1 328 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 supply his own place, and his son placed the next
3 in the department. His health was feeble; and in
4 his sorrow he is said to have exclaimed, “I have
5 His character.
6 lived a day too long.” But his end was approach-
7 ing; and though he resigned the high appointment
8 which he had so ably filled for many years, he was
9 not destined to hear the just and high eulogium
10 paid to his worth and services by one who could
11 so well appreciate both: we allude to the order of
12 his Excellency the Commander-in-chief on the oc-
13 casion of General Lumley’s resignation.
14 It may be safely asserted, that never will the
15 Bengal army have an adjutant-general who more
16 zealously and ably performed his duties; nor one
17 who, without ostentation, had the welfare of the army
18 more at heart than the late General Lumley. He
19 was not only an able, zealous officer in his
20 public capacity, but no one who had the honour of
21 calling him his friend, had to complain that he ever
22 forgot his promise, or deserted him when his advice
23 or counsel was required.
24 We cannot now deny ourselves the pleasure of
25 giving the history of the cavalry division, after it
26 was put under the command of Major-general
27 Thackwell; and for this we are altogether indebted
28 to that gallant officer. It may be said, that other
29 branches of the army claim equal notice, and -we
30 believe few will blame us for what we have recorded
31 of the infantry. It is a source of gratification to
32 us, that we are now enabled to do equal justice to
33 the cavalry; and if sufficient notice has not been