that a committee was sitting elsewhere to investigate the state of the Ordnance Department; and he trusted that their Lordships would not allow that valuable arm of the service, which took so much time to create, and which when created was so valuable, to be reduced below a scale of proper strength and efficiency. In Bengal alone, the regular army had 200 pieces of artillery ready to be moved, comprising 120 nine-pounders, and the remainder three and six-pounders, and that was exclusive of all the artillery that belonged to local and irregular corps. Besides that, there was during the campaign more than 100 pieces of heavy artillery, of eighteen and twenty-four pounders, actually on the Sutlej, with 1,000 rounds of ammunition per gun. They were all complete and ready for action, and all that was required was the actual necessity for their movement. That was a state of readiness that was very much to be admired, and he hoped they would never consent to cripple that noble arm of their service.” * * * * * _Note to page 435._—It is stated at page 435, that a monumental column was raised (at Dum-Dum) to the memory of Captain Nicholl and the officers and men of the 1st troop 1st brigade, who perished so gloriously on the retreat from Caubul. As this sheet is going through the press, I learn that the column has been blown down during a _typhaun_, and that it is the intention of the regiment not to restore it, but to place, in its stead, a monumental slab in the Dum-Dum church. I trust that I shall be pardoned for saying that I believe such a resolution, if carried into effect, will be greatly regretted by many of the relatives of the brave men to whom the column was dedicated, and by some, at least, of the original promoters of the testimonial.—_Editor._ * * * * * ERRATA. In the preface, page x, line 4, _for_ “Sikhs crossed the Punjab,” _read_ “Sikhs crossed the Sutlej.” Page 130, line 8 from bottom (Colonel Deare’s Epitaph), _for_ “Royal Artillery,” _read_ “Bengal Artillery.” Page 371, line 8, _for_ “G. R. MacGregor,” _read_ “R. G. MacGregor.” Page 409, last line of text, _for_ “Walrek,” _read_ “Walker.” ILLUSTRATIONS TO CHAPTER IV. FIELD-CARRIAGES. [Illustration: No. 1.—_Page 164._] [Illustration: No. 2.—_Page 168._] [Illustration: No. 3.—_Page 172._] AMMUNITION-WAGGONS. [Illustration: No. 5.—_Page 173._] [Illustration: No. 6.—_Page 174._] ELEVATING-SCREWS.—_Page 176._ [Illustration: Fig. 3] [Illustration: Fig. 4] [Illustration: Fig. 5] [Illustration: Fig. 6] [Illustration: Fig. 7] [Illustration: Fig. 8] [Illustration: Fig. 9] SIEGE-CARRIAGES. [Illustration: No. 8.—_Page 179._] COLONEL DUFF’S PATTERN.—_Page 179._