All the countries of our continent have been more or less drained by this destructive war. Whither then are these poor people, who have such need of assistance--whither are they to look for relief? Whither but to the sea-girt Albion, whose wooden walls defy every hostile attack,--who has, uninjured, maintained the glorious conflict with France, both by water and by land? Ye free, ye beneficent, ye happy Britons, whose generosity is attested by every page of the annals of suffering Humanity--whose soil bus been trodden by no hostile foot--who know not the feelings of the wretch that beholds a foreign master revelling in his habitation,--of you the city of Leipzig implores relief for the inhabitants of the circumjacent villages and hamlets, ruined by the military events in the past month of October. We therefore entreat our patrons and friends in England to open a subscription in their behalf. The boon of Charity shall be punctually acknowledged in the public papers, and conscientiously distributed, agreeably to the object for which it was designed, by a committee appointed for the purpose. Those who partake of it will bless their benefactors, and their grateful prayers for them will ascend to Heaven. (Signed) FREGE AND CO. REICHENBACH AND CO. JOHANN HEINRICH KÜSTNER AND CO. _Leipzig, Nov. 1, 1813._ * * * * * _We, the Burgomaster and Council of the city of Leipzig, hereby attest the truth of the deplorable state of our city, and of the villages around it, as faithfully and pathetically described in a Memorial dated November 1st, and addressed to the British nation by some of our most reputable and highly-respected fellow-citizens, namely, the bankers Messrs. Frege and Co. Messrs. Küstner and Co. Messrs. Reichenbach and Co.; and recommend it to the generosity which has, in all ages, marked the character of the British nation. We have formally authenticated this attestation, by affixing to it the seal of our city, and our usual signature._ (L.S.) D. FRIEDRICH HULDREICH CARL SIEGMANN, Acting Burgomaster. _Leipzig, Nov. 18, 1813._ Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, Strand, London. FORMED JAN. 1814, FOR RELIEVING THE DISTRESS IN GERMANY.