camp, the peace of 1802 came, and they closed
their career of service on the 6th of May. Early on
the forenoon of that day they mustered reluctantly
on Heriot?s Green, where they were formed in hollow
square, and the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding
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where the colours were formally delivered over to
the magistrates, who placed them in the Council
Chamber, and the corps was dissolved.
When the alarm of invasion was again sounded,
in 1803, in few places did the, old Scottish spirit
THE NORTH GATEWAY OF HERlG?r?S HOSPITAL
read Lord Hobart?s circular letter conveying the
thanks of the Crown and also of both Houses.
He also read the resolution of the Town Council,
conveying in the strongest terms the thanks of the
community to all the volunteers of the city, and
a very complimentary letter from Lieutenant-General
Vyse.
Column was then formed, and the volunteers
marched from the Green to the Parliament Square,
blaze up more fiercely than in Edinburgh. A very
short time saw Heriot?s Green again bristling with
arms, and upwards of 4,000 volunteers were enrolled.
On the 30th of September in that year the
old colours were again unfurled by the Royal
Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers, mustering 1,000
rank and file, clad in scarlet faced with blue j and
in I 804, prior to the temble alarm known as ? the
Lighting of the Beacons,? there were in Edinburgh,
