“I have had the honor to lay before the King your letter of the 20th instant, requesting that the EIGHTY-SEVENTH, or Prince of Wales’s Own Irish regiment, of which you are colonel, may be made a corps of Light Infantry. “On this occasion His Majesty has commanded me to express to you the perfect sense he entertains of the high and meritorious character of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH regiment, and of the long course of brilliant services which have distinguished its career,—services which, the King has condescended to observe, have been impressed upon his memory by the recollection of more than one trophy captured from the enemy, and by the interest His Majesty must always take in a regiment which possesses, from its title, an early and peculiar claim to his protection. “But with every disposition to accede to your wishes, the King laments that it is out of his power to grant your request without inconvenience to the public service, as well as a deviation from the principle that has guided His Majesty’s refusal on similar occasions. I am at the same time instructed to accompany this expression of the King’s regret, with the assurance of the gracious sense which His Majesty entertains of the services of the Prince of Wales’s Own Irish regiment, and of the personal interest he must always take in its welfare and honor. “I have, &c., (Signed) “H. TORRENS, “_Adjutant-General_. “_General Sir John Doyle, Bart., G.C.B., Colonel of the_ EIGHTY-SEVENTH _Regiment_.” In his reply to the above communication, in a letter dated the 11th of July 1827, General Sir John Doyle preferred a request, that the EIGHTY-SEVENTH might be styled the “_Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Regiment of Fusiliers_,” in the following terms:— “England, Scotland, and Wales, have each their national fusilier regiments; Ireland alone is without one. The prayer of my petition is, that the blank may be filled up by the Prince of Wales’s Own Irish regiment, to be honored by the title of the _Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Fusiliers_. Thus _shall we preserve the endearing title we so highly prize_; _retain the national colours under which we have so long fought_; and avoid collision with any regiment that might have been honored with the name of Royal.” This request was complied with, and the result was communicated to General Sir John Doyle in the following letter from the Adjutant-General: “_Horse Guards, “16th July, 1827._ “SIR,