talions were subsequently raised, which were also disbanded in 1783; a third and fourth battalion were placed on the establishment of the army in 1795, and the fifth and sixth battalions in 1797; and the seventh and eighth battalions in August and November, 1813. Five battalions of the Sixtieth regiment were disbanded, as follows:-Fourth battalion, on the 24th August, 1819; Fifth battalion, on the 24th July, 1818; Sixth battalion, on the 9th February, 1818; Seventh battalion, on the 24th June, 1817; Eighth battalion, on the 30th May, 1816. Upon the reduction of the first battalion in April, 1819, it was ordered that the second should be numbered the first, and the third the second battalion. The Sixtieth has again four battalions, the third battalion having been formed in May, 1855, and the fourth battalion having been added in 1857.

In April, 1758, the second battalions of the fifteen regiments undermentioned, were formed into distinct regiments and numbered as shown in the following list, viz.:—

The Second Batt. of the 3rd Foot was constituted the 61st Regt.

After the peace of Fontainebleau, in 1763, reductions were made in the regular army, and the number of regiments of infantry was decreased from one hundred and nineteen to seventy. The above Seventyfirst, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth regiments were consequently disbanded in that

year.

The number of regiments of infantry continued at seventy, until the commencement of the American War, in 1775, and the renewal of hostilities with France and Spain, in 1779, when it was increased to one hundred and five regiments, exclusive of eleven unnumbered regiments and thirty-six independent companies of invalids.

After the General Peace in 1782, the number of regiments of infantry was again fixed at seventy, except a few regiments in India, which were reduced on being withdrawn from that country. The Hundredth was one of the regiments thus circumstanced.

In consequence of an increase of possessions in India, and of additional troops being necessary for the suppression of certain native powers, additional corps were raised and embarked for the East Indies in 1779, and in subsequent years.

The present Seventy-first regiment was raised in December, 1777, and embarked for India in 1779. Its number was changed from 73rd to 71st regiment in 1786.

The present Seventy-second regiment was raised in December, 1777, and embarked for India in 1781. Its number was changed from 78th to 72nd regiment in 1786.

The Seventy-third regiment was raised as the

second battalion of the 42nd regiment in 1777, and embarked for India in 1781. It was formed into a distinct regiment, and numbered the 73rd in 1786.

The 74th (Highland), 75th (Highland), 76th, and 77th regiments were raised for service in India, in October, 1787, and embarked for India in 1788.

The 78th (Highland), 79th (Highland), 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st (Highland) regiments were raised in 1793, immediately after the commencement of the war with France. In 1795, regiments were numbered as high as the 135th regiment, besides various unnumbered corps.

The 92nd (Highland) regiment (originally the 100th) was raised and placed on the establishment of the army on the 3rd of May, 1796.

The 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, and 99th regiments, which were raised in 1793, were shortly afterwards disbanded, so that in the year1798, the 98th became the 91st, and the 100th was. numbered the 92nd regiment. The numbered regiments in 1799 ended with the 92nd Highlanders.

The present 93rd (Highland) regiment was placed on the establishment on the 25th of August, 1800.

The Scots Brigade was numbered the Ninetyfourth Regiment on the 25th December, 1802. Thiscorps had been formed in the year 1568, for service in Holland against the oppression of Spain. Being a British corps, its services were demanded from the United Provinces by King James II. on the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685, after the suppres-sion of which it returned to Holland. It again embarked for England with the Prince of Orange at

the revolution in 1688. It remained in Great Britain until the Protestant cause had been established, and it re-embarked for Flanders in 1691, and served in the campaigns of King William III. It remained in the service of Holland until 1793, when it was decided by King George III., upon the application of the British officers remaining in it, to require the corps to return to Great Britain. It was taken on the British establishment on the 5th July, 1793. It then consisted of three battalions; in 1795 it was reduced to two battalions, and embarked for Gibraltar. In 1796 it was formed into one battalion, and embarked for the Cape of Good Hope; it embarked in 1798 for the East Indies, from whence it returned to England in 1808. It embarked for Cadiz and Lisbon, and served in the Peninsular War, from January, 1810 to July, 1814. It was disbanded at Belfast

on the 24th December, 1818.

The Rifle Corps, commanded by Colonel Coote Manningham, was formed and added to the establishment of the army on the 25th August, 1800. On the 25th December, 1802, it was directed to be numbered the 95th Regiment, but was taken out of the list of numbered regiments of infantry on the 6th February, 1816, and directed to be styled the Rifle Brigade. It then consisted of three battalions, which were distributed at the following stations, viz. :—

1st Battalion.-6 Companies with the Army of Occupation in France, and 4 Companies at Shorncliffe.

2nd Battalion.-6 Companies with the Army of Occupation in France, and 4 Companies at Shorncliffe.

3rd Battalion.-10 Companies at Dover.

This Battalion em

barked for Ireland in March, 1816. It was disbanded at Birr on the 24th of November, 1818.

A third battalion was again added to the Rifle Brigade in May 1855, and a fourth battalion in 1857.

The present 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th regiments were added to the establishment of the army in the early part of the year 1824, in consequence of the increased number of the colonial possessions of the British empire.

The present 100th Regiment was raised in Canada during the early part of 1858, from which country it arrived in England in July of that year. The foregoing remarks show that it is not the first regiment so designated. The present 92nd commenced its career as the 100th regiment. Even in the beginning of the nineteenth century there was a regiment numbered the 100th, which was raised in Ireland in 1804-5, by Frederick John Falkiner, Esq., and was placed upon the establishment of the army from the 25th March, 1805, and was numbered the 100th Regiment of Foot. After serving in Canada from

1805 until 1818, it was disbanded at Chatham as the 99th, the change of numerical title taking place in 1816, in consequence of the 95th Regiment being made the Rifle Brigade, and ceasing to be numbered amongst the regiments of the line. The 100th Regiment, disbanded in 1818, was numbered the 102nd Regiment in 1808, and was brought home from New South Wales, being then styled the New South Wales Corps. It served in Bermuda and Nova Scotia, and on the 6th February, 1816, when the 95th became the Rifle Brigade, was numbered the 100th Regiment: it was disbanded at Chatham, in March, 1818.