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at stake, it only becomes necessary 
to point out any means by which the 
exertion of our native spirits, and 
the application of our powerful re- 
sources, may receive an addition- 
al stimulus; begged leave to sub- 
mit to the liberal consideration of 
their fellow-subjects, the following 
resolutions, which were unani- 
mously passed at the meeting, and 
presumed to hope, that the object of 
the subscription will be so promoted 
and sanctioned by public bodies in 
general—by the higher ranks, and 
opulent classes of society—and by 
individuals of every description, that 
the mite of the labourers; combining 
with the munificent donation of the 
noble and wealthy, shall be the best 
pledge of our unanimity—shall in- 
sure our seamen, our soldiers, our 
countrymen at large, with a well- 
grounded confidence in the liberality 
and gratitude of the community ; 
anil shall impress on the minds of 
our enemies the appalling convic- 
tion, that the energies of this great 
empire are irresistible, as its re- 
sources are incalculable. 
Brook Warson, esq. in the chair. 
On a motion being made, the fol- 
lowing resolutions being produced, 
were read, and passed unanimously. 
I. That in a conjuncture when 
the vital interests of. our country, 
when the peculiar blessings which, 
under our beloved sovereign and 
happy constitution, endear our so- 
cia] state, are involved in the issue 
of the present Contest; when we are 
menaced by an enemy, whose haughty 
presumption is grounded only on the 
present unfortunate position of the 
continental powers, and when we 
seem to be placed, for the moment, 
as the last barrier against the total 
subjugation of Kurope, by the over- 
bearing influence ef France—it be- 
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hoves us to meet our situation as 
men—as freemen—hbut, aboye-all, 
as Britons. On this alone, with the 
Divine aid, depends our exemption 
from the yoke of Gallic despotism— 
on this alone depends, under the 
same protecting Power, whether this 
empire shall remain, what it has for 
ages been, the strenuous sipporter 
of religion and morals, the assertor 
of its own, and the guardian of the 
liberties of mankind, the nursé of 
industry, the protector of the arts 
and sciences, the example and admi- 
ration of the world—or whether it 
shall become an obsequious tribu- 
tary, an enslaved, a plundered, and 
degraded department of a foreign 
nation. : 
il. That, to give more effect and 
energy to the measures adopted by 
government for the defence of our 
liberties, our lives, and property— 
to add weight to those personal ex- 
ertions we are all readily disposed to 
- contribute, it behoves us to hold out 
every encouragement to our fellow- 
‘subjects, who may be in any way 
instrumental in repelling or annoy- 
ing our implacable foe, and to prove 
to them that we are ready to drain 
both our purses and our veins in the 
great cause which imperiously calls 
on us to unite the duties of loyalty 
and patriotism, with the strongest 
efforts of zealous exertion. 
lil. That, to animate the efforts 
_of our defenders, by sea and land, it 
is expedient to raise, by the patri- 
otism of the community at large, a 
suitable fund for their comfort and 
relief—for-the purpose of assuaging 
their wounds, or palliating, in some 
degree, the more weighty misfortune 
of the loss of limbs—of alleviating 
the distresses of the widow and or- 
phan—of smoothing the braw of 
sorrow for the fall of their dearest 
relatives, 
