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 there was, In 1857, an enclosure, surrounded by a case-mated wall, part of which still abuts on the ramparts; In this the main guard mounted, the officer having his quarters over what is now the police-station. It was thus necessary to pass the guard In order to enter the city. A door on the left of the enclosure gave access to the courts and treasury.

St. James's Church (p. 136).—The Church of St. James is near by, and contains many a record of foul murder done, not unavenged. Two tablets to the memory of the families of Mr. Beresford (Manager of the Delhi Bank) and of a Mr. Collins, numbering together twenty-five persons, show how thoroughly the rebels, assisted by the scum of the city, destroyed every Christian they could find. It is pleasant to be able to record that there were merciful men in Delhi, and that one woman was sheltered up to the 19th of August, on which date she was aided to escape to the British camp.

In the churchyard are the ball and cross, which formerly adorned the top of the dome; they were shot at by the mutineers in the hope that by their fall might be ensured the expulsion of the English. Here, also. Is the vault of the family of Colonel James Skinner, C.B., who was at one time in the employ of the Maharaja Scindia