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_ in 1795, and possibly before. 
APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
I meant to assert that no pre- 
_ vious condition to forego all pre- 
tensions to ulterior rank, under 
_any circumstances, had been im- 
posed upon me, or even submitted 
to me, in any shape whatsoever, on 
my first coming into the service ; 
and with as much confidence as can 
be used in maintaining a negative, I 
repeat that assertion. 
' When I first became acquainted 
with his majesty’s purpose to with- 
hold from me further advancement, 
it is impossible to recolleét; but 
that it was so early as the year 
1793, I do not remember ; and if 
your expressions were less positive, 
I should add, or believe ; but I cer- 
tainly knew it,.as you well know, 
We 
were then engaged in war, therefore 
I could not think of resigning my 
regiment, if, wnder other circum- 
stances, I had been disposed to do 
it; but, in truth, my rank in the 
nation made military rank, in or- 
dinary times, a matter of little con- 
Sequence, except to my own pri- 
vate feelings. This sentiment I con- 
veyed to you in my letter of the 
second, saying, expressly, that mere 
idle, inaétive rank, was in no sort 
my object. 
But upon the prospeét of an 
emergency, where the king was to 
take the field, and the spirit of 
every Briton was roused to exer- 
tion, the place which I occupy in 
the nation, made it indispensible to 
demand a post correspondent to that 
place, and to the public expeéta- 
tion. This sentiment, I have the 
happiness to be assured, in a letter 
on this occasion, made a strong im- 
pression on the mind, and commanded 
the respect and admiration of one 
_ very high in government. 
The’ only purpose of this letter, 
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my dear brother, is to explain, since 
that is necessary, that my former 
ones meant not to give you ‘the 
trouble of interceding as my advo- 
cate for mere rank im the army. 
Urging further my other more im- 
portant claims upon government, 
would be vainly addressed to any 
person, who can really think that 
a formal refusal of mere rank, un- 
der circumstances so widely dif. 
ferent, or the most express waving 
ef such pretensions, if that had 
been the case, furnishes the slightest 
colour for the answer which I have 
received to the tender I have now 
made of my services. 
Your department, my dear bro- 
ther, was meant, if I must repeat 
it, simply as a channel to convey 
that tender to government, and to 
obtain either their attention to it, 
or an open avowal of their refusal, 
&e. (Signed) G.P. 
To His Royal Highness 
the Duke of York. 
Horse Guards, Oét. 13. 
Dear brother, 
I have received your letter this 
morning, and am sorry to find, that 
you think that I have misconceived 
the meaning of your first letter, the 
whole tenor of which, and the mili- 
tary promotion which gave rise to it, 
led me naturally to suppose your de- 
sire was, that I should apply to his 
majesty, in my official capacity, to 
give you military rank, to which 
might be attached the idea of sub- 
sequent command. 
That I found myself under the 
necessity of declining, in cbedience 
to his majesty’s pointed orders, as I 
explained to you in my letter of the 
6th instant ; but, from your letter 
of to-day, I am to understand that 
your object is not military rank, 
but, 
