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“dn consequence of ‘the present high 
price of bread, to dire& that his 
forces, as well in quarters’as in bar- 
racks, shall, from the 18th day of 
April, 1795, receive their bread at 
the same rate as it will be furnished 
to them in camp, the usual camp 
stoppage of five-pence ‘per loaf is 
to be made from each non-com- 
missioned officer and private sol- 
dier; for which a loaf of | six 
pounds wejght, and as nearly as 
-. possible of the same quality as 
those delivered im camp, is to be 
furnished every four days, -and the 
difference between five-pence and 
whatever the market price of bread 
may be for six pounds of bread of 
the above-mentioned quality, is to 
be paid to the bakers by the pay. 
master of the corps, and charged 
in his public accounts, 
In places where it is not usual, 
or it may not be convenient to bake 
loaves of six pounds'weight, the com. 
manding officer may order loaves of 
other sizes to be purchased, taking 
care to observe the proportion 
above-mentioned, and that each 
non-commissioned officer and pri- 
vate saidicr receives in. kind one 
pound and ahalf of bread per day, 
and pays no more for it than at the 
rate of five-pence for six pounds. 
The commanding officer will 
also, if not already done, divide all 
his men, except those who are mar- 
ried, into regular messes, from six 
to ten or twelve, as may be conve. 
nient, and see that so much of" the . 
pay as is direéted by his majesty’s 
régulations to be lajd out. in food. 
for the soldiers, be stri@tly so ap. 
plied. 
The officers are frequently to 
yisit the messes, to see that they 
are properly conducted, . 
His majesty has also been further 
pleased to signify his pleasure, that 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
in consequence of the present high 
price of provisions, contracts should 
be immediately entered into by the 
commanding officers of regiments, 
for the supply of meat for their 
corps, under certain regulations to 
be transmitted from the sccretary 
at war, so as that the expence of 
meat to the soldier shall not excecd 
four.pence halfpenny per pound, 
The commanding officers will there- 
fore proceed toenter into contracts 
accordingly, and the regulations 
fromthe secretary at war will be 
transmitted to them as soon as re~ 
ceived, 
The duke of Richmond trusts the 
‘soldiers will sée, that, whileevery 
attempt at disorderly proceedings 
will be resisted with vigour, and 
punished with severity, every at. 
tention is paid to their real wants, 
when properly and regularly repre- 
sented through their officers ; and 
he is confident that these repeated 
proofs of his majesty’s gracious at- 
tention to their situation will ani- 
mate them with fresh zeal for the 
cause of their king and country, 
in which they are: engaged ; and 
that each militia corps in particu. 
Jar, jealous of its own honour, and 
Jamenting the disgrace which one 
has brought on itself, will sce the 
necessity of maintaining the most 
strit discipline, on which the ef- 
ficacy and credit of any army must 
so much depend. 
Jj. Happiy, 
Brigade Major-General, 
Southern District. 
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Copy of a Letter and Instructions from 
Sir William Scott and Dr. Fabn 
Nicholl, of the Commons, prepared 
at the instance of Mr. Fay, the 
, American Minister. 
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