Star.
London, England, 1805-07-16 00:00:00

TO TNB EDITOR OF 7 Hit 3711.

Sir—Yon liave already,in various inflances, proved
yourfelf a zealous and fincere friend to the Officers
of the Bri,illi army, by (hewing to the nation at
large, their manifold fufferings, borne without a
murmur for a feries-of years, owing to the exorbi-
tant advance in price of every article, they mutt ne-
ceffarily and unavoidably cunfume as well in clothing
as meffing.
I now beg leave to Rate far public information,
and more particularly for the information of the
Right Hon. and Hon. Members of the Imperial Par-
liament, the rates which a Regiment is meffed at.
and which. Regiment has ever Rudied a degree of
ceconomy not exceeded by any other Corps, nig.
Dinner, final beer, waiter, and waffling, aa. ad. per day.
One-third of a bottle of Port wine, at aa. aced.
Break aft - Cs. acd.
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Supper cannot afford ono
Total as. ad.
I have a fon, who has the honour to hold his Ma-
Commiffion as Enfign, for which Commiffion
I two years ago paid 4001. Britifh. The emolument
he derives from it is 41. Bd. per diem, fubjea to in-
come tax and many other dedutions.
Government is pleafed to allow an Officer 6s. a-
week in lieu of lodging-money, when not in barracks,
which is by no means adequate. No officer can re-
ceive loch accommodation under los. a-week, and ge-
nerally fpeaking, the price paid for lodging is so.
per week.
Officers were induced to hope the Income Tax
would have been repealed, at the late meeting of Par-
liament : inflead of their hopes being realized they
have to lament a further drawback from their pay, by
the addition of If per cent. on property. Officers were
much more comfortably fituated half a century ago
than at the prefent per iod, though ao additional Ilia-
hng a-day was gracioufly granted a few years lince
within my own memory a Regiment has been well
meffed at the following rates :
Dinner, Beer, Waiter, and Walling, is. ed. per day.
Otie third of a Bottle of Part, o aid.
Breakiitt, • 0 6d.

Total a lop.
In thole days an Enfign had 3s. tld. per day, not
fubjeft to Income Tax, and after dedueling his mef.
ling of as. told. left him a balance of is. 90. a day.
I hope I have now clearly thevin the difference between
the prefent and former times, and that every unbi.
afed nailer will fay, officers' conditions ought to
be bettered.

There are many gallant officers now in both
Houfes, who know that this is i datement founded
on faels, and thould any one of them be pleafed
to fuggell an increafe of psy, he would be unani.
moufly fupported; and I am confident the nation
would with chearfulnefs contribute the means of car.
rying the fame into effeet.
I mull alfo add, and call to the recolleßion of
many of your Readers, the prices paid by Govern.
ment to liters. mafom, carpenters, and other claire.
of tradelmen employed in the crating of barracks,
&c. particularly in England. They had from 41.
to 6+. a day each. and the overfeers of thofe
works had about a guinea a day each.
The penfions of many individuals have been aur
mented. and the clerks in many of the public de.
partments, civil and military, and even the clerks
in banking and mercantile honks, have had their la-
larks increafed.

The Surgeons of the Army have lately had an in•
creafe of pay—to wit : a furgeon, 14s. a day, with
an allowance of Is. 6d. a day for a horfe.. The 14.
(Want furgeons have is. 6J. a day allowance for •
horse, and ys. 6d. a day as net pay. Now -
the miferable (Upend of an Enfign with the
furgeon's pay, firft taking into confiderac
pact of thoEnfign's commilfiun, 4001.
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