Whilst the American continent was the scene of a sanguinary and bitter strife, the embers of war were being quickened into flame in another and far distant province of our vast colonial empire. In India the usurpation of Hyder Ali had occasioned the interference of the British, awakening the ill-disguised hatred of the native race against the grasping policy of the British, whose cupidity had already appropriated much of their native land, and whose avarice was only too ready to embrace any farther opportunity for aggrandisement. The incendiaries of France had been busy sowing the seeds of jealousy and distrust of the British rule, which soon produced its malignant fruits in the cruel and remorseless war that ensued. Thus encircled and assailed by enemies from so many quarters at once, our Government, in its dire extremity, called upon the patriotism of the country to supply the means of defence. The result was most satisfactory; and in no case did the appeal receive a more cordial response than amongst our clansmen, from whence were drawn, in the course of eighteen months, upwards of 12,500 Highlanders. From the following list of the regiments raised in 1778 to meet this emergency, the subject of our present sketch may be selected:— 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’ Regiment, disbanded in 1783. 76th Highland Regiment, disbanded in 1784. 77th Regiment, or Athole 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.