exploits of Alexander the Great, the following Queen's regiments were authorized to bear on their colours the wordsBUSHIRE, 64th. Foot; KOOSH-AB, 64th. and 78th. regiments; RESHIRE, 64th. regiment.

THE SECOND BURMESE AND PERSIAN MEDAL.

THE medal and ribbon for these two services are the same. On the obverse is the Queen's head, similar to that for the Indian Mutiny, and on the reverse is represented Victory crowning an antique warrior. In the exergue is the lotus. This medal was designed by Leonard C. Wyon, Esq. The ribbon is bright scarlet, with two dark blue stripes. A clasp with the word PEGU was issued with the medal for services in Burmah, and that for the Persian campaign had one inscribed PERSIA.

THE INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL.

1857-1858.

THIS medal, which is by L. C. Wyon, Esq., is a work of great merit. The obverse has the Queen's head with the superscription VICTORIA REGINA, and on the reverse Britannia is represented in an erect position, instead of being seated, and above is the word INDIA; the drapery is most judiciously arranged. In her right hand, out-stretched, is a laurel wreath. The usual shield with the Union is on the left arm, and in the hand are other wreaths. The British Lion forms an appropriate background. The ribbon is French-white, with two red stripes. It was granted to all engaged in operations against the rebels or mutineers, and was also conferred on non-military persons who had borne arms as volunteers against them. There are five bars attached, respectively inscribed DELHI, DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW, RELIEF OF LUCKNOW, LUCKNOW, and CENTRAL INDIA. The first clasp was granted to the troops employed in the operations against, and at the assault of, Delhi; that for the DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW was conferred on all of the original garrison, under Major-General Inglis, and to those who suc

coured them, and continued the defence under Major-Generals Sir Henay Havelock and Sir James Outram, until relieved by Lord Clyde; RELIEF OF LUCKNOW was authorized to the troops engaged in the operations against that place, under the immediate command of Lord Clyde, in November, 1857; and the clasp LUCKNOW was awarded to the force engaged under his lordship's immediate command in March, 1858, in the final capture of the town, and in all operations connected therewith; CENTRAL INDIA was granted to the column under Major-General Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.B., engaged in the operations against Jhansi, Calpee, and Gwalior, and also to the troops, which, under the command of Major-Generals Roberts and Whitlock respectively, performed such important service in Central India.

SIEGE OF DELHI.

30TH. MAY TO 14TH. SEPTEMBER, 1857.

SUNDAY, the 10th. of May, 1857, will never cease to be remembered in India. An outbreak, for some time contemplated, broke out at Meerut in the afternoon of that day. A century had elapsed since Clive's celebrated battle of Plassey, the forerunner of so many victories gained in India, by the valuable co-operation of Native troops, when the latter, forgetful of their former glories and of their loyalty, burst out into mutiny, with the view of overthrowing British supremacy in the East; the outbreak of Vellore, in the Madras Presidency, in 1806, having been the only exception to the long-continued fidelity of the Sepoy soldier. During the operations against Persia the Court of Delhi had entered into correspondence with the Shah, and Dost Mahomed, the Sovereign of Cabool, had been urged to invade the Punjab, when, by the secession of the Bengal native army, the time should be opportune. The grievance of the greased cartridges was indeed urged, but the combination had been for some time forming, and the name of the King of Delhi, over eighty years of age, was imagined to be a "tower of strength" in the endeavour to be made to restore the supremacy of the Mogul dynasty.

There is no doubt the rebellion was prematurely commenced;

scenes of the most heart-rending descriptions occurred, and several officers, ladies, and even children fell victims to the brutality of the Sepoys. Outbreaks occurred at Allahabad, Jhansi, Azimghur, Bareilly, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, and other places; the European women and children being, in many of them, murdered, and the several mutinous regiments all made for Delhi, hastening thither, as a central point, from all quarters, and committing the greatest outrages.

When the mutineers had seized Delhi, and proclaimed a descendant of the Mogul as king, their next object was to gain the chief magazine in that city. After a gallant defence it was exploded by order of Lieutenant Willoughby, who died of his wounds. Scully and Buckley were the two gunners, and the former, who fired the train, escaped, together with the other heroes Lieutenants Forrest and Raynor.

At this momentous period the Commander-in-Chief in India was General the Honourable George Anson, who had proceeded to Simla to escape the heat of the plains. Immediately upon receiving intelligence of the mutiny, he hurried to Umballa, and collecting all the available troops,* marched on Delhi,

* Queen's Regiments in India on the 1st. of May, 1857 :-6th. Dragoon Guards, 9th. and 12th. Lancers, and 14th. Light Dragoons. 8th. Foot, 10th., (first battalions,) 24th., 27th., 29th., 32nd., 35th., 43rd., 52nd., 53rd., 60th., (first battalion,) 61st., 64th., 70th., 74th., 75th., 78th., 81st., 83rd., 84th., 86th., and 87th. Regiments. Strength :-seven hundred and fiftyseven officers and twenty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-one men. The East-India Company's Troops raised this force to two hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and forty-six; the Native Troops included therein amounting to two hundred and thirty two thousand two hundred and twenty-four, and the Europeans to forty-five thousand five hundred and twenty-two.

By the end of 1858 the drafts and additional regiments embarked from England and the Colonies, amounted to three thousand one hundred and two officers and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-seven men, and at that period the regiments in India consisted of twelve Cavalry; Royal Artillery, (Horse,) four troops; Foot, nineteen field batteries and six companies garrison. Royal Engineers, four companies. Second battalion Military Train, and seventy-three Infantry regiments. The Cavalry were 1st., 2nd, 3rd., 6th., and 7th. Dragoons Guards; 6th., 7th., 8th., 9th., 12th., 14th., and 17th. Dragoons. The Infantry were 1st., 3rd., 4th., 5th., 6th, 7th., 8th., 10th., 13th., 18th., 19th, 20th., 23rd., 24th., (first battalions,) 27th., 28th., 29th., 31st., 32nd., 33rd., 34th., 35th., 37th., 38th., 42nd., 43rd, 44th., 46th., 48th., 51st., 52nd., 53rd., 54th., 56th., 57th., 60th., (1st., 2nd., and 3rd. battalions,) 61st., 64th., 66th., 67th., 68th., 69th., 70th., 71st., 72nd., 73rd., 74th., 75th., 77th., 78th., 79th., 80th., 81st., 82nd., 83rd., 84th., 86th., 87th., 88th., 89th., 90th., 91st., 92nd., 93rd., 94th., 95th., 97th., 98th., and 99th. regiments. Rifle Brigade, 2nd. and 3rd., battalions. Medical Staff Corps. A volunteer battalion of German settlers also embarked from the Cape in October, 1858.