On the 24th and 25th of December, they marched from St. John’s, New Brunswick, for Quebec, Lower Canada; they were conveyed on the ice of the St. John river, to the junction of the river Madawaska with the St. John, then up the river to the head of the Timiscouta Lake, in two-horse sleighs, each sleigh carrying eight men, with their arms and accoutrements: from the head of the Lake Timiscouta, they were conveyed in carioles, two men with their arms, &c., in each, across the Portage to the river St. Lawrence, and on reaching the village of St. André, they followed the course of the river to Point Levi, opposite Quebec, where they crossed in canoes, having suffered little from the severity of the weather, and the inhabitants aiding their progress in every way. The few men left at different places sick, were treated with every kindness, and were all sufficiently recovered to proceed with the head-quarters on their marching up, except two men left at Fredericton, but whose complaints were quite unconnected with the exposure of the march. On the regiment being ordered to proceed to Canada, the following general order was issued by his Excellency Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., &c., Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. “(General order.) “_Head-Quarters_, “_Halifax, N. S., 8th January, 1838._ “The Major-General commanding cannot allow the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment to quit the command, without expressing his perfect satisfaction with the discipline and regularity with which the corps has uniformly conducted itself; and his Excellency desires that Major Ruxton will convey to the officers and soldiers, under his command, his best wishes for their future welfare, assured as he is, that in whatever service the corps may be employed, they will continue to display those qualities which have secured to them so high a character as soldiers. “(Signed) J. S. SNODGRASS, “_A. D. A. General_.” This year the regiment lost a valuable officer, MAJOR MARK MCLEOD TEW, whose many excellent qualities occasioned him to be highly esteemed by the officers and soldiers of his corps. He entered the regiment as ensign in 1800, was promoted lieutenant in the same year, captain in 1809, major by brevet in 1830, and major in the regiment in 1837. His distinguished services with the flank battalion, during the Mahratta and Pindaree war, from 1817 to 1820, are set forth in the record of his regiment. The state of his health occasioned him to retire from the service in August, 1837; but his decease occurred in October, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, before he could embark for England.