The regiment, commanded by Major Winchester, was inspected on the 5th of August, in the Phœnix Park, by Lieut.-General Sir John Byng, K.C.B., commanding the forces in Ireland, and on the 6th and 7th of that month marched for Fermoy, where the divisions arrived on the 15th and 16th of August. [Sidenote: 1829] On the 19th of January, 1829, Lieut.-Colonel John McDonald,[17] joined and assumed the command of the NINETY-SECOND, he having been appointed to the regiment from the half-pay on the 21st of November of the previous year. Orders having been received directing that steel-mounted swords should be adopted by Highland regiments, the officers of the NINETY-SECOND, immediately supplied themselves with “_Claidheamh mor_,” similar to those originally used in the regiment. [Sidenote: 1830] A letter, dated 13th of April, 1830, was at this period received from the Adjutant-General of the Forces, authorising the adoption of regimental tartan trousers for all occasions when the kilt is not worn. On the 11th of May, the first division of the regiment marched for Kilkenny, and was followed next day by the head-quarters, at which place they arrived on the 14th and 15th of May; detaching a company to each of the following places—Carlow, Athy, and Maryborough. On the 8th of June, another company marched from head-quarters for New Ross. The regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel John McDonald, was reviewed on the 5th November, by Lieut.-General Sir John Byng, K.C.B., commanding the forces in Ireland, who directed the commanding officer to make known “the gratification which he felt at witnessing their soldier-like appearance, and the correctness of their movements, as well as the excellent style and cleanliness in which their barracks are kept. “That from their former services together, he considers them to be old friends, and was therefore the more pleased to find the NINETY-SECOND greatly improved since he last saw them, and in a state, which, in their best days, they never surpassed; and that immediately on his return to Dublin, he would make a point of reporting the very high state of discipline in which he found the regiment, and which, he was sure, would also afford to General Lord Hill, a pleasure the most sincere.” The head-quarter division, consisting of three companies, marched, on the 26th of May, _en route_ to Birr, and the remaining three companies, under the command of Major Winchester, marched next day for the same place, detaching one company to Nenagh. The head-quarters arrived at Birr on the 29th of May, and the second division on the 31st of that month; the companies from Maryborough, Carlow, Athy, and Wexford arrived about the same period. The following is an extract from the regimental orders, of the 9th of June, relative to the receipt of an address from the magistrates of Queen’s County:—