A new pair of Colours having been provided for the regiment, and bearing the following honorary distinctions, the words "MINDEN," "GIBRALTAR" with the Castle and Key and the motto '_Montis Insignia Calpé_,' "SERINGAPATAM" and "INDIA," they were presented to the corps, on the 28th of June, 1827, by General Sir George Don, who addressed the commanding officer (Major-Turberville), the officers, and soldiers, to the following effect:-- 'It appears by the record of the TWELFTH Regiment, to which I have the honor of presenting these colours, that among the many valiant deeds of the corps, it achieved distinguished glory at the battle of _Minden_. In 1797 I attended the renowned Duke of Brunswick on the spot where this battle was fought; after His Serene Highness had shown me the position occupied by the British, he said, _It was here the conflict was most obstinate and it was here that the British Infantry gained immortal glory_. This Rock, and Seringapatam, were afterwards among the scenes where the TWELFTH Regiment distinguished itself, and which are immortalized in the history of our country. Being myself a soldier of fifty-seven years' standing, I am alive to every instance of meritorious conduct in my brother soldiers, and it is extremely gratifying to me to reflect, that the TWELFTH Regiment, which so early established its fame, has continued to augment it on every occasion; and I am confident that whenever these Colours shall be displayed before an enemy, the regiment will, by its valiant conduct, add to the number of glorious records with which they are graced.' [Sidenote: 1828] In 1828 the garrison of Gibraltar was afflicted with a severe epidemic fever, which occasioned the death of upwards of five hundred soldiers; the inhabitants suffered much more severely than the troops. During the prevalence of the disease, the TWELFTH were encamped for four months on the neutral ground, where they were reviewed on the 27th of December, by the Lieut.-Governor Sir George Don, who expressed to Lieut.-Colonel Bayley, his entire approbation of the appearance of the corps, of its discipline, and interior economy. Eight officers, and two hundred and eighteen non-commissioned officers and soldiers, had been afflicted with the fever, of which number, two officers (Lieutenant Forssteen and Ensign Werge) and fifty-three soldiers had died. [Sidenote: 1834] The regiment remained at Gibraltar until the spring of 1834, when it embarked for England, and landed at Portsmouth, from whence it marched to Winchester, and during the winter into Lancashire. [Sidenote: 1835] [Sidenote: 1836] In November 1835, the regiment embarked at Liverpool for Ireland; it landed at Dublin, and was quartered in that city until October 1836, when it proceeded to Athlone. [Sidenote: 1837]