Star.
London, England, 1815-09-12 00:00:00

eifLEDONIAN dismum.

The first meeting of the Guardians of his Corpo-
ration, under the Act of Parliament, took .place at
the Office, on Thursday last, on which occasion his
Royal Highness the Duke of SENT, as President,
took the Chair.
Mr. Gout' (the Secretary) stated to the Meetine
that it was now necessary to come to some resolution,
in order to carry into effect the provisions of the Act
of Parliament. Preparatory to this business, the Di-
rectors had instituted various inquiries as to the ex-
pense Of educating and clothing
.the children, the re-
sult of which would guide them in appropriating the
money that might be voted for that purpose, but
which being matter of detail and comparison; it was
unnecessary to lay before the Guardians. He there-
fore suggested, that instead of fixing the number of
'children who should be received upon the founda-
tion, it would be expedient rather to specify the sum
of money which, in the first instance, ought to be
granted, leaving it to the discretion of the -Directors
to regulate the number by their means.
The Meeting agreeing in this opinion, it was resol-
ved unanimously—
' " That the whole interest of the capital invested in the fends
and other seairlties, be appropriated to the support and educa-
tion of u many children as the Directors* upon doe considera-
tion of the expense, shall deem the same adequate to support and
educate agreeably to the Act of Parliament.
As a necessary consequence of this Resolution,
Mr. GALT observed, that it was requisite for the Meet-
ing to declare what should be the different classes of
children eligible to be received into the Asylum, in
doing which it was not necessary for them to consider
any new point, but merely to give their sanction, in
the form of a Resolution, to what were understood
principles from the first formation of the Institution.
Accordingly it was unanimously resolved—
" That there shall he four classes of children eligible to be ad-
mitted upon the foundation of the Establishment. First, chil-
dren who have lost their fathers in the Naval or Military Ser-
vice, either in battle, er perishing by wounds or disease. Second,
children vrivnte fathers have been dwibled by wounds or disease,
' acquit's:din the Naval Or Military Service. 'I bird, children whose
fathers have served or are actually serving in the Army . r Navy.
And, Fourth, Children of indigent Scottish parents tesident in
London, not entitled to parochial relief."
Out of this Resolution another, Mr. GALT added,
ought to result. I: was published to the world thee.
the Caledonian Asylum, though restricted to the oIU
spring of the natives of Scotland, Wall nevertheless in
effect, intended to be of common benefit to the Al my
and Navy generally, by withdrawing a nuniler of
the Scottish claimants from the Royal Asylums at
Chelsea and Greenwich, thereby leaving so much
room for the claims of others. Upon this ground it
became requisite to concert with the proper officers of
the Royal. Establishments, the form of certificatei
which children claiming to be received into than,
should produce from them to the Directors of the Ca-
ledonian Asylum, in order to be admitted candidates
for admission into it. This kind of mutual under.,
standing is the more expedient, as the public este-
blieiments have adopted a regular system, which is,
doubt:ess, auend:d with an expense that we• may
avoid by making our arrangement coincide with
their's. The Meeting accordingly agreed thit the ne-
cessary seepi for this purpose should be taken.
After discussing some pirate business, relative to
the investment of funds, and a proptoition from
the Committee of the Czhc Chapel,
Mr. GALT informed the Meeting, that after the
battle of Waterloo, when notice was given of the
special subscriptions on that account being opened,
the Directors came to the determination of suspend-
ring their exertions, that the unanimity of the public
sentiment might not be disturbed by the appearance
of any thing that could be construed into opposition
or rivalry. In consequence et this, the subscriptions
during the last two months had fallen short ; but
probably when the Comniittets of the Waterloo As-
sociations came to consider how much in reality the
objects of the Caledonian Asylum were of the same
nature as those to which their subscription is directed,
they could be of opinion- that a portion of their fund
could not !).. nv-re beneficially employed than by ex-
tending the means of this Institution—particularly as
they had appealed to the towns and parishes of Scot-
land, and thereby anticipated the contributions which
the Caledonian Asylum had expected from that clear-.
ter. The same system of proceeding had, in fact,
been adopted by the Waterloo Assoc.ation, e filch the
Directors were carrying into elf •ct, and the natural
consequence and glory of the more recent victory had
obscured in the mean time those merits and services,
which the subscribers to the Caledooian Asylum 1: id
undertaken to communicate. But it was not to be
supposed, that.the services which had pripared the
men for the battle of Waterloo would be forgotten,
nor that the offspring of their companions in that ser-
vice would now be neglected. At the same time as
the children of the Scotchmen who were abroad with
the Duke of Wellington, and who were• present at
Waterloo and the battles immediately preceding that
victory, would have the same claim as others on the

Asylum, independently of any portion of the special
subscripden which might be given to them, it was
surely but reasonable chat the Committee who have
the disposal of the subscription would consider this.—
Nur could they but rek.ct, that the Caledonian
Asylum is a permanent establishment, whereas the
relief proposed to be granted out of the Waterloo sub-
scription is only temporary—a circumstance of itself
that constituted a ground of claim. But above all,
it was not prubable that the Committee of the sub.
seription would consider the Waterloo men as every
thing, and the rest of the Army as nothing. They
must re well convinced that much of the success of
that occasion was.owing to die confidence which the
men had in one another. This confidence was the
result of experience, ,and would have been felt as
strongly by any other portion of the Army as by the
regiments K who achieved that victory.
This opinion was supported by the Hon. DOUGLAS
KINNAIRD, who added, that there certainly never was
a stronger ground of claim, than that the Directors
should expect the Committee of the Waterloo sub-
scription to regard the Caledonian Asylum as a pri-
mary object of . their consideration. But he was of
opinion, that it might be expedient not to urge this
claim until the Committee had satisfied the immediate
applications of more presing objects.
Ic these sentiments the Meeting concurred, and
his Royal Higlinesa urged the Gentlemen present to
lose no opportunity of impressinioiter on the minds
of such of their friends as were bets of the Wa-
terloo Committee.
We take the liberty of adding to these observe.;