7. _Jan. 18_, To Erfurt, Naumburg, and their vicinity, L500
8. _Jan. 23_, To Hamburg and its vicinity, 1000
9. To Berlin, its vicinity, and hospitals, 1000
10. To Leipsic and its vicinity, 1000
11. To Silesia and Lusatia, 1000
12. For several hundred Children, turned out of the
Foundling Hospital at Hamburg, 300
13. _Jan. 31_, To Wittemberg and its vicinity, 500
14. To Halle and its vicinity, 500
15. To Dresden and its vicinity, 500
16. To the towns, villages, and hamlets, between
Leipsic and Dresden, 1000
17. _Feb 1_, To Hanover and its vicinity, 500
18. To Stettin and its vicinity, 500
19. _Feb 3_, To Stargard, its hospitals, and vicinity, 300
20. _Feb 10_, To Liegnitz, Neusaltz, Jauer, Buntzlau,
and the 72 villages, which are almost entirely
destroyed, 2000
21. To Bautzen, with the recommendation of Bischoffswerda,
Zittau, Lauban, Loban, and vicinity, 600
22. To Culm and neighbourhood, 500
23. To Dresden and vicinity, 500
24. To Pirna, Freiberg, and vicinity, 500
25. To Luetzen and vicinity, 300
26. For the unfortunate Peasantry in the vicinity Leipzig, 1000
27. To Torgau, 500
28. To Naumburg and vicinity, 500
29. To Weissenfels and vicinity, 500
30. To Erfurt and Eisenach, 500
31. To Dessau and vicinity, 500
32. To Fulda, Hanau, and vicinity, 1000
33. To Schwerin, Rostock, and vicinity, 800
34. To Wismar and vicinity, 200
35. To Frankfurt and vicinity, 500
36. To Luebeck and vicinity, 500
37. To Lauenburg, Ratzeburg, Luneburg, Zelle, Harburg,
Stade, and neighbouring villages, 1000
38. To Berlin and Whistock, 1000
39. To be held at Berlin, for the sufferers at Magdeburg,
when that fortress shall be evacuated by the enemy, 1000
40. To Stettin, 500
41. To Hamburg, 1000
42. To Bremen, 500
43. To Wurzburg, 500
44. _Feb 17_, To Stettin, 500
45. To the Exiles from Hamburg, at Altona, Luebeck, Bremen,
and wherever they may be, 3000
46. To Kiel, in Holstein, L500
47. To Leipzig, Chemnitz, and Freyberg, and their vicinity, 2000
48. To Dresden, Pirna, and their vicinity, 2000
L36,000
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At a General Meeting, convened by the Committee for relieving the
Distress in Germany, and other parts of the Continent, on the 27th of
January, at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street;
HENRY THORNTON, Esq. M.P. in the Chair;
The Chairman read a letter from His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
stating, that an illness, which had deprived him of his rest the
preceding night; totally incapacitated him from the proposed pleasure of
presiding at a Meeting, the purpose of which was so congenial to his
feelings, and in the success of which he avowed his heart to be deeply
engaged.
The Secretary then read an interesting Memorial from the Inhabitants of
Leipsic, praying that relief from British benevolence, which former
experience had taught them, to confide in.
_The following Resolutions were agreed to:--_
1. That it appears to this Meeting that the distress arising out of the
ravages of war in Germany, and other parts of the Continent, is
inconceivably great, and loudly calls on the British Nation for the
exercise of its accustomed beneficence.
2. That this General Meeting, convened by the Committee appointed in the
year 1805, for relieving the Distresses in Germany and other parts of
the Continent, approves most cordially of the object of the Committee,
and especially of the prompt measures taken at their meetings of the
14th and 18th of January, anticipating the liberality of the British
Public, and sending immediate succour to the places in greatest need.
3. That an addition to the Subscriptions already opened by the Committee
be now applied for, to meet the relief they have already ordered; and
that the Committee be desired, without delay, to use its utmost
endeavours to procure further contributions, to alleviate, as much as
possible, the present unparalleled distress on the Continent.
4. That it be recommended to the Committee in the distribution of the
funds to observe the strictest impartiality and that the measure of
distress in each place or district do regulate the proportion of relief
to be afforded.
5. That the several Bankers in the metropolis and the country be, and
they are hereby, requested to receive Subscriptions for this great
object of charity; and that the country Bankers be, and they are hereby,
requested to remit the amount received, on the first day of March, to
Henry Thornton, Esq. Bartholomew-lane, with the names of Subscribers,
and to continue the same on the first day of each subsequent month.
6. That the Clergy of the Church of England, and Ministers of all
religious denominations, be, and they are hereby, earnestly requested to
recommend this important object to their several congregations, and to
make public collections in aid of its funds.
7. That all the Corporate Bodies in the United Kingdom be, and they are
hereby, respectfully requested to contribute to this important object.
8. That the most respectful thanks of this Meeting are due, and that
they be presented, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for his
condescending and, immediate acquiescence in the request that he would
take the Chair on this important occasion.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to HENRY THORNTON,
Esq. for the zeal and ability evinced in his conduct in the Chair.
* * * * *
A Sub-Committee having been commissioned to examine the documental
papers and other sources from which Mr. Ackermann's _Narrative of the
most remarkable Events in and near Leipzig, &c._ is compiled, as some
insinuations have been thrown out that much of what is therein related
is rather exaggerated, and Mr. Ackermann having furnished them with the
said papers, they were found to consist of--
1. A Pamphlet, printed at Leipzig, entitled, "_Leipzig, waehrend der
Schreckenstage der Schlachten, im Monat October, 1813; als Beytrag zur
Chronik dieser Stadt._" ("Leipzig, during the terrible Days of the
Battles in the Month of October, 1813; being a Supplement to the History
of this City.")
2. A printed Advertisement of a large Work, to be accompanied with Nine
Plates, the Advertisement itself giving a brief but comprehensive
account of the battle of Leipzig.
3. A second Advertisement, giving a similar description of these battles
in German and French.
4. A Letter from Count Schoenfeld to Mr. Ackermann, describing the
dreadful condition of the villages in the neighbourhood of Leipzig,
especially of those over which the storm of the battle passed.
5. An Official Paper, signed by some of the principal Bankers and
Merchants at Leipzig, containing an appeal to the benevolence of the
British Public, in behalf of the sufferers.
6. An Official Attestation of the truth of the statement made in the
said Appeal, signed by the acting Burgomaster of Leipzig, with the City
Seal affixed.