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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 217Belfast, and about 200 of the magistrates, principalmerchants, and professionalmen residing there.issi.Enniskilien was the next quarter of the regiment,1852.which was reached in April. Here there wereout-stations, namely, atCavan, Ballyshannon, andCharlemont, and the regiment was continuallybeing employed in the aid of the civil power. Infor theSeptember the army went into mourningDuke of Wellington ;and on the occasion ofreading the general order announcing his death,on a full-dress parade, the regimental colour wascovered with black crape.On the llth a party of officers and men wassent to London to represent the regimentat thefuneral. The names of those selected for thisspecial duty were as follows : Major BertieGordon, Captain Cochrane, Lieutenant Bruce,Colour-Sergeant McKay, Corporal Smith, PrivateJames Murphy, and Private James Hunter. Onthe 17th therepresentative detachments of corpsassembled at Chelsea Hospital, and marchedpast the body lying in state. The following daythe detachments paraded at the Horse G-uards,and marched in the procession to St. Paul'sCathedral.In December 100 stands of the new Minie