kilted lads most marked attention, and conversed with several officers and men, and was pleased to pay us many very handsome and highly honourable compliments." Another officer mentions that the Archduke Constantine rode up to the 92nd, began to scrutinise the dress of the men, and told a young soldier to hand him his bonnet, but the Highlandman had no idea of being ordered by a queer-looking foreigner, and refused. The Emperor, understanding that British soldiers were treated with more consideration by their officers than the Russians, politely asked the lad to show his bonnet " to this gentleman, my brother," saying in French, "This is a brave regiment,' when the man at once took it off and gave it to the Russian Prince, who examined it for some time before returning it to its owner. They then asked Captain Ferrier to let them examine his claymore.

The French revenged themselves on the allied troops by caricaturing them, and the Highlanders came in for their full share, generally with reference to the admiration of the fair sex; there were also more respectful paintings of their picturesque costume as they were seen walking about in the streets of Paris. The drawings represent the feathered bonnet, kilt without purse, and buckled shoes.

There were a few regimental Courts-martial during their stay at Paris, drunkenness being the usual crime, and there was some trouble with soldiers who robbed the market-gardens and orchards on the Seine. I find in Division or Brigade Orders fault found with some regiments for being slovenly on guard, etc., but not with either the 42nd or 92nd.

A captain of a company describes with pride his success in reclaiming certain bad characters from the paths of vice" without the aid of the cat o' nine tails." He divided his men into squads, and put one of the desperate characters in charge of each. The men at first demurred to being made responsible for the conduct of others, but after a fortnight had passed without any thefts or plundering excursions being heard of in the company, they were satisfied that "a remedy had been found for the evils which had arisen since the battle of Waterloo." A number of N.-C. officers and privates waited on their captain, apologised for their previous grumbling, and thanked him for

what he had done; and some time after, he had the satisfaction of enrolling four out of the six bad characters in the first class, and of seeing them draw in the lottery he had established for five prizes which he gave monthly to men of that class.

About this time each man received a present of a pair of shoes, called in Orders the "Waterloo donation shoes," but who the donor was does not appear.

On the 29th October the encampment on the banks of the Seine was broken up, and the regiment marched to St Germains, where they were billeted. Here they were able

to visit the palace in which they were led to understand that Prince Charles Stuart had died. Lieutenant Innes, in a letter to his mother, says: "Many of our Highlanders were greatly affected on entering the chamber where their Prince died." It was not, however, really" Bonnie Prince Charlie" who died there, but his grandfather, James II. (VII. of Scotland). The incident, however, shows how fresh the memory of the '45 remained in the sentiment of many of the men, though they served King George so loyally.

The brigade under Sir Denis Pack left St Germains on the 31st, and were cantoned at Montainville and the surrounding villages. On the 2nd November the headquarters of the regiment were at Neuf le Vieux, the companies being scattered at Crecy and other villages; officers of companies being desired to take particular care that the men were comfortably housed, and that everything they required was paid for on the spot, and no damage done to property. The Prussians were not so particular; but it is not to be wondered at if they meted out to the French people the measure their country had received when it was invaded by the French

* This sentiment was aptly expressed to George III., who, wishing to see one of those who had been out in the '45, a grim old M'Donald from Knoydart, known as Raonull Mor a' Chrolen, was brought up and presented to His Majesty, who remarked that no doubt he regretted having taken part in the Rebellion-"Sire," promptly replied M'Donald, "I regret nothing of the kind; " but the King, who had been taken aback by this bold answer, was completely softened when the old man added, "What I did for the Prince I would have done as heartily for your Majesty if you had been in the Prince's place."-" Among the Clan Ranalds," by the Rev. C. M'Donald, priest of Moidart.

army. Two 92nd officers were billeted on a gentleman's house near Montainville, where they spent two pleasant days with the family. After doing justice to a substantial breakfast on the morning they marched, they went out to see after the men and baggage; on returning to bid adieu, they found the servants busy packing up wine, cold fowls, ham, etc., with which the table was loaded, and to their surprise the butler asked respectfully where they wished him to put the parcels. On being told that British officers never carried things off from their billets, and receiving a handsome tip and thanks for his attentions, he first remained dumb with astonishment, and then exclaimed, “You English behave very differently to the Prussians!"

On the 10th November they marched to Monfort and the neighbourhood, where they remained till the 30th, when the brigade was broken up. The 4th Battalion Royal Scots, which had joined the brigade some time before, and the 42nd and 92nd, marched independently en route for embarkation at Calais, and the Gordons moved to Pontoise. Sir Denis Pack, in an Order of the 29th, taking leave of the regiments of his brigade, says: "The services rendered by the 92nd Regiment in the Duke of Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsula, and his Grace's late short and triumphant one in Belgium, are so generally and so highly appreciated, as to make praise from him almost idle; nevertheless, he cannot help adding his tribute of applause."

The regiment marched by Chambly, Beauvais, Abbeville, Montreuil, and Boulogne. On arriving at the gate of Calais on the 17th December, they were surprised to find it closed against them; and the commanding officer was informed that the troops (the 28th and 42nd had also arrived) would not be allowed to pass unless each company marched at a distance of a hundred yards from the one preceding it; the men to reverse their arms, the colours to be kept cased, and the bands not to play through the town. Instant admittance was demanded and refused; a second message was sent to the governor, who was probably one of Napoleon's old officers, giving him a quarter-of-an-hour to open, or take the consequences. This brought him to his senses; and the battalions

passed in at the usual distance, with bayonets fixed, colours flying, and the bands playing the "Downfall of Paris" all the way to the place of embarkation.* The regiment immediately embarked, and sailed on the morning of the 18th for Dover, but a foul wind obliged their ship to anchor in the Downs. On the 19th the Highlanders landed at Ramsgate; and their reception on the shores of Britain would have been a cold one but for the attentions of a neighbouring gentleman named Sir Samuel Curtis, who showed them great kindness, especially to the soldiers' wives-helping them and giving each a present of money. He also invited all the officers to eat their first bit of the roast beef of Old England at his dinner table.

On the 20th they proceeded to Deal and Sandwich, and next day to Dover, where blankets and camp equipage were given into store; from thence they proceeded to Brabournelee, where they spent Christmas Day.

R.O.-Officers commanding companies will take care that the men are provided with a good dinner on Christmas and New Year's Day, for which purpose they will advance each man 1s. 6d.

The regiment marched on the 28th December, one wing by Feversham, the other by Ospringe, and on the 2nd of January 1816 they arrived at Colchester Barracks, where they were received by a guard of honour composed of wounded soldiers belonging to almost every regiment engaged at Waterloo. They were about 150 in number, and lined each side of the street, greeting the regiment with tremendous cheering. Most of them had lost an arm or a leg, some both. Sir John Byng, who had commanded a brigade of the Second Division in Spain and the south of France, and a brigade of the Guards at Waterloo, was the general at Colchester.

District Orders, January 2nd, 1816.-Major-General Sir John Byng is much gratified at having under his command the 92nd Regiment, with which he served so long a time in the Peninsula, a regiment which he highly respects for its invariable steadiness and gallantry in the field, and for its

* Number embarked :-Field officers, 2; captains, 5; subalterns, 14; staff, 5; sergeants, 36; drummers, 16; rank and file, 449. The establishment was reduced February 1st, 1816, from 1000 to 800 rank and file.

discipline and good conduct in quarters. This Order to be read at three successive parades.

In Regimental Orders mention is made of the men being credited with a daily payment called "the Waterloo gratuity penny." The men were "subsisted at the rate of 4d. a day for vegetables, salt, and washing, which, with 6d. for bread and meat, amounts to 10d. per day."

The Waterloo Roll was revised. No man to be entered who was not actually present with the regiment for some part of the period between the 15th of June and 7th July inclusive.

In February they got new clothing, the men to make their kilts with as little delay as possible, and the white waistcoats to have a collar of the same stuff" at their option "; each man was provided with "a good pair of leather gloves."

On the 19th February 1816, the regiment marched for Hull, where it arrived on the 2nd March. On the march the men were ordered to wear their kilts inside out, new waistcoats and old jackets, the new jackets to be carried in the knapsacks. They were treated with great kindness on the road, and hospitably entertained in almost every place at which they halted.

The War Office seems to have given long credit in those days. A correspondence took place at Hull between the paymaster (Mr James Gordon) and the Commissary General, as to whether shoes issued to the regiment in Spain in 1808-9 should be paid for by the regiment. It was decided that they were to be paid for at the rate of 6s. 6d. a pair!

All the bonnets were set up afresh, at a cost of 1s. 8d. each; the colonel appears to have given four flat feathers yearly to each man, but as they were dear this year he only gave three. Heckles cost the sergeants and "music" 3s. 04d. each, the men of the grenadiers and Light Company 1s. 6d. each, and battalion companies 1s. Old.

Compensation was received for necessaries and musical instruments lost at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo.

In April 1816 the muskets, which hitherto had been kept brightly polished, were browned by instructions from the Board of Ordnance.