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I all 0111011 AL 1113 a AONO, FROM MRS BROIMiIe COILSC-
TlOll or 111131 i POLTRY.

Polk of my heart, dear fuuree of care,
Stern rglis and lore breath% vows,
Sweeter than when through feented air,
Gay btoum the apple boughs.
With thec no days can Winter teem,
Nor fruit nor Matt can chill;
Thou the loft breeze, the cheerirg beim,
Tint lie.ps it Summer Rill!

BIUGATOIV,OCTOBER 21.

70 THB BDITO.R OF THB ST.llt.

gee—I have of late noticed with concern feve.
rid letters in your Paper relative to the pay of
Subaltern Officers, and having ferved myfelf fome
time in that rank, I (hall be the lefs fufpeaed of inte.
refted motives in what I propofe offering to the con-',
fideration of the public. I have always regarded the
fubjea as one of too delicate a nature to be lightly
teuched upon, and too facred to be expored to vulgar
eyes ; but fo much has been laid, that it is ahfolutely
neceffary now to lay open the whole Winds, how-
ever one might be deterred by an hooch pride from
difclofing diuretics which, in the eye of the unfeeling
vulgar, may degrade a profeffion, the individuals of
which, like the peafant of Vefuvius, fnatch their fcan-
ty fullenance from the very jaws of death. lam per-
fealy convinced, that a certain generous and illuftri-
ous Perfonage has nothing fo much at heart as the
amelioration of the fubaltern's fituation. Promotion
now fucceeds his arrival at the top of the WI I could
enumerate many recent intlances of Lieutenants, ap-
pointed to companies, merely from their being fenior,
who had only ferved three orfour years. But the great
hardthip which never has been noticed is this, that the
rank of Enlign goes for nothing ; hundreds of offi-
cers have boys put over their heads, becaufe they
happen to be elder Lieutenants. There are at this
moment inflames of people being four or five years
Enfigns. As the date of the Lieutenantcy is all that
is confidered, when are they to expea promotion ?
The duty is the fame, and nothing can be fit grating
as to be fuperfeded, and commanded by a cub jolt
come from fchcol that never was out of his own coun-
try. I will allow the cruelty of an Enfign's fimation,
who has nothing but his pay, but I do inhift, that if
that rank was aboliffied, and the ferrite as faboliern
alone confidered, that every man would bear his fur-
ferings without a murmur.
I mutt of neceffity (peak of the Navy, and re•
mark, that the intervention of Government in their
favour only a forerunner of their liberality to the
Army—for it f llows, as a natural confequence, that
if the Lieutenant of the Navy cannot live on his pay,
the Subaltern mull Ram. Let. us draw a parallel,
the former has lodging for nothing, whillt the latrer
cannot put his head into any place under half-
a guinea a wetk ; the firft has rations of wine, duty
free, and a plain blue coat to wear, inttead of an
expenfive uniform ; half of the armyinan's pay is
fwallowed up by his mefs, and indeed 11. a week
for a man's dinner is not very extravagant. Wine
after dinner, except a pint twice a week for decency's
fake, when RI-angers dine at the mefs, is all he pof-
fibly can allow himfelf ; for a man cannot drink and
drefs too. He has then for a breakfaft, for a coat,
that will coil 181. for boots, Ste. tl. a week. Let
any man clofe the account.
The Lieutenant of the Navy has an opportunity oil
paging an examination, of diflinguifhing himfelf,
whit(' the Subaltern mutt jog on unnoticed, and un-
known, till the blockheads above are either knocked
on the head or otherwife provided for, he his talent's
what they may. Nor do I mention this from any
idea that Navy Officers have more than they me-
rit, but merely to Mk if their Rate of provifion be
jhort of what it (tumid be, what is the Rate of Sub-
alterns in the Army ? But the molt trying thing of
all, is this, to which all other things are light, the
fituation of the married man on his pay. Over their
honourable poverty I will drop au honea tear and be
filenr. There can be little doubt but that the increafe
of pay would be agreeable to all ranks ; but I much
fear, without fome limitation as to the number of years
fervice. the addition to the Civil Lilt would be too
great for Minidry to fupport.
I repeat, that the abolition of the rank of Enfign,
And the fervice of Subaltern only, would anfwer the
isnrpofe IA as well. •N OLD SUBALTERN.

Letters from 'Berlin, of the 12th Odober (late, that
they had received from Weimar the melancholy in-
telligence that his Serene Highnefs the reigning Duke
of Brunfwick Oels bad died there on the Bth of Odo-
her, in the 65th year of his age. In confequence of
the deceafe of the Duke of Brunfwick Ocls, Prince
William of Brunfwick loccceds to the Government
of the Principality of Oels.
An event, without example in the dramatic an-
nals, lately happened at a Theatre in a little town
in Franconia :—An Afior, playing the part of Pi.
rozzi, in the tragedy of Adelliaa, worked himfelf up
into fuch a frenzy, that, fancying himfelf the real
perfunage whom he rcprefented, be plunged a knife
into his breaft. Before he expired, be explained to
bis companions the caufe of his delirium.
Tuefday, a man in the employ of Mr. Hall, re-
finer, in Clerkenwell, fell down and inaantly expired.
On M•inday, at an evening fitting of the Magif-
Crates in Bow-arca, a curious charge u•as exhibited
by the celebrated 1)r. NlvEasascir agaird his wife,
for a violent expaino of the Du for from his own
hook, and not fufitiing him, on terms of the molt
vojtegai fielmilTroto to return to it. After the Magif-
crates had heard the cimplaints on both fides with as
much gravity as the nature of the cafe would admit,
they recimrnended the unhappy pair to retire into
an adjoining room, to reconfider their conduet, who
in about half an hour returned, and declared them-
'Ayes mutually rellored to their c9njugal felicity !
On Monday Mils F. applied at Bow-fireet, for a
warrant to apprehend a certain Barriller, in confe-
quence 4 his threatening to kill her on Sunday, and
bavittg (!elounced vengeance againft her at feveral
other times. On Toefilay he attended the Office • bat
-equeo, the Wind's was fiiffeted to Rand over
~ore day. We undertland the difpute origi-
jealouly, in conti.quence of the lady prefer-
le company of Major Semple to that of the

RAMSt;II77, OCTOII n.

The report which my letter of yellerday convey-
ed, relp,aing the juneinn of the Guards with the
Hanoverian, in the expedition about to depart from
this place, is now confirmed. Several battalions, I
have been well drum!, are under embarkation or-
ders, and will march in here tomorrow or the fbi-
lowing day, for that put pole.

The Panics, arm in arm with the Duke of Karts.,
attended the parade of the South Gloucefler Militia,
on Marlborough Steyne, laft night. The military,
in confequence of their Royal Highneffes being pre-
fent, in addition to their dual parade praftice, went
through the whole of the platoon and manual cur-
dle ; and afterwards, in open and dote column, to
orderly and quick time, paffed the Royal Brothers
in review order, both of whom fpolce in warm terms
of the 'kill difplayed by the veterans on this occa-
Ron. Earl BERKELEY gave the word of command.
Many fpeftators, of the firft rank and falhion, were
prefent, and many carriages were drawn up at the
extremities of the Green. The parade over, a feleEl
patty were entertained by the Princes at the Pavi-
lion, among whom were, Count STAHREMBERG, the
Imperial Ambaffador, who has been here about two
days; Barons LINSLEGEN and EDEN ; Count Beau.
puns, Lord and Lady Maxim/awe, the Mardi°.
neft of DOWNSHIRE, Sir CHARLES BAMFYLD!, &C.
&c. The melodies of the Prince's Band enlivened the
vicinity of the Steyne until midnight ; and, about an
hour after, the Duke of Kew— took leave of his
Royal Brother, and in his travelling chariot fet off
to return to the metropolis. The firft divition of the
firft Somerfet Militia (to which Sir C. W. BAMFYLOS
is attached) marched through this place or. Satur-
day for Lewes. The lath foot, commanded by.the
Earl of CHATHAM, took poffeffion of the barracks
at Lewes on Thurfday and Friday la R. The name
of the Quarter-matter of the tit, or King's Dragoon
Guards, who loft his life between Shoreham and
Worthing, on Monday night, was Coltman. The
Prince, for a short time, was on the Steyne tc-day.
The Marchioneffes of DOWNSHIRE and Wer.xast.sr,
the Duchefs Da PIENNE, Lord and Lady Mst.
BouarcE, Lord and Lady LESLIE, Earl and Conntefs
Ccsamowe, Mrs. FITZHERBERT, Earl and Countefs
BERKELRY, Lord Di/aster, Earl CRAVEN, the
blooming and accomplithed Mifs WATKINS, and
many elegant Belles, Barons LIMENGEN and Etna,
Count BEAUJOLOIS, Mr. PoWELL, and all the world
of faihion at prefent here, have been on the rides
and walks to-day.
Ocr. 22.—This morning the 111, or King's Dra-
goon Guards, were reviewed near Hollingbury Cat-
tle Hill, by General Gm. Many failtionable fpec•
tators were prefent in barouches, landaus, landaulets,
curricles, Sce., Lord LESLIE was with a numerous
group of equeftrians. Mrs. FITZHERRERT, we hear,
as Coon as her health is a little eftablifhed. removes
from this place to Richmond. The Coroner's Jury
on the recent chocking affair at Friar's Oak, we hear,
have returned a vet di& of Wilful Murder. The
wretched woman flill continues in a very dangerous
(late at the Inn. The Pc ince has recently purchafed
a large piece of ground, to the north of this place,
of Mr. STAMFORD, of Prelton, which his Royal
Higlinefs, we hear, intends immediately to have en•
clored.

The Conflables, and afterwards the Grand Jury,
were then (worn to make prefentments, &c. in the
ufual form ; after which
Mr. MAINWARING (poke thus I have no de-
fire to fay any thing to the Jury, but I with to fay a
few words to officers belt re you all feparate. I have
oliferved a very great want of regularity in atten-
dance in this Court in feveral of the officers, whole
duty it is to attend upon the Sellionc. I underhand
Come of the Bailiffs t•f the different Divific,ns think it
fufficient for them to fend fomebody to cry nut
• Here,' when their names are called over, intlead of
attending themfelves ; this they expea to anfwer for
their not being prefent : that will not do—it is their
duty to attend ; perhaps from the falfe lenity of the
Court, fume perfons expert that a relaxation in its
duties is taking place : thus things are getting into a
wrong train ; the duties mull be better executed in
future ; and it mull be node:4l°nd, that all officers
whatever, whofe duty it is to attend this Court, (hall
do fo, at lean twice in the year, in whatever part of
the country they,rnay happen to live ; they may come
here to anfwer at leaff to their names, from their fe-
veral ditiritts and jurifdielions, and fubmit to the or-
der of the Court, after they have publithed their tea-
foes for being excufed ; but here is a great want of
attendance to-day : in the fire place, here is no pro-
per Sheriff prefent ; one of the principal Sheriffs
thould be here, or at lean his acknowledged Deputy,
together wi.h all the Bailiffs, and many other offi-
cers, who are not here to prove they have fummoned
others to attend, who are alfo ablent. but who cannot
he fined for want of fuck proof. The Court
therein: e, have it underilood, that all perfons (hall
be fined whofe duty it is to attend, if they do not
perform that duty for there is a orange relaxation
creeping in upon us, and we mutt take care that we
have proper offcers to do the butinefs of the Court."
The Riot Aft, and the Royal Proclamation for
fupporting piety and virtue, and difcouraging vice,
profanenefs, and immorality, &c. were read in the
anal form ; and the Court adjourned to Monday
next, to the Seffions Houfe, Clerkeuwell Green.

Bow-mum—LA night a Naval hero, who is
Captain of a man of war, and the brother of a No-
bleman, was brought before the Magifirates, from
the boxes of Covent Garden Theatre, where he had
been licking up a row He was charged with vio-
lently airmilting a youth of fourteen, the fnn of a re-
fpeftahle Citizen in Coleman-fireet, who was alfo at
the Theatre, and now accompanied his fon to the
Office. The Noble Commander had evider.tly been
upon a Bacchanalian eruize in the mirk of the even•
I ing, and had taken in a full cargo of the Tufean juice,
as his upper worir were a good deal deranged ; in en-
deavouring to make way, he had heeled gunnel to at
every tad ; he was towed into the Office between
two of the Bow- ftrcet runners with fome difficulty,
and had fcareely been on board the good fhip jujicia,
when lie endeavoured to affume the whole authority
of the quarter deck. The first falute to the Bench was
a whole broallide of donne and Rafe, offered to lox the
Magillrate, or any man in the room for a thoufand;
fwore great gum, that if he had with him his Firit
Lientenant and his Boatfwain, they three would
clear the deck: of every man there in two minutes, if
the &b/ rs were twice as numerous as they were.

On Monday afternoon Mr. lilac, the Under Se-
cretary of State, Sir EVAN NEPRAN, Dr. Mos 3, and
fix othtr Gentlemen, attended Sir RICHARD FORD,
at the Public Office, Bow-Ilteet, when Sir RICHARD
explained to them the whole procefs of concluding
bufinefs at this celebrated office, and likewife the
mode of confining the prifoners at the Brown Bear
public•boufe. Afterwards Sir RICHARD entertained
the party with a friendly dinner at his honk.

The Magiftrate, however, not being in a boxing
humour, nor probably in training to meet fuch an an-
tagonift in his own way, begged leave to propofe a
eontre-projet for deciding the bufinefs, aad was pro-
ceeding to examine the charge againft the gallant
Commander ; but this gave rife to a new buftle, and
he infifted, as an officer and a gentleman, on a pri-
vate examination, and that all the " lubberly lons
of bitches prefent" mull go out of the room. In
this, however, he was not indulged, and the Bow-
ftreet Officer who law the alfault proceeded to give
his tellimony, as well as he could, under a tremen-
' dons difcharge of oaths, intermixed with threats of
gangways, round dozens. and doable irons. The Officer
'fated, that the Captain had been extremely riotous
in the Theatre, to the annoyance of the whole audi-
ence, and that he had violently affitulted a lady in
one of the boxes, who, from a very coarfe illuftration
ip the Captain's own phrafe, it feemed was an old
Cyprian acquaintance, oho *anted to allure him to
alreth engessemeut, which he declined. He was there-
fore forcibly taken from his moorings in the boxes, and
in his way affaulted every one he met, and annongft
others .the youth who now came forward.
The Captain was AM vociferous and unruly.—
Finding, however, that he could not bring his guns
to an effedual bearing in this way, he put about on
t'other tack, and propoled to fettle the matter with
the Migittrate over a bottle of Madeira. The Ma.
giftrate, however, objeaed to any dccifion by the in-
fluence of grape floe. The Captain again Itormed,
laid it was only a drunter; fro& ; but the Magilirate,
paying no deference to this plea of jure de vine, order-
ed the Captain into the billeet at the Brown Bear.
A young Midfhipman was committed on Monday
from Bow-Itreet, charged on oath with committing
live forgeries, to defraud as many different perfons.

Thurfday lall, as John Davy, a fhoemalfer, wts
fording Belie-bridge River, near Chifleborough, So.
nferfctlhire he went out of bis depth, and was
drowned, leaving a large family to lament his fate.
Ott Sunday evening, the 20th instant, the eaten
five paper-mills of Mr. Charles Hamerton, of \Vandf-
worth, Northamptonfhire, took fire, and before any
affiftance could be procured, the whole of the build-
ings, with the dwelling-houfe adjoining, together
with the flock and furniture, were entirely confunted.
Mr. Hamerton unfortunately had a very large flock
of paper in the mills when the me'.ancholy accident
took place, and was at the time in London, for the
purpofe of difpofing of the fame.

Monday morning, as a gentleman's groom was
riding art high•fpirifed h trfe, from his mailer's, at
Bay'Water, the animal ran away with him, down
Oxford-street, whet e he met the Oxford itav coach,
which the attempted to run between and the liand of
hackney•coaches ; but ran against the flag e. broke
his leg, and, by falling en the groom, broke his kg
all.), in a (hocking manner ; the horfe was immedi
ately killed.
A few days ago, as a man was repairing a well
rope for two buckets, in Ann-Iteer, Birmingham,
one of the buckets, by chance, fell into the water, in
confeqnence thereof, the rope maker contented to go
down to fetch it up ; but when he had nearly reach-
ed the top, the chain broke, and he was precipitated
25 yards down again. This misfortune was only the
forerunner of another as deplorable, for the poot
man being drawn almolt up to the top, the chain
again unfortunately broke, and he was a fccond time
hurled to the bottom. Molt providentially, however,
the man efcaped without any broken limbs, end is
now in a fair way of rec Jerry.

11111YDLESEX SESSISATS. FCCLegfASTICAL PROMOTIO
Yeller ray the Rev. neorge (?reig, late of the "1"..,b,r.r.!:
inelloch, was admitted Pallor of the New Inatem,!ret i•
Sandi Peeibyterian) Meeting, Crown-eour,
Yefterday a Comt was held of the. Middlefex
ter &Mons, in Gad King:ftreet, for the pure fuceelfor to the Km jams Steven.
pole (wearing in- the Grand jury, and silo the
High and Petty Conftables of the different Divificasa On Monday, in Grofvenor-fquare, the r'l or J..zies Law ,!!,
of the County, when a number of abfentees were fin- Eifi of a fm•
g, at kw fh'
ed, the Chairman, Mr. Matawaltwo, declaring he the M__Tudn'
Ityefins C.Tunilfinn ,ham, of Lord a
f ip s hoa:e in
on. • ar‘c•"
was determined to enforce a due attendance. On oil the 14th instant, in Portland place, Lady Henry Stuart., of
calling over the name of a Conftable who was not a daughter.
prefent, it appeared, that the Sheriff's Officer whole ---
duty it was to have fummoned him, was alto ab.
fent, upon which the Chairman olsferved, it was im-
poffible to fine the conflable for non-attendance, with-
out proving that he had been fummoned ; as the
Shetiff's Officer was not prefent to give an account
of that matter, the only regular comfe for the
Court to take was, that of concluding the conflable
had not been fummoned, which was to be confidered
a: neglell of duty in the Sheriff, and therefore the
Court fined the Sheriff in this cafe, for the non-atten-
dance of the confiable.
In another inftance of the abfence of a Conflable,
a perfon flared that he attended a Court Leet ; on
which the Chairman laid, " I defire, that attendance
upon a Court Leet may not, in future, as it is alma
perpetually, be made an excufe for not attending this
court. This is the King's Court, and it is the duty
of its officers t's attend it, in preference to any infe-
rior Court. Let this perfon be fined, as a letfun to
all others who have the fame duties."
A third infiance of abfence was the cafe of a con-
liable, who was dated to be a pilot, who was obliged
to go this morning to bring a chip into dock, or lofe
his employment. The Chairman Paid—'• He may
come and Itate this excufe himfelf hereafter, but we
, mull not take thefe look excufes in the first itiftatice
from third perfans."
Mr. Mellifh, the Contraftnr, &fired to be excufed
from ferving on the Grand Jury, on account of his
being already fo much engaged in the public fer
vice. which he was accordingly, the Chairman ob-
ferving, " that unlefs Mr. Mellith was allowed to at-
tend his other public Wines, inftead of fervii g on
juries, many of his Majefty's Naval Forces might be
Itarved."

• 1144AR1ED.
On the asth ult. Mr. lobo Venning, merchant at St. Peterlburg,
to Mite Meybohm, slaughter of lonics Meybohm, Efq. of that eby.
On Monday the atit infant, at Adcworth Church, by the etre,
Wm. Horton, George Pollard, jun. lifq. of Ore.-01...1,year Halifax,
YorkOitre, to Mlfs Horton, only daughter of the Rev. l'hoinas
Horton, of Hundhill, near Pontdrad.
Lately, at Belfaft, Edward Cleaver, Jun. Efq. of Nurringtni.,
Yorkfbire, to Mifs Emily Webfter, third daughter of the late
ben Walter, Efq. and niece to tlw late Sir Galfrey
Bart. Battle Abbey, Suffer.
At Chlddingly, Mr. George Ranger, of Laughttm, :red 71, tot
Mrs. Mary Page, widow, aged 63.
On the ith initant, at Clifton Church, J. Y. Fewne.. !Ai
Ouildford-ltreet, London, to MIS Curti, eldcft 1' ll' t
late Edward Curtis, Efq. of IVlardyke-houfe, near ;.iett 4.

DIED.
' Monday fe'nnlght, at his !Knife at lilington, in the 73th y,ar of
hii age, Thomas Shirley, Ffq.
Om Friday morning, at his partner's honk. at Waltv..etti,
Smith, Efq. of Southwark, hop.rnerchant tomtit fon of Mr. Al-
der.ra t Smith, of Yosk.
Frhlsy !aft, at Fgham, in the 73d year of his age, the Rev. Jasom
Liptrott, Vicar of that parifh upwards of 33. pars.
On the lath initant, in Golden-faoare, Mils Jetty Douglas,
youngeft daughter of the late David Douglas, Efq. of Dumfriefitire.
On the tsth Auguft, on his paffage from Jamaica, Capt Kay,
of the John Bull.
On the 16th Auguft, on his pale from Jamaica, Capt. David
Aikin, of the ihip A dive.
Suddenly, by a fill from his gig, at Ferry Carrigg, going from
Fonikorthy to Wexford, Yr. Jahn Mallerfon.
At Charles Fort, Kinfale, Enfign Alexander Robertion, olds
32d ReTiment.
Thurfday lalt, Lieutenant Hugla Maclean, of the 9oth regiment.
He was burled in the Garrifon Chapel, l'ortfinouth, on Sunday,
with military honours.
Wedneflay fe'unight, the hodyof Mr. James M•Donnotteh, late
purfer of' Ibis Majefty's ftip Experiment, was waCied on flume at
Southf, a Leach. It Is fuppofed he fell aceidanally overboard.
On Wednefday fennight, after a few days Uncle, Mn. Second,
the finger.
Tuefday fe'nnight, in the soth year of his age, havin!, only ar-
rived from the Welt Indies on Mornay night, Captain Thomas
Ritfon, of Liverpool.

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