Star.
London, England, 1806-01-22 00:00:00

fCCLISi•STIC.

IV 7HE EDI76R OF THE STAR.

Sia—Hargng fern in your valuable Paper, fume
Oat ohfervations on the filtration of Subalterns, on
full pay in the army, and the almodimoollibility, ham
the precast price of provifions, to fupport thetufelves,
according w their rank in life from their pays per-
mit me, Sir, to (peak a few words in relation to Stl•
balsams on half-pay : thufe who have fpent their
blond and belt days in the ferrite of their country,
and have a tight to look up to that country which
they have fettred, if not for a crinfortable retreat
in their age and infirmities, at lead for a competent
proviiinn, or an abfence from total want. The half-
.pay of a Subaltern does not exceed 401. per annum.
I afk you, Sir, from the prefent rate of hcufe rent,
and price of provifions, is it pollible for any Subal•
tern, upon half-pay, even it he be a (Ingle man,
to fupport hitnfelf on 401. per annum, with the
moll diaant appearance of a Gentleman, to which
hit cornmiffion ranks him, and to which he has a
claim on his country for fuppott, equal to that rank
in which his country placed him when hie youth and
courage made him one of her defenders? It it be
not poffible for a Subaltern, on half-pay, who is a
fingle man, to fupport hiattelf on 401. per annum,
what can be faid Of thole who have wives and fami•
lies ? and many there are in that dreadful predica•
meat, anteing with want and &Mel's, filvntly
bemoaning that ardour of yobth which has brought
on them poverty and dithers in infirm old are. An
Officer, on halt-pay, is debarred from holding any
other office in the State, upon penalty of being
(truck off the half-pay lilt. Is there, Sir, a mecha
nic or a labourer, who can fupport a wife and fami-
ly with 401. per annum, even allowing for the trifle
which his wife and children may earn, exclulive of
his labour ? Certainly not; the mechanic nr labourer
mull get more by his labour, or the deficiency mull
he made up by the parish to which he belongs, and
that upon the wifelt principle ; that where a man la
hours, the deficiency of necenty, in fupport of him
and his family,nnght to be made up by them who have
the advantage of his labour. The country at large
lave had che advantage of the labour of Subalterns,
halfpay ; that half-pay is prnfetTedly inadequate
u bare exillence. Subalterns have (Pent their blood
and bell days in the let vice of their country, and
that country is bound by every tye of gratitude to
provide, that her gallant defenders fhould not 6e
deferted and forfaken at the time when they molt
want filcher and luccour in their old age and infirmi-
ties. I am, Sir, • cons MIT ILIADRIL.
Machine% Kent, Jan. t 9, ,sc6.

On Friday fe'nnight, a boy at Eckingtrin, in Der.
bythinkcharged an old piliol barrel (which was naikd
to a piece of wood) with gunpowder, and placing it
upnn the ground, he applied a hot poker to the
priming ;--the piece burg, and (truck him with loch
/once under his ear as to occalion his inilant death.

At the Nike Room, Guildhall, Tuefday, John
Hawkins, a journeyman copperplate printer, in the
anapiny of Mr, George Wimps, of Plough.court,
Fetter-Lane, wa► charged with leaving his work un-
&rinsed. He was committed to Bridewell for one
' month.

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Pusi.tc Orrice, Marttaciaovow.Svatsv..—Tuef
day a Serjeant in the Marines, of the name of Sher
wick, was charged with defrauding publicans, by
means of tinged billets.
The defendant, it appeared, was hired for the re-
cruiting fervice, without bring attefted a foldier ; and,
by having in his poffellion a beating order, he wa.
enabled to carry on the depredations complained of
to a great extent. He was deteEled at the Coffee.
haute, in Chalton-fireet, Somers Town, where he
Indented a biller, and requelled to be paid our, but
Mr. Mills, the landlord, was acquainted with the
handwriting of Black, the billeting conitable, and
the impolition. was difeovered. It appeared by the
Itatement of Mr. Niel, another conllable, who printed
the billets, that on his featching the prifoner,• he
found leveral billets on Irm not filled up, which were
printed by fume other perfon. He had made in.
.
quiry in order to afcertain riv: extent of the import.
I.tion complained of, and he fund it to be very gene
cal, paruculaily where landlords paid their foldiers
oat. The widow drew his fword, and att..rupted
feveral cuts at Nicl, the officer, on being taken into
cullody, Lut it was at length wrefled from him. The
prifontr WAi committed for trial.
Yesterday Henry• Waits, a young mar, drelted in a
faffiionable dyle, was charged, at Marlborough-fireet
office, with healing a quantity of plate, in the dwell-
ing bottle of Mrs. Welkini, No. 53, South Malmo.
thee'. The prifoner, accompanied by another per.
Am, went to the honk in quellion on Monday, and
tequelled of Mrs. Welkiits tes give them a fight of the
vat tnients the had to let. They were condulled up
flairs, and after viewing the drawing-room for lime
time, they expreflA a with to view the fecond floor
rooms.. The prit:nser intimated this, which was no
limner dime, than his companion hallencd up liatirs, and
Mrs. W. who was on her guard, hollowed, there being
much property While the was proceeding
ap ftairs, the heard plate jingle in the drawing.room,
and being placed in a lititation, in which it was, dif.
&oh to jndge.how to have her property, the cond.
need en the ihrirs, and obferved the prifoner run of.
She followed him, and the other efeaped. The psi.
loner getting into the fireet, ran into a coffee-houlei
and immediately returned into the Steer, having left
his dri‘b fur:out coat, and appeared anxious to know
what was the caulk of die outcry: His perfon, how.
ever, was identified, and he was taken into culiody
with a quantity of plate in his poffeilion. The pri-
loner was remanded fur another elimination, to give
perfons who have been robbed in a Cusilar Durum
an opportunity of bring Pin.

.I_IAVII daScated to OS Rudy, sod pet I
maid by the Mee praCtice in that branch
which I thought proper to fele% I NIA that I have not mare mf
employed my time than thole whs, r ItYr extenfive field of lb.
profelfion, are oecaConally lounarlei Is, uncertainty, and rennet
always attain that (needs which is Required iy eaosentniting
buena:hal power to one elate of diroWem
The &Calm of Dniurr are peculiarly slanting, for the.
bobtg with than attain of concomitant fraptonts and, by a d•
peaks 91 all vital energy, evidence Well become embittered
Whether they arlfe front the prevaler.,a of example, theCutrue
dye habits of reboot boys, or the in.tugre nem of maturity. ch.:• re
quire the moil afii forms profrelonal firfll ; hut by the ignorance
of unaltuatml mat, the fyirtptoana are aggravated, an,. t; s coon
tudon is daatoyed
As a bAltlifiEßß of the ROYAL COLLIGIiaI SUR 0 HON@
I ground my pretensona on regularity of aducadon? and poff,ifing
every privilege to praettce I 'eel reyfelf entitled to that cJnfidenc
with which !have hitherto been n'iiherany honoured.
In the OM Nadine* of local wakes* early appticatioo will
pretreat the ea/amity of a debilitated frame; but where the in•
ler from a con'clatenefs of the numanliners of the vice whist.
cast•tvl his trnsfortuue is fearful of the cm:tempt or cenfitre of las
funny phyficim and broods ova his Infirmity with carets, on.
cosimmt it mud be &Hew:tory for hint to be allured not only of
capahLtty of treatment hot a:fo of the molt inviolable frerecy.
AnJ in react Venereal Complaints it is pollible to prey in rls
danger or alters ; In the molt I edits it Is th- acquire
tn••t of mcluive er. • -Haw.: Is Hoe to tied a iat, can&
ant (reedy re-estabiallazont.
I offer 'he advantage at C`ts esidatence to tale of either •er who
are afilicted with any bind of Dobi,,,rrif, of any femytascs
lIFECTION, and it all edam the terms or rano
litletkll are fisted cm the full Interview.

Paetnti in tLe country are elpeatKl to trebles B•.nk owe, and
we e-quette4 to fpeolfy their age and wanner of Wring.
IirVILTIN MARY,
Metate-r of the Roial Criaege of Surgeoim is Laud a'
We sp •rustleterst, Strand, oat Temple Bar.

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