“I have the honor to enclose an extract of a letter from the Adjutant-General of the Forces, that the same may be entered in your regimental order book, and read to the regiment; and moreover, to express the infinite satisfaction Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney feels in the good opinion, therein expressed, of the General Commanding in Chief, for your zeal and exertions in the command of the NINETY-SECOND regiment (Highlanders), and to congratulate the regiment on having so well merited this testimony.
“I have, &c.
(Signed) “Charles Fitzroy, Lieut.-Colonel,
“Assistant Adjutant-General.
“Lieut.-Colonel McDonald,
Commanding NINETY-SECOND Highlanders.”
Extract from a letter, dated 9th of February, 1831 (before alluded to), addressed by the Adjutant-General, to the Lieut.-General commanding in Ireland:—
“9th February, 1831.
“The Report on the NINETY-SECOND regiment, so creditable throughout to the zeal and successful exertions of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald in the management of his command, is very satisfactory to His Lordship the General Commanding in Chief.”
(Signed) “John Macdonald,
“Adjutant-General.”
The company which had been detached in the county of Meath returned to its quarters on the 22nd of March, and on the following day a letter was received, expressive of the entire approbation of the Lord Lieutenant of the services performed in the disturbed district by the troops employed.
The regiment was removed from the Royal Barracks on the 19th of April: the head-quarters, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald, consisting of four companies, with the recruits, were stationed in the New Barracks, and six companies, under Major Winchester, at George-street.