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officers, however, were not to be 
imposed upon, and the pretended 
shadow was summoned into the 
street. To this little attention 
was paid, but sufficient assistance 
being obtained, he was dragged 
down and secured, when at length 
the spell was broken, and “ airy 
nothing received a local habita- 
tion anda name.” ‘The prisoner 
was dressed in a white jacket and 
trowsers, and wore on his head 
a white cotton cap. Upon being 
called upon by the magistrate for 
his defence, he stated, that a few 
evenings since he had been in- 
duced, at the request of a gentle- 
man, to enter the church-yard 
and ascertain the truth of the 
story respecting the ghost. For 
this being liberally paid, he ac- 
cepted the proposal, and soon as- 
certained that the object of all the 
curiosity and terror which had 
prevailed, was nothing more than 
a tomb stone, upon which the 
moon had shone for several nights. 
He was himself then induced to 
“ keep up the joke,”? more how- 
ever with a view to undeceive, 
than to impose upon the credu- 
Jous multitude. 
The father of the youth, a most 
respectable man, appeared on the 
behalf of his son, and undertook 
to guarantee his future conduct. 
With this promise, after a suita- 
ble warning, the Magistrate dis- 
charged him. 
Brussels, August 29.—The in- 
habitants of Brussels have just 
received the most noble, the fair- 
est recompence for their affecting 
humanity to the brave men 
wounded in the field of honour, 
while defending ourindependence, 
our liberty, and we niay add, our 
preperty. The mayor of this city 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
has just received the following 
letter from the hero of our age; 
who will one day furnish the his- 
tory of our timcs with its fairest 
pages. 
“ Paris, August 13, 1815. 
“ Mr, Mayor—I take this oppor- 
tunity to write to you in order to 
thank you, and to request you to 
make known my gratitude to the 
inhabitants of Brussels and the 
environs, for the care and the 
kindness they have shewn to the 
wounded officers and soldiers of 
the army under my command. 
The service which we have had 
it in our power to render the city 
of Brussels, in saving it from the 
hands of a cruel enemy, by the ef- 
forts that have been made, and by 
the bravery of the troops, almost 
under its very walls, gave us rea- 
son to hope that the inhabitants 
would relieve, as far as lay in 
their power, those who had been 
the victims; but I did not expect 
the tender cares, the kindness, 
which the inhabitants have dis- 
played towards us, and I beg you 
to believe and to let them know, 
that their conduct has made upon 
us all an impression which will 
never be effaced from our me- 
mory. 
‘**T well know of what value, on 
such occasions, is the example of 
the Magistrate, and I beg you, 
Mr. Mayor, to believe that I duly 
appreciate that which you have 
given. 
‘« I have the honour to be, Mr. 
Mayor, your most obedient and 
most humble servant, 
(Signed) WELLINGTON, 
« Prince of Waterloo.” 
His majesty the king of Prus« 
sia, by a letter of the 19th of July, 
thanks, in the same. manner, M. 
