afflicting calamity that befel us, were cast upon the sympathies of the inhabitants of Falmouth and the adjacent towns, who have so widely opened their hearts to feel, and munificently extended their hands to provide for our numerous and pressing

wants.

We were thrown upón your shore as pennyless strangers, and ye took us in ;-we were hungry, and ye gave us meat ;naked, and ye clothed us ;- sick, and ye relieved and comforted us. We have found you rejoicing with those of us who rejoiced, and weeping with such of us as had cause to weep. You have visited our fatherless and widows in their affliction, and sought by unceasing acts of the most seasonable, effective, and delicate charity, to alleviate the measure of our sufferings.

Under such circumstances, what can we say, or where shall we find words to express our emotions? You have created between us and our beloved country an additional bond of affection and gratitude, that will animate our future zeal, and enable us, amidst all the vicissitudes of our professional life, to point out Falmouth to our companions in arms, as one of the bright spots in our happy land, where the friendless shall find many friends, and the afflicted receive abundant consolation.

In the name and on behalf of the Officers of the Right
Wing of the 31st Regiment,

R. B. FEARON, Lieut.-Col. 31st Foot.

To the Chairman and Members of the Committee for the relief of the sufferers by the destruction of the Honourable Company's ship Kent, &c. &c. Falmouth.

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