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From the LONDON GAZETTE.
WHEN Mr. Pitt (Lord Chatham) was
' appointed to the office of Paymaster
of the Forces, he found it had*been cuftoma
-7y to have 100,000].generally lie inthe hands
of the Paymaster ; which, in the times of
some in that office, used to be laid cut in
government fecurities,that brought 3 or4ecol
per annum, raore or less, into their private
purses ; but when Mr, Pitt went into this
department, he placed whatever sums of mo
ney belonged to the office in the Bank,where
they might be ready for public fervice,with
out ever appropriating any part of it to his
private use. He neverput one shilling into
ahe funds, nor ever availed himfelf of any in
terest arising from. public monies at his dis
posal ; but was fatisfied with, and never
%flched more than, the legal appointment.
¥ hen the parliament granted subsides to the
King of Sardina, and the Queen of Hungary,
payable at his office, half per cent. or more,
used to be taken on the whole subsidy, as a
Serq‘uifite of office. This Mr. Pitt refufed,
‘hich would have come to a large sum, as
the grants at that time to both the Igowers
were very considerable. When the King of
Sardinia was told this, he could nat help ex
praffing his furprize at such an inflance of
disinterestedness, and therefore ordered his
_agent to offer the fame {fum, as a royal pre
sent, to Mr, Pitt, who had before refufed it
2s a perquisite. His answer to this was,
sthat as the parliament had granted thoie
sums for such uses, he had no right to any
part of the money ; that he did no more than
-his’ duty, in payir;fé it entire ; and .hoped
¢the refufal of the King's present upon that
oecafion would notgive cffence.” When
Aaie Sardinian Majesty heard this, he {zid,
s« Syrely this Englifboman is somewhat more than
e 2 S L Sl
From the LonpoN CoURANT, of Offeber 25,
\ : 7 'To the Peinten, :
\ AVING observed in your paper a few
H days since a seemingly artless and most
ciedgible letter, representing the miserable
condition of Mr. Laurens in the tower, as be
ing\in danger of perishing through want of
the'common sustenance of life, give me leave
io pré pafe a few questions, no less interefiing
to the\ cause of humanity, than te the honor
‘and in‘ereft of our country. '
~ Is the-eany provision by law for the main
tenancz of the Siate prisoners, as well as
tlinfe who are in the ordinary confinement
ot the {everal prifens ?
Is it jult orhonorable thata prisoner fthould
be Jest 1o fiarve, after he is flript of the means
ot purchasing the neceflaries of life, because
' hye has the honor to be confined in the Tower
.ignflondon 7. ;
J: it worthy of a great nation to wreak an
cmpfy revengs on an individual for their
own foolifh dismemberment of their empire ?
\W.e!d it not be prudent to confider the
probable tate ci Leord Rawdon, or Lord
Cornwallis, left the injuries of this respected
American thould alight upon the heads of
_our gallant officers ?
Waald it not be worthy of the lovers of uni
ver{ai justice to make a subscription for the
relief nf the unfortunate geml‘eman,who has
horpe so high a rank, ’riil he shall either be
yeleafed from confinement, or brought to an
equiiable trial by jury which is the grand
priviledge of all who are amenable to this
government ? HOMO SUM.
Oasher 27. It {aid, that Me. Pivfideat Laurens
Kath written a very cemplaifant letter to Governor
Johafle e 1o by, thad thro.gh his, the Governor’s
influence, he exa=fls, firce ke is here, ¢ to have the
privilecs of coming out among us, and {eeing the
gountry, for that facre are many in Engiand whose
. yirgues ha admires far above Greck or Roman names,
whom he should be very glad to tell his children
shoat i but thar the Govercor hath sot yet returned
on 2 (wer. Lifboo affairs in the Court of Admiralty,
. McCartpey’s aff-irs 1o the India Fleufe, having,
2.3} yery laiely engrofizd the whole of the Governor’'s
aieniios : and vow of late preparations for going out
1a commenc to [ndia, or 10 the Texel, have ceme
ppon him wiil equel oreffure ; {o that it remairs
g ite vrcertsin whea Mr. l@urans may be permitied
to sec 15é coumr). gk
LO®NDON, Ofober 20.
The following uncommeon initance of gra
titude deserves publication : —About iour
years ago, as a lady and her servant was re
turning from a visit late In the evening, at
the corner of one of the Courtsin the Strand
the saw a great croud, which was occasioned
by theconftables who came to apprehend the
unhappy women who infefted those places..
The lady was obliged to stop ’till the mob a
little dispersed ; when 10 her great surprise,
a pretty young creature broke loose from
one of the constables, and threw herfeit
at her feet, imploring her, in a mofl pathetic
manner, to proteét her, fajing, ¢lndecd,
Madam, T am not bardensd in vice ; I was
once the delight of my parerts, as much as
you may be of your’s.” The lady was
much moved,and happening not to be so out
rageously virtuous as to deny her pity to a
poor fallen, fellow creature, asked the name
of the magistrate before whom she was to be
carried. Tt being one the lady was acquainted
with, the procured her discharge that night ;
and, on making proper enquiry into her af
fairs,found her to be a well educarted person,
and that a little money, properly applied,
would pay her debts, and eniable her to get
a genteel living by painting fan mounts.
The Lady was soon after obliged to'leave
England, and-thought no more ot the affair,
About twelve months ago, however, she re
ceived 2 parcel, containing 2 beauiiful piece
of chiniz, and several other things of value,
with the following ketter
¢ Madam,
¢ Youmay remiember 2 poor Creature yon
{astched from infamy; she isnow the wife
of a very worthy and wealthy gentleman 3
she begs your acceptance of this small token
of her gratit#le : ~=She signs nonime, sos
ohvious reasons. ,
PRI L AD R L P H lA,
3 AN ORDINANCE |
Far af?zlei;!g the O dinance alceriaining awhat Cg';-
: tuves om Water froll e lawful
EV HERE A S there hath besa prest variance
v in the decisions of icveral mantime Courtd
withio the United States, concarnipy the pretensions
of veflais cleiming a fiare es pris-s, 85 beizg in fight
at the time of egptere ; foms havisg adjndged that
the mere eircumftance of being.in fight wis a fuf
ficient foundation of title, while others have rrqaired
preof of a mose ative influence: And whercas ihis
incorvenience heth erifen from the want of an uni
form rale of determisa-ion in such cases
Ba it therefore ordained by the United States in
Congeels assembled, that no thare ot any prize shall
be ecjudged to a veilal being ia fight a 1 the time sf
captu e, unlels the (aid vessel thall have been abls,
al the time when the captured veflel fruck to throw a
that as fa- as the space beiweer harfelf and the csp
tured veflel ; apd that every vellel comirg in aid of
tha captors, which fhail have beza able av the time
when the caprared veilel firack to throw 8 shot 29
aforefaid, aad shall have beea duly autharifed to mike
captures, thall bs eatitled to share accordiog to ihe
pumber of her men, aed the weigh: of her metal ;
provided ibat nothing herzin contaiaed {hall be coa-
Rroed to sffett any agreement which shall have beed
previously made betwees veldels cruizing in consort,
Axd be it further ordained by the authoriry afore
faid, That wheafocver an armad veilzl belonging bO,
asd commifioned by theememy, thall be captored by
any srmed veffsl belonging to the United Staies.and
da'y suthorifed to make captures, the wot procesds of
the (ales of the captured vefl-], and of her ripzirg,
tackle, apparal and furniture, thail bs a judged o the
captors, and where 8 cargo shall be ou bosrd such
¢captured veflzl, one moiaty of the per proceecdes of
such cargo shall be adjudged to ihe Uaited™ States,
and the other moiety to the captors.
And b it farther ocdzined by the eurhority afore
{sid, That upon the capture of any vessel b:longing
t 0 the enemy, and laden with mzfls or {pars, by aa
armed vefie] belonging to the Uaited States, 28d do
ly 2atharifed to make captures, the net proczeds of
the {ales of fach captared vessel and her cargo shall
bes a'judged tothe capiers.
This ordinance shall tzke eff-&, and be in force
from and after the last day of Febrosry mext
DONE by the Urited States in Congress afflembled,
‘ the eighth day of ‘Tanuary, in the year of eur
Lird one thousand seven bundred and eighty-two,
andin the fix year of our indepen‘ience.
» ./ ]®HN HANSON, President.
Atneff, Cuamins Tromsow, Secry.
ASOLILOQUYON RICHES.
T H E beneficent Creator of the Universe
1 has feenfit to give me the riches of this
World, which many of my fellow creatures
are flarving for the want of. What then ig
my daty, as 2 wealthy man, but to be thanlke
fui, charitable and exemplary, especially as
I am indebted to divine goodneis for all X
have, and am ! When | look around me,
and view the miultitude of {nares, temptati=-
ons, and alurements, which daily lam ex
posed and liable to fall into, i cannot but ac
knowledge myfelf in the midit of danger,
difficuliies, and entanglements, unknown to,
and theretore undreaded by, the sons and
daughters of indigence and poverty, Which
itation then, ye sensible and discerning, fay,
is most desirable, or to be pieferred by the
thinking and judicious FEVY, a life of gol
den cares, or a slate of unenvied distance
from the glare of wealth? They both have
inconvenienciesattending them, and yet neim
ther of them will be efleemed ineligible in
every refpeét. Noj; as there are circumstances
refpedting each, which m:ke them (if not
equally, yet on many aecounts, and for vari
ous reasons) worthy the regard and choice of
the wife & virtuous, so they ought neither of
them to be eagerly fought after on the one
hand, or entirely rcjeéted on the other, Let
then the prayer of Agur be the prayer of all,
Give me meither poverty mer viches, but feed me
fwith foed convenicnt jor me.
Heap QuartErs, thilsdeiphis, jan. 10, 1782,
0. 8N - KK 3
§ it is expected, that in the course of the pre-
A {ent winter, many of the cilicers and men be
longing to ths army of the United States, will be in.
dul;ed with leave of abferce from their corps for a li
mited timeg and & itis ablolotely neceflary the frid
oft pucftuality (honld be oblerved, in returniag at the
expiration of the tme for which rtheir farloughs are
granted ; the commander in chief hes thoughyt pro
per, thus early in the fesfen, to {ignify his fixed de
terminaiion to all cohcerued, that every officer or
{oldier, who shall absent himf{:if beyond the limitati=
or cf his furlough (anlels be shall be prevemted from
returning by some isevitable misfortune, or othez ca
{aslty, which fall be deemed 8 fufficlent reason for
his detgntion) thidi, for such sondudl, be bro’t to tri
al b.fore & court-mertial. _
Upon tha setern of sny officer, who may havavi
olaisd this order, by abfestirg himfelf beyond the
time of his furlooph, report is immediaiely to be xade
theree! to the Acjaant-General or Deputy-Adjutant-
Genaral, who is to reprefeet tha feme to the General,
or commarding cflicer, that the necefiary fleps mdy
be leken without delay. The mode of preceeding
against abfens cflicers, s 3 polanted cut by arefolution
of Congrels, is to be irvaribly purfoed, Seldiers are
2l{o to be tried ard panithed in the meR {ummary
maneer, if they will be guilivy of a crime foicjarions
to the public service, a 2 well as to the interefls and
feslings of their brother soldiers, who may, in confe
quencs es the long sbisnce of such delinquente be
unavoidably debarred thegratifi-aiicn of vifitig their
frisnds before the opening of the campaige.
The general, however, cannot bat hepe, by taking
the precaution of causing this public votics of his in
tention to be gives to the srmy, the difagresable cox
{eq.encee will be prevented, which might otherwifs
h.ve taken place ; for he is perliaded, whoever will
give himfelf the trouble to refl:&, will find, that, as
grest indolgences ss are confifant with the public
gc‘od, an¢ j:ftice to individuais, are granted in the firlt
inflance. That, 203 certaia number of cfficers and
mea must he conftanily kept in camp, every trofpafs
vpon those indulgencies, is an aét of injustice to the
individval who is detsined in consequence of it, and
probably in the issue to the public; that the most
pointed exs&taels is indispensably requisite in all mi
litary aifairs, events usknowh, and freguently of the
greaieft magnitude, dopending upon it : and that those
men who have sttached themselves to the service as
their country, should cenfider that the public has a
conflast claim upon their services, which can only
be difpsnfed with under certain circumstances, and for
definite periods, of which, those imtrufted with thg
regnlation of the army most be fuppefed to be tha
most competen: judges. Ne officer or soldier is to
be permited to be absent on furlough after the 10k
day of April next, on awy occasion whatever.
The mufters'of ihe army are with all poflfgl- ex
pedition, to be compleatad to the 31st day of Decem
ber last inclusive ; after which period they ars to be
tskan regularly at the erd of every menth, and the
rolls transmitted to the pay office without delay,szree:
atls toa resolution of Congress, of Sept. a 5, 1782
| EDWARD HAND, Brig, and Adj. Ge“&!h