ty in disengaging themselves from the crowds which pressed around them."

Each soldier was presented with a night's free admission to the Theatre, and a public dinner was given to them in George Street Assembly Rooms; Sir Walter Scott, and several of the most eminent men in Edinburgh, superintending the entertainment.

If the approbation of their country be gratifying to good men, no stronger incitement to honourable actions need be required, than the assurance of receiving it when merited. The remembrance of scenes like these, exhibited in testimony of the most cordial approbation by all classes in the capital of their native country, ought to be carefully cherished by those who were the objects of them, and by all those, likewise, who may succeed them in the corps, as an excitement to imitate the same line of conduct, both in quarters and in the field,-conduct which, for a long succession of years, has secured to the Black Watch and Royal Highlanders as high and uninterrupted a feeling of respect and esteem for their private character, and of admiration for their courage in the field and success in arms,

* The following is an extract from the account published at the time: "Tuesday, the first division of the 42d regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Henry Dick, (who succeeded to the command of the regiment, on the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara, killed at Quatre Bras,) marched into the Castle. Major-General Hope, commander of the district, and Colonel David Stewart of Garth, accompanied the Lieutenant-Colonel at the head of the regiment. Not only the streets of the city were crowded beyond all former precedent with spectators, but the windows, and even the house-tops, were occupied. The road from Musselburgh, a distance of six miles, was filled with relations and friends; and so great was the crowd, that it was after four o'clock before they arrived at the Castle Hill, although they passed through Portobello about two o'clock. It was almost impossible for these gallant men to get through the people, particularly in the city. All the bells were rung, and they were everywhere received with the loudest acclamations,"

as an approving country could well bestow. This high character, uniformly distinguished by marked approval, deserves the notice of those whose province it will be to direct the recruiting of the corps, so that the men who fill the ranks may maintain its original character, and, along with other Highland regiments, continue such as it was when mothers and sisters mourned the absence of their sons and brothers, and soothed their hearts with a feeling of satisfaction, when they reflected, and thus consoled themselves, as I have often heard them do: "Well, if I should never see his face again, he is a companion to brave soldiers and honourable men: he belongs to the Black Watch."