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Trknt.e. endless confusion and. embarrassment, 'and must tend to depreciate the bonds. The question was then put t and the SPEAKER left the Chair. Some conversation, principally upon the same , : points which were before argued upon, toqk place . in the Gomrhittee, between Mr. loHysToti, Lord CA!,-rtivasAcH, IVIr.W. DUNOAS, and Mr. Derr, after which the lionse reAumed, and the Report was, ordered h e 'received to-morrow. The Report of the Committee. of Supply.of yes tertlay on the Transport Service, 3:c. ,was brought up, Resolutions read, and agreed to. - aftera Clause was received, into it, op the Motion of Mr. c6auv, extending the Provisions to'ireland, past a c Omiiiittee of the whole House, arid the report was ordered to be re. ceived to-morrow morning. The Irish Sugar BOunty Bill Went•through 'the. same stage. The Bill to prohihiOistillation from -Oats in Irelat , d was read a first time, and ordered to be' read a second time to-morrow. As also the Portugal Wine Bonding Duty Bill. The 'Bank of England Restrietion Bill was read "a third time and past. The Malt Duty. Bill was'reatl alecond time, and otdered to be committed to a Committee of , the 4whole flouse ia.morro),v morning. The Irish Small Note Suspension Bill went amok,' the same.progress. . The Five Million ,c,cliecitier Loan Bill went also through the same progress. The Irish Corn, Potatne, and Provision Bills also, in like manner, past the same stage. As did,„also the Curates' Relict Bill, and the ,sng a r Drawhack Bill, • • At aIX o'clock tilt:. adjourned. DUI. tvft IL S. 114itiblygli 2 It It It V SD* 100 •••• L'A ICE OF STOCKS, This pAy AT TWILVIC o'r.LoCK. Consl)ts - 55 9i I Oumium 6i i liedt 54 THE SUN. MPts►( 4Ull 410,14,11 1,41.4014'•VD1AT L ri N DON, DECEMBER 7, I'Bo3. Mon,lay morning the. Dolts of Yoe L arrived at 'Windsor on military butin6s with His MA jvsTy. Yesterday morning Hutt MAI Es - ry and the elder ,PRiNCESIts took an airing on the Maidenhead road. xtttrtaass Atstit.rA took 'an airing on the MOdcri. head load also. Tilkddy the ROY AL FAM I L Y came to town. Letters received from MArscus LYNCH * Esq. the, Fast India Company's Agent at Cork, dated Aire is; Kist, give the welcome news of the India, Icievt Living put in there. • •• t!sttrElLly the WAterfora Committee determined that the Sitting Metuber, C. W. ALcocic, Esq. ti/ac nor duly effected , and, that the Petitioner, Sir jou N NE WPC) r, 13att,.shuulti have/ been returned. Tis decision they will report, to the . House this • day,. The Law Association will very ahortly have the honour ~ f receiving , their Co!mica from His Royal Jitgline4s' the, Pairs'ca of Witors, who will alter .svardi, dine With, the' learned Volunteers in the ,Temple 1-1,411. • . Pn.Satordsy last the yirat Troop 'of the Light -Horse Volnnteera went upon duty to Batort, }gip. ping s & r. 'whele they remained three dSys. The .Other T wo i n will go upon similar duty in rota. .lion. .• _ _ _ The frientlk of merit. will hear, with pleasure, that +lts MA I "STY has been graciously pleased to op point Seijeant Si NCLA la, of the 42d Regiment ! to i to Ensigncy in the 26(11. It is to be hoped, it the ,threatened Invasion takes place, that many 'nun. commissioned Officers will receive A aimilar mark of 1t9y41 FavOur,' for assiStiag in capturing the Stand ards of .Enemy. We. are ccincerned to leirnittat 'six of the' Crew of the Lard Charlis s ? tencer Packet, which arrived tit :'lm tutu on Saturday, with .the Matis from _H. died' on the passage home, as ti iii Mr. Stt. It L. TON, the,,SUrgeon, and Lleutenant.Col. ROBERTS, a Fitssenger. , Yestertiq the Loan l'VlaYoe, lifter examining the rewrila of the lylealweighers, ordered the As. airl of -Bread to continue 'the same as 14-41 week, vit. 94d. the quar tern loaf whea;en, and gitl. house. _ 'We are glad' to find 'it is the intention of Go. vernment shortly to cause a liberal issue of dollars, to remedy the great inconvenience at present ex. pericnced from the want of specie for the purpimes of c i, „ fi t . A t Port s mouth, the Merchants arid 1 tatters irrcatly issued that description of coin, at 4 ,. tyl. and nave fottirl it ; very - £V the weekly , Tel UFOS frOrn the markets, it is stared„that mutton add beef do not aver;rge above 6d. , per lb, thuttgb the retail butchers charge 9d it were to be that some regulations were adopt. t hat the IVlogistrates might set a price on meat, pi oporliOrldte to ' the price of cattle. A Gentleman assure us; that he 14onglit sheep at last Kingston I air, v. li:en he, has killed for his own use, that do not traria him in more than 5.1.' pet lb. On Monday died, at Wernbly l'atk, to the re. grey of all who had the slightest acquaintance wi t h but most sincerely lamented by those whom he honoured with his friendship, RYcoAmtr P.M m r, Esq. its use ssth year of bill age. he late Mr, PAutt, of Wembly, is mentioned by LYNotis„in his Environs of London," as the reprebentative of the oldest resident t'amily in the . County of Middlesex. This is, however, the least raft of the variuus claims which that Gentleman had to the admiration of those who knew him. His benevolence was,imbotitided, and his liberality in vat undertakings which were calculated to employ the poor of his neighbourhood were unparalleled. The parish of ittrrow. .will oineriely' reefer the lost of a man who has added to the beauty of theitpros. peas, as much as he has contributed to the relief of those within it, wbo could make QUI the smallest Oda) t 9 his comfastipnt ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Public have for some time heard of an appli. cation made by-His Royal Highness the PRINCE - of WALES to be appointed to a Military situation suited to his high place in the State. This sub jea is likely to come before Parliament on Friday next, when the Army Estimates are to be taicen, into consideration, and in the mean time- we are enabled to lay before our Readers the very inte. resting Correspondence which took place upon the subjetl• of His Royal Highness's application,. Upon a point of such peculiar delicacy, it would be - unbecoming in us to offer arty comment. CORRESPONDENCE ' sitcatisl HIS mAyE THE PRINCE I , ` WALES, 71.1 L, DUKE OF YORK, AN; MR. .ADDINGI • on Tlif. Ot FES. Of MII.I r ARY, STRV t:CE NrAnt 617 Elie ROYAL H1GH:40 , 3 TOE PRINGt. Of 74,41./5. • • COPY. Ste, Carltened .1 lox 'Rely tS, The subjed on which I address you, presses so !wavily on my mind; and daily acquires such additional importance, that notwithstanding my wish to void any interference with the disposition made by His Majesty's Ministers, I find it impossible to withhold or delay an cap! icifstatement of my feelings, to Which I would dire your most serious consi deration; When it Wes officially communicated to Parliament that the avowed objed of the ttienty was a descent on our king• dams, the question became so obvious that the circumstances of t'he times required the voluntary tender of personal s'er. vices ;• when Parliament, in consequence of this repreient atiim, agreed to , extraordinary measures for the deleitoe al . these realms alone, it was evident the danger was not believed dubious or reitiote. Animated by the same spirit which per. V adetl tho Nation at large,conscious of the which duties I owed to lids Mak...sty and the Country, I se zedthe earliest opnaitti t. i:ity•fopress . tpy desire o'f' uncle' taking the responsibiltiy of a NlVtitary'Coininandl I neither did e nyt do presume op strifilosed talent's, me to such an Appointment. I Ain' aware otpericocc of adual warfare V^i,t'the • ' same time I cannot P:gard ntY'self as totally uniinalified Or . deficient in military science, since I have long nude the • Service My particular study. My chief pretentious , were founded on a sense of' those advantages which my exam_ . pie might produese to . the Suite, by exciting the 1431 energies of the Nation, and a knowledge of those ex pedations 'which the' publieliad a right te larm 44 to the personal exer. dons of their Princes at a metatent, like the' present. The 'note elevated my situation, in so much the.efforts of zeal became necessarily greater, and I confess that if duty had not bean so paramount, a reflettion on the splendid :achievements of my predecessors would have excited in rite the spirit of emulation; when, however,in addition to such recolledions, the nature al , the contrStr in which We are about to engage was Impressed on my consideration, I should, indeed, have been devoid of every virtuous sentiment,' if I felt no reludance in remaining a pas. sive snedator Of Armaments, which itive fur their objed:the very existence of the British Brnpire., Tittle vats' I ,infittenced to,roalco my oiler of service, and I ' did imagine that His Majesty's .Ministers wluld have attach. city') 4)l=qt/elite. But when kfinti that,frotn some unknown cause, my appointment seems to remain *along undeterrnin. rd; when I feel myself exposed to, the obloquy of iriht re garded Oy the Country' as posing my time indifferent to the. events which menace, and - insensible- to the call of -petrie— „..tistit, Medi. more of glory, it then behoves rite to examine my rights, and la remind His Majesty's Ministers, that thevlaint Which I have advanced isstrietly constitutional, and jtiStlii(t4 by precedent, and that in the present situation of Extropt- y to deny.my exercising it is fatal to ttly own immediate honour and the future interests of the Crown. I van never forget that I have solemn obligations imposed on Me ,by, OP birth, and that I should ever chew myself fore- most in contributing to the preservation of the Country.anc timeis,arrived when I may' prove myself sensible of diode tier4ply,aituntiotti•end of evincing tray devotion, to Abet So vereien, who, by:naturais well as public worth, cornittandt, . my most ailectionate attachment. I repeat, that I should be sorry to etn'oarrass the Govern. , merit at any time, most particularly at such a crisis. 'Bet, since no event in my future life can compensate me for the : misfortune of not participating in the honoins and dangers which await the brave men destined to oppose, an invading enemy, I cannot forego the earnest tenewal of my applica. thin. All 1 splicit is a more osteneble situation titan that in which I am at present pined; for, situated as I am, as a, mere Colonel of a Regiment, the Major. General commanding the Brigaded Which such a Regiment must form a rail-,'would justly expo .1 and receive the Nil credit of pre-arraneement and succesaful enterp4c. , I Fern*, Sir,, Very sincerely yours, R. 11..11emorAddingtm, Or, d'e. (Si 4.11(.31) .P. Yul.Y 34, 1803. A week has now elapsed since thu Prince of Wales trans mitted to Mr. Addington a letter on a subjca of the highest importance; though he cannot anticipate a refusal to so rea.. sonahle a demand, luktnust stilltexpress somesurprize that a communication of such a nature should 'have remained s lonf unanswered. _ _ _ When the P rince of Wares desired to be placed in a sitnation which might enable him to show to the People of England the example of aeal, fidelity, and devotion to his Sovereig n , h e tur:ailythought that he watonly fulfilling his approprhlte duty, as the..firist Subjett of the Realm. in• Which,, art it has pleased Providence tauaust; hint to have been born, so he is determined to mairoteiii hiniscif by all those honourable exertions whichiol the exiveitra LAW these LeitiCal times - peculiarly dentalido The rilitives; liiii . ebridOtt cannot he rnisconceivaor , prtsentkil 1 - 14 MAt 3 omen w t hen every thing, is at stake that is dcariiret sacred to and to the ItUtioit, asked to be ad. , varietal in' military rank, because he may have his birth.right to fight for, the 'f Hume of his Father to defend, th e _ g l ory, of the people of England to uphold, whii:h is dearer to hint' titan • 111 C., 1“45 yut no icr th e PfiTl6.6 ot; the Muse ut' Brunswick , and which h e trwrs.., will be transThittett putc 4nd uccont,Jitin;:rcti to the h aem 'generations. Artinlitted by sactt st:ntiolents,lnr It cy tritruhill y ., t r v iircd co be placce, 'Aettu.l;ll,ll White he .7.1: .:;;:t according to the feelings of his heart and the dictates of his can- itience. in making the offer, in again repeating it; the Prince of Wales considers that 'he has only performed his duty to.hirn. self, to the State, to the King, to Europe, whose fate . smay be involved in the issue of this Contest. If this tender of his services is rejeaed, he shall ever lenient that ail his ef.. fortshave been -fruitless, and that he has been deprivectot making those exertiOns'which the circutustances of the em pi*, his own inclinatiOns, and his early and long attention tOi4iilitary affairs, would have rendered so particularly. grate. ftii hitnself, and he trusts, not entirely uselcis to the public. - - Datiminvoreet, ylify 27,1803. Upon receiving the Letter with Which Mr. Addington was last week honctured by the Prince of wales; he assured His Royal Highness that it should be immediately laid be fore the King this was accordingly done,. and the Letter is still in His Majesty's . possession. , A ! communication was afterwards MAC to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, i 4 a mode and through a channel which Mi. Addington hurn bly hoped His Royal Highness would approve. Mr. Ad. dington, however, ho vv finds it to be incumbent on him, in consequence of the expeltatiOn which has been expresecci by His Royal .Highness, to state, that His Majesty, on being in farmed of the sentiments and wishes of the Prince of Wales, applauded in .the strongest manner the feelings by which His Royal Highness is aduated, but referred nevertheless to the answers which His Majesty had judged it necessary to return to similar representations—which, in obedience to the ewe. 'nand! of His Royal Highness, had been laid before His Mi. jesty upon former occasions. . , . Coritatr-Flbust, Ym(y tB, 18c3. , The Prince of Wales has received Mr. Addington's %vritten etimmunication of the last night. The 'Prince of Wales has only to observe, that ha requires Mr. A. to submit to His Majesty his last note, dated the 26th of this month. - • Dnuning-street, 7uly 2S, 18,33, Ai:lf-pot 11, P. . 3?: -Mr. Addington is just honoured with the conunands of the . Prince of Wales, and will not fail to. lay His Royal IGgh ness's Letter, dated 26th of this month, before the Kino. Downhtg-„ltreq, Avg. r. In obedience to the Commands of your Royal Highness; I laid before His Majesty the letter dated 26th'iuly, with yclur Royal Highness had honoured me, and 1 have It il i antimand from His Majesty to acquaint your Royal High.. ncsi o that " the King had referred Mr. Addington to the order " I ht had before given him, with the addition--that the King's Id opinion being fixed, he desired that no further rnentlQn 04 should be made to.hiiu upon the subjee," I have the llonottr to I)e, With, Sir, every sentiment of respe4 and deference, Your Royal Highness's most obedient huinble Servant, (Signed) HENRY ADDINGTON. LETTER. TO THE SIR, A correspondence has taken place between Mr. Addington atuttinyself, • on a. subjeet . whicbdee;.ly involves my Honour and Charaelcr. The answers which I have received from that Gentleman, the communication which he has moat to the House of Commons, leave rrie no hope but in an appeal to the justice of your Majesty. I make that appeal with confidence, because I feel that you am my natural advocate, and with the sanguine hope that the ears of an atkaienate Father may still be opened to the supplii:Atious'nf a dutilwl Son. I ask to be allowed to display the , best energies of my charadee; to shed the last drop Of "my blOnd in support oft Your 'Majesty's, Person, -Crown, and Dignity ; tOr this is, not a war cat empire,. glory, or, dominion, but for existence. In this contest„the lowest and humblest of Your Majesty's Subjects have been called on ; it would therefore little be. come me, who alto theft:f i end who stand at the very footstool of the Throne, to remain a tame, an idle, and lifeless spectator of the mischiefs which threaten us, unconscious of the dangers which surround us, and indifferent to theconseouencex Which may fellow. Hanover is lost —England menaced with I nVA. , slim—lreland is in Rebellion Europe is at the foot of France. M such a moment the Pritice of Wales, yielding to none of your Servants in iCia and devotion—to none of your Subjetts in duty- I -loom of your Children In ~. tenderness and Olio tick% -presumes to approach you, and 'again tb repeat ?those ; .. ttt rhwlllch.-Ite already made through your Majesty's Mini.. feeling of honest ambition ; a sense of what I owe : to'Apyself and to ray fainily ; and, above-all, the fear oil ,sinking In the estimation of thilt gallailt,Artny which may be the support of Your Majesty's Crown, and my best hope here. after,, Command sue th persivere, and assure your Majesty, with all humility and respett, that consciops of the justice, of my claim, no human power cau ever indUce me to rclin. quish it. .Allowyns to say, Sir, that I am bound to adopt this line of: condud by every motive dear to me as a man, and sacred to me as a Prince. Ought I not to come forward in a.mornent 1. of unexampled difficulty and danger ? Ought I pot to share in the gliaty of vidory, when t have every thing to lose by defeat ? The highest places in your Majesty's Service. rc lilted by the younger branches of thd Royal amity ; to inc ;110110 -no place is assigned.. I- am not thought worthy to he the - Junior Major-qtneral of your Army. U I cotthiiiuhatit in silences to suckindignitles; 1 whou a indeed. dubeive such 'treatment, and prove to the satisfadion of your `, Enemies,' a n d city ovvii, that I am entirely incapable OH those exorliens, which my birth and the circumstances of the times peculiarly call for. Standing so near the Throte, whet) I am debased, the cause of Royalty i; wounded; I can not sink in public opinion, without the participa ion of Your Majesty in my degradation. 'Chereforc, every motive of pri. vats feeling, and Of public duty, .induce rag to implore Your 1 Majesty, to review your decision, and. to.. place me in that situation', which My birth, the duties of my station, the example of my predecessors, and the expedatious of the People of Ertgltud, eptitle mote claim. Shotild I be dis;ppointed in cite hope which i< have form• rxl, elioold this last appeal to the justice of my Sovereign, - ;antinhe alfedion rainy rather, fail of success, I shall lam e n t iii adeiß submiSsien #his determination, but Europe, the Worlde+ithri posterity, must judge between us. littaillatione my duty ; my conscience acquits me ; my reason oils 'me bat I was pettedly justified in the request I have made, because no reasonable arguments have ;ever been adduced in answer to nlY v l o are r te i r: u si t ionite;heiTtcyepe cot, ' rec dents in our History are in myt . au. thr tinge:, iii which we live, and especially the exigencies of into present moment, require us to Oman* an'examplo to our Posterity. No, culler caute of rerusal has Or Call be assigued,, except that it was the wilt of Your lklajesty . To that will an d pliasure I bOW With tvery &green!' inunii,ty and ri.signiitic,ni but 1 caa neve: cease to complain of tb& severity which been exercised against m; and of the injdstice which I hoe suffered, till I cease to exist. I have the Honour to subsoollhe myself, with all possible devotion, Xour Majesty's most ,dutiful and ainetionam Son and S übjed, • (Signed) G, P. Brig/4qt, Arg.6., _ FRQIVI Tltt KING. MY DEAR SA 0 41‹ , "Windsor, Agiat, 1851 '. Though 1 iiiplawityour zea l and your spirit, of 'which, trust, no onecait suipose any of my Family wanting; yet considering the repeated declaratiOns f have made of df• terinlnation on your former , applications to the same purpogo I had flattered myself to have heard no farther on the sublet. Should tho implacable Enemy so far succeed as to land, ymi will have an opportunity of skewing your teal at the /tend of yOur Regiment. It will be the duty of every, man to stand forward on such an occasion; and 1 shall certaiPlY think it mine to set an example in defance of every thing that" s dtatto Inc and to my People. - I ever remain, my dear Son, ' Your most affectionate rather, (Sigced) C. IC FROM THE PRll'4'Cli TO THE. KINO• SIR, Prigoirov, sad ring. ttlej. I have delayed thus long an answer to the letter which Your Majesty did me the honour to write, from a wish to refer to a, former Correspondence which tack place beter o us in the year 1798. Those letters were mislaid, 31 0 so me days el i apsed before I coulddliover them ; they have stare been found. Allow me then, Sir, to renal to your recollec tion the eapresiions you were graeiottsTy p hr a sed to use, ar,a which I once before took the liberty of resnindini: Ycu O. alien- I _solicited , foreign service, upon - my "frst "fi rdP4 into 0 014e th: 19t :rhiy. • They sve;e, Sir, that Yon: :` ,l :iestY 4 14 not then s e ethe opportunity for it ; but ' that- if any thir'S WAS 'to arise at honV,: I. ought to be "first and forernott." I' twroc3anot be a strOnger expression its the English langvaget, consonant to the feelings which anialatte 111.Y.lie:ir r. In this I agree most perfctly With Your Majesty-7." brq,,,,bt to be /frit and !draws/, lt is the place vyhtch my blith assigns, me—whicls Europe—which the English , Nation expea me to fill—andwhieh the fortnet assurances of Your Majgty Might naturally haveled meta hope I should occupy: After such a dt‘4 l u la r. ri jest ti r 4fi su: iid IniEdlY e ipeei to be told that Mi Pbc c wa s at thelo,4#YAKetinen t;r Ii r.igo'oll6. , • , 4 fliditt lotir".iiialesty, that it is your lOW' - ht pd p i li y vil e e' nt ' e Sexyi:ro:Birlioornsschollte)::6l:an:irlitCl6:iei;:it:idtlllll'b!i^ft'4'':tbih:ertilgec' e;ooefp"ler:'°Iefti'llr'eFfist"c1:111611:111:::: the Dike or Yotk, conunands the ArinY ; the young! brarwhes of my Family arc ; either 6 " *"14 dr Lieutenant•Genefaisi an d I ; ~,,,, he ant the p l inet et A i .S'' , a nt to remain a Colonel Of biagoons. There is adtnettun& °() humiliating in the contrast, that those- who 5N at 4 dit r,:lt t w vh 01.elvii.:1.cAllittoluteiscollyt9hunti,tyd:Unini4bginintlilelettotirtle:tillitiv,y,:01:0SU.:17:::::::013.ec :10!iic'*-1...:1-11 lIIC service. had asked for the rat* of a General Otlicerin _ . . i t ic i 4 11:1411 interest anyel' l a r l a) e t com s t n „ e t t , i a l t )s o t: O i r o oru p :t : c i t y ttrol,:cicii:jelnivYlut:coor(iliurl'h,itgaNlll4v,:iditir;u7ecita'°ll3:.lhYtiottinir:lticog,:rl/Pcl:::lnje:tillytitlsllhteiltl:4;cait'inic,eoti:hty:icbilt•:::t;:ho4l3ll}:ll:ll:l4.l:ll:ll4l:tidesrtr vetut:t:islakitt-li dearer, tar dearer', to tue than life. 1 sin called upon by tho,t I receive th at aat isfaetWa Which the justice of my ;W O , leads rot to ex/ ea . . I' •I these .' ' , L r , " unhappy times, the world, Sjr, examillet tit°. cDndutl of Primes with a jealous., a aCturztiaill, a Ittaiil4flatti, CYO.. No snarl is more aware than /am of the Cltistellf:C 0! such a dispositi on , and no inall'is thatOfarit Mot@ sietennined to place himself above all, uspicion , ii ,„ 1° desiring to be placed a forward situation, I ItaYe er '4'4lllr ct i °tle duty to the People: of England ; I ;twat per a perform 'Anther, and humbly supplicate your . 14 oj:stY t aisigh those reasons w hich have inductii you to refuse . a f_ 4 .: ' quc6i which appears to 1114 and to the world so reatePaor and so rational. , rt• Ll"Hutt. , 1 "I again repeat my' cOttirit that I ant oblig ta ""°,,, tinue a Cur respondosb whith I ii . eir Is not so grateful En ),... Majesty I could iirsiL- - 1 havtii ain ined my own b! i f or ,attt of tic« pistiee or inY cao' c ' f tile I )" ri v i liet c 4n Y ""tives• R es -ii;d'HonouittOid me to yiel d ;1131 no-reason is alitilKed I.• ant justified in the conclusion none can be given. h " 4 Int 414 desalts tap shish of the feelings vatic- h i rated and ticluteicd my woutulfd mind, I hope l l ° eit , P 1 : 111 1 0 1 : has escaped inc which can be construed td 0011 the z ; any disreepeel to Your Majesty. I most soleMnlY d ila" • itla h tattt , '" l such ieteotiotrii but the circumstances of t"' ' 1 ,040,11 danger of Invasion—the appeal which has b en rn , to mieri your Subjeds, oblige met to, recollcet 'what I Q*lo, to yolic own Honour anti ttltnt own I.:bander, and to term wit h ' it Majesty,. with pleinnets, truth, anti cia 4 o r, 2 tyit6tiopate the subm i ssion of 'a Sajea, and tha.dOty o f lin ' hl, O l it ii in Son, the injuties. under which I labour, ~n a I" - ig jrai• the. power of Your hlajesty alone at eneinornent t° '• _ oi l It is with seutirrtents of the 'protesindiSt venerstilP resPett, thifl have tholiono u r to subscribe mystify . .. . • Your hiajesty's rnost dutiful, Mott obechent ,S au aild Sub,ica, ~,, . , oivic4l) 6 ' r. MY DgAR Bit" Tßltit, . . Brigiva, Ile: By the last atighes Gazette, which I hays this moment r e I;ei/ed. I pereeoe that all ClaellliVe Promotion has' to re place in the Atiny, wtterein my pretensions .iit: not noticed, a circumstance Which, whatever mai have hapixfod Pis° Other occasions, it is impossible for MC N pass by, at t h is tri a ' mentous crisis, without observation. • M). 4 t"Ulding in the Army, according-to the roost Ordidg) TOUtiLIC Of ptOitiOtiCll, had it b e en followed u p, would bs,l Played Stae either at the bottom of the Ilsi of Generll4, Qrh,ll the head of the list of Lieutcoant.Genctals, IVI I6/ I- , Y branches of my leartity are promoted to the Dig 44l; military situitions, my ilttit, as cot to the disTinilk4ll usually conferred OA itAWOUId 114640 Atitl me first on to li*l. 1 1 ' : • _...ithl 1 hope you know me too well, toltiagine that Idle or- *vmor rank is in my vices ; 111401 less is thaw irealon and a.. - Of the Military department an objeet hie suits ivy Oil' tip the State, or my inclinations ; but, in a ,nwillent at t si danger of the Country is thought by Goveriimeat setulr ^,.. d ,- I cann ot IP ' mean forth the energy of every aim in its de fence , - , i 0 feel myself degraded, bath a$ a 'Prince an d 4 SiMirls 11 % tai l rot allowed to take a fetWalli Ana LitatilKilisll ii ;Ai l I ' s ; , i , 44:10 of th4t Empire rutCCiown, of the glory, 101)`