Birmingham.
_Barrels Regiment_ (Vol. viii., p. 620.; Vol. ix., p. 63.).--I am obliged
to H. B. C. for his attention to my Query, though it does not quite answer
my purpose, which was to learn the circumstances which occasioned a print
in my possession, entitled "The Old Scourge returned to Barrels." It
represents a regiment, the body of each {160} soldier being in the form of
a barrel, drawn up within view of Edinburgh Castle. A soldier is tied up to
the halberts in order to be flogged; the drummer intercedes: "Col., he
behaved well at Culloden." An officer also intercedes: "Pray Col. forgive
him, he's a good man." The Col.'s reply is, "Flog the villain, ye rascal."
Under the print--"And ten times a day whip the Barrels." I want to know who
this flogging Col. was; and anything more about him which gained for him
the unenviable title of Old Scourge.