ; a war, fortunes, to encounter all danger with not for a point of ho;iour, not for the you, for the defence of our King and possession of some territory, not for Country, and strenuously to support anv thing definable in its nature, or ' " " ^ - - certain in its extent — but, with an enemy, restless, perfidious, and am- bitious, eager to wrest from us that parte, in his treatment of Switzerland ? happiness o° which he has deprived the once a bra^•e and free people greater part of Europe— bearing ? the cause of Great Britain to the latest hour of my hfe. Who can forget the conduct of Bona- irreconcileable hatred to this countr\^ for having refused, opposed, and step- ped his progress towards universal do- minion. and fanions, in the annals of history, for their resistance to oppression and tyi aii- ny. Those who have trusted to his faithless pronnses, he has deceived by a phantom of liberty, only to make tlieir It affords me. however, the greatest degradation the more humiliating, and satisfaction, to observe the spirit, the manly and ardent spirit, of loyalty and attachment to our constitution, which has prevailed. I am confident there is no man who hears me this day, not an inhabitant of the most distant part of our island,, not an inhabitant of the whole territor\- of the fetters with which they have beei» bound, more intolerable and more gall- ing. Who can forget his sanguinary transactions in Egypt ? Nay, wherever, like a malignant star, he has spread his baneful influence, and his pernicious beams. His crimes, his cruelties, his atrocl- Great Britain, who would not j)reier tics, are unparalleled. Who but must death, honourable death, to an ign«- minious surrender of our libertres to a haughty nation — and that nation the old, theconstant, the determined enemy of our country. Eet' us bear ih mind how our an- tes'tors have opposed their numerous forces, and were victorious — how we, in modern times, have opposed them, and have been victorious. Victory never has," lior ever will desert English- men, closely arid firmly united in a " cause so glorious as that of their religion, liberty, arid independence. Happy, irideed, and proud I am, to have been -ctdled forth to fill so dis- ' tiu'^aisked a situation as that in Avhich turn with loathing, from successive fields of carnage, and shameless viola- tions of all ftiith, eqnit\r, and humanity. Yet I feel a coi.fidence, that the time is not far distant, when a period will be put to this usurper's power, to the caret-r of this otfender against God and man, this scourge of the human race. ^ Friends and fellow-soldiers, if our .^enemies should have the audacity to invade this country, let tre words* en^^raven on this banner, animate your courage, stimulate you to noble deeds of loyalty and patriotism. Let us (firmlv united with the rest of our o-allant countrymen) prove to the world, how- we- Britons, alone atid unassisted, ha^•e * Semper fidclcs rcgi et patris. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 457 \v>\'e opposed a ,2;reat and powerful nation, have checked ambition, have beat down despotism, have driven their armies back with shame and disgrace, and have trampled their insuUing ban- ners under our feet. " (To the Ensigfis who received the Colours.) In delivering these colours to you, I am certain I deliver them to a corps upon whose zeal and loyalty their country may rely on every occasion. I now comnut them to your charge, being confident that the Sunderland Volunteers, wherever they may be en- gaged, will distinguish themselves by their courage; and that these colours will lead them on to glory, and be conspicuous in the front of the battle. Translation of a Letter written in 1797, hij an Ambassador of one of the powers allied with the Directory. The__ original may he foiutd in No. 101, of ** Paris pendant .I'Annee, 1797." Its re-puhlication at the pre- sent moment may not he nnscrvice- (ihley inasmuch as it identifies the Hero of 1797 toith the Consul of 1803, and serves to cstahlish more frmly the truth of those atrocities with rchich the Corsican has been publicly accused, by Sir Robert JVilson and others^ since the period which it loas ivritten. ATROCITIES OF BONAPARTE, IN 1797. " ESCAPED at length from the long and cruel fatigues of the most murderous of wars, I am just arrived from the Army of Italy, after being lamed for life at the battle of Areola- I have paid the debt of gratitude, which Vol. I. S I owed to my country ; I have given her proofs of my zeal and of my love, and have sealed them with my bl(;od. Become an in\alid in the bloom of youth, and no longer able to fight in her service, I am entitled to her pro- tectioUi^ In her bosom have I sought an asylum, and no longer able to sein-e her witli an arm paralised by the steel of the enemy; I, neverthelass, devote to her a heart which adores her, and a holy boldness in denouncing to her, I will not say abuses, that would be too cold an expression, but deeds of atrocity, at which Nero himself would have blushed, and which Suetonius would not have dared to impute to that monster. ** Believe me, I do not dispute the great military talents of Bonaparte ; his successes speak for themselves. But what I contend for is, that Bonaparte is the most dangerous of all the French citizens j that Bonaparte is a dtizen in the manner of Ca?sar, that it is in the manner of Ccesar that he loves equality, and that it is with all the contempt which Cscsar entertained for the Senate of Rome, that Bonaparte speaks of the Government of France. For the truth of my assertion, I appeal to all who are in the habit of being constantly about his person. He is Gustavus in the midst of battle : but like Gustavus, he pants for a throne and a crown, not to set it upon the kiead of this or that prince, but to place it upon his own. " The most violent satraps of the great king had, less power, and certainly less insolence and less vanity, than Bonaparte has given proofs of during his campaigns in Italy. *' Tijese are facts of the greatest notoriety. I only relate what all have seen, what every general has heard, and what all are ready to depose, whep- ev^ir t}ilve defence ; that in iis far greater part, it was disabled, bv its constitution and >evy essence, t'rom defending us against an enemy by any one preventive stroke, or any operation of active hostility? What must iris rcBeciions be. on hearing that a fleet of 500 men of war, the best appointed, and to the full as ably commanded, as this countrv ev^rhad upon the sea, was for the greater part emphned in acling upon the system of uiKnterprising de- fence ? What must his sentiments be, who remembers the former energy of England, when he is given to undcr- p.rand, that these two jskmds, -^vit.h their extensive and every where yul- iierabie sea coast, should be considered as a fiarrison sea town : What v.-ould l)c think U' the garrison of so strange a fortress should be such as never to make a sallv ; and that, contrary to all that has been hitherto seen in Vv^ar an infinitely inferior army may with safety besiege this garrison, and, without hai^arding the. life of a man, ruin the the garrisori and the place^ merely by the menaces. and. false appearances of an. attack.^ What amst his surprise be, on, finding, that with the increases of trade, and balances unknown before. and with less outgoing than at ?.r\x for- mer time, the public Ji-redit should la- bour, even to the edge of a bankruptcy ; and that the confidence of the j-eopie in the security of their property should lessen in proportion as ail the apparent means of their sifetv are augmented ! The last part of this dreadful paradox is to be solved but by one way^ and that is bv an obscure undefined scene which the people entertain that the ap- parent means of their safety are not real, nor well understood, and that they confide in their Government, more from their opinion, that sonic sort of Ciovcrrmrent should l)e sup- ported, than from a conviction that the measures taken by the existing Govern- ment for the public safety are ra'iio'ual or well ada]>ted to their end. Had it pleased God to continue to me even the late weak remains of my strength, I purposed to make this the subject of a letter, -A'hich I intend to address to a brother mordjer of yours, upon the present state of afiairo : but as I m.ay be never able to finish it, I regard this matter of defence as so much the most important of all considerations at this moiuent, that it supercedes all concern of my bodilv and mental weakness, and urges nie, by an impulse I cannpt resist, to spend at least my last breath in laving before you some part of tlte anxious thoughts with which I have been oppressed, and which] more than any bodiiv distemper, have sunk me to the condition in which you know I am. I have no hand to write, but I am able to dictate from the bed on which I pass my nights and days. *' What 1 sav may have no weight; but it is possible that it m.ay tend to put other men of more ability, and who are in a situation where their abi- lities may be more useful, into a train of thinking. Wliat I dictate may not be THE ANTI-GALLIC.\X. 4G3 bo pleasing either to the great or to the niullituclej but looking back on my p-\;^t ])tibhb hfe, though not without innny fauUs and errors, ! have never made anv sacrifices to 'ho tavour of ihc gre.U, or to the humour of llie people. I never remember more thun two in- stances in which I have given way to popuhirity, and rhose two are the things of which in the whole course of my life, now at the end of it, I have tlie most reason to repent. Such has been the habit of my public life, even v.-hen individual favour and popular coun- tenance might be plausibly presented to me as the means of doing my duty the luorc eilectually. But now, alas! of what value to me are all those helps or all those impediments? When the damp chill sweat of death already begins to glaze our visage, of what moment is it to us whether the vain breath of man blows hot or cold upon it? But our duties to men are not ex- tinguished with our regard to tiieir opinions. A countrv, which has been dear to us from our birth, ought to l)e dear to us, as from our entrance, so to our final exit from the stage upon which we have been appointed to act ; and in the career of the duties which must in part be enjoyments of our new existence, how can we better start, and from what more proper post, than the performance of those duties which have made the occupation of liie first part of the course allotted to us ?" LIEUTENANT FAIlWAN's LETTER. ency of allowing a drawback of the DUTIES U?ON WINES, foi the COU- sumpiion of the army, &c. a/id hit rejiections on the character and con- duct of honaparlCt being so wc/l delineated, we malie no upologjf for their insertion in our prcant inimher. Lieutenant Fairman havinr eiinced a mind of candour and iibcrality in his l,etier to the Right Hououiable Vv'iiliuia Windhuin, on the cxpedi- RARELY does it ha'p|«efi'iliat there" are any beneficial chances in the lottery of war as a temptation for the army to barter their blood for lucre. Seldom have they an opportunity of acquiring; any spolia opima from the enemies of their country. The distressed state of their finances forms a shocking con- trast to the splendid misery of their lives. A coniiict with a regicide Re- public is, of all others, the least calcu- lated to hold out golden prospects. Little is there to be derived from such a contest more than solid glory — a pas- sion by which, it is devoutly to be wished, the British soldiery may ever contirme to be laudably aniinated. A war with Jacobinism has no iidvant;iges to soften its hideous features ; notliins to diminish its horrors — to smooth its wrinkled front. It is a struggle of social order against lawless barbarity ; a conibat of justice and religion ogaiust plunder and atheism. No wonder, then, if hagard Sans CuLorTiis, gaunt with famine, and filish'etlvvith lt(|uor, diiplay transitory 'acts of des- peration (for 1 cannot call it va'our) when op}K)sed to an inferior number Of troops neither goaded by necessity^ nor wrought up to freni^y and fanaticism by ' the hope of pillage and other adventitt-" ous aids. But notwithstanding oui'' vast disparity ol' force, we have hadoiii^- successes — such as, taking into cbiiM- deration the unparalleled disadvlihtagds'^ under which they were' obtaine forsake one's allegiance is Treason. To desert from revolt is Loyalty, But the defenders of Regicide make no distitiction between lawful inheritance and forcihle entry, Bv an inverse mode of reasoning — with them, to subvert order is commendable, to resist commotion woidd be criminal. To place this matter in a familiar point of view, I suppose a case. — A mutiny breaks out on board a ship at sea. The captain and officers are inhumanly nuirdered. The crew, fron. among themselves, select a commander ; who, in seeming compliance to their wishes, practices an artful nianoeuvre. From the moment of his undertaking the charge of the vessel, he forms the re- solution THE ANTl-GALLICAN. 4df solution of condacting her to a place of safety, instead of into an enemy's port ; for which, he teaches the pirates to believe he is steering. In the prose- cution of his scheme, he meets with success ; and delivers up the deluded wretches to the oftendcd laws of their indignant country. AVhat should we say of such a man ? Should -vve pro- nounce him trust-betrayer? God for- bid ! Should we not rather term such conduct fidelity, than treachery. — It sometimes happens, that we approve the act, though we deiest the motive : here, I think, we should admire the one, and applaud the other. To break truce with Rebels, is allowable in all cases : it is meritorious in most. In my mind, there Is a material difiercnce between a departure from the principles handed down to us by Ancestry, and a dereliction of those imposed on us by Revolution. The former is the legiti- mate issue of our forefathers, moulded in wisdom, nurtured by reason, and mellowed with maturity. The latter the spurious ofl'spring of a heteroge- neous mass of Heresy, Massacre, and Cannibalism. Thus much for Treason to the Majesty of the people. I confess, I am unable to distinguish between the parricidal would-be Re- public of a seized Ship, and the gi- gantic overgrown Commonwealth of an enslaved State. But I never as- pired to the nicer powers of discrimina- tion. Such covenants are not only void in themselves, but voidable by the' laws of Nature and Religion, as well as by the positive Institutions of every coun- try. l^Iagistracy of any sort is not without limitation. No man, on the one hand, has a right to receive what ought not to be conferred ; on the other, no one has a right to exact vyhat ought not to be performed. This is so true, that I question whether there be a constitution in either hemisphere, that would hesitate to acknowledgt; the doctrliic, as its fundamental prin- ciple. A truly great and virtuous mind despises dominion. Its only wish Is to diffuse and impart universal happiness. It prefers the Liberty to the Einpire of the World. Eiforts to rescue a nu- merous nation from its own devouring fury, are all laudable and praiseworthyi Not to extinguish a firebrand in the hand of un Incendiary, is to be guilty of Arson. Cramped and grovelling spirits are apt to behold things through the mirror of prejudice. It becomes the duty, therefore, of those Avho, from exalted stations, are capable of taking- more jirospective vicvvS, ^ to disperse mists and vapour from before the eycj of Ignorance, and infatuation. The multitude seldom takes the trouble to refiect. By far the greater part, per- haps. Is incapable of judging. Some there are Vv'ho dare not venture out of the vulgar path ; but, locked up iix received notions, remain in darkness and error, through life. {Others* again, like wayward children, from a fickleness and curiosity which power- fully operate on weak illiterate mlnds^ are Induced to seek novelty and change, even to their own Injury. "When a People submits itself to the prudence and management of an individual, to such subjection is ahA-ays annexed a farit condilion, that he is to act for ihc general welfare, by the impulse, that is, the unwritten dlrJtates of wis- dom and discretion. It is no excuse for such a one, who takes a m.easufe militating against the common interest, that it was adopted at Intercession. A<5 w^ell might the nurse pretend to justify her carelessness in suffering an infant to spriijg from her arms, arid cripple itself by the fall: or a physibian allow 4()S f'HE ANTI-GALLICAN. the administration of inflaming liquours to his patient, in the parox\sm of de- lirium — Because, forsooth, the one, under the influence of a disordered imagination, should importunately cry- out for theui ; or the other, in its litilc sportive innocence, might chance to make a salient effort. — When it appears evident to our Rulers, that our passions run counter to our safety, to indulge the former at the expence of the latter, is criminal. Were it possible to collect individu- ally the sense of the nation, the mi- nority would prove the advocates for the present nevv-flmgled system. The greatest tumult does not always betoken the genuine sentiments of a People. Noise and vociferation are as often sub- stituted as mistaken for public opinion ; and are not unfrcquently had recourse to, in support of an infirm cause. In proportion to the violence of the one, you may fairly reckon on the weakness of the other. At an election, the losing candidate is the most clamorous and turbulent. The enthusiastic shouts of *' VIVE LA republique!" which so lately echoed and resounded through France, may be compared to the cant phrase of *' no popery!" that for a while disturbed and annoyed Eng- land. Willi the mol-Uihj of Paris I take it to have been as perfectly a matter of indifference, wheiher the form of Government should be Mo- narchical or Republican ; as I conceive it was an object of unconcerp with the rahhlc of London, whether the (Jl'.urch of England should be under the do- minion of tlie Protestant or Catholic I^aith. Disorder, rapine, and confu- sion, were the sole motives of both. — *«^~ Down WITH Tyrants 1" — *' No Bastile""— ^or any other popular out- cry, isa mere pretext with the dema- ffc;?ues of taction, for the coumieiice- ment of their riots, conflagrations, an(t excesses. However, as it is not my in- tention to go at any depth into this inquiry, I shall conclude with a hint, \^hich, if properly taken, will be re- ceived rather cautionary than other- wise. Let it be remembered . that Cicsar, who was a Tyrant, an Usurper, a lawless LUruder ; was likewise a General, a Conqueror, a Consul : but that his person was not held inviolable even in the Senate. Jll-founded, should I consider my claims to notice, were I to attempt their introduction thro^igh a base me- dium. To prophesy is not to approve. It frequently happens, that we depre- cate the event, while we foretel the danger. In denouncing imprecations on the head of sanguinary sacrilegious Regicide, it docs not, therefore, follow, that I am to direct the avenging tyran- Tiical arm of the assassin. This would be to convert the abomination of a heavier crime, into the incitement of a less. ADDRESS Of Lieut. Colonel Fenwick /• the Durkavi. Folunteer Regiment of Infantryy on presenting their (Jo- lours, November 6th, 1803. IT has been usual for the Com- manding Officers of Volunteer Corps to address them on their receiving the colours J and 1 comply the more readily with the custom, because it ail'ords niC an opportunity of calling your atten- tion to some very important points. I shall not detail to you the situation of our country; you know that the ene- my's shores are covered by troops which are destined to invade us -, that their ports are fdled with preparation* for conveying them j and that, on the first THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 4o9 first opportunity of escaping from the sjiperior skill and courage of the British navy, tliey will j)robahly push for our coasts. Under these circumstances, surely every man, who values his own interest and safety j e\ery man, who vaUies what ought to be infinitclv luore dear to him, the honour and independ- ence of liis country, will learn the use of arms. C'Ourage alone cannot enable you to defend your country ; it must be ren- dered effective by discipline. A compe- tent precision in marcliiiig, is necessary to enable you to act together j w-ithout it no formation can be just; nor can any movement be made without confu- sion. Correctness in this point is more especiallv requisite in the non-commis- sioned oiRcers ; bv them tlie march of the battalion is often regulated, and, bv tlie accuracy of their step, the pre- cision oi'its manoeuvres is, in many in- stances determined. It is their duty, therefore, to pay the strictest attention to this, the ground work of military dis- cipline. Dexterity in handling your arms is equally necessary ; such a dex- terity, as will enable you, in all situa- tions, to charge with firmness, and to fire with precision. Where tliis is wanting; where a charge is feebly, or irregularly made; where fire is given with hurry and confusion; where the trigger is drawn before the muzzle has acquired a proper direction, fire-arms are ineffectual for any purpose of attack or defence. I'Ik-v arc, on the contrary, the most formidable weapons whicli soldiers can handle, when a well- reserved fire is steadily delivered from a well-levelled line of rnusquelry, and followed up by a vigorous charge. It is not sufficient that you should be able to fire a close volley, and to load and fire quick, theie things are deiireable; but the first, the essential point, is to load correctly, and to level well. You, Gentlemen, who Ivold com- missions in corps, you, in particular, who command its companies, should exercise yourselves to judge will) accu- racy of distances, and to march cor- rectly on a given pci jt; if you fail in this, the battalion cannot preserve the order which is necessary to its ready formation. You will also, make your- selves thoroughly masters of tlie ma- noeuvres which are ordered ; and final- ly, from you, I trust, the corps will re- ceive an example of that strict attention to duty, that ready obedience when un- der arms, without which, it will be- come merely a nominal force. On my own part, I pledge my self to neglect no opportunity of acquiring the knowledge necessary to fit me for my station > though I reflect, with infinite pleasure, that, if called into action, we shall be led on by abler and more ex])erienced men. I am aware, Gentlemen, that youi attendance on duty must be productive of inconvenience and loss to many of you; but I will not do you ihe injusr tice to think tliat you are not ready to make the sacrifice to 30ur country. We may regret the necessities of th« times ; we may lament the return of war, after so short a respite; but, with the sense of its evils, it becomes us to combine the resolution to encounter and o^ ercoHie tiiem. Let us act up to the pr6ud pre-eminence of our country I Let us consider, that whilst the rest of Europe lies prostrate at the feet of France, or watches, in silent dread, the progress of her ambition, Great Britain alone has dared to oppose her ; and, in defendmg her own indepen- dence, has , become the protectress of the indepeiidsuci uf ^mq^^J, Fmallv, JifO •tU-p. Ax^TI-CALLlCA^, let ns contrast, with honest pricie, the situation of this connlry, with that of the nrst mihtary power on the conti- nent, when attadced hy the same ene- my. When the Austrian monarch called upon his people for assistance, they neglected his call ; they had been held as nothing by their govern- ment, and they deserted their govern- Bient in the hour of danger. The ironsequence was, the humiliation of the Sovereign, the dismemberment of his empire, and the ruin of the people. How different has hitherto been the fiite and conduct of Britons! Possess- ing a constitution tlie noblest effort of political wisdom, on the first signal of clanger, the whole nation rallied round the throne of a beloved Sovereign ! The difficulty here was, not to procure de- fenders, but to prevent the whole population from rushing to arms, and abandoning (perliaps to a dangerous extent) the pursuits ofindastrv. This pre-eminence in patriotism, (the first virtue of nations !) is a just ground for national exultation ; it places our inde- peiidcnce beyond the reach of human power, without infringing the indepen- dence or impairing the prosperity of odier countries. Let us even hope that it may idtimately conduce to their happiness, and tliat the governments, which have hitherto relied on extensive prerogative and numerous armies, may iearn in what the strength of nations really consists ; and be led, by the spirit and loyalty of a free people, to adopt the principles and do justice to the ge- nerous energies of freedom. \(ja arc worthy, I am confident, of ranking among the defenders of a coun- try thus honourably distinguished ; you love your King, and will defend his tlrtrone with fidelity ; you revere the jusVhiws^and wise institutions of your foiTsfath^rs^ oor will you penult them to be overturned. As EnglishmerTf you will not tamely see this island re-^ duced to a province of France; as men, your spirit revolts at the idea of a foreign master; nor will you withhold your protection from those who cannot de- fend themselves, — from old age and infancy, and from that sex which, while it forms the brightest ornament of soci- ety, is our best solace under the evils of life. Accept, then, these colours ; which, a few years since, were delivered to a corps, of which many of you were members; I give them, with singular pleasure, in the presence of the trulv honourable and respected patroness who then presented them. The corps, who first received them, was distinguished by orderly conduct, by its attention to, and proficiency in discipline; maintain you the same honourable distinction. ]\iay these colours be to you a bond of union ; whenever they are displayed, may they remind you of the sacred du- ties you have to perform ; and, if ever you carry them into the presence of an encmv, remember that ail that Is dear to a man of honour is attached to their defence. Defend them then with un- conquerable spirit, and may it be your lot to defend them with success ! AN ADDRESS DrUvered to the Chistchurch J'oh/?i- tccis, ly the Rev. S. Clapham, Hear of Christckurch, and Chaj)- lain to the Corps. *' I should not do justice to my own feelings, if I did not embrace the ear- liest opportunity whi^h presejnted itself to me, of expressing the sense I enter- tain of that relation, which, through your flattering partiality, I have the honour to bear to a Corps so respec- table for its decorum, and so distin- guished by its attention. These stand- ards THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 4rJ ards under \>-hicb we are assembled, ■previously consecrated by my worthy* predecesbor, whose virtues jind whose eloquence will never be effaced from your mind, are again this day presented fo you. And astl-^e oath of allegiance, or fidelity to the King, is to be now severally administered to you, I shall not, I am persuaded, be considered as encroaching upon your time, by shortly stating the propriety of the mea- sure. *' It was formerly the custom, the state of society requiring it, for every person, the clergy excepted, at the age of- twelve years, to take the oath of allegiaace, that is to swear to be faith- ful to the King on the throne. But as the times became more settled, and society more improved, such an oath was considered unnecessary; and ac- cordingly it is now only taken upon particular occasions j as upon men's becoming members'of the legislature, and magistrates; upon their accepting any oiiice, and acting in any depart- ment of trust, where the honour and interest of the King, and the welfare of the country are at stake. To call Cod to witness that you are, and will be faithful to your Sovereign, which is the meaning of an oath, must, I con- ceive, be a source of satisfaction to every one of you. If a matter of great importance has been entrusted lo me, I naturally wish that tlie person who confides in me should have every possi- ble assurance of my fidelity ; especially Vv'hen I consider, that he commits to a reliance on my intregrity, what he es- teems of the greatest value. When you, therefore, reflect, that to you is entrusted the defence of your country, YOU must naturally be anxious to ap- prove yourselves worthy of the trust reposed in you, and that the country The Pvev. Mr, Jackson, should, in return, hav^e . the ^solemn pledge of an oath, that you will bear true allegiance to your King; whicii implies, that you wiir'be, in the strict- est sense, the defenders of your coun* tr>-. The reason of the oath of allogiajicc being administered, the occasion of your being now re-enibodiLd, of havirig those standards again committed to your care, is to preserve us all from one common ruin. And if ruin awaits us, the high and the low will sutttir alike- He that has much, and he that has little to lose, will equally be the objects of pity. Should any one be so vmacquainted with the situation of the lower classes of men, as to suppose they cannot be much worse than they are — such a one must be a stranger to the many enviable comforts they possess. When the la- bourer returns from his work lie is received with delight by his beloved family; and the remainder of the even- ing being his own, is employed partly in providing thusc conveniences, which conduce to his weliiire, and partly in that innocent and interesting conversa- tion, which wealth, splendor and learn- ing might often envy. But what will be his situation, if the enemy after invading, should subdue us ? The me- chanic and the labourer who are strong and healthy, will be dragged froui their families into a foreign land, whose lan-r guage they can neither speak nor under- stand,, to enslave a nation innocent as themselves, whom they had ne\'er seen, and of whom, perhaps, they had ijey.ef heard before. The aged and the infirm will alone be permitted, to continue iu this country, and upon them burdens will be laid b.x beyond their strength and their years to beiu-.- Should the enemy accomplish his infernal pyrpjjse^ l^te Vicar of Christchujch. there 4-2 THEANT there is not a field, a street, a shop, a cottnt^e, Avhirh will not record -our misery. Against such an enemy, and to prevent such cfft^cts, every heart wHI, I doubt not, be inspired with courage, and every arm braced v.ilh vigonr. Should you he called out, you will re- member that you are. English men- should an eagagcmerit take place, you will bear in mind, that if you do not conquer, you have no home to which you can return. As it may not, perhaps, be thought expedient, that I should accompany you into the field, you will not, I trust, ihink 50 meanly of me as to imagine, that I am with-held by the dread of dnnger, or the want of courage. The dread of danger, on such .an occasion no man cm feel ; and with the ^vanV of courage, even the coward, when the cnen^y is on our shores, will not give cause for reproach. At that juncture, the clergy, we piously hope, may be more usefully eln ployed in the discharge of their sacred profession : Then v»'dl be the tfifiev'wh^n, in the language ol' the prophet, the priests, the minis- ters of the Lord,, are to weep between the porch and the altar; and to say, *' Spare thy people, Q Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the enemy should rule ov^r them." When the drum shall beat to. arms, and the trumpet shall sound to battle — when you shall see your enemy preparing for vour destruction — then imagine, that you hear your wives and your children animating you for their sakes, to rouze vour courage and exert your valour- then imagine your hear *tKem crying, that, unless you conquer, they are doomed to perpetual slavery, and hope- less wretchedness. ^Vhen that moment arrives, may tii^God.of^hosta go with yoiil may he be your shield and your buckler,^both on your right hand, and *ii your left! Ye will, i doubt not. I-GALLICAN. through God's good providence, be g]o= rious conquerors — ye will return, I trust, w;ith satisfaction and with tri- umph to the embraces af your family: and who will not envy, y^ur feeling, when you shall tell your cliildren that are yet unborn, and your children's children, how bravely you fought, and how nobly you conquered? you will not envy your feelings, when your head shall be white with age, and your back bowed down with infirmity, you can each of you make this triumphant boast, ' I am the defender and the pro- tector of my King and of my Country ?* ANECDOTE OF G'ENERAL MASSENA. L\ the sumnicrof 1800, when, after the battle of Marengo, Massena wt\s appointed the commander in chief in Italv, his plunder and -extortions caused a nun)her of complaints; and, after a conmiand of only four weeks, Bonaparte recalled him to give an account of his conduct. At his arri\al in Paris he v.-as publicly, aiid in the presence of all the Generals, repri- mandedhv the FirstConsul. — "When the First Consul had finished, Mas- SENA told him, with a very submissive air, *' Jc suia un volcur — /am a rob- ber;" and, fixing him, he said, " Tu e.st un voieur^-T/wu art a robber." Looking next at General Murat, he continued, " // est un volcur — lie is a robber." Tli^n regarding the whole cir- cle of Generals, he cried, ■" 'Nous aom- mes des voleurs^We are robbers.** Bowing to them all, he added, ** Vous etcz dcs voleitrrs — Ye are robbers," Then retiring, and turning his back, he ex- claimed, " Ouu CiTOYEN Consul, Us sent des voleurs^They are robbers."— " Bes Republicans Fraijcois Icl vst le car act ere! [Traveller, fHE ANtI-GALLlCA?r. ♦S^ ORIGINAL POETRY, "" THE SOLDIER'S SECOND DREAM. The Sun brightly shone and serene was the sky, Mv Comrades with chearful alacrity rose, hut each pleasing object I view'd with a sigh. And the pleasures of others augmented my woes. In gloomy dejection I pass the long hours, "So hard scem'd my duties, so chearless my rest. With anguisl 1 thought on my dear native bowers. And the friends that in sleep my fond bosom had blest And at night as I sank on my pallet agaittj *' Ret\irn" I exclaira'd ** thou dear dream of delight. Through the comfortless day I lament me in vain. Return thou sweet vision and soothe me at night." I slept-— and in fancy once more I was borne To the scenes where my childhood so pleasantly past, Tbe fields of my father wav'd yellow with corn. And his white little cottage receiv'd me at lasl. As I lifted the latch how my heart briskly beat* Yet my blood sooti run cold at the scene there display'd— My hoary-hair'd Father lay dead at my feet. And the stones with the blood of my children were ray*d» My Wife~I beheld her distracted with grief. And wild were her eyes, and dishevell'd her hairj No tear kindly streaming afforded relief. But she hail'd my approach with a cry of despair. ** Behold" she exclaim'd *' what thy folly has done> Behold of thy weakness the horrible end. Thy Father in dying call'd out for his Son, That Son would no longer his Father defend. To save us, the sword you once gallantly drew. And among our Defenders your name was cnrollM> You swore to your King you would ever be true. You swpre ia so noble a cause to be bold. But false was the vow!— for desponding, deprest. By the hardships of war, from your duty you fled. And while from those hardships you sought to find rest. The foe has prevaiUd and your Children are dead," Vol. L ' 3 *' P«sertetJ 47* THE ANTI-GALLICAN. " Deserter ! Betrayer !" — no more could she say. For the mom oer the mountains beginning to beam^ The sad scene of horror soon faded away. And with joy I perceiv'd it was only a dream. To mv duties I rose, and despondency check'd. And whenever I thought of my dear one's afar, I cried, ** Those I love I must toil to protect. And Peace must be bought by the hardships of War/* A. SELECTED POETRY, THE TYRANT. The time -frora daicn to dawn. " I hear die ficet Eumemdes retire; And close behind then?, the far-thandefiag doors Of Erebus." IFORBE AR, — and follow me ! Yon embers glow- Where, gorgeous lies your boast, in mental woe. The glimmering tapers flash a tvyinkling light. His haggard eyes confess a restless night. Attend! then say what admiration's due. When power exists with horrors ever new! Observe! — from off his couch he wildly starts; ^ He speaks! Ah hear what miseries he imparts! ' ** Who waits? Again enchearing day is risen j From thorns I rise, to quit Ambition's prison. Unfurl my standard, — raise the clang of war — ' Oh from me drive dire midnight horrors far! Arise! — who waits? Ye, peaceful, slumber all; On me alone the cries of vengeance call. Let me on horse! — now tardy morn appears; Thou, bustling day ! assuage my deathless fears ! Arise! ye minions of my fatal power ; Ye feel few torments in the midnight-hour. Let me, amid the storms of war, revive; Let day's proud visions with night-horrors strive. Ambition's mine ! No social ties I feel ; This heart approves whate'er this head shall seal. Ne'er storm'd by love, ne'er mov'd by friendship's glow, I dauntless wade in blood and brave each foe. THE ANTI-GALLICAN. 4f5 — Oh, thst yon sun would never sink in gloom' That sleep were needless till we fiil the tomb! No dread-unknoivn pervades the dark profound. To bid, for me, the awakening trumpet sound ! Let me but sway reluctant hosts of men. Till endless ^lumber sinks me from their ken ! — Oh that the night were not! But 'tis decreed. By day alone from horrors I am fVee'd. Away ! — yet hark! — what distant murmurs float! Has tumult rais'd, at length, her dreaded note ? — — On me their vengeance!— ^hark !■— again I live — That marcj;! is mine! — still mine what victories give ! EnkindUng strains! — now wonted ardours burnj Thus felt I, on Marengo's awful morn !" Thus speaking, straight to martial scenes he fled ; To shun the horrors of a tyrant's bed ! On his approach, what rouzing sounds arise! From rattling arms, reflected light'ning flics! — Hear, hear! what shouts of hollow joy they raise! The wily tyrant dreads the impoison'd praise, With clouded visage wan, lo! how he smiles! How darkly glances on his lengthen 'd files ! But, soon shall eve her shadowy mantle spread ; Soon in repose, shall rest the neighing steed : Silence shall be, on war's parade, impos'd ; And the day's bustle^l^e by darkness clos'd : — Save on his guards, thick station'd round his dome. Where the fell tyrant, living fills 'his tomb: — Such may the dagger of the injur'd ward ; JBut, what from conscience, can their patron guard Now warriofrslaves the siipper-board surround; In crime scarce lighter than their leader found. Un-notic'd they, his guarded startings, mark ; While inward horrors writhe his aspect dark. Lo! now he rises, from the feast, unfed, To seek his safety by a change of bed ! Alas! the meed of ruthless deeds is thine; Ne'er be thy sceptre with its horrors mine ! Now all is hush, — bright midnight tapers bum j He sinks on down, — by care and sorrow worn — But not to sleep! — for, when the centry cries The ** all-is-well,'' — his heart within him dies : Alarm'd, he hears the voice of safety say-r- Thou, from withoul, hast nought to fear till day! 3 2 But, ^T^ THE ANTI-GALLICAN. But, ah ! within v^-hat rankling troubles live ? Dire fear,-!-remors'e ; all matchless guilt can give, —His quiwring limbs relax ! — an hideous calm ! Now {cfisas aerial mock his grasping palm : — Seen by the muse, — a dire assemblage stands !— What numbers from Italia's classic lands! — ■ What numbers from Peruvia's mines of gold. Whom, seis'd in battle, the base warrior sold !— — More dreadly mov'd! — ah I mark his straining eves Turn wildly where Egyptian horrors rise ! tremendous group! from Alexandiia sped; Unclos'd, he shakes amid the gory dead ! He said,—** strike awe,"^" no mercy let us bear/'— • Uprose the screams of vengeance and despair! Maiden and matron j babe and feeble age Fell undistinguish'd by his mortal rage. Remorseless man ! those deeds now wring thy soul, As round thy couch the torturing spirits scowl ! Slow passing, see the gaunt Arabians slain Amid their wastes, where heat and silence re!t 31iCI With horror pale, the shuddcrinj^ troops obey'd^ 'r- — ^ Their eyes were sightless while their tluinderi^ play*4/^ Captives on captives strcw'd, u n buried lay!-' '^ ^''d naacJ The winds were tainted on their vievvJesVNi'JEyi'' r 'W Avenging Bode cadaverous pest elate j ' •'^'^ And smote the monster's host for Jaffa's iale! We came to mark the reGompense orguilt, ^ Remorseless deeds, blood innocently spilt; '.%t- Yet, lot him, iii contortions vvriihing lie; - ' From him the muse averts her weary eye j ,", Till other bands of pallid spectres rise, ,^ O'er whose blaneh'd bones are spread Saniarias skies; Till they appear, to diumtless Acre turn ; How glorious, — ;great th' iu\ ader's dreadful bourne ! Where Smith immortal prppj)'d old Dge^zar's swayj His British hand to Moslems led the way : Heviv'd hvs country's fan)e qu sacred grouiul;= — Hear from yon heights what acclamations sound ! . In sulphurous clouds the blasting light'nings glance, ywm Acre's heroes? and from madden'd France. What peals on peals 1 The storming C(;hunus fall ; The dead and dying form a breathing wall ; Inlock'd the blood-stain'd hostile banners hang 5 With rushing clash the jreeking bayonets clang-. 'Mid blasts volc4.nic toil the weary brave ; And, grumbling thunders creep on Jordan's wave ;-t^ Ere Kleber quits the ford, toward NuAirelh bound, '' Mount Tabor shakes around the rumbling sound. The baffled atheist fumes, where Richard stoodV Nor heeds the reeking pools of Gallic blood. -^'^ "" ' " Rush o'er the dying,— mount, by heaps (df-^aiji. Once more— French grenadiers!'' — HW cries hi Va'H». Wide yawns the deadly breach,— the "stotiTiets^^B.i.?/"* Refuse to mount and win his hoIk>w'pr:iiser''^^ aioiao. Great Smith! who in the gijllty temple pih'd', "''^"■'' When Italy felt yon scourge of human kind ; Immortal Smith 1 redoubling vengeance 'tiurl'd;'- ''-'^''^- And, drove the tyrant back with banners fiu'l'dl* ^-"-''i See ye yon lambent fiame ? H^ar y'e rid soiind ?-^ Xhe hour is come !— now keener tbrtilfes woiiirvdi' -'' - He shrouds his eyes I — the grisly bands advanti^i'''^ **^ Who fought, who sufter'd for thy tyrant, Franci'P''^^ At eve, his sick and wounded mates regal'dj '' ^■■'^"■^'^ Superior yiands, grateful faiijes, exhal'^j But, THE A^TI'GALhlCAN. J?ut, ahj conreal'd somnific opium lay ! Each smil'd on each ; and *uiik from pain and da\ '! Such was their mead, when he from Acre fled ; E;ich, by his ptisan, giiin'd a sandy btd ) — Another troop of iniurd French ajipears. They poar their c;>iise of vengeance in his ears; Ti.y flat-roof d pries, Rosetta * echo'd shrieks. When strangling tortures bbcken'd sickness cheeTis-'f '* Horrible deeds were done," feli scour^^e of isian I Thy bow-string finish'd what ihe piftgwc began I ' — Yet more his friin;e is evanip'd 1 — ^liow dire liis state-? The lingering Furies wait, the voice of Fate I ' — ^These shades, aUcrnatc, chaunt the layi of he!! ; Ab. I (Ueadful 1 hear the mfarnal chorus swell ' — Racf,- f.Jic fimutafingjiend j. ITim^H>ho ncer to pifij Icand, Give him his foretaste of ivoe -^ What the wicked feel below. Haunting terrors rack his mind ^ Rack the curse of hmnan-Tiind I Muck the curse of human-kind ! High on Demons' wings ziplome ; Jf'rapt in gloom, he reigns forlorn. Stranger to each gentler throe ; Ruthless cause ofhlood and woe. E'er till the dawn, le this our lay ; Till the avenger s dagger play j Till this troubler of the world Down the yawning 'gulf he kurPd ! Down the yawning gulf be hurVd ! —Now, from his couch the chieftain starts aghast ; Dim burn the tapers — but, dread night is past ! Another dawn, the tortur'd tyrant spies ; And, from a Tyrant's rest, to bustle hies! Conclusion, From dawn to eve, what crouching hosts he sv. ay^ ! ]-ron-\ eve to dawn, what horror on him preys 1 Sullen he fears th<5 praise of actions past ; For de!;p-ton'd curses load the hollow blast. Ap^t from peace and virtue, what is fame ? Woe, while alive; at death, immortal shame ! On his dire path, red glemn the bickering flames i Mid smoaking waUs, wild shriek the injur d dames. Helvetia' THE ANTI-GALLICAN, 479 Helvetia's wrongs, the hoary Alps resound ; Her torch of freedom moulders on the ground Yet Liberty shall come, in happier days: And blow her twinkling torch i'nto a blaze ! Slow-footed Retribution shall arrive! And, from the earth, this bane of nature drive. THE CONGRESS ; OR, A CONFERENCE OF NATIONS, By IMr. C. Dibdin. SUPPOSE ev'r}- Empire and State In Congiess were met, and should starts As the'thenie of review and debate, Tkie projects of fimi'd Bonaparte j John Bull as the speaker assignM, Yet instead of the Speaker 'twere <5dd if Bony in coming don't find John Bull Uiher of the Black R.^nt Sins Sweden, " my Charles was a mad one. But Bonaparte's madder than he ;" Says Naples,. *' the Consul's a bad one ;" Says Holland, *' he kom to make free -," Says John Bull, " w4iy Dutchman it's thus» Of freedom he makes a great puff j f. And it's known both to you and the Swiss That Bon} can make free enougL" Says Italv, ** of him I'm sick ;" Says Portugal, " right he perverts i" ** Yet by him, says Spain, I must stick ;" Says the German, " he sticks in my skirts ;" Cries the Turk, *♦ how in Egypt he'd brag. His insolence I could scarce brook it. There he bore an Invincible Flag "— ** Yes, I know, says John Bull, for / took if." Says America, ** he's a slave driver ;" Says Russia, " lie'll soon drive us all, If we don't find some able contriver To quiet this Gorgon of Gaul ;'* Says Prussia, ** at all of us dashing What he wants it's quite easy to see ;" '' Y^es, says Joha Bull, he wants a good thrashhig. And d— — n him he'll get it from me/' 460 iHr anti-gallican. THE COUNTRY IN ARMS. By Mr. C. Dibdin-. IF the Frenchmen a landing should win, In each County tiiey'd find we're not slugs 5 Then with the Land's End to begin. In Cornwall X\\ey A get Cornish hugs; Irt Dernn they'd dread Phjmotith fort. Find boxers in Somersetshire, And in Dorset they'd meet pretty sport, From the lad? who drink Dorchester beer. Herts and JVilishlre would teach 'em to fight. In Bucks as sure game tli^y'd be taken. In Bnrkshirc they'd find we could bite, • And in Ifampskire they'd not save their haccH •* In Middlesex would they be popping, Or Sussex, their ground they'd not keep ; In Kejii, they'd soon send them a hopping, In Bedfordshire =end them to sleep. In Jusscx their calveskins we'll ciirrr. In Hnnfivgdon chase the freebooters, tAud if they come sporting to Surri/^ They'll find Surry rangers sharp shooters ; Glo'ster, UVsfcr, and Monmouthshire, thrO' Or Oxford they'll never find passes j And a conflict they'll pretty well rue With the War wick shire lads and the lasses. I'hey'll bv Jlerrfnrd cyder get sourd. In Northumpftn and Rutlavd lose battle, In Suffolk they'll surely get scowVd, And in Lincolnshire all be prize cattle ; In Leicestershire sheep with the tetters. In Staffordshire ware that soon breaks. In Darhvshire subjects for fetters. In Shrop.shire mere Shrewsbury cakes. Kcrfalk dumplings their ta^t^ ^vouldn't please. And they'll prove, in despite of their splutter,- In Cheshire n)ere mites in a cheese* While in Cambridge wa^'I! churn 'em like buving .. . Our green island to .ra\;age, in* myriads, they throng j Then swell the full chorus,, biave. frieads, of my song ■. . O'er the ma&c let ihc-iu.,.c He pour'd empyreal splendour; And sunk, in honours brightest blaze, Ihe eastern world's defender. Him Turkey'^s turban'd millions weep. The 'minish'd crescent wailing; And mourn with groans, *' not loud but deep," Their pride of empire failing. — But hence with tears ! for Two remain. To hush the storm's commotion : Then sing — *' May long their white star* reign Refulgent o'er the ocean." WAR SONG. WRITTEN FOR THE LOYAL SOUTH fVABK VOLUNTEERS, BY AN OFFICER OF THU CORPS. HARK ! the threats of Invaders resound thro' the air. See ! a veng-ful and menacing foe — Already the Warriors for conquest prepare. Our Riches, our Beauty, already they share. Our Cities and Commerce lay low: — But conquest and plunder ly Britcns zvithstood, Shall sink with ike boasters in waves ; - Or the soil which our Forefathers nurtured in blood Shall drifik from our veins the rich vital flood, Ere Britons submit to be slaves. .,^-.=_— * Ouoram simul all^a nautis Stella refuliit, Sec. fHor. Od. I. xii.} THE ANTI-GALMC.\N, 4S3 No ! it never shall be — that they dare to defile The fanes of the God we adore ; He for ages has guarded our much belov'd Isle, Has bid it with Freedom and Plenty to smile. And rever'd be his name on our shore. For conquest and plioider, isfc. No ! it never shall be — to a man will we rise. Round the King whom we love and admire j See the phalanx wc form, all danger despise. And with hand lifted high, v/e make oath to the skies. To succeed in this cause, or expire. For conquest and plunder, ^c. No! it never shall be — that the Fair, our dehght. Shall dishonour'd go down to the grave ; All the Charities mingle, and urge to the nght. In such cause e'en the darkness of death appears bright. And sacred's the dust of the brave. For conquest and plunder, (Sfc. View the noble assemblage ! — a Nation in Arms 1 Should legions escape us at sea. We'll rush on the foe, in thick danger find charms. United — exulting in War's deep alarms, Determin'd to die or be free. Then Britons, arise ! His our Country demands That ICC guard the lovd Isle of the IFuves ! "'TIS the soil which our Forefathers nurturd ivith Hood, And each veiti in our bosoms ihall pour its rich ^fiood, Ere Britons submit to he slaves. THE NORFOLK HEROES. WHILE Britain beholds all her Heroes advance. To oppose in firm phalanx the Tyrant of France, Like her own chalky cliffs, sees her patriot Band Look defiance around, and encircle her land. Ye gay Sons of Norfolk, still proud of the name. That gives to your Country the Standard of Fame, Again rear its Banners, while this be your toast, ^* The Monarch we love, and the Freedom we boast." 3 P 2 With ^5i THK AN'TI-GALLICAN. With his new-fangled Systems, why let Monsieur come, John Bull can still show him his system at home ^ His old-fashion'd system ; to twine round his brow The Laurel of Conquest, and humble the foe ,; To find his arm fearless when ncrv'd in the cause Of his Country, his King, his lleligion and Laws ; While exulting he joins in the favourite Toast, <• The Monarch we love, and the P^REiiDOM we boast. Should they bring to Old England their poisonous Tree,, Our soil, like our Sons still indignant and free, To her oaks and htr children shall point with a smile. And bid them acknowledge the plant of her Isle : Her own British Bulwark, that bows not its form. But spreads its roots deep^t when loudest the storm 5 While beneath its broad branches her Sons give this Toast^ ** The MoxARCH we love, and the Freedom we boast." When they talk of ErjuaHhf, here let them see, W^hen Freeilom is pure, what it is to be free ? Let them see the rough peasant, who eats his brown bread And at night sits him down, still the king of hh shod ; Round his woodbine-trac d window, and cottage of clay, The bright beam of Justice sheds sweetly its ray. And gilds his dark brow, whilt he joins in this Toast, *' The Monarch we love, and the Freedom we boast.' He remembers the tales which his fathers have told. Nor forgets the proud deeds of his grandsires of old : If exulting o'er Agincourt's trophies he smile. Or bear his quick glance to the banks of the Nile, The brave Sons of Norfolk exult in their claim To the Banners of Conquest transmitted by fame ; With their bosoms high beating, all join in this Toast, '♦ The Monarch we love, and the Freedom we boast.'" Then again rear your Standards, your Pennants display: Around their bright tents what warm wishes will play 1 The soft sigh of Beauty—the hope that's most dear, The Infant's lisp'd charm, and the Matron's chaste tear; All, all will be yours — they shall form in the field. Round each British breast, an invincible shieW : And Beauty though absent, give grace to this Toast, ^« The Monarch we love, and the Freedom we boast." BRITONS, THH ANTI-GALLICAN. BRITONS, TO ARMSJ BRITONS, to Arms! to Arms, your Country calls ? Loud, and more loud the blast of war resounds, )SIown by the bloody lip6 of furious Gauls ! Greedy of plunder, and the battle's wounds. CHORUS. Haste then, ye Brave ! Btifayimas sons advance ! "T'ls Britain s Genius leads you to the field', Dare thejkrce menace of insatiate France, T/ie laws your armour ■' and your God your shield ! See where, in prowling herds, the ravage bands, From camp to camp, wide throng the hostile shore ! Each rulBan pledg'd to plunge his reeking hands Yet deeper in devoted England's gore 1 Haste then, ye brave, &c. I^rench Liberty, their nation's Demon, flies Thro' the tumultuous ranks, and frantic calls, ^' Strike ! strike my sons ! and England's spirit dies. Strike deep: and England's Constitution falls! Baste then, ye brave, Sec. Wave wide my banners o'er your proud domain, Midst shrieks of terror and expiring groans I J^et Slaughter 1 Violation I swell your train. Deaf to the orphan's cries and widow's moans. Haste then, ye brave, &c. J.ong have my poisons search'd her Lion's heart. His native strength the pestilence defies, J^et your sure daggers aid the secret art, Strilce deep, my sons ! and England's Lion dies V Haste then, ye brave, &:c. Hence Fiend accurst ! thou bane of human good I Tempt not the vengeance thou deserv'st so well ; For Albion's sword shall drink thy desp'rate blood. And drive thee headlong to thy parent hell. Haste then, ye brave, &c. — Patriot Defenders of your Country's weal, Soldiers ! prepare— prepare, old Ocean's Sons ! Plast the Usurper with your light'ning steel, him with the thunder of yoi Haste then, ye brave, &:c. 483 Tis 460 TITE ANTI-GALLICAN. Tis not for Glory's meed that England strives, 'Tis not for Gain her ensigns are unfnrl'd ; 'Tis for our Altars — Parents — Children — Wives — - Our Fortunes — and the srf^ity of the World, Haste thniy ye l-rave^ &:c. What heart so cold to Honour s sacred flame, ^ What hand so weak in valour's gen'rous caii?<% That would not rouse to guard their Countr}-'s fame. Revenge her insults and protect her laws s Hosfe therty ye hravr, kc. Should then invading hordes pollute our soil, Vinnirtiv^ '•ush vour Countrv's rights to save; Bid the big rain on themselves recoil. And let their teeming legions glut the grave. IIa>t cause, sae heartie ; We s'all be chearfu' blyth, an' free. In spite o' Bonaparte. That vile, ambitious, wicked wasp, W^ha sometimes has misled us. Wad Britain hae within his gra^p. And threaten to invade us, W'^e ken, whariver he has been. He has spread desolation— Now his fierce rage is pointed keen Against our envy'd Nation. But can he, an' his Blackguard crew. That We frue Egyp' hunted. E'er think brave Britons to subdue, Whase courage ne'er was blunted ? ^TTian we, sae far frae our ain shores, French miscreants kept under ; How will they meet us at our doors. An' iuce our dt^-idfu' thunder? 3 Q ? E>n 492 THE ANTI-GALLICAN. E'en let them come — they'll find us bauld, Determin'd, strong, an' brawny ; An' they s'all |je fu' tightly mauVd, By Johnny Biill an' Sawny, For Britain's Sons, frae coast to coast Hae pledg'd ilk ither fully. To guard the Rights, o' whilk they boast, Frae France an' her chief Bully. An' Gude be thank'd, this is the voice O' ane an' a' sae heartie ; Therefore, united, we rejoice, Despisin' Bonaparte. Whan we at ither Kintras glance. Now under subjugation ; To that base wratch,an' lawless France, We maun feel Indignation — But while our blessings we contrast Wi' tyranny, sae hatefu'. To King an' Kinlra we'll cling fast. An' for just Laws be gratefu'. i imes. THE BRITISH V0LUNTEER9. Tune—" The Brithh Grenadiers'* WliO talks of fear ? Let cowards fly. And skulk in holes and corners 5 Such trembling dastards shall not cause The enemy to scorn us. Let Bonaparte and his tribe Upon our shores appear, And he shall feel what courage nerves A Brhish Volunteer. Kq puny set of frighten'd fools. No hollow-hearted knaves, sir 5 Ko coward, as he falsely says. No vuiresisting slaves, sir : No traitor, with a lying tongue. His loyalty declares j But Liberty inflames the blood Of British Volunteers. The wealthy coward, v.-ho desire* To save his purse and person, The base-born nea'-ant, who despair?, Alike I give a c\nse on : And let them he at home secure. Nor in our ranks appear ; The wietch deserves to die who comes With grief lo Vojiuiteer, With hands united^ thus we sv.ear. As Heaven our purpose views, Ax^ To die, or extirpate from hence The invader and his crews, sir. And O may God assist our arm ! Then who dare talk of fears ? Huzza ! for life, for liberty. We fight, brave V^olun leers ! WAR SONG. By a Member of' the College Corps^ Duhlin. WARRIORS ! see the Invader near-= Warriors ! now the standard rear — Grasp tlie sabre — point the spear — • IVarriors ! risQ, By the Hero's hallow'd fame : By the Co\vard'3 dealhlpss shame : Bv Ireland's injur'd honour'd name :— By Borholme's Shade, whose, dying hand, On the bloody Clontarf strand. Swept the wild Dane from the land : — ■■ IF arriora : riae. Onward ! to the battle go : Bid the Atheist Plunderer know Our breasts with Irish valour glow :• If, trusting to his faith, we yield. The die is cast — your doom is seal'd- Remembex JaUa's ciurderous field I Warriors ! rise. Bv THF. ANTI-GALT.ICAN, 493 By all the Hero's heart ho-lds dear — ■ The Spouse's smile, the Infant s tear, The voice o(" God and nature near, Tis in no Tyrant's tottering cause, 'Tis for his King, his Home, his laws. The Freeman's sword the Freeman draws. Warrion ! risi-. When did the Frenchman learn to spare 'J'he kneeling Parent's hoary hair, i)v soften to the Jnfaui's prayer? Tho' Fate or Fortune waft him o'er, Teach him, if once he treads our shore, tie treads it — to return no more. TFariors ! rise. See ! yonder see his banners wave! Father! Brothers! Sons! be brave — Give him no ground, but for his grave. What, th o' his countless hosts pour on — What tho' on earth we stand alone, To shield the Temple and theThrot;e— JFurriors ! rise. By the Captive's galling chain. By the polluted, plundered fane — ■ The ruin'd cot — the soaking plain — - On ! Warriors ! — to the battle go. Squadrons sweeping on tlie foe. Strike the exterminaiing blow. fVanioix ! rise. Rushing thro' the heaps of slain. Re-dye with many a gorv stain Th^ laurels of the F^gyptiau plain. Now ! the hour of trial's nigh — Swell the battle — chorus high Death ! glorious Death or i-.iberty ! JVaniors ! rise. Brace the helm, the standard rear. Grasp the sabre, point the spear — |Jaited ! what have we to fear ? IVarriors ! be brave. yRATKR, OLD p:ngland IS OUR LEADING STAR. Tune — *'' The 'iopsail shiver in the tvind. WAVE Eijgland'b antique banne; high, "'^ Resplendent in the air — • Let all the hallow'd sign descry, iVnd share the Soldic-r's fiire. For ihough at home, or boitnd afar, OhD England is our leading Star. No common cause demands our aid. To guard from ruiHans' hand. Our King, — our Laws, — our Wives, — , our babes — Our Fathers' happy land. And though at home, or bound afar. Old England is our leading Star. Th' endearing thougHt, novv danger's . , "ci 'ifio L-l' '^ nigh. Adds vigour to the son!. To conq\ier — or to nobly die — And scorns all base' control. For though at hou"!e, or bound afar. Old England is our leatltng Stiir. Ah ! look on yonder blood-stain'd shores ; .. ,^ „ ^-, ,. There view tli* Usurper's pow'r — Where poison, "mu refer i'Tdrjyi'ne *stafks. Where social life's no m'ore !' ' Then, while we view those scenes afar. Blest England be our leading Star ! Ah, hapless Nations j.Jfia^riffi fous'd In time your hardy Swains, Tlie Tyrant ne'er had bondage cljain'd Upon your peaceful plains ! While, then, we view svielli -scenes afar. Blest IiNGLAND be our leading Star ! Then, Britons, rise !— and toyour cliffs ; Be there your Flag unfurl'd — Go ! — hurl th' Invaders down the deep. And save a falling world. For though at home, or bound afar. Old FIngland is our leading Star. British Neptune. W^ARD 491 THE ANTI-GAtLICAN. WARD ASSOCIATIONS. IViiUi'n Ip a Mender of the Soufh- Fasf District of Loi/a4 London THO' ^Teak nev sir.-iTn, av.-ay ttiv r-r^T-, I see no cause of fcarlnj!:'; Ai! song*? sb.miM he from Vollvntcers, In praise Y)f volunteering;: Ui'^kiir-il' WV Jay^ sltieere my verse. The theme \viib pow'r insynres us ; Ai'.cl ^\'\\\]e our duties %ve rchcaibe, Vvith !o}-al aniour fires us. 'Jli(4i-^ifrij hand and heart eondnne, JVf^ef/d.iioi jf-iii iuva-'i'ion j VVhiie martial ardour fills earh brcost, lieincmhcr still your duty j \Vc are not boys, in tinsel drest, To lure tii^ eye of beauty ; Tho'young in arms, in brave array, We well uDovv bow to place them ; Our beroes oft have kd the way. And \x^. ^vjll ne'er disgrace them. ■ '^'itcn, every liajid, i^e. Fel icify t p, l^eep jn vie w. Mankind sbould live as brotber,s; Let us that harjTjiony pursue, Vv'c wii7b.,,t>p teach tp others. Let conscience yield tlie wisb'd ap- plause, No ^trifo'our pea;ve suspending ; p.i t steadfast ip otie. pjorious cause. Unite, opr Rights defenci'ng. Th(m'ev*ru-lian(t,'^c. Out N^^'^^*><'ut*^'i)oRgfhiiv04jeen'niisled, l'(^\(F R' fit DOM- thinly toiling ;:. ; i . < ^ "7 Tis here she proudly rears bfrdiead On herlov'd ,C,hildi:w .smiling \ Let us deserve hex cheering" smile, Vvlth sacred awe respect her ; Still may s' e bless our favor'd Ible. ^ye can and will protect her. Then eonj hand, &c. V.'hat iho' the Gallic Leader boast. And threaten to invade us, , Our cause is in itself a host, " ' ,. And Frenchmen ne'er dismav'd us. \rt Hlst'rs 's j)rigp we oft are found. In Kr;jnce e'en to defeat ili-ui ; United tln-n, on British ground, We sure nntst doublv beat them. Thr-n cK^nj hand, StC. Lon-r ma-s our Officers. possess' Life, libertv, and wealth too ; Urs'd bv that love ^e all protess, Our Kir?g, let's drink a health to : The Toast push round with lively zeal. With " ilnmity-to Faction 1" Arid what our loyal bosoms feel. Let's shew, in loyal action ; Then evry ha/nd, &c. A YORKSHIRE SONG, Tune—" Hosier'.^ GAo.v/." HARK ' the din of embarkation IViusters from yon hostile shore : We, with " nme of preparation," l^xho back the thundering roar. En^rjand, still to fear a stranger. Dares the tvrant to advance ; Siiigle-hnnded copes with danger, , And defies the hosts of Trunee. To the bcacli her sons descending. Rush to meet the murderous foe : From their s-pheres of lustre bending. Sainted warriors bless each bhnv. F"'evce the strife, hut quickly ended. When the patriot girds his thigh; An !, bv /Twg/is/? hearts attended. Swears — to triun)pb, or to die. Solemn patois, brave Yorshire bind Pledgb'ct^ih' 'heaven's recording sight : O ihen,,let.v|iy]Cpui^try find thee Foremast in the van of fight ! With the blood of Franee all gory, Ilapiy on ihy front a scar ; Thiiik, wliat, then shall be thy glory. Borne In conf|uest's crimson cnr. Theu THE ANTI-GALLTCAN 493 Then i]\v ciilUIrcn, clustering round thee, Sliull vvitli raptPirc cli\sp their sir? : Luglu/id tiiea shall boast, sV.c found thee liurning \vilh thine ancient fire. Thence in peace each joy possessing, Tllou shalt draw her endle;.-^ ga/e ; Thine shall be her dearest blesbing — Beauty's love, and Valour's praise. THE SPIRIT OF ALBION. I SLE, as in the days of old, Albion's heroic S[>irit rise; I see him vigorous and bold : " To arms! my gallant sons!" he cries. *' Doty the rav'idng po^ver of France; Her threat'ning and her guile defy : Bold let your steady ranks advance. And on your righteous cause rely. With you no nation can compare. For. freedom and for upright laws ; . Ye know your rights, ;md, knowing, " dare Be valiant in an upright cause. Ye will, with ready heart and hand, Immediate to your shores descend ; Ye will your rig!) is and native land. Your roofs and familieir defend. From every hill and dale around. My Britons, heirs of endless fume ! I hear your ujarllal chrngour sound, 1 hear, with joy, your loud acclaim. M\ military youth behold! Whom no assailant shall dismay; How firm, how resolute and bold 1 How graceful in their bright array ? How graceful is the gallant youth Whose heart with martial ardgur On hiin our expectauons wait. His dear, dear countr\'s hope and Slay; A pillar in our peerloss state. In glory's crown a brilliant ray. Now, while the marliul clangour sounds, And wide the waving banners fly. How eagerly his bosom bounds! What lighting flashes in his eye ! Awake, ye minstrels, wake the lyre. Full let the mighty descant flow. For him who breathes heroic fire. And hurls defiance at the foe. A gentler breath pervades the sky. And soft that beam of orient day! W^is it a maiden's tender sigh ? Her melting blue eyes dewy ray? Cease gentle maiden, cease to mourn; Let no alarm your bosom move ; Soon will the valiant youth return,.,, Vlctoriousj to your faithful love. " Cro forth, Riv gallant sonfe, and save Your country from a cruel foe : The rage of bloody conflict bf^we. And lay the proud oppi'e^Apr low. Despise his menace, scorn his wiles^ And lay him spurning in the du^t! F'.-.r Heaven on your endeavour smiles ; To Heaven for tiriiely siicccUir trust." Ti'R I-^-^LS BrITANXICL " TIIK F>RIT1SH SAILOR, ., BY THE LATE DR. CUUSSi'lELD. LTQUH) mountains roll, Sluike from your heads the hoary spray; Ye cannot daunt th«j Sos^uan's soul. Though daiiger=u-spre»a8.;the pathless way. 'ihv.'v,.' Vivid lishtmngs flash,' '" ' '' Blow tempests, bellow Wtinders dire, glows! The Seamati braves the dreadful The champion of a nation's truth ! crash. Til' avenger of our wiongs and woes ! Though billows to the clouds aspire. 496 THE AKTI-GALLICAN ]{ise, pointed rocks, arise, A?'^aulted by the fonniing surge; Sailors your flinty sifles des^pise, When friendship, love, and honour urge. "Roar, thundering cannons, roar. Death-dealing bullets whistle round ; Let cowards wish themselves on shore, A British Sailor lo^-es the sdund. THE PLOUGHMAN'S DITTY; Being ati Avswer to the Question, What have the Poor to Lone? To the Tune of— He that has the lest nife, BECAUSE I'm but poor. And slender's my store. That I've nothing to lose is the cry. Sir; Let who will declare it, I vow I can't bear it, I give all such jirat'zrs the lie. Sir. Tho' my house is but small, Yet to have none at all, Won'd sure be a gicater distress, Sir j Shall my garden so swe«^r, And my orchard so neat, Be the prize of a foreign oppressor ? On Saturday vA'xaX. 'Tis stiU my d u • Bv Mr. Pratt to his Country- L^haracter of Robespierre and Bona- ^eii 257 P'"**^' compared - - - 31^ to Britons ----- 258 Charge to the Grand Jury of Sussex, to the Norfolk Farmers, by bv Lord Ellen borough - 29 Maior General Money - 281 to the Grand Jury at Cardiff, . by Baron George - - - 312 by Mr Justice Hardnige l6,2 ^ to Britons ..... 318 ; to the Grand Jury at Pres- to the Quakers - . - - 332 ^ ^c-'gn, by Mr. Justice Hardinge 307 - to the Clerkenwell Volunteer Comparison between the People of Infantry 334 ^ Ergland and France - - - 25(5 to the Farmers, ice. of the Considerations for and against the Weald of Sussex ... 378 probability of Invasion - - 74 by G. Phillips, Esq. - - 380 D by the Rev. M. Benson - SSQ Days of Yore 336 :__ to the People of England 480 Declaration of the Merchants, 5t'c. to the Durham Volunteer of the City of London - - 37 Infantry, by Lieut. Col. of the Parish of Ealing, - 181 Feiivvick ; 463 Y. to the Christ-Church Yolun- Ellenborougb, Lord, his Charge fo teers,bytjrieIlev.S.Clapham470 the 'Grand Jury of Sussex 29 Advicesug^estedbytheStateot the English Bravery 285 times,byVV.Wilberforce, Esq. 110 Englishmen, be ready - - - l64 Advice to the Self-Created Consul 96" Enormities committed by theFrench A nPlnglishman's Reflections un the Troops in Hanover '- - - 6I author of the present Disturbances^338 Exhortaiion ------ us B — '- of a Bedfordshire Clergyman l6(> Barlow's Ghost ------ 90 Extracts from the intended Speech Bob Rousem's Epistle to Bonvpart ^45 of the Bishop of Llaudaff 435 Bonaparte, his tender mercies in from the Country in Arms, or E»vpt ------9 no Danger from Invasion 442 . Confirmation of his tender F mercies ------ 13 Formidable Situation of Great his Confession of the Massacre Britain at this Day - - 376 at Jaffa ------ 50 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, his Will 148 Anecdote of - - - - 15 his Orders to the Army of Freedom and Loyalty - - - - 213 England -,.--. 242 French Treachery in Switzerland 56 ji INDEX. G Page. Grand F.xlilbilion - - - - 221 Green Room Opinion on the threatened Invasion - - 403 H Harlequin's Invasion, or the Dis- appointed Bandiiti - - 1(5.5 Harlequin lienegado - - - - 170 I Important considerations for the People of England - - 81 Inscription for a Column at Jaffa 14 Instructions for the Conduct of Vo- lunteers during Invasion, by * Lieut. Col. Hope - - - 370 In case of Invasion, by Gen. Wolfe ^- - - - 446 Invasion, French, Thoughts on, by R. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff ------ 55 ' Reflections on its Terrors, by Dr. Tucker, Dean of Glou- cester - r - - - - 157 .. a Sketch - - . - - - 132 ^ Extract of a Discourse on, by D. Rees ----- sgl Thoughts on, by LordBolling- broi^e - - -' - - - - 46 1 Letters on, by Mr. Burke - ib. Johnson the Smuggler, Anecdote of 89 L Lesson for Labourers - - - - 228 Letter of a British Farmer to his Countrymen - - - •- 232 Letter to the Deputy Lieutenants and Magistrates of Norfolk, by Major Gen. Money - • to the People of England - 153 London Gazette Extraordinary - 185 M Massena, General, Anecdote of 472 N Naked Truth ------* 223 Narrative of the Situation and Treat- ment of the English now de- tained in France - - - - 188 N'o Change for the Worse, a mis- taken notion ----- 404 O Observations on Military Spirit - 76 on the French Press - - 115 P Phantoms ,new,fanciful,and farcical 335 Phillip of Macedon and Bonaparte of Corsica - - - r -- II9 Proceedings at the York Meeting 17 Proclamation ---^--134 O ^uecn Elizabeth's i^rayer « - - £96 R Page. Reflections on the English and French National Character - 107 Resolutions of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Mary, Lam- beth -----'---47 Review of Foreign and Domestic Politics ------- bg. S Scotish Beacon ------ 400 Shakespeare's Ghost - - - - 48 Spanish Armada, Account of its Defeat ------- 395 Speech of Rolla to the Peruvians 8 of Mr. Frank - - - - 17 of Mr. Fawkes - - - - 18 of Mr. Lascelles - - - 21 of Mr. Stanhope - - - 23 of Mr. Tikell - - - - 24 of Mr. Wilberforce - - 25 ■ of Lord Mulgrave - - - 28 of Mr. Bosanquet - - - 38 of Mr. J. M'Intosh - - 40 of the Rev. G. Andrews - 44 of Lord Moira - - - - 4a . of Mr. R. S. Sharpe - - 79 ofDemosthene3againstPhillipl09 of Lord INloira at Leicester 136 of Lord Moira at the Meeting of the Society of St. Patrick "l52 of Sir J. Dalrymple - - 178 bv Dr. Booker - - - - 183 of T. Macdonald, Esq. - 21ft of I. Harriott, Esq. - - 212 of Robert Emmet'- - - 29U . of Mr. Curran - - - - 3lS of the Duke of Rulland - 327 of Ladv Milbanl-ie - - - 454 of Sir R. Millxanke - - 453 Such is Bonaparte ----- I2i T Te Deum, a New one in honor of Napoieone Bonaparte - - 266 The Menaces of Bonaparte - - 248 The Patriot 32S The Shade of Abercrombie to the British Soldiers - - - - SO9 The Shade of Wolfe to the People j)f Britain 308 The Tub of Diogenes - - - 109 Thoughts on Bonaparte - - - 16I — — — — ou the Invasion - - 324 V Volunteers, Vote of Thanks to - 59 Volunteer Clergy - - - - - 1 1^ Union and Watchfulness - - - 159 W Warning to Britons - - - - 373 What have we \q fight f(?r - - 287 INDEX, 111 INDEX TO THE POETRY. A Page. ^A DDRESS to a Shilling - - - 36? Address to the People of England 93 Amor Patriae 423 Antichrist 431 Anticipation - 426 B Bannock Burn - - - - - Robert Brace's Address to his Army 174 Bonaparte's Soliloquy - - - 2.59 Will 427 Britannia to her Sons . - - 73 Britannia's Triumph - - - - 365 British Resolution - - - - 233 Britons Strike Home - - - 143 Britons Strike Sure - - - - 23 1 British Thunder 422 Britons to Arms ----- 64 Britons to Arms ! To you the Avenger Delegates his Power - 63 \j Caledonia's Address to Bonaparte 208 E Englishmen and Frenchmen - 3v00 Epigrams 53, 169, 230, 245, 415, 4g6 F French Invasion 284 G Garland for Bonaparte - - - 143 Ghost of Abercrombie - .^ - 70 H Harlequin's Invasion - - - - 69 Humbug, the History of - - - 489 John Bull's Call to the Sailors - 26O John Bull and Dr. French - - 358 Invasion of England - . - - I6 Invocation to British Valour - 7^ Heard ye the Friend of Battle roar? ------ 49O ■ By Abercombie's well earned fame ------ 49 1 L Le Gros' Ghost ----- 57 Liberty ------- 7'^ Liberty's Address to Britons - 2(j4 Lines prophetic of Britain's Tri-^ umph ------ 3(}j written on a blank leaf of a History of the French Re- volution ----- ^f)0 Lingo drawn for the Militia - 65 M Menaces to Talleyrand - - - 240 Monody on General Toussaint - 214 N Napoleon's Conference • . - 68 O Ode on the Prospect of War To thelieroof Jafta - - Rel>ellion Defeated - - - To my Country - - - Brilaimia _ - - - - Prophetic - - - - . By H. J. Pye, Esq. - - On War British Volunteers to Patriotism - - - - Invasion _ . . - - the Usurper - - - - the Invasion put off - - By Dr. G. Si:iaw - - - Awake, arise - - - - Old £07 Anna, by Mr. Pratt - P Patriotic Epilogue ' - - 173 Peasant of Normandy - - 35(.) Poll and Ben - . - 432 S Songs. The Corsican Pirate - - 65 French Invasion - - - . 66 Wlien Britons, &cc, - - 67 War Song 71 Mark on the brink &c.. - 92 Defiance to Bonaparte - 97 — — W^ha wad at Bonaparte's nod 8cc. 98 The Calendar of Victory - 09 The Sons of Old England - 101 Bonaparte and Tallev rand - 103 — — Tiie Bantam Cock - - — ib. Who shall impede kc. - 137 Conquest or Death - - 139 The British Lion &c. - - 143 The Invasion - - - . 144 The Castle Builder - - - 172 Wliile Deeds of Hell - - 175 Bonaparte's answer to John Bull's Card - . - - - ib, The Britons' March- - - 202 ■ The Birth Parentage and Education of Bonaparte - ib. — = — When swelled with xVrnbi- tion &c. 204- r Patriotic Sons; - - - - 205 . The Men of Kent - - - 206 Rouse, roi3se, every Briton 233 Song of I)^4th - - . • 2Ho The de\'Oted >nd V'ctorious British Soldier - - - 262 The French in a Fog - - ib. ^The Idand of Britain - - 263 ^ Hearts of Oak - - - - .204 — — Die or live Free - - - - 265 IV 1 N D E :>^, Page. Songs, The True Brlto|i - - - 266 • 1 he Volunteer - - - - L'67 The Corsican Cut throat - QOS A Pftifal Ballad - - - - '^(ic) Fe, Fa, Fum - - - - £70 L' Invasion De TAiigleterre 271 Brhons famed hiAncient Story 272 SK Reynard 293 -- - Death or Vrctory - - - 294 When from Chaos profound 293 . The Voice of the British Isles 296 O what an unco' noise - 302 French Folly - - - - 303 A Song of t^ity - - - - ib. CaN'iraPas, - - - - 304 Loyal Song - - - _ - - 346 The Chapter of PoHticians ib. The Call of Honor - - 348 The Standard of Albion - ib. Defiance to the Corsican - 352 The Day, fellow Soldiers, Sec. 353 Come Cheer up my lads. Sec. 355 The British Oak - - - S06 A Fig for the grand Bonaparte S5g Scorn Briiaunia, Scorn the Slaves ------ 361 United and Hearty, &c. - S62 The Eve of Invasion - - ' 364 Britain's War Song • -- 367 • Britannia, Empress of the Sea 368 The Invasion _ - - - - 407 The C\ill of Honor - - 409 ■i. A Welcome to the French 410 The Soldier's oath of Allegiance 4 1 1 Erin Go Bra - - - - . 412 The Subscription at Lloyds ib. Ancient Britons - - - - 413 The British Heroes - - 414 The Auld Pibrough - - ib. Victory and George III. - 415 Arise Brother Britons - - 4l6 A New Song of old Sayings 417 A Hundred to One - - 418" The fury of Discord - - 419 A new Son 3; and a true Song 424 The British Medley - - 425 War Song - - . ^ - 407 The Challenge - - - - ib. Britons prepare, Sec. - - 428 — — Around the Land, Sec. - - ib. Stand round my bravebov3,&c. 429 The Congress, or a conference of Nations ----- 479 The Countjvin Arms - - 480 f*age-. Song, A Volunteer Song - - 481 Abercrombie, Nelson, and Smith ----- 481 \^'ar Song for the South wark Volunteers - - - - 482 The Norf'.lk Heroes - - 483 Britons to Arms - - - 485 The English Cooks - - 486 The Little Island shall be free 487 The Song of Scotia - - 488 The British Volunteers - 492 War Song ----- ib. Ward Associations - - - 495 Old England is our Leading Star -^ 493 A Yorkshire Song - - ib. The Ploughman's Ditty - 496 Stanzas to the British Oak 17^ To Arm^, or a Call to the Volun- teers 301 The Bard of Snovvden to his Country- men 139 The Briton's Determination - 32 The Devoted and Victorious British Soldier 352 The Frogs and Crane - - - 2SG The Mammoth 429 The Old EngHsh Lion - - - S3 Tlie Oracle Consulted - - - 141 TheOuerv S64 The Scotch Volunteer - - - 298 The Soldier's Dream - - - 4l6 The SoldierV Second Dream - 473 The Spirit of Britain - - - 301 The Swiss Emigrants - - - 142 The Tyrant ----,- 474 The Volunteer 299 The Biitisli Sailor - - - - 495 The Caledonian Defiance - - 49 1 The Spirit of Albion - - - 495 .- V. • Verses on his Majesty's Ship Britannia - - " " ^^^ Verses on the threatened Invasion 342 Verses to the Memory of Sir Ralph' Abercrombie - - 345 W. War Address 141 Ditto ' - .'-'--- 426 Warning to the Consul - - - 31 War Song 343 War Whoop, of Victory - - - 64 /» L-J^-"" 14 DAY USE RETURN TO DESK FROM WHICH BORROWED LOAN DEPT. 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