As the population of the Highlands of Scotland is found to be insufficient to supply recruits for the whole of the Highland corps on the establishment of His Majesty’s army, and as some of these corps laying aside their distinguishing dress, which is objectionable to the natives of South Britain, would, in a great measure, tend to facilitate the completing of their establishment, as it would be an inducement to the men of the English militia to extend their services in greater numbers to these regiments:--it is in consequence most humbly submitted, for the approbation of His Majesty that His Majesty’s 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 91st, and 94th regiments should discontinue, in future, to wear the dress by which His Majesty’s regiments of Highlanders are distinguished, and that the above corps should no longer be considered as on that establishment. (Signed) HARRY CALVERT, _Adjutant-General_. [11] Major-General Macquarie formerly commanded the SEVENTY-THIRD regiment.--_Vide_ Memoir in Appendix, page 69. [12] A fourth division of the SEVENTY-THIRD sailed from Port Jackson on the 26th of January 1815, and arrived at Ceylon in the ship “General Brown,” on the 2nd of March. There still remained some men of the battalion for whom room could not be provided in the four ships already named, and those were embarked in the colonial brig “Kangaroo,” which arrived at Colombo on the 19th of August 1815. [13] A memoir of the services of Lieut.-General Sir Maurice O’Connell, K.C.H., is contained in the Appendix, page 70. HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SECOND BATTALION OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. [Sidenote: 1802] Europe enjoyed but a short interval of tranquillity by the treaty of Amiens, which was signed on the 27th of March, 1802. In May of the following year, the war was renewed, and Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul of the French Republic, threatened the invasion of Great Britain. On the 18th of May, 1804, Napoleon was invested with the dignity of Emperor of the French, and on the 26th of May of the succeeding year, he was crowned at Milan as King of Italy. [Sidenote: 1804] In December, 1804, Spain issued a declaration of war against England, and agreed to furnish a powerful aid to the French Emperor. [Sidenote: 1805] While the French pursued a victorious career in Germany, they experienced dreadful reverses from the British navy, particularly on the 21st of October, 1805, when the combined fleets of France and Spain were completely defeated off _Cape Trafalgar_. The victory was, however, clouded by the death of Admiral Viscount Nelson, to whose memory a grateful and admiring nation paid the highest honors. [Sidenote: 1806] [Sidenote: 1808]