Lieut.-General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B., was removed from the colonelcy of the eighty-eighth to that of the SEVENTY-FIRST regiment on the 16th of January 1824, in succession to General Francis Dundas, deceased. The regiment remained here for two winters, and in the beginning of May 1824 orders were received to march to the Cove of Cork, to embark for foreign service. Before the SEVENTY-FIRST marched to the coast for embarkation, very gratifying addresses were presented to Colonel Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, commanding the regiment, from the magistrates and inhabitants of the district round Fermoy, conveying their approbation of the conduct of the corps, which had won the esteem of all classes. A very gratifying order was also issued by Major-General Sir John Lambert, K.C.B., commanding the south-western district of Ireland, relative to the conduct of the regiment. The regiment embarked for North America on the 14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th of May 1824, on board the Indian trader Prince of Orange, Cato and Fanny transports, and anchored at Quebec on the 23d, 24th, and 25th of June. [Sidenote: 1825.] In the year 1825, the establishment of the regiment was augmented from eight to ten companies, and formed into six _service_ and four _depôt_ companies, consisting of forty-two sergeants, fourteen buglers, and 740 rank and file. In consequence of this arrangement, the officers and non-commissioned officers of two companies were sent to England to join the depôt companies at Chichester. [Sidenote: 1826.] The detachments stationed during the summer months at the posts of Sorel and Three Rivers rejoined the head-quarters of the regiment at Quebec on the 15th of October. On the 25th of October and the 4th of November, the service companies were inspected by Lieut.-General the Earl of Dalhousie, the Commander of the Forces in British North America, who expressed his fullest approbation of their discipline and interior economy, as well as of their conduct and appearance. [Sidenote: 1827.] The head-quarter division of the SEVENTY-FIRST embarked at Quebec for Montreal on the 17th of May 1827, after having been stationed in that garrison nearly three years. Preparatory to this change of quarters, the service companies were again inspected by Lieut.-General the Earl of Dalhousie, who, in orders, assured Lieut.-Colonel Jones that he had never seen any regiment in more perfect order. The service companies arrived at Montreal on the 19th of May, and detachments from them were stationed at Isle-aux-Noix, St. John’s, William Henry, La Chine, Coteau-du-Lac, and Rideau. [Sidenote: 1828.] On the 8th of May 1828, the SEVENTY-FIRST embarked for Kingston in batteaux, and arrived there on the 16th of that month. The SEVENTY-FIRST remained stationed here for twelve months. During the summer and part of the autumn they suffered much from fever and ague, having had at one period nearly a third of the men in hospital. [Sidenote: 1829.]