The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., proceeded from St. John’s to Montreal, in aid of the civil power, on the 28th of April, 1849. The head-quarters and three companies quitted Montreal, and encamped on the island of St. Helen’s on the 30th of June, but returned to St. John’s on the 16th of July. On the 17th of August, 1849, the head-quarters and two companies proceeded from St. John’s to Montreal in aid of the civil power, and returned to St. John’s on the 6th of September. [Sidenote: 1850.] In April, 1850, the first battalion proceeded from Naas to Dublin. The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve battalion quitted St. John’s and Chambly on the 21st of May, 1850, and arrived at Toronto on the 23rd of that month, where the battalion was joined by the other companies, and it continued there during the remainder of the year. [Sidenote: 1851.] In April, 1851, the first battalion proceeded from Dublin to Mullingar, and in July following was removed to Newry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel William Denny. During the year 1851, the reserve battalion continued to be stationed at Toronto. [Sidenote: 1852.] In May, 1852, the reserve battalion proceeded from Toronto to Kingston. On the 8th of June following, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., retired from the service by the sale of his commission, and was succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel Massey Stack. In August the first battalion moved to Kilkenny, sending detachments to New Ross and Wexford. On the 1st of November orders were received from the Horse Guards by the first battalion to hold itself in readiness for embarkation for the Mediterranean. [Sidenote: 1853.] On the 3rd of January it received new colours, shortly after which it moved to Cork. Soon after the arrival of the first battalion at Cork, the old colours were placed over a tablet erected at Kinsale to the memory of the late Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, a native of that place, who commanded the regiment for many years. During the months of February and March the first battalion embarked in three freight ships for Corfu. By a War Office Letter of 20th February, 1854, the first battalion was augmented from the 1st April by 1 pipe major and 5 pipers. In May, 1853, the reserve battalion proceeded to Quebec, and was quartered in the Citadel. After the embarkation of the first battalion, the depôt proceeded to Chatham. [Sidenote: 1854.] The reserve battalion embarked at Quebec on the 20th September, landed in England on the 13th of October, and proceeded to Canterbury, where it was shortly afterwards joined by the depôt from Chatham. On its departure from Canada, 100 men volunteered to the Sixteenth and Canadian Rifles. On the 1st of January of this year the following was the composition of the first and reserve battalion. The depôt is not included:—