column of the enemy, until they gained the blood-stained heights, and then stood triumphant. And repeatedly during that trying campaign the Royal Fusiliers led the way. Since then the mutineers could not say that the Fusiliers were napping when wanted; and I am confident that their countrymen are well satisfied with their conduct in the Afghan campaigns of 1863 and the late go-in at Candahar; and that the honour of our dear old flag may still with safety be left in the hands of the ROYAL FUSILIERS. Their mettle has been well proved on the following fields:--Walcourt, Steenkirk, Landen, Namur, Cadiz, Rota, Vigo, Lindau, Minorca, Quebec, Satur, Montgomery, Clinton, Philadelphia, Newhaven, Charlestown, Cowpens, Copenhagen, Martingal, Oporto, Talavera, Busaco, Olivenze, Albuera, Aldea de Pont, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Montevite, Vittoria, Pampeluna, Pyrenees, Bidassra, Orthes, Toulouse, New Orleans, Fort Bowyer, Alma, Inkermann, throughout the siege of Sebastopol, India (1857-8-9), Lalo, Umbeyla Pass, and Candahar (1880). Their valour was displayed on the heights of Alma and Inkermann in a manner most heroic. Multiplied and almost unheard-of proofs were given, I do not say merely of courage, but of devotion to their country, quite extraordinary and sublime. The following are a few of the "Second to None" boys who have been presented by Her Most Gracious Majesty with that priceless decoration, THE VICTORIA CROSS. Lieut. H. M. Jones, 1st. Lieut. W. Hope, 2nd. Ass.-Surgeon T. E. Hale, 3rd. Private W. Norman, 4th. Private M. Hughes, 5th. And during the Afghan campaign, at a sortie from Candahar, Private James Ashford won the cross by carrying wounded comrades from the field under a most tremendous fire, after all the troops had re-entered the fortress. The Fusiliers have, as the records prove, been largely recruited from Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire, with a good sprinkling of the boys of the Green Isle. We will now bid farewell to the Royal Fusiliers, or "second to none" boys, wishing them "God speed." THE VICTORIA CROSS. "Worth! What is a ribbon worth to a soldier? Worth! Everything! Glory is priceless!" "Every village has its hero, And every fire-side its story." SEVENTH ROYAL FUSILIERS.