ch have mutinied, and those which have been
disarmed, the number of European troops arrived in Calcutta up to the
19th of September, and whence they came; with some few other points of
information.

There may be some slight inaccuracies, as the first copies of the map
have only just been struck off, and have not been corrected; but Lord
Canning believes that it will be interesting to your Majesty at the
present moment.

Lord Canning begs to be allowed to express his earnest wishes for the
health of your Majesty, and of His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and to offer to your Majesty the humble assurance of his sincere and
dutiful devotion.

[Footnote 42: Word omitted in the original.]

[Footnote 43: At the battle of the Alma, Sir Colin Campbell,
in command of the 2nd or Highland Brigade of the 1st Division,
had, with his Highlanders in line, routed the last compact
column of the Russians. On the 11th of July 1857, he was
appointed Commander-in-Chief in India, and started literally
at one day's notice, reaching Calcutta on the 14th of August.]

[Footnote 44: The services of the Naval Brigade, at the relief
of Lucknow, were warmly recognised by Sir Colin Campbell, and
especially the gallantry of Captain Peel of the _Shannon_.]

[Footnote 45: In retribution for the atrocity of the Black
Hole of Calcutta, Watson, under instructions from Clive,
reduced Chandernagore on the 23rd of March 1757; the battle of
Plassey was fought on the 23rd of June.]

[Footnote 46: John Russell Colvin, formerly Private Secretary
to Lord Auckland, had been Lieutenant-Governor since 1853.]

_Queen Victoria to the Earl of Clarendon._

BALMORAL, _28th September 1857_.

The Queen is much surprised at Lord Clarendon's observing that "from
what he hears the Maharajah was either from nature or early education
cruel."[48] He must have changed very suddenly if this be true, for
if there was a thing for which he was remarkable, it was his extreme
gentleness and kindness of disposition. We have known him for three
years (our two boys intimately), and he always shuddered at hurting
anything, and was peculiarly gentle and kind towards children and
animals, and if anything rather timid; so that all who knew him said
he never could have had a chance in his own country. His valet, who
is a very respectable Englishman, and has been with him ever since
his twelfth year, says that