Star.
London, England, 1828-09-05 00:00:00

the hum of the world, and the sounds of lite and joy.
contrasted with the doleful airline which 'peke of
s'ir..uds and graves, and of them for whom light and
life existed in vain. I felt as if it were doubly hard to
die during the festival of nature—to leave the 6 fair day
and the green eattli; with its leaves and Rowers.
" Meantime I was regularly visited by the French
surgeons; and on the fourth day after the battle, they
came to inspect my wound, banging with them the in-
struments of amputation, in case such an operation
should be necessary, but luckily it was not. During
the period which I remained under their case. the)
showed me every possible kindness and attention ; and
when at length I was ordered to be removed to a em-
irate house, on which I had received a billet, in orde,
to be under the inspection of the tegimeidal surgeon.,
they seemed hurt that I should leave the hospital. anu
made parti:ular inquiries whether or not I had any
cause of complaint against them. I also received daily
visits from a Enoch Lady, a married woman. and the
mother of a family, who brought me a regular supply
of soups, mange:, spuoge cakes, &c. so that I may ti uly
say, I could not possibly have received more attentim.
and kindness,,if I had been in My own country, line
cirri among my own neared relatives.
" Some days after, our troops curved Tools:tow. I
was waited upon by the chaplain of the division to
which I belonged, whom some petson had sent to me,
suppming, perhaps, that I was dying. Associating the
idea of the chaolain with that of deathal was not a little
startled at seeing the Reverend Gentleman approach
my bedside with a pravei-ix ok in his hand, to proffer,
spiritual consolation. I assured him. with much eager-
nem, that I was not in any danger. and, for the present,
did nut require his assistance. He smiled good-ha-
mouresily. and said. as I did not seem disposed tor
prayers, he would, if I had no objections, give me the,
news of the day. He then informed me of the sortie I
which the enemy had made from Bayonne, alter the
battle of Toulouse—of the abdication of Napoleon—and
the cessation of hostilities. Upon leaving the French
hospital I was removed to a private house, the only in-
mate et which that I ever saw was a maid servant, who
divided her attentions pretty equally betwutt myself'
and a pet frog which she kept in a large glass phial, as li
an ornament to the mantle-puce.
" The details of a sick bed are not interesting; suffice
it to say, that, set much pain and suffering, I was
obliged, along with the other officers, to leave Toulouse
about the 19ui of June, it being an article of the treaty
of peace that no Biitish officer shOuld remain there after
that period.• I was carried 'out of the town, and set
down upon the banks of the Garonne. where I was al-
lowed to remain for several hours exp, red to a broiling
sun, and was at .length stowed, along with five or six
officers, in the tarne helpless state with myself. in a Rat•
bottomed boat, having an awning to protect us from
the son. A surgeon was sent along with us, and our
servants.followed in another boat.

" We had not proceeded far on our voyage to Bow-
dean; when the sky became suddenly overcast, and a
tremendous thunder storm ensued, which continued
without intermission the -whole day, accompanied by
torrents of rain, by which we were completely drenched
through the awning of our boat. In the evening we
landed at a village, on the banks of the river, where we
passed the night—and on the following morning re,
sinned our voyage. In this manlier we proceeded down
the river during the day, and landed every night at
some village. but suffered the most excruciating pain
on being moved from the boat. On these occasions it
is but justice to say, that the French soldiers, whom we
saw, were most ready to lend their assistance in carry-
ing us to and from our quarters in the different villages.
" Is other circumstances, our voyage would have
been a most delightful one, amidst the magnificent
scenery of the Garonne, with its beautiful wooded
islands and green banks, covered with flocks and dotted
with villages.
"On the fourth day of our voyage we arrived at
Bandeau; where I was lodged in the house of a re•
spectable merchant, from whom I received the greatest
kindness. When able to sit up limped with the family ;
end when confined to my room I was most amply sup-
plied with every luxury of the climate and season
After remaining at Bandeaux about a fortnight, I cm-
barked for England on board a transport lying is the
River, which then presented the animated spectacle of
the embarkation of the British army. Boats filled with
troops, and serenaded by bands of music, swarmed ups
the water; and just as we got under weigh, amid cries
of • HOZZ2 for England r we were answered by syn.-
pathetic shouts of joy. proceeding from French pH-
blotters of war arriving from that country, and passing up
the river the ships that were conveying them.home.
" What must their feelings have been, when, after
pining for tea and for twenty years in the prisons of ti
foreign land, they were again restored to their long-lost
country! With what throbbing. of hope and fear would
they approach their several homes! With what trem-
bling hearts would they see the doors unfold—and with
I what startled feelings would they gaze upon the altered
faces of their early friends, or of the strangers an-
nouncing to them that those friends had long been
sleeping in their graves!
06 Our fleet passed rapidly down the river. and was
soon in the Bay of Biscay. After a voyage of a fort-
night, we came in sight of the Land's End—entered
the Channel, and on the following day arrived at Spit.
head. from whence I was landed at Portsmouth, on the
same spot where I bad embarked about a year and a
half before." -

Thetharms of Dutch women swiftly ripen, and swiftly
decay. Au itscumbrance of garments, soft beds, the use of char-
coal or turf Ares, introduced into perforated boxes, which they ens.
ploy as footstool, soon make ad ravages with a fair face. The
demoiselle of the climate is some excuse for such indulgences; but
they are bought at far too heavy a con. The Dutch Ladies make
excellent wives and mothers i • they carefully watch over their do-
mestic concerns—they nurse their own children, and give them
early instruction.
The Theatre at the Hague is rather a handsome
uilding, and its Interior decorations not contemptible. Most
of the seamy is in contrived and executed ; the waves of a sea
scene resembled the roofs of a parcel al pk.stles covered with dirt
and snow, through which a boat, like a tub, was shoved by jests;
out of which boat were landed some glorious 4 Tragedy Queens,"
incur of the acts I witnessed. The company was a Dittman troop,
who bad come hither from Amsterdam—the wrecks, I was toed,
of e Jewish tribe, which had great reputation some years ago. The
musk was not much amiss; the acting was" bitter bad"—the men
mostly bediaLoed blocks, which had karat to s:rut, look liersa:asal
Maw the air." It was a GefIILIU Opera, tolerably well attended
the pit idled with respectable people; the women sil weariutrthom
abominations called faablonablettanists, which make a temale 1100111,
iiaa a 1:21111! speeding its sails, or a bat napping its wings the
wind,e
hum acting as a campiits screen us every body bellied...-.
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