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cf the hill opposite the village, where his advance was greeted by the 

 most enthusiastick and continued bursts of cheering. The sight now 

 became truly imposing — the assembled multitude manifested the most 

 joyous feelings upon the Hon. Col's entrance into the village; an Ama- 

 teur Band struck up the British Grenadiers; the Highland pipes, too, 

 sent forth their martial notes, and every thing tended to inspire the 

 friends of the Constitution with the fullest confidence that their laud- 

 able exertions would this day be crowned by a glorious triumph. On 

 his arrival opposite the King's Arms the Hon. Col. was again saluted 

 by the most deafening and tremendous cheering of the whole multitude, 

 and being handed up to the hustings by a number of the oldest and most 

 respectable Settlers, the area in front of the Inn, Church Street, and all 

 the avenue, were filled. — Then was witnessed an interesting moment of 

 the most quiet anxiety and intense feeling; the venerable Patriarch — 

 who had excluded himself from the society in which he had been nur- 

 tured, and expended the prime of his life, and his fortune, in superin- 

 tending the formation of, and maturing the settlement which bears his 

 name, — standing for the first time upon a hustings to offer his opinion 

 on the subject of the agitations which exist in the country. The moment 

 was truly interesting — to pee him surrounded by a dense crowd of intel- 

 ligent wealthy and indépendant yeomanry, deeply sensible that they were 

 in full possession and enjoyment of all the proud advantages which they 

 should inherit as the descendants of Britons, and which are inherent 

 rights of all who have the happiness to be under the glorious influence 

 of the British Constitution. All, apparently were anxious to hear the 

 opinions of the Hon. person who had identified himself with the pro- 

 vince at the commencement of the constitution; who came to it as Pri- 

 vate Secretary to Gen. Simcoe in 1791, to assist in carrying that consti- 

 tution into effect, and who from that time to the present, has been an 

 active and industrious observer of its wholesome operation — a term of 

 more than forty years. 



The Hon. Col. addressed the meeting in a strain both pathetick and 

 eloquent, and after briefly explaining the object for which he had called 

 his settlers together, and commenting in strong terms on the conduct of 

 those individuals who had been foremost in fomenting the discontent 

 excited by artful and designing men, requested Mr. Ermatinger to read 

 the following address which he (the Hon. Col.) approved of: — 



Address. 



To The King's Most Excellent Majesty; 



Most Gracious Sovereign, 



WE, Your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, inhabitants 

 of the Talbot Settlement in the Province of Upper Canada, beg leave 



