Star.
London, England, 1818-01-06 00:00:00

would they haae risen so high ? Many of the
men had now been skives: from the country with
heavy heart, and had gone to America, where-
inducement was held out for their encourager:lei
While he cheerfully gave his mite, he begged
he never would refrain from speaking truths,
though these truths should be writhing to othe
He knew one case of a young man who bad
with himself, and for whom he applied to the g,
miralty, but was told he could not procure a
as he had wanted a few days of his num ran se

tude. Surely it would be proper an opportuoity
afforded to such men of completing their timt,
the' than casting them abroad on the world.
Meeting had been heard of for the relief of 5..:1
perishing in the meets. Why, in the name of Got,
this Gerwart difference made?—(Load arid r.

Cheering).--Did any man now see a soldier stare,
The subject was really so painful, and the contr.%
striking, that he was almost overcome by it. w
were some of the Lords of the Admiralty nut L
or their Secretary ; and if they bad not come,
were some of the Junior Lords not here? Girt

seamen their rights, .give them the funds wincn he,
longed to them, and they would require no put,L,
aid ; and for his own part he would cheerfu". suy,
scribe I,OOOL as his share of the Droits, whit'.:
to himself. Much might be done by the 36:cf,
but he was afraid nothing effectual, unless Goren.
ment came forward and co-operated, as he kis,ped
and trusted they would do- With these few obsn.
vations, he should now hand in his five gulaus...
(Repeated applause).
' ZACH. WituLAT, Esq. said, that the Ad*ihy
had Act very day given a pledge of doing Gomel.
JAMER STZPHILII, Esq. repeated what he hx.i
merly said about his interview with. Load Melville,
and the Secretary's letter. He hoped the Noble laps,
'than whom none was more competent to judge
*peeling the qualifications of seamen, would lead
aid to the Committee, as he could do them an
tial service. With respect to soldiers
could say he had seen one who :had beei-obut
to beg in consequence of the reduction of the use.,
He was sure there was no want of attention ea
part of Government to both soldiers and sailors.
Mr. Sruaog (one of* Society of Frienslst,
that the object of the Meeting was to relieve ti
tress of all sailors, whether employed in the Kir
orthe merchant service. He felt it right to sac
lest his subscription should be supposed to apply
those only who had suffered in wars, which his
of thinking taught him were unlawful. He
recommended economy in the arrangements
Committee, and dispatch in executing them.
Lord COCHRANE said, that the reason why &a
army was so well off was, that it was kept up as'
' whole, while the whole navy were brckes up.
. Mr. LETT hoped the exertions of GAM'

would be brought to bear upon this subject; :se!
so, that the exertions of the preser.t Meeting
be united with a future one on the general su'iit<t
mendicitr.
Mr. ROWCROFT drew a strong outline of Ai. vp.
pressive extent of the Poore Rates in the
where he resided. They exceeded sevto
in the pound. He knew one unernploye i •A
house, from which the owner derived no pre'll •
was first charged 4001. for Poore limes, :Ir.
vrffirds the sum was !educed to AlOll. The

Gentleman condemned any allusion to pain
details, where only general feeling and h..rre.,a.
should be cultivated. He hoped parities arcel.l
always bt kept_ alive, and free opinions passel epos
them m their proper place and on special occmices;
bit he deprecated their being intermixed with dm
ritable topics. The better feelings of Awn, aal
humanity should alone be f.und to prevailing em
sions of this kind. The introduction of irrelevant
matter had marred a former subscription, sad pry
vented it from being as beneficial as it °therms
might have been. As to the efforts of Govern:nen
for sailors, veto could say that they had not N.,
alive to their situations, when there were 3,900 we-
men and marines in Greenwich Hospital ?
A liberal subscription was afterwasds mitered seas
Before the Meeting separated, Captain Guam
stated, that Government had 394000 seamen sr..l ma-
rines belonging to Greenwich Hospital.
Thanks were then voted to WILLIAM WILMS-
some; Egg. for his conduct in the Chair, sai
warm attention to the general interests of buaaady.

Till late CALAMITY at NEWFOUNDLAND.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE TAL
tha—l was very much surprised, on reading I
paragraph in your Paper of yesterday, which ha
previously found insertion in other Jouraids, ter-
senting the state of fit. John's, Newfoundland ••
have been so much ameliorated after the revere t
as to lessen, if not altogether moose tare appreScs-
sions so naturally excited by former accounts, telr
the to the condition of its inhabitants.

It is not my intention to impugn the motives i
that publication, hut considering it calculated to ?ee-
judice the exertions making for the relief at
place, I think it proper to give you the following es-
trict of a letter now in my penessioss, written .:e+
days previous to the Jut date from that island

4 item are now hundreds of poor creating alined der....te
of habitations, food, or clothing. They me mad) surr-31 •
the streets, or picking a tniicrabie subsistence from the amuse
heaps of ; and are seen in swarms Meals. mod the sari
of those houses lately destroyed Idelaneboly lanted
prove:, t before us 1"
Another letter mentions, that two of dive pot
creatures were found dead amongst the ruin: : and sll
accounts.concur in describing the prevailing wretch-
vines; as too genctal to admit of local relief.

• It is reasonable to suppose every thing that is prac-
ticable will be done on the spot. Those wbo are :eft
with the means of affording partial assistance, will
cheerfully come forward with the characteristic be-
nevolence of the inhabitants, and the Governor had
it in contrtsplat ion to employ some of the able-bodied
men, while a few would drubtle-:s find the means of
quitting the islitid but to state that the town sms
likely to be soon rebuilt, and that relief had been, or
could be there given, in any adequate measure, is to
mislead the public, and injure the cause of ow si-
fering fellow-subjects. Relying on your candour and
benevolencp for giving this publicity,
I am, your obediert servant,
A MASIIIEIt OF THI COMMITTAL FOP ot-
LIILVING Tilk IMPRIMIS'S IT naL
IT. JOYS'S, AMIIPOUSIDAAXIX
London, Jamul, 6, 1615.

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ruins ; and aU
ailing s-retch-
relief.