Star.
London, England, 1805-04-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF 7HE STAR.

Dubtfn, dor.
A report has lately been very prevalent that the
army were to have the benefit of an Increafe to their
pay, a Meafurethis, which it adopted by our Govern-
meat; mutt be attended with the happieft advantage
to indisiduils and the community at large. I ant' fo
forcibly (truck with the jullice and neceffity of filch a
ftep, that at this particular juncture I would will to
he an hunible flapper to our refpefted Reprefenta-
tivei in the Senate.—After a fevere conteß Of ten
years, during which period the army acquired that
deferred praife and that diflinguifbed honour, which
the courage; gallantry, and fortitude, dirolayed on Co
many oceafioas and the refult of thei rental cam-
paigns fo fully entitled them to, they find themfelves
again called on to defend their country, to gain fiefit
conquells, and to add an increafed luflre to our be-
loved country; at the found of Invafion the heart of
elicit tardier burns with a generous fire, and pants
for the opportunity of trampling on the deluded
enemy. If an expedition be in agitation, with what
joy out army looks forward to the event, how eagerly
they expel the time when they may once more leap
on the hoftile fhore, carry deftrudion into the thick.
eft ranks of their oppofers, and by affault or florin,
gain another glorious eidery r nor is this the lan-
guage of Mon ;—ls Egypt forgotten Is Holland
forgotten ? where, notwithftanding the numberlefs
dill-6116a which oppofed bur troops, to the greater
part of whom the field:of battle was a novel fcene,
and the great ruperimity In numbers of the enemy's
veteran forces, viftory attended our arms in every.
attack—is St. Lucia forgotten ?on the contrary, do
riot there fcenes live npoh the memory, and does not
the tecolledion of them gladden the heart of every
Englifitman ? And what ftimulates our army to there
heroic ads What invites our young men even in
early infancy, to quit the lap of fond paternal care,
and mix in fcenes of blood, and to offer themfelves a
willing facrifice to their country, if Paovtozucs
fhould fo appoint ? What induces many, on whom
fortune may not &oils, to give the whole .of their
little patrimony in the purchafe of a Commiffion,
and others who can boaß no intereft but the welfare
of their country, to mortgage at a heavy difadtan-
cage, their final! eftater, to procure themfelves a Rep
of-rank, when it is confidered that no fituation in the
army affords a provifion to an officer, and that it is
impoffible for them to fupport themfelves on their
pay, in the very profeffion they have purehafed at fo
dear a rate ? My reply is their ooze twirls lasidawseve
ismontfis erode, invites them to fuch great and glorious
efts ; but fhould this be confidered •an adequate re•
turn for their feivices, by thole who owe them fo
much ? Should they be allowed to bear the limns
and whips" of poverty, who ace at a moment ready
(even as a matter of conrfe) to offer up their lives in
defence of their country i rhe pay of the 'army has
not been increafed, I believe; fume the,reign of
Cumuli I. I need not fay how ample an income
might have been efleemed then, which is now found
to be inconfiderables many might have juftly •faid,
a 8 Can Honour fet to a leg, or an at'm, or take away
the grief of a wound."A---Yet too generous to utter
a complaint, though they have fourtd Mars an un-
kind patron, they have continued to fcrve him faith.
hlly the horizon, however, now feems to offer a
more favourable afped, and our Goiernment appear
to be of opinion, that the zealous, faithful fervices of
the army, merit a more gracious return, than a
fli-
pend infnfficient to procure them the bare necelTaats.•
oralife. I Rrongly recommend them not to lore a
moment in putting it in execution; if the officers of
the army have acquitted themfelves nobly and ha
nourably, when receiving fo fmafi an income, will
they not perform wonders when they find themfelves
poffelled of a comfortable fortune ? in every profer•
lion but the army wealth may be acquired by zeal
and fludious attention, and the fpring and rummer of
life may lay up a fufficient lime for the autumn and
winter : but, an individual not poffeffed of intereft,
or money, may wade through the army for thirty
or forty yeary end feel the revere preffure of want
in the autumn of his days ; at this interefting period
tits, when we may have fo long a battle to fight.—
How neceffary is it to confider thole who play fo
great a part? If the mere hint of fuch an event tak.
tog place has already given fuch (pinks to the army,
what may we not expect from its reality ? what gra-
titude, what joy, what conftancy and fervour would
glow in every borone ! and is this too mach to ex-
pel? nay, have not their fervices a right to de-
mand it.
Let Minitlets confider this, and I will venture to
predia that the adoption of fuch a Rep will be at-
tended with the happieft cemfequences; that the na-
tion will hail it with delight; and that our. beloved
Sovereign will never have reafon to repent his gra-
Mons aequitfuence to a sneafure fo Wadable, which
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