The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., proceeded from St. John’s to Montreal, in aid of the civil power, on the 28th of April 1849. The head-quarters and three companies quitted Montreal and encamped on the Island of St. Helen’s on the 30th of June, but returned to St. John’s on the 16th of July. On the 17th of August 1849, the head-quarters and two companies proceeded from St. John’s to Montreal, in aid of the civil power, and returned to St. John’s on the 6th of September. [Sidenote: 1850.] In April 1850, the first battalion proceeded from Naas to Dublin. The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve battalion quitted St. John’s and Chambly on the 21st of May 1850, and arrived at Toronto on the 23d of that month, where the battalion was joined by the other companies, and it continued there during the remainder of the year. [Sidenote: 1851.] In April 1851, the first battalion proceeded from Dublin to Mullingar, and in July following was removed to Newry. During the year 1851 the reserve battalion continued to be stationed at Toronto. [Sidenote: 1852.] In May 1852, the reserve battalion proceeded from Toronto to Kingston. On the 8th of June following, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., retired from the service by the sale of his commission, and was succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel Massey Stack. On the 1st of July 1852, the date to which this Record has been brought, the first battalion of the SEVENTY-FIRST regiment was stationed at Newry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel William Denny; the reserve battalion continued at Kingston, in Canada. 1852. [Illustration: _Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand_ SEVENTY FIRST HIGHLANDERS. LIGHT INFANTRY. _For Cannon’s Military Records._] FOOTNOTES: [6] Regiments raised in the spring of 1778:-- 72d regiment, or Royal _Manchester_ Volunteers disbanded in 1783. 73d _Highland_ regiment numbered the 71st regiment in 1786. 74th _Highland_ regiment disbanded in 1784. 75th Prince of Wales’s regiment disbanded in 1783. 76th _Highland_ regiment disbanded in 1784. 77th regiment, or _Atholl Highlanders_ disbanded in 1783. 78th _Highland_ regiment numbered the 72d regiment in 1786. 79th regiment, or Royal _Liverpool_ volunteers disbanded in 1784. 80th regiment, or Royal _Edinburgh_ volunteers disbanded in 1784. 81st _Highland_ regiment disbanded in 1783. 82d regiment disbanded in 1784. 83d regiment, or Royal _Glasgow_ volunteers disbanded in 1783. Two of these twelve regiments have been retained on the establishment of the Army, namely, the _seventy-third_ and _seventy-eighth_, which are the present SEVENTY-FIRST and SEVENTY-SECOND regiments. [7] A memoir of General the Right Honorable Sir David Baird, Bart., G.C.B., is inserted in the _Appendix_, page 144. [8] See memoir of Captain Philip Melvill in the _Appendix_, page 143.