Star.
London, England, 1815-09-06 00:00:00

W4TERLOO SUBSCRIPTION.

Yesterday a meeting of the Noblemen end Gentle-
men of the Waterloo Association took place at the
Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street ;
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK in the
Chair.
The business of the day was commenced by Mr.
W. G. CARTER, the Secretary, who read the Minutes
of the Westminster Committee, detailing the parti-
culars of the last day's meeting.
Mr. BE.asToN Loxo, from the City of London
Committee, rose to propose to the meeting the adop-
tion ol a certain scale, for ;he regulation of the quart:-
ham of relief to ho afforded to the sufferers, in wiiose
behalf the general. subscription was instituted. He
had had the honour, a few days ago, of submitting this
scale to the Royal Chairman, who was pleased to
confer upon it his full approbation.
The Duke of YORK here expressed his approval of
the scale, which h‘d teen submitted to him.
Mr. LONG resumed, and stated, that from the ge-
neral appearance of the Waterloo Subscription, there
could be no doubt it would exceed the amount of re.
lief afforded by the Patriotic Fund; it was thought
right, however, in till first instance, to adopt soml.
what of a sir:nil:ir scale to that institution, in the m•)de
of distributing relief—it was now time to adopt such
a course, and he did not know a better way of car-
rying it into effect. than to propose, that some of the
members ut the Westminster Committee should unite
with the London one, in arranging the general dis.
tribution of the fund.
' The Archbishop 6f CANTERBURY had no doubt
that the scale of relief alluded to bad been well con-
Adeted by the London Committee • it alto had met
the approbation of the Royal Chairman. In Ids
Grace's opinion, there was, therefore, no necessity
for the attendance of the Westminster Committee f .r
that purpose. The offer from the Gentlemen of the
City most be received as extremely flattering by the
Committee, of which he (the Archbishop) was a
member—and indeed it must he looked upon as
highly honourable to both. The public could have
no better security for the proper application of its
subscription, than the equitable scale which was pro.
posed for its regulation ; nor could they, he was per-
suaded, consign it to better 'muds than those in which
it now stood. ,
Mr. ROWCROIPT absently that the scale of the
Patriotic Fund, so far or it referred to rank, was
doubtless a proper one; but the fact was, that al.,
though it had.been suggested in the City as a proper'.
one, the matter was not specially considered ; it being
deemed proper, in the first instance, to submit it to
thianseeting. Great care, of course, would be taken
to snake the relief apportioned to that already pro.
Tided in OA War (Ace.
4 air H. Ors suggested she amain' of Provklimic

Mr. lt..wettorr bm.ted leave to gay that tlis had
been done, -..nd al,hotigh advertisements vrrre given
to Ciat 01.3/43 thrte,itth •tv: the empire, he w 49 ran: •
prised tf) find so few applica!ions were 1.4,..m1••.1.—..
The number tratismitt •!; wre still mnch less thus
one hundred. As ti the necessity of imm..d....te re.
lief, the soldier could not r: quire it while in the
tary hospital : nor conk! :11,4 fen: ile relatives (z.
eels to a small exte. ti, un,ii they r•Aclieff their do. ,
tnestic destin rinn. 'file AssOci4tion 1). .vever,
anxious to give instant relief, where it otv'•. he d -ern.
ed necessary. The scale w!iich was act: i ai fir
the lat thirte,.ll years would, he !Taste be I.uod
the best to form the basis of that relief : AS to i:t ?!x-
-tent, it would be prematirre to strike a limit. tint 1
the nature of their funds, as well ::s that of their
claimants, could be more deficiively
They did not pretend to conf&r endownnotts; all
they aimed at w is, to relieve hisses and vivo; •:s.
Mr. BERSTON ),,olio Mt it proper to It
the collection in the City was !or Britith • .ITer:•ts in
the late actions, ani that k would tie' ti fill f• 1 hive
th'e.co-openstion of the Westnsinsrer .
for rho
purpose of arranging.the mode of aptiying the guite-
ral fund.

Mr.l2,,wenon. said, the amount already ste•scrihed
in the United Empire, was 0:° fly ee300.00. • e'ith
the interest arising ut ni this in in thy to-
gether with other exieec:ancies, there could be no
dou',t it would anintint to .640 t 4000.
Mr. HASiIiSTF.AO cashed 'ti IcOntv whether any, and
what difference existed in the t ern 1;1011 toe Len.
don and Westminster Associatiens. Collectionrhad
also been made by the einrch ot Seetlensf, besides
parochial ones—these would of-coin-se b. transmitted
,to town, and it was important to know the ohj -ct• of
the Societies in the Metropolis, which, in his •ipinion,
ought to be amalgamated.
Mr. RoweeaFe replied, that the collections by the
King's Letter in the churches throughout the king-
dom were for the British, the Prussian, and Beieian
troops, but that those of the Asseciations in the Me.
tropolis were generally for the British, reserving until
a• future moment the point of making them more ge-
nerel. In the City collections the wishes of each
subscriber were consulted, and the subscription in-
serted accordingly. From the returns of ca•ualties
in the late actioes, there aepeared 10,001 British suf....
ferers, and about 5030 Belgian and Hanoverian.
The Archbishiip CANTEKSCItV was of opinion.
that considerable difficulty would arise in arriving at
the fact of the distinct objects of the several serhscrip.
tions. They were no d iubt intended for the same
purpose ; ar.d it would be unwise at this monvitt to
institute particular inquiries. The church collections
under the King's Letter were for the Bti:ish, Prus-
clans, and Belgians ; but the ether cellections were
smrtatiiily untie:et rod to be Lw 4. Btic;.l.-
ferers of the Prussian and Belgian armies had their
own countries to look to. The mat er in this respect
ought to remain as it stood. %Veen the gvneral
amount of the subscriptions wa; ,scertaiuett, it was
evident that a liberal appropriate in would be made
to the sufferers in that part of the Allied At wy tn-
gaged during the late contest.
Mr. B. LONG repeated toe nature of the plan
adopted by the London Committee.
Mr. LoweriEs stated, that a mistake had, in hie
own case, arisen relative to the I.endon and West-
minster funds, to both of which he wis a sebscriber
the Bankers east and west of Templt-har feeling,
perhaps, some jealousy on that point. It was a ii.
valry to do good. The occa.,ion of the subscription
was a glorious one, and it ought to be met in A glu. •
rious manner. Exclusive of the produce of the oats
tional subscription, he would propose a L2llely. to be
called the Ire/ling:on La/try; the profits of which
should be deveted to the aid of the Waterloo silt-
firers. He would also propose the purchase et a lot
of ground for me erection of cottages h'r the Officers'
widows who had suffered in the late vicrory, and
which cottages should take the name of Wellington.
The worthy Gentleman pointed out the vicinity of
Holland House, on the Hemniersmith•road, as a
cheap and convenient site for this pm pose. He was
also of opinion, that as personal.appiicati; n iipen mi-
litary affairs was generally made at the West-end of
the town, where the military offices wen- situate, the
proper place for the atrangement of the claims of the
sufferers ought to be westward, also f.r the cony,.
nitnce of the applicants. -
Mr. RoweitoFr intimated, that personal attend.
ance would be unn -cessai y ; and that all applications
for relief were received in writing, and iminedietely
acknowledged ; indeed if the patties themselves were
heard, the recitel of each particular case would ren-
der it impossible to get through the neccsssary bu-
siness. •

Mr. ANGERSTEIN added, that the letters in answe
to applications were also sent postage free. •
The Archbishop of CANTEItBURY called the atten-
tion of the meeting to the object for which they had
aisembled ; namely, rhe reception of the scale "f re.
lief transmitted from the London Committco, which
from a proper confidence in their proceedings, it had
been deemed unnecessary to discuss. It w,.is due.
however, to the Gentlemen of the City, to express tie
thanks of the Meeting. for their poli.e
iion, which his Grace accordingly move
Mr B. LONG, on the part of the London Clmmiro
tee, returned thanks for this honour, and assured tie
Meeting, that tinder whatever appellations.they had
subscribed, they were all, lie was convinced,. united
for one common purpose.
On the motion of Sir H. OAKES, thanks were
moved to the Duke of York, for his dignified conduct
in the Chair, and the Meeting thee separated.
His Royal Highness looked extremely well .afer
his late accident—he wire his• arm in a black Spa-
nish leather sling, and was accompanied by Sir tienry
Torrens. The Duke of Montrose and the Bishop. of
Uilttlen wire also present at the Meeting.

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TIIE LAIE CAPTAIN

Every thing that can tend to throw light on the
mysterious. death of this brave officer fa interesting.
Vie therefore copy the subjoined letter from the
Greenoetiltiwrtistr, the writer of which is known to
the Editor of that paper as. a person of veracity.
This account differs from all we have had, in making
him to have been shot ; but this may have taken
place after stthinting him to the torture.
" SIR—Now that the downfall of Bonaparte has
again excited much interest in the fate of the amiable
and gallant Captain Wright, I cannot refrain send-
int; you the lc:lowing anecdotes, Which were toted
me by a friend of mine, wt.() was an Officer in the
Vineego, tender that Commander.
When Ciptain Wright was Lieutenant of the
Tigre, ceder Sir Sidney Smith, he rescued a French
Officer of rank, a General. Julien, who had bean
wounded-and taken prisoner by*the Mamelukes—he
carried him on boierd the Tien.. gave him np his
eab:ri, and he remained on board of that ship for
sev2.ral monthq. It is well known . that the Vincego
was taken en the coast of Biscay; at the, beginning
of the war, after a very spirited res'itance ar ;else a
very superior force. The Of6ceis were tri
prisoners into the interior : they had to'pass through
a town, the name of which I show. forget. where
Captain Wright discovered that General J.elien re-
sided as Sub-Prefect of • the Department. He im-
mediately proposed waiting on hts old friend ; his
o.llcun endeavoured to dissuade him. but in vain.
Wait on hien he did, accompanied by one of his of.
fictrs. On their return. the latter gentleman, ob-
set v!al— • The General was very dry. I thought.'--
Yes,' said Captain Weight, g but it is his way t I
know him well; he is an excelient 'clew." Next
moreintz, a brigadier of gendarmerie called on them,
and told them, that by the orders of General Julien,
he was to convey them to Paris, and put them at the
disposal et the Mipister of .Police..—To Paris then
they were sew; and were confined in the Temple—
Captain W. in the apartment called the Owen's; and
the other officers in separate dungeons. They ender-
went many examinations, chiefly at midnight. After
six or seven weeks, they were all ordered to Verdun,
with the exec:talon of Captain Wright. By the as.
tistance of a little bribery. my friend had): few mi.
nnte% cnaversation with Captain W. through a small
orning which was permitted by a chain across the.
fohiing daors ref hi: roam: The Captain, after re-,
eornmen,ting two midshipmen (Mr. Smith, nephew
of Sir Sidncy Smith, and Mr. Wright. sari of Cap-
tain Wrigle), to my friend's particular care, said,
**l shall never get out of this alive; and they shall
probably tar I Have committed taticide—but never
believe if tarrer shall be gutty of that crime.'
" Some time after this gallant Officer's death, a
. French co-pi on its march through Verchnt
en rli • evening. at the 'Anon of the theatre, one of
flee Olicers, stricit with the resemblance of young
Writ;ht to Ha tither. asked him it he watt ;tat a son
Yd. Captain W.'s I Lie was answered in the Alma.
Live. He then turned to another, and said, iti the
hewing of my fris•nd, I He is eery file Ks falter, Cat.
tar,: iv. gap war Aar seem time are at Paris. law lire-
, Nat at:kora:dike'

" I glee you the anecdotes as I ! end them, and I
believe.you may rely on their authenticity. X.Y.Z."

SCRAPS GULLED? ED in a VISITta BELGIUM.

LETTER 1.
OSTINTI, Auaurrl 1815
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I emblrlced at Margate in the Princess of WAles
P.stket. Captain Fox, and had a good passage of
'twelve hours to OstenJ. • It being high water when
we arrived, we t up at once into the harbour, and
landed upon the (lay without any tumble. Previ-
nos, however, to our supping upon the wharf, an
English soldier, and another man, a native, came on
troard, and produced a book for us to write in it our
flames and description, &c. Tile greater part of the
passengers, I oh:erred, denominated themselves Eng-
Dais merchants. _

This place is garrisoned partly by British, and
partly by ilanoverians, 1 believe in British p iy, who
.are dressed in British scarlet uniform, turned up with
blue. -This costume puzzled me very much at first,
for in asking questions, as I went along the streets,
directed, as I thought, to English soldiers, I found
two men out of three of them that I met, instead of
answriink my queries, stared at me open-mouthed.
61 he British part of the garrison here is composed of
the 4th Royal Veterans, commanded by Colonel
Burton, together-4/W' a party of Marine Artary
1r was necessary, and actor Ding to etiquette, that I
should wait upon the Cownaackat It la Platt, who re.
seived me with much 41,44.
Ostend is tolerably clean, and a larger and stronger
place_tlian I had any idea of, particularlyson the sea
lace of the town. It has stout walls and wet ditches
and towards the sea the 'a:lvan is of mason work,
•End 4 tend"d fr•,m the betting of the surge, at high
Water, by a bro,d sloping pavement of stone, extend-
.
leg alert; the whole lute of defence towards the sea.
I,esch, which is a fine sand. If well garrisoned,
Ostend would make a tormidable resistance ; but the
orks are so extensive, that it would require a large
tace to grin them sufficiently. It contains above
10.11 X) inhabitants.

Phis fawn has been the theatre of' several remark-
siqe al..d fatal few s. respectively carried on, at vati-
c sis times, by flit, SkianiatOs, Ansuians, French, and
Ditch. On ere of these lios:ile occasions, it is said,
t .at the place b ing • bes'eged by Isabella Eugenia,
Ceniernante of tbp Netherlands, in the 1/th century,
that •lairy made a, solemn vow not ‘o change her
stock un6l the garrison should surrender. The
, hoereter, held out Much Linger than was X -
II cted, so that. In the mean time, it would appear
r Eze..llolcy's linen had gieetly lest its pristme
c.,l”iir and freshness : and the ladies of her court, in
order to please and compliment their mistress, had
ot their owe under-garment; dyed, to appear like
those of their ladyt the Governante.
* Ostend ii *4l situated for trade, but the outor
harbour is reckoned unsafe to make, WI open, as
It does, 01 southern and westerly winds of the
channel, bed friinf ike neighbourhood abounding in
annals and binks.'" On the south -side of the harbour
rands a fight-house.- -urhith the flatness of the coun-
t, y aid sone/uniting ebast renders very necessary for
the guidance Of the Mariner at night, when he ap•
.
Twitches the land.
Pt-04400441mm* yery cheap afOstend., tad wise

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trentarkably dear. There are several taverns:'
if them has been established by an Englilliman, a
civil man, at the sign of the Duke of Wellington... ,
rhe other principal oae is the Hutel d'ingleterre t at
both which places, I suppose, you meet with pretty
good :accommodation.
From Ostend to Brtrges, a distance of twelve miles,
there is a fine deep canal, inc hundred feet in-breadth,
with a regular communication, by means of a barge,
which passes between the two places twia a day, viz.
at five o'clock, morning and evening. The tare is
one franc a-head; and, in the Morning, one franc
for breakfast each person. This is a very safe, easy,
and economical mode of travelling, at the rate of
three and a half or four
,miles an hour. There is no
land Conveyance, unless you hire horses on purpose
for the journey. It kso contrived that the passage-
' boar, coming from Ostend,. arrives in good time at
Bruges for the passengers to proceed by another,
barge waiting to take them frnst tKence to Gilgit.
In like manner the travells acconYmridalid
ping hack by 'water from •Gheit to Ostend, by find-
ing a barge ready to convey him from Binges to that
place. 'pm great inconvenience is in the traveller
being obliged to shift from one boat to another, and
in having to tracers.. the whole town of Bruges with
his b iggage, a distance of a foil mile and a half,
Hsntil I~ leaches the bark Al the other side of the
town : this he can do with the aid of a fiacret or by
employing porters, whom you will find as imports-
' nate and cheating
.as those who attack you on the
wharfs at the ports in Kent.
The harbour of Ostend is full of English transports;
and packets are daily'arriving from, or departing for
England, so that the place bas all the appearance of
un English sea-port.* •

• SUFFERINGS OF FR4NCII.

The Continental Journalists jodge of the sufferings
of the French from the presence of .foreign armies,
by a different standard than those wh6 had not been
cursed by their presence •in their own. countries can
possibly do. It is scarcely nine weeks since the Allies
enteted France; what are those nine weeks to tlfe 25
years, during which the greatest part of Europe, and
particularly Germany, was compelled to pay and.
to support the French armies.
The citizen was forced to sacrifice his property;
the farmer to neglect his aviculture, and with his
then and cattle to serve them. All the contents of
the public chests, to the very last penny, were paid
to their Commissioners, without reserving the smal-
lest tsiße for their owe use—nay, not only all out-
standing sums, but even the future resources, were
calculated with the greatest exactness, that nothing
might remain. Their contributions were unexampled
and injudicious, and imp.ssible to be complied with.
Nd remonstrances, no supplication, was of any avail ;
they persisted till all the States, great and small,
were so immersed in debt, that they could no longer
ass:st each other.

Hamburgh alone may serve as an example.—
Twelve yews ago they carried off from that country
300 rice: s of cannon, 4.00,000 pounds of gunpowder,
4000!) muskets, 40(X) horses, and every thing that
codld be consulted to belong to the military stores.
To this, was added. a requisition of 15,000 shirts,
15,00.1 pairs of shoes, &c. &e. Hanover had like-
Iwise to clnihe; pay, and maintain sq,ooo French
' troops. when • the country was at length no Imager
ahle to satisfy the demands of a M brtier, Bernadotte,
DesolLts, &c. Ilaalburgh, Bremen, and Lubeck,
:vele compelled to make a loan.
In tli I ,ilowng year, Austria was equally imfnr-
wage. The arsenal of Vienna was, in consequence
of the treaties of Schoenbrunn and Kolitsth, entirely
emptied, so that the convoys
along the Danube and
by lan ilasted many weeks; and besides this, 100
millions were paid by the Austrian States alone after
the h4ttle of Ansterlitz.

What extortions were cottmitted in the winter of
18G6, by Monier, idalraison, and Datui in Hesse,
Brunsirick, and several Prussian provinces ! Above
150 millions were extorted. Saxony,' amidst every
expression ot friendship, was Ipad,d with military
burthens; and innumerable waggons, with Prussian
and Savas gold and silver, were sent to the Rhine in
18.4. " 1 his," says the Editor of the ilnuteralon.
Courant, " is bot' a faint sketch. What have the
French to complain of, vampared with such exactions
and oppressions I"

A totter from Hamburgh, dated August 20, says
" A Commissioner is come fiom our Contingent; now
in the enemy's country, to ask from our city an in-
crease of pay, without which the soldiers must suffer
hunger and want. This not very agreeable message
hits Ceri.ainly astonished us, as we but too well re.
member how we were compelled, for years together,
not only to maint tin the French, but to enable them
to revel in superciaity, while our people now suffer
want in the rkh and fertile country of France. Instead
of taking hack the money, of which we have been
violently robbed, we are to send more. This is really
not very pleasant, • and yet so it is! The Hanseatic
troops are until. the 'erlaltreaftd of the Duke of welt
lington, who has forbidden, under pain of death, to
ask any'thing of the inhabitants of France except
lodging and candle, because the soldiers get their ra.
Lions from the magazines. 'Writtene who know how
meagre these rations are, and in what condition they
are generally, will not wonder that the soldier, after
long midi-Aligning matches, does not find them sof-
&kin ; net to mention how disagreeable it must be
to him, when he comes hoine to his quarters after a
hard dly's lahottr, to be obliged to cook his victuals
instead of resting himself. It must be allowed that
the French understood this better. The English sold
dier,: who, besides his rations, receives a shilling a.day
for his pay, can buy what he wants; but our soldiers
haveonly tour.pence a-day, for which they cannot
purchase lunch provisions. If the French had been
as enemies in England, orly 24 hours, the English.
would likewise. know from. experience, their mode of
acting, and would not now treat them with so much
tenderness. The PitUsians,are much better off—the
soldier has as much stile can wish, and that is neces-
sary, lie is to fight brlvelyi. Travellers who conic
from Paris affirm that in all• the houses where Prus-
sians are quartered die people supply them with every
thing in abundance, whertas they'kill nut give the
English, because they dare not demand .any thing,
even a glasrof. waterovithoutt being paid for it. That
is like the French, who are very backward in giving
when not. compelled to it.,,.. , .
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CERMAN PAPER&

COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 22.
The accounts which we receive from the Thrhary
coast are in the highest degree unpleasant. No Go-
vernment can defend itself any longer against the
shameless perfidy-of the piratical States, which employ
every stratagem to gratify their cupidity. We hid
the less reason to expect the detention of our ships, as'
,the ne* Consul, Hartman, was sent but very lately
to Tripoli, to take the place of the Conant Melduke,
and had been recognised by the Government there,
in consideration of a considerable sum Of money. The
sum to be paid annually, has beet) always regularly
delivered, and negotiations for a new armistice had
commenced.
The Dey, in the most artful manner, delayed this,
and secretly sent out his cruizers, the return of which
be waited for in order suddenly to advance the most
absurd and exaggerated pretensions. '
The English and the American Consuls have made
very lively remonstrances, and it is to be hoped that
an amicable arrangement will be brought about.
Neither the Austrtani the Spanish, nor the French
flags, are respected by the Dey.
Notwithstanding the interference of the Grand Seig.
nor, the Dey has just confiscated a rich cargo under
the first of these flags. Perhaps it has been suggested
to the Dey, out of envy at the good reception the
Danish flag meets with in the Mediterranean EVA, that
the loss of our fleet leaves him fall scope to act to-
wards us at his distreti, n. Means will, however, be

found to pOnisk bins for his insolence.
The formal accession nt Denmark to tte Grand
Alliance of the 25th of Much (which has been de-
layed by several circumstances, particularly by the
non-ft ailment of same points in the Treaty ut Kiel)
has now taken-place at Paris.
The ratification of our subsidy treaty with Eng-
land is arrived here, and bills fur a considerable sum
given.

DRESDEN, AUGUST LT.
The Committee Appointed in consequence of the
Treaty of Peace between Prusbiaand &army, has now
entered upon its functions, and hiad, today its first
meeting, to rrgtilate the arrangements to be nude.

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