terror among weaker and neighbouring states-at least so the treaty required. Meanwhile our gallant Guards, returning to England, were welcomed by a grateful country.

It is only now, when the audacious impudence of "Brother Jonathan" had dared to insult our time-honoured flag

"Which braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze,"

and thought to bully us out of the glorious charter which has conferred upon us the "dominion of the seas," that our Scots Fusilier Guards were once more called to prepare for action; and, having gone across the Atlantic as the van of our army, anxiously waited the signal to avenge, if need be, such unprovoked insult and aggression. Happily our firm demeanour has effectually quelled the storm, and impressed wiser and more wholesome measures, whereby peace has hitherto been continued.

One sentence only shall express our feelings, as we look back upon the history of our Scots Fusilier Guards, which we have here attempted to sketch-Every man has nobly done his duty.

THE FIRST ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT;

OR,

ROYAL SCOTS.

CHAPTER VIII.

Heroes, in your ancestral line,

Hallow the shades of "Auld Langsyne;"
Men who in their country's story

Shine brightly on the page of glory,

Noo sleep in bonnie Scotland.

ANCIENT HISTORY--882-1660.

As we approach the history of this venerable regiment we cannot help feeling all those sentiments of reverence and respect which are the becoming tribute to an honoured old age-a history which well nigh embraces, as it awakens,

"The stirring memories of a thousand years."

Consistent with the bold and adventurous spirit of the Scotsman, we find him pushing his fortune in almost every land under the sun; with a brave and manly heart going down to the battle of life; blessing, by his industry and enterprise, many a clime wherein he has settled, and so climbing

the loftiest pinnacles of greatness; or, by "diligence in business," earning the kingdom of a merchant prince. Of all the many and varied departments of life in which the Scotsman has been distinguished, he is most pre-eminent in the honourable profession of a soldier. Driven from his beloved country by the cruel tyrannies which from time to time oppressed her, or exiled by the hard necessities of a pinching poverty— wandering in many lands, the Scotsman nevertheless gratefully retains the recollection of his fatherland, and, in spirit, returns with fondness to the endeared associations of home

"The bonnie blithe blink o' his ain fireside."

"Home,

Such is the ruling passion which lives in his soul. sweet home," exerting a hallowed, chastening influence upon his daily life, has nerved the soldier's arm, and, by its magic charm, awakened the energies of the man. As a "guiding star," it has pointed out the path of honour-like a “ministering angel," its soothing influence has at other times calmed. the troubled sea of life, and, though it be but for a moment, has given something of peace to the weary, as it is intended to be a foretaste of the blessedness

"A something here of heaven above."

Already volumes have been written on the martial achievements of the Scottish nation, and we are fully impressed with the magnitude of our undertaking when, in these brief pages, we propose to illustrate the heroic tale of our ancient glory. Nowhere is there a more perfect representative of our exiles