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M'Creagh, Brigadier-General Michael, commanded Bengal division in the capture of Rangoon, 83: left in command at Rangoon (1825), 105.

Macdonald, Colonel John, sent on mission to Persia, 26n.

Madeira, Amherst meets with an accident in, 52.

Madras, Amherst's arrival and reception at, 52, 53.

Maha Bandúla, Burmese leader, his reply to Lord Amherst, 79: crosses British frontier and wins victory at Rámu, 91: takes command of Burmese southern army and attacks Rangoon, 99: defeated, 100: repulses Cotton at Donabyú, 106: his courtesy, 107: killed at Donabyú, 107, 108: his character, 110.

Malcolm, Colonel Sir John, 31, 32.

Malown, Burmese position at, stormed, 120, 121.

Manilla, Amherst visits, 19.

Manipur, its position and early treaty with the East India Company, 75: conquered by the Burmese, 76: Burmese driven from, 99: placed under British protection by treaty of Yandabu, 125.

Marlet, General Bennet, the Governor, receives Amherst at Allahabad, 179.

Marshman, Henry, 50.

Martaban taken by the British, 98.

Martyn, Henry, 50.

Maulmain, garrison of Rangoon withdrawn to, 125.

Meerut, Amherst entertained at, 205.

Mergui, taken by the British, 98.

Mers, the, tamed by raising the Merwárá battalion, 47.

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 31, 32, 33: succeeds Ochterlony at Delhi, 136: views on the Bhartpur question, 137: orders up the army under Combermere, 138: assists in the siege of Bhartpur, 141: his account of the assault, 142, 143: his personal gallantry, 143: settles Bhartpur affairs, 146: Resident at Haidarábád, 168: receives Amherst at Delhi, 192, 195.

Mírzápur, Amherst at, 179.

Missionaries, Christian, their educational policy, 49.

Montreal, Canada, taken by Jeffery Amherst, 10.

Montreal, Kent, name given to Riverhead, 11: Amherst spends last days at, 209.

Morrison, Brigadier-General J. W., conquered Arakan, 101-103: division nearly destroyed by sickness, 125.

Mughal Emperor, Amherst's interview with, 194, 195.

'Mugs,' the, 72.

Munro, Major-Gen. Sir Thomas, Governor of Madras, 32: his ráyatwárí settlement, 35: judicial reforms, 41: opinion of the Burmese, 81: co-operation in expedition to Rangoon, 83: death, 206.

Murshidabad, Amherst visits, 60.

Murshidabad, Nawáb of, a little boy, 60: exhibition of temper, 206.

Mutiny of the Sepoys at Barrackpur: see Barrackpur.

Muttra, army concentrated at, for attack on Bhartpur, 134, 139: Amherst visits, 188.

Náf, the boundary between Arakan and Chittagong, 70: Maha Bandúla crosses, 91: Morrison crosses, 101.

Napoleon, Amherst's interview with, at St. Helena, 20.

Negrais, East India Company's servants at, killed by Alompra, 69.

Nelson, Horatio, a surveyor, 171.