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 Law; Nor shall their edge be vain. If ever breath of British gale Shall fan the tri-colour; To horse! to horse! the standard flies, With rapine foul, and red with blood, The road to vonder cottage house This emblem of his country dear, Fixt by a sister's hand; Shall fire his soul to deeds of might, But if, with glorious wounds all gash'd, Liverpool Chronicle. INVOCATION ΤΟ BRITISH VALOUR. ARDENT spirit of the brave! Keenly urging their career. On thy pow'rful aid, once more," Freedom's favoured Champion calls: Rouse her sons from shore to shoreThunder from her wooden walls! Blast again the Tyrant's boast, Her dominions to enslaveWhelin Invasion's haughty host' Deep beneath the bellowing wave. Or, triumphant, into port All the crowd of captives bring; O LIBERTY! thou sacred flame, Though hostile forests fill the waves, The cruel slaves of despot sway; Tainted with false and base alarms, Subdue our brave unvanquish'd hearts, The dauntless breasts they dread in arms. Manchester Telegraph. VOL. I. To stab you in the bed of rest. But, Britons, know, death waits Hail, glorious sight! What visions bright A Gallic Host by stealth is come, And foes in thousands line my shore: When lo! a gallant wakeful band Th' alarm has sounded far and wide: Th' Invaders, pale with fear, And ruin in their rear. K THE PROBABILITY OF INVASION. AT a time when the minds of men are generally agitated by the expectation of the hostile attempts of the enemy, it may not be improper to examine the probabilities on both sides, so as to enable our Readers to draw their own conclusions. FOR THE INVASION. It has always been the grand object with France to atchieve the conquest of Great Britain. It was such under the old Monarchy. Encouragement and emoluments were held forth by Louis XIV. and even by his predeces sors, to those politicians who could propose the most efficacious means for this object; and plans are now to be found in the archives of France for its accomplishment. To BONAPARTE (whose views obviously tend to universal domination) the object is increased in a tenfold proportion, since this Country AGAINST THE INVASION. THE Invasion of England is a most difficult and hazardous undertaking, it was so at all times, even when our naval force was much less than it is; and of the mumerous plans presented to Louis XIV. by the Jacobites and others, not one was found practicable. What was difficult at that period is infinitely more so at present, when the nation is completely united, when no faction is to be found ready to assist. the plans of the First Consul, when our naval force is ten times greater than it formerly was, when vessels of war of Country is the only one among the European Powers, which presents an obstacle to the full accomplishment of his wishes.' Bonaparte has at present an immense army (not less than half a million of men) on foot; and he has an unlimited power of increasing it by arbitrary conscriptions. Bonaparte has no regard to the lives of men. He' shewed this at the battle of Lodi, andi when he poisoned his sick soldiers in Syria. Every true Frenchman that is Killed, rids him of an enemy. He can spare men, and he will not consider the danger to which he exposes them. The present Military Establishment of France is more than the country can bear. He cannot support his army, and therefore he must endeavour to employ it. Bonaparte can hurt this Country in' no other way than by invading it. His army is at present totally useless; and therefore there is the utmost probability that he will employ it in the only way in which he can injure that enemy whom he mortally detests, and who is the sole check upon his vast ambition. He has pledged himself to the invasión; end he will incur ridicule and contempt (which his spirit cannot brooky if he does not attempt to put his threats in exécution, sa enviddai su to noi of every size and burthen are dispersed over the Channel, and the French and the Dutch harbours virtually in a state of blockade. It must be an immense army indeed that could effect any thing at present in England. An invading enemy has every disadvantage to encounter; they have the difficulty of the voyage, and of keeping together; they have the difficulty of landing, which may be always successfully opposed with a smaller force. Great Britain has at this time nearly two millions of men in arms, or ready to take arms. At least half a million of these may be accounted good soldiers, and the mass of the people would ~contribute per-2 ́ haps not less than the men in arms to impede the motions of the enemy. With less than 200,000 men, there} fore, it would be madness to make the attempt. Considering that on the smallest computation, and supposing them to embark even in open boats, the armment to convey them would cover a surface of water of upwards of 60 square miles. It would be difficult to procure vessels; and still more difficult to prevent,them being burnt and destroyed in their very ports by our daring seamen ;- and when at saa, how is such an immense number of vessels to escape the vigilance of our cruizers? Bonaparte has a difficult card to play. He has pledged himself to come in person; and indeed what General can hẹ trust with such an immense army; or would the soldiers be content to come without him? If then he does not come himself, he will have unnumbered evils to encounter; and if he does, let him look to what remains behind; let him look, to plots there, and insurrections against his tyrannical government, which is detested in France, K2 01 battimo ad appear tone, Though 2 |