Lastly, His Majesty was pleased to Command, that this Letter should be entered in the Regimental Record, as well as in the Standing Orders of the Queen's Royal. I have, &c., JOHN MACDONALD, A. G. * * * * * _South-Street, 19th August, 1835._ SIR, I have had the honour to receive your Letter of the 14th Instant, signifying to me, by desire of the General Commanding in Chief, that His Majesty has been pleased to decide, that no Regiment in His Majesty's Service shall be permitted to display a Third Colour under any circumstances whatsoever; and that, consequently, the Third Colour now in possession of the Queen's Royal shall not, from henceforth, be displayed in the Ranks of the Regiment. I will, without delay, transmit a Copy of your Communication to the Officer Commanding the Queen's Royal in India, for his information and guidance, with Orders to enter the same in the Regimental Record, as well as in the Standing Orders of the Corps, in obedience to His Majesty's Commands; and I am persuaded, that the Officers and Men of the Queen's Royal, although thereby deprived of a distinction which the Regiment has for some time enjoyed, will, nevertheless, feel as I do, highly gratified by the very gracious terms in which His Majesty has been pleased to direct his decision upon the subject to be communicated to me. I have, &c., (Signed) JAMES KEMPT. _To the Adjutant-General._ * * * * * N. B. In a printed description of the Colours of every Regiment, published in 1684, no mention is made of the Queen's Regiment having the privilege of carrying an additional Colour. The following is an extract from D'Auvergne's History of the Campaign in Flanders in 1693, relating to the Battle of Landen:-- "'Tis certain that we have taken from them (the French) _Nineteen Colours_ and _Thirty-seven Standards_, which, considering the proportion of Forces, is more than they gained from us, particularly as to the _Number_ of _Colours_; for besides that the French had double our number of Foot, their Battalions never have but _Three_ Colours at the most in each;--our Brandenburg and Hanover Foot have as many _Colours_ as there are _Companies_ in every Battalion, insomuch that some Battalions have a dozen;--and, therefore, it is more for us in proportion to have taken _Nineteen_ Colours from them, than if they had taken _Fifty_ from us." F. MEMOIR OF SIR HENRY TORRENS. The following Memoir of the services of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens is inserted, not only with the view of recording his merits as an officer, but of showing to the army and to the public one of the many instances in which the talents of an active and enterprising officer were duly noticed and rewarded by the King, and by His late Royal Highness the Duke of York, as well as by other illustrious commanders of the army:--