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THE FIELD. 
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 
Mr. Richard Johnson, llandicapper. 
Hunger ford 
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West Australian. 
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Little Harry 
Torment 
Red Lion 

Chief Justice 

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King of Trumps... 
Daniel O'Rourko.. 
Little David 
Songstress ..••••• 
Umbriel 
Talfourd 
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Indian Warrior 

The Cruisk 
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Defiance 
Cariboo 
The Deformed 
Snowdon Dunhill 
Alonzo 
Lindrlck 

Poodle 
Sleeping Partner 
Little Fawn 
Haricot 
Testator 
Annie Sutherland .. 
Grapeshot 
St. Michael 
Lenywheut 
Lough Dawn 
Typce, by Touchstone. . . . 
Ireland's Eye 
King Tepln 
Little Jack 
Audubon 
Nutshell 
Bird-on-tlie-Wing 
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Musician a. .6 13 
Nutpeckcr J--6 13 
Lord Fauconberg 4..t> 13 
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Kilqoadc c - -G 12 
Captain Cornish 4..G 12 
Scarecrow 5..fi 12 
Brother to Grey Tommy.. 4..G 12 
Colsterdalc G. .6 12 
Charley 4 -- c 12 
Mr. Sykes 4..G 12 
Gulcowar 11 
Saqnenay 4. .G 11 
Catherine Parr 4.. 6 11 
Honevdew 4.. 6 10 
Jack-thc-Giant-kiUcr 4..G 10 
Aaron Smith 6..G 10 
Maid of Team Valley.... a.. 6 10 
Radoliffe Hero 4.. 6 10 
Janey 4..G 10 
Bit of Blue 5.. 6 10 
Prince Leopold 4.. 6 10 
Peggy 4.. 6 10 
Hazelnut 1..G lo 
Miss Sarah 4..G 9 
The Surveyor 6..G 9 
Ann Eliza 4.. 6 8 
Jacqueline 4..G 8 
Lady Flora 4..G 7 
Gauntlet a.. 6 7 
I.a Belle 4..G 7 
Veteran 4.. 6 7 
Augusta.... 4.. 6 7 
Barrel 3..G 7 
Lady Vernon 4. .6 8 
Hobbyhorse 4. .6 7 
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Tavistock 4.. 6 6 
P.r g Ulster, by the Ugly 
Back out of Helena.... 4.. 6 G 
Ammonia 5..G G 
Heapy 4.. 6 6 
Braxey 5 C 6 
The Puritan 5 G G 
William Rufus 4..G 5 
Orson.. 3.. 6 & 
Vixen 
Pancake 
St. Andrew 
Charity 
Doar Polly 
D.vgobcrt 
Contentment 
Sine quii Non 
Bracken 
Domino 
Malcy 
Waterfall £..0 
The President 
Dan Cupid 
Exhibition, by Cowl out of 
Lady Elizabeth 
Miss Peddle 
Iir g Trio, by lagooutof 
Brown Fly's dam 
Sir Mark 
riiocion, by Ion 
Brown Brandy 
Canute 
Mincemeat 
Georg)’ 
The Queen's Own 
Lord Lieutenant 
l’carl, by Alarm 
Caliph 
Falcon (late Grub) 3. .5 12 
Merry Monk 3. .8 12 
Baalbec 3..S 12 
The Event 6.. 6 U 
Stiletto 3.. 5 11 
Seducer, by Melbourne out 
of Miss Castling.. 3.. 5 11 
King Alfred 3.. 6 11 
Robin Hood 3.. 5 10 
Syvagee 3.. 5 10 
Epaminondas 3.. 5 10 
Virago 3.. 6 10 
Pauline 3. .5 10 
Moss Rose 3.. 5 lo 
Jack Frost 3.. 5 10 
Amos 3. .5 10 
Ptolemy 3.. 6 10 
Ch f by Napier out of 
Catherine Parr's dam.... 3 fi 10 
Midsummer 3.. 5 10 
Epinlcian 3.. 5 10 
Master Adams 3.. 5 10 
Sister of Mercy 3.. 5 9 
Cheshire Marquis 3.. 5 9 
Dr. O'Toole 3.. 5 9 
Glenstrae...... 3. .5 9 
Selina 3.. 5 8 
El Dorado 3.. 5 8 
Contender 3.. 5 7 
Neely 3. .5 7 
Erycina 3. .5 7 
Toggery, by Lonercost, 
out of Toga 3.. 5 
Jnnothan Martin 3. .5 
Vinegaretta 4. .5 
Surgeon -General 3.. 6 
Bridesmaid 3.. 5 
Shamrock 4.. 5 
Streatham Fairy 3.. 5 
Trum Queen 3.. 5 
Billingham 3.. 5 
Horatio 3.. 5 
Adelaide 3.. 5 
Hermitage... 3.. 5 
Mortimer 3.. 5 
Adeline 9.. 5 
MissSellon 3.. 5 
nominator 3.. 5 
Cable, by Anchor 3. .5 
Gamekeeper 3.. 5 
Julius Agricola 3.. 5 
Device 3.. 5 
Lady Elegant (late Plillon), 
by Robert de Gorhum.. 3.. 5 6 
Diligent 3.. 3 5 
Ham S..5 3 
Brigadier 3. .5 3 
Br. c by Cotherstone, out 
of Duchess of Lorraine. 3. .3 3 
Lady Napier 3.. 5 3 
Annabel 3.. 3 3 
St. Clare 3.. 5 3 
Tros 3.. 5 3 
Lamprocles 3.. 3 0 
Jetty Treflz 3.. 3 0 
Cardsliarper 3.. 3 O 
Marc Antony 3. .5 0 
Phccniz 3. .5 0 
Monimia 3.. 3 0 
Boddicot (h. b.) 3.. 5 0 
Bianca 3. .5 0 
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Martin, by St. 1 , Martin.. 3.. 5 0 
Little Jem 3. .3 0 
Pebble 3.. 4 12 
Rose of May 3. .4 12 
Jujube 3.. 4 12 
Uro. to Little Swift 3.. 4 12 
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Penitent, by Cowl 
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Hnitorsitg mfo Clerical. 
Pembrokb Collbop..— We are requested to state that Pem- 
broke College meets to-day, tie 21st, ond not on the 28th, of 
this month. 
Resignation op Sin R. H. Inoltb.— Oxford, Jan. 10.— At a 
convocation held this day, at 2 o’clock, a letter was read by the 
Senior Proctor, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor by Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, one of the burgesses of the University, announcing 
his intention to resign his seat as soon as Parliament meets. 
Dana!. 
Appointments. — Woolwich, Jan. 19. — Rear-Admiral Sir 
James Stirling, Knight, to be Commander-in-Chief on tbc East 
Indian station, in the room of Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleet- 
wood Broughton Heynolds|Pellew, C.B., K.C.U., serving in the 
China seas in the flagship Winchester, 50. 
Plymouth, Thursday Evening.— Her Ma jesty’s frigato Thetis, 
38, Captain Knper, from the Pacific, which left Valparaiso on the 
10th of October and Rio Janeiro on the 26th of November, 
arrived bere to-day. She brings on freight dol. 700,000, from 
the coast of Mexico, arid among her passengers Henor Don 
Ram or o Freire, from Valparaiso, attached to the Chilian embassy 
in Paris. 
Appointments and Pbomotionb. — Admiralty, Jon. 12.— 
The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent 
on the decease, on the 11th inst., of Rear-Admiral of the Red 
Thomas Gordon Falcon : — 
Rear-Admiral of the White, William Bowen Mends, to ho 
Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, William 
Walpole, to tie Rear-Admiral of the White. Copt. Right Hon. 
Charles Philip Earl of llardvricke, to he Rear-Admiral on the 
Reserved Half-pay List. Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, C.B., to bo 
R*ar- Admiral of the Blue. The following captains on the Re- 
tired List have also been promoted to be retired Rear-Admirals 
in the terms proposed in the London Gazette of the 1st of Sep- 
tember, 1846 , without increase of pay Cap tain John Shekel, 
Captain George Ourry Lempriere, 
Woolwich, Jan- 17.— Appointments.— Captain— Sir Thos. 
Maitland, C.B. (1837), to command the Excellent gunnery ship 
at Portsmouth, vice Captain Henry D. Chads, promoted. Lieu- 
tenant— Richard Carter (1853), to the Eurynlus. 50, at Chatham. 
Surgeon— John Davidson, to tho Britannia, 120, flagship in tho 
Black Sen. Clerks' Assistants— W. II. S. Butt, to the Arrognnt, 
47, Alexander V. Maccnll, to tho Pique, 40, at Dcvonport; G. 
M. Pedler, to (lie Waterloo, 120, nt Sheerness; J. II. Manley, to 
the Knrynlus, 50, at Chatham. Naval Cadet— M’D. D. Yongc, 
to tho Impregnable, nt Dcvonport. 
Promotions. — Second Mnslcre — Robert Smith (1346), serving 
in t lie Cyclops steam frigate, nt Shcerness, and Matthew Richards, 
(1846), recently serving in tho Spy, 3, brigantine, on tho cat 
Coast of Africa station, to the rank of masters. 
Lieutenant William Greet (1840), who has had the command of 
tho Crocodile, 8, receiving ship, stationed at the Tower for the 
purpose of serving ns a rendezvous for entering seamen for tho 
royal navy, is promoted to tho rank of commander. 
Mates. — Mr. A. H. Boyd, mate, R.N., is appointed to tho 
Frolic, 1G, Commander Nolloth, at Spithcad. 
Gunners.— Mr. Warner, recently serving ns gunner in tho 
Firebrand, paddle-wheel steam frigate, is appointed gunner to 
the Fisgunrd flagship at Woolwich, and has entered on his duties. 
Berlin, Jan. 13 — Tho most interesting topic of tho day is 
contained in the Ministerial message delivered on the 9th inst. nt 
(ho opening of tho Extraordinary Diet of Oldenburg, and which 
formed tho subject of the secret si (tings in the Second Chamber here 
last Monday— namely, the conclusion of a treaty between the Grand 
Duchy of Oldenburg' and the Kingdom of Prussia, for the sale to 
tlio latter of the Jnhde Bay for the purposes of a harbour for 
ships of war, together with adjacent land suiHcien t for the erect ion of 
docks, shipbuilding yards, Ac. It seems negotiations have really 
been carried on, but without success, for the purchase of a har- 
bour, both with Hamburg and Bremen. The treaty with Olden- 
burg, however, is dated July 20, 1853, with n subsequent rider 
attached to it under dnto of Dec. 1, 1853. The purclinse price 
is said to bo 400,000 thalers, and that the Second Chamber voted 
the nmotmt unanimously and unhesitatingly. 
Portsmouth, Jan. 16.— Arrival from Africa. — Volcano, G, 
paddle-wheel sloop, Commander Coote, arrived nt Spitliend in the 
night, from the Const of Africa station. 6he left Sierra Leone on 
the 17th ulf., with the bishop of that colony (Dr. Vidal) on board, 
for England. At that date, Tenelope, 22, flog of Rear-Adnnrnl 
Bruce; Britomnrt, 12, Commander Headline ; and Tenzcr, screw 
tender to the flagship, were at Sierra Leone. Waterwitch, 8, 
Commander Gardner, was oft’ Grand Taboo. Polyphemus, 6, 
paddle sloop, Comtnnnder Phillips; Alecto, 5, paddle sloop, Com- 
mander Crofton ; and Ferret, 8, Conimnndcr Macdonald, were oft’ 
Lagos. Philomel, 8, Commander Skene ; and Crane, G, Com- 
mander Miller, were on the south coast. Plumper, 11, Com- 
mnnder Wharton ; and Antelope, 3, Lieutenant-Commander 
Young, left Sierra Leone for the Bights on the 13th ult. Volcano 
touched at Gorce on the 22nd ult. ; Teneriffo, the 29th, and sailed 
the 2nd inst. ; Madeira, on the 3rd, and left on tho 4th. St. Jean 
d’Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Kepplo, was nt the latter island. 
Volcano encountered a very heavy gale about 150 miles off Cape 
Finisterrc, in which she lost her maintopraast, and nearly her 
mainmast, which was with difficulty scoured (her rigging being 
of wire), with extra shrouds. She also lost her quarterboats. 
She was close to a totally dismasted vessel during the gale, 
but could render her no assistance. Lagos affairs arc again 
very threatening, nnd we arc informed Admiral Bruce was 
forming a larger expedition than hitherto sent against that place. 
English Marines in Torkbv.— General Memorandum. 
— “ Britannia, in Beicos Bay, Dec. 22, 1853. Tlio Commander- 
in-Chief has very great pleasure in conveying to Lieutenant- 
Colonel Pratt, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates 
of the Royal Marines embarked on board the squadron under his 
command, his entire approbation of the steady, orderly, and dis- 
tinguished appearance the corps made this day when reviewed in 
the Sultan' s- valley ; and it is liis direction that this memorandum 
to the Royal Marines be read on board every slop as soon ns tho 
service admits. J. W. D. Dundas, Vice-Admiral, Commander- 
in-Chief. To the respective officers in command of Her Majesty’s 
ships and vessels in the Bosphorus.” 
Wreck of the Staffordshire. — Wo regret to announce the 
loss of the Liverpool packet Staffordshire, from Liverpool to 
Boston. She left Liverpool for Boston on the 9th of December, 
ond on the morning of Friday, the 30tli, at one o’clock, struck on 
tho Blonde Rock, South Scnl Island, off Halifax. The first nnd 
second mates nnd 17 seamen reached Cape Sable. The third 
mote, boatswain, nnd 12 others were picked up and landed at 
Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Captain Richardson and the remainder, 
about 180 persons, went down in the wreck immediately after 
striking. Her cargo was very large, nnd is estimated to be worth 
over 300,000 dollars. A large portion of it was on Canadian ac- 
count. The Staffordshire was built by Mr. M'lvay, in June, 1851, 
for Enoch, Train, nnd Co.’s line of. Liverpool nnd Boston packets. 
She was a noble ship, of 1,817 tons, and one of the finest vessels 
of the line. The loss to the underwriters will bo heavy. 
This news is dnled Boston, U. 8., January 4, where several 
vessels, through stress of weather, were driven ashore during 
n gale. Ono captain stated that he came round Cape Cod 
in company with about 75 vessels, most of which went ashore. 
FRENCH NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVICE. 
Toulon. — A letter from Toulon, of the 11th inst., observes 
that, if the writer is to judge from tho fact that the Vauban, the 
Cacique, ond several other steam-frigates are being fitted for sea 
with all possible despatch, the last phasis of tho Eastern question 
lias arrived. The writer adds that provisions nre prepared for an 
army of 40,000 men, which could be embarked atToulou without 
delay. 
Cherbourg. — A despatch has been received nt Cherbourg com- 
manding tho completion, as quickly ns possible, of the ship of tho 
line Tilsit, of 90 guns. The carpenters nre required to work on 
Sundays. A further despatch commands an extraordinary levy 
of seamen in that port. 
West Coast or Africa. — B y the Volcano, 5, steam-sloop, 
Commander Robert Coote, arrived at Spithcad, we learn that tlio 
Senegal river was about being opened to ships of nil nations, 
which will be a great boon to commerce. A French expedition 
was about to ascend it for the purpose of establishing a factory in 
the interior, after which the opening of the river was to ho 
effected. Trade on the coast is reported os being generally very 
good. 
Gibraltar. — Tlio French war steamer Montezuma loft Gibral- 
tar on the lltli instant, for Senegal, and the Pctcrcl on the 12th 
instant for the westward. 
Ranks of the Somme. — A letter from St. Valery-sur-Somino, 
in the Courrier i/u Havre, says,— “The levy of sailors of from 
20 to 40 years of age, who have not served four years, has com- 
menced hero. TliiB measure has spread consternation among tho 
boatmen who carry goods from St. Valery into the interior. 
They arc mostly married men, and with their savings have pur- 
chased the boats in which they carry on their business, nnd in 
which they reside with their families, like the murinera of the 
north. These families, deprived of their heads, will bo thrown 
into great distress, from not being able to turn tbeir bools lo 
occount during the absence of their owners in tlio service.” 
Malta, January 7.— In harbour, the French frigato Albatross. 
Paris, Jun. 19.— The uruiamcnts uro going on with unusual 
activity. At Toulon the Marseilles, Algcrie, Suffron, Dtipr<5, 
I/a Fleur, and the frigate Zonoblo are fitted out. The three ships 
Louis XI \., Turonne, and Ulra will shortly ho launched at 
Rochefort, At Brest tlio armament of four ships ond six frigates 
is being actively curried on, while at Cherbourg u levy of throe 
hundred shipwrights has been ordered for the completion of tho 
Tilsit, which, it i» expected, will put to sea on tho 1st of April. 
[Saturday, 
steamers! 
LAUNCH OF TWO SCREW-SHIPS OF THE LINE. 
Two screw-ships of the lino are to ho launched this month from 
tho Royal dockyards, viz :— , ^ , , .. , 
Hannibal, 91 guns, from Deptford Dockyard, on tho 31st 
Algiers, 91 guns, from Devonport Dockyard, on the 20th inst. 
These ships nre each to have engines of 400-liorso power. 
Their armaments will be, 1 pivot gun, 08-poundor, 06 cwt., 10 
feet long ; 28 oigbt-ineb guns, 66 cwt., 0 feet long; 38 thirty- 
twos, 66 ovvt., 9 feet 0 inches long; 24 thirty-twos, 42 owt., 8 feot 
long. Preparations hnvo been commenced for sending theso 
noble ships oft' the Btocks. The Hannibal will bo removed from 
Deptford to Shcerness ns soon ns she is launched, to be fitted out 
and commissioned. ..... . , „ u 
Golden Aob. — It appears that tho American steamer Golden 
Age, which left Liverpool for Australia on tho 5th of December, 
arrived nt St. Vincent’s in 11 days, and after tbreo days’ coaling 
resumed her voyage. _ , _ 
The Cafe Mails.— Plymouth, Monday.— The General Scrow 
Steam Company’s ship Mauritius, Captain Scenles, sailed yester- 
dav afternoon, with a fair wind. She conveys in oil 47 mail 
hairs and boxes, in chargo of Lieutenant Everett, It.N.,— viz., 
I onch for Capo Verde, Ascension, the fleet in Simon s bay, 
Ceylon, Madras, nnd Calcutta ; 2 for St. Ilelona, 16 Capo Town, 
II Cape Colony, 5 Port Natal, nnd 7 Mauritius. Generul Jackson, 
with Colonel Carey and tho rest of the staff, goes out in her, to 
succeed General Cathcurt in command ot the Cape, llionoxt 
ship homo, the Propontis, left Point de Gallo on the 24th of 
November. She is now due at St. Vincent s. nnd will probably 
be here about the 25th of January. The February mail will bo 
brought by the Queen of the South. 
Liverpool, January 16.— Sailing of the Charity.— Tho 
steam-ship Charity, purchased by tho Canadian Steam Navigation 
Company, whose vessels in winter, during the closo of the St. 
Lawrence navigation, run to Portland in connection with tlio 
Grand Trunk Railway, sailed this afternoon from Liverpool, with 
a large cargo and a fair number of pnssengers. The Charity was 
built by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, and is of 1,300 tons. 
On her first trip to Africa she proved herself a superior vessel. 
She will be followed by the Sarah Sands in the course of a fort- 
night. 
Southampton, Tuesday, Jan 17. — The Peninsular and Oriental 
Steam Navigation Company’s screw steamship Colombo, Captain 
George Brooks, arrived here nt noon to-day. bringing tho heavy 
portion of tho East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in 
charge of Lieutenant Purver, R.N., Admiralty agent. Tho 
Colombo left Alexandria on the 4th, Malta on tho 7th, and 
Gibraltar on the 12th instant. The present overland India and 
China mail has been delivered in Southampton three days and a half 
before due nnd has occupied a shorter period in its transit than any 
previousmnil.beingconveyedforthe first time throughout by screw 
steamers on both sides the" Isthmus. The Peninsular nnd Oriental 
Company’s steamer Bengal, which brought tho mail to Suez, 
made the run from Calcutta to that place in 22 days 12 hours, 
deducting stoppages, and, the distance being 4,650 miles, it 
follows that Ler average speed on this, her first performance in 
tho Indian sens, was no less than II J knots, or about 13 miles an 
hour. The Colombo, on this side the Isthmus, has been equally 
fortunate and successful, her average speed on tho voyage from 
Southampton to Alexandria and back to Malta having been equal 
to that of the Bengal, notwithstanding the disadvantages incident 
to a first trip. It is intended eventually to despatch the Colombo 
to India, where sho is to bo employed on the Calcutta and Suez 
route. 
itiliiiinr. 
Office of Ordnance, Jun. 14.— Royal Regiment of Artillery.— 
Erratum in Gazette of January 0 — For Gentleman Cadet Benjamin 
Humphrey, to be second lieutenant, read Gentleman Cadet Benjumin 
Gealc Humphrey, to be second lieutenant.— From Tuesday's Gazette. 
THE ENGLISH ARMY IN INDIA. 
General Orders by the Most Noble the Governor- 
General of India in Council, and Afflicadlb to the 
Three Presidencies. 
‘‘Fort William, Oct. 28, 1863. 
“ 1. The Government General Orders Nos. 80 ond 87 of the 
Gth of February, 1S52, uro hereby cancelled, and llic daily ration 
of a European soldier shall in future consist of lib. of bread, 
lib. of meat, 4oz. of rice, 2J oz. of sugar, 5-8th oz. of tea, loz. 
of salt, 8 oz. of vegetables, ami 31b. of firewood. 
“ 2. The meat will be cut up iuto joints, nnd such portions of 
the animal (such as tho ribs and upper joints of the forelegs) os 
are more than two-thirds bone, will be excluded from the ration. 
“ 3. The rations of vegetables will consist of such descriptions 
ns may be procurable at tlio several stations of the army during 
the different seasons of the year. 
“4. The following rules contained in Government General 
Order No. 232, of tlio 9th of August, 1843, will continue in 
force: — The bread issued in the rations of a soldier is to bo of 
the best quality, and equal to that provided for hospital diet. 
Mutton will bo issued twice a week in lieu of beef, ond in the 
same quantity, whenever circumstances may admit. Coffee may 
be substituted for ten in the proportion of *2 lb. of tho former to 
lib. of the latter, whenever tea is not procurable or coffee may 
be preferred and is at hand. 
“ 5. The ordinary tea ration will consist of one-third of green 
nnd two-thirds of black tea, whenever circumstonccs may admit 
of the issue of both kinds. 
“ G. The Government General Order No. 85 of the 25th of 
February, 1848, is cancelled, nnd the following course is in future 
to bo pursued with respect to all descriptions of provisions ten- 
dered by tbe Commissariat or its contractors for tho use of the 
Boldicr in health or in sickness. 
“ 7- Whenever any portion of tho rations or diet tondored for 
a corps or hospital is deemed objectionable, tho option of changing 
them is not to be allowed to the contractor, but tho commanding 
officer should immediately ossemblo a regimental committee for 
the purpose of inspecting them. 
“8. The committee will be composed of a field-officer or 
captain as president, with an officer commanding a troop or 
company, nnd a medical officer, as members. 
“ 9. The decision of the regimental committee shall be final, 
and their report Bhould bo at once forwarded for the guidance of 
the executive Commissariat officer nt the station. 
“ 10. In nil eases of condemnation of provisions, tho com- 
mittee reports should show whether tlio articles are doomed of 
inferior quality only, or decidedly unwholesome ; ond when pro- 
nounced positively unwholesome, tho provisions aro instantly to 
be destroyed in the presence of the committee. 
“11. Except in tlio instances horeufter specified when pro- 
visions hnvo been condemned os of inferior quality, the contractor 
will lie allowed to substitute fresh rations, and in tho event of 
his failing to do so within a reasonable time, tbo Commissariat 
officer will supply tbo deficiency ot the cost of the contractor. 
“ 12. In eases of the condemnation of meat, the cost to tho 
Government of the rejected rations (which, if not absolutely un- 
wholesome, will bo returned to the contractor), together with the 
amount ot the line that may bo lovied upon tbo contractor, will 
be paid by tbo Commissariat to tlio reginiont, nnd expended under 
tho direction of tho officers commanding troops and companies in 
tho purclinse of food, 
“ Uj. In tbo event of tho rejection of bread, and n frosh supply 
not being immediately procurublo, flour or soojoe, at tlio option 
of tho soldier, will ho issued as an equivalent, with a supply of 
firewood, ut tho cost of tho. contractor, to whom the rejected 
bread, if not unwholesome, will bo returned; 21b. of Hour or 
soojeo ond 1 lb, of firewood to be tho allowance of each mou.” 
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