[6] Serjeant Stephenson was offered a commission in an infantry corps, as a reward for his conduct on this occasion, which he declined at the recommendation of several officers, who hoped to be able to procure him promotion in his own regiment; but they either fell victims to the climate or were removed to other corps, and he died, on service with his regiment at Bombay, in 1813. [7] Statement of Lieut.-General Sir Evan Lloyd. [8] In November, 1817, Lieut.-Colonel William Carden died at the cantonments of the regiment at Ruttapore, near Kaira, where a handsome monument was erected with the following inscription:-- HERE ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF LIEUT.-COLONEL W. CARDEN, LATE OF H. M. 17TH DRAGOONS, AND COMMANDING OFFICER ON THE N. D. GUZERAT; WHO DIED AT THIS PLACE ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER, 1817, AGED 48 YEARS. THE OFFICERS OF HIS REGIMENT HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT, NOT MERELY TO RECORD HIS EMINENCE AS A SOLDIER, BUT AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR AFFECTIONATE REGARD TO HIS MEMORY, AND TO EXPRESS THE DEEP REGRET WHICH THE LOSS OF THE NUMEROUS VIRTUES HE POSSESSED HAS OCCASIONED. A friend to truth; in soul sincere: In action faithful, and in honour clear. SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS;-- LANCERS. JOHN HALE, _Appointed 27th April, 1763_. JOHN HALE held a commission in the Forty-seventh Foot, and served in Scotland during the rebellion of 1745-6. He was promoted to Captain in 1752, and to the Majority of the regiment in 1755. On the breaking out of the seven years' war he proceeded with the Forty-seventh to North America, and was promoted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment on the 19th of March, 1758. He commanded the Forty-seventh regiment in the expedition against Cape Breton, under Lieut.-General, afterwards Lord, Amherst; was distinguished for intrepidity at the landing on the 8th of June, 1758, and also served with credit at the siege of Louisburg, which surrendered on the 26th of July. On the 30th of August he embarked with his regiment from Louisburg, and proceeded to the support of Major-General Abercromby, who had been repulsed in an attack on the French fort of Ticonderago, on the west shore of Lake Champlain. In 1759 he commanded the Forty-seventh in the expedition against Quebec, under Major-General JAMES WOLFE, and when appointed to this arduous enterprise, he was honoured with the local rank of Colonel in America. Sailing up the river St. Lawrence a landing was effected, and several actions took place, in which Colonel Hale was distinguished for the cool and steady manner in which he led the Forty-seventh into the fight. At the battle of Quebec, on the 13th of September, 1759, Major-General WOLFE fell, mortally wounded, while in the act of leading the Twenty-eighth Foot to the charge with bayonets; Colonel HALE brought the Forty-seventh into action in a very gallant manner, and the charge of the two