The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-12 00:00:00

iniF: STATESMAN.

NAVAL I.V7'h:LI,IOENGR.

DE t., JVLY t.—A rived the .Moline sloop of
war, from °Vend : sh•: hrin4s a Nlail and
patches, which have been forwarded; Zephyr sloop
of war, from a cruise off tl?ulogne—the white flag
was hoisted at Calais yesterday, and a saline fi,ed on
the occasion.- -Sailed his Majesty's ship Cumberldnd
for the River ; Po:hat:nil sloop of war, with a con-
voy of transports, for o,tend ; 11,.dpete avid Heron
sloops of war on a cruise off the French coast.

DOVER., JULY last night after post
the French packet Fox, with a flail from ;
also the Perfect Union, Mascot, from Calais, with
a Mesienger ; the whi!e II i, tra:i flying yesterday-
ashen he sailed.—Vessels as PI begin immediately to
sail from hence for Calais diiily.—Arrived the King
.George pucker, from Ostend, with twr Messengers.
—l'. S. We hare just learnt that a severe struggle
took place at Calais between the military a”(I the in-
habitants prior to the white be. !Aug hoist erh
PonTsmourn, JULY 11.—Arriveri his Majesty's
ship Martial, from a cruise.—Went out of goarantioo,
his Majesty's ship Lgra.—Ciune into harbour, his
• Majesty's ship Bacchante.—Present Convoys : his
Majesty's ship dophion, for the %Vest Indies; &ON-
. dice, for Cork ; llarricr, for Jersey ; and the
Martial, for the Downs ; and will sail immediatelY•

PLYMOUTH. Jut 10.—C4mo in the Tigre man
of war, from Ostend, with Fieneh prisoners.—Ar-
rived otT the S.,uttil, the Virgio, Main, from fia!;i-
more, bound to Falmouth ; and ti.e Rover gun-hr:g,
from it cruise.—Sailed the Incoottant frigate, for
Portsmouth ; and the Icarus sloop of war, on a

FALmorTu, Juty 0.--Arrived the Kangaroo,
from Plymouth; Lord Hobart 1)10:0, with a Mail,
from Malta and Gihraltar, sixtoen day front the
latter; and the American ship P.,foxourc, from tin-
vati:ialt.—The Kangaroo has sailed again with Dis-
patches, for Corunira.

13.11 T LE OP l' LUO.

A meigt resivectub!,, ileeting of th... No!Jorneo and
Gontlemow of th;; eitv was rvehtrulay h. Iti nt the
Ihnicheil. !loose veto, Si. .I,tooes',, for the purpoce
of adopting eert Itoolutious with a Tiro to enter
into a Sulk:cf i;ition for the Helier of the Widows and
f)rphlos of too !Pave 1)101141..1s of our Country
who fell in the II it tie of IVatodo,. The Duke of
York took the Chair nt one o'clock.

Mr. Wit.una suttee stated shortly the object of the
Meeting. It sometimes h:.ppero.d that the victories of
our eanics 'Hided to the glory of the British arms, with-
out being attemled %vitt' consequences which could be
said to compensate for be loss with w hie!' they were at-
tended ; but the Vortory of Waterloo had nut merely
been productive of gin: y, but also of the most im-
portant re,elts ryr the ieterests of this country vied
of Eurov.. The widows and orphans nt those brave
men who had conferred such lustre on the British
arms, had the highest claim to the affection arid gra-
titude of their country ; for it might be said, that
they had lint merely added to the niatioual gloy, but
also to the comfort and security of every member of
the community.—[Applayse.]--fie should only be
wasting time in occupying any more of their atten-
tion, and he therefore concluded with moving the first
Reso.lutiou---" That a general Subscription be en-
tered boo for the special Relief of the Relatibus of
the Soldiers of rho British Army, under the command
of the Doke of Wellington, who fell in the Battle of
Vaterion, Scr. and that the subscriptions so raised
should be consolidated into one Fund with those ob•
tamed in the City of London." Sty.
On a suggestion by a Gentlemitt, that the Ge: man
Legion onight to he iricindoil in the Resolution,
Mr. ‘VtLeEnroncr observed, that he considered
the German Legion, Banoveriatis, cod Belgians, as
really part of the British army.
Mr. 110\%eitorT said, he believed that when the
subscriptions ero begun in the City, the British suf-
ferers were alone thought of ; but whether all those
who were serving uutlFrr the Duke of Wellington
were to be considered as making a part of the British
Army, coil should, on a fair constructien, be in.
eluded wider the Resolutions, was a matter for after
determination. lie hoped that so meets wool(' lie
raised by subscription, us to he enough not only for
our own sufferers, but also for the lianoscriani and
ethers.

AI r. Ross thought this matter might he ntlidsted
with the concurrence of the Cit v Coinmi'tee.
Mr. Rowcaorr thought it was hardly possible
there conld he difficulty ns to the technical meaning
of the British Army ; hut this wa n matter for the
deteimittntion of the Duke of NVeilingtoit.
A Gentleman ohservetl, that tho Gerinitt Legion
was at much a part of the Biiikh Army as the
Guards.

The it,:oltrion was then put and unanimously
.4reed
Mr. Wit.acttronce then propos-pi] another Re-
ontiiiiios••••••" Thht it he recommended to the Com-
mittee to confer with the Committee of the City of
I.,inloti, on the propriety of m 1,10414 some pt:1111111
of Ili,. Soh.criptions to the relief of the Prubsiiin
suir,rer4.9.

Mr. Rowcuovt observe", that in the City the
only sufferers whom they thought of relieving were
the British; and such w,ts the number of those who
had claims on them under that title, that he feared
they would be found equal to all the attempts cf their
munificence or their ambition. %Vilest the City sub-
scriptions were firs► proposed, the Prussian Charge
d'Affaires waited on him with a letter from Nlarstial
Blucher, in which he stated that he had been en-
gaged in eight battles and a number of sieges, &r.
and that for till this he had paid the price of tit.,ooo
men. Be then (old the Charge d'Affaires, that at
present it was impossible to devote any part of the
subscriptions to the relief of the Prussians—.that they
ought to do all they could in Prussia fur their poor
people, and when they had done all they might then
crone again, and a separate subscription would be
entered into in this country—that•if a separate sub.
scription could not be raised, the House of Com-
mots could take their claims into consideration, and
in the great concerns of this nation a hundred thou•
sand pouods or two were next to nothing. Ile con-
ceived, that without intruding on the present sub-
scriptions some!hing might be done for the Pru,,iians.
Oar first duty, howeser, was, to look after our pen.
ple at home—they might trust to another sutucrip-
tins), or to Parlinment, for the Prussians ; and all
these means would surety not fail. Gen!le.nen must
wait with more patience till they saw what could be
done in the remote dependencies of the Empire,
where the fuelitig% were warmer than ours, as they
were ripened under a warmer sun. When in [tuba
they heard of our sufferings, he was sure they_would
not desert us.