Star.
London, England, 1818-12-18 00:00:00

PRISONIRS AT VIRDUY.

" A pamphlet is in circulation in France,
TLe
of the English,x h prisonersichthey of
Ruin 9f Verdun, and the V :io/ain
hat
ofNations: It relates to the inhabitant:
creditors Ith'
war (hut
cularly of the- hostages of that nationt
nearly fourmillions,
aliedg:: are
to them, and payment of which they
The persons detained were numerous. Thneitil°t
lasted eleven years, and the Con Mental
precluded all communication with their reit
They said, "We are opulent, relieve us: e
will be one of honour; we would die tath'el(ltht".
to acquit it: the word of an Englishu.ain is s 4 •
The French Government exiaing At that U.e
the assurance, that the detained shothd r.ot
leased until they had fulfilled their engage
Honest minds are credulous; they furnished
strangers with food, clothes, lodgings, and titans.
vertheless, bills of exchange given by some ar
them were forwarded to London ; they • were ,
tested. The creditors, alarmed, obtained order:
personal arrests ; but in January, 1814, on dr
proach of the Allies, the English depot was triadt
to Blois; and the detained obtained their fiat
through circumstances which afterwards trarupit
The pledge disappeared, the promise alone reni-6
The creditors forwarded to England dorm:nen
full power against their debtors; they were
ttte
to the English laws. The ltoyal Gorer.,nr•
France graciously received a f!etitien from 111,
bitaiits of Verdun, and in consideration ( f
tressed position of the said creditors, lienes.-.eur
terfered respecting their claims. The British Iliai
in reply, divided the debt ; he consented io pav
was due by such as belonged to the Milit.a)
Service, because he had the means (..f
himself ; but he obstinately refused to (huge Inr
with the other claims, which make neatly
of the aggregate.— l'he produ.datt in
signed by M. Lornhard dr La ;ire.. .
M. J. Humbert, creditor; and M. Claesson,
powered agent for the whole of the clainLlA
Its aim is to prove, that the English Govera
ought to pay the entire debt; that any other co:..d:c
on its part would be unjust, contrary to the tights,
nations, contradictory and absurd—uijaa,
it holds the pledge in its power, and has obtai.
payment for its own subjects of what Frenchr.
owed them ; contrary to the rights of nations. as •
blished by the English publicists, Cumberland L
Bacon ; contradictory, because it takes upon itsed
part, and the whole is of the same name; and finall
absurd, because the Verdun claimants cannot go at
seek their debtors wherever they may be. Of ti
number some are dead, some expatriated, tome t
verse the seas, and others have unknown resilience
kc. The Emperor Alexander and the King of Pro
sia acted differently under similar circumst..n:es.
concludes by the signing parties proposing
again
solicit the paternal intervention of our a,uiptstliing.
—(Jvarnat de la Meuse.)
Wd have reason to entertain very• considerable
doubt. as to the reality of the ?rievance here ccr*
• plained of ; and are of opinion t)tat, when the matte
comes to be investigated, if ii.deed all investigat:
be not already precluded by formal convention
tween the two countries, the "rent body of equital
• and legal demands upon our fellow-subjects, so it
quitously and illegally kept in bondage, w(;.;
found to have been long since satisfied. The Ist
tion that " all communication with their' native la
4, was cut off from the prisoners by the blockade,
thes
brought
Continent," t in
forwardent,"is true,noontthe
presenti n the
oe:ic r a
name's,whi 1
it i •
as an indazement to the world to believe that
was. in pity to the destitute continue (t- our cow
trymen, the " honest" and " credllous" and het,
volent tradespeople of Verdun, advanecd varlet!'
goods and accommodations for their comfor.
—The pecuniary intercourse of the prisoners wt.
England was not cut off. Their remittances went
• regularly through the hands of the respectable house
of PEREGACX; and it was for hard cash, or on very
short credits, that the necessaries of life were supplied
to the unfortunate English. We believe that a public
notice was circulated from authority, enjoining
French not to credit the detenur, except under
cumstances which secured the party against all c!
of loss; and those who acted in defiance of that warn-
ing, were assured that it must be at their own pal.
So far from the British prisoners being " the rim of
Verdun," we are disposed to think that the period of
their detention was that of the highest affluence and
prosperity which its inhabitants have ever enjoyed;
and that, notwithstanding the admi store of some an-
worthy characters amongst a mass of several thou-
sand English, the frauds attempted by them were ex-
tremely few, and the losses which they inflicted pre-
portionably trifling.

• The Gallery of Pictures at Dulwich College is 1107/
closed, and the several works it contains have been
taken down for the purpose of being cleaned, under
the directions of the Royal Academicians.
.Dr. WAraltss' Memoirs of her late
s Majesty were
übli.lied ibis day, by Mr. lanattaw. We are /V
-quested to repeat that this Work is not a compilati's
,gleaned from common sources of information to get.
tify immediate curiosity, but the result of personal
; observation made during many years, by one whose
opportunities and connections have eminently quail-
;
fled him for the important task of doing justice /0
the Illustrious Personage now no more ; and nzt
these reminiscences, now for the first time made
public, will be guarded against literary invasion with
the utmost strictness of legal protection.
Yesterday morning, •ua young female, of gene:!
address and appearance, was found at five o
sitting under a hedge on the Deptford-road, in a
senseless state, almost frozen to death. Pcarse,
man who found her, carried her to the Turk Head. ef4
the Deptford-road, where, by the humane elertiot:
of the landlord, she was, after a considerable time,
restored to sense and animation. She gave nO other
' answer to the r.umerous questions which were asked
her, than that she came to town about Frida,y Rat
!that she had been treated unkindly by her friends•
and that her mind was greatly distressed. She Oe-
, dined stating her name, or the residence of any of h.Y.'
friends, or from what cause her distressed fechr„,
arose. She refused all sustenance, and when tak
before a Magistrate persisted in her silence, and
last went away without communicating any. furtk"
particulars respecting her situation.

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War (but p,, has
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Aish,
Jge are osi, • the
cannot °bk, oki
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mud block.;
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tathri tha.l f
re.ini i, sac id.
tli.tt Jme:„,Te
u.d r.ot be :s$
nragements, Cl
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furnished tS,n,
it
audition,. Xt. teeth,
sorne aniongn "
they Welt in. •r.
fined orders, "
114, on then? to t
was truidared in"
their fited.,4 ling
ards trotikirti
done renit'i.t.l. pda
doctirnoT„, a. as
7 %vete rOnire • tho
of
from
be In
:on I Cu, .m 0
leittl‘..e..tly in.
dritish
ted Jo pay tv.
ilitar) ur Nat . fl,
I inticriCilil
charge nz.,,e •
ally• 2:1;
in zi116.. it b
re•, • .
Clawson, ,t
e
h Govern ent
r ocher co,:a »I
to the tights ,
ut-ja a,
td has obtaided
bat Frencbn.es
nations. as ena rr
-
unlbeilard a bh'
es upon itself a a
are; and finally,
cannot go and •
y be. Of their
lated, tome tre-
own letittelltet, die
e King of Pros- Eta
cumst.aa:es. It
posing Apia, to ti
SkUirtSt Bing.' co
:ha
T• considerable •al
ante here cco• t,
when the crawl I
dl inrestigatios sal
cc•nrention le• • r
idy of equitable aa
subjects, so id. d
nda6e, sw,;: be -
ed. The use. •el
ha: native lasi a
the blockade of fife
in which r..it
namer, tr.
believe that t -e
ci our cout-
nus" .
vanct.d varicus d
eir comfor:.—
priacers wi:h r‘t
.mittances wont rA
ispectable house en
ash, or on very
were supplied ,p
ve that a public • t
, enjoining the .3
:ept under
:ainst all chance
to of that warn-