"The flag of Fort St. George will be immediately hoisted half-staff high, and continue so until sunset. "Minute-guns, sixty-five in number, corresponding with the age of the deceased, will be fired from the ramparts of Fort St. George. "Similar marks of respect will be paid to the memory of Sir Thomas Munro at all the principal military stations and posts dependent on this presidency." On the 21st of July, a meeting of the inhabitants of Madras was convened, when among other resolutions the following was adopted : : "That to perpetuate the remembrance of Sir Thomas Munro's public and private virtues, a subscription be immediately opened for the purpose of erecting a statue to his memory." In a very short time a sum was raised great beyond all precedent: 80007. was set aside for an equestrian statue of Sir Thomas Munro, and to Mr. F. Chantry was entrusted the task of casting that splendid one of bronze, which now adorns the esplanade of Fort St. George. A full-length painting of the illustrious deceased, and a beautiful engraving was also executed. The former is now hung up in the college-hall at Madras. The natives of the ceded districts also came forward; and to their proposition to perpetuate the memory of “The Father of the People," as Sir Thomas was there styled, the Government resolved, "That a substantial and proper stone monument be erected at Gooty over his remains; that a well be dug and trees planted round the spot at Putteecondah, where Sir Thomas Munro died; and that a choultry and tank be built at Gooty for the accommodation of travellers, to be called The Munro Choultry and Tank.'” These buildings and works were subsequently executed. In 1831 the remains of the late Sir Thomas Munro, Bart., K.C.B., were removed from Gooty under the escort of the 5th regiment of native infantry, and interred in St. Mary's church, Fort St. George. Sir Thomas Munro arrived at Madras in January, 1780, and did duty as a cadet with one of the battalions of the European Regiment in Fort St. George. He was shortly appointed to the grenadiers of the corps, and with them accompanied the armies, under Sir Hector Munro, Sir Eyre Coote, and General Stewart, during the wars in the Carnatic with the French and Mysoreans, until the peace in July, 1783, during which time he was with the European Regiment at the retreat from Conjeveram, the relief of Wandiwash, battle of Porto Nova, siege of Tripasore, the battles of Palliloor and Sholingur, at the battle of Arnee, and the operations before Cuddalore. In 1786 he was promoted to a lieutenancy in the Madras European Regiment, and joined a battalion of the corps in Fort St. George, after which time he did duty with different Sepoy battalions until 1788, when he was appointed an assistant in the intelligence department under Captain Read, and continued being employed in confidential situations during the wars with Tippoo, and at the sieges of Seringapatam. He was, in 1799, in civil charge of Canara; in 1800 appointed to the civil administration of the ceded districts; and in 1817, during the Mahratta wars, commanded a division of the army, and reduced the southern Mahratta country. In 1818 General Munro embarked for England, and in 1820 returned to India as Governor of Madras, and continued so until his death. In July, 1827, a very chaste and elegantly silvermounted snuff-mull, of the largest size, was presented to the mess of the Madras European Regiment, by Sir John Malcolm, K.C.B., K.L.S. The following inscription was engraved upon it :"To the Madras European Regiment, from Sir John Malcolm, K.C.B., K.L.S., in remembrance of Mahidpoor." In General Orders of the 24th of October, the thanks of the Houses of Parliament were communicated to the army for their zeal, discipline, and bravery, during the war in Ava. During 1828 and 1829 the 1st European Regiment was stationed at Masulipatam, and the 2d at Kamptee. In June, 1828, intelligence was received of the |