The peace of Paris in 1814, having put an end to the war on the Continent, the EIGHTY-EIGHTH Regiment was among the corps ordered to proceed to America, where hostilities were still raging. It embarked in the Gironde on the 15th of June, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson, and, without returning to England, sailed direct to Quebec, where it arrived on the 3rd of August following. The unfortunate failure of the combined military and naval operations on Lake Champlain and at Plattsburgh put a stop to active hostilities in Canada, and the EIGHTY-EIGHTH had only one opportunity of coming into contact with the enemy, viz., at the passage of the Savannah, where the light company, under Captain Nickle, distinguished itself. If, however, the period of its stay in Canada was barren of laurels to the EIGHTY-EIGHTH, it gave the regiment an opportunity of displaying qualities which, if not so dazzling and brilliant, are equally valuable in, and honourable to the soldier, namely, firm discipline and unshakeable fidelity to his king, his country, and his colours. The extent to which desertion prevailed amongst the British troops in America, is unhappily but too well known; but although the EIGHTY-EIGHTH was stationed on the banks of the river Richelieu, within a few hours’ sail of the province of Vermont; although the men were considerably in debt to their officers, and under stoppages to pay off an incumbrance, of which desertion would at once have relieved them; although tempting rewards awaited such as should reach the American territory, which could be done without the slightest risk; although American ships were daily arriving and departing, and the facilities were such that, if so disposed, the whole battalion might have deserted in a night, the EIGHTY-EIGHTH _did not lose one man by desertion_, during the whole eleven months that it remained in Canada!! [Sidenote: 1815] This honourable conduct of the men of the EIGHTY-EIGHTH did not go unnoticed or unrewarded; their reward was exemption from the painful duty of being present when the extreme sentence of martial law was executed upon deserters from other regiments. The following is a copy of the brigade order on one occasion of the kind, more than nine months after the arrival of the regiment in America. “_St. John’s, May 19, 1815._ “No men having deserted from Major Green’s artillery, or from the EIGHTY-EIGHTH regiment, they will not be required to attend at Chambly for the purpose of witnessing the execution of the sentence of a General Court Martial on several deserters.” The subject was again honourably adverted to by Major-General Brisbane, in a letter addressed to the regiment in Brigade Orders, when, in consequence of the escape of Napoleon from Elba, and the prospect of renewed and active warfare in Europe, it had been ordered to return to England. “B. O.