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at-law, eldest son of Mr. Serj. Praed, to Anue Frances, only dau. of Treby Hele Hays, esq. of Delamore, Devon. 15. John Waters, esq. banker, of Sarne, Carmarthenshire, to Harriet, eldest dau. of Rich. Tho. Dixie, esq. of Gelly Deg House.

-19. George, fourth son of John Nance Gooch, esq. of Brundish Hall, to Susan, youngest dau. of the late Wm. Garrett, esq. of Kettleburgh Hall, Suffolk- -20. At Camberwell, Edward, eldest son of Cha. Baldwin, esq. of Grove-hill, Camberwell, to Anne Calcott, youngest dau. of J. Horner, esq. also of Grove-hill.-27. At East Ducham, T. Mark Dickens, esq. late Lieut.Col. Royal Eng. to Louisa, dau. of T. Smyth, esq. of East Ducham.- -In London, S. Clement, esq. to Louisa, dau. of the late W. Paley, esq. barrister-at-law, and grand-dau. of the late Archd. Paley.28. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, John Edridge, esq. of Pockeridge-house, Corsham, Wilts, to Mary-Ann, eldest dau. of the late S. Yockney, esq. of Upper East Hayes, Bath. -At Paris, the Count de Montebello to Mary-Teresa, eldest dau. of T. Boddington, esq. of Cumberland-place. At Harpsden, Vincent Vaughan, esq. of Caversham Grove, to Mary-Ann, only child of the late J. Hussey, esq. of Pinkney House, Berks. At Poslingford, Suffolk, J. Raymond, esq. of Baythorn Park, to MarySophia, second dau. of Col. Weston, of Shadowbush House.--At Kingscote, Gloucestershire, John Kennaway, esq. eldest son of the late Sir J. Kennaway, of Escot, Devon, to Emily-Frances, dau. of the late T. Kingscote, esq.- -At Bath, Capt. W. H: B. Proby, R.N., to Louisa, only dau. and heiress of the late Rev. S. How, of Strickland, Dorset -At Charles Church, Plymouth, the Rev. A. I. Frith, son of the late Col. A. Frith, to Georgina, youngest dau. of the late Capt. G. Wolfe.- -30. At Rochester, the Rev. Aylmer Farquhar to Mary, second dau. of the late T. Scholes, esq. of High Bank, Lancashire.- -In France, Edw. Turnour, esq. eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. E. J. Turnour, of Arundel, to Miss Eliz. dau. of the late W. Crease, esq. of Dublin.-At St. James's, the Hon. R. Pepper Arden, of Pepper Hall, Yorkshire, to the Lady Arabella Vane, youngest dau. of the Marq. of Cleveland.

May 2. Leonard Thompson, esq. eldest son of G. L. Thompson, esq. of Sheriff Hutton Park, Yorkshire, to Miss MaryWentworth Fitzwilliam, second dau. of Lord Milton, and grand-dau. of Earl Fitzwilliam.

-The Rev. W. Gilson to Eliza, third dau. of the Bishop of Chester.- -3. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, James Higham, esq. of Torrington-square, to Emma, youngest dau. of Geo. Musgrave, esq. of Apsleyend House, Shillington, Bedfordshire. -At Henley-on-Thames, R. King, esq. of Grosvenor-place, to Georgiana-Ann, youngest dau. of the late Hon. Lieut.-Col. Geo. Carle

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ton, and sister of Lord Dorchester.At Hutton Cranswick, W.-Henry, third son of the late John Barkworth, esq. of Tranby House, to Mary-Anna, second dau. of Horner Reynard, esq. of Sunderlandwick House, aud of Hob Green, near Ripon.At All Souls Church, Langham pl. Francis Hawkins, M.D. of Curzon-street, Mayfair, to Hester, third dau. of the Hon. Baron Vaughan.-And, on the same day, Le Marchant Thomas, esq. only son of John Thomas, esq. of Brunswick square, to Margaret, fourth dau. of Baron Vaughan.-5. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh to her Royal Highness the Princess Cecilia, sister of Prince Gustavus Vasa.At Westbury, Salop, the Rev. Cha. Leicester to Anne-Penelope, second dau. of the late Richard Topp, esq. of Whitton,' Salop.- -At Postwick, near Norwich, the Rev. W. H. Graham, B.A. of Exeter College, to Helen, fourth dau. of Robert Gilbert, esq.- -9. At St. James's, G. E. Van Heythuysen, esq. 24th Reg. E. I. C. to Zillah, eldest dau. of T. L. Holt, esq. of Lower Bedford-place, Russell-square.- -At Oswestry, the Rev. G. Wharton, to Eleanor, only child of J. Hunt, esq.-10. At Muirfield, near Inverness, Capt. J. W. Roberdeau, Bengal Cavalry, to Eliza Raper, second dau, of Arthur Cooper, esq. of Iuverness.- -At Totness, Rich. Malins, esq. barrister-at-law, to Susanna, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Arthur Farwell, Rector of St. Martin's, Cornwall. -At Axminster, the Rev. Edw. Cook Forward, Rector of Combpyne, to Mary, youngest dau. of the late John Banger Russell, esq. of Beaminster, Dorset.- -At Wallingford, the Rev. J. Trollope, to Eliz. Bunce, third dau. of the Rev. W. Hazel, M A.- -At Wateringbury, Kent, Major Maclean, 81st Reg. eldest son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Fitzroy Maclean, bart. to Emily Eleanor, fourth dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham.-12. At St. James's, the Rev. C. J. Plumer, Vicar of Norton, to Miss Thompson, of Stocktonupon-Tees.- -At Dublin, E. R. Borough, esq. eldest son of Sir Rich. Borough, bart. to Lady Eliz. St. Lawrance, sister of the Earl of Howth.- -At Nuthurst, W. H. Calhoun, esq. solicitor, of Arundel, to Eliz. day. of the late Rev. T. Turner, of Hustperpoint.- -16. At Cossey, in Norfolk, G. Taylor, esq. M. D. of Kingston-uponThames, to Jane, second dau. of Rich. M'Kenzie Bacon, esq.- -At Kilkenny, R. Fowler, esq. son of the Bishop of Ossory, to Harriet Eleanor Wandesford, dau. of the Marquis of Ormond.―――――17. At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Right Hon. Robert Grosvenor, youngest son of Earl Grosvenor, to the Hon. Charlotte A. Wellesley, dau. of Lord Cowley.- At Compton, the Rev. T. Hand, Rector of Bulpham, Essex, to Cassandra, youngest dau. of the late J. More Molyneux, esq. of Loseley-park, Surrey.

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THE EARL OF MULGRAve. April 7. At Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, aged 76, the Right Hon. Henry Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, of Normanby in Yorkshire, and Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the same county; third Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, co. Wexford (1768); a Privy Councillor; Lord Lieutenant, Custos Rotulorum, and Vice Admiral of the East Riding of Yorkshire; a General in the army, Colonel of the 31st regiment of foot, and Governor of Scarborough ; an Elder Brother of the Trinity House; G.C.B., F.R.S. and F.S.A.

His Lordship was born Feb. 14, 1755, the third son of Constantine first Lord Mulgrave, by the Hon. Lepell Hervey, eldest daughter of John Lord Hervey (and aunt to the present Marquis of Bristol), and Mary, daughter of General Nicholas Lepell. He entered the army at the usual age, and served in America from early in 1776 to the end of 1778; and for ten months in Jamaica in 1780. He attained the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in that year; was promoted to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in the first foot guards 1783, Major in 85th foot 1789, and Colonel in the army 1790. In 1793 he was appointed to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 31st foot, which he commanded in the expedition made that year to Toulon, and in 1794 in Zealand. In 1799 his Lordship was employed on a military mission to the Archduke Charles and Marshal Suwaroff. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General 1794, Lieut.-General 1801, and General 1809; and appointed Governor of Scarborough Castle in 1796.

At the general election in 1784, Col. Phipps was returned to Parliament for Totnes, and at the next, in 1790, for Scarborough. He succeeded his brother Constantine-John in the Irish Barony of Mulgrave, Oct. 10, 1792; and was created an English peer (as his brother had been in 1790), by patent dated August 13, 1794. He was introduced into the House of Peers, on the 25th of Nov. following, by the Lords Vernon and Dover.

His Lordship distinguished himself as a frequent speaker in the House of Lords; and in 1804 was taken into the Administration as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In January following, he was appointed Secretary of State for the Foreign Department; which he held until succeeded by Mr. Fox in February 1806. In 1807 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of

Yorkshire, on the resignation of the Earl of Carlisle. On the 7th of May 1808, he was nominated First Lord of the Admiralty; and he continued in that post until 1810, when he was transferred to the control of the Ordnance, as Master-general. This last office he resigned in 1818, on account of ill health, with which he has ever since been afflicted. He was advanced to the titles of Viscount Normanby and Earl of Mulgrave by patent dated Sept. 7, 1812.

The Earl of Mulgrave married, Oct. 20, 1795, Martha-Sophia, daughter of Christopher Thompson Maling, of West Hennington in Durham, esq. by whom he had five sons and four daughters: 1, the Right Hon. Constantine-Henry, now Earl of Mulgrave, late M.P. for HighamFerrers, a young nobleman of taste and literary accomplishments; he was born in 1797, and married in 1818, the Hon. Maria Liddell, eldest daughter of Lord Ravensworth, by whom he has one son ; 2. the Hon. Henrietta-Sophia, who died in 1808; 3. Lady Augusta-Maria, who died in 1813; 4. the Hon. Charles Beaumont Phipps, a Captain in the 3d foot guards; 5. Lady Katherine-Frederica ; 6. Lady Sophia; 7. Lady Lepell-Charlotte; 8. the Hon. Edmund; and 9. the Hon. Augustus-Frederick, born in 1809. A pension of £800 a year was granted to the Countess of Mulgrave in August 1829.

A portrait of his Lordship, by Sir William Beechey, was exhibited at Somerset House in 1808.

RT. HON. ROBERT WARD.

Lately. Aged 76, the Right Hon. Robert Ward, a Privy Councillor for Ireland, a Governor of Downshire, Colonel of the South Downshire Militia, and a Trustee of the Irish Linen Manufacture; uncle to Viscount Bangor, and greatuncle to the Earl of Clanwilliam, the Countess of Meath, the late Viscountess Powerscourt, and Lady Howden.

Mr.Ward was the 4th and youngest son of Bernard first Visct. Bangor, by Anne, daughter of John 1st Earl of Darnley, and widow of Robert Hawkins Macgill, esq. Mr. Ward was returned to the Parliament of Ireland in 1790 for the borough of Killallagh, and in 1796 for the city of Bangor.

He was twice married: firstly, in May 1782, to Sophia-Frances, third daughter of Chapel Whaley, esq. by whom he had four sons and one daugh

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ter: 1. James-Hamilton-Bernard, who died an infant; 2. Edward-Michael Ward, esq. now Minister Plenipotentiary at Dresden; he married in 1815 Lady Matilda Charlotte Stewart, sister to the Marquis of Londonderry, and has children; 3. Lieut.-Col. John-Richard Ward, Assistant Quartermaster-gen. in Ireland; 4. Robert-Arthur, who died in India in 1816; and 5. Sophia-Anne, married in 1824 to John-Whitcomb Bayley, esq. F.R.S. and S.A., Chief Clerk of the Record Office in the Tower of London. Having lost his first lady in Sept. 1793, Mr. Ward married, secondly, in May 1797, Louisa-Jane, second daughter and coheiress of the Rev. Dr. Abraham Symes, of Hillbrook, co. Wicklow; and by that lady had four sons and two daughters 6. the Rev. Bernard-John Ward; who married in 1824, IsabellaFrances, daughter of the late Robert Phillipps, of Longworth in Herefordshire, esq., and has a family; 7. Thomas-Lawrence Ward, esq. a Clerk in the Foreign Office; 8. Anne-Catharine, married in 1821 to John Goddard Richards, of Roebuck, co. Dublin, esq.; 9. James-Hamilton, a Lieut. R.N.; 10. Louisa-Alice; and 11. William-Robert.

SIR HENRY HAWLEY, BART.

March 29. In Gloucester-place, Portman-square, aged 54, Sir Henry Hawley, second Baronet, of LeybourneGrange, Kent.

He was born Oct. 20, 1776, the eldest son of Sir Henry Lawley, who was created a Baronet in 1795, and his only son by his first wife, Dorothy, only daughter and heiress of John Ashwood, of Madeley in Shropshire, esq. He succeeded his father in the Baronetcy, Jan. 20, 1826.

Sir Henry married Nov. 28, 1806, Ca-therine-Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir John Gregory Shaw, of Eltham Lodge, Bart., and had eight daughters and three sons: 1. Catherine-Anne; 2. Theodosia; 3. Marianne-Dorothy; 4. Augusta-Harriett; 5. Sir Joseph-Henry Lawley, who has succeeded to the title; he was born in 1813; 6. Henry-James; 7. Frances-Charlotte; 8. Emma-Grace, who died an infant in 1819; 9. CarolineElizabeth; 10. Henry-Charles; and 11. Ellen-Catherine.

SIR M. M. Lopes, Bart. March 26. At his seat, Maristow House, in Devonshire, aged 76, Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, Bart. a magistrate for that county and for Wiltshire, and Recorder of Westbury. GENT. MAG. May, 1831.

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The ancestors of this gentleman were Spanish Jews; he was born in Jamaica Jan. 27, 1755; the only son of Mordecai Rodrigues Lopes, of Clapham in Surrey, esq. by Rebecca, daughter of Manasseh Perera, of Jamaica. He was first returned to Parliament at the general election in 1802, as member for New Romney; and, during that Parliament, was created a Baronet by patent dated Nov. 1, 1805, with remainder to his nephew, Ralph Franco, esq. only son of bis late sister Esther, wife of Abraham Franco. In the same year he obtained the royal sign manual to take the name of Masseh before his own.

At the general election of 1812, Sir Manasseh was returned to Parliament for Barnstaple, and he was re-elected in 1818; but it was on the latter occasion that the transactions took place which led to the disfranchisement of the borough of Grampound. On the 18th of March 1819, he was found guilty at the Exeter Assizes of having corrupted and bribed the electors of that borough, in order to get himself returned, having given the voters £35 each. On the 2d of April, on the motion of Mr. Wynn, the House of Commons ordered that the Attorney-general should prosecute Sir M. M. Lopes for bribery. On the 13th of November he received sentence in the Court of King's Bench, "That for Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes's first offence, of which he had been convicted in Cornwall, he should pay to the King a fine of £8000, and be imprisoned in Exeter gaol for 21 months; and for his second offence in Devonshire, that he should pay to the King a fine of £2000, and be further imprisoned in the same gaol for three months."

In 1823 Sir Manasseh again came into Parliament for his own borough of Westbury; and was re-elected in 1826; but retired in 1829 to make room for the

Right Hon. Robert Peel, who was then ejected from the Protestant University of Oxford, after he had altered his sentiments on the claims of the Roman Catholics.

Sir M. M. Lopes married Charlotte, daughter of John Yeates, of Monmouthshire, esq. His daughter Esther died July 1, 1819, aged 24. He is succeeded in his title, according to the patent, by his nephew, now Sir Ralph Lopes, having taken that name since his uncle's decease. He married in 1817 Susannah Gaisford Gibbs, elder daughter of Abraham Ludow, of Westbury, esq., and has two sons. The value of the landed and personal effects of the late Baronet is estimated to exceed £800,000. A great por

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tion consists of India and Government stock; but the land is also considerable, and is principally in the immediate vicinity of Plymouth. Lady Lopes has £3000 a year, Roborough House, aud the town residence on St. Andrew's 'Terrace, with the furniture, &c. of both establishments, for life. The mansion and estate of Maristow have devolved on Sir Ralph Lopes. Large legacies are also left to all the other children of Sir M.'s sister; among whom are Mrs. Radcliffe, wife of the Rev. Walter Radcliffe, of Warleigh; Mrs. Barton, of St. Andrew's Terrace; and Mrs. Basden, wife of Capt. Basden, R. N. Sir Ralph Lopes, the Rev. Walter Radcliffe, and Mr. Tritton, of the firm of Barclay, Tritton, and Co. bankers, are the executors in trust for the disposal of this princely fortune. The remains of Sir Manasseh were interred at Bickleigh.

GEN. SIR W. PAYNE GALLWEY, BT. Lately. Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart. a General in the army, and Colonel of the 3d dragoon guards; half-brother to the late Lord Lavington, and brotherin-law to the Earl of Dunraven.

He was the youngest son of Ralph Payne, esq. (whose eldest son, Sir Ralph Payne, K.B., was created Lord Lavington in 1795, and died without issue in 1812) by his second wife, Miss Margaret Gallwey. He was appointed Lieutenant in the 1st dragoons in 1777, and Captain in 1782. He served in Flanders, and was at the principal actions in which the British were engaged. In 1794 he obtained a majority and lieutenancy in his regiment, from which he was removed to the 3d dragoon guards in 1796. He acquired the rank of Colonel in 1798; was employed for three years on the staff of Ireland as Brigadier-General, and for one year as Major-General; the latter appointment was dated Jan. 1, 1805, in Sept. of which year he exchanged to the 10th light dragoons. In 1807 he was appointed Colonel of the 23d light dragoons; he served in the Peninsula, was present at several affairs in the campaign of 1809, and wore a medal on account of the battle of Talavera. He received the rank of Lieut.General in 1811; was in 1814 removed to the Colonelcy of the 19th dragoons; in 1815 to the 12th lancers; and in 1825 to the 3d dragoon guards. In the last named year he also attained the full rank of General.

Sir William Payne was created a Baronet Dec. 8, 1812; and took the name of Gallwey, in addition to his own, by royal sign manual in 1814, pursuant to the will of Tobias Wall Gallwey, of the

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BRIG.-GENERAL WALKER.

Lately. In Scotland, Brigadier-General Alexander Walker, of the East India Company's Bombay establishment, late Governor of Saint Helena.

This officer was appointed a cadet on the Bombay establishment in 1780, an Ensign in 1782, and posted to the Bombay European regiment. At the close of that year he embarked with the force under Gen. Mathews, to act against the possessions of Hyder Ally on the coasts of Canara and Malabar. During that campaign, Ensign Walker was present at several assaults and engagements, and was removed to the 8th battalion of Sepoys, a distinguished corps, which, for its valour and fidelity, was afterwards appointed the grenadier battalion. At the attack of the Ram Tower, an outwork of Mangolore, Ensign Walker was severely wounded, and again in the course of that remarkable siege; and at its close he was one of the two hostages delivered on the part of the British troops, as a security for the conditions of the truce. Under these circumstances he remained in Tippoo's camp nearly four months; and for his "spirited and zealous conduct the government of Bombay bestowed upon him the pay and allowances of a Captain for the period that he was in the hands of the enemy, and a present of 2000 rupees from the treasury.

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In December 1785, Ensign Walker sailed with an expedition to the northwest coast of America, the object of which was to collect furs, and establish a military post at Nootka Sound, which it was intended Ensign Walker should command. The expedition explored the coast as far as lat. 62 north, but the scheme of establishing a post was abandoned, and Ensign Walker rejoined the grenadier battalion, in garrison at Bombay. In 1788 he was appointed Lieu

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On the renewal of hostilities with Tippoo in 1790, Lieut. Walker's battalion served in the detachment intended for the relief of the Rajah of Travancore, and he was appointed its Adjutant of the Line. He also served the campaigns of 1791 and 1792.; and soon after the peace of Seringapatam was appointed Military

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Secretary to Lieut.-Col. Don, the officer commanding in Malabar. In 1795 he was appointed Quartermaster of Brigade; but be relinquished that situation, and joined his regiment, to be present at the siege of Cochin. He was also at the taking of Colombo in 1796, when he was appointed Military Secretary to Col. Petrie, who commanded the Bombay division of the army.

On the expiration of this service, Lieut. Walker was appointed an assistant to the Commissioners for administering the affairs of Malabar. In 1796 he was appointed Military Secretary to Gen. James Stuart, and held that confidential situation during the whole period that officer was Commander-inchief at Bombay. In 1796 Lieut. Walker was promoted to the rank of Captain, and in 1797 he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-gen. to the Bombay army, which was some time after followed by the official rank of Major. In 1798 he was appointed Deputy Auditor-general ; and in 1799 Quartermaster-gen. to the Bombay army in the field. He was at the battle of Seedasere, and the siege of Seringapatam, which terminated the career of Tippoo. For this service he received a gold medal.

In 1800, Gen. Stuart returned to Europe, and Major Walker received the instructions of Government to proceed to Cochin, when he investigated some complicated and important affairs with the Rajah. At this period the Governor-general, the Marquis Wellesley, expressed his approbation of Major Walker's services and character, by offering to appoint him one of his extra aid-de-camps. In the same year he was appointed a member of the commission for the administration of Malabar, in which character he attended the operations of the army sent to reduce the districts of Wynaad and Cotiote, for which he received the thanks of the government at Madras.

His next employment was in the command of the troops destined for Guzerat. Having joined a body of native troops before Kurree, who were professed allies, he was treacherously attacked by a force calculated at 25,000 men, who were with difficulty repulsed; but, having been reinforced by Sir Wm. Clarke, the fort of Kurree was breached, and carried by assault. On this occasion the Governor-general in council desired his "thanks to be signified to Major Walker for the judgment and address which he manifested in the conduct of the negociations, and for his distinguished exertion of military talents in the conflict in which he was unavoidably engaged with the rebels."

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In June 1802, Major Walker was appointed Political Resident at the Court of the Guicawar Rajah. In the same year Baroda was besieged, and the Arabs expelled; and the collection of the revenues ceded from the Peishwa and the Guicawar were placed under the administration of Major Walker. In 1807 he was entrusted with the command of an expedition into the districts of Kuttywar; in acknowledgment of which it was declared by the Governor-general that "the singular judgment and discretion which regulated the whole of that able officer's proceedings, the perseverance and activity which have animated his endeavours to promote the objects of the expedition, and have enabled him to surmount the great embarrassments and difficulties which opposed their accomplishment, entitle Major Walker to the highest approbation and applause."

In 1808 this distinguished officer was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel; and in Jan. 1809, he obtained a furlough to Europe, accompanied by the highest testimonials in general orders (which, with a long memoir from which the present is abridged, are printed in the first volume of the East India Military Calendar). He had proceeded on his voyage, as far as Point de Galle, when, in consequence of a requisition from the Governor-general, he was recalled to Bombay. He again entered Kuttywar at the head of a British force, and was joined by the Guicawar army. The fort of Kandader was taken on the 17th of June, and that of Mallia, after an obstinate resistance, on the 7th of July. After the lapse of a twelvemonth, Lieut.Col. Walker again received permission to return to his native country, with the assurance that "the progress of his negociations, and the success of his measures, have been marked by that judgment, ability, and address, of which he has afforded so many decided proofs; at the same time that the reputation of the British arms has been maintained and extended under his approved military talents and skill, in a degree that has already attracted the distinguished approbation of the right hon. the Governor-general. The Governor in council, therefore, in announcing Lieut.-Colonel Walker's ultimate return to his native country, embraces the opportunity of renewing the expression of the obligations of the Government for the important services which have already received its cordial and unqualified testimony, and which have been enhanced by the eminent and substantial benefits that this Presidency has derived from his protracted residence in India."

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