To The Editor Of The Time...
Stir,-I rcad in yoiur estimable paper, ptbllshed to-day, a letter signcd " A Man," suggesting the idea of dividing the subsoription amnongst the SPanirh and Italian refugees according to their rank,' or, which is the xame thing, the pav they received when under the colouzw of their respective country. At the firat examnination,, tihat suggestion seenis very equitabic but on considering the matter n mofe carefully, I beg leave to say that I am quite of a conttrary opinion: my reasons to think so are the following-viz., Igt, Mlis. fortune weighs equally upon the head of petit-officer or private, and the General; 2d, the Colonel ig no moTe obliged in thia country to keep his horses, to wear expensive uniforms, invite his officers at dinner, &c. ; 3d-and I think the beat of all- that while the Colonel, the Licutenant.Colonel, and even the Cap- tain shiall have more than is strictl7 necessary to live upon, the Lieutenant. the Alf'crez (the lowest rank amongst the offices). and the petit-officer shall starve. I am almost sure, Sir, that should the proscribed Generals, Colonels, &c., be consulted upon the fact, thev would answer immediately, " Let us divide equally with otiu brethren) in arms: here we are nobody btit reftgees." Could I be permitted, Sir, to make anQtheg remark ? Why the French should not be entitled, as well as the Spanish and Italian refugees, to share the relief granted by the British generosity ? If they are less in number, if their voice,the groans of' misery, have not been heard. they (lo not suffer less, they do not rant less to be pitied and helped. I am. Sir. vour gob nfirnt,v .nf Dec. --. A PROSCRIBED COLONEL. "..1uguatg,e ex our 4cerrespontueRwt- ietter,4tFi~ogh e de'tir'e&di't: for, wbeni the meaning is suffciently cIeiur.-the expression isof eompaiatively little CORsequence. TO TIBE EDITOR OP THE TIAPES. ..