The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-04 00:00:00

The First Class of the Oatland's Stakes of jogs. each, h. ft:
D. 1.

age. st. lb.
9 r I
aged 8 5 /
6 8 3
- 48 7 4
59 4 5
36 9 6
5 8 rz
- 5 to pci
6 8 12 pd
5 to / agst. Penelope; 7 to 2 agst: Chipporharn ; and 3 to

D. of Grafton's Penelope
Mr. Moorhousies Chippenham
Mr. Forth's Brighton -
Mr. O'Hara's Strathspey
Mr. Deline Ratidiffe's Driver
Lit Grosvenor'l -Cesano
Empson' Giles
Mr. Watson's Trombone
Mr. Howortn'S Anni-seed

Rl~^.rJ

TO TUE EDITOR OF THE
Marth 31, 1204

SYR,

• TnE tollowing Extraa from the GlasgrT roivier of the
24th inst. so clearly pnints'otit the hardship of the late 1.4 x
or. Military lii"6:trne, that.. I• trust it will find, thgottglt the
rn:•,iium Of your- Paper; au introduclion to, more. general
notice.

I am, Sir, _ •
Youtlitirphle Servant,
A CONSTANT READER

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GL,4SGOW4C:OURIER.-

SIR,

_ Permit me, through the channel of your Paper,
to state a War observations on the hardship of com-
prehending within ,the Ircome Tait, the StilAistence
of the Officers (particularly the, Subalte'rns) of the
Army.

I presume the Income Tax is a War Tax, whose
operation ceases on the return of Peace ; and that it
proceeds cm the principle, that every person ()uglr
to give a pot tion of his Income, to secure the safety
and enjoyment of the remainder.
But this does in no.point of view apply to the
Officers of the Regular Service. They have already
given tip thehAirosprels of ease, affluence, and settle-
ment at home, with many domestic tomtorts which
civil men enjoy, and devoted their lives and health,
to the good of their Cotintry, and to its service, in
all climates and seasons, where they may .be called
to meet the Enemy—in the field; in tents, or under
the broad canopy of Heaven. 7he Army alone is
their possession; anti they live by it. The protec-
tion and h'niour of their Country become their
paramount- duty ; and having devoted their vigour,
their youth, and prospeds to life,' to the Service,
they become entitled to a reasonable subsistence.
The Subsistence they receive is not calculated 'to
them in otrUnds per
,annum, so as to beCour subjel
to any per centage, but is given anti received at a
certain daily rate, easily counted in shillings and
pence.
- -

In no scheme- of retrenchment hitherto has it ever
1)400, devised to assess .their daily, subsistence. It
has 'never been considered 35 tea ?arab,. but frequently
complained of as too sm4.//, ;'t rr.i the liberality of the
last Mini's: Ty 'added one shilling to the daily sub.
sistence of Subalterns, contessedly, as it was stated,
" to enable them to live like Geritlernen.'!—Taxa-
tion on Income is supposed to,be paid in. civil life,
froM the profits of a man's trade or ,profession, or
from the difference between his expenditure for liv-
ing- and his real Income. But, if it trenches on
the sources of his maintenance, tf it takes the flesh
Our of his pot, or the clothes uff his back, it is
evident thot it will b'e difficult, if nut impossible,
for him to pay it lung.

Just so is the case ofthe Subalterns of the Army :
they receive a few shilkirgs per day, as their sub-
sistence or living ; al idea otisuiiequii_y is excluded;
they are intended TO be brought up and 'nursed in the
hardy School of Economy. Who ewer heard of a
Sdbaltern Officer s;,ving money ? If the most frugal
among them were to exhibit a state of his necessary,
nnervoidable expenditure, it would puzzle the most
economical Ca,culato-r. to fix on a source of super.
fluity in his subsistence, from which to draw the
5 per tentage off him.
But 'if his subsistence be taxed, if with one hand
be receives his daily living 'in shillings and -pence,
and is obliged to retur, 5 per cent. with the other,
it Is easy to ace, that with a sum already 'WM b,
inadequate to the expenses incident to a station in
which the rank, dress, , and charatier of a tentle-
man is to be supported, liable as he is too, to extra-
ordinary expellees, in different branches of the
Srriiice, he must either give up, get into debt, or,
in the painful and difficult struggle to avoid an al-
ternative, equally repugnant to his feelings as a
Soldier or a Man ofliononr, he. must become ex.
posed to the ridicule and contempt of those who are
styled by the world his Inferiors in station.
I am, Sir;

MILES.

,111 EXFORD,.MARCH 23.

THE 'Assizes ended here this day, which proved
a maiden one, at which the-following were tried :
Edward Murphy,- Mich. Flood, Bridget Flood,
John Murphy, anti Mich. Murphy, indicted for, a.
burglary in the dwelling-house of Patrick Roney,
of David's Town, with intent to Skill and murder
Ann Roney : of this indiament they were acquit
ted ; hur upon another indiament for an 'assault-
upon said Ann, with intent to murder her, they
vt•ere convicted. It appeared in evidence, that
they owed great malice to the Prosecurrix and her
husband, and that they, on the night of the day
laid in the indiamenl, broke into ,the dwelling-
house of Patrick. the
_husband, and not finding him
at home, seized Ann the wife, whom They beat in
a most shocking manner ; they then lighted somestraw, stripped her almost naked, and burned her
kgs, thighs, and body in a most frightful manner ;
exy were all ordered (save Bridget) to be pillored
on one rturket_day, to he publicly whipped on ano-
ther day, to be imprisoned six months, and until
they find security to be of the peace for seven years.
Bridget FOod to be imprisoned three months,
Elinor Kavanagh, fdtind Guilty of petty larceny,
to be privately whipped. •
John Kenrick, Garret Walsh, Morgan Brien,
Ivioses Kehoe, Laurence Maguire, and Wm. Shal-
low, all acquitted of murder, committed in the Re-
bellion of 1798.
John Roach, charged with drinking a seditious
toast, - John Lucas, administcri' gan unlawful
oath, and Ma ,heW Murphy and John ROss, of
stealing good; froM a wrest;—Acquitted.

• On Saturby Joseph Saunders, conviArd at
Gloucester A,,sizes • of robbiog and afterwards set:
ting fire to the preini•es •of ISACSTS, CLUTTFR BUCK
and. Co. was eXeCll',.-.1 at the platform it: front of t, e
&Amy gaol, puts..pant to ,his sentence. He was a
flpe young man, and evince' the most becoming pe.
nitence_a• t.l devotion, acitricwiedging the justice of
bis sentence, and the enormity t,f his guilt.

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