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Upon the Address being read, the whole Assembly seemed affected 

 with strong emotion; and the acclamations Avliich followed were pro- 

 longed with the greatest ardour — it amounted to enthusiasm. Every 

 Individual present seemed to date the happiness and prosperity of its 

 family, from the resolution of respected patron, so boldly designed and 

 so generously executed. Upon its being put to the vote, the applause 

 was renewed with the utmost zeal and cordiality; and the proposition 

 was unanimously carried amidst a fervent expression of feeling. 



It was immediately moved by Mr Page, and seconded by Adjutant 

 Nevells, that upon all future anniversaries, a Chair be left vacant for the 

 Honorable Col. Talbot; to be filled by him only, or by his descendants 

 in future ages. In support of the motion, Adjt. Xevells observed ; " not 

 many years ago the flourishing and productive farms, upon wliich we 

 now live, were comprehended in the common wilderness." 



. When the Honourable Col. Talbot first landed at Port Talbot, and 

 founded the settlement wliich is even now only begun, there was no trace 

 of a human footstep from Long Point to our Eastern extremity. With 

 a Eesolution which few could have summoned, with a perseverance which 

 none could have exceeded, and with a steady zeal which cannot be sur- 

 passed, our Patron landed at Port Talbot, and with the Axe as an em- 

 blem, invited industry with the powerful rewards of a well selected 

 neighbourhood, and of a luxuriant soil. We have felt as recent settlers, 

 those difficulties which are somewhat severe in the beginning, but wliich 

 are amply rewarded in the end. We therefore can duly appreciate the 

 firmness wliich has been displayed and can estimate the worth of that 

 patronage, which has led to all the happy privileges and social harmony 

 we are now commemorating. IMany meet to drink in the New Year, — 

 we can celebrate the New Year within this United Circle. We joyfully 

 collect on the 4th of June, because another year has been added to the 

 life of our revered Sovereign. But we assemble on the Talbot Anniver- 

 sary to commemorate his bounty in the free disposal of this fertile tract. 

 In thus meeting we become the more fully sensible of the support and 

 patronage afforded by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and the 

 Executive Council. This anniversaiy, as the name imports, is not the 

 meeting of one year — but it is the meeting together every year. It is not 

 to last merely while we live; but it is to be transmitted to our children; 

 and by them to their children to the latest posterity. Proudly regarding 

 the growing prosperity of our harmonious settlement, we consecrate this 

 anniversary to its memory, that while we rejoice in its Infancy, our 

 descendants may rejoice in its maturity so long as years shall be num- 

 bered, so long as time shall run. 



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