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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



Proceedings of the Association for 

 promoting the Defence of the 

 Frith of Foith, and Scotland in 

 general. The Right Honourable 

 the Lord Chief Baron in the 

 Chair, 



THE committee having, at a for- 

 mer meeting, appointed Mr. 

 Campbell of Clatliick, Mr. jMac- 

 kenzie of the exchequer, and Mr. 

 Porter of Troquhain, a sub-com- 

 mittee, to draw up an account of 

 the proceedings of the association ; 

 a report was prepared accordingly, 

 and read by Mr. Porter, this IDth 

 Dec. which, being approved of by 

 the general committee, was ordered 

 to be printed ; and a copy, as fol- 

 lows, to be sent or delivered to each 

 of the subscribers. 

 Report or the suK-coMMiTTrr, 



When the association for promo- 

 ting the defence of the Frith of 

 Forth, and of the country in gene- 

 ral, was originally formed in the 

 month of July last, the resolutions 

 then published by the constituent 

 members informed the public of the 

 motives that had given rise to it, 

 and pointed out the leading objcfts 

 that were meant to occupy their at- 

 tention, and to which the money 

 that should be subscribed was in- 

 tended to be applied. 



The then defcncel£»s state of this 



part of the coast, and the unaccount- 

 able and alarming apathy at that 

 time much too prevalent, and to 

 which the present spirit and ardour 

 of all ranks present a pleasing con- 

 trast, justified the apprehensions 

 entertained at the time, by those 

 who seriously considered the situa- 

 tion of the country, and the cha- 

 racter of the foe by whom it was 

 menaced with invasion, and all its 

 attendant calamities. 



To awaken the people to a sense 

 of theirdangcr — to rouse their sleep- 

 ing energies — to prepare them to 

 expect without dismay, and to com- 

 bat without apprehension of the 

 issue, an enemy their ancestors had 

 always vanquished, seemed objefts 

 of primary importance ; and to 

 promote these, their best endeavours 

 were employed. With this view 

 they began — 



1st. By printing and dispersing 

 thr;)nghout the countr)' niunerous 

 l^opular and patriotic publications 

 and placards, calculated to attract 

 the notice of the middle and lower 

 classes of society, and designed to 

 warm their breasts with the honest 

 zeal and dignified sense of superiority 

 which become a free and loyal peo- 

 ple. 



The committee, in the mean time, 

 was bestowing its attention in find- 



ing out, and 



fixing 



upon certain 

 spcciic 



